Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Volume 44 : Issue 132 ndsmcobserver.com O bserver The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s the INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER College to establish abroad program page 3 ◆ Viewpoint page 10 ◆ Humor Artists make students laugh page 12 ◆ Men’s Lacrosse to take on UNC page 24 Campus safe, but security issues remain In the shadow of the Saint Mary’s Bell Tower and Notre Dame’s Golden Dome, students feel at home. Safe. Outside these familiar spots, fear of the unknown puts students on their guard. Saint Mary’s junior Sarah McCroy said she frequently walks from the Grotto to her dorm room in LeMans Hall at Saint Mary’s. She said as one of many students who walk late hours between the two campus- es, there is a distinct area where she feels less secure — the same area where a sexual battery was reported Sunday night by a Saint Mary’s student. “It’s not an issue of feeling safe on campus,” McCroy said. “I feel very safe when I am walking on both Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s campuses. It’s just that limbo part, right after the lakes and before the Avenue.” Notre Dame Security Police (NDSP) Director Phil Johnson said safety at Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame is built on a sense of familiarity. “One of the distinctions of Notre Dame is that we look out for each other, and we have that strong sense of Catholic cam- pus,” Johnson said. “The fabric of our community is woven very close together with our resi- dence program, and we need to leverage that as part of our safe- ty program.” Statistically, Johnson said while crime may occur any- where, campuses report lower crime levels than surrounding cities. “The incidents may be low in number, but there is a possibility of crime occurring here as there is anywhere,” he said. “But with a fully-engaged community, it is generally a safer community than one where we are entrenched in distrust and don’t interact with each other.” However, this sense of familiarity may dull students to potential crimes. “The threats to safety for women are presented, statisti- cally, by people who are known Director of Utilities testifys in Congressional hearing Notre Dame Director of Utilities Paul Kempf testified before the Congressional Subcommittee on Energy and Power April 15 in Washington, D.C., providing expertise con- cerning clean air standards. The air standards reviewed were first issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2004 as an amendment to the Clean Air Act. These standards were dropped in federal court and are now being reevaluated. The sub- committee held the hearing with Kempf and other witnesses to discuss legislation to change these stan- dards. “We are just trying to make sure the end result is reason- able and affordable and that the costs make sense,” Kempf said Tuesday. “We have tried to make sure we are good stewards of the environment.” Kempf said he hopes the EPA delays the standards pro- posed after a recent review. The EPA requested multiple times to extend its deadline for the review on the stan- dards. “When the EPA took com- ments on the standards, they were starting to realize some of those limits were too strin- gent,” Kempf said. “I think the EPA, to a certain effect, hur- ried through this review, and then when the staff asks for more time for a review, I think they should have it.” Textbook options available on campus Students may be preoccu- pied with studying for finals in coming days, but they will also be faced with an even bigger challenge — deciding between the several options available at the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College for unloading their textbooks. The Hammes Notre Dame bookstore and the Shaheen Bookstore at Saint Mary’s College both are gearing up to buy books back from students during finals week. Saint Mary’s junior Sylvia Rojas said the convenience of selling books on campus is a major draw, despite a dimin- ished resale value. “Selling the books back to the school is the easiest option,” she said. “They gave me back about half of the money that I paid.” Bob Dezenzo, textbook coor- dinator at the Shaheen Bookstore, said the bookstore will repurchase books depending on their condition and use for the following semester. Students will receive about 50 percent of the sale price back in cash, he said. Students and Professors submit films to festivals Though South Bend may not be the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of film production, Notre Dame is stak- ing its claim as a hotbed for cin- ematic talent. In the past year, the Film, Television and Theatre (FTT) Department saw a successful turnout on the film festival cir- cuit for students, professors and alumni, department chair Don Crafton said. One film from professor Ted Mandell’s “Documentary Video Production” course took home numerous accolades over the past few months, according to a press release from the depart- ment. “Picking Up America,” by sen- iors Michael Burke and Marie Wicht, focuses on four activists who clean up trash from coast to coast. The documentary was accepted by the Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival held at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill. the first week of April. It also won the Social Change Award from the 10th Annual Ivy Film Festival held at Brown University in Providence, R.I. at the end of the month. Wicht said the duo knew they By MEGAN DOYLE News Editor By AMANDA GRAY News Writer By MEGAN DOYLE and CAITLIN HOUSLEY News Editor and Saint Mary’s Editor see SECURITY/page 5 see KEMPF/page 5 Kempf Suzanna Pratt /The Observer The Notre Dame power plant follows EPA standards from 2004. These standards are currently under review by Congress. Suzanna Pratt/The Observer Emergency call stations, like this one near the Grotto, are placed around campus and connect students with security. By KRISTEN DURBIN and JULIA HARRIS News Writers Lauren Kalinoski | The Observer see FILM/page 4 see TEXTBOOKS/page 4
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INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER College to establish abroad program page 3 � Viewpoint page 10 � Humor Artists make students laugh page 12 � Men’s Lacrosse to take on UNC page 24
Campus safe, but security issues remain
In the shadow of the SaintMary’s Bell Tower and NotreDame’s Golden Dome, studentsfeel at home. Safe.Outside these familiar spots, fearof the unknown puts students ontheir guard. Saint Mary’s junior Sarah
McCroy said she frequentlywalks from the Grotto to herdorm room in LeMans Hall atSaint Mary’s. She said as one ofmany students who walk latehours between the two campus-es, there is a distinct area where
she feels less secure — the samearea where a sexual battery wasreported Sunday night by a SaintMary’s student.
“It’s not an issue of feeling safeon campus,” McCroy said. “I feelvery safe when I am walking onboth Notre Dame and Saint
Mary’s campuses. It’s just thatlimbo part, right after the lakesand before the Avenue.”Notre Dame Security Police
(NDSP) Director Phil Johnsonsaid safety at Saint Mary’s andNotre Dame is built on a sense offamiliarity. “One of the distinctions of
Notre Dame is that we look outfor each other, and we have thatstrong sense of Catholic cam-pus,” Johnson said. “The fabricof our community is woven veryclose together with our resi-dence program, and we need toleverage that as part of our safe-ty program.”Statistically, Johnson said
while crime may occur any-
where, campuses report lowercrime levels than surroundingcities. “The incidents may be low in
number, but there is a possibilityof crime occurring here as thereis anywhere,” he said. “But witha fully-engaged community, it isgenerally a safer communitythan one where we areentrenched in distrust and don’tinteract with each other.”However, this sense of familiaritymay dull students to potentialcrimes. “The threats to safety for
women are presented, statisti-cally, by people who are known
Director of Utilities testifys in Congressional hearing
Notre Dame Director ofUtilities Paul Kempf testifiedbefore the CongressionalSubcommittee on Energy andPower April 15 in Washington,D.C., providing expertise con-cerning clean air standards.The air standards reviewed
were f irst issued by theEnvironmental Protect ionAgency (EPA) in 2004 as anamendment to the Clean AirAct. These standards weredropped in federal court andare now being reevaluated.
The sub-commit teeheld theh e a r i n gwith Kempfand otherw i t n e s s e sto discusslegis lat ionto changethese stan-
dards. “We are just trying to make
sure the end result is reason-able and affordable and thatthe costs make sense,” Kempfsaid Tuesday. “We have triedto make sure we are goodstewards of the environment.”
Kempf said he hopes theEPA delays the standards pro-posed after a recent review.The EPA requested multipletimes to extend its deadlinefor the review on the stan-dards. “When the EPA took com-
ments on the standards, theywere starting to realize someof those limits were too strin-gent,” Kempf said. “I think theEPA, to a certain effect, hur-ried through this review, andthen when the staff asks formore time for a review, I thinkthey should have it.”
Textbook options available on campus
Students may be preoccu-pied with studying for finals incoming days, but they willalso be faced with an evenbigger challenge — decidingbetween the several optionsavailable at the University ofNotre Dame and Saint Mary’sCollege for unloading theirtextbooks.The Hammes Notre Dame
bookstore and the ShaheenBookstore at Saint Mary’sCollege both are gearing up tobuy books back from studentsduring finals week.Saint Mary’s junior Sylvia
Rojas said the convenience ofselling books on campus is amajor draw, despite a dimin-
ished resale value.“Selling the books back to
the school is the easiestoption,” she said. “They gaveme back about half of themoney that I paid.”Bob Dezenzo, textbook coor-
dinator at the ShaheenBookstore, said the bookstore
will repurchase booksdepending on their conditionand use for the followingsemester. Students willreceive about 50 percent ofthe sale price back in cash, hesaid.
Students and Professors submit films to festivals
Though South Bend may notbe the first place that comes tomind when one thinks of filmproduction, Notre Dame is stak-ing its claim as a hotbed for cin-ematic talent.In the past year, the Film,
Television and Theatre (FTT)Department saw a successfulturnout on the film festival cir-cuit for students, professors andalumni, department chair DonCrafton said.One film from professor Ted
Mandell’s “Documentary VideoProduction” course took homenumerous accolades over the
past few months, according to apress release from the depart-ment. “Picking Up America,” by sen-
iors Michael Burke and MarieWicht, focuses on four activistswho clean up trash from coastto coast. The documentary wasaccepted by the Reality BytesIndependent Student FilmFestival held at Northern IllinoisUniversity in DeKalb, Ill. thefirst week of April. It also wonthe Social Change Award fromthe 10th Annual Ivy FilmFestival held at BrownUniversity in Providence, R.I. atthe end of the month.Wicht said the duo knew they
By MEGAN DOYLENews Editor
By AMANDA GRAYNews Writer
By MEGAN DOYLE andCAITLIN HOUSLEYNews Editor and Saint Mary’s Editor
see SECURITY/page 5
see KEMPF/page 5
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Suzanna Pratt /The Observer
The Notre Dame power plant follows EPA standards from 2004.These standards are currently under review by Congress.
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Emergency call stations, like this one near the Grotto, areplaced around campus and connect students with security.
By KRISTEN DURBIN andJULIA HARRISNews Writers
Lauren Kalinoski | The Observer
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS STILL LEFT ON YOUR ND BUCKET LIST?
IN BRIEFThe Notre Dame women’s
softball team takes on theUniversity of Pittsburgh in adoubleheader today from 4 to8 p.m. at Melissa CookStadium.
Tonight from 5 to 7:30 p.m.,student teams will present theresults of their research proj-ects, which explored changeacross a range of topics affect-ing business and society in theatrium of Mendoza College ofBusiness. Following the pres-entation, William Chamberlin,Principal Consultant as IBS’sSocial Insights Practice, willspeak on Horizon Watching:Leveraging Social Media andCommunities for ForesightResearch in JordanAuditorium.
Tune into 88.9 WSND-FM at5 p.m. tonight to hear “TheSound of Her Name” radiointerview featuring Dean JohnMcGreevy, who wil l speakwith notable Notre Dame per-sonalities about how they per-ceive the mission of OurLady’s University in their per-sonal and professional lives.
The Notre Dame men’sbaseball team takes on theUniversity of Michigan tonightfrom 5:35 to 7:35 p.m. atFrank Eck Baseball Stadium.
Tonight at 7 and 8:30 p.m.come see the CollegiumMusicum Spring Concert atthe DeBartolo PerformingArts Center.
Humor Artists Present:Quatro de Mayo - A SalsHAThemed Night of Comedytonight at 7:30 p.m. in theCarey Auditorium of theHesburgh Library.
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OFFBEATMar y l and men p i l f e rant le r s f rom Pa. NRAeventPITTSBURGH – Po l iceare pointing at two exhi-b i t i on workers in thetheft of two massive setsof elk antlers followingthe Nat iona l R i f l eAssoc ia t ion ’s annua lmeeting in Pittsburgh.Inves t iga tors say 46-year-old Gary Felts and44-year-old Stephen Leeabduc ted the an t lersSunday n igh t wh i le avendor at the conventioncenter waited to load atruck.Po l i ce say the vendorreported the thef t andthe men were detainedon a s idewalk ou ts idewith the antlers, valuedat more than $500,000.
Felts, of Joppa, Md.; andLee, of Cumberland, Md.;were charged with theftand consp i racy andreleased on $5,000 bail.Phone l ist ings for bothmen are d isconnected.Police say they work fora Maryland-based expocompany.The ant lers werereturned to the Rexburg,Idaho-based exhibitor.
10-foot gator chompson F l o r i da depu ty ’scruiserGAINESVILLE, Fla. – A
10-foot-long alligator hastaken a b i te ou t o f aFlorida deputy sheriff ’scruiser.Authorities say Alachua
County Deputy Vic torBorrero spotted the gator
Saturday evening nearthe Gainesville Golf andCountry Club. It attackedthe patrol car while thedeputy was wait ing foran al l igator trapper toshow up.Sher i f f ’s spokesman
Todd Kelly says the car’sfront bumper was heavilydamaged.A F lor ida F i sh and
Wi ld l i f e Conserva t ionCommiss ion spokes -woman said the alligatorwas put down under thes ta te ’s nu i sance ga torpolicy. Under that policy,the trapper is allowed tokeep meat and hide fromthe gator.
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Junior Nancy Paul looks for the perfect piece of pottery at the Grad StudentPottery Sale outside of Riley Hall Tuesday afternoon.
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The Observer � CAMPUS NEWSWednesday, May 4, 2011 page 3
A commemoration of self-respect and communityamongst preteen girls will becelebrated May 25 at SaintMary’s College, as the firstannual Girls On The Run 5kwalk/run will be hosted oncampus.Girls On The Run, an interna-
tional organization with chap-ters in 42 states and twoCanadian provinces, is basedon the principle of moving for-ward in life through the inspi-ration of fitness. The organization opened a
council in the Michiana area inJan. 2011 through the help ofJackie Bauter, head coach ofthe Saint Mary’s cross countryteam.Bauter, an ’04 alum and pro-
gram coach for Girls On TheRun’s Michiana Council, saidGirls On The Run is about morethan promoting fitness.“Running is not what the pro-
gram is all about,” she said.“We use running as a way toget the message across in eachsession. We want to show the
girls that running can be anoutlet for a bad day.”Bauter said Girls On The Run
is a 10-to-12 week after-schoolprogram forgirls in the 3rdto 5th grade.She said thegirls meettwice a week.At the end of
the programthe girls and arunning buddycomplete anon-competi-tive 5Kr u n / w a l k ,Bauter said.Through theS w a n s o nP r i m a r yCenter ofSouth Bend, there are current-ly 12 girls involved with theMichiana chapter of Girls OnThe Run.Bauter said each session has
a theme relevant to the girls’lives, including bullying andgossip. Different activities anddemonstrations are completedto help the girls grasp the sub-ject and to see positives in diffi-cult situations. Each session combines run-
ning and walking games withlife skills, some including lead-ership, goal setting, coopera-tion and healthy eating, Bauter
said. The first four
weeks of thec u r r i c u l u mfocus on self-r e f l e c t i o n ,Bauter said.The next ses-sion of lessonscenters on theimportance ofcoopera t i on ,Bauter said thegirls concen-trate on learn-ing about com-munity andhow they canmake a differ-
ence in the last set of meetings. Bauter said she hopes the
program will grow in a waybeneficial to participants. “We are about quality over
quantity,” Bauter said. “It’s allabout the girls and providingthe experience for them alongwith keeping a steady pace ofgrowth.”
