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OIS to offerprogramin Senegal

Notre Dame students studyingFrench will have a new studyabroad option when theUniversity offers a program inAfrica in the spring of 2012. Dakar, the capital city of the

West African nation of Senegal,will be added to the list of studyabroad locations for next year’sapplicants. The Office of International

Studies (OIS) and the FrenchDepartment worked to find acountry outside of Europe with afrancophone, or French-speak-ing, population. Senegal seemedto be a natural choice, not onlylinguistically, but also because ofits rich history, Kathleen Opel,director of OIS, said. She said the combination of

slave history and French lan-guage in the country providesfor a unique and rewardingstudy abroad experience.“Students can improve their

French and get an African per-spective while living in a safeand vibrant city,” Opel said.“They can learn about the tran-sition from colonization to ademocracy.”Opel said Dakar also possess-

es cultural depth that pairs wellwith francophone and Africanastudies.“I think this program could

see SENEGAL/page 5

By SAM STRYKERNews Writer

Grads workto make difference

When Dr. Daniel Towle was apre-med student at Notre Damein the late 1970s, a professorencouraged him to be “morethan just a doctor” — advice thatchanged Towle’s approach to hisprofessional life. Now, Towle travels to develop-

ing countries to provide medicalservices to people who otherwisemight not have access to basichealthcare. Towle and other alumni

shared how they have workedtoward the greater good in theirvarious professions at a panelWednesday entitled “TheProfessions and the CommonGood.”The panel was one in a series

of events for the Notre DameForum, which addresses howthe global marketplace can beused to further the commongood. Towle, a pediatric anesthesiol-

ogist involved in internationalhealth services, said he andother alumni wished to inspirestudents to “walk your own roadto make a difference in theworld.”“I firmly believe divine provi-

dence will provide you withskills and opportunities that willallow you to live out NotreDame’s mission,” he said.

see FORUM/page 6

By MOLLY MADDENNews Writer

Panel discusses eating disorders, body image

Eating disorders and bodyimage issues are a major partof the competition and perfec-tionism present among NotreDame students, panelists saidWednesday evening. The Gender Relations Center

(GRC) held a panel discussion,“Perfectly Disordered: EatingDisorders, Body Image andCol lege Li fe,” Wednesdaynight as a part of Body Imageand Eating DisordersAwareness Week.The event featured a student

panel of GRC peer educatorswho discussed the pressuresfacing di f ferent groups at

Notre Dame. Junior Victoria Hadlock

talked about major pressuresfacing all students and possi-ble ways to alleviate thosepressures.“There is certainly a sense

of needing to be perfect orneeding to be the smartest,”she said.Hadlock said she found a

happier balance and movedaway from her “type A” per-sonality by getting involved insomething she was passionateabout.“Find a group of friends or a

niche where you can really beyoursel f and feel comfort-able,” she said. “Appreciate

see PANEL/page 5

By EMILY SCHRANKNews Writer

ND ranks among top 20

Notre Dame moved up onespot in U.S. News & WorldReport’s recent list of bestuniversities, passing EmoryUniversity to claim No. 19.Rice University and

Vanderbilt University werejust ahead of Notre Dame atNo. 17, and HarvardUniversity reclaimed the topspot in the rankings.University spokesman

Dennis Brown said while theranking serves a purpose, theUniversity is publicly skepti-cal about its evaluation sys-tem. “While we recognize that

the U.S. News & WorldReport survey serves a useful

function for some prospectivestudents and their parents,we are on record for morethan 15 years as havingreservations about itsmethodology,” Brown said ina statement. “That said, webelieve that by any measureNotre Dame is among thenation’s top 25 undergradu-ate institutions.”The U.S. News & World

Report website said a collegeeducation is one of the mostimportant and costly invest-ments that prospective stu-dents will make. “For this reason, the edi-

tors of U.S. News believe thatstudents and their familiesshould have as much infor-mation as possible about thecomparative merits of theeducational programs at

America’s colleges and uni-versities,” the website stated. Each school is ranked in 16

areas of academic excellence,the website said. Thesescores are combined into a“composite weighted score,”which is used to determinerankings.“Regardless of rankings, we

also are confident that NotreDame is second to none inproviding an extraordinaryundergraduate experience,engaging in research thatimproves the human condi-tion and serving the Churchand society,” Brown said.U.S. News & World Report

also recently released a list ofthe top 10 universities whereapplying early can increase a

By AMANDA GRAYNews Writer

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Sophomore Elliott Pearce, left, junior Victoria Hadlock and senior Nathan Geary participate in a paneldiscussion about body image and college life sponsored by the Gender Relations Center Wednesday.

see RANKING/page 5

University moves to No. 19 on U.S. News & World Report list

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IN BRIEF

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

The Department of Fi lm,Television, and Theater pres-ents “The Bible: TheComplete Word of God(abridged). The play will beperformed today at 7:30 p.m.in the Philbin StudioTheatre. This production putsthe fun back in fundamental-ism with a madcap tr ipthrough old t ime rel igion.Tickets are $10 for all stu-dents and can be purchedonline or by calling the TicketOffice.

This Friday , the EvenFridays act iv i ty wi l l be aPumpkin Patch Visit. EvenFridays is a programdesigned to meet the recre-ational needs of faculty, staff,graduate students, and theirfamil ies These events areheld on the 2nd and 4thFriday of every month.Thepumpkin patch visit will beginat 5:30 p.m. and is open to allstudents, faculty, and staff.Register before the eventthrough RecRegister on theRecSports website.

Mike Cahill, President andCEO of Tower Financial, willpresent a lecture, An EthicalOdyssey from Notre Dame toCEO, this Monday at 7 p.m. atthe Jordan Auditorium of theMendoza College of Business.The Berges Lecture Seriesfeatures senior executivesspeaking on their experiencesof the ethical dimensions ofbusiness.

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Miss. judge jails attorneyfor not reciting pledgeTUPELO, Miss . — AMississippi judge orderedan attorney to spend sev-era l hours in ja i lWednesday a f ter theat torney chose not torec i te the P ledge o fAllegiance in court. TheNortheast Miss i ss ipp iDaily Journal reportedthat Chancery JudgeTalmadge Littlejohn tolda court audience to riseand say the p ledge .People in the courtroomsaid Danny Lampley ofOxford stood but did notsay the words.Records show Lampleywas booked into the LeeCounty jail at 9:40 a.m.and released about 2:30

p.m. on the judge ’sorders.Lampley did not immedi-ately return a call to TheAssoc ia ted Press .Littlejohn was not imme-diately available throughhis office in New Albanyor the court administra-tor’s office in Tupelo.

Money topples fromarmored car into Ind. trafficINDIANAPOLIS —

Money doesn’t grow ontrees, but it seemed tofa l l f rom the sky inIndianapolis. Police saidthree bundles of moneyfe l l o f f the back o f anarmored car Wednesdaynear an intersection inthe heart of downtownIndianapolis . A car hit

one of the bundles andsent bi l ls b lowing intothe breeze.Witnesses to ld The

Indianapolis Star about10 people s tormedthrough traffic into theintersection to fill theirarms with cash.Two others stopped to

help col lect the moneyand guard it until policeand the armored carcompany arrived.I t ’s not immediate ly

known how much moneywent missing, but WTHR-TV sa id most o f theblown cash was recov-ered.

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Sophomore Katie Pryor gets her flu shot Wednesday at Stepan Center as part ofthe free flu clinic being held this week. Flu shots will be available tomorrow atStepan from 1 to 9 p.m.

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seniorRyan

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The National Research Council(NRC) recently ranked doctorateprograms throughout the nationand evaluated Notre Dame’s pro-grams more positively than it hadin the past.Notre Dame’s doctorate pro-

grams were ranked higher thanin NRC’s last evaluation in 1995,said Gregory Sterling, dean of theGraduate School. “If you ask me, are we where

we would ultimately like to be?No,” Sterling said. “But we’re bet-ter than we were. There aresome great stories to be told.”The NRC ranking addressed

5,000 programs at 212 universi-ties. The data was based on the2005-06 academic year, Sterlingsaid. “It is the most extensive effort

to collect data ondoctorate pro-grams to date,”Sterling said.The methodol-

ogy behind therankings is com-plex becauseeach programwas not simplynumbered inrank. Rather,two ranking sys-tems were used— the R-system,or regression-based ranking,and the S-system, or survey-based ranking.The R-system polled faculty on

their opinions of doctorate pro-grams and measured how wellthe programs performed againsta set of 21 variables. This rankingis closely related to the reputationof a program, Sterling said. The S-system asked faculty to

rank the 21 variables based ontheir importance. NRC then gavea weight to each variable andcompared its importance to howthe program actually performedon the variable, he said. For both the S-system and the

R-system, doctorate programswere ranked, not in a numericorder, but on a continuum basedon the highest rank a programreceived and the lowest rank itreceived. “Since the NRC refused to give

an absolute ranking, the realvalue is in the data they provid-ed,” Sterling said. “It allows us forthe first time to compare our pro-grams to other programs usingspecific data.”Compared to the 1995 ranking,

Sterling said Notre Dame didextremely well.“In 1995, we only had two pro-

grams in the upper quartile,”Sterling said. “This time, using

the highest rank-ing we had 11programs in theupper quartilefor the R-rankand nine for theS-rank. If you usethe lower rank-ing, we had threefor the R-rankand four for theS-rank.”The humanities

did especiallywell, Sterlingsaid. English, his-tory, philosophy

and theology were ranked in theupper quartile for both R and S.In the science department,

mathematics and biology werealso both ranked in the upperquartile for R and S, said Sterling.Chemical engineering was in

the upper quartile for R and thesecond quartile for S. Civil engi-neering was in the upper quartile

for both R and S, Sterling said. Sterling said the study is

already being used by phd.org, awebsite that many prospectivedoctorate students will use tohelp them determine where toattend. “I think, on the whole, the num-

bers will help us,” said Sterling.“Although we do have some pro-grams where I think that the waythings were set up will not reflectsome of our strengths.”One such department is the

social sciences. Notre Dame fac-ulty in political science and sociol-ogy publish books much moreextensively than their peers,Sterling said.But in NRC’s evaluation, only

articles were counted whendetermining how many facultypublications a program had, andthe programs’ ratings suffered asa result, he said. Another factor is that the pro-

gram measured data from 2005-06 and some programs haveadvanced markedly over the lastfew years. For example, the psy-chology department has hired asignificant number of new faculty,Sterling said. Nevertheless, he said the evalu-

ation report is valuable.“It is the most data-driven

assessment of Ph.D. programsever completed,” Sterling said. “Itwill be challenged, but it willprove useful in terms of providingcomparative information.”Sterling said the University

should be happy with how itsdoctorate programs were ranked,but not satisfied.“I would say on the whole we

should feel good about theresults,” he said, “but understandthat we still have a challenge infront of us.”

