/ ^ \ THE bserver OThe Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Marys VOLUME 40 : ISSUE 126 FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Blue-Gold brings football weekend in springPulitzer ND fans w ill kick off County smoking ban season at scrimmage w ill a ffe c t stadium goes to
By KATIE PERRY By MAUREEN MULLEN Assistant News Editor News Writer ND grad Forecasters might predict Notre Dame fans may clear skies and sunshine breathe a little easier at Times-Picayune staff, Saturday, but the Irish football Saturday’s Blue-Gold game - team has plans all its own to and not just because the Krupa covered Katrina shake down the thunder at its Irish are guaranteed a win. annual Blue-Gold game — a On A p ril 10, a h otly debat 77-year tradition that primes ed St. Joseph County smoking ByMADDIE HANNA players and fans alike for the ban went in effect in public News Writer upcoming season. places — restaurants, stores, BlueandGold.com editor Lou malls, public places, private When Hurricane Katrina Somogyi said there will businesses and sports arenas rocked the Gulf Coast last fall, “absolutely” be fervor among — throughout the county. 2000 Notre Dame graduate and Notre Dame fans on campus Notre Dame stadium will not New Orleans Times-Picayune this weekend given the success be exempt from the ordi reporter Michelle Krupa was of last season as well as the nance, Assistant Athletics faced with the daunting task of high expectations for the fall Director for Facilities Mike covering the biggest domestic schedule. The Irish w ill likely Danch said. news story of the year, one dev be a consensus preseason top The Blue-Gold game w ill be astating day at a time. five pick and ESPN’s Kirk the first time that the Notre That dogged reporting won Herbstreit already favors them Dame stadium w ill hold a the 27-year-old Krupa — and for the national title, he said. crowd under the new “no the entire Times-Picayune staff “You can definitely feel a MARY KATE MANNIX/The Observer smoking” regulations. Danch — a Pulitzer Prize. Past versions of The Shirt — first sold in 1990 to raise funds for She’s the third Notre Dame see GAME/page 6 an injured student — are on display at the Hammes Bookstore. see SMOKING/page 8 graduate and Observer employ ee to win the award in the past six years. Color and design of The Shirt 2006 to be revealed today at Bookstore during noon ceremony The Pulitzer Board awarded the 2006 breaking news report ing prize to the Times-Picayune in a new collection of knock w ill be excited to wear.” unannounced color of this staff for “its courageous and By KAITLYNN RIELY offs or once more unify the Fox estimates about 15 to year’s shirt. Notre Dame stu aggressive coverage of News Writer student section under one 20 designs were submitted dents greeted last year’s yel Hurricane Katrina, overcoming sh irt. for The Shirt. From the low color with a largely neg desperate conditions facing the The Notre Dame communi Junior Rich Fox, president beginning, a design created ative reaction, inspiring a city and the newspaper.” ty and Irish football fans of The Shirt committee, said by junior Ryan Ricketts was string of knock-offs with dif The paper won a second around the country w ill see he believes students w ill like the clear fron-trunner. ferent colors or alternate Pulitzer for public service “for The Shirt for the 2006 foot this year’s color and design. “Ryan’s really stood out,” wording and design. its heroic, multi-faceted cover ball season when it is “I think this shirt will be Fox said. “It really impressed Sophomore David Mauro age of Hurricane Katrina and revealed today at the received very well by the stu me a lo t.” said he did not like last its aftermath, making excep- Hammes Bookstore — and dent body,” Fox said. “It’s The Shirt committee decid decide whether it w ill usher something I think everyone ed as a group on the yet- see SHIRT/page 6 see PULITZER/age 8 Weinberg speaks Trustees congregate at SMC on rock gigs, tours Closed meetings w ill include a student voting representative
Drummer speaks about experiences with By KELLY MEEHAN Bruce Springsteen, Conan O'Brien show Saint Mary’s Editor Saint Mary’s students will into these kinds of people some notice a few changes and By PETER N IN N E M A N times, call dreams a waste of an influx of campus traffic News Writer time,” Weinberg said. “Well, for this weekend as the Board get about those people.” of Trustees convene at the Max Weinberg was the star on Weinberg recalled the moment College for their annual stage Thursday at 8 p.m. in in his life he knew he wanted to April meeting. Debartolo Hall for a lecture on his play drums. It was 1956 and he According to College experiences as drummer with was a five-year-old waiting for President Carol Ann Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Elvis’ debut on the Ed Sullivan Mooney, 28 of the 31 mem Band and the Max Weinberg 7 on Show with his teenage sisters. bers w ill be in attendance Late Night with Conan O’Brien. When Elvis’ band started to play at the weekend’s meetings, Weinberg brought motivated “Hound dog,” Weinberg found which are closed to the his audience while evoking himself playing along with the public. laughs in the process. The night drums on the carpet, much to his While the meeting’s agen started out with a short film of sisters’ dismay. das are also private, stu comedy skits from the Conan “It was absolutely amazing to dents have an opportunity O’Brien show, including one with me, and still is today, how Elvis to interact with some Weinberg reading a poem about and his band took over our living trustees throughout the murdering his neighbor and put room,” he said. “I’ve never been weekend, Vice President of ting him through a wood chipper. the same since.” Student Affairs Linda Timm Weinberg also had some more Weinberg went on to play every said. serious words and spoke about gig he could get, including strip “Some trustees may be Observer File Photo the pursuit of dreams. Board of Trustees chair Debbie Johnson Schwiebert speaks “ Some people, and you bump see WEINBERG/page 9 see TRUSTEES/page9 about her college experiences Feb. 22 at Saint Mary’s. page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Friday, April 21, 2006
I n s id e C o l u m n Question of the Day: H o w do you feel a b o u t the s m o k in g b a n in th e s t a d iu m ? Student teachers
My roommate this year is an edu cation major, so was one o f my roommates last year, and many of my other friends are as well. John Soltis Joe Venturini Mike Kaiser Connor Kelly Cathy Davis Jene Emery This being said, I have witnessed a freshm an freshm an freshm an freshm an freshman freshman lot of home Morrisey Lyons Lyons work assign- Laura Baumgartner Morrisey Morrisey M orrisey ments and ______p rojects over the Production “I t ’s “As long as we “As long as it “I ’m excited “Oookay. ” “Faaantastic. last few years preposterous!’s till smoke Penn keeps Joe out, I because now which they have Editor had to complete State, I don’t don’t care. ’’ that creepy guy a lot of really pointless assignments care. ’’ with the pipe in and projects. I have never seen any the stadium one have to do as much busy work as education majors, and while the won’t be staring work may not be the most challeng at me. ” ing tasks at all times, they take an extreme amount of time to complete. For example, education majors are frequently required to create what are referred to as “units,” basically consisting of a month’s worth of les son plans. Now, this might sound like I n B r ie f a quick and simple undertaking; however, it gets more complicated when you take into account that not The SUB Movie of the Week, only do they have to design these “King Kong,” is showing in 101 lessons they actually have to physi DeBartolo at 10 p.m. today at 8 cally create them. This translates p.m. and 10:30 p.m. and 4:30 into one month’s worth of work p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday. sheets, games, evaluations, explana Tickets are $3. tions, etc. What really gets me though is that The 2006 design for “The Shirt my current roommate can make a Project ” will be unveiled at 12 mean game to teach children phon p.m. Friday at the Hammes ics and word blends, but when it Notre Dame Bookstore. Shirts comes to evaluating a student’s w rit will be available for purchase ing she has no idea where to begin immediately after the event. because this is a topic never covered in her coursework. The Irish men’s baseball team Personally, I’d rather know that w ill face Rutgers Friday at 6:05 the people who will be teaching my p.m. in Frank Eck Stadium. children in the future have a firm grasp on the English language and The Riley Hospital for are well educated in the various sub Children dance marathon w ill ject standards students should be being today at 6 p.m. in the Saint achieving at different stages of edu Mary’s Angela Athletic Facility. cation rather than knowing that The event lasts until 6 a.m. they’ve spent $1 ()(),()()() to spend four tomorrow. On the spot registra years learning how to cut up pieces tion is available. of construction paper. CLAIRE KELLEYThe Observer Of course, we must remember that Ceramics technician Gabriel Brubacher, right, throws a clay pot in Club 23 Madeline Janis-Aparicio, co the education majors are only doing Thursday night. In the background art professor Bill Kremer performs with his group founder and executive director of what is asked of them by their pro ATM Band. the Los Angeles Alliance for a fessors, and they are doing it well. New Economy, will present two Creativity is certainly being fostered, lectures on social justice and however, maybe a bit too much. But service on Friday. The first will then, I’m not an education major or O f f b e a t be at 11 a.m . in 119 a professor so how would 1 know. O’Shaughnessy and the second What I do know is that these stu