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Students, University respond to arrestsUniversity, studentg o v e r n m e n t representatives meetwith police officials

S t u d e n t s s h a r eaccounts of roundupsa n d p a r t y b u s t sn e a r c a m p u s

In response to the largenumber of students recentlyarrested and incarcerated forunderage drinking, represen-tatives from the Universityand student government metwith the South Bend PoliceDepartment (SBPD) th isweek.These meet ings opened

communication channels andresulted in small changes inSBPD procedure, Fr. TomDoyle , v ice pres ident forStudent Affairs said.South Bend police officers

will wear and activate bodymicrophones, Doyle said.“As long as they’re in prox-

imity to the car, there will bean audio account,” he said.“This is for the officer’s secu-r i ty and th is i s for every-

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Students anticipate season

Saturday’s game againstPurdue marks the beginningof a new year and new erafor Notre Dame football, asBrian Kelly will participate inhis first game as head coachof the Irish. After several seasons fail-

ing to meet expectat ions,anticipation is running highamongst the student body forthis football season.Sophomore Alyssa

Dammann said numerousnew faces, including that ofKelly, are what excite hermost about Saturday’s game.“I ’m excited to see how

Brian Kelly brings it together.He seems like he knows howto use what he has with thisteam,” she said.Dammann said the influx of

new players makes this sea-son feel different than theprevious season.“I’m more excited than I

was last year,” she said.“This new year seems like anew era, with a lot of newfaces playing against Purdueon Saturday.”

Freshman ChristenMcDonough also bel ievesKelly is capable of achievinggreat results with the footballteam.“I thought Kelly was really

exciting when he spoke at

Freshman Orientation, andas an athlete I can definitelysay that he would be a reallycool coach to play for,” shesaid. “He seems really uplift-

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BeND program aimsto improve relations

By SAM STRYKERNews Writer

By SARAH MERVOSHNews Editor

see ARRESTS/page 7

see SEASON/page 8

As part of an ongoing effort toimprove relations with the com-munity outside the Notre Damecampus, student governmentadministration has launchedthe “BeND campaign.” “BeND is our cohesive effort

to improve relations, promoteoff-campus initiatives andencourage students to be anactive and respectful memberof the surrounding community,”student body presidentCatherine Soler said.Soler said community rela-

tions are more important thanever as the city grows toinclude more off-campusattractions for students,increasing interactions betweenstudents, residents and busi-ness owners.“Now that transportation is

becoming easier, people havemore options off-campus,”Soler said. “South Bend isbecoming more of a collegetown than it ever was before.”While the program began

before the recent arrests off-campus occurred, Soler saidshe hopes the educationalaspect of BeND will help easetensions between students andpolice by fully informing stu-dents of their rights and how todeal with law enforcementappropriately and respectfullywhile off campus. She said thegeneral improvement in com-munity relations will carry overto dealings with the police.“While this is not a reaction

to any one incident, we feel thisis building a foundation for longterm positive relations in thecommunity, which hopefullywill help diffuse some of what ishappening and prevent more ofthat in the future,” Soler said.“It didn’t start with recent

incidences and it won’t endwith recent incidences,” stu-dent body vice presidentAndrew Bell said. “The aim of itis for us, as students, to takeownership for how we actrather than be reactive to situa-tions that occur.”BeND primarily asks students

By JOHN CAMERONNews Writer

see BEND/page 7

Observer file photo

Then-sophomore quarterback Dayne Crist is under centerduring Notre Dame’s 24-21 victory over Purdue last year.

Senior Krissy Kemnetz wasalone with her 20-year-oldboyfriend in his apartmentSaturday when police came toknock on the door.The male student opened the

door of his apartment, told policehe was with only his girlfriendand offered to turn down hismusic, Kemnetz, 21, said. Thepolice asked to see both his andKemnetz’s identification, gavehim a breathalyzer test, put himin handcuffs and searched theapartment. Kemnetz said Police officers

denied the student the opportuni-ty to put on a pair of shoes beforetaking him to jail, where she saidhe stayed for 12 hours before shewas able to post his bail forrelease. “[The police] were just being

see ACCOUNTS/page 8

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THE HOT SEAT: ONE PERSON, FIVE QUESTIONS, INFINITE POSSIBILITIES

IN BRIEF

The “Parallel Currents:Highlights of the Ricardo Pau-Llosa Collection of LatinAmerican Art” will be exhibit-ed today in the Snite Art muse-um from 10 a.m. until 5p.m.The exhibit is open to students,faculty, staff and the public.

Susan Blum, a professor inthe Department ofAnthropology, will speakSaturday at noon in the SniteMuseum’s AnnenburgAuditorium. The lecture,“Plagarism and CollegeCulture” is part of theSaturday Scholars Series. Theevent is free and open to thepublic.

“From Earth to the Edges,” aSaturday Science ExplorationSeries event will take placeSaturday at 1 p.m. Keith Daviswill lead a tour of the capabili-ties of the Jordan Hall ofScience Digital VisualizationTheater. The event will takeplace in room 100 of theJordan Hall of Science.

Architectural exhibit,"Documenting History,Charting Progress andExploring the World,” show-casing the Janos ScholzCollection of 19th centuryEuropean photography willopen Sunday at 10 a.m. Theexhibit will be located in theSnite Art Museum. The exhibitis open to the public.

Recent Gifts from the Dr.William McGraw ’65Photography Collection will beshowcased in the Snite ArtMuseum from 1-5 p.m. onSunday. Students, faculty, staffand the public are welcome toattend.

To submit information to beincluded in this section of TheObserver, e-mail detailedinformation about an event toobsnews.nd@gmail.com

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Man l eads hou r - l o ngchase i n dump t r uckSYRACUSE, N.Y. —

Police said a 37-year-oldman driving a dump truckled them on an hour-longchase over roads, railsand yards in the Syracusearea that ended with thesuspect being shot. TheOnondaga County Sheriffsaid Stanley Lostumbojumped into a dump truckTuesday night after beingaccused of stealing fromvending machines at amall.Police pursued the truck

on a highway, throughbackyards and schoolgrounds and down rail-road tracks at speeds upto 65 mph before stoppingit at a barricade in East

Syracuse.Pol ice said Lostumbo

reversed the truck and hita sheri f f ’s vehicle andofficers fired, apparentlystriking Lostumbo in theshoulder. He was brieflyhospital ized for minorinjuries.

Dead plants declaredthe star t of house fireLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A

fire that did $20,000 in dam-ages to a northeast Arkansashome wasn’t caused by anelectrical problem or burningfood or arson, an insuranceinvestigator concluded.Instead, the dead plants didit, according to a report sum-mary provided to the home-owner, Brian Duncan. “Thefire was caused by self-heat-

ing through decomposition oforganic materials containedwithin a plastic flowerpot,”the Aug. 25 letter from StateFarm Insurance Co. said.Or, in layman’s terms,

spontaneous combustion.Duncan, whose home is a

few miles south of Paragould,said the flowerpot had con-tained dead, decomposingflowers and potting soil thathis wife had planted in thesummer of 2009. Paragouldis about 150 miles northeastof Little Rock.“She had intended on

repotting (the flowers),”Duncan said. But they sat onthe porch, unwatered, andeventually died.

Information compiledfrom the Associated Press.

Eileen Veihmeyer/The Observer

Students of Zahm hall hung their “Here Come the Irish” banner Thursday. Thebanner will be displayed for Saturday’s game against Purdue, which is BrianKelly’s first game as the Irish coach.

Kyle Rudolph

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THE HOT SEAT is a new addi-tion to Page 2. On Mondays aprominent student will be fea-tured, and Fridays will feature acampus personality. Don’t worry,the Photo Poll will still run in ourmidweek editions.

How many rushing TDs willDayne Crist have?I’ll give him three rushingtouchdowns.

How many rushing TDs foryou?If Dayne has three, I have tohave at least three [laughing].Just kidding. Probably one.

Do you think you’ll actuallyrun the Wildcat offense thisweekend?That’d be awesome. We’reexcited to just have it in ourgameplan.

What would be your firstthought if that were to happen?If it’s in the red zone on thegoal line, it’s going to be score.

Would you rather throw a TDpass to Dayne Crist or run onein yourself?I’ll throw it to him. A passingtouchdown and a receivingtouchdown for him would benice.

The Observer � CAMPUS NEWSFriday, September 3, 2010 page 3

Zipcars give a greener alternative

A global company with anearth-friendly agenda hascome to campus.Zipcars, the world’s largest

car-sharing program, nowhas four cars on NotreDame’s campus, Erin Hafnersaid. Hafner is the programsmanager for the Off ice ofSustainability.“We had several requests

from students and studentgroups to offer a car-sharingprograms,” she said. The program opened

Thursday, with an event atSouth Dining Hall from 10a.m. to 3 p.m.where stu-dents couldregister on-s i te and wing i v e a w a y s .The event waso r i g i n a l l ylocated atF i e l d h o u s eMal l but wasmoved due torain. Therewill also be anidentical eventtoday.The program

is available for anyone oncampus older than 18 with adriver’s license, Hafner said.The company covers insur-ance, gas, 180 miles eachday, reserved parking spots,roadside assistance, cleaningand maintenance. There’seven a gas card in the visorto fill up when around town.“We’re hoping as it’s more

popular student will come tocampus not bringing cars,”Hafner said.The program states for

every Zipcar used, 15 to 20

cars are taken off the road.“We’re hoping it fulfills the

15 to 20 vehicles,” Hafnersaid. “Think of s tudentsbringing vehi-c les to cam-pus – they sitthere. They’reonly used afew times dur-ing campus.These areopportunitiesto useZipcars.”Hafner said

she hopesparents a lsosee Zipcar as an alternativeto sending their children toschool with cars. The cars on

campus are alll ow-emiss ionvehicles. TwoToyota Priuses,named Paddyand Perpetua,and two ScionXbs, namedBree andBlarney, nowcal l NotreDame home.Zipcar nor-

mally requiresa $25 registra-tion fee and a$50 annual

fee. Anyone affiliated withNotre Dame registerst h r o u g hwww.zipcar.com/notredame,where the annual registra-t ion fee is $35, with $35driving credit added towardthe first month of driving,according to a press release.After students, faculty or

staff register, they receive a“Zipcard” in the mail, whichlooks like a credit card andhas a built-in microchip.After registration, users

reserve cars through the

company’s websi te . Onceapproaching the cars, whichare located in the o ldJuniper Road parking lot

near StepanCenter, themicrochip inthe Zipcardunlocks thedoor. Cars rentfor $8 an hourM o n d a ythrough Friday,with a maxi-mum of $66 perday charged.On weekendsthe cost rises to

$9 an hour, with a maximumcharge of $72.Hafner said users with

iPhones can download anapplication to rent cars andopen vehicles directly fromtheir phone.“It’s important to know you

have to be on t ime withreturning the vehic le ,”Hafner said. “They give youplenty of options to extendyour time, but there is a feeassociated with it.”Hafner said when partici-

pants in the program reachthe age of 21, they can shareany Zipcar globally.“You can fly to Paris and

use a Zipcar,” she said.The decision to work with

Zipcar instead of other car-sharing programs was sim-ple, Hafner said.“Zipcar has been around

the longest — they have themost robust program,” shesaid. “Their main business iscar-sharing, not car rentalswith some dealing in car-sharing. They have thelargest program and thebiggest fleet.”

By AMANDA GRAYAssistant News Editor

Contact Amanda Gray atagray3@nd.edu

“We had severalrequests from

students and studentgroups to offer a

car-sharing program.”

Erin Hafnerprograms manager

Office of Sustainability

Tomlin to teach,lecture at College

Saint Mary’s College staffannounced last Friday theyare exci ted to welcomeactress and comedian Li lyTomlin to the Moreau Centerfor the Arts on September27th. Tomlin replaced actress

Sigourney Weaver as th isyear’s Margaret Hill Endowedvisiting artist. “Ms. Weaver was asked to

be in a movie at the lastminute,” Gwen O’Brien, direc-tor of media relations at SaintMary’s College, said.However, she said she is

excited that Tomlin agreed tofill Weaver’s space.Tomlin has s tarred in a

number of f i lms including“Nine to Five,” “Flirting withDisaster” and “I HeartHuckabees.” Her televisioncareer includes work on suchshows as “DesperateHousewives,” and “The WestWing,” and she was the infa-mous voice of Miss Frizzle onthe chi ldren’s show “TheMagic School Bus.”Tomlin also works alongside

last year’s v is i t ing art is t ,Glenn Close, on the televisionseries “Damages.”Tomlin’s career successes

include a number of Tony,Peabody, and Emmy awards,as well as a Grammy award. Emily Schmitt , a theater

major said she is excited towork with Tomlin. Tomlin willteach a master class to thetheater majors at SaintMary’s, according to Schmitt. “She’s going to help us work

on our character sketches andhelp us develop a morebelievable person on stage,”she said.Theater major Eva Cavadini

is also looking forward to themaster class.

“I’m eager to learn whatev-er she has to offer me. As ayoung actress , I ’m alwayslearning new things,”Cavadini said. “This is a goodopportunity for anyone whohas a passion for acting.”While some gir ls may be

nervous to work with theactress, Cavadini said, “I’mmore eager rather than nerv-ous to work with her, afterall, she is a person just likeanyone else.”In addition, Tomlin will dine

with theater majors thatevening. Schmitt is excited forthis opportunity, as i t wil lprovide one-on-one t imebetween the actress and thestudents.“I am really excited and feel

fortunate that Saint Mary’sgives us the opportunity towork and converse with sucha talented and well-knownartist,” Schmitt said.That evening at 7:30 p.m.,

Tomlin will hold a public lec-ture in O’Laughlin Auditoriumof the Moreau Center for theArts, which all students areencouraged to attend. Bridget Gartenmayer, a

political science major, said,“Although I am not a theatermajor, I am still really excitedto attend Tomlin’s lecture. It’san opportunity to hear a dom-inant f igure in the mediaworld speak, and I’m going totake it.”The event is free to all Saint

Mary’s, Notre Dame and HolyCross students and faculty.However, t ickets are s t i l lrequired to attend the event.Tickets are available at theMoreau Box Office.The event is also open to the

general public with ticketscosting $14 online or $13 atthe window.