SMC hosts 5k promoting self-esteem
With developments well underway, a new summer study abroadopportunity may soon be availableto SaintMary’s stu-dents in Peru.For one SaintMary’s pro-fessor, thismeans per-sonally takinga trip to thestudy site.Biology pro-
fessor TomFogle will journey to Canto Grande,an urban area located in San Juande Lurigancho, a district in Lima.Fogle will visit for 3 weeks, scout-ing out what could be the destina-tion of the study abroad program.Fogle said he is excited about vis-
iting another country. “I am looking forward to learn-
ing about the culture and people ofPeru,” he said.In a pamphlet distributed by the
College, the program wasdescribed as combining “acade-
mics, service, and cultural experi-ences in a learning environmentthat takes students beyond theclassroom.”If approved the study abroad trip
will partner with King’s College.King’s College, founded by theCongregation of Holy Cross, islocated in Wilkes-Barre, Penn. The trip is part of a larger initia-
tive by Saint Mary’s to collaboratewith Holy Cross institutions aroundthe country and the world.Fogle will spend a majority of his
time at the Father Patrick PeytonFamily Center, home of the King’sCollege program, which was creat-ed through the initiative of theCongregation of Holy Cross. Upon returning to the States,
Fogle will meet with the Center ForWomen’s Intercultural Leadershipand give a report on the Program. Fogle, said he has high hopes for
the program. “[This trip will] open up more
opportunities for students, and willhelp them establish more connec-tions with the Holy Cross Order,”he said.
“We use running as away to get the messageacross in each session.We want to show thegirls that running canbe an outlet for a bad
day.”
Jackie BauterSaint Mary’s cross country
coach
Kristin Blitch, marketing man-ager for NotreDame RetailO p e r a t i o n s ,said bookstoreoperations havechanged withthis year’simplementationof the Rent-A-Text textbookrental program.“It’s very diffi-
cult to predictthe total num-ber of booksthat we’ll bebuying backdue to the pop-ularity of the rental program,”she said. “As the Rent-A-Textprogram continues to grow inpopularity, we expect that moretitles will be rented as opposedto purchased.”Blitch said the program is
extremely successful due to the
bookstore’s partnership withstudent government.“Saving the students money
is something we like to do,” shesaid. “Text rental is a greatway to make this happen.”
F o r m e rA c a d e m i cAffairs chair-man AJM c G a u l e ysaid the pro-gram had afew minorsetbacks inits first yearat NotreDame.“There was
some confu-sion lasts e m e s t e rabout whenrented books
needed to be turned in,” hesaid. “Some students werecharged for keeping theirbooks if they were not turnedin on time.”McGauley said the future suc-
cess of the program dependson whether professors submit
their orders to the bookstore byin time to determine the booksavailable for rent.“Our compliance rate right
now is 60 percent, whichmeans that only that percent-age of courses listed at NotreDame have books that weredesignated by professors andcan be rented by students,” hesaid. “It’s on the professors toget to the bookstore about theirbook needs, so their participa-tion needs to improve in thefuture to improve the Rent-a-Text program.”Saint Mary’s senior Nina
Midgley was satisfied with herRent-a-Text experience. “It was much cheaper, and I
knew I wouldn’t get the moneyback if I bought the book andsold it,” she said.Students also have the oppor-
tunity to donate used textbooksto Better World Books, a com-pany based in Mishawaka andfounded in 2002 by 2001 NotreDame graduates ChristopherFuchs, Xavier Helgesen andJeff Kurtzman. The company collects and
sells used textbooks to fund lit-eracy initiatives worldwide,Chief Executive Officer DavidMurphy said. Better WorldBooks runs used book drives onmore than 1,500 college cam-puses aroundthe country,and it has col-lected morethan 53 mil-lion books forreuse or recy-cling since itsinception.Murphy said
these driveshave a posi-tive affect oncommunities.“Our first
book drive atNotre Dame in2002 benefited the RobinsonCommunity Learning Center,”he said. “At Notre Dame, weappeal to students to donatetheir books to continue to sup-port the Robinson Center andto promote sustainability bykeeping books out of landfills.” Murphy said the company
encourages donations of books,though it does offer an onlinebuyback option on its website.This focus appeals to the socialconsciousness of Notre Damestudents, he said.
“Notre Dames t u d e n t su n d e r s t a n dthat simpleactions canhelp changethe world, sowe want toappeal to themto lead theyway, and theydo,” he said.“Even if stu-dents knowthey could gettheir moneyback, they
realize what a difference theycan make, especially in thelocal sense with the RobinsonCenter.”
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COR holds final meeting, adds oversight committe
At its final meeting of thesemester Tuesday, the Council ofRepresentatives (COR) laid fur-ther groundwork for next year’sstudent government by addingOversight Committee chair BenNoe to COR in a non-speakingcapacity.COR also approved selected
students as members of theJudicial Council.Noe, who formerly served as
parliamentarian this past year,
is heading a task force chargedwith evaluating and proposingamendments to the student gov-ernment constitution. Student body president Pat
McCormick called Noe a neces-sary addition to COR.“What [Noe will] be bringing is
the ability to discuss thechanges he’s considering so wecan discuss them here, becauseit’s likely he’ll be makingchanges that will affect all thebranches of student govern-ment,” McCormick said. Noe said there is important
work to be done on the constitu-
tion. He said his presence onCOR would be helpful inexplaining the technicalities ofamendments and receiving feed-back.“I think this document can be
improved in a multitude of waysand, over time, these changescan be made to make the consti-tution more effective and acleaner document with moretransparency,” Noe said. “Beingan approved member of CORwould enable me to give almostweekly updates on the state ofthe constitution and to speak tothe constitutionality of things
going on in COR.”After Noe was unanimously
approved, Judicial Council pres-ident Susanna Sullivan present-ed Morgan Pino as her choicefor the new vice president forPeer Advocacy and also present-ed next year’s election commit-tee members. Sullivan spoke onthe behalf of Pino, who is cur-rently abroad.“Morgan has been a peer
advocate for the past two yearsand took a lot on last semester,”Sullivan said. “Morgan has someideas for making [peer advoca-cy] more accessible and a less
awkward process for students.”After Pino received unani-
mous approval, Sullivan andCaitlin Ogren, vice president ofelections, presented their selec-tions for next year’s electioncommittee, all of whom wereapproved.The new election committee
members are sophomores KatieHennessy, Kaitlin Kent andConnor Geraghty and freshmenJacob Stanton, Dan Woods,Anne Egan, and Katie Nolan.
“Saving the studentsmoney is something welike to do. Text rentals isa great way to make this
happen.”
Kristin Blitchmarketing managerNotre Dame Retail
Operations
produced a good film but werenot sure how it would fare incompetition.“We didn’t realize how much
success it could or would haveuntil we won the Social ChangeAward,” she said. “I knew whatwe had was good. We’ve beenon a roll since.”Ten student films were shown
at various festivals around thenation, three of which camefrom Mandell’s class.Mandell said the films from
his class were technically supe-rior and covered intriguing sub-jects.“They’re intriguing subjects,”
he said. “They all have a humanmessage.”Burke said audience feedback
was crucial to the developmentof the documentary.“Anytime someone else
watches your film, it’s worth-while,” he said. “Even if it’s justone person watching. Part of theprocess is seeing what worksand what doesn’t.”Mandell said support from the
Institute for Scholarship and theLiberal Arts’ UndergraduateResearch Opportunity Programwas crucial to all of the films’development.“These funds allow students to
blossom and make films inter-esting not only to Notre Dame,but national ones, as well,” hesaid.Student films weren’t the only
Notre Dame affiliated produc-tions to earn accolades. Two
films by Notre Dame professorswere distinguished at festivalsas well.“Strong Bodies Fight,” by
Professor William Donarumaand Mark Weber, a 2009 NotreDame graduate, won Finalist,Best Documentary andAudience Choice awards at theJohn Paul II International FilmFestival in Miami, Fla., inFeburary. Mandell’s own film called
“Inside The Legends,” whichdocuments the 2009 JapanBowl, screened at the LosAngeles All Sports Film Festivalin July.Mandell said he appreciates
that he got the chance to filmsuch an important event inNotre Dame history.
“I was really fortunate to beasked to follow the alumniteam,” he said. “It turned intothe last game Lou Holtz evercoached. I think that film iswatching Holtz behind thescenes.”Crafton said members of the
department have routinelyentered festivals for aroundthree years, but the departmentrecently began actively encour-aging entrances.“You just have to find the right
festival,” Crafton said. “Thefilms [that were accepted to fes-tivals] I think are very highquality and this is just indicativeof our peers seeing that.”
FTT students Michael Burke and Marie Wich talk to activistsJeff Chen while work on their film ‘Picking Up America.’
“As the Rent-A-Text program continues togrow in popularity, weexpect that more titles
will be rented asopposed to purchased.”
Kristin Blitchmarketing managerNotre Dame Retail
Operations
The standards include specificrules for industrial boilers.Many universities, includingNotre Dame, installed boilersin their power plants thatcomply with the standards setby the EPA in 2004. Kempf said he feels this step
is suf f ic ient to provide ameans for sustainable energyon campuses.“These plants have proven
to be an efficient, cost effec-
t ive and environmental ly-sound source of energy foruniversities,” Kempf’s writtentestimony stated. “[The] EPA’sfinal rules, however, imposeunrealist ic and very costlyrequirements that [the] EPAhas not justified by correspon-ding environmental andhealth protection from reduc-tions of hazardous air pollu-tants.”Kempf said a change in
these requirements wouldhurt many inst i tut ionsbecause their costly equip-ment would no longer meetthe requirements of the newstandards. Notre Dame invest-ed $20 mill ion to meet theearlier standards, Kempf said.“For $20 million, we could
provide a ful lyear of tuition for500 students, orprovide 125 stu-dents a full, four-year scholar-ship,” he said. “Itwas purchasedand guaranteedto comply withthe rule that wasissued in 2004. Itis uncertain thatit will be able toachieve compli-ance with therule that wi l l now be pro-posed.”Kempf said the equipment
does make significant stridestoward protecting the envi-ronment. He estimated theUniversity reduced its emis-sions by 75 percent in recentyears. In his test imony, Kempf
asked the committee to allowthe EPA more time to reviewits rules before it sets newstandards. “I wi l l stand by what my
writ ten statement was,”Kempf said. “But in generalwe were supporting the partof Congress looking to give theEPA more t ime to look atthese regulations.”John Walke, clean air direc-
tor for the Natural ResourcesDefense Council (NDRC), alsotestified as a witness in thehearing. His opinion, however,countered Kempf ’s s tate-ments. Walke said he felt Kempf’s
test imony downplayed thehealth benefits of the stan-
dards.“I was frankly flabbergasted
that an official from NotreDame would say something so… demonstrat ively untruethat public safety standardssuch as these would not havepublic health and safety bene-fits,” he said Monday.Updating the requirements
is a necessary step for envi-ronmental safety, Walke said.“The [EPA] is over 10 years
overdue in adopting clean airstandards to reduce mercuryand dozens of other toxic airpol lutants l ike lead andarsenic and dioxins from ahandful of industry sectors,”he said. Walke said the standards set
in 2004 were overturned inc o u r tb e c a u s ethey violat-ed the CleanAir Act. “ T h e
Republicanswere argu-ing to weak-en anddelay thesestandards,”he said.“But theywil l savetens of thou-
sands of lives a year, as testi-f ied. I am taking the EPA’sprojections for these sets ofstandards when I say they willsave as many as 26,000 livesper year.”Delaying the new standards
by even one year will negatethe benefits of the legislation,he said.“The witnesses were argu-
ing for those standards to bedelayed by two or three orfour years,” he said. “It wouldbe a public health disaster.”The Republican members of
the committee will most likelypropose legislation regardingthe standards sometime inJune, Walke said. This regula-tion is a necessary step forpublic safety.“These standards will save
more l ives and avoid moremercury poisoning of childrenand avoid more cancer andasthma attacks than in thepast 20 years,” he said.
to them,” Johnson said. “Mostsexual assaults are committed bypeople known to the survivor,even if they have recentlybecome acquainted.”Saint Mary’s Director of
Security David Gariepy saidSaint Mary’s and Notre Dame doeverything possible to protectstudents traveling between cam-puses. Blue Light services andBlinkey, a safe transport vehicle,provide security services to stu-dents, he said. Gariepy said the peak popular-
ity hours for Blinkey are 11 p.m.to 1 a.m. The service runsbetween all parking lots, dormsand the Grotto. “Safety in numbers is critical,”
he said. “It’s always good ifyou’re with friends and arestanding together, you are lesslikely to have problems if you arewith a group of your friends.”
Gariepy said 26 riders traveledon the shuttle Sunday. He saidmore women tend to use theservice when they are remindedof potential danger. “When we sent out the safety
alert [in response to the allegedsexual battery] that night, rider-ship doubled for us,” Gariepysaid. Gariepy said he encourages
women to avoid walking alonedespite the feeling of securityoncampus. “We don’t want you walking
alone,” Gariepy said. “If you’realone and you feel fearful for anyreason, I absolutely want you tocall, because there is a reasonnormally that you’re feelingsome sort of apprehension, andyou’re instincts are far better intune to what’s going on aroundyou than your rational thought.”Ann Firth, associate vice presi-
dent of student affairs at NotreDame, said Notre Dame worksconstantly to create a secureenvironment.“I think we are a very safe
community, but I don’t think anycommunity can rest on thatnotion,” Firth said. “In fact, all ofus have an obligation to promotesafety, to be attentive to safetyand to be alert to potentialthreats and dangers around us.”Everyone doesneed to keep per-sonal security inmind despite theatmosphere ofsafety on campus,Firth said. “Sometimes we
talk about the‘Notre Dame bub-ble,’ and we thinkthat nothing badcould happenhere, no onecould ever haveanything less thangood intentions,” Firth said.“The reality is that we alwaysneed to be attentive to our ownsafety, to be aware of the actionsof others around us. We feel soat home here we presume thatwe are completely safe and thatwe don’t have to be attentive inthat way, and the reality is thatwe do.”Connie Adams, assistant direc-
tor of the Belles Against ViolenceOffice (BAVO), said women needto be more attentive to personalsafety.
“If there is some sort ofinstinct to a reaction, some feel-ing of discomfort, there is a rea-son for that, and [don’t] hesitateif there’s not substantial evi-dence as to why you feel thatway or feel as though you
shouldn’t feelthat way,” shesaid. “Neverhesitate to rec-ognize that andto let that be afactor in keepingyourself safe inthe action youtake to do so.”As senior
M a r i a hMcGrogan pre-pares for gradu-ation, she saidthe feeling of the
“Notre Dame bubble” can mis-lead students’ perception ofpotential danger.“I think a lot of people feel that
Notre Dame is the kind of placewhere violence doesn’t happen,”McGrogan said. “They feelimmune to violence on our cam-pus because of the family aspect,because everyone knows every-one.”McGrogan served as a member
and a chair for the GenderRelations committee in StudentSenate, a student assistant at the
Gender Relations Center and amember of the Center for SexualAssault Prevention (CSAP).McGrogan said her experiencechanged the way she viewedcampus. “I still get a little eerie walking
around campus because I havehad a lot of survivors of sexualassault come forward to me andtell me about their experiences,”she said. “It changes your under-standing of this place. It changeshow you view darker corners ofthis campus.”McGrogan said she saw enor-
mous progress in discussionsabout sexual assault andwomen’s safety on campus dur-ing her time at Notre Dame.“We look so telescoped in on
how we focus on things but nowthat I am graduating I am look-ing back,” she said. “I thinkthere is a lot more conversationabout sexual assault. ... Therehas been more research intowhat sexual assault is and how ithappens. There has just been achange in the kind of conversa-tions we are having about it andmore of an awareness of whatthe policies are surrounding sex-ual assault.”
