For the past 25 years, theannual Breen-Phillips mealauction has allowed studentsto see professors, athletes andother campus celebrities in anew light by auctioning offmeals with these various NotreDame personalities. This year’sevent will continue thattradition.Tonight’s “Meal or No Meal”

auction will include live andsilent auctions, and all pro-ceeds from the event supportMeals on Wheels, a charitythat delivers meals to home-bound senior citizens. Studentscan bid on dinners with a vari-ety of prominent members ofthe Notre Dame community,such as University PresidentEmeritus Fr. TheodoreHesburgh, Irish football coachBrian Kelly, Vice President forStudent Affairs Fr. MarkPoorman, student body presi-

dent Grant Schmidt and stu-dent body vice presidentCynthia Weber.In addition to the live auc-

tion, a silent auction will fea-ture gift cards from severalarea restaurants, includingChipotle, Olive Garden and HotBox Pizza. It will also includesix gift baskets assembled byeach section of Breen-Phillips.Each will have a uniquetheme, such as “Death byChocolate” and “Luck of theIrish.”

In order to offer students avariety of meals to bid on,event coordinators SusanGarabedian and AdrianaTaylor, both sophomores, con-tacted regular participants andprospective personalities via e-mail during winter break. Theyalso asked other residents ofBreen-Phillips for names ofpopular professors to provide agood sampling from each col-lege, Taylor said.

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Bessette set to becanonizedin October

Feb. 19 brought good newsto the Congregation of HolyCross and its affiliates as PopeBenedict XVI announced thatBlessed Brother AndréB e s s e t t ewill be can-onized onOct. 17.On cam-

pus, mem-bers of boththe HolyCross andNotre Damecommun i -t ies wereexcited by the announcement. “For us in Holy Cross, we

are so joyful that the churchrecognized the heroic virtuesof a seemingly ordinary per-son,” Fr. Peter Rocca, rectorof the Basilica of the SacredHeart, said. “To the untrainedeye, he didn’t look l ike asuperhero, but he was indeeda superhero in living the virtu-ous life.”Bessette is the first member

of the Holy Cross order toreceive the honor of saint-hood.“Brother André’s canoniza-

tion is an extremely importantmoment in the history of theorder because we have seen

Lecture: conflict in Darfur‘not being resolved’

Should we still be talkingabout Darfur? According to professor Edith

Miguda and Notre Dame alum-na Liz Kurz, the answer is yes.They shared their experi-

ences during a talk Wednesdayat Saint Mary’s sponsopred byCampus Ministry, speakingabout why they felt thereshould still be discussion aboutDarfur and its people. Thisevent was also meant to teachstudents about the conflicts inDarfur and Sudan.Miguda, a native of Kenya,

explained where Darfur is andhow the conflict began in thisarea.“Darfur is in the greater

horn of Africa,” she said. “Thegreater horn has had muchconflict.”Miguda said the conflict is

not being resolved or helped bythe government.“The heart of the problem in

Darfur is the challenge of non-Arab Darfurians to what theycalled decades of neglect, dis-crimination and marginaliza-tion by the Arab dominatedgovernment in Khartoum,”Miguda said.

Former olympian’s view on Vancouver

Now more than hal fwaythrough the 2010 WinterOlympics in Vancouver, oneNotre Dame student has aunique appreciation for whatthese athletes go through.Kelley Hurley, a senior on

the fencing team, competed inthe 2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing. For her, watching theOlympics has taken on awhole new meaning.“I realize how hard it is to

qual i fy and I respect howhard they have been train-ing,” she said. Hurley said in addition to

du Lac policies facing possible revisionsStudent discusses his own experiences with the Office of Residence Life and Housing

Editor’s note: This is the firstinstallment of a two-part seriesexamining disciplinary policiesand possible revisions to du Lac,the student handbook.

When Alumni resident ZachReuvers was sent to the Office ofResidence Life and Housing(ORLH) for a disciplinary confer-ence as a sophomore, he didn’tknow what to expect. Reuvers, now a junior, was

caught breaking parietals at 2:30a.m. on a weekday. The nextmorning, he consulted du Lac, thestudent handbook, to learn abouthis punishment from ORLH, com-monly called a “ResLife.”

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I feel like my entire life I have heard myparents and grandparents talk about theirlives “back in the day.” This “day,” whenthere were no computers, cell phones,iPods, or YouTube, seems like ancient his-tory. They couldn’t creep on people onFacebook, read aboutother people’s embar-rassing lives on TextsFrom Last Night orillegally downloadmovies on theInternet without get-ting caught. Withoutthe things we rely onin our world today,what in the worldcould they possiblydo for entertain-ment? More impor-tantly, withoutFacebook, how didthey survive?!Don’t get me wrong; I love Facebook

just as much as the next college student. Itallows me to stay connected with my bestfriends at other schools and my sistersback home. But, it allows me to see waytoo much about people I barely know. GirlI went to high school with, I really hate itwhen “Playing Modern Warfare with theboyfrienddddd <333” is the first thing I seeon my homepage. Seventh graders, I real-ly don’t care about your Friday nightwhen you and your best friend got readyand took 87 mirror shots during theprocess. My personal favoriteFacebookism is the “So and so are in arelationship and it’s complicated,” or theFacebook break-up when you suddenlylook at the profiles of two people youthought were dating and one is single andthe other is in a relationship and didn’teven realize it ended.Then there’s the search option. Doesn’t

it creep you out that anyone can type yourfirst and last name in the little search boxand find you in seconds? I’ve changed allmy settings to stop this from happening,and I still get the occasional randomrequest. How they find me, I’m really notsure, but our parents never had to worryabout this. Instead of 1,000 “friends” whocould see their lives on a computer screen,they had real friends whothey talked to on the phoneor in person frequently.From that stems the “Facebook flirting.”

This progression from messaging to chat-ting to texting can somehow turn intohanging out and the next thing you knowyou’ve added another awkward encounterin the dining hall to your list. Many of uscould text someone practically until theend of time, but throw us in a room withthat person who we meet for the firsttime, and things are about to get weird.At the end of the day, I love the Internet

and everything it offers. But it does makelife seem a little fake sometimes. My realfriends are not the ones I get an occasion-al comment from, and the people I want toactually have lunch with are not the ones Imake plans with via Facebook. Truefriends are the ones you have dinner with,the ones you call with good and bad news,and the ones you laugh with about sillystatuses and pictures you find on yourhomepage.Use Facebook, love Facebook, embrace

Facebook. One day you might come acrossyour best friend from preschool. Use thatsearch bar and go find your old bestfriend, but think twice before you acceptthat next random request.

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QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT ARE A FEW OF YOUR FAVORITE THINGS?

IN BRIEFThe Summit on Global

Citizenship “Fostering GlobalCitizenship in HigherEducation” will be held at 11a.m. today in the Geddes HallCoffee House.

A lecture titled “Military Useand Purpose of NuclearWeapons” will begin at 2 p.m.today in 118 Nieuwland Hall.

“Toward Mother Nature’sApproach to Energy:Electricity from Metabolism”will begin at 3:30 p.m. today.The seminar will be held in126 DeBartolo Hall.

A seminar about educationand democracy will be heldwith Dr. Larry Hickman at3:30 p.m. today in Spes Unica137 at Saint Mary’s College.

“Border Crossing Saints,Border Crossing Families:The Holy child of Atocha andthe Mexican Experience inthe 20th Century UnitedStates” will be held at 4:30p.m. today in C103 HesburghCenter.

A SISTAR presentation willbe held at 5 p.m. today inSpes Unica 145 at SaintMary’s College.

A Larry Hickman lecturewill be held at 6:30 p.m. todayin Vander Venet Theatre atSaint Mary’s College.

“Prospero’s Books” will beshown at 7 p.m. today inBrowning Cinema inDebartolo Performing ArtsCenter.

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

OFFBEATTampa man arrested fordressing in clown wig, maskTAMPA, Fla. — A Tampa

man faces charges after adeputy spotted him walk-ing in a clown mask.According to jail records,the man was arrestedTuesday and charged withwearing a mask or hoodon a public road over theage of 16 and resistingarrest without violence.The man, who turned 19on Wednesday, has beenreleased fromHillsborough County Jailon $750 bond.The St. Petersburg Times

reported that a deputy sawthe man wearing a clown

mask and bright wig as hewalked down a street withtwo other people. Thegroup fled when deputiestried to question them, butwere later located.

Argument over parkingspace leads to shoot-outPITTSBURGH — An

argument over a parkingspace prompted ashootout between aPittsburgh man andpolice. Investigators said61-year-old Errol ParkerSr. was in custody afterfiring shots at two officersresponding to a 911 call inthe city’s Hill District onTuesday night. No injuries

were reported. Police saida man reported thatParker punched him andbrandished a gun afterbeing asked to move hiscar from a parking spotthe man had shoveled out.Authorit ies said that

Parker fired at police afterthey arrived and orderedhim out of the house.Parker surrendered afterexchanging shots with theofficers.Parker was facing

charges includingattempted homicide andassault of a police officer.

Information compiledfrom the Associated Press.

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The Notre Dame cheerleading squad performs during halftime of the Notre Damemen’s basketball game against Pittsburgh. The Irish beat the Panthers 68-53Wednesday.

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Senators discussed andpassed two resolutions at itsmeeting Wednesday. The votesconcerned the annual academicforum and the dissolution of theDepartment of Economics andPolicy Studies.Junior Austin Holler, chair-

man of the Committee onAcademic Affairs, proposed theresolutions.In a brief presentation, Holler

first briefed senators on theNotre Dame Forum — an annu-al campus event that had beenheld since 2005 until its cancel-lation this year. Administratorshave said they plan to hold theForum again next fall. Past topics discussed at the

forum include global health,immigration and energy andsustainability “It was planned for the fall

semester but the speaker hadan issue and it was postponed,”Holler said. “For lack of betterterms, it got put under the rug.”In proposing the resolution,

Holler said he would ask “theUniversity take action to makesure that it (the Forum) is anannual event,” Holler said.The resolution passed unani-

mously.“It adds to the overall intel-

lectual engagement of students

at Notre Dame,” Farley senatorElise Jordan said.Duncan senator CJ Kelly

agreed to the importance of theevent.“There should be a lot of

thought put into the topic,”Kelly said. “The purpose of it isto inspire discussion anddebate.”In addition to Senate express-

ing its support for the NotreDame Forum, it also votedunanimously to pass Holler’ssecond resolution regarding thedissolution of the Department ofEconomics and Policy Studies. Senior Jeff Lakusta, chairman

of the Committee on UniversityAffairs, said it was important tonote that this resolution wasnot intended to offer theStudent Senate’s view of thedissolution of the department.Rather, the resolution calls forthe decision — set for Thursday— to be delayed, and for thestudent body to have a moreactive voice in the process.Committee chairs and sena-

tors agreed there has not beenenough information presentedto students for a decision of thismagnitude.“We at least need to under-

stand the reasoning behindsuch a big decision,” Lakustasaid.

STUDENT SENATE

By SCOTT ENGLERTNews Writer

Contact Scott Englert at senglert@nd.edu

Student senate discussesresolution proposals

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Clubs able to acceptDomer Dollar donations

Council encourages kindness

The idea is simple, three bigfavors for three other people.That’s it.The Sophomore Class Council

(SCC) kicked off a communityservice week emphasizing doingsmall acts of kindness for others,based on premise of the 2000movie “Pay it Forward” starringHaley Joel Osment and KevinSpacey.“Our hope is with the events

we have scheduled people arebeing educated and it will start tohave a similar effect at NotreDame,” sophomore Erin Pankiwsaid.Pankiw is a member of the

Hands-On Community ServiceCommittee, which is the groupfrom the SCC sponsoring theevent. She and six others aremembers of the committee,which organized the week’sevents.She said the committee came

up with the idea for the week asa way to encourage students toparticipate in a different form ofcommunity service.“We were trying to think of out

of the box ways to bring serviceto Notre Dame,” she said.“Sometimes its hard to get stu-dents off campus to do service.”The idea of the service effort

originates from a Starbucks inChicago were people took turnspaying for the person behindthem.“While discussing ideas for

service events at one of ourmeetings, someone brought up anews story in which over 100people paid for the customerbehind them in a Starbucksdrive-through,” sophomoreAnnie Boyle, a member of thecommittee, said. “We found sev-

eral similar stories and agreedthat there were many opportuni-ties for students to be a part ofthe ‘pay it forward’ idea.” Boyle said the mission of the

week is to encourage the rest ofcampus to adopt the idea ofdoing acts of kindness for others.“The idea of ‘paying it forward’

is for someone who has receivedan act of kindness to do some-thing for another person, askingnot for gratitude in return but forhim or her to do the same,” shesaid. “As a result, a sort of chainof good deeds develops. Wewanted to bring the positive spir-it of this idea to our campus.”Greg Woods, also a member of

the committee, said it has partici-pated in bigger community serv-ice projects this year, but wantedto shift gears to focus on some-thing smaller and simpler. “All year we’ve been focused

on more of the bigger typeevents, like having a kids youthjamboree and visiting theCatholic Worker,” he said.“We’ve done a lot of hands-onservice, but we thought thatmaybe what we could add to thiswas a focus on the smallerthings.”Pakinaw said the week’s events

started on Monday morning andwill continue throughout theweek.“We started the week passing

out hot chocolate on Mondaymorning in front of DeBartoloand then showed the movie ‘Payit Forward’ in AndrewsAuditorium of Geddes Hall,” shesaid. “We have more eventsscheduled for the rest of theweek.”Yesterday the committee spon-

sored a panel lecture with differ-ent members of the community,including two students, membersof The Catholic Worker and twomembers of the South Dining

Hall staff.“Each person is to speak about

how they’ve paid it forward intheir own lives or how its helpedpeople in their own lives,” shesaid.Woods said the committee

coordinated an afternoon at theBoys and Girls Club in SouthBend for an alternative type ofcommunity service that focusesmore on social justice.“Basically we are going to

spend three hours hanging outwith the kids, doing tutoring typethings and kind of preparing forchild abuse awareness month,which is in April,” he said. “BestBuy donated a few video cam-eras so we’re probably going todo small public serviceannouncements talking aboutthe month and what it is andhow to tell signs of abuse.”The week’s events were

summed up Wednesday eveningwith a prayer service in GeddesHall following the service trip tothe Boys and Girls Club. Woodssaid he hopes after this the ideawill take off and students willcontinue to perform acts of kind-ness.“This week is something we

hope to see grow, but then againits something that shouldbecome more of an everydaything,” he said. “Hopefully peopletake the message and move for-ward and make it part of theireveryday lives.”Pankiw said she believes the

week will encourage students tocontinue the effort.“We’re optimistic,” she said.

“We’re giving students serviceevents to educate them and showthem little acts of kindness canmake a difference in the lives ofothers.”

The elevators in LaFortuneare often a prime spot for stu-dent organizations to raisefunds for charities. However,students have long expressedconcern about their ability todonate cash, which few have onhand. Charlie Jain, a senior in Zahm

Hall, found a solution to thisproblem with a proposal that hecalls Domer Dollar Donations.The idea for Domer Dollar

Donations originated two yearsago when Jain, attempting tocollect money for charities asthe Center for Social Concerns(CSC) commissioner for hisdorm, heard students sayingthey would give Flex Points orDomer Dollars if they could. “Regardless of whether or not

students had cash on them, theyfelt more willing to give money ifit was more convenient forthem,” Jain said.Jain brought up the idea of

using Domer Dollars to the CSCsocial commissioner at the time,and the proposal passedthrough Student Senate in Fall2008, Jain said.In Spring 2009, Jain and the

Student Senate Committeedeveloped a proposal. Aftercommunicating with FoodServices, the Student ActivitiesOffice (SAO) and LaFortuneAdministration, the program isset to begin.“The ultimate goal for the pro-

gram is to better aid the benefi-ciaries of student clubs,” Jainsaid. “In doing so, this programwill help students act on whatthey believe by enabling them to

give monetary donations tocharities, even when students donot usually have much money.”When student groups fill out

an SAO request online form fora table in front of the LaFortuneelevators, they can select tohave the swipe machine, whichis similar to the machines at thedining halls. Students can state the amount

of money they wish to donate,swipe their card, and be on theirway, Jain said.Rachel Roseberry, the Social

Concerns chair, used themachine Friday to sell the bene-fit CD “Head Above Water.” Theprofits from the CD go toStudent Government’s GlobalWater Initiative.“The Domer Dollars machine

was easy and efficient to use,and it definitely increased ourselling potential,” Roseberrysaid. “Some students were ableto purchase the CD who wouldnot have been able to beforebecause they weren’t carryingcash. The machine is a greattool to allow Notre Dame stu-dents to give back with conven-ience, and it will be a greatresource for any club that uti-lizes it.”“This program will not just be

located in front of the elevatorsin LaFortune,” Jain said. “If theprogram has a successful start,then maybe more swipemachines for donating will popup at dining halls, or, in an idealworld, a CSC commissioner orclub board member would beable to walk around with a wire-less swipe machine and collectdonations.”

Africa Faith and Justiceclub presents at SGA

Saint Mary’s Africa Faith andJustice group presented itsplan to attend a conference inWashington, D.C., to theStudent GovernmentAssociation (SGA) at its meet-ing last night. SGA approvedthe group’s funding request toattend the conference. Junior Elizabeth Brown, a

member of the club, said theclub is one of only two campusdivisions of this group. NotreDame and Saint Mary’s are theonly colleges to have an AfricaFaith and Justice Club. “The purpose of the club is to

promote awareness of issues inAfrica and ways we can help,”Brown said. Right now the club is pro-

moting awareness of the con-flict that is going on in Africaover a rare mineral calledcoltan. Brown said over 6.9million people have been killedin conflicts related to the min-eral. Another issue the club is

focusing on is education.Brown said many childrenhave to drop out of school tohelp take care of their families

or because of illness. She said a student misses an

average of 30 days of schoolbecause of worms or parasites.The club raises funds to helppay for the medication neededto prevent these illnesses. “We want to help,” Brown

said, “because we feel that it isour duty.” Saint Mary’s juniors

Elizabeth Brown and MonicaAquirre and sophomore KatieCiresi all plan to attend theevent later in the semesteralong with a Notre Dame pro-fessor and members of theNotre Dame division. As the only college to have

campus divisions of this group,the students have been askedto give a presentation on thelast day of the conference.Brown said they would presentwhat the clubs have beendoing and how they havehelped. The members said they hope

to learn more ways to getinvolved in order to help withcurrent issues in Africa. Theyalso hope to come back withthe ability to educate otherstudents about the issues.