By CAITLIN HOUSLEYNews Writer

Contact Caitlin Housley atchousl01@saintmarys.edu

London actors toput on Shakespeare

Shakespeare at Notre Dameand Actors From The LondonStage (AFTLS) will presentWilliam Shakespeare’s “AMidsummer Night’s Dream”Wednesday to Friday at 7:30p.m. in Washington Hall.Admission is $20 for the gen-

eral public, $18 for senior citi-zens, and $12 for students.Tickets are available inadvance at DeBartoloPerforming Arts Center ticketoffice by calling 574-631-2800or visiting http://performin-garts.nd.edu.One of Shakespeare’s most

beloved and enduring come-dies, “A Midsummer Night’sDream” will be performed byfive professional actors fromLondon’s most prestigiousstages as they bring to lifeevery role in this family-friend-ly tale of love and mischief.Based in London and pro-

duced on campuses throughoutthe nation by Shakespeare atNotre Dame, AFTLS sends a

new self-directed ensemble offive professional actors to theUnited States twice a year touniversities across the nation.AFTLS, whose members hailfrom such prestigious theatercompanies as the RoyalShakespeare Company, theNational Theatre of GreatBritain and Shakespeare’sGlobe Theatre, has called NotreDame its American home since2000.In addition to AFTLS,

Shakespeare at Notre Damealso consists of the McMeelFamily Chair in ShakespeareStudies, the Ryan ProducingArtistic Director, the NotreDame Shakespeare Festival,ancillary lectures and events,and library collections. Its mis-sion is to become the pre-emi-nent venue for the study andperformance of the works ofShakespeare, providing NotreDame and the wider communi-ty an on-campus culturesteeped in the works ofShakespeare both on the pageand on the stage.

Special to The Observer

“Zipcar has beenaround the longest

— they have themost robust pro-

gram.”

Erin Hafnerprograms manager

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Members of the CulturalAffairs Committee (CAC) atSaint Mary’s College have beenworking for months to deter-mine this year’s Moreau Centercalendar andhave recentlyannounced theentertainmentfor the schoolyear. This year’s

l i n e - u pi n c l u d e sactress/comedi-an Lily Tomlinat the requestof the TheaterD e p a r tm e n tand ThomasCahill at therequest of theH um a n i s t i cS t u d i e sDepar tment .The lineup alsoincludes dance with the help ofthe Milwaukee Ballet II.Christopher Sallak, patron

services and marketing manag-er for the College, noted, “[TheCommittee] is charged withbringing in a variety of pro-gramming in which to exposeour students to over their fouryears at Saint Mary’s.”The Cultural Affairs

Committee meets a year inadvance of a new season to dis-cuss the potential line-up ofshows. About a dozen mem-bers comprised of faculty, staff

and students of Saint Mary’smeet to discuss recommenda-tions for the Performing ArtsSeries. Variety is key. Director of

Special Events Richard Baxternoted that performances aren’ttruly chosen based on theexpected number of student

turnout. Instead,he said they arechosen on bal-ance and diver-sity. In order to

achieve this bal-ance, Baxtermeets with alld e p a r tmen t sinvolved in thePerforming Artsseries. “Every fall, I

meet with theMusic, Dance,Theater, Art andCommunicationd e p a r tmen t sand talk aboutthe calendar for

the upcoming year,” Baxtersaid. The departments then dis-

cussed whom they have visit-ing, and they pick the particu-lar dates they want the event tooccur based on the newlyformed calendar. Baxter thentakes the calendar back to theCultural Affairs Committee andthey discuss the PerformingArts Series line-up. The committee does look to

years past to help select thenew year’s line-up. Baxter said,“We analyzed the past 10 years

of the Performing Arts Seriesand selected the artists accord-ing to the charge from theGovernance manual. We alsoselect artists with respect towhat the budget and the calen-dar permit.”The budget comes from Saint

Mary’s itself with the help of anendowed fund from theShaheen family. Operatingbudgets cover technical sup-plies, food, accommodation forthe performer, hospitality andmore.While they may consider past

years in the selection process,this year’s line-up varies fromprevious in that a charity event(the jazz concert) is part of thePerforming Arts Series. “Service and Saint Mary’s

College go hand in hand. Theyseem right together,” Baxtersaid. The Moreau center hashosted charity events before;however, they were never partof the Performing Arts series.In addition, the

Communicative Disordersdepartment recommendedphysically challenged musicianBrittany Maier. “We will be working with her

department and other localagencies to make this eventaccessible to others who arephysically challenged,” Sallaksaid. While changes to the line-up

may have occurred, all changesare made in the interest ofbringing variety to the students.

The Observer � NEWSFriday, September 3, 2010 page 5

Center’s line up provides varietyBy CAITLIN HOUSLEYNews Writer

“[The Committee] ischarged with bringing

in a variety of programming in

which to expose ourstudents to over their

four years at SaintMary’s.”

Christopher Sallakpatron services and marketing managerSaint Mary’s College

Contact Caitlin Housley atchousley@saintmarys.edu

Oil rig explosionrocks Gulf againNEW ORLEANS — An oil plat-

form exploded and burned offthe Louisiana coast Thursday,the second such disaster in theGulf of Mexico in less than fivemonths. This time, the CoastGuard said there was no leak,and no one was killed.The Coast Guard initially

reported that an oil sheen amile long and 100 feet wide hadbegun to spread from the site ofthe blast, about 200 miles westof the source of BP’s massivespill. But hours later, CoastGuard Cmdr. Cheri Ben-Iesausaid crews were unable to findany spill.The company that owns the

platform, Houston-basedMariner Energy, did not knowwhat caused the fire. MarinerEnergy’s Patrick Cassidy said heconsidered the incident a fire,not an explosion.“The platform is still intact

and it was just a small portionof the platform that appears tobe burned,” he said.Mariner officials said there

were seven active productionwells on the platform, and theywere shut down shortly beforethe fire broke out.Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal

said the company told him thefire began in 100 barrels of lightoil condensate.The Coast Guard said Mariner

Energy reported the oil sheen.

In a public statement, the com-pany said an initial flyover didnot show any oil.Photos from the scene showed

at least five ships floating nearthe platform. Three of themwere shooting great plumes ofwater onto the machinery. Lightsmoke could be seen driftingacross the deep blue waters ofthe gulf.By late afternoon, the fire on

the platform was out.The platform is in about 340

feet of water and about 100miles south of Louisiana’sVermilion Bay. Its location isconsidered shallow water, muchless than the approximately5,000 feet where BP’s wellspewed oil and gas for threemonths after the April rig explo-sion that killed 11 workers.Responding to any oil spill in

shallow water would be mucheasier than in deep water,where crews depend on remote-operated vehicles to accessequipment on the sea floor.A Homeland Security update

obtained by The AssociatedPress said the platform was pro-ducing 58,800 gallons of oil and900,000 cubic feet of gas perday. The platform can store4,200 gallons of oil.White House press secretary

Robert Gibbs said the adminis-tration has “response assetsready for deployment should wereceive reports of pollution inthe water.”

Associated Press

CHICAGO — Illinois’ prisonchief, who became a politicalliability to Gov. Pat Quinnduring an elect ion yearbecause of a secret prisonerrelease program he oversaw,is stepping down, the gover-nor said Thursday.Correct ions Director

Michael Randle is resigningas of Sept. 17 to pursue anew opportunity and hisreplacement will be namedsoon, Quinn said.Randle’s departure comes

after a review last month ofthe early release programthat found the correctionsdepartment didn’t considerpossible dangers to the pub-l ic when i t tr ied to savemoney by letting prisonersout early, including somewho were violent.Quinn canceled MGT Push

— named for the “meritori-ous good t ime” that wasgranted to prisoners — afterThe Associated Pressrevealed the program’s exis-

tence last fall. By then, some1,700 inmates had beengranted early release, includ-ing hundreds of prisonerswith records of violence.Quinn, a Democrat who’s is

running for his first full termas governor, heaped most ofthe blame on Randle, andRandle said Quinn hadordered that violent offend-ers not be part of the pro-gram.“I appreciate Director

Randle’s dedicated service tothe state of Illinois duringthese chal lenging t imes,”Quinn said in a statement.Randle was appointed cor-rections chief in May 2009.Randle’s office declined an

interview request . TheChicago Tribune was the firstto report his pending depar-ture.Randle is leaving amid calls

for his ouster by Quinn’sRepublican opponent in thegovernor’s race, state Sen.Bill Brady, of Bloomington.Quinn has repeatedly said hewould not f ire Randle,

although he acknowledged heconsidered it.“Michael Randle should

have been f ired long ago.Al lowing the top of f ic ialresponsible for one of Illinois’worst public safety failures tosimply depart state govern-ment without reprimandshows the QuinnAdministration to be a noth-ing but a revolving door ofreckless ineptitude,” Bradyspokeswoman Patty Schuhsaid in a statement.The controversy over the

early release program was amajor issue in the FebruaryDemocratic primary for gov-ernor that Quinn only nar-rowly won over stateComptroller Dan Hynes.Under the early release

program, inmates were giventime off as soon as theywalked through the prisondoors. The Correct ionsDepartment dropped its poli-cy of requiring prisoners toserve at least 61 days beforegetting any time off for goodbehavior.

While many Notre Dame stu-dents may decide to study abroadand travel to far-off places, a newprogram on campus is encourag-ing students to seek out the mar-vels in the local community.First created last spring, the

Cultural Passport program wasdeveloped through a partnershipwith the College of Science andMayor Stephen Luecke of SouthBend. The program gives everystudent a cultural passport fea-turing 14 destinations in theSouth Bend area where studentsare encouraged to visit. “I believe that all of our stu-

dents need to graduate with notonly a great education but actual-ly knowing something about thecommunity that they’ve lived infor four years,” Dean GregoryCrawford of the College ofScience said. When the program was con-

ceived last year, it was initiallyonly offered to a select group ofstudents from the College ofScience and was more of a “pro-totype” according to Crawford.However, the program has beenexpanded to include every under-graduate and graduate student atNotre Dame. Each passport features a

description of the location, hoursof operation and some destina-tions even offer special discountsfor Notre Dame students. Thegoal of the passport format,according to Crawford, is to getstudents to visit as many of thedestinations as possible. At everylocation a student shows thepassport, they will receive astamp on the passport for thatorganization. Crawford said he came up with

the idea when he realized howfew Notre Dame students everventure into the South Bend com-munity.“Before starting this program, I

visited most of the places that arein the passports and I was fasci-nated by all these various organi-zations,” he said. “I started work-ing with the Mayor’s office andtogether we compiled this list offourteen locations that weencourage students to visit dur-ing their time here at NotreDame.”Crawford and Mayor Luecke

worked with each of the fourteendestinations to be included in theprogram. The Mayor’s Officeagreed to print up a special cer-tificate for any student whoreceives a stamp from every loca-tion in the passport. ButCrawford hopes that studentsparticipate in the program fordifferent reasons. “This is a nice and easy way to

engage the community, and avery important one,” he said. “Iwould hate to think that theywould participate in this simplyto receive a certificate.”Each College has the passports

and students are encouraged togo to their dean’s office and pickone up. The Class of 2014 received

their passports during FreshmenOrientation. Many of the fresh-men said the passports havemade them see there is a lotmore to South Bend than justNotre Dame. “I would have never thought to

explore South Bend until I got mypassport,” freshman Gina Rogarisaid. “I didn’t know we had someof those things around here.”Freshman Molly Shank said

while she found the passport

“helpful,” initially she wasn’t sureof its purpose.“There wasn’t a whole lot of

explanation about the program,”she said. “They need to explain itbetter because I would definitelyuse it now.”Crawford said the program will

be reviewed at the end of theyear and feedback will be solicit-ed from the students who partici-pated in the program to see ifany changes should be made.Crawford said he has little doubtthat the program will help bringnew outlook to the students whotake advantage of the programand the city of South Bend. “Our students should be able to

leave this community that they’velived in for four years and tellpeople all about it,” he said.“Besides, I think that when theyvisit some of these places, theywill be blown away by what theysee.”

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to be conscious of how theyare presenting themselvesand the University, to actrespec t fu l l y toward thecommuni ty, and to makemore of an effort to becomepart o f that communi tythemselves.“The program asks stu-

dents to be mindfu l andrespec t fu l . . .and be wil l ingto be engagedin South Bend,”Soler said. “ I twi l l g ive themmore o f anopportunity toexperience thepos i t i ves o fSouth Bend. . .S tudents cantake the char-acteristics of Notre Damestudents that everyoneadmires and bring them intothe community.”“We al l hear about how

the Notre Dame experiencestays with you long aftergraduation, but part of that

is we represent Notre Dameon campus and off campus,even when we’re home overthe summer,” Be l l sa id .“The same way it stays withus long after we leave then,it stays with us long afterwe leave campus.”While there are no com-

muni ty or Notre Dameadmin is t ra t ion leadersd irec t ly invo lved in theefforts, student governmentplans to present BeND tothe Communi ty /CampusAdvisory Coalition as well

as the othervarious com-m u n i t ymeet ings i ttakes par tin.“There i s

no o f f i c ia lc o n n e c t i o nbut there aremany sharedgoals ,” Bel lsaid.

As for the communi ty ’sro le in the process , NickRuof , ch ie f o f s ta f f , jus thopes community membersare receptive to the effortsand initiatives undertakenby students.“We hope the community

opens up to us , a t l eas tgives us a chance to showwho we really are,” he said.Some o f the measures

a lready enacted underBeND include the distribu-t ion o f “good ne ighborguides” to off-campus stu-dents through the SeniorClass Council, promotion ofthe Transpo program, a vol-untary l istserv for RAs topass along information toon-campus s tudents andcooperative efforts with theOffice of Drug and AlcoholEducation to help distributemore educational materialsand tips to students. “This is not a marketing

p lan . I t ’s no t s imply anawareness campaign. I t ’sreally multifaceted,” Solersaid. “We want BeND to bebranded on everything wedo. This is really going to bethe platform for all of ouref forts to be good neigh-bors , to reach out to thecommuni ty and to rea l l yjust enhance the experienceof a Notre Dame s tudentboth on and off campus.”

