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Professors react to midterm electionsNotre Dame faculty members reflect on political ramifications of big Republican gains

After Republicans won big inmidterm elections last week,Notre Dame professors said theparty’s gains could lead to astronger sense of party divisionin the coming term. “The Republicans won big, so

they have no need to compro-mise,” said Jack Colwell ,adjunct professor of AmericanStudies and South BendTribune columnist. “WithDemocrats, the more liberalDemocrats won — it was themore moderate Democrats thatlost.”The House of Representatives

currently has 256 Democraticseats and 179 Republicanseats. When the newRepresentatives take office,239 Republicans and 188Democrats will take the floor,with eight seats still pending,according to USA Today’s web-site.The Senate will go from its

current 57 Democrats, 41Republicans and twoIndependents to 51 Democrats,46 Republicans and twoIndependents, with one seatstill pending.Colwell said Indiana’s 2nd

Congressional District, inwhich Notre Dame is located,had an interesting race.Incumbent Democrat JoeDonnelly narrowly defeated

Republican Jackie Walorski forthe spot in the House ofRepresentatives. “It was amazing Donnelly

could survive in such aRepublican year in aRepublican state,” he said.“One of the problems for thenext session is that Donnelly isone of the more moderateDemocrats, and one of the fewleft.”In the races for governor,

Republicans also took themajority.Currently there are 26

Democratic governors and 24Republican governors. Afterthe new ones are sworn in,there will be 29 Republicangovernors, 18 Democratic gov-ernors and one Independentgovernor, with two races stillpending results, according toUSA Today’s website.When it comes to legislation,

Colwell said he predicts prob-lems between party lines.“There will be stalemate,” he

said. “The Republicans in theHouse of Representatives havehad great success with justsaying no.”He also said he sees trouble

for President Barack Obama.“[Obama] will try to work

with them — but it takes two totango,” Colwell said. “I don’tsee why Republicans wouldwork with him … I doubt theywill work with him.”

Seniors weigh optionsfor class Legacy Fund

The University will investi-gate the dangers of alcoholicenergy dr inks l ike FourLoko, a caffeinated, alcoholicbeverage wi th 12 percentalcohol content, and discusswhether banning such drinksfrom campus would be theright move, a University rep-resentative said at Monday’sCampus Life Council (CLC)meeting. Assistant vice president for

S tudent A f fa i r s Br ianCoughlin asked council mem-bers to part ic ipate in thecommittee that will decidehow to handle Four Loko oncampus. “We do not want to make

this decision in a vacuum,” TOM YOUNG/The Observer

Chief of staff Nick Ruof and student body president CatherineSoler participate in the conversation at Monday’s CLC meeting.

INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Tony Award winner teaches at SMC page 3 � Music under the radar page 8 � Men’s, women’s interhall results page 16 � Viewpoint page 6

Dormscompete toconserveenergy

If you walk out of your dormroom this month and see onlyhalf the lights on in the hallway,chances are it isn’t an accident. Keeping lights on the “half-on”

setting typically used after pari-etals is one way dorms are sav-ing energy during this month’sthird annual Dorm EnergyCompetition. The main objective of the com-

petition is for students to realizehow much energy they are actu-ally using, said Rachel Novick,education and outreach pro-grams manager for the Office ofSustainability. “The goal is for students to

become more conscious aboutthe energy they use and particu-larly the energy that gets wast-ed,” Novick said. “And also tosee what kind of creative waysthey can find to save energy.”The title went to Walsh Hall in

2008 and Cavanaugh Hall in2009.Cavanaugh was able to reduce

their energy use by 34 percentfor the month. Former rector

By MELISSA FLANAGANNews Writer

By AMANDA GRAYNews Writer

By MEGAN DOYLENews Writer

Group discusses Four Loko

After sifting through hun-dreds of suggestions from NotreDame seniors, the final optionsfor the Class of 2011 LegacyFund focus on helping studentswho are in need of financialassistance. Each year, the Student

Development Committee (SDC)chooses a few ideas for the fundand the senior class votes onthem and chooses where theywould like their donations to go.There are five choices this

year, and the voting beganabout a week ago and will mostlikely extend until Wednesday,said SDC Co-Chairs MaggieNettesheim and Maria Sellers.“Something we definitely

thought about a lot is that wewanted it to be something that

would continue to make a dif-ference on campus,”Nettesheim said. “We wanted itto be something that wouldimprove life on campus andwould continue to do so.”This year’s choices focus on

providing funds for studentswho are in need of financial aidfor a variety of occasions. The first option is a study

abroad assistance fund. Thisprogram would be designed forstudents on financial aid whowish to go to abroad,Nettesheim said.“If they choose to go abroad,

it would give them a little morespending money,” Nettesheimsaid.The second choice is a partial

tuition scholarship for incomingfreshmen each year.Seniors’ third option is a

By MELISSA FLANAGANNews Writer

CAMPUS LIFE COUNCIL

BRANDON KEELEAN | Observer Graphicsee ELECTION/page 4 see ENERGY/page 4

see LEGACY/page 4 see CLC/page 5

A Nov. 2 article titled “Habitat begins work on newhouse” misidentified the criteria Habitat for Humanityuses to select partner families. Habitat bases decisions onthree criteria: ability to pay the mortgage by meetingincome guidelines, demonstrate need of housing and awillingness to partner by fulfilling program require-

ments. The Observer regrets this error.

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QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS YOUR SPIRIT ANIMAL?

IN BRIEFThe seminar “A New Modelfor Turbulent Dispersion” willtake place today at 11 a.m. inFitzpatrick Hall Room 258.Benoit Cushman-Roisin, pro-fessor of engineering atDartmouth College, will pres-ent this installment in theEnvironmental Fluid DynamicsSeminar Series

The lecture “Hybrid Peace:What Happens When Top-Down and Bottom-Up PeaceMeet” will take place today at4:15 p.m. in the HesburghCenter for InternationalStudies. It is free and open tothe public.

The Notre Dame Fund toProtect Human Life will spon-sor “Dinner and Discussion:Bread of Life” today at 6 p.m.in the Oak Room of SouthDining Hall. The dinner isintended to facilitate discus-sion about beginning of lifeethical issues. Register for freeby emailing [email protected].

The Center for SocialConcerns will sponsor aSummer Service LearningProgram (SSLP) InformationSession today at 6:30 p.m. inthe McNeill Library of GeddesHall. The SSLP is an 8 weekexperience within a 3 creditTheology course. The Centerrecruits Notre Dame studentswho are interested in expandingtheir education by working withand learning from persons whoare marginalized in society.

The Brazilian Cultural Fairwill take place today at 8 p.m.in the LaFortune StudentCenter Ballroom. Students cansample Brazilian cuisine andparticipate in Samba lessons.

To submit information to beincluded in this section of TheObserver, e-mail detailedinformation about an event [email protected]

OFFBEATProspective juror in Ohioexcused for citing DahmerCLEVELAND — An Ohio

man was excused from juryservice after mentioning hewas a childhood friend ofcannibalistic serial killerJeffrey Dahmer.John Backderf was among

prospective jurors beingscreened last week by ajudge in Cleveland.When asked if he’d known

anyone convicted of a crime,Backderf responded: “I had aclose friend in high schoolwho killed 17 people.”The Plain Dealer reports

Monday the answer causedthe judge to freeze andlawyers to drop their pens.Backderf explained he knewDahmer, who was raised innortheast Ohio.

Backderf is a graphic nov-elist about to publish “MyFriend Dahmer.” He was dis-missed from the jury list.Dahmer confessed to killing

and dismembering men andboys in Milwaukee. Aninmate killed him in aWisconsin prison in 1994.

No fallen coconuts forObamaMUMBAI, India — Staff

security checks at theGandhi Museum beforePresident Barack Obama’svisit — check. But thecoconut palm trees, too?A few days before

Obama’s visit Saturday, U.S.and Indian security officialsvisited the small two-storybuilding and ordered thelooping off of ripe coconuts

from the trees to preventany accidental bonking.“People do get hurt, or

even killed, from fallingcoconuts. We had the ripecoconuts removed and somedried branches as well. Whytake a chance?” saidMeghshyam Ajgaonkar,executive secretary of theMani Bhavan GandhiMuseum, located on a quietstreet in this bustling com-mercial hub.In preparation for the visit,

the museum was shieldedfrom onlookers and neigh-bors by a high white tentthat covered almost theentire building. The streetwas closed to pedestrians.

Information compiledfrom the Associated Press.

TOM LA/The Observer

At the volleyball game versus Northern Iowa on Sunday, students hold up largeheadshots of senior players Stephanie Slatt and Megan Dunne as part of theSenior Day promotion.

“Eagle.”

Sean McKelvey

freshmanFisher

“Lemur.”

Danny Domingo

freshmanFisher

“Otter.”

Christina Murray

sophomorePangborn

“Dolphin.”

Elena Rodriguez

sophomorePangborn

“Dolphin.”

Bridget Apfeld

sophomoreMcGlinn

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Tony Award winnervisits Saint Mary’s

In recent years , Sa intMary’s students have wel-comed various theater profes-sionals to the college, includ-ing actor Glenn Close andcomedian Lily Tomlin. TonyAward-winnera n dB r o a d w a yactress DonnaM c K e c h n i ejo ined thatlist when shehosted a mas-ter c lass fors t u d e n t sMonday.

“How fortu-nate we arethat our stu-dents are ableto learn fromthe mastersl ike DonnaM c K e c h n i eand L i lyToml in , both Tony Awardwinning-actresses ,” MarkAbram-Copenhaver, a theatreprofessor at the College, saidin a press re lease . “Ms.McKechnie is a master of notonly the theater, but of whatmakes theatre sing — musicand dance.”

McKechnie,who teachesan act ingclass in NewYork, told thestudents inM o n d a y ’ sc lass whyteaching oth-ers to act i simportant toher.

“My job in ac lass wi thstudents Iteach in NewYork is to ask them, ‘How dowe make this more real foryou?’” McKechnie said.

She said it is important topersonalize a role and not tolet fear cause hesitation.

“We have to stay out of ourown way,” she said.

McKenchie won a TonyAward for best actress for herro le as Cass ie in “Chorus

Line,” according to the pressre lease . Other credi tsinc lude “On the Town,”“Promises , Promises” and“State Fair.”

“My soapbox in l i fe i sAmerican musical theater,”McKechnie said. “I learnedwith people who are incredi-ble. I am a professional stu-

dent and Ihave studiedand I wi l lcont inue tostudy.”

D u r i n gmaster class,he ld in thestudio inRegina Hall’sb a s e m e n t ,four SaintMary’s the-ater studentscame beforeM c K e c h n i eand per-formed amusical num-ber each had

been working on, and shesupplied them feedback.

Af ter each performance,McKechnie gave the studentdirection and they workedthrough the song with her.

Throughout the musica lnumbers , McKechnie sa id

s t u d e n t sneed to putthe ir fearaside.

“We try tos h o wbecause wearen’t inc o m p l e t er e l a x a t i o nwith our-se lves ,” shesaid. “Reallyfeel it beforeyou say i t .It’s not aboutpain , i t ’s

about freeing ourselves.”McKechnie said the difficul-

ty in acting is bringing all theelements together.