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Rainadded to the misery of those inseveral Southern states trying tosalvage what they could fromhomes badly damaged by deadlytwisters, leaving them shiveringin unseasonable temperaturesin the lows 50s.Becky Curtis sat in the bath-
room, one of the only dry spotsin her small red-brick apart-ment in gray, chilly, Tuscaloosaon Tuesday, sorting through oldcassette tapes. In another room,rain dripped through holes inthe ceiling onto her hardwoodfloors.
“We’re trying to get all thisstuff out of here as fast as wecan to save some mementoes,”she said. The rain “definitelydoes not help.”Though the sun was supposed
to be out again Wednesday inBirmingham, temperatures thenext couple days are forecast tobe cooler there and in otherareas of the South where manylost everything, including coats,sweat shirts and sweaters, leav-ing them with little to protectthemselves from the chill.The rain also didn’t make the
grim search for possibly morebodies under splintered homesand businesses any easier. The
death toll in Alabama wasreduced after officials startedcounting again because theywere worried some of the vic-tims might have been talliedtwice.Officials believe 236 people
died in Alabama, accounting forabout a third of the 328 peoplekilled in all, making it thenation’s deadliest twister out-break since the GreatDepression.The financial and economic
toll is far from being calculated.Besides homes, hundreds of
factories and other businesseswere destroyed, and many oth-ers were left without electricity,
throwing thousands out of work.It comes in an area where manypeople were struggling to makeends meet even before thetwisters flattened neighbor-hoods in Alabama, Tennessee,Georgia and Mississippi.Unemployment in March rangedfrom 9.2 percent in Alabama to10.2 percent in Mississippi.The tornado that obliterated
contractor Robert Rapley’shouse also swept away his liveli-hood, destroying his saws andhis paint sprayer. He now facesthe prospect of trying to recoverwith no way to earn a living.“We lost everything,” Rapley
said as he climbed on thewreckage. “I can’t even go towork.”Curtis Frederick, 28, couldn’t
find any work to provide for histhree children aside from deliv-ering newspapers. Then atwister wiped out his mobilehome park in Tuscaloosa.“There’s a lot of people that
need help,” he said. “We’restruggling already from theeconomy being so bad.”In Birmingham, former
Secretary of State CondoleezzaRice toured an aid and donationcenter in a neighborhood of herhome city that was heavily dam-aged. She grew up in the cityand still has family there.“You realize that with every
home that’s flattened, there aredreams and memories that havegone with that home. So this is avery human tragedy,” said Rice,who served in former PresidentGeorge W. Bush’s administra-tion.Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley
said Tuesday that his state —that he had presided over forjust 100 days when the torna-does hit — is facing an unprece-dented rebuilding effort, with
more than half of the state’scounties declared disasterareas.“Ladies and gentlemen, we
cannot — and we will not — letthese people down. As leadersof this state, we will see thatAlabama is rebuilt,” he said.One of the twisters destroyed
a Wrangler jeans distributioncenter that employed 150 peo-ple in Hackleburg, an Alabamatown of about 1,500. The townis in a county with an unem-ployment rate of nearly 13 per-cent.“That one industry is the
town,” said Seth Hammett,director of the AlabamaDevelopment Office. “Until theyget back up and going again,that town will not be the same.”VF Corp., Wrangler’s parent
company, said it is looking intosetting up distribution opera-tions in another location nearbyto allow people to get back towork quickly, and employeeswill continue getting pay andbenefits in the meantime. EricWiseman, chairman and CEO,said VF is also establishing ahelp center where workers canget food, water, gift cards andother critical supplies.A Toyota engine plant in
Huntsville with 800 employeeslost power and was knocked outof commission when a twisterdamaged electrical transmissionlines. Toyota said Tuesday it isnot clear when electricity will berestored.In Smithville, Miss., the
storms heavily damaged threefacilities owned by TownhouseHome Furnishings, whichmakes sofas and other furni-ture, said CFO Tony Watson.With 150 employees, the com-pany was the town’s biggestemployer.
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Rain, chill add to misery of tornado victims
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Don Peer loads a box of toys and baby items into a truck Tuesday in Ringgold, Ga. Peer is taking thetoys to a church where food, clothing and toys will be available for tornado victims.
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NYC looks to update taxis
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, announces the winner of the Taxi ofTomorrow competition during a news conference Tuesday in New York.
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NEW YORK — It looks likesomething you'd see on a sub-urban cul-de-sac, not inchingthrough Times Square.A boxy minivan made by
Nissan will be the next iconicyellow cab in New York City,Mayor Michael Bloombergannounced Tuesday.The model, selected from
among three finalists in a citycompetition, is designed sothat i t could eventually beupdated wi th an e lectr icengine. The city is exploringthe possibility of ultimatelyreplacing the c i ty 's ent iref leet o f more than 13,000taxis with vehicles poweredby electricity.Bloomberg conceded at a
Ci ty Hal l news conferencethat the minivan — whichof fers extra passengerlegroom and enough trunkspace for the luggage of four
people — might make somethink of suburbia, but he saidthe distinctive yellow paintjob will make them New Yorkicons.The minivan features a
panoramic overhead windowthat will give tourists a viewof the city's skyscrapers andonboard outlets and chargingstations that will allow pro-fessionals to treat the cabs asmobi le o f f ices . With suchameni t ies , c i ty Taxi andLimousine Commiss ionerDavid Yassky said he believedthe vehicles could become asbeloved as the Checker cabsof yesteryear."Not a week goes by when
somebody doesn't say to me,'Why can't you bring back theChecker?'" he said. "The carsthat are on the road todayjust have not generated thesame type of affection andpassenger loyalty."The anchor of the city's cur-
rent f leet o f more than13,200 taxis is Ford's CrownVictoria, which was recentlydiscontinued.The Nissan van, which beat
out proposals f rom FordMotor Co. and Turkey'sKarsan, wi l l be phased inbeginning in 2013 as oldertaxis age out of service. Allcurrent taxis, including thecity's hybrid cabs, will be offthe streets by 2018.Although the city was not
legally allowed to make itsdecision based on fuel effi-c iency, Nissan's vehic leswould double efficiency to 25mi les per ga l lon from theCrown Vic tor ia 's 12 to 13miles per gallon, the mayorsaid . The Nissan was themost fuel eff icient and thecheapest of the three final-ists, and is expected to costabout $29,000 — with ananticipated $1 billion in totalsales.
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BP agrees to penaltyfor 2006 Alaska spills
ANCHORAGE, Alaska —BP’s subsidiary in Alaskawill pay a $25 million civilpenalty under a settlementannounced Tuesday thatcomes five years after morethan 200,000 ga l lons o fcrude oil spilled from com-pany pipelines on the NorthSlope.The penalty is the largest
per barre l c iv i l pena l tyassessed , exceed ing thestatutory maximum becausethe se t t lement , reso lvesclaims other than the spill,according to the EPA. Thesettlement also calls for BPExploration Alaska Inc. toins ta l l a sys tem-widepipeline integrity manage-ment program.“This penalty should serve
as a wake-up ca l l to a l lpipeline operators that theywill be held accountable forthe safety of their opera-tions and their compliancewith the Clean Water Act,the Clean Air Act and thep ipe l ine sa fe ty laws ,”Ass i s tant U .S . At torneyIgnacia S. Moreno said in aconference ca l l wi threporters.U.S. Attorney for Alaska
Karen Loef f ler sa id thepenalty underlines the seri-ousness o f BP’s conduct .She said BP Alaska admit-ted that it cut corners andfa i led to do what wasrequired to adequate lymaintain its pipelines.BP Alaska spokesman
Steve Rinehart in e-mailsacknowledged the sett le-ment terms, including anindependent contractor tomonitor operations at thevast Prudhoe Bay field. Hesaid the penalty was not aper-barrel assessment.“A penal ty was agreed
upon,” he said. “We believethe terms of the agreementare fair.”A March 2006 leak in a
transit l ine, also called afeeder line, between a gath-ering center and a pumpstation for the trans-Alaskao i l p ipe l ine in Marchaccounted for most of theoil spilled, about 212,000gallons. Oil from the spillreached a lake.BP four months later had
begun inspecting pipelineswith “smart pigs,” devicesinserted to detect abnor-mal i t ies , when a secondleak occurred. The tiny sec-ond leak a l lowed about1,000 gallons more to spillfrom another transit line.With data in hand indicat-
ing 16 “anomalies,” or otherpossible corrosive spots, BPshut down part of the mas-sive Prudhoe Bay field.The par t ia l shutdown
brought an economic chillthroughout the state andled then-Gov. FrankMurkowski to temporarilyf reeze h ir ing unt i l theeffects of the interruptionon the state budget would
be known.Cynthia Gi les, assistant
admin is tra tor for EPA’sOffice of Enforcement andCompliance Assurance, saidBP in 2007 pleaded guilty tocriminal charges related tothe spills and was orderedto pay $20 million, includ-ing $12 million in criminalfines.Cynth ia Quarterman,
admin is tra tor for theDepartment o fTransportat ion’s Pipel ineand Hazardous MaterialsSafety Administration, saidher agency found serioussafety problems relating tointernal corrosion on thepipelines and ordered BP tocorrect those problems. BPhad a year to address theproblems but its willful fail-ure to do so led to f i l ingcivil litigation against thecompany, she said.The settlement requires
BP Alaska to develop a sys-tem-wide program to man-age pipeline integrity forthe company’s 1,600 mileso f p ipe l ine on the NorthS lope based on PHMSA’sintegrity management pro-gram. That cost is estimatedat $60 million.BP wi l l be required to
compi le in format ion onpipe l ines and what theycarry, rank ing them byhighes t r i sk . I t wi l l berequired to provide an elec-tr ic Web porta l and postreports . The informationwill be public, Quartermansaid.The independent monitor
will confirm that BP is com-plying with requirements ofthe settlement, Giles said.“We are not going to just
take BP at its word,” Gilessaid.BP’s Rinehart sa id that
s ince 2006, the companyhas made s ign i f i cantimprovements in pipelinemanagement.“This includes more staff,
more spending, newer tech-no logy, more f requentinspect ions , and fewerleaks,” he said.The company completely
replaced Prudhoe Bay oi lt rans i t l ines and addedmodern leak detection andanti-corrosion systems at acost of about $500 millionby the end of 2008, he said.“We are renovating other
p ipe l ines to make them“piggable,” he said.Most o f the compl iance
requirements that areenforceable under the con-sent decree are met undercurrent BP pract ices ,Rinehart said.BP operates the Prudhoe
Bay field but it’s co-ownedwith ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Chevron.The agreement was nego-
tiated with the concurrenceof the other working inter-est owners, Rinehart said,but he declined to discussany financial arrangementswith the other owners.
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Osama bin Ladin unarmed at time of deathWASHINGTON — Osama bin
Laden was unarmed when NavySEALs burst into his room andshot him to death, the WhiteHouse said Tuesday, a change inthe official account that raisedquestions about whether the U.S.ever planned to capture the ter-rorist leader alive.The Obama administration was
still debating whether to releasegruesome images of bin Laden’scorpse, balancing efforts todemonstrate to the world that hewas dead against the risk thatthe images could provoke furtheranti-U.S. sentiment. But CIADirector Leon Panetta said aphotograph would be released.“I don’t think there was any
question that ultimately a photo-graph would be presented to thepublic,” Panetta said in an inter-view with “NBC Nightly News.”Asked again later by TheAssociated Press, he said, “Ithink it will.”Asked about the final con-
frontation with bin Laden,
Panetta said: “I don’t think hehad a lot of time to say any-thing.” The CIA chief told PBSNewsHour, “It was a firefightgoing up that compound. ... Ithink it - this was all split-secondaction on the part of the SEALs.”Panetta said that bin Laden
made “some threatening movesthat were made that clearly rep-resented a clear threat to ourguys. And that’s the reason theyfired.”The SEALs were back in the
U.S. at Andrews Air Force Baseoutside Washington for debrief-ing on the raid, lawmakers saidafter meeting with Panetta.The question of how to present
bin Laden’s death to the world isa difficult balancing act for theWhite House. President BarackObama told Americans that jus-tice had been done, but theWhite House also declared thatbin Laden’s body was treatedrespectfully and sent to rest in asomber ceremony at sea.Panetta underscored on
Tuesday that Obama had givenpermission to kill the terror
leader: “The authority here wasto kill bin Laden,” he said. “Andobviously, under the rules ofengagement, if he had in factthrown up his hands, surren-dered and didn’t appear to berepresenting any kind of threat,then they were to capture him.But they had full authority to killhim.”For the long-term legacy of the
most successful counterterrorismoperation in U.S. history, the factthat bin Laden was unarmed isunlikely to matter much to theAmericans he declared waragainst. President George W.Bush famously said he wantedbin Laden “dead or alive,” andthe CIA’s top counterterrorismofficial once promised to bringbin Laden’s head back on a
stake.Yet just 24 hours before the
White House acknowledged thatbin Laden had been unarmed,Obama’s chief counterterrorismadviser, John Brennan, said: “Ifwe had the opportunity to takebin Laden alive, if he didn’t pres-ent any threat, the individualsinvolved were able and preparedto do that.”
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Osama bin Ladin was killed in this compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. U.S. Navy Seals weredeployed after intellgence suggested a high level target was inside.
Suspicious packagereports rise in NYC
NEW YORK — Within min-utes of a news conference atground zero where authoritiespreached calm and vigilanceafter the killing of Osama binLaden, the alarming 911 callcame in.The caller in Times Square
on Monday afternoon reportedthat a suspicious package wassitting on the sidewalk at West43rd Street and Eighth Avenue— a mere two blocks fromwhere admitted terrorist FaisalShahzad had failed in hisfrightening attempt to blow upa car bomb almost exactly ayear earlier.Unlike the Shahzad case, the
scare fizzled out in a morefamiliar way: The New YorkPolice Department patrol offi-cers who swarmed the areaquickly determined the pack-age was a bag of garbage.The NYPD says such false
alarms have become a frequentbut necessary annoyance forauthorities laboring to protecta nervous city in the post-9/11world.There were 10,566 reports of
suspicious objects across thefive boroughs in 2010. So farthis year, the total was 2,775as of Tuesday compared with2,477 through the same periodlast year.The reports sometimes result
in the discovery of explosivesthat have nothing to do withterror, like when a volunteerdoing gardening at aManhattan cemetery last yeardug up a discarded bag con-taining plastic explosives. Butthe vast majority of suspiciouspackages turn out to be noth-ing more than briefcases,backpacks or shopping bagsinnocently left unattended ordiscarded in transportationhubs or other high-traffic loca-tions.The daily totals typically
spike when terrorist plotmakes headlines here or over-seas, NYPD spokesman PaulBrowne said Tuesday. The falsealarms themselves sometimesget break-in cable news cover-
age or feed chatter online,fueling further fright.On Monday, with news of the
dramatic military raid of binLaden’s Pakistani lair at fullthrottle, there were 62 reportsof suspicious packages. Theprevious Monday, the 24-hourtotal was 18. All were deemednon-threats.The volume of calls means
more work for the NYPD, butPolice Commissioner RaymondKelly said the message staysthe same: Keep them coming.“We anticipate that with
increased public vigilancecomes an increase in falsealarms for suspicious pack-ages,” Kelly said at the Mondaynews conference. “This typical-ly happens at times of height-ened awareness. But we don’twant to discourage the public.If you see something, saysomething.”Police procedure calls for
patrol officers to respond whensomeone sees and says some-thing. If they sense a threat,the area is evacuated andheavily armed EmergencyService Unit officers are sum-moned. If further inspectionsturns up evidence of a possibleexplosive, the bomb squad iscalled in.On Tuesday, the bomb squad
was dispatched after someoneleft a black suitcase on a sub-way platform near PennStation with a front page of binLaden stuffed in a side pocket.The bag contained nothing butclothing, probably belonging toa homeless man.That scenario played out dif-
ferently on May 1, 2010, whena street vendor in TimesSquare pointed out an SUVbelching smoke to an officer onhorseback. The officer called ina report of a car fire, flaggeddown other officers and startedevacuating the area.When firefighters broke the
car’s side and back windows,they discovered the SUV’s sin-ister contents: three propanetanks, two gallon containers ofgasoline and a load of fertilizer,with fireworks and some cheapalarm clocks as a trigger.
