Thursday, November 18, 2010 Volume 44 : Issue 56 ndsmcobserver.com O bserver The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s the INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Soler gives State of Student Union page 3 ◆ Delta Spirit to perform page 9 ◆ Men’s Basketball wins page 16 ◆ Viewpoint page 6 Harry Potter mania hits Notre Dame With the Sorting Hat and but- terbeer greeting students as they entered South Dining Hall and Hogwarts banners hanging from the ceiling, it seemed the only thing missing was Professor Snape leering at stu- dents from the Head Table. Wizard mania has officially swept Notre Dame, with South Dining Hall holding a “Harry Potter Dinner” in honor of the penultimate installment in the film franchise, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One,” set to be released in the- aters Thursday at midnight. Sophomore Tommasina Domel said the additional décor in the dining hall only added to her belief of South Dining Hall resembling Hogwarts’ Great Hall. “I think its always looked like the Great Hall, but with the House signs and butterbeer, I feel like I am at Hogwarts,” she said. Freshman Jack Trunzo said he believes Harry Potter’s age throughout the books serves as a connection between current students and the series. “It is funny that the movies are ending now just as I get to college and my childhood is seemingly over,” he said. Domel also said the fact Harry’s age corresponds with the generation of current college students forges a connection that is particularly strong at the University of Notre Dame. “I feel like this is the perfect time to be in college because we all grew up with Harry,” she Conference to focus on religion In the early 20th century, the idea that religion was “on its way out” became predominant, according to Notre Dame Professor Patrick Mason. Today, Notre Dame is launching a research initiative to explore the relevance of world reli- gions in the modern world. The initia- tive, titled Contending Modernities, will use multi-disciplinary research to promote understanding of how religious and secular forces interact. Its first phase involves studying the interaction between Catholicism, Islam and secularism. Mason, the project’s associate director for research, said Notre Dame has always been a leader in the study of religion, specifi- cally Catholicism. Contending Modernities, which began While students and resi- dence halls are competing to see who can save the most energy during the Office of Sustainability’s month-long Dorm Energy Competition, the University is doing its own part to conserve as well. Though the University itself is not doing a particular push for the month of November to save energy, there are various programs effective all year long, according to Rachel Novick, Education and Outreach Programs Manager for the Office of Sustainability. “The University recently started work on stage two of its energy conservation meas- ures,” Novick said. This $6.5 million investment HPS graduate program adds new hybrid track ND strives to save energy GRANT TOBIN/The Observer Students dine at rearranged tables mimicking the layout of Hogwarts’ Great Hall at Wednesday night’s Harry Potter- themed dinner at South Dining Hall. By LAURA McCRYSTAL News Editor By CAITLYN KALSCHEUR News Writer By SAM STRYKER News Writer see POTTER/page 5 see CONTEND/page 4 see SUSTAIN/page 5 LISA HOEYNCK | Observer Graphic Students dine on meal inspired by book and film series, anticipate next movie’s release Notre Dame’s History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) grad- uate program has added a new track in theology and science. The addition marks the first time HPS has offered a new track since its inception in 1990. HPS Director Don Howard said no other graduate program in the world produces Ph.D.s specializ- ing in theology and science within the context of a history and philos- ophy of science program. “We want the products of this program to be the leading thinkers internationally about issues of science and religion,” Howard said. For Howard, the track speaks to Notre Dame’s Catholic intellectual mission. “Some people like to think of Notre Dame as America’s leading Catholic research university,” Howard said. “Well, you put those two terms together — Catholic and research — that’s just anoth- er way of naming theology and science as a topic that we should be doing more to address here.” Howard said the HPS program was “frustrated” when trying to appoint faculty members in the area of theology and science ten years ago. “The idea to occurred to us that, well, if we’re having trouble mak- ing a really high-impact, stellar senior faculty appointment because the talent is so thin, maybe we are approaching this from the wrong direction,” Howard said. The program instead focused on Mason By KATLYN SMITH News Writer see GRADUATE/page 4
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INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Soler gives State of Student Union page 3 � Delta Spirit to perform page 9 � Men’s Basketball wins page 16 � Viewpoint page 6
Harry Potter mania hits Notre Dame
With the Sorting Hat and but-terbeer greeting students asthey entered South Dining Halland Hogwarts banners hangingfrom the ceiling, it seemed theonly thing missing wasProfessor Snape leering at stu-dents from the Head Table. Wizard mania has officially
swept Notre Dame, with SouthDining Hall holding a “HarryPotter Dinner” in honor of thepenultimate installment in thefilm franchise, “Harry Potterand the Deathly Hallows: PartOne,” set to be released in the-aters Thursday at midnight.Sophomore Tommasina Domelsaid the additional décor in thedining hall only added to herbelief of South Dining Hallresembling Hogwarts’ Great
Hall.“I think its always looked likethe Great Hall, but with theHouse signs and butterbeer, Ifeel like I am at Hogwarts,” shesaid. Freshman Jack Trunzo saidhe believes Harry Potter’s agethroughout the books serves asa connection between currentstudents and the series.“It is funny that the moviesare ending now just as I get to
college and my childhood isseemingly over,” he said.Domel also said the factHarry’s age corresponds withthe generation of current collegestudents forges a connectionthat is particularly strong at theUniversity of Notre Dame.“I feel like this is the perfect
time to be in college because weall grew up with Harry,” she
Conferenceto focus on religion
In the early 20th century, theidea that religion was “on itsway out” became predominant,according to Notre DameProfessor Patrick Mason. Today,Notre Dameis launchinga researchinitiative toexplore therelevance ofworld reli-gions in them o d e r nworld.The initia-tive, titledContending Modernities, willuse multi-disciplinary researchto promote understanding ofhow religious and secular forcesinteract. Its first phase involvesstudying the interactionbetween Catholicism, Islam andsecularism. Mason, the project’s associatedirector for research, said NotreDame has always been a leaderin the study of religion, specifi-cally Catholicism. ContendingModernities, which began
While students and resi-dence halls are competing tosee who can save the mostenergy during the Office ofSustainability’s month-longDorm Energy Competition, theUniversity is doing its ownpart to conserve as well.Though the University itselfis not doing a particular pushfor the month of November tosave energy, there are variousprograms effective all yearlong, according to RachelNovick, Education andOutreach Programs Managerfor the Office of Sustainability.“The University recentlystarted work on stage two ofits energy conservation meas-ures,” Novick said. This $6.5 million investment
HPS graduate program adds new hybrid track
ND strives to save energy
GRANT TOBIN/The Observer
Students dine at rearranged tables mimicking the layout of Hogwarts’ Great Hall at Wednesday night’s Harry Potter-themed dinner at South Dining Hall.
By LAURA McCRYSTALNews Editor
By CAITLYN KALSCHEURNews Writer
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Students dine on meal inspired by book and film series, anticipate next movie’s release
Notre Dame’s History andPhilosophy of Science (HPS) grad-uate program has added a newtrack in theology and science.The addition marks the firsttime HPS has offered a new tracksince its inception in 1990.HPS Director Don Howard saidno other graduate program in theworld produces Ph.D.s specializ-ing in theology and science withinthe context of a history and philos-ophy of science program.“We want the products of thisprogram to be the leadingthinkers internationally aboutissues of science and religion,”Howard said.For Howard, the track speaks toNotre Dame’s Catholic intellectualmission.
“Some people like to think ofNotre Dame as America’s leadingCatholic research university,”Howard said. “Well, you put thosetwo terms together — Catholicand research — that’s just anoth-er way of naming theology andscience as a topic that we shouldbe doing more to address here.”Howard said the HPS programwas “frustrated” when trying toappoint faculty members in thearea of theology and science tenyears ago.“The idea to occurred to us that,well, if we’re having trouble mak-ing a really high-impact, stellarsenior faculty appointmentbecause the talent is so thin,maybe we are approaching thisfrom the wrong direction,”Howard said.The program instead focused on
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Drop off a non-perishable fooditem at the Rock or RecsportsRecreation Center andRecSports will waive yourguest’s fee or you can get acoupon for a single fitness class(space permitting). Coupons areavailable at the front desk.Food barrels are available untiltoday.
Notre Dame Food Serviceswill host an international cook-ing class in the Test Kitchen ofNorth Dining Hall. The classwillt take place today at 5 p.m.Students must preregister forthis event in 204 LaFortune.The cost is $5 and space is limit-ed.
ACE will be hosting an infor-mation night tonight at 7 p.m.in 101 Jordan Hall of Science.ACE staff members will be pres-ent to share their experiences ofserving with ACE, to discuss thisyear’s application process, andto answer your questions.
The launch of a major newresearch and education initia-tive, Contending Modernities:Catholic, Muslim, Secular willtake place in New York today.The project, directed by R. ScottAppleby, professor of historyand director of Notre Dame’sKroc Institute for InternationalPeace Studies, involves dozensof Catholic, Muslim and secularscholars and public intellectualsfrom around the world.
This Friday, Student Playerswill present a staged reading ofNotre Dame graduate student’sCarina Finn’s original play,Thirteen Ways of Breaking, inthe Lab Theater at WashingtonHall. Admission is free but tick-eted, and seating is limited.