By COURTENAY DEVLINNews Writer

Contact Courtenay Devlin atcdevlin@nd.edu

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Contact Meghan Price atmprice02@saintmarys.edu

By MEGHAN PRICENews Writer

Contact Liz O’Donnell atedonne1@nd.edu

By LIZ O’DONNELLNews Writer

ORLANDO, Fla. — A killerwhale attacked and killed atrainer in front of a horrifiedaudience at a SeaWorldshow Wednesday, with wit-nesses saying the animalinvolved in two previousdeaths dragged the trainerunder and thrashed heraround violently. Distraughtaudience members werehustled out of the stadium,and the park was immedi-ately closed.Veteran trainer Dawn

Brancheau, 40, was one ofthe park’s most experienced.It wasn’t clear if shedrowned or died from thethrashing.SeaWorld spokesman Fred

Jacobs confirmed the whalewas Tilikum, one of threeorcas blamed for killing atrainer who lost her balanceand fell in the pool with themin 1991 at Sealand of thePacific in Victoria, BritishColumbia.Tilikum was also involved

in a 1999 death, when thebody of a man who hadsneaked by OrlandoSeaWorld security was founddraped over him. The maneither jumped, fell or waspulled into the frigid waterand died of hypothermia,though he was also bruisedand scratched by Tilikum.A retired couple from

Michigan told The AssociatedPress that Wednesday’skilling happened as a noon-time show was windingdown, with some in the audi-ence staying to watch theanimals and trainers.Eldon Skaggs, 72, said

Brancheau was on a plat-form with the whale and wasmassaging it. He said theinteraction appeared leisure-ly and informal.Then, Skaggs said, the

whale “pulled her under andstarted swimming aroundwith her.”Skaggs said an alarm

sounded and staff rushed theaudience out of the stadiumas workers scrambledaround with nets.Skaggs said he heard that

during an earlier show thewhale was not responding to

directions. Others whoattended the earlier showsaid the whale was behavinglike an ornery child.The couple left and didn’t

find out until later that thetrainer had died.“We were just a little bit

stunned,” said Skaggs’ wife,Sue Nichols, 67.Another audience member,

Victoria Biniak, told WKMG-TV the whale “took off reallyfast in the tank, and then hecame back, shot up in theair, grabbed the trainer bythe waist and started thrash-ing around, and one of hershoes flew off.”But Jim Solomons of the

Orlando County Sheriff’sOffice said Brancheauslipped or fell into thewhale’s tank, which seemedto contradict Biniak’sdescription.

Authorities provided fewimmediate details. SeaWorldin San Diego also suspendedits killer whale show afterBrancheau’s death. It is notclear if the killer whale showhas been suspended atSeaWorld’s San Antonio loca-tion, which is closed until theweekend.According to a profile of

Brancheau in the OrlandoSentinel in 2006, she wasone of SeaWorld Orlando’sleading trainers. It wasapparently a trip toSeaWorld at age 9 that madeher want to follow thatcareer path.“I remember walking

down the aisle (of ShamuStadium) and telling mymom, ‘This is what I want todo,’” she said in the article.Brancheau worked her

way into a leadership role at

Shamu Stadium during her12-year career withSeaWorld, starting at the SeaLion & Otter Stadium beforespending the past 10 yearsworking with killer whales,the newspaper said.She also addressed the

dangers of the job.“You can’t put yourself in

the water unless you trustthem and they trust you,”Brancheau said.Steve McCulloch, founder

and program manager at theMarine Mammal Researchand Conservation Programat Harbor Branch/FloridaAtlantic University, said thewhale may have been play-ing, but it is too early to tell.“I wouldn’t jump to conclu-

sions,” he said. “These arevery large powerful marinemammals. They exhibit thistype of behavior in the wild.

AP

Dan Brown, general manager of SeaWorld, walks with Kelly Flaherty Clark, curator ofanimal training , before holding a news conference Wednesday.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

MILAN — It seems that when itcomes to letting the Web be the Web,it could be the United States againstthe world.An Italian judge on Wednesday held

three Google executives criminallyresponsible for an online video of anautistic teenager being bullied — averdict that raises concerns that theInternet giant, and others like it, maybe forced to police their content inItaly, and even beyond.The reaction to the verdict in the

United States was swift and nearlyunanimous in its condemnation of adangerous precedent experts said

threatens the principle of a free andopen Internet.However, Milan Prosecutor Alfredo

Robledo reflected a European concernwith privacy when he expressed satis-faction with a decision he said pro-tected a fundamental right, puttingthe interests of an individual beforethose of a business.“This is the big principal affirmed

by this verdict,” Robledo said. “It isfundamental, because a person’sidentity is a primary good. If we givethat up, anything can happen andthat is not Oklahoma.”The charges stemmed from a com-

plaint by Vivi Down, an advocacygroup for people with Down syn-

drome that was named in the 2006video posted on Google Video, avideo-sharing service Google ranbefore acquiring YouTube later thatyear.The footage showed an autistic stu-

dent in Turin being pushed, pum-meled with objects, including a packof tissues, and insulted by classmates,who called him a “mongoloid.”The prosecutor’s case emphasized

that the video had been viewed 5,500times over the two months it wasonline, when it climbed to the top ofGoogle Italy’s “most entertaining”video list and had more than 80 com-ments, including users urging itsremoval.

NATIONAL NEWS

Ind. man arrested for killing parentsWINCHESTER, Ind. — An eastern Indiana

man arrested in his parents’ deaths told investi-gators they had “made a plan” for him to fatallyshoot his father and help his ailing mother over-dose on medication, according to a court docu-ment filed in the case.Brian “Scott” Hartman, 33, was arrested

Tuesday night on preliminary charges of murderand assisting a suicide, hours after police foundthe body of his father in the garage of the fami-ly’s rural home, said Randolph CountyProsecutor David Daly. Hartman told investiga-tors that his father had been dead for nearly twoweeks, according to a probable cause affidavit.

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World & NationThursday, February 25, 2010 page 5

Seaworld spectators horrified as orca drags woman underwater during performanceGunmen kill 13 in Mexican townOAXACA, Mexico — Gunmen stormed a

rural town in southern Mexico and killed 13people, while the U.S. government warnedAmericans against traveling to cities in anorthern border state where shootouts haveleft slain 19 people over three days.Hooded assailants in several cars killed

nine police officers at a checkpoint in SanVicente Camalote, a town in southernOaxaca state, state deputy attorney generalNetolin Chavez said Wednesday.The gunmen then burst into the ranch of

Alfonso Maciel, killing him and his threesons, one of whom was a minor, Chavez said.He said investigators believe the attackTuesday night was related to drugs, but hehad no other details.

Sudan releases 57 Darfur rebelsKHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan released 57

Darfur rebels on Wednesday, including 50who had been sentenced to death, under anew truce agreement between the govern-ment and the most country’s powerful rebelgroup.The leader of the most powerful rebel

group promised that it, too, would releasegovernment soldiers it holds.The Sudanese government and the rebel

Justice and Equality Movement signed a truceagreement in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday after ayear of negotiations meant to end seven yearsof devastating conflict that have killed some300,000 and displaced more than 2.7 millionin the western Darfur region.

Associated Press

Associated Press

Whale kills trainer in packed stadium

Judge convicts 3 Google execs in video caseITALY

Hospital head arrested for molestationLOS ANGELES — The executive director of a

Northern California mental hospital wasarrested Wednesday for investigation ofmolesting his foster child for more than adecade.Napa State Hospital Director Claude Edward

Foulk, 62, was arrested at the hospital after afive-month investigation by Long Beach police.The hospital fired him after he was charged

Tuesday with 35 felony counts, punishable byup to 280 years in prison.Faulk was booked into custody in Long

Beach. Prosecutors asked that bail be set at$3.5 million, Los Angeles County DeputyDistrict Attorney Lesley Klein said.The investigation was started in September

after a man now in his 40s came forward,Long Beach Police Sgt. Dina Zapalski said.

Senate votes to close nuclear plantMONTPELIER, Vt. — The Vermont Senate

voted Wednesday to block the state’s onlynuclear plant from operating after its licenseexpires in 2012.Vermont is the only state in the country

with a law giving its legislature a say over anuclear plant’s relicensing. The Senate’s 26-4 vote against a 20-year extension ofVermont Yankee’s license marks the firsttime lawmakers have formally weighed in onthe question.With the Vernon reactor leaking radioac-

tive tritium into groundwater and its ownersaccused of misleading state regulators aboutunderground piping at the plant, even sena-tors who might have supported the licenseextension said they would have a difficulttime doing so now.

According to Taylor andGarabedian, the campuscelebrities decide how manystudents to take to dinner,where they will have the mealand how much they want tospend per plate. Some partici-pants, such as Carolyn Woo,dean of the Mendoza Collegeof Business, and Anre Venter,professor of psychology, treatstudents to home-cooked, eth-nic meals, while others takewinners out to expensiverestaurants, including Sorin’s. Poorman traditionally gives

students a tour of the MainBuilding and the tunnelsaround campus. A new offer-ing this year is a meal inChicago with ProfessorCandida Moss of the Programof Liberal Studies. “Certain meals earn a lot of

money because of the numberof students involved, whereasothers make money becausethe meals are expensive,”Taylor said. “It’s a good wayfor people to donate money toa great cause while getting tosee another side of professorsand other people on campus.” Garabedian said the off-

campus restaurants were will-ing to make generous gift carddonations to the event.“The donations from

Chipotle are like Christmas inFebruary,” she said.Garabedian and Taylor said

they were happy about thenumber of new and returningparticipants. “It’s very cool to see people

at Notre Dame being so willingto participate in the event,”Taylor said. “It shows theamazing generosity on cam-pus, and everyone is willing tohelp, from students to profes-sors.”

Professor Jim McKenna,chair of the anthropologydepartment, and his wife,Professor Joanne Mack, tradi-tionally take students toLaSalle Grille in South Bendfor an evening of food andconversation.“We love every minute of it

and the students we meetbecome our friends,”McKenna said. “It is justanother wonderful reminderof the way Notre Dame,through its good works, helpsus break the barriers betweenour students and us, the facul-ty.” Venter, who treats students

to a traditional South Africanmeal at his home, agreed withMcKenna’s view of the event’simpact on student-professorrelationships. “It is a great opportunity to

get to know students, and wehave been able to developsome wonderful relation-ships,” Venter said. “I think itis good for students and facul-ty to engage outside the con-straints of the typical settingson campus.”Schmidt said he was sur-

prised at his identification as a“campus celebrity” butnonetheless voiced his enthu-siasm about the event.“Coach Kelly, Fr. Poorman,

Professor McKenna and moreblow us out of the water,”Schmidt said. “But we will besure to take whoever is kindenough to bid on us to a verydelicious meal and we’re look-ing forward to helping out.” The live and silent auctions

will take place tonight from7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. inBurger King and the SorinRoom in LaFortune. Studentsmay pay for meals with cash,check or the new DomerDollars option for charityevents.

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“This was my first time [facing adisciplinary conference], and Ireally didn’t know what I was upagainst,” Reuvers said. “I wasthinking, ‘am I going to getremoved from my dorm, kicked offcampus, put on University proba-tion?’” Reuvers said the vague wording

in du Lac about the punishmentsfor parietals violations — thehandbook cites expulsion as a pos-sible punishment — was problem-atic for him going through theprocess for the first time.Associate Vice President for

Residence Life Bill Kirk said theUniversity began a “major revi-sion” of du Lac in the fall of 2007,and the administration is seekinginput from student governmentand the student body.Student body president Grant

Schmidt said student governmentis discussing possible changes todu Lac in several areas, includingalcohol policy, disciplinary sanc-tions and sexual assault.“We are talking about things

students care about,” Schmidtsaid. “We’re not just talking about,‘Hey, we don’t want to see stu-

dents punished as much.’ We justwant to make sure the punish-ments are accurate anddeserved.” Kirk said the wording for pari-

etals violations is one of the seg-ments of the handbook currentlyunder examination. For parietals, the handbook cur-

rently states: “Overnight parietalviolations are considered seriousviolations, and students who com-mit such violations shall be subjectto disciplinary suspension or per-manent dismissal.”The University does not allow

students to be in the dorm room ofa member of the opposite sexbetween 12 a.m. to 9 a.m. onweekdays and 2 a.m. to 9 a.m. onweekends. “You just don’t know what is

going to happen because du Lac ispretty vague, and it pretty muchlets [ORLH] have full discretion,”Reuvers said on facing the conse-quences for his parietals violation.Calling himself a “ResLife vet,”

Reuvers said he has faced discipli-nary sanctions from ORLH threetimes. The first two were discipli-nary conferences and the thirdwas an administrative hearing. Reuvers said sitting through the

administrative hearing was an“intense” experience. He met withthe complete ORLH staff and was

questioned repeatedly about theevents that led him to the hearing. “When you go into there,

nobody’s your friend. You’reassumed to be guilty,” he said. “Soit was scary, but at the same timeit’s reality, and you have to takethose things seriously.”There are currently two types of

methods listed in du Lac used bythe ORLH to discipline students:disciplinary conferences andadministrative hearings. Studentsreceive a letter informing themwhich method will be used.In a disciplinary conference, a

student meets with one or multi-ple staff members from ORLH to“investigate, discuss and resolvethe alleged violation,” du Lacstates.The student can receive punish-

ments ranging from a warning todisciplinary probation.Disciplinary suspension and per-

manent dismissal cannot be issuedat a conference, and are reservedfor administrative hearings.An administrative hearing, the

more serious of the sanctions,requires the student to meet withtwo or three ORLH staff members.The full range of punishments isavailable to be issued, du Lacstates.After the student attends a disci-

plinary conference or an adminis-

trative hearing, he or she isrequired to write a personal state-ment before ORLH makes its deci-sion, Judicial Council peer advo-cate John Saulitis said.The Judicial Council peer advo-

cacy program offers advice to stu-dents facing disciplinary sanctionsand can sit in on the meetings butcannot speak on the students’behalf. Saulitis said a student has cer-

tain rights during the disciplinaryprocess that many do not knowabout. For example, students canschedule a meeting with someonefrom ORLH to look at their disci-plinary file.Students are also allowed to

have a peer advocate or friendcome in with them to the meeting,although the peer is not allowed tohave a speaking role, Saulitis said.“You can have someone come

with you and sit in the meetingwith you,” he said.Saulitis said the number oneadvice he gives to students whoare going through the disciplinarywith ORLH is to tell the truth.“I think anybody can tell when

someone is being fake,” he said.“Be honest. Accept responsibly forwhat you did. Show that you’vemade a concerted effort to thinkabout what you’ve done.”Saulitis said he also recom-

mends students try to relax duringtheir meeting.“It’s not the end of the world,”

he said. “Ninety-nine percent ofthe cases at Notre Dame, youdon’t get expelled. You’ve got to beable to relax because the peoplewho do get expelled are reallynervous and don’t know what todo and don’t handle it well.“If you get worked up [during yourmeeting with ORLH,] be able tostep a back and breathe and getback in the rhythm of thingsagain,” Saulitis said.Kirk said the Office of Residence

Life hopes to get feedback on duLac revisions from student govern-ment. Schmidt said student gov-ernment will recommend revi-sions to du Lac, specificallyregarding alcohol and disciplinarypolicies.“Our job is just to help them bet-

ter understand the culture andhelp them understand how stu-dents act,” Schmidt said.

The second and final installmentof this series will examine possiblechanges to the policies in duLac. It will run in tomorrow’sObserver.

the church confirm the trueand heroic virtue of BrotherAndré,” Fr. Wilson Miscamble,a history professor, said. “We in the order have known

of Brother André’s incrediblegift for healing, his tremen-dous prayerfulness, his greatdevotion to St. Joseph and hiswonderful hospitality extendedparticularly to the sick andthose in need while he wasstill living,” Miscamble said.“The canonization providesthe opportunity to share himwith the world.”Bessette was born in Canada

in 1845 and spent most of hisyouth working in a variety ofjobs in the United States. Uponreturn to Canada, he wascalled to join the Holy Crossorder in 1867. Though he was almost com-

pletely i l l i terate, Bessetteproved to be a valuable mem-ber of the order. He beganworking as a porter atMontreal’s College of NotreDame, where he welcomedpeople with kindness and

prayer for more than 40 years.He eventually became knownas “The Miracle Man ofMontreal” after several of hisprayers were said to havemade miracles happen. “He was a truly great man, a

humble man and one whoselife was dedicated to service,praying for the sick and tend-ing to their needs,” Roccasaid.People were amazed by his

humility and hospitality andespecial ly with the way inwhich he dealt with the sickand poor, Rocca said. “He lived the life of a humble

Holy Cross religious, and hislife was dedicated to the poor,”Rocca said. “He welcomedpeople to Montreal and sawChrist’s image in them. Heloved people and was sensitiveto them. He saw the poor andthe suffering and found thepoor, suffering Christ in them.”Bessette inspired the build-

ing of St. Joseph’s Oratory inMontreal, now an enormousbasi l ica in which he isentombed. After his death in1937, more than one millionpeople came to file past hiscasket at the Oratory. “He’s a reminder that great-

ness lies not only in prestige,power or influence, but that itlies in the beatitudes,” Roccasaid. “His l i fe has a lot toteach us on wherein truegreatness can be found.”“All of us in the Notre Dame

family are delighted to hear ofBrother André’s canonization.Brother André’s life — nowrecognized as a true treasureof the church — and his con-tinuing advocacy, renew, deep-en and strengthen our founda-tional mission,” UniversityPresident Fr. John Jenkinssaid in a written statement.Miscamble said Bessette’s

canonization is a teachablemoment for the members ofthe Notre Dame community.“Since Notre Dame was

founded by the Holy Crossorder and is involved withHoly Cross in so many ways, Ihope that Notre Dame will cel-ebrate the canonization in var-ious ways and hopefully taketo heart some of the lessons ofAndré’s life, especially regard-ing his fidelity to the Gospel,”Miscamble said. “He was aremarkable man.”

