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Observer Staff Report Shannon Williams, president University committees to enact ty of color and women faculty, time faculty and staff find poten- and general manager of IMBM. initiatives designed to enhance respectively. Their posts involve tial employment opportunities in “This year’s esteemed group support for a diverse faculty. close coordination with deans, the area or at Notre Dame. According to a University of awardees These initiatives were based department chairs and others in “The intellectual interchange press release, University presi- has promoted upon reports prepared by the faculty recruitment, hiring, that is essential to a university dent Fr. John Jenkins was one diversity with University Committee on retention, mentoring and devel- requires, and is enriched by, the of 14 individuals to receive a their hiring Cultural Diversity and the opment. presence and voices of diverse 2011 Champion of Diversity p r a c t i c e s , University Committee on The award also honored the scholars and students,” Jenkins award from Indiana Minority outreach pro- Women Faculty and Students. creation of the Moreau said last year. “Beyond the ben- Business Magazine (IMBM). grams or Jenkins was recognized for the Academic Diversity Postdoctoral efits diversity brings to all uni- Jenkins was recognized by the have individ- appointments of Don Pope- Fellowship Program, which is a versities, we hold this commit- magazine at a Jan. 14 ceremony ually tran- Davis, vice president, associate two-year research, teaching and ment also because Notre Dame in Indianapolis. s c e n d e d provost and professor of psy- mentoring initiative for scholars is a Catholic university.” The magazine honored the racial or Jenkins chology, and Susan Ohmer, studying or representing diverse Jenkins was elected president- award recipients as “leaders in gender bar- William T. and Helen Kuhn groups. Another initiative recog- elect of the University by the their respective fields, not only riers,” she said. Carey Associate Professor of nized by the magazine was the Board of Trustees on April 30, because they excel at what they Jenkins, in his sixth year as Modern Communication and Dual Career Assistance 2004, and became the do, but also because they are University president, acted upon assistant provost, to oversight Program, which assists the University’s 17th president on inclusive,” according to the recommendations of two roles for efforts related to facul- spouses of recently hired full- July 1, 2005. Students volunteer through Circle K Dorms win

By MELISSA FLANAGAN Hall of the News Writer With 20 different volunteer Fall award opportunities, some students might not be able to decide how By ADAM LLORENS to get involved in Circle K, Notre News Writer Dame’s largest student-run service organization. Senior Annette Esquibel could easily Morrissey Manor and the recommend a project. Wild Women of Walsh Hall “I’ve done every project we stood out during the fall do,” Esquibel said. “I love how semester and became Halls of many opportunities you have to the Fall, an award which do service.” takes into account various Circle K started the second dorm activities put on during semester with a fun-filled meet- the first semester. ing Sunday night that included “Hall of the Fall is an annu- free candy and T-shirt give- al award given by the Hall aways. The club’s 10 officers President’s Council to a male also described the 20 organiza- and female dorm who we felt tions that Circle K works with. best exhibited the spirit and The projects range from taking unity of a Notre Dame dorm care of dogs with the Humane during the first semester,” Society to reading with children junior Mike Oliver, co-chair of in the South Bend school sys- the Hall President’s Council, tem. said. “My favorite is probably the The Hall President’s Council SUZANNA PRATT/The Observer is a group comprised of com- Circle K met Sunday evening to discuss this semester’s service opportunities. President Mathew see CIRCLE/page 3 Dominguez discusses the 20 different options offered through the organization. see FALL/page 4

Teams bike in spin-a-thon for charity

Club. Bremer said. “We were able to By ANNA BOARINI The fundraising of the fill more than 450 by Saturday News Writer event was $24,000, according morning.” On Saturday, members of the to Rhonda Bremer, athletic Organizers will donate the Notre Dame and South Bend director of Knollwood. money raised to the St. Joseph communities reached their Participants reached the goal at Regional Medical Center fundraising goals during a 24- 8 a.m. Saturday. Foundation, where it will be hour spin-a-thon at Knollwood While the final donation total used to provide mammograms Country Club to provide preven- was not known, Bremer said to women who would otherwise tative care for women in need. she knows the event surpassed not be able to afford them, Greg Crawford, dean of the their goal by at least $1,000. Crawford said. College of Science, and his wife, There were 20 bikes to fill for The College of Science, Notre Renate, were in attendance, the event and each rider was Dame athletics and Knollwood along with members of the asked to find a $50 pledge for collaborated to create the DAN JACOBS/The Observer Notre Dame women’s basket- the hour they were riding. event, he said. Dean Greg Crawford and his wife cycled Saturday to raise funds for ball team and baseball team “We had 480 hours on the the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. and the Knollwood Country board to fill with riders,” see SPIN/page 4

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joined Circle K last year. Choi Circle said she initially became inter- Bagels entice early risers ested in Circle K when she heard continued from page 1 of the Center for the Homeless project, but now her favorite group tried to have some fun like making anything and I Juvenile Justice Center,” activity is visiting St. Mary’s By SAM STRYKER during the cold wait. wanted a free sandwich, so I Esquibel said. “You tutor teens Convent. News Writer “We were the first five in line. went back.” in the correctional facility. It’s “You visit and talk with nuns The guys smoked cigars, so it Anderson said while the store just good to see them trying to and it’s a lot of fun,” Choi said. Braving the bitter cold and was fun,” she said. “It was pretty may not have a strong customer start over.” “They love to hear what stories early wake up call, several Notre cold, but they brought out free base yet, he thinks the promo- The club, which meets Sunday you have and they love to tell Dame students joined local resi- coffee which helped.” tion might spark some long-term nights in the Notre Dame Room you stories too.” dents in waiting in line at the Senior Vince Montalbano, who interest in the bagel store of LaFortune, currently has 96 Many students attended the opening of an Einstein Bros. waited in line with Spiewak’s amongst Notre Dame students. registered members. President Circle K meeting for the first Bagels location in South Bend. group, said standing in the cold “In terms of awareness, I think Mathew Dominguez said the time, hoping to find a project For those who braved the ele- with such a large group of peo- it has done all right. I first heard club’s impres- they enjoy that ments, the wait was worth it, as ple was in itself a fun experi- about it at midnight that night. sive roster is fits their they walked away with a year’s ence. One hundred people now have probably due schedule. worth of free food. “I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do this promotion, so word of to the diversi- “I think [Circle K] is Sophomore Senior Jessica Spiewak said it, but we made friends with the mouth will spread throughout ty of the proj- popular because of the E l i z a b e t h though the bagel franchise people in line next to us, and a the year,” he said. “I talked to ects. variety of projects that Maurath said advertised the first 100 people in couple of local television stations the manager briefly, and it “I think it’s she is looking line would win free breakfast for stopped by,” he said. seems like they do this [promo- p o p u l a r we offer.”” forward to get- the year, Einstein Bros. Bagels is Anderson said he and his tion] with all their stores.” because of the ting involved in not limiting the promotion just to friends tried to do anything fun Montalbano also said he variety of Mathew Dominguez the club. the first meal of the day. to keep their minds off the freez- thought the store would prove projects that Circle K President “I need “[They gave us] a booklet of ing temperature, including lead- popular with students. He said we offer,” another activi- coupons and you rip off each ing chants and singing popular he has noticed the new location D o m i n g u e z ty and I one when you go. There are 52, songs. drawing some interest from the said. “We try thought volun- so you can use one a week for a “We substituted bagel or student body. to make sure teering would year or whenever you want,” breakfast sandwich into the “I think people hear about there’s a type of project for be a good way to involve she said. “They only work at this lyrics. [We did] anything to take something like that and they every type of person.” myself,” Maurath said. “It’s a location.” [our] minds off the fact it was want to know more. I’ve seen Circle K is a branch of good use of my time.” Senior Nate Anderson said he below zero.” kids using the free Internet there Kiwanis, a global volunteer Maurath hopes to tutor chil- got to the store with friends Spiewak said the event like in Starbuck’s,” Montalbano. organization. Dominguez and dren in elementary school early to beat the crowds. seemed to draw a wide array of “There is a lot of space.” Esquibel both joined Circle K through the program. On the “We didn’t go to bed,” he said. customers. Spiewak said despite the bitter because of their previous other hand, sophomore Alexis “We got there at 2:30 to scope it “I heard at one there cold and the long wait early in involvement with Key Club, the Casaceli is looking forward to out, and we got in line at 4:15.” were 115 people in line,” she the morning, the experience was high school branch of Kiwanis. working with the elderly at Anderson said the novelty of said. “There was a good mix of well worth the effort. Dominguez, who has been Queen of Peace, a section of St. waiting outside combined with Notre Dame kids, high schoolers “The big part is it is so close, involved with Circle K since his Mary’s Convent for nuns with the pull of free food convinced and local adults.” so it is useful. Anything free is freshman year, said his favorite Alzheimer’s. him and his friends to partici- Spiewak also said the novelty great, and worth it to me,” she project is Nursing Home Bingo. “It’s really touching to interact pate in the promotion. of the promotion has drawn her said. “We waited in line for two “It’s really fun to work with with the nuns there,” Casaceli “Me and my friends thought it back to the store several times. hours and got 200 dollars worth the elderly and talk with them said. “I was only able to go for would be fun to wait in the “We waited in line from 4:15 of food, so when you break it while they’re playing,” the first half of last semester, but cold,” he said. “Free breakfast until 6:30 when it opened, so the we made 100 dollars an Dominguez said. “They’re it was always my favorite activi- sandwiches sounded good, so we first thing we did was eat break- hour. always very interested in how ty of the week.” thought we would give it a shot.” fast,” she said. “We went to your life is.” Spiewak, whose group of sleep right after. It is super close Contact Sam Stryker at Junior Jessica Choi’s preferred Contact Melissa Flanagan at friends led the line, said the to where I live, and I didn’t feel [email protected] project has changed since she mfl[email protected] page 4 The Observer N NEWS Monday, January 24, 2011