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Wis. man accused of shoot-ing TV over Palin danceMADISON, Wis. — A rural
Wisconsin man apparentlyenraged by Bristol Palin’s“Dancing with the Stars” rou-tine blasted his televisionwith a shotgun, leading to anall-night standoff with aSWAT team, investigatorssaid.Steven Cowan, 67, was
arrested Tuesday morningafter officers coaxed him outof his house in Vermont, afarming community nearMadison. Cowan, who isaccused of threatening hiswife with the gun afterdestroying the television,appeared in a Madison court-room Wednesday on acharge of second-degreereckless endangerment. His
bail was set at $1,500.Cowan’s attorney at the
hearing, Jonas Bednarek,declined to comment.Cowan’s wife, Janice
Cowan, told investigators thather husband suffers frombipolar disorder and hadthreatened her life in thepast.According to court docu-
ments, Janice Cowan saidher husband came homeMonday from the bar andhad a beer with dinnerbefore they settled down towatch “Dancing with theStars.”
Ohio zoo acquires daughterof late longest snakeCOLUMBUS, Ohio — An
Ohio zoo says a new resi-dent has big snakeskin
shoes to fill.Weeks after announcing
the death of the longestsnake in captivity, theColumbus Zoo andAquarium said Wednesdayit has acquired thepython’s smaller daughter.The 24-foot, 18-year-old
snake named Fluffy diedOct. 27 of an apparenttumor. The zoo’s newsnake is 12 years old, and6 feet shorter than hermother.The zoo says in a state-
ment that the daughterarrived Tuesday from thesame private breeder whosold Fluffy to the zoo in2007.
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Junior Caitlin Puntillo throws the quaffle through the hoop during BellakazamTuesday. The Saint Mary’s Quidditch team did demonstrations such as broom rac-ing, and concluded the session with a game anyone could participate in.
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hardest job, butthey can winthe game withone catch.”
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throw abludger, but I’m
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“I would definitely be a
beater.”
Arianne Rodriguez
juniorRegina
“Beater so Icould use mybrute strength.And so I couldpractice with
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Many students battle with self-image, and junior Laura Glaub isdeveloping ways to help womennot just on Saint Mary’s campus,but throughout the country, workthrough this issue. Glaub — who is also StudentGovernment Student ServicesCommissioner at the College andthe Resident Hall Association(RHA) National CommunicationsCoordinator — went to a confer-ence at the University of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign held by theGreat Lakes Affiliate of Collegeand University Residence Halls(GLACURH) and three of her fiveideas were presented there. The programs she developedincluded “We We’re Born ThisWay,” “Wam Bam Mammogram”and “Please Stop Talking about
Your Diet to Me.” The programsare activities that can be doneduring events such as “Love YourBody Week” to help improve self-image. Fifty programs were presented,and “Please Stop Talking aboutYour Diet to Me” was in the topten and is now headed to anational conference, Glaub said.“‘Please Stop Talking aboutYour Diet to Me’ is showing otherschools how they can put on ‘LoveYour Body Week’ because I thinkit is really important in today’smedia for any gender to feel com-fortable about their body in lots ofdifferent ways,” she said. The program starts with eachperson drawing themselves on alarge piece of white paper, Glaubsaid. Then, another person willtrace them on the paper andshow the difference between theirperception of themselves andwhat they actually look like.
After that activity is finished,the group looks at different adver-tisements from magazines andthen discusses which are negativeand which are positive, she said. According to Glaub, much ofher information came from theNational Organization of Womenwebsite, which includes an expla-nation of how a student can makean impact on their campus in 60seconds. “After [the group goes] throughthis everyone has to sign a heartpledge about what they loveabout their body and tape it onthe giant sign that says, ‘I love mybody,’” Glaub said. In addition to the success of theprogram, Glaub will be helping toput on the first “I Love My BodyWeek” at Saint Mary’s from Feb.21 to 26. “[We] gave out giant packets [atthe conference] to explain my rea-soning of why I am putting on
‘Love Your Body Week’ at SaintMary’s,” Glaub said. “It talksabout my schedule of the weekwith different professors talking,a deaf jam poet coming, t-shirtsand other activities that displaythe health reason, the media rea-son and the sociology behind lov-ing your body.”Glaub said she is looking for-ward to bringing the program toSaint Mary’s women. “This is definitely my ‘littlebaby’ because I am so excited …to get support from other RHAsthrough the Great Lakes andCanada was amazing,” Glaubsaid.The national competition will beheld sometime during the springsemester. “I am really excited to presentthis at nationals because we willhave our first week done and canlet everyone know how it goes,”
Glaub said. At the conference Glaub wasunable to actually present theidea because of her position onRHA, so seniors Marianne Jonesand Jessica Robbins did the pres-entation for her. “I was really pleased about theturn out at the conference and tomake top ten was an amazingexperience and I cannot wait untilnationals,” Jones said. Glaub said the successful resultsof the program she formulatedshow the need for this type ofawareness at the university level. “This obviously shows that thisis such an important program toput on campuses in our societytoday to show genders to behappy and love who you are,” shesaid.
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Group reviews Council rules
Student body presidentCatherine Soler delivered herState of the Student Unionaddress to Student SenateWednesday before its mem-bers passed a resolution torevise the Off-C a m p u sCouncil.“ I t is veryencouraging tosee that wehave accom-plished many ofthe goals thatwe set out to,”Soler said. “Wehave introducedStudent forSouth Bend dis-count program— the first of itskind in ourcommunity; the Rent-A-TextProgram is up and running;and there are now three dif-ferent varieties of hummus inthe dining halls.”Soler said other projectshave been pushed forwardthroughout the semester, suchas the completion of a com-puter cluster in Jordan Halland long-term plans for reno-vat ions to the DeBartoloLounge. “Additionally, we have main-tained the successful pro-grams of past administrationssuch as TRANSPO, Col legeReadership and the LeaseFair,” she said. The administrat ionapproached the close of firstsemester in after unforeseenchallenges.“We have been thrown intovarious situations that wereunexpected such as taking onthe responsibility to redo peprallies, representing the stu-dent body during the period ofhigh arrests and being leadersin the time of great sadness
with the passing of Declan,”Soler said. “In all of this I amproud of the ability — and notjust from [student body vicepresident] Andrew [Bell], [stu-dent government chief-of-staff] Nick [Ruof] and me —but all of our student leaderswho stepped up in these situa-
tions, no ques-tions asked, andful f i l led ourresponsibilitiesto represent thestudents andl ive out beingsomeone fromNotre Dame.” Student gov-ernment looksat the futureoptimistically asit will continueto develop proj-ects l ike theeND Hunger
campaign and improve com-munity relations, Soler said.“Tonight we have the pro-posed amendment to thestructure and role of the Off-Campus Council,” she said.“This is an important internalstep to finding long-term solu-tions to good neighbor rela-tions, protecting the welfareof our student and promotinggreat relationship with ourcommunity.”Off-Campus Council presi-dent Ryan Hawley presented aresolution to the Senate tochange the structure of theOff-Campus Council. The resolution proposed twosignificant changes. “We want to change the con-stitution so students currentlyon campus who plan to moveoff campus can run for Off-Campus Council positions,”Hawley said. Positions on the Off-CampusCouncil were only open to stu-dents who moved out of theresidence halls before theirjunior year. After the change,
students who did not live offcampus during the previousyear would still be eligible foroffice.“There is very limited juniorpool that lives off campus,”Hawley said. “That group isnot representat ive of theentirety of the people who liveoff campus.”The officers do not need tohave lived off-campus duringtheir junior year to managethe Off-Campus Council dur-ing their senior year, Hawleysaid.“In the past there has notbeen a really interested candi-date pool,” Hawley said. “Tonsof people on campus are inter-ested and qualified, and wewant to af ford them theopportunity to run.”The second change was theaddit ion of Off-CampusCouncil ambassadors. Student body vice presidentAndrew Bell said the ambas-sadors would funct ion of fcampus like senators in on-campus residence halls.“For every dorm, there is asenator who is local to youand gets information to you,”Bell said. “Ideally there wouldbe someone who lives at IrishRow with you who can do thesame.”Breen-Philips senator ErinBurke said the changes wouldhelp off-campus students withcommunity relations.“I would like to support thisresolution,” Burke said. “Wehave spent a lot of time dis-cussing how we can make theOff-Campus Counci l moreactive and more effective tohelp students be good neigh-bors.”The Senate passed the reso-lution with a vote of 25 infavor, two opposed and noabstentions.