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She also talked about the suf-fering of the people in Darfur.Miguda said they live in fearbecause there are rebels andgroups of people who attackand kill innocent people.“Janjaweed — they are the

ones who have ransacked vil-lages — raped women andlined up men and shot them,”Miguda said.According to the United

Nations, out of the populationof six million, up to 300,000people have been killed andsome 2.5 million have beendisplaced.“But everyone knows that the

number is much, much largerthan that,” Miguda said.Many people have fled Darfurand gone to refugee camps inother parts of Sudan or evenother countries. Kurz, a native of South Bend,

said this is not the land they

are used to. They are now inthe desert and this makes agri-culture difficult and their stan-dard of living is very low.“They were forced to leave

the only place they have everknown and into these camps,”Kurz said.Kurz said she had a friend

who traveled to Sudan andbrought back not only picturesand an experience of a life-time, but she also brought backknowledge about the condi-tions in the refugee camps. Kurz and six others decided

they needed do something totry and help.“The best way you can help

people in Sudan is to be arrest-ed in front of the Sudaneseembassy, because it saves peo-ple from being killed,” Kurzsaid.Kurz said she and her six

friends tried this to help thepeople in Darfur and in Sudan.“The seven of us went, we

knelt, we prayed the rosaryand the Our Father and wewere arrested because we

were blocking the entrance tothe embassy,” Kurz said. “Ispent 20 hours in jail and itwas one of the most amazingexperiences of my life. I don’tknow how many people wemay have saved that day, Idon’t know how effectual itwas, but I tried.”This is an extreme example

of a way to help, and Kurz andher friends were tried andfound guilty in a court of law.She will always have a misde-meanor on her record, but shesaid she will never regret whatshe did.On Feb. 23, the Peace Accord

was signed in Doha, Qatar,ending the war in Darfur.According to Miguda, however,there are still many peoplewho need help, especially thosewho have been displaced fromtheir homes.“Litt le, small actions can

make a big difference,” Migudasaid.

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NEW YORK — Hummer,the off-road vehicle thatonce symbolized America’slove for hulking SUVs,faces a shutdown after itssale to a Chinese heavyequipment maker col-lapsed.Sichuan Tengzhong

Heavy Industrial MachinesCo. said Wednesday itpulled out of the deal tobuy the company fromGeneral Motors Co.Tengzhong failed to getclearance from Chineseregulators within the pro-posed timeframe for thesale, the Chinese manufac-turer said.GM said it will continue

to honor existing Hummerwarranties.“We are disappointed

that the deal withTengzhong could not becompleted,” said JohnSmith, GM vice president ofcorporate planning andalliances. “GM will nowwork closely with Hummeremployees, dealers andsuppliers to wind down thebusiness in an orderly andresponsible manner.”GM has been trying to

sell the loss-making brandfor the last year and signeda deal with Tengzhong inOctober. However, resist-ance from Chinese regula-tors, who have been put-ting the brakes on invest-ment in the fast-growingChinese auto industry, cre-ated difficulties from thestart.As recently as Tuesday,

private investors were try-ing to set up an offshoreentity in a last-minuteeffort to complete theacquisition ahead of a Feb.28 deadline. That plan,along with other options,was unsuccessful, accord-ing to a person close to thesituation. The persondeclined to be identified inorder to speak more freely.“There’s no way forward

with that,” this personsaid. “We’re out of time.”GM spokesman Nick

Richards said theautomaker would still hear

last-minute bids for thebrand, which employsabout 3,000 people whomake and sell Hummers inthe U.S.“In the early phases of

the wind-down, we’llentertain offers and deter-mine their viability, butthat will have to happen inpretty short order,” hesaid.Hummer, which traces its

origins to the Humvee mili-tary vehicle built by AMGeneral LLC in SouthBend, Ind., acquired adevoted following amongSUV lovers who weredrawn to the off-roadready vehicles. But theydrew scorn from environ-mentalists and sales neverrecovered after gasolineprices spiked above $4 agallon in the summer of

2008.Sales peaked at 71,524

in 2006. But in December2009, only 325 Hummerswere sold, down 85 per-cent from the previousyear, according toAutodata Corp.Sticker prices start at

more than $42,500 andrun to about $63,000,according to data posted atthe Hummer.com Web site.The H3, the most fuel-effi-cient vehicle in Hummer’slineup, averages about 16mpg. The vehicles are builtat GM’s factory inShreveport, La.Under the initial agree-

ment to sell Hummer,Tengzhong would havereceived an 80 percentstake, while Hong Konginvestor Suolang Duoji,who indirectly owns a big

stake in Tengzhong, wouldhave gotten 20 percent.The investors would alsohave owned Hummer’snationwide dealer net-work.Financial terms of the

sale were not disclosed,although a person briefedon the deal at the time saidthe sale price was around$150 million. GM’s bank-ruptcy filing last summersaid that the brand couldbring in $500 million ormore.Beijing had been cool to

the acquisition. Tengzhonglacks a government permitto manufacture cars, andthe Chinese governmenthas been seeking tostreamline and slow invest-ment in the fast-growingauto industry rather thanto attract newcomers.

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In this file photo, Hummers are seen at a dealership in Tustin, Calif. GM said on Wednesday itwill discontinue Hummer after its bid to sell the brand to a Chinese company failed.

DALLAS — Blockbuster Inc. suffereda fourth-quarter loss of $435 million asits video rental stores struggled toattract consumers who are increasinglygetting their movies through the mail,vending machines and high-speedInternet connections.The setback announced Wednesday

reflected a dismal holiday season, usu-ally one of Blockbuster’s busiest timesof the year.The company, based in Dallas, boost-

ed its ad spending in December inhopes of luring more customers into itsstores, but the investment didn’t payoff.In a key measure of a retailer’s

health, sales in Blockbuster stores openin the U.S. for the past year plunged by

16 percent in the fourth quarter.Blockbuster’s woes contrasted with a

sharp upturn in business for DVD-by-mail pioneer Netflix Inc., which added1.16 million subscribers during thefinal three months of 2009 to generatea fourth-quarter profit of $31 million.Most of Blockbuster’s fourth-quarter

loss, which translated into $2.24 pershare, stemmed from charges toaccount for the crumbling value of itsfranchise. Blockbuster lost $360 mil-lion, or $1.89 per share, at the sametime in 2008.If not for the non-cash charges in the

latest quarter, Blockbuster said itwould have lost 24 cents per share.That figure was still higher than theloss of 17 cents per share anticipatedby analysts surveyed by ThomsonReuters.

Blockbuster’s fourth-quarter revenueplunged 18 percent to $1.08 billion —in line with analyst estimates.The downturn has renewed concerns

about whether Blockbuster will be ableto bring in enough money to repay itsdebts, which totaled $964 millionentering this year. Those worries havebruised Blockbuster’s already batteredstock.The shares fell 4 cents in

Wednesday’s extended trading afterclosing the regular session at 36 cents,down 2 cents. The company said it mayseek shareholder approval for areverse stock split to lift the value of itsshares above $1 and preserve its listingon the New York Stock Exchange. Italso is considering a recapitalizationthat could involve giving its lendersstock in exchange for reducing its debt.

Sale to Chinese heavy equipment maker falls through; GM to shut down division

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Hummer brand faces shutdown

Blockbuster announces huge losses

Chrysler to fix crash sensorsAUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Chrysler Group

LLC on Wednesday asked the owners of morethan 355,000 of its popular minivans to takethem to dealers in a few months to replacecrash sensors that help to control the air bags.The sensors can crack and fail in 2005 and

2006 Town & Country and Dodge GrandCaravan models, Chrysler said in a statement.It is asking owners to wait until June to con-tact dealers because it needs time to distributerepair parts.The automaker is calling the move a “safety

improvement campaign” and says it is not arecall. But National Highway Traffic SafetyAdministration spokeswoman Oliva Alair saysthe agency considers it a recall and is moni-toring repairs to make sure they are carriedout.

Coca-Cola may buy U.S. bottlerNEW YORK — Coca-Cola Co. may buy the

North American operations of its biggest bot-tler, a deal that echoes a move by rivalPepsiCo in response to falling soft-drinkssales, The Wall Street Journal reportedWednesday.If the partial acquisition of Coca-Cola

Enterprises Inc. goes through, the rest of thebottler would remain independent and buyCoke bottling operations in Scandinavia andGermany, the newspaper reported. It alreadyhas operations in several European countries.The exact value of the deal was uncertain

but it is expected to be valued at more than$15 billion including equity and assumed debt,the newspaper said, citing people familiarwith the matter.Shares of Coca-Cola Enterprises shot up in

aftermarket trading Wednesday, gaining$5.48, or 29 percent, to $24.61.The beverage industry has watched soda

sales fall, prompting the big beverage makersto seek greater control over costs and howtheir drinks are distributed.Coca-Cola Co. is the world’s biggest bever-

age company. Its main rival, PepsiCo,announced in August it would buy its twobiggest bottlers — Pepsi Bottling Group Inc.and PepsiAmericas Inc. — in a deal valued at$7.8 billion. PepsiCo has estimated it will save$400 million from buying the bottlers.

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Man charged with manslaughter appeals for bailPRESCOTT, Ariz. — The con-

ditions of release for a motiva-tional speaker charged withmanslaughter will be modified,but exactly how won’t berevealed until later this week,a judge said Wednesday.Attorneys for James Arthur

Ray have been trying to per-suade the judge to lower his $5million bond. Ray has beenheld in a county jail in CampVerde, Ariz., since his arrestearlier this month.Ray is facing three

manslaughter counts fordeaths that occurred followinga sweat lodge ceremony he lednear Sedona in October. If con-victed, he faces up to 12½years on each count, with pro-bation being an option.Prosecutors asked that the

bond be set at $1.5 million toensure Ray’s continuedappearances in court, alongwith the surrender of his pass-port and restrictions on travel.But defense attorneys arguedthat Ray should either bereleased on his own recogni-zance or bail be set at a couplehundred thousand dollars.They said he cannot affordeven a $1 million bond, isn’t aflight risk or a threat to publicsafety and has no criminal his-tory.Earlier Wednesday, Ray’s

attorneys called their first oftwo witnesses — the financialcontroller for Ray’s company,James Ray International — totestify in an effort to discredita determination from the soleprosecution witness that Ray’snet worth is $2.4 million.Alex Smyth testi f ied that

Ray’s business is operating at aloss, employees were laid off,

his properties are in foreclo-sure and that Ray essentiallydrained his bank accounts fol-lowing the Oct. 8 sweat lodgeceremony in anticipation ofhigh legal fees, not in an effortto flee.“There would be no reason

for him to behave that way,”he said.Defense attorneys said Ray’s

family had offered up proper-ties they own as well as jewel-ry and other assets to help bailRay out of jail, but bail agentJeff Wilhelm testi f ied thatmuch of that couldn’t beincluded as part of a bondpackage. He estimated thevalue of a Beverly Hills man-sion Ray recently put up forsale at only $250,000.“What’s happening here is

wrong. It’s just plain wrong,”Ray attorney Luis Li said inclosing statements. “It’s likethe state created special rulesfor Mr. Ray, that he should getthe highest bond in YavapaiCounty history.”Prosecutors focused almost

entirely on Ray’s finances dur-ing the hearing. RichardEchols, an accounting fraudexaminer, testi f ied for theprosecution to dispute claimsthat there’s no way Ray canpost the bond.Ray’s attorneys voluntarily

provided bank statements, por-tions of tax returns and otherfinancial information toauthorities Echols reviewed,but he said the documentspainted an incomplete picture.In closing statements,

Hughes argued that $1 millionthat Ray set aside for legalfees, another $1 million thatwas unaccounted for, and hisestimated net worth of $2.4million certainly doesn’t mean

Ray is struggling to the extenthis attorneys contend.“Mr. Ray does have the

financial means to post the$1.5 million bond,” Hughessaid.Ray appeared in court in a

suit and appeared to listenintently to the arguments, evenlooking at representatives forvictims as they spoke followingtestimony. At one point, hewinked at his girlfriend sittingin the row behind him andheld his hand in a fist over hisheart.Prosecutors allege Ray reck-

lessly crammed more than 50

participants of his five-day“Spiritual Warrior” event intoa 415-square-foot sweat lodge,a small heated enclosure usedin traditional American Indianceremonies to cleanse thebody.Many participants have said

Ray chided them for wantingto leave, even as people werevomiting, getting burned byhot rocks and lying uncon-scious on the ground.Ray’s attorneys have called

the deaths a tragic accidentand said he took all the neces-sary precautions and immedi-ately tended to the ill.

Three people died — KirbyBrown, 38, of Westtown, N.Y.,James Shore, 40, ofMilwaukee; and Liz Neuman,49, of Prior Lake, Minn.Eighteen others were hospital-ized.An attorney for the Shore

family said they took no posi-tion on the bail but believedDarrow would rule fairly, whileBrown’s parents and a womanrepresenting Neuman’s familyopposed any reduction.The Browns’ attorney, Robert

Magnanini, asked Darrow torestrict Ray from holding semi-nars if he is released.

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Police escort James Arthur Ray into the courtroom for a hearing for his bail at the YavopaiCountry Courthouse on Feb. 24. Ray was charged with manslaughter.

New York faces a foot of snow

ALBANY, N.Y. — A powerfulwinter storm dumped a foot ormore of snow in the Northeaston Wednesday, knocking outpower to thousands andstalling air traffic from Bostonto Philadelphia, all ahead of asecond system packing strongwinds that could blanket thearea with another foot of snow.The storm cut a swath from

eastern Pennsylvania intonorthern New England, slam-ming typically snowy regionsthat had been spared the para-lyzing storms that hit citiesfarther south earlier this win-ter. About 150,000 customerslost power Wednesday, hun-dreds of schools were closedand at least three trafficdeaths were blamed on thestorm.An 89-year-old woman died

in a crash in New York’sHudson Valley. InPennsylvania’s PoconoMountains, a woman and aboy died when their vehicleslid off snow- and ice-coveredInterstate 80; The man drivingthe car was not expected tosurvive.The system was the first of a

1-2 winter punch. Anotherstorm forecast to hit Thursdayis expected to pack wind gustsup to 35 mph, which couldcause more power outages,and dump a foot or more ofsnow on some areas by Friday.Meteorologists said someareas of New York’sAdirondack and Catskill moun-

tains and Vermont’s GreenMountains could get as muchas 2 feet by the weekend.Philadelphia, which has had

its snowiest winter with morethan 70 inches and is still dig-ging out from earlier back-to-back storms, could see asmuch as a foot of snow.“It might not be until early

next week that we get rid ofthe storm completely,” saidmeteorologist Hugh Johnson ofthe National Weather Service’sAlbany office.A description of the coming

storm as a “snowicane” byState College, Pa.-basedAccuweather Inc. touched offcriticism — one newspapercalled it a “smackdown” — bythe National Weather Service.On Tuesday, 48 hours before

the storm was to hit,Accuweather called it “hurri-cane-like,” a “monster,” and a“powerful storm of historicalproportions” that would wreakhavoc from Pennsylvania toMaine and by Wednesday wasusing the term “snowicane.”That prompted a stern

response from NationalWeather Service meteorologistCraig Evanego.“It’s almost inciting the pub-

lic, inciting panic,” he said.The Weather Channel called

the hurricane talk “bad mete-orology.”Accuweather senior meteor-

ologist and director of fore-casting operations Ken Reevescalled the NWS criticism“unfounded” and said there isnothing wrong in using lan-

guage that gets people’s atten-tion when the situation callsfor it.The northern edge of

Wednesday’s storm reachedinto the Massachusetts’Berkshires, Vermont and NewHampshire, dumping morethan a foot of snow in someareas and prompting floodingconcerns in Maine.The hardest hit area

Wednesday was Albany, N.Y.,where some outlying areashad about 2 feet of snow byafternoon. The snow was sothick and heavy that evenpickup trucks got stuck tryingto plow it out.“We tried the snowblower

and it didn’t work. It keepsclogging up,” said PatMcDonough as she shoveledher front walk inVoorheesville, a village justwest of Albany.While parts of the Northeast

dealt with Wednesday’s weath-er, other cities were preparingfor another blast of winter.In New York City, Mayor

Michael Bloomberg said thecity was making sure buildingowners were aware of the pre-dicted high winds and weretaking steps to tie down a thatcould come loose.“My hope is that the snow

will stay to the north and westof us and we’ll just have rain— our kids need anotherschool day,” Bloomberg said.“We will cancel school only if itreally would be dangerous toget the kids into school and getthem home.”

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Associated Pressthe newfound respect she hasfor the athletes, watching theGames has brought out a com-petitive edge in her.“I get this rush when I

watch them, that I want to getout there and do it again,” shesaid. Hurley said despite the fact

the Games occur every fouryears, for most athletes theyear leading up to theOlympics is really crucial inqual i fy ing, regardless ofwhether they participated inthe last games.“I still have to go through

the same quali-f i c a t i o nprocess,” shesaid. “The yearbefore is themost impor-tant.” Hurley said

these qualifyingrounds can getawkward, con-s i d e r i n gAmerican team-mates are com-peting against one another forOlympic roster spots.“It is awkward how all the

Americans are competingagainst one another. We’resupposed to be cheeringeveryone on, but sometimesyou want your opponent tofall flat on their face,” shesaid.Hurley said outside of the

athletic competition and net-work coverage, athletes areable to kick back and relax in

private areas such as arcades.She said mealt imes wereespecially rewarding.“The dining hall is really

cool because there are al lthese countries in one dininghall. It is funny seeing Franceeat ing at one table andGermany eating at another,”she said.Another special experience

for Hurley and the otherOlympic athletes was theirclose proximity to internation-al sports stars in the samevenues.“A lot of athletes go and

watch other athletes com-pete,” she said.Although Hurley said she

was not able to find the timeto attend other sport ing

events , theopening cere-monies provid-ed a t ime tomeet some ofthose famousstars.“I met most of

the basketballteam, includingKobe Bryant ,who were rightbehind us inthe Opening

Ceremony,” Hurley said.“Dwight Howard was pretend-ing to be Kobe’s bodyguard.”For Hurley, watching the

Vancouver Games has fueledmemories of Bei j ing andinspired her for London’s2012 Summer Olympics. “I really enjoy watching the

Olympics,” she said. “It’s get-ting me all pumped.”

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“I get this rush whenI watch them, that I

want to get out thereand do it again.”

Kelley Hurleysenior

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

After reviewing the two tickets running for Saint Mary’sstudent body president and vice president, The ObserverEditorial Board endorses junior Meg Griffin and sophomoreEmily Skirtich.Although juniors Rachael Chesley and Laura Smith have

strong ideas, Griffin and Skirtich’s experi-ence cannot be ignored and it’s this qualifi-cation that makes them the best candi-dates.Griffin, as the current student body vice

president, and Skirtich, as the StudentGovernment Association (SGA) executivesecretary, will make the transition in Aprilmuch smoother since they already have anextensive knowledge of SGA.Their major platforms — creating more all-campus events

and incorporating campus clubs with a new handbook andofficer meetings — are initiatives that are plausible and willhelp to bridge the gap between student government and thestudents it represents. While Chesley and Smith also had innovative ideas to

incorporate clubs on campus, these were much less con-crete. Griffin and Skirtich also have the advantage of being able

to continue with initiatives begun by Jenny Hoffman, cur-rent student body president, and Griffin, including adding aSaint Mary’s heritage class to the curriculum. This wouldfurther their push for familiarizing students with the history

of the College, something Hoffman and Griffin concentratedon this year. That being said, there are some ideas Chesley and Smith

offer that Griffin and Skirtich can learn from. Their ideasabout alumnae networking on campus and having SGA

members actually attend club meetings would helpconnect students not only to each other, but theoutside community. Griffin and Skirtich don’t focus on alumnae rela-

tions or helping to bring donors to campus, andthese are important issues that former administra-tions have neglected to address. If implemented,these ideas would be valued additions to studentlife.