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WYATT, Mo. — The dramat-ic, late-night demolition of ahuge earthen levee sentchocolate-colored floodwaterspouring onto thousands ofacres of Missouri farmlandTuesday, easing the threat toa tiny Illinois town being men-aced by the Mississippi River.But the blast near Cairo, Ill.,
did nothing to ease the risk ofmore trouble downstream,where the mighty r iver isexpected to rise to its highestlevels since the 1920s in someparts of Tennessee,Mississippi and Louisiana.“We’re making a lot of
unfortunate history here inMississippi in April and May,”said Jeff Rent, a spokesmanfor the Mississippi EmergencyManagement Agency. “We hadthe historic tornados, and nowthis could be a historic event.”The Army Corps of
Engineers was consideringmaking similar use of other
“f loodways” — enormousbasins surrounded by giantlevees that can be opened todivert floodwaters.A staccato series of explo-
s ions l i t up the night skyMonday over the Mississippiwith orange f lashes andopened a massive hole in theBirds Point levee. A wall ofwater up to 15 feet high swift-ly f i l led corn, soybean andwheat f ie lds in southeastMissouri.Upstream at Cairo, which
sits precariously at the conflu-ence of the swol lenMississippi and Ohio rivers,preliminary readings suggest-ed the explosion worked.But across the river, clear-
ing skies gave a heartbreak-ing view of the inundationtriggered by the demolition.The torrent swamped an esti-mated 200 square mi les ,washing away crop prospectsfor this year and damaging ordestroying as many as 100homes.
A group of 25 farmers suedthe federal governmentTuesday, arguing that theirland had been taken withoutadequate compensation.At a spot along the Birds
Point levee, 56-year-old RayPresson looked through binoc-ulars to see just how high thewater stood at his 101-year-old home and the 2,400 acreshe farms around it. Presson isstaying with a cousin in near-by Charleston, and he’s notsure when, or if, he’ll get togo home.“It could be three weeks. It
could be two months,” hesaid. “The government’s notgiv ing us any kind oftimetable.”Agriculture Secretary Tom
Vilsack said farmers who hadcrop insurance will be eligiblefor government reimburse-ments if their land was flood-ed.Other forms of help will be
available for livestock produc-ers and tree farmers under
the same programs designedfor natural disasters. Peoplewho lost homes may also beel ig ible for rural housingloans.Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon,
who stood behind the state’sfailed legal fight to stop thedestruction of the levee , saidstate leaders would do every-thing “within our power tomake sure the levee is rebuiltand those fields, the most fer-tile fields in the heartland, areput back in production.”By blowing the levee, the
corps hoped to reduce theriver level at Cairo and easepressure on the floodwall pro-tect ing the town. As ofTuesday af ternoon, theMississippi had receded to60.2 feet and continued tofal l , a day af ter a recordcrest.“Things look slightly better,
but we’re not out of thewoods,” Pol ice Chief GaryHankins said while driving hispatrol car past jail inmatesassigned to fill sandbags out-side an auto-parts store.But if Cairo and other spots
were dodging disaster, omi-nous flooding forecasts wereraising alarm from southeastMissouri to Louis iana andMississippi.In Missouri , the town of
Caruthersville was bracing fora crest of 49.7 feet later thisweek. The flood wall protect-ing the town can hold back upto 50 feet, but a sustainedcrest will pressure the wall.Workers have been fortifyingthe concrete and earthen bar-rier with thousands of sandbags.Memphis could see a near-
record crest of 48 feet on May10, just inches lower than therecord of 48.7 feet in 1937.Water from the Wolf andLoosahatchie r ivers hasalready seeped into parts ofthe suburbs, and some mobilehome parks were inundated.Flooding fears prompted
Shelby County authorities todeclare an emergency for920,000 residents. Authoritiesblocked some suburbanstreets, and about 220 peoplewere staying in shelters.Farther south, the lower
Mississippi River was expect-ed to crest well above floodstages in a region still dealingwith the af termath of lastweek’s deadly tornadoes.Forecasters say the river
could break records inMississippi that were set dur-ing catastrophic f loods in1927 and 1937. Gov. HaleyBarbour started warning peo-ple last week to take precau-t ions i f they l ive in f lood-prone areas near the river. Hecompared the swell of watermoving downriver to a pigmoving through a python.Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh —
the man ultimately responsi-ble for the decis ion to gothrough with breaking theMissouri levee — has indicat-ed that he may not stop. Inrecent days, Walsh has saidhe might also make use ofother downstream basins sur-rounded by levees that canintent ional ly be opened todivert floodwaters.Unlike the Missouri levee,
these f loodways can beopened using gates designedfor the purpose, not explo-sives.Among the structures that
could be tapped are the 58-year-old Morganza floodwaynear Morgan City, La., and theBonnet Carre floodway about
30 mi les north of NewOrleans. The Morganza hasbeen pressed into service justonce, in 1973. The BonnetCarre, which was christenedin 1932 has been opened ninet imes s ince 1937, mostrecently in 2008.During a news conference
Tuesday night, Walsh charac-terized the chances of beingforced to open the BonnetCarre flood gates as “high”and the chances at Morganzaas “medium.” He expects todecide on the Bonnet Carre asearly as Thursday, and onMorganza next week.He said there are no homes
in the Bonnet Carre floodway,though there are scatteredhomes and farmland in theMorganza floodway.After Memphis , the
Mississippi River is expectedto crest May 12 at Helena,Ark., and further south in thefollowing days. Forecasterspredict record levels at thetowns of Vicksburg andNatchez, Miss.High water has already shut
down nine river casinos innorthwest Mississippi’s TunicaCounty, where about 600 resi-dents have been evacuatedfrom flood-prone areas on theinside of the levee, said coun-ty spokesman Larry Liddell.“We’re concerned, but as
long as the levee holds we’llbe al l r ight . And we don’thave any doubt that the leveeis going to hold,” Liddell said.“We have the strongest leveesin the country.”Ret ired Major Gen. Tom
Sands, a former president ofthe Miss iss ippi RiverCommission and former ArmyCorps engineer, said the corpswas pursuing a plan to man-age the high water with spill-ways and other release valves,such as hundreds of rel iefwells that take water out ofthe river.The Misssiss ippi River is
carrying about 2.3 mil l ioncubic feet of water per sec-ond, and the levee systemalong it was designed to han-dle 3 mi l l ion cubic feet ofwater per second at the OldRiver Control Structure, amassive f loodgate north ofBaton Rouge to keep theMississippi River from divert-ing course and flowing intothe Atchafalaya River.Back in Missouri, Mark and
Rebecca Dugan took picturesatop the Birds Point levee oftheir farmland — 3,000 acres.This year’s wheat was abumper crop and ready forharvest. Mark figures it wasworth $350,000 to $400,000.All told, he estimates he willlose $1.8 million in gross rev-enue from the breach.The couple said the govern-
ment owes it to landownersbelow the levee to make fullreparations, but both wereskeptical it would happen.“What do they say are the
nine scariest words in theEnglish language?” RebeccaDugan said, “‘I’m from thegovernment and I’m here tohelp.’” Walsh acknowledged i t
could be late summer or earlyfal l before the water ful lydrains off the land. Sedimentand moisture could do lastingdamage.“This is where generations
and generations live,” Walshsaid. “I understand that, butthis was one of the rel ie fvalves for the system. Wewere forced to use thatvalve.”
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Corps of Engineers blast eases threat to Ill. town
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The flood by an intentional break in the Birds Point levee is seen Tuesday, in Mississippi Co., Mo. The ArmyCorps of Engineers' blew a hole into the levee to take pressure off the rising Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
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The Observer
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The right word may be effective,but no word was ever as effective as a
rightly timed pause.”
Mark TwainU.S. humorist and novelist
Imagine this.You are a young man that has just
begun been working at a smallMidwestern company close to yourhometown. You have recently graduat-ed with an MBA and believe you havethe potential todo great thingsinstead of therather boring jobsyou have beendoing.After a few
years of adjusting to the new level ofwork, you excel in your new executivejob, leading your company into theFortune 500 for the first time in nearlya decade. Your boss lauds your pres-ence at every board meeting, proclaim-ing you as the savior of the downtrod-den company.At every cocktail party you attend,
you are the most loved person at theevent. You are smart, friendly andgreat at what you do. Soon enough,after a few more great quarters andleading the company into the black yetagain, you gain the attention of thenational publications.Your hometown loves you and recog-
nizes you as the prodigal son. As far asthey know, you can do no wrong. In aneffort to push the company even fur-ther, you ask for the company toexpand into different countries and formore help around the office.Without your consent and out of your
control, the owner of the companydecides to expand into Ethiopia andBurma. You are hopeful that thesemoves can guide the company to thetop of the business world. They, howev-er, backfire and cause a massive loss,destroying your chance to be the bestbusiness in the world. Your companyhas tried to help you — it just did notwork.You have graced the cover of
Business Week multiple times in thepast couple years. You have beenranked in the Forbes 400 as one of thetop earners in America. But that is notenough.All of your closest friends have moved
on to bigger and better jobs, garneringinternational praise for their superbwork. Some of them have guided theircompanies into the top spot on theFortune 500 list. You are proud ofthem, but at the same time very jealousof their accomplishments.Suddenly, a reputable East Coast firm
with power executives already aboardcontacts you, offering the same positionyou had back home. You will have tosacrifice some money and some free-dom in your decisions but you realizethis is your best chance to rule thebusiness world with a few close friends.The move is popular with your family,who see this as a great opportunity.You do want to remain loyal to your
hometown company, but they haveshown that they cannot make yourdreams come true and you havereached their ceiling.Pick a side.If you picked the snazzy new East
Coast firm, congratulations, you havejust taken your talents to South Beach.You can now stop hating on the Heatand begin to embrace The Decision.Because it was your choice too.
Matthew DeFranks is a freshmanlooking forward to returning to 85degrees and sunny every day with asigni f icant chance of an NBAchampionship. He can be reached [email protected] views expressed in this Inside
Column are those of the author andnot necessarily those of The Observer.
INSIDE COLUMN
Embrace thedecision
Matthew DeFranks
Sports WireEditor
For the sake of lifeMany people have written, both here in
The Observer and in other publicationsaround the world, about how the killing ofOsama bin Laden is not a cause for cele-bration. They say that it is never right torejoice at the death ofanother human being,no matter how heinoushis crimes. They makefurther accusationsagainst the governmentthat orchestrated binLaden’s death and the people who cele-brated it that our policies of war and retal-iation only increase the hatred directedagainst us. Some within the Notre Damecommunity have also said that thoseCatholics who celebrated bin Laden’sdeath are pro-life only with respect toabortion and have failed to observeChrist’s commandment to love one’s ene-mies and forgive those who have doneinjury.I believe that these people, though they
are right in many ways, are wrong in oth-ers. Americans of all religions, weary ofthe cost in blood and treasure that wehave paid and will continue to pay in thewar on terrorism, are losing sight of thereality of human evil within the world.They decry as immoral the regrettable butcertainly just and necessary measures civ-ilized people must take to curb such eviland prevent it from infecting every cornerof the planet. When we can find no bettermeans of protecting ourselves and ourallies, we must fight vigorously and deci-sively against those who threaten us.As Catholics, Christ calls us to promote a
culture of life throughout the world. Sucha culture respects the fundamental rightthat each person has to live a full life fromconception until natural death. Manywithin the Church argue that the use ofmilitary force unjustly violates the right tolife of those upon whom we wage war sooften, that we can only legitimately use itagainst a massive direct assault upon ournation.I respectfully disagree with this view.
Osama bin Laden and others like him aresworn enemies of the culture of life. BinLaden could have chosen to live pleasantlyand peacefully as a rich Saudi prince, butinstead sought to dominate and controlother human beings through violence andfear. Bin Laden’s al-Qaida massacred
thousands of innocent civilians in a brutaland unprovoked attack on America andthey have also killed tens and maybe evenhundreds of thousands of Muslim civiliansin the name of expanding their power andinfluence. No life has any value whatsoev-er to a man like bin Laden. His organiza-tion slaughtered the people for whom itclaimed to fight and even encouraged itsown members to destroy themselves forthe cause by becoming suicide bombers.Such people have no cause other thanpower and no method other than sav-agery.The human race is one body in Christ,
but just as our broken and imperfect bod-ies become diseased and need harsh andpainful medicine in order to heal, so thebody of humanity sometimes needs to becut and cauterized to remove those partsof it that threaten to destroy the whole. Weare called to love those like bin Laden whohave been corrupted and to pray for theirconversion, but our leaders cannot standidly by waiting for a miracle when theyhave the responsibility to protect both usand the people of the nations with whomwe have continuing security arrange-ments. If the infection of evil continues tofester in the world despite our best peace-ful efforts, we have no choice but to exciseit through violent means.Martin Luther King, Jr., a great advocate
of peace, brotherhood and nonviolence,once said that, “injustice anywhere is athreat to justice everywhere.” I believethat cancerous members of the humanbody like Osama bin Laden are a threat tothe sanctity of life everywhere and thattrying to ignore them into irrelevance bywithdrawing from our international diplo-matic and military involvements is dan-gerous and irresponsible. The only reasonal-Qaida and similar terrorist groups havenot been able to acquire weapons of massdestruction and carry out the kind of dev-astating attacks that would provoke eventhe U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops totake up M16s and charge into battle isthat American and allied military andintelligence units have been tirelessly pur-suing and eradicating such groupsthroughout the globe.Foreign military intervention is still a
regrettable occurrence. We cannot andshould not deploy troops to resolve everycase of injustice, oppression and illegiti-
mate violence that exists in the world. Wemust work tirelessly to pursue peacefulsolutions to the conflicts that threatenAmericans and people of all nations.However, when conflicts and tensionsescalate too rapidly for nonviolent meansto take effect, we must reserve the right tostrike quickly and decisively in the interestof our people and of humanity in general.The recent conflict in Libya is a good
example of this. If we consider PresidentObama’s statements and actions leadingup to the NATO air campaign, we can seethat he desperately did not want to usemilitary force again after Iraq andAfghanistan. He could not stand idly byand watch Gadhafi’s forces massacrethem and their families in a hail of rock-ets, bombs and shells, so he offered whatforces he had to do what they could, asthey are still doing now.Those Americans who cheered and
danced in the streets after hearing thatOsama bin Laden was dead celebrated thedeath of a human being, an occasion forregret, not joy. However, unlike those whocelebrated the fall of the World TradeCenter, these Americans rejoiced at thedeath of a man who had dedicated his lifeto the pursuit of illegitimate power by anymeans necessary, including the mass mur-der of innocents. Bin Laden was still animportant figurehead and recruiting toolfor al-Qaida, the Taliban and their affili-ates up to the time of his death. Hisdemise dealt a heavy blow to the radicalIslamic terrorist movement and saved thelives of many American, European, MiddleEastern and South Asian soldiers andcivilians who would have been killed inattacks by his followers, as well as thelives of those young men whom he wouldhave rallied to death for the terroristcause with his continued video broadcasts.The protection of these lives is an occasionfor hope and happiness. I hope we neverhave to face such an enemy again, but ifwe must, I pray that we will have thestrength and courage to swiftly end hisreign of terror for the sake of life itself.
