ByJENN METZNews Editor

The four tickets vying for the positions of student body president and vice president presented them ­selves before their constituents in the annual general e lec tio n d eb a te held by the Ju d ic ia l Council Wednesday night.

G eorge C ham berlin , p re s id en t of the Jud ic ia l Council, acted as moderator of the hour-long debate, and asked the candidates three questions from the Council and five submitted by students.

The tickets — juniors Laura Burdick and Derek Sanchez, ju n io r G ran t Schm idt and sophom ore Cynthia Weber, junior James McCaughan and sopho­more Tom Gorski and freshm en Luke Lennon and Charlie Harig — gave two minute opening statements,

see DEBATE/page 8

Most journalists go their whole careers without ever covering a debate in which one of the candi­d a tes u ses the te rm “the lube crew .” I amnot one of Kaitlynn Rielytho se jo u r- ______nalists.

S t u d e n t governm ent c a n d id a te s Luke Lennon and Charlie Harig want the dining halls, particularly North, to hire workers to continu­ously “lube” the salad bowls so they do not stick when picked up.

This was just one of the many

Associate News Editor

see TICKETS/page 6

University to celebrate anniversaryBy LIZ O ’DONELLNews W riter

Today m arks the beg inn ing o f a y e a rlo n g c e le b ra tio n of C harles D arw in’s life th a t will take place a t N otre Dame.

“D arw in a t N otre D am e” is a s e r ie s o f e v e n ts th a t w ill tak e p lace a t th e U n iversity th r o u g h th e r e s t o f th is sch o o l y e a r as w ell as in to the next in o rd e r to com m em ­o ra te th e life an d w o rk s of the esteem ed scientist.

M argare t C ulhane, a sen io r m a jo rin g in Biology an d the P ro g ram of L ib era l S tu d ie s , said the p lann ing for th is ce l­e b r a t i o n h a s b e e n ta k in g place for a round two years.

“ I h a v e b e e n a c t iv e ly involved in “D arw in a t N otre D am e” since A ugust, though I do r e s e a r c h a s a r e s e a r c h a s s is ta n t for Phil S loan w ho h a d m e c o m p il in g l i s t s o f D arw in even ts all la s t y ea r,” she sa id , “1 know th a t p la n ­ning for the even ts has been u n d e r w a y s in c e 2 0 0 7 a t le a s t .”

2 0 0 9 m a r k s th e 2 0 0 th an n iv e rsa ry of D arw in’s b irth and the 150th an n iv e rsa ry of th e p u b lic a t io n o f h is m o s t fam ous w ork, “On the Origin of Species.”

On the official Web site of th e c e l e b r a t i o n , J o h n M cG reev y , D ean o f th e C ollege o f A rts a n d L e tte rs s a id , “T h a t N o tre D am e w ould ce leb ra te , and investi­g a te D a rw in ’s a c c o m p lis h -

see DARWIN/page 9

Obama's racial impact on U.S. debatedBy SARAH MERVOSHNews W riter

L a s t n ig h t , " s tu d e n ts a n d university sta ff m em bers m et in the Colem an-M orse Lounge fo r a n i n t e r r a c i a l fo ru m c a lle d “W h e re Do We Go From H ere ,” w hich discussed the im pact of the e lection of th e n a t i o n ’s f i r s t A fr ic a n A m erican p resident.

P a rtic ipan ts included m em : b e r s o f W a b ru d a , th e m a le A f r ic a n A m e r ic a n c lu b on cam pus, Shades of Ebony, the fem ale African A m erican club on c a m p u s , S is te r s o f N e f e r t i t i , a n A fr ic a n A m erican club at Saint M ary’s

anfl s ta ff m em b ers from the University Counseling Center, s a id S a in t M a ry ’s s e n io r M elissa Gates, who facilitated the discussion.

G ates began the discussion by p o s in g th e q u e s t io n , “W here do we go from h e re a s A frican A m e ric a n s a f te r A m erica has e lec ted its firs t black p resid en t? And also ... does this change anything for everyday people, [like] u s?”

“1 th in k one th in g th a t we h a v e to u n d e r s t a n d , s in c e B a ra c k O b a m a is in o ffice th a t doesn ’t m ean th a t we are in a p o s t - r a c ia l A m e r ic a ,” Senior M atthew Tipton, p resi­d e n t o f W ab ru d a , sa id . “I t’s so m eth in g th a t gives people

confidence for change. It’s a sy m b o l fo r u s in A m e r ic a going a long way.”

Ju n io r and co -p re s id en t of S h a d e s o f E b ony , D a n ie l le Keller agreed th a t Obam a can be seen as a symbol of hope, but w arned against relying on O bam a to solve all problem s.

“T here is a danger of saying look w hat he can do for us. It tu rn s into a M essiah complex. W hat is really im portan t at a local level is th a t people will be in s p ire d by h im ,” K elle r said.

T h e q u a l i ty t h a t m a k e s O b am a so in s p ir in g is how m u c h p e o p le a r e a b le to r e l a t e to h im , J e n n i f e r K estn e r from the U niversity

Counseling C enter said.“H e ’s so r e l a t a b l e . L ittle

k id s ca n se e th e m s e lv e s in him. You know, h e ’s shooting b a sk e tb a ll w ith anyone in a pick up gam e. T h a t provides som e hope th a t i t ’s no t ju s t som e suit and tie th a t re p re ­s e n ts th e p r e s id e n c y . . . He rep resen ts a family m an. [He 1 cam e from a poor background an d h as m ad e it. T h a t p ro ­vides m ore h o p e ,” she said.

K eller sa id th a t th is im age th a t people can re la te to has m ade it “coo l” to be a com ­m u n ity o rg a n iz e r , b e c a u s e O b a m a w a s a c o m m u n ity o rg an ize r and it has becom e

see FORUM/page 9

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Zoning laws main topic of concern for CouncilBy MADELINE BUCKLEYNews W riter

Continuing the exam ination of student relations with the South Bend com m unity, the S tu d en t S e n a te h o s te d 4 th d i s t r ic t Common Council m em ber Ann Puzzello to p resen t South Bend r e s i d e n t s ’ s id e o f th e s to ry Wednesday.

Puzzello said the com m unity is grateful because it has seen a decrease in noisy s tuden t p a r ­tie s , bu t she asked for b e tte r com m unication th an th ere has been in the past.

S he s a id th e r e la t io n s h ip betw een the University and the community does not have to be a love/hate one, as long as there is d irec t com m unication about

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issues such as s tu d en t p a rtie s and zoning laws.

“I th ink the two g roups can w o rk to g e th e r q u ite w e l l ,” Puzzello said. “There are ways you can be neighbors, instead of isolated from the com m uni­ty ”

A disregard for zoning laws — which limit houses w here more than two un re la ted people are allow ed to live — by s tu d en ts looking to live off cam pus is a problem th a t plagues the com ­munity, Puzzello said. A lot of houses are turning into student housing th a t should not, e sp e ­c ia lly in th e H a r te r H e ig h ts neighborhood, directly south of c a m p u s , n e a r N o tre D am e Avenue and Angela Boulevard.

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TOM LA/The ObserverStudent body president Bob Reish and vice president Grant Schmidt lead discussion on relations with the Common Council.

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It could be worse

Next time you w ant to moan about parie ta ls or alcohol rules, rem em ber: you could have it much worse.

Like the students of Liberty University in Richmond, Va. You’re upset that you can ’t take shots of SoCo at 3:30 a.m . gm alone in your room with some hot littlenum ber you met at S [s EdU()r the party down the ha ll; s tu d e n ts at L iberty co m p la inthat they can’t do laundry after 10 p.m. on a Tuesday.

You can ’t w atch movies ra ted R at Liberty, and if you do it’s a “reprimand- able offense,” according to the on-cam- pus living guide. You also ca n ’t play video games rated M, A or RR I’m think­ing that means “Call of Duty” is out; this seems to be a more “Yoshi’s Story” kind of school. Anything loud enough to be heard in the hallway is considered too loud, which m akes Rock Band a little troublesome.

Music m ust be kept within Christian standards, w hatever tha t m eans, and the university employs a “reprim and” system to discipline s tuden ts. Think house points from Harry Potter but in a negative fashion. Different offenses have different amounts of reprimands; staying out past curfew is four reprimands, hav­ing a weapon is 30. I don’t know what they add up to, but at this point it’s not looking good.

They do have a curfew : M idnight Sunday, M onday, W ednesday and Thurdsay. 10 p.m. Tuesday. Friday and Saturday the students go crazy because they don’t have to be back until 12:30. And curfew means curfew, because stu­dents aren’t allowed out of their dorms afterwards. Of course, no laundry after curfew.

By the way, if you’re sm art enough to live off campus, you’re not welcome on cam pus after curfew. T here’s also no sunbathing on cam pus (except by the Campus East pool, clearly the place to go to scan for the honeys). Sounds like a rosy dorm environm ent. It b e tte r be, because you can’t stay anywhere but the dorm. Direct quote: “Resident freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are not permit­ted to stay off campus overnight in the apartments or houses of single off-cam­pus individuals.” No overnights with sin­gles? Isn’t that the point of an overnight?

No PDA here, because “Handholding is the only appropriate form of personal contact.” You can’t even visit the apart­m ent of som eone of the opposite sex unless there are three or more people there, and God forbid you have to pee, because “under no circumstances” are you allowed to enter the bathroom of the opposite sex. In fact, blanket statements sum it up best: guys and gals can’t be alone in school buildings, in an open area after dusk and never ever ever can they enter each other’s dorms.

H arsh, righ t? M akes Notre D am e’s ru les seem tam e in com parison . So rem em ber the next time you’re aching to sneak a friend into your room for some fun time or crack open a bottle of hard A, be glad you can still play Halo and visit Reckers at 1 a.m. It’s a privi­lege.

And i t’s a good th ing Liberty is in Virginia, and not here: there’s no sled­ding allowed on campus.

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T h ere w ill be a con ference on “S u s ta in a b ility and th e E n viron m en t: T he O rig inal Green” at 7 p.m. today in 104Bond Hall. The even t is free and open to the public.

Keenan Hall’s annual com e­dy show “The Keenan Revue” will take place tonight, Friday and Saturday at 7p.m. in the O’L a u g h lin A u d ito r iu m a t Saint M ary’s College.

The Baseball Eighth Annual Opening Night Dinner will be a t 7 p.m. in the Joyce Center F ieldhouse. Mike Scioscia of the LA Angels and Notre Dame a lu m J e f f S a m a rd z i ja will*, s p e a k . N o tre D am e te a m m em bers, who will be sea led a t, tab les w ith the re s t of the attendees, will be available for a u to g ra p h s p rio r to the d in ­n er, from 6 - 6 :45 p .m . For d in n e r t i c k e t in f o r m a t io n , please contact the Notre Dame ath le tics ticket office a t (574) 631-7356.

L A. T h ea tre W orks p r e s ­e n ts “T he G reat T e n n e sse e Monkey Trial” Saturday a t 7 p.m. in the Decio M ainstage T h e a tr e o f th e D e B a r to lo P e rfo rm in g A rts C enter. The play is based on original t ra n ­s c r ip ts o f th e fa m o u s 1925 T e n n e s s e e v. J o h n S c o p e s “M onkey T r ia l ,” w h ich c h a l­le n g e d th e n e w ly p a s s e d Tennessee leg isla tu re ’s “Butler A ct” b an n in g the teach in g of evolution in the s ta te ’s public s c h o o ls . P u r c h a se t ic k e t s online, visit o r call the Ticket Office a t 574-631-2800.

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Man sh o w s up drunk to serve intoxication sentence

IOWA CITY A uthorities say a 19-year- o ld Io w a C ity m an show ed up d runk to serve a th ree -d ay public in tox i­c a t io n s e n te n c e a t th e J o h n s o n C o un ty J a i l on T u e sd a y . C o u rt r e c o r d s sa id in itia l te s ts show ed th e m a n h a d a b lo o d - alcoho l c o n te n t o f 0 .101 p e rc e n t w hen he a rriv ed a t the ja il.

He now fa c e s a n o th e r c h a rg e , bu t a co u rt d a te on the new charge h a sn 't been set.

C o u rt re c o rd s sa id the m a n p le a d e d g u i l ty to

public intoxication in May 2008 an d w as co n v ic ted of public intoxication sec ­o n d - o f f e n s e l a s tDecember.

Man bold ly robs C olo , store with Star Trek sword

COLORADO SPRINGS — C o lo ra d o p o l ic e s a y a m an w ith too m uch "S tar T re k " on his m ind used a sw o rd m odeled a f te r the w e a p o n c a r r i e d byK lin g o n w a r r i o r s to dem and m oney from two convenience sto res.

I n v e s t ig a to r s s a y th e m a n to o k a n u n k n o w n am ount of cash from a 7- E leven s to re W ednesday

b u t le f t e m p ty - h a n d e d w h e n h e t r i e d to ro b a n o th e r s to r e a b o u t 25 m inu tes later.

P o lic e L t. D av id W hitlock says no one was in jured .

T he S ta rT rek .co m Web s i te s a y s th e d o u b le ­p o in te d sw o rd u s e d by th e K lin g o n s on " S ta r Trek" is c re sc e n t-sh ap e d a n d a b o u t a y a rd lo n g . P o lic e d id n o t s p e c ify w h a t m a te r i a l i t w a s m ade of.

No o n e h a s b e e n charged in the incident.

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CEAC measures waste in SMC dining hall

Faith, liberalism relationship discussed

By MANDI STIRONENews W riter

Yesterday afternoon, Saint Mary’s College E nvironm ental Action Coalition collected the wasted food from 856 people during lunch in the Saint Mary’s Dining Hall. The sec­ond “Weigh Your W aste” event amassed a grand total of 267 3/4 pounds, said Gwen O’B rien, Director of Media Relations.

T hat equals out to abou t .31 pounds per person, down .01 from last February’s “Weigh Your Waste” w hich am assed a to ta l of 226 pounds for 708 people, equaling about .32 pounds per person.

During lunch hours in the Dining Hall, four student volunteers along with Dr. Doris Watt and some mem­bers of the Dining Hall staff, collect­ed food that students hadn’t eaten, member Monica Aguirre said.

“We just decided we wanted to do it again,” she said, referring to last year’s “Weigh Your Waste” event.

“I just think people need to be aware about how much food they’re not ea tin g ,” m em ber, Jam ie Thordsen said.

Aguirre also said the event was about awareness, and added that it was an attempt to convince students to change their habits.

“Especially for today but even m ore after this type of thing, I notice. ... hopefully people will too, especially people who try to hide their food,” she said.

Something the volunteers noticed was the effect their presence had on

students, volunteer, Claire Easby- Smith said.

“W e’ve go tten b a n a n a s and apples [that haven’t been eaten],” she said, adding that they’ve also found unopened packets of crackers on some trays that students were just throwing away.

But regardless of how they react, the important thing is that students are taking notice, Easby-Smith said.

“They see what we’re trying to do, others find it disgusting,” she said.

Some students, after dropping off their trays, said they think part of the waste problem is a lack of vari­ety in the Dining Hall.

“Well, I do think it’s really sad how m uch food we w aste ...I do think the Dining Hall sucks. We had Spanish rice ten times within the past seven days,” junior Anastasia Wilson said. “Regardless of whether we like it or not, it’s sad that people are starving elsewhere.”

Fellow jun ior, M egan Sotak agreed with her, adding that some­times people forget how lucky they are.

“It’s easy to take it for granted,” she said.

Another student, sophomore Liz Cress, pointed out that she didn’t know how much students wasted until she saw it all in the buckets the environmental group was using to hold the wasted food in.

“I think it’s a good idea,” she said, “I never realized how people don’t recycle.”

Contact Mandi Stirone mstiroO 1 @sain tmarys.edu

By CHRISTINE FAGANNews W riter

A bout 40 peo p le g a th e re d in H esburgh C enter to h e a r a d eb a te concern ing the “re la ­t io n s h ip b e tw e e n fa ith an d l i b e r a l i s m ,” a s p u t in th e q u e s t io n by A. J a m e s M cA d am s, d i r e c t o r o f th e N a n o v ic I n s t i t u t e fo rE uropean S tudies.

M ark L ilia, a P ro fe sso r of H u m a n i t ie s a t C o lu m b ia University, recen tly w ro te his a n s w e r in th e p ro v o c a tiv e b o o k , “T h e S ti l lb o rn God; R e l i g i o n P o l i t ic s , a n d th e M o d e rn W e s t .” H is o p p o n e n t ,N o tre D a m e ’s ow n P ro fe s so r D a n i e l P h ilpo tt, w ro te a b lo gresp o n se to the b o o k ’s c la im s , b u t y e s te r d a y th e tw o m e n w e r e g iv e n a c h a n c e to m e e t an d d e b a te face to face.

P h ilp o tt b eg an th e d e b a te by say ing th a t re lig ious p h i­losophy h a s alw ays been c ru ­cial to the expansion of lib e r­a l i s m , a n d t h a t a t r u e divorce of the two is not pos­sible. He added th a t relig ion lays a foundation for m odern liberalism .

“A rg u m e n ts fo r r e l ig io u s

t o l e r a n c e , ” P h i lp o t t s a id , “ a r e r o o te d in b ib l i c a l th o u g h t.”

P h ilpo tt sa id th a t theo logy its e lf defends re lig io u s f re e ­d o m , a n d w a s th e r o o t to s u c h m o v e m e n ts a s e a r ly fem inism and the civil rig h ts m ovem ent.

Lilia co u n te re d th a t s ta te ­m en t la te r by say ing desp ite b e in g c o r re c t; P h ilp o tt w as n e g le c t in g b ib l ic a l lye n d o rs e d ra c is m , d e n ia l of e d u c a t io n to w o m e n , a n d h ie ra rch y in the hom e.

“[The C hurch said] a rig h t to r e l ig io u s f r e e d o m is a rig h t to hum an d ig n i ty ,” s a id Philpott.

T h e n L ilia to o k h is t u r n a n d b e g a n it w ith his defin i­tion of political theology.

“ P o l i t i c a l theology,” Lilia sa id , “is a doc­trin e th a t gives i n s t i t u t i o n s a l e g i t i m a t e

a u th o r i t y b a s e d on d iv in e re v e la tio n s .”

Lilia sa id th a t th e s e p a r a ­tion of ch u rch and s ta te does n o t in c lu d e c u ltu re , v a lu e s , or re lig io u s a rg u m e n ts , and t h a t in f a c t , a l l o f t h e s e th in g s c a n e x is t u n d e r th e sep a ra tio n . He also sa id th a t d if fe re n t g o v e rn m e n ts have d iffe ren t levels of sep a ra tio n , for exam ple , he sa id th a t in

th e UK all re lig io u s sch o o ls a re governm ent funded.

Lilia said th a t his o pponen t m ade very good p o in ts , and even a g reed th a t, “The idea of se p a ra tio n of ch u rch v e r­s u s s t a t e c o m e s f ro m C a th o l ic t h i n k e r s a n d th e p ro te s ta n t id ea of in d iv idua l­ity of re lig ious e x p e rie n c e .”

Y et, L ilia w e n t on to say th a t th is fac t h a s n o th in g to do w ith legitim acy.

“We c a n ’t be s u r e w h a t God w an ts from us in po liti­c a l l i f e , ” L ilia s a id . “A nd h u m a n -b e in g s ru lin g th e m ­selves is su ffic ien t for leg iti­m acy.”

Y et, L ilia , d e s p i te sa y in g th e s e p a r a t io n w a s a good th ing , also sa id th a t to ta l d is­r e g a rd of th eo lo g y w as n o t the b est ap p ro ach to govern­ing.

“ It is a good th in g w e ’re p a s t p o l i t i c a l th e o lo g y fo r leg itim acy ,” said Lilia, “But it is no t a good th ing to je ttiso n all th e theo log ical a p p e a ls .”

L ilia u se d th e ex a m p le of h u m a n d ig n i ty in g o v e r n ­m en t and the concep t of the so u l to c o n c lu d e h is a r g u ­m ent. He asked if it w as p o s­s ib le to d e f in e o r d e fe n d h u m a n d ig n ity w ith o u t th e theo logical concep t of a soul.

T h e e n d o f th e d e b a te m a rk e d th e b e g in n in g o f a b ig g e r c o n fe re n c e a t N o tre D am e invo lv ing th e s e p a r a ­tion of ch u rch and s ta te .

Contact Christine Fagan at cfagan2@nd.edu

“It is a good th ing w e ’re p a s t p o litic a l

th eo logy fo r leg itim acy. B ut it is not a good th ing to

je ttiso n a ll the th eo log ica l appea ls . ”

Mark Lilia professor of humanities

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Special to T h e O bserverBy MADELINE BUCKLEYNews W riter

T h e m en o f K e e n a n H all have spent six m onths pu tting toge ther the highly an tic ip a t­ed com edy show, the K eenan Revue, but it only took 11 and a h a lf m inu tes for tick e ts to th e sh o w to s e ll o u t on a ll th r e e n ig h ts , show d ire c to r D anny W heeland said.

S tu d e n ts en joy th e m e rc i­less m ocking of N otre Dam e life e v e ry y e a r b e c a u s e a g ro u p of a b o u t 100 K eenan Hall re s id e n ts w ork as w rit­ers , ac to rs, stage crew, pub li­c is ts a n d m o re to p ro d u c e th is cam pus fixture.

“We get the sta ff toge ther in S e p te m b e r , an d in O ctober, we s ta r t th inking of a th em e ,” W heeland said. “From th e re , w e h ype up a ll guys in th e d o rm , e sp e c ia lly th e f r e s h ­m an, letting them know w hat the Revue is .”

T he s ta f f th e n w a its u n til second sem este r to s ta r t the a c tu a l p r o d u c t io n o f th e revue, he said.

As th e d ire c to r W heeland , a long w ith p ro d u cer A ndrew D erksen , is in ch arg e of h ir ­ing staff, overseeing the w rit­ing of the skits and collecting funds for the show. The Hall receives a sm all am ount from the S tu d en t A ctivities Office, b u t m o s t o f th e fu n d in g com es from d o n a tio n s from K e e n a n H all a lu m n i ,

W heeland said.W heeland and D erksen said

th e y c h o se h e a d w r i te r s to o v e r s e e th e ‘R e v u e N e w s ’ s e g m e n t o f th e K e e n a n Revue, w rite as m any skits as p o s s ib le a n d h e lp w ith th e skits subm itted by o th e r hall res id en ts in an open call.