In the end, the largest separation between the tickets isexperience, which gives Griffin and Skirtich the advantage.Since time in office is short-lived for student officials, mak-ing the most of that time is crucial. Griffin and Skirtich willbe able to get to work quickly and start on their initiativeswith very little training — a valuable commodity in studentgovernment.There are two strong tickets in this election, however,

experience is too valuable to ignore and will allow theGriffin and Skirtich to pass their well-thought out initiativeswith greater ease. Griffin and Skirtich show all signs of being competent and

efficient if they are voted into office, are and valued leadersof the Saint Mary’s community.

I’m writing to respectfully disagree with JustinDeRosa’s letter (“An argument against research,”Feb. 24) in which he criticized the University’sendeavors to improve research because he thinksthis comes at the expense of quality undergraduateeducation. DeRosa assumes that research andteaching are mutually exclusive spheres and thatgains in one area necessarily lead to a decline inthe other. I would argue instead that quality teach-ing and research go hand-in-hand in at least twoways. First, research enables the faculty to stay current

with developments in their field; I shudder to thinkwhat my lectures will be like in 20 years if I con-duct no research beyond my dissertation!Moreover, I think if you were to survey many of thefaculty who are considered excellent teachers, youwill probably find that they are excellentresearchers as well.The second benefit of research at Notre Dame is

that it enables undergraduates to gain hands-onexperience that will be beneficial to them aftergraduation in their careers or future graduatestudies. DeRosa overlooks the fact that theUniversity’s drive to increase its research profileincludes devoting substantial resources to under-graduate research. For science and engineeringstudents in particular, this will be vital to their suc-cess. So, I encourage DeRosa to rethink his positionand consider these benefits of research that he hasoverlooked.

Rebecca McCumbersgraduate student

off campusFeb. 25

I would like to thank Mr.Andre for his unfounded opin-ion that this Catholic University,based on Catholic values, hasno “moral obligation to payemployees any more than amarket price” or that thisCatholic University is notresponsible for the “welfare ofthe lower class.” This might justbe me, but I thought thatCatholicism was supposed tofocus on morality and preferen-tial treatment for the poor.This University’s mission

statement states, “TheUniversity seeks to cultivate inits students not only an appreci-ation for the great achieve-ments of human beings, butalso a disciplined sensibility tothe poverty, injustice, andoppression that burden the livesof so many. The aim is to createa sense of human solidarity andconcern for the common goodthat will bear fruit as learningbecomes service to justice.”Notre Dame is not just someuniversity; it is a Catholic uni-versity. By paying $9 an hour toworkers, we are contributing tothe cycle of poverty that weshould be trying to end. TheUniversity wants us to use ourlearning for justice; why arethey not leading by example?Justice in the opinion of theChurch is allowing people atleast a living wage so that theycan live day-to-day without hav-ing to be severely in debt orwondering how they are going

to pay for their children’shealthcare bills. If you don’tbelieve that these are real prob-lems, talk to the workers! Theywill tell you about the frustra-tion that comes when you haveto choose which bill not to payeach week. Many of the work-ers here don’t make a livingwage, forcing them to rely ongovernment subsidies to sur-vive.As a Catholic institution, we

should adhere to Catholic socialteaching. Pope John Paul IIechoed previous popes in“Laborem Exercens,” statingthat “a just wage is the concretemeans of verifying the justice ofthe whole socioeconomic systemand, in any case, of checkingthat it is functioning justly.”Since we, as a Catholic institu-tion, are not offering a justwage (living wage), according toPope John Paul, we are notfunctioning justly. So, I’m sorryif I think John Paul II may havehad a better moral compassthan you, Mr. Andre, but as aCatholic, going to the most well-known Catholic university in theUnited States, I would hope thatI could rest at ease knowingthat at least Norte Dame’s eco-nomic values are just andwould make John Paul II proud,but this is clearly not the case.

Kelsey Conlonjunior

Farley HallFeb. 25

Morality in economics? Good teaching,research coincide

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“A just wage is the legitimate fruit of work. To refuse orwithhold it can be a grave injustice. In determining fairpay, both the needs and the contributions of each personmust be taken into account. Remuneration for workshould guarantee humans the opportunity to provide adignified livelihood for themselves and their family on thematerial, social, cultural and spiritual level, taking intoaccount the role and the productivity of each, the state ofthe business, and the common good (Gaudium et Spes,#67). Agreement between the parties is not sufficient tojustify morally the amount to be received in wages.”I’m not Catholic, but the above passage is from the

Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 2434. Plainand simple, the idea of a morally acceptable living wagebeing paid to all workers has been one of the corner-stones of modern Catholic Social Teaching since Pope LeoXIII’s Rerum Novarum (1891).Beyond that, I’m asking each and all members of the

Notre Dame community to do some very careful intro-spection before we lift our fingers to write anotherViewpoint. Are we seeing the world from the eyes of thepeople for or about whom we are speaking and writing?Or are we speaking as if we are the main characters inour own movie and everyone else just has supportingroles?Too often, we caricature one another in light of our

own views and perspectives rather than giving the peoplewe come in contact with the space and freedom toexplore the fullness of their humanity with us. In doingso, we alienate and ostracize people who are differentfrom us, leaving them on the fringes and margins of soci-ety. This is counter to the goals of integral human devel-opment as outlined by CST, and so beautifully discussedby Jeremy Tamargo in “Putting people first” (Feb 24). Ifwe ever want to live up to our Catholic identity, we haveto do better.

Katie Washingtonsenior

off campusFeb. 25

The Gospel of Prosperity vs. The Gospel of Christ

Just when I thought that I had heard it all, Iopen The Observer and read some of theViewpoints in response to a student’s concernthat the hourly waged workers at Notre Dame arenot making enough money off of which to live. Ifind it amusing when 18 and 19-year-old whitestudents talk about “wage inflation” when peoplelike myself and others suggest we actually paypeople fairly. As someone who worked in thelabor movement in Chicago for a summer andheard the stories of human beings being exploitedin the name of capitalism, it reminds me that veryfew people actually know what Jesus said, whatthe Catholic Church teaches, and what realityentails.One of the most shocking things written in the

Viewpoint was Mark Easley’s “Word to the wise”(Feb. 18). It is a disgrace that someone attendingone of the top-20 schools in the country, aCatholic one at that, knows so little about whatthe Catholic Church teaches on economic justiceand has such a condescending attitude towardthose who keep Notre Dame clean, ensure thatthe campus looks pristine, and feed the students.Rather than focusing on Easley’s erroneous arti-cle, I would like to focus attention on what theCatholic Church teaches on the issue and whatJesus teaches, something which many Christianshave disregarded in favor for a Gospel of“Prosperity.”In May of 1891, Pope Leo VIII issued the first of

modern Papal encyclicals entitled “RerumNovarum.” At the time of its publishing, therewas a real problem of worker exploitation, espe-cially in America. In it, Pope Leo VIII laid out thatworkers have certain responsibilities to theiremployer; to do the just work that his/heremployer asks of him/her. In return, the employer“mindful of this — that to exercise pressure uponthe indigent and the destitute for the sake of gain,and to gather one’s profit out of the need ofanother, is condemned by all laws, human anddivine. To defraud any one of wages that are hisdue is a great crime which cries to the avenginganger of Heaven.” These are not the words ofsome “bleeding heart liberal calling for wageinflation” but rather are the words of Pope LeoVIII. Since “Rerum Novarum,” every Pope haswritten something demanding that workers betreated with justice and that they be given a liv-ing wage.

This brings up another point being discussed,often on false pretenses, in Viewpoint comments:the idea that somehow $9 an hour is sufficient.Many people have alluded to their heroic days ofworking hourly waged jobs where they lived off ofa minimum wage. The problem is, the examplesthey have presented are the exception, not therule. Making $9 an hour means that person work-ing forty hours a week makes only $18,000 ayear. The reality that people need to accept isthat not every household is a two income house-hold. Another reality — not everyone has perfecthealth. $18,000 won’t cover rising health costsfor those who have children with health problemsor dependents who cannot work. And how far is itto ask people to work more than forty hours aweek when that person has a family? The fact isthat hourly waged workers are doing jobs thatare needed in order to function. If they didn’twork them, we would be in a world of hurt. Nogarbage collected, no one to clean our streets, noone to clean up the blood in the operating roomafter a surgery. The problem is that in our cur-rent economic system, these jobs are not fully val-ued for the good that they provide to our society.I think the thing that this whole discussion has

lacked is the words of Jesus. Jesus preached that“the first shall be last and the last shall be first”and that “what so ever you do to the least ofthese my brothers, that you so do unto me.” Andyet Alex Andre in his Viewpoint article (“Welcometo capitalism,” Feb. 22) said we have “no moralresponsibility” to pay Notre Dame workers a justwage. What Bible are you reading? Are you evenreading the Bible? It amazes me how un-Christ-like so many on the Notre Dame and Saint Mary’scampuses can sound. Jesus himself was a peas-ant, suffered cruelty at the hands of humans, andyet, those claiming to be Christian forget that.Based on what the Bible says, on what Jesus said,I can say with 100 percent confidence that ourLord always takes the side of the oppressed, thatwere Jesus around now, he would demand a liv-ing wage for those working honestly, just as hedemanded just treatment for those on the fringesof Palestinian society 2000 years ago.

Laurel Javorsjunior

LeMans HallFeb. 25

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Even though there’s still traces ofsnow here and there, Sunday wasunmistakably sunny, and not in thesense of a merely clear sky. No,Sunday’s sun was hot and overbear-ing; it bugled theinexorable com-ing of spring,and then sum-mer, louder thananyPunxsutawneyPhil news broadcast. Needless to say, Iam quite grumpy. When the sunbecomes insistently bright and cheer-ful, I worry that the painstakingly con-structed fog of cares and concernswith which I protect myself from thereality of the outside world is in dan-ger of dissolving outright, like somuch dirty slush. Any fan of the Cure or the Smiths

knows instinctively that sunshine istheir enemy, the great gloom-killer,the murderer of melancholy.Depression has never gone out offashion; but the darkness and mysteryin which the depressive prefers tolurk, covering up their flaws andweaknesses with shadow and murk,cannot help but be dissolved by theoppressively healthy light of sun.Indeed, no worry, no depression, nounhappiness can be sustained in the

center of a green park on a warmmidsummer day — the very setting isantithetical to it.Naturally, as someone with tenden-

cies towards gloom, I have to find var-ious methods of sustaining my unhap-piness through the oppressive sunlightwhich floods every corner for sevenmonths of the year, and which throwsevery little bit of natural beauty intosuch sharp relief that one’s carefullytended worries and fears are in dan-ger of being totally forgotten. Totalprotection from the sunlight is practi-cally impossible during the summer,so that one is constantly in peril ofcatching oneself enjoying life or expe-riencing an unreasonable happiness(and all happiness is at bottom totallyunreasonable). Therefore, for the sakeof others like myself who are irritatedby the sun’s constant naggingreminder that life can be pleasant andenjoyable, I have compiled a list ofsome of my favorite strategies to pre-serve undisturbed the healthy andnatural neuroticism at the heart ofany intelligent person’s worldview.First and foremost, if the weather

should hover in the sweet spotbetween seventy and eighty degrees,the sun should shine brightly withoutclouds in the sky, the birds chirpsweetly and the cicadas drunkenly

buzz in the trees, go inside immedi-ately, preferably to a room withoutwindows, and stay there until theunfavorable conditions have ceased ornight has fallen, whichever comesfirst. Occupy yourself there with mus-ing upon the negative aspects of yourlife situation. Remind yourself ofinsults others have given you, witting-ly or unwittingly. Meditate upon allthe drawbacks and rejections youhave experienced, your overwhelmingfear of any sort of nontrivial humaninteraction, the hurts which you havecome to identify with. All this will veryshortly restore you to true mentalunbalance. If you can drink yourselfinto an incoherent and maudlin state,crying in the fetal position on yourfloor, so much the better.However, in the dog days of summer,

when it becomes intolerably hot andyou seriously consider cutting thesleeves off all your shirts or even rip-ping them off by main force, it is bestto perform some negative reinforce-ment by spending as much time out-side as you can stand, preferably in anarea without trees or shade. Drinkplenty of beer — this will dehydrateyou and make you feel ill and unhap-py, conditioning you (like Pavlov’sdogs) to respond negatively to sun-light.

Of course the best way to keep one’smisery going is to start up a one-sidedromance with someone, and makesure that the one side is yours.Unrequited love is the best sort of mis-ery for wallowing in, hands-down. Forone thing, it requires no input fromthe other side, allowing you to stew inyour own juices for as long as youneed to. For another, even long afterthe crush passes and the obscureobject of desire has moved to anothercity, you can still make yourself miser-able by remembering your failure toimpress upon him or her the potencyof your love or sexual prowess.I could go on, of course, but the

birds are chirping outside and someother people in my program want togo for a walk in the park. The flowersare blooming, the puddles are melting,the sun is shining … It’s going to bevery hard to remain dissatisfied withmy life. I shall have to work extrahard at it — perhaps get into an argu-ment with some of the other people.Only time will tell.

Brooks Smith is a junior math andEnglish major at Notre Dame. He canbe contacted at bsmith26@nd.edu

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

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ANDREA ARCHER | Observer Graphic

B o b D y l a n o n c e s a i dJohnny Cash “was and i sthe Nor th S tar ; you cou ldgu i d e y o u r s h i p b y h im .T h e g r e a t e s t o f t h egreats — then and now.”His career i s imposs ib le

t o p u t i n t o p e r s p e c t i v e .H e s t a n d s a m o n g t h emu s i c a l e l i t e , a n d w i t ht h e e x c e p t i o n o f E l v i sa n d T h e B e a t l e s , t h e r ea r e n o n e a b o v e h i m i nt e r m s o f p o p u l a r a n dcr i t i ca l success . He ’s oneo f t h e m a n y g r e a tAm e r i c a n s t o r i e s : g r e wu p p o o r, s e r v e d i n t h e

army, h i t rock bot tom (onmore than one occas ion) ,f o u n d f a m i l y a n d r e l i -g ion , and faded f rom thes p o t l i g h t a s h e a g e d .Cash ’s career and l egacyr e a c h e d a p i n n a c l e i n1 9 9 4 w h e n h e c h a n g e dcourse .A f t e r be ing d ropped by

C o l umb i a R e c o r d s , C a s hw a s w a s h e d u p u n t i llabe l co -head R ick Rub ins i g n e d h im t o Ame r i c a nR e c o r d i n g s , a r a p a n dh e a v y m e t a l l a b e l . T h ec o n t r a c t b l o s s omed i n t os i x r e m a r k a b l e a l b um sa n d a n ew a u d i e n c e f o rCash .“Amer i can V I : A i n ’ t No

Grave ,” Cash ’s la tes t and

perhaps f ina l entry in h i se x t e n s i v e d i s c o g r a p h y,was re leased on Jan . 23 ,three days shor t o f whatwould have been h is 78thb i r thday, w i th the b l e s s -i n g s o f h i s f r i e n d s a n dfami ly.I t ’ s b e e n s e v e n y e a r s

and ano ther a lbum s inceC a s h l e f t t h i s w o r l d . I tcomes as no surpr i se thatmuch o f h i s output in h i sla s t days wou ld f ocus onh i s i m p e n d i n g d e a t h .“Ain ’t No Grave” i s a nat -u ra l cu lm ina t i on o f bo thh i s Amer i can Record ingsa n d h i s i m p r e s s i v ecareer. Gone i s the anger,r e g r e t a n d s o r r o w t h a tp e r v a d e d m u c h o f h i s

w o r k f r omt h e 9 0 s( m o s tn o t a b l y o nh i s c o v e ro f T r e n tR e z n o r ’ s“ H u r t ” ) .I n s t e a d , apo r t r a i t o fm a n ’ sp r o p e rr e l a t i o n -s h i p w i t hd e a t h i sp a i n t e d ;n o t e a g e r,b u t c e r -t a i n l y n o ta fra id . C a s h o n l y a u t h o r e d a

s i n g l e t r a c k o n t h e

a l b um , “ I C o r i n t h i a n s15 :55 . ” Tak ing h i s insp i -r a t i o n f r om t h e P a u l i n everse , “O Death , where i sy o u r v i c t o r y ? O D e a t h ,wh e r e i s y o u r v i c t o r y ? ”C a s h t e l l s o f s a l v a t i o nwi th a l l the conv ic t ion o fa preacher and twice thee f fec t iveness .T h e a l b um a r t , a c o n -

c e p t a l m o s t l o s t i n t h ed ig i ta l age , h igh l ights h i ss o n g w r i t i n g , p i e c i n gt o g e t h e r s e v e r a l h a n d -wr i t t e n d r a f t s i n l i e u o fp r o p e r l i n e r n o t e s . T h eback cover presents Cashthrough a windowpane int h e m o n t h s b e f o r e h i sdeath . Care fu l cons idera-t ion was c lear ly taken int h e l o o k o f t h e a l b u mand, whi le i t cont inues inmot i f s fami l iar to Rubin ’ss ty le , Cash ’s young coun-t enanc e s h i n e s ou t f r omthe cover, an unusual butpo ignan t cho i ce f o r sucha somber a lbum.The ma te r i a l t ha t Ca sh

c o v e r s , p e r h a p s t h es t r o n g e s t p o i n t o fAme r i c a n R e c o r d i n g s —o t h e r t h an C a sh h ims e l f— i s the mos t cons i s t en to f the ser ies . Thankfu l ly,g o n e a r e t h e c h e e s yc h o i c e s s u c h a s “ ALegend in my Time” f rom“A Hundred Highways” or“ D a n n y B o y ” o f f “ T h eM a n C o m e s A r o u n d . ”S h e r y l C r o w ’ s“Redempt i on Day” mesh -es beaut i fu l l y wi th Cash ’sw e a t h e r e d v o c a l s a n ds t r i p p e d i n s t r u m e n t s .The f ina l t rack on Cash ’sf ina l a lbum i s a surpr i s -i n g c h o i c e , t h e i c o n i cHawa i i a n “A l oha Oe . ” I tm a s t e r f u l l y a v o i d s t h ep i t f a l l s t h a t c o u l d h a v ee a s i l y t u r n e d i t i n t o an o v e l t y s o n g a n d e n d st h e mu s i c a l c a r e e r o f al e g e n d w i t h t h e g r a c e ,beau ty, e l egance and j oye v i d e n t i n t h e w o r d s o fthe p iece . No a r t i s t w i l l e v e r a g e

as grace fu l ly as Cash d id .He neve r bu rn t o r f adedout , became a car ica ture ,s t a y ed pa s t h i s we l c omeor impeded h is own lega-c y. I n t h e f i n a l y e a r s o fh i s l i f e , he recorded hun-d r e d s o f s o n g s . F r o mt h e s e , R i c k R u b i n w a sa b l e t o p u t t o g e t h e r ap r o p e r f i n a l a l b um f o rt h e “ M a n i n B l a c k . ”Whi le i t would be impos-s i b l e t o s a y “ A i n ’ t N oG r a v e ” i s C a s h ’ s b e s ta l b u m , i t n o w r a n k samong the essent ia l s in as tr ing o f masterp ieces .