Elliott Pearce is a sophomore living inKnott Hall. He can be reached [email protected] views expressed in this column are
those of the author and not necessarilythose of The Observer.
Elliott Pearce
GuestColumnist
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The camera makes everyone atourist in other people's reality, and
eventually in one's own.”
Susan SontagU.S. author and literary theorist
On September 11, 2001 and the time following, our nation had never been so unified. Together we mourned the deaths of hundredsof innocent people and embraced those who were directly affected by this terrible event. We watched in horror and disbelief as peoplehalf a world away burned our flag and celebrated the death of our citizens. How could such evil exist in this world?Fast forward to the late hours of May 1, 2011. Americans are again unified. Justice has been done and the world is indeed rid of a
man who killed without cause and with malice in his heart. But watching Notre Dame students spill out onto the quads Sunday night left me with mixed emotions. I couldn’t help but think back
to those burning flags I saw 10 years ago. Is it right to be celebrating death in this way? Or should we once again take this opportunityto embrace the families this man affected and left with gaping holes in their hearts? Though we’d all like to think it, no death of anyone man will ever erase what happened, or ever fill the shoes of lost loved ones.This is without a doubt a time to be patriotic and a time for all of us to breathe a sigh of relief. I am in no way equating the celebra-
tions of American citizens to the celebrations of terrorists after the 9/11 attacks. Let’s not even make them remotely similar. Let’s makethis sigh of relief a somber one and ask, “How could such evil have existed in the world, and how could such evil still remain?”
Felipe Murguiasophomore
Carroll HallMay 2
A sigh of reliefLETTER TO THE EDITOR
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A day of mourningFollowing the news about the death of Osama
bin Laden, I found myself deeply unsettled by thereactions I observed both in the American publicat large, and particularly within the Notre Damecommunity. After hearing the shouts and chants ofthe crowd on God Quad from my room on Sundaynight, I ventured outside to get a closer look andwas greeted with a raucous and joyous celebrationnot unlike the celebrations we witness after a bigfootball win. It bears considering, however,whether this is the appropriate reaction to theundeniably momentous news of bin Laden’s death.I do not wish to argue about whether his death
is an expression of justice, nor do I seek todemean in any way the accomplishment of thisoperation. However, this is not a victory in a sport-ing event, despite the nature of the celebrations oncampus. First and foremost, this is the death of ahuman being, something that ought to bemourned, not celebrated. On this occasion, Imourn that we live in a world where it is neces-sary to end the life of a human being in order to
protect the lives of others, and I mourn that wemust continue this most recent cycle of violencethat began nearly 10 years ago on September 11,2001.To this end, I ask not that everyone agree with
me, nor that such celebrations cease. I ask onlythis: before you use bin Laden’s death as a reasonto go out and party this week, or post your nextFacebook status about the glorious U.S. victoryover terror, ask yourself why you are celebrating.The death of one man does not bring back the vic-tims of terrorist attacks, nor does it signal an endto the threat of terrorism. Perhaps then, this occa-sion ought to serve not as a celebration of anAmerican triumph, but as a solemn remembranceof lives lost as we struggle even now to move onfrom the tragic events of the last decade.
Erik Helgesenjunior
St. Edward's HallMay 2
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
True significance of bin Laden’s deathLate Sunday night President Obama
appeared before the nation and announcedOsama bin Laden’s death. This announce-ment sparked exuberant celebration acrosscampus and the entire country. Studentsran cheering throughLaFortune andcrowds gathered inTimes Square. Thereis nothing wrong withcelebrating thismoment. One ofAmerica’s greatest enemies has beenbrought to the end he so justly deserved.Unfortunately, the celebration over bin
Laden’s death misses a larger point: Osamabin Laden hasn’t mattered in the globalwar on terrorism for several years. The President certainly seemed to think
that bin Laden mattered. In his speech heproclaimed, “The death of bin Ladenmarks the most significant achievement todate in our nation's effort to defeat al-Qaida.” However, overwhelming evidencefrom the security community suggests oth-erwise. As Dr. James Lindsay of the Councilon Foreign Relations points out, “Al-Qaidalong ago ceased to be a centralized opera-tion. For the last decade bin Laden hasbeen [more of] a figurehead than a master-mind.” Bin Laden was found in a com-
pound with no telephones or internet; secu-rity was so tight that trash was burned inthe courtyard rather than being disposed ofoutside. Bin Laden clearly posed little or nooperational threat — regional cellsassumed that role long ago. Nevertheless, many American leaders
have argued that Osama’s death is a largesymbolic blow to al-Qaida. This is onceagain incorrect. As Dr. Lindsay writes,“Men die, symbols don’t. In death, binLaden will continue to inspire jihadists asmuch as he did in life.”This goes to the heart of the fundamental
point: American bullets don’t really threat-en al-Qaida. For every terrorist killed,more will rise up to take his or her place.What really threatens al-Qaida are therapid changes taking place across theMiddle East. From Tunisia to Egypt toSyria, average citizens are calling for civilrights, representative democracy andgreater economic openness. They arerejecting the oppression and stagnation ofthe status quo in favor of a world that looksmuch more like the West. This scares al-Qaida — not a single
major figure from al-Qaida has spoken outsince the beginning of the Arab Spring. Al-Qaida’s philosophy of hatred and spite sitsawkwardly alongside the demands of pro-
testers, and al-Qaida’s leaders now realizethat their beliefs have not taken root in thepopulation at large. Bin Laden’s death doesnot change the basic dynamics of theMiddle East. In Egypt, the most importantstate in the region, 80 million citizens arewaiting for economic growth and demo-cratic change. Egypt has the power andinfluence to help transform the region, butonly if Egypt herself can become a truedemocracy. Economic growth would give anascent Egyptian democracy time to growand mature, but if this growth fails tomaterialize, protesters may demand moreradical change, which could only benefit al-Qaida. The West has the power to prevent this
from happening. Egypt needs an invest-ment program similar to the Marshall Plan,which used massive investments in infra-structure to rebuild post-war Europe andprevented the continent from turningtowards communism. Such a plan wouldgive Egypt’s democracy time to mature,and would help sustain the type of move-ment toward liberalization and democracythat will one day sweep al-Qaida away alto-gether.It is highly ironic that bin Laden’s death
coincides with the greatest changes theMiddle East has seen in 50 years. Bin
Laden’s true legacy will be the utter rejec-tion of his philosophy by the people hesought to turn against the West. It is nowclear that bin Laden himself has lost.However, it is far from clear that the
West has won. Frustrated protesters acrossthe Middle East may not be so moderate inthe future if they have to endure anothergeneration of broken promises. The U.S., inconjunction with her allies and the interna-tional community, has the power to preventthis. How appropriate would it be if theU.S. announced a major aid program tocountries seeking freedom in the sameyear that bin Laden was killed? Americans do not like fighting wars in
the Middle East. Nevertheless, we will findthat more wars and interventions are theonly way to protect our interests unless wehave the collective will to invest theresources necessary to make the regionforever inhospitable to al-Qaida.
Will Miller is vice president of theInternational Development ResearchCouncil and a double major in Arabic andpolitical science. He can be reached [email protected] views expressed in this column are
those of the author and not necessarilythose of The Observer.
William Miller
GuestColumnist
On Sunday night, most of the student bodyreacted positively to the successful assassina-tion attempt of Osama Bin Laden. Many ral-lied, celebrating the demise of America’sgreatest enemy. Hundreds sang patrioticsongs well after midnight and fireworks deco-rated the sky on Stepan Fields. But, on Monday, some expressed doubt
whether it was right to celebrate anyone’smurder, even of someone as evil as bin Laden.After all, Jesus said, “Love thy enemies.” Canwe justifiably glorify a man’s murder? Theshort answer is no. But, the real answer is that none of us were
celebrating the death of one man. We wereglorifying something much greater and moreimportant than any individual.I’m from New York and I remember 9/11 too
clearly. I remember the pain the attackscaused friends and family and I remember thefear that permeated throughout the communi-ty thereafter. All New Yorkers, even totalstrangers, came together. Tragedy made usremember what was truly important. Of course, the rest of the country embraced
and supported the people of New York. Asense of patriotism swept throughout the USAand soon President Bush declared a war on
terrorism that still continues. The war beganwith a promise to the terrorists that theycouldn’t get away with attacking the world’sgreatest country without facing justice.To that effect, America has been successful.
To say the least, Iraq’s dictator has beendeposed and there have been no large scaleattacks on U.S. soil since 9/11. But, September 11’s mastermind still lived.
Bin Laden still enjoyed life years after heordered the killing of thousands of innocents.The man who caused so much suffering andwho empowered the world’s deadliest terror-ist force had not been silenced.On Sunday, the U.S. showed the terrorists
they could not attack our great nation andthen hide safe ly in the Middle East . OnSunday, al-Qaida experienced a serious blow.On Sunday, we made good on that promise.Essentially, we weren’t celebrating a murder.We were celebrating the victory of justice overevil. We were celebrating America.
John P. Houghsenior
off campusMay 3
Celebrate America
Call to holinessLast week, I willingly gave up a night of sleep to watch a European
event happen on live television. And no, it was not the RoyalWedding. Instead, very early on Sunday morning, I saw PopeBenedict XVI beatify his predecessor, the now Blessed Pope John PaulII. It was a beautiful and moving ceremony. St. Peter’s Square and thesurrounding streets of Rome were filled with people there to rejoicewith the Church and witness this step of the formal declaration ofJohn Paul II’s holiness. Many of those people had probably seen JohnPaul sometime while he was alive, too. I myself once saw the back ofhis head as he drove down the street in his Popemobile during a 1999visit to St. Louis.As a member of the “JP II generation,” he was the only Pope I knew
growing up. I am only now beginning to realize the impact he had onthe Church, and the whole world through his preaching, his writings,his leadership and his example. He proclaimed a Springtime of NewEvangelization in the Church and especially inspired young people tolive lives of radical holiness. He embodied the joy of Christian life, buttaught us also that this joy does not come without suffering.George Weigel titled his biography of Pope John Paul II “Witness to
Hope,” and he was exactly that at every moment of his life. He contin-ues to be even after death. He called us to holiness, and is now beingheld up by the Church as a model of that very holiness and as anintercessor in Heaven. He shows us that sainthood is possible; thatsaints are real people! More than ever, he is speaking the same wordsto us as he did at the beginning of his pontificate, “Do not be afraid!Open wide the doors to Christ!”Blessed John Paul II, pray for us.
Caroline Colesenior
Walsh HallMay 3
When I heard that bin Laden had been killed, I took to my friend'svuvuzela and I am not ashamed. While I myself did not lose anyfriends or family on 9/11, my father lost 343 brothers at the WorldTrade Center. As an assistant chief at my hometown fire department,my father trained in New York City and had many friends who losttheir lives that day. It seemed as if he was driving to the city in hisclass A uniform every week to attend the funeral of a fallen brother.To this day, FDNY is being affected by the events of Ground Zero. Aclose family friend was forced into retirement because he developedasthma from all the dust at the scene. Every department has memori-als outside their doors in honor of those who gave their lives to saveothers.Yes, I celebrated and I will continue to celebrate for these men. I
will celebrate in honor of every innocent man, woman, and child whodied that day. I will celebrate in honor of those who are overseas will-ing to sacrifice their lives in order to keep me free and safe at home.
Matt Roejunior
Morrissey ManorMay 3
Honor the sacrifice
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The Humor Artists are perform-ing their annual year-end show inthe William J. Carey Auditorium atthe Hesburgh Library tonight at 7p.m. The Humor Artists, the on-campus improv and sketch comedygroup with more than 20 under-grads and graduate students, areputting on this show to celebrateclasses ending and the imminentsummer break.The Humor Art ists have t i t led
their show “Quatro de Mayo —ASalsHA themed Night of Comedy.”“It’s about awareness. Everyone
knows about the holiday Cinco deMayo , but nobody knows aboutQuatro de Mayo. That’s what thisshow really is about,” co-presidentBrian Rogers said.The show will not only feature
more than a dozen improvisationgames , many o f which haveappeared on the popular televisionshow “Whose Line is it Anyway?”but also four sketches written byJ.P. Zivalich and group secretaryAlec Vanthournout. The sketches for this show are
titled “The Ballad of High PitchedWilly,” the story of a man whosevoice never changed, “Were theyDrunk?” a game show, “The Big
Dance,” which is reminiscent of ajunior high dance (or Domerfest)and “What about Bob?” a sketch inwhich peop le specu la te why afriend is late, giving ridiculous pos-sible explanations. The show wil l be the last per-
formance for severa l sen iors ,including Mike McDonnell , KateHunger, Kaitlyn Conway, StephenMat t ing ly and Wi l l Seath — aseven-year member of the group. “The seniors have been great
assets to the group this year anddeserve to end with the best improvcomedy show this campus has everseen,” Rodgers said, “That is, untilI’m a senior.”
There is a $1 cover charge, whichwill go to the South Bend Women’sCenter.
Every May, as the spring semesterdraws to a close and the weeks of finalpapers and exams fall upon us, I amfaced with a most revolting dilemma.This dilemma has stalked me everyyear of my academic pursuits, and onceagain I find myself in its clutches. Iknow I am notalone in facingthis dilemmaof epic pro-portions. Dueto the afore-m e n t i o n e dmountain ofa c a d e m i ccommitments,we all findo u r s e l v e sinside thelibrary orother chamberof study soli-tude — insert your own favorite studyspace here — typing away while thatgorgeous sun calls to us with its bla-tantly impassioned rays of light. This is a dilemma because of the pure
torment it creates between our academ-ic and ‘fun in the sun’ personalities.However, when we inevitably meld our
two desires, finally bringing our workonto the quad with reckless abandon inorder to accomplish our study goals andget the de rigueur tan we need to startthe summer off right, we are faced witha fearful fashion challenge. Grassstains, wind and flying balls fromoverzealous boys engaging in an out-door game of baseball now must exist inthe same environment as books, loose-
leaf paper,sticky notesand high-lighters. Whatfashion itemcould possiblyserve both thepurposes of astudy environ-ment and agrassy knoll?In what arti-cle of clothingcan I bothworship thesun, getting
minimal tan lines in the process, andstill be chic in the halls of academia andout in the elements? The answer to this question, my fel-
low fashionistas, has been well hypoth-esized by our Parisian counterparts.They have faced the same dilemmawhen studying on the wide grassy
expanse facing Invalides — althoughthere the problem is compounded byvery vocal, enchantingly-engagingFrenchmen whizzing by on Vespas andin voitures. What isthis article of clothing,which can perfectlymeld your study expe-rience with today’sbeautiful weather? Igive you — the maxidress.A longer version of
your favorite sundress,the maxi dress is char-acterized by its length.It should sweep thefloor, grazing yourankles at the veryshortest. Giving theillusion of a partydress made for day,the greatest thingabout the maxi dress isits mobility. The yardsof fabric in the skirtallow you to at onceprotect yourself from the dreadful airconditioning of the indoors, and also toartfully arrange the material aroundyour gams, creating the illusion of ashorter sundress. You can lay out in thesun properly and get that tan you sodeserve after long hours spent
researching. Moreover, fret not about the wind.
