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ND earns Sporcle top-five ranking

When senior Katie Snyderhad to learn all of the coun-tries in Africa for a politicalscience class last semester,she knew where she wouldturn to study. She was onestep ahead of her professorwhen he suggested severalwebsites to the class, includ-ing social gaming websiteSporcle. “I had been planning on

using it before he mentionedit,” Snyder said. “I alwaysplay the map games onSporcle.” In fact, Snyder is using the

site again this semester tohelp learn the countries ofthe Middle East for a historyclass. Sporcle, which features

games in which players fill inblanks in response to cate-gories or trivia questions, ispopular among workplacesand on col lege campuses,Sporcle’s vice president ofproducts Derek Pharr said.A recent upswing in usage

by college students led the

website to make college rank-ings. Notre Dame has heldsteady at No. 5 each week ofthe rankings, which are cal-culated from factors includingnumber of visits, number ofpage views and time spent onthe site, Pharr said. The firstrankings were released basedon data from Nov. 14-20.

In the fourth list of collegerankings, released Tuesdayand reflecting usage statisticsfrom the past week,Maryland, Michigan, OhioState and Boston Col legewere ahead of Notre Dame. While Snyder used the site

to study, many students saidit is more of a good distrac-

tion. Pharr said the site couldbe both. “We can be an educational,

mentally stimulating diver-sion, but on the other side wecan be the dest inat ion tospend a little time and getaway from things,” he said.

Notre Dame has providedNick Gunty with special oppor-tunities to display his musicaltalent, the junior, who plays theguitar, said.“Every once in a while some-

thing comes around, like the

Sudan peace rally lastSaturday,” Gunty said. “I got toplay for that. That was probablythe most special or most ‘NotreDame’ thing I’ve done.”Junior Will Thwaites said the

University has also allowed forunique performance opportuni-ties for his musical group, A

Coordinators of this year’sNotre Dame Forum eventwere pleased with the firstsemester’s events and werealready preparing the seriesof Forum events that will takeplace in the Spring semester,said Ed Conlon, associatedean in Mendoza College ofBusiness and chairman of theWorking Committee for theNotre Dame Forum. This year’s Forum topic,

“The Marketplace and theCommon Good,” addressedthe issue from many differentangles at several panel dis-cussions consist ing ofUniversity professors andalumni as well as a lecturegiven by New York Timescolumnist Thomas Friedmanat the DeBartolo PerformingArts Center in November.Conlon said members of the

Forum’s Working Committeeand Steering Committeethought the Friedman eventoverall was a success andwere happy with the resultsof the evening. “I think that Thomas

Friedman’s lecture went very

well,” Conlon said. “I knowthat a lot of discussion tookplace after it among the stu-dents.”The Forum coordinators

recognized a few issues afterFriedman’s lecture that theywould like to work on for thefuture, Conlon said.

“I think there was a fairnumber of students there andthe event sold out in twohours, but we did see a lot ofempty seats. In the future, wewant to look at the way tick-ets to these events are dis-

INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER SMC to hold Christmas Craft Show page 3 � Campus Christmas page 8 � Men’s basketball takes on Kentucky page 16 � Viewpoint page 6

Campus musiciansfind outlets for talent

Chairman reflects on Forum

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Junior Nick Gunty plays guitar at the B1 Block Party earlier thisyear. He performs original work and cover songs.

Poormanappointedto Portland

Fr. Mark Poorman has beenappointed executive vice presi-dent and associate professor oftheology at the University ofPortland, effective July 2011. Poo rman ,

a s s o c i a t eprofessor oftheology andformer vicepresident forS t u d e n tAffairs atNotre Dame,said he is“ g ra t e f u l ,h o n o r e dand excited to accept the invi-tation to serve the University ofPortland as executive vice pres-ident.”The University of Portland, a

Catholic university in Oregon,

Poorman

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By SARA FELSENSTEINNews Writer

By SAM STRYKERNews Writer

By MOLLY MADDENNews Writer

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Thomas Friedman asks the audience for a show of handsduring the University of Notre Dame’s 2010 Forum.

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QUESTION OF THE DAY: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE SNOW?

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Richard Moore will give thelecture Rare Events inNonlinear Optics today at 4p.m. It will take place in 127Hayes-Healy Hall . Mooreworks for the Department ofMathematical Sciences at theNew Jersey Inst i tute ofTechnology.

The Eighth AnnualChristmas at the CoMoBenefit for Holy CrossMissions in Uganda will takeplace today at 7:30 p.m. inthe first floor lounge of theColeman-Morse Center . I twill feature Christmas carolsfrom around the world,ref lect ions by NDInternational Students, andinfo about Holy Cross Missionefforts in Uganda. A receptionwill follow.

The Peter Claver CatholicWorker will host a HospitalityLunch on Thursday at 11:45a.m. The lunch will take placein Geddes Hall. A $5 donationis asked for the lunch — addi-tional donations are welcome.

The film “High and Low”will be shown Thursday at6:30 p.m. in the DeBartoloPerforming Arts Center. Awealthy industr ial ist ispushed to the limit when hisfamily targeted by ruthlesskidnappers. Tickets cost from$3 to $6.

The performance “AKodachrome Christmas” willbe put on Thursday at 7 p.m.in the DeBartolo PerformingArts Center. The performancewas written and directed byWritten and directed by PatHazell. Tickets cost from $8to $30.

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Doc dressed as Elvisrevives marathon runnerLAS VEGAS — It wasn't

blue suede shoes but a pairof sneakers that led a SanFrancisco doctor dressedas Elvis Presley to awoman who passed out ata Las Vegas restaurantafter a marathon.Claudio Palma tells the

Las Vegas Review-Journalhe was dressed as the Kingafter Sunday's Las VegasRock 'n' Roll half-marathonwhen he performed CPRand resuscitated anotherrunner at the Burger Barat Mandalay Place.The 36-year-old was clad

in a jumpsuit, sideburnsand scarf for the race andmay have looked likePresley, but in real life,

he's an anesthesiologist.Palma says paramedics

then arrived, and thewoman gave him a weirdlook and told him she wasOK.He says the incident was-

n't the only heart-stoppingone that day: he also gotmarried at a run-thruchapel during the race.

Three Oregon deer attackand injure barking dogBEND, Ore. – A Bend,

Ore., woman says threedeer attacked her barkingdog and left the pet withhead wounds and a punc-tured chest, but she'sexpected to make a fullrecovery.Tiffany Rounds says she

often sees deer in central

Oregon but never had themin her backyard beforeThursday. Her small dog,Daisy, clearly thought itwas inappropriate andwent flying out the door,barking.Rounds told KTVZ on

Monday that the six-pointbuck and two does startedbeating the dog with theirhooves and then the bucktried to get her with hisanglers.Oregon Department of

Fish and Wildlife biologistSteven George says even ifit's a domesticated dog,deer react to a predatorthat could hurt or even killthem, so they'll be defen-sive.

Information compiledfrom the Associated Press.

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The flag flies at half-staff on South Quad to commemorate the 69th anniversary ofthe attacks on Pearl Harbor. Students walk by during the snowy anniversary onNotre Dame’s campus.

“I really wish Ihad a sled so I

could gosledding.”

Alexandra Moulton

sophomoreWalsh

“Fantastic!”

Kevin Park

sophomoreDuncan

“Snow makesmoney for some

and not forothers.”

Liam Rhatigan

senioroff campus

“It’s peaceful.”

Mary Corelli

junioroff campus

“Love it!”

Stephen Despins

sophomoreDillon

“I want it tosnow the whole

city.”

Tam Nguyen

sophomoreDuncan

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The Observer � CAMPUS NEWSWednesday, December 8, 2010 page 3

SMC holds Christmas craft show

Offering a wide variety ofhandmade, unique gifts, theChristmas Craft Show held atSaint Mary’s College invitesstudents as well as membersof the community to purchasegoods to support local artists,Carrie Call, director of theOffice of Civic and SocialEngagement (OCSE) at theCollege said.The craft show will be held

in Reignbeaux and StapletonLounges in Le Mans Hall atthe College Friday from noonto 6 p.m. According to Call, the craft

show will host about 50 localor regional artisans who willbe selling theirh a n d m a d egoods. “We focus on

h a n d m a d eitems,” shesaid. “Thismeans that wehave peopleselling itemsthat they orfamily mem-bers havemade them-selves. Thisalso includesbusinesses that people havestarted themselves.” Call said the craft show

began four years ago and isopen to students from SaintMary’s College, Notre Dameand Holy Cross College.

Members of the communityhave also been invited toattend.According to Call, the craft

show servesseveral pur-poses.“It’s impor-

tant for sever-al reasons,”she said. “Oneis that it pro-vides a funand festiveway for us toraise moneyfor theChristmas pro-grams. But it’salso a commu-nity-wide event that demon-strates our support of localand regional artists.”