producing a new generation ofexperts working on theology andscience. According to Howard,the job market for graduates ofthis track has improved. Howardsaid the Harvard Divinity Schooladvertised an endowed chairspecifically in theology and sci-ence.“We started to notice more
and more schools that wouldmention theology and science orscience and religion in a job ad,”Howard said. “Our own facultyhaving matured and developedsome additional strengths andour having realized that thereare really job opportunities outthere, we just decided that nowis the time to do it.”Howard said graduates of the
track could also pursue positionsat foundations like TheTempleton Foundation, whichfunds research on theology andscience issues around the world.As a result, Howard said grad-
uates would help shape under-standing and debate on theologyand science, especially when thepublic frequently misperceivesreligion as divorced from sci-ence.“You often get this misleading
impression that there’s a just sci-ence on one side and just reli-gion on the other side, and thatthere’s no complexity in thedebate,” Howard said.One misleading impression
involves the Catholic Church’sposition on evolution. Fordecades, Howard said, thechurch has embraced evolutionas the correct scientific under-standing of human origins.“The Catholic position has
been that there has to be a placein that story for understandingthe emergence of insouledhuman beings,” Howard said.“But again that’s not an impedi-ment to the full embrace of evo-
lution as the right scientificunderstanding of human ori-gins.”Howard said HPS modeled the
track after the existing tracks inphilosophy and history.“This too is going to be an
unusually intensive program,”Howard said. “It’s going to taketough and smart people to dowell in this program, but we’reconfident that we are going toattract those kinds of people intothe program.”Gregory Sterling, dean of the
Graduate School, was “enthusi-astic” about the new track,which should produce two orthree graduates every year.“More than an expansion of
the total numbers, it will deepenthe pool and help strengthenwhat is already a very fine pro-gram,” Sterling said.The addition of the track
comes at a time when the schoolhas undergone other changes.Sterling said The Kroc Institutehas added several tracks,including peace and theology, inthe last couple of years. According to Sterling, the
school is determining the opti-mum size of every graduate pro-gram and whether they meetthe needs of society.“We are taking stock of our
programs and asking howshould we change our programsto address the needs of the larg-er world,” Sterling said.While HPS will not offer cours-
es in the track until the 2011Fall Semester, Howard hasalready seen student interest.“I was surprised at how quick-
ly I started getting inbound e-mails asking detailed questionsabout the program, asking forcareer advice about what youwould do with this degree,”Howard said. “That’s just fur-ther confirmation of our sensethat the world was ready forsomething like this.”
through Notre Dame’s KrocInstitute for International PeaceStudies, will make theUniversity a hub for under-standing the interactionbetween Catholicism, otherworld religions and secular soci-ety. “The heart of this project is
that it’s comparative,” Masonsaid. “Our vision is that it willinvolve dozens of scholars bothhere at Notre Dame and aroundthe world.”Today and Friday in New York
City, the University will launchContending Modernities. Todayat 4 p.m. at the Sheraton NewYork, University President Fr.John Jenkins will deliver anintroduction to the project. KrocInstitute Director Scott Applebywill also address the prior tothree keynote speakers. Shaykh Ali Gomaa, the Grand
Mufti of Egypt, will speakthrough videoconference. JaneDammen McAuliffe, president ofBryn Mawr College and formerpresident of the AmericanAcademy of Religion, and JohnMcGreevy, dean of Notre Dame’sCollege of Arts and Letters willalso give keynote speeches. Friday at 10 a.m., the
University will host a paneltitled “Women, Family andSociety in Islam andCatholicism,” featuring expertswith a variety of perspectives. While there are plans for the
project to eventually includeother religions, it is beginningwith Catholicism and Islambecause they have many simi-larities, Mason said. There are Catholics and
Muslims in every country,Mason said, and members ofboth faiths make up approxi-mately one-third of the globalpopulation. “They’re the two truly global
religions,” he said. “They’ve hadto adjust to the radical transfor-mations that have come aboutin the modern world … Theymake really interesting histori-cal cases or parallels because ofthis shared experience of havingto live through or renegotiatethe transitions of modernity.”Today and Friday’s launch
events in New York wereplanned long before the contro-versy over the Islamic culturalcenter near Ground Zero, butMason said the controversy is afurther indication of ContendingModernities’ importance. Public discourse about issues
such as terrorism and Sept. 11are important in modern societyand a part of ContendingModernities, Mason said. “Scholars have, we believe, an
obligation to enrich the publicdiscourse on these things,” hesaid. “Part of the underlyingfoundation of the project is that… the most important problemswe have aren’t going to besolved by secular institutionsalone.”After the project’s launch,
Mason said the University wouldform research teams in early2011. The project is designed tounfold over several years, butthe preliminary stage willinclude teams of Catholic,Muslim and secular experts atNotre Dame and around theworld. Together, they willexplore themes such as humandevelopment, science, gender,law, migration, violence andpeace. Emad Shahin, the Henry R.
Luce Associate Professor ofReligion, Conflict andPeacebuilding at Notre Dame,joined the Notre Dame faculty in2009 and has been involved inthe planning stages ofContending Modernities. Shahin will also participate in
the project’s research teams. Hisown research focuses on Islamicpolitics and the relationshipbetween Islamic law and mod-
ern political concepts, and hesaid he is looking forward to theproject’s ability to find commonground between Catholicismand Islam. “I’ve always thought of the
possibilities of building a com-mon ground, common agendaand even a plan of actionbetween the various communi-ties of faith that could enablethem to cooperate and respondto the challenges in our modernworld at the humanistic orhumanitarian level.”In addition to a scholarly
research initiative, Mason saidContending Modernities is apublic education project.Research teams will presenttheir findings to the broaderpublic through writing op-ednewspaper pieces, contributingto blogs, working to developschool curriculums, advisingreligious and civic leaders orwriting policy papers for gov-ernments. “This is really bold and ambi-
tious and innovative and reallysort of takes Notre Dame a stepfurther in terms of our outreachto the world,” Mason said.At Notre Dame, the Kroc
Institute has already applied forand received money to hire newfaculty members, including onespecialist in global Catholicism,two professors in Islamic studiesand one Islamic law specialist.Mason said the project could
eventually lead to researchopportunities for undergradu-ates, expansion of theUniversity’s foreign languageofferings and new study abroadprograms. These programswould be created in cooperationwith other offices and depart-ments at Notre Dame.“One of our real hopes is that
Contending Modernities will actas a seed to further internation-alize the University,” Masonsaid.
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Saint Mary’s College StudentGovernment Association (SGA) dis-cussed which colors should beused to decorate the Le Mans Hallbasement Wednesday.The basement is being redeco-
rated as SGA’s Capital Fund proj-ect. “Our goal today at the end of this
meeting is that we are going tohave one color pallet, colorscheme, picked out,” student bodypresident Rachael Chesley said.SGA discussed three different
color pallets. The first was a lightgreen with coral and teal accents.The second pallet consisted of awarm yellow with aqua marineblue and light pink accents. Thefinal color pallet was pale orangewith coral and navy accent colors. “When we were talking accent
colors we didn’t mean wholewalls,” Kelly Lyons, senior classpresident, said. “We are talking[about] the accessories of theroom.” SGA voted to eliminate the
orange, coral and navy color palletand continued to discuss the othertwo options.“This is our room we’re creat-
ing,” Chesley said.According to Chesley, the color
scheme should be unique and
should not be the same colors thatare seen throughout campus.Lyons said she wanted the color
scheme to be “homey.”Chesley said the Board should
focus on “choosing a color that youfeel could be versatile no matterwhat we choose or what theychoose in the future.”According to Chesley, it was
important for SGA to consider thecolor pallet for future years so asto choose colors that were time-less.SGA members voted to pursue
the light green color pallet withcoral and teal accents. The Board also discussed the dif-
ferent zones that should be includ-ed in the basement. SGA discussed having eight dif-
ferent zones within the basement. “One of them would be a TV, Wii
[video game system and a] videogame area,” Lyons said.Additional zones included a
kitchen and vending zone, a moviespace and game area.SGA also discussed posting bul-
letin boards in the basement, aswell as a world map. All of SGA’s ideas will be present-
ed to a designer who will assist inthe remodeling of the basement.There will be no SGA meeting
said. “I think we have more of anappreciation than other schoolsbecause we have a nerdier stu-dent body.”Domel said the magic of the
dining experience would onlycontinue on Thursday, as shewas anticipating attending amidnight showing of “DeathlyHallows” with other residents ofBadin Hall.“I am going to a midnight
showing. We’re going super earlyand we’re planning to do triviawhile we wait,” she said.“Costumes are expected forthose attending.”Trunzo said he was planning
on attending a midnight showingas well. He said anticipation forthe new film is running high,even amongst friends from otheruniversities.“A lot of my friends are seeing
it at midnight at other schools.The general excitement is a lothigher than it was in highschool,” Trunzo said.Trunzo said anticipation for the
release is even spilling into theclassrooms amongst his friends.“My friend at Brown is in class
with Emma Watson, [the actresswho plays Hermione Granger,]’”he said. “This week when sheanswered a question correctly,someone shouted out ‘Ten pointsto Gryffindor!’”Sophomore Patty Walsh said
she knew tickets would sell fast,and it motivated her to buy tick-ets to the midnight premiereearly.“Around Halloween we heard
people talking about HarryPotter, so we knew we needed toget tickets right away before theysold out,” she said. “We wouldhave driven up to half an houraway to make the premiere.”Local theatres have sold out
multiple showings of the mid-night release. The movie ticketwebsite fandango.com listed theAMC Showplace 16 South Bendwith four sold out midnightshowings and Cinemark Movies14 in Mishawaka with six soldout midnight showings.The notion of South Dining Hall
serving as inspiration forHogwart’s Great Hall of the filmshas become an urban legend ofsorts, often fueled by campus
tour guides.Junior and Administrative
Assistant to UndergraduateAdmissions Tim Gannatti saidthis rumor is just that, not basedin any fact.“I would say it’s a tall tale that
is passed on through the years; Iremember my tour guide sayingthe same thing,” he said. “I havesaid it to my tours. No one toldus to say it, and I don’t believethat it’s in the tour guide manu-al.” The urban legend may be
based in the Gothic architectureof the building. According to theNotre Dame Campus Tours web-site, South Dining Hall is mod-eled after a medieval Guild Hall. The website said, “Today’s stu-
dents find it reminiscent of HarryPotter’s Hogwarts.”South Dining Hall Manager Bill
Krusniak says the Harry Potterdinner has been in the planningsince early October.“The students came up and
asked with the new movie com-ing out, what are the chances ofdoing a dinner?” he said. “I ranit by the general manager, andwe went from there.”Krusniak said he went directly
to the movies to provide accurate
inspiration for the decorationsand the menu.“I rewatched the first movie
because there were a lot of din-ing hall scenes. We’re trying ourbest to get the flavor of it, whatthey had during the meals,” hesaid. “The menu is based off ofthat, which tends to be everydayitems. We’re trying to mimic thedessert items.”Krusniak said he was expect-
ing around 1,000 more studentsthan usual to attend
Wednesday’s dinner, based on aHarry Potter dinner held in April2009. He said he doesn’t believeany other film franchise couldinspire such a demand from stu-dents.“I think how popular Harry
Potter is, I don’t think manymovie series could compete forcampus wide acceptance,”Krusniak said.