Thought to be worthless, about half the sodden cur her way to a hospital in the will be at 2 p.m. in 129 dents put a lot of hard work and old cash gets the flush rency from the 64-year-old’s city of Vila Real, some 400 DeBartolo. dedication into their work and A German pensioner plumbing. kilometres north-east of receive quite a bit of ridicule from flushed bundles of old ban The remaining notes creat Lisbon, when she went into The Iris h women’s softball their peers because they aren’t in a knotes worth a small fortune ed a bottleneck in local sew labor in an emergency serv team w ill take on Villanova in a "real major.” down the toilet because he ers, where most were fished ices vehicle. doubleheader Saturday at 11 However, there could not be any thought they were now out. The vehicle parked on the a m. and 1 p.m. at Ivy Field. thing more real about a major which worthless. “There may have been side of the highway and she requires you to take on the work of a “ He flushed the cash down more cash that got away,” then gave birth to a healthy Notre Dame w ill hold its sec professional for two years before you the loo because he didn’t Mr Voigt said. 2.5 kilogram girl with the aid ond annual Eucharistic can meet graduation requirements. I think it was worth anything,” of a doctor, nurse and two Procession on Divine Mercy tutored children in reading and said police spokesman Uwe Car becomes delivery room young volunteer firefighters Sunday. The procession w ill set math in the past, and I was only in Voigt. for second time who were accompanying out from the Basilica of the charge of anywhere from one to four Police said he dumped A woman in northern her. Sacred Heart immediately fol children, but I had a difficult time some 60,000 deutschemarks Portugal has given birth for “ I was afraid she would lowing the 11:45 a m. Mass. controlling them and keeping them — which the euro replaced the second time while being die. I was even afraid to on task. Education majors on the in 2002 — into the bowl, driven to a hospital delivery push, ” Ms Duarte told the To submit information to be other hand are usually in charge of unaware they could still be room, a daily newspaper newspaper. included in this section of The thirty children or teenagers depend exchanged for about 30,000 reports. Observer, e-m ail detailed infor ing on what grade they are assigned euros ($49,785). The Jornal de Noticias says Information compiled from mation about an event to to for student teaching. I can only Sewage workers recovered Maria Duarte, 35, was on the Associated Press. obsnews@nd. edu. imagine the challenges they have to face in such circumstances. So, I would like to salute you, the TODAY TONIGHT SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY education majors who spend count less hours at “The Learning Tree ” tr Ul coping, cutting, pasting and laminat ing, and more hours hunched at computer screens typing fifty plus 2 page case studies and lesson plans, all so you can deal with tempera mental children, critical parents, < and a tiny paycheck as thanks in the o future. o HIGH HIGH 65 HIGH 71 HIGH 64 HIGH 65 HIGH 59 Contact Laura Baumgartner at LOW LOW 42 LOW 46 LOW 46 LOW 50 LOW 42 IbaumOl @sain tmarys. edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and Atlanta 79 / 61 Boston 62 / 49 Chicago 68 / 47 Denver 64 / 27 Houston 88 / 67 Los Angeles 77 / 56 Minneapolis 56 / 43 not necessarily those o f The Observer. New York 75 / 55 Philadelphia 78 / 50 Phoenix 93 / 63 Seattle 59 / 45 St. Louis 71 / 52 Tampa 85 / 67 Washington 79 / 52 Friday, April 21, 2006 The Observer ♦ CAMPUS NUWS page 3 Students slip on dance shoes to benefit causeAssociate
All-night marathon to hospital in the state, Riley to freshman? Are they organ Katherine Cain the committee hopes to build a neonatal unit ized enough? Are they respon tailored the dance marathon to VP chosen raise funds fo r Riley in the near future. sible enough?’” Johnson said. best fit the Saint Mary’s com It was Johnson who first The marathon is about much munity. Each hour of the Hospital for Children introduced the idea of staging more than just dancing, evening will have a different the fundraiser at Saint Mary’s. Dardinger said, and it was dif theme and a different activity, as interim After hearing about the Riley ficult to describe to every curi Johnson said. Music, choreo By MEGAN O ’NEIL dance marathon through her ous student a night of games, graphed dancing and inflatable Special to The Observer Senior News W riter brother, a student at Indiana food and personal interaction. games w ill keep participants University at Bloomington, By October, Johnson, Kistka energized, she said. They will Don Pope-Davis, associate vice Students will don comfort Johnson hoped to get the event and Dardinger had assembled also have the chance to meet president for graduate studies able shoes and kick up their started at her high school. But a committee of 55 dedicated with children and families that and professor of psychology at the heels in Saint Mary’s Angela as an outgoing senior, she ran students who were divided into have personally benefited from U niversity o f Notre Dame, has Athletic Facility tonight in out of time. seven different subcommittees Riley Hospital. been appointed the University’s order to raise money for Riley Instead, Johnson made the including entertainment, pub Participants, who paid $10 to interim vice president for gradu Hospital for Children in the dance marathon the central licity, alumni relationships and enter, are not allowed to sit ate studies and research, effective College’s first dance marathon. component of her campaign morale. down, Johnson said, and must July 1, according to Provost Organizers said 190 Saint platform when she ran fresh A string of fundraisers to remain on the premise the Thomas G. Burish. Mary’s, Holy Cross and Notre man class president at Saint help finance the dance entire 12 hours. A member of the Notre Dame Dame students have already Mary’s last fall. Immediately marathon followed, including a The committee, upon the rec faculty since 2000, Pope-Davis registered to participate in the after she and vice presidential freshman dance, sweatshirt ommendation of Cain, did not will replace Jeffrey Kantor, who is marathon, which begins at 6 candidate Pauline Kistka won sale and chapstick sale. At a set a goal amount for tonight’s leaving the position at the comple p.m. tonight and runs until 6 the election, they began plan campus Mass in February the 12-hour fundraiser. tion of his five-year term to return a.m. tomorrow. The 55 mem ning. collection was designated for Participants and committees to full-time teaching and bers of the dance marathon The freshman class officers the event and campus ministry members together sent 450 let research. Kantor is a professor of committee w ill also take to the teamed up with Residence Hall then matched the amount with ters home requesting financial chemical and biomolecular engi floor. Association (RHA) service chair its own donation. They also ly support, Johnson said. neering. During his tenure, “Everyone loves children and Amy Dardinger to wade received donations from RHA, But while Johnson would not research awards to Notre Dame everyone hates to see children through the details of the Student Activities Board (SAB) give a specific dollar amount, more than doubled, to over $80 in p a in ... so I th in k to do dance marathon, including and the senior class board. she did say the College appears million in fiscal year 2005. something for a hospital that fundraising and insurance Johnson herself stood outside a to be on track to break the Reporting to the provost, the never turns away families, that issues. Walgreens asking patrons for record for the most money vice president for graduate stud never turns away kids ... is a “[Initially] we were very money as they entered the raised by any school at its first ies and research is responsible for really great cause,” freshman nervous because here we are, store and raised $500. dance marathon. The total will helping to develop and support all class president and marathon freshman who know none of Members of the committee be announced at the closing graduate programs in the co-chair Francesca Johnson the red tape ... that was why it went to see marathons at ceremony tomorrow morning. University, and for the administra said. was such a comfort to be w ork Butler and Purdue to gather Johnson said the success of tion of all research, including Founded in 1991 in memory ing with Amy,” Kistka said. ideas and absorb inspiration. the last couple of months externally sponsored programs, of AIDS victim Ryan White, the The three women then had to “Every time we went we should be attributed to the conducted by its faculty. Riley Hospital dance marathon sell the idea to Saint Mary’s came back with a new idea,” enthusiasm and organization of “We are blessed to have Don takes place at universities, col student government and to the Kistka said. “It just put more the committee members. Pope-Davis lead our graduate leges and high school through w ider student body. ambition in our blood.” “I can’t believe it’s been this studies and research division,” out Indiana and raises hun “I think when we first went A group also traveled to Riley successful, it’s amazing,” Burish said. “Don’s creativity, dreds of thousands of dollars into [Board of Governance] and Hospital in Indianapolis to tour Johnson said. vision and experience will allow annually for Riley Hospital for ask for $5,000 dollars [the stu the facility and see where the us to build upon the positive Children in Indianapolis. The dent government officers were] money raised would be going. Contact Megan O’Neil at momentum that has been estab only comprehensive children’s like ‘We are going to give this Working with hospital liaison [email protected] lished under Jeffs leadership.”