“We’re integrat ing thewords and the feeling and allof this,” she said. “That’s whyit’s so complicated.”

Contact Ashley Charnley [email protected]

By ASHLEY CHARNLEYSaint Mary’s Editor

“My soapbox in life isAmerican musical

theater. I learned with people who are

incredible. I am a professional student andI have studied and I will

continue to study.”

Donna McKechnieTony Award winner

NEW DELHI — DeepeningAmerica's stake in Asian powerpolitics, President Barack Obamaon Monday endorsed India's bidto become a permanent memberof the U.N. Security Council, hop-ing to elevate the nation of a bil-lion people to "its rightful place inthe world" alongside an assertiveChina.

Obama's declaration, deliveredto the pounding applause ofIndia's parliament members,spoke to a mission broader thanthe makeup of one global institu-tion. By spending three packeddays in India, announcing tradedeals, dismissing job-outsourcinggripes and admonishing India'srival Pakistan, Obama went all infor an ally whose support hehopes to bank on for years.

"I want every Indian citizen toknow: The United States ofAmerica will not simply be cheer-ing you on from the sidelines,"Obama said inside the soaringlegislative chamber of the capitalcity. "We will be right there withyou, shoulder to shoulder,because we believe in the prom-ise of India."

To Obama, that promise entailsshaking up the world order by

giving more voice to developingcountries that offer lucrative mar-kets for U.S. products and poten-tial help to counter terrorism anda warmingplanet. Indiafits Obama'sagenda per-fectly becauseit is theworld's largestd e m o c r a c yand sits in theheart of a piv-otal, vexingregion.

The diplo-macy in Indiaalso gaveObama achance toreassert him-self on theglobal stage, far from Washingtonin the aftermath after humblingcongressional elections.

His final day in India beganwith a lavish welcome ceremonyat the majestic palace residenceof India's president and endedthere as Obama and his wife,Michelle, were toasted to a statedinner.

The capstone of Obama's out-reach here came when heannounced support for India's

long push to achieve a permanentplace on the Security Council, theelite body responsible for main-taining international peace. It

under l inedObama's con-tention thatthe partner-ship betweenthe U.S. andIndia couldhave definingimpact onboth countriesand the world.

"The justand sustain-able interna-tional orderthat Americaseeks includesa UnitedNations that is

efficient, effective, credible andlegitimate," Obama said as hecalled for India to be part of areformed council.

Yet White House aidesacknowledge any changes to thecouncil could be messy and yearsin the making. Attempts toexpand the council have longfailed because of rivalriesbetween countries.

India considered Obama'smove to be an enormous coupregardless.

India is part of the so-calledGroup of Four, with Germany,Japan and Brazil, that has beenseeking permanent seats asmajor economic and politicalpowers. U.S. backing for a per-manent seat for India is impor-tant, but officials here must alsowin support of the other veto-wielding council members, andthe General Assembly has toagree on reform plan.

The five permanent membersof the Security Council are theU.S., China, France, the UnitedKingdom and Russia. The onlyother country the U.S. hasendorsed for permanent mem-bership is Japan.

Pakistan criticized Obama'sstatement, accusing India of "bla-tant violations" of U.N. resolu-tions and calling on the U.S. to"take a moral view and not baseitself on any temporary expedi-ency or exigencies of power poli-tics." China has long objected toIndia's proposed ascension to thecouncil

Obama hopes to boost India’s status

“I want every Indian citizen to know: The

United States of Americawill not simply be

cheering you on from thesidelines.”

Barack Obamapresident

“My job in a class withstudents I teach in NewYork is to ask them, ‘Howdo we make this more

real for you?’”

Donna McKechnieTony Award winner

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Notre Dame study saysunions are beneficial

I t ’s no coincidence thatAmerican workers have neverbeen more dissatisfied withtheir jobs, and labor unions’membership keeps dropping,according to a new study co-authored by Univers i ty ofNotre Dame political scientistBenjamin Radcliff. The studywas published recently in thejournal Socia l IndicatorsResearch.

Based on a study of unionsin 14 nations, Radcliff foundthat people who live in coun-tries in which labor unionmembership was robust werehappier – regardless ofwhether or not they belongedto a labor union themselves.

“There’s both a direct effectof being a member and anindirect effect,” Radcliff says.

Examining life-satisfactiondata from several Europeancountries as well as Japan,Austral ia and the U.S. ,Radcliff and his colleaguesbased their s tudy on thenotion that happiness withone’s life increasingly meanshappiness at work.

So what , exact ly, br ingsworkers happiness? Unions,according to Radcliff.

There are obvious benefitsfor members: job security, fairwages, benefits and decenthours. But for those who arenot members, there isRadcliff’s “indirect effect:”

“People who have unionjobs like their jobs better,” hesays. “And that puts pressureon other employers to extendthe same benefits and wagesto compete with the unionshops.”

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The repeal of healthcarereform was on the campaignpromise list of many candi-dates, but Colwell said thiswould be impossible. However,the newly elected officialscould still do some damage.

“Opponents will try to starveit,” he said. “They will try tosabotage it.”

He said this could come inthe form of redirecting fundsaway from programming.

“The only thing that couldhelp end the [partisan] stale-

mate is that both parties lovetheir country,” he said. “Ifthings started to get bad withs o m e t h i n glike the econ-omy, youmight seepoliticians oneither sidework witheach other.”

Some havecalled theRepub l i canvictory a“tsunami” ora “hurri-cane,” Colwell said, but he alsosaid the landslide could havebeen larger.

“It was a big Republicanyear,” he said. “They probablywould have won the Senate if

the Tea Partydidn’t nomi-nate so manyques t ionab lecandidates.”

The TeaParty, a right-wing faction ofthe RepublicanParty, receiveda lot of mediaattention dur-ing the elec-tions.

Michael Desch, chair in thePolitical Science department,said the Tea Party created

problems for the two-partypolitical system.

“There is grounds for opti-mism for the Obama adminis-tration,” he said. “The rise ofthe Tea Party is not just aproblem for the Democrats butalso for the Republican Party.There is a lot of anger directedat the Republican establish-ment.”

Desch, who has a specialty ininternational politics and for-eign policy, said some foreignpolicy issues were in the back-ground of the midterm elec-tion.

“China and trade [was anissue],” he said. “The overarch-ing issue was the economy and

unemployment. China wasimportant with these persistentfears. We have an imbalance intrade with China.”

Desch said what seemed todetermine the midterm electionresults was not a great supportfor the Republican Party, but ageneral sense of unhappinesswith the current government.

“The problems with the econ-omy are long-term and struc-tural,” he said. “The problem isthat there are no easy solu-tions. The American publicdoesn’t have the stomach forthe solutions now.”

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Amalia de la Torre said shebelieves one factor in particularwas crucial to her dorm’s suc-cess — parietals lights.

“We kept half of all our hall-way lights out,” de la Torre said.“In other words, we kept thelighting thesame as itwould havebeen afterparietals. Ithink thatmade thewinning dif-ference.”

Overall lastyear, resi-dence hallssaved 58,800k i l o w a t t -hours. This isequivalent to8 4 , 0 0 0pounds ofcarbon diox-ide emissionsand adds up to a savings of$2,940 for the University, Novicksaid.

Some common approaches tosaving energy include hang-dry-ing laundry and unplugging elec-tronics when they aren’t beingused, Novick said.

Novick’s goals for the competi-tion not only include saving ener-gy and money, but also havingparticipation from every dorm.

“I’d definitely like to improveon the overall savings and coststo campus, but also to really tryto get every dorm to be

involved,” Novick said. “I thinkthat the dorms that were mostengaged last year did an amaz-ing job.”

Cavanaugh, the returningchampion, is employing some ofthe same tactics as last year butalso stressing the simple things,co-president Caitlin Desmondsaid.

“This year we are doing simi-lar things, but also emphasizingto the girls to unplug things

when you leave theroom, such as turnoff power strips,unplug computersand chargers,”Desmond said.

Some dorms don’thave a great chanceat winning the com-petition due to long-standing traditions.Sorin College presi-dent Colin King saidhis dorm has neverdone well.

“Sorin is infamousfor always coming inlast in this competi-tion,” King said. “Wehave a tradition to

put incredible amounts ofChristmas lights up right beforeThanksgiving and leave them onat all times.”

The competition runs throughthe end of November and thewinning dorm will receive a$500 prize, Novick said.

“We have runner-up prizes too,and awards for sustainabilitycommissioners who do reallycreative programs to get peopleinvolved,” Novick said.

Contact Melissa Flanagan [email protected]

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stipend for students who wouldlike to do summer service, butaren’t sure where their fundswould come from.

“The summer service onewould be a fund for those whowant to do service, internationalor national, but they don’t havefunds for where they’re living,”Sellers said.

Nettesheim said it would beparticularly useful for studentswho do not feel they could give upa summer income, and it couldapply to any service endeavor,even if it’s not through NotreDame.

The fourth choice is an emer-gency assistance fund. Thismoney could be used at the dis-cretion of rectors in the event ofan emergency, such as a death inthe family of a student who isunable to cover the price of aplane ticket home.

The last option is a donation toRecSports, which would allow forthe purchase of new uniforms orequipment.

SDC used multiple sources togauge where the seniors wanted

the fund to go to, including boothsat senior events and an onlinepoll. Nettesheim said this year’ssenior class was very enthusiasticin contributing ideas.

“We got probably 200 sugges-tions from the senior class whenwe did the online poll,”Nettesheim said. “We in the com-mittee then narrowed it downfrom those suggestions.”

The final outcome of the votewill most likely be announced inDecember.

Tim Ponisciak, the assistantdirector of the Annual Fund, saidthe Senior Legacy Fund can gen-erate anywhere from $60,000 to$100,000.

Contributing to the SeniorLegacy is the first step into theAnnual Fund, which is a generalfund that accepts donations tosupport “virtually everythingunder the Dome,” such as finan-cial aid for students or advancingNotre Dame’s Catholic mission,according to its website.

“In the spring we’ll send out aletter and brochure telling themabout the sponsored fund, butalso telling them a little about theAnnual Fund,” Ponisciak said.

Ponisciak said seniors areencouraged to contribute to thesponsored legacy fund, but they

are also welcome to make a dona-tion to any other fund at NotreDame.

“For a senior to participate inthe legacy they don’t have to giveto the sponsored fund,”Ponisciak said. “They can partici-pate in another aspect of campusthat they feel strongly about.”

Although it is targeted towardthe current seniors, other mem-bers of the Notre Dame communi-ty can contribute to the legacy aswell.

“Through the phone center, wecall their parents to see if the par-ents want to give on their behalf,”Nettesheim said. “Also, that fundstays in existence. Any alumnireally could donate.”

For Nettesheim, the SeniorLegacy Fund is important becauseit gives seniors the opportunity togive back to the University thatgave so much to them.

“I think most of us leave NotreDame feeling like it’s been thebest four years of our lives,”Nettesheim said. “And if you canget seniors exciting about givingback to the university and startthat commitment early then Ithink that’s great.”