ND’s Ph.D. ranks improveBy MELISSA FLANAGANNews Writer

Contact Melissa Flanagan [email protected]

Crime at Saint Mary’s Collegecontinued to stay low last year,according to an annual reportreleased by the College’s secu-rity department Tuesday.“Crime statistics have

remained consistently low onour campus over the years,with only slight fluctuations upand down in various cate-gories,” David Gariepy, directorof security, said. “When youhave consistently low statistics,any fluctuation up or downmay, by percentage, look signif-icant.“The reality is that crime at

Saint Mary’s College is verylow.”The 2009 crime and fire sta-

tistical report included inci-dents of sexual assault, burgla-ries, alcohol and drug viola-tions and fire.There were three incidents of

sexual assaultduring 2009.Two of theassaults tookplace within theresidence hallson campus,while the thirdtook place onpublic property,according to thereport.Of these sexu-

al assaults, onewas forciblerape, and theothers were classified asforcible fondling.This marks a slight increase

from previous years. Thereport stated that one sexualassault incident, which tookplace within a residence halland was classified as forciblefondling, occurred in 2008.There were no sexual assaultsin 2007.The report also stated that

there were nine burglaries oncampus, five of which tookplace within the resident halls,in 2009. There was one burglary in a

non-campus building in 2008.There were four burglaries oncampus, two of which were inresidence halls, in 2007.Gariepy said students could

help prevent crime by payingattention to their surroundings.He also encouraged students tomake “safe choices in all activi-ties,” which entails lockingdoors and vehicles, reportingsuspicious or criminal activityand watching out for friends. The report also indicated 35

alcohol violations that led toreferrals within the residencehalls. An additional six inci-

dents occurred on campus, butdid not take place within thedormitories. There was onlyone alcohol related arrestlocated on public property in2009.There was also one drug vio-

lation, which led to a referralwithin the residence halls.The College’s security depart-

ment helps to prevent crime bypatrolling campus 24 hours perday. It also provides safe trans-portation for students andmonitors the security and firesystems regularly, Gariepy said. He also said the College

attempts to improve safety oncampus each year. This academic year, the

Belles Against Violence Officewas created to enhance cam-pus security. Swipe card accesswas added to Angela AthleticFacility and security cameraswere added to the Angela park-ing lot. Upgrades were also made to

the fire system, he said.In 2009, there

were not anyincidents of thefollowing: illegalweapons viola-tions, drugarrests, motorvehicle theft,a g g r a v a t e dassault, robbery,criminal homi-cide and non-forcible sexoffenses.“I believe

Saint Mary’sCollege has historically been asafe campus, but I also knowthat bad things can and dohappen in the safest of places,”Gariepy said. “It is importantfor us all to understand thatdangerous incidents, both nat-ural and manmade, can hap-pen at any time.”Gariepy encouraged students

to be familiar with the College’s“All Hazards” plan and to havea personal plan for survival ifan emergency situation shouldarise. “Our best protection from

harm is a mental alertness andpreparedness,” he said. According to the fire statisti-

cal report, there was only oneinstance of fire in 2009. Thefire took place in Holy CrossHall on Dec. 4 and was classi-fied as arson.To view the crime report visit

http://www3.saintmarys.edu/campus-safety/crime-statistics. Toview the fire report visithttp://www3.saintmarys.edu/campus-safety/fire-equipment-fire-drill-matrix.

SMC security officialsrelease crime statistics

By ALICIA SMITHAssociate Saint Mary’s Editor

Contact Alicia Smith [email protected]


“I would say on thewhole we should feel

good about theresults but

understand that westill have a challenge

in front of us.”

Gregory Sterlingdean

Graduate School

“Our best protectionfrom harm is a

mental alertness andpreparedness.”

David Gariepydirector

College security department

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Student Senate pledged officialsupport for peace efforts in theface of possible civil war betweenthe northern and southern partsof Sudan at its meetingWednesday. The northern and southern

parts of Sudan have been in con-flict for more than 50 years. In2005, the Comprehensive PeaceAgreement formally ended civilwar and scheduled a referendumfor Jan. 9, 2011. The citizens ofSouthern Sudan will then vote foror against secession from thecountry.Social concerns chair Patrick

McCormick presented a resolu-tion to Senate to officially supportall sustainable efforts forSudanese peace. The resolutionpassed unanimously. “We are trying to encourage

students to act on this,”McCormick said. “We hope thatwe can put pressure on thosewho have the opportunity toshape policy in the United Statesso they pay attention to theSudan.”The purpose of the resolution

was to officially engage the sup-port of the Notre Dame studentbody to work with this issue, he

said. “We need to continue spotlight-

ing the issue,” McCormick said.“We need to recognize that this isnot just another conflict, but onethat could define our generation.”The resolution comes after a

delegation from the SudanCatholic Bishops’ Conference vis-ited the Kroc Institute forInternational Peace StudiesTuesday. They presented on theurgency of the crisis in theirhome country.After their visit to Notre Dame,

the delegation will proceed toWashington, D.C., and New YorkCity to meet with governmentofficials and the United Nations.

McCormick said UniversityPresident Emeritus Fr. TheodoreHesburgh envisioned Notre Dameas both a crossroads and a light-house.“The fact that a conference of

Catholic bishops from Sudanwould come to Notre Dame isindicative of that crossroads,”McCormick said. “And right nowwe have an opportunity to be thelighthouse.”More information is available

at http://peaceinsudan.crs.org orthrough the Center for SocialConcerns.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION STUDENT SENATE

Students discuss localrestaurant discounts

During its meeting Wednesday,the College’s StudentGovernment Association (SGA)discussed a program that wouldgive Saint Mary’s, Notre Dameand Holy Cross students dis-counts at local restaurants.Student body president

Rachael Chelsey said letterswere sent out to local business-es, such as Chipotle, and shesaid hopefully many will start torespond. Members of SGA brainstormed

ideas for how to advertise andpublicize the discount programs.Some ideas include hangingsigns around campus, puttingfliers into every Saint Mary’sstudent’s mailbox, creating a fanpage on Facebook, installingtable tents in Noble Dining Halland putting the information onSaint Mary’s website.“The ultimate plan for this is

for it to begin after fall break.However, it is a matter of whenwe get responses from therestaurants and businesses,”Chesley said. “It might start offas a smaller program, but it is

important to look at how we canleave our mark.”The discounts offered from

each business will be left up tothe individual business’ discre-tion, she said. SGA also discussed the Pack

Saint Mary’s With You program,which will take place over fallbreak, said admissions commis-sioner Liz Busam. This program encourages

Saint Mary’s students to go backto their high schools and talkpositively about their experienceat the College. There will be stu-dents sitting outside the NobleDining Hall atrium with sign-upsheets. “This is a great way to gener-

ate that energy and pride wehave for Saint Mary’s,” Busamsaid.If students participate in the

program, their names will beentered into a drawing to win a$50 gift card to the new book-store, she said. If successful, the program

could continue over theThanksgiving or Christmasbreak.

Contact Kelly Murphy [email protected]

Contact Megan Doyle [email protected]

Members pledge for peace

By KELLY MURPHYNews Writer

By MEGAN DOYLENews Writer

TOM LA/The Observer

Members pay attention to, and participate in, discussionduring a Sept. 29 meeting of Student Senate.

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friendships because they arewhat get us through the con-stant pressures knocking onour door everyday.”Sophomore Elliott Pearce

focused on the body imageissues that face many malestudents.“Many people think eating

disorders and body imageissues only pertain to women,”he said. “They don’t realizethat guys have a lot of pres-sures too.”

Pearce said there is an ideathat men are supposed to bein control all the time andmany men choose to compro-mise their health in order tolive up to this ideal.“Manhood is not about phys-

ical appearance,” he said.“It’s about what you do withthe gifts you have.”Pearce offered the example

of Rudy, who fought againstall odds to make his dreamcome true.“Everybody has something

that they do that makes themwho they are,” he said. “Andthat’s where you should drawyour strength from.”Senior Nate Geary, a mem-

ber of the men’s swimmingand diving team, focused onthe pressures facing student-athletes.“We’re always told that we

are students first and athletessecond,” he said. “But a lot oftimes, this isn’t true or possi-ble.”Geary discussed another

stereotype that exists on cam-pus: “Domers” and “dumb-ers.”“People think that only stu-

dents are the actual Domers,while the student-athletes arethe dumbers,” he said. “Thereis definitely an added pres-sure in wanting to prove thisstereotype wrong.”Val Staples, a staff clinician

in the University CounselingCenter, concluded with solu-t ions on how to create ahealthy and supportive cam-pus.Staples said the best thing to

do is to sit down and talk to afriend that you think is havingdifficulty or feeling pressured. “There is no wrong way to

let someone know that youcare about them or are wor-ried about them,” she said.

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prospective student’s chanceof acceptance. Notre Damewas listed fifth, behind CornellUniversity. “This may cause some to

think that it’s easier to getadmitted by applying early,”Brown said. “The reality isthat we do have a higheracceptance rate for earlyaction applicants, althoughthat alone does not tell thewhole story.” In Fall 2009, there was a 42

percent acceptance rate dur-

ing early action, while theregular action applicant poolhad a 23 percent acceptancerate, a U.S. News & WorldReport press release stated.Brown said this discrepancy

occurred because of a differ-ence in the quality of theapplicant pools.“The academic quality of

the early-action admitted stu-dents is considerably stronger.That’s why we encourage stu-dents to apply early if, and weemphasize if , they have asuperior academic record,”Brown said. “Otherwise, it’sbest to get the best possibletest scores and grades intoyour file before applying in

the regular action cycle at theend of December.”Also published is a list of

national universities asranked by high school coun-selors from high school’s onU.S. News & World Report’s“America’s Best High Schools”list. Notre Dame was rankedNo. 13 by this group of coun-selors, tied with five otherschools.Notre Dame also sits among

the top five schools with thehighest four-year graduationrates, according to U.S. News& World Report.

Rankingcontinued from page 1

Contact Amanda Gray at [email protected]

appeal to students who areinterested in development andthe arts,” she said. “There is arich cultural tradition inSenegal, including dance andmask-making.”Opel also said the strong pres-

ence of Islam in the regionwould have an impact on stu-dents studying inSenegal, which is90 percentMuslim. “That should

prove to be ani n t e r e s t i n gdynamic,” shesaid.The program

will be small,with only threeto five studentsaccepted.“We see this as

a niche program.It is going to berelatively smallwith students who speak Frenchand want an African perspec-tive,” Opel said. Students applying to the pro-

gram should demonstrate aknowledge and understanding ofthe region, as it is very differentfrom any of the other Frenchlanguage sites that are offeredby OIS, she said. “It becomes very clear which

students are more comfortablewith a western program asopposed to one in Africa,” shesaid. “What the students tell usin the courses they take andtheir experiences will tell us ifthey are right for the region.”

Students who study in Dakarwill stay with a host family andtake classes at a university witha mix of African and NorthAmerican students.Students are required to take

at least two semesters of Frenchprior to studying in Dakar, andonce in Senegal, there will beseveral requisite courses thatwill help acclimate students tothe region, Opel said. “Depending on how students

place into courses, they willhave to take aFrench courseand one in Wolof,the local lan-guage,” she said.“There is also acore coursec a l l e dS e n e g a l e s eCulture andHistory.”Opel said trav-

el will also playan integral rolein the Dakar pro-gram, especiallyin relation to thehistory of slavery

in the country.“Throughout the semester,

there are trips such as one toGorée Island, where slaves werekept once they were broughtfrom different parts of Africa,”she said.In addition to their time in the

capital, students will also have aspecial opportunity to travel torural areas. Overall, she said the opportu-

nities for travel, the history andthe culture of Dakar will helpmake the program unique.

Senegalcontinued from page 1

Contact Sam Stryker [email protected]

Panelcontinued from page 1

Contact Emily Schrank at [email protected]

“We see this as aniche program. It is

going to be relativelysmall with studentswho speak French

and want an Africanperspective.”