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ND ut i l izes the iPad

As the academic year kicksinto high gear, many studentshave heard of the buzz sur-rounding the “iPad class.”Inside of Corey Angst’s proj-ect management class, theuse of Apple’s popular gadgetal lows students to takeadvantage of the iPad’s capa-bilities in a unique way.The seven-week course is

the first of several pilot class-es that will use 50 University-owned iPads as means todetermine the role e-publish-ing technology should play inthe classroom, Angst, assis-tant professor of manage-ment, said. These classes are the result

of Notre Dame’s e-publishingworking group, which formedin March as a partnershipbetween the Off ice ofInformation Technologies’Academic Technologies,Hesburgh Libraries, theHammes Notre DameBookstore, the Off ice ofInstitutional Equity, the Officeof Sustainabil i ty, theMendoza College of Business(MCOB), the Law School andthe Center for the Study ofLanguages and Cultures(CSLC). Academic technologies con-

sultant Jon Crutchfield saidthe group’s main goal is todetermine what an “e-pub-l ishing ecosystem” wouldlook like at Notre Dame.“All these groups had seen

the transition from printedtext to digital texts foryears,” Crutchfield said. “Weknew the iPad was comingout last April which wouldhelp increase acceptance of

e-readers and e-books, andthe iPad is multifunctionalenough to justify its cost.”The $499 iPads were fund-

ed by OIT, HesburghLibraries, MCOB, the LawSchool and the CSLC, allow-ing students to use them atno personal cost. Angst and Crutchfield said

the iPad’s color display, mul-t imedia capabil i t ies andInternet accessibility give itan advantage over otherblack-and-white e-readersthat have been unsuccessfullypiloted at other universities.In contrast with those failed

pilots, Angst has received vir-tually no complaints aboutthe iPads and their role in theclass.“Students work on real-

world projects in this team-based course,” Angst said.“Besides using the iPad as ane-reader, they are probablyusing shared calendars tocoordinate their schedulesand about half the studentstype notes on their iPads dur-ing class.”Angst’s students also

responded positively to thetransit ion to a paperless,iPad-based course.“I’m actually surprised how

much I like reading our text-book from the iPad,” seniorJordan Rockwell said.“Another awesome feature isan app called ‘Dropbox’ thatsyncs your files added fromany computer to the iPad soyou can instantly access yourown f i les or ProfessorAngst’s.”Angst is heading a research

project that will assess theeffectiveness of e-readers asclassroom resources andincorporate data from hisclass and future pilot cours-

es.“This is still a project man-

agement course,” Angst said.“But it’s the first part of aproject that we’ll continue tostudy as iPads are distributedto different students.”Crutchfield said that after

Angst’s class concludes,another pi lot class fromeither First Year of Studies,the Law School or the CSLCwill begin using iPads in theirinstruction. “The other courses will try

to replicate Professor Angst’sresearch methodology inorder to provide him with arich data set from a diversegroup of students of differentmajors and age groups,”Crutchfield said.The iPads may be tested in

the future in different set-tings at Notre Dame, such asmaking iPads available in thel ibrary for class-relatedvideos, Crutchfield said. “We are interested in find-

ing out how e-publishingtechnology will impact howpeople create, distribute,read and share content interms of courses, l ibraryloans and the bookstore,”Crutchfield said.Crutchfield said the sus-

tainability of e-reader tech-nology would be assessed interms of savings from e-books, energy efficiency andthe recyclability of iPads.“You can make educated

guesses about how the tech-nology wil l work out, butuntil you get it in the handsof real people, in real coursesyou don’t know the full capa-bilities and limitations of it,”Crutchfield said.

By KRISTEN DURBINNews Writer

Contact Kristen Durbin atkdurbin@nd.edu

“This is not a marketing plan. It’s

not simply an awareness plan.”

Catherine SolerStudent body president

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body’s security.”Student body pres ident

Catherine Soler met with theSBPD Thursday night, andsaid the aim of this meetingwas to decrease tens ionsbetween the student body andlaw enforcement officers.“They are going to continue

to do their job, but with a bitmore of an understanding ofthe student’s perspective,”student body pres identCatherine Soler said af terThursday night ’s meet ing.“There is definitely going tobe more discretion in the situ-ations involving arrests andticketing.”Doyle said the University

met with police because stu-dents repeatedly shared sto-ries in which they felt theirrights or dignity had beenvio lated when interact ingwith lawenforcementofficers.

“ I t ’s thepattern to methat is of mostconcern,” hesaid . “Weneed to makesure that ours t u d e n t s ’r ights andtheir dignity isprotected andthat’s why wewent down tomeet with them face to face.”But Doyle also said there

are two sides to every storyand used the Univers i ty ’smeeting with police Tuesdayas an opportuni ty to hearfrom the other side. “They have a very hard job

to do and we understandthat,” he said. Doyle sa id SBPD was

“receptive” and Soler agreed.She said student governmentplans to meet wi th pol iceagain within two weeks. Both the Univers i ty and

police recognized the atten-tion to, and punishment for,alcohol related violations thisyear is different than it hasbeen in the past.SBPD spokesman Capt. Phil

Trent attributes this changeto circumstances, rather thana “conspiracy.”Trent said Notre Dame stu-

dent off-campus housing usedto be concentrated aroundEddy Street and Notre DameAvenue, as were the bars andnight spots for s tudents .Now, students live in moreres ident ia l neighborhoodsand parties draw more com-plaints.Trent sa id of f icers are

responding to noise com-plaints and are “not trying tohinder or put a stop to thecollege experience.”“From our perspect ive ,

we’re getting calls from peo-ple and they’re saying ‘I’mtrying to sleep and there’s amob behind my house,’” hesaid.The recent trend to incar-

cerate students — rather thanissue citations — stems fromthe fact that police hold a cer-tain amount of liability forstudents who are allowed to

go home, Trent said.For example, if a group of

people are s topped onWashington Street, two milesfrom campus, they wouldhave a lengthy walk back tocampus after being issued acitation and could potentiallyget into trouble.Pol ice have a lso not iced

younger s tudents appear“profoundly drunk,” evenwhen they have low bloodalcohol contents, because oftheir lack of experience withalcohol. “We’re not in a situation

any longer where we can justshrug and allow 50 or 100students in a res ident ia lneighborhood to just d is-perse,” Trent said. Trent expects complaints

will subside once the weathercools down because partieswill move indoors and resi-dents wil l s leep with theirwindows shut. Going into the first home

football weekend, there willbe 25 South Bend police offi-

c e r spatrolling theci ty Fr idayand Saturdaynight , Solersaid. I n d i a n a

State ExciseP o l i c eCommande rLt . TimC l e v e l a n dsaid excisepol ice wi l lalso be in St.J o s e p h

County th is weekend, butdoes not have plans to step upenforcement.He added that i t i s not

excise officers’ protocol toincarcerate people for under-age drinking, but certain con-ditions may provoke it.“If they’re not cooperative

or they’re too intoxicated,then I’ll leave that to my offi-cers discretion as whether toincarcerate,” he said. Cleveland also encouraged

students to work with lawenforcement officers and said“a little cooperation goes along way.” “I expect my officers to be

respect fu l o f those thatthey’re citing or arresting,and likewise we expect thosewho are being issued sum-mons or arrested to berespectful as well,” he said. Doyle asked students, espe-

cially those who are under-age, to be “model citizens” inthe community this weekend.“Our hope is that we can get

through this weekend withoutsignificant incident or con-f l ic t , that we can s tart tobuild the kinds of communi-cat ion channels betweenadministration and studentsand law enforcement wherewe’re not so much in conflictwith one another,” he said.Soler said the student body

can expect an e-mail fromstudent government detailingthe meeting with SBPD some-time today. “There were lots of conver-

sations we can work on with-in student government thatcan lead to greater changes,”she said.

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“We need to make surethat our students’ rights

and their dignity is protected and that’s why

we went down to meetwith them face to face.”

Fr. Tom Doylevice president Student Affairs

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ing.”Freshman Jay Dolan echoed

McDonough’s sentiments, say-ing Kelly’s personality seemsto be a strength he brings tothe football program. “I think with a new coach

we’ll have a winning attitude,so we should dowell this sea-son,” he said.As freshmen,

M c D o n o u g hand Dolan areexcited for thenew experienceof attending anIrish footbal lgame as amember of theNotre Damecommunity.“I attended one game in the

past, but now I’m really excit-ed to actually be part of thestudent section,” she said.Dolan said being part of the

student body means the gamewill be special for him.“I have been to games

before, but as a student it hasto be a completely awesomeand different experience,” hesaid.Some, however, view the

season with a more cautiousoptimism.

“I am excited to see whatCoach Kelly will do with theteam,” sophomore MarkSonnik said. “However, I thinkthat it will take some time toimplement his footbal lschemes.” Sonnik said Saturday’s game

would probably be a very com-petitive one because of theclose final score of last year’sgame against Purdue.“I am hoping this will be a

good year sinceit is my last oneas a student,”senior JakePardo said. “Ithink that wewil l do betterthan we havethe last fewyears.”Pardo said in

addit ion to anew coach, a lotof new faces on

the field are what excite himabout the team.“We lost some key star play-

ers at the end of last year, butthe players that have replacedthem this year seem prettygood,” he said.Pardo was a little more opti-

mistic for his last home open-er.“It’s Purdue. We’re going to

win easily.”

difficult, you know, and roughand rude,” she said. “And theywere kind of taunting … Theyread his ID and they said ‘Oh,he’s a month away, too bad.’”Kemnetz said she tried to talk

to the police officers andrequested that they give herboyfriend a citation rather thantake him into custody. “I was trying to be as coopera-

tive as possible,” she said. “Butthe fact that they made himspend the night in jail just seemsover the top.”Her boyfriend declined to

comment.This case is one of around 70

arrests related to off-campusalcohol consumption since theweekend of Aug. 21. “It’s the one thing that every-

one’s talking about,” senior JackWinnike said. “You walk intoclasses and you overhear peopletalking about the police andeveryone is like, ‘Oh what areyou going to do this weekend? Idon’t know.’” Winnike, 21, was present

when police arrested eight stu-dents for minor consuming andtwo students for furnishing alco-hol to minors at a WashingtonStreet home early Tuesdaymorning. Some of Winnike’s friends

were arrested at the WashingtonStreet party, which consisted ofabout 30 students. According tothe police report, officers arrivedat the home in reference to alarge party. One officer told thestudents he could hear theirmusic from the street, butWinnike said no music was play-ing when the police arrived. “One of the things that always

pops into my mind is people saythe law is the law and the policehave to enforce it regardless,”he said. “That whole concept isreally just absurd because if yougot a ticket for jay walking, youwould be irate. You expect to beable to drive a 37 in a 35 with-out being pulled over … To saythat they just have to uphold thelaw and that’s it and they can’tuse their judgment in terms ofwhat’s best for public safety,that’s just not accurate.”Senior Liam Rhatigan was also

present at the Washington Streetparty Monday night, and saidseven or eight police carsarrived at the scene. He said

when they asked students fortheir identification, he said, theytold 21 year olds, like Rhatigan,to leave.“And then they just told us to

walk home, which doesn’t makesense because one of the rea-sons they said for bringing thekids who weren’t 21 to jail wasthat they weren’t allowed towalk around unsafe neighbor-hoods,” he said.Rhatigan said he felt that

every student at the party wasrespectful to the police officers,but the incident has made him,as an of-age,o f f - c ampu sstudent, par-ticularly cau-tious.“As a house

member and apotential kegbuyer, I think Iwould be verywary of havingunder 21 yearolds at myhouse anddrinking frommy drinks, especially duringfootball season, when in the pastpolice have been most active,”he said.Senior Michael Browder, who

witnessed an arrest of one stu-dent outside an off-campusparty the weekend before class-es started, and said she wasarrested despite seeming coop-erative. “There was no scruffle,” he

said. “There was nothing. Shejust kind of took it.” When he tried to approach

police to offer to turn down themusic or send people inside thehouse, he said he was interrupt-ed and sent away. Browder said in light of recent

events like these, he wouldadvise underclassmen to stay oncampus.“It’s way too risky to go off

campus during the current cir-cumstances,” he said. Luke Stavole, also a senior,

said South Bend Police broke upa party at his off-campus housethe weekend before classesbegan. When police arrivedbased on a noise complaint, hesaid most of the estimated 40people at the house were 21.When officers asked which

students were underage and noone responded, Stavole said theofficer said: “We’ll see aboutthat,” Stavole said. The officerproceeded to check identifica-tions.When the police did come

across an underage student,Stavole said one of them said:“Oh, we got a winner,” althoughthat student had not been drink-ing. While police were there, they

also received a call asking forbackup in a pursuit chase,Stavole said, to which theyresponded that they were busybusting a party. There were two underage stu-

dents at the party who had beendrinking, Stavole said. Theywere handcuffed, taken to thepolice car, but released with

citations. For Stavole,

recent arrestsmark a changefrom his previ-ous three yearsat Notre Dame.He said he waspresent at par-ties during hisfreshman yearwhen policesimply askedstudents to dis-perse from the

party. This year, he has notheard of that type of party bust. “It’s to a point where I don’t

want my friends who are under-age to come over my house,” hesaid. “The situation’s just verytense between police and stu-dents.”

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“The fact that theymade him spend the

night in jail just seemsover the top.”

Krissy Kemnetzsenior

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“I am excited to seewhat Coach Kelly will

do with the team.”