Call said themoney raisedfrom the feesartists pay torent a tablespace willbenefit thefamilies theCollege has“adopted” forthe 12 Days ofC h r i s t m a sProject. “This year

we are spon-soring 40 plus

adults and over 70 childrenwith clothing, food, householdessentials and gifts,” Call said.According to Call, the craft

show has been held annuallyat Saint Mary’s to unite thelocal community and the cam-

pus community.“We hold the event here

because it’s a great way forthe Saint Mary’s community to

have fun andc e l e b r a t etogether, and itinvites thewider commu-nity onto ourcampus,” shesaid. “Manypeople havenever been oncampus, andthis gives thema fun opportu-nity to seewhat SaintMary’s is like.”

Call said the craft show willoffer a variety of gifts.“A large variety of items are

available. This includes jewel-ry of all kinds, knitted andcrocheted items, pottery,paintings, photography, spe-cialty foods, decorative items,wood crafts, handmade toysand more,” she said.Call encouraged students to

attend the craft show.“Students should come

because they will find unique,beautiful, affordable, one-of-a-kind gifts,” she said. “It’salso an easy way to supportour Christmas programs.Really though, the best reasonis the selection and prices.Everyone loves receivingunique gifts — gifts withheart.”

By ALICIA SMITHAssociate Saint Mary’s Editor

Contact Alicia Smith [email protected]

“Students should comebecause they will find

unique, beautiful,one-of-a-kind gifts.”

Carrie Calldirector

Office of Civic and SocialEngagement

“But it’s also a community-wide eventthat demonstrates oursupport of local andregional artists.”

Carrie Calldirector

Office of Civic and SocialEngagement

Election committeenominees approved

Members of the Council ofRepresentatives (COR) convenedthis week to approve nominees tothe recently revamped JudicialCouncil Election Committee.Judicial Council president

Marcelo Perez explained the roleof the committee to COR. “Their primary focus will be to

go over allegations when theyarise as well as help facilitateelections, be in charge of thewebsite and approve campaignposters,” he said.Perez said during the short

window for accepting applica-tions to the new committee, theyheard from a high number ofinterested students.“These last two weeks we’ve

been interviewing people for thecommittee,” he said. “We’ve had45 [apply] for seven spots.”The chosen applicants present-

ed to the Council were TomBurns, a junior Finance andSpanish major from Keough;Jimmy Garry, a sophomorefinance and political cciencemajor from Fisher; KatieHennessey, a sophomoreMarketing major from Lewis;Thomas Hickey, a freshmanmechanical engineering majorfrom Duncan; Todd Ludwig, a

senior science preprofessionalmajor from Keenan; Katie Nolen,an undeclared freshman fromPasqurilla East; and CaitlinOgren, an undeclared freshmanfrom Pasqurilla West.The Council voted to approve

all candidates with 13 votes infavor, zero against, and zeroabstaining.The new committee differs

from the dissolved one in thatmembers were selected from thestudent body as a whole ratherthan each dorm having a repre-sentative. Perez said that thedorm-based system would con-tinue, but in a smaller capacity. “They do exist, except their

sole purpose is to run dorm elec-tions,” he said.Judicial Council vice president

for elections Michael Thomassaid he and Perez intentionallychose a diverse group of studentscoming from different dorms,majors and classes.“The challenge for Marcelo

and I in selecting this committeewas finding the most balancedgroup we could, since they’ll bemaking some very importantdecisions,” he said. “I think wecan have full confidence in theElection Committee given thatbalance.”

By JOHN CAMERONNews Writer

Contact John Cameron [email protected]

COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES

has been closely affiliated formore than a century with theCongregation of Holy Cross inSouth Bend, Ind.Poorman’s administrative

responsibilities will includemanagement oversight of thedivisions of University opera-tions, financial affairs,University relations and stu-dent affairs, he said. “Specifically, the vice presi-

dents who lead all those divi-sions will report to me and Iwill support them so they canbe as effective as possible intheir service to the University,”he said. “Of course, as a priestI will be involved in the pas-toral mission of theUniversity.” Poorman said the faculty at

the University of Portland iscentered around students, andthe Catholic character of theinstitution is evident in manydimensions of the school’s aca-demic and community life. “The University of Portland

is interested in educating thewhole person — intellectually,emotionally and spiritually —something to which I’ve devot-ed my priesthood and religiouslife,” he said. “So it’s a goodfit.” Poorman served as vice

president for Student Affairsfrom 1999 to 2010. In thisposition, he was responsiblefor a $25 million annual budg-et and 300 staff members. Hisadministrative duties involvedsupervising Notre Dame’s resi-dential life as well as otherstudent services, activities andprograms, including CampusMinistry, Notre Dame SecurityPolice (NDSP), the StudentActivities Office (SAO), theCounseling Center, HealthServices, the Career Center,the Office of Alcohol and DrugEducation, the Gender

Relations Center andMulticultural and InternationalStudent Services.He stepped down from his

position as vice president inNovember 2009, effective June30. “During his tenure as vice

president, Poorman led theDivision of Student Affairsthrough a period of growthand development in numerousareas, including the integra-tion of academics and residen-tial life, the enhancement ofprograms and activities con-tributing to campus social life,ongoing efforts to welcomeand retain a diverse studentbody and continuous improve-ment of a broad range of stu-dent services,” a press releasesaid.Poorman also oversaw the

construction of Ryan andDuncan residence halls, theColeman-Morse Center,Hammes-Mowbray Hall,Legends of Notre Dame andthe renovation of St. Liam Hall. Prior to his appointment as

vice president, Poormanserved at Notre Dame as exec-utive assistant to the executivevice president and the presi-dent.Poorman graduated with a

bachelor’s degree in Englishfrom the University of Illinois,and earned his master ofdivinity degree from NotreDame. He was ordained a priest in

1982, and his first assignmentafter ordination was to cometo Notre Dame to serve as rec-tor of Dillon Hall, associatedirector of Campus Ministry,and instructor in theology. Hethen pursued graduate studiesat the Graduate TheologicalUnion in Berkeley, California,where he earned a Ph.D. inChristian Ethics.After earning his Ph.D.,

Poorman returned to the NotreDame theology department toserve full-time on the faculty. One of Poorman’s most sig-

nificant experiences at NotreDame, he said, has been serv-ing as priest-in-residence inKeough Hall. He has lived inKeough since 1996, the yearthe dorm opened.“I have always considered

the pastoral presence of HolyCross in the residence halls tobe one of the best features ofour higher education institu-tions, and surely one of themost rewarding ministries inthe Congregation,” he said.Poorman said living with stu-

dents enhances his under-standings of his other roles. Heplans to live in a residence hallat the University of Portland. “It has kept me very close to

the experiences of studentsand has afforded me a per-spective that informed myroles as faculty, staff andadministration and indeed, myvocation as a priest,” he said.“Leaving Keough will be one ofthe most difficult separationsI’ll have to make in moving toPortland. The community wehave there is special, even byNotre Dame’s high standards.”Poorman said he looks for-

ward to serving the Universityof Portland, because it is aHoly Cross institution dedicat-ed to teaching and learning,faith and formation, as well asservice and leadership.“University of Portland

embodies the same Holy Crosscharisma of ‘educating in thefaith’ as our other schools:Notre Dame, Stonehill College,King’s College and St.Edward’s University,” he said. Poorman said in all of these

places, members of theCongregation serve as faculty,staff, administrators and pas-toral ministers.“Our hope is that we are

able, through the grace of God,to be agents of formation andtransformation for studentsand others,” he said.

As stress and busy schedulestake over as finals approach,students can take an “insanitybreak,” sponsored by theCenter for Spirituality Dec. 10. The Center is sponsoring the

event in Reinbeaux Lounge inLe Mans Hall from 1:30 to3:30 p.m. It will offer hot bev-erages including hot cocoa,cider and snacks. Coloringpages and word puzzles arealso available. “It was so successful last

year, there was no questionthat we wouldn’t do it again,”Associate Director for theCenter Michelle Egan said. The event is held twice a

year, during the two weeksprior to finals in order to notinterfere with the finals them-selves. This wi l l be the second

“insanity break” offered thissemester. Last week’s was held on the

first floor of Spes Unica in themorning, catching studentsand faculty on their way toclass.Stumbling across the table

lined with hot cocoa and cof-fee on her way to work inSpes Unica made juniorAshley Marks’ day last week. “It was a wonderful surprise

to see snacks, drinks and col-oring supplies to ease the ten-sion of the end of semesterassignments,” Marks said.“The hot chocolate and donuthole were a scrumptious wayto start my morning.”The positive feedback from

students fuels this event.

“The response to the eventis great ,” Egan said.“Students are so appreciativeand grateful to hear theChristmas carols playing andto grab something to drinkand maybe a donut beforeclass. A lot of people remem-ber the event from last year.”The location and time was

changed for the second“insanity break” to give theopportunity to students whomay not have been able toattend the first one. “We’re trying to offer the

break to a different group ofstudents and staff this week,”Egan said. “Le Mans was cho-sen as a central location oncampus through which stu-dents travel between classesand i t ’s one of the largestdorms on campus.”Sophomore Paige Edmonds

is looking forward to the sec-ond opportunity at a breakfrom insanity after enjoyinglast week’s. “During this hectic time of

year, it’s nice to see how SaintMary’s cares about its stu-dents,” Edmonds said. “It wasa good on-the-go thing and Iam looking forward to gettingapple cider this time.” Egan said she is glad to see

that this event is wel lreceived. “Everybody is feeling the

stress of this time of year,”Egan said. “I think having thatunexpected time away — fromreal life, tests, classes, gradescoming in, papers due — is abreath of kindness that every-one can appreciate.”