Kathleen Opeldirector

Office of InternationalStudies

For example, after the earth-quake in Haiti last year, Towlewanted to fly immediately to thecountry to help, but that wasnearly impossible in the wake ofthe disaster.“I went on a run and said a

prayer to Mary that if she want-ed me to be there, then I wouldget there,” Towle said. “Literallywithin an hour, I had a call froma colleague who said he had aprivate plane with 4,000 poundsof medical supplies bound forHaiti. He asked me if I couldleave in 24 hours.”No matter how many medical

missions Towle completes, hesaid the purpose has to be forreasons solely related toimproving the conditions of oth-ers.“We’re not missionaries,” he

said. “We’re not there to dosomething for other people tomake ourselves feel better. Thatwould be for my own personalgood and not the commongood.”While Towle uses his medical

training to make a difference,Daniela Papi, a 2000 graduateof the University, lived inCambodia and created her ownorganization to serve the localcommunity.Papi founded PEPY, an organ-

ization that offers expeditions totourists while educating themon how they can contribute todevelopment in the area. It alsofunds educational programs forthe residents of rural Cambodia.“As Notre Dame students, you

have received the best educa-tion the country has to offer,”Papi told the students. “Untileveryone can receive this sameopportunity, a country of equali-ty for all is not possible.”Papi said she created her own

business model to serve theneeds of the Cambodian com-

munity she has come to recog-nize as her own.“We need to ask ourselves

how we serve the common goodthrough business,” she said.“We do a lot of giving away inthe United States, but we needto go a bit further. We need tolook at how we do business andwe have toimprove howwe do what wedo.”Papi said the

organ i za t i ongives bike toursto tourists ande n c o u r a g e sthem to donateto the schoolsand local com-munity afterexperiencing itfirsthand.“Our goal is

that when theyleave, they have changed theway they live and give,” shesaid.Terrence Keeley, a 1981 grad-

uate who founded his own sov-ereign advisory practice,Sovereign Trends, LLC,addressed how the commongood can be achieved in a capi-talistic system.One of the first things the

world needs to do to move for-ward from the current financialcrisis is stop doubting the cur-rent financial system, Keeleysaid. “There’s no way we can

approach this conversationabout the economy and thecommon good if we don’t placetrust in the system,” he said. Keeley is currently working to

establish the FinancialHippocratic Oath, which hehopes will operate like the“Golden Rule” of the worldeconomy.“Basically if you wouldn’t

want your competitor to do it toyou, you won’t do it to them,”he said. Keeley said no matter what

path Notre Dame students pur-sue after graduation, theywould inherently look forcareers with a higher purposebecause of their Notre Damebackground.“The bottom line is that you

will not be happy in your careerif you don’t do something that

links you back tothe good of thecommunity,” hesaid. J u d g e

K a t h l e e nKearney, whograduated fromthe University in1980, said nomatter whatcareer studentschoose aftergraduation, stu-dents shouldremember themoral of their

Notre Dame education. “You need to give voice those

who do not have it and repre-sent those who no one elsewants to represent,” she said. Kearney, who now works as a

clinical professor andresearcher at the University ofIllinois Urbana-Champaign,works with children in welfareservices. For these children, she said,

their “nightmares were theirreality.”She said many students might

encounter deplorable circum-stances and situations on theirpath to serve the common good.But she added that a NotreDame background would helpstudents complete their jobswithout getting bogged down innegativity. “You will also see great hope

everyday and it will get you upand will give you the strength todo it,” she said. “And you con-tinue to fight because you are amember of the Fighting Irish.”

BELLEMONT, Ariz. — A rareswarm of tornadoes shovedsemis off highways anddestroyed homes in the pre-dawn darkness Wednesday,leaving startled residents won-dering if they were in Arizonaanymore or had woken up in thetwister-prone Midwest.After one tornado rumbled

through Bellemont around 5:30with wind speeds of up to 110miles per hour, residents armedwith flashlights emerged fromtheir homes to check on thedamage — a house splintered,windows smashed, garage doorstwisted, but no major injuries."Running through the house,

all the Kansas movies gothrough your head telling you:'Move to the basement,'"Breanna Hunt said. "But wedon't have a basement."Another tornado struck min-

utes later east of the small townof a few hundred people nestledin the Ponderosa pines just westof Flagstaff. Weather forecastersconfirmed a total of fourtwisters, including one reportedaround noon along Interstate 17south of Flagstaff.National Weather Service

meteorologist George Howardsaid 22 tornado warnings wereissued Wednesday. The radarshowed many more twisterslikely formed but weren't con-firmed.Sparsely populated Arizona

typically has four tornadoes ayear, but rarely if ever seestwisters come in clusters andcause the kind of damage seenWednesday, meteorologists said."The hammering that north-

ern Arizona is getting right nowis exceptional," said NationalWeather Service meteorologistKen Waters in Phoenix. "It's notuncommon this time of year tohave one or two tornado reportsor a warning, but this is quite anoutbreak."The storm system moved

across the West over the last fewdays, dropping record-settingrain in northern Nevada, pound-ing Phoenix with hail and dump-

ing enough snow in the SierraNevada mountains to close ahighway pass.In Utah, two teenagers were

struck by lightning outside theirschool Tuesday. They were air-lifted to a Las Vegas hospital,where one regained conscious-ness Wednesday and a traumasurgeon predicted the otherwould recover but suffer majorscarring.The extreme weather came

from a low-pressure system thathas been parked over Centraland Southern California. Thesystem was expected to weakenas it drifts northward.Arizona, however, was the

hardest hit. On Tuesday, stormsripped out trees and broke win-dows in metropolitan Phoenix,flooded roadways, shut airportsand dented cars and shatteredwindows with hail bigger thangolf balls in some places.On Wednesday, semitrailers

were sitting along the side ofInterstate 40. High winds castdozens of cars of a freight trainoff the tracks in Bellemontaround 6:30 a.m. No one wasinjured and the cars did not con-tain any hazardous materials.About 30 homes were so badly

damaged that they were unin-habitable and the people wholived in them were evacuated,authorities said. A shelter wasset up for them.Minutes before the first torna-

do in Bellemont touched down,Jeff Cox was standing in hisgarage, his children nestled inbed. Rain and hail pounded hardagainst the windows and a fiercewind made it look like houseswere swaying.Then Cox heard a deafening

sound and ducked beneath aflatbed trailer carrying two all-terrain vehicles.The tornado struck, pushing

the trailer two feet, tearing offthe roof of nearly his entirehome and throwing it and otherdebris into the nearby forest."It was so loud, it sounded like

a big boom," his wife, Jennifer,said through tears, wiping waterfrom collectables she was tryingto salvage.

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“The bottom line isthat you will not be

happy in your careerif you don’t do

something that linksyou back to the goodof the community.”

Terrence Keeley1981 graduate

Often feeling marginalized inpolitical discourse or grousingthat they’re used as politicalpawns, they have the nation’sattention — and sympathy —after a recent spate of teenagesuicides and two apparentanti-gay attacks in the heart oftheir community.Same-sex marriage and gays

in the military remain on thepolitical front burner, but gen-eral education and anti-dis-crimination campaigns aredrawing a wider audience.While advocates hesitate toappear as if they’re capitaliz-ing on tragedy, some observerssay the political gains from itcould come naturally.Rep. Barney Frank, the

nation’s first openly gay con-gressman, drew a parallel tothe violent images of trainedanimals attacking civil rightsprotesters in the segregatedSouth — and how they helpedgalvanize white sentiment infavor of black civil rights.“The police dogs helped the

movement,” he said. “It’s whenbigotry shows itself at i tsworst that people respond.”Several teenagers from

Cali fornia to Rhode Islandcommitted suicide in the pastfew weeks, including NewJersey college student TylerClementi, who jumped off abridge into the Hudson Riverafter, prosecutors say, hisroommate and a friend secret-ly streamed his sexualencounter with a man on theWeb. New York police reportedtwo anti-gay assaults over theweekend, including one at thebar where riots credited withthe birth of the modern gayrights movement took place.Sympathy and outrage have

manifested themselves in cam-pus vigils, viral videos by thelikes of Ellen DeGeneres, a callfor awareness by comedianMargaret Cho on “DancingWith the Stars,” and even statelegislation addressing the NewJersey case. Politicians includ-ing U.S. Sens. FrankLautenberg and RobertMenendez attended a“statewide town meeting” atRutgers on Wednesday night inhonor of Clementi and bullyingvict ims elsewhere in NewJersey.Political strategists think the

tears and reflection might bean opportunity to advance gayrights.“Every once in a while,

there’s something about thevictim and the way it happensthat transfers from tragedyinto a teachable moment,” saidRichard Socarides, an adviserto President Bill Clinton on gayand lesbian issues.It’s not a moment of opti-

mism for al l gay rightsactivists.“There have been many

high-profile incidents of ado-lescent suicide, even pre-ado-lescent suicide where kidshave ended their own livesbecause of despair and hope-lessness,” said Ethan Geto, alobbyist who works on gayrights issues. “This has not yetled to a comprehensive, trulymeaningful social-slash-gov-ernmental reaction.”But there are signs this time

might be different.Christian A. Berle, deputy

executive director of the LogCabin Republicans, a gay GOPgroup, noted that the conser-vative tea party movementthat has captured much of theRepublican zeitgeist has notfocused as much on social

issues as has the party estab-lishment.“A lot of them are saying

that these fiscal issues shouldbe the foremost concern,”Berle said. “Time and time I’veheard that banning gay mar-riage would not give anyone ajob; banning gays from servingin the military is not going togain any jobs.”Billy Kluttz, a co-president of

the gay student organizationat the University of NorthCarolina in Chapel Hill, saidhis organization is holding avigil Thursday to honor thesuicide and assault victimsand spread awareness of vio-lence that can confront younggays.Straight students he talks to

are sympathetic about whathappened to Clementi, the stu-dent at New Jersey’s RutgersUniversity, he said.“People are more receptive,”

Kluttz, a junior from Concord,N.C., said. “We use that forbuilding more ally support.”The suicide problem, like

bullying, has long been amajor concern among rights

groups and carefully trackedby gay-oriented media outlets,but the widespread attentionis new — even as formerly far-fetched ideas like legalized gaymarriage have become realityin some places.“While we have openly gay

politicians and gay characterson television, the reality of lifestill seems dire for some ofthese young people,” saidMichael Cole, spokesman forHuman Rights Campaign, anational gay rights group.Despite increasing tolerancefor gays on some fronts, themost-heard insult at schoolsis, “That’s so gay,” he said.Hate-crime laws came into

being in several states afterMatthew Shepard, a gay, 21-year-old student at theUniversity of Wyoming, wasfound beaten and tied to aremote fence post in 1998.In the time since then, gay

rights have become a mainstayin the national political con-versation — but marriage andthe military have gotten themost attention and seen keycourt victories in both areas.

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courage unless you’re scared.”

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“The vitality of thought is in adven-ture. Ideas won’t keep. Something

must be done about them.”

Alfred North WhiteheadEnglish philosopher

Vote the bums outRemember, remember the fourth of

November. Remember how the politi-cians in Washington ignored you timeand time again. Remember the emptypromises of economic recovery andjob growth.Remember howthey covered upthe facts andforced a half-baked healthcarebill down your throat. Remember thebank bailouts and the rewards theWall Street fat cats received from thefederal government for crashing theeconomy. Remember the trillions ofdollars added to the deficit in the lasttwo years. Remember the bungled oilspill response. Remember the soldierswho have died fighting inAfghanistan. Remember the blatantencroachments on states’ rights.Remember all your unemployed andstruggling neighbors. Remember allthe lies congressman and senatorshave peddled to you about theirintentions. There are many griev-ances to remember this November asall of us (hopefully) go to the ballotbox. It is time to clean house. We are at

the political tipping point of our gen-eration and the future of the UnitedStates. Corrective measures need tobe taken now, especially when itcomes to the economy. The politiciansin Washington spend, spend, spend,but after all their “efforts” you and Iand everyone else haven’t seen anypositive results. We still have a hardtime finding a job after graduation.We still have to cut back our budgetslike it is the heart of the recession.Our parents are still struggling withjob security. Finding credit and loans

is still like looking for Carmen SanDiego. Higher taxes lurk on the hori-zon. Money is scarce and gettingmore worthless by the month. We arestill fighting the longest war in U.S.history. The borders are still notsecure and our enemies abroad growbolder by the day. This election wehave a duty to un-elect all the incom-petent incumbents who have failed touphold their stewardship of ournation. Democrats (primarily) andRepublicans alike should be held tothe fire. It doesn’t matter how longthey have served their states and howmuch money they have porked totheir constituents. We have to bandtogether to fix this mess, and we needthe direction of a fiscally conservativeapproach.There is only one way for us to get

out of this mess and that is to electpoliticians who will get the govern-ment’s big nose out of the economy.The more the government tries to“fix” things, the more problems it cre-ates. Government isn’t the solution, itis the problem. We can get out of thisslump. We’ve done it before. But, ifwe continue to vote idiots, thieves andliars into office we might not get outthis time. One of President Obama’sfew good quotes is that “we are theones we have been waiting for.” We,not the politicians, are the ones whoare going to pull ourselves out of thisrecession through our labor, ourintelligence and our talents. We arethe ones who are going to generatevast wealth again and maintain ourprestige as the most prosperous andinnovative country in the world.America has done so much in itsshort history, but our story doesn’thave to end here. We don’t have to

fall into decline and step aside for anew superpower to take our place.Our system has been assaulted, butthe fundamentals still remain. Thesame fundamentals that propelled ourpeople to prominence and dominanceare still here for us and generationsof Americans after us to utilize aslong as we fight for them every stepof the way. If we believe we can bethe best in the world, then nothingcan stop us from making that true. While we can’t elect the leadership

we desperately need in the WhiteHouse this November, we can at leaststop the bleeding created by theObama-Reid-Pelosi agenda. We needto stop the tax hikes and money burn-ing agenda items that aren’t helpingAmericans make a living. We should-n’t punish the rich and middle classwith higher taxes because all of uswill feel the after effects. We should-n’t reform healthcare insurance on alie that it will pay for itself and it willprovide the same quality of coverage.We can’t afford the prospect of capand tax, an economic crippler. Thereis a lot at stake this election. Vote forpeople that are going to be responsi-ble with our money and that stay outof our way when we try to createprosperity. We need to make a state-ment that we aren’t happy with thedirection of the country. Show thosepoliticians who really has the power. Down with Pelosi! Down with Reid!