means contractors will be aroundcampus evaluating how to makethe University more energy effi-cient.The Office of Sustainability is
also involved in a trial run withEaton, an engineering companywith which the University haspartnered.“We have an electric car on
loan from Eaton,” Novick said.“We’re just trying it out and lend-ing it to people on campus inorder to explore the possibility ofgetting electric vehicles on cam-pus.”The Office of Sustainability is
also concerned about excessivewaste in the dining halls.“The energy impact of food is
tremendous, and people aren’talways conscious of how muchenergy and water went into thedining hall food,” Novick said. Co-sponsored by the Office of
Sustainability and GreeND, theeND Hunger campaign runs dur-ing Wednesdays in the dininghalls. “The big focus is to raise dona-
tions for the food bank in north-ern Indiana, but it also includes aclean plate program at dinner onWednesdays during November,”Novick said.Novick added that small-scale
projects, such as turning off lightsin unused classrooms was also“something we’ve been trying towork on.” “There is no reason for lights to
be on at night in empty class-rooms, and that’s definitely been
something we are working onwith the building staff,” she said.“We’re exploring ideas about howto involve students in some sort of‘turn off the lights’ committee. Ifwe can build a partnership withstudents and staff, we can be real-ly successful.”There have been some improve-
ments made to the process ofreducing unnecessary lightingaround campus, such as renova-tions that include lights withtimers or motion sensors andemergency lighting that only turnson when a movement triggers it,rather than lights that stay on allnight just for precaution.“Reducing our carbon footprint
is our biggest focus,” Novick said.“Climate change is a global prob-lem, and reducing our contribu-tion to it will have an impact onthe rest of the world.”On a local scale, Novick said
saving energy results in thereduction of overall emissions andthe result is cleaner air in ourregion. The grand total of both the
monetary and energy savingsfrom the Dorm EnergyCompetition won’t be announceduntil the end of the month, Novicksaid.“It always surprises people how
much energy can be saved,” shesaid. ”All the actions people dolike turning off the light orunplugging unnecessary electron-ics are all really minor, but with amultiplication factor of 7,000 peo-ple on campus doing the samesmall actions, the numbers grow.Students as a community have ahuge potential to save energy.”
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“Hagrid’s Pie” and “Pomona’s Sprouts” were two of the many Harry Potter-themed foods offeredby South Dining Hall at Wednesday night’s dinner.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Sometimes I lie awake at night,and I ask, ‘Where have I gonewrong?’ Then a voice says to me,
‘This is going to takemore than one night.’”
Charles M. SchulzU.S. cartoonist
The evil lurking in Harry PotterAs anyone who did not make the
unfortunate decision to eat at Northlast night is already aware, this weekNotre Dame has decided to pay homageto the Harry Potter franchise by hostinga Hogwarts-themed dinnerat South DiningHall. Along withthe Yule Balldance scheduledfor Friday evening, the events form thecenterpiece of student government’seffort to celebrate this week’s release ofthe seventh film of the Harry Potterseries. They are also a shamelessbetrayal of this University’s foundingChristian principles.Few people seem to understand the
existential threat that the Harry Potternovels pose to our nation’s Christianculture and way of life. Behind thecharming façade of a courageous younghero on a quest to destroy evil lies asubversive plot to corrupt America’syoung people. The books unabashedlyadvocate witchcraft and Satanism whileopenly blaspheming our Lord JesusChrist and encouraging readers to takerevenge on those who wrong themthrough the use of spells, rituals anddemonic powers. The novels are amongthe most widely read books of all time— author J.K Rowling has sold an esti-mated 400 million copies of her sedi-tious literature (an especially disturbingfact given that many of this iniquitouswoman’s readers are young childrenwho are easily influenced by popularculture.) Indeed, it has been demon-strated that the novels have adverseeffects on the religious beliefs of ournation’s youth, causing them to believe,among others things, that magic is realand powerful, that conversing withghosts of the dead is common and
acceptable and that the Bible is nothingbut a collection of lies and fantasticaltall tales. The books also promote eso-teric practices like clairvoyance, astrol-ogy, divination and numerology, whichfurther lead our children away fromtraditional American values.Thankfully, the Catholic Church has
been one of the few organizations torecognize the inherent danger that theHarry Potter franchise poses to conven-tional morality and the American wayof life. Upon release of the fifth novel inthe series, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger,later to become Pope Benedict XVI,commented that the books contain“subtle seductions, which act unnoticedand by this deeply distort Christianity inthe soul, before it can grow properly.”In addition, Father Gabriel Amorth, oneof the official exorcists of theArchdiocese of Rome and a man experi-enced in dealing with magic anddemons, noted that, “Behind HarryPotter hides the signature of the king ofthe darkness, the devil.” He went on toadd that, while the books seem to dif-ferentiate between good magic and badmagic, this is in fact misleading,“because magic is always a turn to thedevil.” Other Christian organizationshave raised similar concerns about theseries, including the evangelical groupFocus on the Family, which denouncedthe books for packaging their message“in a medium — witchcraft — that isdirectly denounced in Scripture.”Indeed, even President George W. Bushrecognized that Harry Potter presenteda serious threat to America, as hedenied Rowling the Presidential Medalof Freedom, on account of her books’pernicious content.Unfortunately for the Notre Dame
community, this University has not seenfit to heed the warnings of these brave,
enlightened leaders. Instead, it has cho-sen to spit in the face of its Catholicidentity by brazenly embracing and cel-ebrating Rowling’s witchcraft-promot-ing novels. The disgraceful decision tohost Harry Potter themed events oncampus is only the latest example ofthis University shamelessly ignoring itsfounding Christian principles as it con-tinues its transition into a secular, elit-ist institution in the mold of Harvard,Yale or Hogwarts. What is even moredisturbing is that, by hosting a specialdinner and ball that supposedly takeplace in the fantasy world of HarryPotter, the university appears to beencouraging its students to pretend thatthey don’t live in reality, that theyinstead live in a magical world wheresorcery and Satanism reign supreme.What then is the point of Notre Damecontinuing to call itself a Catholic uni-versity, when clearly it cares moreabout promoting esoteric false religionslike paganism and Wicca? Where arethe outraged alumni protesting this bla-tant disregard for Catholic principles,as they so effectively protestedPresident Obama? It is time for thisUniversity to take a stand against theevils of Harry Potter and lead her stu-dents down the path of true faith andmorality. I profess, in the sincerity ofmy heart, that I have not the least per-sonal interest in endeavoring to pro-mote this necessary work, having noother motive than the public good of mycountry and my University.
Ryan Williams is a sophomore. In hisfree time, he enjoys reading Swift andMoliere. He can be reached [email protected]
The views expressed in this columnare those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Iconic movie character Forrest Gumptold the world that “life was like a box achocolates” in order to stress the seeminglyunpredictable and capricious aspects oflife. William Shakespeare’s likened ourexistence to adrama, assertingthat “All the world’sa stage, and all themen and womenmerely players.”These metaphorsand similes arepotent literaryweapons capableof deconstructingand explaininghuman existence.Both Forrest Gumpand WilliamShakespeare usedthese literary devices to create sense withinthe world’s ultimate mystery — the humanexistence. Countless others have attemptedto explain this same question. To this pan-theon of possible answers, I humbly submitmy own entry: Life is game of Tetris. It was Benjamin Franklin who declared
that, “In the world nothing can be said tobe certain except death and taxes.”However, I think Ben may have given taxa-tion too central of a role. As Al Capone andMartha Stewart both proved to us, taxationcan be evaded. This leaves life with onlyone certainty — its antithesis and eternalnemesis: death. While this view may seemoverly morose and pedantic, it takes only amoment to realize its validity. Throughouthistory there have been billions of distinctexistences. Although some characteristics(love, loss, friendship, to name a few) maywork their way into a majority of lives,death is the only factor that has touchedeach and every life. Much like in life, allgames of Tetris are doomed to share thesame condemned fate. When manipulatingeach Tetris piece, one is only staving offtheir ultimate fate for as long as possible.No matter the skill of the player, the gamewill always come to an end.In my English teacher’s room in high
school, there was a sign listing ten rules tobe a successful adult. The number one rulewas, “Life isn’t fair, get used to it!”Although everyone essentially has a cleanstart to begin, almost immediately itbecomes muddied with advantages anddeprivations. Some players may receivegreat pieces that come with unimaginablebenefits (see what happens inMassachusetts if your last name isKennedy!), while others may be given anexigent slew of pieces that test their verycharacter. Ultimately though, each playercan control their own destiny. Some of thegreatest successes emerge from the pre-carious south side of Chicago, while themost intense tragedies are often foundsomewhere in the perfection of the subur-bia.Much like Tetris, life is intrinsically unde-
featable. There is no critical achievementto define a “winner.” Much is the same inTetris. This is not Mario; there is noprincess or villain to conquer. Tetris ispainfully realistic. I may set a personal bestor make a memorable maneuver, but I willnever conquer the game. Does this meanthat I should sit in my room and wait for afast approaching and unavoidable death?Absolutely not! What this means is that nomatter how well I do, there is room toimprove and goals to strive towards. Itmeans I can never be satisfied and mustperpetually look to improve and achieve.Yes, life is a game of Tetris, and I wouldn’twant it any other way.