The longer skirt will billow about youproducing a most romantic vision of
carefree existence.Color-wise, choosingfrom a darker palettewill deflate any wor-ries about grass stainsand such. Of course, ifyou want to benoticed, brights areenticing against aspring green back-drop. The top of thesundress can be any-thing from halter tospaghetti strap to ban-deau — choose whatflatters you most.Flats are of course themost practical shoewith which to pair it,although a high san-dal can also give anoverall statuesqueimpression. Material
should ideally be soft cotton. Old Navycurrently offers a lovely bright yellowvariety for $29.50. Dilemma, I vanquishyou, in the name of summer style.
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LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. — Rightfrom the start, Derrick Rosewondered why he couldn’t bethe MVP. It turns out, nothingcould stop him.Rose officially became theNBA’s youngest MVP onTuesday and joined MichaelJordan as the only Bulls play-er to win the award, whichwas no surprise given hisspectacular season andChicago’s leap to a league-leading 62 wins.He has a ways to go beforehe catches Jordan, who wonfive MVPs and led the way totwo championship three-peats, but he sure is off to agood start.“I’m not even touching thatman right there,” Rose said.“I’m far away from him. Ifanything, it would be great tobe close to him. This is a dif-ferent team, a different era.”In his third year, the dynam-ic point guard led the Bulls totheir best season since thechampionship era.The 22-year-old Rose got1,182 points and 113 first-place votes from a panel ofmedia voters, supplanting WesUnseld as the youngest to winthe award with a runawaywin. Orlando’s Dwight Howard
(643 points) finished second,Miami’s LeBron James wasthird, the Lakers’ Kobe Bryantwas fourth and Oklahoma Citystar Kevin Durant f inishedfifth.A product of Chicago’s South
Side, Rose established himselfas one of the top players in theleague after going from Rookieof the Year to All-Star in hisf irst two seasons. He tookanother step this year withone of the best all-around per-formances by a point guard.He averaged 25 points and
7.7 assists whi le leadingChicago into contention for itsfirst championship since theJordan-Scottie Pippen era. Forall the groaning over the Bullsmissing out on James, DwyaneWade and Chris Bosh in freeagency, they did quite well forthemselves anyway.Rose showed up to training
camp openly wondering whyhe couldn’t be MVP. Then, hebacked it up.“It really just came out,”
Rose said. “That’s the way Ithought at the time. I put a lotof hard work into my game,especially during the summer.... I dedicated my whole sum-mer to basketbal l . Eventhough it was tough, I did it.”Rose was a picture of humil-
ity during the news confer-
ence. He thanked everyonefrom the fans to his team-mates, coaches and manage-ment, and he choked up whenhe mentioned his mom,Brenda Rose, and older broth-ers seated in the front row.At one point, he looked at
her and paused.“Just thinking how hard she
works,” he said. “Those arehard days. My days shouldn’tbe hard because I love whatI’m doing. That’s playing bas-ketball. You keep me goingevery day and I love you.”Rose ranked seventh in scor-
ing and 10th in assists, mak-ing him the only player thisseason in the top 10 in bothcategories. The only other Bullto do so was Jordan in 1988-89, when he led the league inscoring (32.5 points) and fin-ished 10th in assists, accord-ing to information provided tothe team by the Elias SportsBureau.Throw in a 4.1 rebounding
average, and Rose joins anoth-er elite group. He’s the sev-enth player in league historyto average at least 25 points,7.5 assists and 4.0 rebounds,along with Jordan, OscarRobertson, Jerry West, LarryBird, Wade and James,according to Elias.“We all knew how good he
could be,” veteran forwardLuol Deng said. “It’s a big sur-prise for all of us how quickhe got there. We knew he wasgoing to get there; we saidthat from the start. He’s just ahard worker, a humble kid.He’s really out there just towin games.”In the postseason, he’s been
just as impressive.He scored 39 and 36 points
in the first two playoff gamesagainst Indiana. Then heshook off two sub-par per-formances and a sprained leftankle to score 25 points inGame 5 as the top-seededBulls c losed out what hadbeen a tight first-round serieswith a 116-89 victory.They stumbled in Game 1 of
the Eastern Conference semifi-nals against Atlanta, losing103-95. Rose scored 24 points,but he hit just 11 of 27 shotsand did not attempt a freethrow. He also limped off thecourt after twisting his leftankle, but expects to be readyfor Game 2 on Wednesday.I t ’s been a rapid, steady
climb for a player who cameinto the league with soaringexpectat ions. He helpedSimeon Career Academybecome the f irst ChicagoPublic League team to winback-to-back state champi-
onships, then led Memphis tothe NCAA championship gamebefore the Bulls drafted himwith the No. 1 pick in 2008after defying 1.7-percent oddsto win the lottery.“I’ll never forget the morn-ing after we got that pickwhere we got the entire man-agement staf f together tomeet,” general manager GarForman said.They knew then who theywere picking.And when they started talk-ing to him, Forman said, “Itwas obvious to us that notonly was Derrick a very spe-cial talent, but he possessedthe intangibles that you needto become a very special play-er in this league. Going intothat draft, I remember ourfeeling was this is too good tobe true.”Now?“Our feeling is still this isreally too good to be true,”Forman said.Rose has added new touchesto his game every season,expanding the range on hisjumper to go with those explo-sive drives to the basket.“He’s been everything youcould ask for,” coach TomThibodeau said. “He’s been aleader, a player. He’s onlygoing to get better.”
Rose named MVP, leads Bulls into Game 2
MLB
Indians’ Choo arrested for DUI, remains in starting lineup
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CLEVELAND — Indians out-fielder Shin-Soo Choo was arrest-ed Monday on suspicion ofdrunken driving after a breatha-lyzer test showed he had a blood-alcohol level of .201 — more thandouble Ohio’s legal limit of .08.Choo, the sixth major leagueplayer to be cited on a drunkendriving charge this year, wasarrested by police in SheffieldLake, Ohio, after he failed a fieldsobriety test. An officer followingChoo’s white Cadillac SUV said hewas driving erratically before hewas stopped.Choo on Tuesday apologized tofans, the team, the club and hisfamily “for the attention stem-ming from this matter.”“I am hopeful that this incidentwill not be a distraction to theIndians organization while weremain focused on continuing toplay winning baseball,” he said in
a statement released by theIndians.The 28-year-old South Korean
traveled with the team and wasexpected to be in the startinglineup Tuesday night, when theIndians were to open a three-game series against the OaklandAthletics. Cleveland began theweek with the best record in themajors.Indians general manager Chris
Antonetti said the club has spo-ken to Choo about the incident.“The Indians organization
takes these issues very seriouslyand we are disappointed in thematter,” Antonetti said in a state-ment. “We will continue to moni-tor the situation and we will nothave any further comment at thistime.”According to police, a patrol-
man first spoke to Choo at 2:25a.m. He told the officer he waslost and needed directions toAvon Lake. Choo was allowed to
continue driving, but was laterpulled over when he twicecrossed the double-yellow linesand drifted into a bike path. Hetold the officer his GPS had bro-ken and he was unable to getdirections home.Choo’s eyes were bloodshot and
he smelled of “an alcoholic bever-age,” police said, and he wasordered out of the SUV.Choo was unable to complete a
heel-to-toe walking test, losinghis balance and he failed twoother sobriety tests, the reportsaid. He was taken to the policestation and was given the breath-alyzer test. Choo was chargedwith operating a vehicle underthe influence, having an excessiveblood-alcohol level and a trafficviolation.He was released without bond
and was driven home. Whilebeing escorted outside by an offi-cer, Choo reportedly smashed hiscamera in the parking lot.
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Indians right fielder Shin-Soo Choo chases down a grounder in agame against the Baltimore Orioles in Cleveland Friday.
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NEW ORLEANS — DrewBrees was back in the heart of ahuddle, albeit an unusual one inan uncertain time.Gathered around New
Orleans' star quarterback werenot just offensive players, butdefenders and specialists. Therewere players currently undercontract with the Saints andsome who are not.Brees secured access to
Tulane's facilities and called onteammates to join him for theworkouts. Nearly 40 of them didon Tuesday, taking cues fromone of the few leaders they havewhile the NFL lockout preventsthem from training on teamproperty or contacting coaches.We would all be working out
somewhere anyway, so why notdo it together and why not do itin an organized fashion whereit's very football-related," Breessaid. "It's preparing us to have achampionship season, and I feellike it's putting us way ahead ofother teams around the league,just by the fact that we're soorganized."Normally, May and June are
months for organized offseasonworkouts and minicamps, all ofwhich will be canceled if thelockout lingers into midsummer.So players on a number ofteams around the league havebegun to gather in some form.New York Jets quarterback
Mark Sanchez invited team-mates to join him in Californiafor what he's calling the JetsWest Camp. Broncos safetyBrian Dawkins has organizedsome workouts with about adozen teammates in the Denver
area. Cleveland quarterbackColt McCoy hosted some Brownsteammates for workouts inAustin, Texas.More than a dozen Miami
Dolphins, including quarterbackChad Henne and have beenworking out together regularlyon a soccer field near the teamcomplex. The group includesChad Henne and offensive tack-le Jake Long.Falcons linebacker Coy Wire
and right tackle Tyson Clabohave organized workouts thatabout 30 teammates haveattended in Cumming, Ga.After Saints players broke
their huddle with Brees, theydivided into groups and startedconditioning and agility drills.Most wore shorts and T-shirts.None wore helmets.Brees said work on forma-
tions and plays — even filmstudy — may come later,depending on how long the lock-
out lasts, but there will be"absolutely no contact." Headded that about three work-outs per week are planned forMay and parts of June, mimick-ing what the Saints would nor-mally do in the months leadingup to training camp.Left tackle Jermon Bushrod,
fullback Heath Evans andsafeties Roman Harper andDarren Sharper were amongthose who showed up despitenot having contracts naileddown for next season.Bushrod said he saw the
workouts as an opportunity to"get back to where I need to beto be successful, and that's pret-ty much how everybody looks atit, whether your contract situa-tion is a little hazy or not."Still, some key players whose
contracts are in limbo, such asreceiver Lance Moore, did notshow, but Brees didn't begrudgetheir absences.
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New Orleans tight end Jimmy Graham, left, and linebacker Jo-Lonn Dunbar work out at Tulane University Tuesday.
ND WOMEN’S TENNIS
Irish have eyes set onNCAA Final Four spot
Coming into the season, No.20 Notre Dame had two goals:win the Big East champi-onship and, like last season,make a run at the Final Fourand a possible national cham-pionship. After this weekend’stitle win, the Irish are halfwaythere.With a 5-2 victory over
South Florida in the Big Eastchampionship match Sundayat home at the CourtneyTennis Center, the Irish cap-tured their fourth straightconference championship.Tuesday, they earned a berthin the national championshipsin Palo Alto, Calif.“We are really excited for
the NCAAs to begin,” Irishjunior Shannon Mathews said.“Coming off the Big East tour-nament we are really happywith our doubles performanc-es.” Directly in their path to the
semifinals is the team thatended their dreams of winningthe national title last season.No. 1 Stanford is undefeatedand hosts the tournament asthe odds-on favorite to take itall. If the Irish want to make itas far as they did last season,they will have to knock off theCardinals in the third round.Their task begins againstFresno State.“We know that Fresno State
is going to be a tough firstround match for us,” Mathewssaid. “We hope we have theopportunity to get somerevenge on Northwestern whobeat us.”The Bul ldogs are 11-13
coming into the tournament,but play in the perenniallybrutal Pac-10 conference. “We are excited to play
Fresno State in the f irstround,” Ir ish sophomoreChriss ie McGaff igan said.“Northwestern and IPFW arealso in our bracket and areboth tough.”Although Notre Dame’s sea-
son has gone according toplan so far — a solid regularseason, a Big East title and anNCAA tournament berth — theIrish have not been withouttheir fair share of adversitythis season.In the heart of its regular
season schedule, Notre Damedropped three straight toBaylor, USF and Duke. TheIrish could have collapsed andlet their season slip throughtheir hands. Instead, NotreDame battled back and endedthe season with five straightwins, seeking vengeance
against the Bulls Sunday totake the conference crown.“We are continuing to work
hard on things the coacheswant us to focus on,”McGaff igan said. “We areplaying stronger with everymatch and are peaking at justthe right time.”A strong corps of veterans
including juniors KristyFrilling and Mathews and sen-ior Kristen Rafael have led theIrish all season. Frilling, theNo. 4 singles player in thecountry, played the entire sea-son at No. 1 singles and didnot disappoint. She went 26-5overall this season and has 84career victories. Mathews,named the Big East tourna-ment Most Outstanding Player,is similarly strong in her spotat No. 2 singles, going 5-1 inconference play. Mathews hasalso won her last five starts.Rafael, the lone senior on thesquad, went 11-9 in the dualsseason, earned 67 career vic-tories and won her last sixdecisions.With an unusual ly high
number of freshmen on theteam, veteran leadership hasbeen a key to Notre Dame’ssuccess.Yet that does not mean
freshmen have not con-tr ibuted as wel l . JenniferKellner has excelled in herfirst season with the Irish,going 24-5 overal l , as shespent most of the season atNo. 3 singles.Doubles has also been a
strong point for the balancedIrish squad this season.Overall, the Irish were 64-35in doubles. Mathews saidgoing into the singles portionwith a lead is always positive.“We hope to continue to
build on this momentum indoubles as well as the compet-it ive nature we all demon-strated in our singles play,”Mathews said.With 64 teams in the NCAA
championship bracket, thetask can seem daunting. Butultimately it comes down tobeing the better team on anygiven day, Mathews said.“We just want to take the
NCAAs one match at a time,”she said. “There are manygreat teams in the draw, butwe are peaking at the righttime.”The NCAA championships
get underway May 13 and rununti l the national champi-onship in Palo Alto, Calif., onMay 24. Notre Dame’s firstmatchup is against FresnoState May 13 in Evanston, Ill.
With cons is tent p i tch ingthat kept e ight Crusaderss t randed on base and anexp los i ve o f f ens ive e f for tkicked off by an early two-run home run by junior DaniMiller, Notre Dame disman-tled in-state rival Valparaisoby a count o f 10-2 in s ixinnings yesterday.The game showcased the
two elements of the game No.21 Notre Dame (39-8, 14-1Big East) has improved uponmost this season, junior out-f i e lder A lexa Maldonadosaid.