Contact Melissa Flanagan [email protected]

Legacycontinued from page 1

BRANDON KEELEAN | Observer Graphic

“I’d definitely like toimprove on the

overall savings andcosts to campus, butalso to really try toget every dorm to be

involved.”

Rachel Novickeducation and outreach

programs managerOffice of Sustainability

“There is grounds foroptimism for the Obama

administration.”

Michael Deschchair

Political Science department

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Coughlin said. “We want tohave conversat ions aboutwhat is the best step for theUniversi ty of Notre Dameand what is best for our stu-dents.”The committee would dis-

cuss how to educate s tu-dents about the dangers of adrink l ike Four Loko andwhether a ban on the prod-uct would be right for NotreDame’s campus. Coughlin said the mixture

o f a l coho l w i th ca f fe inemakes a l coho l i c energydrinks like Four Loko par-ticularly dangerous to stu-dents.S tudents over the lega l

drinking age of 21 may pos-sess or consume drinks ofless than 14 percent alcoholcontent in residence halls,and hard alcohol is bannedfrom dorms, according tothe student handbook, duLac. “Techn ica l l y Four Loko

falls within the parametersof our alcohol policy for stu-dents over 21 ,” Coughl insaid. “Right now the allow-ing [of] the drink goes on a

ha l l -by -ha l l bas i s whereeach rector decides.”But Cough l in sa id the

Univers i t y ’s in teres t inresearching the effects ofFour Loko was sparked byrecent incidents on campus.“This was born out of a

high number of ambulanceruns in the past few weeks,”he said. “The uptick of hos-pitalization was a catalystfor this conversation.”Several universit ies and

state governments bannedFour Loko as the risks ofthe drink became apparent,he sa id . Rec tors on thecouncil said they saw thesedangers in their dorms aswell. Stanford rector Fr. Tom

Gaughan said his hall staffput out a word of caution totheir students when he firstlearned about the productFour Loko.“To put a stimulant and a

depressant in your body atthe same time is a healthrisk,” Gaughan said. “Anddespite our efforts to warnstudents it has not deterredappearances in the halls.”Council members debated

whether a ban would onlyincrease interest instead ofprevent ing students fromdrinking Four Loko.

Student body vice presi-dent Andrew Bell said stu-dents looking to experiencealcohol to an extreme wouldbe drawn even more to FourLoko after a ban.“If something like this is

banned , i t i s bannedbecause i t is dangerous,”Bell said. “As a side effect,because it is banned, peoplemight do i t more beh indclosed doors.”Educating students on the

health risks of Four Lokowill be a focus on campuswhether or not the productis banned, Coughlin said.“I would hope that what-

ever the committee decidesto do as pol ice is not theend of the story,” Gaughansaid. “That is one part ofthe story, but the other partis ongoing education.”The committee is unsure

about whether the dr inkwill be banned but will con-s ider a l l the op t ions ,Coughlin said.“Ultimately we are going

to make the best decisionwe can for the health andsafety of the student body,”Coughlin said.

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UNITED NATIONS —Iran ian Nobe l l au rea t eShir in Ebadi sa id Mondaytha t oppos i t i on t o t heIranian government is grow-ing, spurred by an increasein gove rnmen t v i o l ence ,more human r ights v io la-tions and deepening pover-ty.The human rights lawyer,

who won the Nobel PeacePrize in 2003 for her effortsto promote democracy, saidin an i n t e rv i ew w i th TheAssoc iated Press that shecame to the United Nationsto talk about the deteriorat-ing human rights situationin Iran and seek support fora d ra f t U .N . Genera lAs semb ly r e so lu t i on tha twould condemn the coun-try’s rights record.A l though much o f t he

oppos i t i on movement hasgone underground since theviolent crackdown after thedisputed June 2009 presi-dential election, Ebadi saidit definitely isn’t faltering.“I can tell you that opposi-

tion is increasing in Iran,”she said. “Not only the gov-ernment is becoming moreviolent every day, and thereare more v i o l a t i on s o fhuman rights, but the issueo f pove r t y ha s becomeanother issue now. ... And,of course, poverty plays abig role in opposition.”She said the latest statis-

tics she received had Iran’seconomy growing by just 1.6percent a year, lower thanthe ra t e s i n I r aq andAfghanistan.Ebadi urged the interna-

tional community “to bringthe voice of the people ofIran and the political pris-oners to the outside world,”s t ress ing tha t the humanrights situation in Iran “isvery bad ... (and) is worsen-ing.”She singled out the case of

p rominen t human r i gh t sl awyer Nas r in So t oudeh ,who has been on hungers t r i ke s i n ce Sep t . 25 bu tstopped drinking all liquidsfive days ago to protest herdetent ion in so l i tary con-f i nemen t on su sp i c i on o fsp read ing p ropagandaagainst the ruling system.Ebad i s a i d So t oudeh ’s

mother, sister and childrenwent to visit her three daysago and they said “she wasin poor hea l t h , she wasweak, she couldn’t talk, andalso her face was bruised.”But despite her weakness,

Ebadi said messages she gotfrom other prisoners “sayshe’s continuing her hungerstrike — and she may not beable to survive this hungerstrike.”Sotoudeh is believed to be

one o f t he f i r s t l awyer sj a i l ed a f t e r r ep re sen t i ngsevera l o f t he more than100 act iv ists and pol i t icalfigures tried on charges off omen t i ng po s t e l e c t i onunre s t . Her a r re s t i nSep tember was seen as asignal of a possible widen-ing crackdown on the pro-reform opposition that tookto the streets to protest thevictory claimed by President

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Ebad i has l i v ed ou t s i de

her homeland s ince a daybefore last year’s disputedpresidential elections.Doesn’t she worry that she

wou ld be a r re s t ed i f shereturns?“ I t ’s no t impor tan t

whether I am arres ted orno t , ” Ebad i s a i d . “Wha tcounts is where I could bemore useful for the peopleof Iran. And I feel that todayw i th t he c enso r sh ip t ha tex i s t s i n I r an I c ou ld bemore u se fu l ou t s i de o fIran.”As for the three American

hikers charged with spyingon Iran after being detainednear the border with IraqiKurd i s t an i n Ju l y 2009 ,Ebadi said, “even if they didhave the intention of spying,they didn’t have the time todo that.”“So I l o ok a t t h i s a s a

political matter. I think thatthe government has takenthese people as hostages ,and that’s because a num-ber of people in the govern-ment of Iran are in prison inthe United States, and theywant to probably exchangethem w i th those who a rehere,” she said.Ebadi said Sotoudeh was

drinking l iquids when shewent on hunger s t r ike onSept. 25 to protest her con-finement.“Now, she ’s on a d r y

hunger strike,” Ebadi said,because the prosecutor andher interrogators told herthey would respond to herl ega l demands bu t t heyhaven’t , “and she believesthat this has been a fraudu-lent issue on the side of thegovernment.”The Nobe l laureate a l so

raised the case of impris-oned journalist Abdul RezaTadjik, saying the only accu-sation against him is that heprepares reports on humanr i gh t s v i o l a t i ons i n I ran .When he was apprehended,he was forced to stand nudebe fo re h i s i n t e r roga to r s ,and when he protested say-i ng i t was an “ i n su l t ” hewas beaten, Ebadi said.Tadjik told his sister what

happened a mon th l a t e rwhen she v is i ted , and h issister complained publiclyand to the prosecutor, shesa id . Now, a cr imina l f i l ehas been opened against thes i s t e r and she “may beimpr i soned p re t t y s oon , ”Ebadi said.The Nobel laureate sa id

she had no information onthe f a t e o f 43 - yea r-o l dSak ineh Mohammad iAsh t i an i , who was s en -tenced to death by stoningfor adultery but may now beexecuted for murder. Herlawyer and son have beenarrested, and the only wordi s t he gove rnmen t ’sannouncemen t t ha t “ t hejudgmen t has no t beenfinalized yet,” she said.“I’m against stoning, and

even many of the clergy inI ran are aga ins t s t on ing ,and they have announcedtha t i t ’s no t even I s lamicand we should take it out ofour l aws , ” Ebad i s a i d .“However, the governmentdoes not abide by that.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“To be nobody but yourself in aworld which is doing its best dayand night to make you like every-

body else means to fight the hardestbattle which any human being can

fight and never stop fighting.”

e e cummingsU.S. poet

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“Life does not cease to be funnywhen people die any more than itceases to be serious when people

laugh.”

George Bernard ShawIrish dramatist

Errors abundantHow is error possible? This is ambigu-

ous between two related questions.Consider the case of action: obviously,

many people commit wrong acts — actsthat they should not commit. The firstquestion is fairlysuperficial: aresuch acts some-thing other thanpurposive move-ment — that is,mere behavior thatis inexplicable asvoluntary action,as good-seeking?The answer isclearly no: thewicked person —Scrooge, forinstance, orHerostratus —thinks that the last end is money orfame, but he is wrong about what hislast end actually is.But there is a second, deeper question:

why should wickedness even be possi-ble? If the wicked person’s last end isnot, in fact, money or fame, isn’t itstrange that he could take it to be?Metaphysically speaking, this is deeplyconfusing: the good — that toward whichthe wicked person is determined to move— is objectively one thing but subjective-ly another. For Aristotle, it is as though arock, though determined to fall down,nonetheless fell up. We never see finalcausality failing in rocks — that is, wenever see rocks “sin” by falling upwards— so why do we see it failing inhumans? Material causality, forinstance, never fails in this way: it is notas though a human, though in fact madeof flesh and bone, ever acts as though heis made of air and floats up into the sky.The answer to this second question is

that everything is good to some extent:everything is a finite reflection of God,and since God is Goodness, everythingthat exists is good — that is, everythingthat exists can be taken, metaphysically

speaking, as one’s goal. The wicked per-son is not, as Aristotle makes quite clear,completely wrong: if he was completelywrong — if money and fame weren’tgood at all — the universe would containirreducible irrationality. Obviously, if theuniverse is a reflection of Mind — whosevery essence is the Principle ofNoncontradiction — this is impossible.But this is not how it is: the wicked per-son merely takes a partial good for thewhole good.Consider the parallel case of knowl-

edge: obviously, many people affirm falsebeliefs — beliefs that they should notaffirm. The first question is fairly super-ficial: are these beliefs something otherthan cognition — that is, mere cogitationthat is inexplicable as justified belief, astruth-seeking? The answer is clearly no:the confused person — Heraclitus, forinstance, or Parmenides — believes thatall is change or stability, but he is wrongabout how things actually are.But there is a second, deeper question:

why should confusion even be possible?If the world is not, in fact, all change orstability, isn’t it strange that Heraclitusor Parmenides could take it to be?Metaphysically speaking, this is deeplyconfusing: the true — that because ofwhich the wicked person believes as hedoes — is objectively one way but sub-jectively another. For Aristotle, it is asthough a hot rock, though truly a hotrock, nonetheless cooled the air sur-rounding it. We never see efficientcausality failing in hot rocks — that is,we never see the surrounding air“believe” falsely by cooling after contactwith a hot object — so why do we see itfailing in humans? Again, materialcausality never fails in this way.The answer to the second question is

that every belief is true to some extent:everything is a finite reflection of God,and since God is Truth, everything thatexists is True — that is, everything thatone can believe does, in some respect,represent the world that caused one to

have that belief. The confused person isnot, as Aristotle makes quite clear, com-pletely wrong: if he was completelywrong — if change and stability weren’taspects of how the world actually is —the universe would contain irreducibleirrationality. Again, since the universe isa reflection of Mind, this is impossible.But this is not how it is: the confusedperson merely take partial truths for thewhole truth.One does not, of course, have to buy

any of this. Most do not nowadays. Butrealize that, if one thinks that genuineirrationality can exist in the world — if,in other words, one admits the possibili-ty of Radical Evil and, for lack of a betterterm, Radical Falsehood — one raisesserious doubt that the world is in fact aCosmos — is, in other words, a reflectionof Rationality Itself, the Creation of God— rather than just a Weird Thing thatHappened. All of us held, once upon atime, that all things are, ultimately, bornof God and, ultimately, directed backtoward God. Some of us hold this still.But there are also drawbacks to buy-

ing all of this. The results of our exercisein ethics and epistemology are disturb-ing at best: things that we usually take tobe unqualified evils, like arson and con-fusion and genocide, must achieve somegood. This is what all of our pious talkabout God having a “larger plan” actual-ly means — that the universe, whateverthe appearances, should have a purpose-ful ordering in which every part — nomatter how depraved — has some func-tion, some role to play.Either of these options should make

one profoundly uncomfortable.