“The h ead w rite rs a re the m o st e x p e r ie n c e d an d have w r i t t e n m a n y s k i ts in th e p a s t ,” D erksen said . “We try to get them to w rite as many skits as they ca n .”

“T h e y a r e g u y s w h o a r e g enera lly know n to be funny guys,” W heeland said.

A fter the sk its a re w ritten , th e r e a re a u d it io n s to p lay th e d i f f e r e n t r o le s in th e show , W h e e la n d sa id . T h is year, there a re betw een 20 to 25 skits, he said.

T he show , e n ti t le d “ I t ’s a B ird , I t ’s a P la n e , I t ’s th e K eenan Revue!” has a su p e r­h e ro th e m e th is y e a r , W heeland said.

O ne s k i t e x p lo r e s N o tre D am e’s d in ing h a lls , spec ifi­cally the re la tionsh ip betw een s tu d e n t s a n d w o r k e r s , he said.

W heeland said an o th er skit a ttem pts to answ er the qu es­tion of w h a t re a lly h ap p e n s w h e n g ir ls go to th e b a th ­room.

“T here is such a w ide vari­ety of con ten t in all the sk its ,” D erksen said.

The show is then perform ed for the Rector of K eenan Hall,

Fr. Dan Nolan, who can veto any objectionable m ateria l.

“He s its in d u r in g try o u ts and gives his approval of skits so you w o n ’t g e t th e c o m ­p le te ly o b sc e n e an d r id ic u ­lous sk its ,” D erksen said.

W heeland sa id a couple of skits w ere om itted during the try o u ts , bu t they w ere sk its th a t would not have m ade the final cu t anyways.

“We know w h a t’s ap p ro p ri­a te ,” D erksen said.

Since the Revue will be held a t S a in t M a ry ’s O’L au g h lin A u d i to r iu m , th e C o lleg e review s the show to ensu re it is “n o t j u s t b a s h in g S a in t M ary’s ,” W heeland said.

“It’s touchy,” D erksen said. “T h ey u s u a lly le t a c o u p le th in g s go a s lo n g a s you a re n ’t b la tan tly m aking fun of them and no t m aking fun of anyone e lse .”

If th ere are ju s t a couple of things in the show, they u su ­ally le t th a t slide, W heeland said.

“We do little th in g s to get around it like ‘Saint M onica’s College,”’ he said.

D erksen and W heeland said they a re look ing fo rw ard to th e sho w an d h ope to h e a r lau g h te r in th e crowd.

“H o p e fu lly t h e r e w ill be lau g h te r,” W heeland said. “If not, they you will h ear crying from m e.”

Contact Madeline Buckley at mbuckley@nd.edu

The economic stim ulus pack­age w ind ing its w ay th ro u g h C ongress inc ludes $20 billion for health inform ation technolo­gy, or h ea lth IT. The funding w o u ld b o o s t th e m o v e m e n t tow ard establishing an in terop­e ra b le n a t io n a l sy s te m for ex ch an g in g e lec tro n ic h ea lth records (EFIRs) and is expected to in c r e a s e th e n u m b e r of physicians who use e lectron ic re c o rd system s in th e ir p ra c ­tices. C urren tly , less th a n 20 percent do.

Corey A ngst, a N otre Dam e m a n a g e m e n t p ro fe s s o r an d expert on health IT, says such a move will save money, promote wellness, and most importantly, save lives.

“E le c tro n ic h e a lth re c o rd s p ro v id e the m e a n s fo r all of your information to be available to you and every physician or health care provider whom you w ish to see i t , ” A n g st s a id . “This will not only reduce the likelihood of d up lica te te s ts - w h ic h in c r e a s e h e a l th - c a r e costs needlessly - but also make m edical e rro r less likely.

“If a doctor can review your en tire history of drug allergies o r t r e a tm e n ts by c a ll in g up your electronic record, there is less chance th a t a w rong p re ­scription or some other e rro r is m ade.”

Angst says that according to a 1999 study by the Institu te of M edicine, “To E rr is H um an:

B u ild in g a S a fe r H e a lth System ,” betw een 44 ,000 and 9 8 ,0 0 0 A m e r ic a n s d ie e a c h year due to avoidable m edical errors.

Angst also points out the n e t­work effects of having an in ter­operable system.

“EFIRs are som ew hat like fax machines in tha t the true value c o m es fro m lo ts o f p e o p le ad o p tin g th e tech n o lo g y — a fax m ach in e is of no v alue if only you own one,” he said.

“While there is some value in a single doctor having an EHR, the public or societal value is ex p o nen tia lly m ore w hen the vast majority has them.

“If a ll of th is r ic h m e d ic a l d a ta is re s id in g in d a ta b a se s that can be analyzed, it isn’t a s t r e t c h to th in k th a t researchers could be using the d a ta to d e v e lo p n ew d ru g s , identify o u tb reak s , sea rch for geograph ic pockets of ce rta in diseases, and even identify the best m eans of countering obesi­ty or even the common cold.”

Many people a re co n cern ed th a t d ig itiz ing h ea lth reco rd s could resu lt in loss of privacy, b u t A n gst sa id th a t th ro u g h education, m ost consum ers will become m ore com fortable with electronic records.

“D ig itiz in g s c a r e s a lm o s t everybody, but nothing is really changing in te rm s of in fo rm a­tion becom ing less p riv a te or s e c u r e ,” he s a id . “ P a p e r records are potentially m ore of a security risk."

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Sunni leader claims election fraudBAGHDAD — A senior Sunni tribal leader

claimed W ednesday to have hundreds of doc­um ents proving fraud in w eekend elections in A nbar province, e sca la ting a crisis th a t has th reatened to reignite violence in the for­mer insurgent stronghold.

Iraq’s electoral commission, which is over­seeing the process, prom ised it w as taking the com plain ts se rio u sly and w a rn e d the Findings from an investigation could affect election results for the province.

S ig n a lin g th e h ig h s ta k e s in v o lv e d , a prom inent national Sunni law m aker traveled to Anbar province to try to m ediate the dis­p u te , w hich h as p it te d th e tr ib a l le a d e rs against a rival Sunni party tha t is p art of the national government.

“We cam e to A nbar province to ease the situation because there is a lot of tension ,” said Saleh al-M utlaq . “T here w as a lot of fraud . Its effects will be g re a t un less it is resolved.”

Russia to h e lp in A fghanistanMOSCOW — P resid en t D m itry M edvedev

said Wednesday that Russia and its ex-Soviet allies w anted to cooperate w ith the United S ta te s on s ta b iliz in g A fg h an is tan bu t he a p p e a re d to link any h e lp to c h a n g e s in W estern policy.

Saying Moscow and its allies “are ready for full-fledged, com prehensive c o o p e ra tio n ,” the R ussian le a d e r seem ed to im ply th a t Moscow’s help on A fghanistan w as contin­gent on a b ro ad er list of changes it w ants from the new U.S. adm inistration.

These include a halt to NATO enlargem ent in Europe and the cancellation of plans for a U.S. missile-defense system on Russia’s w est­ern borders.

N a t io n a l N e w s

Ark. official injured in car bombWEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — A car bomb explo­

sion critically wounded the head of the Arkansas panel that licenses and disciplines doctors, deto­nating in his driveway as he was leaving for work, authorities said.

Police said they had no idea why someone would target Dr. Trent P. Pierce, chairman of the Arkansas State Medical Board. The explosive device placed on or near the car shattered the front of his white Lexus hybrid in a blast the police chief said could be heard a mile away.

“We don’t know if this was a random target or someone specifically targeted him, ” said West Memphis Police Chief Bob Paudert. He said it wasn’t known if the doctor was in his car or out­side it when the device exploded.

G ood Sam aritan sto p s su ic id eCAMDEN, N.J. — Jesse Coltrane exchanged

in s ta n t m essag es and p h o n e ca lls w ith a despondent California teenager, then became startled by the picture on his w ebcam : The young m an who had been discussing suicide was starting to cut the skin of his forearm with a razor blade.

The teen stopped answering the phone and logged off his computer.

T h a t’s w hen C oltrane called S acram ento police, who quickly went in search of the young man.

By the time officers found the 18-year-old, he had decided not to go through with the attempt, said police spokesman Sgt. Norm Leong.

L o c a l N e w s

Highway com m issioner resignsINDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s sta te highway

c o m m is s io n e r is r e s ig n in g a n d w ill be rep laced by the execu tive d ire c to r of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.

In d ia n a D e p a rtm e n t of T ra n s p o r ta tio n Commissioner Karl Browning will step down a t the end of February to re tu rn to the p ri­vate sector.

Gov. Mitch Daniels says he did all he could to keep Browning, who he says did a spec­ta c u la r jo b . T h e g o v e r n o r ’s o ffice s a id Browning didn’t plan to stay in sta te govern­m ent very long.

Obama signs health insurance billBill extends coverage to 4 million uninsured children, additional $32.8 billionAssociated Press

WASHINGTON P re s id e n t B arack O bam a s ig n ed a b ill W ed n esd ay extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children, a m uch-needed win a day after he lost his nominee to lead his drive for sweeping health care reform.

“T his is good. T h is is good,” a smiling Obama said as he entered the East Room fo r th e p ack ed , e b u llie n t signing ceremony.

The bill went to the White House fresh from passage in the D em ocratic-contro lled House, on a vote of 290-135. Forty Republicans joined in approval.

The bill calls for spending an additional $32.8 billion on the State C hildren’s Health Insurance Program , known as SCHIP, which now enrolls an estim ated 7 million chil­dren. Lawmakers generated tha t revenue by raising the federal tobacco tax.

Obama said adding 4 mil­lion children to the program w as a key step tow ard his promise of universal health care coverage for all.

“We fulfill one of the high­est responsibilities th a t we have, to ensu re the health an d w e ll-b e in g of o u r nation’s children,” the presi­dent said before a cheering aud ience of fam ilies, law ­m akers and interest groups. “Providing coverage to 11 million children is a down­payment on my commitment to co v er ev e ry s ing le American.”

Republicans criticized the cost of the legislation. They also said it will mean an esti­m ated 2.4 million children who otherw ise would have access to private insurance will join the State Children’s Health Insurance Program instead.

“The Dem ocrats continue to push th e ir governm ent- run health care agenda — universal coverage, as they ca ll i t , ” sa id Rep. P ete Sessions, R-Texas.

T he b il l ’s p a s sa g e s h as long been a top priority of

D em ocratic law m akers. In late 2007, President George W. Bush twice vetoed similar bills. The Senate passed the same bill last week. Obama made it a top priority in his first 100 days and one step in his push for universal cov­erage by the end of his first term.

“P re s id e n t O bam a and Congress are demonstrating th a t c h an g e h as com e to W ash in g to n , an d we a re moving forward to improve th e q u a lity of life fo r American families struggling d u ring these h a rd tim es ,” said Rep. Charles Rangel, D- N.Y., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

House passage came a day a f te r O b am a’s cho ice for h e a lth s e c re ta ry , Tom Daschle, withdrew his nomi­

nation, citing the distraction of his de lin q u en t tax pay­ments.

SCHIP w as crea ted m ore th an a decade ago to help c h ild re n in fam ilie s w ith incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid but too low to afford private coverage.

Federal money for the pro­g ram w as s e t to e x p ire March 31, barring action by C o n g ress . To co v er th e increase in spending, the bill w ou ld bo o st th e fe d e ra l excise tax on a pack of ciga­rettes by 62 cents, to $1.01 a pack.

Opponents of the bill com­plained that the tobacco tax in crease h its the poor the h a rd es t, because they a re m ore likely to sm oke than wealthier people. Many also took exception to expanding

the program and Medicaid to ch ild ren of new ly a rriv ed legal immigrants.

Republicans said they sup­ported SCHIP and providing a d d itio n a l m oney fo r th e p ro g ra m . H ow ever, they argued that Democrats were taking the program beyond its original intent and were encouraging states to cover m idd le-c lass fam ilies who otherwise could get private insurance.

“This debate is about, do we w ant a children’s health insurance program that cov­ers every child in Am erica w ith sta te and federal dol­lars regardless of their abili­ty to p a y ? ” sa id Rep. Joe B a rto n , R -T exas. “Do we w ant to freeze out the p ri­vate sector for health insur­ance?”

V a t ic a n C ity

Church: Holocaust denier must recantA ssociated Press

VATICAN CITY — T h e V a tic a n , bow ing to th e g ro w in g fu ro r over P ope B e n e d ic t XVI’s d e c is io n to accep t a re tu rn to th e ch u rch of a p re la te w ho den ied the H olocaust, m a d e a d r a m a t ic tu r n a r o u n d W ednesday and dem anded the b ish­op recant.

The Vatican sought to distance the pope from the controversy by saying he did not know about British Bishop Richard W illiamson’s views when he ag reed to lift his excom m unication last month.

In th e s u rp r is in g ly p u b lic sp a t , som e leading ca rd ina ls in G erm any and at the Vatican blam ed unidenti­fied aides for not fully briefing the pope.

The co n tro v ersy p rov ided a r a re look a t th e c rack s in the V atican ’s facade of unity and raised questions abou t the advice the pope receives and his access to inform ation. Papal aides say Benedict, a form er univer­s ity p ro fe s s o r a n d th e o lo g ia n , receives a daily new s sum m ary and occasionally w atches television.

The s ta te m e n t w as issued by the V atican’s S ec re ta ria t of S tate a day a f te r G e rm a n C h a n c e llo r A n g e la M erkel u rg ed th e pope to m ake a c l e a r e r r e je c t io n o f H o lo c a u s t denials. Top G erm an church officials, Jew ish g roups and the h ead of the U.S. b ish o p s c o n fe re n ce also co n ­dem ned Williamson.

In a s ig n o f ju s t how m u ch th e V a tic a n h a d m is re a d th e p u b lic m o o d , th e s e c r e ta r y o f s t a t e ,

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, was quot­ed Tuesday as saying he considered th e m a tte r “c lo sed ” a fte r B enedict is s u e d a le n g th y d e n u n c ia t io n of Holocaust deniers last week.

Rabbi M arvin Hier, founder of the S im o n W ie s e n th a l C e n te r in Los Angeles, said he took Benedict at his w o rd th a t h e d id n ’t k n o w a b o u t W ill ia m s o n ’s v ie w s , b u t s a id he couldn’t believe Vatican aides d idn’t do m ore re se a rc h to b e tte r inform the pope.

“This w as absolutely a m atte r that was bungled at the highest levels of th e V a t ic a n ,” H ie r s a id . “ If th e y G o o g led th e n a m e B ish o p W illiamson,’ they’d find out he w as a H o lo c a u s t d e n ie r . T h is d id n o t r e q u ire a d v an ced re s e a rc h a t th e Vatican Library or Oxford.”

AP

President Barack Obama speaks before signing the S tate Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as SCHIP, on Wednesday in the East Room of the White House.

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Professor discusses youth advocacy in AfricaBy MOLLY M ADDENNews W riter

A nthropologist Dr. C atherine Bolton of the University of Michigan spoke on the affect of socio-economic effects of rendering the youth ex­com batan ts socially includable through the post-war integration programs that have been established in the African country of Sierra Leone in her lecture entitled “The Politics of Inclusion: Youth Policy, Ex- Combatants, and Govemmentaiity in Sierra Leone.”

“I really want to address the inter­section of fear and governmental policy,” Bolton said in her introduc­tion. “The w ar separa ted many young people and led them to devel­op alternative ideas of brotherhood which has upset the native elders.”

The war which Bolton refers to is the Sierra Leone Civil War which

began in 1991 and was initiated by the Revolutionary United Front (RUE) which was composed of most­ly “youth” individuals, that is those ranging from age 15 to 35. The war was declared over on Jan. 18, 2002.

However, one former RUE com­batant that Bolton interviewed on a trip to Sierra Leone said that the RUE only put down their weapons because the UN asked them for peace.

“These people w ere once very powerful RUE officials and now they are struggling to survive,” Bolton said.

Bolton explained that many of the traditional elders of Sierra Leone had a fear of the youth after the war came to an end.

“The elders of the country fear that the youth won’t respect their authority,” Bolton said. “In response to this fear, the government pub­lished the Sierra Leone National

Youth Policy in June 2003.”The Youth Policy is a policy that

emphasizes the state and elders and defines the youth as being anywhere in the age range of 15 to 35 years of age.

“What this is saying is that anyone over the age of 35 has more authori­ty over anyone of a lesser age,” Bolton said. “What the government is trying to accomplish with this poli­cy is maintaining supremacy of the elders over the youth of the country.”

The policy also outlines the youth th a t the governm ent w ants to decrease, the “marginalized youth” and through programs of a process called reintegration, modify this group’s ideas so that they are the governm ent acceptable form of youth, the “mainstream youth.”

“In Sierra Leone, a country with a population of 5.7 million people, four million people, that is seventy per­cent of the population, falls into this

‘youth’ category,” Bolton said. “This Youth Policy is not a policy paper; |itj is a statem ent of elder predomi­nance and a testi­mony of the fear of the thirty percent.”

It doesn’t outline many rules for the “you th ,” but it ensures the “elder predominance,” she said.

“The only requirement for the ‘mainstream youth’ is that they stay in school,” she said.“However, the gov­ernment decides what gets taught in the schools. It’s just another way for the government to have a finger in all youth activities.”

Bolton insists that the govern­m en t’s extrem e fear of youth is unjustified and unnecessary.

“All these young people want is to be treated equally by the elders,” she said. “They are not trying to seek

power, they are simply seeking val­idation and n u r­tu rin g of the ir ideas.”

She says that all these men want is to reach their sta­tus as an “adult” and also a “man,” which is a major p a r t of S ierra Leone culture.

“The young peo­ple w an t to feel

needed; they want to be taken seri­ously. If the government recognizes this quality, it will make dealing with the problem much easier.”

Contact M olly Madden at mmadden@hcc-nd.edu

"They are not try in g to seek power, th ey a re s im p ly seek in g

v a lid a tio n a n d nurturin g o f their

ideas. ”

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ideas on the Zahm ticket’s p lat­form. They also want to start an affirm ative action program for beautiful women, because they are th e b ig g est m in o rity g roup a t N otre D am e, H arig sa id . The fre sh m a n , w e a rin g tig h t blue shorts and a cape, dropped the microphone and stumbled as he stood up to speak for the first time.

During the course of the debate betw een candidates for student governm ent p residen t and vice president, Lennon tried to start a gam e of “W ho’s Line is it Anyway?,” danced to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” and led the crow d of s tu d en ts standing in the lobby of LaFortune in a ch e e r for “th a t m is ta k e ,” which he and his running m ate hoped the s tu d en t body would make on Feb. 9, student govern­ment election day.

I miss the U.S. presidential elec­tion season.

From August to November, we at The Observer covered the race betw een the Obam a-Biden and McCain-Palin tickets.

We watched debates, discussed platform issues and followed the trajectory of the campaigns from the conventions to, finally, Grant Park, Chicago.

Then, abruptly, it ended. I’ve been missing the thrill of following professional politics, the national conversation about who should lead us.

Last week, we began covering the race for student body presi­dent. In some ways, it was similar to the national elections. The can­didates have detailed platforms. They have fancy Web sites.

T he s im ila r itie s cam e to a screeching halt last night when, during the debate, one of the pres­idential candidates stripped out of his dress shirt, tie and khaki pants to reveal underneath a skin-tight, sem i-see through W hite Power Ranger costume.

T am indeed, the White Power Ranger,” Lennon said.

George Chamberlain, the presi­dent of the Judicial Council and th e m o d e ra to r of the d e b a te , asked him where he had found a Power Ranger suit that large.

And I wondered why I was sit­ting in LaFortune at 8 p.m. on a W ednesday night, listening to a freshman who, in his introductory remarks, said, “I have never, and I will never, brush my teeth.”

The Zahm ticket was supposed to be the joke: the annual ticket that runs, gives everyone a good laugh, but never gets their hands near the keys to the student gov­ernment office.

But during the last student gov­ernment event I will ever cover, I found m yself laughing at m ore than just Lennon and I larig.

Laura Burdick, running with fel­low junior Derek Sanchez, wants to create a blog w here students can write about their off campus apartments or houses, so younger students can pick what neighbor­hood would be best for them.

“Where is a place where ragers can happen and we won’t get into trouble?” she asked, hypothetical­ly-

It’s a question I ask frequently, literally.

When Chamberlain introduced all the candidates, he stum bled over Ja m e s M cC aughan’s last nam e. McCaughan should have taken comfort from the fact that a man named Barack Obama, one of the strangest names in American politics, was just elected president.

Once McCaughan started speak­ing, I got it into my head that he could be the Obama of the Notre Dame student government race.

C andidate M cCaughan, along with his running mate Tom Gorski, w ants to see a difference in the way police and ushers enforce dis­cipline during football games and

at tailgating.A difference. A change, maybe?If people vote for McCaughan-

Gorski, they will “see change,” McCaughan said.

But McCaughan’s mantra is not as s tr in g e n tly p ro -ch an g e as Obama’s.

There will be change, he said, but they will “keep the good things constant.”

T h a t’s change, and in se lec t cases, status quo we can believe in.

My favorite McCaughan-Gorski p latform issue is th e ir sincere desire to move the student govern­ment office from the second iloor of LaFortune to the first floor, such as in the Sorin Room or the Dooley room. Their goal: to make student government more accessible.

“It’s like walking by The Huddle, and s topp ing in and g e tting a candy bar,” McCaughan said.

Does this mean student govern­ment will start handing out choco­late? Should I expect a cappuccino machine?

Cynthia Weber, Grant Schmidt’s runn ing m ate, quickly assu red them that this was not possible. Believe her, she’s tried.

It’s strange to see Schmidt, of

GiveaSchmidt.com, w ithout the o th e r m em ber of the Bob and Grant duo. But Schmidt kept men­tio n in g Bob Reish d u rin g the debate, and Reish, the soon-to-be lame duck president, sat toward the back of the audience and off to the side, watching over his pro­tege.