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Family Dining Hall for dinner and “ It makes you think about all the recognizes donorsBy LAUREN LAVELLE an informal discussion about their people who have to go to work or News Writer experience with the fast. Meyer the kids who have to go to school experience the impact of their opened the discussion by empha hungry and are expected to do well By LISA GALLAGHER investment,” she said. More than 50 Saint Mary’s stu sizing how important it was for stu and get good grades,” Robbins News Writer The event officially kicked dents participated in a 12-hour fast dents to take action against issues said. off yesterday at 7:30 p.m. with on Thursday in effort to raise such as hunger and homelessness. During the discussion, Melcher Saint Mary’s College will a lecture in Moreau Hall by awareness about hunger in the “It is important for people to real addressed criticism that partici host approximately 250 people professor of theology at Loyola local community. ize how big the problem really is pants have faced regarding the this weekend for its 25th University of Chicago, $usan Saint Mary’s juniors Chelsea and that it isn’t only a problem in effect of their efforts. Some stu annual Donor Recognition Ross, according to the Gulling, Etienne Melcher and other countries, but that it’s right dents said that wearing a T-shirt Weekend in honor of those Recognition Weekend Web Amanda Meyer organized the fast here in the local community” and fasting for a day does not help who have made significant site. It was followed by a as part of the College’s first annual Meyer said. “I think by all of us solve the overall problem, Melcher monetary contributions to the reception and book signing at Hunger and Homelessness wearing the shirts and fasting said. College. 8:30 p.m. Awareness Week. today, we helped make some peo “Recognizing the problem is only According to Melanie “These people believe in “Last fall, we attended the ple realize that.” the first step and it will set the McDonald, director of public Saint Mary’s and have invest National Student Campaign Against Jenny Robbins, a senior at Saint stage for things to come,” Melcher relations at Saint Mary’s, ed in our present and future Hunger and Homelessness Mary’s, participated in the fast said. “We will not fill every stomach guests include members of the success,” McDonald said. Conference in Seattle and really because she said she thinks it is an today but we will empower stu Madeleva Society, who con Activities resume today and wanted to bring the issue back to invaluable experience when trying dents to make bigger changes that tribute $1000 or more annual include an open house and our campus,” Meyer said. “We to address the issue of hunger. will hopefully encourage students ly, members of the Mother campus tours, lectures and wanted to raise awareness about “ I wanted to have the experience to get involved in the local commu Pauline Society, who designate activities including “Be a the hunger and homelessness of wanting something to eat but not nity.” gifts in their estate or financial Student for a Day” and an problem here in South Bend. ” being able to have it because some Many participants said that while plans and members of Donors opportunity to attend an Fast participants wore white T- people do this everyday, they don’t they knew they were not ending of Endowment Priorities, evening rehearsal of the shirts with black lettering that read have a choice,” Robbins said. hunger, they were making small whose donations support fac upcoming Saint Mary’s opera, “Today I am Fasting For... ” on the “It was incredibly worthwhile to changes for the cause. ulty positions, scholarships, “Witness. ” front and cited several statistics tell people I’m hungry’ when they “Even if we can’t prevent people the Cushwa-Leighton Library On Saturday, donors w ill about hunger and homelessness on asked how I was doing. Saying from starving, we can stop how and programs that support a have the chance to further the back. The fast began at 6 a.m. that puts a face to hunger and that much we eat and how much food “richer intellectual life on explore the Saint Mary’s cam and ended at 6 p.m. During that is what raises awareness and we waste,” freshman Francesca campus.” pus by visiting the Shaheen time, participants were encouraged makes students take action.” Johnson said. “ [The weekend] provides the Bookstore, walking the to consume only water. Junior Kate Deitle said she par Meyer said she was pleased with opportunity to show donors College’s Nature Trail or work Melcher said participating in the ticipated because the fast forces the amount of students participat the significance of their invest ing out in Angela Athletic fast was important for students students to pay attention the issues ing in the fast and the awareness it ment in our outstanding facul Facility. because it allowed them to not only like hunger and homelessness. brought to campus. ty and students, in our pro McDonald said the weekend sympathize with the hungry, but to “We are in a bubble here on “ I know a lot of students stopped gramming, facilities and will officially end Saturday empathize with them as well. campus and it is easy to ignore the us today to ask about the shirts and resources, and in our overall evening with Mass at the “Most people know it is a prob problem,” Deitle said. it gave us a chance to explain what academic excellence,” Church of Our Lady of Loretto, lem but don’t think they can do “Participating in the fast makes we were doing,” Meyer said. “Our McDonald said. followed by a reception in anything about it,” Melcher said. people realize they can make a dif main goal was to act and to ignite According to McDonald, O’Laughlin Auditorium and a “But we need to realize that we ference. the hope that we have the power to some slight changes have been gala dinner to be held in the need to be socially conscious and Many students said the most dif do something, and I think we did made to the weekend. Noble Family Dining Hall. try to understand the people who ficult part of the fast was the effect that today.” “We expanded the program are affected by the problem.” their hunger had on their ability to to two full days of activities, Contact Lisa Gallagher at At 6 p.m., participants gathered focus and concentrate during the Contact Lauren Lavelle at enabling our donors to [better] [email protected] in the West Wing of the Noble day. ilavelO 1 @saintmarys.edu Congregation of Holy Cross
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With joy and thanksgiving, the Congregation of Holy Cross and Daniel and Susan Wills invite you to celebrate the ordination of their brother and son
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The Sacrament of Holy Orders will be conferred by The Most Reverend Daniel R. Jenky. C.S.C., Bishop of Peoria: Saturday, April 22, 2006 2:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Basilica
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Earthquake hits Russian East region Protester interrupts Hu s speech MOSCOW — A major earthquake hit a distant, sparsely populated region of Russia’s Far East Falun Gong demonstrator's shouting insults Chinese President; Bush apologizes early Friday, causing unknown damage and possible casualties, an emergency official said. Associated Press The U.S. Geological Survey and Japan’s Meteorological Agency estimated the quake’s WASHINGTON — It was magnitude at 7.7. supposed to be Chinese The quake hit around 12:45 p.m. local time in President Hu Jintao’s Koryak region, nearly 4,350 miles east of moment in the sun. Moscow and some 600 miles north of the But the sudden appear largest city in the area, Petropavlovsk- ance of a banner-waving, Kamchatski said Oleg Kotosanov, a duty officer screaming Ealun Gong pro with the regional emergency situations ministry. tester during a pomp-filled Kotosanov told The Associated Press by tele White House arrival cere phone that there were reports of damage in mony for the Chinese some villages of the Pacific region, and that leader distracted all atten emergency officials were flying by helicopter to tion away from Hu’s speech several locations. Federal emergency officials in — so embarrassing it Moscow said they had no information about the prompted a personal apol quake. ogy from President Bush. The woman had slipped Pakistan hunting for heroin on border in with media credentials QUETTA, Pakistan — A small airplane with a and shouted at the leaders heat-seeing camera flies over moonlit, craggy from a press stand directly desert along the Pakistan-Afghan frontier, cir in front of them, an awk cling suspicious convoys of vehicles that appear ward development for a with amazing clarity on a monochrome screen. White House that had been In an effort to improve border security and straining to choreograph stanch the How of heroin trafficked from top the visit to give the status world producer Afghanistan, the U.S. has sup conscious Chinese their plied Pakistan with 10 Huey helicopters and due as a rising world three Cessna Caravan planes w ith high-tech power without affording surveillance equipment. Hu the ultimate perk of a But a chronic shortage of dedicated ground state visit. forces to pounce on smugglers limits their White House officials impact. And rampant corruption that a former called the incident “a Afghan trafficker says infects security forces momentary blip” that did and officials on both sides of the border helps n’t mar the talks between fuel the booming narcotics trade to Pakistan, Bush and Hu. across Europe and the United States. Indeed, the two leaders just a while later decided to ditch protocol’s dictates to sit together at lunch. N a t io n a l N e w s The subject: North Korea, the area in which they President Bush grabs the coat sleeve of Chinese President Hu Jintao as Hu walks down Moussaoui prosecutors doubt claim seemed most in unison the stairs during an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn Thursday. ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Prosecutors during a half-day summit acknowledged on Thursday the government that produced little meas In opening remarks after ued even as Secret Service Their chants could be urable progress on other a majestic arrival ceremo agents removed her. heard during the quieter has no evidence to support — and actually sticky problems such as a ny, Hu made clear he did The woman’s complaints, moments of the arrival cer doubts — part of Zacarias Moussaoui’s dra global nuclear standoff not intend to do much however, were no different emony. And as Bush feted matic courtroom confession that he was with Iran to America’s more than reiterate past from those that were Hu and nearly 200 others involved in the Sept. 11 attacks: His claim record trade deficit with promises — and he did not. voiced all day outside the with a formal lunch of that shoe bomber Richard Reid was to be China. “I have come to enhance White House gates — and Alaskan halibut and fine on his team. The watchwords of the dialogues,” said Hu from a within earshot of those wine in the pink-and-gold- Thanks to legal maneuvering outside day were “candor” and sun-splashed South Lawn inside. adorned East Room, the court, the potentially damaging concession “discussion” — not “agree podium, speaking through Falun Gong orchestrated demonstrators were visible reached the jury in a decidedly undramatic ment” and “announce an interpreter. loud protests that drew through open curtains. way: It was part of a stipulation agreed to ment.” Hu had barely begun his hundreds to the streets In a delicate balancing by the government and read to the jury in White House officials speech when the woman around the White House, act, the White House greet the monotone voice of defense lawyer Alan stressed the growing began pleading with Bush only steps from the Blair ed Hu with the full 21-gun Yamamoto. sophistication of U.S.- to stop the Chinese presi House government guest salute, a tra d itio n a l U.S. Chinese relations and the dent from persecuting the quarters where Hu was m ilitary honor guard in Test pilot Crossfield killed in crash increased personal famil Falun Gong, a banned re li staying. They banged colonial dress and a formal RANGER, Ga. — Scott Crossfield, the hot- iarity between Bush and gious movement that gongs, waved American luncheon. But the Chinese shot test pilot and aircraft designer who in Hu after five meetings in accuses the Chinese gov and Chinese flags and held leader did not rate a glitzy 1953 became the first man to fly at twice less than a year as summit ernment of torturing and banners denouncing Hu as black-tie state dinner, or achievements. killing its followers. Bush a “Chinese dictator” even the honor of his coun the speed of sound, was killed in the crash “We have made progress quietly encouraged his responsible for genocide try’s flags flying beside of his small plane, authorities said in building a relationship guest to resume talking — and other “crimes in American ones from the Thursday. He was 84. that is candid and coopera “You’re OK,” he said — as Chinese labor camps and lampposts around the Crossfield’s body was found in the wreck tive,” Bush said. the woman’s shouts contin prisons.” White House compound. age Thursday in the mountains about 50 miles northwest of Atlanta, a day after the single-engine plane he was piloting dropped off radar screens on a flight from Alabama to Virginia. There were thunder I r a q storms in the area at the time. The cause of the crash was under investi gation. Crossfield was believed to be the only person aboard. Leader abandons claim on term
A ssociated Press Leaders in the seven-party Shiite stepping aside was “out of the ques alliance, the largest bloc in the 275- tion.” L o c a l N e w s BAGHDAD — Bowing to intense pres member parliament, were to meet But in a letter Thursday to the execu sure, Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari Friday to begin choosing a replacement. tive committee of the United Iraqi Stockelman gets life for girl’s murder agreed Thursday to allow Shiite law But their field of candidates lacks Alliance, the Shiite coalition, al-Jaafari BROWNSTOWN, Ind. — A man’s court makers to find someone else to head stature and power, raising questions wrote that he was prepared to “make room offer to share any profits from a the new government, abandoning his whether the new prime minister will be any sacrifice to achieve” the organiza book about his abduction and murder of a claim on another term in the face of any more successful than al-Jaafari in tion’s goals. “I tell you, you chose me, 10-year-old girl with her family failed to Sunni and Kurdish opposition. confronting sectarian violence and the and I return this choice to you to do as win him any leniency Thursday as a judge Al-Jaafari’s abrupt reversal was an brutal insurgency. you see fit.” sentenced him to life in prison without apparent breakthrough in the months- It was unclear why al-Jaafari sudden “I cannot allow myself to be an obsta parole. long struggle to form a national unity ly decided to relinquish the nomination cle, or appear to be an obstacle,” al- Anthony Ray Stockelman made the offer government. The Bush administration that he won by a single vote with back Jaafari said in an emotional address on as he testified during his sentencing hear hopes such a government will curb ing from radical anti-American cleric national television. He said he agreed to ing for the January 2005 death of Katlyn Iraq’s slide toward anarchy and enable Muqtada al-Sadr during a ballot among a new vote so that his fellow Shiite law “Katie” Collman, saying “If I could switch the U.S. to start bringing home its Shiite lawmakers two months ago. Al- makers “can think with complete free places with her, I would.” 133,000 troops. Jaafari had insisted Wednesday that dom and see what they wish to do.” page 6 The Observer ♦ CAMPUS NEWS Friday, April 21, 2006
best-selling edition of the about the upcoming football shirt ever. He said he is con season. At approximately SMC lecture focuses Shirt fident The Shirt w ill be a 12:40 p.m., The Shirt will be continued from page 1 popular purchase for next unveiled. football season as well. Hanawalt expects about on women, Church year’s The Shirt. “It’s something that I think 5,000 people will attend the “I’m not a big fan of yel this year w ill really build ceremony, depending on the low,” Mauro said. “It doesn’t that spirit and that tradition w eather. church no women are viewed really say football to me.” and that desire to be a part “I think there’s been more By LIZ HARTER when one looks at the altar. The Mauro said he trusts The o f th is buzz for this News W riter reason that women were not Shirt designers have come w o n d e rfu l unveiling than permitted to be in the same room up with a design and color p r o j e c t , ” “What’s great about maybe in years Saint Mary’s Center in as men during worship, and are students w ill appreciate H a n a w a lt past,” Hanawalt Spirituality presented its 21st now marginalized in the church after hearing so many com s a id . “ I unveiling it on the said. “We get ques annual Madeleva Lecture for is because women and their plaints last year. He said he think it’s Blue-Gold game tions about it every Spirituality Thursday night with physical beauty in the church are would prefer a return to the going to be weekend is there’s a day." guest lecturer Susan Ross, who said to distract or seduce men green hue of past years. a very suc- The Bookstore spoke of the role of beauty and from focusing on God, she said. “If not green, then blue, c e s s f u 1 football feeling to the has been receiving women in the Church and in the “Women have nevertheless but not yellow,” Mauro said. y e a r fo r weekend in general. ” orders for The world. graced the presence of churches The words and design of The Shirt.” Shirt through their Ross, a professor of theology in ways that are trivialized,” last year’s shirt did not have T h e Rich Fox website for the and faculty scholar at Loyola Ross said, citing that women are much appeal for sophomore B o o k s to re past several weeks. president University Chicago in 111., is the normally the ones who complete Phil Drendall either, who has m a d e Around campus, author of “Extravagant the “housework” of the church, called the shirt “ugly.” He an initial The Shirt Project posters feature Affections: A Feminist cleaning stained glass windows said the words and the o r d e r o f students in plain Sacramental Theology, ” and has and keeping pews free of dust design did not represent 5 5,000 white T-shirts and also authored and clutter. Notre Dame