as much participation as pos- the dorm. With all of the Fall sible from members of our potential roadblocks we College celebrates dorm,” Chmell said. “Being could have had this year, it is continued from page 1 named Hall of the Fall means great to see Walsh being offi- that we as a dorm are doing cially recognized.” missioners, representatives the job right and having fun Oliver said Walsh’s dorm heritage with Week and an elected Vice President while at it.” pride was “unmatched.” and President of each Oliver said Morrissey’s “It seemed like all of the respective dorm. president brought a strong members of Walsh were tions and answers session. “We look at the academic, sense of unity to the dorm. proud to be a part of their By CAITLIN HOUSLEY “[Bring] your ghost story social, service oriented, litur- “Morrissey was given this dorm,” he said. “Their events News Writer questions,” she said. gical, multicultural and ath- honor primarily because they last semester were excellent The Reidenger House will be letic events of each dorm did a fantastic job at making and well-attended.” This week, student groups open for tours and tea from 2 throughout the first semes- sure they had events in every Hall of the Fall is a step- are sponsoring Heritage Week, p.m. until 4 p.m. on Tuesday. ter,” Oliver said. “Then we area,” he said. ping stone to the annual and students are encouraged to Space is limited, so students decide which male and Senior and Walsh Hall naming of the men’s and rediscover the campus’s histo- must sign up for times in the female dorm best accom- president Julie Zorb said women’s Hall of the Year in ry. Student Center. plished all of these elements, Walsh residents had “sensa- April, the most prestigious The theme of the week is On Wednesday, Sister Mary and most importantly, united tional” attendance and par- award given to a dorm. “The Avenue Always Leads You Louise “ML” Gude will be host- as one dorm and displayed ticipation in the fall semester “Dorms like to know where Home.” According to Student ing three tours of the convent, unparalleled hall pride.” events. they stand at the halfway Activities Board (SAB) chief of and providing information on Being named Hall of the “Our two signature events, point,” Oliver said. “It will be staff Kelly Zenere, the Avenue the history of the Sisters and Fall was a definite step in the Football 101 and the Mr. ND exciting to see what kind of is a universal symbol of Saint the College, according to the right direction for Morrissey, competition, were a great events dorms put on this Mary’s. It sends students on schedule. said junior and Morrissey success,” she said. “This semester.” new journeys, and welcomes Thursday, students are invit- Hall president Oliver Chmell. school year has been a time them home, she said. ed to share a meal with the “We tried to participate in of transition for Walsh, as a Contact Adam Llorens at The groups sponsoring the nuns at the Heritage Dinner at every event and encouraged new rector was brought in [email protected] weeklong celebration include 6:30 in Stapleton Lounge. At Campus Ministry, Resident Hall the dinner students are Association, SAB, Student encouraged to ask questions, Diversity Board and Student and listen to the stories of the It’s important that we all work Crawford came to them with Government Association. Sisters themselves, Zenere Spin together to make an impact.” the idea and then Knollwood Cassandra Palmer, SAB’s mis- said. The Kelly Cares Foundation, jumped on board. sion commissioner, said this Heritage Week will wind continued from page 1 the brainchild of head football Local teacher Sarah week is all about remembering down with a S’more Meet and coach Brian Kelly and his wife Pennington got involved in the the history of Saint Mary’s. Greet with the Nuns in the “The last few years the Paqui, also event through Palmer said the college Lillie O’Grady Room at 2 p.m. women’s basketball team has had a team at her boyfriend, stemmed from the Sisters of Friday. worked with the science the event. who works for the Holy Cross, and it is impor- Zenere said this event is spe- department on the Pink Zone “The Kelly “[I’m] excited to work the Notre Dame tant to keep them in mind cial because they are taking game,” Crawford said. “We C a r e s together to raise money baseball team. when students think of Saint the event to the nuns. Since so decided to combine our efforts F o u n d a t i o n and raise breast She rode for Mary’s heritage. many nuns are unable to leave to raise more money.” asked us to two hours “[The Saint Mary’s students] the convent due to health The Crawfords and fitness fill spots for cancer awareness.” because it was are the ones who keep our her- issues, SAB thought it was instructor Kellie Sade rode for the full 24 a good cause itage alive,” Palmer said. important to move an event to the full 24 hours. hours,” said Kelly Sade and said it is Zenere said Heritage Week is a location the nuns could “[I’m] excited to work Lisa Klunder, Fitness Instructor nice to do held so the students don’t for- attend. together to raise money and wife of Chad s o m e t h i n g get where they come from. “After all, they are the reason raise breast cancer aware- Klunder, the active on a For these reasons, each day’s for the week,” Zenere said. ness,” Sade said. a s s o c i a t e Saturday morn- events are centered on educat- Zenere and Palmer could not Renate Crawford said she director of ing. ing the students about Saint stress enough the importance felt the event was important Football Operations. “This is a “I’m a teacher locally and Mary’s rich history. of the week. due to the magnitude of breast really great way to support doing community service is a On Monday the college “We are trying to, in a sense, cancer. Kelly Cares and help support a good way to set an example archives will be on display in abridge the ignorance of our “We wanted to make this as larger cause.” for my kids,” she said. the Student Center. According heritage,” Zenere said. “We big of an event as possible,” Stephanie Menio, the direc- to Palmer, there will be 24 have such a rich history that she said. “Everyone is some- tor of operations for the Contact Anna Boarini at large poster frames of photos we should be aware of.” how affected by breast cancer. Women’s basketball team, said [email protected] from past to present, including “Saint Mary’s prides itself in a photo of the class of 1907. forming strong, independent There will be a long sleeve T- women … without these past shirt give-away on Monday in strong, independent women, the Student Center, and we wouldn’t be where we are archivist John Kovach will give now,” Palmer said. a talk in the lounge from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. According to Zenere, Contact Caitlin Housley at Kovach will be hosting a ques- [email protected] U.S. legislators seek to streamline nominations

against a backdrop of calls from Associated Press some Democrats for far more WASHINGTON — Senior sen- sweeping changes in the ators are negotiating to reduce Senate’s filibuster rules, which the 1,400 presidential appoint- allow the minority party — ments subject to time-consum- Republicans now — to slow or ing Senate confirmation, hoping defeat nominations and legisla- to streamline a system that has tion without allowing a yes-or- frustrated administrations of no vote. both parties, according to offi- Given a lack of support cials familiar with the discus- among Republicans and past sions. opposition from some These officials said that 100 Democrats, these broader pro- posts or more could be dropped posals appear to have little or from the list if discussions no chance of winning the two- between Sens. Chuck Schumer, thirds majority the Senate’s D-N.Y., and Lamar Alexander, rules say are generally required R-Tenn., result in an agreement to take effect. Advocates of the that gains the support of the revisions argue that a simple rank and file in both parties. majority vote is sufficient to put Judicial appointments would them in place at the beginning not be affected, nor would the of a new Congress, as they want most senior positions at Cabinet to do. But it is not clear they department or independent can command that much sup- agencies. port in an institution where In addition, the two men have Democrats and aligned inde- discussed curtailing the right pendents control 53 seats, to 47 enjoyed by individual senators for the Republicans. to block action on a nomination The Senate returns to work or legislation anonymously for Tuesday for the first time in two up to five days. This rule is weeks; the proposed rules widely flouted. changes are among the first The talks are occurring orders of business. Monday, January 24, 2011 The Observer N PAID ADVERTISEMENT page 5 page 6 The Observer N NATIONAL NEWS Monday, January 24, 2011 Digital diplomacy gains attention

desire to help the people of rival that of celebrities, sport Associated Press Haiti. But today Haiti needs to stars or even other government WASHINGTON — The State focus on its future, not its officials. But those tracking his Department is tightening its past.” pronouncements include virtu- embrace of Twitter and other He has posted sharp respons- ally all the journalists, pundits social media as crises grip the es to WikiLeaks and promoted and analysts who deal with Middle East and Haiti, with the visit of Chinese President U.S. foreign policy, as well as officials finding new voice, Hu Jintao to Chicago by com- ordinary citizens and foreign cheek and influence in the era paring it Sunday’s NFC champi- ministers of other countries. of digital diplomacy. onship playoff game between The audience for his micro- Even as it struggles to con- Chicago and Green Bay. blog posts also expands expo- tain damage caused by “Chicago copes with two nentially when his followers WikiLeaks’ release of classified blitzes: today the visit of the pass along his messages to internal documents, the President of China, Hu Jintao, their followers, particularly department is reaching out and then Sunday the Green when those messages deal with across the Internet. It’s bypass- Bay Packers,” he tweeted on pressing issues of the day. ing traditional news outlets to Friday. “The number of retweets he connect directly and in real “I’ve always tried to infuse gets relative to the size of his time with overseas audiences humor into my messaging and following is very impressive in the throes of unrest and Twitter is perfect for one-liners and shows that he has near- upheaval. that get noticed and then mastered the medium,” said American diplomacy isn’t a spread exponentially,” he told Alec Ross, Clinton’s senior newcomer to Facebook, The Associated Press. “Finding adviser for innovation and YouTube, Flickr or Twitter, but ways to put Hu Jintao and State Department “uber- it has stepped up online efforts (Green Bay quarterback) Aaron Tweeter,” who has nearly AP as those networks play a grow- Rodgers in the same sentence 320,000 Twitter followers. “It Google CEO Eric Schmidt stands outside of Google headquarters in ing role in events around the is a way of bridging the tradi- connects him to an audience of Mountain View, Cal., Jan. 19. Schmidt was hired in 2001. world. tional divide between what is influencers in 100-plus coun- In recent days, department domestic and international.” tries.” spokesman P.J. Crowley has On Saturday alone, Crowley “What we are looking for is tweeted to knock down rumors, informed his Twitter followers retweets, which tells us what New competitors amplify U.S. policy positions, that Secretary of State Hillary we are saying is getting noticed appeal for calm and urge Rodham Clinton had called and passed along to others,” reforms in Haiti, Tunisia and Tunisian Prime Minister Crowley told the AP. “That Lebanon. Mohammed Ghannouchi to means we are expanding our challenge Google Well before he addressed the urge speedy political and eco- reach.” State Department press corps nomic reforms as protests con- Crowley said he made a New on the return to Haiti of former tinued in the wake of a popular Year’s resolution to become As an example, he cites IBM, dictator Jean-Claude “Baby uprising that toppled the coun- more active on Twitter, partly Associated Press which seemed on its way to Doc” Duvalier and the possible try’s longtime autocratic presi- because of the reaction to SAN FRANCISCO — Google is becoming a tech dinosaur in return of ousted President dent. somewhat irreverent Tweets he richer than ever, but it’s not as the early 1990s before Louis Jean-Betrand Aristide, Crowley He dismissed as “pure legal posted in 2010 that tweaked cool as it once was. Gerstner arrived as CEO and took to Twitter to pronounce fantasy” the claim by North Korea and Iran. Facebook boasts 500 million streamlined the company. the U.S. position WikiLeak’s founder Julian In one, he urged Americans members who share 30 billion To get back to its roots, “We are surprised by the tim- Assange’s lawyer that Assange to heed the department’s warn- links, notes and photos each Google concluded it needed to ing of Duvalier’s visit to Haiti,” might end up in the prison at ing not to travel to North Korea month — data that Google’s rearrange the hierarchy in he wrote last Monday, a federal Guantanamo Bay. “Save it for after both Presidents Jimmy search engine can’t completely place since technology veteran holiday in the U.S. “It adds the movie,” Crowley said. Carter and Bill Clinton went to index. It’s so influential that Eric Schmidt was brought in as unpredictability at an uncer- He also chided the authori- the North’s capital to win the 26-year-old founder Mark CEO in 2001. It was an egali- tain time in Haiti’s election tarian government of Belarus release of U.S. detainees. Zuckerberg was just named tarian arrangement, with process.” for its crackdown on opposition Crowley noted that the U.S. Time’s person of the year, and Schmidt never having the final Late Thursday night, Crowley leaders. had only a limited number of a movie about the company’s say on important matters. Page commented on Aristide. “We do Crowley’s reach — he has former presidents available for early days is a contender for and Google’s other founder, not doubt President Aristide’s 9,717 followers — may not such missions. best picture at the Oscars. Sergey Brin, always weighed Twitter, Groupon and in, too. In some cases, such as Foursquare, all hard-charging Google’s decision to move its and potentially game-changing search engine out of mainland services, are additional thorns China last year, the founders in Google’s side, raising wor- overruled Schmidt’s wishes. ries that the online search In April, Schmidt will become leader may be losing the com- executive chairman and relin- petitive edge that turned it into quish the CEO duties to Page, the Internet’s most powerful now 37 and graying. While company. Schmidt travels the world Making Google hip and nim- meeting with business part- ble again will be the priority as ners, government officials and Larry Page, one of the two potential takeover targets, Stanford University students Page says he will be making who founded the company in a most of the big decisions as he garage in 1998, prepares to tries to rekindle “the soul and reclaim the CEO job in a passion of a startup.” Brin will shake-up that surprised Silicon concentrate on developing new Valley. products. He last held it a decade ago, He’s worth $15 billion, but when Google Inc. had less than Page remains something of a $100 million in annual revenue rebel who has always had a and fewer than 300 employees. disdain for corporate protocol. Google’s size today — 24,400 “Larry and Sergey both hate employees and annual revenue being organized. They don’t of $29 billion — has slowed its want to be locked into meet- decision-making and innova- ings,” says Ken Auletta, who tion in the past few years. got to know both of them while About 200 of Facebook’s writing his book, “Googled: 2,000 employees defected from The End of the World as We Google, and the migration Know It.” appears to be about more than While a free-wheeling atti- just the allure of getting stock tude typically works well at options in a hot company small companies, it could before it goes public. Some cause problems in a company engineers seem to be drawn by as large as Google, says Steve the work at a smaller compa- Booth, a business professor at ny, which offers an opportunity the University of Chicago. to reshape culture with less “The risk is that if you take corporate bureaucracy and away the process, that in some more creative freedom. sense you go back to a kind of “Facebook has become the chaos,” Kaplan said. cool kid on the block, and now Schmidt, 55, has no doubt Google wants to prove it can Page is ready for the chal- still be cool, too,” says Danny lenges ahead. Sullivan, who follows both “Larry has been with me in companies closely as editor-in- every major decision in the chief of Search Engine Land. past decade,” Schmidt said in It’s not an impossible feat, an interview Thursday. “It’s says Michael Cusumano, an not like he has been sitting MIT professor of management. around doing nothing.” Monday, January 24, 2011 The Observer N NATIONAL NEWS page 7 Dog walkers angry over leash law proposal