The views expressed in the InsideColumn are those of the author andnot necessarily those of The Observer.
You are fantastic hostsWe just recently returned from a three day stay in South Bend that included attending the Utah-
Notre Dame football game. We want to say thanks to the Irish students and fans for the gracious waywe were treated. You were fantastic hosts and impressed upon us a standard of sportsmanship wewould like to import to the University of Utah. I can only hope the vast majority of Ute fans treatedyou with similar respect and apologize if that did not happen. I hope we meet again but not until wefind our offense. A job well done Irish!
Greg and Marti SmithUniversity of Utah alumni
Nov. 17
Winning during a time of lossAs autumn ends and the words “lake
effect” become a more regular, and biting,descriptor in our daily weather report; aswe have to sleep in later and later to wakeup in sunlight (a challenge many in Dillonseem up for!);and the days offrisbees and barefeet on the quadsfade from memo-ry — the Churchoffers us November as the Month of theDead. Well, we can’t fault them for badtiming; November is, indeed, a time forlosing. (Don’t tell this to the football team… )“I will not lose anything of what my
Father has given me.”Jesus, fully human, is nonetheless keen
to push the limits of what it means to behuman. He seems often to make claimsthat most of us normal humans wouldhave a difficult time uttering. Claims like,“I am the resurrection and the life.” Mosthumans I know would pause before claim-ing that one. Or, “I am the Bread of Life.And if you eat of my flesh and drink of myblood, you will have eternal life withinyou.” That’s one that most humans proba-bly wouldn’t want to say even if they could.Though perhaps not as spectacular, this
claim about “not losing anything” pushesthe limit of what we know to be true of ourhuman experience.That is to say, think about how hard it is
for us not to lose something. We can start,simply, with inanimate objects — car keys,your ID, a flash drive. And we can move
quickly to more existential targets — ourtemper, our integrity, our way. It turns out,we lose things all the time.How many of our greatest human stories
would simply disappear if we removedfrom human experience the possibility oflosing something or being lost? Farewell toOdysseus, Dante and Ahab, before we evenstart thinking deeply. As all three of theseprotagonists would attest, it is a madden-ing thing to lose or to be lost. It is, too, amost helpless feeling. If your car keys arereally lost, and not simply misplaced, youcannot just will them back into your hand.Rather, you just have to stand there andpull your hair, and look again and, eventu-ally, call the car dealer. Dante cannot willhimself out of the dark woods, nor Ahabsimply will the appearance of the elusivewhite whale. Indeed, it is frustrating, mad-dening, helpless to lose or to be lost.During the month of November in the
Church, we are invited to push this experi-ence to the limit, where the stakes are infi-nitely higher. What do we do when whatwe have lost is someone we love?In the face of all of this, Jesus says, “I
will not lose anything of what my Fatherhas given to me.” Is Jesus exempt fromthis most human reality?It would seem not. For when his disci-
ples ask him to teach them about theKingdom of God, Jesus responds, in para-bles, about a lost coin, and a lost sheep,and a treasure lost in a field. In these sto-ries, Jesus seems as maddened with lossas we are, for in each of these parables,the lost object is restlessly sought and
found.Think of the restlessness Jesus conveys
in the parable of the lost sheep. A shep-herd has a hundred sheep and one is lostand the shepherd goes off to find it.Certainly, it is a near-heretical move to jux-tapose Jesus and Ahab. Yet the one lostsheep (and chances are it was white!) doesseem to provoke the shepherd — reallybeyond all reason — to leave 99 worth-while sheep, and search the desert relent-lessly for the one. In a scene right out ofexuberant Homer, the woman who loses acoin, upon finding it, throws a party that isworth more than the coin she lost. Jesus,like us, is agitated in loss and exultant indiscovery.Perhaps this is nowhere more the case
than in the scene where Jesus faces loss ofthe highest sort — John 11, where Jesuslearns of the death of his friend, Lazarus.What does this Gospel have to tell us
about losing someone we love? We canbegin with what it conspicuously does nottell us. It does not tell us why we lose peo-ple we love. It does not shed light on whythe human experience includes, indeed issometimes dominated by, such painful anddefinitive separation. It does not tell ushow to make the sting of loss disappear.In fact, in this Gospel, when Jesus finally
reaches Lazarus’ tomb, and the reality ofthe loss becomes physically present beforehis eyes, we read three powerful words:“And Jesus wept.” No further details aregiven; no explanation is offered. Death isdeath; Lazarus is dead; and Jesus weeps.It would be to short-change Jesus’ human-
ity to insist that he had an easier time withthe death of someone he loved than we do.Yet still, after he weeps, Jesus asks
Lazarus’ sisters — Martha and Mary —perhaps the only question left to ask in theface of death. He asks them, in the midst ofhis tears, “Do you believe Lazarus will riseagain?” He asks us, here in mid-November, “Do you believe the people youlove will rise again?”Perhaps one way to understand the
Church’s Month of the Dead is as an invita-tion from Jesus — even while he weepsand feels the severity of the separation:“Do you believe your loved ones will riseagain? Do you believe that this loss is notpermanent? Do you believe that deathdoes not get the final word? Do you believein the resurrection?”Because Jesus weeps, we can trust that
he understands that these questions arenot always entirely uncomplicated for us toanswer. And so, in order to encourage —indeed, embolden — us, Jesus offers usthis audacious reminder: “I will not loseanything of what my Father has givenme.”“I am the Resurrection and the Life,”
says our God-made-human. “And all areraised in me.”
This week’s column is written by Fr.Lou DelFra, CSC, of Campus Ministryand ACE. He can be reached at [email protected]
The views expressed in this columnare those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Fr. Lou DelFra
Faithpoint
Who’s snarky?Dear Kiely,What’s wrong with puny carrots? What do you have
against those poor pieces that are thinly-sliced? They didn’tchoose to be that way, that’s the way they were made! Arethey less crunchy? Do they taste worse than big carrots? Ordo you just find them unappealing because they do not con-form to the shape you think is right? It’s no wonder we haveproblems with gender, culture, diversity and body imagewhen people can’t even accept carrots for what they are.You do not have the right to call yourself “That Carrot
Girl.” You are biased and discriminatory and if the vegeta-bles could vote you’d be long gone. Take heed and amendyour ways Miss King. Don’t be so particular about your pro-duce; just (quickly) grab a scoop or a handful and enjoywhatever nourishment each piece has to offer. You may besurprised to find that behind their varied appearances, allcarrot pieces are pretty much the same.In Notre Dame,
Ayla Bicoyjunior
McGlinn HallNov. 17
A rebuttalTo whom it may concern:Isn't Falstad dead?Sincerely,
Austin Hollersenior
off campusNov. 17
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Looking for a mode of pro-crastination? As if the worlddoesn’t know enough about thelives of their favorite celebri-ties, Twitter offers one morestalking tool for avid fans ofmovies, music, television andeven pol i t ics . Oddly enough,Twitter requires agency of thecelebrity. They can “tweet” forpubl ic i ty, to compla in or toentertain with absolute non-sense. Here’s a handful of noto-rious celeb tweeters and someexamples of their best use of140 characters:
Kanye WestThough it took him a while to
catch on to the Twitter craze,Kanye West is easily one of themost talked-about tweeters. Hefollows 0 people (he tried to fol-low one teen from the UK, whodid not welcome the mediafrenzy that ensued). He tweetsconstantly, sometimes with atone of narcissism, always witha hint of crazy.
@kanyewest: You have to bal-ance ignorance with intellect!Can’t have schoo l wi th outrecess! #Greatesttweetofalltime
@kanyewest: I’ve finally real-ized as long as you use profani-ty when you talk about art andfashion it’s better accepted!!!
@kanyewest: This is rock androll life my people... you can’tstop the truth you can’t stop themusic and I have to be strongor “they” win!!!!
@kanyewest : Every th ingsounds l ikenoise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERY-THING SOUNDS LIKENOISE!!!!!!! I don’t trust any-one!
@kanyewest: I am a creativeperson. . . . I ’m not a goodcelebrity but I’m a great artist...I’m tired of using my celebrityto sell my art.
@kanyewest: Sometimes I getthe usage of puns and double
en- tundras mixed up. I knowsomet imes one th ing can beboth. Rap God issues!!! LOL!!!!