R eish w a s n ’t th e only nam e Schmidt dropped.

“It’s going to sound like I am nam e-dropping,” he said at one point.

Schmidt proceeded to drop a lot of names, then handed the micro­phone to Weber, who dropped even more.

By th e end of th e d eb a te , Schmidt and Weber were literally completing each other’s sentences.

Schmidt scared me a little with his talk of a place near the border of Indiana and Michigan where, apparently, illegitimate cab drivers are bom.

When he explained it m ore, I realized it actually wasn’t as scary as he made it sound originally.

“They’re not going to kill you, but they are going to take you back and forth and make money and maybe rip you off,” Schmidt said.

Whogivesaschmidt.com if your taxi driver acts like every other taxi driver in the country?

The second to last question of the night finally hit home to the one thing all Notre Dame students ca re deeply about: w h a t to do about the skunk problem on cam­pus.

The Zahm ticket ignored the question.

“I have no idea,” Sanchez admit­ted , speak ing for the Burdick- Sanchez ticket.

Schmidt was also floored by the question.

“I don ’t know if tra p s w ould work,” he said. “I don’t know what attracts skunks.”

If you vote on Monday, or even if you don’t, next year you m ight have lubed bowls. Or a first-floor stu d en t governm en t office. Or taxis drivers who have never been to the Michigan-Indiana border. Or a blog to find the top party blocks.

But no matter who you vote for, campus will still stink.

The views expressed in this col­umn are those o f the author and no t n e c e s sa r ily th o se o f The Observer. Contact Kaitlynn Riely kriely@nd.edu

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Senate votes for homebuyer creditWASHINGTON — The Senate has voted to

aw ard anybody buying a home this year a tax credit worth up to $15,000 in hopes of jum p- starting the sagging housing m arket.

The hom ebuyer tax c red it offered by GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson would apply to any home purchased as a m ain residence and would cost taxpayers $19 billion. Senators approved it by a voice vote, ad d in g th e id ea to P re s id e n t Barack Obam a’s economic recovery bill.

People could claim the credit on their 2008 tax re tu rn s and it would apply to any home purchased for one year after the recovery plan becomes law.

Isakson patterned his plan after a decades- old idea he says helped lift the economy out of recession in 1975.

Lawmakers push for food safety reformWASHINGTON — L a w m a k e rs vow ed

W ednesday to p ress for stro n g er food safety laws and more money for inspections as the list of recalled peanut products surpassed 1,000 in an ongoing national salmonella outbreak.

“There is an openness to putting together the strongest legislation possible,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., who introduced a bill to reor­ganize fed e ra l food safety en fo rcem en t and make it more accountable.

M eanwhile, the num ber of recalled peanu t products approached 1,100 in w hat independ­ent experts said appears to be a record for foods consumed by humans.

The 2007 recall of melamine-tainted pet food eventually grew to 1,179 products but “this is hum an food,” said Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “I’m certainly not aw are of any recall w here so many individual branded prod­ucts had to be called back, which makes it really complicated for consum ers.”

The salmonella outbreak has sickened at least 550 people, eight of whom have died. A Georgia peanut-processing plant th a t produces ju s t 1 percent of U.S. peanut products is being blamed. Authorities say Peanut Corp. of America shipped peanu t butter, paste and other products tha t had tested positive for salmonella. The company denies any wrongdoing.

Obama caps exec, pay on bailout money$500,000 limit placed on companies that have received funds from governmentA ssociated Press

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama on W ed n esd ay im p o sed a $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 cap on se n io r executive pay for the most distressed financial institu­tio n s re c e iv in g ta x p a y e r bailou t m oney and p ro m ­ised new steps to end a sys­tem of “ex ecu tiv es being rew arded for failure.”

O bam a a n n o u n c e d th e unusual governm ent in te r­v e n tio n in to c o rp o ra te A m e ric a a t th e W hite H o u se , w ith T re a s u ry Secretary Timothy Geithner at his side. The p resid en t said the executive-pay lim­its are a first step, to be fol­lowed by the unveiling next w eek of a sw eep in g new fra m e w o rk fo r sp e n d in g w hat rem ains of the $700 billion f in an c ia l in d u s try bailout that Congress crea t­ed last year.

The pay limit comes amid a national outcry over huge bonuses to executives who head com panies th a t seek taxpayer dollars to rem ain afloat. The dem and for lim­its was reinforced by reve­la tio n s th a t W all S tre e t firm s paid m ore th an $18 billion in bonuses in 2008 am id the econom ic dow n­turn and the massive infu­sion of taxpayer dollars.

The limit would apply to top-paid executives a t the m ost d is tre sse d financia l institutions that are negoti­a tin g b a ilo u t ag re e m e n ts w ith th e fe d e ra l g o v e rn ­ment. It also would apply to o th e r b an k s th a t rece iv e a id , b u t th e y co u ld g e t around the limits by publi­cizing to shareholders plans to exceed the salary cap.

T he lim its w o u ld n o t apply re troactively to any bank th a t received money from the f irs t h a lf of the $700 bailou t a llocated by Congress. For example, the restriction would not apply to such firm s as American In te rn a tio n a l G roup Inc., Bank of America Corp., and Citigroup Inc., that already have received such help.

B u t O bam a to u te d th e

b ro a d sy m b o lism o f h is action.

“T h is is A m erica . We don’t disparage wealth. We don’t begrudge anybody for achieving success,” Obama said. “But what gets people upset — and rightfully so — a re e x e c u tiv e s b e in g re w a rd e d fo r fa i lu re . E sp e c ia lly w h en th o se rew ards a re subsidized by U.S. taxpayers.”

“T h e re is a deep sen se a c ro s s th e c o u n try th a t th o se w ho w e re n o t ... responsib le for th is crisis are bearing a g reater b u r­den than those who w ere,” Geithner said.

F irm s th a t w an t to pay e x e c u tiv e s above th e

$500,000 threshold would have to use stock that could no t be so ld or liq u id a ted until they pay back the gov­ernm ent funds.

Generally healthy institu­tions th a t get capital infu­sio n s from th e T ro u b led Asset Relief Program in the fu ture will have m ore lee­way. They also will face the $500,000 limit, but the cap can be w a iv ed w ith fu ll p u b lic d is c lo s u re a n d a n o n b in d in g s h a re h o ld e r vote.

Obama said that massive s e v e ra n c e p a c k a g e s fo r executives who leave failing firm s are also going to be elim inated . “W e’re tak ing the air out of golden p a ra ­

chutes,” he said.Other new requ irem ents

on “exceptional assistance” will include:

^ T h e e x p an sio n to 20, from five, th e n u m b er of executives who would face reduced bonuses and incen­tives if they a re found to have know ingly provided in a c c u r a te in fo rm a tio n re la ted to com pany finan­cial statem ents or perform ­ance m easurem ents.

—An increase in the ban on golden parachutes from a f i r m ’s to p five s e n io r executives to its top 10. The next 25 would be prohibit­ed from golden parachutes that exceed one year’s com­pensation.

Congress moves TV transition to June 12Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A fter w eeks of debate, Congress is giving consumers four m ore m onths to prepare for the upcom ing transition from analog to digital television broadcasting.

T he H ouse v o te d 2 6 4 -1 5 8 on W ednesday to postpone the shutdown of analog TV signals to June 12, to ad d ress grow ing concerns th a t too many A m ericans w on’t be ready by the Feb. 17 deadline th a t Congress s e t th r e e y e a r s ago . T he S e n a te passed the m easure unanim ously last w eek a n d th e b ill n o w h e a d s to President Barack Obama for his sig­nature.

T he c h a n g e is b e in g m a n d a te d because digital signals are more effi­cient than analog ones. Ending an a­log broadcasts will free up valuable

space in th e n a tio n ’s a irw av es for co m m erc ia l w ire le ss se rv ices and em ergency-response networks.

T he d e la y is a v ic to ry fo r th e O b am a a d m in is t r a t io n an d Democrats in Congress, who m aintain that the previous adm inistration mis­m anaged efforts to en su re th a t all consumers — particularly poor, rural and m inority A m ericans — will be prepared for the switchover.

T he N ie lsen Co. e s t im a te s th a t m ore th a n 6.5 m illion U.S. h o u se ­holds th a t rely on analog TV sets to pick up over-the-air broadcast signals still are not ready. People who sub ­scribe to cable or satellite TV or have a new er TV with a digital tuner will not be affected.

“The passage of this bipartisan leg­is la t io n m e a n s th a t m illio n s of A m ericans will have the tim e they

need to p repare for the conversion,” W h ite H ouse sp o k e sw o m a n Amy Brundage said in a statem ent.

W ednesday’s vote cam e one week after House Republicans blocked the bill under a special fast-track proce­dure tha t required two-thirds support to pass. This time, the bill passed the H ouse u n d e r a r e g u la r fioor vote, which requires a simple majority.

Among D em ocrats, 241 voted for the bill, w hile 10 voted a g a in s t it. Among Republicans, 23 voted for the bill, while 148 voted against it.

S p e a k in g on th e H o u se flo o r W ednesday , Rick B oucher, D-Va., c h a irm a n of the H ouse C om m erce C o m m itte e ’s S u b c o m m itte e on Communications, Technology and the Internet, said a delay was needed to p rev en t the d ig ital tran sitio n from becoming a failure.

President Barack Obama smiles as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks about executive compensation on Wednesday in the Grand Foyer of the White House.

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Debatecontinued from page 1

introducing themselves to the stu­dents crowded in the LaFortune Lobby and outlining certain plat­form initiatives.

S e lec ted a t ra n d o m , the Burdick-Sanchez ticket spoke first. Burdick, the presidential candi­date, informed the crowd of the pair’s current positions as Athletic Co-Chairs in the Hall Presidents Council.

“We’ve had the privilege of host­ing p ep ra llie s , an d we w en t beyond o u r ca ll o f du ty an d revamped them,” Burdick said.

She listed approachability as a strength of the ir cam paign and said they hope to “improve student life in every aspect.”

B urdick sa id th e ir p la tfo rm , which consists of the formation of an athletic council, a loan forgive­n ess p ro g ra m and a rev en u e council, has “a lot of open space left.”

“We w an t to know w hat you want,” she said.

McCaughan, his ticket’s presi­dential candidate, told the audi­ence the common theme of their platform “has been a change in regards to disciplinary m easures at the school.”

The pair also lists strengthening relationships with the South Bend community as a goal for next year, and McCaughan said they have received “endorsements from vari­ous eateries and other establish­ments.”

T hird to speak, the Schm idt- W eber ticket, em phasized their experience in student government and their desire to build upon this year’s momentum.

Schmidt, curren tly serving as student body vice president with Bob Reish as student body presi­d en t, sa id th is “y e a r as sp en t bridging the gap, communicating to students what the issues were and working with the city.”

Though some have criticized the Reish-Schmidt administration for being, as Schmidt called, “buddy- buddy” with the University admin­istration, Schmidt said “knowing the channels and knowing who to talk to are the only ways to guar­antee success.”

Weber, the only vice-presidential candidate to speak in the opening remarks, emphasized the research that went into their platform, and called upon the audience to “Give a Schmidt,” alluding to one of the ca m p a ig n ’s s lo ­gans and Web site addresses.

L ennon, the presidential can­d id a te of the Z ahm tick e t, chose to sp eak without a m icro­phone w hen introducing him ­self.

Throughout the evening, he took on several roles: that of politician, game show host, pop star and m artial arts super­hero, and delivered lines with a presidential cadence that brought a laugh from the audience.

“Our cam paign is not built on experience or fancy posters or shaking hands with the student body,” he said. “People are hear­ing about us through the c lass­room s of Jo rd an , the dorm s of North and South Quad, the urinals in DeBartolo and on the omelet line.”

Lennon told the audience that he and his roommate, Harig, run on the principle of honesty, and decid­ed to reveal some secrets, includ­ing his true identity by stripping down to a white body suit.

“I am indeed the White Power R anger,” he said . “For the last sem ester and a half 1 have been protecting you from Lord Zedd.”

In the question and answer por­tion of the debate, the tickets were allowed two minutes to answer the three questions from the Judicial Council and 45 seconds to answer the questions submitted by mem­bers of the student body. The pairs a lte rn a te d w ho spoke f irs t in response to each question.

The McCaughan-Gorski ticket said their most important plan for im prov ing s tu d e n t life a t the U niversity involved gam e day police action.

“[We aim to] deal with the foot­ball atm osphere and the police hostility that is presented toward students,” Gorski said.

McCaughan added one way of improving the game day environ­ment is providing students with an outlet to voice their concerns. He suggested moving the student gov­ernment offices from their current location on the second floor of LaFortune to the first floor to facil­itate communication.

Schmidt listed taxi reform as the t ic k e t’s b ig g est in itia tiv e for improving student life. The reform would consist of two tiers, he said: safety and convenience.

In terms of safety, Schmidt and Weber seek to initiate a system of cab driver identification; they pro­pose selling taxi fare booklets to eliminate the need to carry cash or deal with fluctuating flat rates for convenience.

Reiterating their platform’s com­m itm ent to honesty, Harig was very blunt about the Zahm ticket’s ideas for bettering student life.

“The biggest m inority on this campus is beautiful women,” he said, suggesting a merit scholar­ship system based on voting that would provide “hot chicks” free tuition to the University.

The Burdick-Sanchez ticket is most concerned with pursuing a “Safety First” campaign with the Office of R esidence Life and Housing (ORLH) and the Notre Dame Security Police (NDSP) that inc ludes a policy of education before punishment.

Sanchez said the University “is doing a disservice” to freshmen, or o thers, who a re not as experi­enced in situations where alcohol is involved “by slam m ing them with ResLifes.”

The second question addressed com m unity re la tio n s; Schm idt m en tio n ed the R eish-S chm id t administration’s involvement with m embers of Community/Campus Advisory Coalition (CCAC),

“The biggest thing you can do with community relations is work­

ing w ith th e se peop le , s ittin g down with these people,” he said.

Weber said they p lan to w ork d irec tly w ith m em b ers of the com m unity, and sa id she a n tic i­pates widespread p a r tic ip a tio n in A p r i l ’ s C om m university Day.

In response to th is question, L ennon dec id ed to “m ake a motion,” and performed Beyonce’s dance to h e r hit single “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).”

The Burdick-Sanchez campaign lists creating an off-campus blog m odeled off of NDToday.com, w here studen ts can post about their neighborhoods and specific houses or apartment complexes as a way of im proving community relations.

Burdick said her and Sanchez would like to create a handbook guide to South Bend and M ishawaka to be d istributed to freshm an, with inform ation on restaurants and shops.

“If they know where things are, they will go out into the communi­ty, spend some money, and every­one is happier,” she said.

Gorski said students are doing

admirably with creating good feel­ings betw een the cam pus and greater South Bend communities. He suggested publicizing campus events m ore to better s tuden ts’ image in the eyes of South Bend residents.

“Notre Dame stu d en ts a re n ’t bad p e o p le ,” he sa id . “We ju s t have a bad repu­ta tio n ... [the m em b ers of the South Bend com­munity] don’t see the good w e’re doing.”

The third ques­tion from the Ju d ic ia l Council asked the cand i­dates how they plan to improve communication between student government officials and their con­stituents.

H arig , sp o rtin g b rig h t blue shorts, a Michael Vick No. 7 jersey and a cape and speaking for the Zahm ticket, decided to “complete­ly d isregard the question” and, along with Lennon, listed various o th e r p la tfo rm in itia tives, like lubricating salad bowls at North Dining Hall to prevent sticking and changing the football ticket lottery system to a set of obstacles like those played on the 1986-1993 Nickelodeon game show “Double Dare” hosted by Marc Summers.

“If you g e t c au g h t in a big peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you’re only going to a few games this year,” Harig said.

Sanchez and Burdick propose a two-week agenda-setting period in which they will review suggestions from studen ts on how to fill in their platform.

“Students will be able to know what’s going on and to have a say,” he said.

M cCaughan said he w ants to make student government more accessible in genera l, w ith the relocation of its offices to the first floor of LaFortune and the cre­ation of a g roup on Facebook where students can “write on the wall what’s on their mind. ”

Weber commented on the 3,500 responses to the Student Census, a R eish -S chm id t in itia tiv e . The results of the Census, she said, are pub lished and can be used to “build upon the success of this year.”

Schmidt said there “are only so m any w ays we can re a c h s tu ­d e n ts” and th a t “norm al conver­sa tio n s” a re the w ay to find ou t with people really care about.

The five off-the- agenda questions ran g e d in topic from the feasibili­ty of the tickets’

proposals to dealing with the cam­pus’s noticeable skunk problem.

Burdick said her ticket’s p lat­form is a proposal to the student body.

“We want to know what it is you w ant,” she said, mentioning the pair have met with various depart­ment heads to discuss the feasibili­ty of their ideas.

Gorski said it is im portan t to “keep talking” in order to get pro­posals accom plished, and m en­tioned an o th er cam paign idea: c rea tin g an in te rha ll lase r tag league.

Schmidt and Weber rattled off the names of the members of the U niversity adm in istra tion with whom they have spoken during their research and who have said their ideas are feasible.

Lennon said he u tilized the In ternet to determ ine how suc­cessful his proposals would be.

Another question related to a student government effort to con­tinue the campus’ “green initiative.

McCaughan said every time he sees an a lum inum can in the trash, he wonders why someone did not recycle it.

“If you keep emphasizing it, peo­ple will do it,” he said.

Schmidt vowed to stand behind GreenND, which was made an offi­cial Notre Dame Club this year.

Harig said global warming does

not exist, and in order to cut costs, Notre Dame should initiate a sys­tem of indentured servitude in the power plant for students who can­not pay off their student loans.

The B urd ick -S an ch ez tick e t emphasized students’ role as facili­tators in the going green process; Sanchez specifically m entioned using more electronic advertising the in the future to limit wasted paper.

A third question asked the can­didates what parts of their cam ­paign will be enacted immediately upon taking office; W eber said adding hot Grab ‘n ’ Go options has already been approved by Notre Dame Food Services.

Lennon proceeded to take on the role of the host of “Whose line Is It Anyway” and asked the audience for suggestions, while Burdick said th e ir team can ge t s ta r te d on “Safety First” idea immediately.

Gorski mentioned bringing “bet­te r concerts, like Wu-Tang and Creed,” to campus.

The tickets had not thought of researching the skunk issue, and were unprepared to answ er the question about reduce the an i­mal’s presence on campus.

Sanchez said his team would pursue the m ost h u m an ita rian way possible; Gorski suggested vigilantes; Schmidt adm itted he was unsure what attracts skunks so that they can be trapped; and Harig, off-topic again, discussed the idea of buying out peop le’s “contracts” - like those of profes­sors, annoying classm ates and ath letes who m ight not be p e r­forming to accepted standards.

When asked who the candidates would vote for if they themselves w ere not in the race , Burdick- Sanchez and McCaugh an -Gorski said they would vote for Zahm, Lennon-Gorski said they would vote for the Zahm ticke t th a t would ru n in th e ir s tead , and Schmidt-W eber said they would vote for Burdick-Sanchez for their sincerity.

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fa n c y p o s te r s or sh ak in g h a n d s w ith the s tu d e n t b o d y .”

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m ents is especially a p p ro p ri­ate , given the long h isto ry of i n t e r a c t io n b e tw e e nCatholicism and m odern sc i­e n c e , fro m th e g e n e t i c i s t m o n k G re g o r M e n d e l to s c h o la r s w o r k in g a t th e V atican O bservatory .”

The ca len d ar of even ts c o r­responding w ith the c e le b ra ­tio n b e g in s to d a y a t 5 :3 0 p .m . T he film “ I n h e r i t th e W ind” will be show n.

J o n V ic k e rs , M a n a g in g D irector of P erfo rm ing A rts, will also give a lec tu re abou t the con n ec tio n b e tw een the film a n d th e d r a m a “T h e G re a t T e n n e s s e e M o n k ey T ria l”.

T h e d r a m a is b a s e d o ff t r a n s c r ip ts from th e fam ed 1925 Scopes- M onkey Trial.I t w ill be show n Friday,Saturday, and S u n d a y a c c o r d in g to th e e v e n t ’s Web site.

A n o t h e r activity of the W e b s i t e ’ s schedu le held th is m o n th w ill be an In te rn a tio n a l P la y w r ig h t ’s C o n f e r e n c e on D a rw in a n d T h e a te r , from Feb. 23- 26 , f o c u s in g on the d iscus­sion of m ig ra ­tion and evo­lution.

At th e en d o f th e m o n th , fro m F eb . 24 to M a rc h 1, t h e r e w ill b e th e f i r s t A m e r ic a n s h o w in g o f G u e rn ic a , a d ra m a w r i t te n

by Y iannis L ym tsioulis. The p lay is a b o u t th e su sp ic ious s in k in g o f a re fu g ee sh ip in 1 9 9 7 , a c c o r d ­in g to W eb s i t e ’s e v e n t page.

T h r o u g h o u t th e m o n th o f M a rc h , th e S u ite M u seu m will be ho ld ing an exh ib it e n ti­t le d “ In th e W ake o f th e Beagle: D arw in in L a tinA m erica 1831- 1 8 3 6 .” T h is w ill be h o u sed in the Scholz Fam ily Gallery for W ork on P ap er, f u r th e r in fo rm ation can be found on the Web site .

In a d d i t io n , th e S n ite M u seu m w ill be h o ld in g a

recep tio n for the exh ib it on M arch 5 th in th e A triu m , a c c o rd ­in g to th e W eb site.

T h e G ly n n F a m ily H o n o rs P r o g r a m w ill h o s t a c o n f e r ­e n c e t h a t w ill t a k e p la c e th e w eekend of April 3-4. The sym po­sium is e n ti t le d “E v o lu t io n o f A g e : M ultid iscip linary R e f le c t io n s on D a rw in 1 5 0 y e a r s l a t e r . ” T h is e v e n t c a n be found on th e D a rw in W eb site.

T h is c o n f e r ­ence w as p lanned , designed , and o rgan ized by a group of N otre D am e se n io rs , and is geared tow ards u n d e rg ra d u ­ate s tuden ts.