Daniel John Sportiello is in his thirdyear in the philosophy Ph.D. program.Listen to his radio show onThursdays at 2 p.m. on WVFI. He canbe reached at [email protected] views expressed in this column

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

Nine days ago, I, along with myfellow O’Neill Hall Mobsters and(I’m sure) many men across cam-pus, began the annual tradition of“No Shave November.” Scruffyneck beardsand patchyfacial hairundoubtedlyensued. Still, asthe competitiveDomers that weare, those brave of heart andstrong willed, always abiding by“Rule 76: No Excuses — Play Likea Champion Today,” have contin-ued on avoiding the razor. But thequestion arises, why do this?Apart from conformity and peerpressure, what good comes from30 days without grooming? Well,dear readers, this column will (tryto) tell you.A quick Google search of “No

Shave November” gave littleinsight into the origins of theworldwide practice, but the clos-est historical match has its tracesin Australia and New Zealand. Inthose two nations, November isbetter known as “Movember,” aclever combination of moustacheand November. There it is treatedas a fundraising campaign formen’s health issues. How someonecould raise money by sporting amoustache is beyond me, but itdoes bring up possibilities for thetradition in the U.S.Noble causes such as raising

money for Darfur and prostatecancer have spread across collegecampuses such as the Universityof Oregon and others. Additionally,it has been cited as means forwater preservation, natural“beauty” and a means for “stick-ing it to the man” for overpricingrazors and blades. I propose theUniversity of Notre Dame organizesimilar charitable causes for mon-etary donations or mere aware-ness (how is this any differentfrom sitting on a roof for X hoursor posting where you like to keepyour purse on Facebook in anattempt at making sexual innuen-dos?)Now, there are downsides to “No

Shave November.” I estimate thata mere 27 percent of men on cam-pus can actually grow a reason-able amount of facial hair. It canbe quite the unsightly sight. Yes,most women do not approve of theneck beard or sparse moustache(though granted, I’m pretty sureguys wouldn’t be thrilled if womenpartook in the festivities as well).Still, there are no actual hygieneimplications or true downsidesother than appearances.The competitive nature of this

tradition is inevitably entertain-ing, and countless excuses for itcan be made. If honorable causescan be furthered through it, whynot let the beard grow out? Not tomention the awesome alliteration.I leave you readers with an

anonymous quote I received whileposing as if the issue of “No ShaveNovember” was an ObserverQuestion of the Day: “There aretwo people in this world that goaround beardless — boys andwomen, and I am neither one.”

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The true endof an era

When I was a freshman in the fall of 1966, theslogan on campus was “The New Era with Ara”.Ara Parseghian had come within one play ofwinning a national championship in 1964, and1966 was shaping up to be “The Year.”It was.An undefeated season. A great feeling on

campus. A feeling of pride to be a member ofthe Notre Dame community. Unfortunately, in2010, that feeling is gone.The tragic death of Declan Sullivan and the

loss to Tulsa only highlight the malaise thatengulfs the once proud football program. Thehirings and subsequent firings of Gerry Faust,George O’Leary, Bob Davie, Ty Willingham andCharlie Weis have been embarrassing, at best.Now we have Brian Kelly who berates playersduring games, defies logic with his play callingand avoids being ultimately responsible for foot-ball operations.Sadly, it’s not just the football program at

Notre Dame that has lost its luster. While anundergraduate, I had a professor who charac-terized Notre Dame as “The truckdrivers’Harvard.” With tuition, room and boardapproaching $50,000 per year, that “affection-ate” characterization of Notre Dame no longerapplies.Until just recently I never fully appreciated

the impact Father Ted, Moose and Ara had onthe fabric of Notre Dame. Those three individu-als established a Golden Era at Notre Damewhich should have been replicated.

David Testonealumnus

Class of 1970, 1976Nov. 2

Pollo e dumplingsWhen she asked “soup or salad,” I

asked in turn what my choices for thesoups were.“Zuppa Toscana, Pasta e Fagioli,

Minestrone and Pollo e Gnocchi,” sheunintelligibly rat-tled off from rote,not quite speak-ing Italian somuch as puttingthe syllables inthe places she imagined a nativewould.My roommate and I turned con-

fused glances toward each other,hoping that the other would be ableto provide some helpful translation oran illumination of her words, theslightly furrowed brows and slackjaws betraying our complete bewil-derment.We snickered softly through our

noses as the waitress’s shouldersslowly rose, and she, slightly exas-perated, let out a barely audible sigh.The silence from the menus promptedher to try again.“Cream of Potato, Chili, Vegetable,

or Chicken and Dumplings.”It may have been the sheer stupidi-

ty of the situation that made mepause as she walked away with ourmenus. The entire exchange, I real-ized, could have been easily avoidedhad she not begun with terms whose

descriptive qualities were unrecog-nizable to the guests. Yes, but I’mmissing the whole point of the restau-rant experience: the atmosphere isintended to be reminiscent of aquaint little ristorante in Florence orRome.Yet, after the bumbled ordering

scene, in no way was it that, or, forthat matter, anything close to resem-bling that. The frustrated translationrevealed that we weren’t the firsttable of gringos ignorant of therestaurant’s pseudo-Italian jargon,and it stripped away whatever gildedveneer of Italian mimicry that mayhave been established when I walkedthrough the door. This bothered me— how could the whole atmosphereturn so sour so quickly?It’s not that my expectations are too

high. I don’t expect a franchisedrestaurant that pays a reluctant mini-mum wage to employ native Italiansor attract patrons who would under-stand what “fagioli” actually desig-nates. I don’t expect this restaurantto be the paragon of authentic Italiancuisine.What gets to me is the fact that the

entire interaction with the waitresswas a charade. Beneath the foreignappellations and Tuscan names, whatshe ultimately brought to the tablewere nothing more than plain,

American soups. Maybe with a dashof oregano and a sprinkle ofParmesan cheese. Yes, I grant happi-ly that, with a few exceptions, thesame ingredients constitute themajority of dishes eaten in Westerncuisines. Perhaps the exchange overthe soups should demonstrate to methe inherent similarities between somany facets of any two given cul-tures.But when the English description is

longer than the Italian name of thedaily special, I can’t help but feel thatthe entire meal is staged, that theentire meal is an attempt to fool meinto believing that my meal is moreauthentic than a pepperoni pizzafrom delivery, that the entire meal isan exercise in unnecessary rhetoricand meaningless words. I can’t helpbut feel that the restaurant serves alarge helping of fraud on the side oftheir masked courses.“Tonight our special is Pansotti con

Pollo, large ravioli stuffed with fourcheese, in a cream sauce with mush-rooms and peppers, and served withgrilled chicken.”Tonight your special is feeble,

empty words, words that must bequalified by long definitions inEnglish and whose strange syllablesare the only thing creating the illu-sion that we dine somewhere other

than a strip mall, the illusion that wehave escaped the suburban Midwestfor the hillside of Assisi.Who am I kidding? That is astound-

ing. In spite of the undeniable absurdity

of the scene of exasperated transla-tion, without the foreign jargon, with-out those unintelligible words, therestaurant is no different than theAmerican-themed fern bar across thestreet. Even in spite of the fact thatthey needed to be translated, it isthose words and those names thattransform this restaurant into some-thing different than the fern bar. It isnothing more than the words them-selves that create the stage and allowthe actual, banal, domestic ingredi-ents to charade as imported cuisineand culture. Just the mere act of say-ing them forces one to acknowledgean expectation, no matter how small— not of a plate of Costco pasta saucebut a true Italian experience.So I yield to the supremacy of the

word and swallow my annoyance.“I’ll have the Pansotti and the Pasta

e Fagioli. Thanks.”

William Stewart is a junior. He canbe reached at [email protected]

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

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WikiLeaked truthsThe release of nearly 400,000 confidential Iraq war

documents on Oct. 22 by the WikiLeaks website revealeda startling image of the secret history of the war in Iraq.The documents contain details of events reported by

the United States military and provide evidence of sys-tematic torture and rape used asweapons of warfare. Sixty percentof the deaths registered in the doc-uments are civilian.The documents reveal the use of

indiscriminate and disproportion-ate force used and condoned by theUS military. They also raise sub-stantial questions concerning war crimes. This leak hasbeen the largest release of classified military documentsin history.Critics argue the release of this sensitive information

will jeopardize US military operations and be used byopposition forces to seek out and kill Iraqi civilianinformants working with the US military.Supporters of the whistleblower website contend the

documents contain information the public deserves toknow. According to the documents, as many as 15,000Iraqi civilian deaths were previously unaccounted for.When President Obama was elected, he promised to

conduct his administration with transparency. Theamount of secrets revealed within the documentsWikiLeaks released flies in the face of such promises.Obama’s promise for transparency has gone the way ofhis promise to close Guantanamo Bay.To be fair, the files document the Iraq war during a

time Obama was not president, but that doesn’t excusehim from failing to hold the Bush administrationaccountable.Secrets and lies are what paraded the US into the war

in Iraq. The WikiLeaks files reveal that secrets and lieshave only prolonged that war.It is difficult to justify a war waged under false pretens-

es. It is also tough to support a war effort that toleratestorture and civilian murder and gives private contractorsfree reign.Julian Assange is the spokesperson and editor in chief

for the WikiLeaks website. As would be expected, he isreceiving a great deal of flak for releasing the Iraq docu-ments. News organizations are wondering why he isn’tdead yet and claiming that the US government should listhim as an enemy combatant, which would deprive him ofthe right to due process.This doesn’t seem right. Shouldn’t he be considered a

champion of truth and democracy? Don’t the people havea right to know about the sort of devastation anddestruction that is happening in their name, with theirtax dollars?The WikiLeaks files are important for the historical

record as primary documentation of the many mishan-dlings of a complicated war. It appears the media is moreconcerned with attacking Julian Assange than with dis-cussing the issue of human rights the documents raise.In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a former Rand Corporation

employee, released Department of Defense documentsthat detailed the United States political-military involve-ment in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. The documentsbecame known as the Pentagon Papers and indicated,among other things, that the Johnson administration hadsystematically lied to the public and to Congress. Thepublication of the papers caused a national outcry forgovernment transparency and accountability.Today, the socio-political landscape is much different.