By NICK ANDERSONScene Writer

Contact Nick Anderson at nanders5@nd.edu

‘American VI: Ain’t No Grave’Johnny Cash

Record Labels: American, Lost Highway

Noteworthy Tracks: “Ain’t No Grave,”

“Redemption Day,” “Aloha Oe,” “For the

Good Times”

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The guys from “The BuriedLife” seem to be l iving thelife. They have a hit show onMTV that enables them to doeverything they’ve wanted inlife and they get paid for it. Itdefinitely seems like a goodgig, but is i t genuine? Arethese guys really this care-free and cool?I had the opportuni ty to

talk with Dave and Johnnieand it turns out they’re evencooler than they appear. The pro jec t s tar ted four

years ago in Victoria, BritishColumbia, from where theguys ha i l . Dave andJohnnie said they weres ick o f see ing the i rf r iends was t ing the i rl i ves , and s i ck o f do ingwhat they were “supposed”to do. So they decided to usedeath as a motivating tool intheir lives. It was supposedto compel them to do whatthey wanted most in life. When the pair asked their

parents what they thoughtabout th i s pro jec t , theyresponded wi th knowinglaughs. They said they didget the expected questions,like “How are you going to dothis?”

However, all of their par-ents were generally support-ive. Not one told them not tofo l low through wi th whatthey had started. While they were support-

i ve , th i s suppor t d id no t

inc lude monetaryhe lp . They ra i sed themoney for their projectin their own community,but there were manytimes when money was anissue for them. It got hard tokeep going when they wereso poor, but that’s where thegroup came in. If two peoplewere fee l ing rea l l y downabout what they were doingand just wanted to quit andget a real job, then the othertwo were right there motivat-

ing them and reminding themwhy they started doing thisin the first place.They were offered a show

in 2007, but elected not totake the pitch, as they wereconcerned about keep ing

creative control.Today, they are very con-tent with their involvementwith MTV because the net-work simply acts as a vehiclefor what they are doing. Thefour act as executive produc-

ers on the show and they arein full control of the editing.They wanted it to be madevery c lear tha t they werepresenting something real.They wanted to show thatnormal people can do any-

t h i n g ,b e c a u s ethey arejus t tha t ,n o r m a lguys intheir mid-twen t i e s .(Or a tleast theywere.) T h e ywould notcall them-s e l v e sc e l e b r i -t i es , butthey are

certainly aware ofthe i r increasedprofile. It seemed tomake them uncom-for tab le whenasked if they were

ce lebr i t i es . Bo thDave and Johnnie werereluctant to answer. So how will this higher

profile affect their project? Ifthey do sign on for a secondseason it will be a little moredifficult to find things theycannot do, which is almost

the best part o f the show.They still appear to be livingthe life, even if they do notcross o f f a l l the i tems ontheir list.Perhaps the reason that

Dave and Johnnie seemed socool is that they were awareof the impact their projecthad on people, yet chose notto take any credit. They saidthat they were “just humbledto be a part of it.” What theyrea l l y wanted to do whenthey started this project wasto get other people to askthemselves to ask what theywere going to do before theydie. Once you acknowledgewhat you want to do , thenext question is, why aren’tyou do ing anyth ing to getthere? This is the cool partabout the guys on this show— they want i t to insp i repeople, and not in a preachyway.In addition to the questions

I posed to Johnnie and Dave,they had one question for thepeople watching the show:Everyone has something thatthey want to do as an indi-v idual , but what does ourgeneration want to do as agroup? Only time will tell.

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“Prospero’s Books” @ 7 p.m., DPAC“Prospero’s Books” is the first in

a series of films by Welsh directorPeter Greenaway that theDeBartolo Performing Arts Centerplans to show this weekend. Basedof f o f Shakespeare ’s “TheTempest,” “Prospero’s Books” is avisual masterpiece that uti l izesmany innovative cinematic tech-niques to te l l the s tory from aunique perspective. The film com-bines mime, dance, opera and ani-mation as well as digital imagemanipulation. The film was shownout o f compet i t ion at the 1991Cannes Film Festival, meaning itdid not compete for a main prize.Look for several other works byPeter Greenaway at DPAC through-out the weekend.

The Tossers @ 10 p.m., LegendsThe Tossers, a six piece Celtic

punk band from Chicago, will bepe r f o rm ing a t L e gend s t h i sFr iday n i gh t . They have beenactive since the early 90s, pre-da t i n g s u ch band s a s t h eDropkick Murphys and FloggingMo l l y, bu t have on l y r e cen t l ybegun to gain notice from morema in s t r e am aud i en c e s . Theyr e l e a s ed t h e i r mo s t r e c en ta l bum , “On a F i n e Sp r i n gEvening,” in October 2008. Theirsound has been described as bor-dering between “rage and rau-cousness,” blending tradit ionalI r i sh sound and punk rock , sothe show is certain to be a high-energy performance. As always,there is no cover for this show.

“The Road” @ 8 p.m. and 10:30p.m., DeBartolo 101Actor Viggo Mortensen’s latest

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“Natural Selection” @ 2:30 p.m.,DPACThis is the last day to catch

“Natural Selection,” the comedy byEric Coble which explores just howcrazy the world will be in the nearfuture if humanity continues to beheavily reliant on technology. Theproduction centers on Henry Carson,a curator at the Cultural FiestaTheme Park, who searches the coun-try in order to find new NativeAmericans for their Native AmericanPavilion. He is quickly faced with thedifficulty of defining ‘native’ and inthe process discovers the artificialnature of the world in which helives. Tickets for this production are$15 for general admission, $12 forfaculty, staff and seniors, and $10 forstudents.

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MLB

Jeter not interested in becoming a free agentTAMPA, Fla. — Derek Jeter

re i terated what everyYankees fan wanted to hear:He hopes to play in pinstripesforever.He jus t doesn’t want to

spend time talking about hisfuture in New York.“I ’ve said from Day One,

this is the only organizationI’ve ever wanted to play for,and that’s still true today,”Jeter said Wednesday beforethe team’s f irst ful l -squadgather ing a t George M.Steinbrenner Field.“I was a Yankees fan grow-

ing up. This is where I wantto be. I’ve never envisionedmyself playing anywhere else,and hopeful ly I don’t haveto,” he said.The 35-year-o ld Je ter i s

entering the final season of a$189 million, 10-year deal.The All-Star shortstop said hedoesn’t have a set number ofyears in mind that he’d liketo cont inue p lay ing andsteered around a quest ionabout whether he has ades ire to be the Yankees ’highest-paid player.He said this will be the final

time he speaks about his con-tract status.Je ter h i t .334 wi th 18

homers and 66 RBIs in 2009,leading New York to its firstWorld Series championship innine years. The Yankees havewon f ive t i t les dur ing h iscareer.“To be honest with you, I

never put limitations on howlong I can play. .... I want toplay as long as I can, as longas I’m having fun, as long as Ican be product ive ,” Je tersa id . “This organizat ionprides itself on winning andputting a competitive team onthe f ie ld. As long as I canhelp out, that’s as long as I

want to play.”Closer Mariano Rivera also

is headed into the last seasonof his contract. The Yankeeshave a team pol icy o f notnegot iat ing new contractsuntil a player’s previous dealexpires , but i t sounds asthough the club wants to doeverything it can to hang onto both players.“Let ’s put i t th is way, I

think from the fans’ perspec-tive they can count on thoseguys being here a lot longerthan I’m going to be here. Ithink they’re very secure,”genera l manager Br ianCashman said.“I don’t think there’s any

sweat off any of these guys’backs. They’ve been Yankeesfor life, and that’s what weintend to see happen. Butagain, you start those conver-sions at a different time andplace that you feel is moreappropriate.”That will be at the end of

the season.“That ’s just the pract ice

we’ve had in place for sometime now,” Cashman added.“I think these guys are prettysecure in their abilities, theirknowledge o f how we fee labout them, the place theywant to be and that lines upfor discussions for anotherday.”Jeter said he doesn’t have a

problem wi th the c lub ’ss tance , adding h is s ta tuswon’t become a distractionbecause he ’s not go ing tospeak publicly on the matteragain until after the seasonends.“ I th ink i t ’s unfa ir to be

talking about myself whenwe’re trying to win. That’sthe approach I’ve always had.That’s not going to change,”he said.“I know it’s maybe going to

cause a lot of speculation.

There may be a few storiesout there, but it won’t be adistraction because I won’t betalking about it.”Team co-chairman Hank

Steinbrenner said earlier thismonth that the c lub wi l laddress Je ter ’s contract“eventually,” adding that the10-time All-Star’s “place inYankee history is obvious, soI think you can pretty muchassume from there.”Jeter, who has won three

Gold Gloves and a lso hasbeen a World Series and All-Star game MVP during his 14seasons in New York, sur-passed Lou Gehrig to becomethe Yankees ’ career h i t s

leader in 2009.For manager Joe Girardi,

it’s difficult to imagine Jeteror R ivera becoming f reeagents and winding up wear-ing another club’s colors.“It’d be different, that’s for

sure. I think when you thinkabout guys like Mo, Jeet, youalways th ink o f them asYankees ,” G irard i sa id .“There’s certain guys, youexpect to see them in oneuniform.”Jeter didn’t offer any indi-

cation of what he might belooking for in a new contract.He also said he’s given nothought to how it might affecthis legacy if he did not spend

his ent ire career wi th theYankees.“I can’t think about what’s

going to happen after thisyear. You don’t think aboutwhat legacy you have whenyou’re st i l l playing. That’ssomething you consider whenyour career is over,” he said.“My desire is to stay here. I

haven’t thought about ... howmuch money (I) want becausewe haven’t sat down to nego-tiate anything. That hasn’tcrossed my mind. That’s notwhat I p lay for. I p lay inorder to try to help this teamwin. That’s what I’ve alwaysdone. My feeling is everythingelse will take care of itself.”

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New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter speaks to the media during spring training. Jeter has nointerest in testing the free agent market when he becomes eligible following the 2010 season.

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NCAA FOOTBALL

Texas says it likes Big 12, has not spoken with Big Ten

AUSTIN, Texas — TheUniversity of Texas likes its posi-tion in the Big 12 Conferenceand has not talked with the BigTen about its expansion plans,athletic director DeLoss Doddssaid Wednesday.Dodds spoke with The

Associated Press on Wednesdayafter recent speculation that theLonghorns program could becourted by the Big Ten, which isconsidering expanding.

Dodds said Texas would be anatural target for any leaguebecause of the school’s strongacademics, athletics and thepower to draw a large televisionaudience. But Texas and the Big12 are good for each other,Dodds said, adding “It’s work-ing. I like it.”The Big Ten announced in

December it would exploreoptions for expansion to add a12th school. The Big Ten alsolooked at expansion in 1993,1998 and 2003. Penn State was

the last team to join in 1990,and Notre Dame rejected anoffer in 1999.Earlier this month, specula-

tion on possible targets focusedon Texas, which has one of thewealthiest athletic programs inthe country and is a majorresearch university with a hugealumni base surrounded bysome of the larger televisionmarkets in the nation.“We’re always going to be

looked at. I don’t think that’s abad thing. That’s a good thing,”

Dodds said.He said there have been no

talks between the Texas and theBig Ten. He said the Big 12 hasbeen a good fit for theLonghorns since the conferencestarted in 1996 with the mem-bers of the old Big Eight andfour members of the oldSouthwest Conference.“I think it’s been a great con-

ference for us and we’ve beengood for the conference. Beforethe (Big 12), we were strugglingwith recruiting and struggling

with all kinds of things. The Big12 has brought us stability, keptTexas kids in Texas,” he said.“All the sports have been good

to us. We’ve built up some goodrivalries. It’s been good for us,”Dodds said.Even if another school were to

leave the Big 12, Dodds said hebelieves the remaining memberswould try to keep the confer-ence intact by finding a replace-ment instead of seeing a dominoeffect of schools bolting forother leagues.

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OLYMPICS

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United States Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn crashes into the safety netting on her first run in the giant slalomWednesday. During the crash, Vonn broke her right pinkie finger.

WHISTLER, BritishColumbia — Lindsey Vonncrashed and failed to finishthe first run of the fog-shrouded Olympic giantslalom race Wednesday andbroke her right pinkie. It wasundecided if she would runher final event at theVancouver Games later inthe week.Vonn lost control around a

right turn in the middle sec-tion of the course, got twist-ed around, landed hard onher left hip and crashedbackward into the safetynetting.“The course is breaking up

at the bottom,” Vonn said,holding ice on her finger,adding that her back and

shin were hurting, too. “I gota little bit too inside and lostmy outside ski. My kneecame up and hit my chin. …I don’t know honestly how Ihurt my hand.“I’m just a little bit beat up

right now,” added Vonn, whoalso fell in the slalom leg ofthe super-combined lastweek. “Things don’t seem tobe quite going my way.”After being checked

course-side for a few min-utes, Vonn got up and skieddown to the finish.“I was like a pretzel — so

tangled up,” Vonn said.Dr. Jim Moeller, chief med-

ical officer for the U.S.Olympic team, said Vonn hada non-displaced fracture ofthe proximal phalanx of thesmall finger—where the

pinkie connects to the hand.He said Vonn, who won thedownhill and was third inthe super-G despite nursinga badly bruised right shinthe entire Olympics, had notdecided if she will race inFriday’s final women’s event,the slalom.The second run of the

giant slalom was postponedlater Wednesday untilThursday because fog madeit impossible to see thecourse.American Julia Mancuso

was the next skier down themountain after Vonn andhad to pull up midwaythrough her run because herteammate was still beingtended to on the side of thecourse.Mancuso, the defending

champion in giant slalom,ended up 18th after startingthe opening leg again andwas visibly angry over thedisruption.While giant slalom is usu-

ally Vonn’s worst event, shehad posted the fastest splittimes until her crash.“I was hoping for some-

thing today,” Vonn said. “Iwas charging, I was skiinghard. I’m disappointed inmyself now that I made thatmistake. I can only keepsmiling. I know I was skiingwell.”Vonn had a difficult start-

ing position, 17th, but was0.35 second ahead of thepace by first-run leaderElisabeth Goergl of Austriaat the third split, just beforethe crash.

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For Red Sox, playoffs, notSeries , season’s focusFORT MYERS, Fla. — To Boston

Red Sox owner John Henry, theteam’s goal for the 2010 season is thesame as always. That means makingthe playoffs, rather than focusing onwinning the World Series.“I’ve never thought that way,”

Henry said Wednesday. “If we makethe playoffs, we’re going to win atsome point in the postseason. We’vebeen fortunate to do that twice.”“It’s tough to predict what’s going

to happen in a short series. A goodteam can easily lose to an inferiorteam in a short series. So our goalreally is to make the playoffs and totry to win,” he said.The Red Sox, champions in 2004

and 2007, were swept out of the firstround of the playoffs last year by theLos Angeles Angels.Boston hosts the major league

opener on April 4 against the cham-pion New York Yankees.

White Sox not happy withGuillen’s Twitter activity GLENDALE, Ariz. — Ozzie Guillen’s

already going to star in a realityseries starting in July. Now the color-ful manager of the Chicago White Soxhas a Twitter account and his generalmanager Ken Williams is not happyabout it.Guillen, Williams and Sox owner

Jerry Reinsdorf will shoot segmentsfor the MLB Network reality show‘The Club’ this spring. That hadalready prompted concern about thetalkative Guillen and his often saltylanguage.Now Guillen’s added another forum

to express his many opinions onmany topics.Guillen said his tweets will be per-

sonal and not a way to tell fanswhat’s going on with the White Sox ora way to break news. Still, it appearsto be a dangerous device for a man-ager who’s gotten in plenty of troubleover the years with his comments.

NFL decl ines to punishOakland Raiders’ CableALAMEDA, Ca l i f . — Oak land

Raiders coach Tom Cable will notbe punished by the NFL after aninvestigation into allegations ofdomestic violence against womenand a f i gh t w i th an a s s i s t an tcoach.NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said

Wednesday that Cable’s role inthe t ra in ing camp a l t e rca t i onw i th a s s i s t an t Randy Hansonwarranted an evaluation underthe league ’s persona l conductpolicy.Cable was accused of breaking

Hanson’s jaw and teeth during afight at the team’s training camphotel in August. The Napa Countydistrict attorney declined to filec r im ina l charges i n t he ca sebecause o f i n cons i s t enc i e s i nHanson’s s tory. Because therewere no cr iminal charges , theleague did not punish Cable.