well. shirts, which Hanawalt said ask “What will it look like?" numerous journal Ross pointed out “I’m just really hoping it should last through this and “What is its color?" are articles on the “Having to choose that it is feminist has more to do with Notre weekend and up to the first creating mystery and getting topics of feminist between goodness theology shares a Dame,” Drendall said. “I home football game. people excited to see The theology and fem and beauty is a reverence for the don’t really care about the Hanawalt estimates the Shirt, Fox said. He said he inist ethics. Earth and the color too much.” Bookstore w ill sell 20,000 thinks people are highly The Madeleva false dichotomy. ” human body with The Shirt Project, the shirts during the Blue-Gold anticipating seeing The Shirt Lectures in spiri Christian tradition. largest student fundraiser at game weekend. for the first time. tuality are named Susan Ross “Having to Notre Dame, began in 1990 “The following of The Shirt “What’s great about choose between to help a seriously injured program is just so strong unveiling it on the Blue-Gold in honor of Sister theology professor Madeleva Wolff, goodness and international graduate stu that I don’t foresee problems game weekend is there’s a Loyola University the third presi beauty is a false dent cover medical expens with it this year, ” Hanawalt football feeling to the week dent of Saint Chicago dichotom y,” Ross es. Since the start of the said. “I just think the fans end in general,” Fox said. Mary’s College. said. program, sales are going to Sophomore Alison Frihart They are meant to honor Wolff Real beauty signifies a depth of The Shirt has jump on board said she hopes she w ill like and her contributions to the col beyond its appearance, Ross have brought in a nd r e a lly this year’s color and design lege, especially her inauguration said. It has and elicits generosity over $3.5 mil- “I ’m not a big fan of e n jo y th is m ore th a n la s t y e a r’s. She of the Graduate School of Sacred and therefore there is no choice lioq. Half the yellow... it doesn’t ye a r’s design.” said she brought last year’s Theology, which was the first between justice and beauty. revenue of The The unveil shirt “for nostalgia,” but Catholic theological program that To conclude the lecture Ross Shirt goes to say football to me. ” ing ceremony, never wore it to a game. permitted women to earn a Ph.D. recited the lyrics to John T h e S h ir t which starts at “I think even though sales The lecture, “For the Beauty of Denver’s “ Bread and Roses.” She Charity Fund, David Mauro approximately were still really high last the Earth: Women, said these words were poignant and the remain sophomore noon today, year, [The Shirt Committee] Sacramentality and Justice.” because they intertwined both der of the funds will feature kept in mind that the shirt began with an introduction from beauty and faith, the Bread raised from performances was really not popular with President Carol Ann Mooney and being the Eucharist. sa le s c o n from the bag students,” Frihart said. “I Sister Kathleen Dolphin, director "From birth until life closes, tributes to student activity pipe band, the Notre Dame hope they’ve tried to come of the Center for Spirituality. hearts starve as well as bodies,” fees. cheerleaders and lep up with something that stu Ross spoke of the role of beau Ross quoted. “Give us bread, but Jed Hanawalt, assistant rechaun, the Glee Club and dents w ill .like more than ty and how it related to the give us roses.” director for operations at the Notre Dame marching last ye a r’s s h irt.” Church and the world, and the Hammes Bookstore, said band. WNDU sports anchor place of women in sacramentali though there was a negative Jeff Jeffers w ill speak, and ty and justice. Contact Liz Harter at student reaction to The Shirt Coach Charlie Weis w ill Contact Kaitlynn Riely at Ross stated that while in eharteO 10saintmarys.edu last year, it was still the make an appearance to talk [email protected]
scores like 48-0." sonality. He had everyone “1 think we’re playing this lit Mary’s, said the hotel tends to For Somogyi, the 1975 Blue- believing Notre Dame would tle team called Penn State,” he get booked up for the event. Game Gold game was especially never lose another game.” said. “We already have the “We do get more business,” continued from page 1 memorable. Lou Holtz’s first game in 1986 shirts for that.” she said. “It’s going to be a “ It was a rainy day, and out boasted the second largest And the bookstore is not the busier weekend so w e’ve p re of nowhere — no one knew Blue-Gold attendance with only campus venue that antici pared for it.” sense of excitement for the sea who this guy was — [a quarter 32,071 turning out for the pates increased business. Notre Dame Security/Police son. ” Somogyi said. “People are back] completed seven of 12 event, which draws thousands “We expect to see more peo associate director Phil Johnson talking about the Charlie Weis passes and a couple touch of students, alumni and fans to ple than usual on a Saturday, said the unit, in tandem with era and then looking at the Lou downs,” he said. “That guy’s campus each spring. but not as many as if it were a other police agencies, will staff Holtz and Ara Parseghian eras. name was Joe Montana.” “ It’s more of a social, commu home football weekend,” Notre Dame Stadium and patrol It’s that whole, ‘Hey, we found Montana was on the seventh nity event than anything. That’s Reckers manager Mike Davy various parking areas to “pro our guy and he’s going to lead team the previous year, but in what it’s become,” Somogyi said. “It’s about 20 percent mote a family friendly environ us back to the Promised Land’ that one scrimmage he “sky said. “You unveil The Shirt more business than on typical ment and to enforce laws.” fe eling .” rocketed up to No. 2, ” Somogyi [and] it’s sort of like a dress [non-football weekend] “We expect a good sized Somogyi said the Blue-Gold said. rehearsal for the fall. This is Saturday.” crowd for this weekend’s Blue- game tradition began with “You don’t always put too what we wear for the Blue-Gold Legends general manager Gold [game] — probably larger Knute Rockne, but has not much [thought] into Blue-Gold game, this is Aaron Perri said than some recent years,” he always followed the same for games, [but] now and then what we’ll wear “We expect a good the restaurant said. “In addition to the Blue- mat. From the 1930s through something happens,” he said. for the season.” will “go into Gold, there are several other much of the 1960s, the scrim Somogyi does not expect any Hammes sized crowd fo r this football mode” events planned this weekend mage was known as the Old- breakout performances of com Bookstore assis weekend’s Blue-Gold for Blue-Gold including a baseball game. So, timers game. parable magnitude Saturday, tant director Jed [game] — probably weekend. there’s likely to be very heavy “Former players would play but said the event should draw Hanawalt said “Anything that traffic in and around campus.” the current players," he said. a “pretty decent crowd” at Blue-Gold week larger than some happens in the Johnson said the one-way “You used to have situations Notre Dame Stadium. end helps the recent years.” stadium is a traffic pattern typically imple with guys in the NFL competing “Charlie [Weis] only had store kickoff the direct correla mented on regular home foot against college kids. You’d have about 17,000 in attendance last 2006 season. tion to the ball games will not be utilized David Givens coming back to year, but even that was amaz “We absolutely Phil Johnson amount of busi Saturday and thus “traffic may play in the game or Arnez ing because it was probably the gear up for it,” associate director ness we get move a bit slower this week Battle or Luke Petitgout — coldest Blue-Gold game in his he said. “It’s not NDSP here,” he said. end.” Additionally, the closing th a t’s how it used to be ... You tory,” he said. “Anytime you quite like a foot “Due to the fact of Douglas Road east of Juniper couldn’t even imagine agents approach 20,000 — that’s very ball weekend, that we exist in Road w ill also affect campus allowing that in the profession good.” [but] it’s a lot of fun. It’s a much the middle of the parking lot, travel. al ranks [today].” Somogyi said Weis is “getting different atmosphere — much we get a lot of business from “We’ll have staff deployed at Somogyi said the event there ” in terms of popularity, more lax and family oriented. ” people tailgating and passing key intersections to facilitate changed under the direction of but first year coaches histori Hanawalt expects The Shirt through.” traffic flow before and after the coach Ara Parseghian, who cally draw the largest Blue- unveiling ceremony at 12 p.m. Perri said Legends will run game,” Johnson said. “Fans thought it would be “more Gold crowds. today to draw big crowds — extended hours and bring in should plan to allow extra time worthwhile” to hold an intra “The most attended Blue- that is “as long as we don’t more staff members to com arriving to and departing from squad scrimmage in the spring. Gold game happened to be in have snow like we did last pensate for the increased campus.” “For the most part |the games] 1981 with first year coach year.” The bookstore — which patrons. Kickoff for the game is sched were one sided, because you Gerry Faust — 35,675 people is celebrating its 50th anniver Local hotels are also making uled for 1:35 p.m. would have the No. 1 team were in attendance,” he said. sary — will also sell schedule adjustments for the weekend. going against the No. 3 team ,” “It was called ‘Faust Fever’ T-shirts and marquis game Lindsay Kling, guest service Contact Katie Perry at he said. “You used to have because of his magnetic per shirts throughout the weekend. supervisor for the Inn at Saint [email protected] T h e O bserver ™ B u s in e s s