Associated Press newspaper columns and calls to action among the dog- SAN FRANCISCO — A new owner community. Many federal proposal to tighten expressed concern that recre- leash rules on parkland in ation officials are trying to and around San Francisco push dogs out of the 39-year- has many dog owners barking old park entirely. mad. “I have a feeling they don’t The 2,400-page plan want us in there at all,” said released earlier this month by Suzanne Valente, who takes the Golden Gate National her dog to Ocean Beach, one Recreation Area, the coun- of the few remaining off-leash try’s largest urban national areas. Under the proposal, park, would mandate leashes one section of Ocean Beach in open spaces where dogs would still allow unleashed currently roam untethered. dogs, but another would Some popular dog-walking become a dog-free zone. areas would be closed to Dogs also would be banned canines entirely, partly to from parts of San Francisco’s protect wildlife and native Crissy Field and Fort Funston plants. and all of Marin County’s The proposed rules cover Muir Beach — sites that have about 14,000 acres of the traditionally been favored 75,000-acre GGNRA, which destinations for dog owners. includes portions of San Park management officials Francisco, San Mateo and strenuously deny any sinister Marin counties and is the only motive behind the proposal. national park in the country “This is not a plan to ban to allow dogs off-leash. dogs in the GGNRA,” said AP Since it was published Jan. park spokesman Howard Dogs roam off leash at Crissy Field in San Francisco. A new federal proposal to tighten leash 14, the document has trig- Levitt. “Once enacted, this is laws on parkland in and around San Francisco has many dog owners speaking out for their pets. gered a flurry of blogging, a 20-year plan to try to bal- ance the needs of a huge vari- ety of users while also pro- tecting natural resources.” The park receives an esti- mated 16 million visitors each year and has never had for- mal guidelines for managing dogs, Levitt said. Most of the current rules stem from a parkwide pet policy devel- oped in 1979 — a set of rec- ommendations that was never brought in line with federal regulations governing dog- walking in national parks. “If you ask 100 people in this park, not one of them could tell you what the rules are on dogs,” Levitt said. The plan has received a warm welcome from nature lovers who have long com- plained that frolicking dogs pose a threat to the 36 rare and endangered plants and animal species that inhabit the park. One such animal is the Western snowy plover, a rare shorebird that is considered threatened and protected by the U.S. Endangered Species Act. In 2006, the GGNRA enforced an emergency rule to protect the birds, which currently number less than 100. It requires dogs to be kept on leash at Ocean Beach and Crissy Field for 10 months every year from July through May. Beyond frightening and sometimes killing wildlife, dogs affect how humans experience the park, said Mike Lynes, the conservation director for Golden Gate Audubon Society. The Berkeley nonprofit has been one of the most vocal advo- cates for environmental preservation in the park. Lynes said many people, including his wife, feel uncomfortable around dogs and avoid areas of the park with a large canine presence. But dog owners say envi- ronmental preservation and responsible dog-walking are not mutually exclusive. “We can all get along and find ways to coexist,” said Sally Stephens, chair of San Francisco Dog Owners Group, a nonprofit with about 900 paying members. Stephens said the park was never meant to be a “pristine wilderness,” but instead was created as a multi-use natu- ral resource for a dense urban population. The Observer Viewpoint page 8 Monday, January 24, 2011 INSIDE COLUMN My pick for my Groupon There is a popular saying that goes Commencement speaker “Secrets, secrets are no fun if you don’t tell everyone.” I usually bring this phrase up when my friends are By now, it should be clear that I love guy talking about some important poli- business took hard work, courage and trying to withhold information from to complain and make fun of a lot of cy position, regardless of who it is, nor persistence. She failed at times but me, but I feel it is Notre Dame quirks and student behav- do I want another person talking about never failed ultimately. time that I reveal iors. Heck, if it were not for these how much he or she did with their life She is now recognized as one of the a secret of my numerous things, I would resort to bor- and how I can do that if I just dream best in the land in showbiz, particularly own. No, it isn’t ing you with politi- and believe. Instead, I would rather for her dancing. As you may know, her that I am a super- cal columns. This hear someone who is not only going to very popular show, Ellen, is a hit with hero. My secret is column, though, is prevent me from falling asleep but many different types of people. But I am a kleptoma- dedicated to some- someone who will actually relate what what she has been able to do with that niac. thing that actually they are saying to the class and where show is even more of a hit to me. The For those of you makes me quite we are in our lives. This is a speech to care, concern and compassion she unenlightened upset, angry if you the class, not just one about the speak- exhibits for people, particularly those minds out there, Sam Stryker will, about Notre er. going through rough times and those a kleptomaniac is Dame — the That is why I propose that the com- who just need a helping hand is amaz- obsessed with process of picking mencement speaker for the soon to be ing. The joy she brings to people is stealing things. Assistant a Commencement Kevin Kimberly graduating Class of 2011 be Ellen unmatched and the love she has for Before you hide News Editor speaker. DeGeneres. Yes, you read that name others, regardless of circumstance, is your iPods and Let me begin by Bursting the right. I think Ellen, a college dropout incredible. To top it off, the humbleness cell phones, let saying that I Bubble herself, should give us the parting by which she does it all is praiseworthy. me make something clear: kleptomani- understand the words in May. That, my friends, is an example of a acs don’t steal things for the monetary term bureaucracy and I understand How dare I not name a Catholic, Catholic — a compassionate, helpful, compensation that may be involved. In that Notre Dame is not immune to it, right? I can already hear the chorus of joyful woman who loves without any fact, I don’t think I have ever broken but the selection of the graduating complaints begin to trickle in because due praise expected in return. the law in my thievery. Plain and sim- class’ Commencement speaker each of the fact that Ellen is a lesbian, some- Give her the label or not, she has a ple, I steal for the thrill. year occurring behind closed doors via thing that she unashamedly accepts lot to teach us in such a short speech Now I don’t just get the five-finger a committee with little to no solicitation and embraces. And the common about what it means to live life to the discount whenever I feel like it. In fact, or feedback from the graduating class thought seems to be that if you are not fullest and just how to do that. And also if I had to label myself as a thief, I itself is outrageous to me. The last I an upstanding Catholic who professes very important, she is ridiculously would say I am a modern day Robin checked Father Jenkins graduated (but potentially does not practice) hilarious. When she is speaking, you Hood, stealing from the rich, and giv- from Notre Dame (undergraduate) in everything that the Church says, you think of her as nothing more or less ing to the poor (myself). For instance, I 1976; he is not the one being addressed are not qualified to address the stu- than someone speaking from the heart work as a lifeguard/child-wrangler at in May. Now, I do not want this to turn dents at the University of Notre Dame. with a hint of humor that goes a long a local country club over the summer. into a “bash the President” session; the While that could not be more wrong, way. To watch her speak in Notre Dame At the pool, I am a lost and found con- poor guy has gotten enough of that to let me lay to rest this idea that Ellen Stadium on May 22, 2011, would not noisseur, scouring the pile of swim- hold him over for the rest of his term. does not act like a Catholic should, only be the best way to end my time suits, towels, shirts, and shoes for the But this does not go without saying that even though she may not label herself here, but it would be one of the most perfect crime. I haven’t had to buy a he has the final say in choosing the as one, or that her life story is suddenly fulfilling. pair of goggles in five years thanks to Commencement speaker. not acceptable because she is homosex- my thievery, and I like to say I do my Why are class members not contacted ual. The time of uncertainty many of us Kevin Kimberly is a senior majoring in best Christmas shopping at the lost or consulted? It is, in fact, our are about to face is something Ellen psychology and political science. He is and found. Commencement. Should we not have a can say “been there, done that” to. eligible to run for president in 2024 and Where did I pick up my thieving fairly large say in who is going to stand Where she is now can be attributed to welcomes campaign slogans and ideas at ways? Let’s just say it runs in the fami- before us on the last day of our under- the fact that she never took no as a [email protected] ly. While my mother may be no cat graduate careers to deliver a culminat- finality, even though she may have The views expressed in this column are burglar, she has assisted me in my ing, appropriate message? I think so. heard it many more times than she pre- those of the author and not kleptomania. Just two years ago, when And frankly, I do not want to hear some ferred. To become one of the best in the necessarily those of The Observer. I visited Duke University, she stole a water bottle with me from an alumni event that was running at the time. The water bottles may have been EDITORIAL CARTOON given away for free, but it’s the thought that counts. My mother and I are cunning artists of thievery, and there is no getting around it. Where does that leave me today? More and more my mother and I fre- quently are utilizing new technological methods to expand our thievery. No place is this more evident than the popular deal of the day website, Groupon. For those of you not lucky enough for Groupon to stroll into your life, the website sells discounts to local business. My mother was first drawn to the website over Christmas break, like a shark is drawn to a drop of blood from a hundred miles away. Soon enough she introduced me to the website, and I — klepto that I am — I was hooked right away. For five bucks, I got a 35-dollar gift certificate to a local burger restaurant. Even for someone like me, it was a total steal. Groupon has made it so much easier for my thieving ways. Every morning, when I wake up I check the deal of the day for Connecticut. Then I check it for New York City. Then Chicago and finally, for South Bend. My thieving knows no borders. So there you have it — the big secret is out. Whether I am taking a towel or QUOTE OF THE DAY QUOTE OF THE DAY nice pair of flip flops discarded by a child after a day at the pool, or getting my deal of the day on my iPod Groupon application, you now know “When we are unable to find Submit a Letter me as Sam Stryker, Prince of Thieves. “The human heart is a strange tranquility within ourselves, it is vessel. Love and hatred can exist useless to seek it elsewhere.” side by side.” The views expressed in the Inside to the Editor at Column are those of the author and Francois de La Rochefoucauld Scott Westerfeld not necessarily those of The French author and moralist www.ndsmcobserver.com U.S. author Observer. Contact Sam Stryker at [email protected] The Observer Viewpoint Monday, January 24, 2011 page 9 Martin Luther King dinner Which race is best at math? Which time.” socioeconomic inequality, stereotyp- ed or not. race would you want on your basket- That being said, this week was the ing and unity. Many perspectives I don’t expect to become fully inclu- ball team? Finish this sentence: 25th observance of Martin Luther were, literally, brought to the table, sive anytime soon, but much progress ______men can’t jump. If you had to King Jr. Day. To many of us this sim- but one common thread emerged: we can be made on the individual level. think about these responses you are ply meant another day to sleep in must keep moving forward. Still, Both sides need improvement. On one probably in the before the upcoming spring semester. today people are marginalized and hand marginalized students must be minority. The Michael Savage Caught up in enjoying our last days of discriminated against for reasons out patient with their peers who may be bottom line is we freedom, hurrying to buy books and of their control. But why? If people unaware, and on the other, members all operate last minute schedule changes have across the board agree that stereo- of the community who may not have Guest under certain consumed our week. Yes, it is true types serve limit one’s scope and that been exposed to diversity should Columnist assumptions that that the University recognizes Dr. racism is unacceptable in today’s seize the opportunity to learn. The often don’t King as a model of non-violence and society, why do we hold on to these bottom line is a little effort goes a reflect the whole story. But a one- community service, but as a student parasitic qualities? long way. sided story is an incomplete story, body how is his message relevant? The only answer that makes sense That being said, Multicultural which leads to false pretenses. On the This past Wednesday, a group of to me is a lack of exposure to various Student Programs and Services have other hand a one-sided story is safe over 90 students and faculty mem- cultures or different people in gener- coordinated a five-part series on the because there is no opposing side to bers attempted to address this very al. I hate to use the word ignorance, topic of race. Also, with February challenge our perceptions. Even still question at the 18th Annual Martin as young adults who in the future will being Black History Month there will a complete story remains invaluable Luther King Dinner. The theme of the possess the power to affect change; be a plethora of opportunities to not simply by presenting the opportunity dinner was Eyes Wide Shut. The din- we must strive to understand the only learn from but to support your to understand the differences and ner was comprised of student leaders consequences for all people. As put fellow peers. similarities between the opposing representative of various classes and by Dr. King, “Nothing in the world is sides. A wise friend of mine and minority groups joined to celebrate more dangerous than sincere igno- Michael Savage is a sophomore. He can Notre Dame alumnus told me, “The and discuss the teachings of Dr. King rance and conscientious stupidity.” be reached at [email protected] more we express our misunderstand- not only as a remedy of the past, but This quote resonates in discussions The views expressed in this column are ings of each other, the better we as a catalyst for today. Topics were regarding many issues facing this those of the author and not come to understand each other in discussed such as immigration, campus whether they are race relat- necessarily those of The Observer.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR UWIRE ‘Liberated men’s Starbucks adds to theology’ portion problems