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Saint Mary’s offersfinals study breaksBy MEGAN LONEYNews Writer

Poormancontinued from page 1

Contact Sara Felsenstein [email protected]

Contact Megan Loney [email protected]

Juniors Shane Owens,Robert Cahi l l and JakeHubbard agreed their favoritegame category is Sports. “[Hubbard] did all the NFL

teams in a minute and a half,”Owens said. “Yeah, I’m pretty special,”

Hubbard said. However, students agreed

the intellectual nature of thesite allows them to feel betterabout taking a study break. “I delude myself into think-

ing I’m learning,” sophomoreStephanie Jones said. “But themotivation is purely recre-ational.” Snyder said she wouldn’t

have used the site to learn if itdidn’t have fun quizzes aswell. “The fun is the only thing

that makes you want to do theacademic part of it,” she said.“And then I could procrasti-nate on other things by play-ing Sporcle because it’s aca-demic, so I could feel like Iwas being productive.” Pharr said the timing of the

release of rankings leading upto most colleges’ study daysand finals weeks was not atotal coincidence. “We hoped we could hit col-

lege students at a time whenthey could use it to study forfinals and to get away fromfinals,” he said. Jones, who said she goes on

Sporcle at least one day aweek, predicted her usagewould go up as f inals

approach. The release of the rankings

also coincided with the weeklyupdates of college football’sBowl Championship Series(BCS) rankings, which Sporclereferences as a joke on thewebsite to explain its mathe-matical formula, saying itsformula is “simpler than theBCS” but that they might“change the formula fromtime to t ime, just l ike theBCS.” “We wanted to explain what

we were doing without toomuch detail,” Pharr said. “Wefigured ‘It’s complicated whatwe’re doing, but there are sys-tems that are more complicat-ed, like the BCS.’”Like the BCS, though, Pharr

said the rankings play off ofthe competitive nature of col-leges to attract more studentsto the website. “College football , col lege

basketball has a rich rivalryhistory,” he said. “We’vealready seen a very positiveand spirited response to whatwe’ve been doing. We’d love tosee that grow. “Those play out on a big

stage, and we’d like Sporcle tobe a stage for that as well. Wesee it all as one big healthydebate.”The feeling of competition

definitely stirred when stu-dents found out Notre Damewas behind traditional rivalsMichigan and Boston College. “I ’d rather beat them in

football,” Hubbard said, “butSporcle would be next.”

Sporclecontinued from page 1

Contact Laura Myers [email protected]

Faculty from the University ofNotre Dame’s Colleges ofEngineering and Science havebeen awarded more than $1.3million from the U.S. ArmyTank Automotive Research,Development and EngineeringCenter (TARDEC) in collabora-tion with research being con-ducted by Mississippi StateUniversity on the developmentof novel materials for improvedbattery technology.Li-air batteries offer one of

the highest theoretical energydensities of any electrochemicalpower source and more thantwice as much as any otherexisting battery. The goal of thisproject is to improve batteryperformance, reliability andsafety through the creation ofnew materials to be used in thebatteries that power militaryvehicles, such as manned and

unmanned ground vehicles,directed energy weapons, andhybrid electric vehicles. Thesetechnologies are critical for thedevelopment of military hybridvehicles where higher currentcapability, greater storagecapacity, improved durabilityand reliability are of utmostimportance to the safety of thevehicle and its occupants.Participating University facul-

ty include Keating-CrawfordProfessor of Engineering JoanF. Brennecke, Edward J.Maginn, and Paul McGinn(chemical and biomolecularengineering); Alan C. Seabaughand Susan Fullerton (electricalengineering); and Rev. John A.Zahm Professor of SciencePrashant Kamat (chemistry andbiochemistry). They will bedeveloping improved elec-trolytes and electrode struc-tures for use in lithium ion andlithium-air (Li-air) batteries.

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Face For Radio. The group con-sists of Thwaites, juniors KyleCollins, Michael George andCollin Chudwick and sopho-mores Danny Cruser and JohnMandrakas.“We opened for White Panda

when they were in town, whichwent really well. It was reallyfun to get up there before areally big act,” he said. “Theyhad about 500 kids in the audi-ence, not all of them super psy-ched for our music but it wasdefinitely cool to have a crowdthat big.” Thwaites said he is lucky to

have found other music stu-dents who enjoy playing andperforming in their free time.“The biggest thing here is

there is a lot of untapped talent.There’s a ton of kids who werereally talented musicians inhigh school that really don’thave the opportunity to pursuemusic here because they’redominated by their education,”he said. “A lot of the musicalinitiatives on campus are veryformal.”Gunty, who describes his

music style as indie folk rock,said he has worked hard to notonly play live on campus, but inlocal establishments. He alsosaid he is looking to expandwhere he performs.“Fiddler’s Hearth [in South

Bend] has an open mic everyweek. That gives you a lot offrequency,” Gunty said. “LatelyI’ve been reaching out to placesa little more extended likeIndianapolis, Three Oaks inMichigan and Chicago.”Thwaites said his musical

endeavors are more of a hobby.

“It’s definitely not my numberone pursuit,” he said. “I’mworking hard at school, and thisis something I do on the side.”Thwaites said he sometimes

struggles to strike a balancebetween academics and music.But he said musical successbrings him greater joy. “Since I have been doing this,

I’ve been trying to find thisdynamic between the twobecause every time I get myschool work down, my musicsuffers and every time I get intoa flow musically, my gradesturn into C’s,” Thwaites said.“The thing I come back to isevery time I finish a good musicthing, I’m on cloud nine andevery time I do well in school, itdoesn’t feel any different thanbefore.”Though he considers his

music a full-time pursuit, Guntysaid his classes have made itdifficult to commit to his music.“It definitely is a full time

thing. Particularly sophomoreyear, I spent a lot of time —probably half and half —between music and school,” hesaid. “It’s easy to do that fresh-man and sophomore year whenyou don’t have a lot of work todo.”Gunty said he plans to pursue

a career in music.“To really figure out if you can

make it, you have to live in aplace that really lives it,” hesaid. “I definitely have a plan tomove to Chicago or maybe LosAngeles after school to give it afull-time try.”Thwaites said he sees his

music as more of an outlet forhis creativity than any sort ofpotential vocation, but he saidhe would give a musical careera try if the opportunity present-ed itself.“It’s definitely not my number

one goal in doing it,” he said. “Ido it just for the fun of it. I do itbecause it’s a nice way toexpress myself creatively.”Thwaites said he focused

mainly on rap freshman andsophomore year. His YouTubevideo, “Daisy’s Lullaby (TheGreat Gatsby Rap)” has over97,000 views. Thwaites said thesuccess of his song has spilledover into classrooms across thecountry.“I’ve had a lot of different

English teachers get in touchwith me. One in particular whoworks at a Title One schoolwhere a lot of her kids haven’tread books before,” he said.“She reached out to me to helpher plan to get these juniors inhigh school to finish their firstbook, being ‘The Great Gatsby.’”Gunty, who already has an

album available on iTunes, saidhe doesn’t plan on halting hismusical pursuits as he studiesabroad in the spring in Toledo,Spain.“By the end of next semester, I

want to have another short onerecorded, like a five song EP,”he said. Thwaites said despite a busy

fall semester, A Face For Radiois looking to release new mate-rial in the near future.He said he has always been

active in singing in local choirsfrom a young age, but anassignment for his seniorEnglish class where he sangabout his classroom experi-ences sparked his interest as alive artist.“It was the first time I had

gotten on stage in front of agroup of people,” he said. “OnceI got a taste of it I didn’t want toturn back.”

tributed to that the studentswho get the tickets are peoplewho really want to attend,” hesaid. Conlon said he and other

Forum coordinators werepleased to see a high level ofparticipation in the sponsoredsmall group discussions theweekend after Friedman’s lec-ture. The purpose of the smallgroups, which took place invarious residence halls, was tooffer a venue where studentscould casually discuss theissues Friedman raised in histalk. “The discussion groups in

the dorms brought up somevery good points in relation tothe topic,” Conlon said. “I wasvery pleased because students

are very busy and it is oftenhard to get them to come toevents. We did a poll of thelevel of attendance at thesesmall group sessions and wefound that we had around 20or more people at everyevent.”Conlon said he thought the

Forum’s first semester eventswere successful but theWorking Committee decidedthat Friedman’s lecture wouldbe the last Forum event of thefall semester.“We decided when we got

into Thanksgiving that therewould be too much going on,”he said. “But we are workingon a number of things for nextsemester.”Conlon said students and

faculty could expect fourForum sponsored eventsspread out over the springsemester, including a lecturegiven by U.S. Senator Evan

Bayh on the role governmentand politics plays in the com-mon good. By the time Bayh comes to

campus on Feb. 21, he willhave already have left his posi-tion in the U.S. Senate.Conlon said he was slightly

concerned about the level ofstudent attendance now thatFriedman’s talk, consideredthe “signature” event of theForum, has passed. But was“confident” the planned eventswill be appealing to students. “I think having Senator Bayh

come here to talk is a bigdeal,” Conlon said. “Especiallyfor the reason he left office. Hedidn’t feel like the officials inthe Senate and House werelooking out for the will of thepeople. I think he will draw alot of students.”