Mark Sonniksophomore

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One topic has dominated campus conversation for thepast week, and it has nothing to do with the start of fallclasses, the Dillon Hall pep rally or Brian Kelly’s newspread offense.Two weeks into the school year, more than 70 students

have already been arrested on charges related to off-campus alcohol consumption — a number so alarminglyhigh that University officials and local law enforcementhave begun conversations aimed at mediating the grow-ing tension.The first question has to be, why? What has changed

since we left school in May that has causedthe number of off-campus arrests — notcitations — to rise so rapidly?There’s been nothing to suggest off-cam-

pus s tudent behavior has drast ica l lychanged. The laws haven’t changed, either;underage drinking is still illegal, and indi-vidual police officers can still use their dis-cretion when deciding whether to arrest or cite those inviolation of the law. Lt. Tim Cleveland of the Indiana State Excise Police told

The Observer that if students are not cooperative, werepreviously arrested for underage drinking or are “toointoxicated to walk,” the police generally choose to incar-cerate.He also said those who cooperate with police are more

likely to be cited, not arrested.But it seems highly unlikely that all of the 70-plus stu-

dents fell into one of those three categories.So , we return to the quest ion: Why? What has

changed? It seems that the only change lies in how police officers

have exercised their discretion.Fr. Tom Doyle, vice president for Student Affairs, may

have summed it up best when he told The ObserverWednesday, “Things just seem different than they have inprevious years.”Things do seem different, and students have been left

in the dark as to why. If local law enforcement haschanged its policies or attitudes, they have not communi-

cated these changes to students — at least not throughwords.Even more concerning than the recent trend for officers

to arrest, not cite, violators is the palpable sense of fearand uncertainty that these incidents have instilled in thestudent body. Campus is buzzing about this issue. It is by far the most

talked-about topic in class and in the dining halls. Butwhile students have plenty to say about it, most are baf-fled as to what they should do.Several students who have had interactions with law

enforcement brought their stories to Doyle andothers within the University and student gov-ernment, yet only four have been willing to goon the record with The Observer. The fact that these students are hesitant to

have their names in print demonstrates theatmosphere of fear that pervades campus.This should not be the student body’s foremost

feeling heading into the first home football weekend.Doyle said he has noticed a pattern in student stories

where “their rights or their dignity is being violated,”which prompted the University to engage in discussionswith law enforcement and city officials. But where willthose discussions lead — and, almost as important, whenwill students know the results?There appears to be no overnight solution for a prob-

lem that seemed to arise overnight.While we hope the recent “us vs. them” mentality will

eventually subside as the University becomes moreinvolved with local officials, students are still left in aprecarious position — especially heading into the firsthome football weekend.Doyle’s advice: “I think we all have to reflect on what’s

happened the past two weekends and say the prudentcourse of action for students would be to be model citi-zens in the community, especially those who are not ofage.”Those may not be the words some students want to

hear. But with so much uncertainty, what else are we todo?

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.”

Jimi HendrixU.S. rock musician

What has changed?

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

I am from the class of 1975. I love the Notre Dame band.We sit and wait on the north side of the stadium for an hourjust to hear and watch the Band march in to the stadium.When I was there, the student body really did not sing theAlma Mater. On the last home game of the season, seniorswould sing it for the first time.I think it is great that all now sing it. For all the years

until Weis, the end of the game was the highlight: The bandplayed the Alma Mater for all of the Notre Dame community.What a moving moment.Then during the Weis years, it was played just in front of

the student body (and for a TV moment). A move by him totry to ingratiate himself to the students? Yet, what a travestyto all of us alumni! The rest of the stadium can barely hearthe Alma Mater. In a way, it was insulting to us. We are partof the community, we contribute lots of money, we love NotreDame. Many times, I see young alumni at their first gamesince graduation, they wait for the Alma Mater, and thenthey can’t even hear it! Why should a TV Moment ruin it forthe rest? Let’s show the country that Notre Dame is morethan the wonderful student body. They should understandthat once they graduate and then go to a game, this beauti-ful part of Notre Dame is lost. I hope the students under-stand and want all of us to hear and sing this homage (andeven a prayer) to Our Lady.Please bring back the real tradition of playing the Alma

Mater for all the Notre Dame community?

Frank Keresalumnus

Class of 1975Sept. 1

Take responsibilitySo far there have been multiple articles in The

Observer and other news sources about tension betweenNotre Dame students and the police. The students quot-ed in The Observer articles have only seemed to expresstheir frustration that the South Bend Police Departmentis wasting their time on such trivial things like underagedrinking. If that were the case that would be frustrating,but in every article I’ve read the parties in questionseemed to already have illegal activity happening. A pre-vious article in the Aug. 27 edition of The Observer dis-cussed a fight breaking out at a party and moving intothe street. In addition, the front page story of the Aug.30 edition cited a party where students were trespassinginto a nearby pool.I agree that the SBPD should not be wasting their time

on such things as underage drinking at parties and pettycrimes like trespassing, however instead of being out-raged that they are, maybe the student body should takesome responsibility. Neither of these parties would havebeen an issue if students were not committing crimes.The police cannot just simply ignore a crime in theassumption that a larger crime is happening elsewhere.They are obligated to respond to the crimes they knoware happening.

Fellow students, instead of being angry about thepolice doing their job, stop forcing them to waste theirtime. Grow up a little and take responsibility for youractions. If we quit committing these crimes then thePolice might have time to stop those “worse crimes” thatwe are so concerned about.

Eli Reichenbachjunior

off campusSept. 1

Share the Alma Mater

So syllabus week is over and now it’stime to actually pay attention and getdown to business in class. Unfortunately,this also means interacting with our fel-low students. Don’t get me wrong, thereare a lot of peoplethat I meet in myclasses with whomI end up formingsubstantial friend-ships. On the other

hand, there isalways at least oneperson in everyclass that I live todespise. And Ithink that many ofyou out thereknow what I’mtalking about. In every class there is always that one

person that every single other student inthe class secretly wants to kill. This per-son is either uber-annoying, thinksthey’re the most intelligent person out-side of Harvard, or they really think theythey’re doing Notre Dame a favor bygracing the campus with their sheerawesomeness.Barf.I know that everyone reading this can

think of at least one person in class whoannoys the bejesus out of them andeveryone else. These are individuals whorefuse to use any words that have lessthan three syllables and are constantlygoing on about how busy they are. Notonly that, but they expect everyone elseto care that they are so busy because, incase you didn’t know, their lives are sounbelievably important that it affects thebalance of the entire universe. If you can’t think of anyone who fits

this description, newsflash! You are thatperson. Hate to break it to you, buteveryone in all your classes has joined aFacebook group about why they hate youand have discussed finding a rule induLac that allows students to eject aclassmate based on the fact that said stu-dent is a humongous windbag whomakes his peers legitimately reconsiderthe Geneva convention. And I can admit, that I may have possi-

bly been this person at one point in mylife. Well, maybe two points. I’m of the I-ask-way-too-many-questions-and-feel-that-I-have-the-most-to-say variety.However, it only took me about twoweeks to realize that my classmatesweren’t returning my smiles when I sawthem on the quad. Bright side of being that person, every-

one in class most definitely knew myname. Bad news, I’m pretty sure it wasalways associated with an expletive ofsome sort. I’ve since reformed my ways.What’s really depressing is these type

of annoying imbeciles aren’t going awayanytime soon. Just today, as I was havinga nice and completely shallow conversa-tion with my girlfriend before class start-ed, some kid thought it would be a goodidea to engage in a conversation aboutmodern representations of race in thenew media that reflects common stereo-types. For a few seconds I contemplatedhow much damage could be inflictedwith my ballpoint pen.Basically, we’re stuck with these people

for the rest of our lives. Because annoy-ing students turn into annoying cowork-ers, who turn into annoying neighbors atthe retirement home. So keep quiet, staystrong and really work on perfectingyour death stare.

INSIDE COLUMN

That kid in class

Molly Madden

New s w riter

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

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“They can conquer who believe they can.”

VirgilRoman epic poet

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The Observer

Can someone please start a charityfund that donates money to help theunemployed get job training for everytime a politician says he or she is not apart of Washington culture? My firstthoughts every timea guy in a suit,excuse me pleatedkhakis and a work-ing man’s collaredshirt, says he wantsto be sent toWashington tochange the cultureof D.C. is how stupid must the U.S.public be to buy this as genuine?Despite your political beliefs you arelikely equally baffled as to why politi-cians can say with a straight face thatthey will “shake up Washington.” Yet,they will get away with it and wintheir elections (Only seven incumbentsin all of Congress have lost in a pri-mary so far this year), not becausepeople are dumb, but because thereare no real options. Pessimism isattacking the soul of the United States.We need to start finding ways to stopit.The journey towards saving our

democracy from the obsession ofshort-term political benefit versuslong-term health for our country is arigorous one, but it must start withchallenging the two-party system. I’vespent the last three years of my lifecampaigning for candidates, and then

fighting issue-by-issue trying to winlegislative battles to move this countryforward. After two years of the ObamaAdministration I am far from empty-handed, but enormous issues like theenvironment and immigration policyare untouched and each major billpassed is defined by being sub-opti-mal. Thanks to the two-party monop-oly on the system and a lot of moneychanging hands in D.C., we have bloat-ed bills addressing national crises likehealth care and Wall Street reformthat no one understands except thelobbyists that wrote them. I have concluded that instead of

advocating incessantly for certainissues, the roots of legislative failuremust be addressed. There needs to bereal political competition injected intoour system. While a number of solu-tions need to be put forth, like publicfinancing for elections, making it moredifficult for members of Congress andtheir staffs to become lobbyists, andfilibuster reform, I am most intriguedby the concept of ranked-choice vot-ing.Ranked-choice voting is when a voter

has a first choice, second choice, andsometimes a third choice vote. Thesystem is used in various countriesaround the world and by a selection ofcities and counties in the U.S., mostnotably the city of San Francisco.Ranked-choice voting tallies all of thefirst choice votes and if a candidate

has more than 50 percent of thosevotes he or she is victorious. In thelikely event that no one gets a majoritythe lowest vote getter is eliminatedand the second choice votes get allo-cated according to the voters’ selec-tions. This process is repeated until acandidate gets more than 50 percentof the total votes. Ranked-choice voting would bring a

desperately needed breath of fresh airto the predictable and depressing backand forth that dominates U.S. politicstoday. Party lines would begin to bluras candidates emerged that gave vot-ers real choices on the most importantissues of our time. Third party candi-dates would at a very minimum injectnew ideas and approaches intodebates. With ranked-choice votingcandidates will less frequently give into attacking their opponents becausethey will not want to alienate potentialsecond choice votes. Also, the dissolv-ing integrity of U.S. media could beslowed as people started to regaininterest in debates. Third party candi-dates and ideas would throw a wrenchinto today’s news cycle of partisanpundits spewing the daily talkingpoints. Having massive “big tent” parties

does not serve the interests of the peo-ple effectively. During the 2008 elec-tion people demanded change, trans-parency, and accountability from theirgovernment. The problem was that

such a large and politically diversemajority of Democrats were elected toCongress that the debates over everymajor piece of legislation took placealmost entirely within the walls ofCongress or the West Wing. Themedia simply chased behind reportingerroneously and selectively on pollsthat fit into their particular narrative.I am not writing this article because

I despise the Democratic andRepublican parties. I am a Democratand identify with the left in U.S. poli-tics, but I believe in a real market-place of ideas. More diversity in ideol-ogy on Election Day would improveboth parties by making them moreaccountable to their voters. So insteadof blaming President Obama orMinority Leaders Mitch McConnell andJohn Boehner for the state of politicsin the U.S. start focusing on the realculprit, a flawed system of politicalparties and rules of governance. Weneed to start thinking critically abouthow we can reform our political sys-tem to protect the future of ourdemocracy.

Chris Rhodenbaugh is a senior political science major and editor ofwww.LeftysLastCry.com, Notre Dame’sProgressive Headquarters. He can becontacted at crhodenb@nd.edu

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

The system is broke; Let’s fix it

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

‘Playing judge’Dear Ryan Kreager,Your whole letter (“Anger at SB Police is hypocritical”, Sept. 1)

was wrong, but I’m going to focus on one part, which was so wrongthat I’m writing this letter when I could be out encouraging under-age drinking, or other fun leisure activities.You attempted to make the point that it would be a bad thing for

police officers to decide whether to arrest people or not. That’s theirjob. It is their responsibility as officers of the law to make educateddecisions about situations. When someone gets a warning for driv-ing over the speed limit, the police officer made a conscious decisionnot to issue a ticket. This would fall, I guess, under crimes that are“simply ignored.”If a police office mentioned that he or she didn’t drag a dozen 20

year olds to jail for underage drinking because they were dealingwith an armed robbery, I would say they were doing their job.The last thing we want is not the police “playing judge,” which

happens every day. The last thing we want is the police officersplaying judge and making the wrong choice — which they did thisweekend and again on Monday night.The last thing we want is a self-righteous, illogical diatribe in the

paper. You sound stressed. Chill out. Have a beer.

Franci Rooneyjunior

McGlinn HallSept. 2

Starting with the incident on July 17, and certainly picking up following the first full weekendback at school, Notre Dame students’ “interactions” with South Bend police has been the talk ofcampus. Some of the debate has come to focus more on the issue of whether underage drinking is acrime worth pursuing by the police when other crime is rampant in the city. To those who thinkthat certain Notre Dame students say the South Bend police is oppressive just because they want afree pass to drink underage, I offer a story that isn’t about to make the front page of The Observer.A friend of mine who lives off campus was riding his bike home after dark Monday night when he

passed a South Bend police car, which then pulled him over. The first thing the officers asked himwas “Are you a Notre Dame student?” Such a question seems prejudicial and probably is not rele-vant to any crime or violation that might have occurred. After taking their time to tell him why hewas pulled over, during which he was also patted down, he was informed that he was stoppedbecause his bike did not have a light. Instead of perhaps being given a warning, he was then givena $119 fine “for his own safety.”I would love to hear from anyone who feels safer knowing those two officers collected more

money for the city because of a missing light on a bike.