Hip Hop Artists, continuedOther hip hop artists hot on
the Twitter scene are 50 Centand P. Diddy. It seems neither ofthese two know what to tweetabout, but they do it constantly,so 50 posts gibberish and Diddypulls pranks (he’s not marriedor a vegan, just felt like tweet-ing it).
@50cent: this is funny smackme so i can eat
@iamdiddy: I decided to getMarried today!!! I feel l ike anew man! Wedding is plannedfor valentines day!!! Your allwelcome!! Feb 14th. Let’s go!
@iamdiddy : I a l so becamevegan today!!!! :)
Jimmy FallonFallon is the king of hashtags.
For those who don’t tweet, ahashtag is preceded by a “#”sign and is used to create realt ime record o f groups onTwi t ter. In addi t ion to#FallonMono, which is attachedto any uniquely Fallon procla-mation, he has began severalhashtags that have becomeworldwide trends on Twitter.
@jimmyfallon: Three urinalsand you take the middle one?#SLAPYOURSELF
@jimmyfallon: Guy asking mewhere the wine is. Dude, this aSTOP & SHOP. #awwhellno
@j immyfa l lon : I f Mt .Rushmore was animatronic andsang songs l ike the CountryBear Jamboree. #thatwould-beawesome
@jimmyfallon: That the tworemain ing Beat les wouldreunite and sing the theme songto “Full House.” #ifihadonewish
@jimmyfallon: I just want tosay happy birthday to realitystar Heidi Montag! Today, partsof her turned 24! #FallonMono
Conan O’BrienAnother late night talk show
host has a knack for Tweeting.This witty redhead, unlike mostcelebs, refrains from plugginghis show constantly and demon-strates his comedic talent in themost modern way possible: thesarcastic tweet.
@ConanOBrien: Just found outmy new show i s not on inF in land. What the he l l i sPresident Obama doing with histime? #EläköönSuomi
@ConanOBrien : Rmbr –dooont Twet whljik you driv. Itis dngrou7s
Lindsay LohanIs she in jail? Is she in rehab?
Is she shooting a movie? Theworld doesn’t know, becausethis girl is on a Twitter hiatus.But when she was tweeting reg-ularly, she did so with brutalhonesty. Thanks for keeping usposted, Lindsay!
@lindsaylohan: This was cer-tainly a setback for me but I amtaking respons ib i l i ty for myact ions and I ’m prepared toface the consequences.
@lindsaylohan: Regrettably, Idid in fact fail my most recentdrug test and if I am asked, Iam prepared to appear beforejudge Fox next week as aresult.
Russell BrandUnfortunately his best Twitter
work cannot be published dueto Brand’s word choice , buthere are a few treats o f h istweet legacy.
@rustyrockets: When I heardthat Coldplay were covering mysong “Bangers , Beans andMash” I wet myself — and itwas all yellow.
@rustyrockets: I am about tohave a medical examinat ionand have eradicated body hairI ’m l ike a Benjamin But tonJustin Bieber.
Asian Allure: “Culture Shock”Washington Hall7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m$7, tickets available atLaFortune Box Office
Get to know the variety of Asiancultures on campus with one of theAsian American Association’s mostpopular shows of the year. Enjoylive music, comedic skits andAmerica’s Best Dance Crew dance-offs while learning about differentcultures and their traditions.
Delta Spirit Concert Legends11 p.m.Free with student ID
The Delta Spirit group is comingall the way from San Diego to per-form here at Notre Dame. Theirmusic combines folk, rock andcountry and will entertain you allnight long. Don’t forget to stayafter the concert for Legends “Bestof the 2000’s” music to keep theparty going.
Boy Gets GirlDebar tolo Performing Ar tsCenter2:30 p.m.$10 with student ID
End your weekend with a playabout work and relationships bythe Department of Film, Televisionand Theatre. Will Theresa chooseher work over a guy or will shesee her old life disappear as shebecomes more invested in herrelationship? Don’t miss it!
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Club Fever ft. DJ Cam Smith Club Fever, Downtown SouthBend10 p.m to 3 a.m$4, 21 and up, ID required
Don’t miss Notre Dame’s veryown Cameron Smith as guest DJat Club Fever tomorrow. He willbe mixing up some awesometunes for everyone to enjoy anddance with. Bring a group offriends and enjoy an excitingThursday night out.
N ew - s choo l Ame r i c anarocke r s De l t a Sp i r i t w i l lmake an a ppea r an c e a tLegends Saturday night aspa r t o f t h e i r t o u r w i t hDarker My Love and TheFling. The five-piece band
f r om San D i e g o w i l l b ecroon ing f rom the i r f i r s tEP, “I Think I’ve Found It”,a s we l l a s two p r e v i o u salbums, “Ode to Sunshine”and “History From Below.”The b and a l s o r e l e a s ed“The Wa i t s Room EP” onNov. 1 6 f e a t u r i n g f i v es ong s , “ The F l o od , ”“Bushwick B lues , ” “Dev i lKnows You’re Dead,” “JohnHenry” and “My Dream,”which are currently avail-able on iTunes. The five-piece band born
out of San Diego is knownfor their warbling rag-tagt e am ing o f Ame r i c ana ,b lues and indie-rock thatr e s u l t i n g u t t u r a l s ou l
search ing songs and r ip -ping tunes that seem famil-i a r a nd c h i l l i n g l y b r andnew al l at the same t ime.Delta Spirit’s concerts aresu r e t o p l e a s e , w i t h a“Doug”-like habit of “ban-gin’ on a trash can” — orwhatever else they can find— and a b l a s t o f e n e r g ythat only love of music or acan of Four Loko could pro-vide. We’ll assume they’regetting it from the music. Their particular brand of
i n t o x i c a t i n g c r o on i n gs ound s l i k e i t s h ou l d b ec om ing f r om t h e f a rbarstool in some lonesomedive at last call, or maybearound a campfire out on
the open range instead ofthe Legend ’s s tage . Timet r a v e l i s n o t o u t o f t h equestion with their musicali n f l u en c e s t h a t s t r e t c hf r om a s f a r a c r o s s t h ecountry as they have dur-ing their tours, which haveo f ten been wi th ac t s l i keCold War Kids, The Shins,D r. D og , Ma t t C o s t a andmore. With lyrics ranging from
re l i g i o u s p onde r i n g t osocial commentary, they’rea lway s a c c en t e d w i t h awelcoming and fun soundt ha t ’s e n ough t o e i t h e rincite a riot or silent ado-rat ion, a deep s tr ike intot h e un i que l y Amer i c an
mus i c a l g o l d m i n e .Reviva l i s t country fo lk i swhat you’ll get with songsl ike “The Flood” of f theirnew EP, or energetic guitary e l p i n g w i t h “ P e op l eC ’mon , ” o r maybe a t h ega l l o p i n g s ound o f“Tr a sh can , ” f r om t h e i ralbum “Ode to Sunshine.”With a l i t t le b i t o f gospelthrown in here and therew i t h s ong s l i k e“S t r ee twa lke r ” o r “Dev i lKnows You ’ r e Dead , ”there’s a little bit of genrefor everyone thrown in totheir repertoire.
On campusWho: Delta SpiritWhere: Legends of NotreDameWhen: Saturday, 11 p.m.How much: FreeIf you like: Bob Dylan,Wilco, Cold War Kids, A.A.Bondy
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While studying abroad lastyear, Dwyer visited theLakeview School in Uganda,which is operated by the HolyCross missions that draw alarge amount of their fundingfrom the club’s annual BarakaBouts. “It’s reassuring to see that
what we do thousands of milesaway is contributing to a wor-thy cause,” the senior said. “Allthe locals and teachers told usthat Lakeview is the best schoolin the area and it’s nice to know
that we have a part in that.”Baraka Bouts started in an
auxiliary gym in the JACC in2002, serving as the female ver-sion of the Bengal Bouts. Butnow the event has become sopopular that they hold the exhi-bitions in the JACC Fieldhousein front of hundreds of fans.“This year we had over 120
girls that came out to train withus when we would usually getaround 70 each year at thebeginning,” senior boxerViviana Kim said. “At times it isdefinitely intimidating but itcomes with a personal sense ofachievement and a growingexperience once we are done.”The club required each boxer
to attend four practices a week.Each practice typically ran two-three hours long and includedrunning, calisthenics and spar-ring. In addition to the gruelingpractices, many of the clubmembers were new to boxing,and required novice training inrules and standard boxing tech-niques. “We really just taught them
all of the basics and got them inshape to be as ready as theycan for the fights,” senior cap-tain Kayla Bishop said. “But oneof my favorite parts of it all isbeing able to teach the girlsabout the game and seeingthem progress from day one.”Accordingly, the club paired
the 72 competitors by their sizeand their ability in order to cre-ate the best matchups possiblefor the three-round fights. Andfor the second year in a row,the club will have two fightsgoing on simultaneously, due tothe amount of competitors. “These girls have worked so
hard, mentally and physically,to get each other better,” Bishopsaid. “At the end of the fight,you will see the two fightershug and congratulate eachother, which is a testament tothe bond that they have built.”Even though each of the fight-
ers works to achieve victory inthe ring, they realize that theyare fighting for something big-
ger than just the competition. “Our coach told us yesterday
that no one loses in this contestbecause the audience gets someentertainment, we grow asfighters and the children inUganda receive a better educa-tion and better lives,” Kim said.“Sometimes you just step out ofthe ring and realize that youaren’t just helping yourself, butsomething much greater.”Baraka Bouts will start at 6
p.m. tonight in the Joyce CenterFieldhouse. Admission is $6 andall proceeds go to benefit theHoly Cross missions in Africa.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Roughly oneweek after Brett Sutter was jailedfollowing a bar fight, his fathertraded him away.Calgary general manager
Darryl Sutter sent his son Brettand defenseman Ian White to theCarolina Hurricanes onWednesday in exchange fordefenseman Anton Babchuk andforward Tom Kostopoulos. TheHurricanes announced the tradeabout three hours before theirgame against Ottawa.The younger Sutter is getting a
fresh start. The trade cameroughly a week after the 23-year-old got into a fight outside anArizona bar and was jailed brieflyon suspicion of assault.Calgary assistant general man-
ager Jay Feaster said the tradewas being talked about beforethat incident."This discussion took place
going back to the end of October,beginning of November," Feastersaid on a conference call. "He wasa player that Carolina identifiedas someone that they wanted inthe deal. So it evolved fromthere."Brett Sutter is also the nephew
of Calgary coach Brent Sutter andthe older cousin of Carolina alter-nate captain Brandon Sutter —Brent's son.Brett Sutter had been sent to
the Flames' AHL affiliate inAbbottsford earlier this week fora conditioning assignment, andthe Hurricanes said he will reportto their AHL affiliate in Charlotte."One of the things that Darryl
has always prided himself on isbeing able to separate out thepersonal relationship and thebusiness aspect of what it is thatwe do," Feaster said. "We were ina situation where Brett was notplaying, he was not able to crackthe starting lineup and hadn'tplayed in an extended period oftime. ..."It was a decision that was
made ... in the best interest of thehockey club."