Many major media outlets have expressed their disgustover the release of the WikiLeaks documents.On the other hand, some media sources commend the

website for its courage and goodwill comment of beingunsurprised by the lack of government honesty. There isno palpable call to action or demand for accountability.Instead the politically discontent shrug their shouldersand brush off the failure of military responsibility.Wikileaks is trying to pull the wool out of the eyes of a

world that prefers to live in the dark.An Army whistleblower, Spc. Bradley Manning, is cur-

rently in custody. He is suspected for leaking thousandsof Iraq war documents to WikiLeaks. The Obama admin-istration has brought as many prosecutions for leaks tothe American public as all previous administrations com-bined. Granted, it is a small number — three — but it isstill important to note.The administration is also threatening to use the

Espionage Act to prevent further leaks. If that happens,the American public will know even less about thedestruction that is happening in their name.This past summer, WikiLeaks released over 70,000

documents relating to the Afghanistan war. The samenational security concerns were raised at the time. Butthe Associated Press recently obtained a pentagon letterstating that no US intelligence services or practices weredamaged after the release of the documents.For a democracy to function as a true democracy the

governing body must live up to the public’s expectation oftransparency and accountability. WikiLeaks is providinginformation the United States government was expected,but failed to provide. The Iraq documents establishfirmer ground for dissidents to stand upon in denouncingthis despairingly unjust war.

This article first ran in the Nov. 2 edition of TheIndependent Collegian, the daily publication servingthe University of Toledo.

The views expressed in this column are those of theauthor and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Robert Downey, Jr. and Zach Galifianakis star in this“Rat Race”-like story of a man racing across the coun-try before his wife gives birth to their first-born child.Galifianakis revisits his character as the unintention-ally funny guy he played in “The Hangover” and “It’sKind of a Funny Story,” while Downey, Jr. is an arro-gant, overambitious architect traveling back to LosAngeles after taking a business trip to Atlanta. Thetwo actors work incredibly well together, feeding offeach other nicely in this comedy.Peter Highman (Downey, Jr.) and Ethan Tremblay

(Galifianakis) first cross paths as the station wagonEthan takes to the airport breaks off the door toPeter’s town car as he gets his luggage. Awkward asthis was, Peter brushed it off and went to his flight.While sitting before takeoff, anxiously texting hisexpecting wife, Ethan reminds him to turn off his cellphone because terrorists use phones to set off bombs.This discussion promptly lands the two on the no-flylist, with Peter’s luggage and wallet still on the flight.With no other option, Peter rides in Ethan’s rental carand hilarity ensues.Plagued by glaucoma, Ethan smokes marijuana

more often than students on North Quad buy

Starbucks. Speaking of coffee, Ethan carries hisfather’s ashes with him in a coffee tin and shows hishonest and sensitive side to compliment the typicalcharacter he plays in every movie. His trusty andinappropriate dog Sunny takes a similar role asCarlos, the just-as-inappropriate baby from “TheHangover.” Inspired by the death of his father, Ethanhopes to go to Hollywood and make it on his favoriteTV show, “Two and a Half Men.”An admitted rage-aholic, Peter lashes out at Ethan

and most anyone he comes into contact with, up toand including an Army veteran and a 10-year-old boy.Not the best image for a soon to be father. However, inan understandably frustrating situation, he shows hisdepth as he warms up to Ethan and practices sceneswith him at a rest stop and in the car.Despite this, “Due Date” did have its downsides. At

times the movie got repetitive with the constant backand forth between Ethan and Peter acting completelynonsensically. The filmmakers played too heavily onGalifianakis’ character to provide humor as the igno-rant, awkward adult. This was done much in thesame way Seth Rogan is always some form of a stonerwith his trademark laugh and goofy face. Beyond that,too much of the movie is left with loose ends andmeaningless scenes that add little humor and evenless plot or character development.Still, this is a very entertaining, funny and fresh

movie worth seeing. No, it is not “The Hangover” in acar, but it is funnier than most of the current alterna-tives — “Megamind,” “Life As We Know It,” etc. If youappreciate the ridiculous one-liners from Galifianakissuch as “Dad was like a father to me...” and a cutedog companion, you will enjoy this movie more thanthe first snow of the year.

The Situation: Music hunters seek, read, blog andcull music from radio, print and most often, the inter-webs. Music gatherers collect mix CDs, free digitaldownloads, and whatever their friends happen to be lis-tening to. If you are a gatherer, this space is for you. Ifyou are a hunter, e-mail me your latest find, and Ipromise you’ll find it written up here. (Seriously. E-mail. Even if you’re not a student.)Hello, darling readers. I have been MIA for the pastfew weeks, but the music industry has trod on, blindlyunaware of my lack of presence. I do hope you willforgive me for getting a bit “Drowsy” last week,instead of keeping my ear to the ground to keep youplugged in.

This week I would like to take a journey back to the days of ‘80s yore, whensynthesizers ran freely and those black plastic shades with your dorm’s nameon the side were popular — for the first time. I would like to take us into theever-renewing world of synth pop.

Depeche ModeThe great granddaddy of all synth bands formed in the U.K. in

1980. With their fully electrified sound, they blew up a genrethat had barely existed. Deeply rooted in a darker sound, andperhaps even more “goth” than the yet-to-exist goths, this bandhas influenced everyone from Linkin Park to Coldplay (whobased the video for “Viva La Vida” on Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy theSilence” video). Tracks to Tap: “Never Let Me Down,” “Precious,” “Enjoy the

Silence,” “Stripped”

Gary NewmanGo look up the song “Cars” right now. Do it. Now, tell me that it

isn’t the most awesomely synthesized track you’ve ever heard.Newman is a one-man band that survived failure after failureuntil he began plugging out hits in the 1980’s. For some wildvisuals, YouTube “DieHard Battery vs. Gary Newman” for one ofthe most inventive commercials you’ll ever see.Tracks to Tap: “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” “Cars”

The BugglesAdd these guys to the list of great ‘80s artists who have been

pillaged by the 21st century. Their beats seem to keep poppingup in the background of the latest pop hits coming out of thespeakers at the Backer. But their original sound gave us theimmortal words “Video Killed the Radio Star” before both mem-bers moved on to join the band Yes.Tracks to Tap: “Video Killed the Radio Star,” “Living in the

Plastic Age”

All right, my hunters. I have now a quest for you: this week,send me the wackiest music videos you’ve ever seen. Modern,dated, Peter Gabriel or Gabe Dixon, let me know which musicvideos are so outrageous that you can’t help but post them onsomeone’s Facebook wall.

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This Saturday, John Mellencamp brings his“No Better Than This” tour to the MorrisPerformance Arts Center. Mellencamp, anIndiana native, has experienced a musicallydiverse career full of artistic redirection andreinvention. His sound has appealed to manyaudiences, from when he first began to today,35 years later. This show, consisting of threeparts, reflects Mellencamp’s different achieve-ments and levels of artistry.The first segment is a documentary film “It’s

About You”, shot on Super-8 film by acclaimedphotographer Kurt Markus. It documentsMellencamp’s recent tour with Bob Dylan aswell as the creation of the album “No BetterThan This”. The album was recorded at threelegendary studios: Sun Studios (which somecall the birthplace of rock and roll), Room 414of San Antonio’s Gunter Hotel (where infa-mous bluesman Robert Johnson recorded inthe 1930’s), and Savannah’s First AfricanBaptist Church (an historic site during theCivil War and the Civil Rights Movement). Thedocumentary has been praised for its artisticglance both at Mellencamp as an Americanmusician and American culture in general atthe start of the 21st century. The second segment is a solo acoustic set

featuring Mellencamp’s recent folk work. Thethird is a full band set, reflecting

Mellencamp’s earlier rock and roll mas-tery.Mellencamp began his career as pop idol

John Cougar Mellencamp, with hits such as“Hurts So Good” and “Jack and Diane.” Afterearly mainstream success, Mellencamp devel-oped into a mature American songwriter,demonstrating mastery of heartland rock andorganic instrumentation. Morris Performing Arts Center, which was

first built as a Vaudeville performance centerin the 1920’s, is known for its intimate setting,built for and maintained to generate the bestmusical atmosphere. Seating only 2,500 peo-ple, the concert hall offers an intimate experi-ence with Mellencamp and his music, both forfans of his older rock hits and fans of his newfolk sound.

Around the BendW hat:John Mellencamp, “No Better Than

This” TourW here: Morris Performing Arts Center,

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IRVING, Texas — Jerry Jonesnever wanted to change coachesthis season. As the blowout lossesmounted, and Wade Phillips’defense was mostly to blame, theowner of the Dallas Cowboys hadno choice.Jones fired Phillips on Monday

and promoted offensive coordi-nator Jason Garrett to take hisplace on an interim basis.Defensive line coach PaulPasqualoni was promoted toreplace Phillips’ other role asdefensive coordinator.“I recognized that after the

game we just weren’t playingwinning football and our bestchance was to make a change,”Jones said. “We are grateful toWade and his contribution to theCowboys, leading us. We alsoclearly understand we are notwhere we want to be at this time,and that’s an understatement.We share the responsibility — allof us.”It’s the first time Dallas has

made an in-season coachingchange. Garrett becomes the firstformer Cowboys player to takeover the job previously held bythe likes of Tom Landry, JimmyJohnson and Bill Parcells.Jones decided enough was

enough following a 45-7 loss tothe Green Bay Packers onSunday night. It was theCowboys’ fifth straight loss, drop-ping them to 1-7.The defense has allowed at

least 35 points in three straightgames, something that hadn’thappened to this team since

going 0-11-1 in its inaugural sea-son, 1960. Stranger still, the unitfeatures nearly all the same play-ers who closed last season withthe first back-to-back shutouts inclub history.Jones said his deciding factor

was the defense’s erosion the lastthree games — bad against theGiants, worse againstJacksonville and trampled by thePackers, who actually backed offfrom scoring more than 45.Jones said he’d been “in denial”that the club was in such badshape.“It really was paramount in my

thinking that we would makeadjustments and have ourdefense more productive anddemonstrate a correction,” hesaid. “But I really might not besitting here today if we had goneand played well againstJacksonville ... and then we’dgone to Green Bay and playedlights out defensively.”This is the Cowboys’ worst sea-

son since 1989 and among theworst in franchise history byrecord alone. It could go down asthe worst-ever considering Dallaswas coming off a division titleand a playoff win, and wasexpected to contend for theSuper Bowl that’ll be held atCowboys Stadium.“I told (players) they should not