Dear Mr. Easley: dren and caring for those they Starbucks Coffee will be rolling out a new, has doubled since the 1970s. As a grizzled veteran who love than pursuing cutthroat gargantuan, 31-ounce “Trenta” drink size to With every increase in portion size, we start has been a feminist since careers! (Or even working all Starbucks stores in the United States by to lose sight of how much we’re supposed to 1968 or so, I can only say dead-end jobs, which is a lot May 3. eat. And one of the easiest fixes to this literal “bravo” to your column. It’s more common). Cue the collective groans of every dietician and metaphoric ballooning of America? Food true that you don’t seem to Unfortunately, these men in America. establishments simply offering smaller por- know beans about gender face even more social and cul- The Trenta release Eddie Kim tions. studies (not to mention tural pressure not to pursue comes in response to the The irony of this, when it comes to women’s history). Basically, these dreams than similarly consumer demand for Starbucks, is that while they’re willing to The Daily though, your point is situated women. All that femi- bigger iced drinks per- unveil a new drink size that could satisfy a Trojan absolutely sound — in fact, nism says that such men fect for those long, hot baby blue whale, they still hide their smallest it’s orthodox feminism! should be equally free to pur- summer days. available size, the eight-ounce Short, behind There are women who pre- sue their dream of devoting Thankfully, you won’t be able to pick up a the counter. You have to ask for it specifically, fer to spend their energies on themselves to being a home- 31-ounce Frappuccino any time soon, since as it’s not an on-the-menu option. Why try to raising children and caring maker. (I’m dead serious here the size is restricted to iced teas and coffees, keep it secret? A smaller size delivers a bet- for their families rather than — this is not sarcasm.) Why with the usual choices of sweeteners, milk ter, more classically potent espresso flavor on their careers. Feminists shouldn’t they be able to do and cream. while being healthier and cheaper at the have always said that these so? Even Starbucks had the common sense to same time. That Venti cappuccino you’re women should be absolutely Nota bene: for all the know that America doesn’t need 31 ounces of holding is not a cappuccino. Trust me. encouraged to do so. Raising women (or gay gays) who’ve caramel macchiato. Even more surreptitiously, Tim Harford, children and caring for those read this far: If you do find Here’s the kicker, though: The Trenta, with author of the book The Undercover we love are among the most this kind and caring guy — go a volume of 916 ml, is bigger than the aver- Economist, says that some companies partici- important things people do. for it! age capacity of the human stomach, which is pate in deliberate “product sabotage” toward Unfortunately, however, you about 900 ml. products that are less profitable. This missed the most crucial point. Gail Bederman Do we really need to be lugging around icy includes hiding them, damaging them or There are just as many men staff beverages that have more liquid than the making their packaging look ugly, encourag- who would prefer to spend Assoc. Prof. of History average stomach would like to hold? Granted, ing customers to buy the bigger, better their time raising their chil- Jan. 21 a stomach stretches, but the image is weirdly options. grotesque. “It’s not hard to identify the price-blind cus- The size of the new Trenta pales in compar- tomers in Starbucks. They’re the ones buying ison to some of the convenience store options enough latté to bathe Cleopatra,” Harford out there, but to see such a drink come from wrote in Slate. “The major costs of staff time, Condemnation Starbucks? C’mon. space in the queue and packaging are similar Coffeehouses are meant to be cool, dignified for any size of drink. So, larger drinks carry a I found Friday’s front page that. But I do hope we take this and sophisticated, regardless of whether any substantially higher markup.” article on the continuing Lizzy opportunity to realize that not of those adjectives fit Starbucks anymore. And so, as is inevitable with any business Seeberg saga particularly com- too long ago many of us accused The rise of the espresso drink, formerly an situation, it all comes down to money. pelling (“Jenkins: Seeberg inves- a fellow student of committing a accessory of the stereotypical European- Starbucks has to find a way to keep up with tigation had ‘integrity,’” Jan. 21) crime so horrible it caused Lizzy Italian, brought with it a certain appeal. An fast-food chains such as McDonald’s, which The accused student’s attorney Seeberg to kill herself out of appeal threatened by what appears to be a serve larger drinks for less cash. Mr. Power suggests the exis- shame. We accused Notre Dame slow march toward the 7-11 OMGWTF-Gulp, And though Starbucks optimistically states tence of cell phone records of protecting its football pro- or whatever they’re calling it these days. that a sweetened Trenta-sized drink won’t be which significantly contradict gram at the expense of Lizzy’s Even ignoring the oxymoronic nature of more than 230 calories, it’s still a disconcert- Seeberg’s written account of the life. We didn’t know a thing Starbucks following lowbrow “bigger is bet- ing move in a nation where everyone, includ- events. In light of these claims, about what happened, did we? ter” consumer trends, there is something very ing me, can’t seem to get a grip on how much there is certainly room to view Really, we still don’t, other than silly about introducing such an enormous they should be eating and drinking. Such Lizzy Seeberg negatively for the that the reported crime was far drink size to the public. Everything is already curiously manipulative business practices first time. If Mr. Power is correct more minor than we were ini- too big. Portion sizes have grown across the aren’t going to change for a while. (and for the sake of fairness this tially led to believe. Guys, let’s board in America, distorting our sense of At least now I can have a Trenta iced tea to “if” must be stressed) Seeberg’s learn to be gentlemen. And all what’s properly portioned and what’s just hold me over until they do. honesty is called into question of us, let’s not be so quick to way too large. and our picture of the events condemn. The average drink size twenty to thirty This article was first published in the Jan. 20 changes drastically. It is dis- years ago was about eight ounces, according issue of The Daily Trojan, the daily publication tasteful and unproductive to Joseph Evetts to The New York Times. Now? It’s somewhere serving the University of Southern California. attack the character of a young senior around 20 ounces. Such increases have left The views expressed in this column are those lady so unfortunately deceased, off campus us with more than a quenched thirst: The of the author and not and I hope no one stoops to Jan. 21 number of obese people in the United States necessarily those of The Observer. The Observer Scene page 10 Monday, September 24, 2011

odies to spread their word. footsteps and a screeching humorous glimpse into actress playing Rosa, suc- By TROY MATHEW The most striking thing teakettle to keep the audi- Monterey, Ind., the town cessfully shows the heart- Scene Writer about this documentary was ence on edge. known for housing legendary break of leaving her child off With topics ranging from its glimpse into the lives of gangster John Dillinger. at a neighbor’s as she leaves the controversial Westboro the church’s youth. Children “Picking Up America” Monterey is mentioned as for the construction site. Baptist Church to the diffi- stand with the church’s adult This documentary features the perfect place to hide Likewise, the actors commu- culties of single motherhood, members at their protests, four people in their twenties from the law, with no local nicate brilliantly and largely the 22nd Annual Notre Dame using hateful speech to con- on a cross-country road police force, hospitable without dialogue. The shifty Student Film Festival was demn a wide variety of tar- cleaning trip. The film cap- locals and a location in the eyes of a male coworker, the highly entertaining and gets. One child is shown des- tures funny and cringe-wor- middle of nowhere. Town mournful glance of a mother impressive. The festival, fea- perately begging his mother thy moments, including the historians and local experts leaving her child and the turing 15 short films and to let him join the church on disposal of roadside urine- on gang activity lead the casual offering of a cigarette documentaries, aired this a trip to San Francisco for a filled plastic bottles and the viewer on a tour of en route to work are all sim- weekend in the Browning protest. The way in which group’s drinking of a bottle Dillinger’s hangouts. The ple gestures that work per- Cinema at the DeBartolo the hateful ideology of the of chocolate milk found in a colorful locals and captions fectly to express emotion Performing Arts Center. Here church is passed on to chil- ditch. The initiative mem- provide consistent laughs and advance characteriza- are some of the highlights: dren is truly shocking and bers’ passion for their cause and function to introduce the tion. makes for an enthralling is truly remarkable, and audience to a part of the “The Elect” documentary. comes through in their inter- country they would have The high-quality work pre- The film provides a fasci- views. They accomplish stag- never thought to check out sented at the film festival nating and unflinching look “True” gering results and meticu- on their own. made for a great show. Visit at the everyday lives of the Suspenseful and creepy, lously weigh each bag of ftt.nd.edu to find out more hateful Westboro Baptist this black and white film trash to track their statis- “Rosa y Luna” about the film department Church. The church uses jar- depicts the sinister plot of a tics. The film follows the strug- and its upcoming events. ring signs and slogans, man and woman. The movie, gles of a single mother nationwide picketing tours without using any dialogue, “Searching for Dillinger” returning to the workforce Contact Troy Mathew at and heinous Lady Gaga par- focuses on sounds such as This movie shows a after giving birth. Tania, the [email protected]

life, Calvin Broadus began ties, however, has Sold, Not to Be Told,” which fea- reviews that recent stops of this By CHRIS COLLUM singing and playing piano for been an extremely successful tured “Gin & Juice II” and current tour have gotten, it Scene Writer his church when he was very rapper and entertainer for two smash hit “Still a G Thang.” seems likely that this young and began rapping at the decades. His first appearance in While he certainly never Wednesday’s performance Better known by his world age of 11. While still in high film was a cameo appearance in faded from the limelight, Snoop should not disappoint those who famous moniker Snoop Dogg, school, he was arrested for the 1998 stoner cult classic Dogg has seen resurgence in attend. Tickets are $45 in Calvin Broadus will take the criminal distribution of cocaine “Half Baked,” written by and popularity in recent years, with advance and $49 the day of the stage this Wednesday at Club and served six months in prison, starring Dave Chappelle. He has his single “I Wanna Rock” show, however the show is cur- Fever in South Bend. Snoop the first of many legal troubles since appeared in approximate- reaching number three on the rently sold out according to the Dogg, originally known as for Snoop Dogg. He identified ly twenty-five movies, including U.S. Billboard Rap Songs chart Ticketmaster website. Snoop Doggy Dogg before he himself as a member of the “Soul Plane,” “Bones” and in late 2009. Then of course changed his performance name Crips gang for years, which cou- “Starsky and Hutch.” His there is his guest spot in Katy in 1996, has been rapping and pled with his well-known recre- influnce on popular culture, Perry’s chart-topping Around the acting for more than 20 years. ational use of marijuana, which however, is possibly best exem- “California Gurls” as well as his His 1993 debut has been the source of many of plified by the popularity of the cameo appearance in the subse- Bend “” featured such hit his legal problems. While suffix “-izzle” which Snoop Dogg quent video. In addition to his What: Snoop Dogg singles as “” and recording “Doggystyle” in 1993, is credited with introducing to upcoming solo album, Snoop Where:Club Fever (222 S. “Who Am I (What’s My Name)” Broadus was arrested in con- the mass public. Dogg is supposedly recording an Michigan St.) at the and has been hailed as a classic nection with the murder of rival Following the massive suc- album with up-and-coming Backstage Grill of the genre. He is gang member Phillip cess of “Doggystyle” — it was Pittsburgh rapper . When:Wednesday Jan. 26, 8 currently touring in support of Woldermarian by Snoop Dogg’s certified four times platinum a At the very least Snoop did p.m. “Malice n Wonderland,” his bodyguard. Additionally, after little more than six months after appear on the official remix for How Much: $45 in advance, 10th album, and plans to allegedly sparking a brawl at its release — Snoop Dogg Wiz’s breakthrough hit “Black $49 at the door release another studio effort Heathrow Airport in London, released “The ” in and Yellow” a few months ago. Learn More:574-232-0222, entitled “Doggumentary” in Broadus has been banned from 1996, his last album on Dr. Snoop Dogg has always been www.clubfever.biz March of this year. entering the United Kingdom for Dre’s Death Row . known for putting on an extrav- Born in 1971 in Los Angeles, life. In 1998 Broadus dropped his agant and spirited live perform- Contact Chris Collum at where he has lived his entire Despite these legal difficul- third album “Da Game Is to Be ance, and given the good [email protected]