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OLYMPICS

U.S. gets past Swiss,will play in semifinals

VANCOUVER, BritishColumbia — The longer it went,the tighter the Americans got.They clanged shots off the

post, then the crossbar. A wristshot early in the game by PhilKessel that looked like a badomen hit both. Everything elsethe U.S. hockey team threw onnet Wednesday, Swiss goalieJonas Hiller smothered.But Zach Parise put all that

frustration aside, deflecting awrist shot from Brian Rafalskiearly in the third period, thenscored into an empty net late toseal a 2-0 quarterfinal win thatsends the U.S. to the next roundagainst the winner ofWednesday night’s gamebetween the Czech Republic andFinland.“Relief and excitement, espe-

cially in a tight game like thatwhen you are doing everythingbut score,” said Parise, whofailed to score on his first 13shots of the tournament. “Thegoalie was great and we did agood job of sticking with it. “Wewere pretty confident and saidjust keep putting pucks at him.”Ryan Miller made 19 saves to

backstop the victory and movethe Americans within two winsof its first men’s hockey goldmedal in 30 years.For a while, though, there

was a chance their stirring 5-3win over Canada on Sundaymight go for naught. U.S. gener-al manager Brian Burke said hewasn’t happy with his team’splay through the preliminaryround, and cautioned that theAmericans had to improvequickly if they hoped to make arun.He was right. Only the chal-

lenge came from the lightlyregarded Swiss and not fromtournament favorites Canada,Russia or defending Olympicchampion Sweden.The wait for production from

the top scoring line ended justin time.“I thought after the first two

or three games I could play bet-ter. I knew I would,” said Parise,who had no goals and threeassists in the opening threegames. “It’s always nice to getrewarded. I just kept wanting tokeep shooting.”In front of a full crowd that

traded chants for each team,Hiller gave the Swiss a chanceto pull off the upset by making42 saves. He had stymied Pariseseveral times earlier, but could-n’t keep the New Jersey Devilsstar down all the way.Parise, the top-line forward

who struck posts with two othershots, got a stick on Rafalski’sshot and bounced it off themask and arm of Hiller beforethe puck sneaked past his padand inside the left post 2:08 intothe third. The goal came 12 sec-onds into a power play.He then sealed the win by

scoring into an empty net with11.2 seconds left. The U.S. hasearned two of its four wins inthese games againstSwitzerland, including a tourna-ment-opening 3-1 victory lastTuesday.Switzerland seemed to tire as

the game wore on. Theupstarts, who forced Canada toa shootout in the prelims,reached the quarters withanother tiebreaker win overBelarus on Tuesday.Switzerland was forced to play

past regulation in its previousthree games.Despite only two regular NHL

players, the Swiss were gallantin longtime coach RalphKrueger’s last Olympics.Switzerland finished sixth fouryears ago in the Turin Gamesand was looking for its bestshowing in Canada.“We had high expectations,”

the teary-eyed Hiller said, hisvoice cracking. “We knew wehad a solid team and we canupset some of the big ones andthat’s what we tried to do. Iwish we could have upset thema little more.“It’s always tough to lose, but

losing in the quarterfinals in theOlympics and being that close, itdefinitely hurts. I am quite dis-appointed right now.”Until Parise scored, the signa-

ture moment in this one was anear goal the U.S. thought itscored to break the deadlockwith less than one second left inthe middle period.Ryan Kesler‘s shot struck

Hiller’s blocker and popped inthe air. The Anaheim Ducksgoalie swatted it with his stickand deflected it off his shoulderbefore it fell behind him.The puck tantalizingly slid

onto the goal line and towardthe net as the clock struck 0.0.A video replay confirming nogoal sent the pro-Swiss crowdinto jubilation as the teamsheaded to the dressing rooms.“I thought I scored,” Kesler

said “I thought it was in and wewere going into the locker roomup 1-0 but apparently the timeran out and I wasn’t luckyenough. I knew there wasn’tmuch time left and I just tried tothrow it on net to generate arebound and it happened to findthe back of the net a half-sec-ond too late.”A wild sequence in the third

had both teams believing theyhad scored.At 3:40, Sandy Jeannin sent a

wide-angled shot that appearedto beat Miller inside the rightpost. The red light came on, butplay continued. Before the nextwhistle, Ryan Suter fired a shotpast Hiller. That goal was disal-lowed because of a high-stickingpenalty against teammate RyanKesler.Even with the benefit of three

power plays in the second peri-od, the U.S. couldn’t forge muchof an attack. The Americans’best scoring chances came ateven strength, but when theywound up for drives in goodareas many of their shots wereblocked before they got to Hiller.“I haven’t seen that for a long

time, even in the NHL,” defense-man Tim Gleason said. “Guysare laying down left and right.That’s good to see and you hopethey get right back up. Guys aregetting their nose dirty, andthat’s what wins championshipsand medals.”The Swiss were content to

clog the middle and contestevery pass and each puck carri-er as he tried to get into theoffensive zone. Bobby Ryanrushed toward the blue linebefore being upended with a hipcheck by Mathias Seger thatflipped him with 5:15 left in thesecond.“We waited and waited and

waited, and I guess we waitedthem out,” Gleason said. “Wegot a little antsy … you want todo it yourself and you get frus-trated.”

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Tomlinson says farewellPOWAY, Calif. — LaDainian

Tomlinson bid an emotionalfarewell to San Diego, thenlooked toward a future that hehopes will include an elusiveSuper Bowl title.“It’s definitely sad to leave, but

I’m excited, as well, about thefuture,” Tomlinson said during apress conference Wednesday.The Chargers released himMonday after a mostly brilliantnine-year run in which hebecame one of the greatest run-ning backs in NFL history.Tomlinson thanked the fans;

his teammates throughout theyears; the Chargers, for givinghim a chance; and lastly, hispregnant wife, LaTorsha, whowas sitting to his right in a ball-room at a suburban golf course.L.T., who always seemed to be

in control, whether it was on adazzling, slashing run, or goingairborne over a pile of bodiesinto the end zone, began tochoke up. He needed a few min-utes to compose himself.“Sorry,” he said, as he fought

back tears. “It’s probablybecause I was all prepared andsaid I wasn’t going to do this.Sometimes emotions are whatmakes a person and as you guysknow, I’ve always worn my emo-tions on my sleeve.”Had Tomlinson won a Super

Bowl title or two with theChargers, he may very well havebeen announcing his retirement.He didn’t even make it to a

Super Bowl, though, and said heplans to keep pursuing his goalwith whichever team will givehim a chance.As Chargers fans remain

painfully aware, some of theirbiggest stars have been tossedaside and found success else-where. Tomlinson said herecently spoke with Super BowlMVP Drew Brees, who less thanthree weeks ago led the NewOrleans Saints to their first NFLtitle. Tomlinson and Brees wereacquired with the Chargers’ firsttwo picks in the 2001 draft.He also mentioned learning

the ways of the NFL early in hiscareer from defensive starsJunior Seau and RodneyHarrison. Harrison went on towin two Super Bowls with NewEngland. Seau came close

before the Patriots were upsetby the New York Giants in theSuper Bowl following the 2007season.“I’m very excited about the

future and the opportunity that’sahead,” Tomlinson said. “I’vealways said my No. 1 goal is towin the championship, so itgives me, I guess, confidenceand relief to know guys havegone on to win championships.“This is not the end of the road

at all. I’m not retiring. So I amvery excited. I really believe Iam going to have that opportu-nity to win a championship.”Tomlinson thinks he still has a

lot left, and that he can play foras many as four more seasons.He said the Chargers didn’t

give him an explanation for hisrelease, and really didn’t needto. He appreciated being let gothis week so his agent, TomCondon, could look for a job forhim during the NFL combine.Condon said he has severalmeetings set up during the nextfive or six days.Injuries and age were taking

their toll, and Tomlinson wasdue a $2 million roster bonusearly next month, which all butguaranteed he would be cut

loose, as well as a $5 millionsalary for 2010.Tomlinson ranks eighth on the

NFL’s all-time rushing list with12,490 yards. His 138 careerrushing touchdowns rank sec-ond, and his 153 total touch-downs rank third.Tomlinson, who turned 30 last

summer, was injured early inthe 2009 season and finishedwith 730 yards on 223 carriesfor an average of 3.3 yards percarry, all career lows. Hebecame less and less the face ofthe franchise as his role wasreduced in a pass-happy offense.“I don’t want to blame it on

the system or anything else,” hesaid. “I don’t know. But what Ido know is that when I’ve beengiven the opportunity, I’ve hadthe people around me that canrun the football, I’ve been suc-cessful at doing it. I think mytrack record speaks for itself.I’m a guy that still works veryhard and really can do anythingout of the backfield. I think that’smaybe something that teams arelooking for. I just want an oppor-tunity. I’m like a guy coming intothe league again. I just want anopportunity to prove that I canplay.”

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Former San Diego running back LaDanian Tomlinson talksWednesday about his career and release by the Chargers.

NBA

Miller leads Blazers over TorontoTORONTO — Andre Miller

had 18 points, 10 assists andseven rebounds, BrandonRoy scored 20 points, andthe Portland Trail Blazersbeat the Toronto Raptors101-87 on Wednesday night.Rudy Fernandez scored 17

points, Jerryd Bayless had11 and Juwan Howard 10 forthe Trail Blazers, who wontheir second straight to opena five-game road trip thatwi l l a lso take them toChicago, Minnesota andMemphis.Hedo Turkoglu scored 24

points, Jarrett Jack had 18and Andrea Bargnani added15 as the Raptors failed totop 100 points, ending a 20-game streak that began Jan.6 at Orlando. Toronto went14-6 in that span.Amir Johnson had 10

points and eight reboundsfor the Raptors.Both teams were missing

starters . Toronto’s ChrisBosh sat out for the thirdstraight game with asprained left ankle and wasreplaced by RashoNesterovic. Howard startedfor Port land in place ofMarcus Camby, who le f tTuesday’s win at New Jerseywith a sprained right ankle.Turkoglu had seven quick

points but picked up his thirdfoul just over three minutesin and headed to the bench.The offense stalled withouthim, and s ix Torontoturnovers and eight pointsfrom Roy helped Portlandtake a 32-24 lead after one.Toronto cal led t imeout

after Roy’s corner 3 made it51-34 with 3:33 left in thesecond, but closed the halfon a 13-4 run, capped by a 3

from Turkoglu, to make it53-47 at the break.Miller scored six points in

the third and Bayless andFernandez each added fiveas Portland overcame ninepoints from Jack to pul laway again, taking a 78-68lead into the fourth.With the game going at the

same t ime as Canada’sOlympic hockey showdownagainst Russ ia , theannounced crowd was16,161 at Air Canada Centre,but there were empty seatsin every sect ion. Manywatched the hockey live instadium bars, restaurantsand suites, and there werenoticeable cheers each timeCanada scored and someboos after Russian goals. Thescreens on the main score-board switched to hockeyafter the basketball gamefinished.

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Mariners’ Lee back onmound after surgeryPEORIA, Ariz. — Cliff Lee

took a step in the right direc-tion Wednesday.The Seattle Mariners lefty

completed his first bullpensession of spring trainingwithout any problems with hisleft foot, which needed sur-gery almost three weeks agoto remove a bone spur.“It wasn’t as sharp as I

would like, but it’s the firsttime I’ve been off the moundin a little while, so I guessthat’s to be expected,” Leesaid after 10 minutes of pitch-ing and a conditioning run. “Ifeel good. The foot’s fine. Thebody feels good, so now I needto get in shape and get off themound more and catch upwith everyone else.”Lee reported to Mariners

camp a week ago with a band-age wrapped around his foot,even though he said he wasready to pitch. The Marinerstook precautions, limiting Lee,a former AL Cy Young Awardwinner whom they traded forwith Philadelphia in the off-season, to agility drills andfielding practice.The 31-year-old Lee said he

threw all of his pitches andwasn’t thinking about his foot.He was focused on locatingfastballs, having only thrownoff a mound once in the off-

season before he needed sur-gery.“I was pretty certain when I

first got here, I could jumpright in with everyone, but itwas kind of a better safe thansorry approach at that point,”Lee said.He’ll toss another session in

a couple of days with the hopethat he’ l l be ready for therotation in spring traininggames. The other Seatt lepitchers have been pitchingfrom a mound since last week.“Once I get going, I’ll catch

up. It’s still way early,” Leesaid. “There’s a lot of teamsthat haven’t even really start-ed going full tilt yet, so look-ing at it that way, I guess I’mnot that far behind.”Meanwhile at Mariners

camp Wednesday, infielderJose Lopez returned to hisnormal posi t ion — secondbase — after taking groundballs at third in the team’sf irst ful l -squad workoutTuesday. The Mariners saidthey were only taking a lookat Lopez at third, with ChoneFiggins working at secondbase. Both Lopez and Figgins,a free agent signed from theLos Angeles Angels, worked atsecond base Wednesday.Lopez, a 2006 AL All-Star,

said he last played third basefor the Mariners in 2007, for afew games.

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NEW YORK — Jay McGwireheard big brother Mark saylast month he only tooksteroids to heal, and not toget stronger. That doesn’tmatch Jay McGwire’s recol-lection.“Mark knew that he was

going to get the strength andendurance and size. I knowthat the main motive to justi-fy taking steroids was heal-ing,” Jay McGwire said in aninterview with TheAssociated Press. “I knowthat for a fact. But in the longrun he knew the strength andthe size andendurance willincrease. Idon’t knowwhy he’s com-ing across thatit was all heal-ing.”E s t r a n g e d

from hisbrother foreight yearsbecause of afamily dispute,Jay McGwire has gone publicin “Mark and Me: MarkMcGwire and the TruthBehind Baseball’s Worst-KeptSecret,” which is scheduledfor publication Monday byTriumphBooks.“He knows his game went

to the next level because hisbody went to the next level,”Jay McGwire said. “Heknows. The body, the beforeand after pictures, are amaz-ing.”When he finally admitted

last month that he usedsteroids, after he was hiredas hitting coach of the St.Louis Cardinals, MarkMcGwire said it was only tohelp him get through injuries.“I knew i f he stayed

healthy, Mark would hit a lotof home runs, but I didn’tknow he’d hit 70,” JayMcGwire said, referring to hisbrother’s record-setting totalin 1998, when he shatteredRoger Maris’ 61 in 1961.Jay McGwire says in the

book he persuaded his broth-er to start using steroids reg

ularly in 1994 and set him upwith a supplier. He says Markregularly used an array ofdrugs through 1996 thatincluded Deca-Durabol in,human growth hormone,Dianabol, Winstrol andPrimobolan. McGwire laterused androstenedione, asteroid precursor that wasn’tbanned by basebal l unti l2004, when it became a con-trolled substance.Jay McGwire, a former

bodybuilder who turns 40 onMay 5, said he was intro-duced to steroids by friendsin 1989, beginning with pillsof Anavar. He says his broth-

er only gave into usingsteroids afteran injury filled1993 season.“Somewhere

in the course ofa conversationbetween broth-ers, basebal lhistory waschanged,” JayMcGwire wrote.“I was the one

who convinced him to do it.Mark wouldn’t trust anyoneelse. My heart told me that Iwas simply trying to help abrother in need. ... In addi-tion to the healing prospects Isaw ahead for Mark, I saw inhim a blank canvas. I pic-tured what a beast he couldbecome with the propertraining, and I wanted to usemy expertise to help create amasterpiece.”Jay McGwire stopped using

steroids in 1996 after hebecame suicidal. He realized

his mood swings and rage,and he found religion. “It’sjust bad news. At the end ofthe run, it’s just not good,” hesaid. “It’s like any other drug.Once you depend on it, it’sthe ball and chain of yourlife. As an athlete, people usethat as a crutch to getthrough stuff. It’s overwhelm-ing, the temptation.”Jay McGwire, who opened

McGwire’s Fitness in Ontario,Calif., this month, thinks HGHhas replaced steroids amongsome players.“I guarantee it. Athletes are

still using something. Theydon’t have drug-testing forthat, so they’re going to usethat,” Jay McGwire said.“Now is HGH as powerful asthe heavy testosterones outthere? No, but HGH will helpyou recover faster, when itcomes down to breakingdown muscles and to put onlean muscle mass over time.It makes you just feel betterwhen you’re on HGH.”The brothers fell out after

Jay McGwire’s stepson, Eric,t ickled Mark and causedMark to spill coffee on him-self. Mark then swatted Ericon the backside. Jay’s wife,Francine, then refused toattend Mark’s wedding.Even a written letter of

apology from Mark toFrancine didn’t end the rift.“It’s sad on both ends. I just

can’t believe something likethat would keep us apart,”Jay McGwire said. “Maybehe’s just written me off. It’ssad that i t happened thatway. I hope some day thatthis could all be past us.”

KANSAS CITY — ChristianLaettner won two nationaltitles, an Olympic gold andplayed 12 seasons in the NBA.To this day, all anyone wants

to talk about is The Shot —March 28, 1992, NCAA EastRegional final at the Spectrumin Philadelphia. Laettner catch-es a long inbounds pass withthe clock nearly expired, turnsand shoots, and sends Duke toa win over Kentucky and on toa national championship.“People always approach me

and ask about that game, everyday of the year, especially whenit comes tournament time,”Laettner said. “It’s crazy, but Idon’t mind it. It’s better than‘how’s the weather up there?”’Laettner joined UCLA star

Sidney Wicks, West Virginiasharpshooter Jerry West andhigh-flying North Carolina StateAll-American David Thompsonamong the eight members ofthe National CollegiateBasketball Hall of Fame’s 2010class announced onWednesday.Triangle offense innovator

Tex Winter, Alcorn State coachDavey Whitney, NCAA execu-tive vice president TomJernstedt and former Big Eightand Big Ten commissionerWayne Duke also will beinducted on Nov. 21 in KansasCity.“What an amazing class,”

said Duke coach MikeKrzyzewski, chair the NationalAssociation of BasketballCoaches.West and Thompson are the

marquee names.They’ll be recognized as

founding members of the colle-giate hall after being inductedinto the Naismith MemorialBasketball Hall of Fame.Previous founding members ofthe collegiate hall include LarryBird and Magic Johnson lastyear, Charles Barkley the yearbefore and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 2007.Before he became the figure

in the NBA logo, West was athree-time All-American atWest Virginia, where he led theMountaineers to three straightNCAA tournament berths,including a trip to the 1959 titlegame. He averaged 29.3 pointsand 16.5 rebounds as a seniorand went on to co-captain the1960 U.S. Olympic gold medalteam before 14 All-Star seasonswith the Los Angeles Lakers.Thompson was one of the

best college players of all time,a superb leaper and shooterwho was twice the nationalplayer of the year and a three-time All-American. He helpedthe Wolfpack beat JohnWooden’s dynastic UCLA Bruinsin the national semifinals onthe way to the 1974 NCAAchampionship and was theNaismith player of the year asa senior after turning down anoffer to play professionally.“There’s an argument that he

may be the best college playerever,” Krzyzewski said.“Certainly, in our conference,many, many people would givehim that vote.”Laettner led the Blue Devils

to four straight Final Fourberths and won national cham-pionships his final two seasons,in 1991 and 1992. He was themost outstanding player of the

Final Four as a junior and thenational player of the year as asenior, when he hit that shotagainst Kentucky.Wicks played on three of

Wooden’s national champi-onship teams at UCLA (1969-71) and was named most out-standing player of the FinalFour as a junior. The 6-foot-8forward led the Bruins in scor-ing and rebounding each of hisfinal two years and went on toplay 10 seasons in the NBA.Winter is credited with creat-

ing the triangle offense that hashelped Phil Jackson win 10NBA titles with the ChicagoBulls and Los Angeles Lakers.Before that, Winter coachedfive college programs, includ-ing a 15-year stint at KansasState, where he was named thenational coach of the year in1959.Whitney, a former Negro

Leagues baseball player, won711 games in 35 years as acoach, including 27 at AlcornState. He led the school to aberth in the 1979 NIT, makingit one of the first historicallyblack colleges to receive aninvite, and took the Braves tothe NCAA tournament fourtimes.“In Dave Whitney and Tex

Winter, you have two coacheswho have contributed so muchto the game,” Krzyzewski said.Duke was the first employee

hired by NCAA executive direc-tor Walter Byers in 1952 andwrote the first manuals for thebasketball tournament andCollege World Series. He alsobegan compilation of the NCAArecord books and served as amember of the NCAA men’sbasketball committee from1975-81, when the tournamentexpanded twice.Jernstedt spent 38 years with

the NCAA, first as director ofspecial events, later as chiefoperating officer and executivevice president. He was instru-mental in the NCAA tourna-ment expanding its field, sizeand scope of venues and rev-enues from marketing andbroadcast rights.