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CANAD IAN $ 1.1402 and Customs Enforcement. Don Sherman, director of the Cincinnati Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, an advocate for Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff speaks at a news conference Thursday on I n B r ie f immigrant workers and immigration enforcement at the U S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters. their rights, was skeptical Merck, Lilly and others post jumps about the government's ately returned Thursday. In Social Security numbers, plaint was filed and the NEW YORK — Stocks made a modest move. a statement Wednesday, the the government alleges. investigation began at a advance Wednesday as strong earnings from “ I think the tim ing is very company pledged to coop The case began after offi suburban IFCO facility. Yahoo Inc. and United Technologies Corp. suspicious because there erate with the investigation cials got a tip that IFCO The managers could face helped investors briefly set aside worries over are a number of rallies and comply with state and workers in Guilderland, up to 10 years in prison and inflation and rising oil prices. coming up around the federal requirements. N.Y. were seen rip pin g up a $250,000 fine for each The day’s gains extended Wall Street’s rally country promoting immi The Netherlands-based their W-2 forms because alien involved, as w ell as from Tuesday, when stocks surged on indica gration reform ,” he said. company describes itself as they did not intend to file forfeitures. tions that the Federal Reserve may soon end its Chertoff denied the timing the leading pallet services tax returns, Chertoff said. “Just a small fine or a string of interest rate hikes as the pace of eco of the stepped up enforce company in America. It Six of seven current and slap on the wrist is not a nomic growth appears to slow. ment had anything to do reported $116 million in former IFCO managers deterrent,” Myers said. But while investors received another round with recent immigration profits last year on sales of charged with felony con Most of the 1,187 illegal of upbeat first-quarter earnings reports, a big- demonstrations, saying the $576 million. spiracy to harbor illegal immigrants arrested are ger-than-expected jump in the core consumer investigations began more More than half of the aliens were released on being processed for depor price index last month renewed their inflation than a year ago. company's roughly 5,800 bond and are to appear tation, said Assistant U.$. concerns and left them wondering whether the Messages left w ith IFCO employees during 2005 had May 4 in Albany, N.Y., Attorney Tina Bciocchetti in Fed might respond by extending its program of officials were not immedi invalid or mismatched where the criminal com Albany. rate increases. Meanwhile, crude oil also topped a record $72 per barrel as gold prices climbed to a fresh 25-year high. Continued strength in commodi ties could soon pose an issue for inflation, said Peter Cardillo, chief strategist and market ana Stocks mixed; GM, Merck lift Dow lyst for S.W. Bach & Co.
Associated Press maintaining decent momentum, but weakness in the market. Declining GM narrows loss, more work needed reviving the fear of wage inflation. issues led advancers by roughly 8 to 7 DETROIT — General Motors Corp. managed to NEW YORK — Blocks closed mixed Oil futures retreated from record on the New York Block Exchange. reduce the flow of red ink in the first quarter, Thursday after earnings reports from highs. A barrel of light crude hit a Bonds were lower, with the yield on significantly narrowing its losses as a major General Motors Corp. and Merck Co. record high of $72.49 in trading on the the 10-year Treasury note rising to 5.04 restructuring began to take hold, but the Inc. pushed the Dow Jones industrial New York Mercantile Exchange before percent from 5.03 percent Wednesday. world's biggest automaker acknowledged it still average up to a six-year high while the falling to $71.95, down 22 cents from The U.S. dollar was higher against most has a long way to go before it returns to prof Nasdaq composite sagged along with Wednesday's record closing price. major currencies. Gold prices were itability. eBay Inc. “The message this week is pretty sim lower, retreating from 25-year highs. “We’re still burning cash. We’re still not com Dow component General Motors’ ple: People are looking for an excuse to Economic data continued to point to fortable where we are with our cash flow,” GM stock gained 10 percent after the buy stocks rather than sell stocks,” said moderating growth. The Conference Chief Financial Officer Frederick “Fritz” automaker reported record revenues Ryan Larson, equity trader at Voyageur Board, a private research group, said Henderson. along with its sixth straight quarterly Asset Management, a subsidiary of RBC its Index of Leading Economic Wall Street analysts said the results were bet loss. Drugmaker Merck & Co., also a Dain Rauscher. “A year ago, $70 oil Indicators dropped to 138.4 in March ter than expected, but they warned that GM Dow component, reported an 11 per would have been the death of us; today, from 138.5 the previous month. The faces significant headwinds, including rising gas cent jump in first-quarter profit. the market is able to digest it and look declines in the index, a closely watched prices that could hurt a new lineup of sport utili Google Inc.’s first-quarter earnings, for positives.” gauge of future economic activity, fol ty vehicles and ongoing negotiations over wages reported after the close of regular trad The Dow rose 64.12, or 0.57 percent, lowed four consecutive months of rising at Delphi Corp., GM’s former parts division. GM ing, sent the stock sharply higher in to 11,342.89. That was the blue chips’ readings. is expected to be on the hook for billions of dol after-hours trading and pointed to best close since it settled at 11,351.30 The day’s earnings were, for the most lars in Delphi labor and pension costs. greater investor enthusiasm Friday. on Jan. 20, 2000. part, strong. “The market was relieved GM reported a first-quarter loss of $323 m il In economic news, new applications Broader stock indicators were mixed. about the earnings coming out and lion, or 57 cents per share, on Thursday. While for unemployment benefits dropped by The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose mildly surprised about GM, ” said it was GM's sixth straight quarterly loss, it was 10,000 to 303,000, according to the 1.53, or 0.12 percent, to 1,311.46, and Quincy Krosby, chief investment strate an improvement over the January-March period Labor Department. The figure was the the Nasdaq composite index fell 8.33, gist at The Hartford Financial Bervices of 2005, when GM lost $1.3 billion, or $2.22 per best showing since the beginning of or 0.35 percent, to 2,362.55. Group Inc., the Connecticut-based share, and stopped providing financial guidance. April, suggesting the labor market is The advances masked underlying insurance company. page 8 The Observer ♦ N E W S Friday, April 21, 2006
run an ad for gay student group one of the preeminent.” The ban will be enforced Pulitzer OUTreach ND in November He said he “ v iv id ly ” rem em Smoking by personnel of the St. 1999. bers a story Krupa wrote for his Joseph County health continued from page 1 And she won, continuing to Literary Journalism class that continued from page 1 department, Gagnon said. print advertisements for the gay also appeared in The Observer Health department person tional use of the newspaper’s and lesbian organizations — on April 7, 2000. In “One said there w ill be signs nel are present at all home resources to serve an inundated which prompted both on-cam- Victim ’s Voice,” Krupa leads posted throughout the stadi games, but in addition to city even after evacuation of the pus support and favorable cov readers through the crisis faced um that will inform specta their previous responsibility newspaper plant.” erage in the local media. by “Emily,” a Notre Dame junior tors of the rule. During reg observing the handling of For Krupa, a city hall beat Then-University and rape victim. ular season games, the concession and food activi reporter who served as editor- President Father It was “ a stun signs w ill be accompanied ties, they w ill now make in-chief of The Observer during Edward Malloy ning piece of by recorded announcements sure Notre Dame is enforc the 1999-2000 academic year, appointed an “We’re going to be enterprise jour that w ill play over the sound ing the ban. The health the award is “bittersweet.” internal ad hoc writing this story nalism,” Collins system at the stadium. department has the ability “We’re thrilled to have been committee to said. Ushers will personally to