Stephen Sienasenior

Keough HallSept. 2

A different interaction

ChrisRhodenbaugh

The system is broke;

Let’s fix it

“If there was no underage drinking, there would be no underage drinking busts, andthe cops would have that much more time to serve and protect against more seriouscrimes” ... Why in the world should the police prioritize this way? Allow me to rephrasewith a little hyperbole (since I have already participated in "hypocrisy of the highestorder.” “If there were no jaywalking, there would be no jaywalking busts, and the copswould have that much more time to serve and protect against murderers” ... Shouldn’tour police protect us against major crimes before protecting against minor crimes? Is itunreasonable to expect to be protected from others before being protected from our-selves? Breaking into a vehicle is a perfect example of a crime that is harmful to therest of society. Unless drunks are spilling out of a house or there is an unacceptableamount of noise coming from a party, there is no real harm that is being brought tosociety by throwing a party. Once the police force decides to protect us from externalharm, I will stop complying about them misappropriating their resources.I am not saying it is a good idea to break the law. I am not saying you should ever

fight a police officer, especially one with a warrant. I also understand that the excisepolice are not responsible for general law enforcement, so I am not concerned withtheir actions in this case. What I am saying is that we should not feel terrified by bothlocal crime and the local police force. I don’t think it is hypocritical to expect safety inmy community while partaking in socially harmless behavior in the comfort of my pri-vate residence.

Michael Cartersenior

off campusSept. 2

No hypocrisy inexpecting safety

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Before the weather starts getting really terrible, take the time tomake a trip over to Carroll Hall to see the massive “Go Irish” banner.It’s quite the surprise that so much Notre Dame spirit can be con-tained in such a small dorm, but seeing the banner early on Saturdaymorning will certainly evoke pride in even the most lackluster footballfans.For anyone looking for that quintessential “so college” moment, lookno further than Alumni Quad Dancing. Early Friday afternoon, themen of Alumni Hall showcase their dance moves and manage to makepassersby feel as uncomfortable as possible. They tend to sacrificetheir bodies for the dance and may even sacrifice a little pride. Whenwalking out of South Dining Hall on Friday, don’t be alarmed by thedancing cone or shirtless Bill Clinton. It’s just the Alumni Quad Dance.After stopping by Carroll Hall, complete the Notre Dame bannertour by heading to Zahm Hall. For every home game a large bannerreading “Here Come the Irish” covers the building. It’s nothing com-pared to hearing the same phrase read by the announcer as our teamtakes the field, but it’s an integral part of the football tradition.The biggest event this weekend, other than the actual game, is theDillon Pep Rally. Each dorm showcasing their dorm pride is quiteexciting. Viking hats and giant oars may not be commonplace at NotreDame, but they aren’t out of the ordinary at the Dillon Pep rally. Comeexperience the thrill of Notre Dame football at 6:00 p.m. on Fridaywhile the team is still undefeated.

Contact Courtney Cox at ccox3@nd.edu

By COURTNEY COXScene Writer

Things to do before the

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Friday around 12:30 p.m. – One of the strangest yet most enjoyablefootball weekend experiences is watching the Alumni Dawgs have adance party in front of their dorm on South Quad. Take a break fromyour walk from class to South Dining Hall to admire the random mix ofcostumes, dance moves and upbeat songs.Friday 6 p.m. – The Dillon Pep Rally, held before the first homegame each year, always provides plenty of laughs as it satirizes cam-pus events and the football program. The rest of the pep rallies willmost likely continue to disappoint this year, which gives students evenmore reason to come to South Quad to laugh and get excited forSaturday’s game.Friday Midnight – For first timers, the Drummer’s Circle in front ofMain Building is a can’t-miss event. After listening to the beats of clas-sic Notre Dame songs with a mix of students and other fans, everyonecomes away feeling even more pumped for the game the next day. Andfor all you freshmen, it’s a great chance to perfect some of thosecheers.Saturday 1:45 p.m. – For the biggest of football fans, line up towatch and cheer on the players as they walk over from mass to thestadium. Catch a glimpse of your favorite players just a few hoursbefore they (hopefully) make plays to remember all season.Saturday 2:30 p.m. – If you miss the trumpets standing on theirseats and playing in South Dining Hall during lunch, catch them play-ing band classics under Notre Dame’s most iconic landmark, theDome.Saturday immediately after the game – Join the rush after thegame to get to the dining halls as soon as possible to avoid the longlines for the candlelight dinners (here’s an insider tip: there’s noescaping the lines). They are all worth it though, for the rare treat of amore intimate ambience and food of much higher quality than the day-to-day dining hall provisions.

By BRANDY CERNEScene Writer

Contact Brandy Cerne at bcerne1@nd.edu

Weekend hour break-

down

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Bookstore: Like sporting the latest The Shirt on football week-ends? Of course! Like it enough to be touched anonymously byhundreds of other noisy fans in the mile-long cashier lines? Didn’tthink so.Grape Road: The main thoroughfare of downtown Mishawaka isbad enough during rush hour. Toss in a hundred thousand extradrivers searching for a place to celebrate the victory over Purdue,and it’s a recipe for auto disaster.Stadium Bathrooms during halftime: See Bookstore, but withtoilets.Indiana Toll Road: Looking to travel out of town after the gamethis weekend? Take a bike. It will be quicker. Seriously.Library or any study hall: You kidding me!? New coach, newquarterback, new season? Forget about it!

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By PATRICK GRIFFINScene Writer

Contact Patrick Griffin at pgriffi3@nd.edu

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9:30 am – You’re trying (and failing) to buy a ticket for your friend from Purdue from theticket window. You leave the stadium and go take pictures with your roommates jumping inthe air in front of Zahm’s “Here Come the Irish” banner until the crepes line opens at NorthDining Hall. Later, your Purdue friend pays an ungodly amount to the scalpers stationed onthe corner of Douglas and 933.

1:30 pm – YOU LOVE NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL SO MUCH, but you forgot about DaylightSavings Time. The gates aren’t even open yet, though you rattle them in desperation. Youwant to enter your cathedral of college sporting tradition, but the sanctuary is not yet willingto rescue you from the real world. You spend the next hour circling the stadium, kissing thefeet of all the coaches’ statues. For the Lou Holtz one, you climb up onto the pedestal andjust kind of hug him for a few minutes.

2:30 pm – YOU LOVE NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL SO MUCH. You are the first student atGate E, and you give all the ushers high-fives and you stare in awe at all the banners andHeisman winners and … then you see how far you have to hike up the ramp to your seats insection 34. You buy an overpriced hot dog and a Commemorative Stadium Mug and wait onsome steps for all your friends to show up.

2:45 pm – An hour before, you were camped out by Sorin, hoping for a glimpse of studlystudent-athletes in suits strolling from the basilica to the stadium. Now you’re glued to yourseat, wearing your artfully-cut-up The Shirt with pride. You’re not a jersey chaser or any-thing, but you like to watch the team stretch.

2:50 pm – You are a band groupie. You love the music and pageantry and marching andfunny spats on shoes, so you follow the band through the Law School Arch. You give themarimba guy a wink. He looked pretty cute at drummer circle last night.

3:00 pm - You’ve filled up on free food from tailgates (the alumni giving it are possiblyrelated to your freshman-year roommate’s cousin’s roommate) in the stadium lot, so you jointhe rush of people streaming into the various gates. You consider yourself a dedicated NotreDame football fan and would under any other circumstances be there at 2:30, but man, youliked those hamburgers from Mr. Dorm Donor ’71.

3:05 pm – You make it just in time for all the patriotic and school-spirited ceremoniesbefore the game. You are also a little bit tipsy, but you are so patriotic and you love NotreDame and have superb balance, so you can stand on your wooden bench and belt out“America the Beautiful” and “The Star Spangled Banner” with ease. You even perfectly timeyour fist-pump during the Victory March.

3:15 pm – Football is fun. So is the shuttle bus from White Fields. So many new friends!Woo college! Purdon’t! Haha, get it? Purdon’t? Let’s go Irish! Go Irish, beat Trains! That’swhat a Boilermaker is, right? A train?

3:30 pm - The security personnel at the gates confiscated your vuvuzela. Jerks. You evenspent 10 minutes trying to conceal it in your pants and now you’re left without anything suf-ficiently obnoxious. You trudge in, disheartened.

3:37 pm – You catch kick-off and yell politely along with everybody else. You like football,you really do. Maybe. It’s just so confusing. You also like to sit down during time-outs andtext a lot during key defensive moments. Some student section purists yell at your for being alackluster Irish fan, but you don’t really care.

4:00 pm – You left your ticket booklet on your dining hall tray and just spent the last threehours digging through trash cans in South. The ushers manage to scan the barcode aroundall the scrambled eggs caked on the Purdue stub.

4:15 pm –Well, you paid $245 for the season. Might as well see what’s going on. Looks likea good time. You don’t think the benches look too comfortable. You ask an usher where thegrad student section is.

Never, because you don’t have tickets – You are an international student who thinksAmerican football is kind of ridiculous. You stay at home to watch soccer/futbol matchesstreaming on your laptop and do some of your homework. When your roommate comeshome and collapses on the futon after a four-hour marathon of screaming and standing andjumping and touchdown push-ups, you ask how the weather was today.

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There are two good options for where to enjoy yourpost-victory or lamentation meal – the campus dininghalls or one of the fine local food establishments, acces-sible by foot (Eddy Street Commons) or car (pretty mucheverywhere else). Decide which will hit that post-gamesweet spot, and then plan ahead! Did you forget thatthere are over 80,000 people on campus on game days?A little pre-emptive planning will save you a bigheadache when sitting in traffic or waiting in line foryour much-needed food.Wait it out: if you can make it a few hours withouteating, the crowds, both on campus and off, will be infi-nitely smaller and getting around by foot or car will takeless than half the time. And if you’re planning to enjoyyour meals in the dining halls, pay for your dinner earli-er in the day at either dining hall and then just makesure to bring your ticket with when it’s time for dinner.Not having to wait in the cash register line will save youand/or your guests tons of time.Call ahead: If you’re checking out a local eatery, see ifthey take reservations. If so, make one, but if you’replanning to leave right after the game, give yourself atleast an hour and a half to get there. Traffic really isthat bad.Avoid Douglas Road at all costs: Traffic gets re-routed

so it’s a one-way street and it takes longer than yourbrains can bear to get anywhere. Side streets are yourbest bet. Even if you don’t know where you’re going,keep yourself situated in terms of main roads likeDouglas, Edison, Ironwood and Michigan and you’ll befine.The restaurants at Eddy Street Commons: They aretotally convenient. But they will be packed for hoursafter the game is over. Just keep that in mind.

By MAIJA GUSTINAssociate Scene Editor

Contact Maija Gustin at mgustin@nd.edu

By JORDAN GAMBLEScene Editor

Contact Jordan Gamble at jgamble@nd.edu

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MLB

Yankees shut out Athletics for four-game sweepKonerko hits a three-run home run for second win over Indians; Five runs in second inning lead Boston to split series

NEW YORK — CC Sabathiapitched one-hit ball for eightinnings to earn his major league-leading 19th win, fill-in CurtisGranderson homered twice andthe New York Yankees beat theOakland Athletics 5-0 Thursdayfor a four-game sweep.

Sabathia (19-5) breezed on asteamy afternoon, nicked only byMark Ellis’ clean single leading offthe second. Jonathan Albaladejocompleted the combined one-hit-ter in the ninth.

Granderson hit a solo homerand a two-run shot as a replace-ment for Nick Swisher, who leftafter one inning because of a stiffleft knee. Jorge Posada also home-red a day after an animated ejec-tion, propelling the Yankees totheir sixth straight victory.

New York increased its AL Eastlead over idle Tampa to 1½games. Oakland’s loss gave ALWest-leading Texas a 10-gamebulge.

Sabathia matched his careerhigh for victories and won hissixth start in a row overall. Hewas in trouble just once, after a hitbatter and a walk to start theeighth, but retired the next threehitters in order.

The big lefty struck out five,walked three and exchanged a fistbump with Eduardo Nunez afterthe rookie made a nice play tostart the sixth. Ellis’ hit was anopposite-field stroke through theright side.

Sabathia began his day by fan-ning Coco Crisp, who took an awk-ward swing at 92 mph heat, whichexactly matched the gametime

temperature. The sunny weatherfigures to change in a hurry forFriday’s home game againstToronto, with Hurricane Earlexpected to bring rain.

Winning in the Bronx hasbecome almost automatic forSabathia — he’s now 16-0 in 21starts at Yankee Stadium since the2009 All-Star break. Beating theA’s had been more of a problem —he began the day 6-8 with a 5.36ERA in 20 career starts againstthem.

Dallas Braden (9-10) left in thesixth inning with heat-relatedcramps. He allowed two hits andslowly walked off trailing 1-0. Hewas coming off a four-hit shutoutat Texas.

Braden started against theYankees for the first time since hisdustup with Alex Rodriguez onApril 22 in Oakland. A-Rodangered Braden by crossing themound while returning to firstbase after a foul ball, and the twolater sniped at each other and theA’s sold T-shirts printed with “GetOff My Mound.”

Braden and Rodriguez havesince patched up their differences.They didn’t face each other thistime, with Rodriguez still on thedisabled list.

Posada launched his 17th homerun in the second. He trotted pastthird-base umpire Dana DeMuthwithout incident — a night earlier,Posada was ejected by DeMuthafter arguing a called third strike,then drew a line in the dirt withhis bat to show where the pitchwas wide.

Braden bent over after a pitch inthe sixth, and suddenly there werea lot of people on his mound,

including A’s manager Bob Gerenand a trainer. Jerry Blevinsrelieved and recorded an outbefore throwing a pitch, trappingDerek Jeter off first base.

Granderson followed with ahome run, then hit a two-run shotfor his 17th homer in the seventh.This was his sixth multihomergame.

A’s reliever Justin James madehis big league debut in the eighthand gave up Austin Kearns’ RBIsingle.