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Arriving back on campus from delightful topper to any outfit. As our holidays is always a wistful an accessory which conveniently time. We yearn for the hours rests on the uppermost region of spent in heady relaxation after an one’s fashion canvas, it will make abundant meal cooked by our par- you visible over the snow banks in ents who are a show-stopping way as you salute ever so eager Felicia all the friends you haven’t seen and happy to Caponigri since the week of dreadful finals. wait on their Its boxy form ensures that it will prodigal off- keep its shape and not collapse s p r i n g Scene Writer unflatteringly should some returned from unwanted snow fall upon you the halls of academia. We grieve from a passing building. Meant to for the Christmas morning spent be worn low, it will also keep your opening lovely wrapped packages ears toasty warm, and bring and eating hot brioche under attention to the tree, and for the hedonism y o u r of our New Year’s celebrations s p a r k l i n g which must be replaced with eyes. the challenges of new classes For those and the tediousness of of us who required errands and duties. shudder at Compounding this January the idea of season of longing is the Dr. wearing fur Zhivago landscape in which (and let’s we find ourselves. Our breath face it, sim- visible in front of us, we gaze ply can’t on never-ending expanses of permit our- -esque snow which selves the seem to create a mirage of Photo Courtesy of Dillard’s real thing long-lost friends sledding Fur hat, Dillards.com, unless we eagerly towards us (just the $26.60 find it at the other day on South Quad I bottom of a was sure I saw Omar Sharif des- vintage closet for an irresistible perately crying my name and steal) faux-fur is now all the rage swiftly running as he did so bril- thanks to our dear Chanel helms- liantly in the man Karl Dr Zhivago Lagerfeld! Pair film adapta- this hat with tion of 1965). everything and In the face of anything, from our daily your jeans to schleps on your most for- campus, our mal outfit and it MARIA FERNANDEZ/The Observer first instincts will up the ante may be to let of your total ourselves go a fashion ensem- By MARIA FERNANDEZ bit in the fash- ble. Lest you Scene Writer ion depart- think this fash- ment. ion trend is not H o w e v e r , for you, I must our inner mention that Name: Lauren Matich fashionista dear Kate immediately Middleton was cries out in spotted wearing Spotted: On North Quad protest. Let one of these not the daily long before she grind stifle b e c a m e your inner Princess-to-be. Lauren is ready for the cold and creative god- On our conti- dess! Come FELICIA CAPONIGRI/The Observer nent, for your snowy weather of South Bend what may: convenience, snow drifts, Freshman Ali Thomas models the Dillard’s carries Russian fur hat. and she does it with style.Her assignments, this key ingredi- long lines at Starbucks or broken ent to European glamour for only colorful hat and patterned scarf alarms, we will rally, and instead $26.60. With prices and styles like take inspiration from our sur- this, that charming prince must and coat make her look chic and roundings. A touch of glamour step aside. You’re ready for your can still be had even in blizzard- own close-up. fun. She’s embracing winter in a like conditions, we say! To see such glamour in action, dear The views expressed in this very fashionable way! readers, we need only turn our Column are those of the author eyes to our relatives across the and not necessarily those of The proverbial pond that so dearly Observer. bring us the Russian fur hat. Contact Felicia Caponigri at Contact Maria Fernandez at [email protected] The Russian fur hat is a [email protected]@nd.edu

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NFL NHL Green Bay wins NFC title Flyers prevail in

Associated Press Stanley Cup rematch CHICAGO — There was one Monster of the Midway in the the first time since Jan. 5 and had NFC championship game and his Associated Press been on a 5-0-1 roll. name was . CHICAGO — The Philadelphia “It seems like they had five guys He wasn’t even at his best and, Flyers made a strong statement in the neutral zone,” Hossa said. still, he was better than the first, with a strong effort. “They were waiting for our mis- the second and the third quar- Jeff Carter had two goals and takes and it was hard to get the terback used in vain by the an assist, and rookie Sergei puck by them.” against their bit- Bobrovsky made 30 saves in Chicago rookie Corey Crawford ter rivals. Philadelphia’s 4-1 win over the finished with 30 saves. Rodgers ran for a score and Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday. Bobrovsky was especially sharp made a TD-saving tackle in lead- Nikolay Zherdev and Scott in the first period before the ing the into Hartnell added goals, and Claude Flyers took control. the Super Bowl with a bone-jar- Giroux had four assists for the The Blackhawks had the better ring 21-14 victory Sunday over Flyers in the only regular-season scoring chances in the up-tempo, Chicago. rematch of last year’s Stanley Cup scoreless first. Bobrovsky made “It’s an incredible feeling,” finals. several quick, close-in saves, Rodgers said. “I’m at a loss for Philadelphia was in charge including ones on Jonathan words.” AP most of the game against the Toews and Tomas Kopecky. Rodgers played well enough to Packers cornerback , left, seals the victory defending champion Blackhawks, “(Bobrovsky) was in complete keep the Bears off balance all with an late in the fourth quarter Sunday. who defeated the Flyers in six control,” Laviolette said. “Never afternoon, Green Bay punter games in the finals. too far out of position. Not deep. kept Devin Hester lead to seven points with 4:43 cussion. “It obviously was nice,” Carter There were no second opportuni- under wraps and the Packers’ left. Rodgers has been on a hot said. “We know how last year ties. He was quick with his legs.” superb defense took care of the The Bears forced a punt and streak ever since, and doing it ended. As the period progressed, rest in knocking the Bears out of got the ball back with under 3 under pressure. The Packers “Nothing was said in the room Chicago’s skating and puck pos- the playoffs. minutes left. Hanie drove the would have been out of the play- before. I think each guy individu- session game became more domi- It was the 182nd meeting in Bears to the Green Bay 29-yard offs with a loss in either of their ally knew what was going on nant. But Carter opened the scor- the league’s most historic feud, line, then threw a fourth-down last two regular-season games, today and it was a big two points ing 49 seconds into the second to and the stakes had never been interception to Sam Shields—the including the regular season for us.” cap a lengthy goal-mouth scram- bigger. rookie’s second of the game. finale against Chicago. Philadelphia improved to a ble. Now the Packers (13-6) are Now all those Pro Bowl voters With the Packers leading 14-0 league-leading 69 points and is 9- Crawford stopped Braydon headed to Dallas. And no matter who didn’t think Rodgers was at halftime, Green Bay’s defense 2-0 in its past 11. Coburn’s drive from the right what happens in the Super Bowl worthy can relax. They’re off the forced a three-and-out to begin The 22-year-old Bobrovsky lost point, but couldn’t control the on Feb. 6, the Packers and their hook. Rodgers will be headed to the second half, and Rodgers a bid for his first career shutout at rebound. While Crawford was fans hold ultimate bragging the Super Bowl instead. went back to marching the 6:49 of the third period when down in the crease, the Flyers rights over their foes to the Rodgers proved ready for the Packers down the field. Marian Hossa scored on a managed several attempts that hit south. Green Bay will play the biggest day of his brief but With the Packers poised to put shot. him or were blocked by the winner of Sunday night’s AFC impressive career as the succes- the game away, Rodgers instead “I’m really happy we won the Blackhawks. Carter finally pushed title game between the New York sor to Brett Favre, even if his tossed the ball to Urlacher on game today because we main- the puck over the goal line to give Jets and . final stat line didn’t look impres- third-and-goal. He took off and tained our position in first place the Flyers a 1-0 lead. “We made a play to win the sive after an ugly, hard-fought ran down the Bears linebacker this year,” Flyers coach Peter “It was a weird one,” Carter game and that’s all that mat- game. near midfield, barely preventing Laviolette said. “It’s about looking said. “We missed about five ters,” Packers linebacker Clay He threw for 244 yards with him from running it back for a forward not looking back. times.” Matthews said. “Keep playing two —a disappoint- when he grabbed “We came into a loud building Philadelphia then tightened its defense the way we know how, ment, given how well he had him. against a very good hockey team, play and coverage to slow down and it’s going to be tough for played lately. But his play in the “I don’t think he saw me,” and we played a real sound hock- Chicago. Meanwhile, the Flyers teams to beat us.” first half was good enough to put Urlacher said. “He threw it to ey game and walked away with generated several prime chances All Jay Cutler could do was the Bears in a two-touchdown me—then he tackled me.” two points.” and ended up outshooting watch, having left the game with hole, boggling a good defense Urlacher, who said earlier in Chicago lost in regulation for Chicago 19-9 in the period. a knee injury early in the third that suddenly seemed to fall for the week that he voted for quarter. Even before the injury, every play-action fake. Rodgers for the Pro Bowl, Cutler was having trouble mov- Chicago was ready for a cham- walked away impressed. ing the ball. Worse, he was get- pionship party under sunny skies “Great quarterback, no doubt ting booed by the home fans. and 20-degree temperatures, about that,” Urlacher said. Primary backup Todd Collins and went wild from the national But after Urlacher’s intercep- replaced Cutler and was jeered anthem on. But Rodgers quieted tion, the Bears couldn’t make even worse. Then little-known them down quickly, marching anything happen with Collins in backup Caleb Hanie and the the Packers on an opening drive for Cutler, and appeared to be Bears (12-6) actually made it a then ended with Rodgers scram- headed for a blowout until Hanie game. bling for a score. took over. Chicago’s third-string quarter- The Bears went with a heavy Packers players were sur- back rallied the Bears for a dose of running back Matt Forte prised Cutler didn’t come back. touchdown drive to cut the lead early on, with limited success. “You know if he doesn’t come to 14-7 after Chester Taylor’s 1- Early in the second quarter, back it had to be serious, not to yard touchdown run early in the Brandon Jackson faked Brian come back and play in this fourth quarter. Urlacher out for a long gain on a game,” said. Hanie had a chance to tie the screen pass, and Rodgers’ pass Matthews wasn’t sure when game after the Bears’ defense to set up James Cutler got hurt. finally got a few stops, but threw Starks’ 4-yard touchdown run to “Kinda wish they would have a ball straight to Packers defen- give Green Bay a 14-0 lead. had Jay in there the whole time sive lineman B.J. Raji, who lum- It was the latest in a series of the way things were going,” bered 18 yards into the end zone big moments for Rodgers, who Matthews said. for a touchdown to give the has earned near-universal praise Bears coach Lovie Smith grew Packers a 21-7 lead. for the way he has played this testy when asked about Cutler’s But Hanie wasn’t finished. He season—especially since sitting injury after the game. AP threw a 35-yard touchdown pass out the Packers’ Dec. 19 loss at “He couldn’t go, and we moved Flyers center Darroll Powe fights off John Scott of the to Earl Bennett to again cut the New England because of a con- on,” Smith said. Blackhawks in Philadelphia’s 4-1 victory Sunday.

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN Roddick is the last American to fall in Open

were gone from the Australian barely got a look at a break-point couldn’t defend her title because of a finals for the 27th major in a row. Associated Press Open. chance and didn’t get his own big foot injury. Connors’ mark came between 1973 MELBOURNE, Australia — Andy Roddick lost to 19th-seeded serve firing in a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 fourth- “Not having the best player in the and 1983 — although he didn’t play Roddick didn’t like being the fall guy Stanislas Wawrinka on a cool round defeat. world at a major would be ... be every major because he was hurt or again. The facts, however, were Sunday night at Melbourne Park. Roddick, seeded eighth, had been tough for any country. Obviously we didn’t travel to Australia. unmistakable: All the Americans Roddick saw 24 aces whip past him, the last American man standing in want her healthy as much as possi- Schiavone, the French Open the singles field. The women were ble,” Roddick said. “You know, she’s champion, saved six match points, out before the third round ended. instantly the best player in the game then converted on her third match Venus Williams lasted seven only when she comes back.” point in the longest women’s match points before she hobbled off with Roddick’s career was starting in at a major in terms of time in the an ailing hip muscle. the days when Pete Sampras and Open era. The longest previous “Obviously I’m not going to sit Andre Agassi were winding down. record was set in Australia last year here and ... “ Roddick checked him- Since they retired, no American when Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova self and then switched gears, saying man has regularly kept him compa- beat Regina Kulikova 7-6 (5), 6-7 the stories were already written and ny in the late stages of majors. (10), 6-3 in 4:19. it didn’t really matter what he said. “It’s tough,” he said. “I remember Said a spent Schiavone: “At the “Obviously wasn’t the showing that last summer when I was catching all end, you have something more, we wanted, you know, but I’m doing the heat for not having an American always.” what I can.” guy in the top 10 for the first time in Kuznetsova said the match was so Roddick’s ouster came on a day 15 years. Didn’t really make sense long she was forgetting the score or when Roger Federer equaled to me that I was the one taking heat who should serve. Schiavone said it Jimmy Connors’ Open era mark by when I was the only guy that had wasn’t quite that bad for her. reaching his 27th straight quarterfi- been there for the last six years. “But I was watching the clock, nal at a major, and Francesca “It’s a responsibility that has great and I say, ‘Brava, Francesca, you Schiavone won the longest women’s benefits, and it’s hard sometimes as are tough!’” match in Grand Slam history — a 6- well. ... For many reasons, I would The 30-year-old Italian will next 4, 1-6, 16-14 victory over Svetlana love to have guys there with me all meet Wozniacki, who reached the Kuznetsova that took 4 hours, 44 the time.” quarterfinals in Australia for the minutes. Roddick’s departure leaves 2010 first time with a 6-3, 6-4 win over No. 3 Novak Djokovic and No. 6 finalist Andy Murray as the only Anastasija Sevastova. She then Tomas Berdych also won in the player from any of the Grand Slam caused a bit of stir at her news con- fourth round. Among the women, host countries in the tournament. ference with a tale about being No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki and No. 9 All the French and the Australian scratched by a kangaroo. advanced, while No. 14 Maria players were already beaten by the She later returned to Melbourne Sharapova lost to No. 30 Andrea end of the third round. There’s two Park to clarify she’d made up the Petkovic. Swiss, but only one can reach the story and to apologize, saying she Since Roddick’s 2003 U.S. Open semifinals. didn’t think anyone would believe it. victory, no American man has won a Wawrinka advanced to the first Petkovic topped Sharapova, the major. Venus and sister Serena all-Swiss quarterfinal at a major in 2008 champion, 6-2, 6-3. She will Williams have won 10 majors the Open era, where he’ll run into next play Li, the 2010 semifinalist between them in the interim, and 20 Federer, the defending champion. from China who advanced with a 6- between them overall. Serena was Federer beat Tommy Robredo 6- 3, 6-3 decision over No. 8 Victoria the 2010 champion in Australia, but 3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarter- Azarenka. page 14 The Observer N SPORTS Monday, January 24, 2011 NFL Chicago’s QB woes cost trip to Super Bowl