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West, Thompson toenter collegiate hallAssociated Press

MLB

Brother injected McGwireAssociated Press

“I guarantee it.Athlete are still using

something.”

Jay McGwireMark McGwire’s brother

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NFL hopes to test for HGHNEW YORK — The NFL

hopes to start testing playersfor human growth hormone,and Major League Baseballhas started talks with i tsunion to investigate the testthat led to the suspension ofa British rugby player.NFL spokesman Greg Aiello

said Wednesday that theleague had made a proposalto i ts players in Januaryregarding HGH. Discussionsare ongoing, he said.“Our position is that HGH

testing has advanced to thepoint where we are takingsteps to incorporate it intoour program,” Aiello said.“We have proposed it to theunion.”The NFLPA’s player devel-

opment director, StacyRobinson, said in a statementthat the union “has support-ed research to find a suitabletest that will detect sustainedHGH use.”“We believe in and collec-

tively bargained for a systemthat supports the testing ofall banned substances,” hesaid.The NFL has used presea-

son blood tests since at least2006 for cholesterol andtryglycerates. Baseball hashad urine testing since 2003but not blood testing.“We have previously said

that if a scientifically validat-ed blood test for HGH isavailable, we would considerits utilization,” new baseballplayers’ associat ion headMichael Weiner said. “But asingle uncontested positivedoes not scientifically vali-date a test. There remains

debate in the testing commu-nity about the scient i f icvalidity of this test.”The issue of HGH testing

has gained renewed interestin the wake of the UnitedKingdom Anti-Doping author-ity announcing a two-yearban Monday for rugby playerTerry Newton, saying he hadtested positive and becomethe first athlete suspendedfor using HGH.The substance is believed

by some to hasten healingbut there is sti l l a debateover whether i t increasesstrength.A blood test for HGH has

been in existence since the2004 Athens Olympics andavailable in the U.S. since2008, according to UnitedStates Anti-Doping Agencyexecutive director TravisTygart.Tygart said the test was

avai lable to professionalleagues, but only throughWorld Anti-Doping Agencylabs.“It’s one that’s been well-

vetted, well-discussed,” hesaid by telephone fromLondon. “Further researchhas been done to get it to apoint where it’s scientificallyvalid, and we’re happy tohelp any entity that’s inter-ested in having an effectivetest, whether we’re involvedwith their program or not,gett ing them comfortablewith the validity of the sci-ence.”While MLB can institute

blood tests for players onminor league rosters, it mustreach an agreement with theplayers’ association to startblood testing for unionized

players on 40-man big leaguerosters.“We are well aware of the

important news with respectto the HGH blood test inEngland,” Major LeagueBaseball said in a statement.“We are consulting with ourexperts concerning immedi-ate steps for our minorleague drug program andnext steps for our majorleague drug program. Thecommissioner remains com-mitted to the position that wemust act aggressively to dealwith the issue of HGH.”Tygart said the window for

detecting HGH through thetest is three days at the most,making it most useful for out-of-competi t ion test ing.According to Weiner, it maybe even shorter.“Even those who vouch for

the science behind the testacknowledge that i t candetect use only for a day orso prior to collection,” hesaid.Basebal l began random

urine testing for players onminor league rosters in 2001and reached an agreementthe following year to starttesting unionized major lea-guers.“I’d prefer urine testing.

It’s easier, especially for peo-ple who are afraid of nee-dles,” said inf ie lder JoshVitters, the Chicago Cubs‘ topdraft pick in 2007.Outfielder Brett Jackson,

Chicago’s No. 1 pick last year,understands why the minorleaguers might get testedfirst.“We’re guinea pigs for

almost everything else,” hesaid, “so why not?”

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Canada routs Russia,advances to semifinalsVANCOUVER, Brit ish

Columbia — A dominatingCanada ended 50 years ofOlympic hockey frustrationagainst Russia.The Canadians got a goal

and two assists from DanBoyle during a take-chargefirst period to beat the worldchampions 7-3 Wednesdayand surge into the Olympicsemifinals.A superpower showdown —

one that may have been bettersuited for the gold-medalgame than the quarterfinals— quickly became a super let-down.The physical , focused

Canadians took advantage ofterrible goaltending by EvgeniNabokov and superior depthand size to open leads of 3-0and 4-1 in the first period and6-1 early in the second period,and the unexpected rout wason.The resurgent Canadians

meet the Sweden-Slovakiawinner in Friday’s semifinals.If they advance, they mightface the United States in arematch of the 5-3 loss onSunday.That disappointment

marked their f irst Olympicloss to the U.S. since 1960; thepunishing win over Russiawas their first since the sametournament in Squaw Valleyand only the second in 11Olympic games against theRussians or Soviets.Long before it was over, fans

began chanting, “We WantSweden,” just as they hadasked for Russia the daybefore. After that, it was “Wewant gold.”On this day, Canada got all it

wanted.Corey Perry upstaged

Russia’s big-name, big-con-tract forwards with two goals,Shea Weber also scored andset the tone by upendingMaxim Afinogenov with aboard-rattling hit in the open-ing seconds and Ryan Getzlafhad a goal and two assists.And Boyle frustrated Nabokov,his NHL teammate, by scoringa power-play goal and creat-ing two others.And that was only the start.Almost as surprising as the

score was how Canada pulledit of f . S idney Crosby wentscoreless in a subordinaterole, with less celebratedplayers and gri t negatingRussia’s cast of stars and sup-posedly superior speed.Nabokov, whose NHL San

Jose Sharks are perennialplayoff underachievers,al lowed several soft goalsearly, one to Patrick Marleau,and the letdown was evidenton a downcast Russian bench.Coach Slava Bytov didn’t

pul l Nabokov unti l Weberscored at 4:07 of the second tomake it 6-1. Given the lookson the players’ faces, themove came about two or threegoals too late.Russia, which beat Canada

in each of the last two worldchampionships, also seemedunprepared for Canada’saggression. Within the firstfew minutes, Russia quicklylearned that speed isn’t a fac-tor when stars are beingknocked off their skatesbefore they can advance intothe offensive zone.

Remarkably, almost none ofthe pregame story lines playedout. The Canadians didn’tneed a big game from Crosby,who was as quiet offensivelyas Ovechkin was, a huge gamein goal from Roberto Luongoor a shutdown defensive per-formance.They simply needed to go

back to playing traditional,get-tough, can’t-knock-us-off-the-puck Canada hockey. Andit worked better than coachMike Babcock could haveenvisioned.Luongo, who took over for a

benched Martin Brodeur afterthe U.S. loss, gave up goals toDmitri Kalinin, Afinogenovand Sergei Gonchar whilemaking 25 saves, but didn’tneed to be brilliant with allthat was going on around him.Babcock kept rolling his four

l ines and relying upon hismuch bigger defensemen topush around Russia’s for-wards — Evgeni Malkin andAlexander Semin were inef-fective, too — and discouragethem from trying to find openlanes.Ovechkin, whose one-

upmanship duels with Crosbykeep getting better and better,was a surprising nonfactor.The word in the Russian camp— the players haven’t talkedmuch — was that Ovechkinwas determined to play one ofthe best games of his life.Instead, the two-time NHL

MVP was about as invisible ashockey’s top offensive playercan be after being upendedtwice in the first period, andhis trademark big hits andend-to-end rushes were miss-ing.And Ovechkin’s braggadocio

this week that Russia has thebest of everything, especiallyhockey players? Just so muchidle talk.Canadian TV channels have

aired for months a Sid the Kidvs. Alexander the Great spe-cial featuring the anticipatedstar showdown. Yet neitherplayer — and who would havepredicted this — had a pointduring a 10-goal game. Whenthey last met in the NHL onFeb. 7, Ovechkin scored threegoals and Crosby had two.Instead, Rick Nash and

Brenden Morrow also scoredduring the kind of dominatingfirst period that Canada didn’tseem capable of playing as itlost to the U.S. and nearly lostto Switzerland in its first threegames. Those games caused anervous nat ion to fear i tsbeloved team wouldn’t make itto the medal round.Now, i t ’s the two-t ime

defending world championRussians who will leave theOlympics without a medal forthe second successive games.Russia lost in the bronze-

medal game in Turin and has-n’t won an Olympics under theRussian name since the SovietUnion breakup, although a1992 gold won by the UnifiedTeam is now recognized as aRussian gold.If Canada goes on to win the

gold medal, this dominatingvictory — which occurred onthe eighth anniversary of its2002 gold-medal victory overthe U.S. in Salt Lake City — islikely to be mentioned with its1972 Summit Series and 1987Canada Cup triumphs over theSoviets.

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OLYMPICS

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Struggling Texas gets important win over Oklahoma St.

AUSTIN, Texas — DexterPittman had 16 points and eightrebounds and free-falling No. 21Texas got a much-needed 69-59win over Oklahoma State onWednesday night.Pittman made all five of his field

goals and scored nine points in akey run in the second half to pushthe Longhorns (22-6 8-5 Big 12) tojust their fifth win in 11 gamesafter a 17-0 start that saw themreach No. 1.Damion James led Texas with

19 points. It was the first game forTexas since losing starting pointguard Dogus Balbay for the sea-son with a knee injury. JustinMason played a key role in hold-ing Big 12 scoring leader JamesAnderson to 14 points.Obi Muonelo scored 14 points

for Oklahoma State (19-8, 7-6).The Longhorns have now con-

secutive games for the first time inmore than a month, and this oneguaranteed they will finish noworse than 8-8 in league play.For Pittman, it was the first time

in weeks he was able establishhimself as a force in the post. His16 points was the most for himsince he had 21 in a win overArkansas back on Jan. 5.The Cowboys had little to stop

him. On one early basket, an ill-timed defensive switch left 5-foot-9 Cowboys guard Keiton Pagematched up against the 6-10, 290-pound Pittman under the basket.The big man easily won that bat-tle.Defensively, Mason and Avery

Bradley applied the pressure onAnderson, who had scored at least30 points five times this seasonbut got little to fall when given lit-tle room to work against theLonghorns. Anderson shot 5 for13.Oklahoma State made eight 3-

pointers after making 14 in a winover Baylor in the previous game,with just two after halftime.James carried Texas early, scor-

ing 15 points to lead theLonghorns to a 37-35 halftimelead. A 3-pointer by Muonelo hadtied it before the Cowboys’ JarredShaw fouled Pittman, then waswhistled for a technical foul forjawing with him. Texas made twoof the four free throws.Pittman controlled the first 10

minutes of the second half, scor-ing nine of Texas’ first 12 pointsand diverting shots on the otherend.After Oklahoma State had

closed a six-point deficit to 44-42,Pittman thundered home his sec-ond dunk of the half and made afree throw for the three-pointplay.When Texas lost Balbay for the

season, they also figured to be los-ing their best perimeter defender.But Mason and Bradley were ableto lock down on Anderson for longstretches, never letting him findhis range or an open look at thebasketBradley’s 3-pointer from the left

corner put Texas up 54-44 with9:53 to play, the first double-digitlead of the game. After Pittman hitanother tough basket in the lane,a steal by Bradley let to an easylayup that put the Longhorns upby 14.

Baylor 70, Texas A&M 66LaceDarius Dunn had 23 points,

including consecutive 3-pointersafter Baylor had gone 4½ minuteswithout a field goal and a pair oflate free throws, leading the No.24 Bears past No. 22 Texas A&M

Wednesday night.Texas A&M (19-8, 8-5 Big 12)

had cut what was a 13-pointdeficit to one when Donald Sloanhit a 3-pointer from the left cornerwith just over 4 minutes left.Dunn then hit a 3 from the top

of the key, a ball that bounced offthe rim several times before final-ly falling through to make it 62-58. That was Baylor’s first fieldgoal since Dunn’s floater in trafficgave the Bears (21-6, 8-5) a 56-46lead with 8:16 left.B.J. Holmes hit another 3 for

A&M, but Dunn responded withanother of his own from the rightcorner with 3:13 left. That was thelast of Dunn’s four 3-pointers.Donald Sloan led Texas A&M

with 22 points.The Aggies were within 67-66 in

the final minute when Ray Turnermade two free throws after beingfouled by Ekpe Udoh, who hadjust had a turnover followingSloan’s twisting baseline jumper.But Udoh made up for that

when he rebounded a miss byteammate Tweety Carter, andDunn hit two free throws with 17seconds after being fouled on thesame possession.Sloan then missed what would

have been a tying 3-pointer.Quincy Acy was fouled on therebound with 2.2 seconds left,then made one of his free throws.Josh Loomers added 10 points

and seven rebounds for Baylor,while Udoh and Acy both had ninepoints.Bryan Davis had 14 points and

10 rebounds while B.J. Holmeshad 11 points for Texas A&M,which had won five of six gameswith a 78-71 victory over Baylor2½ weeks ago.The 201st meeting between the

schools located only about 90miles apart and at different pointson the Brazos River was only thesecond when both were in the Top25. The other was two years ago,when Baylor won 116-110 in fiveovertimes at College Station.With only three games left in the

regular season, Baylor and TexasA&M are tied with Texas forfourth place in the Big 12. The topfour teams in the standings get afirst-round bye in the conferencetournaments.Baylor surged ahead 52-39 with

10-0 run in the second half.Acy made a strong move inside

to score over Ray Turner, thenCarter made a bounce pass toDunn streaking wide open for alayup before A.J. Walton and FredEllis both hit 3-pointers.Texas A&M was ahead for the

first time since the openingminute of the game when DavidLoubeau picked up a loose ballafter a Udoh block and scored tomake it 27-25 with just under 5minutes left in the first half.But the Bears never trailed after

the 6-foot-10 Udoh hit a 3-pointerfrom the top of the key to make it31-28 only 2:22 before halftime.

Miss. St. 74, Alabama 66Jarvis Varnado broke the

NCAA’s career record for blocksand had 17 points and 10rebounds to lead Mississippi Stateto a 20-win season with a victoryover Alabama on Wednesdaynight.Varnado was two shy of his

third triple-double with eightblocks for the Bulldogs (20-8, 8-5),who took a one-game lead in theSoutheastern Conference’sWestern Division with threegames left. They also sent theCrimson Tide (14-13, 4-9) to itssixth straight road loss.

Dee Bost had 22 points, includ-ing consecutive 3-pointers late, tohelp Mississippi State win itsfourth game in five contests.Varnado broke Wojciech

Mydra’s record of 535 careerblocks, which the Louisiana-Monroe center set from 1998-2002. He now has 142 this seasonand 536 in his career.With the crowd on its feet

chanting Varnado’s nickname,“Swat,” much of the way, he hadsix second-half blocks and usedhis intimidating presence to helpthe Bulldogs pull away.The 6-foot-9 center from

Brownsville, Tenn., had blocks onconsecutive Alabama possessionsmidway through the second halfto turn the momentum. The sec-ond, on JaMychal Green, waspulled in by Ravern Johnson, whodrove the length of the court anddunked to push the lead to 47-39with 12:18 left.That was part of a 13-6 run that

Varnado dominated. He had asteal to set up Mississippi State’snext basket and picked up a looseball for a dunk to give theBulldogs their biggest lead, 56-45with 9:17 left. He stopped a quickrun with another dunk, butMississippi State couldn’t putAlabama away.The Crimson rallied with a 10-2

run to make it 61-59 with 3:50left. That’s when Bost stepped upwith 3-pointers at 3:11 and 2:25,then Ravern Johnson hit anotherto make it 70-61 with 1:28 left.That decisive Mississippi State

run included a 3-pointer by BarryStewart, who hit two to breakDarryl Wilson’s school record of258.Varnado and Stewart, co-cap-

tains who share the MississippiState record for games played,were honored after the game withmuch of the crowd staying behindand chanting. Varnado’s parentswere on the court for the celebra-tion.There was plenty to celebrate.

The reed-thin Varnado, playingwithout a scholarship in his finalyear, is a fan favorite. Plus, thewin greatly improved MississippiState’s chances of an NCAA bid,though the Bulldogs play games atSouth Carolina and Auburn beforefinishing off with No. 19Tennessee in Starkville.

The loss continues a slide forAlabama, which has lost four offive. Mikhail Torrance led the Tidewith 23 points, but scored justeight in the second half. Green fin-ished with 12 points, but wasblocked three times by Varnado inthe second half.