Vote the bums out!

Mark Easley is a junior majoring incomputer science. He can be reached [email protected]

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INSIDE COLUMN

EDITORIAL CARTOON

I left The Observer offices in thebasement of South Dining Hall at2:30 a.m. one morning this fall, andas I reached South Quad and itswonderful cell phone reception, Ireceived a textfrom my girl-friend that, ina not-as-fami-ly-friendly way,asked “Why theheck do you doit? You’re a pre-med. You don’twant to be nor will you ever be ajournalist.”As I walked back to the greatest of

all university residence halls, St.Ed’s (we have a Yacht Dance), I wasleft pondering the question myself.After all, Shivani has a point. Icould easily spend many hours aweek working in a research lab ordoing other stereotypical pre-medthings instead of covering sports forthis venerable publication; in fact,those things were probably moreprudent. There’s a reason I chooseto do what I do … but what is it?It certainly isn’t the occasional

perks that come along with sportswriting, like covering a footballgame or two from the press box orgoing on the far-too-rare trip with ateam to the postseason. As nice asthey are, they’re usually outweighedby the tedium of laying out pagesand writing Observer staff reportsabout less-glamorous sports.As any Observer worker will tell

you, it’s definitely not the pay.In this day and age of Google

News, Twitter and other Internetsources, it’s not the pride thatcomes with producing the primarysource of news on campus. I don’t work for Viewpoint, so I

don’t have the joy of producing thesection of the paper that is easilythe second-most-desired invitationon campus (behind the aforemen-tioned Yacht Dance, of course). If it’s not any of those things, you

may ask, what is it? The answercame to me as I walked past thebrightly lit Dome. It’s the same rea-son that most of the students on thiscampus sacrifice hours of sleep forsome activity or another (except formy roommate, who does standupcomedy only for the attention). Infact, it’s the same reason I chose tocome to Notre Dame: the people. From the ever-entertaining (and

ever-distracting) Molly Madden, tothe always-helpful Meaghan Veselikand the ray of sunshine that is MollySammon, from the easily-amused-past-1 a.m. Laura Myers, to eventhe perpetually grumpy (in a usuallyfunny way) Douglas Farmer, thepeople that work and write for TheObserver make it more enjoyablethan an underpaying timesuckshould be.Matt Gamber may be a little bit of

a perfectionist when it comes to lay-ing out pages, and the rest of the EdBoard might have high standardsfor story quality, but the time I putinto this publication is more thanworth it thanks to the people withwhom I work. There are manywhom I didn’t mention … but thefact is, even at 2:00 a.m., TheObserver is a great place to be. Just ask my interhall writers.

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Stay for theAlma Mater

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Notre Dame upperclassmen, you’ve been receiving a lotof “commentary” regarding your fandom over the last fewweeks from alumni and underclassmen. I’ve seen youstick up for yourself, and I understand where you arecoming from. I know why you leave games early and havestopped cheering. This is my 7th year as a student here.Years 1 through 4 were 2001-05, meaning I saw teamsthat went 5-6, 10-3, 5-7 and 6-6 (including an appearancein the prestigious Insight Bowl). While I was lucky enoughnot to be a student during the 3-9 2007 season, I haveseen two 6-6 records since I returned to school here inthe fall of 2008. I understand disenchantment. This is myfirst letter to the Observer in my 7 years on this campus,and I want to let you all know one thing: stay for the almamater.In 2003, I was disenchanted.I love Notre Dame and was the guy who went to multi-

ple away games each season. I’ve been to Notre Damegames in Colorado, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey,Maryland, Massachusetts and Tennessee. But in 2003, Ileft two games early because of the beating that our teamwas taking (if you need to know, they were FSU (37-0) andUSC (41-14)). I thought that would show the team theyneeded to work harder and that they had disappointedme. But in the end, what I really learned was that being aNotre Dame student was more than being angry at ourfootball team for not winning. It’s about singing the fightsong, screaming on third downs and being with yourfriends. Most importantly, it’s about staying for the almamater and cheering for the school that you love. You havea finite time to stand in the student section, and you willnot think any moment there was a waste of time later inyour life. I challenge you all to stay for the next fourgames, no matter what happens on the field. Stay untilthe end and sing the alma mater with our team.Go Irish!

Joe Grahamalumnus

Class of 2005law student

Oct. 5

Wins are important, tooMs. Combs,As a double-domer, former history major, and

lifelong Notre Dame fan, I was both astonishedand disheartened by your article in today’sObserver (“When the breaks are beating theboys, Oct. 5). Despite your belief that “it’s aboutthe unity ... the spirit ... [and] the love that peo-ple al l over the country . . . feel for thisUniversity,” it is, undeniably, about the wins.Without the on-field successes of teams past,the contributions of our many hall-of-famecoaches and players, and the vision of FathersHesburgh, Joyce and others, the “unity, spiritand love” you cite would not exist. BeforeRockne and Leahy, and Gipp and Hornung, andall the rest of our famed footballers, this placewas little more than a missionary outpost; apart farm, part boarding school, part tradingpost; a place where Holy Cross priests, NativeAmericans and Catholic youths came togetherto achieve a very modest, and very limited goal.Today, of course, it is much more. And it is, invery large part, because Notre Dame was — formost of the 20th century — the premier footballprogram in all of America.By winning on Saturdays, Notre Dame gained

respect, prestige and power. It gained the loveand support of countless thousands of Irish andCatholics and laborers who — though neverhaving the chance to attend Notre Dame oreven visit South Bend — identified with ourschool’s mission and resolve; who were inspiredby our dedication to being the best at every-thing we do, and our determination to bothfight and win ... whatever the odds. Often, itwas these many people who gave so generouslyto our school; who, after listening to the Irishon the radio, would boast about “their” boys,and donate to Our Lady. By winning (and win-ning, and winning) in both this stadium andcities across the country, Notre Dame grew instature; and, in so doing, gave itself the oppor-tunity and authority to speak out against anti-Catholic sentiment, stand up for civil justiceand kick the Ku Klux Klan out of South Bend.Notre Dame is the place it is today because —

at least at one point in time — its administra-tion, faculty, students and supporters, allbelieved in a unique, and worthy mission: inbeing champions for Catholicism; in being thebest in everything we do, in every way we can— in spirit, in service, in academics, and, veryimportantly, in athletics. Notre Dame used thefootball field as a means to spread its mission,

and help others. Until roughly 1996, it succeed-ed. Now, it is changing; morphing into — at best— a kind of Catholic Disneyland; at worst, aplace without an identity, another top school,but nothing more — a “Catholic” Stanford, oran Ivy of the Midwest. Without football — without winning football

— the unique unity, spirit and love you and oth-ers feel will dissipate. The so-called “Subway”alums will disappear. The television money willdry up. The merchandise sales will decrease,and our Athletic Department will run in thered. Scholarships, service opportunities andgeneral donations will all diminish. And allthose traditions you hold dear (after just threehome football games) will be rendered mean-ingless. But most importantly, the voice andinfluence of this University will fade. When ourleaders, students and alumni speak out againstthe world’s atrocities, and for the betterment ofothers, fewer people will listen. Football canstill be our entre into America’s living rooms,and our spark for change; but only if we win.(Just think: were Notre Dame not a householdname and a football power, would Fr.Hesburgh’s noble and brave stance on socialjustice be so effectual? Would the picture ofhim, standing arm-in-arm with Martin LutherKing, Jr., be so powerful to so many? Would he— as the head of just another University —have been appointed to the Civi l RightsCommission?)Winning football was and is a vital part of

Notre Dame. And I hope that you — and therest of this increasingly apathetic student body— can come to understand, appreciate and rootfor that. Because believe me, the losses, they dostick with you. And they leave you sad. P.S. I invite you — if possible — to research

the history of Notre Dame football and itsimpact on the current University you are so for-tunate to attend. Murray Sperber’s “ShakeDown the Thunder” is a great start. But if youreally want to inform yourself, invite FatherBlantz out for coffee.P.P.S. I am, by no means, applauding the

stance of the upperclassmen you meant to callout. Theirs is an equally disheartening attitude.

Adam Fischeralumnus

Class of 2007law student

Oct. 5

Please recycleThe Observer.

A prayer worth knowing by heartIn the Catholic Church, today we

celebrate the memorial of Our Lady ofthe Rosary. It’s worth spending a littletime today, then, reflecting on a devo-tion that is at the same time beloved,scoffed at, and …well, ignored …by Catholics andnon-Catholicsalike.This past Monday night many fami-

lies from our parish of St. Josephgathered at a local funeral home topray the rosary with a long-timemember of our community whose hus-band died last week. Praying therosary together at a wake is a long-held custom in the Catholic Church.Just before the rosary began, directlybehind my husband and our childrenand me, a family sat down who hadbeen very good friends of the newwidow and her husband. I knew theyweren’t Catholic and probably had lit-tle familiarity with Catholic devotionalpractices, and I found myself some-what distracted by wanting to turnaround and whisper to them, “Can Iplease explain to you why this is real-ly neat, and very comforting, and notjust as strange and nonsensical as youmight be thinking right now?” I want-ed to help them feel more welcomeand more a part of the ritual that was

about to unfold around them.The rosary actually grew out of

quite practical origins, as have manyof our traditional Catholic practices.Many centuries ago most people,whether Christian or otherwise,couldn’t read at all, much less any-thing as complex as the Bible, soChurch leaders sought alternativeways to teach and to share the faith.Stained glass windows and statues ofsaints and characters from the Bible,replete with particular symbols toidentify each one arose from thisdesire to help people recognize andpass on, without words, the truths andpeople of our faith. The 150 HailMary’s of the rosary represent the 150Psalms of the Old Testament, whichthe monks could sing, read and prayover in their daily prayers, but whichmost others, illiterate, could not. Andeach set of 10 Hail Mary’s begins witha specific moment from the events ofthe birth, ministry, death or resurrec-tion of Jesus Christ.So now that we can read, why has

the rosary hung around as a prayerpractice in the church? For me, it’sconnected to a recurring phrase aboutthe Mary herself prayed about Jesusfrom Luke’s gospel. When a momen-tous event would happen in Jesus’life, Luke notes, “Mary kept all these

things, reflecting on them in herheart.” For one thing, the rosaryforces you to slow down, to reflect onthings in your heart. Even though weusually only pray 50 Hail Mary’s at atime, that’ll take a while, no matterhow fast you can go. In a world inwhich Google can instantly report howmany fractions of a second yoursearch just took, in a world in whichwe tap our feet impatiently in front ofthe microwave waiting on a 30-secondwarm-up for our coffee, we can cer-tainly benefit from a prayer which byits very framework takes at least fif-teen minutes to complete.As we sat in the funeral home, I

tried to put myself in the minds of thefamily behind us, listening to thisroomful of people of all ages repeatingthe same prayer ten times in a row,then after a brief interlude doing itagain … and again. Over time, I havecome to appreciate how repetitive,learned-by-heart prayers help us tofocus our attention while not requir-ing all our attention. As our UnitedStates Bishops said of the rosary, “Thegentle repetition of the words helps usto enter the silence of our hearts,where Christ’s Spirit dwells.” OnMonday night as I listened to theScripture stories about the beginningof Jesus’ life, praying “Hail Mary” and