“O u r a c a d e m ic s p e a k e r s a re com ing from institu tions

lik e th eV a t i c a n O b s e r v a to r y , the U niversity o f C h ic a g o , a n d H a rv a rd U n i v e r s i t y , ” C u lh an e sa id , w h o w a s o n e o f th e s t u ­d e n t s on th e p lann ing com ­m it te e , “ th e y a re e x c e l le n t r e s e a r c h e r s w h o h a v e a ll c o m m itte d to p re s e n ta t io n s th a t will bo th

d e e p e n a n d b r o a d e n o u r u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f D a rw in a n d e v o lu tio n a s it s ta n d s today .”

In a d d it io n to th e e v e n ts t h a t w ill be ta k in g p la c e , s tu d e n ts w ill a lso h av e th e o p p o r tu n ity to ta k e c la s se s to le a rn m ore abou t D arw in. For th e S p ring 2009 se m e s­te r , t h r e e c o u r s e s w e re a v a i l a b le fo r s t u d e n t s to ta k e . One is a b io logy c lass focusing on the topic of evo­lu tion. The o th e r two classes a re ph ilo so p h y c la sse s w ith one em phasiz ing the life and w orks of D arw in and the la t­te r focusing on its effects in the 21st cen tu ry . All cou rse offerings can be found on the D arw in Web site.

C ulhane said th a t th e re a re m any w ays th a t people today can lea rn from D arw in.

“D arw in p u sh ed the in te l­le c tu a l lim its of h is society ; he tre a te d m an as an o rg a n ­ic b e in g a n d e x p lo r e d h u m a n i t y ’s h i s to r y in a n in n o v a t iv e m a n n e r , ” s h e sa id , “His in te llec tua l cu rio s­ity is an a sse t for w hich we shou ld all s tr iv e .”

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“cool” to be black.“It’s cool to be black because

th e p r e s id e n t is b la c k , n o t b e c a u se my fav o rite foo tb a ll p lay e r is b lack , o r b ecau se I lik e th is r a p p e r a n d h e ’s black. And as a black person, it’s good to h e a r th a t ,” Keller said.

G ates sa id th a t b e c a u se of O bam a’s im age, he “provides a n o th e r face for b lack m en ,” and a lte rn a tiv e to the s te re o ­typical black m en in jail.

However, Keller said, “I can e a s i ly s e e p e o p le s e e in g O b a m a a s th e e x c e p t io n r a th e r th a n th e ru le ... an d say in g w ell how m any b lack m en are in ja il? Obam a alone ca n ’t change the s te reo type .”

P a r t ic ip a n ts in th e d is c u s ­s ion a g re e d th a t to w in th e b a t t l e a g a in s t r a c is m a n d s te r e o ty p e s w ill ta k e m o re th an ju s t having a black m an as p re s id en t, and th a t blacks have no t yet b roken th ro u g h the glass ceiling of racism th a t h a s k e p t th e m d ow n in th e past.

“It’s been sc ra tch ed ,” Tipton said, bu t it has not been b ro ­k e n . No o n e in th e fo ru m voiced a d isagreem ent.

The forum ended w ith a d is­cussion of w hat it would take to be su ccessfu l in b re a k in g

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“I th ink a lot of p rob lem s we have w ouldn’t exist if the hous­ing was legal,” she said.

S tuden t body p re s id e n t Bob Reish said inform ing s tu d en ts a b o u t w h ich houses a re c o r­rectly zoned is a g oal of s tu d e n t governm ent.

Regarding s tu ­d en t p a r tie s off c a m p u s ,P u z z e llo sa id problem s can be a v o id e d if th e parties are kept sm a ll an d indoors.

“D o n ’t h av e several hundred p e o p le a t a p a r ty ,” she said . “No one h as several hundred friends.”

Puzzello sa id the c ity ’s p r i ­m a ry c o n c e rn is th e co m fo rt and safety of its residents, and w hen people a re com plain ing a b o u t b e in g a w a k e n e d a t 3 a.m. because of student parties, the police and the city have to act.

R e ish th e n q u e s t io n e d w h e th e r o r no t o ff-cam pus s tu ­d e n ts a r e c o n ­s id e re d p a r t of th e S outh Bend community.

“ O f f - c a m p u s studen ts who go to N o tre D am e a re in a un ique position because th e y a r e on ly im m ersed in the c o m m u n ity fo r o n e o r tw o y e a r s , ” R eish said.

P u z z e llo sa id sh e e n c o u ra g e s s tu d e n ts to come to Common Council com ­m ittee m eetin g s and call h e r w ith any co n ce rn s th ey have relating to the community.

B ut, sh e s a id , th is k ind of relationship is a two way street.

“I’m glad for anyone to call

the g lass ceiling . K eller sa id t h a t th e o n ly w ay to b r e a k th a t g lass ce iling is fo r in d i­vidual blacks to have success.

She said th a t in o rd e r to be successful in h e r life, she tells herself, “d on’t be late to class, d o n ’t be th e one w ho n eed s help. Be the perfec t s tuden t so no one can say ‘oh, sh e ’s here b e c a u s e s h e ’s b la c k o r oh , s h e ’s n o t g e tt in g it b e c a u s e sh e ’s b lack .’”

G ates said th a t success will happen w hen blacks have the sam e o p p ortun ities for th ings like housing and education.

“For m e, su ccess fo r b lack people is if people stop asking me if I’m h ere on an ath le tic sch o la rsh ip . I’ve been told to my face, you a re a p roduct of affirm ative action. T hat would be a su c c e ss if th a t s to p p ed happen ing ,” Keller said.

T ipton added th a t he thinks blacks have been successful so far in w hat they have accom ­plished. Keller agreed.

“Look a t th e s tr id e s w e ’ve m ade in such a sho rt period of tim e . We h av e p a r e n ts w ho r e m e m b e r th e c iv il r ig h ts m ovem ent,” she said.

Keller sum m ed up the sen ti­m en t of the forum by saying, “in so m e s e n s e , we n eed to pa t ourselves on the back and say good jo b , b u t th e w o rk isn ’t done.”

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m e,” Puzzello said. “T h e re ’s a lot that needs to go on between S outh Bend an d N otre Dam e fo r us to fee l c o m fo r ta b le though.”

Puzzello said the University’s a d m in is tra tio n does no t help the city w ith enforcing zoning law s th a t s tu d en ts a re b re a k ­ing, or with the issue of student

p a r t ie s . M any p ro b le m s th a t c o n c e rn S o u th B end do n o t seem to be a top priority with the a d m in is tra tio n , she said.

“ I th in k you k n o w you a re w elcom e in the com m unity , bu t we h a v e n ’t had th a t rec ip rocate s i tu a t io n from the a d m in is tra ­tio n to be h o n ­

est,” she said. “We are associ­ates w ith N otre Dame and we love it, but we would love a lit­tle bit of com m unication.”

R eish sa id s tu d e n t g o v e rn ­m en t is a tte m p tin g to b ridge the gap b e tw een N otre Dame and South Bend.

“I th in k the U niversity and th e co m m u n ity h av e a lo t to offer each other, but there is a

d is c o n n e c t in the com m unica­tion,” he said.

P u z z e l l o agreed.

“Let’s m ake it b e t t e r , ” sh e said.

In other Senate news:

♦ S o c ia l C o n c e r n s Committee chair M ichelle B yrne said the com m it­te e is h o s tin g

Communiversity Day on April 4. The goal is to ge t 1 ,000 s tu ­d en ts to spend the day doing various service projects in the South Bend community.

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“That N otre D am e w o u ld celebrate , a n d in v e s tig a te D a rw in ’s

accom plish m en ts is e sp ec ia lly

appropria te , g iven the long h is to ry o f

in terac tion betw een C atholicism a n d

m odern science, fro m the g e n e tic is t m onk

G regor M en del to sch o la rs w orking

a t the Vatican O bservatory. ”

Margaret Culhane senior

“D arw in p u sh e d the in te lle c tu a l lim its o f

h is soc ie ty; he tre a te d m an a s an organic being a n d exp lo red

h u m a n ity ’s h is to ry in an in n o va tive

m anner. ”

Margaret Culhane senior

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are in a unique p osition b ecau se th ey a re on ly im m ersed in

th e com m u n ity fo r one or tw o years . ”

Bob Reish student body president

7 th ink the U n iversity a n d the

com m u n ity h a ve a lot to offer each other,

bu t th ere is a d iscon n ect in the com m unication . ”

Bob Reish student body president

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Let me get this stra igh t.“D eep-seated gay tendencies”? No.Denial of the H olocaust? Yes.“Support the so-called ‘gay cul­

tu re ? ’” No.Support the so-

calledA hm adinejad cul­tu re? Yes.

In the course of the last few w eeks, two V atican-related new s stories caught my eye.

First, according ________________to the Associated

E T U T " 're leased this week, the Vatican agency noted past ‘difficulties in the a re a of m orality ’ w ithin sem inaries th a t usu­ally bu t not exclusively’ involved ‘hom osexual behavior.’ The evaluators said the appoin tm ent of b e tte r adm in­is tra to rs in diocesan sem inaries has ensured th a t such difficulties have been overcom e.’” The bishops then linked arm s and rejoiced, for we shall overcom e.

Gnaw on th a t for a while — w e’ll come back to it later. In the m eantim e, second, The New York Times: Pope Benedict “revoked the excom m unica­tions of four schism atic bishops on Saturday, including one whose com ­m ents denying the Holocaust have p ro ­voked ou trage ...T he bishop said tha t he believed th a t ‘the historical evi­dence; w as strongly against the con­clusion th a t millions of Jew s had been deliberately gassed in gas cham bers

as a de liberate policy of Adolf Hitler. ”This week, the Bishop — Richard

W illiamson — apologized. Kinda. No, he d idn’t acknowledge the ir lunacy. And no, he d idn’t acknow ledge tha t, yes, six million Jew s died a t the hands of Nazism. He did, though, apologize for the Pope’s “d istressed ” caused by the “m edia sto rm ” over his “im prudent re m a rk s .”

Im pruden t rem arks. You’d th ink a fo rm er (reluctant) m em ber of the H itler Youth m ight find them a bit m ore than im prudent.

But the criticism of W illiamson (and the Vatican) shou ldn’t stop with his u n rep en tan t anti-Sem itism . Holocaust- denial isn ’t W illiam son’s only “im pru­d en t” opinion. For nearly two decades, the Bishop has been stirring the papal pot.

In addition to an assertion th a t some com bination of God’s will and a gov­ernm en t conspiracy orchestra ted Septem ber 11th, Pearl H arbor and the Kennedy assassination , Williamson has consistently extending his delusion to overt sexism.

These are too good to not copy v er­batim .

Sept. 1, 2001: “Because of all kinds of n a tu ra l reasons, alm ost no girl should go to any university ... any Catholic with the least respect for Tradition recognizes th a t women should not be priests — can he deny th a t if few women w ent to university, alm ost none would wish to be priests? Alas, wom en going to university is p a rt of the whole m assive onslaught on God’s N ature which charac terizes our tim es. T hat girls should not be in un i­versities flows from the n a tu re of un i­versities and from the n a tu re of girls: tru e universities a re for ideas, ideas a re not for tru e girls, so tru e un iversi­ties a re not for tru e g irls.”

Sept. 1, 1991: “T rousers are ideolog­ical and a ttack the mind. For indeed w om en’s trousers, as w orn today ... a re an assau lt upon w om an’s w om an­hood and so they rep re sen t a deep- lying revolt against the o rder willed by God ... Of course not all wom en who w ear trousers abo rt the fru it of their womb, bu t all help to c rea te the abortive society. Old-fashioned is good, m odern is suicidal. You wish to stop abortion? Do it by exam ple. Never w ear trousers or sh o rts .”

To review: Ideas are not for girls. Some com bination of God’s will and a governm ent conspiracy o rchestra ted the Septem ber 11th attacks. Women should w ear skirts, because pants and shorts, in addition to attack ing the mind, prom ote abortion.

Because, you know, tro u sers offer m uch easie r access.

We’re saved from the gays, and this is the payoff. T hanks, Benny.

This is a delusional m an. Or, a t least, he’s certainly not a m essenger for God’s w ord and inspiration. And while he can ’t, reportedly, “practice his m in­istry in the Catholic C hurch,” its still safe to say you shouldn’t be com fort­able with re-incom m unicated (yes, th a t’s the word) Bishop Williamson.

Of course, re-incom m unicating som eone does not necessarily m ean th a t you’re endorsing everything he says and believes. But by going out of your way to w elcom e him back in

w ithout m ention of those views until challenged, you endorse him as a re p ­resen tative of the Church. It’s not th a t people w ithin the Church ca n ’t d is­agree — they can and should — but tha t bringing back som eone you’ve kicked out suggests th a t you have (or, a t least, should have) paid particu la r atten tion to the way th a t person reflects the church as a whole.

The sim ultaneous “gay” news reveals a second reason , too. If you forbid priests who have “deep seated gay tendencies” and who “support the so-called gay cu ltu re ,” you can be held accountable for the tendencies and cu ltu res of those you do allow.

The Vatican has gotten som e p re s ­su re on this one. Jew ish leaders have challenged the Pope’s com m itm ent to Jew ish-Catholic dialogue and reconcil­iation, and G erm an Chancellor A ndrea Merkel called on the Pope to m ake “very c lea r” his views tow ards Holocaust deniers.

W ednesday, the Vatican dem anded th a t W iiliamson recan t his Holocaust views. If he does, though, it c a n ’t stop there . He should have to recan t his absurd claim s about 9/11, trousers, and, best of all, the assertion th a t “ideas are not for true g irls .”

But by and large, we observe quietly. Even at Notre Dame, we don’t call out the Vatican on the horrib le hypocrisy of keeping out potentially gay priests while including delusional sexists. We let the criticism of W illiamson stop at his anti-Sem itism , and ignore his anti- trouserism .

Non-Catholics and Catholics alike, though, cannot sit back and w atch this one go by, ignoring a papal m istake because it is a papal action. Respect for religious au thority need not m ean respect for m isguided, offensive, hypo­critical decisions.

To sit back and let this one go would be, to use a w ord, im prudent.

A ndrew Nesi is a senior Am erican S tud ies m ajor fro m Fairfield, Conn. As a scraw ny second grader, he punched a m uch heftier fr ie n d in the stom ach a fter the fr ie n d re turned a k icko ff fo r a touchdown as tim e exp ired to beat him in a gam e o f M adden foo tb a ll on Sega Genesis. The fr ie n d laughed at him. He can be reached at anesi@ nd.edu.

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Half an hour is essential“Half an hour’s meditation is essential,

except when you are very busy. Then a full hour is needed.” - St. Francis de Sales

At a committee meeting at our parish the other night,the woman who Kate Barretthad volunteered to lead the prayer began by saying,“I thought we F a ith p o in tcould just beginwith several minutes of silence.” She offered a few ideas about how we might pray in the silence, and really did give us all about live truly quiet m inutes before concluding with a reflection and a prayer. Each person seated around that table seemed to relish the opportunity — no one so much as cleared a th roat or shifted in a seat, in order to keep the quiet unbroken.

So often our chances for quiet (lit by us unnoticed, maybe as w e’re reaching to turn on the TV or pop in the earbuds to our iPod. Even when we intentionally

seek quiet it seems to end before it has begun, like when w e’re offered a moment at Mass to “pray for those needs which we hold in the silence of our hearts .” I don’t know about you, but by the time I’ve even taken a breath to sort out and articulate which needs I’m cur­rently holding in the silence of my heart, the prayer is ending and everyone else has moved on.

I love the quotation above from St. Francis de Sales, but I honestly can’t rem em ber the last time I sa t in silence for half an hour, and w hen I’m “very busy,” a full hour doesn’t seem needed, it seem s nuts. I do pray daily, alone and with others, but unfortunately I’ve just never been regularly able to lit any real quantity of silent, contemplative, m edita­tive prayer into days that almost always seem to fall into St. Francis’ “very busy” category.

But I am willing to give it another go, and another, and even to recom m end it as a valuable goal. Like almost every­thing else in life, we probably just need

to keep at it, to keep plugging away, to invest in the long haul of the “two steps forward, one step back” dance that char­acterizes so many of our worthwhile but challenging efforts.

For w hat would a half hour, or an hour, of quiet m editation bring to our days? Most importantly, an aw areness of God’s enduring, patient presence in our lives. We don’t have to ask God to come to us, to pay attention to our hopes and pains. God has already taken care of that — we simply need the quiet to recognize that he resides in our hearts before we real­ize it; that he knows our needs before we do; that he appreciates and relishes our gifts and talents; that he looks upon us with compassion and love in our m oments of humiliation, sham e or em barrassm ent.

Silence, too, brings perspective, which can help us sort out w hat we really need to worry about and w hat we can set aside as relatively insignificant. Instead of simply focusing on ourselves and our own perceived state of overwhelming

responsibilities, tasks and schedules, we have the chance to notice the sorrows, joys, struggles, pain and effort of others. Hmmm ... could our next steps, then, be to help share the burden of ano ther’s sorrow? To rejoice with the joyful? To help alleviate the toil of the struggling?

I’ve heard it said that most people who preach are simply communicating a m es­sage tha t they themselves need to hear (think about that the next time you listen to a homily!). The sam e probably holds true for people who w rite columns for new spapers, so it’s definitely time for me to try, again, to build that essential half hour into my day. Maybe, if you’ve read this far, you’ll try — or try again — too.

This w eek's Faithpoint is written by Kate Barrett. Kate Barrett is the director o f the Em m aus program in Campus Ministry. She can be reached at kbar- rett@nd.edu

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Common sense and hockeyDear Jam ie Engel (“Of insults and t-

sh irts ,” Feb.3): I w as th ere in 2004 when ND Hockey beat W indsor; I was there in 2006 w hen they lost to M innesota-Duluth. Now, as a student, I have seen how m uch Notre Dame hock­ey has im proved over these p ast four years and it only m akes me m ore loyal.

I have only been a Notre Dame s tu ­dent for a few m onths but have re li­giously w atched m any home hockey gam es (including four over fall break). Regardless, I cannot begin to count the num ber of tim es th a t Notre Dame hock­ey, soccer, basketball and volleyball have held prom otions which resu lted in fans coming to the gam es to get free stuff but it happens.

Back to hockey though. Notre Dame is the best hockey team in the country, and for the en tire season I have m ade su re to get to the JAGG an hour before gam e time, but the gam e versus Michigan was a com pletely different story.

After w atching the quality product th a t Notre Dame hockey offers on the

ice and the cam ping-out loyalty tow ards Notre Dame basketball and College GameDay, it w as a no b ra in e r to me th a t I m ust arrive a little ea rlie r to the JAGG for the Michigan gam e. It only m akes sense to arrive a little earlie r than norm al, right?

Although you are a senior and I am only a freshm an p lease take my advice: If you w ant to get in to the gam e against Michigan State, a rrive earlie r th an you did for the M ichigan gam e. I got to the JAGG a t 4 p.m . for the Michigan gam e, w as first in line, and had no problem getting a ticket. If you arrive as close to 4 as your class sched­ule perm its for the Michigan State gam e, with a textbook or two, you w on 't have to w ait in the cold or be tu rned aw ay by the fam ous Notre Dame u sh ­ers.

Rick M orassefreshm an

A lum ni H all Feb. 3

WoofI could w rite a snarky response to

Michael Murray (“Goals w orth one point,” Feb.3) — a one or two liner even — that would be stuffy, sophomoric, and that would go something like this: “Dear Mr. Murray: Alumni is victorious over Zahm by definition; the game needn’t even be played. Woof, The Dawgs.”

But a stupid quip that calls to mind dorm stereotypes is both silly and shal­low. I could attem pt to give reasons as to why the final score did not indicate the superior effort that the Alumni Hall hock­ey team put forth in the game. I could even cower so low as to claim “m oral vic­tory,” but this approach also seems inef­fectual in actually conveying the condi­tions of our conquest. It is also conceiv­able that I could derive Dawg victory by evaluating the two student sections.

Without much effort it is possible for me to recount how the South Quad dorm dem onstrated spectacular faith in their team; how the Dawg supporters refused to quiet d ow n— much less give up — as the clock breached the one minute mark of the second frame; and how the Alumni

supporters greatly out clamored and out­witted the Moose contingent throughout the night. However, I do not wish to neg­atively judge any other dorm, especially when writing with such bias.

W hat would perhaps be the best method of proving victory is writing of the psychological toll this game has clearly taken on the Zahm squad. W hereas the men of Alumni returned from the JAGG in a festive yet confident mood, the “Zahmbies” did little more than attem pt to pick fights with their competitors (think Greg Paulus calling out Luke Harangody); w hereas the men of Alumni took pride in their hockey team , “cham pion” Zahm has taken pride in knit-picking and namby-pambying.

To sum m arize: we kicked your butt like Kornheiser kicks Wilbon’s in Toss-Up.

Kameron Maynesophomore

A lum ni Hall Feb. 3

Goal counts twiceMichael Murray, I must respectfully

insist that you rewrite your offensive and fallacious Viewpoint article (“Goals w orth one point,” Feb. 3).

You insist that “while a 1-1 tie to the reigning league champs [Zahm! may have felt like an ‘awe- inspiring defeat’ to an Alumni fan, it was, in fact, still at tie.”

It was not a tie; you are wrong. Here’s why. Let a = b; so a2 = b2 = ah; and it fol­lows that a2 - b2 = a2 - ah; which leads us to say (a+b) (a-b) = a (a-b); so it becomes a + b = a; and by substitution a + a = a; which simplifies to 2a = a; so we can say 2 = 1.

It is plainly evident that Alumni’s goal counts twice. You just got slapped in the face by math. W hat’s that, you say? Your

goal should count twice, too? No, it shouldn’t. Alumni’s goal was scored by a Paul Bunyan-esqe athletic specimen that epitomizes Plato’s essence of man; Zahm’s goal was scored by a scurrilous Lilliputian man-boy so you should be lucky it even counted once.

p.s. It is worth noting that Father George Rozum, C.S.C., can divide by zero. The last time it happened was March 10,1940. Stick that into your Google and smoke it.