Sutter had one assist in fourgames with the Flames this sea-son, averaging roughly 10 min-utes of ice time in his fourth pro-fessional season."Brett Sutter was part of this
deal all along," Carolina generalmanager Jim Rutherford said.White, 26, had two goals and
four assists in 16 games withCalgary this season, and hadcareer highs of 13 goals, 25assists and 83 games playedwhile splitting the 2009-10 seasonbetween Toronto and the Flames,who picked him up in January inthe Dion Phaneuf trade.Rutherford said he first
inquired about White's availabili-ty when the season started, andtalks accelerated after the Flamessigned defenseman MarkGiordano to a five-year contractextension last month.The roster shakeup came a few
days after the Hurricanes "were
embarrassed" in giving up a com-bined 15 goals in consecutivelosses to Philadelphia and atMontreal.The deal also ends Babchuk's
latest stint with the Hurricanes.The defenseman with a hard slapshot scored four game-winninggoals during Carolina's run to theEastern Conference final in 2009.He played last season in Russia
but agreed to a one-year dealwith Carolina in July, and hadthree goals and five assists thisseason.Kostopoulos had one goal and
three assists in 17 games this sea-son with the Hurricanes.To help fill the holes in the ros-
ter, Carolina also recalleddefenseman Brett Carson fromCharlotte and had him in the line-up for the game against theSenators. It marks Carson'sfourth stint with the Hurricanesthis season.
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Brett Sutter was traded from Calgary to Carolina by his father,Darryl, who is the Flames’ general manager.
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Pats and Colts setto play once again
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Anervous Tom Brady waswarming up before his firstpro start when one of hisopponents took a moment tointroduce himself.“He said, ‘Hi , Tom, I ’m
Peyton,’ “ Brady recalled,“which I thought was prettycool.”On that day in September
2001 in Foxborough, thePatriots star-to-be was sur-prised that Peyton Manning,who already had been in twoPro Bowls, even knew hisname. Since then, the topquarterbacks of the decadehave been frequent foes.New England and
Indianapolis may be in dif-ferent div is ions, but onSunday two of the NFL’smost dominant franchiseswi l l meet for the e ighthstraight season, the longeststreak between non-divisionopponents since the leaguereal igned i ts div is ions in2002.The tally so far: Patriots 7,
Colts 5, including a 2-1 play-off edge for New England.“You look at last year’s
notes, and they kind of lookthe same with players andscouting reports and all thedifferent things that they dowell and things that we’vegot to try to exploit,” Bradysaid Wednesday. “There’s alot of familiarity.”That first game, a 44-13
win in which Manning’s fourinterceptions contributedplenty to the Patriots’ suc-cess, is the most memorableto Brady in all his gamesagainst the Colts because itwas his first start. It cameone week af ter DrewBledsoe suffered internalbleeding on a hard hit fromMo Lewis of the New York
Jets.Brady isn’t as eager to
remember his last gameagainst the Colts.The Patriots lost 35-34 last
Nov. 15 when coach Bi l lBelichick’s big gamble failed.Hoping to seal the victory, hewent for it on fourth-and-2at his 28-yard line, but fell ayard short. The Colts got thebal l with 2:00 lef t andscored with 13 seconds to goon Manning’s 1-yard pass toReggie Wayne. AdamVinatieri then kicked thewinning extra point.“I haven’t thought about it
at all since probably thatgame, s ince that night ,”Brady said. “I’m always con-fident that we’re going to beable to make the play.”New England and
Indianapol is faced eachother twice in 2001 whenboth were in the AFC East.They didn’t meet in 2002when the Colts moved to theAFC South. But they’vehooked up once in each ofthe past seven regular sea-sons and three times in theplayoffs.One reason for such fre-
quency is that top teamsplay other top teams as partof the scheduling formula.The Patriots won the first
six games in the rivalry onceBrady became the starter,but since then the Colts havewon five of six.“I t ’s a lways a great
matchup,” said New Englandwide receiver Deion Branch,reacquired from Seattle onOct. 12. “I think every yearthings are totally different.”Both teams lead their divi-
s ions despi te numerousinjuries to key players. ThePatriots (7-2) are tied withthe New York Jets in the AFCEast. The Colts (6-3) lead theAFC South by one game.
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Ridderwall said even thoughTynan didn’t join the teamuntil two weeks before its firstgame, he wasted no time fit-ting right in.Now that the season is
underway, Jackson said hisprimary concern was makingsure Tynan stayed fresh forlater in the campaign. “He’s done a great job for us
thus far, but I want to makesure that he understands it’sabout the whole season andconsistency throughout thewhole year,” Jackson said.Jackson said that Tynan has
been getting some rotations on
the power play and penalty-killing units, in addition to hisregular shifts. While thecoaching staff likes his pres-ence on special teams, keepingTynan fresh for January andFebruary is the priority.Listed at 5-foot-8 and 156
pounds, Tynan will never bethe biggest guy on the ice, butJackson emphasized that hissize wasn’t necessari ly asimportant as his playing style.“He doesn’t play small ,”
Jackon said. “He plays big andthat’s the most importantcharacteristic. I’ve had 6-foot-4 guys that played small, andI’d rather have a guy like him— [5-foot-8] and plays big.”
Freshman center TJ Tynan advances on the ice in a game againstWestern Michigan on Oct. 29. The Irish won 3-2.
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McGraw said UCLA wouldnot be an easy opponent, butwould give the Irish a chanceto evaluate themselves betterthan in their first two con-tests. “They’re fast, they’re quick,
they rebound real ly wel l ,they’re obviously the bestteam we’ve seen so far thisyear, so it’s going to be a goodtest for us to see where [weare] right now,” McGraw said.“What do we need to work on,what do we need to get betterat, it’s a great opportunity forus to see where we are.”The Bruins (2-0) return four
starters and six of their seventop scorers from last season,including junior forwardJasmine Dixon, who was theteam’s leading scorer andrebounder a year ago. ButMcGraw said her team’s focus
isn’t on their opponents rightnow. “At this time of year espe-
cially, you just want to focuson yourself, and say, we haveto contain the ball, we have torebound, and make adjust-ments as the game goes on,”she said. “But in i t ia l ly wehave to try to execute. We’rest i l l so caught up in whatwe’re doing that that [worry-ing about the other team] willcome later.”McGraw said the Irish were
working on keeping up theintensity and energy in prac-tice and in the games.“They press so we will get to
see a team l ike ourselves .What that’s like for forty min-utes to see what the presslooks like, and it will be goodfor us to f igure i t out ,”McGraw said. “We haven’thad to execute. We want tosee what we can do offensive-ly. We haven’t had a chance toreally get a lot of half courtoffense working.”
McGraw said she has beenable to see an improvementfrom her post players so farthis season, both the startersand players coming off thebench. “I really think they’re play-
ing better. Each game, eachpractice, they look better,”she said. “They’re playingtogether post to post, theirinterior passing has gottenbetter, I think they’re reallystarting to get comfortable inthe offense. I’m confident inthem.”Looking beyond just the
posts, McGraw said the Irishare going to need to be readyon al l s ides of the courttonight, especially when the
Bruins move up on sophomoreguard Skylar Diggins at thepoint.“I imagine they’re going to
try to key on [Skylar], but itwill be up to everybody else totry to handle the ball, thateveryone else is ready,” shesaid.Diggins said she was ready
to use her own quickness, aswell as her teammates, as anadvantage and a means tocontrol the game.“Practice has been intense
and we’ve been working onwhat we need to work on butat the same time realizing wehave to stop what they do,too,” Diggins said. “Focusingon our game and really want
to control the tempo tomor-row. “We definitely want to use
our quickness to our advan-tage, making sure we reboundand box and get out in transi-tion and get some buckets.That’s how we get started andthat brings the energy andhopeful ly our crowd getsinvolved, it ’s going to be anice atmosphere. [Tonight is]just going to be a great placefor basketball, a great atmos-phere.”The Irish play host to the
Bruins tonight, with a 7 p.m.tipoff at Purcell Pavilion.