“Our Father” and “Glory Be” gave methe opportunity to reflect on the lifewell-lived of a man who had deeplytouched many hearts in our parishcommunity.Can you remember the first time you

tried jogging or biking, or the firsttime you took a spinning or Pilatesclass? You may have felt dorky orawkward or just plain exhausted, andwondered, “Who thought that was agood idea?” However, if you perse-vered, perhaps you discovered a sur-prisingly compelling attraction to yournew workout, and even came to lookforward to the next time you couldparticipate. All prayer, but maybeespecially prayers like the rosary, willgrow on you like that if you give it theopportunity. Why not give the rosary atry? You never know where it mightlead you.P.S. Rosaries, and instructions for

praying the rosary are available foryou in the Campus Ministry Offices ofthe Coleman-Morse Center.

This week’s Faithpoint is written by KateBarrett, director of the Emmaus Program.She can be reached [email protected]

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

Kate Barrett

Faithpoint

The Department of Film,Television, and Theatre andthe Institute for Scholarshipin the Liberal Arts willpresent FTT Talks withTony Stoller tonight.Stoller was the regulatorof commercial radio in theUK until his retirement in2006. He has just pub-lished the definitive historyof the medium, in “Soundsof Your Life: The History ofIndependent Radio in the UK”,describing an experiment inblending commercial and pub-lic service which is unique inthe English-speaking world. A graduate of Cambridge

University, Stoller was award-ed a CBE by the Queen in 2003for services to broadcasting.He is currently a member ofthe Centre for Broadcasting

History Research and a visitingfellow at BournemouthUniversity’s media school, theeditor of The Friends Quarterlyand a member of both the UK’sC o m p e t i t i o n

Commission and theAdministrative AppealsChamber in the UK’s informa-tion rights Tribunal. He willdiscuss the history and currentstate of radio in Britain andelsewhere.Stoller first became interest-

ed in radio when he was givenone in his youth, and after heleft the University ofCambridge, he worked for a

newspaper before he became acommercial radio regulator. Asfor his tastes in music on theradio, he grew up listening toPaul Simon and the Beatles,

but his musi-cal love wasclassical. Healso listensto a lot ofj a z z

and hopes to hear a lot of bluesduring his time in the Midwest— where he’ll undoubtedly beasked one question.What do American accents

sound like to the British?“When I hear somebody with

an American accent, it soundsenergetic, it sounds lively andthrusting, and always courte-ous,” Stoller said. “There’snobody more polite or courte-

ous than a polite or courteousAmerican.”Stoller’s work in local radio

began with Independent LocalRadio (ILR). At that time, indi-vidual stations provided pro-grams and signals to transmit-ters owned by the regulator.Such work entailed licensingnew stations, checking broad-casting what license required

and dealing with

questions about advertisingcontrol and outlawing of spon-sorship. In this very detailedwork, he describes beginningto do bits rather than thewhole thing as he did later onin his career. In his book “Sounds of Your

Life: The History ofIndependent Radio in the UK”,he discusses an experimentfrom 1973 onward that took a

British model of radio andadded on the American modelof radio to find somewhat of amiddle ground. This modelworked well for more than adecade, with each stationmeant to be independent andfunded by advertising. In his talk, Stoller will also

discuss the differencesbetween American and Britishradio — two models that beganin the 1920s as fundamentallyand completely different. TheAmerican model, Stollerexplains, consists of com-mercial radio stationsfunded by advertising,which led to commercialtelevision. In Britain,however, the BBC wasentirely state-owned andstate-run. “You listen to the radio

while doing anything else, it’salways with you. Very simple,very inexpensive. It makes nodemands at all on anyresource, any number of peo-ple can listen to it,” Stollersaid. “It’s always there, it’svery cheap, and when it workswell, it tells you everything youneed to know.”


This month marks the 13thannual Chicago Artists Month.Every year, the ChicagoDepartment of Cultural Affairshosts events across the city inan effort to raise awarenessabout the arts in Chicago. Aspart of Chicago Artists Month,free gallery tours are offeredthroughout gallery districtsaround the city, such as theRiver North and West LoopDistricts.This past weekend I decided

to travel to Chicago and partic-ipate in the River North gallerytour. I had a wonderful timeand would highly recommendNotre Dame students to takeadvantage of these (free!)tours, along with other ChicagoArtists Month events going onthrough the end of October. We met our tour guide,

Martha Schneider, outside of aStarbucks, where we receivedour maps of the galleries wewould be visiting that morning.Schneider is the director ofSchneider Gallery, and sheprovided us with a lot of infor-mation before we headed outon our tour. In the past, sheexplained, River North used tobe a manufacturing area, buttoday it is the largest gallerydistrict in Chicago. Not toworry, though — the tours onlystop at galleries that are withina couple of blocks of eachother.Our first stop was ZG Gallery,

which shows works by emerg-ing contemporary artists. Itscurrent show, “Remnants of aRadiant Tomorrow: NewWorks,” is a solo show of oilpaintings and oil on vintagephotographs by Justin HenryMiller, a 2006 graduate ofNotre Dame’s MFA program.

Miller’s futuristic oils present adisquieting mix of mechanicaland organic elements, illustrat-ing the human and technologi-cal influence on nature today.Miller is a very talented youngartist, and it was wonderful tosee the artwork of a formerNotre Dame student; you cancome support Miller’s showthrough Oct. 23.We then walked next-door to

David Weinberg Gallery. Thisgallery shows all media of con-temporary art, although ittends to focus on photography,as the gallery owner holds adegree in fine-art photography.Currently, David WeinbergGallery is showing the photog-raphy of David Burdeny, whosebackground is in InteriorDesign and Architecture.Burdeny’s very large imageshang in straight lines down thegallery walls and show scenesat locations in the United ArabEmirates, Italy, Egypt, China,Greenland and France. At first,I thought the photos must bemanipulated because theyhave such an eerie, atmos-pheric quality. But Aaron Ott,the director of the gallery,informed me that none of themhad been manipulated.Rather, Burdeny takes long-exposure photos on overcastdays, which allows for detailsto become washed-out and forelements in motion such as thesky and ocean to becomeblurred. In my opinion, thisshow would be enjoyable forall, especially for those with aninterest in travel. Be sure tomake a trip out to Chicagobefore it ends Oct.30.Our third gallery visit was to

the Architech Gallery, the onlyarchitectural gallery in thecountry, owner David Jamesonsaid. This gallery is showing anexhibition entitled “The House:Drawings for Residential

Architecture”, which runsthrough Dec. 25. Althougharchitectural drawings are notmy favorite medium, theowner was very interesting totalk to, and I think architecturestudents would especiallyenjoy this show featuringdrawings by architects likeFrank Lloyd Wright, FrankGehry and Abel Faidy.Although we were running

low on time, we managed aquick stop at the last gallery,Schneider Gallery. Owned byour tour guide, this galleryspecializes in contemporaryphotography. Its current exhi-bition is called “In-Between”and features photography fromRania Matar and Natan Dvir,who hail from Lebanon andIsrael, respectively. Their pho-tographs depict images ofteenagers from America andthe Middle East. The showseems to emphasize the simi-larities among these teenagersrather than the many differ-ences; two photographs hang-ing side-by-side show aBostonian teenager and anIsraeli teenager applyingmakeup, one girl wearing tornjeans and the other a burqa.The juxtaposition of all of theseimages helps to create anevocative exhibition, runningthrough Oct. 30.October is packed with spe-

cial events around the city,including workshops, “art-walks” around other Chicagoneighborhoods, open houses,and exhibition openings. Formore information on Chicagogalleries in general and onChicago Artists Month, you canvisit www.chica-gogallerynews.com andwww.chicagoartistsresource.org.

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Thursday, October 7, 2010

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Hailing from Mesa, Ariz., thepop-punk veterans of JimmyEat World have a legacy of cre-ating albums that combinedriving rhythms and massivehooks with introspec-tive, poignant lyrics.Most famous for the2001 breakthrough sin-gle “The Middle” and itsaccompanying video, theband’s newest full-length, “Invented,” canbe accurately viewed asa combination of its pre-vious studio efforts.This makes sense given the

fact it is also the band’s firstrecord produced by MarkTrombino since “BleedAmerican,” the album thatspawned “The Middle.”Trombino also producedJimmy Eat World’s two albumsprevious to “Bleed” and cut

some tracks with the band for“Futures,” the 2004 follow-upto “Bleed American.”Opening with strummed

acoustic guitar and loopedhandclaps, “Heart Is Hard toFind” introduces the listener toboth the sonic and lyricalthemes of the album as lead

singer Jim Adkins croons, “Ican’t compete with the cleareyes of strangers / I’m moreand more replaced / By myfriends each night.” A stringpart toward the end of the songhelps to build intensity, but thetone of the song remains some-what restrained throughout.

Second track andfirst single “My BestTheory,” however,erupts immediatelyand soars on acrunching riff that isrepeated throughoutthe song. The songcalls to mind recentFall Out Boy singles,but with less popand more bite. After the stark

musical contrast ofthe first two songs,

“Evidence” falls somewhere inthe middle, with more sub-dued, pensive verses and a big,loud chorus. This dichotomyseems to be a consistent themein Jimmy Eat World’s workthat stretches across most oftheir albums. The band tendsto favor more laid-back, even

atmospheric instrumentationjust as much as they favorloud, distorted power chords intraditional pop-punk form.Another track that splits time

between both sides of thisdichotomy is the seven-minute-long title track that begins withAdkins’ voice, an acoustic gui-tar and the consistent thump ofa bass drum before explodinginto a full-band rock songabout five minutes in. The songthen returns to the more sub-dued acoustic instrumentationbefore giving way to albumcloser “Mixtape.”“Mixtape” opens with thun-

derous percussion from ZachLind before dropping down tosimply Adkins’ voice and whatsounds like a drawbar organ.About six-and-a-half-minuteslong, the song — and album —

ends with Adkins repeating,“You don’t get to walk away,walk away now.”“Invented” features female

vocals (provided by CourtneyMarie Andrews and RachelHaden) on many tracks, some-thing that is especially interest-ing because several songs

seem to possibly be writtenfrom a female’s point of view,namely “Cut,” and “Stop.”Additionally, the album art andliner notes all feature picturesof a woman in everyday situa-tions.Lyrically, “Invented” might be

the best sum of the album’sthemes concerning romance,the lack thereof, and life ingeneral. “There’s a cinematicend / I picture it just right /Having trouble with the rightwords / But you tell me withyour eyes / There’s somethinggood I miss / Something I cant’find…” Adkins sings. Specifically, this echoes the

song “Movielike,” quite possi-bly the album’s strongest track,and certainly one of the bestlyrically. The songs sounds“made for radio” in that it has

a catchy hook and a huge cho-rus, but that doesn’t mean itlacks depth. Utilizing short phrases in the

songs’ verses, Adkins gives avery visual narrative of a sub-sistence in which there is“nothing movie-like, nothingmagic.” This type of narrative

is typical of Adkins,who writes neither inconcrete details nor inabstractions, but rathersomewhere in between.All in all, “Invented”

is an extremely strongalbum by a seasonedband. Of the twelvetracks, there are onlytwo that don’t entirely

click. “Higher Devotion,” analmost “Michael Jackson-esque” dance-pop number is adefinite dud. Also, “ActionNeeds an Audience,” whileinteresting because it featureslead vocals from guitarist TomLinton, who hasn’t sung on aJimmy Eat World album intwelve years, simply feelsincomplete.If you have ever enjoyed any-

thing by Jimmy Eat World, youwill almost certainly enjoy thisalbum. As a side note, for any-one not cramming formidterms who’s looking forgood music on a Thursdaynight, Jimmy Eat World is play-ing the Riviera Theater inChicago tonight.