Will Clarksophomore

Alumni Hall Feb. 3

A sense of humorTo whom it may concern:The Dome Piece in Feb. 4 Observer is yet another comical caricature of the typical

Notre Dame guy with a SMC chick. David Cavadini once again out does himself in addition to the guy who writes Black Dog ... for some reason I cannot think of his name. The Dome Piece lit up my delightful lunch by providing me with ravishing humor. During my reading of the Dome Piece I had to quit eating for fear that I may choke and not be able to read another edition. Mr. Cavadini, for you I have one chal­lenge: Never give up, fight the MAN, and never lose your sense of humor. As your col­league, Dwight D. Eisenhower said it best “A sense of humor is part of the art of lead­ership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.”

Thank you David.

Patrick Augustynsophomore Knott Hall

Feb. 4

Glory daysI am writing in response to Brian Conway’s criticism (“Boss goes wrong," Feb. 3) of

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s electrifying performance Sunday night. I question the judgment of a collegiate student that finds an inconsequential amount of “crotching” more offensive than Janet Jackson’s exposed breast. Springsteen proved that he hasn’t gone anywhere, and that his new album, “Working on a Dream ” will reach high atop the charts just as many have before. By the way, no matter how much Brian might wish, the kneeslide into the cam era was not an intentional expo­sure of Bruce’s leather-pants crotch. The Boss continues to rock.

Henry Shinesophomore

Stanford Hall Feb. 3

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Thursday, February 5, 2009

By EMILY LeSTRANGEScene W riter

On th e o p e n in g n ig h t o f th e 1 a n n u a l K eenan R evue, one can I s till find M usical D irec to r Joey K uhn h a rd a t w ork on p e rfe c t­in g th e f in a l d e t a i l s o f th e

i fam ed sk e tch -co m ed y show.‘E veryone involved h as been

h a rd a t w ork p re p a r in g for th e s h o w ,” K u h n s' a i d , “ I d i d n ’t know q u ite how m uch w ork I w as g e ttin g m y se lf in to w hen I s ig n e d u p to be th e M u sic

■ D ire c to r ...th e R evue h a s b a s i ­cally co nsum ed my life for the

| l a s t tw o w e e k s .”C ertain ly , i t ’s b een h a rd w ork

|p u t to good use . For 33 y ea rs , th e K e e n a n R ev u e h a s b e e n e n te r ta in in g N o tre D am e an d S a in t M ary’s s tu d e n ts w ith off­b e a t s k i t s a n d u n iq u e s o n g re n d itio n s . F unded by the g e n ­e r o u s d o n a t i o n s o f K e e n a n a lu m n i an d in te rm is s io n c o l­le c tio n s from a u d ie n c e m e m ­b e r s , th e R ev u e h a s b e c o m e

i a r g u a b l y th e m o s t p o p u l a r d o rm f u n c t io n o n c a m p u s . M any s t i l l h o ld m e m o r ie s o f p a s t R e v u e ’s fo n d ly in t h e i r N o tre D am e e x p e rie n c e . Kuhn

c ite s la s t y e a r ’s “C asp e r: T he O verly F rien d ly G h o st” as one of h is fav o rite sk its . Many can a ls o r e c a l l th e f a m o u s h i t “T alk Love w ith Dos P a d r e s ” from th e 2007 rev u e .

T h is y e a r ’s S u p e r h e r o - th em ed show, d ecided upon by th e 20 m em b ers of th e R evue s t a f f , is g u a r a n t e e d to be e q u a l ly a s e n t e r t a i n i n g .A l t h o u g hm a n y th e m e s ’

ere™ (in chid- ' P reparin g fo r the show h as ing the aptly- been no sm a ll endeavor.titled “High M ore than 6 o sk itsR e v u e s ic a l°”)! a u d itio n ed fo r one o f the the S u p e rh e ro 2 5 sp o ts in th is y e a r ’s th em e w as the Revue.m o s t p o p u la ridea . -------------------------------------------------

“ T h e m a in m o tiv a tio n [fo r c h o o s in g th e th e m e ] w as th a t s u p e r h e r o e s a r e v e ry ‘in v o g u e ,” ’ K u h n s a id , c i t in g th e e x p lo s io n o f s u p e r h e r o m o v ie s in r e c e n t y e a r s . “T he s u p e rh e ro th e m e m ade it easy to com e up w ith an o p e n in g sk it, T -s h ir ts an d p ro g ra m s .”

P re p a r in g fo r th e sh o w h as b een no sm all en d eav o r. M ore th a n 60 s k i ts a u d i t io n e d fo r

o n e o f th e 25 s p o t s in th i s y e a r ’s R evue.

S e le c tin g a m o n g s k its is “ a v e ry lo n g a n d a r d u o u s p ro c e ss” acco rd in g to K uhn, as is w ork ing w ith a live band for m usica l n u m b e rs . For th e la s t w eek , p ra c tic e s have been held daily in K een an ’s b asem en t.

“R eh ea rsa ls a re a lw ays a lit­tle crazy , w ith peo p le ru n n in g

a r o u n d e v e ry - w h e r e . . . b u t d e sp ite all th e c r a z in e s s , th e show som ehow p u lls to g e th e r in t im e ,” Kuhn sa id .

F o r y e a r s , th e K e e n a n Revue h as p re-

------------------- :— m ie r e d inO ’ L a u g h 1 i n

Hall on S a in t M ary ’s C am pus. H o w ev e r, in 2 0 0 3 , th e S a in t M a ry ’s B o a rd o f G o v e rn a n c e e x p r e s s e d c o n c e r n o v e r th e use of O’L aughlin for the p ro ­duction of the R evue, c iting the in fa m o u s n a tu r e o f th e sh o w a s o f f e n s iv e to m a n y S a in t M a ry ’s s tu d e n ts . T he c o n tr o ­v e rs y e v e n tu a l ly p a s s e d a n d th e sh o w h a s c o n t in u e d th e t r a d i t i o n o f s h o w in g in

O’L aughlin .Kuhn o ffers th is w ord of cau l

tion: “The Revue is no t a show ! ta ilo re d to the easily o ffen d ed .I so leav e yo u r m o ra l se n s ib ili- l t ie s a t hom e an d le t y o u rs e lf ] laugh a li t t le !”

T h e a u d ie n c e can c o u n t on l c o n t in u in g to s e e n o to r io u s ! s ta p le s o f th e show th is y e a r,I in c lu d in g th e fa m e d “ R e v u e l N ew s” and c o n tro v e rs ia l co m e-| dy sk its.

“T h e m u s ic a l n u m b e r s w ill] sp a n se v e ra l d iffe ren t g e n re s , s a id K u h n , w h o r e f e r e n c e d ! c l a s s i c ro c k a n d 7 0 s f u n k | m usica l n u m b ers .

“M any of the sk its will p a ro ­dy l i f e a t N o tr e D a m e ,I a lth o u g h th e re a re a few th a t! h a v e l i t t l e o r n o th in g to d o | w ith ND.”

K uhn a lso e n c o u ra g e s a u d i- l en ce m em b ers to keep an eye! o u t fo r “w e l l - k n o w n , r i s in g ! s t a r - a t h l e t e s ” t h a t m a k e ! a p p e a r a n c e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e | Revue.

T h e 3 3 r d K e e n a n R e v u e l d e b u ts to n ig h t, in O’L au g h lin I Hall a t 7 p .m . T icketed a d m is - | sion is re q u ire d .

Contact Emily LeStrange at elestran@nd.edu

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1 By JESS SHAFFERI Assistant Scene Editor

T his y e a r ’s K eenan Revue them e is super heroic. Though the slogan for the Revue is “It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s the Keenan Revue,” it’s not difficult to pick ou t the show from a sea of Notre Dame sensitivity and political correctness.In fact, once again, the Keenan Revue is saving Notre Dame from taking itself too seriously.

Selling out tickets in u n d e r 12 m in ­u tes, the em ergence of bright blue Revue T-shirts not only serve as walking advertisem ents but also to mock students who lack tickets for tonight’s opening show. Not surprisingly, the ND masses c a n ’t get enough of K eenan ’s

K eenan R evue Tonight,

F riday a n d S a tu rday ,

/p .m .St. M a r y ’s O ’Laughlin A u ditoriu m

seemingly limitless potty humor.Keenan hurtles over obstacles

of campus taboos, like homosexu­ality, partying and promiscuity, whipping off the gag imposed on off-color (albeit probably insensi­tive) humor. Their m aterial, as

p er u su a l, has all the sh am elessly c ra ss h u m o r th a t ND has come to love them for. Needless to say, this R rated campus skit show is no t for th e fa in t of h eart. Touchy view ers are forewarned.

Annually th e Keenan comedic Knights delight student audiences, and this year will be no dif­ferent. Classic like the

Keenan news report and musical acts, com plete w ith the aptly titled “strippers,” are yearly sta­ples for a reason. Additionally, those looking forward to the stan­dard fare of guys dawning drag, cracks about cam pus c u rre n t

events and prevalent pantless- ness (seriously someone should consider starting a pant drive for the dorm) will not be disappoint­ed.

S till, th is y e a r the m en of Keenan shied away from stale, overdone jokes, finally giving St. M ary’s and B reen Phillips a break. That is not to say that the show has no t done its p a rt in observing pervasive campus gen­eralizations. This y ea r’s revue also em braces the creation of new stereotypes.

Also help ing to keep th ings fresh, the Revue is highly attuned to c u r re n t cam p u s cu ltu re . A ppropriately, th e re are both a p p e a ra n c e s from fam ous Keenan residents and je e rs at present campus celebrities. The series of skits include the expect­ed, such as Melissa Buddy jokes, N orth D ining Hall vs. South D ining Hall riva lry , Ring by Spring criticism and re e n a c t­m en ts of dorm p a r tie s . This

y e a r ’s Revue also ex u d es an unpredictable charm with skits that will be pleasant and humor­ous su rprises to viewers. This year’s Revue also keeps shows a sense of history, subtly resurrect­ing past (infamously wonderful) bits, like “ubiquitous girl.”

Between the blunt sexual innu­endoes, the cease less p a r tia l nudity and the waves of laughter, the Keenan Revue is a dizzying experience in all the right ways.Many joke that the Revue is only an excuse for K eenan guys t o g become hot commodities, holdingg the hottest tickets to this wcel end’s show. W hether that’s lrU(‘H H B 9 | or not, getting a ticket to th c H S H f l Keenan review is like winning i I h golden ticket. But after the difil , cult task of hunting one d o w n .g j you get a delightful glimpse into the sick, twist, genius comedic mind of Keenan Hall.

Contact Jess Shaffer at jshaffel@nd.edu

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T h e O bserver

Thursday, February 5, 20 0 9

Inherit the Wind (1960), 6 :30 and 9:30 p.m., Browning Cinema

With a title that comes from Proverbs 11:29, “He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool that shall be servant to the wise of heart,” “Inherit the Wind” plays on the idea that when one does something provocative, such as teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution before it is allowed, trouble will soon follow. ̂“Inherit the Wind” is a fictional account of the actual Scope “Monkey” Trial that took place in 1925 in which a teacher was put on trial and con­victed for teaching a theory other than creation- ism to his Tennessee high school science class. C elebrate the 200th ann iversary of Charles Darwin this weekend by watching tins Academy Award nominated film embellishing one of the most controversial times in educational history.

• B-2 ■ %Silent Light (2 0 0 8 ), 6 :30 p.m., Browning Cinema

In a M exican M ennonite com m unity , a scandalous adultery has taken place forcing a man to re-evaluate his m arriage, religion and path in life. When the Johan falls for a woman other than his wife and continues his affair even though he knows its wrong, ques­tions of infidelity and the existence of a sou l. m ate befuddle him and intrigue the audience. *

.As Johan selfishly tries to seek the best of" . both worlds, his knowing wife Esther further

slips into a separation from both her husband and the world she knew, showing the painful e ffe c ts c h e a tin g ca n h av e on th o se w ho deserve to feel its effects the least. Before heading out S aturday night, delve into this ̂complex cinematic accomplishment.

E x p erien ce th e In stru m en ta l M e lo d ie s of Ireland w ith C hulrua, 8 p .m ., The Livery

In tru e fig h tin g Ir ish fa sh io n , g e t your j ig on th is w e e k e n d by a t t e n d in g th e tr a d itio n a l Irish b and C h u lru a ’s m usica l p e rfo rm a n c e F rid ay n ig h t a t T he Livery,

w h ee ls , h o r n p ip e s , j ig s an d p o lk a s w ill keep the pub ro llin g la te in to the n igh t and e a rly in to the m o rn in g .

W ith a lm o st 70 y e a rs of m usica l e x p e ­r ie n c e b e tw e e n th e m , C h u lru a k n o w s how to t r a n s p o r t th e ir a u d ie n c e to the stony in tim a te pub a tm o sp h e re th a t will have you kn o ck in g back p in ts and t r a d ­ing s to r ie s o f y o u r fu n n ie s t m e m o rie s . T ickets a re $10.

Facu lty R ec ita l- D eanna E m m ons, S a x o p h o n e , 4 p .m ., M oreau C en ter for th e Arts- S a in t M ary’s C o lleg e

A m a s te r of m usic w ith d e g re e s from b o th B lu ff to n U n iv e r s i ty a n d I n d i a n a 1

^ U n iv e r s i ty — S o u th B e n d , D e a n n a Em m ons will p u t on a ja z z p e rfo rm a n c e th is S u n d ay a f te rn o o n a t S a in t M a ry ’s. W ith e x p e rie n c e p lay in g in re c i ta ls , ja z z e n se m b le s , p r iv a te v en u es an d in s t r u c t ­ing s tu d e n ts a t b a n d c a m p s , E m m o n s h a s im m e n s e e x p e r i e n c e t h a t h a s m o u n te d to an im p re s s iv e p ro f ic ie n c y on th e sa x o p h o n e . T h is fre e e v e n t w ill fe a tu re p ro fe ss io n a l, sou lfu l, b ra s s w in d '

i i n s t r u m e n t s k i l l s t h a t w ill m a k e y o u : w ish you w ere b ack in th e 19 2 0 s, a t a ju ic e jo in t p u ttin g on th e Ritz.

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By MICHELLE FORDICEAssistant Scene Editor

T o n ig h t D in in g H a ll D ish o ffe rs an e n t r e e an d a g r e a t d e sse r t idea.

T h e c o m m o n th e m e ? B o th w ere su b m itte d by som e loyal r e a d e r s an d e x p e r ie n c e d d in ­in g h a l l r e c ip e m a k e r s . H opefully a ll of you ou t th e re a re com ing up w ith som e g re a t ideas, so d o n ’t fo rg e t to subm it th e m a n d g e t y o u r n a m e (so m e th in g every Notrfc Dam e s tu d e n t s h o u ld a s p i r e to ) in The O bserver!

This w eek ’s rec ipes:

C hicken P arm esanC ra v in g so m e C h ic k e n

P a rm e s a n b u t i t ’s n o t on th e m e n u to n ig h t? No p ro b le m ! You c a n find m o st th in g s you

need to m ake it every n ight of the w eek. T hank you to C harlie Vogelheim for th is rec ipe .

1. P ick up a f r ie d c h ic k e n b re a s t.

2. Cover w ith m a r in a ra sauce from th e p a s ta bar.

3 . C o v e r w i th m o z z a r e l l a from th e s a la d b a r an d allow th e ho t

p a s t a s a u c e to le t i t m e lt . Serve w ith a side of p a s ta and som e g a r lic b re a d . (No g a rlic b r e a d to n ig h t? T ry to a s t i n g som e good b re a d , sp re a d in g a l i t t l e b u t t e r o r o liv e o il a n d to p p ing w ith p a rm e sa n cheese fo r a su b stitu te .)

Puppy ChowT h is d e s s e r t (o r s n a c k ) is

p ro b ab ly so m eth in g you s tu m ­bled upon as a k id, and it fe a ­t u r e s w h a t e v e ry k id w a n ts :

lo ts o f s u g a r . A nd w h a t ’s w ro n g w ith th a t? B e tte r y e t, th is is our firs t rec ip e from an a lu m n u s ! T h a n k s to 2 0 0 8 g ra d u a te M atthew Lisowski for sub m ittin g it.

1. Pick up a bowl of C rispex ce rea l (if the d in ing hall is out, you can try ex p erim en tin g w ith o th e r types. Aim for som eth ing on th e p la in s id e so t h a t i t d o esn ’t conflict w ith the in g re ­d ien ts you ’re ab o u t to add).

2. F ill a bow l w ith a b it of b u t te r an d a b o u t e q u a l p a r ts c r e a m y p e a n u t b u t t e r a n d choco late ch ips. If th e re a re no ch o co la te ch ip s, try s u b s t i tu t­in g c h o c o la te s a u c e , b u t you m ay n e e d to a d ju s t th e p o r ­t io n s o f e a c h i n g r e d i e n t to m ake the sauce th ick enough.

3. Melt in the m icrow ave for ab o u t 1 m in u te , u n til you can

mixa l l th e i n g r e d i e n t s in to a

sauce .4. P o u r th e s a u c e o v e r th e

c e re a l a n d s h a k e it b e tw e e n two bowls un til it is coated .

5. H e a d to th e w a f f le b a r , toss on som e p o w d ered sugar, an d to ss ag a in u n til it is cov­ered .

Quick TipW ant som e new topp ings for

yo u r ice c re a m ? Try ch eck in g o u t th e c e r e a ls . A lo t o f th e sw e e te r ones give you an e x tra c r u n c h th e s a m e w a y O reo c ru m b les and candy do. One of th e b e s t o n e s I ’ve t r i e d is F ru ity Pebbles.

H a v e y o u r ow n d in in g h a l l rec ip e? We w o u ld love to f e a ­tu re it! E -m a il M ichelle Fordice a t m ford ice@ nd.edu .

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NBA

Kobe leads Lakers to victory over RaptorsLeBron answers Kobe with 52 points to go along with 11 assists and 10 rebounds in return to Madison Square Garden

A ssociated Press

TORONTO — Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers warm ed up for their showdown in Boston with a victory over Toronto.

Kobe Bryant scored 36 points, Pau Gasol added 31 points and 15 rebounds and the Lakers beat the Toronto Raptors 115-107 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight victory and eighth in nine games.

“We got it go ing a little b it m ore,” said Bryant, who scored 10 points in the fourth to help the Lakers outscore Toronto 30-20 in the final fram e. “We obviously picked up our energy a little bit. It felt like the first three quarters, we didn't have the pop we need­ed to. In the fourth q u a r te r it seemed to be there for us.”

L am ar Odom had 13 points, and Derek Fisher added 12 for the Lakers, set to play the Celtics on Thursday night in their first tr ip to Boston since losing the NBA finals.

“It w asn’t a fun night, tha t’s for sure, ” Lakers coach Phil Jackson said, recalling the Game 6 loss last June that gave the Celtics the title.

Gasol looks back ju s t as d is­tastefully.

“It’s not a good m em ory,” he said. “Hopefully w e’ll be able to change that.”

After that, the Lakers head to Cleveland for a Sunday matchup w ith L eB ron Ja m e s an d the Cavaliers.

“It’s a good test for us, these two gam es com ing u p ,” Gasol. “They’re going to be extrem ely hard, in hostile places and we’re going to have to overcome that and show out identity out there.”

Toronto lost its fourth straight, b u t d id n ’t go qu ie tly . Joey G raham had a ca ree r-h ig h 24 p o in ts , a n d J e rm a in e O’N eal added 22 points and nine blocks. A n d re a B a rg n a n i sc o re d 21 points, and Anthony Parker had 18 for the Raptors, 5-21 overall against the Lakers.

“We probably gave more than we would have liked to,” Fisher said. “The Raptors played a solid game, they had a lot of guys con­tributing. I think we have enough gas in the tank to figure out how to win (Thursday).”

Toronto All-Star Chris Bosh left the game with 8:50 remaining in the fourth because of a sprained rig h t knee. Bosh, who h ad 12 points and eight rebounds in 29 minutes, was taken to a hospital for tests.

The Raptors also played with­out point guard Jose Calderon, w ho sa t ou t w ith a so re rig h t ham string. It’s the sam e injury that kept him out of 10 games in Jan u ary and two in November.

Parker moved over to point guard with Graham starting at shooting guard.

Los Angeles had never led by more than two and trailed 87-85 to begin the fourth, but took its first lead since the second quar­ter on Bryant’s jum per with 6:27 left.

“From there it seemed like the m om entum w as rea lly on our side and we w ere able to finish the game after that,” Fisher said.

Toronto trailed by seven with just over a minute left, but Parker m ade a 3-pointer and G raham follow ed B ry an t’s m iss w ith a layup to cut it to two, at 107-105.

But G raham failed to convert th e 3 -p o in t play, an d B ry an t responded with a jum per in the lane, then a pair of free throws, to push the lead to six.

“It says a lot about the level he’s playing at right now,” Fisher said. “He’s leading our team and we need him at this point.”

Bryant set a Madison Square G ard en re c o rd by sco rin g 61 points in a 126-117 victory over New York on Monday night. His career high of 81 came in a home victory over Toronto on Jan. 22, 2006, and he came in averaging 28 po in ts in 21 c a re e r gam es against the Raptors.

“He had m om ents w h ere he looked like he w as going to be re a lly ho t in th e f irs t h a lf ,” Jackson said. “Then I put him on the bench for a rest and when he came back nothing seemed to go for him for a little bit. He carried us in that third quarter and got things going and then down the stretch, made the plays.”

The Raptors s ta rted brightly, leading 21-9 after Parker com ­p le te d a fo u r-p o in t p lay on Odom's foul a t 6:33 of the first. But th e L akers s to rm e d back behind four 3-pointers, including th ree from Bryant, cutting it to 23-21 3 minutes later. Bryant had 14 points in the opening quarter, but Toronto led 31-26 after one.

“We were out of synch right off the bat,” Jackson said. “We had to fuss to get that game.”

Bryant missed all five shots he took in the second, while O’Neal had 11 and Bosh eight to give Toronto a 63-58 lead at the half.

Cavaliers 107 , Knicks 102Not q u ite Kobe B ryan t.

Definitely vintage LeBron James.Jam es scored a season-high 52

points in his 21st career trip le­double, joined Michael Jordan as the only visitors with multiple 50- p o in t g am es a t th e p re s e n t Madison Square Garden, and led Cleveland to a victory over New York on Wednesday night.