White Sox 6, Indians 4For the second straight game,

Manny Ramirez watched from afew feet away as one of his newteammates hit a game-winninghomer.

Claimed off waivers by Chicagofor his renowned power, Ramirezprovided only a bloop a single inhis debut but he was on deckwhen Paul Konerko hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning togive the White Sox a win andthree-game sweep of theCleveland Indians on Wednesday.

Ramirez’s debut with the WhiteSox was anything but a hit forseven innings. Chicago trailed 4-1going into the eighth, but theWhite Sox rallied after the Indianspulled Carlos Carrasco, who wasmaking his first start of 2010.

With the intimidating Ramirezwaiting in the on-deck circle,Konerko connected with two outsoff Justin Germano (0-1) as theWhite Sox improved to 3-0 on a10-game trip that will next takethem to Boston, where Ramirezmay not be welcomed back withopen arms by Red Sox fans.

On Tuesday night, Ramirez wason deck in the ninth and ready topinch hit when A.J. Pierzynski hita tiebreaking, three-run homer inChicago’s 4-3 win.

Chicago reliever Tony Pena (4-2)pitched three innings after replac-ing Freddy Garcia, who left afterfour with a stiff back. Rookie ChrisSale, the team’s first-round draftpick, pitched the ninth for his firstcareer save. The left-handerstruck out Shin Soo-Choo with thetying runs on base to end it.

Wearing his familiar No. 99 anddreadlocks yet to be trimmed toteam appearance standards,Ramirez went 1-for-3 in his returnto the AL after 2 1/2 seasons withthe Dodgers. He grounded out inthe second, struck out in thefourth, blooped a single to right inthe seventh and was hit in theupper back by a 70 mph breakingball from Germano in the ninth,two pitches after Konerko hit his33rd homer.

The White Sox were counting onRamirez’s presence in their lineupto make a difference, and italready has — without him evenhitting the ball hard.

Chicago did get a home runfrom its other Ramirez, shortstopAlexei, whose solo homer startedthe comeback in the eighth. Headded a sacrifice fly in the ninth.

Alex Rios also homered for theWhite Sox.

Before the rally, Chicago hardlylooked like a team in playoff con-tention. The White Sox madethree errors and struggled againstCarrasco, recalled from Triple-AColumbus to start the series finale.He allowed six hits and three runsin 7 1-3 innings.

Red Sox 6, Orioles 4Adrian Beltre homered to

spark a five-run second inning,and the Boston Red Sox beat theBaltimore Orioles on Thursdaynight to salvage a .500 road trip.

David Ortiz drove in two runsand J.D. Drew had three hits forthe Red Sox, who moved within6½ games of idle Tampa Bay inthe AL wild-card race.

Boston dropped two of threeon the road against the Rays,then lost in Baltimore onTuesday before winning twostraight. The Red Sox open a six-game homestand Friday againstformer teammate MannyRamirez and the Chicago WhiteSox.

After missing his last start witha sore back, Daisuke Matsuzaka(9-4) gave up four runs in 5 2-3innings. He has allowed four

runs in each of his last four out-ings.

Jonathan Papelbon worked theninth for his 35th save, and sec-ond in two nights. Baltimore gotrunners on second and thirdwith one out before Papelbonstruck out Cesar Izturis androokie Josh Bell.

Papelbon is the only pitcher inmajor league history to record atleast 35 saves in each of his firstfive seasons. In 38 careerappearances against the Orioles,he has 30 saves and an 0.75ERA.

Baltimore starter BradBergesen (6-10) gave up fiveruns, two earned, eight hits anda career-high five walks in 5 1-3innings. He was 3-0 in six startssince July 26.

Down 5-0 and limited to twohits over the first five innings, theOrioles chased Matsuzaka with afour-run sixth. Nick Markakis hitan RBI single and Ty Wiggintonfollowed with a run-scoringgroundout before Matt Wietershit a two-run double.

The Red Sox made it 6-4 in theseventh. With runners on thecorners and one out, Mike Lowellhit a grounder to third. Bell’sthrow to second was behind thebag, and although Brian Robertsmade the catch, his off-balancerelay bounced through the legsof first baseman Wigginton.

A poor fielding play was also a

Associated Press

AP

New York Yankees Curtis Granderson receives pat on the head fromteammate Derek Jeter after Granderson’s two-run home run Thursday.

AP

Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka releases a pitch duringthe first inning of the Red Sox victory over the Orioles Thursday.

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PGA

Woods hopes for qualifying bid at TPC Boston

NORTON, Mass. — A chart ofFedEx Cup standings at theDeutsche Bank Championshipshowed Tiger Woods at the top,not unusual considering he haswon the cup and its $10 millionprize every year he has played.

This chart was different.It listed the 10 players who

are on the bubble at the TPCBoston, starting with Woods atNo. 65 through Josh Teater atNo. 75. Only the top 70 after thisweek will advance to the thirdround of the playoffs at theBMW Championship, whereWoods is defending champion.

Woods has failed to defend atitle when the tournament haschanged dates or when he wasinjured. Never has he not goneback to a tournament as thedefending champion because hewas not eligible.

“It’s been a different year,”Woods said.

It might be showing signs ofturning around. One tourna-ment is not enough to declareWoods’ game is back, althoughhis tie for 12th at The Barclayswas his best finish since June.Plus, it got him into the secondround of the FedEx Cup playoffs.

And for the first time since theMasters, when he returned togolf after a five-month layoff,Woods went through an entirepress conference without amention of his broken marriageor how it got to that point.

Even so, it remains odd to see

Woods so far down any list.Matt Kuchar is No. 1 in the

FedEx Cup standings on thestrength of his victory last weekto open the four-tournamentplayoffs. Steve Stricker is No. 2and the defending champion atthe TPC Boston. They areassured of reaching the finalround.

Woods is only assured of mak-ing the weekend because theDeutsche Bank Championshipdoesn’t start until Friday, thelone tournament on the PGATour schedule that ends on aMonday.

“I’m starting to see someprogress, which is nice,” Woodssaid. “Mentally, I’m hitting theball much better, hence I havemore confidence. I’m driving theball much straighter, hitting theball a little bit farther, especiallywith my irons. And those are allpositive signs. It’s just a matterof making it a little bit more nat-ural. And that’s just reps.”

Whether the tournament lastsany longer than Labor Daydepends on the path ofHurricane Earl — the samename as Woods’ late father. Theforecast was for good weatherthrough noon on Friday before itstarts getting nasty, with theworst of it late Friday afternoonand into the night.

The tour moved tee times upas much as it could with a 99-man field — 40 minutes — withhopes of getting the round in.Officials will decide Fridaymorning whether to play lift,

clean and place to protectagainst the late starters havingto return Saturday morning tocomplete the first round in whatcould be a swamp.

“It will be awesome to get thisfinished tomorrow,” said MarkRussell, a vice president of rulesand competition for the tour.

So much is at stake this week— not one cup, but two.

For the 99 players — KennyPerry pulled out on Wednesday— the goal is to finish in the top70 in the standings to advanceto Chicago and the BMWChampionship. It’s far moretense for the 14 players thatU.S. captain Corey Pavin has ona white sheet of paper he keepsin his pocket, all of them candi-dates to be among his fourRyder Cup picks.

Woods figures to be a lock.Zach Johnson is getting plentyof support as another pick. Forthe rest of them, the DeutscheBank Championship is one lastchance to make an impressionon the captain, and even thatmight not be enough.

“There are no promises outthere to anyone,” Pavin said. “Ithink everyone is matureenough to understand that.”

The players on his list were allinvited to his barbecue duringthe PGA Championship, mean-ing they will get a phone callnext week to say whether theymade the team. The only addi-tion was David Toms, a runner-up at Greensboro two weeksago.

Pavin invited the eight playerswho qualified for his team —Phil Mickelson had not yetarrived — to dinner Wednesdaynight. He is soliciting their opin-ions, and said all the players arecoming up with the same list of

seven or eight guys who wouldbe good picks.

“I think he’s got a pretty goodidea who his picks are going tobe,” Stricker said. “I mean, Ithink he still has some ques-tions. I think it depends a lot onwhat happens here this week,and he wants to have someplayers step up and show himsomething. I don’t think anybodyis set in stone yet, but I thinkhe’s really looking forward tosee what’s going to happenhere.”

Stricker doesn’t have to worryabout that, nor does MattKuchar, who made his firstRyder Cup team. They can thinkexclusively about the FedEx Cupfor now, both in prime positionto chase the $10 million prize.

Woods, meanwhile, is trying tostay in the top 70 of the stand-ings after this week, althoughhis primary goal hasn’t changedwhether he’s No. 65 or No. 1 inthe FedEx Cup.

“I go out there and tee it up towin the tournament,” he said.

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Tiger Woods drives on the second hole during the Deutsche BankChampionship golf tournament at TPC Boston Thursday.

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NFL

Roethlisberger seeksto reduce suspension

PITTSBURGH — BenRoethlisberger’s first big gain ofthe season may occur weeksbefore he returns to the field.

His six-game suspension forviolating the league’s personalconduct policy likely will be short-ened to four games by NFL com-missioner Roger Goodell after thetwo meet in New York on Friday.The meeting will take place about12 hours after the quarterbackplayed two series in the Steelers’final preseason game, completing4 of 6 passes for 39 yards againstthe Carolina Panthers inPittsburgh.

The league plans to reviewRoethlisberger’s behavior sincehe was accused of sexuallyassaulting a Georgia college stu-dent following a night of drinkingin a Milledgeville, Ga., bar onMarch 5. Once it was determinedsix weeks later thatRoethlisberger would not becharged by Georgia authorities,Goodell suspendedRoethlisberger for the start of theseason and ordered him toundergo an extensive evaluation.

If Roethlisberger followed theleague’s guidelines and stayedout of trouble, Goodell said hewould consider cutting the sus-pension to four games. WhileRoethlisberger is likely to contendthat his conduct has been exem-plary and the penalty should be

cut even further, perhaps to threegames, NFL officials have empha-sized that Goodell’s initial rulingspecified a punishment of at leastfour games.

Steelers president Art Rooney IIis expected to accompanyRoethlisberger to the meeting.Goodell’s ruling was made in con-sultation with Rooney and theSteelers, who were angered bythe two-time Super Bowl quarter-back’s behavior and would havepunished him if the league had-n’t.

Goodell’s office has kept in fre-quent contact with the Steelers’ownership and is expected toannounce shortly after the meet-ing whether the suspension willbe shortened.

Roethlisberger was encouragedlast month when Goodell said hewas going “above and beyond”what the league asked him. Thequarterback spent considerabletime during training camp inter-acting with fans, working at char-itable and youth functions andappearing at children’s hospitals.

“I’m very encouraged by whathe’s doing,” Goodell said atSteelers training camp Aug. 5.“He hasn’t just done what he’sbeen told to do, I think he’sworked hard to really try toimprove and focus on himself andunderstand what he’s beenthrough and what he’s going todo differently going forward. Ithink that’s a very positive thing.”

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ATP

Federer beats Beck to move on in U.S. OpenNEW YORK — Roger Federer

is one cool customer.The temperature climbed into

the 90s yet again Thursday at

Flushing Meadows, and the guyshowed up for work wearing awarmup jacket. Then he put inhis 1 hour, 41 minutes on court,dismissing 104th-rankedAndreas Beck of Germany 6-3,

6-4, 6-3 with the help of 15aces, to ease into the thirdround of the U.S. Open.

“It’s about just saving yourenergy for the really big matchcoming up, maybe the next

one,” Federer said, perhapsmindful that he was pushed tofive sets in the opening round atWimbledon in June before even-tually losing in the quarterfinalsat a second consecutive major

tournament.He dropped all of seven games

in the first round of the U.S.Open, and the owner of a record16 Grand Slam titles is feelingpretty good about things at themoment.

“It’s the perfect start, sure. Iplayed Monday; had two daysoff. I had another easy onephysically today, and here I amin the third round feeling likeI’m completely in the tourna-ment,” said Federer, a five-timeU.S. Open champion and theonly man left in the field whohas won it.

“I got a sense for how thecourt speed is again. I got thesense of the crowd and the windnow, as well. I played one night,one day,” he continued. “I haveall the answers after two match-es.”

In other words: Let everyoneelse sweat it out.

Like Kei Nishikori, the 147th-ranked qualifier from Japan,who fought cramps in his rack-et-holding right hand and else-where while taking a minute shyof five hours to wrap up a 5-7,7-6 (6), 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1 victoryover 11th-seeded Marin Cilic.

“It was very humid. It wasn’teasy to get the oxygen,” saidCilic, a U.S. Open quarterfinalistlast year, and an AustralianOpen semifinalist in January.

The 20-year-old Nishikoribegan feeling his muscles tight-en in the second set but didn’treally begin worrying until aftertrailing 2-1 in sets.

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NFL

Despite Hardesty’s injury, Browns defeat BearsCLEVELAND — Montar io

Hardesty can’t seem to out-run his knee problems.

Cleveland’s highly toutedrookie running back, whosecareer a t Tennessee wasslowed by knee injuries, hurth is le f t one in the secondquarter of Thursday night’s13-10 win over the ChicagoBears, a potent ial ly majorblow to the Browns’ runninggame.

Fellow rookie Colt McCoygot h is f i rs t pro s tart andwent a perfect 13 of 13 for131 yards in two-plus quar-ters. The former Texas starfumbled his first snap, butfinally showed some potentialin easily his best perform-ance of an otherwise roughpreseason.

Quarterback Todd Collins,recently signed by Chicago toback up Jay Cutler, complet-ed 10 of 15 for 139 yards anda 15-yard TD pass to t ightend Greg Olsen for the Bears(0-4).

Phil Dawson kicked a 36-yard field goal — set up whenBrowns de fens ive backDeAngelo Smith blocked apunt __ as time expired forthe Browns (2-2).