think this an admission of defeator finality in this season,” Jonessaid. “We have eight games leftand we have one goal — to win.”Jones was clearly unhappy and

uncomfortable. He spoke slowerthan usual, with longer pauses tocollect his thoughts, and fiddled

with his glasses throughout a 22-minute news conference.He called Phillips “somebody

we thought so much of” and “agood friend, as well.” He would-n’t provide details of his conver-sation with Phillips, and becameemotional as he described break-ing the news to the team. He saidthe focus of that speech wasaccountability.“I spoke of the realization that

it’s not just about yourself,” Jonessaid. “It impacts others.”The 63-year-old Phillips leaves

with a 34-22 record over 4½ sea-sons guiding the Cowboys. Healso was 1-2 in the postseason.Dallas won the NFC East twice onhis watch.Phillips released a statement

thanking the fans and the Jonesfamily “for all of the support” andthanked his coaches and players“for their loyalty and dedication.”“I told the team today that I

have been proud to be a part oftheir family and that will neverchange,” Phillips said. “I am dis-appointed in the results of thisseason to this point, but I am alsovery proud of what our team andour players accomplished in theprevious three years. In goodtimes and difficult times, ourplayers stuck together and neverlost hold of their belief in eachother and the strong team bondthat they have shared.”The first game under Garrett

will be at the New York Giants onSunday.Jones said Garrett will have an

opportunity to keep the job per-manently.“If we do outstanding as a team

and we have very visible, tangi-ble success, then certainly that’sdoing your job, if you will, in acrisis situation,” Jones said.“That kind of action goes beyonda resume.”Garrett has been viewed as the

team’s coach-in-waiting since hewas hired — days before Phillips,in fact.The 44-year-old Garrett was a

backup quarterback behind TroyAikman from 1993-99. He wasthe quarterbacks coach in Miamiin 2005-06 before rejoining theclub in 2007. He’s had the title of

assistant head coach since 2008,when he withdrew from otherinterviews to remain with theclub.His father, Jim, was with the

organization for 22 years. Two ofhis brothers are on his staff: tightends coach John and Judd, thedirector of pro scouting.“I do believe Jason has the

temperament, he has the disposi-tion to affect a culture change,”Jones said. “I think this is impor-tant. We know all men’s stylesare different. His style is one thatI feel can be very effective.”

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones speaks at a press conference.Jones fired coach Wade Phillips Monday after a 1-7 start this season.

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The NFLfined Green Bay Packers safetyNick Collins $50,000 on Mondayfor his helmet-to-helmet hit onDallas Cowboys wide receiverRoy Williams.In a statement, league officials

said Collins “violently andunnecessarily struck a defense-less receiver” in the neck andhead area with his helmet dur-ing Sunday night’s game atLambeau Field and called it a“flagrant violation of player safe-ty rules.”NFL executive vice president

of football operations RayAnderson told Collins that fur-ther offenses “will result in anescalation of fines up to and

including suspension.”The NFL is cracking down on

illegal hits, and players who vio-late the rules are subject toincreased fines or even suspen-sions.Collins went helmet-to-helmet

with Williams after an incomple-tion in the third quarter of thePackers’ 45-7 victory over theCowboys Sunday night. Collinswas flagged for unnecessaryroughness.Williams said after the game

that he didn’t think NFLCommissioner Roger Goodellshould punish Collins for the hit.“Commissioner Goodell, don’t

fine the guy,” Williams said. “Itwasn’t that bad of a deal, heshouldn’t get fined. It was a foot-ball play, a football player mak-

ing a football play. No injury, noharm.”Packers coach Mike McCarthy

said he spoke to side judge RickPatterson after theplay.“It was a bang-

bang play and I feltthat really when Isaw the replay onthe Jumbotron, itlooked like Nick hitRoy in the backand came up to thehelmet,” McCarthysaid Monday. “Iunderstand whyRick threw the flag and we actu-ally talked about the mechanicsof it. That’s a tough call.“I think the referees are doing

a very good job with the aware-

ness of player safety, but I wasstanding right there and I cansee what Nick Collins saw, too.The ball was in the air and he

was trying torun throughthe proper tar-get line and Ithink he hitRoy in the topof the pads andwent up intothe helmet.”P a c k e r s

defensive coor-dinator DomCapers says

that while players are taught toplay within the rules, it can bedifficult to avoid a hit that is con-sidered illegal when trying to hita moving target.

“It’s such a fine line, becauseyou want guys to play aggres-sively within the rules,” Caperssaid. “That target changes some-times a little bit, and whenyou’re out there going full speedand that target changes a littlebit, sometimes you might end up2 or 3 inches from where youaimed to begin with.”The NFL did not hand out any

discipline for the hit that gaveIndianapolis wide receiverAustin Collie a concussion inPhiladelphia on Sunday.Collie was hit by safety Quintin

Mikell, then took a shot to thehelmet from fellow safety KurtColeman’s helmet in the secondquarter. Collie briefly lost con-sciousness and was taken off thefield by stretcher.

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“CommissionerGoodell, don’t fine theguy. He shouldn’t get

fined.”

Roy WilliamsCowboys wide receiver

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SHANGHAI — The PGA Tourcontinues to shortchange the oneWorld Golf Championship heldoutside the United States by onlyoffering a three-year exemptionto the winner if he is a member ofthe American-based tour.One person who didn’t seem the

least bit bothered was FrancescoMolinari, who won the HSBCChampions.“I’m a European Tour mem-

ber,” Molinari said with a shrug.“I’m proud to be a European Tourgolfer, and it’s a great moment forEuropean golf, and I’m reallyhappy to give my contribution tothat. Honestly, going to the States,it’s not really part of my plans atthe moment. I’m happy to consid-er it a European Tour win.”At the trophy presentation in

near darkness on the 18th greenat Sheshan International, withChinese drummers adding aunique touch to the ceremony,Molinari was announced as thewinner of a $1.2 million check.That translates to just over

850,000 euros, enough to movehim to No. 4 in the Race to Dubai,giving him an outside chancedepending on how he fares thisweek in Singapore.It used to be that beating the

best field in golf, whether it was amajor or a World GolfChampionship, was essentially afree pass to the PGA Tour. Nowit’s a matter of whetherEuropeans want to go, much lessneed to.Lee Westwood, the new No. 1 in

the world ranking, tried a fullPGA Tour schedule about fiveyears ago and it didn’t work forhim. He added tournaments justto meet the minimum require-ment of 15 events, and foundhimself going through the motionsat times. Westwood played LasVegas in 2005 to meet his num-ber.“That’s why I don’t join any-

more,” Westwood said.PGA champion Martin Kaymer,

eligible for a five-year exemptionby winning a major, is said to beleaning against PGA Tour mem-bership, even though his girl-friend is from Arizona and theGerman spent much of his timethere before he became a verita-ble star.The way this year has gone for

Europe, its players can find plentyof competition at home.Europeans did so well on the

PGA Tour this year, with sevenplayers winning eight times, thatBritish agent Chubby Chandlerquipped midway through the sea-son that the Tournament ofChampions in Kapalua “is goingto be like a European Tour event.”One benefit for Europe when it

began its “Race to Dubai” bonusprogram was attracting interna-tional stars, and it got the interestof Geoff Ogilvy, Anthony Kim,Camilo Villegas, Rory Sabbatiniand several others. It was easy tomeet the minimum of 12 tourna-ments because seven could beknocked through majors andWGCs before the Dubai WorldChampionship.Last month, however, the

European Tour tournament com-mittee decided to increase theminimum to 13 events. In a sepa-rate matter, it denied Kim a med-ical exemption despite theAmerican missing three monthsafter surgery on his thumb.To some, the increase was seen

as Europe closing its door to out-siders. For others, it was goodbusiness. Europe needs its mem-bers to play more at home to

accommodate sponsors in a tougheconomy.David Howell, who is on the

committee but made it clear hewas not speaking on behalf of it,wondered whether Europe need-ed U.S. tour members to make itscircuit stronger.For every rising star on the PGA

Tour — Dustin Johnson, HunterMahan, Jason Day, Rickie Fowleror Kim — Europe has just asmany in Kaymer, Rory McIlroy,Alvaro Quiros, the Molinari broth-ers (Francesco and Edoardo) andMatteo Manassero, the 17-year-old Italian who two weeks agobecame Europe’s youngest win-ner.Molinari is eligible for Kapalua,

but not PGA Tour membership.He cannot even apply the moneytoward a tour card through non-member earnings if they wereequal to No. 125 on the moneylist.A big reason for the PGA Tour

not treating the HSBC Championsequal to the other WGCs is that

less than half of the 78-man fieldhas tour membership. At theother stroke-play WGCs inAmerica, PGA Tour membersaccounted for at least two-thirdsof the field.“I can understand if we weren’t

playing a strong field,” Ben Cranesaid. “But I think if you can win atournament like this — whoeveryou are — it doesn’t matter.You’ve done something prettyspecial. I think this should countfor everything.”Molinari turned in one of the

best performances of the year.Playing in the final group the lasttwo days, he matched the lowround Saturday and Sunday witha 5-under 67. Molinari beatWestwood by one shot, and hebeat everyone else by at least 10.Europe swept the top five spots

at Sheshan International, and 11of the top 12 on the leaderboardwere European Tour members.The exception was Tiger Woods.PGA Tour Commissioner Tim

Finchem did not sound interested

in counting this WGC like the oth-ers, from a three-year exemptionto the winner to the money beingofficial. He cited the HSBCChampions being too late in thePGA Tour season, and there’smerit to that. Europe still hasthree events remaining, endingwith its version of a TourChampionship.“To add an event that late in the

year at the end of the season isjust not something we’re pre-pared to do on the money list,”Finchem said after the ceremony.“On the other side of the coin, I’mnot sure it makes any difference.Our theory was players wouldcome and support the eventbecause it has a great purse, a lotof world ranking points. Andthat’s been the case.

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Tiger Woods and Lee Westwood read putts during the British Open onJune 16, 2009. Westwood passed Woods for the world No. 1 ranking.

BEREA, Ohio — Rookie quarter-back Colt McCoy has won twostraight games — over star QBsDrew Brees and Tom Brady — andcaptured the hearts of ClevelandBrowns fans everywhere.He’s played like a starter. He

looks like a starter. He acts like astarter.Coach Eric Mangini just isn’t

quite ready to call him a perma-nent one.On Monday, Mangini, staying

true to his reputation for notrevealing anything he doesn’tabsolutely have to, would not nameMcCoy his starter for this week’sgame against the New York Jets (6-2). Mangini, though, did concedethat McCoy’s performance inSunday’s 34-14 rout of NewEngland has made it tougher toconsider going back to JakeDelhomme or Seneca Wallace, whoare both still out with ankle

injuries.“He’s making the discussion

harder and harder each week,”Mangini said.With a chance Wallace or

Delhomme could practice thisweek, Mangini seems to be keepinghis options open — and hoping tokeep the Jets guessing. But whathas become obvious over the pastthree games is that McCoy, the win-ningest quarterback in NCAA histo-ry, whose first three NFL startshave come against Pittsburgh, NewOrleans and New England, is capa-ble of running Cleveland’s offense.He sure looks like the Real

McCoy.Still, Mangini plans to check on

the health of both Wallace andDelhomme before he analyzes thesituation. He’ll then meet withoffensive coordinator Brian Dabolland team president MikeHolmgren about his three quarter-backs and decide how to proceedthis season.