By CHRIS COLLUMScene Writer

Contact Chris Collum at [email protected]

AcousticafeLaFortune Basement10 p.m.Free

Come and hang out with yourfriends tonight at the LaFortunebasement and enjoy the l ivemusic of some of the best stu-dent performers on campus. It’sa great way to take a break fromstudying for midterms and relaxfor a while with food, friendsand great entertainment. Thebest part? It’s free. Don’t miss it!

‘Invented’

Jimmy Eat World

Label: InterscopeBest Tracks: “Coffee andCigarettes,” “Invented”

SAN FRANCISCO — TimLincecum emerged as themost dominant pitcher in theNational League in his firsttwo ful l major league sea-sons . Back- to-back NL CyYoung Awards. Two All-Starselections, 526 strikeouts. Allby the age of 25.Now, the 16-game winner

for the San Francisco Giantsgets to take the ball for hismost important s tar t yet :Game 1 of the division seriesagainst the wild-card AtlantaBraves on Thursday night atAT&T Park.Postseason veteran Derek

Lowe (16-12) will go for theBraves , who reached theplayoffs with a dramatic 8-7win over the Phi ladelphiaPhillies on the season’s finalday to extend manager BobbyCox’s farewell season.It took big performances by

Lincecum’s supporting cast toget the Giants back to theplayof fs a f ter a s ix-yearabsence. They won the NLWest despi te endur ing acareer-worst five-start losingstreak by their ace in August.Lincecum came through overthe final month and hopes tocarry that momentum into hisplayoff debut.San Francisco manager

Bruce Bochy knows Cox willbe prepared for anything andeverything. The 69-year-oldCox is retiring after the sea-son. He led At lanta to 14

straight division titles but theBraves are back in the play-offs this season for the firsttime in five years.“I revere this guy so much

with what he’s done and whathe’s accomplished,” Bochysaid. “It’s going to be good tosee him, I will say that. I doknow that you have to playyour best bal l to beat thisteam. You’re not going to sur-pr ise Bobby. He’s a greatmanager.”Nei ther team planned to

f ina l ize i t s ros ter unt i lThursday’s deadline. At 91-71, the Braves finished withone fewer win than theGiants . Both teams playedcatch up in September, withAtlanta losing the NL East tothe defending league champi-on Phillies.The Braves won a majors-

best 25 games in their finalat-bat.Lincecum finished his up-

and-down year by winningfive of his last six starts fol-lowing the skid. He beat theBraves way back on April 11in his second start of the year,then lost on the road Aug. 5.Atlanta catcher Brian McCannhas been one o f severalBraves to regular ly h i tLincecum, going 8 for 21 witha home run and three doublesagainst the hard-throwingrighty.There’s thought some hit-

ters have begun figuring himout.“If you look at from when

he got drafted, through the

minors and all the way up tothis point, he’s always beenjust a power p i tcher andgoing out there on pure abili-ty, pure talent,” Giants reliev-er Serg io Romo sa id o fLincecum. “The last coupleyears, he’s having success asa complete pitcher, showinghe does have more thanunbelievable talent. He has itupstairs, he has work ethic.Everyone goes through theirslumps, so for him to have thedowns that he had this yearand to bounce back and finishas strong as he has, you’dexpect a pitcher of his caliber

to be able to bounce back aswell as he has. He definitelycame out a bigger, better guyupstairs. It’s pretty cool.”Al l the numbers and

matchups mean l i t t le now.The Braves are p laying toextend their special year forCox. The Giants have made itthis far without a superstarlike their old Barry Bonds-ledteams.“This year we made every

effort to put together the bestteam we could and do every-thing we could to improve onlast year’s record and be con-tenders all through the sea-

son,” said second-year SanFrancisco managing partnerBill Neukom. “So far so goodis all you can say.”Lincecum’s funk was the

first prolonged rough stretchof his career. It wore on himmental ly, but he f ina l lyworked out of it. Bochy hassaid Lincecum has emerged abetter pitcher because of hiss truggles , which the 10thoveral l draf t p ick in 2006never experienced in his daysat the Univers i ty o fWashington or in a br ie fminor league career along theway.

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MLB

Lincecum ready for playoff start against Braves

MLB

Wade to travel with Heat despite leg injury

MIAMI — Dwyane Wade wasoff the court, perfecting the artof taking scoop shots fromunderneath a side basket andgetting them to fall through thenet without touching the rim.That’ll be the extent of his

basketball work for the nextweek or two.Wade’s ailing right hamstring

was no better on Wednesday,one day after his preseasondebut was cut short following astint that lasted a mere 3 min-utes, 17 seconds. Sore when hewent to bed after the game,sore when he got upWednesday morning, sore asthe day went along.

“Today is the first day of theroad to recovery,” Wade saidas his teammates f inishedpractice.He walked stiffly Wednesday,

but was on his feet for anextended period of time, whichsome in the gym took as a goodsign. There’s still no clear indi-cation how much time Wadewill miss — coach ErikSpoelstra said he’l l be re-evaulated in a week, Wade isbracing to miss up to twoweeks, LeBron James said itmight be a few weeks beforequickly adding “if less.”Spoelstra said he thought

Wade would receive an MRI;Wade said no test was sched-uled. The only thing everyoneis on the same page on is per-

haps the most important thing:If an injury is going to strike, itmay as well happen nowbefore the grind of the 82-game season — and, the Heathope, well beyond — finallybegins.“They assembled the team

the right way,” James said.“The front office and coachSpo and Pat (Riley, the Heatpresident), they assembled theteam the right way for the longhaul. Right now, we’ve got aguy out, a great player that’sout right now and probably beout for a few weeks, if less.And we’ve got guys who canstep up.”Wade got hurt while trying to

defend Detroit ’s RichardHamilton and running around

a screen set by the Pistons’Ben Wallace. As Wade rantoward the foul line from thelow post, he grabbed the ham-string, motioned to the bench,then reached again for theback of his leg with his righthand.When the ball came his way

after a deflection off TayshaunPrince’s foot, Wade wouldn’tstop reaching for the leg. Hescooped up the loose ball withhis left hand and — in onemotion — tried throwing a 45-foot pass to James headingdown the other end in transi-tion, still tugging at his ham-string with the right. The ballwent out of bounds momentslater, and Wade limped to thebench.

“Hopefully it’s not too bad,”Spoelstra said. “Right now,we’l l treat it , hoping itresponds quicker.”Wade will travel with the

Heat later this week for pre-season games at Kansas City(against Oklahoma City) andSan Antonio this weekend, butwill not play.“I know the offense, I know

the defense and I know theseguys,” Wade said. “Me fittingin, it won’t be a problem at all.... We’re still building some-thing here, off the court as wellas on the court. We’re gettingto know everybody and I’m stilla teacher. I can teach theseguys and get my therapy whileI’m there, so I wouldn’t eventhink about not traveling.”

Associated Press

Associated Press

AP

Giants starting pitchers Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum and Jonathan Sanchez look on during practiceWednesday in preparation for San Francisco’s game against Atlanta Thursday.

PHILADELPHIA — Talkabout a postseason debut.Roy Halladay threw the sec-

ond no-hitter in postseasonhis tory, leading thePhiladelphia Phillies over theCincinnati Reds 4-0 in Game1 of the NL division series onWednesday.Don Larsen is the only other

pitcher to throw a postseasonno-hitter. He threw a perfectgame for the New YorkYankees in the 1956 WorldSeries against Brooklyn. The54th anniversary of Larsen’sgem is this Friday.“It’s surreal, it really is,”

Halladay said. “I just wantedto pitch here, to pitch in thepostseason. To go out andhave a game like that, it’s adream come true.”Halladay took the Year of

the Pitcher into the postsea-son. The excitement spreadbeyond Citizens Bank Park —the last two outs were shownon the video board at TargetField, where the Twins wereprepar ing to p lay theYankees, and Minnesota fanscheered.The All-Star right-hander,

who tossed a perfect game atFlorida on May 29, dominatedthe Reds with a sharp fastball

and a devastating slow curvein his first playoff start.The overmatched Reds

never came close to a hi t .Halladay allowed only runner,walking Jay Bruce on a fullcount with two outs in thefifth, and struck out eight.Halladay spent 12 seasons

with Toronto, far from thepostseason. A trade last off-season brought him to thedefending two-time NL cham-pions , and gave h im th ischance.“This i s what you come

here for,” Halladay said. “It’sa good team, they know howto win. ... It’s been a greatyear, a fun year, we obviouslyhave a ways to go.”With a sellout crowd stand-

ing in the ninth and chanting“Let’s Go, Doc!” Halladay gota loud ovat ion when hejogged to the mound to startthe inning.Ramon Hernandez popped

out to second baseman ChaseUtley for the first out. Pinch-h i t ter Miguel Ca iro thenfouled out to third basemanWilson Valdez.Hal laday then ret i red

Brandon Phillips on a tapperin front of the plate to end it.Catcher Carlos Ruiz pouncedon the ball, getting down onhis knee as the ball rol lednear Phillips’ bat, and made

a strong throw for the finalout.Halladay pumped his f ist

into his glove as Ruiz rushedto the mound. Just like catch-er Yogi Berra d id wi thLarsen, Ruiz started to jumpinto Halladay’s arms. UnlikeBerra, Ruiz didn’t wrap uphis pitcher in a bear hug.“ I fe l t l ike we got in a

groove early,” Halladay said.“Carlos has been great al lyear, he helps me get into arhythm ear ly, throwingstrikes.”Phi l l ies aces Roy Oswal t

and Cole Hamels ran out ofthe dugout s ide-by-side tocongratulate the other mem-ber of Philadelphia’s Big 3.Pretty soon, everyone in aPhillies uniform was part ofthe victory party.Phi l l ies shortstop J immy

Rol l ins made the toughestplay to preserve the no-hitter,going deep in the hole andmaking a s trong throw toret i re Joey Vot to in thefourth.Pitcher Travis Wood hit a

s inking l iner to r ight thatJayson Werth caught in theth ird . P inch-h i t ter JuanFranc isco h i t a hardgrounder up the middle in thes ix th , but Ro l l ins scootedover and made it look easy.There were five no-hitters

in the majors th is year aspitchers dominated. But fiveno-hit bids got broken up inthe ninth inning, too.Halladay became the fifth

pitcher to throw two no-hit-ters in the same year. Hejoined Nolan Ryan (1973) ,Virgi l Trucks (1952) , Al l ieReynolds (1951) and JohnnyVander Meer (1938).The las t t ime a p i tcher

came close to a no-hitter inthe postseason was quite awhi le ago . Boston’s J imLonborg went 7 2-3 inningsagainst St. Louis in the 1967

World Series before JulianJavier broke up it with a dou-ble.The Phillies led the majors

in wins (97) for the first timein franchise history, capturedtheir fourth consecutive divi-sion title and are trying tobecome the first NL team in66 years to win three straightpennants.They are prohib i t ive

favorites in this best-of-fiveagainst the NL Central cham-pion Reds, who are makingtheir first postseason appear-ance since 1995.