Hardes ty made h is prodebut after missing trainingcamp with a bone bruise, anin jury he susta ined in h issurgically repaired right kneein a 1-on-1 tackling drill dur-

ing the week be foreCleveland’s veterans report-ed. He recently returned topract ice and the Brownswere excited about him final-ly getting on the field.

Hardesty showed his insidepower before getting hurt,scoring on a 1-yard run inthe first quarter. He finishedwith 25 yards on seven car-ries.

On a routine running playof f the le f t s ide , Hardestypicked up 2 yards but stayedon the ground af ter be ingtack led . He gr imaced astrainers worked on his legbefore he walked slowly tothe s ide l ine , whereCleve land’s medica l s ta f fexamined him.

He was escor ted to thelocker room for further tests.Hardesty didn’t limp and wasable to put full weight on hisleft leg as he left the field.

The team prov ided nodetails on Hardesty’s injury.

The Browns traded into thesecond round to dra f tHardesty, who gained 1,345yards las t season in therugged SEC. Cleveland’s frontoff ice is high on Hardesty,believing he can step in as astarter or serve as a change-of-pace for Jerome Harrison,who at just 5-foot-9 and 205pounds has durability ques-tions.

Not wanting to risk injurieswith their season openerslooming, both teams rested

most of their starters. Cutlerdidn’t play and the Brownssat s tar t ing QB JakeDelhomme and backupSeneca Wallace.

“Let ’s hope nobody getshurt,” Browns president MikeHolmgren, his right leg stillin a cast from foot surgery,said before the game. He wasdr iven around in h is go l fcart.

Unfortunately, the Brownsmay have lost their top run-ning back.

Hardes ty ’s in jury cou ldkeep James Davis on the ros-ter. He gained 66 yards on 15carries and caught five pass-es for 53 yards before leavingwith a leg injury in the fourthperiod.

McCoy ’s preseason hasbeen shaky and it continuedon h is f i r s t p lay, a badexchange on Cleveland’s firstsnap that the Bears recov-ered at Cleveland’s 19. Threeplays later, Col l ins waitedpat ient ly for O lsen to ge topen behind Cleveland’s sec-ondary.

McCoy regrouped, though,and e f f i c ient ly movedCleve land’s second- andth ird- team of fenses wi thshor t , prec ise throws. Hetwice completed 16-yardersbut was sacked three times.

Collins set up Cleveland’sTD wi th h is own miscue .Backed up af ter a holdingpenalty, Coll ins was in theshotgun when he turned his

head just as second-stringcenter Josh Beekman hikedthe ba l l . I t bounced o f fCollins and Cleveland recov-ered at the 13.

“It was pretty comfortableon most things,” Collins said.

“The formations and play-calling, some of them I wasn’tas sharp as I needed to be,but overall I thought it was apret ty decent e f for t o therthan the mishap we had onthe shotgun snap.”

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MIAMI — Jacory Harris andthe Miami Hurricanes havebeen trying to not think toomuch about their long-awaitedtrip to Ohio State.

It’s all they’ll think about forthe next week — and Harrismight be ready for the chal-lenge.

Harris completed 12 of 15passes for 210 yards and three

touchdowns before sitting outthe second half, and the 13th-ranked Hurricanes got theirfirst shutout since 2006 bybeating overmatched FloridaA&M 45-0 to open the seasonThursday night.

“I went out there and tookcare of my business,” Harrissaid. “As a team, we came outthere and did everything wehad to do in the first half, andcoach sat us out for the rest of

the game. I guess it was well-deserved.”

Leonard Hankerson caughtthe first two of Harris’ TD pass-es and finished with 115 receiv-ing yards, as the Hurricanes (1-0) ran out to a 35-0 lead in thefirst 25 minutes and wound upoutgaining Florida A&M 405-110.

Looming for Miami: A tripnext Saturday to visit the sec-ond-ranked Buckeyes, the first

meeting between the schoolssince the 2003 Fiesta Bowl,where Ohio State denied theHurricanes what would havebeen their second straightnational championship in agame best remembered for alate pass interference call inovertime.

Miami coach Randy Shannonsaid he wouldn’t start thinkingabout the Buckeyes untilFriday.

“One thing you never do,never take a victory and notenjoy it,” Shannon said. “I toldthe players and the coaches,‘Enjoy tonight.’”

Harris needed just 1:40 to getMiami on the scoreboard, find-ing a wide-open Hankerson fora 19-yard score, and theRattlers (0-1) quickly foundthemselves in trouble.

With Miami greats MichaelIrvin, Edgerrin James and OttisAnderson looking on, theHurricanes spent much of thefirst half in a no-huddle offense.Of Harris’ 12 completions, 10went for either first downs ortouchdowns.

“That’s a tremendous footballteam. That’s the bottom line,”Florida A&M coach Joe Taylorsaid. “To come down in thisatmosphere and play against ateam like that, that’s the way toget better. They are legitimatelyin the top 15, that’s for sure.”

Damien Berry made it 21-0with a 32-yard catch-and-runearly in the second quarter.Ray-Ray Armstrong had a 22-yard interception return foranother score, and Mike James’1-yard plunge pushed Miami’slead to 35-0 with 5:22 left untilhalftime.

Lamar Miller added a 5-yardtouchdown run midwaythrough the third quarter forthe Hurricanes.

Philip Sylvester rushed for ateam-best 45 yards for theRattlers, who have lost all eightof their matchups againstMiami since 1980, now by acombined 400-49.

“We don’t take any opponentlightly,” Hankerson said.

Florida A&M had somechances, even early againstMiami’s first-string defense.The Rattlers drove to the Miami19 on their second possession,only to come up empty afterMarcus Robinson and OlivierVernon combined to sackMartin Ukpai for a 14-yard loss.Trevor Scott’s 50-yard field goalattempt was plenty long, butbounced off the right upright.

FAMU went 50 yards on 11plays in that drive — and 20yards on its other 19 plays ofthe half.

It was Miami’s first shutoutsince beating FloridaInternational 35-0 on Oct. 14,2006, the season beforeShannon became theHurricanes’ head coach. The46-game span betweenshutouts was Miami’s longestsince a 79-game stretch span-ning from 1968 to 1976.

The Hurricanes never punted,either.

“At least Ohio State doesn’tknow what we do in the puntgame,” Shannon said.

A good night got even betterfor Miami late in the thirdquarter, when running backGraig Cooper — Miami’s No. 5career rusher — got into thegame.

Cooper badly hurt his rightknee in the Hurricanes’ loss toWisconsin at the Champs SportsBowl in late December, prompt-ing fears that he would miss theentire 2010 season. He finishedwith 11 yards on two carries,plus 13 yards on two recep-tions.

“He’s a guy who worked hardduring rehab, was there everyday and fought through every-thing,” Harris said. “Just to seehim get the ball and do what hedo, it was amazing.”

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No. 13 Miami cruises past Florida A&M

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QB Harris completes 12 of 15 passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns; ‘Canes outgain Rattlers 405-110

NCAA FOOTBALL

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NFL

Peerman, Cincinnatidefeat resting Colts

INDIANAPOLIS — CedricPeerman made the kind of playa fourth-string running backneeds to get his coach’s atten-tion in the final preseasongame.

His 93-yard touchdown run inthe third quarter helped theCincinnati Bengals beat theIndianapolis Colts 30-28 onThursday night.

Peerman burst up the middle,then got loose down the rightsideline on a second-and-10just as the relatively quietIndianapolis crowd started get-ting into the game. The scoregave the Bengals a 13-6 lead.

Peerman finished with 100yards rushing and had a 50-yard kickoff return. His touch-down run made the kind ofmark he was hoping to leave.

“That shows the speed weknow he’s got,” Bengals coachMarvin Lewis said. “That wasthe thing Cedric had coming outof Virginia a year ago. It kind ofgot him elevated in the draft.We know he can do it. He’sbeen an impressive guy for us.”

Jordan Palmer completed 10of 14 passes for 115 yards andtwo touchdowns for the Bengals(3-2). Starting quarterbackCarson Palmer played for onepossession, which netted a fieldgoal.

Lewis said his mission was

accomplished.“To sum it up, we had an

opportunity to look at the guysthat we wanted to look at,” hesaid. “It was a close gamethroughout, and everytime theColts were able to score, wewent back and answered,which was a good thing. I thinkthe only negative that I’d like toclean up was on special teams.”

Colts quarterback PeytonManning didn’t play, and mostof Indy’s starters took the nightoff. Curtis Painter got the startand completed nine of 20 pass-es for 114 yards. Backup TomBrandstater completed 10 of 18passes for 177 yards and threetouchdowns, all to rookieBrandon James.

It’s the sixth winless presea-son in Colts history. They lastfailed to win a preseason gamein 2005, then finished with theleague’s best record in the reg-ular season.

It was a marked change infortunes for Indy’s offense. TheColts had scored on only threeof 26 possessions led by backupquarterbacks heading intoThursday’s game. Colts coachJim Caldwell has been commit-ted to Painter as Manning’sbackup, but Brandstater hasoutperformed him statistically.

“The big thing is being able toput it in the end zone, and Ithought Brandstater did a goodjob of that,” Caldwell said.

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NCAA FOOTBALL

ATLANTA — When Parris Leeand his Georgia State team-mates trotted onto the field andsaw all those blue-clad fans —nearly 5,000 more than turnedout for a major league baseballgame a couple of miles away —they knew that all those drearypractices, all those lonelyworkouts over past two yearshad been worth it.

“I was so surprised at how itlooked. It was beautiful,” saidLee, a redshirt freshman run-ning back. “The football teamhas definitely brought a newspirit to Georgia State athlet-ics.”

Lee felt even better when hescored the first touchdown inschool history Thursday night,sparking the Panthers to a 41-7 rout of Shorter in an inaugu-ral game that also marked BillCurry’s return to coachingafter a 14-year absence.

Everyone was amazed by thecrowd of 30,237 at the GeorgiaDome, nearly all of themdecked out in Panther blue.The student turnout was solarge they opened up sectionsof the club level in the mam-moth stadium, best known ashome of the NFL’s AtlantaFalcons.

This from a school that aver-aged barely over 1,000 a gamefor its men’s basketball teamlast season.

“I hope they all come back,”Curry said, “and bring theirfriends.”

Lee scored another touch-down in the third quarter, andDrew Little tossed a pair of TDpasses to lead the Panthers,who are playing this season asan NCAA FootballChampionship Subdivisionindependent. They had notrouble against Shorter (0-2), atiny NAIA school from north-west Georgia that lost its open-ing game to West Alabama 37-7.

Still, Curry was pleased withthe way his fledgling program,comprised mostly of true fresh-men and redshirt freshmen,performed in its debut.

“I knew we had some prettygood talent,” he said. “Still, youdon’t know how they’re goingto perform when the lightscome on.”

The Panthers did just fine, atleast against an overmatchedopponent.

Lee scored on a 4-yard runwith 9:07 left in the first quar-ter for the historic first TD inschool history. He wasn’t evensure he scored, thinking hemight have been stopped abouta foot short. But an officialcame running in with his armsin the air, ruling that Lee stuckthe nose of the ball over theline.

“Drew ran up to me and said,‘You scored!’ I was like, ‘Iscored?” Lee said, breakinginto a big smile. “Then it hitme. All the linemen jumped onme. That was a great experi-ence that will live with me forthe rest of my life.”

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — It was asif the Rose Bowl never ended forTerrelle Pryor.

The Ohio State star tossedthree touchdown passes,Brandon Saine ran for 103yards and two scores and thesecond-ranked Buckeyes rolledover error-prone Marshall 45-7on Thursday night in a tuneupfor a big date with Miami.

Pryor completed 17 of 25passes for 247 yards and TDscovering 6 and 11 yards toDeVier Posey and 65 yards toDane Sanzenbacher before105,040 at Ohio Stadium. Thelast time Ohio State fans sawPryor playing, he was havingthe game of his career and lead-ing the Buckeyes to a 26-17 winagainst Oregon at Pasadena,Calif., in January.

Sure the competition wasn’t asgood Thursday night, but theHeisman Trophy contender wasRose Bowl sharp against theThundering Herd.

The Buckeyes, who haven’tlost a home opener since 1978,next play on Sept. 11 againstNo. 13 Miami, which coastedpast Florida A&M 45-0.

It was a bleak debut for newMarshall coach Doc Holliday,who spent the last two seasonsas an assistant at West Virginia.The Thundering Herd fumbledthe opening kickoff and weredown 14-0 before running theirfirst play in Ohio State territory.

Ohio State’s defense limitedMarshall to 44 yards on theground and 199 total. BrianRolle picked off BrianAnderson’s pass and returned it30 yards for a touchdown late inthe second quarter.

Anderson, who completed 17of 28 passes for 135 yards, was

harassed most of the night. Hehad an interception and theHerd also lost two fumbles.

Meanwhile, the Buckeyes’offense amassed 529 yards.

The first play was a tellingsign for the Thundering Herd.

Andre Booker returned theopening kickoff and was hithard by Dorian Bell andDominic Clarke. The ball cameloose and Nate Oliver recoveredat the Marshall 22 for OhioState.

Four plays later, Posey wasopen by a mile in the left cornerand Pryor hit him for a 4-yardscore.

After a punt, the Buckeyeswere right back in business.

Pryor hit Posey for a 5-yardgain before Saine raced 40

yards off left tackle, breakingtwo tackles on the way to the 4.He then took a pitch untouchedaround right end for anotherscore.

The Buckeyes had run sevenplays, taking 2:13, and were up14-0.

The offense continued to click.Pryor hooked up with

Sanzenbacher on a 65-yardbomb and Saine added a 45-yard scoring run on a quickburst up the middle.

Late in the half, the Buckeyestook a 35-7 lead when Rolle —who scored his only othercareer touchdown in last year’sopening-game victory over Navy— grabbed Anderson’s throwand followed a line of blockersinto the end zone.

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NCAA FOOTBALL

Ohio State handles Marshall

AP

Buckeyes running back Brandon Saine streaks to the endzoneduring Ohio State’s 45-7 victory over Marshall.