Sullivan credits the rigor-ous Irish training scheduleunder head coach Tim Welshas the biggest key to his suc-cess.“I think my training base

has helped me to become apret ty good 400 IM swim-mer,” Sullivan said. “It’s areally tough event, but all ofthe distance work we do inpractice helps to prepare youfor it. I also consider myselfto be a competitive person,so getting the opportunity toswim in one o f my bes tevents againstother competi-t i ve guysalways gets mepretty pumpedup.”S u l l i v a n ’ s

hard work hasbeen paying offthis season forthe I r i sh .Amongst manygreat perform-ances, Sullivan earned sec-ond in the 200 freestyle, firstin the 500 freestyle and firstin the 200 individual medleyagainst Pittsburgh. He alsopushed the Irish to a win atthe annual Dennis S tarkrelays by contributing to asecond-place f in ish in the800 freestyle relay and a winin the 400 backstroke relay.As a Notre Dame captain,

Sullivan has led by examplein and out of the pool. “Being a captain for this

team is one of the biggesthonors I’ve ever had in mylife. I ’m surrounded by anawesome group of guys, andit means a lot to know thatthey respect and look up tome in tha t sor t o f way,”Sullivan said. “I always try toset a good example and lead

the way for the rest of theguys, and they all do an awe-some job of pushing me inthe poo l and ho ld ing meaccountable. “This year, I’ve been mak-

ing an attempt to be a morevoca l and encourag ingleader. But all in all, it’s a lotof fun, and the other seniorsdo a great job of helping meout and setting good exam-ples, as well.”With his senior year, and

probably his last as a swim-mer, quickly t icking away,Sullivan is trying to make themost of every second of prac-tice and competition he canget. “I really think it all boils

down to train-ing,” Sul l ivansaid. “I reallyhave to makethe most o fevery practiceand we ightssess ion i f Iwant toach ieve mygoals. I have totrust in myselfand know thatif I keep train-

ing, progress will be made.”Sullivan cites his brother as

his biggest inspiration andhis greatest motivator as aswimmer.“ I would say my o lder

brother, PJ , has been themost inspiring person for mein my swimming career, ”Su l l i van sa id . “He wasextremely talented, so it waseasy to look up at him withrespect and a bit of awe atthe th ings he was ab le toaccomplish. The motivationto be as good of a swimmeras he was is definitely some-thing that fuels me. I consid-er h im one o f my bes tfriends, and I think swim-ming has been a big part ofthat.”The Irish next face Utah in

a home meet , and whi leSullivan is preparing, he hashis eyes set on the Big Eastand NCAA championships.“For the rest of the season,I just want to keep gettingfaster each meet,” Sullivansaid. “If that works out, thenby the time the Big East meetrolls around in February, Iwill be able to focus on mymain goal, which is to makethe NCAA championsh ipmeet.”Sullivan is confident thathe will be one of many NotreDame swimmers at the NCAAmeet this year. “Also, the team goal is towin that Big East, as well assend guys to NCAAs ,”Sullivan said. “Our team hasbeen training very hard andholding each other account-able so that we keep thosegoals in mind. And I think ifwe keep up the good workand cont inue makingprogress, then those goalsare very realistic.”Sul l ivan is ready to helpNotre Dame win another BigEast Championship, which hecredits as the site of his bestmeet ever.“My best meet as a swim-mer for Notre Dame wouldprobably be my sophomoreyear at the Big East meet,”Sul l ivan said. “Everythingrea l ly came together thatweekend, and I had someawesome races. And to beab le to look back on thatmeet and remember how theteam won on the final relayreal ly makes i t that muchbetter of a memory. KnowingI was able to contribute to aBig East Championship formy school is an honor andsomething that I hope to beab le to en joy aga in th i syear.”

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Browns quarterback Colt McCoy walks off the field afterCleveland’s 30-17 victory over the Saints Oct. 24.

terfly. Maxwell came in firstin the 100- and 200-meterbreaststroke.The Irish took first place in

three other events against theNo. 22 Boilermakers. SeniorAmywren Mi l lerwon the 50-meterfreestyle in 23.26s e c o n d s .Sophomore KimHolden took goldin the 200-meterbackstroke afterovertaking herBoilermaker oppo-nent in the third50-meter lap. TheIrish also won the200-meter medleyrelay in 1:43.40.“Everyone was

engaged andinvolved in theirteammates ' per-formance throughout theentire meet, so we were fight-ing for the win together as ateam,” Kuhlke said. “We alsohad some people swim bestt imes , which i s general lyatypical at this point in theseason.”

Kuhlke said the close lossreminded the Ir ish of howimportant every race i stowards the end of a t ightmatch.“One of the things we have

been focusing on this seasonis getting more involved ineach other's performance,and I think we definitely tooka huge step toward accom-

plishing thatgoal yester-day,” Kuhlkesaid. “I thinkwe learnedhow much ofa differenceit can makeand howimportant itis going for-ward. It alsoreminded usthat i t ’s atota l teamef for t andevery po intcounts , sofrom start to

finish we need to have strongperformances.”Next, the Irish will take on

visiting Utah at Rolfs AquaticCenter, this Friday at 5 p.m.

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not common to the fall sea-son, Notre Dame dealt withsome rough water conditions.Stone said the conditions,which the Irish do not oftenface, forced his team toadjust. In agreement withSunday’s theme, however, hesaid his squad learned fromthe challenge.“Everybody got some good

experience racing in somerough conditions which weusually don’t row in,” Stonesaid. “It just makes it a littletougher. We adjusted to theconditions and some piecesworked and some didn’t.”As a long winter off-season

separates the two seasons,Stone said it is important tocarry those lessons into thelater part of their competitiveyear.

“The fal l is for f iguringsome things out that youwant to carry over into thespring,” he said.Although the Irish have yet

to firmly establish lineupsthat wil l be used comespringtime, Stone said he isnot worried at this point inthe year. “Things change — people

get more fit, get stronger andother things,” Stone said.“There are lots of variables.We’re probably pretty closefor where we are right nowin the season, but it’s notreally a big deal.”Notre Dame will conclude

the fall season on Sunday,facing the Hoosiers again,along with Big Ten foesMichigan State and OhioState. The scrimmage, hostedby the Buckeyes in Columbus,Ohio, begins at noon.

was just opening up holes thewhole time.”While the offense was effective,

the Dillon defense was the unitthat set the tone. The Big Redforced the Ramblers to go three-and-out six times.“Today wasn’t going to be the

day we let up,” senior defensivelineman Jack Winnike said.“Today wasn’t going to be the daythat we made mistakes.”In fact, two mistakes nearly cost

the Big Red dearly. Up 6-0 aftertwo field goals, Dillon gave up thelead after two big Siegfried plays.Rambler senior quarterback MattMeinert kept the ball on an optionand went 44 yards. Three playslater, he found junior receiverFrank Conway for a 32-yardtouchdown in the fourth quarter.The extra point gave the Ramblersa 7-6 lead.Things continued to appear grim

for Dillon as precious minutesticked off the clock. But whenDillon sophomore Dan Balcarcelblocked a punt, the Big Redregained life, scoring on the nextplay.“It gave us good field position,”

Balcarcel said. “It really broughtthe momentum back to our sideand got the crowd back.”It was a disappointing finish for

the two-time defending championRamblers, who wanted to make itto Notre Dame Stadium for a thirdstraight year.“I don’t feel as though we came

out at our best,” Siegfried seniorcaptain Michael McDonnell said. “Iwish things were different, butthere’s nothing we can do about itnow.”Despite not reaching its ultimate

goal, Siegfried was not totally dis-appointed after starting the yearflat.“Considering where we started

the season, I’m pretty darn happywith where we ended,” McDonnellsaid.With the championship now on

hand, Howard said Dillon plans totake confidence and effort into theStadium.“We’re always confident in what

we can do,” Howard said. “We’realways going to fight 100 percent.”Dillon will battle Sorin in the

Stadium Sunday for the top prize.

Sorin 7, Alumni 6Buoyed by a bend-but-don’t-

break defense, No. 2 Sorin man-aged to stay afloat and advance tothe men’s championship game inNotre Dame Stadium by beatingNo. 3 Alumni.On their first offensive drive of

the game, the Otters (5-1) drove 85yards in 10 plays, culminating witha 21-yard touchdown pass fromsophomore quarterback TedSpinelli to sophomore wide receiv-er Ryan Robinson, who finishedthe day with four catches for 69yards.“[Robinson’s] been playing awe-

some all year,” Sorin senior run-ning back and captain MichaelBrowder said. “I’d be scared ofhim. He’s been scoring left andright.”After amassing 122 yards in the

first half, Sorin’s potent offense ranonly eight plays in the second halffor a mere 25 total yards. Both oftheir second-half possessionsended in punts.For Alumni (4-2), however, the

second half was much better thanthe first. Starting from their own28-yard line, the Dawgs ran theball 12 times for 72 yards, high-lighted by runs of 15 and 31 yards

by junior running back and cap-tain Dan Dansdill. Dansdillpunched it in from one yard out topull Alumni within one point at 7-6. He had a game-high 97 yardson 16 carries.Instead of trying for the extra

point, the Dawgs instead opted togo for a two-point conversion.After a hard snap gained Alumni ayard and a half by drawing Sorinoffside, Dansdill’s plunge up thegut was stopped short of thegoalline.“We switched kickers and we

figured if we could get them off-side, we’d go for it,” Dansdill said.“[We] got them offside and theyjust made a good play.”The Dawgs never sniffed the end

zone again.On the game’s final drive,

Alumni — needing only a field goalto win — got down to the Sorin 31-yard line after successfully draw-ing the Otters offside again on akey fourth-and-five play. Penalties,however, killed the drive and Sorinrecovered an Alumni fumble atmidfield.“I’m really proud of my team,”

Dansdill said. “Congratulations toSorin, it was a fun game.”While the Dawgs’ season comes

to a close, Sorin will take on unde-feated Dillon for the title next weekin Notre Dame Stadium.“What I would have given to be

out there with my teammates. I’mpretty sure they won this one forme,” said junior playmaker BobbySullivan, who missed the gamewith shoulder, elbow and toeinjuries. “We’ll take the week offand hope to enter the Stadiumwell-rested, healthy, and ready tohave a good time.”

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The Irish rowing team practices during the 2009 season. Thesquad traveled to Indianapolis Sunday to take on Indiana.