Two nights after Bryant set a reco rd a t the p re sen t building w ith 61 po in ts, Jam es w as on

pace to break it after scoring 20 in the first quarter.

His Scoring eventually tailed off a bit, especially after he briefly left the game in the fourth quar­te r after cram ping up, but the skills that make him perhaps the NBAs prem ier all-around player remained throughout.

“I don ’t go out th e re for the num bers, I ju st play my gam e,” Jam es said. “You guys seen every phase of my gam e tonight, the sc o rin g , th e re b o u n d in g , the assists and defensively just trying to attack the opposing team.

“I never thought you could look at the box score and see som e­body with 50 with a triple-double, but it’s happened.”

Jam es added 11 assists and 10 re b o u n d s , beco m in g th e firs t p la y e r s in ce K areem A bdul- Jabbar in 1975 to have a triple­double in a 50-point game. James grabbed his final rebound with under 2 seconds left, then tum ­b led ou t of b o u n d s as tim e expired.

“A pretty impressive triple-dou­b le ,” C le v e la n d ’s W ally Szczerbiak said. “I bet his fantasy owners are pretty happy.”

They were similar num bers to Ja m e s’ gam e in New York last March, when he finished with 50 p o in ts , 10 a s s is ts an d e ig h t re b o u n d s . Jo rd a n is th e only o th e r v isiting p lay e r to tw ice score 50 here, with a high of 55 th a t w as the opponen t reco rd before Bryant broke it Monday

night.“The sad thing is that I’m sure

LeBron said that it’s no big deal to get 61 points,” Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni said. “I’ll just get a trip le-double . (Kobe) d idn ’t d o . that. ”

Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 15 points, and Szczerbiak had 12 points and 13 rebounds for the C avaliers, who have won four straight and eight of nine. They are off until a showdown w ith B ry an t an d th e Los A ngeles Lakers on Sunday in Cleveland, where the Cavaliers are 23-0.

A1 Harrington scored 39 points for the Knicks, who fell to 0-2 d u rin g th e y ’re re fe rr in g to as “D ream W eek,” gam es against th e L ak e rs , Cavs and B oston Celtics. David Lee had 12 points and 10 rebounds.

The focus on Jam es’ first trip here in November was his free agency in 2010, days after the Knicks made a pair of trades to clear salary cap space for a run at him. This time, the building was still buzzing from Bryant’s performance, and the talk was on whether Jam es could top it.

He sa id he w o u ld n ’t try — unless the situation called for it.

“We go out and try to win ball games. Myself and Kobe go out and win ball gam es and som e­times we make games like that,” Jam es said before the game.

“It ju st so happens w here we get high num bers or we make an unbelievable play. It just happens

that way. But we’re out there first of all trying to win the basketball game. I never go into a game say­ing I’m going to try to put up a decen t am o u n t of n u m b ers or an y th in g like th a t. I’ve n ev er been that type of player.”

Yet he was looking for his own shot to s ta rt and w as ahead of Bryant’s pace early on, draining a jum per at the buzzer to give him 20 points in the first quarter — two more than Bryant had — and Cleveland a 36-24 lead.

“I felt a few shots go in and just co n tin u ed to try to w ork th a t hand and just try to see if I was really feeling hot, and I was able to knock a few sh o ts d o w n ,” Jam es said.

The Knicks used a 16-3 spurt to cut a 14-point deficit to 43-42 midway through the second, but the Cavs cam e out of a tim eout with a play that led to an alley- oop pass for Jam es’ dunk. He had 28 in the half, then found Ben Wallace alone for a layup as time expired that sent Cleveland to the locker room with a 57-52 advan­tage.

Unlike Monday, when the MSG crowd loudly cheered for Bryant, the fans were behind the Knicks in this one. They responded with a sp ir i te d p e rfo rm a n c e a f te r being blown out in the previous two m eetings with Cleveland — Jam es d id n ’t even play in the fourth q u a rte r of e ither — and were down only one with 2 min­utes to play.

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NCAA Men’s Basketball AP Top 25

team record points

1 Connecticut (64) 20-1 17922 Oklahoma (5) 21-1 16913 North Carolina (3) 19-2 16394 Duke 19-2 15635 Louisville 17-3 14646 Pittsburgh 19-2 14277 Wake Forest 17-2 14098 Marquette 19-2 13589 Xavier 19-2 117610 Clemson 18-2 107711 Butler 29-1 105112 Purdue 17-4 96113 Michigan State 17-4 87614 Memphis 18-3 79815 UCLA 17-4 78716 Texas 15-5 72417 Villanova 17-4 69818 Gonzaga 16-4 63219 Minnesota 18-3 42620 Syracuse 17-5 41521 Kansas 17-4 31622 Washington 16-5 21623 Illinois 18-4 19824 Arizona State 16-5 14625 Utah State 21-1 99

NCAA Men’s Basketball ESPN/USA Today Top 25

team record points

1 Connecticut (28) 20-1 7722 Oklahoma (3) 21-1 7293 Duke 19-2 6704 North Carolina 19-2 6635 Pittsburgh 19-2 6336 Wake Forest 17-2 6097 Louisville 17-3 6048 Marquette 19-2 5869 Xavier 19-2 52910 Clemson 18-2 48711 Butler 19-1 45612 UCLA 17-4 40013 Purdue 17-4 36914 Michigan State 17-4 35915 Memphis 18-3 30916 Villanova 17-4 29817 Texas 15-5 27418 Gonzaga 16-4 20119 Minnesota 18-3 19720 Syracuse 17-5 16221 Illinois 18-4 12622 Utah State 21-1 10623 Arizona State 16-5 10424 Kansas 17-4 10025 Washington 16-5 78

USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Top 15

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1 Boston U. (27) 19-5-12 NOTRE DAME (7) 20-4-33 Northeastern 17-6-24 Michigan 19-95 Cornell 14-3-46 Miami OH 16-9-47 Vermont 14-6-48 Denver 16-8-39 Minnesota 12-7-510 Princeton 15-611 New Hampshire 12-8-412 Boston College 11-8-413 North Dakota 16-11-314 Yale 15-5-115 Ohio State 17-8-3

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PGA Tour

AP

Padraig Harrington prepares for this w eekends Buick Invitational during a practice round on Wednesday. Harrington won tw o majors last year, the British Open and the PGA Championship.

Harrington headlines Buick fieldAssociated Press

SAN DIEGO — He c a p ­tured more majors than any­one la s t year, w on every player of the year award on golf’s lan d scap e and will m ake his PGA Tour debut th is w eek in the Buick Invitational.

The story should sound familiar, just not the name.

“Never really thought of it th a t w ay,” P ad ra ig Harrington said Wednesday.

Instead of Tiger Woods, the fe a tu re a ttra c tio n at Torrey Pines is Harrington, who has won three of the last six m ajors, including consecutive titles last year in the British Open and PGA Championship.

Harrington is No. 3 in the world, the h ighest-ranked p layer a t the Buick Invitational by a small m ar­gin over hometown star Phil Mickelson. And while Lefty figures to attract the largest gallery — the security detail that usually follows Woods has been assigned to him — the Irishman was the No. 1 pick a t the p ro -am d raw party.

This will be the earliest H arrington has started on the PGA Tour, but he could not think of a better place.

He was at Torrey Pines for the U.S. Open last summer, but this is his first time to play the Buick Invitational. He sp en t his p ro -am W ednesday on the N orth

course, which in June was occupied by park ing lots, p ractice a reas , co rpora te tents and the media center.

Reaching the crest of the fifth fairway, staring below at the green, the cliffs and the Pacific Ocean, H arrington caught himself.

“This is a particularly pret­ty v iew ,” he sa id , a r a re understatement by his stan­dards.

And when one of his ama­teur partners asked him to list his favorite golf course in A m erica (not coun ting A ugusta N ational), H arrington listed the next th ree tou rnam en ts on his schedule — Torrey Pines, Pebble Beach and Riviera, the only time in PGA Tour

history th a t th ree straight tournaments are held at U.S. Open venues.

What kind of game he will b rin g to tho se cou rses remains a mystery.

“Less th a n s h a rp ,” Harrington said.

He ta k e s a tw o-m onth break from tournament golf during the winter, but he is alw ays w ork ing , alw ays refining his swing to find a way to m ake it better. He concedes that it takes time for the moving parts to get in sync.

“You can practice as much as you like, go on the golf course and play as much as you like,” he said. “But it’s totally different w hen you have a card in your hand.”

In B r i e fWNBA’s Leslie to retire at end of basketball season

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Three-time WNBA MVP and four-time Olympic gold medalist Lisa Leslie will call it quits after her upcoming 12th season with the Los Angeles Sparks.

The 36-year-old center announced her decision Wednesday, accompanied by her 19-month-old daughter and husband.

Leslie, a cornerstone of the league since its start in 1997, guided the Sparks to WNBA championships in 2001 and 2002.

“I’m not going to pull a (Michael) Jordan and come back in a year or two,” she said. “For me, I feel good about where I a m .... I just know this is a good time. I can still help (the team). I don’t want to be out there when I can’t do it.”

Leslie said she considered retiring last season when it became more difficult to balance her family life and her basketball career. She took the 2007 season off to give birth to her first child, Lauren, and returned last season. She is married to Michael Lockwood.

Phelps copes with fallout from su g g estiv e p ictu re

BALTIMORE — Olympic champion Michael Phelps said Wednesday that he is going to have to live with the fallout from a photo of him smoking from a m arijuana pipe.

Phelps spoke to The A ssociated Press about the ordeal outside the pool where he trains. The public com­ments were his first since the photo surfaced in a British tabloid over the weekend.

“It’s something I am going to have to live with and something I’ll have to grow from,” Phelps said. “I know with all of the mistakes I made, I learned from them and that is what I expect to do from this. By no means it is fun for me, by no means is it easy.”

W earing a black sw eat su it and shaking off the rem aining drops of w ater in his hair after a workout at the M eadow brook A quatic Center, Phelps said the most important thing for him is th a t he w as back in the pool training

NHLPA m eets to m ake changes regarding fighting

TORONTO — The head of the NHL Players’ Association believes it is time to consider a rule mandating helmet use during fights and to examine the role of one-dimensional enforcers in the game.

While a “clear majority” of players want fighting to remain a part of hockey, Paul Kelly feels his constituency is open to restrictions on the process.

“A couple that we’ve talked about that ought to be looked at anyway is, do you consider a rule whereby players need to keep a helmet on during the course of a fight, and perhaps require officials to step in if a helmet comes off during a fight,” Kelly said Wednesday before the Conn Smythe Celebrities Dinner and Auction.

“If it’s true that when guys get hurled to the ice or tripped to the ice and bang their skull on the ice is where the real danger comes from, then maybe we can protect against that. It’s certainly some­thing worth looking at,” the union chief added.

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NCAA Football

Buckeyes boast strong classLSU, USC and Alabama add high caliber talent on signing day

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Ohio S tate recruit Jack Mewhort stands with head coach Jim Tressel during a new s conference Wed. in Columbus, Ohio.

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Cable introduced as Raiders' new coachA ssociated Press

NEW YORK — T h re e s t r a i g h t BCS b r e a k d o w n s a r e n ’t k e e p in g th e b ig - tim e recru its aw ay from Ohio State.

C oach Jim T re s s e l tu r n e d a n o th e r b a tc h of b lu e -c h ip - p e rs in to B u ck ey es , p u tt in g to g e th e r a c la s s t h a t r a te d am ong the b es t in the n a tio n W ednesday, the first day high school players can m ake their v e rb a l c o m m itm e n ts to c o l­leges official.

M ost of th e u su a l su sp e c ts c lean ed up on th e re c ru itin g t r a i l : S o u th e r n C a l i f o r n ia , T exas an d LSU h av e c la s se s th a t e x p e r ts a r e to u t in g as to p -10 caliber.

D e fe n d in g c h a m p io n F lo r i d a ’s c la s s is s m a ll — th a t ’s w h a t h a p p e n s w h en a team wins a na tional title w ith a ro s te r full of u nderc lassm en — bu t strong.

M ich ig an ’s f ir s t c la s s fully re c ru ite d by new coach Rich R o d r ig u e z s h o u ld . g iv e W olverines fans som e hope for a b r ig h te r fu tu re a f te r a 3-9 debacle in 2008.

Miami coach Randy Shannon is p o is e d to h a v e a s e c o n d consecutive prom ising signing day, th o u g h th e H u r r ic a n e s w o n ’t know if to p -ra te d r u n ­n in g b a c k B ry ce B ro w n o f W ich ita , K an ., w ill k eep his verbal com m itm ent to them or sw itch to O regon o r K an sas S tate. B row n’s adv ise r sa id it will be sev e ra l w eeks b efo re Brown signs a le tte r of in ten t.

And a t A labam a, Nick Saban h as a n o th e r to p - r a te d c la ss lined up to help him keep the C rim son T ide w h e re h e h ad th e m fo r m u ch o f th e 20 0 8 season: atop the polls.

T he n a tio n a l ch am p io n sh ip h a s b e e n e l u ­sive for Tressel a n d th eB u c k e y e s in r e c e n t y e a r s , d e s p i te O hio S ta te ’s dom ina­tion of th e Big Ten. Ohio State h a s w on o r s h a r e d fo u r stra ig h t confer­ence titles , but lost th re e co n ­s e c u t iv e Bow l C h am pionsh ip S e rie s g am es, in c lu d in g b a c k - to -b a c k ti t le gam es after the 2006 and ‘07 seasons.

T h e B u c k e y e s h a d t h e i r h e a r t s b ro k e n a g a in in January , losing 24-21 to Texas in th e F ie s ta Bowl on a las t- m inute touchdow n.

Maybe a rec ru itin g n a tio n a l t i t l e w ill l i f t th e s p i r i t s o f Buckeyes fans?

“R ecruits a re not paying any atten tion to the gam e re su lts ,” A llen W allace o f S c o u t.c o m and SuperP rep M agazine said W ednesday. “For som e kids it m ig h t s e rv e a s a r e a s o n to jum p on the bandw agon. They go in th in k in g , ‘M aybe I can m ake the d ifference.’”

Ohio S tate had the m ajority of its class signed before noon, a g roup th a t includes m ost of the top players in the Buckeye s ta te . Going into sign ing day, Ohio S ta te w as ra n k e d No. 1 by b o th R iv a ls .c o m a n d Scout.com .

“Jim T re s se l is one o f th e g r e a t n a t io n a l r e c r u i t e r s , ”

s a id Tom L e m m in g o f CBS College Sports, w ho h ad Ohio S tate No. 2, beh ind LSU. “He h a s a fence a ro u n d the s ta te o f Ohio an d p u t it up a g a in th is year. He also did a g rea t job in w estern Pennsylvania .”

L inebacker D orian Bell and defensive back Corey Brow n, te a m m a te s a t G atew ay High S ch o o l in M o n ro e v ille , P a .,

and both given five s ta r s (ou t o f fiv e ) by Rivals.com, are headed to Ohio State.

T re sse l even m a n a g e d to c o n v in c e a couple of four- s t a r r e c r u i t s f ro m th e Sunsh ine S tate — r u n n in g b a c k J a a m a l

B e r ry o f M iam i a n d w id e receiver D uron C arte r of Fort L a u d e rd a le , F la . — to leav e th e D eep S o u th a n d b ra v e c h illy t e m p e r a t u r e s in Columbus.

C a r te r h a s fa m ily t i e s to Ohio S ta te . His fa th e r is fo r­m e r B u c k e y e s g r e a t C ris Carter.

Coach U rban M eyer’s G ators m a d e i t t h r e e c o n s e c u t iv e n a t io n a l c h a m p io n s h ip s fo r th e S o u th e a s te rn C onference w ith th e ir 24-14 victory over O k la h o m a in M iam i l a s t m onth.

A nd w h e n i t c o m e s to r e c r u i t i n g , th e SEC is j u s t about as good. Scout.com had 10 o f th e 12 SEC p ro g ra m s am o n g its to p 25 r e c ru i t in g c la s se s h e a d in g in to s ig n in g day. R iv a ls’ top 25 h ad n ine SEC team s.

The G ators w ere expected to hand out only abou t 15 schol­a rsh ips W ednesday, a num ber th a t will hold down their over­all class ranking . But F lo rida’s p r o s p e c t iv e c la s s in c lu d e s

r e c e iv e r A n d re D e b o se o f S an fo rd , F la ., ra te d th e s e c ­ond-best a t his position in the c o u n try by R ivals, an d G ary Brown of Quincy, Fla., R ivals’ No. 3 defensive tackle.

A nd W e d n e sd a y m o rn in g , F lorida landed one of the top u n c o m m it te d p r o s p e c t s in Je lan i Jenk ins, a highly touted linebacker from Olney, Md.

M anti T e‘o from H onolu lu , an o th e r to p -ra te d linebacker, a ls o m a d e h is c h o ic e W e d n e s d a y a n d s u r p r i s e d m any of the experts by picking N o tre D am e o v e r USC an d UCLA.

LSU w as a d isappoin tm ent in 2008 , go ing 8-5 a y e a r a fte r w in n in g th e n a tio n a l title in ‘07 . T ig e rs c o ach Les M iles re sp o n d e d by lin ing up w h a t he has said will be one of the b e s t r e c r u i t in g c la s s e s LSU has ever had.

Miles reach ed into Texas for a couple five-star p rospects — s a f e ty C ra ig L o s to n fro m A ld in e a n d q u a r t e r b a c k Russell Shepard from Houston — to go w ith the T igers’ usual haul of hom egrow n ta len t.

U SC’s l a t e s t h e r a ld e d re c ru it in g c la ss f e a tu re s the co n sen su s No. 1 q u a r te rb a c k in th e c o u n try . C o ach P e te Carroll d idn ’t have to go far to find M att Barkley, who is from M a te r D ei H igh S c h o o l in S an ta Ana, the sam e sou thern C a l i fo rn ia sc h o o l th a t p r o ­duced H eism an Trophy w inner M att Leinart.

Barkley could be in the mix to r e p la c e s t a r t e r M ark S a n c h e z , w h o d e c id e d to bypass h is sen io r seaso n and e n te r the NFL draft.

T e x a s c o a c h M ack B ro w n also found a five-star q u a r te r ­back p rospect in his backyard . G a r r e t t G ilb e r t from A ustin h ig h lig h ts a L onghorns c lass th a t is, as usual, highly ra ted an d load ed w ith in -s ta te ta l ­ent.

ALAMEDA, C a lif . — Although Tom Cable is aw are of th e stiff ch a llen g es he is assum ing by staying w ith the O ak lan d R a id e rs , th e ir no- lo n g e r - in te r im c o a c h on ly sees the opportunities.

O w n er A1 D avis fo rm a lly i n t r o d u c e d C ab le a s h is f i f th h e a d c o a c h s in c e 2 0 0 3 on W ednesday in a n e w s c o n ­fe re n c e la c k ­in g th e t h e ­atric vitriol of l a s t y e a r ’s r a r e p u b lic a p p e a r a n c e by D av is , w hen he prom oted Cable and fired Lane Kiffin four w eeks into the season.

T h e R a id e r s a lso announced the h iring of sev­e ra l m ore a ss is tan t coaches, n e a r ly c o m p le tin g C a b le ’s o v e rh a u le d c o a c h in g s ta ff . Ted T ollner w as n am ed the R aiders’ passing gam e coo r­d in a to r , a n d v e te r a n NFL a s s i s t a n t J o h n M arshall will b e C a b le ’s d e f e n s i v e coordinator.

A f te r f in ­ish ing 4-8 as th e in te r im c o a c h l a s t season, Cable g r a d u a l l y so ld h im se lf to Davis d u r­in g a fiv e - w eek p rocess len g th en ed by th e d e a th of C ab le ’s fa th e r. A lth o u g h D av is s a id he strong ly co nsidered a n o th e r c a n d id a te , C ab le ’s e n th u s i­asm and loyalty won over the Hall of Fam e owner.

“As I s.aid w h e n th is b e c a m e an in te r im jo b in O ctober, th is is my d re a m ,” sa id C ab le , w ho jo in e d th e c lu b as o f f e n s i v e lin e c o a c h in 2 0 0 7 .“T h is w a s m y te a m grow ing up.T h e r e ’s no t a n y th in g in th e w o rld I ’d r a t h e r be d o in g .I’m honored to have th e opportunity .I ’m v e ry honored by w hat this football team did in the last six weeks o f th e r e g u la r s e a s o n an d w h e re we h av e g row n as a fo o tb a ll te a m , a n d I k now rig h t now w here we need to go to get to the playoffs.”

A f te r a ro c k y s t a r t to a t e n u r e t h a t b e g a n in th e w ake of Davis’ vicious public spat with his th irtysom ething coach, Cable led the R aiders (5-11) to back-to-back victo­ries a t the close of th e ir sixth c o n se c u tiv e lo s in g s e a so n . T h a t l a te s u rg e m a d e an im p re s s io n on D av is, w ho p ra is e d C a b le ’s le a d e r s h ip and p lay -ca llin g w hile a lso d e fe n d in g th e d e l ib e r a te process of selecting him.

“He took over a team last year in the m iddle of the se a ­so n , a n d I th o u g h t he d id w e l l , ” D av is s a id . “T h e re w ere p e a k s an d th e re w ere v a lle y s th e r e . T h e re w e re th in g s t h a t c a m e up from tim e to tim e, bu t h e ’s young. He loves it. He loves football,

an d I adm ire th e p a s s io n fo r it w h e re I ’m n o t so s u r e a ll th e o ther (former R a i d e r s coaches) had t h a t p a s ­sion .”

D av is a n d C ab le b o th s a id th e c o a c h h ire d th e R a id e r s ’

new assistan ts , including sev­e ra l coaches who jo ined the c lub w h ile D avis c la im s he w a s s t i l l d e l ib e r a t in g b e tw een C able an d a n o th e r u n n am ed fin a lis t, su spected to be New York Giants offen­s iv e c o o r d in a to r K evin Gilbride.

With W ednesday’s addition o f l in e b a c k e r s c o a c h M ike

H aluchak and the prom otion o f A dam Henry to tight e n d s c o a c h , C a b le ’s s ta f f h a s b e e n f i l le d e x c e p t fo r o ffe n s iv e line coach.