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The genius of WikipediaThe Internet can often be disorienting

and confusing — Google searches rou-tinely yield meaningless results, andproper information can often be nearlyimpossible to find. We have all felt theresulting frustra-tion. This wasespecially thecase before theadvent ofWikipedia —now the ultimateonline encyclope-dia and one of the ten most traffickedwebsites in the world. In its infancy,Wikipedia was often maligned as suspi-cious and untrustworthy. However, it isincreasingly hard to deny its supremacyas a knowledge source.Wikipedia is ubiquitous, used for both

general and detailed information on anysubject. In just a few minutes, one canprepare for a chemistry lab, find thepopulations of thousands of cities andtowns across the world, learn the basicsof the philosophy of Ayn Rand, and getsome important details on the early lifeof Lady Gaga or Bill Gates. Why hasWikipedia risen to such hegemony as aninformation source in the modern world?The answer is that it has succeededwhere most of the rest of the Internethas failed. Wikipedia has organizedknowledge in an easy, user-friendly way,rather than dispersing it in a chaoticmess.We are in the midst of an explosion of

information. The Economist presented aspecial report last year on this very topic,which quoted both a Johns Hopkinsastrophysicist worrying about theincreasing inaccessibility of informationgiven the explosion of data, and a com-puter scientist from Berkeley claimingthat we are in the middle of “the indus-trial revolution of data.” Indeed, a majorworry in this new information age is howto handle the vast amounts of data thatare accessible. Are we doomed, or is itpossible to organize and exploit this newglut of information? Wikipedia hasoffered a resounding yes to this question.It has utilized the interconnectedness ofthe Internet and the intelligence of a vastnumber of specialized people to becomethe ultimate knowledge source. Its prin-ciples offer a look at how we can use thedata explosion for the good of society

rather than getting hopelessly lost.Wikipedia’s creative use of both top-

down structure and grassroots creativitymake it a fascinating study in effective-ness. Its organization of the increasinglyvast amount of data in the world isremarkable. As a contrast, let us consid-er “Facebook Questions.” If you’ve casu-ally taken a look at the responses to anysuch questions (which range from “WillMiami win the NBA title?” to “Will pho-ton entanglement drastically change theworld in the next 10 years?”), you’ll seethat most answers are usually aboutseven paragraphs (six meaningless) writ-ten by a grad student at Cal Tech orStanford, and a couple are one-linerstrying to be funny. At this very moment,I’m reading the responses to the question“Is global warming a real threat tohumanity?” Students from Oxford,University of Michigan, UC Irvine andBerkeley all weighed in extensively, mostin multiple paragraphs. How is one topossibly extract any reliable information(much less efficiently) from such a setup?Wikipedia is the exact opposite –— it

has a basic structure that avoids the“death by lists” of either Google orFacebook Questions. It is neatly dividedinto sections, and most importantly, peo-ple can edit the work of others. Soinstead of thousands of people addinganother bullet point or long answer,experts can selectively edit the work ofothers, maintaining brevity. Others canfurther refine the work. Falsehoods arequickly deleted. This way, compactness ismaintained and accuracy is increasinglylikely. A reader does not read the endlessessays written on Facebook Questions orhave to navigate through a mostly mean-ingless Google search result page. You goto the appropriate Wikipedia section andget an answer.Another aspect of Wikipedia that sepa-

rates it from all other informationsources is its interconnectedness. Onecan move through Wikipedia in analmost stream of consciousness manner.Something is unclear? Click on its link,which brings you to another Wikipediapage, which you can quickly refer to andgo back. Want to verify accuracy? Clickon the citation, which brings you to thesource listed at the bottom of the page.Imagine trying to do this in Google. Eachtime you don’t understand something or

need verification, go back to the searchhome page, search your phrase, try tofind the best page to get the answer, andthen hit the back button about five times.Wikipedia uses structure, brevity andinterconnectedness to succeed wheremany others have failed in managing theinformation revolution.The explosion of data that now con-

fronts us could be incredibly beneficial tosociety if it is properly controlled and uti-lized. Giant masses of information can beof enormous help in science and medi-cine — tracking the outcomes of manypatients over time can lead to moreeffective medical practice. Sequencingthe genomes of thousands of cancerpatients can hopefully show us withmore accuracy the tiny little geneticchanges that are driving the disease. Notonly science and medicine stand to gain— data can shed light on human behav-iors, find new connections betweenthings that no one has ever seen andhelp businesses cater more effectively totheir customers. The potential is enor-mous — if it can somehow be managed.With this incredible increase in data

comes a newfound necessity to keep it incheck. Otherwise, we can get lost in thetrees very quickly. As public policymak-ers and businesses grapple with ways tobetter manage data, they should keepthe principles of Wikipedia in mind. It isa beautiful portrayal of the power of thecollective brainpower of many peoplewhen unleashed in setting that hasdefined boundaries. Simply create thebasic borders, and then get out as fast aspossible. It’s a perfect fusion of top-downand bottom-up, central planning andlassiez faire. If only all segments of socie-ty could compromise so well.When you inevitably go to Wikipedia

this week for whatever purpose, you’llsee a banner at the top asking for adonation. I would suggest strongly con-sidering. It’s the least we can do to rec-ompense a website that could be themost important of our time.

Edward A. Larkin is a senior with adouble major in Biological Sciences andClassical Civilization. He can be reachedat [email protected]

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

“What wisdom would we impart tothe world if we knew it was our lastchance? If we had to vanish tomor-row, what would we want as ourlegacy?” I found these questions inRandy Pausch’s“The LastLecture,” per-haps the firstassigned book Ihave read cover-to-cover in thepast six years.For those of

you who do notknow his mes-sage, I highlyrecommend it.Pausch, a com-puter scienceprofessor atCarnegieMellon, gives his final lecture withonly months left to live after a ter-minal diagnosis of pancreatic can-cer. In it he talks about the impor-tance of pursuing childhood dreams,from his of playing in the NFL(which he never quite reached) tobeing Captain James T. Kirk fromStar Trek (which he sort of did).Reading it made me think of my

childhood dreams, tracing back tomy three-year-old fantasy of work-ing at the dry-cleaner down thestreet and my secret hope that thenice Chinese owners would adoptme. A year later I expanded slightly,when at the age of four I wantedonly the most fascinating job ever:to bag groceries at Dominik’s. I wentto Disney World when I turned eightand aspired be Cinderella, a dream Inow see slipping away quickly withPrince William’s pending wedding toKate Middleton. Perhaps my favorite part of the

book was a chapter entitled “Make aDecision: Tigger or Eeyore.” AsPausch reminded me, Tigger is theultimate upbeat cheerleader, a guywho is always up for a good time.Eeyore, on the other hand, neverseems to be able to find happiness.“Each of us must decide: Am I a fun-loving Tigger or am I a sad-sackEeyore? Pick a camp,” wrotePausch. With winter definitely hereand finals looming, Eeyore is aneasy persona to adopt. Exams make“The Most Wonderful Time of theYear” seem as mystical as Santa’sreindeer, but that is no reason togive up on smiling. Even with theknowledge that he had only monthsleft to live, Pausch still lived everyday striving to be a Tigger.While embodying Tigger does not

mean forget about reality, it certain-ly should act as encouragement topursue happiness. Do not burn yourbooks, go sky-diving, blow all yourmoney and move to Australia as ifyou will die tomorrow, but do notshut yourself up in a cubicle on theeighth floor of the library for morethan six hours at a time (I am cur-rently on hour number four). “Timeis all you have,” Pausch wrote. “Andyou may find one day that you haveless than you think.”It should not take any of us a ter-

minal illness to appreciate life andall it offers. Every night my room-mate and I identify the highlight ofour day, which helps to find the sil-ver lining in even the most dreadfuldays. I challenge you to do thesame, and even better, try to be thehighlight of someone else’s.