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Roy Halladay throws postseason no-hitter

AP

Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay celebrates with catcher Carlos Ruiz following his no-hitter, a 4-0 victory against Cincinnati Wednesday.

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NFL

Browns’ T.J. Ward fined by NFL for penaltyBEREA, Ohio — T.J. Ward’s

“cheap shot” was costly.For delivering a nasty blow

to an opponent’s head, theNFL belted the Browns’ rookiesafety in the wallet.Ward, who in just four

games as a pro has developeda reputation as a ferocioustackler and fearless talker,was fined $15,000 Wednesdayfor his helmet-to-helmet hiton Cincinnati wide receiverJordan Shipley during thefourth quarter of the Browns’win on Sunday.Ward conf irmed he was

f ined, but he would notdivulge the amount. However,a person familiar with the sit-uation told The AssociatedPress that the league assessedWard the $15,000 penalty forramming Shipley, who wasknocked out briefly and sus-

tained a concussion.The league wi l l not

announce i ts disc ipl ine onWard until Friday.A split-second after Shipley

failed to catch a pass fromBengals quarterback CarsonPalmer in the end zone, Wardunloaded on the rookie wide-out, sending him sprawling tothe turf. Ward claims he ledwith his right shoulder, butTV replays clearly show himmaking contact with Shipley’shelmet.

“I just tried to make a playand unfortunately he gothurt,” Ward said before prac-tice. “It’s part of the violentgame we play. If you play thatposition, it kind of comes withthe territory.”The Bengals weren’t pleased

and following the game, bothPalmer and wide receiverTerrell Owens accused Wardof a dirty play.“I just hate to see a guy get

hi t l ike that in the head,”Owens said. “For him to take

a cheap shot like that, that’suncalled for.”Browns coach Eric Mangini

defended Ward, saying it wasan aggressive play — nothingmore.Owens countered with a

personal shot at Mangini.“Look who i t ’s coming

from,” Owens told Bengalsteammate Chad Ochocinco inan interview on VERSUS inadvance of the premiere ofthe “The T.Ocho Show.”“Probably 90 percent of his

players don’t l ike him(Mangini) anyway. “I don’tlike him. We got to see himagain anyway, so we’l l seewho’s going to do some cheapshots next game.“Hit me like that.”The Browns v is i t the

Bengals on Dec. 19.Ward insists he didn’t inten-

tionally try to injure Shipley.As he came across the endzone, Ward said he saw theball and Shipley and actedinstinctively.

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HOUSTON — Brian Cushinginsists he hasn’t lost a step. TheTexans will find out soonenough.The Houston linebacker

returned to practice onWednesday for the first timesince his four-game drug sus-pension, saying he’s eager toplay again after feeling “help-less” at times watching histeammates on the field.Coach Gary Kubiak said

Cushing will play for the Texans(3-1) against the New YorkGiants (2-2) on Sunday.Cushing said he’ll use the rest

of the week to sharpen his foot-ball techniques and relearnHouston’s defensive calls andschemes.“I’m back,” Cushing said. “It’s

going to be the same old (No.)56 running around. It’s what Ido. I take a lot of pride in play-ing football, and I want to be thebest at it. Hopefully, I cannotskip a beat, come in Week 5,and be the player I’d be in Week1.”Kubiak said he’s concerned

that Cushing is about 250 real-game snaps behind the otherdefensive starters. But Cushinghas proven before that he cancatch up in a hurry after missingpractice time. He sat out everypreseason game last year, thenled the team in tackles in its firstfour regular-season games.“He’s always handled himself

well with the team, he’s alwaysbeen very accountable in hispreparation and his work,”Kubiak said. “It’s not like youhave a player who we’re fightingto get in here and work and takecare of his business. This guy isworking all the time, so that’snot a problem.”Cushing wasn’t shy about

sharing what he did in hismonth away from the team.Videos posted on YouTube in

recent weeks show Cushingworking out in a New Jerseygym, with hard-rock music play-ing in the background. Cushingturns over a giant tire, bench-presses a 347-pound barbell,dead-lifts weights attached toheavy chains and pushes aweighted sled.Cushing said he worked out

about 3-4 hours a day during hissuspension, including physicaltherapy and studying film ofTexans’ games. He took Sundaysoff, and decided not to watch thelive broadcasts of Houston’sgames after the opening winover Indianapolis.“I couldn’t really watch the

games anymore, just from thefact of not being able to be outthere and not being able to helpthe team,” he said. “It’s kind of ahelpless feeling. I played golf,and tried to get my mind off it.But I was on my cell phoneevery single second, checkingthe score updates.”Cushing was suspended in

May after testing positive forHCG, a drug on the league’s listof banned substance. Cushingsays he never took the drug,which can be used to restarttestosterone production after asteroid cycle, and has no ideahow it got into his body.He said during training camp

that he has a unique medicalcondition — “overtrained athletesyndrome” — that led to thepositive test. Cushing said thesyndrome can trigger hormonalspikes after breaks in training.The NFL denied on appealbased on the argument.Cushing would not address

questions about his medical con-dition on Wednesday, other thanto say he was relieved to finallyhave the suspension behind him.“It’s peace of mind,” Cushing

said. “The last two weeks, it wasgetting to me a little bit. I was alittle on edge. Now, I’m back todoing what I do, and it’s a reallymind-clearing kind of feeling.Now, I’m home.”Cushing said he’s talked to

Texans left tackle Duane Brown,who was suspended for fourgames on Sept. 21 for also vio-lating the NFL’s banned sub-stance policy. Brown is eligibleto return for the Texans’ Nov. 1game at Indianapolis.“I just reached out to him and

said if he had any questions, letme know,” Cushing said. “Iknow what he’s going through. Igave him some positive encour-agement, told him to keep hishead up and time will pass, andhe’ll be back on the field again.”Cushing was Houston’s first-

round draft pick in 2009. He

had 133 tackles, four sacks andfour interceptions last season towin The Associated PressDefensive Rookie of the Yearaward. He retained the honorafter a revote following his sus-pension.He’s motivated now to show

skeptics that his performancelevel hasn’t tailed off.“I feel like I have something to

prove every time I step on thefield,” he said. “I’m sure somepeople will be looking for drop-offs and stuff like that, but noth-ing like that is going to happen.Come Sunday, I’ll be right backout there again, and I’m lookingforward to it.”The Texans need Cushing to

return to form as soon as possi-ble. They rank last in totaldefense (408 yards per game)and have given up several bigpass plays. Houston has alsolacked a consistent pass rusherother than defensive end MarioWilliams, who has five of theteam’s nine sacks.

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Cushing returns after four-game suspension

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Texans linebacker Brian Cushing, 56, practices with teammatesbefore his first game since the end of his suspension Oct 6.

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Holmes happy to be backFLORHAM PARK, N.J. —

Santonio Holmes arrived at theJets’ facility before the sun evenrose, eager to get his day started.After not practicing for four

weeks due to a suspension, thewide receiver was downrightantsy to be on the field againWednesday. Even if it was only 6a.m.“I was a little upbeat this

morning,” he said. “I was upearly, walking the dog, got myselfsituated, driving to practiceready to go. I sat in meetings atattention. Everything was a littlebit different.”Holmes, acquired from

Pittsburgh in April, is expected tomake his regular-season debutfor the Jets on Monday nightagainst the Minnesota Vikings.He was forced to sit the first fourregular-season games by theNFL for violating the league’ssubstance abuse policy.“I’m ready to get the season

started for myself,” he said.While he hadn’t practiced since

camp ended, Holmes was able toattend meetings during his sus-pension. He used the rest of thetime to stay in shape — not toreflect on what he had done toput him in that situation.“To look in your eyes and be

honest with you, not 1 percent,”Holmes said. “I’ve been the sameperson since I stepped foot in theNFL. I’ll continue being the sameperson until I leave. I didn’t haveanything to think about.

Everything was already done inthe process. It’s time to play foot-ball now.”The former Super Bowl MVP

came to the Jets with some off-field issues other than the sus-pension. He was arrested in 2008for possession of marijuana andinvolved in a domestic violenceincident in 2006; the misde-meanor charges were later dis-missed.Holmes said those incidents

had no impact on his perform-ance on the field.“I made it to the Super Bowl

and won it, didn’t I?” Holmessaid. “That’s all I had to do withmyself. I didn’t have anything tothink about. I’m a football player.

What happens off the field hap-pens off the field. It doesn’t affectanything I do or what I’m capa-ble of doing.”Holmes will join an offense that

has already been solid throughfour games, with Mark Sanchezthrowing eight touchdown passesand no interceptions.“I think he’s going to be a huge

thing for us,” coach Rex Ryansaid. “He looks like he hasn’tmissed a beat. He looked good.”Not that being away was easy

for Holmes.“It’s a totally different mind-

set,” he said. “You can’t be in thesame mindset as a player. It’stough, you know, being an out-cast.”

NBA

Love, Webster guideTimberwolves to win

PARIS — Kevin Love andMartell Webster each scored 17points to lead the MinnesotaTimberwolves to a 106-100 winover the New York Knicks in anexhibition game Wednesdaynight.Anthony Randolph led the

Knicks with 14 points and AmareStoudemire added 11.Stoudemire, the Knicks’

biggest offseason addition, hitonly four of 11 field goalattempts. He scored 32 points onSunday when the Knicks beatItalian team Olimpia Milano 125-113.Stoudemire was surprised by

Minnesota’s defense.“We’re not used to seeing that

in preseason,” he said. “We defi-nitely committed too many fouls,something we talked about pre-viously.”The Timberwolves also won

their first European preseasontour game with a 111-92 victoryagainst the Los Angeles Lakerson Monday.Minnesota’s Michael Beasley,

who scored 21 points against theLakers, had 13 against theKnicks.“We got the flexibility, we got

the draft choices and free agentswe were looking at. We feel likewe are on our way to building ahigh-caliber team,”Timberwolves coach Kurt

Rambis said. “We got off to ahorrible start. We didn’t play wellat the beginning, that’s a simplefact, and then we did a prettygood job starting with the secondhalf.Love said his team needs to cut

out the mistakes.“After halftime, we cut down

on turnovers. We know we endedup with 30 plus (turnovers),which is atrocious to say theleast,” Love said. “We’re going tohave to clean that up. That’s partof us being a very young team.”Knicks guard Wilson Chandler

scored nine points to help histeam to a 29-22 advantage at theend of the first quarter.Minnesota got back into the

game after Stoudemire missed acouple of shots and was replacedby Danilo Gallinari after commit-ting his third foul.Beasley’s dunk off a rebound

tied the game at 40-40, beforeLove put them ahead with a tip-in. Gallinari’s 3-pointer then putthe Knicks back in front.The Knicks led 48-47 at half-

time, with Stoudemire getting sixpoints. Love had 11 andRandolph 10.The Timberwolves took a 72-

63 lead in the third quarter whenAnthony Tolliver made both freethrows after he had been fouledby France center Ronny Turiaf,who was playing in front of hishome fans at Bercy indoorarena.

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Jets receiver Santonio Holmes prepares before an Aug. 27preseason game against the Redskins.


how good it would be to win.”A desire to play winning

golf is clearly not the issuefor the Ir ish. Having beenaround the game for a while,including an 18 month stintat Duke Univers i ty as anassistant golf coach prior totaking the job at Notre Dame,Kubinski speaks from experi-ence in saying he believes inthe competi t ive f ire of hissquad.

“These guys want to win sobadly,” Kubinski said. “I’venever been around a morecompetit ive group of guys,

even going back to my days atDuke.”

The point of emphasis dur-ing practice this week hasbeen in focusing this competi-t ive energy on the go l fcourse, and preventing dis-tractions from affecting NotreDame’s play.