The R aiders w on’t have an official o ffen­sive coord ina­to r , w ith

C ab le c a l l in g th e p la y s in conjunction w ith Tollner and q u a r t e r b a c k s c o a c h P au l H a c k e t t . T o lln e r w a s an o ffe n s iv e a s s i s t a n t fo r th e San Francisco 49ers last se a ­son, while M arshall w as the S ea ttle S eah aw k s’ defensive c o o rd in a to r for the p a s t six s e a s o n s u n d e r M ike Holm gren.

A l t h o u g h m u c h o f th e s t a f f is new , C ab le th in k s h is e x p e r i ­ence w ith the p la y e r s w ill be significant.

T feel like 1 u n d e r s t a n d t h a t lo c k e r ro o m ,” Cable said . “I know who the lead ­e r s a r e . I know who the

young people a re th a t have to be pushed to becom e leaders on th is fo o tb a l l te a m . T hey’re going to know w here I stand , and I’m going to tell them the tru th .”

D av is s a id q u a r t e r b a c k J a M a rc u s R u sse ll h a s an a n k le p ro b le m th a t m ig h t r e q u ir e f u r th e r t r e a tm e n t , a l th o u g h th e o w n e r d id n ’t specifically m ention surgery. Davis also said he w as open to d iscussions abou t sh a rin g a p ro sp e c tiv e new s ta d iu m with the San Francisco 49ers, e n c o u r a g in g a p o s s ib i l i ty th a t’s been suggested for sev­e ra l m onths for the two Bay A rea clubs playing in two of the NFL’s w orst buildings.

“Jim T ressel is one o f the g r e a t n a tio n a l

recru iters. He h a s a fe n c e a ro u n d the s ta te

o f Ohio a n d p u t it up again th is year. ”

Tom Lemming CBS analyst

“A s I s a id w hen th is becam e an in terim jo b in October, th is is m y

dream . ”

Tom Cable Raiders coach

“This w a s m y team grow in g up. T h ere’s not a n y th in g in the w o rld I ’d ra th er be doing. ’’

Tom Cable Raiders coach

“I f e e l like I u n d e rs ta n d th a t locker room.

T h ey’re go in g to know w h ere I s ta n d , a n d I ’m

going to te ll them the tru th ’’

Tom Cable Raiders coach

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Court documents link Bonds to steroid useNew testimony released on Wednesday adds to the already overwhelming amount of evidence pointing against Bonds

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SAN FRANCISCO — C o u rt docum en ts show B arry Bonds te s ted positive for th ree types of s te ro id s , an d h is p e rso n a l t ra in e r once told his business m a n a g e r in th e G ian ts’ c lu b ­house how he injected the slug­ger w ith p e rfo rm ance-enhanc­ing drugs “all over the p lace.”

Prosecutors plan to use those 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 te s t r e s u l t s an d o ther evidence, detailed in doc­um ents re leased Wednesday, at Bonds’ tria l next m onth to try to prove he lied w hen he told a federal grand ju ry in D ecem ber 2003 th a t he never knowingly used steroids.

B o n d s’ a tto rn e y s w a n t th a t evidence suppressed , and U.S. D istrict Judge Susan Illston is to h e a r a rg u m e n ts T h u rsd ay on w hat to allow ju ro rs to hear. Bonds’ tra in e r Greg Anderson, w ho w as ja i le d sev e ra l tim es fo r re fu s in g to a n sw e r q u e s ­t io n s b e fo re a g ra n d ju ry , a p p e a rs to be a t the h e a r t of the governm ent’s case. But his la w y e r, M ark G e ra g o s , s a id A nderson w ill again re fu se to d isc u ss B onds if p ro se c u to rs call him to testify.

A lso a m o n g th e e v id e n c e m ad e p u b lic w e re a p o sitiv e te s t for am phetam ines in 2006 in a urine sam ple Bonds gave to M ajor League Baseball; dop­ing ca len d ars A nderson m ain ­ta in e d w ith th e in itia ls “BB ” and a handw ritten note seized from his house labeled “B arry” th a t a p p e a rs to be a la u n d ry l is t o f s te ro id s an d p la n n e d blood te s ts ; and a list o f c u r ­r e n t a n d fo rm e r m a jo r l e a ­guers, including Jason Giambi, who a re expected to testify at the M arch 2 trial.

T h e d o c u m e n ts s a id t h a t S teve H osk ins, B o n d s’ c h ild ­hood friend and personal assis­tan t, secre tly tap e -reco rd ed a 2 0 0 3 c o n v e r s a t io n w ith A nderson in the G ian ts’ c lu b ­house because Hoskins w anted to p ro v e to B o n d s ’ f a th e r , Bobby Bonds, th a t his son was using steroids.

A nderson and H oskins, who w ere n ear Bonds’ locker, w ere d iscu ss in g s te ro id in jec tio n s , and at one point, they low ered th e i r v o ic e s to av o id b e in g overheard as players, including B en ito S a n tia g o , an d o th e r s w a lk e d by, a c c o rd in g to th e docum ents.

A n d e rso n : “No, w h a t h a p ­pens is, they pu t too m uch in one a re a , and ... actually ball up and puddle. And w hat h ap ­p e n s is , i t a c tu a l ly w ill e a t aw ay and m ake an indentation. And it’s a cyst. It m akes a big (expletive) cyst. And you have to drain it. Oh yeah, it’s gnarly. ... Hi Benito. ... Oh it’s gnarly.”

H o sk in s : " . . . Is t h a t w hy B arry’s d idn’t do it in one spot, and you d idn’t ju s t let him do it one tim e?”

A nderson: “Oh no. I never. I never ju s t go th e re . I move it all over the p lace.”

Also d u rin g th a t c o n v e rs a ­tio n , A n d e rso n to ld H osk ins th a t “everything th a t I’ve been d o in g a t th is p o in t , i t ’s a ll un de tec tab le ,” according to the docum ents.

“See, the stuff th a t I have ... we c rea ted i t ,” he w as quoted as saying. “And you can ’t, you c a n ’t buy it a n y w h e re . You can ’t get it anyw here e lse .”

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He added th a t he w as uncon­c e rn e d a b o u t B onds te s t in g positive because M arion Jones an d o th e r a th le te s u s in g th e s a m e d ru g s h a d n o t b e e n caught doping.

“So t h a t ’s w h y I k n o w it w orks. So th a t ’s why I’m no t even tr ip p in ’. So th a t 's coo l,” A n d e rso n sa id , a c c o rd in g to the transcrip t.

The San Francisco Chronicle f i r s t r e p o r te d a b o u t a ta p e reco rd in g involving A nderson on Oct. 16, 2004, bu t did not id e n tify th e p e r s o n he w as speaking to.

Bonds a tto rneys argued th a t none of A nderson’s sta tem ents o u ts id e o f c o u r t sh o u ld be adm issible.

“If A nderson does not testify for the governm ent, the tru th of any s ta te m e n t he may (or m ay n o t) h a v e m a d e o u t o f court cannot be so te sted ,” lead B o n d s a t to r n e y A llen R uby w ro te . “Mr. B o n d s w ill be s trip p ed of the opportun ity to c o n f ro n t an d c ro s s -e x a m in e the m ost p re jud ic ia l bu t least reliable evidence against him .”

B o n d s a n d H o sk in s h a d a nasty falling out a fte r slugger w en t to th e FBI w ith a c c u sa ­tions Hoskins stole from him.

T hree of B onds’ te s t re su lts w ere seized in a 2003 ra id on the Bay A rea L ab o ra to ry Co- Operative, the h ead q u arte rs of a m assive sp o rts dop ing ring sh u t dow n by fed e ra l agen ts. Agents said they seized num er­ous resu lts of blood and urine tests by Bonds, w hich prosecu­tors argue show th a t the slug­g e r w as in t im a te ly in v o lv ed with BALCO.

Bonds law yers moved to sup­press 24 drug tests from 2000- 06; m ore th an two dozen drug c a le n d a rs ; BALCO log sh ee ts ; handw ritten notes; opinion evi­d e n c e on s t e r o id s , h u m a n g ro w th h o rm o n e , THG, EPO and Clomid; w itn ess d e sc r ip ­t io n s o f B o n d s ’ “p h y s ic a l , behavioral and em otional ch a r­a c te r is tic s” — includ ing acne on his back, testicle shrinkage, head size, h a t size, hand size, foot size and sexual behav io r — recorded conversations th a t d idn’t include Bonds; and voice m ails allegedly left by Bonds on the answ ering m achine of for­m er girlfriend Kimberly Bell.

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Thanks to a generous gift from the A lbert R avarino fam ily, the Italian Studies Program is pleased to announce (he year 2009 annual com petition for travel in support o f sum m er research and foreign study in Italy. G rants w ill be m ade in am ounts not to exceed $3,000, and w ill not normally cover all expenses. N otre D am e graduate and undergraduate students w ho are planning to pursue research o r a form al program o f sum m er study In Italy are invited to apply. S tudents m ust have com pleted a t least one yea r o f Italian language. The course work w ill norm ally be in Italian: w ill involve the study o f Italian language, literature, and culture: and m ust be applicable to a student's degree program a t the U niversity o f N otre Dame.

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preven t the ju ry from hearing evidence of a t least four posi­tive s te ro id te s ts th ey a rg u e can ’t be conclusively linked to B onds b e c a u s e o f how th e y w ere processed.

A ccording to reco rd s p ro se ­cutors took from BALCO, Bonds tested positive on th ree se p a ­r a te o c c a s io n s in 2 0 0 0 an d 2001 fo r th e s te r o id m ethenelone in urine sam ples; he also te s ted positive two of th o s e th r e e t im e s fo r th e steroid nandrolone.

A g o v e rn m e n t-re ta in e d sc i­entist, Dr. Don Gatlin, also said he found evidence th a t Bonds used the designer steroid THG upon re testing a urine sam ple Bonds supplied as p a rt of b ase ­b a ll’s anonym ous survey drug te s t in g in 2 0 0 3 , w h e n th e d e s ig n e r d ru g w a s n o t y e t de tec tab le . F ed era l in v estig a­tors seized them in 2004 from the private laboratory used by Major League Baseball before they could be destroyed, which the players w ere prom ised.

G atlin sa id th e sam p le also te s te d po sitiv e fo r C lom id, a fem ale fertility d rug , and fo r­eign testosterone.

Included in the evidence was a l e t te r from b a s e b a ll in d e ­p e n d e n t d ru g a d m in is t r a to r

Bryan Smith th a t Bonds tested positive for an a m p h e ta m in e d u rin g a d ru g te s t on July 7, 2006, w hen Bonds hit a th ree- run hom er at Dodger Stadium. T h e re also w as a le tte r from b a s e b a l l c o m m is s io n e r Bud S e lig to B o n d s t h a t A ug. 1 in fo rm ing him of the positive test and telling him th a t he will be s u b je c t to six m o re te s ts over a one-year period.

T he N ew York D aily N ew s re p o r te d on th a t te s t on Jan . 11, 2007, saying Bonds a ttr ib ­

uted the positive test to a sub ­s ta n c e he h a d t a k e n f ro m te a m m a te M ark S w e e n e y ’s locker.

T h e c o u r t d o c u m e n ts a lso show th a t p ro secu to rs plan to c a ll to th e w i tn e s s s ta n d Giambi, along w ith his b ro th er a n d fo rm e r m a jo r l e a g u e r J e re m y G iam bi. T he g o v e rn ­m ent also p lans to call Bobby E sta le lla , M arvin B enard and Santiago, all form er team m ates o f B o n d s a n d c l ie n ts o f Anderson.

A nnouncing the Year 2009 Annual A w ards o f the A lbert Ravarino Italian Studies Travel Scholarship

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Belles rebound with big win over Olivet

NCAA B a s k e t b a l l

Hurricanes upset Demon DeaconsM iami blows away No. 7 Wake Forest in fron t o f small crowd

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After the their tough, lopsided loss to na tionally -ranked rival H ope C ollege la s t w e e k e n d , Saint M ary’s found them selves on the o ther side of a blowout W ednesday night.

In their first game at home in m o re th a n tw o w e e k s , th e B elles (1 2 -8 , 10-2 ) d e fe a te d conference opponent Olivet 86- 54 in a gam e th a t w as never close. After giving up its lead in th e MIAA s ta n d in g s to Hope Saturday, Saint M ary’s will most likely have to win the rem ain ­der of its conference gam es to have a chance at first place.

The Belles definitely s ta rted th a t process on the righ t foot. After jum ping out to a 22-point lead a t the half, S a in t M ary’s never let Olivet up for air as the Belles scored another 41 points in th e se c o n d h a l f to th e Comets’ 31.

The B elles go t so lid b ench

p lay from f re s h m e n K elley M u rp h y a n d M aggie R o n an , w ho h a d 14 a n d 10 p o in ts , re sp e c tiv e ly . T he o th e r tw o B elles to re a c h doub le d ig its w e re s e n io r fo rw a rd E rin N ew som , who had 13 p o in ts , a n d ju n io r fo rw a rd A n n a K a m m ra th w ith 10. B oth N ew som an d K am m ra th also contributed six rebounds apiece in the winning effort.

D esp ite th e fa c t th a t H ope also won Wednesday, there are still fou r g am es left for each team in conference play before th e MIAA to u rn a m e n t a t th e e n d o f th e m o n th . If S a in t M a ry ’s w in s i ts r e m a in in g games, all of which are against team s th e y ’ve a lread y played this season , th e re is a chance that they could end the regular season as conference cham pi­ons and set them selves up in a favorab le position for to u rn a ­m ent time.

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The crowd for the attendance-chal­le n g e d M iam i H u r r ic a n e s totaled 5,792 fans, and many of th em p o u re d onto th e c o u rt when Wednesday night’s game ended to celebrate their team ’s most lopsided win ever against a ranked opponent.

Jack McClinton scored a sea­son-high 32 points, and Miami used a zone defense to stymie No. 7 Wake Forest, which lost its second consecutive gam e, 79-52.

T he H u r r ic a n e s h a rd ly looked like a team tha t had lost th r e e s t r a ig h t g a m e s . And W ake F o re s t looked n o th in g like the team th a t bea t then- No. 1-ranked Duke a week e a r­lier.

“M iam i p la y e d very , v e ry w ell,” Demon D eacons coach Dino Gaudio said. “They had th e i r b a c k s to th e w all an d played with a lot of energy and a lot of emotion.”

The upse t triggered a f re n ­z ied c e le b ra t io n as fan s mobbed the Hurricanes.

“That was one of the greatest fe e lin g s I ’ve e v e r h a d ,” M cC lin ton sa id . “I ’ve n e v e r e x p e r ie n c e d so m e th in g like that, rushing the court. It was great.”

McClinton scored 14 consec­utive points for the H urricanes

late in the gam e to help build their biggest m argin of victory ever against a ranked team . He finished ll-fo r-19 , including 6- for-10 from 3-point range, and ad d e d th re e s te a ls and tw o assists.

“M cClinton h ad one of the best perform ances I’ve seen in the eight years I’ve been in the ACC, ” Gaudio said.

The victory snapped a slump for the H urricanes (15-7, 4-5 A tlantic Coast Conference) at th e s t a r t o f a th r e e -g a m e stre tch against top 10 team s. T hey v is it No. 4 D uke on Saturday and will be at home aga in st No. 3 North C arolina on Feb. 15.

“They fought extremely hard b e c a u se th e y ’re fig h tin g for their lives,” Wake Forest center Chas M cFarland said. “W e've g o t to be d o in g th e sam e thing.”

The Demon D eacons (17-3, 4-3) haven’t won since beating Duke a week ago. They lost in the final second S a tu rd ay a t Georgia Tech, which came into the game winless in the league.

A g a in s t M iam i’s zo n e , th e D em on D eaco n s s t ru g g le d throughout and shot a season- low 31.7 percent, including 3- fo r-2 0 from 3 -p o in t r a n g e . Their 52 points w ere a season low.

“We w ere re ly in g w ay too m u ch on th e 3 -p o in t s h o t ,”

Gaudio said. “We w eren’t going in s id e e n o u g h . We t r ie d to sh o o t o u r w ay o u t of p ro b ­lem s.”

Miami often had the Demon D eacons on th e ir heels — or w o rse . H u r r ic a n e s fo rw a rd Cyrus McGowan set a midcourt screen tha t sent L.D. Williams sp raw lin g as M cClinton sped past for a layup.

T he c row d e ru p te d , an d a w oozy W illiam s w en t to the bench.

“That play Cyrus m ade really got us going,” McClinton said. “Our team got pumped up.”

Miami w ent on to lead 29-26 a t halftim e, then pulled away by outscoring Wake Forest 25- 8 over the first 9:10 of the sec­ond h a lf . J u n io r A d ria n T h o m a s c o m p le m e n te d M cC lin ton by g o in g 4 -fo r-5 b ey o n d th e a rc a n d ty ing a career high with 14 points.

“In practice th a t’s w hat I do — I keep sh o o tin g ,” Thom as said. “It felt good.”

M iam i p o in t g u a rd L ance H u rd le m issed h is f ir s t five s h o ts b u t f in is h e d w ith 11 p o in ts , four a ss is ts and only two turnovers.

Jeff Teague scored 19 points for Wake Forest but missed all five o f h is 3 -p o in t t r ie s . F re sh m a n A l-F aro u q Am inu had five turnovers and scored only four points, nine below his average.

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eye-opening perfo rm ance at th e U.S. A rm y A ll-A m erican gam e, he quickly began g a in ­ing re s p e c t in n a tio n a l r a n k ­ings.

Weis said the Sunshine State n a tiv e re m in d e d him a lo t of c u r r e n t I r i s h l in e b a c k e r H a r r i s o n S m ith . M o tta h a s a lread y im pressed the co ach ­ing sta ff in his first few weeks in South Bend and is expected to p la y e i th e r o u ts id e l in e ­backer o r safety.

Tyler S to ck to nS to c k to n h a s b e e n s ig n e d

up to play for the Irish since l a s t y e a r ’s B lu e -a n d -G o ld g am e a n d is th e fin a l f r e s h ­m an to a rriv e on cam pus this y e a r . T h e 2 9 0 - p o u n d e r , a n o th e r N ew J e r s e y n a tiv e , w a s r a n k e d th e t h i r d - b e s t defensive tack le in the co u n ­try by ESPN. “We th ink h e ’s a d y n am ic p la y e r an d he g e ts off the ball," Weis said . “He’s g o t g o o d q u ic k n e s s a n d he u se s h is h a n d s , a n d h e re is a n o t h e r g u y w e a r e r e a l ly h ap p y to h av e o u r h an d s on as we go into the sp rin g .”

O ffenseThis y e a r N otre Dam e co n ­

t in u e d to r a c k up ta le n te d a th le te s on o ffen se as w ell. The Irish stocked the shelves fo r n e w l in e c o a c h F r a n k V erducci w ith th re e offensive linem en , tw o tig h t ends and a long snapper.

Alex BullardAt 6-foot-3 and 275 pounds,

B u lla rd is co n s id e re d a very a th le t i c o f fe n s iv e l in e m a n . R ivals.com lis te d him as the 1 5 th -b es t g u a rd in the co u n ­try , w h e re he is ex p ec ted to p lay fo r N otre D am e. He led B re n tw o o d A c a d e m y to a C la ss AAA T e n n e s s e e s t a te c h a m p io n s h ip in h is ju n io r y ear and th is y ear w as nam ed th e th i r d b e s t p la y e r in th e s ta te .

“1 r e a l ly lik e th e k id . He cam e h e re on h is visit an d we r e a l ly c lic k e d . C lick ed w ith h im a n d c l ic k e d w ith h is folks, r ig h t off the b a t ,” Weis said.

Tyler EifertE ifert is a local p layer from

F o r t W ay n e a n d jo in s th e e v e r- in c re a s in g lis t of la rg e , t a l e n t e d N o tre D am e t i g h t en d s. His size (6 -foo t-6 , 220 pounds) and speed leave him s o m e w h e r e in b e tw e e n a w ide rece iv e r and tigh t end.

D esp ite no t h av in g a n eed a t th e tig h t end position, Weis s a id th e te a m w a s to o im p re s se d w ith E ife r t’s p e r ­fo rm an ce a t th e N otre Dam e s u m m e r c a m p to n o t o f fe r him a sch o la rsh ip .

“ I t w a s p r e t ty o b v io u s to se e th a t he w a s th e b e s t of th e p eo p le he w as w ith th a t d a y a n d r e a l l y s to o d o u t , w hich rea lly got ou r a tten tio n

an d re a lly p u sh e d th is th in g a lo n g ,” Weis said .

Jake GolicGolic w ill be a n o th e r w ide

receiver/tigh t end com bination player for the Irish. He played w ide rece iv e r for C onnecticut h ig h sch o o l p o w e rh o u se Northwest Catholic and had eight touchdowns in his senior season. He w as ran k e d th e six th -b est player coming out of the state.

Golic, who was the very first r e c ru it to sign w ith the Irish , becom es the fourth m em ber of his family to play at Notre Dame. His father Mike Golic and uncle Bob Golic w ere linem en in the 1970s and 80s. His older brother, Mike Jr., is currently a freshman at Notre Dame and plays center for the team.

Zach MartinMartin, the top ranked player

in Indiana decided to stay in state and help fill a void at the offen­sive ta c k le p o s itio n . He w as ran k ed second in the M idwest behind fellow Irish recruit Chris Watt. M artin’s big frame makes him a potential wrecking force on the line.

“We think he’s going to be a big muchacho when it’s all said and done,” Weis said. “This guy is a guy th a t you w atch gam es and you see several pancake blocks.”

Martin has 114 pancakes as a sen ior a t Bishop C hatard High Sschool.

Theo RiddickR idd ick , w ho h a ils from

Manville, N.J., is the final of Weis’ home-state recruits The versatile back rushed for over 4,000 yards in h is h igh schoo l c a re e r a t Im m aculata. Weis said his a th ­leticism gives him the opportuni­ty to play at running back, slot receiver or even as a defensive back.

Riddick was named the second- b e s t o ffensive p la y e r in New Jersey. He has been leading his high school team to victory for many years. As a sophomore, he had 216 y a rd s ru sh in g and a gam e-clinching in tercep tion in the state title game.