Sophomore guard Skylar Diggins goes up for a rebound against NewHampshire on Nov. 12. The Irish won 99-48.
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No. 24 Kenyon and No. 45Illinois.Irish coach Geoff McCuen
said the Irish should fare betterthis weekend against theBoilermakers and Broncos.“We have a chance of beating
both teams,” McCuen said.Irish captain Kenny Schlax
stressed that this tournamentwill be important for the Irish.“We need to improve our CSA
standing to have a good seed atnationals,” he said. “Last yearPurdue was ranked ten spotsabove us, so a win againstPurdue will give us a signifi-cant boost in terms of lookingforward for the season.”Schlax said that Notre Dame
has a rivalry with both Purdueand Western Michigan.“Notre Dame and Purdue are
two of only a few squash teamsin the area, so we see them alot in competition and winningagainst them is huge,” Schlaxsaid. “As with Purdue, we havea friendly rivalry againstWestern. We helped to getthem started and it’s good to
see that they have grown fromjust a few people playingsquash.”Both McCuen and Schlax said
they hope to see the Irish fanscome out and support thesquash team this Saturday.“It would be fantastic if we
could put some of the enthusi-asm and excitement into theJACC courts like we put intothe football stadium,” McCuensaid. “At some Ivy Leagueschools [that do not have] ourfootball tradition, squashcrowds are often filled withface-painted, pennant waving,screaming fans.”Schlax had a similar message
to the Irish faithful.“The team is really excited to
host our only match on campusthis year,” he said. “We hopethat we get some campus sup-port. Many people don’t knowwhat squash is. Come to thematch and find out.”The Irish open Saturday at 9
a.m. against Western Michiganand continue at 2 p.m. againstPurdue. All matches will beheld at the JACC courts, locat-ed between gates 1 and 10.
fourth-year forward TimAbromaitis and senior forwardsCarleton Scott and Tyrone Nashregistered double-doubles forthe Irish. Scott led the Irish with11 rebounds while Abromaitisand Nash each grabbed 10 inNotre Dame’s 59-rebound effort.Abromaitis and Nash were eachalso three assists shy of tripledouble, as their seven assistsapiece set new career highs.“My teammates make it easy
for me,” Nash said. “I’m notable to get to get seven assistswithout my teammates gettingin open spots and knockingdown shots. With our versatilityout there on the court it justmakes my job a whole lot easierand fun.”While Irish eventually cruised
to a 50-point victory, theCougars hung with the Irish forthe first ten minutes of the con-test. Chicago State had a fivepoint lead just over 2:30 into thegame and a 3-pointer byCougars senior guard JonathanMontgomery tied the game at 24with 10:38 remaining in theopening half.Notre Dame responded with
9:44 remaining in the first halfwhen Nash scored off an offen-sive rebound to give the Irish atwo-point cushion, but Cougarssenior guard Christian Wall
drained two free throws to tiethe game again at 26. After Wall converted his free-
throw attempts, freshmanguard Eric Atkins hit a jumperto give Notre Dame a lead itwouldn’t relinquish, and theIrish went on a 26-5 run to endthe half. Atkins finished with 12points and 5 assists, both careerhighs.“What helped us was that we
went zone,” Brey said. “I thinkthat changed their tempo a littlebit. They were in a rhythm run-ning their man offense, andguys were just playing loose andfiring, even guys that in thescouting report don’t have goodpercentages. But then we wentzone, and that changed theirrhythm for when they shot.”With all five starters scoring
in double figures, the Irishshowed just how dangerousthey could be as the season pro-gresses.“Two guys almost had triple
doubles, and it just [shows] youthe versatility of our team,”Nash said. “I feel bad for every-body that has to prepare for usbecause they have to guard us,and if you take one option away,you still have four other optionsto take care of so it’s hard.” After playing three games in
six days, the Irish will be offuntil Monday when they faceMaine at Purcell Pavilion.
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This summer, Notre Dameinstalled a new squash com-plex in the Joyce Center, andthe Irish are wasting little timein putting the facilities to use,hosting Western Michigan andPurdue at the Notre Dame FallInvitational this Saturday. Notre Dame competed two
weekends ago at the MidwestRound Robin at KenyonCollege. The Irish defeatedIllinois-Springfield and fell toKenyon, Illinois and Denison.Six of the nine players whocompeted for the Irish — whowere No. 56 in the CollegeSquash Association (CSA) pre-season rankings — were com-peting in their first collegiatematch. They were competingagainst much more experi-enced teams in No. 24 Denison,
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Three months ago, T.J.Tynan wasn’t even supposed tobe at Notre Dame. Now, he’sone of the most productiverookies in the CCHA.At the beginning of August,
the freshman center was inDes Moines, Iowa, readying forhis second season with theUSHL’s Des MoinesBuccaneers. Even though
Tynan signed his letter ofintent to play for the Irish inNovember 2009, the plan wasfor him to join the team for the2011 season.But when rising sophomore
Kyle Palmieri signed an entry-level contract with theAnaheim Ducks, a spot openedup on the Irish roster for thisseason. Ir ish coach JeffJackson said he let Tynandecide i f he was ready forDivision I college hockey.“He made the decision to
come and right now it’s look-ing l ike a great decision,”Jackson said.“Great decision” may be an
understatement. So far, Tynanleads all Irish freshmen witheight assists and 13 points,good enough for second on theteam. Monday, he was namedthe CCHA’s rookie of the weekfor the second week in a row.“Maybe we’re a little sur-
prised with how productivehe’s been,” senior left wingCalle Ridderwall said of Tynan.
“But I’m not surprised at allwith how well he’s playing.”Tynan notched an assist in
Notre Dame’s 3-1 win overMichigan Friday, and added agoal and an assist inSaturday’s 5-3 defeat. Tynanhad four points the weekendbefore, with two goals and twoassists in Notre Dame’s splitwith Bowling Green.Ridderwall said it was Tynan’son-ice intel l igence thatallowed him to be so produc-tive.
“He’s a playmaker thatscores so that’s two greatthings in one,” Ridderwallsaid. “He sees guys very well.He knows where you’re goingto be. It’s easy to know wherehe’s going to be because he’susually in the right spot.”One of the hallmarks for this
Irish team has been its cama-raderie, which many playershave attributed to an intensesummer of workouts.
Senior guard Ben Hansbroughremained red-hot for the Irishas Notre Dame downed ChicagoState 102-62 Wednesday at thePurcell Pavilion.Hansbrough entered the
game shooting 60 percent from3-point range and continued todrain buckets from the outside,knocking down a career-highsix shots from beyond the arcand leading Notre Dame with22 points.“[Irish coach Mike] Brey’s
done a great job slowing downmy tempo a little bit and lettingthe game come to me,”Hansbrough said. “Everybody’sjust doing a great job of findingme and I’ve been lucky enoughto make a couple shots.”Hansbrough was one of five
Irish players in double figureson the night. In addition,
Walking into a makeshiftclassroom at Lakeview SeniorSecondary School, Anna Dwyersaw benches used as desks andheard about the drainage prob-lems that affected the livingconditions of the students. This was reason enough to
show Dwyer, the Women’sBoxing Club president, thateven though the fights hadended, the real fight was notover. “We have seen how much we
have helped the school, butthere are still some problemsthat we can make a big step infixing with the bouts,” Dwyersaid.
The No. 12 Irish will facetheir first big challenge ofthe season ton ight whenthey host No. 15 UCLA inthe two teams’ first meetingsince 1998. “ I t ’s go ing to be a b ig
chal lenge . I t ’s a greatopportunity for us to comeout and play a really goodteam early in the season,”Irish coach Muffet McGrawsaid. “It’s just a great situa-tion to see what are theygoing to do, something wehaven’t seen yet obviouslysince we’ve only played twogames, so there’s still a lot
that we haven’t seen, andget some work against thezone, we haven’t had a lotto work against the zone yeteither. I think a lot of goodthings [will come out tomor-row].” Notre Dame (2-0) defeated
New Hampshire 99-48 lastweek and Morehead State91-28 Monday to commenceits season. In the win overNew Hampshire, the Irishrecorded new programrecords in steals (36) andforced turnovers (49). Thewins marked the first back-to-back wins by at least 50points for the first time inschool history. McGraw said
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Fourth year forward Tim Abromaitis dunks during the Irish game against Chicago State Wednesday.Abromatitis scored 21 points as the Irish beat the Cougars 102-62.
BARAKA BOUTS
Women fight for UgandaBy ANDREW GASTELUMSports Writer
see DWYER/page 10
Photo courtesy of Anna Dwyer
Baraka Bouts, which begins tonight, supports students atLakeview Senior Secondary School in Uganda.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Irish ready for Bruinsafter two big wins
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Squash usescomplex tohost teamsBy MICHAEL TODISCOSports Writer
CLUB SPORTS
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By MEAGHAN VESELIKSports Writer
By MIKE GOTIMERSports Writer
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All five starters rackup double digits in win
Freshman Tynan already shines after unexpected seasonBy SAM WERNERSports Writer