fine institutions if the recognized for our work, but at examine the fo r 20 years. ” After gradua inform anyone unaware of ordinance is not adequately the same time, there were University’s rela tion, Krupa — an the new policy. met. reporters in our newsroom tionship with The Michelle Krupa Arlington “We have had ‘no smok “Like health officials mon whose houses still are Observer, but the Pulitzer Prize winner Heights, 111. ing’ signs put up, we have ito rin g a re sta ura nt, the St. destroyed who are living in committee never native — went to a n n o u n c e Joe County trailers or living with relatives,” issue d a p u b lic work at the m e n ts on health Krupa said Wednesday. “Our decision. Beacon News in o u r m e s department newsroom, our building, is sort In the years since Krupa’s Aurora, 111., a city 40 miles west sage board, “Like health officials w ill m a k e o f an island. ... stand, The Observer continued of Chicago. w e h ave monitoring a restaurant, s u re th a t “It’s the proudest moment in to operate as an independent She continued her journalism p r e p a r e d w e do a American journalism and so newspaper without outside edi education, spending one year in a n n o u n c e the St. Joe County health good job,” many of our staff will go home torial influence. a University of Maryland gradu m e n ts fo r department w ill make Gagnon to a FEMA trailer." While her leadership had a ate program before joining the the games, sure that we do a qood said. Krupa and the Times- lasting impact on The Observer, staff of the Times-Picayune, a n d o u r T h e Picayune staff, who saw Katrina the paper shaped Krupa’s where she has now worked for ushers w ill job. ” m ajority of from a different perspective future as well. four years. be e n fo r c Notre than reporters covering the “You stay up until three or While the Pulitzers signify a in g th e Cappy Gagnon D a m e ’s story from vantage points four or five in the morning until concrete achievement for the rule,” coordinator gam e d a y around the everything gets Times-Picayune, in Krupa’s Danch said. responsibil stadium personnel nation, pro done, and that eyes, the Katrina story is far Upon itie s c o n vided a cru “That was really impor w as a re a lly from finished. r e c e iv i n g cerning the cial window important train “I don’t know if there’s been a their tick ban remain in to the tant training groun d for ing ground for single story I’ve written since ets, season ticket holders with usher enforcement. u n f o ld in g me ... to be wholly respon me,” Krupa Aug. 29 that hasn’t had the also received a booklet “In the beginning it w ill be disaster. sible fo r something every said, “to be word ‘Katrina’ in it,” Krupa explaining stadium and a bit of an educational pro “ A t the wholly responsi said. “We’re going to be writing University game day poli gram since smoking has very begin day and seeing it through ble for some this story for 20 years.” cies. Included in the booklet been permitted in the past,” ning a lot of to the end and having thing every day The other two recent Notre w ill be an explanation of the Gagnon said. “Ushers who big papers people in the newsroom beand seeing it Dame Pulitzer winners are also now-effective smoking ban, spot persons smoking w ill were telling through to the former Observer staffers. 1995 Danch said. advise them of the ban and these intel your best friends. ” end and having graduate and Saint Paul Any confusion concerning point out the signage on it. lectual sto people in the Pioneer Press reporter George the ban may arise because We will warn persons who ries about Michelle Krupa newsroom be Dorhmann won the 2000 beat Notre Dame has existing do not follow instructions th e ro le Pulitzer Prize winner y o u r best reporting award for a series on smoking regulations in the and treat them like any per th a t race friends and academic fraud within the stadium that have been son who violates a stadium might have totally trusting University of Minnesota’s men’s enforced. The original regu ru le .” p la y e d in them — and that’s what we had basketball program, and 1994 lations barred smoking in Concerning spectator the evacuation ... our job was to to do [here at the Picayune I. graduate David Kinney was a the inner seating area of the response, Gagnon said that tell people from New Orleans “We had to get in trucks and member of the Newark Star- stadium . the expectation is that most what was happening inside New boats with our colleagues,” she Ledger’s Pulitzer-winning staff “Notre Dame previously people w ill comply when Orleans,” Krupa said. “For a continued, “with colleagues car in 2005. The staff won for its forbid smoking in the seat first informed of the ban. month our main task was to tell rying a gun to protect them coverage of the resignation of ing areas of the stadium “Like we must do for cases people, what does it look like selves. I have a lot of faith in New Jersey governor James and permitted it in the outer of alcohol, ushers will esca inside the city?” journalism and the kind of peo McGreevey after he admitted to and upper concourse,” said late their response if people Krupa, who majored in ple who become appointing his Gappy Gagnon, coordinator refuse,” Gagnon said. American Studies and Spanish, journalists. We’re extram arital of stadium personnel. “It said she chose Notre Dame pre public servants, “I have a lot of male lover to a will now be forbidden cisely because it did not have a we’re gathering faith in journalism state security everywhere inside the stadi- Contact Maureen Mullen at journalism program at the time. information to tell leadership post. u m .” mmullen [email protected] “ I felt like to be a good jo u r somebody else and and the kind of At least two nalist you should study lots of those are the kind people who become other Notre other things,” she said. of people I found at journalists. ” Dame alumni But she joined The Observer The O b s e rve r ... have won indi CAREER PERSPECTIVE/: almost immediately after arriv staying up till dawn vidual Pulitzers, HEAR FROM NOTRE DAME ing at school — the Sunday and doing it to the Michelle Krupa according to night before classes began end and that’s Pulitzer Prize winner Assistant Vice ALUMNI freshman year. 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a “full voting member of the College faculty — Malone was required twenty-one more cred board, not just a voice at the chosen by Mooney to serve as its. To his surprise, they still had Trustees table,” said Timm — which is the student trustee for the Weinberg his account open, which he said an “unusual aspect” when upcoming year. continued from page 1 probably meant that they knew continued from page 1 compared to other colleges “I am very excited,” she he would be back when “the and universities’ definition of said. “Since it has been such rock n’ roll thing was over” and having lunch in the dining the position. a long application process, it clubs and bar mitzvahs. he got “his act together.” They hall on Friday and will likely Malone, a biology major is nice to finally get things “Playing behind those strip gave him credit for a book he eat with the students,” Timm from Indianapolis, said she is started see the Board of pers and bumping them, had written, so only eighteen said, noting that several e x c ite d to Trustees’ dynam rimshotting bad comedians, credits remained until he could trustees will be unable to do shadow ics and how they that was good preparation for receive his degree. so because they w ill be in V la s e k a t “Having a student have such an what I’m doing now,” Weinberg “I figured that was certainly meetings at the time. th is w e e k impact on our col said. doable over two semesters,” Although students may end’s events trustee is a very lege.” He caught a break in 1974 as Weinberg said. “What are you have limited opportunities to to le a rn special and honored Timm said she is a student at Seton Hall when he laughing about?” interact with trustees during more about position. ” “confident that hit it off with Bruce Springsteen I le took the LSAT after receiv their on campus visits — th e f u ll [Malone] will con & the E Street Band in an audi ing his degree hut claimed he which occur in October, responsibili tinue to provide tion that he found in want ad. got an “ unbelievably low score.” February, April and June — ties of her Linda Timm the board mem “This was the best band I had Daydreaming out the window they are able to voice their position. VP of Student Affairs bers with insight ever sat in with. I wanted that one day in a property law class, concerns and ideas to the “ I am from the student gig,” he said. he said he saw “visions of free newly named student trustee honor to be perspective” — The band soared in popularity dom,” and proceeded to leave junior Julie Malone. Malone appointed to this position and something Malone stated as with the 1975 album “Born to the classroom and withdraw will replace previous student to go to a college where the the primary goal and purpose Run,” the first actual album from the college. trustee senior Jill Vlasek, students are held with such of her position. that Weinberg had ever played “I became a statistic... I’m taking on a very prestigious great respect that there “I hope to actively seek stu on. very proud to say I’m a law student leadership