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A letter to thechamps It starts with Thanksgiving. Eating until you are com-

fortably full is not an option on Thanksgiving — if youdon’t eat yourself into a coma, you’re a spoil-sport.Then, for college students, comes the last week of school

and finals. Our workload gives us the excuse to downbuckets of coffee and energydrinks, and since we stay up allnight studying, we have to eatfast food — it’s all that’s open at3 a.m.!And when that last test is

finally over and it’s time to relax,the holiday parties begin. Every night is a celebration, sowe go out and eat cake, cookies, brownies and chocolatemints, and wash them down with champagne. It’s every-where, it’s delicious and it’s a celebration, so we alwayseat at least one too many treats to feel good going to bed.On New Year’s Eve, this season of excess goes out with a

bang. Grown-ups have permission to drink like collegestudents, so most of us take things a few steps further. It’sa holiday, and it’s fun.And the next morning, it’s over. We feel hungover, sick to

our stomachs and guilty. So, we make resolutions. Thenation goes on a collective diet. We give up sugar, fat andcarbs and promise to stay under 1,500 calories a day. Wego to the gym. And oh yeah, we promise to quit smokingand stop procrastinating on our homework. This year willbe different.It’s a nationally sanctioned binge-and-purge ritual, and

it’s a symptom of what food journalist Michael Pollan calls“our national eating disorder.” I love brownies and I don’thave a problem with the idea of “holiday food.” But I dohave a problem with a way of eating that turns food intothe enemy and inspires self-loathing. What if we could eata doughnut on Hanukkah or a gingerbread cookie onChristmas, stop before we made ourselves sick and then,come Jan. 1, continue to eat food we enjoy, including theoccasional dessert? Wouldn’t that be a more sane way tocelebrate?Don’t worry. This is not an article on how to survive the

holiday season without gaining weight. You know theones; they’re usually in those magazines with slim, bikini-clad women or the airbrushed, shirtless men on the cover.They tell you to “set ground rules” or “use a small plate”or simply “limit sweets.” Unfortunately, this advice often

feeds into the unhealthy relationship that most of us havewith food. We feel guiltier, we restrict ourselves morewhen we’re not celebrating, and then the temptation to gotoo far is that much stronger.So I’m only going to offer one piece of advice: Enjoy your

food. Think about how good it’s going to taste before youput it into your mouth. Then chew, taste and savor everybite. Whether it’s braised broccoli or peppermint fudge, ifit’s going into your body, it better satisfy your taste budsfirst.If you’re eating something and you can’t enjoy it because

it’s “diet food” and it tastes like cardboard then stop. If it’swinter break, especially if you’re at your parents’ house,there’s no reason why you can’t fix yourself something toeat that’s tasty and healthy. And if you have to add a littlebutter or a little honey to make it truly delicious, go for it!If everyday meals satisfy you, truly decadent treats won’tseem like such a novelty. You might have an easier timesticking with just one.If you’re eating something and you can’t enjoy it because

you feel too guilty about eating it, you have two choices:either stop eating, or make the decision to go ahead andeat without guilt. In my experience, the worst over-eatingcomes from mindless eating. I eat too many cookies notbecause they’re especially good cookies, but because I’mstanding next to the cookie platter. I might have enjoyedthe first cookie but definitely not the fourth.As it turns out, demanding enjoyment out of your food is

not such a novel idea. In fact, it’s a practice embraced bymost of the world. Take the French: Yes, they eat cheeseand croissants and chocolate and cream puffs. But theyalways eat together. They eat almost painfully slowly. Theydon’t go back for seconds. And they enjoy every last bite.The French have a culture that supports a healthy way

of thinking about food. We don’t. Simply pledging to enjoyyour food isn’t going to change that, but it’s a start, and itmight influence others positively, too. And if, come Jan. 1,you make your resolutions with a little bit less guilt, I thinkthat’s a good thing.

This column first appeared in the Dec. 7 edition of theDaily Texan, the publication serving the University ofTexas.The views expressed in this column are those of the

authors and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Kate Clabby

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Dear Ladies,I started off the year by writing you a letter, so

I figured I should end it with one. First of all, Iwant to say thank you. Thank you for memories,the championship and an experience that I willremember for the rest of my life. Most of all,thank you for being the amazing group of youngladies you are. You are finally getting the recog-nition and respect you deserve after being over-looked by so many. The NCAA selection commit-tee did it when deemed you worthy of only a No.4 seed. The media focused on an undefeatedStanford team and the two Cinderella stories ofBoston College and Ohio State at the College Cup.Our own school cared more about [insert footballplayer’s name] blowing his nose or [insert bas-ketball player’s name] raising his hand in classwhile you kept working hard perfecting yourgame outside of the spotlight. Now you have therespect you’ve earned — the same respect youforced North Carolina, Ohio State, and Stanfordinto giving you. I saw the ups, downs, good, bad,ugly, blood, sweat, tears and any other cliché youcan think of and witnessed you handle everythingwith class, responding only with your play on thefield. Whether you know it or not, you’ve impact-ed the lives of those around you. Just think backto those little girls lining up for autographs afterhome games and one in particular who draggedher family to North Carolina during a snow stormjust to be with you when you won it all. Thischampionship also impacts the list of great play-ers who came before you and never took the tro-phy home. Then there is the impact you’ve hadon me. At the beginning of the season I askedyou to let me be a part of your team, but youmade me a part of your family. For that, I will beforever grateful. You truly exemplify all thatNotre Dame stands for and the university isproud to call you ours. Seniors, you went out ontop. Everyone else, this is only the beginning.Congratulations on your title.Your manager and biggest fan,“Paco”

Aaron Gutierrezsenior

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The US must bring civics intothe classroom

Most of us weren’t even in high school when the TwinTowers fell. Since then, our country has faced many crises.Hurricane Katrina, corporate corruption, the great reces-sion and the BP oil spill are just a few of the disasters we’velived through as a generation. With so much politicaldrama every year, the life of aU.S. citizen should be incrediblyexciting, but for some reason,even as we’re becoming adults,our conversations are the sameas they were in the eighth grade.Talking about the latest JerseyShore episode or what Kanye West did at the Video MusicAwards take the place of real discussion about nationalevents that actually matter.Saying we are too busy, jaded or apathetic are all pathet-

ic excuses for not having a basic knowledge of what’s goingon in the world today. But perhaps our lack of worldknowledge isn’t completely our own fault — mainstreammedia is fluffed up and sugarcoated to keep viewers’ atten-tion, and our education system doesn’t actively engage themajority of us in deep political conversations. The slightestaddition to our long-term educational careers could helpcure the epidemic of ignorance we face today.Requiring civics classes that teach the rights and duties

of citizens would help motivate students to understand andcare about the political environment that they are a part of.We should require classes, starting in grade school, thatkeep people involved in their country from a young age. Inaddition, colleges should require a similar course gearedtoward current events every semester or quarter. Even aone-unit class that meets once a week would help keep ourstudents informed about the true-life drama that is ourAmerican democracy.Every generation is faced with its own political issues.

Yet, when we become isolated from the histories experi-enced by the generations before us, we often fail to recog-nize the links between the news today and the events of thepast. Although we are now mentally trapped in a history

time bubble, we are still expected to have convicted stanceson current events while only having a narrow idea of whatis really going on.For instance, how many people do you think take the

time to investigate U.S. and British involvement in theMiddle East during the 1950s? I’m not here to give you ahistory lesson, but some serious political and military inter-vention went down just to ensure that Americans could fillup their Cadillac and Ford gas tanks with a low price tag.Our existing involvement in the Middle East isn’t some iso-lated incident and neither is any other current event. Theyall have a rich backstory that give hints as to why and howthings came to be how they are today. A civics programwould help keep students informed not only about the his-tory that created individual political events, but also aboutthe key figures and moments that have shaped our currentpolitical climate.You don’t need to be a political genius to keep yourself

informed and have strong views about the world. If wedon’t take the time to inform ourselves, we will idly sit byas our civil liberties and dollars turn to dust. Whicheverside of the political debate you’re on, civic education is keyto a strong democracy in the U.S. Nobody enjoys the com-pany of a blind, ignorant conservative more than a fellowblind, ignorant conservative, and no one appreciates therants of an uneducated, idealistic liberal more than anoth-er uneducated, idealistic liberal. If people continue to existin their political bubbles, they will neither change anythingnor live as anything more than a vat-full of ignorant politi-cal opinion. A comprehensive civics education would lift theburden of remaining informed off of the student and wouldkeep our citizens engaged in our society’s dramatic devel-opment from a young age.

This column first appeared in the Dec. 7 edition of TheDaily Aztec, the publication serving the San Diego StateUniversity.The views expressed in this column are those of the

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Men’s volleyball wins Irish InvitationalThe Irish hosted a tourna-

ment this weekend at RockneMemorial Gymnasium. Thefield consisted of seven teamsfrom four universities, withtwo teams from Grand ValleyState, one each from Purdueand Ba l l S ta te , and threeteams from Notre Dame, whosplit its main squad into twoteams and fielded an alumnisquad for the th i rd . Theteams were sp l i t in to twopools, the first of which hadGrand Valley State’s A squad,Notre Dame Alumni, NotreDame Green and Purduewhile the second pool hadGrand Valley State’s B squad,Notre Dame Navy and BallState.Notre Dame’s Green squad

played well and finished sec-ond in their pool by beatingthe Irish Alumi 2-0 (25-13,25-13) and Purdue 2-0 (25-13, 25-20). They dropped twomatches to Grand Va l leyState A 2-0 (19-25, 20-25). Inthe tournament bracket, theGreen Irish defeated GrandValley State B 2-0 (25-18, 25-17) before falling in two setsto the Navy Irish 2-0 (25-17,