Special TeamsNotre Dame also stocked up on

kickers with this class. Ben Turk will be coming to South Bend as a punter from St. Thomas Aquinas in Davie, Fla. He was ranked the third best punter in the country this year and pinned 14 of his 28 punts inside the 20-yard line.

Turk will be joined by his high schoo l long sn a p p e r , Jo rd a n Cowart. Cowart served specifical­ly as a long snapper for Aquinas a n d w as p e r fe c t on h is 370 career snaps. Both of these play­ers will join Sam Young and Dan Wenger as alums of the Florida school.

The Irish also picked up place- kicker Nick Tausch from Plano, Tex. T au sch w as ra n k e d th e ninth-best kicker in the country after nailing field goals from 51 and 53 yards during his sen ior year.

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C incinnati pushed its lead to 61-52 — the la rg e s t lead of the gam e for e ith e r te am a t th a t point — causing Brey to ca ll a tim e o u t w ith 11 m in ­utes rem aining. Although they s c o re d 31 p o in ts o v e r th e f in a l 11 m in u te s , th e Ir ish c o u ld g e t no c lo s e r on th e scoreboard .

“W e’ve go t to be a b le to p lay d e fe n se , g e t re b o u n d s and stop team s from pu ttin g up 90 on us, “ Irish fo rw ard Zach H illesland said.

C incinnati’s 93 points w ere a s e a s o n - h ig h fo r th e B earcats, and it w as the th ird tim e in th e i r lo s in g s t r e a k th a t the Irish have given up 93 points.

N o tre D am e’s tro u b le s on the defensive end W ednesday n ig h t s te m m e d f ro m an in a b i l i ty to d e a l w ith th e inside-outside com bination of fo rw a rd Y ancy G a te s an d Vaughn. Vaughn, who en tered W ednesday’s co n test a v e rag ­in g 1 5 .3 p o in ts p e r g a m e , exploded against the Irish for a season-high 34 points.

Although a good num ber of V a u g h n ’s p o in ts cam e from the charity stripe in the final m in u te s of the gam e, N otre D am e w a s g e n e ro u s in th e sp a c e th e y gave V aughn to shoot all night. The Cincinnati g u a rd took fu ll a d v a n ta g e , h i t t in g five o f 11 3 -p o in t

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a t te m p ts in c lu d in g th e tw o treys th a t pu t the B earcats on the ir way in the second half.

“ I love to be u n d e r th e r a d a r as a te a m , “ V aughn said. “Most team s d o n ’t key on you or ta lk ab o u t you. If we keep w inning, th e y ’ll see w hat w e’re capable of. “

In s id e , th e I r i s h h a d no a n s w e r fo r th e f r e s h m a n G a te s . T h e 6 - fo o t-9 , 2 5 5 - pound fo rw ard h ad h is w ay dow n low, sco rin g 15 po in ts on 7 - o f - 1 3 s h o o t in g . H is o f fe n s iv e p r e s e n c e a ls o o p en ed up sh o ts o u ts id e for h is te a m m a te s , a n d th e B e a rc a ts took a d v a n ta g e by s h o o t in g 43 p e r c e n t f ro m beyond the arc.

On th e o ffen s iv e en d , th e Irish continued th e ir second- h a lf trend from the P ittsburgh gam e of no t find ing th e ir 3- p o in t s h o ts . N o tre D am e attem pted only 13 treys, th ree o f w h ich c a m e in th e f in a l 2:30 of the gam e. W orse yet, the Irish m ade only th re e of th o se lo n g -d is ta n c e sh o ts - good for a percen tage of 23.1.

H arangody p u t up his cu s­tom ary big num bers as he fin­is h e d w ith 28 p o in ts , 14 reb o u n d s and five ass is ts . It w as his eleventh consecutive double-double.

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Brey said. “We keep s tru g ­gling. “

F or th e f irs t 3 0 -p lu s m in ­u te s o f W e d n e sd a y ’s g am e , th e Irish and B ea rca ts w en t b ack an d fo r th lo o k in g like tw o te a m s p la y in g to k e e p t h e i r NCAA T o u rn a m e n t h o p e s fro m s l ip p in g o u t o f reach . W ith 14:34 rem ain ing in the second half, th ere had b e e n 14 le a d c h a n g e s a n d nine ties in the gam e. Then it all s ta r te d to fa ll a p a r t for Notre Dame.

As h a s b e e n th e c a s e th roughou t the losing s treak , the Irish w ere u n ab le to get e n o u g h d e fe n s iv e s to p s to keep up w ith th e ir opponent.

C in c in n a t i g u a rd D e o n ta V aughn h it a 3 -p o in te r off a high screen and fellow guard L a rry D avis h it a la y -u p to give the B earcats a five-point edge with ju s t under 14 m in­u te s to p lay . I r is h fo rw a rd L uke H a ra n g o d y a n s w e re d with a pa ir of free throw s, but V a u g h n r e s p o n d e d w ith a n o th e r t r e y o ff th e sa m e high screen th a t had w orked two possessions earlier.

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us, it was like, “Oh, yeah, and I’m considering Notre Dame.” Not good, not good. If he doesn’t come here, ND football is officially dead, and even worse, I’ll have to change my handle.

11:30 a.m. posted by FrSorinrocks

He was just saying it that way to throw people off. Besides, I heard from my super-duper secret source that his dad called Weis yesterday to tell him he’s coming to ND.

11:31 a.m. posted by Te’olover:I heard that same phone call was

to tell Weis he’s not coming! If he doesn’t come to ND, you know Pete Carroll must’ve done something shady. And I’m sure that weasel Urban Meyer had a hand in this somehow. (But 1 do wish he was our weasel)

End scene. The above was a dramatization of conversations held on recruiting message boards over the past few weeks all over the Internet, not just at Notre Dame Web sites. The language is obviously exaggerated, but not that much — a lot of talk for kids that haven’t played a down in college yet.

Of course, recruiting is a vital part of college football, and there’s nothing wrong with following recruiting as a fan of a program. But the Internet frenzy that comes with recruiting today has gotten out of hand. If I were a parent of a 17-year old kid, frankly. I’d be creeped out a bit by what these faceless strangers are saying about my son on the Internet and the rumors that they’re spreading about him.

This culture is also not good for the athletes. These are 17-year-old high school kids, who’ve still not fully developed emotionally and haven’t learned to avoid looking at

such things, that can’t help but read what’s said about them on the Internet. In some ways it’s fun to read about what people are saying about you, debating whether or not you’re going to one school or another when you actually know the truth. A recruit who reads such glowing dialogue can develop sort of a God-complex. That’s certainly not healthy.

On the other hand there are peo­ple who will bash a recruit, attack him for not choosing a school, and this can cause unwarranted pain. No matter how good you are, it hurts when somebody says some­thing nasty about you, even if it is an anonymous message board post.

In the case of Manti Te’o, no doubt Wednesday was a good day for Notre Dame. Te’o is a first-class athlete and Notre Dame is lucky to have him, especially given the past two seasons. More importantly,Te’o seems like a first-class person.

But Te’o, along with the hun­dreds of other athletes who signed letters of intent Wednesday, hasn’t played a snap in college. It’s rare when a player can come in and have an immediate impact the way Michael Floyd did last year. Te’o may do that, but in general, it takes time for these kids to turn into men and it takes good coaching to develop that five-star potential. From reading the Internet, you would think these guys are going to be All-Americans tomorrow.

It’s fun to think about what Notre Dame will be putting on the field in years to come. There are a lot of reasons for optimism. In addition to Te’o, Notre Dame nabbed some great athletes in Cierre Wood, Tyler Stockton and Shaquelle Evans. But until the players develop, there’s just talk, and it’s absurd talk at that.

The views expressed in this col­umn are those o f the author and no t n ecessa r ily tho se o f The Observer.

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Te’oco n tin u ed from page 24

and ends up com m itting; i t ’s t r u ly r e m a r k a b l e , ” N o tre D am e c o a c h C h a r l ie W eis s a id in a p r e s s c o n fe re n c e W ednesday.

S ix teen o th e r re c ru its also a n n o u n c e d th e ir in te n tio n s to p la y fo r th e I r i s h W e d n e s d a y , w h ic h w a s n a tio n a l sign ing day for high school sen io rs . W ide re c e iv ­e r S haquelle Evans, ru n n in g back C ierre Wood and o ffen­s iv e ta c k le C h r is W a tt a ll anno u n ced th e ir in ten tio n to play for N otre Dam e.

T e’o a n n o u n c e d h is d e c i­sion on ESPNU aro u n d 12:15 p .m . W e d n e s d a y . ESPN r a n k e d h im a s th e N o. 1 defensive p lay e r and the No. 2 p la y e r o v e r a l l in th i s y e a r ’s sign ing class.

T h e 6 - fo o t-2 , 2 2 5 -p o u n d T e’o b e c a m e th e in a u g u ra l h igh schoo l r e c ip ie n t o f th e B u tkus A w ard , g iven to the n a tio n ’s top lin eb ack e r, and T h e S p o r t in g N ew s n a m e d him 2008 High S choo l A th le te of the Year.

“ H e ’s e v e ry b it o f th a t 6-2,225; th a t m ight n o t b e d o in g h im j u s t i c e , ”W eis sa id . “He m ig h t be b i g ­g er th a n th a t .”

W eis s a id T e’o a sk ed one q u e s t io n d u r ­in g a p h o n e c a l l T u e s d a y night: Did he have a chance to co m e in h e r e a n d c o m ­p e te? W eis sa id he rece iv ed o th e r in d ic a tio n s th a t T e’o m ig h t ch o o se th e I r ish b u t d id n ’t k n o w fo r s u r e u n t i l Te’o an nounced it him self.

“Not until he ac tua lly does it do you feel good ab o u t i t ,” Weis said .

Te’o is a M orm on and may tak e a m ission trip a fte r his f r e s h m a n y e a r . W eis s a id one of th e th ings th a t a le r t ­ed him to the fac t th a t T e’o m a y h a v e b e e n m o v in g t o w a r d s N o tr e D a m e w a s t h a t T e ’o ’s f a t h e r , B r ia n , c a l le d W eis l a s t n ig h t to in q u ire ab o u t w h a t h ap p en s to s c h o la r s h ip s if a p la y e r leaves school. Weis also said th e p r o g r a m w o u ld a l lo w T e’o to ta k e a m iss io n tr ip an d re tu rn as a fo u rth -y e a r sophom ore .

“We w o u ld r e s p e c t h is w is h e s , i f t h a t ’s w h a t h e decided to d o ,” he said .

R ivals.com ra n k e d T e’o as th e N o. 12 p l a y e r in th e na tion and the No. 2 ou tside linebacker. He had 129 ta c k ­le s , 11 s a c k s , th r e e fo rc e d fum bles and th re e in te rc e p ­tio n s in h is s e n io r s e a s o n , w hen P unahou w on its first- ever s ta te cham pionsh ip .

W h ile T e ’o w a s th e m o s t h ig h - p r o f i le r e c r u i t N o tre D am e sig n ed , th e team still b ro u g h t in o th e r good ta len t. E v a n s , a 6 - f o o t - l , 2 0 3 - p o u n d r e c e i v e r f ro m Inglew ood, Calif., c au g h t 51 p asse s for 810 y a rd s and 11 to u c h d o w n s in h is s e n io r seaso n . ESPN ra n k e d him as th e No. 4 w ide re c e iv e r in th e country.

“H e’s a co m p le te re c e iv e r w ith a c o m b in a tio n o f s ize and sp e e d ,” W eis sa id . “H e’s ju s t a p lay m ak e r.”

Wood, a 6-foot, 192-pound ru n n in g b ack from O x n ard , C a l i f . , v e rb a l ly c o m m itte d

e a r ly to N o tre D am e. USA T o d a y n a m e d h im an A ll- A m e r ic a p la y e r , a n d T h e S p o r t in g N ew s ra n k e d him th e No. 2 r u n n in g b a c k in th e n a tio n . He ra n for 1,632 y a rd s and 20 touchdow ns in h is s e n io r s e a s o n a t S a n ta C lara High School. His ju n io r y e a r , h e r u s h e d fo r 2 ,6 1 2 y a rd s and 34 touchdow ns.

“ He ju m p e d on b o a r d ea rly , an d he re a lly h e lp ed us and w as one of the in te ­g ra l p a r ts o f th e r e c ru it in g p ro cess as we w en t th rough w ith th is c la s s ,” W eis sa id . “We like th is k id .”

W a tt w a s th e o n ly o th e r r e c r u i t N o tre D am e s ig n ed b esides T e’o th a t R ivals.com gave five s ta r s . A 6 -fo o t-3 , 2 8 0 - p o u n d l in e m a n f ro m G len E lly n , 111., W a tt w a s also n am ed an A ll-A m erican by USA Today.

“H ere is a n o th e r guy th a t w e h a v e h a d a go o d r e l a ­tionsh ip for qu ite som e tim e and we a re re a lly happy to h a v e h im on b o a r d ,” W eis said .

W a tt h a d 1 0 7 p a n c a k e b lo c k s a s a s e n i o r a t G le n b a rd W est H igh School even th o u g h he m issed tw o

g a m e s . He p la y e d t h r e e d iffe ren t p o si­t io n s on th e l in e a n d n e v e r s u r r e n ­d e re d a sack.

W eis s a id p lay ing in the H a w a ii B ow l t h i s s e a s o n “ c e r t a i n l y d i d n ’t h u r t ” th e c h a se fo r T e ’o , b u t he sa id he d id n ’t

th in k th e p lay e rs , who had a ro le in the decision of w hich bow l gam e to p lay in , w ere th in k in g a b o u t g e tt in g T e’o to com m it.

W eis s a id he u n d e r s to o d th e im p o r ta n c e o f g e t t in g re c ru its n a tionw ide and th a t sign ing th e top re c ru its will k e e p N o tre D am e c o m p e ti­tive.

“W h eth e r i t ’s C aliforn ia or F lo r id a o r J e rs e y , In d ia n a , I l l in o i s , n o m a t t e r w h e r e y o u ’re going, if you w an t to b e a t th e b e s t , y o u ’d b e t te r g e t th e b e s t p la y e r s ,” W eis sa id . “I have no illu sio n s of g r a n d e u r [a n d k n o w ] th a t g e t t in g to p p la y e r s is th e b e s t way to b e a t th e m .”

N otes:♦ I r is h ll lu s tra te d re p o rte d

t h a t R oby C o m a , a s e n io r w id e r e c e iv e r w ho w e n t to P u n a h o u H igh S ch o o l w ith T e ’o, m a y be c o n s id e r in g jo in in g T e’o a t N otre D am e. He w as o r ig in a lly g o in g to c o m m it to UCLA, I r ish lllu s tra te d sa id , bu t has n o t tu r n e d in h is l e t t e r o f in ten t.

♦ Ju n io r Chris M artin , a 6- f o o t - 4 , 2 2 0 - p o u n d l i n e ­b ack e r from O akland , Calif., c o m m it te d to N o tre D am e W e d n e s d a y , I r is h ll lu s tr a te d .c o m r e p o r t ­ed. He will be the th ird v e r­bal com m itm en t of the 2010 re c ru itin g class.

W hen asked w h a t he w ould te ll o th e r c o ach es w ho m ay t ry to r e c r u i t h im , M a rtin to ld I r i s h l l l u s t r a t e d : “ I ’m 1 0 0 - p e r c e n t I r i s h , t h a t ’s w h a t I’ll te ll th e m ,” he said . “I a p p re c ia te th e a t te n t io n you a re show ing m e, bu t I’m 1 0 0 -p e rc e n t Irish an d th a t ’s w h a t th e y ’ll know .”

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The full Manti

Notre Dame lands top recruits from across the country

Team nets Manti Te'o and several other studs

By BILL BRINKSports Editor

Cold w e a th e r be dam ned — C harlie Weis m an ag ed to lu re th e b ig g e s t fish in th e pond a w a y f ro m th e t e m p e r a t e w a te rs of so u th e rn C alifornia to th e N o rth A tla n tic -e sq u e co n d itions of South Bend.

L in e b a c k e r M a n ti T e ’o, from P u nahou High School in Laie, H aw aii, s igned a le tte r o f i n te n t to p la y fo r N o tre D am e n e x t fa ll, th e a th le tic d e p a r t m e n t a n n o u n c e d W e d n e sd a y . T e ’o c h o se th e I r i s h o v e r S o u th e r n C a lifo rn ia , UCLA, BYU a n d S tan fo rd .

“You th in k a b o u t it, a k id from H aw aii, he com es to the S y racu se g am e in th e snow ,

see TE’O/page 21

APTop recruit Manti Te’o sign s his letter of intent to play at Notre Dame next year. The five-star linebacker played at Punahou High School and also considered USC and UCLA. see HYPE/page 21

Kids are too young to warrant such hype

11:28 a m. posted by HoltzisGod: I heard from two of my sources

yesterday that Te’o’s mother’sfriend's uncle’s

11:29 a.m. posted by Te’olover: But didn’t you hear the interview

he gave last week? When he was mentioning his final schools, he listed us last! And did you hear his tone of voice when he mentioned

Chris Hine

Sports Writer

cousin that Manti is defi­nitely coming to Notre Dame. Don’t believe everything else you’ve been hearing. This is the guy that’s going to resur­rect our pro­gram.

By DAN MURPHYSports Editor

A long w ith th e l is t o f All- A m e r ic a n s a n d n a m e s you h a v e b e e n h e a r i n g s in c e e a r ly th is fa ll , N o tre D am e ro p e d in a v e ry im p re s s iv e re c ru i t in g c la ss th a t w ill be c o m p e tin g fo r p la c e s on the field n ex t seaso n .

On the defensive side of the b a ll , to p r e c r u i t M an ti T e ’o w ill be jo in e d by five o th e r p lay e rs .

E.J. BanksB anks is one o f th re e Irish

p layers already on cam pus. He played both safety and q u a rte r­back for M ontour High School in Pittsburgh, but will serve as a co rnerback for Notre Dame. Last season he racked up more th an 1,000 yards ru sh in g and passing. He is curren tly coming off a to rn ACL, but Irish coach Charlie Weis and the Irish are hoping his athleticism will help him reb o u n d quickly. He also played basketball and com pet­ed in track in high school.

Carlo CalabreseFrom the sam e high school as

fo rm er N otre Dam e tig h t end A n th o n y F a s a n o , C a la b re s e b r in g s a h a r d - n o s e d New J e r s e y a t t i tu d e w ith h im to South Bend.

“He ju s t likes contact,” Weis, a New J e r s e y n a t iv e , s a id . “ H e’s a ro c k e d -u p u n it . He looks th e p a r t . He looks the p a rt like he would be ready to go early in his ca reer.”

C a la b re s e w a s n a m e d h is s ta te ’s Defensive Player of the Year in his senior season after

finishing with 130 tackles and th r e e s a c k s fro m th e l in e ­b ack e r position . He is know n as m ore of a run -stopper, but showed some athletic ability by ca tch in g 27 passes for nearly 500 yards this season.

Dan FoxFox is a n o th e r o n e o f th e

m a n y y o u n g l in e b a c k e r s expected to com pete for a job early in his career. At 6-foot-4, 215 pounds he has the size to be a good ou tside linebacker, w here Weis expects he will fit

in. Fox played safety this year a t St. Ignatius in Ohio.

“We like the school and we like p lay e rs th a t com e ou t of the school th a t fit our m entali­ty,” Weis said.

Both Fox’s school and family have strong ties to Notre Dame.

Zeke M ottaM o tta , a n o th e r e a r ly

e n ro lle e , h as b een to u te d as th e m o s t a th le t ic o f N o tre D am e’s new rec ru its . After an

see RECRUITS/page 20

M e n ’s B a s k e t b a l l

Irish fall in sixth straightSquad drops to 12-9 overall and 3-7 against Big East foesBy GREG ARBOGAST

. Sports W riter

Notre D am e’s season is tu rn ­ing in to a b ad m ovie se r ie s . The sequel is ju s t like its p red ­e c e s s o r , w h ic h w a s n e a r ly id e n t ic a l to th e o n e b e fo re tha t. All have ended badly for the Irish.

F o r th e s ix th c o n s e c u tiv e gam e, Notre Dame hung tough with its opponent for a stre tch before w atching the gam e slip o u t o f r e a c h in th e s e c o n d half. This tim e, the villain was C in c in n a ti. W ith th e ir 93-83 w in W ednesday, the B earca ts handed Notre Dame the ir first six -gam e losing s tre a k u n d er coach Mike Brey.

“The b ea t goes on, baby, “

see BEARCATS/page 20

B a s e b a l l

Banquet will feature Samardzija, SciosciaBy MICHAEL BRYANSports W riter

Form er Notre Dame s ta r and current Chicago Cubs pitcher Jeff Samardzija will return to campus today with Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia as keynote sp eak e rs a t to n ig h t’s eighth annual opening night dinner.

S am ardzija m ade his m ajor league debut with the Cubs last season, going 1-0 with a 2.28 ERA in 26 a p p e a ra n ce s ou t of the Chicago bullpen. Samardzija went 8-2 in his final season with the Irish in 2006, and was a first-team All- Big Fast selection.

The Valparaiso, Ind., native was also a s tar wide receiver for the Irish football team, setting team single-season records for receiving yards and touchdow n catches. Samardzija was named a first team All-American after helping Notre Dame to a 9-3 record in 2006.

Scioscia has managed the Angels for nine seasons, and has led the team to the playoffs five of the past seven years. He has tallied a 797- 661 record in Los Az ngeles, and led the franchise to its only World Series title in 2002.

Tickets are still available for the popular event at und.com or at the Joyce Center box office, and the night will begin with a “ballpark style” dinner at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Fieldhouse. Admission is $50 for ad u lts and $30 for s tu d en ts , youths, and seniors, and includes season tickets, autographed pic­tu res of each speaker, and the opportunity to win several door prizes.

A ttendees will be seated with current Notre Dame players, who will be available for autographs before the event from 6 to 6:45 p.m.

Contact Michael Bryan at mbryan@nd.edu

Irish junior point guard Tory Jack son a tte m p ts a layup during Notre D am e's lo ss at Cincinnati W ednesday.