Purdue 59, Minnesota 58Robbie Hummel glumly

watched Purdue play without himin the second half, his palm barelykeeping his chin up with crutchesbeside him on the bench.Keaton Grant and the rest of the

Boilermakers gave their hurtingstar a finish to smile about, theirNo. 3 national ranking a bit shakybut first place in the Big Ten stillin hand.Grant’s jumper with 7.7 seconds

left lifted Purdue past Minnesotaon Wednesday night, helping theBoilermakers survive Hummel’sfirst-half knee injury and a score-less stretch of more than 10 min-utes that bridged the intermission.“You’re not supposed to think

about it. You’re supposed to keepgoing on,” said E’Twaun Moore,another part of Purdue’s standouttrio who wasn’t as effective. “Butwhen one of your best playersgoes down, you definitely be con-cerned. Hopefully, he’ll be all rightand he’ll come back.”JaJaun Johnson had 14 points

and 10 rebounds for Boilermakers(24-3, 12-3), who won their 10thstraight and have a one-gamelead on Michigan State, whichplays at Purdue on Sunday. OhioState is right between them in theconference race.“It’s hard to adjust on the fly,

especially when a player means somuch to your team, but I thoughtit was kind of a gut check,”Boilermakers coach Matt Paintersaid, adding: “It showed a lot ofcharacter.Moore and Hummel each had

11 points for the Boilermakers,who ruined a career-best game byMinnesota’s Ralph Sampson IIIand stuck the Gophers (16-11, 7-8) with their third one-point lossthis season. The Spartans beatthem here in eerily similar fashionlast month, and another currentlyranked team, Texas A&M, nippedthem in November.Eight of Minnesota’s losses are

by eight points or less, including a

pair of three-point overtimedefeats on the road.“We see we got the ingredients

to beat ‘em. We just got to finishout,” said Damian Johnson, whoseoff-balance tip-in of DevoeJoseph’s miss at the buzzer camea split-second late.Grant has three straight double-

digit scoring games off the benchafter putting up only three in hisfirst 24 games. After he pulled upfor the go-ahead jumper, theGophers brought the ball up andcoach Tubby Smith took timeout— later blaming himself for notcalling it a second or two sooner.Joseph dribbled to the corner

and faked for an open jumper, butit bounced off the rim.“We feel that we’re talented

enough to play with anyone,”Smith said. “A play here, a playthere.”Sampson had 21 points and

seven rebounds for the Gophers,and a deafening crowd backed anactive Minnesota zone defensewith Sampson and fellow big manColton Iverson clogging the lanetogether.The Gophers led by as many as

nine in the second half, with theBoilermakers unable to get anyshots to fall. Moore, shooting bet-ter than 50 percent in conferenceplay this season but 3 for 12 inthis game, hit the side of the back-board on one 3-point attempt inthe second half.It wasn’t until Johnson put in a

couple of turnarounds in the laneto cut the lead to 49-48 with 3:55left, putting the Boilermakersback in position to win and set upthe tense final stretch.After Moore’s layup gave

Purdue the lead again, LawrenceWestbrook hit a leaner with 25seconds left to put the Gophersback in front. Grant respondedwith his pull-up jumper, skippingback in celebration, andMinnesota called timeout to set upthe last try.Purdue marked the highest-

ranked foe the Gophers havefaced in three years — since back-to-back losses to No. 3 Wisconsinand No. 2 Ohio State here at “TheBarn” in February 2007.Thanks to Sampson, they nearly

scored their first win here againsta top-five team since beatingIndiana in 1992.

Associated Press

Baylor keeps good season going against Texas A&M; Miss. St. tops Alabama; Purdue wins nailbiter over Minnesota

AP

Texas A&M forward Bryan Davis twirls around Baylor forward Ekpe Udoh during the first half ofBaylor’s 70-66 win Wednesday.

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Irish dominatingranked opponents

The No. 7 Irish have been on atear lately, and it did not stopWednesday, as they swept No. 17Ohio State 7-0.Irish sophomore Kristi Frilling

continued on her hot streak, win-ning both her doubles and singlesmatches. Frilling is unbeaten thisseason, sitting at 9-0 in both dou-bles and singles and is ranked No.23 in the country. Notre Dame as ateam swept its doubles matches intaking the doubles’ point.It was an emphatic response by

the Irish (8-1) to their biggest winin the program history, as lastSunday the team knocked off No. 1Northwestern. But as big asSunday’s win was, Wednesday’smight have been more impressive. “It’s a big deal for us [to beat

Ohio State] after such a huge win,”assistant head coach JuliaScaringe said. “It’s easy to have aletdown, and Ohio State is not ateam you want to play when youare tired. It was a very good per-formance.”It was the fifth straight win for

the Irish. The one loss this yearcame against North Carolina onJan. 31. At that point, the Irish hadplayed solid tennis, but were stillreadjusting to being back on thecourt.

“We had a lot of injuries duringthe fall, with a good part of ourlineup out,” Scaringe said. “Theybarely practiced.”But since the loss, the girls have

come out looking more poisedthan ever. “They’ve been working really

hard, doing all the little things theycan,” Scaringe said.After the North Carolina loss, the

coaches tweaked a couple of thethings in the doubles lineup, tryingout different combinations of play-ers in No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.The Irish have responded nicely. “We were losing doubles points

earlier in the season, but nowthings are starting to mesh andclick,” Scaringe said. “Our doublesnow are playing great. The newcombinations have made a big dif-ference.”Now, the Irish look poised for

their best season ever, which couldonly be accomplished by outper-forming last year’s team that wasonly ousted in the semifinals. Forthis year’s squad, Scaringe said itis a real possibility. “I think we are better than we

were last year,” Scaringe said. “It’sall going to come down to the littlethings.”The Irish face No. 14 Georgia

Tech Saturday in the Eck Pavilion.

By JOHN HELMSSports Writer

Contact John Helms atjhelms2@nd.edu

NBA

Deng notches season-high31 points in win over Pacers

CHICAGO — Luol Deng real-izes tougher tests are coming,that the schedule is about totake a difficult turn. If theChicago Bulls keep this up, thatwould be just fine with him.Deng scored a season-high 31

points, and the Bulls pulledaway for a wild 120-110 victoryover the Indiana Pacers onWednesday night after blowingan early 23-point lead.Derrick Rose added 23 points

and eight assists while tying aseason high with nine reboundsas the Bulls won for the seventhtime in nine games. They’vepicked on weaker opponentsduring this run. That’s about tochange, though.They meet Portland on Friday,

and after closing out the monthat Indiana on Saturday, Marchopens with this brutal stretch:Atlanta, Memphis, Dallas andUtah all at the United Center,then trips to Orlando, Miami,Memphis and Dallas before host-ing Cleveland.In other words: Ouch.“The schedule will get tough,

but we’re confident in the teamthat we have,” Deng said.“When we play our best, we feellike we can play with anybody.”The Bulls were at their best in

spurts on Wednesday.They led by 23 in the first

quarter and were up 19 going

into the second, only to watch itall disappear. Then, with a 58-54 halftime lead, they broke itopen in the third and sentIndiana to its sixth loss in sevengames.“In the first quarter, down by

23 — hard to do that on the roadand come back and get a win,”Pacers coach Jim O’Brien said.“We came back in the secondquarter but didn’t have what ittook in the second half.”The Pacers’ Danny Granger

finished with 20 points aftermissing Monday’s loss at Dallasfor personal reasons. BrandonRush hit 5-of-9 3-pointers andscored a season-high 21, includ-ing 12 in the second quarter asIndiana outscored Chicago 36-21 to get back into the game.Then, the Bulls pulled away

again and stopped any flash-backs to their epic collapseagainst Sacramento inDecember, when they blew a 35-point lead and lost.This time, they got a reverse

layup from Brad Miller andjumper from Rose to start thesecond half. A few minutes later,the Bulls went on a 12-3 runthat Deng finished with a 3-pointer, making it 83-67 midwaythrough the third and puttingthem in control to stay.“You should have seen (Deng)

earlier,” Rose said. “He had a lotof Ben Gay and other stuff hewas putting on his body. He

looked like an old man, but hewent out there and playedthrough it.”Early on, this looked like

another blowout at the UnitedCenter for Chicago, which hadscored two of its most lopsidedwins in its previous two homegames. After tying a season highwith a 33-point win over NewYork and beating Philadelphiaby 32, Chicago opened by hitting13-of-23 shots in one of its mostprolific quarters.Deng scored 11 in the first,

converting a three-point playand tip-in to start a 16-2 runthat made it 35-12 and justabout buried the Pacers.Turns out, they had plenty of

life after all.The team that couldn’t hit

early on shot its way back in thesecond, making 10-of-20 fieldgoals after going 7 of 24 in thefirst quarter.Rush led the charge, nailing 4

of 5 3-pointers and connectingfrom the outside with two min-utes left in the half to tie it at 52.Dahntay Jones answered ajumper by Chicago’s KirkHinrich with two free throws totie it again at 54 with 1:24 left,before a layup by Deng andjumper by Rose gave the Bulls a58-54 halftime lead.“I took a lot of wide-open 3s

and the guys were looking forme,” Rush said. “And they justhappened to go in.”

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mates.“They are the funnies t

group of g ir l s and when Ithink of my best moments, Ithink of all thegreat th ingswe accom-plished togeth-er,” Va ld iv iasaid.As a jun ior

on a team withonly three sen-iors, Valdiviahas stepped upth is year, ashave her fe l -low team-mates. In hermind, shesaid, the teamthis year i smore un i tedthan ever,which makes each successand win a team accomplish-ment.“When you step on the field

it is a great feeling to knowthere are 17 other girls thereto pick you up and supportyou ,” Va ld iv ia sa id . “Ourteam dynamics have neverbeen in a better position and

I have never felt more confi-dent in my teammates than Ido now, which makes ourgame stronger than ever.”Of course, life as a college

ath le te i s never easy. ButValdivia is one player whoknows she i s lucky to bewhere she is and have all her

hard work payoff.“It gets tiring

running f romclasses topract ices andtrying to fit somany th ingsin to a fewhours o f theday but Iwouldn’t tradeit for anything.I have beeng iven anopportunity top lay for thegreatest teamand that hasg iven me one

of the best col lege experi-ences a person could everhave,” Valdivia said.Judg ing by her ear ly

achievements, Valdivia seemsmore than ready to lead theIrish to success this season.

Pitchercontinued from page 24

Contact Megan Finneran atmfinnera@nd.edu

While neither Notre Damenor the Wolverines lived up totheir pre-season hype, Irishcoach Jeff Jackson still con-siders this series a crucialmatchup before the confer-ence tournament in March. “I think people probably

looked at this series at thestart of the season as a show-down between two topteams,” Jackson said. “Bothteams have been inconsistentat best, but we’re still playingfor something. We have to gointo this weekend trying toput something togetherbefore the CCHA tourna-ment.”Notre Dame and Michigan

split a home-and-home seriesback in December, with theWolverines picking up a 4-1

victory in Ann Arbor beforeIrish freshman goaltenderMike Johnson’s shutout win atthe Joyce. Notre Dame haswon four of the last six meet-ings in the heated rivalry.Injuries along the Irish blue

line in that December seriesforced Jackson to play theinfamous “torpedo” offensefor a weekend, a system fea-turing four forwards and asingle roving defensemanfavored by the Swedishnational team. Injuries con-tinue to plague Notre Dame,and the team has faded inrecent weeks due in largepart to a depleted bench.Jackson said he believes

that a strong series againstMichigan should help hissquad develop some consis-tency throughout the lineup,which has shuffled repeatedlyas players have moved on andoff the injury list.“It ’s important us for to

start having some lines toplay together,” Jackson said.“We haven’t had any kind ofcontinuity almost the wholesecond half. It’s about estab-l ishing rhythm and confi-dence this weekend.”While the Irish require a

deep run in the CCHA tourna-ment to have a shot at mak-ing the NCAA Tournament,Jackson says his team will notbe caught looking ahead toMarch.“Right now it’s about play-

ing Michigan,” Jackson said.“You have to put yourself inthe right posit ion for theCCHA playoffs. We can’t lookpast anything. We have to gointo the playoffs playingwell.”The puck drops tonight at

7:35 p.m. at the Wolverines’Yost Arena in Ann Arbor.

Torpedocontinued from page 24

Contact Michael Blasco atmblasco@nd.edu

season. Verkaik leads the Knights in

scoring with an average of18.4 points per game. Shealso leads the team in blocks,with 3.6 per game, and inrebounds with 9.5 per game. The Belles are not satisfied

with simply focusing on thefuture and the experience theteam is getting in the play-offs. Instead, they are focusedon this year, even though theonly senior on the team this

year i s forward AnnaKammrath. All of the return-ing members of last year’ssquad bring experience fromlast year’s MIAA tournament.Sa int Mary ’s reached thechampionship game of thetournament last year. The Belles hope to make it

back to the championshipgame, but they must f i rs tdefeat Calvin before they canmove forward. The game begins tonight at

7:30 p.m. in Grand Rapids,Mich.

MIAAcontinued from page 24

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“I think it was a team effortreal ly,” Abromait is said.“Everybody came out ready toguard their man, we weregetting rebounds all night. Ithink we just came out readyto play.”A freshman guard Travon

Woodall jump-shot with threeminutes remaining in the firsthalf finally cut the Irish leaddown to fourpoints , butNotre Damer e s p o n d e dbefore thebreak. Jacksonhad a nicecrossover andfade-away astime expired togive the Irish a35-28 leadheading to thelocker room.The Ir ish

were able to begin extendingthe lead after halftime, withjunior forward Carleton Scotthitting two big 3-pointers asthe shot clock wound down.While the Panthers struggledoffensively Notre Dame wason fire from the perimeter,hitting 10 of its first 14 3-point attempts.An Abromaitis 3 from the

wing extended the Irish leadto 52-29, and Pittsburgh wasforced into desperation mode.Notre Dame was unfazed by

the Panthers full-court pres-sure and continued to stymiethe Pitt offense.With the lead comfortably in

hand, the Irish used up theclock down the stretch beforecelebrating the much-neededwin.“A lot of teams haven’t beat-

en Pittsburgh, this conferenceis tough,” Jackson said.“Whenever you can get a BigEast win, it ’s a positive. Itshows us and everyone thatwe can still compete, we canstill do this as a team, we can

play with thebest in theleague.”

Note: Beforethe gameH a r a n g o d ywas the f irstinductee intoNotre Dame’sRing of Honorat Purcel lPavi l ion. Abanner honor-i n g

Harangody’s number 44 wasunveiled and will be joined inthe future by former andpresent men’s and women’sbasketball players and volley-ball players who have madenotable contributions to theunivers i ty during theircareers.The Irish will next travel to

No. 13 Georgetown onSaturday, with tip-off at noon.

Pittcontinued from page 24

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“Everybody came outready to guard theirman, we were gettingrebounds all night.”

Tim AbromaitisIrish forward

“When I think of mybest moments, I thinkof all the great things

we accomplishedtogether.”

Jody ValdiviaIrish pitcher

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The Irish bounced back aweek after a heartbreakingdouble-overt ime loss toLouisville, upsetting No. 16Pittsburgh (21-7, 10-5 BigEast) 68-53 at the Purcel lPavilion. Notre Dame (18-10, 7-8)

used a balanced scor ingattack and strong defensiveeffort to cruise to a big win.Even with senior forward

Luke Harangody missing histhird straight game becauseof a bone bruise in his rightknee, the Irish shot, rebound-ed and defended better thanthe visiting Panthers. Junior forward Tim

Abromaitis led the Irish with17 points , and four NotreDame players scored at least13. Junior guard BenHansbrough tallied 15 points,senior guard Tory Jacksonnotched 14 and junior for-

ward Tyrone Nash finishedwith 13 points and sevenrebounds.“I’m really happy with this

group, they played their back-sides off,” Irish coach MikeBrey said. “The past couplegames without Luke it’s beentough, but they’ve really keptit up in practice and I thinktonight it paid off.”The Irish got off to a quick

start, winning the opening tipand taking an early 6-0 leadon 3s from Jackson andAbromait is . Whi le thePanthers quickly closed thelead to two, the Irish wouldmaintain the lead for the restof the game.With Notre Dame up 12-10,

the starting unit then createda 10-0 run, punctuated by anAbromaitis dunk off a nicefeed from Jackson.Abromait is credi ted the

defensive effort with NotreDame’s success.

While their season hit adead end the last few week-ends, the Irish at least have achance to derail their archri-val’s post-season plans.Notre Dame concludes its

regular season this week witha home-and-home seriesagainst Michigan, taking onthe Wolverines in Ann Arbortonight before senior nightSaturday at the Joyce Center.The Irish (12-14-8, 8-11-7-2CCHA) are currently sitting10th in the CCHA, while sev-enth-place Michigan (18-16-1,13-12-1-0 CCHA) has an out-side shot at a first-round byein the CCHA tournament.

ND SOFTBALL

Valdivia ready to step up her game in her junior season

Many little girls dream ofbeing a princess, owning apony or of becoming just liketheir moms. For junior pitch-er Jody Valdivia, the dreamwas quite different.When she was six years old,

Valdivia began the game shewould grow to love, followingin the footsteps of her olderbrother Jesse, who played

baseball. “I knew that I wanted to do

that too, so my parents putme on the so f tba l l f i e ld ,”Valdivia said.A h ighly success fu l h igh

school career both on thefield and in the classroom inCal i fornia gave Vald iv ia arange of choices for college.The recru i t ing processbrought her to Notre Dame,and f rom there her pathbecame clear.“The minute I stepped foot

on the Notre Dame campus Iknew I was home,” Valdiviasaid. “The coaches, my team-mates and the atmosphere ofNotre Dame were unlike anyother school I had experi-enced. The tradition of aca-demic excellence combinedwith athletic excellence madechoosing Notre Dame veryeasy.”Her first two years provided

a growing exper ience andshaped her to the player andleader she has become. Last

weekend a t the SouthernMiss Mizuno Classic, Valdivialed the Irish to three wins,striking out 13 players fromLouisiana Tech in her sixthgame in which she recordedmore than 10 strikeouts.Securing three wins for her

team granted Valdiv ia thetitle of Big East conferencePitcher of the week.“It felt really good to snag

the first Big East Pitcher ofthe week honors,” Valdiviasaid. “Our team is looking to

put together a strong presea-son and receiving recognitionfor that always feels great.”But when it comes down to

the greatest moments of hercareer, it is not the individualaccomplishments that standout in Valdivia’s mind. Whileshe said she will always fond-ly remember big games andthe Big East championship,her best moments have comefrom playing with her team-

By MEGAN FINNERANSports Writers

Climbing out of a PittMEN’S BASKETBALL

VANESSA GEMPIS/The Observer

Junior forward Tim Abromaitis dunks over Panthers junior center Gary McGhee during NotreDame’s 68-53 win over Pittsburgh Wednesday.

Four Notre Dame players score at least13 points without help of Harangody

By MICHAEL BRYANSports Writer

HOCKEY

Irish preparing for WolverinesBy MICHAEL BLASCOSports Writer

see TORPEDO/page 22

PAT COVENEY/The Observer

Junior right winger Ryan Guentzel takes a shot earlier thisyear. The Irish take on Michigan Thursday.

SMC BASKETBALL

Belles ready to faceCalvin in MIAA tourney

see PITT/page 22

see PITCHER/page 22

Saint Mary’s continues itspostseason journey tonightwith a trip to Calvin for thesemifinal round of the MIAAtournament. The Bel les (15-11, 9-7

MIAA) enter the game com-ing off an exhilarating 61-59 win over Albion in thefirst round that went downto the wire. Saint Mary’senters yet another toughbattle as they take on Calvin(23-3, 14-2), the No. 2 seedin the tournament. Whilethe Knights boast a muchstronger record, that won’tdiscourage the Belles.

Saint Mary’s is coming offthree impressive victories toclose out the season, includ-ing two straight wins overAlbion. The Belles could usethis win streak to propelthem past the Knights whowill pose as a big challenge. Calvin is in its fifth 20-win

season in the past sevenyears. Last week, freshmanforward Car issa Verkaikbroke the MIAA single-gamescor ing record wi th 46points in a win over Adrian.The Belles will face a toughtest in defending theKnights ’ h igh-poweredof fense , which averaged67.8 points per game this

By TIM SINGLERSports Writer

see MIAA/page 22