Bowl, it’s hard.” Associated Press Harder still was the bar- CHICAGO — Sid Luckman rage Cutler took instanta- was without a doubt the neously on Twitter from best quarterback the Bears some current and retired ever had. NFL players. Several ques- Sad to say, his ghost tioned his guts. would probably be ranked “If I’m on chicago team No. 2. jay cutler has to wait till me So imagine this: Nearly a and the team shower get century into the NFL’s dressed and leave before he longest-running rivalry and comes in the locker room!” six decades after Luckman wrote Cardinals defensive left town, Chicago may have lineman Darnell Dockett. finally found another real “Folks i never question a quarterback. Unfortunately, players injury but i do ques- they didn’t take the wraps tion a players heart,” wrote off Caleb Hanie until a Deion Sanders, the far- minute remained in the from-lionhearted one-time third quarter of Green Bay’s cornerback and current NFL 21-14 win over the Bears — analyst. too late to do the league’s Nobody, though, ques- most historically pass-chal- tioned Hanie’s heart. lenged franchise much The former Colorado State good. quarterback went undrafted As it turned out, Hanie in 2008, threw exactly was the team’s third option seven passes in his first two at quarterback, sent in to seasons and found out dur- relieve second-stringer ing the Bears bye week that Todd Collins, himself a he’d dropped to No. 3 replacement for injured behind Collins, the 38-year- starter Jay old journey- Cutler. Yet m a n f r o m Hanie still M i c h i g a n . m a n a g e d t o A s k e d AP t h r o w m o r e “People were telling me whether the Green Bay Packers’ AJ Hawk tackles Chicago third string quarterback Caleb Hanie passes than d e m o t i o n during the second half of the NFC championship Sunday. C u t l e r a n d ‘congratulations’ after m o t i v a t e d Collins com- and I’m thinking I just h i m , H a n i e b i n e d , threw interceptions. I s a i d , “ I ’ d game. get even better. in there the whole game,” including the like to think The Bears, in fact, went Hanie isn’t likely to unseat Green Bay linebacker Clay Bears’ only guess all that means is I don’t need through nearly two dozen Cutler anytime soon. Not Matthews said, “the way p a s s i n g that they don’t expect that type of starters during the stretch after what the Bears gave things were going.” t o u c h d o w n , much.” motivation.” Brett Favre was with the up to get Cutler, nor consid- “I heard his knee was a n d n e a r l y E v e r y Packers and might need half ering how much cash they banged up or something like doubled their Bears quar- as many again to be com- threw at him in 2009 to that,” safety Charlie Peprah p a s s i n g Caleb Hanie terback can petitive during the reign of secure a two-year contract added, “but 12 came in and yardage and Bears quarterback find all the third-year starter Aaron extension through 2013. good for him. I’m hopeful quarterback m o t i v a t i o n Rodgers, who is proving the That suited the Super Bowl- this will spark his career in ratings. h e n e e d s best way to succeed a leg- bound Packers just fine. the NFL. He came in and “ P e o p l e s i m p l y b y end is start fast and then “I kind of wish we had Jay didn’t seem too rattled.” were telling studying the me, ‘congratulations’ after team’s record books. After and I’m thinking I just all this time, Luckman still threw interceptions,” Hanie holds nearly every impor- said sheepishly afterward. tant mark. “I guess all that means is Hanie grew up in Forney, that they don’t expect Texas, a small town some much.” 40 miles east of Cowboys That will go down as the Stadium and from among all understatement of the the great Dallas quarter- Bears’ season. Lousy QBs backs, chose Troy Aikman are such a given in Chicago as his model. He acknowl- that when the team traded edged he knew little about in April, 2009, for the rock- the Bears’ sorry legacy at et-armed Cutler — who the position when he despite plenty of hoopla did arrived — Jim McMahon little in Denver and never and Erik Kramer were the reached the playoffs — half only two that came to mind the Bears fans volunteered — then added, “I know it’s to pick him up at the air- been a carousel this port. Then he found out why decade.” few QBs ever flourish here, Just this decade? went 7-9 with an NFL-high Caleb, try since the day 26 interceptions, and prob- club founder George Halas ably figured out that the threw open the doors on the other half of the fan base business. had volunteered to drive It’s easy to see how him back to O’Hare. Chicago became home and But the Bears brought in hearth to so many vicious offensive coordinator Mike defenders over the years. Martz to capitalize on The front office rarely Cutler’s strength, and risked high draft picks on despite some rocky stretch- quarterbacks or soft-handed es, made it as far as the receivers, arguing a punish- next-to-last game of the ing defense was the quick- season. Cutler took a shot to est way to find an audience the knee in the last series and keep it in what was before intermission. decidedly a workingman’s After an exam at halftime, town during the league’s team trainers taped the formative years. joint and Cutler tried riding Others say the cold, wind an exercise bike on the and snow that prevailed for sideline in hopes of playing much of the season made an the second half. Finally, the offense that relied on the medical staff ruled him out. pass too risky a proposition. “It’s a lonely feeling,” But that didn’t stop the Cutler said. “Go through Packers, stuck in the same training camp and every- tough climate, from upgrad- thing else and get to this ing their offense when the point and have an opportu- league changed the rules to nity to get in the Super favor a more wide-open Monday, January 24, 2011 The Observer N SPORTS page 15 NFL Pittsburgh survives late Jets rally for AFC title

well,” Mendenhall said. “The devastating finish, particularly one backup offensive lineman. mountable the way the Jets Associated Press offensive line, they controlled after the Jets beat Peyton It was the Jets who were were whiffing. PITTSBURGH — The the line of scrimmage all Manning and the Colts, then struggling to block, though. And It became 17-0 as Pittsburgh Steelers found a fit- game.” Tom Brady and the Patriots on catch, with the usually sure- Roethlisberger, who was not ting way to shut down the New Roethlisberger has moved on the road to get to Pittsburgh. handed Cotchery making a key prosecuted after being accused York Jets’ season. from a four-game suspension at Asked if he would change third-down drop. in March of the sexual assault What started with “Hard the beginning of the season to anything about this season, Or tackle. Mendenhall found of a 20-year-old college student, Knocks,” ended with hard take Pittsburgh to its eighth Ryan said “I would change the seams to the left, right or up the scooted into the end zone from knocks. Super Bowl; the Steelers own outcome of this game and that’s middle. His 35-yard sprint in the 2. Just 47 seconds later, Ike For the third time in six sea- the most titles, six. He scram- the only thing I would change. the second quarter led to Shaun Taylor sacked Sanchez, forcing sons, Terrible Towels will twirl bled time and again for key We don’t need to apologize to Suisham’s 20-yard field goal a that William Gay ran at the Super Bowl. The Steelers gains, often against shoddy anybody. We’ll be back, you’ll and a 10-0 lead that was insur- 22 yards for a 24-0 lead. silenced Rex Ryan’s wild bunch tackling. see.” with a fumble return for a At game’s end, he kneeled on The Steelers snapped New touchdown and a goal-line the field, his face buried in an York’s hopes of making the stand in a 24-19 victory for the AFC championship T-shirt. Super Bowl a sixth-seed spec- AFC championship Sunday. The cocky Jets seemed to tacular; the Packers are the They will face Green Bay in have left everything they had in NFC’s No. 6 seed. Dallas in two weeks. New England last Sunday. Coach Mike Tomlin had his Look out Big D, here comes There was little trash talking all Steelers eager for the fight from another Big D—in black and week and even less fire early in the outset, while Ryan’s guys gold, and with an unmatched their biggest game since win- were flat until it was too late. history of carrying off the ning the championship 42 years The Jets did get a 45-yard TD Lombardi Trophy. ago. They haven’t been back to pass from Mark Sanchez to You can bet that unit led by the Super Bowl. Santonio Holmes—the hero of James Harrison, which shut The Steelers are regulars, Pittsburgh’s Super Bowl victory down the Jets’ comeback in the including titles for the 2005 and two years ago—and a safety fourth quarter, will test Aaron 2008 teams, both led by after Pittsburgh’s goal-line Rodgers. That overwhelming Roethlisberger and a fierce stand. defense set the tone for most of defense sparked by playmaking But the early hole was too a frigid night at Heinz Field to safety Troy Polamalu. deep, even after a 4-yard TD end the Jets’ stunning postsea- Polamalu, his hair pouring pass to made son run. Ryan slammed down from under his helmet as the it 24-19 with 3:06 remaining. his headset when Antonio black-and-gold signature towels The Jets never got the ball Brown, also a hero last week, flowed throughout Heinz Field, back. caught a pass for a first down didn’t have to do a whole lot Pittsburgh set the early tone that allowed Pittsburgh to hang this time. Not with the way his with a 66-yard march that took on and run out the clock. teammates whipped the Jets at up the first nine minutes, with And the Steelers (14-4) will the line of scrimmage before a Roethlisberger displaying his challenge the Packers’ defense spirited New York surge in the scrambling skills on several with a versatile attack led by second half. plays, including a key 12-yard running back Rashard And too often, New York’s run on third-and-12. Mendenhall and quarterback defense was like a swinging Mendenhall reached the ball Ben Roethlisberger. gate that Roethlisberger and over the goal line from the 1, The Steelers ended the Jets’ Mendenhall ran through with the final of a 15-play drive in season with a dominant first ease. which the Steelers pushed half for a 24-3 edge. New York (13-6) failed for the around Ryan’s pride and joy. Mendenhall had 95 of his 121 fourth time in the AFC title But Pittsburgh also lost out- yards and a touchdown. game since 1969, when the Jets standing rookie center AP “We knew we were going to won perhaps the most signifi- Maurkice Pouncey with an Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin hoists the have a chance to run the ball cant of all Super Bowls. It was a ankle injury, leaving it with just AFC Championship trophy Sunday night.