Howard defense forced thePhoxes into a three-and-out.Gassner returned the punt tothe Phoxes’ 14-yard line, andBishop scrambled in two playslater for the score. Bishop fin-ished the day with 61 yards onthe ground.“Kayla can throw it perfectly

to us, every time,” Gassnersaid. “That opens up the longruns, and then we’re reallyable to mix up our offense.”The teams then traded a

series of punts, with Pangbornsti l l unable to put a drivetogether. Pangborn seniorquarterback Gabby Tate saidthat Howard’s ability to shutdown her team’s offensestemmed from the meetingbetween the two teams in theregular season.“Running and scrambling is

a big part of my game, butHoward was able to totallytake that away this t imearound,” Tate said. “K-Rob[senior Kaitlin Robinson] wasspying me all game, and sheplayed phenomenal.”The Ducks were able to

score once more shortly beforehalftime, with Bishop findingGassner for a 38-yard score.The Phoxes came out to play

in the second half, and wereable to drive all the way to theDucks’ 3-yard line. But on acrucial fourth-and-goal, Tatewas sacked by freshman ClaireRobinson, Kaitlin’s youngersister, essentially putting thegame on ice.“I’m so glad to have Claire

here,” Kaitlin said. “It’s good

to know Howard football willbe alive and well after Kaylaand I graduate.”Howard’s next drive was

capped by another long touch-down for Gassner, whichpushed the tally to 25-0.“We were able to attack the

holes in their zones all day,”Gassner said. “We used a lot ofdifferent routes, and we wereable to keep our offensefresh.”Pangborn’s final two drives

ended in interceptions, onereturned for a touchdown.With the f inal whist le, thePhoxes’ playoff run came to anend. Although their seasonended one game too soon, Tatesaid she was still pleased withher squad.“I’m really proud of us,” Tate

said. “We we’re hoping to pulli t out today, but Howardplayed phenomenal.”The Ducks now turn their

eyes to Notre Dame Stadium,where they wil l take onPasquerilla West in an attemptfor a second consecutiveunbeaten season.“It’s pretty awesome to go

back. We were really nervousbecause Pangborn has playedso well, but we were able topull i t out today,” Gassnersaid. “Now we have one moregame to win.”

Pasquerilla West 6, McGlinn0In an intense defensive battle

that featured at total of tensacks and five interceptions,Pasquerilla West reserved itsspot in Notre Dame Stadiumfor the second straight yearwith a win over McGlinn. “Every single one of these

girls deserves a scholarship to

Notre Dame for the way theyplayed today,” Pasqueri l laWest coach Ryan Hawley said.“It’s almost unbelievable.”The No. 2 Purple Weasels’

(6-0) defense showcased abend-but-don’t-break effort,giving up 173 total yards butcoming up with two key goalline stands against a versatileShamrocks offense.“[McGlinn] came out with an

unusual game plan that wecouldn’t defend behind the lineof scrimmage,” PasquerillaWest senior captain LibbyKoerbel said. “But we steppedup when we needed to andplayed an overall great game.”The No. 6 Shamrocks (3-3)

relied heavily upon sophomorereceiver/safety Emily Golden,who accounted for 137 of the173 total yards and also inter-cepted two passes. Golden’sefforts were not enough for theupset win over the PurpleWeasels, however.“We came out and surprised

a lot of teams this year, includ-ing [Pasquerilla West] todayand I am really proud of theway we played out there,”McGlinn senior captain GillianAllsup said. The Shamrock defense held

Pasquerilla West to only 44yards of offense in the firsthalf while preventing thePurple Weasels from crossingthe 50-yard l ine. The onlyscore of the game came onPasquerilla West’s first play ofthe second half , a 45-yardoption run by sophomore widereceiver Alice Yerokun thatwas all the Purple Weaselsneeded for the victory. “It’s a really unfortunate end

to a wonderful season,”McGlinn coach Steven de Groot

said. “It’s a shame that wewere one flag pull away from atotal ly dif ferent game butthat’s the way things worksometimes.”The McGlinn offense never

got going in the second half,stymied by Pasquerilla Westsophomore defensive tackleMeghan Schmitt, who recordedfive sacks in the game. TheShamrocks had one lastchance with one minute left inthe game after forcing thePurple Weasels to punt, but a38-yard desperation pass leftthem fifteen yards short of theend zone, sending thePasquerilla West sideline intojubilation. “We wanted a rematch [of

last year’s championship gameagainst Howard] to happen,”Pasqueril la West defensivecoordinator Tim Bossidy said.“Howard has good athletes butI know for a fact that we havethe better team.”Undefeated Howard and

Pasqueril la West wil l meetSunday in a rematch of lastyear’s championship game inNotre Dame Stadium to deter-mine the 2010 women’s inter-hall champions.

Welsh Family 7, PasquerillaWest 0Welsh Family came ready to

fight as the Whirlwinds shutout the Purple Weasels in theWomen’s B-League champi-onship.Pasquerilla West’s (4-1-1)

defense shut out theWhirlwinds (5-0-1) until thefinal two minutes of play, but alate reverse to freshmanStephanie Lobaccaro gaveWelsh Family the win.“I think we played defense

pretty well today,” PasquerillaWest freshman linebacker ToriCreighton said. “For the mostpart we held them severaltimes right by the end zoneand goal line.”Creighton intercepted the

ball in the first half, comingright after a long run by theWhirlwinds.“It’s just reading the defense.

We were putting pressure onthe quarterback, so she wastrying to get rid of the ball,”Creighton said. “Basically, Iknew she was looking to throwthe ball, and [I] was there forthe pass.”Purple Weasels freshman

quarterback Elizabeth Arevalohad a few key rushes, but theWhirlwinds stoppedPasqueri l la West’s offenseevery time they crossed mid-field.“We tried to take advantage

of their holes, and we gotthrough sometimes but theyjust made some good plays,”Arevalo said. “I’m really proudof how our team played. It did-n’t go our way, but we workedhard out there, and it was agood season.”Without a starting running

back, freshman quarterbackFarrell Murphy took over therushing game early in theWhirlwind’s championship vic-tory.“I tried to run it a little bit to

try and mix it up, so that theydidn’t know what we weredoing,” Murphy said.

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The Ir ish fe l l to in-staterival Purdue Saturday, 173-127, for the ir second lossaga ins t a team from thehighly competit ive Big TenConference th i s season .Despite the loss, senior cap-tain Mike Sullivan saw posi-tives from his performanceand the team’s performanceto carry through the rest of

the season. Jun ior Bo i lermaker and

U.S. Olympian diver DavidBoudia ee t h i s own Ro l f sAquat ic Center record inboth the 1- and 3-meter div-ing events whi le l ead ingPurdue to v ic tory. He hadpreviously set the records inthe Bo i lermakers ’ meetagainst the Irish in 2008. OnSaturday, Boudia tal l ied a473.47 total off the 3-meterboard and pos ted 394 .5po in ts f rom the 1-meter

board.Although the Irish did not

come out on the winning end,Sullivan said he saw plenty ofgood th ings that the teamcan bu i ld upon for fu turemeets.Sullivan picked up a win in

the 400-yard individual med-ley and second place in the200 backs troke aga ins tPurdue. Though the Irish (2-2) fell to the Boilermakers,Sul l ivan earned big pointstowards the Irish’s 127 total

points. “I started the day off a bit

s lower than I would haveliked with the 200 free, butfelt better as the meet wenton,” Sull ivan said. “I wasextremely happy with my 400IM race, because it was thefastest I ’ve ever been in adual meet for that event.”Sullivan maintained a lead

throughout the entire 400-yard race and was a full twobody lengths ahead of thecompetit ion going into the

breaststroke leg of the race.He clocked in at 3:59.78.“I wanted to get under that

four-minute mark, and wasable to do that so that wasexc i t ing for me,” Su l l ivansa id . “ I would say i t wasprobably my best [race of theyear]. The fact that I havebeen improving wi th eachmeet i s great to see , anda lways makes swimmingmore fun.”

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Even though Sunday’s raceagainst Indiana inIndianapolis was only a scrim-mage, Irish coach MartinStone said he thought it wouldgo a long way in helping histeam.Stone stressed this week-

end’s importance as an oppor-tunity to get everyone on theroster involved in morespring-season structuredraces.“All our boats did well and

gained some invaluable expe-rience racing side-by-side withother boats,” he said. “We didwell, I was pleased. It wasgood for them to experienceracing next to another boatand hearing the coxswain.”Besides the added challenge

of racing side-by-side, a setup

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There will be a new championthis year, as No. 1 Dillon tookdown the defending champion No.5 Siegfried 12-7 in Sunday’s semi-finals with strong performancesfrom all three areas of the game.Sophomore running back Terry

Howard took a run between thetackles for a 43-yard touchdownto put Dillon (6-0) on top ofSiegfried (4-2) by the final marginwith four minutes remaining.“Our offensive line moved

everybody,” Dillon senior captainJordan Smith said. “He didn’t gettouched on an iso play, which isincredible.”It was just one run of many on a

fantastic day for Howard, whoracked up 122 yards on 15 car-ries.“I felt like I played a good

game,” Howard said. “Our line

Howard showed its domi-nance from start to f inishSunday, and is going to theStadium after a 31-0 win overPangborn in the semifinals.The Ducks (6-0) started the

game on offense, and marcheddown the field behind the armof senior quarterback andcaptain Kayla Bishop. Bishopcompleted all four of her pass-es on the drive, the last find-ing junior wide receiver JennyGassner for a 15-yard touch-down that set the tone for theday.Pangborn (4-2) then took

possession, but a st i f l ing

The visiting Boilermakersbarely squeaked out a winSaturday when one eventdecided their 155-145 victo-ry over the Irish at NotreDame’s Rol fs Aquat icCenter. The meet came down to

the 200-meter medley relay,which would have resultedin a tie had the Irish won.The Boilermakers’ strongstart in the race was toomuch for the Irish to over-come, however, and NotreDame’s 1:33.37 time camejust behind Purdue’s 1:33.04finish.

“We have been in this situ-ation too many times overthe past few years and haveended up on the losing sideof things so we really want-ed to close the meet withthe win,” Irish senior KellynKuhlke said. “Everyone wasexcited, ready to go, andwanted to get it done. Wefought throughout the meetto avoid the situation, so wewere disappointed we foundourselves in that situationagain.”Seniors Katie Casey and

Samantha Maxwell led theIr ish with two individualwins each. Casey took goldin 100- and 200- meter but-

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MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

Dillon, Sorin advance to ‘shipMEN’S INTERHALL

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Dillon wide reciever Will Salvi jumps for a pass between two Siegfried defenders. The Big Redtook down the defending champion Ramblers 12-7 Sunday.

WOMEN’S INTERHALL

Howard, PW earn title rematchBy MEGAN GOLDEN, JACKHEFFERON and ANDREWGASTELUMSports Writers

see PANGBORN/page 14

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Howard quarterback Kayla Bishop attempts a pass againstPangborn. The Ducks defeated the Phoxes 31-0 Sunday.

WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

Boliermakers edgeout Irish in close meet

see DILLON/page 13

ND learnsfrom meetat IndianaBy CORY BERNARDSports Writer

WOMEN’S ROWING

see KUHKLE/page 12

By KATHERINE MACKSports Writer

By SAM GANS andMATTHEW DeFRANKSSports Writers

see STONE/page 13

see SULLIVAN/page 12

Top two seeds survive,move on to Stadium

Despite loss, Sullivan sees progress in meet against PurdueBy MAIJA GUSTIN andJOSPEH WIRTH

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