25-23), resulting in a thirdplace finish. The team faceda variety of problems as anumber of players were play-ing outside of their comfortzone. Junior Tom Johnson,usually a right side hitter,played middle blocker; fresh-man Liam Gallagher, a defen-sive specialist, played outsidehi t ter ; sophomore Patr ickCondon, normally an outsidehitter, played right side; andsen ior pres ident MarkIandolo, normally a defensivespecialist, played outside hit-ter for the Green squad thisweekend.“Cons ider ing the severe

adversity facing the Greenteam, wi th a l l o f the guysplaying out of their normalpositions, we should be trulypleased with our third placefinish,” Condon said. “I’m notgo ing to say I carr ied theteam, but my back rea l lyhurts.”Notre Dame’s Navy squad,

however, dominated the tour-nament, facing their only sig-n i f i cant cha l lenge in thechampionship match. In poolB, every match played threegames, regardless of the out-come of the first two because

there was one fewer team inpool B than pool A. After run-ning the table in the earlygo ing by beat ing GrandValley State B 3-0 (25-7, 25-14, 25-16), and Ball State 3-0(25-8, 25-14, 25-18) in poolp lay, the I r i sh began thetournament bracket play. TheNavy Irish beat Purdue 2-0(25-17, 25-10), Notre DameGreen 2-0 (25-17, 25-23) andGrand Valley State A 2-1 (25-23, 23-25, 15-13) to reachthe championship match.In the f ina le , the I r i sh

fought back in games one andthree after being down by asmany as six points in gameone and facing a 9-12 deficitin the third game. The NotreDame Navy squad never gaveup, however, and took firstplace at a tournament for thefirst time in over four years.This tournament was truly

critical for the Irish, as thiswas the last time they’ll playuntil spring semester begins.The spring has potential tobe the best in team Irish his-tory with the return of juniorsetter Josh Rehberg from hiss tudy abroad program inAustralia and the return offreshman middle Scott Canna

from a knee injury. The Irishhave a deep squad this year,which was on d isp lay th isweekend when a split squadtook first and third places inthe Irish Invitational.

Women’s Ice HockeyNotre Dame p layed two

games this past weekend, onein Ch icago and one inMilwaukee. The team posteda big 10-1 win against theTigers, a club program, inChicago on Saturday. TheIrish scored seven goals inthe first period, one in thesecond and two in the third.Junior Margot DeBot rippedthe nets four t imes, whi lefreshman Maddie Schneemanreg is tered a hat t r i ck .Sophomores Veronica Ryanand Caitlin Ryan, and seniorcaptain Karen Riedl scoredthe other goals. Notre Dame lost 4-1 at the

Olympic Training Center inWisconsin on Sunday.

Figure SkatingNotre Dame started their

season strong with a silvermedal performance at the Dr.Porter Synchro Classic in AnnArbor, Michigan on Dec. 5.

Skat ing to a medley o fsongs f rom the Broadwaymusical “Hair,” Notre Dame’sspeed, presentation and inno-vative choreography set themapart f rom the n ine- teamf ie ld made up o f co l legeteams from around the coun-try. The highlight of NotreDame’s routine was a varia-tion in their straight-line pin-wheel where half the teamducked and cont inued torotate, while the other halfpassed over the heads o ftheir teammates. The manyfamily members and friendswho made the tr ip to AnnArbor to cheer on the Irishwent wild in the stands as theteam nailed the difficult ele-ment.The Irish finished a close

second behind perennial syn-chronized skat ing power-house Miami (OH) andreceived a first-place markfrom one of the judges. Asthe season cont inues in to2011, the team hopes to buildoff this strong start and chal-lenge the field for gold at theMidwestern Sec t iona lSynchronized Skat ingChampionships in Rochester,Minn. in early February.

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MLB discusses expanded playoffs, video replay at meetings

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. —Commissioner Bud Selig’s specialcommittee for on-field mattersdiscussed both expanded playoffsand increased use of video reviewby umpires without making anyrecommendations.The committee of managers

and executives met Tuesday onthe second day of the wintermeetings. The group will meetagain in conjunction with owners’meetings scheduled for Jan. 12-13 in Paradise Valley, Ariz.There appears to be strong sen-

timent for adding two wild-cardteams to create a 10-club postsea-son, most likely for 2012. But thedetails have to be worked out,and the players’ association saidlast week that it preferred thatmanagement bargain over thematter before formulating adetailed proposal of how an extratier of playoffs would work.“I don’t think anybody’s in favor

of having a setup where you have16 teams make the playoffs or 14teams make the playoffs,” saidLos Angeles Angels managerMike Scioscia, a member of the

committee. “But there seems tobe balance there that hopefullywould be explored.”Former Dodgers and Yankees

manager Joe Torre, anothermember of the committee, wantsto make certain division winnersget rewarded for first-place fin-ishes.“I felt that winning a division

didn’t have as much clout as itprobably should have,” Torre saidat a news conference with LouPiniella and Cito Gaston, twoother longtime managers whoretired along with him in 2010.“Three games in one place, two

games in another, I don’t thinkthat’s enough of a detriment,”Torre said, referring to the cur-rent best-of-five division seriesformat. “I’d like to make winningthe division, because it is tough todo, I’d like to see them have a lit-tle more of an advantage.”Piniella backed expanded play-

offs, as did Gaston.“It will cause more interest at

the end of the season,” the formerBlue Jays manager said. “Teamsthat are not in it could be in it.”Retired Atlanta Braves manag-

er Bobby Cox also was scheduled

to be at the news conference butleft the winter meetings becauseof a family illness. Braves presi-dent John Schuerholz, like Torrea member of Selig’s committee,took Cox’s chair,A new wild-card round likely

would be best-of-three or single-game elimination.“We’ll make what we think is

the really best decision for base-ball,” Schuerholz said. “There’s alot of issues to contemplate.”When they met last month,

more general managers appearedto favor best-of-three over a win-ner-take-all round.“In baseball there has to be a

balance of having 162 gamesmean more than just seeding, likeit does in some other sports,”Scioscia said. “I would think alonger series obviously favors adeeper team. But logistically,there has to be some balance tohow many games you’re going tobe able to get in.”As for replay, it hasn’t been

determined whether to increaseits use. It began in 2008, limitedto reviewing whether potentialhome runs crossed fences or werefair.

On other topics, Torre repeatedhe will not manage again and saidhe’s had several offers to resumehis career in broadcasting.“At this point in time I’m sort of

enjoying not having to make deci-sions, and I just put it off untilafter the first of the year,” he said.“It certainly is tempting because itwas something I did for six years

and enjoyed it and certainlywouldn’t have the schedule that amanager has. But I’m not sure. Idon’t want to commit and besorry I did something. I’m justgoing to give myself as a long atime as possible.”Torre also has the option of

working for Dodgers generalmanager Ned Colletti.

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Manning stuck in arut as Colts struggle

INDIANAPOLIS — PeytonManning has a simple slump-bust-ing plan.Play like he usually does.After throwing 11 interceptions

in three weeks and having fourreturned for touchdowns, the four-time league MVP insists he won’tchange how he plays. Other than,of course, executing plays better.“Aggressive discipline, that’s kind

of how I’ve always been taught toplay,” he said Tuesday. “What doesthat mean? That means throw it tothe guy if he’s open and don’t throwit if he’s covered. I just haven’t beenexecuting that philosophy wellbecause I’ve been throwing tosome guys that have been cov-ered.”It sounds like a simple solution.But over the past three weeks,

Manning has been doing the oppo-site.He’s thrown into traffic more

often and stared down receivers —uncustomary mistakes for a 13-year NFL veteran, particularly onewith the reputation of being, well,Perfect Peyton.For the first time in his pro

career, he’s had back-to-back four-interception games. He’s thrown acareer-high total for any three-week span, and he’s repeatedlyshouldered the blame for the Colts’woes by acknowledging he’s madepoor throws and poor decisions.And it’s taking a toll on the fran-

chise player.As Manning was peppered with

questions about what’s wrongTuesday, the tension showed.“We’ve lost three games, guys. I

don’t know what ‘anything like this’means,” Manning said when askedif he’d endured any similar slumpsin high school or college. “It’s atough stretch. It’s a three-game los-ing streak. I know you guys proba-bly aren’t used to having to askthese questions, but it’s football andthat’s the way it is.”Manning isn’t the only one seek-

ing solutions, though everyone isbacking the franchise quarterback.Players such as longtime center

Jeff Saturday, one of Manning’sclosest friends, and young receiverPierre Garcon believe everyone canimprove their play and that wouldhelp Manning.Twice this week, coach Jim

Caldwell has tried to explain thewidespread problems reflected inthe interception totals. He blamedroute-running, pass protection, theinability to run the football, eventhe ability of the defense to forceturnovers for the Colts’ struggles.On Monday night’s radio show,

Colts President Bill Polian acknowl-edged the combination may beforcing Manning into trying to dotoo much.