NBA Wizards stay winless on the road with loss

when the road record was a Associated Press mere 0-9. WASHINGTON — The And, of course, negative ener- Washington Wizards are almost gy has a way of feeding on itself halfway there, almost halfway and expanding elsewhere. to losing every one of their road Other NBA teams are using the games in this NBA season. streak as motivation; none The 0-20 mark away from the wants to be the first to fall at Verizon Center has become the home to the lowly Wizards. elephant in the room, overshad- “We didn’t want them to get owing anything else the young, their first road win,” Milwaukee rebuilding team might accom- forward Drew Gooden said plish. Even when No. 1 pick after Washington’s latest fruit- John Wall and Co. play well at less foray in an unwelcome city, home, the streak is still on their a 100-87 loss to the Bucks on minds. Wednesday. “We needed to Beat the Celtics at home on win.” Saturday night? Sure, that was Washington’s next chance for by far their biggest win of the road redemption comes Monday season to date, but the with a visit to the New York postgame celebration included Knicks, and it’s not too early to tongue-in-cheek appeals to start calculating the Wizards’ count it as a road win because chances of moving into the the rare sellout crowd was so league’s record books. Celtics-friendly. They still have some way to “This is not a road game? Not go. They NBA always seems to a road win for us? This don’t have an oversupply of truly count?” guard Nick Young said. awful teams, so the Wizards “Man, when they were doing still need to lose two more just the starting lineups, I thought to move into a tie for third (with we was getting booed and they the 1949-50 Waterloo Hawks were getting cheers.” and the 1997-98 Denver Coach Flip Saunders calls the Nuggets) for the all-time longest skid the team’s “lightning bolt.” road losing streak to start a Forward Andray Blatche said season. The record is 29, held it’s “passed embarrassment.” by the 1992-93 Denver Wall has been referencing the Nuggets, followed closely by the need to avoid an 0-41 ignominy 0-28 start by the 1974-75 New since early December, back Orleans Jazz. page 16 The Observer N SPORTS Monday, January 24, 2011

FENCING NFL Top ranked Irish dominate Green Bay is early

By JOE WIRTH peting in the invitational, men’s team. Kaull finished the Sports Writer Bednarski said before the event matches with a 12-3 record, Super Bowl favorite that it would be one of the sternest including 3-0 bouts against Stevens tests his Irish team would face all Tech and Ohio State. Osborne had lion. The No. 1 women’s and men’s season. a 9-4 record, which included win- Associated Press That was up slightly from Irish fencing teams opened the The Irish more than held ning two or more bouts against 2009, and Kornegay said he 2011 campaign this weekend by their own. Between the men’s and Yale, NYU and Ohio State. LAS VEGAS — Sports expects wagers to be up participating in the NYU women’s teams the Irish won 11 The women’s team was led by books in Nevada made Green again this year because Invitational. matches in the event. The women their two All-Americans: senior Bay a slight favorite in the Green Bay and Pittsburgh Irish coach Janusz Bednarski went undefeated with a perfect 6-0 Ewa Neelip and junior Courtney Super Bowl over Pittsburgh have had strong followings. said being No. 1 in the polls is a and the men notched a 5-1 record. Hurley. Neelip compiled a record of on Sunday night based on Pittsburgh is always popu- testament of what kind of team the The women recorded victories 14-2, which included undefeated the Packers’ popularity lar among bettors, and Irish are, and what kind of team over fencing heavyweights Yale, bouts against Northwestern, NYU, among bettors during the Patterson said that even they can become. Columbia, Northwestern, Ohio and St. John’s. Hurley accumulated past few weeks. though Green Bay was a No. “It’s showing the strength of State, St. John’s and NYU. The a 13-2 record and was also unde- The Glantz-Culver line 6 seed going into the play- our team,” Bednarski said. “It’s men were victorious against Yale, feated in three bouts. She went made the Packers an early offs, they started the season also showing the ambition to be Stevens Tech, Columbia, NYU and unblemished against Columbia, 2½-point favorite and put with the fifth-tightest odds No. 1.” Ohio State. Their only loss came Yale and Northwestern. the total score at 45½ points among all NFL teams to win With top 10 teams, such as against No. 3 St. John’s. for the Feb. 6 game in the title. Ohio State, Columbia and Sophomore James Kaull and Contact Joe Wirth Arlington, Texas. More than any other game, Northwestern, among others, com- senior Jacob Osborne led the [email protected] Jay Kornegay, executive director of the race and sports books say the line on sports book at the Las Vegas the Super Bowl is deter- Hilton, said his book made mined by how teams per- the Packers a 2-point formed in their most recent MEN’S TENNIS favorite and quickly moved game. Oddmakers say aver- the line to 2½ points as bet- age fans bet far more money tors gambled on Green Bay. on the Super Bowl than fre- “That steam engine is still quent bettors — making rolling,” Kornegay said. “It’s common perception more Team earns first win, falls to Virginia going to be a very interesting important in setting betting Super Bowl because you lines. No. 6 singles. 6-0. have two heavyweights as Both Pittsburgh and Green By KATIE GRABAREK The Irish suffered their only Watt won the first set of his far as popularity goes.” Bay got off to quick starts in Sports Writer loss at No. 4 singles when No. 2 singles match against Oddsmaker Andrew their respective conference Jamie Whiteford defeated No. 3 Alex Domijan before Patterson of Las Vegas championship games on freshman Greg Andrews in a dropping the next two to lose Sports Consultants said the Sunday, then had to stave off The Irish earned their first tight three set match. the match, while Moros played firm, which provides betting rallies. victory of the season Sunday The Irish earned all three a tough match before losing 7- lines to most casinos in Kornegay said that even over William and Mary before wins in the doubles lineup, 5, 7-5 at No. 6 singles to No. Nevada, made the Packers a though the games were simi- falling to No. 1 Virginia. starting with a team of two 105 Justin Shane. Senior Dan 1½-point favorite to try to lar, Green Bay bettors In the first match against seniors, Havens and Tyler Stahl fell at No. 3 singles to encourage action on both weren’t likely to be discour- William and Mary, the Notre Davis, who won 8-4 at No. 1. No. 10 Sanam Singh. At No. 1 teams. aged because they still won Dame squad won five of their Junior Niall Fitzgerald and doubles Havens and Davis fell “I think it’s a good number, their bets. six singles matches and swept sophomore Spencer Talmadge 9-8 (5), while Fitzgerald and but a lot of us feel it’s a little “Even though they didn’t all three doubles matches to won 8-5, while Greg Andrews Talmadge lost 8-7 (4). high,” Patterson said. have the flash and the charm earn a 6-1 victory. and Watt won at No. 3. The Irish will return to The Super Bowl is the most that they had the first couple No. 71 senior Stephen In the second match of the action Friday against popular betting game of the weeks, they still were Havens and junior Sam Keeton weekend against Virginia, the Oklahoma in Champaign, Ill. year for Nevada casinos, rewarded by a cover,” he were both able to earn 6-3, 6-1 Irish only mustered one win at which won almost $6.9 mil- said. “They cashed, so they victories at the No. 1 and No. 5 No. 7 singles by No. 122 Tyler Contact Katie Grabarek lion on last year’s game as will continue to support singles positions, respectively. Davis, and lost 9-1. [email protected] bettors wagered $82.7 mil- them.” Junior Casey Watt opened The Irish played three tight his spring campaign with a doubles matches but did not win at No. 2 singles, while pick up any victories. sophomore Blas Moros also Havens fell at No. 1 singles earned a win for the Irish at to No. 27 Michael Shabaz 6-3,

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD Underclassmen excel in competitive home meet

1,000-meter race with a time By JOE WIRTH of 2:22.53. Sports Writer Some of the standout per- formances by upperclassmen i n c l u d e d w i n s b y s e n i o r s Notre Dame competed in J a c k H o w a r d a n d Ry a n the Notre Dame Invitational Gamboa. Howard, andindoor Saturday at the Loftus Sports All-American, crossed the Center. line first in the 800-meter The team excelled through- run with a time of 1:52.64 out the event and notched a and Gamboa ran the mile in total of 10 first-place finish- 4:08.98 in his first place per- es. It was a total team effort, formance. but young talent carried a With first place finishes in large portion of the load for the triple jump, pole vault the Irish. Freshman Jarrod and weight throw, the Irish Buchanon registered a time shined in the field events as of 8.42 seconds to take first well. Junior Patrick Glass place in the 60-meter hur- won the triple jump with a d l e s . F r e s h m a n P a t r i c k leap of 13.71 meters. Junior F e e n e y a n d s o p h o m o r e K e v i n S c h i p p e r l e a p t 5 . 1 Brendan Dougherty also car- meters to capture first in the ried some the weight. Feeney pole vault. Senior Greg Davis c a m e i n f i r s t i n t h e 4 0 0 - threw 17.68 meters to win meter dash with a time of the weight throw. 4 8 . 1 7 s e c o n d s , w h i l e T h e I r i s h w i l l r e t u r n t o D o u g h e r t y w o n t h e 5 0 0 - action Friday at the Indiana meter dash in 1:05.31. Relays at Indiana University A n o t h e r u n d e r c l a s s m a n in Bloomington. taking home first place hon- ors was sophomore Jeremy Contact Joe Wirth Rae, who took first place in [email protected] Monday, January 24, 2011 The Observer N SPORTS page 17

cent from the field in the second half and 38.5 percent from three Irish point range. continued from page 20 “It was no different than the Wisconsin or Georgia game where the Notre Dame bench, turned we’re down double digits,” Irish around, and launched a fade coach Mike Brey said. “We really away 3-pointer with three seconds don’t have any answers in man to left on the shot clock. The shot man, so let’s try to change their somehow found the bottom of the rhythm a little bit. Their shots basket to give the Irish their first came up but in a little different lead since the opening minute. On rhythm. All of a sudden, it’s a little the ensuing possession, different shooting when the game Hansbrough beat his man off the pressure comes on you. Overall, I dribble and rose up for a baseline thought we did a good job know- dunk that gave the Irish a 62-57 ing who the three shooters were.” lead and sent the Purcell Pavilion Early in the game, Irish fourth- crowd into a frenzy. Hansbrough year forward Tim Abromaitis and finished with a career-high 28 senior forward Carleton Scott had points to go along with six assists trouble getting into a rhythm, and five rebounds. combining for just two points. “I just had the angle,” Atkins, however, bailed out the Hansbrough said. “I am capable of upperclassmen with 12 points in doing that. We work on that every the first half, including two timely day in three man weave. The threes that kept Notre Dame with- opportunity got there, I just went in striking distance of Marquette. up and finished it strong and it “I got open looks,” Atkins said. went in.” “Everybody on this team is confi- Marquette looked as though it dent in me shooting the ball. I just might shoot Notre Dame out of the took my opportunities.” building, something it did in the Abromaitis and Scott heated up teams’ first meeting this season, early in the second half, however, after it opened up an 11-4 lead helping ignite Notre Dame’s sec- PAT COVENEY/The Observer with three consecutive 3-pointers ond half run. Abromaitis hit a Irish freshman Jennifer Kellner rips a backhand during her match in the Eck just over three minutes into the three with 17:59 remaining in the Classic on Oct. 3. game. Hansbrough kept Notre second half to cut the lead to sin- Dame in range by scoring the gle digits and Scott dunked home team’s first seven points, and a putback just over a minute later freshman and played five confidence going into our scores from senior forward that began to swing the momen- Kellner matches. She really just matches this weekend.” Tyrone Nash and freshman guard tum in Notre Dame’s favor. In his dominated so we’re really Overall, Frilling has high Eric Atkins tied the game at 11 second game back from injury, continued from page 20 looking forward to the things hopes for the rest of the sea- with just over 14 minutes to go in Scott recorded a double-double she’s going to bring to the son, but she knows that the the opening half. Marquette, how- with 11 points and 10 rebounds. also contributed for the team this year. “ team needs to focus on the ever, took a lead — a lead it “[We showed] perseverance,” Irish. Kellner established her Matthews and Frilling won matches ahead of them. wouldn’t relinquish until Scott said. “We have to take the place on the team by going their doubles match 8-1 to “Everyone just kind of got Hansbrough’s 3-pointer — on a punches. They threw some punch- 6-1 in both sets, performing gain the fourth point. In sin- into the groove of things,” layup by senior guard Jimmy es. We definitely have to weather well in her first collegiate gles, Matthews, the second- Frilling said about this Butler, and the Golden Eagles took the storm. That’s what we did.” matchup. She and doubles ranked singles player on the match. “They are only going a 45-36 lead into halftime. Notre Dame takes the court partner Chrissie McGaffigan team, won against Breanne to improve throughout the Marquette shot a blistering 71.5 again tonight against No. 3 gained another team point Smutko in a 6-3 and 6-2 vic- season.” percent from 3-point range in the Pittsburgh at the Petersen Events by winning 8-2. tory. The Irish are in action period. Center. The game will tip off at 7 “Everyone stepped up in “I think it was a good first again at home Saturday After the half, Notre Dame p.m. and can be seen on ESPN. our doubles matches,” match for us,” Frilling said. against the Yale Bulldogs. switched into a 2-3 zone, which Frilling said. “No one had “We knew going in it was threw the Golden Eagles off their Contact Mike Gotimer really played with their part- going to be tough, I think it Contact Katie Heit at rhythm as they shot just 30 per- [email protected] ners yet and Jenny is a was good that we have more [email protected]

for more consistency throughout the running Williams events, as only six of their continued from page 20 runners finished in the top three in their events. formances of the year,” Irish “After seeing our finishes, I coach Tim Connelly said. “I would say that we have to was especially impressed work on just about every- with Rudy [Atang]. She thing,” Connelly said. “There INTERNATIONAL looked great and this meet are some really big gaps and POST-GRADUATEService was really important for her, a little inconsistency in our considering the fact that she performances that are pre- is coming off of surgery in venting us from realizing our Application deadline January 31 the offseason that limited true potential.” what she was able to do.” The Notre Dame In addition to the strong Invitational, which was held performance by the field inside the Loftus Sports participants, sophomore Complex, also featured long-distance runner squads from DePaul, Western Rebecca Tracy squeaked out Michigan and Michigan State a win in the 1,600-meter that created an extremely race, running the mile in a competitive meet early on in time of 4:42.14, besting her the year, something that “He who is kind to the poor lends to the previous personal record by Connelly hopes to build on. Lord, and he will reward him for what he three seconds. With her per- “Being the first home meet has done.” formance, Tracy posted the this early in the year, we -Proverbs 19:17 second-fastest mile time in were really looking to see the nation, a mark her coach where we were at, gauge our believes could be a qualify- performance and see how we ing time for the NCAA could improve,” he said. Regionals. The Irish will look to “Rebecca is just so talented improve on their perform- and is really beginning to ance when they travel to find her stride,” Connelly Indiana University to take said. “She is starting to get part in the Indiana Relays, confident that she can per- starting on Jan. 29. form at such a high level and it shows through [Saturday’s] time.” Contact Andrew Gastelum at missioncenter.nd.edu But the Irish are looking [email protected] Please recycle The Observer. page 18 The Observer N SPORTS Monday, January 24, 2011

MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING Close loss shows Irish improvement

By JOSEPH MONARDO Dame were provided by Sports Writer sophomore Kevin Overholt in the 50-yard freestyle and senior Michael Sullivan in The Irish were edged out the 500-yard freestyle. by a perennially strong Senior diver Eric Lex placed Michigan State team on first in the 3-meter board, Friday by a score of 155.5- registering a score of 375.60, 145.5, dropping Notre Dame the seventh highest in school to 5-3 on the season. But the history. slim 10-point margin signals Even with Notre Dame’s a dramatic improvement many highlights, including from last year’s 179-121 winning the final three drubbing at the hands of the events of the meet, they were Spartans (5-1). not able to match the point YUE WU/The Observer Irish defenseman Joe Lavin puts a shot on goal during Notre Dame’s 4-2 win over Michigan “Last year, Michigan State total of the Spartans. In one State on Nov. 20 in South Bend. beat us by a lot more,” junior of the closest races of the Petar Petrovic said. “This day, Petrovic was bested by year was a pretty close meet, Michigan State’s record-hold- played well for us most of the around.” so on that side you can say ing Jacob Jarzen. season,” Jackson said. “He had One of the little things that it was progress.” “I had a pretty good 100 Buckeyes a tough night [Friday]. Coming Jackson said he will stress is Irish coach Tim Welsh backstroke and I lost in the continued from page 20 back with him [Saturday] was a the Irish’s transition game. And echoed Petrovic’s analysis, last one or two meters,” good move.” with a tough opponent, No. 12 emphasizing Petrovic said. the board, Irish senior center While Notre Dame finished Miami (OH), coming to South how close and “It was a really Ben Ryan made the margin two the Ohio State series strong, Bend this weekend, it could competitive good race, but goals again with his fifth goal the opening loss knocked the play a critical role. t h e m e e t “Last year, Michigan a bad finish of the year. Freshman center Irish into second place in the “We just have to keep on really was. cost me the vic- David Gerths ended the scoring CCHA behind No. 6 Michigan, focusing on the things that are W e l s h State beat us by a lot tory.” late in the second, making the who swept Alaska. The based on transition, like stop- acknowledged more, so on that side With minimal tally 4-1. Johnson rebounded Wolverines are currently at 43 ping and starting, back-pres- t h a t a f e w you can say that it focus paid to from a poor opening game to a points in conference play on suring hard, trying to outnum- r a c e s t h a t the past, the great final one, ending the the season, two ahead of the ber people and create traps were decided was progress.” I r i s h l o o k night with 29 saves. Irish. and try to get the opportunity by less than a ahead to host- After the rocky game on Jackson, however, is not con- to create turnovers. When that t e n t h o f a Petar Petrovic i n g t h e Friday, Jackson was tempted to cerned with the big picture at happens, we get on offensive second gave Irish junior S h a m r o c k bench Johnson and start the moment, but rather small transition,” Jackson said. “If the edge to Invitational this Summerhays on Saturday, but steps. we can take care of those t h e h o m e u p c o m i n g was persuaded by assistant “We want to focus on the things, then I think everything team, which weekend. The coach T.J. Jindra to stick with process and make sure that else will take care of itself.” he described as one of the Invitational is the lone meet the number one netminder. we’re just taking care of busi- The Irish meet the Redhawks best Michigan State squads remaining before the Big “T.J. mentioned it to me after ness each and every game and at the Joyce Center in a critical he’s seen in years. East tournament, and is both having a meeting and talking not focusing on the prize at the CCHA showdown at 7:35 p.m. In the face of strong oppo- a homecoming for the Irish about where they were as far end of the season,” he said. Friday and 5:05 p.m. Saturday. sition, the Irish put forth a and what they hope will be a as the season went that it was “Because if we don’t take care strong showing, registering grand finale to the regular time to go with the guys that of the little things, the big Contact Sam Gans at six individual victories on the season. brought us and Mike has things will never come [email protected] night. Notre Dame’s effort “It’s a big opportunity for was highlighted by sopho- us,” Welsh said. more Bill Bass, who placed Petrovic delivered a more first in the 200-yard butterfly direct analysis of what the and the 400-yard individual Invitational means for the medley. Irish. Welsh deemed the perform- “A good performance at ances of freshmen Frank Shamrock would give us a Dyer and Colin Babcock in good introduction for the Big the 1,000-yard freestyle as East so we can reclaim the “outstanding,” as Dyer won title from Louisville this his event debut in runaway year,” he said. fashion and Babcock swam a personal best. Two more first Contact Joseph Monardo place finishes for Notre [email protected]

the Irish cruised the rest of the way. McGraw “I was really pleased the continued from page 20 defense today in both the first and second half,” boards at both ends and is McGraw said. “We did a real- looking to score more and be ly good job with what we a bigger offensive threat.” wanted to do.” Senior forward Becca The front court was the Bruszewski was also strong strength of the Notre Dame in the post, scoring 19 points offense in the victory. They for the Irish. displayed their offensive bal- “I was happy with the ance this week as the guards rebounding,” McGraw said. led the way against “Overall our inside game is Georgetown and the forwards really coming along.” dominated the post against Notre Dame (17-4, 6-1 Big St. John’s. East) got off to a hot start The Irish played their sec- offensively and let its defense ond consecutive game with- carry the team the rest of the out freshman guard Kayla way. St. John’s (14-6, 3-4) McBride. The team shot 32 percent from the field announced before the game for the game and was held to that she would not be playing only 15 second-half points. for the remainder of the sea- The Irish went on a 26-10 son due to an off-the-court run over the last 14 minutes issue. of the first half and extended Notre Dame will have the that run even further in the week off to rest before trav- second half, increasing their eling to Villanova Saturday lead to 56-25. night. The Red Storm scored only four points in the first 10 Contact Andrew Owens at minutes of the second half as [email protected] The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation 500 Seventh Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 For Release Monday, January 18, 2010 Monday, January 24, 2011 The Observer N TODAY page 19

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MEN’S BASKETBALL ND WOMEN’S TENNIS Back on Track Irish open with a win Hansbrough’s 28 lead comeback over Eagles at Illinois

By MIKE GOTIMER By KATIE HEIT Sports Writer Sports Writer What a difference a week makes. The Irish started the season Just six days after a second with a bang in a 5-2 win straight blowout loss, No. 16 against Illinois last weekend. Notre Dame rebounded with a 80- In their first tournament of 75 comeback win over Marquette. the season, the Irish put on a The Golden Eagles (13-7, 4-3 good show against the Big East) took their largest lead of Fighting Illini, winning three the game when senior guard singles matches and two dou- Dwight Buycks hit a 3 in the open- bles matches. Junior Kristy ing minute of the second half to Frilling led the way for the make the score 48-36. The Irish Irish, defeating Rachael (16-4, 5-3), however, set off on a White 6-4 and 7-5. 17-5 run to tie the game at 53 “I played okay,” Friling with 14:20 remaining in the said, “I was kind of nervous game. and I knew the girl I was Just moments later Irish senior playing and I knew it was guard Ben Hansbrough managed going to be a tough match. It to provide the spark that would was good to get a win under ensure a Notre Dame victory. With my belt for the first match of the score tied at 57, Hansbrough the season.” chased down a loose ball as the Freshman Jennifer Kellner, shot clock ticked down. He captain Kristen Rafael and grabbed the ball just in front of SARAH O’CONNOR/The Observer junior Shannon Matthews, Freshman guard Eric Atkins protects the ball during Notre Dame’s 80-75 victory over see IRISH/page 17 Marquette Saturday night. Atkins kept the Irish in the game with 12 points in the first half. see KELLNER/page 17

HOCKEY No. 8 Notre Dame roars back to even Ohio State series

ing badly 6-1. freshman Steven Summerhays responded well to it. There were Cal Heeter with 22 seconds left By SAM GANS Freshman center and team- in the third period. Senior a couple bad bounces,” Jackson in the first period, with Tynan Sports Writer leading point scorer T.J. Tynan Buckeye forwards C.J. Severyn said. “Saturday morning, the and junior defenseman Sean was the lone Irish player to find and John Albert then notched seniors took charge of the situa- Lorenz assisting on the play. Lee After a disappointing perform- the back of the net on Friday, the final two goals against tion and I give them credit for then scored early in the second ance Friday night, the No. 8 when he scored his 16th goal of Summerhays, creating the final refocusing the guys and getting period on the power play, off Irish rebounded strongly on the season off an assist from margin. them back on track, because we assists by junior right wing Billy Saturday to split their series sophomore defenseman Sam After a disheartening result, were a much different team and Maday and sophomore center with Ohio State in Columbus, Calabrese, to tie the game at 1-1 Irish coach Jeff Jackson said it played much better on Saturday Riley Sheahan. It was Lee’s 16th Ohio this weekend. late in the first period. Ohio was the team’s upperclassmen night.” goal of the season, tying him Notre Dame (16-9-3/13-6-1-1 State then rattled off three who responded positively, with The Irish came out firing in with Tynan for team best. CCHA) defeated the Buckeyes unanswered goals, leading to the rest of the squad following the second contest, outshooting After senior defenseman (13-10-2/8-8-2-2 CCHA) with a the removal of Irish sophomore their lead into the second game. the Buckeyes 14-6 in the first Shane Sims got the Buckeyes on commanding 4-1 victory on goaltender Mike Johnson from “Friday night, we had a couple period. Freshman center Anders Saturday, just one day after los- the game. He was replaced by bad breaks, and I don’t think we Lee beat junior Buckeye goalie see BUCKEYES/page 18

ND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD Irish topple the Red Storm Young squad looks By ANDREW OWENS strong at Invitational Sports Writer

Leniart and freshman Kelly For the second time this By ANDREW GASTELUM Burke finished first in their week the Irish proved to be Sports Writer respective events, with too much for a ranked Big Leniart jumping for 5.47 East opponent as they When the Irish took to the meters in the long jump defeated St. John’s 69-36 in track Saturday afternoon, and Burke going for 11.37 front of a sellout crowd. they didn’t know what to meters in the triple jump. Senior forward Devereaux expect from their young Senior Jasmine Williams Peters led the charge with and rising squad. But by also added two second- the fifth double-double of her night’s end, the women’s place finishes with a long career, all of which have team found hope in the jump of 5.41 meters and a come in the last nine games. field events, dominating the triple jump spanning 11.16 She finished with 14 points Notre Dame Invitational meters, helping the Irish and 10 rebounds in the with three first place fin- sweep the triple jump with game. ishes. all three finishes in the top “She’s a lot more active for Senior thrower Rudy three. one thing,” Irish coach Atang utilized her experi- “I was extremely proud of Muffet McGraw said about ence to lead the Irish to how [the field events] got Peters after the game. “I first place in the shot put off to a really good start think she is really hitting the SARAH O’CONNOR/The Observer with a throw of 14.94 with some of their first per- Junior guard Natalie Novosel goes up for a layup in a 69-36 meters. Meanwhile, young see MCGRAW/page 18 victory against St. John’s at the Purcell Pavilion Sunday. jumpers sophomore Lauren see WILLIAMS/page 17