“Our biggest change [fromthe beginning of the season]is getting key hits when theyare needed ,” Ma ldonadosaid. “In the beginning of theseason we were leaving a lotof runners in scoring positionstranded on base. Now weare ge t t ing key h i t s f romevery spot in the lineup.”Miller’s first-inning homer
was her fourth in as manycareer contests against theCrusaders, a series in whichNotre Dame has now claimedvictory for the 30th time in arow. In just her second startas a designated hitter, fresh-man outfielder Lauren Stuhradded a two-run homer ofher own during the fourth to
put the Irish up four. She hadtwo hits and four RBIs in thecontest, as did senior sluggerHeather Johnson , wh i leMaldonado and senior catch-er Lex C lay bo th scoredtwice.Though the Crusaders (30-
19-1) managed to get fourh i t s o f f f reshman p i t cherLaura Winter and cu t theIrish lead in half, two inningsof scoreless relief by sopho-more p i t cher Br i t tanyO’Donnel l were enough tokeep Valparaiso at a safe dis-tance. Tonight the Irish face Big
East opponent Pittsburgh ina home doub leheader inMelissa Cook Stadium. Thegame wi l l be te lev i sed onESPNU, and Maldonado saidthe team is ready to showhow far they have come.“We look forward to our TV
games every year,” she said.
“It’s so exciting because it’sl ike being famous. We aredefinitely extra motivated towin because we know a lot ofpeople are watching us. Wedon’t want to embarrass our-selves. We will be looking todefinitely playing our bestsoftball.”As the Irish try to hold on
to their top spot in the BigEast as the postseason growscloser, Maldonado said themain obstacle will be mentalfocus.“The most difficult thing to
deal with is staying relaxedand not getting frustrated,”Maldonado said. “The bettercompetition we play, the big-ger the chal lenge. Even i fbeating these teams is mored i f f i cu l t , we need to s taycalm and continue to focuson getting the job done.”This will be especially cru-
cial as the squad wraps up
regu lar season p lay th i sweekend wi th a ser ies a tConnecticut.“The biggest challenge that
Connect icut wi l l pose th isweekend wil l def initely bethat we could have a philoso-phy to take them l ight ly,”Maldonado said. “However,we will not do that. As longas we don ’t p lay down tothe i r l eve l , we wi l l bea tthem. They ’re the k ind o fteam that if we let them stayin the game they will keepfighting. We just need to putthem away early.”The Irish wil l attempt to
build on an eight game wins t reak as they take onPittsburgh this evening at 4p.m. and 6 p.m. at MelissaCook Stadium. Coverage willbegin at 4 p.m. on ESPNU.
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ND SOFTBALL
Irish dominate Valpo, will host Pittsburgh in doubleheader
SMC GOLF
Belles prepared for NCAAs
After a dramatic come-from-behind victory at theMIAA Qualifier last weekend,the No. 12 Belles will have achance to prove themselvesagainst the best field in thecountry at the NCAA DivisionIII championships.Last year, Saint Mary’s sat
several strokes behind Olivetafter the first round of thequalifier, but rallied in thef inal two rounds on theirhome course to win the event.They built on that momentumat the national tournament,equal ing their best-evershowing at the NCAAs with afourth-place finish. Besidesthe trophies and accolades,though, the Belles also gaineda wealth of experience, some-thing they hope wi l l helpcarry them to the top of theleaderboard again this year.“The experience [from last
year] is a huge advantage,”senior captain Mary KateBoyce said. “Senior RosieO’Connor, junior Natal ieMatuszak and myself havecompeted in the last twonational championships, sowe have a feel for the nervesthat come with playing in abig event like this. We hopeour experience will help thefreshmen keep their nerves incheck for the tournament,too.”This year, the Belles hope
that history will continue torepeat itself. For the secondstraight year, the team cameback in the final round of thequalifier to beat Olivet, thistime after trailing by as manyas 12 strokes. Saint Mary’scharged back behind thestrength of a phenomenal 315in the final round, and placedall five of its scorers in the top10. With the team playing itsbest golf at just the right time,the Belles hope to ride thatmomentum to another highfinish at the NCAA tourna-ment.“The berth was essential to
going into the national cham-pionship with confidence,”Boyce said. “Being able tobeat a tough team when weneeded to has allowed us to
build our self-confidence. Wewere able to perform wel lunder pressure which is quitean accomplishment consider-ing we have some young play-ers. I definitely feel like we’repeaking at the right time.”But whi le they have had
many successes recently, theatmosphere of the nationalchampionship will be unlikeany other tournament SaintMary’s has played this year.With so much riding on eachshot, keeping their composurein check may be more impor-tant than keeping the ball inthe fairway.“We have worked very hard
this season to prepare our-selves for a shot at the nation-al title,” Boyce said. “Winningthe title will take incrediblemental toughness. The com-petition will be fierce, with 20great teams al l looking toachieve the same goal. Theteam that can deal with thehighs and lows of the roundwill have the best shot at win-ning.”Despite the pressure and
expectations, Boyce remainspositive and excited, and saidshe cannot wait to take to thecourse for her last collegiatetournament.“I am very excited for the
tournament because this isthe icing on the cake,” shesaid. “We’ve made it this far,now all we can do is our best.We hope to be bringing ourteammates back a massivetrophy.”The first round of the NCAA
Division III championshipswill begin Tuesday in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. Tournamentaction will continue all week,concluding with the f inalround Friday.
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For coach Bobby Bayl issand the Irish tennis team, abid in the NCAA tournamentha s b e come an annua lo c cu r r ence , a s t h e t e amwas named to the 64-teamfield yesterday for the 20tht ime in 21 years . Desp i tefal l ing to Louisvi l le in theBig East tournament finaleSunday, the team’s body ofwork impressed the selec-t ion commit tee enough towarrant a bid. However, if the Irish (17-11) look to advance out ofthe tournament’s first week-end for the first time since2007 , t h e y w i l l h a ve t oovercome a tough tandem ofopponents. I n t h e f i r s t r ound one i t h e r May 13 o r 14 i nCo l umbus , Oh i o , No t r eDame w i l l f a c e Ea s tTennessee State. If the Irishea rn a v i c t o r y i n t ha tmatch, they will likely takeon the Big Ten champion,No . 4 Oh i o S t a t e ( 30 -2 ) ,barring a first round upsetby Ball St. (15-14).East Tennessee State (17-6), the Atlantic Sun champi-on, will look to repeat their2008 open ing r ound 4 - 2defeat o f the Ir ish , whichalso occurred in Columbus.The teams did not meet atany tournaments this sea-son, and their only commonopponen t was B i g Ea s t
champion Louisv i l le . Bothsquads lost to the Cardinals,a l t hough t he Buccanee r swere shutout 7-0, winningon l y t h e No . 2 d oub l e smatch. Meanwhile, the Irishfell to Louisville twice in aspan of eight days by mar-gins of 4-3 and 4-2. I n No . 1 s i n g l e s , No t r e
Dame junior Casey Watt willl ikely face East TennesseeState senior Grega Teraz .Wat t has served as NotreDame’s No. 1 singles playerthe pas t two seasons andcomp i l ed a 17 -20 r e co rdthis season, with 14 match-e s a ga i n s t na t i ona l l y -ranked opponents . Teraz ,meanwh i l e , was i n s e r t ed
into the No. 1 singles posi-tion toward the end of theseason , go ing 6 -2 in tha trole.Team dep th i n No . 3
through No. 6 s ingles hasbeen a big strength for theIrish this season. The Irishhold at least a .640 winningpercentage in each of thosecategories, including a 20-5mark in No. 6 singles.I f Notre Dame gets pas t
East Tennessee State, theywil l l ikely face Ohio Statef o r t he r i gh t t o t r ave l t oStanford for the round o f16.
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The Irish will look to addmore success to their seasonas they host 30 teams for theNCAA Cen t ra l Reg iona lChampionship tournamentstarting tomorrow.The squad has en joyedbo th t eam and ind i v idua lsuccesses this season. Irishcoach Susan Holt was namedthe Big East Coach o f theYear, and jun ior BeccaHuffer, senior So-Hyun Parkand freshmen Nicole Zhangand Kristina Nhim were eachnamed to the Al l -Big Eastteam.Notre Dame is also comingo f f arguab ly i t s bes t per -formance of the season andlooks to carry this momen-tum in to the tournament .The Irish placed f irst as a
team a t the B ig Eas tChampionships, with threeof the five Irish contendersplacing in the top-10 individ-ually. Nhim led the way, placing
third, whi le Huffer placedfourth and Park finished sev-enth. Senior captain KatieConway, who finished 11th,said she was thri l led withher team’s performance atthe championship.“The team is really excited
about our win at Big East,”Conway said. “Having CoachHo l t named the B ig Eas tCoach of the Year and fourof my teammates named tothe All-Conference team is agrea t honor f o r our pro -gram.”The I r i sh are a l so very
happy to play at home forthe regional championship,Conway said.“Our golf course is in great
shape and we are exc i tedabout playing at home,” shesaid. “While our ninth seedputs us outside the projectedeight teams that will moveon to finals, historically alltop eight teams rarely makeit and we are confident thatwe will be one of the eightt eams mov ing on to f i na l sfrom our region.”The t eam as a who le i s
very determined to finish theseason on a high note andcomplete what they set outto accomplish. “Our goal is to get [to the
finals] for the first time inprogram history,” Conwaysaid. “And this year is thebest chance we’ve ever had.”Notre Dame is set to tee off
CHICAGO — FranciscoLiriano was running low onenergy in the ninth inning. Ano-hitter within reach but hispitch count climbing, he reliedon teammates to help himcomplete the best game of hiscareer.When shortstop Matt Tolbert
grabbed Adam Dunn's linerfor the final out, completingthe Minnesota Twins' 1-0 winover the Chicago White Sox,Liriano was mobbed on themound.“To be honest I was running
out of gas,” he said. “I justthank my teammates that theymade some great plays behindme tonight.”Liriano (2-4) walked six and
struck out two in his firstcomplete game in 95 majorleague starts. The 27-year-oldleft-hander, who reached thebig leagues in 2005, matchedhis career high with 123pitches.
“I can't explain it. I feel sonervous and so happy rightnow,” Liriano said. “I can'texplain my feeling right now.”He survived a rocky ninthinning that began when BrentMorel grounded to shortstopand Matt Tolbert made a one-hop throw that first basemanJustin Morneau scooped. JuanPierre walked and AlexeiRamirez popped to shortstop.Liriano fell behind AdamDunn 3-0 in the count, thengot a pair of strikes. After afoul ball, Dunn lined out toTolbert.“I thought it was a base hit,”Liriano said. “When I saw himcatch it I was so excited.”Dunn dropped to 0 for 16against left-handers this sea-son.“As soon as I hit it, I sawhim, and it was right to him,”Dunn said. “That's prettymuch the story of the day.There were some balls that,again, they made some greatdefensive plays.”
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of Notre Dame in the amateursand other tournaments, I wasreally grateful that I had thatNotre Dame experience undermy belt because the Bengal Boutsstage was so huge,” Lee said. “Ithink that got me ready through-out the amateurs and even nowin my pro career it got me usedto fighting in front on bigcrowds.”After spending his freshmanyear of college at University ofMissouri, Lee transferred toNotre Dame for his second year,fulfilling a lifelong dream of beinga member of the Fighting Irish.After training for Bengal Boutsduring the summer, Lee joinedthe club and met immediate suc-cess, winning the 175 lb. weightclass championship his sopho-more year by a knockout. Duringhis junior year, not only did Leebecome a boxing captain but healso won his weight class onceagain and earned the NotreDame Boxer of the Year award,an honor generally reserved forseniors. Captaining the club andwinning at finals night once again
his senior year, Lee started con-sidering boxing as a professionalcareer. Once Lee defeated fiveopponents in the 2009 ChicagoGolden Gloves to win his class,the decision became clearer.“Mentally and physically I felt
ready and I had been told by a lotof top trainers that this wassomething I could and shoulddo,” Lee said. “It was one of thosethings that came naturally to meand I fell in love with. There was-n’t an exact moment [I made thedecision to go pro], but after Iwon the Chicago Golden Glovesand I started getting offers fromsome top promotion companies,that was when I sat down withmy family and told them that thiswas what I wanted to do.”Since that moment Lee has
never looked back. He graduatedfrom Notre Dame with a degreein finance, signed with Top Rankpromotion company, had hisfather come on board as manag-er, moved to Texas, started train-ing with Shields and started win-ning.All the while Lee has not for-
gotten his alma mater. He isspearheading an event for nextfall — the first professional box-ing event on Notre Dame’s cam-pus, to take place Friday Sept.
16, the night before Notre Dametakes on Michigan State on thefootball field.. All proceeds fromthe event will go to Notre Dameaffiliated charities, something Leeis equally passionate about.“I’ve always said throughout
the whole thing that I’m chasinga dream and I want to become aworld champion, but I want to tryto help people along the waytoo,” he said. “There are a lot ofathletes who do that and there’sa lot of good that comes out of itand I just want to be a part ofthat good.”Lee also started a fund to
donate to the Holy Cross Missionsafter he traveled to Bangladeshthrough Bengal Bouts the sum-mer before his senior year. TopRank’s CEO Bob Arum summedup Lee’s dedication to both thesport of boxing and charitablework.“Mike Lee is a great example of
the graduates who Notre Dameproduces,” he said.Lee will represent Notre Dame
as he defends his undefeatedrecord at the Mandalay BayResort and Casino on ESPN2’s“Friday Night Fights” this week.
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Feeney has not let his lack ofexperience prevent him fromhaving a great first year in theprogram. He hopes to culminatehis impressive freshman seasonwith a strong performance atVillanova.He said he will treat this week-end’s races just like any other, butin the back of his mind he knowsthere is a lot riding on this week-end. He also acknowledged howimportant these races are to theupperclassmen, who want the
seniors to go out on a high note.“As of now I am just looking at
it as another race, but our sen-iors have definitely let us knowwhat to expect,” Feeney said.“They talked to us before theindoor meet and let us knoweverything, but gave us confi-dence to go out there and giveour best.”Several Irish runners will go in
to the Big East championshipsriding strong momentum afterimpressive performances lastweekend at Hillsdale and Drake.On the men’s side, the 4x1600
relay team of senior JordanCarlson, junior JohnathanShawel and sophomores J.P.
Malette and Jeremy Rae came insecond at the Drake Relays andare one of the favorites thisweekend.The women had two first place
finishes last weekend at theHillsdale Relays. SophomoreRebecca Tracy finished at thefront in the 800-meter run andfreshman Megan Yanik came outon top in the 400-meter hurdles.The Big East championship
races will take place Friday,Saturday and Sunday at JumboElliot Track at VillanovaUniversity in Villanova, Pa.