“I’ve been telling the guys,‘just focus like it’s a Fridayaf ternoon at Warren, ’”Kubinski said. “People alwayswant to know who’s playingin the field next week, and Itry to downplay that and tellthem to just be yourself andgo play golf, and just let theresults fall where they may.”

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Freshman Jennifer Kellner returns a serve at the Eck Classic onOct. 3. This weekend the Irish leave for their first away meet.

going to be good to get gearedup for the season. It’s reallygood competi-t ion, so we’ l lbe playing thebest players inthe country. I’llbe able toprove that Ibelong there.”

The tr ip tothe West Coastrepresents thef irst awaymatch for theIrish thus far.Last weekend,the Irish com-peted in the Eck TennisClassic at home and tookhome two singles titles andone doubles t i t le in theprocess.

Frilling will look to continue

her history of domination indoubles play. Last season, sheand her partner, then-seniorKali Krisik, posted a 25-0record in the duals season,good for No. 1 in the nation.Mathews switched around

partners a gooddeal , but alsohad an impres-sive season indoubles. Shewent 2-0 withFri l l ing, 4-1with sophomoreC h r i s s i eM c G a f f i g a n ,and 3-3 witht h e n - s e n i o rColleen Reilly.

A l t h o u g hFri l l ing has ahigh ranking

and there is much expectedfrom her, she is not going intothe weekend with her sightsset too high. Rather than set-ting impossible goals, she justwants to play the best tennis

possible. If the past is any pre-dictor, that will be enough fora strong showing, if not a win.

“I ’m not going to go inexpecting that I’m going towin,” Fri l l ing said. “I just

want to go out there andplay.”

The remainder of NotreDame’s team is still on campuspreparing for RegionalQual i fy ing in Ann Arbor,

Mich. , hosted by theUniversity of Michigan on Oct.21-22.

“I’m not going to go inexpecting that I’mgoing to win. I just

want to go out thereand play.”

Kristy FrillingIrish junior

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for his chance on Saturday.”Returning kicks is a mental

exercise, Kel ly said, andJackson has the right mentali-ty to do it well.“You’ve got 11 guys running

downfield real fast with equip-ment on, and if you’re thinkingabout that, you’re probably

going to be slow out of thegates,” Kelly said. “You’ve gotto hit it, and he’s got that abil-ity where he’s a bit fearlessfrom that standpoint. So ittakes a different kind of guy todo that.”

Jackson also pointed to fear-lessness as a key aspect ofreturning.“You just have to read your

blocks and work hard in prac-tice and go,” he said. “Youcan’t be scared to take a hit.You have to run full speed andhit the hole.”For Jackson, “full speed”

means very fast. He was NewJersey state champion in the110-meter hurdles in his sen-ior year, and cracked the 14-second mark in the race morethan once. He said he might beone of the fastest players onthe team.“I’m up there,” Jackson said.

“I would think that I am, but Idon’t know. There are a fewguys that are up there too.”In fact, he would like to run

track for Notre Dame — ifKelly will let him.“I would like to, but I’d have

to ask coach,” he said.For now, though, Jackson is

focused on returning kicks,with the possibility of gettingin the game at receiver. Hecurrently practices as an out-side receiver behind freshmanTJ Jones.“I think I have a good work

ethic and if I keep working I’llget [to wide receiver] eventu-ally,” he said. “I enjoy specialteams. It is something to do onthe f ield. Later on in mycareer I am sure I ’ l l get achance at receiver i f I ’mready.”

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pushing me every day,”Johnson said. “It’s a reallygood situation we have, andall three of us continue topush each other. I’ve tried tokeep the same mentality andkeep working hard, just doingmy best every day.”The sophomore i s no

stranger to the starting role,despite the fact that the Irishhad two juniors and one sen-ior goalkeeper on the rosterlas t season. Johnson tookover midway through theyear as the starter and posteda 10-13-5 record with a 2.60goals against average in 28starts. Johnson said his expe-rience being thrown into thestarting role as a freshmanserves him better as he startsoff his sophomore campaign.“I’m feeling comfortable in

there. I th ink the game iskind of slowing down for me,see ing th ings and makingreads and things,” Johnsonsaid. “My strength physicallyhas improved a lo t too . Ithink the game is just slowingdown a lo t for me, whichhelps a lot.”Johnson’s mettle as the man

in goal will be tested immedi-ate ly th is weekend as theIrish head to St. Louis to takepart in the season-openingWarrior College Hockey IceBreaker Tournament, wherethey are scheduled to take onHoly Cross in the openinggame Friday and face eitherBoston Univers i ty or

Wiscons in on Sunday.Johnson will have some helpagainst the three powerhous-es, however, as Ir ish headcoach Jeff Jackson said hewould try to get Summerhaysa s tar t over the weekendafter he did not dress for therecent scrimmage against theUniversity of Guelph.“[Summerhays] is a l i tt le

bigger, just as athletic. Hejust has be a little bit morecons is tent wi th h is p lay,”Jackson said. “I just wanthim not to give up squeakers,goals that go through him.He’s got to get a little tighterwith his stance, especially onrecovery. I think Steven’s gotgreat potential, but he’s justgot to keep working on cer-tain parts of his game.”Though the Irish are young

in goal, the preparation thatJohnson as well as the twofreshmen are putting in dur-ing practice has Jackson, aformer goalkeeper in h isplaying days, confident in hisoptions between the pipes.“ I th ink that las t year

[Johnson] proved he couldplay at this level,” Jacksonsaid. “Now it’s a matter ofhim being consistent to showthat he can be consistentlygood to be a No. 1 guy. Buthe’s go ing to have pret tyintense compet i t ion in myopinion with Summerhays.”Johnson and the rest of the

Irish squad will get underwayFriday against Holy Cross atScottrade Arena in St. Louisat 5:30 p.m.

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Freshman wide receiver Bennett Jackson returns a kick in NotreDame’s game against Boston College on Oct. 2.


since 2006, and only the team’ssixth win over the Hoosiers in31 meetings.The Irish struck early, as sen-

ior forward Jeb Brovsky scoredhis second goal of the season,punching in the rebound of fel-low senior forward StevenPerry’s 14th minute shot.“It was a good, solid perform-

ance again tonight,” Clark said.“There was good movementfrom Brovsky and Perry. Ithought we were the more dan-gerous team. [They] were verydangerous for [Indiana’s] four

back guys.”The Hoosiers were not to be

outdone, and junior forwardWill Bruin found the back ofthe net after a pass from seniorAndy Adlard in the 24thminute. Clark said he was dis-appointed by his team’s lapse ineffort.“We took our foot off the

pedal for a little bit,” Clarksaid.The Hoosiers outshot the

Irish 11-8, but were unable toput another goal on the board,and Mena sealed the victory forNotre Dame.“We were very well

matched,” Clark said. “Anygame down in Bloomington willbe a challenge. They’ve got

some of the most talented play-ers in the nation. They don’tlose many games at home. It’sterrific for in-state braggingrights.”Senior goalkeeper Phil Tuttle

recorded two saves in the victo-

ry, which brings his record to2-0-1 on the season. Tuttlereentered the Irish lineup lastweek after recovering from aknee injury that had kept himout all season.The Irish will return to South

Bend before heading south toMorgantown, W. Va. Saturdayto take on conference foe WestVirginia at 7:30 p.m.

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Juniors Kristy Frilling andShannon Mathews traveled toPacific Palisades, Calif. , torepresent the Notre Damewomen’s tennis team thisweek at the Riviera/Al l -American Championships. Mathews dropped her open-

ing singles match Tuesday asshe fell to Florida’s JoannaMather (6-0, 6-2) and movedon to play USC’s RekaZsilinska in the consolation

bracket. Frilling will beginsingles play in the main sin-gles draw, and then meet backup with Mathews for the maindoubles draw Thursday. “We played together a few

times last year, and we wonall our matches,” Frilling said.“We’re really excited to playtogether this year.”Frilling’s eager anticipation

for the tournament was evi-dent.“I’m really excited for this

weekend,” Frilling said. “It’s

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When junior midfielderAdam Mena enteredWednesday’s game, he had justmore than 11 minutes to find away to contribute. That wasmore than enough time.One minute and fifteen sec-

onds after substituting for jun-ior Michael Rose, Mena con-nected on a shot from 18 feetout, giving the No. 22 Irish thego-ahead goal in their 2-1 vic-tory over their in-state rival,No. 20 Indiana.“Mena brings tremendous

energy to the field especiallylate in the game, and that wasgreat for the team tonight,”Irish coach Bobby Clark saidafter the game.The win marked the first vic-

tory over Indiana (5-4-1, 1-0-1)for Notre Dame (5-2-3, 2-0-0)

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Irish senior defenseman Bilal Duckett, 3, attacks to stop St. John’s forward Walter Hines, 19, in their game on Sept. 25. The Irish wonthe game 1-0.

HOCKEY

Johnson steps up his game

see GOALKEEPER/page 17

MEN’S GOLF

Irish struggle to win

Juniors lead team in Cali

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Irish grab rare winagainst No. 22 Hoosiers

Freshman proves specialBy MATT ROBISONSports Writer

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Sophomore goalkeeper Mike Johnson saves a goal againstNebraska-Omaha on Jan. 30.

Two tournaments into theseason, the Irish have yet totaste victory. Both at theCol lege o f Char les tonInvitational and the FightingIrish Gridiron Golf Classic,Notre Dame got o f f to aquick start, holding the leadin both events after the firstday. However, the Irish wereunable to finish strong inthe las t round of e i thertournament, twice finishingas the runner-up.After having time to mull

over this early trend, Irishcoach Jim Kubinski says heisn’t worried.“I’ve thought about it a

lot,” Kubinski said. “Thereis a big difference betweenthe two. The first tourna-ment had a different format

than usual. At Kiawah, wehad three guys not play sowell , and we didn’t get afourth score and that reallyhurt us.”Kubinski also credited the

play o f the compet i t ion ,especially at Notre Dame’shome event.“At Warren, a lot of guys

played well,” Kubinski said.“Shooting 73’s is normally agood thing. Iowa was justplaying so well.”The Irish head coach also

acknowledged some of themental aspects of the gamethat may have had his play-ers thinking too much.“I think there is something

to be said for them thinkingtoo much about how they’replay ing in context ,”Kubinski said. “They mighthave been thinking about

see WINNING/page 16

By CORY BERNARDSports Writer

see INDIANA/page 18

see FRILLING/page 16

When he stepped onto cam-pus as a freshman in 2009,sophomore goaltender MikeJohnson had the benefit ofthree upperclassmen at theposition to ease his transitionto the college game. There is no such cushion

this season for Johnson, ashe leads a trio of young Irishgoalkeepers into the 2010-11season with Johnson project-ed as the in i t ia l s tar terbetween the pipes. The roleof leader might not be toocommon for a sophomore —but Johnson is comfortablewith it.“We’ve got [ f reshmen]

Steve Summerhays and JoeyRogers here , and they ’re

By CHRIS ALLENSports Writer

Freshman receiver BennettJackson made a name forhimself when he made threetackles on special teamsagainst Purdue on Sept. 4. OnSaturday, he took anotherstep when he returned fourkickoffs for 111 yards inNotre Dame’s 31-13 defeat ofBoston College.The yardage included his

43-yard return at the start of

the game that allowed NotreDame to open its drive on the50 yard-line.“I didn’t really have too

much of a thought process,”Jackson said. “I just saw agap and hit the gap and keptmoving. … I was excited. Theguys were excited. We gotgreat field position.”Jackson is the fourth Irish

player to return kicks thisseason. Sophomore runningback Cierre Wood took mostof the kicks through the firstfour games, and averaged

19.9 yards per return. Irishcoach Brian Kelly said he andspecial teams coach MikeElston decided it was time fora change, and turned toJackson.“I had not cleared that hur-

dle in my own mind that Iwas ready to go in that direc-t ion,” Kel ly said at hisTuesday press conference.“Once we did, he practiced atit hard on Wednesday andThursday and was prepared

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