NFL

Vikings top Broncosin battle of backups

MINNEAPOLIS — Denverrookie Tim Tebow outplayedMinnesota’s Tarvaris Jacksonin the backup quarterbackcomparison, but the Vikingsforced four first-half turnoversand beat the Broncos 31-24 onThursday night in the presea-son finale for both teams.

Tebow fumbled his first snap,Erin Henderson found the balland scooted into the end zonefrom 35 yards out for theVikings. The 2007 HeismanTrophy winner and first-rounddraft pick from Florida thenthrew a wobbler over the mid-dle that Tyrell Johnson easilyintercepted and returned for 41yards to set up a field goal.

Marquez Branson and BruceHall lost fumbles on Denver’snext two drives, and Minnesotaled 17-7 at halftime despite ameager 54 yards of offense anda weak, out-of-order perform-ance by Jackson and the sec-ond-stringers.

Tebow, though, found arhythm in the second quarterand — despite the turnoversand some carelessness with theball as he scrambled around inthe backfield — finished 12 for16 for 167 yards and onetouchdown. His favorite targetwas Matthew Willis, whocaught five passes for 122yards and a score.

Minnesota native Eric Deckeralso had 10 catches for 114yards for Denver.

Tebow also had 21 yardsrushing on four attempts, giv-ing the Broncos plenty to con-sider in their decision about

whether to use him or BradyQuinn as the primary backup toKyle Orton. Orton played twoseries and led Denver to atouchdown run by LenDaleWhite, who later left the gamebecause of an ankle injury.

The drive included soft cover-age by Lito Sheppard on a first-down catch by Brandon Lloydand a pass interference penaltyon Asher Allen. Sheppard andAllen are competing for a start-ing cornerback spot, withincumbent Cedric Griffin androokie Chris Cook recoveringfrom injuries for the Vikings.

All-Pro left tackle Ryan Cladysaw his first action for theBroncos, a major step in hisrecovery from a knee injury hesustained in April, but helooked slow and was beatenbadly a few times by BrianRobison on the pass rush.Starting right tackle RyanHarris, who grew up in St.Paul, hurt his ankle and didn’treturn.

Correll Buckhalter also madehis preseason debut for Denverin the backfield, catching a pairof passes for 26 yards to givethe Broncos another sign ofprogressive health following atraining camp that seemed torevolve around the trainingroom.

The Vikings, who have justone week to get ready for theirSept. 9 season opener atdefending champion NewOrleans, held 20 of their 22starters out. Brett Favrewatched in one of his favoriteoutfits — a hat, T-shirt, shortsand sneakers — and sawJackson struggle again.

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Belles coach Michael Joyceknows there is still much tobe desired from his squadafter a 4-0 loss to AuroraWednesday in the seasonopener.

“We looked nervous, wehad a lot of bad touches andwere playing a little rushed,”Joyce said. “I know we’recapable of doing better.”

Joyce is confident that histeam will be prepared forthis weekend’s tournamentat the Univers i ty o fWiscons in , Oshkosh. TheBelles (0-1) kick off against

Carthage (0-0-1) Saturdaybefore p lay ing the hostTitans (3-1) Sunday.

Joyce blamed new forma-tions and unsettled nervesfor Wednesday’s outcome.However, he remains opti-mistic that that the team willstart to perform better asthe season progresses andthe freshmen become moreaccustomed to the collegiatelevel.

“It’s part of early non-con-ference games,” Joyce said.“It’s also part of starting fiveplayers who are new to theteam.”

Hopeful that many of thosefreshmen will be able to con-tribute this weekend, Joyce

cited strong play from mid-f ie lder E l l ie Jacques anddefender Anna Stollhans.

“Anna did a tremendousjob of winning the ball, andEllie was all over the field —she’s extremely athletic andis a tireless worker”.

As much as Joyce is look-ing for the team to improve,he knows the players arelooking to do so even more.

“We have a number o fplayers who weren’t satis-fied with their performancesand will be hungry to makean impact this weekend,” hesaid.

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just sharpening up our ownperformance and building upthe little momentum we’vegotten through the presea-son,” Clark said.

Three of the five startingIrish defenders are new to thepitch, and Clark has beenstressing the importance ofcommunication and unity onthe field as they establish anew dynamic on the field.

“These players have evolvedand have started playingtogether quite nicely,” he said.“The off-season trip was agood opportunity for gettingthem familiar with each other,

and I think we’re gettingthere. This could be a veryexciting group to work withover the years.“

Offensively, freshman HarryShipp is quickly building agood reputation on the field.Shipp has already raked intwo assists and a goal in thepreseason.

“Shipp fits in well, he’s verytechnical,” Clark said. “Hehandles the ball very well, he’sgot tremendous control intight spaces and he makesgood decisions.”

The Irish are also makingadjustments to deal with thesetback of team captain PhilTuttle injury while he recuper-ates.

“[Tuttle] will still be our cap-tain on the sidelines, but I’m

comfortable with the group ofseniors we have leading on thefield,” Clark said.

The UCLA game marks thefirst of 17 regular seasongames. Notre Dame will con-tinue its transition into theregular season Sunday when itfaces California Sunday atAlumni Stadium for the firsthome game of the year.

“Every game in our scheduleis really important, and we’rehoping we can get off to agood start,” Clark said. “Whenit comes to tournament time,you really want some goodwins against good teams, andthis will give us that opportu-nity.”

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Joyce, squad eager to recoverBy ROBERT GRAHAMSports Writer

Contact Robert Graham atrgraham@nd.edu

she expec ts a be t ter per -formance on the of fensiveend as the younger playersadjust to the faster style ofplay.

“We ’ re j u s t l ook ing t oimprove , ” Kusche l s a id .

“We ’ re r ea l l y f o cused ondoing our personal best, andju s t c oming up w i th thep lay s we know we canmake, and putting the ballaway when we can. We’rerunning a complex offense,and our players are reallybuying into that.”

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As will likely become cus-tom this year, the Belles lookto sophomore Julia Kenney,junior Joanne Almond andseniors Cat ie Sa lyer andClare McVey, who took thetop four spots in Wednesday’smeet.

The nature of this week-end’s meet allows for a morere laxed atmosphere wi thmultiple teams present, tak-ing off some of the pressurethat comes with dual-team

races. It also gives the Bellesan opportunity to get in as trong pract ice run wi thfewer nerves than a standardmeet.

“The girls love going downto Wabash for the HokemKarem because it's fun, andwhile it's competitive, it's sodifferent from a regular racethat they are able to be a lit-t le less anxious about i t ,”Bauters said.

The Belles travel to Wabashfor the Hokum Karem meetSaturday at 11:15 a.m.

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Senior goalkeeper Nikki Weiss makes a save during NotreDame’s 1-0 victory over Oregon State on Nov. 20, 2009.

got a couple o f real ly keykids that we think can causeus some problems, and sowe’re going to have to playvery well to get the win.”

Notre Dame is not nearlyas familiar with Texas Tech,but Waldrum is familiar withthe Red Raiders coach. TomStone was Waldrum’s star inthe f i rs t coach ing job theIrish coach ever held. In hisfourth season at Texas Tech,Stone has begun to build aprogram that is beginning towin consistently.

Waldrum said he and hisstaff have not had much ofan opportunity to scout theRed Raiders, and will use thetournament-opening contest

between Ole Miss and TexasTech to fami l iar ize them-selves with Stone’s strategyand tactics.

“I do know he’s got a cou-ple of kids that we tried torecru i t , ” Waldrum sa id .“[But beyond that], we don’thave a lot of information onthem.”

Despite the uncertainty ofthe weekend’s second con-tes t , the I r i sh know whattheir focus will be.

“ I t ’s ba l l possess ion , ”Waldrum said. “That’s beenthe impetus a l l week andthat’s been the focus.”

The I r i sh take on theBroncos at 7:30 p.m. Friday,and then face the RedRaiders at 1:30 p.m. Sundayin Alumni Stadium.

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Fo l l ow ing a three -gamesweep at the hands of Bethelon Wednesday, the Be l leslook to get into the win col-umn for the first time thisseason as they compete inthe Elmhurst Invi tat ional .Saint Mary’s wi l l face theUnivers i ty o f Chicago andWheaton on Friday, beforetak ing on Wes t e rn NewEng land and E lmhurs tSaturday in the final tune-up be fore the con ferenceseason.

“We ’ ve go t s ome t oughcompe t i t i on , more o f t hesame , ” Be l l e s coach Ton iKuschel said. “We’re goingto have some strong block-e r s up a t t he ne t . TheUniversity of Chicago had agreat record last year, andthey have a lot of returners.Wheaton College is anotherstrong powerhouse.”

Whea ton , Wes t e rn NewEngland and Elmhurst willtaste their first action of theseason at the Invitational,while Chicago is already offto a 2-0 start after disman-t l ing Lake Forest 3-1 andDominican 3-0 in i t s f i rs t

tournament of the year.Kuschel is confident Saint

Mary’s (0-1) will rise to thechal lenge as i t faces s t i f fcompetition early in the sea-son. She credits the seniorclass for bringing drive andprofessionalism to the courteve ry day, qua l i t i e s t ha thave rubbed o f f on theunderclassmen.

“They [seniors] have justbeen doing an amazing jobf rom day one . Coming i nwith five freshmen this year,they’ve just done a great jobcrea t ing tha t f ami l y - t ypeatmosphere here a t Sa in tMary’s. They’ve really takenthe underc lassmen undertheir wing, and our juniorleaders are doing the samething. They’re all just get-ting along so well.”

Despite the loss, severalplayers emerged as contrib-utors on the Belles’ squad.Sophomore transfer AllisonZandar sk i r acked up s i xkills to lead the team, whilejun ior se t ter Dan ie Br inkchipped in with 14 assistsand three digs.

Wh i l e p l ea sed w i th theBelles’ performance on thedefensive side, Kuschel said

The Belles got their f irsthome meet out of the waywith great success, takingthe top eight places againstGoshen Wednesday evening.This weekend, they approachthe next step — their f irstaway match and open meetof the season.

The biggest goal this week-end at the Hokum Karemmeet i s to t ighten up thepack, especially among thetop eight runners, as consis-tency was lacking in the lastmeet.

“I think it was a great firstshowing for the team, even ifthe t imes aren' t exact lywhere they want them quiteyet , ” Be l les coach Jack ieBauters said.

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ND WOMEN’S SOCCER

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Junior forward Melissa Henderson controls the ball duringNotre Dame’s 1-0 victory over Oregon State on Nov. 20, 2009.

MEN’S SOCCER

ND to tackle UCLA, Cal

No. 18 Notre Dame wi l ls tart i ts regular seasonFriday facing one of thetoughest teams on their 2010schedule and a Cali forniapowerhouse — No. 5 UCLA.

“They’re a very competitivesoccer program,” Irish coachBobby Clark said. “They‘realways one of the top teamson the west coast, alwayshave the top players, andhave a young team.”

The Ir ish wi l l travel toBloomington, Ind., for the

Adidas/IUCredit Union Class ic atIndiana Universi ty ’sArmstrong Stadium wherethey will meet up with theBruins for the fifth time inprogram history. The Irishbeat the Bruins once before,a 2-1 overt ime victory intheir most recent match in2007.

Though Clark does nothave much experience coach-ing against the Bruins, he iscertainly quite familiar withtheir style of play, as his for-mer coaching job at Pac-10rival Stanford led to many

mee t -ings between Clark andUCLA.

“I know i t ’ l l be a goodtime,” Clark said. “During myfive years at Stanford, weplayed them on a yearlybasis, and they always pro-duce very good teams.”

Notre Dame’s 3-0 record inthe exhibition season givesthem a good boost of confi-dence heading into ademanding regular season.

“We haven’t spent muchtime dwelling on UCLA, but

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Junior defender Aaron Maund pushes the ball forward during Notre Dame’s 3-0 loss toIndiana on Oct. 14, 2009.

SMC VOLLEYBALL

Team seeks first win atElmhurst tournament

Irish look to make early statement against west coast powerhouse Santa Clara

SMC CROSS COUNTRY

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By MOLLY SAMMONSports Writer

By MEGAN FINNERANSports WriterAn old soccer adage holds

that the team that has thepossess ion advantage wi l lw in the game, a s t ra tegySpain used to great ef fectthis summer in its World Cuptriumph. Irish coach RandyWaldrum hopes to emulatethe newly min ted wor ldchampions this weekend inbo th s ty le and resu l t s asNotre Dame hosts the Inn atSaint Mary’s Classic.

The No. 3/4 Irish (2-0) willface No. 8/9 Santa Clara (2-0-1) on Friday night beforetaking on Texas Tech (5-0)on Sunday a f ternoon in apair of clashes that Waldrumfeels has significance beyondthe early days of September.

“You always want to winevery game if you can,” hesaid. “More importantly, wefeel that when you play topteams early, i t sets up forbeing able to host p layof fwins late in the year — if youcan get enough of these bigwins. We kind of like havingteams coming in here in

November and having to playus at our place.”

The three central midfield-ers in Waldrum’s 4-3-3 sys-tem will be especially impor-tan t in ba l l possess ion ,which has been the focus ofpractice all week.

“We’ve not been very goodthe f i r s t coup le games o fkeeping the bal l enough,”Waldrum said. “It’s going tobe our focus to keep the ballso tha t we can make theopponents chase the game alittle bit and chase us.”

Friday night’s game againstSanta Clara will provide oneo f the season ’s toughes tchallenges all year, as thisyear’s edition of the Broncosi s aga in one o f the topsquads in the country. TheSanta C lara matchup hasbecome a yearly fixture onthe Irish schedule that hasconsistently proven to be anearly test for Notre Dame,and Waldrum sees no differ-ence in this year’s matchup.

“They’ve always been good,and they’ve got a good teamagain,” he said. “[They’ve]

By ALLAN JOSEPHSports Writer

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see BELLES/page 22

By CHRIS MASOUDSports Writer

see KUSCHEL/page 22

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