Now that the regular seasonhas ended, Notre Dame mustplay the waiting game. TheIrish know they will compete inthe NCAA regional tournament,and find out Monday eveningwhere they will travel andwhom they will face.The regional competitions,
held at six courses around thecountry, take place from May19 to May 21. Each pool con-tains 13 to 14 teams, with thetop five advancing to thenational competition hosted byOklahoma State at the KarstenCreek Golf Course in Stillwater,Okla.Irish coach Jim Kubinski said
his team has a 50-50 chance oftraveling to nearby Zionsville,Ind. to compete at the WolfRun Golf Club. However, as isthe case with NCAA basketballtournament selections, a bal-anced bracket may requireteams to compete in differentregions. In 2006, the last timethe Irish competed on thenational stage, Notre Dametravelled to Orlando to play inthe east regional.Kubinski said he thinks his
club will end up in the bottomhalf of their bracket due tosome uncharacteristically poorperformances earlier in theseason.“I expect us to be an eight or
nine seed,” he said. “We wouldprobably have been a four orfive had we not struggled com-ing out of the gate in thespring.”Far removed from earlier
struggles, the Irish have playedwell in recent weeks. Kubinskisaid his squad proved theirfocus by winning the Big Eastchampionship.“The guys are really excit-
ed,” Kubinski said. “We’veplayed well, and it was nice togo into the Big East champi-
onship with less pressureknowing we were l ikely tomake the NCAAs. Still, beingfavored to win can be tough,but they got the lead and heldit throughout.”The Big East took note ofNotre Dame’s impressive bodyof work this season, namingjunior Max Scodro Player ofthe Year and freshman NiallPlatt Freshman of the Year. Hispeers also named Kubinski theBig East Coach of the Year.Kubinski said Scodro deservedthe award.“Max has done everythingwe’ve asked of him and more,”Kubinski said. “Really, if youlook at the stroke averages,he’s been our best player allyear. Ultimately I think he’sproven he’s one of the best inthe country and we’re so proudof him.”Kubinski also praised Platt’sefforts in his first collegiateseason.“I had some pretty big expec-tations for [Niall] coming inand he lived up to those early,beginning with his secondplace at Kiawah,” Kubinskisaid. “He’s been very consis-tent for us all year and a bigcontributor.”With two weeks left beforeregional action begins, theIrish hope to have injured jun-ior Tom Usher back in time forthe NCAA tournament. Usherhas been sidelined with a bro-ken hand since early April.Kubinski said he hopes to havethe junior back soon, but needsto be sure of his ability to com-pete.“Tom would go if he couldprove he can go around or twoat a high level,” Kubinski said.“He’s been hitting some one-armed shots and doing puttingwork because that won’taggravate anything. Hopefullywe get him fully healthy.”
LOS ANGELES — LosAngeles C l ippers forwardBlake Griffin will be namedthe NBA's Rookie of the Yearon Wednesday, a personfamiliar with the news toldThe Associated Press.The person spoke Tuesday
night on condi t ion o fanonymity because the for-mal announcement hadn' tbeen made. The C l ippersannounced a news conferenceat their training complex forthe presentation of a majorNBA award, and Rookie ofthe Year is the only awardleft.Griffin's victory is absolute-
ly no surprise after his spec-tacular season. The No. 1draft pick out of Oklahoma in2009 easily led all rookies inscoring and rebounding after
missing all of last year with abroken kneecap.Gr i f f in averaged 22.5points, 12.1 rebounds and 3.8assists while playing in all 82games and earning a reputa-tion as one of the NBA's mostfearsome dunkers, with hisa l ley-oop s lams and one-handed jams making high-light reels nightly.The 6-foot-10 power for-ward made the West All-Starteam, becoming the f i rs trookie All-Star in eight years,and even won the dunk con-test in front of his StaplesCenter fans with an iconicdunk while flying over a car.Gr i f f in was named theWestern Conference's Rookieof the Month s ix t imes ,becoming the first player tosweep that award since ChrisPaul did it with New Orleansin 2005-06.
to playing our best lacrosse,”Corrigan said. “I don’t think welost any confidence, I think we aremore acutely aware of what ittakes to beat the very best teams.Every time [you play], I think youshould learn a little somethingmore about yourselves, if nothingelse, so I think we have, and Ithink we’ll be better prepared toplay Friday night because of ourexperience in the dome lastSaturday.”The Irish took all they could
from the game against theOrange and have shifted theirfocus to the immediate future.“We know that we have to play
our best to win every game — noone is invincible at this level,”sophomore attack Ryan Foleysaid. “We’ve broken the gamedown, pointed out our mistakesand hopefully we can bringimprovement to those areas thisweek in practice. It’s all aboutUNC now.”Heading into the game against
the Tar Heels (9-5, 1-2 ACC),Notre Dame must prepare tomatch up with a talented NorthCarolina team. The Notre Dame
defense, which dropped to secondnationally with 6.36 goals allowedper game after surrendering aseason high 11 scores to theOrange, will be called on to slowdown North Carolina’s potentattack.“They’re a very talented offen-
sive team that really puts a lot ofpressure on you because they justhave athletes everywhere,”Corrigan said. “I think they prob-ably have as good of an attackunit, and particularly as good adodging attack unit, as you’ll findin the country. So they put anawful lot of pressure on you fromboth ends of the offense, and Ithink defending them is where[our focus] will start.”North Carolina’s offense is led
by senior attack Billy Bitter andfreshman attack Nicky Galasso.Bitter was recently named to histhird straight All-ACC team andranks second on the team with 34points this season. Galasso, wholeads the team with 51 points,including 29 assists, was namedthe ACC Freshman of the Year.One of Notre Dame’s keys to
hindering North Carolina’s prolificoffense and generating someoffense of its own will be to play aphysical match, Corrigan said. “I just would like to see us come
back and challenge a little bit,
physically challenge our individ-ual matchups a little bit more —be a little more confrontational inour individual matchups,” he said.Even with the challenges pre-sented by North Carolina, theIrish are confident that their finalregular season game will be oneof their best.“This week presents an oppor-tunity to play a very hungry UNCteam, and get back to playing theway we know we can,” Foleysaid.Though the Irish are focused onpreparing to meet the Tar Heelsin the primetime matchup, ifSyracuse were to stumble againstunranked St. John’s (4-9, 2-3 BigEast) Saturday, the Irish couldfind themselves with a share ofthe Big East title. “We’re just focused on gettingourselves prepared for NorthCarolina,” Corrigan said. “Any ofthe rest of that is out of our con-trol. The only thing we can do isto prepare ourselves to be at ourbest this Friday at NorthCarolina.”Notre Dame will try to concludethe regular season with a winwhen it faces North CarolinaFriday at 8:00 p.m.
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in Arlotta Stadium April 23 for itsonly victory over a ranked oppo-nent this season. During the win,the Irish scored six unansweredgoals in the first half and strungtogether four in the second half.Coyne said Thursday’s contest willagain depend on her team’s effortand desire against a familiar rival.“We match up well [againstGeorgetown],” she said. “It willcome down to how well we readwhat the defense is giving us. Weneed to play with intensity andheart.”Coyne said her teams have tra-ditionally enjoyed playing in thenation’s capital. She attributes thecomfort level to the scores of Irishfaithful that usually attend tour-nament games.“Our fans travel really well,”Coyne said. “Sometimes we’llhave a bigger crowd than thehome team. In 2004 when we [asa program] were first gettingthings going, I remember peopleshowing up early and tailgating inthe parking lot. That kind of sup-port really sets the tone for ourteam.”Notre Dame will need the extrasupport, as tests and papers havecurtailed the squad’s practice timerecently. Coyne said the teampracticed only an hour Tuesdayand would not practice at alltoday. Once arriving inWashington, teams may practiceonly during specific times. Coynesaid the tournament structure dic-tates that practices cover only cer-tain aspects of the game.“Once you get to the tourna-ment, your schedule is very regi-mented,” she said. “We’ll work onsituational-type preparation. We’llonly cover the essentials — end-of-game scenarios, and things likethat.”No. 2 seed Syracuse (10-7, 7-1)will face No. 3 seed Loyola (14-2,6-2) in the contest immediatelyprior to Notre Dame’s 8:15 p.m.game against the Hoyas Thursday.
It was just one of those tightgames.”Notre Dame (16-22-1, 7-10 BigEast) failed to capitalize on asolid pitching performance fromsophomore right-hander AdamNorton, who tossed six innings,struck out seven batters andallowed only one earned run.Fitzgerald yielded the long ball toCrank, who notched his team-leading sixth home run of theseason.While Aoki gave credit toMichigan starter Matt Broder forsubduing the Irish offense, headded that Norton pitched just aswell.“Broder did a good job,” Aokisaid. “I think he pitched the bestgame that he’s pitched all-yearlong against us. Certainly givehim some credit. [Norton] did areally good job in a couple situa-tions where he was able to pre-vent Michigan from scoring. Theymade one more play than wedid.”The Irish squandered an excel-lent scoring chance in the tophalf of the seventh when fresh-man first baseman Trey Manciniled off the inning with a double.However, he was picked off atsecond base by Michigan catcherCole Martin after straying too faroff the bag in a sacrifice buntattempt by junior centerfielderAlex Robinson.
“I think [Mancini] assumed theball was going to get put downinstead of seeing it down,” Aokisaid. “He wanted to make surethat once the ball was put downthat he was going to get a goodenough jump to get to third base.It’s just a mistake where maybehe wanted to make a play.”Notre Dame fell quietly in the
ninth inning, as Michigan relieverTyler Mills set the Irish down inorder.Aoki’s squad takes on the
Wolverines (14-28, 6-9 Big Ten)again tonight with a chance toeven the series with a victory athome. The Irish skipper said hewill be looking for his players toerase Tuesday’s loss from theirmemories and rebound with afocused effort, unlike last seasonwhen the Irish dropped the sec-ond game of a home-and-homeseries against Michigan 13-1.“Last year we came up here
and lost a tight ballgame and thenext day we absolutely handed itto them,” Aoki said. “I’m moreconcerned our kids are locked inand we do a go a good job ofcompeting. Hopefully we’re ableto scrap together tomorrow andcome out with a better outcome.”
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Though their chances appearedslim early in the season, the Irishwill make their fifth straightappearance in the Big East tour-nament Thursday. The game inWashington, D.C. pits unranked,fourth-seeded Notre Dame (9-8, 6-2 Big East) against No. 16, first-seeded Georgetown (9-7, 7-1). Notre Dame’s victories in thelast three games came at the righttime, as the team’s only winningstreak of the season gave it thenecessary momentum to preparefor tournament. Irish coach TracyCoyne said her team has realizedthe difficulty of winning.“We learned how to win, how tofinish games,” she said. “We hadto realize that everything doesn’talways go your way in the sea-son.”Notre Dame defeated the Hoyas
The Irish hope to avenge themen’s second place and thewomen’s eighth place finishes inthe Big East indoors earlier thisyear by taking the outdoor titlethis weekend at Villanova.The men came up five points
short in the indoors and hopethey can make the difference upwith the hard work they put induring the outdoor season.“Our team goal is to just sim-
ply win. We got second in theindoor by less than six points, sowe are going to give our best toget those extra points,” fresh-man Patrick Feeney said.Feeney, who is coming off a 10th
place finish at the 4x400 relay atthe Drake Relays last weekend,said he may be a freshman, butthat does not diminish his expec-tations heading into the races.“For the 4x100 there is a lot ofcompetition. We are looking toplace in the top three, but defi-nitely going for the win. My goalfor the 400 is to win. I knowthere is great competition, butthat’s when my best racescome,” Feeney said.“Our 4x400 is very close to thetop times and I think it’s going tobe close between about four orfive teams, but with good splitsall around we are going to giveour best to win.”Despite being a freshman,
When 2009 Notre Dame gradu-ate and professional boxer MikeLee called world-renowned train-er Ronnie Shields with the hopesof getting Shields in his corner, hewas asked when he could comedown to Texas for a tryout. Leeresponded in a fashion indicativeof his entire boxing career. “Tomorrow,” he said. “I’ll bethere tomorrow.“He laughed because he thought
that I was joking, but I wasn’t,”Lee said. “I spent a week down attheir training camp in Houston. Iremember I finished a workoutwith my dad there, and after theworkout I ran over to a garbagecan and threw up. I turned to mydad and said, ‘This is it. This is thecamp. We have to be here.’ No onehad ever pushed me that hard.”It is that level of dedication and
work ethic that has not onlygained Lee a trainer — one whohas worked with the likes of worldheavyweight champions MikeTyson and Evander Holyfield —
but has catapulted the 23-year-oldinto the professional boxing spot-light. Lee’s heavy hands haveearned him an undefeated 4-0-0record, including three knockoutsthus far in his budding career.Most recently the light-heavy-weight-class fighter knocked outPablo Gomez in the first round ofa bout at The Palms Casino Resortin Las Vegas, and was subse-quently featured in a two-pagespread in ESPN The Magazine inMarch.Friday Lee will fight in his most
publicized match yet, taking on
Gilbert Gastelum at the MandalayBay Resort and Casino in LasVegas, a fight that will be featuredon ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights.”Rather than letting the pressure ofhis network debut along with anundefeated record get to him, Leesaid he is looking forward toshowing the country what he cando. “Every fight I’ve had cameras in
my face and my last fight wasnationally televised, but ESPN is awhole different animal,” he said.“But I am definitely one of thoseathletes that performs better and
looks forward to pressure situa-tions and a bigger stage. [Thepressure] doesn’t seem to phaseme. I know I’m going to put on agood show. We have been workingreally hard and with this ESPNfight I’m starting to show peoplehow good I’ve gotten and that Ishould be considered a topprospect in the division.”Lee attributes this mentality inpart to his time at Notre Damecompeting in Bengal Bouts. “When I started to fight outside
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Its two-week reign atop theNCAA men’s lacrosse world cameto an end Monday, but No. 3/4Notre Dame has an opportunity toregain its momentum, and per-haps a spot or two in the rankings,with a win over No. 12/12 NorthCarolina in the regular seasonfinale Friday. Less than a week after suffering
their first loss at the hands of nowtop-ranked Syracuse (13-1, 5-0 BigEast), the Irish (10-1, 5-1) will facea challenge again when they travelto Chapel Hill.Irish coach Kevin Corrigan said
the loss, although disappointing,provided the Irish an opportunityto gain experience against one ofthe country’s best, and could beginto pay dividends for the Irishimmediately.“I think our guys are motivated
to get back to work and to get back
BOXING
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Bats quiet in close defeatBy CHRIS MASOUDSports Writer
see AOKI/page 22
ND TRACK AND FIELD
Notre Dame lookingto improve outdoors
Irish takeon Hoyasat Big East
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
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Irish look to bounceback from first defeat
By JOSEPH MONARDOSports Writer
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Irish junior infielder Tommy Chase tries to avoid the tag againstSeton Hall April 28. Notre Dame fell 2-1 to the Pirates.
ND grad Mike Lee readies for bout in ‘Friday Night Fights’
Carolina in my mind
Michigan left fielder ColeyCrank lived up to his namesakeTuesday, belting a solo home runin the bottom of the eighth inningto give Michigan a 2-1 victoryover Notre Dame.The narrow margin of victory
marks the second time in twoyears Notre Dame has fallen tothe Wolverines on the road byone run.“Certainly we had a couple of
opportunities we weren’t able totake advantage of,” Irish coachMik Aoki said. “[Freshmanreliever] Sean [Fitzgerald] madeone bad pitch, the kid made agood swing on it and hit it out ofthe park. I thought our kids did agood job in terms of competing.
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By JOE WIRTHSports Writer
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Notre Dame sophomore attack Ryan Foley passes the ball against Ohio State March 23. TheNo. 3/4 Irish defeated the Buckeyes 8-7, and face No. 12 North Carolina Friday.