“We’re not doing a good job inthe running game and we’re speed-ing up the clock in Peyton’s head byabout a half a second,” Polian toldlisteners. “When you do that, youmake mistakes.”But when you have a player who

has been as consistently good asManning, teammates aren’t surethey can do anything to help.“He’s been around a long time

and he knows what he’s got to doas the quarterback,” Saturday said.“And I’m not the one to give himadvice on that (playing quarter-back).”Even Caldwell, Manning’s posi-

tion coach until last season, is will-ing to let Manning work things outon his own.Manning’s solution: Practice the

same way, study the same way andrevert to being his old self on thefield.“As a quarterback, I’ve tried to

prepare hard to do my job better.That’s something that I certainlyneed to do,” he said. “I think every-body feels a sense of urgency, thereis no question there is a sense ofurgency, feels the challenge, andhopefully we can respond.”In past seasons, nobody has been

better at responding to adversitythan Manning.Whether it was the trademark

game-winning drives, the uncannyaccuracy or the ability to almostcarry a team to victory, Manninghas always had an answer.Now, the Colts need it. With four

games left and three against divi-sion foes, the Colts (6-6) can winanother AFC South title if they canpull off a sweep. The run startsThursday night at Tennessee — ateam that hasn’t had an intercep-tion in three weeks.But the questions are all about

Peyton.Suddenly, each errant throw is

being dissected on highlight shows,fans are wondering whetherManning is hurt and some haveeven asked whether this is the startof a natural decline for the 34-year-old Manning.Caldwell isn’t buying it.“He still works as hard as he

always works. He is just as diligent(with) every single aspect of hisroutine and his preparation,” hesaid. “I have been around him a lit-tle while now and it hasn’tchanged. He is still doing the samethings he has always done, practic-ing extremely well and I think youwill see that he will play well.”And Caldwell isn’t about to ask

Manning to change anything abouthis routine.“That’s part of his preparation,”

he said. “His state of readiness isdifferent than the normal individ-ual. That is part of his DNA andthat’s how he works and that’s whyhe has been a great performer.”

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Jets look to rebound from loss

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — TheNew York Jets went to NewEngland looking to make astatement.They did. The wrong one.A day after being embar-

rassed on national television,the Jets were wondering howeverything went so wrong in a45-3 drubbing on Monday night.“It was the game of the year,”

a bloodshot-eyed coach RexRyan said Tuesday. “The unfor-tunate thing is I feel bad forourselves, obviously, our fansand, really, the NFL. The NFLdeserved a better game thanthat, but we weren’t up to thetask.”That was clear early in the

Jets’ most lopsided loss sincefalling to the Miami Dolphins in1986 by the same score. NewYork was 10-1 at that point, andthat defeat, along with injuries,sparked a five-game losingstreak.Ryan acknowledged that

there’s plenty the Jets (9-3)need to fix before their gameSunday against the Dolphins (6-6) to avoid a similar fate. Hesaid he never left the facilityafter getting back from thegame early Tuesday morning.“We got pummeled, we played

terrible, but it’s one game,”Ryan said. “Everything wetalked about is still attainable.”Everything, meaning, a Super

Bowl trophy — something Ryanguaranteed during trainingcamp.Ryan even evoked the 1985

Chicago Bears, a team whosedefensive coordinator was hisfather, Buddy. That team lost itsonly game that season to Miami38-24 on a Monday night inWeek 13, a result Ryan said hethought “was probably just ashumiliating, bad, all that kind ofstuff on a national stage, maybeeven as big or even bigger thanthis.”Ryan added that he hopes

“history repeats itself” as theBears went on to win the SuperBowl that season. And, despitehis own team’s lousy loss, Ryanis confident his guys can turnthings around.“We have a quarter of our

season left,” he said, “so we’refar from pressing the panic but-ton.”The same can’t be said of

some distraught fans who flood-ed sports radio shows with calls

wondering if the Jets can possi-bly bounce back from this kindof loss. The performance wasalso heavily criticized by themedia, with everyone fromRyan to Mark Sanchez to thevaunted defense getting clob-bered.“This humble pie tastes like a

car tire and it goes down likepeanut butter,” defensive tackleSione Pouha said after thegame. “That’s how it feels.Sunday can’t come soonenough.”There will be lots to do in the

days leading up to that, though.The players will gather as ateam Wednesday morning, andRyan said he’ll address them atthat point.“I’ll have a specific message,”

he said, “that I’ll share withthem first.”You can be sure there won’t

be many smiles in that room,nor should there be after whatwent down at Gillette Stadium.“We really have to do some

soul searching and see whatwe’re really about, what type ofteam we want to be,” widereceiver Brad Smith said. “Ithink we will be all right.”It couldn’t get much worse

than it did Monday, when therewere serious breakdowns onoffense, defense and specialteams that Bill Belichick’s teamcapitalized on each time.“We couldn’t have played

much worse in all phases of thegame,” tight end Dustin Kellersaid.Sanchez was off target all

night, throwing three intercep-tions against a pass defensethat ranked last in the leaguecoming in. Offensive coordina-tor Brian Schottenheimer andthe Jets’ offense also neverreally took advantage of thePatriots’ young secondary.“This was a good old-fash-

ioned butt-kicking,” Sanchezsaid. “There’s no two waysaround it. I need to play better,especially down the stretch.”With the Jets trailing 24-3,

Sanchez’s interception at thePatriots 2 early in the thirdquarter ended any comebackchance New York had. The routwas on after that.On special teams, Nick Folk

missed another field goal,falling short on a 53-yardattempt, and punter SteveWeatherford shanked a 12-yardpunt that led to a score.The Jets’ defense, which Ryan

has said will be ranked No. 1 atthe end of the season, waspicked apart by Tom Bradydrive after drive. The Patriotsscored on each of their first fourpossessions, taking a 21-pointlead into halftime. It only gotworse in the second half as theJets appeared unable to stop ortackle anyone, including formerteammate Danny Woodhead.Other than Darrelle Revis, the

secondary — already short-handed with the loss of JimLeonhard — was exposed byBrady as Eric Smith struggledas Leonhard’s replacement andAntonio Cromartie had proba-bly his worst game with theteam.

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New York Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson looks at scoreboard during fourth quarterof devastating 45-3 loss to New England Patriots on Monday night in Foxborough, Mass.

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ble f igures. Junior guardPatsy Mahoney scored 15points and was a perfect6-6 from the line, includ-ing 4-4 in the final fifteenseconds . Jun ior forwardJess i ca Centa scored 10points and grabbed eightrebounds while freshmanguard Shanlynn Bias was akey con t r ibu tor w i th 14points. The Be l les s tandout in

this game, however, wasj un i o r f o rward Ke l l e yMurphy, who notched 24

points and 13 rebounds ina dominating performance.The Belles defense also

s t ood ou t . They l im i t edO l i v e t ’s l e ad ing s c o r e r,j un i o r gua rd Debb i eN ikodemsk i , t o j u s t s i xpo in t s on 2 -5 shoo t i ngfrom the field. Junior for-ward A l y s i a Co l e was abright spot in the Cometsde f ea t w i t h t eam h i gh swith 18 points and sevenrebounds. The Belles will take the

cour t on Sa tu rday a t 3p.m. at home against MIAAfoe Alma College.

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year’s team.”Guentzel’s big-picture lead-

ership has been essential onthis year’s Irish team, as acast of twelve freshmen hasbeen molded into a cohesiveunit that sits second in theCCHA standings with 26points in 12 league games.“I think with only four sen-

iors, we’ve got to be tight-knitwith so many young fresh-men. We’ve got to be rolemodels,” Guentzel said.“We’ve got no problems witheach other, we all live togeth-er. We’ve been through someups — the NationalChampionship game — andsome lows l ike last year.We’ve been through it all,and with that experience Ithink it helps us lead thisteam.”The maturation of those

freshmen — center T.J. Tynanand wings Anders Lee andMike Voran, to name a few —have enabled Guentzel to seeconsiderable ice time withfellow seniors Ben Ryan andCalle Ridderwall. The line hasturned in huge numbers, andfor Guentzel the early-seasonstatistics are right in linewith his reputation as asmart and creative playmak-er, with his team-leading 15assists and three goals, which

puts him second on the teamin points behind Tynan.“I like to make plays, I like

to set people up,” Guentzelsaid. “Playing the last threeyears, [Ben Ryan and I]played a lot on the ice togeth-er. We kind of know whereeach other are and I meanthat makes the game easier, ifyou know where each otherare going to be. We can makemore plays.”Guentzel and the rest of the

Irish will be in action againstNorthern Michigan for aweekend series at the JoyceCenter this Friday andSaturday. While the Wildcatsmay not carry the same repu-tation as recent opponentsMiami and North Dakota, thesenior said that NorthernMichigan could not be under-estimated.“It’s not the same name,

but obviously, they’re rightbehind us in the standings,”Guentzel said. “They justcrept into the top 20 in thenation, so, with finals comingup and a lot of young fresh-men around who haven’tbeen here during finals time,it’s just kind of keeping themfocused on the task at hand.Just trying to get through thislast week and then when itcomes to Saturday, makingsure that we’re into the gameand then going from there.”

series again, and our fanscan relate to going and play-ing Kentucky every year. It’snot a good game annually forus, but it’s a good thing toro ta te in and out o f .Obviously the series is a littleone-sided, but we won thelas t one , and i t ’s a greatchallenge facing a great pro-gram.”Notre Dame has started the

season 8-0 for the first timein Brey’s tenure as coach,due in large par t to the irimprovement on the boardsthis season. The Irish haveout-rebounded every oppo-

nent so far this season, andcurrently rank f i f th in theNCAA in rebound margin atplus-12.4.“I think that’s something

we’ve been real ly p leasedwith,” Brey said. “It’s been anucleus of guys that learnedhow to defend and reboundlast year, and pushed to getan NCAA tournament b id ,and they’ve continued thatthis year. Our size helps us,but it’s kind of been a teammentality rebounding.”A big part of their improved

rebounding has been seniorCarleton Scott, who leads theIr i sh wi th 7 .8 boards pergame. Scot t recorded twodouble-doubles in the three-game Old Spice Classic forthe Irish, and was named to

the all-tournament team.“ I jus t d idn ’t want h im

thinking, and I didn’t want tota lk publ i ca l ly about h imdoing more, because I didn’twant him to get outside ofour offense,” Brey said. “Ithink he’s learned to keep itvery simple in the context ofthings, and he’s done a reallygood job of rebounding andblocking shots.”Sen ior Scot t Mart in has

also started to contribute forthe Irish. Martin, who missedthe 2008-09 campaign as atransfer before missing lastyear wi th a knee in jury,struggled to start the season,but recorded a season-highseven rebounds aga ins tWisconsin and a season-high15 points in Notre Dame’slast game against IndianaState.“I think it’s probably just

reps and playing time,” Breysa id . “When you haven’tplayed in two years, I thinkit’s a confidence thing. Justgetting to play and getting ingame situations was key, andI want to just keep him confi-dent , because I th ink he’sfeeling good about his role onthe team.”Even though Big East sea-

son does not start for threeweeks, Brey thinks that thisgame will be a good test forthe Irish, and a good trialrun for the type of teams theywi l l face once conferenceplay rolls around.“ I to ld the guys ‘Here

comes a B ig Eas t week , ’ ”Brey said. “I t ’s a Big Eastk ind o f preparat ion , wi thspeed coming into our lane,and we talk about trying tosurvive and thrive in the BigEast. There are a lot of guysthat can get to the lane offthe dribble, and that’s cer-tainly John [Calipari]’s phi-losophy. So, for these veteranguys in our program, it’s verys imi lar. I t ’s go ing to be agreat test for us in a roadatmosphere.”Notre Dame tips off against

Kentucky at 9:30 p.m. tonightbe fore re turn ing home toface Gonzaga on Saturday.

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Natal ie Novosel . Diggins ,Notre Dame’s starting pointguard, was named to the BigEast Weekly Honor Roll thisweek for her performances atNo. 2/3 Baylor last Wednesdayand against Purdue onSunday. At the other guardposition, Novosel has steppedup her play this season, oftenleading the team in scoring asshe has been averaging 16.3per game. Her contributionshaven’t gone unnoticed by thecoaching staff. “She’s really talented and …

she’s been playing really wellall year,” McGraw said aboutNovosel. “She’s just takingwhat the defense gives her,she’s not forcing things. Herand Skylar are playing reallywell together, she’s just gotgreat instincts, and she canreally score. We like her toshoot the ball.”Both guards’ abilities will be

necessary for the Irish tonightwhen they take on the Friars.Notre Dame leads the series18-0, but Providence canchal lenge the Ir ish’s teamspeed and also have the abili-ty to hit some of their weakspots.

“They’ve got great teamspeed, really good guard play.They always seem to havereally good guards,” McGrawsaid. “They can push thetempo, they shoot the threemuch than better than we do,and they drive the ball reallywell, so we’ll have some chal-

lenges for our defense.” McGraw and the Irish take

on the Friars tonight at 7 p.m.at Alumni Hall in Providence,R.I. in the hopes to open theirBig East season with a win.

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Senior forward Becca Bruszewski goes up against a Purduedefender during Notre Dame’s 72-51 win at home on Sunday.

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Clutch free throw shootingdown t he s t r e t ch he l pedSaint Mary’s hold on to beatOlivet Tuesday and grab itsfirst conference win of theseason. The game was hotly con-

tested throughout, as nei-ther team led by more thaneight points. The Belles (6-2, 1-1 MIAA) were victori-ou s de sp i t e b e i ng ou t r e -bounded 37-21 and givingup 11 second-chance oppor-tunities to the Comets.The key to victory for the

Belles was their free throwshooting. They shot 15-18f r om the l i n e and madetheir last six with the gamestill hanging in the balanceto seal the win. The Belles had a diverse

o f f en s i v e a t t a ck aga in s tOlivet. They ended up withfour players scoring in dou-

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Belles beatComets onthe foul line

HOCKEY

Guentzel leads on the ice

After a subpar 2009 season,No. 12 Notre Dame has gottenoff to a strong start to the2010 campaign against a diffi-cult schedule. The winningatmosphere around the pro-gram means that things areback to normal for seniorright wing Ryan Guentzel.Success on the ice is in theMinnesota native’s blood.Before he stepped foot on

campus, Guentzel had alreadybeen immersed in winning foryears. His father Mike hasbeen involved in collegiateand youth hockey for years asone of the top assistant coach-es in Division I hockey. Heguided Minnesota to theNational Championship in2001 and 2002 and earnedfive trips to the Frozen Fourduring his decade-plus behindthe bench for the GoldenGophers. Ryan said the timearound his father’s teams

gave him a winning philoso-phy.“I think I bring in some win-

ning experience,” Guentzelsaid. “I won a NationalChampionship in juniors. Mydad won a couple of NationalChampionships coachingDivision I hockey, too, so I’vebeen around some teamswhere they’ve had success.I’ve just been trying to bringthose philosophies into this

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Sen io r r ight w ing Ryan Guentze l f ights fo r possess ion in a game aga instMichigan State on Nov. 19 at home. The Irish defeated the Spar tans 6-2.

ND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Irish open Big Eastseason at Providence

No. 23 Irish renew rivalry against No. 17 Kentucky as team travels to Louisville

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By CHRIS ALLENSports Writer

By JOE WIRTHSports WriterFreedom Hall has not been

kind to the No. 23 Irish, whohave lost their last 10 gamesat the Louisville, Ky. arena.Notre Dame will try to breakthat s treak whi le keepingal ive an e ight -game winstreak to start the season asthe face No. 17 Kentucky inthe DIRECTV SEC/Big EastInvitational tonight.“I feel like we’ve left games

on the tab le there , eventhough we’ve played prettywel l there aga ins t goodteams,” I r i sh coach MikeBrey said. “It’s not like it’sgoing to be foreign territory.”Kentucky and Notre Dame

will meet for the 60th time,and while Kentucky holds a41-18 advantage in theseries, the Irish won the lastmeeting during the 2009 NIT.“It’s a great night of bas-

ketball,” Brey said. “When[Wi ldcats coach JohnCal ipar i ] got the job , heta lked about s tar t ing the

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see BREY/page 13 see BELLES/page 12

Freedom fighters

The No. 18 Irish have facedan array of opponents from avariety of conferences in thefirst month of the season, buttonight marks a new begin-ning for Notre Dame as i topens its Big East schedule atProvidence. “It’s [kind of] a clean slate,”

Irish coach Muffet McGrawsaid of opening the team’sconference season. “Youknow, the f irs t game, i t ’simportant to start off on agood note. So we want to goout with a lot of intensity. Weworked on our defense today,I wasn’t really happy with ourdefense against Purdue so wespent some t ime on thattoday. That’s something wereally want to improve on bythe t ime we get to the BigEast [Tournament].”Tonight’s game marks Notre

Dame’s ear l iest Big Eastopener since the team’s title-run in the 2000-01 seasonwhen they defeated Villanova64-33 at home on Dec. 6 ,2000, which is a fitting reoc-currence s ince this yearmarks the 10th anniversary ofthe program’s only nationalchampionship.But, as McGraw said, Notre

Dame has improvements tomake on their defense, aswell as in other areas of itsgame in preparation for the

tough conference slate. Manyof these areas are ones sheobserved in Sunday’s contestagainst Purdue, which shecalled an “ugly present” forher birthday.“Blocking out. We missed a

lot of box outs and executingon the offense,” McGraw said.“Just being smart with theball and making good deci-sions.”McGraw hopes that the Irish

will try to work the ball intoNotre Dame’s post players,who have been very success-ful this season and scored themajority of the team’s pointsagainst Purdue.“We’re just trying to get the

guards to look in a little bitmore,” she said. “The postshave been very successful, weshot 50 percent from the fieldwith all four of them [seniorsDevereaux Peters and BeccaBruszewski , junior EricaSoloman and freshmanNatalie Achonwa] combined[against Purdue], so they’redoing a really good job andwe want to continue to look inbecause they’re playing well.We have to give them moretouches.”Notre Dame’s guards have

been just as essential to itssuccess and ability to put up afight in the first month of itsseason, especially sophomoreSkylar Diggins and junior

see MCGRAW/page 13

By MEAGHAN VESELIKSports Writer

JULIE HERDER/The Observer

Senior forward Tyrone Nash looks for the rebound against two California defendersduring the Old Spice Classic semifinals in Orlando on Nov. 26. The Irish won 57-44.

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