position. would be a student on [the dent opinion and be the best Weinberg said the ten-year school dropout,” Weinberg said. “Having a student trustee is Board of Trustees] as a full representative of Saint whirlwind of touring that he did Weinberg then got a job at a a very special and honored voting member,” Malone said. Mary’s students and what is with the band fulfilled his “rock mail order record store, and position,” Timm said. “It rep After completing the vast important to them,” she said. n’ roll dreams.” worked a variety of jobs there resents the College’s belief in application process — which “I had the best seat in the for three years, until he was a shared governance sys included multiple essays, let house,” he said. called up to tour with the band te m .” ters of recommendation and Contact Kelly Meehan at To show the crowd what it “ 10,000 Maniacs." Like Vlasek, Malone will be thorough interviews with kmeehaO 1 @saintmarys.edu was like to play in packed seats, “I was becoming a drummer Weinberg showed a video of again,” Weinberg said. concert footage set to “Born in A short while later, he audi the U.S.A. ” tioned for the Broadway show “I had that Fu Manchu mus “Tommy.” Twenty seconds into Cab records support Duke playertache,” Weinberg said. “ I offer his audition, the conductor told that video as definitive proof him, “A lright, you can be the that not everyone in the seven second alternate sub. ” Associated Press said she and another dancer While waiting on the four ties looked like Ashton “That was OK with me, sud performed for a short time passengers whom he would Kutcher.” denly I’d gotten a job,” DURHAM, N.C. — A cab d riv before getting angry and leav later drive to a nearby gas sta In October 1989, Weinberg’s Weinberg said. er who picked up a Duke ing the party, returning a short tion, the Sudan-born driver life and career took a new He was so excited th at he University lacrosse player the time later after receiving an saw a woman walking through direction when he got a call called his wife to come visit him night he’s accused of raping a apology. The accuser told police a crowd o f men tow ard a car, from Springsteen saying that he in New York City. On a w alk stripper appears to reinforce a she was separated from the and heard someone say, “ She had been working on a new after dinner, he came across timeline the defense says sup other dancer and assaulted for just a stripper. She’s going to record and was going down a Conan O’Brien. ports his innocence, but also 30 minutes once back inside. call the police.” new path, and thanked “You just never know,” he casts doubt on claims that A member of the defense Mostafa said the woman, Weinberg for his fifteen years of said. “Even with my little kid nothing happened at a team team, who spoke on condition wearing jeans and a sweater, dedication. dream s, I never thought I’d party. of anonymity because the appeared to exchange words “In retrospect... I probably have my own band with my When he returned to the off- defense is working with players with some people in the crowd shouldn’t have been surprised it name on the bass drum, playing campus party to pick up a sec who could still be indicted, said before getting into the driver’s was over,” Weinberg said. on the Late Show.” ond fare after dropping off time-stamped photos show the side of a car. He decided to go back to Reade Seligmann, Moez women dancing around mid “She looked, like, mad,” he Seton Hall to finish his commu Contact Peter Ninneman at Mostafa said he saw a woman night. said. “In her face, the way she nications degree, which still [email protected] leaving the party in anger, and Mostafa’s logs show a call for walked, the way she talked, she overheard someone say, “ She a cab at 12:14 a.m. A person looked like mad.” just a stripper. 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indicted on charges they con the two sets of photos they Indictment alleges the spired at the trial to withhold believed were taken in the case plotting rampage withholding of photos the pictures because they and don’t know if they exist. would have shown that the Aerial photos believed to have drawings were not surveillance been taken by helicopter before he said. Associated Press sketches of the hospital, as the trial are missing, but prose Threatening MySpace The message discussed the Convertino and trial witnesses cutors do have a second set of significance of April 20, message tips off police WASHINGTON — A new FBI had portrayed. ground and helicopter photos which is Adolf Hitler’s birth analysis of evidence in a bun “The object of the conspiracy of the Jordanian hospital they day and the anniversary of gled Detroit terrorism trial was to present false evidence say were . e-mailed to Associated Press the 1999 Columbine High undercuts the recent indict at trial and to conceal inconsis Convertino before the trial. School attack in Colorado, in ment of the former prosecutor tent and potentially damaging Convertino alleges he is being RIVERTON, Kan. — Five which two students wearing in the case, creating fresh con evidence,” the indictment prosecuted solely because he teenage boys accused of plot trench coats killed 13 people flict in a legal drama that has alleges. sued then-Attorney General ting a shooting rampage at and committed suicide, the embarrassed the Bush admin In an earlier court filing. John Ashcroft in 2004, alleging sheriff said. their high school on the istration. Justice went further, claiming mismanagement of the war on anniversary of the Columbine “The message, it was brief, The 13-page report by FBI the photos disproved the terror. massacre were arrested but it stated that there was Agent Paul George concludes sketches: “It is Convertino is Thursday after a message going to be a shooting at the that satellite photos of a difficult if not due in court authorities said warned of a Riverton school and that peo Jordanian hospital closely impossible to Friday. His lawyer ple should wear bulletproof “This is about lies gun attack appeared on the match hand-drawn sketches compare the said Thursday the Web site MySpace.com. vests and flak jackets," found in 2001 inside the apart day-planner perpetrated by a new FBI analysis Norman said. Sheriff’s deputies found ment of four Detroit men who sketches with federal prosecutor “disproves the guns, ammunition, knives and School officials identified the government claimed had the photos and and a deferal indictment’s pre coded messages in the bed the student who posted the surveyed the site as part of a see a c o rre la posterous allega room of one sus message and terrorist plot. tion.” agent, as alleged tions” and vindi pect, Sheriff talked to several The new analysis conflicts Department in the indictment. ” cates the original Steve Norman 7 think there was of his friends, with the Justice Department’s officials said terrorism convic said. Authorities Norman said. argument that photographic th e y w ere tions. probably some Bryan Sierra also found docu But Riverton evidence did not match the a w a re o f “The govern ments about bullying, name school district sketches. George’s report, Justice spokesman ment now agrees, firearms and calling, chastising. Superintendent George testified at the 2003 but remained after three years of references to David Walters Detroit terrorism trial and pro confident they inquiry and m il Armageddon in said the signifi duced the new analysis around could prove the ex-prosecutor lions of dollars, that the evi Steve Norman two suspects’ cance of the the time he was called to testify and the State Department offi dence in the original case school lockers. sheriff th r e a t d id n ’ t late last year before a grand cial lied about the existence of proves the terrorist convictions “ W h a t th e become clear jury that eventually indicted the photos, which were e- originally rendered by the resounding until Wednesday the prosecutor for wrongdoing mailed to Convertino before the jury,” attorney Bill Sullivan said theme is: They were actually night, after a woman in North in the case, officials said. The trial and were not turned over The criminal charges against going to do this,” Norman Carolina who had chatted agent’s report was obtained by to defense lawyers. Convertino Convertino are based on the said. with one of the suspects on The Associated Press. said he never saw the e-mail or principle that prosecutors must Four suspects were arrested Myspace.com received more Convictions of three of the photos. turn over to defendants all evi at their homes; the fifth was specific information that four Detroit men — arrested “The pending prosecution is dence that could help them taken into custody at the there would be about a dozen shortly after the Sept. 11 not about the guilt or inno prove their innocence. school. None of the names of potential victims, at least one attacks — were tossed out in cence of the defendants” in the Legal experts said the emer the teens, ages 16-18, were of whom was a staff member. 2004 after the Justice original terror case, Justice gence of George’s analysis released. She notified authorities in her Department told the court its spokesman Bryan Sierra said. could help Convertino’s lawyer Attorney General Phill state, who contacted the sher own prosecutors withheld pho “This is about lies perpetrated create reasonable doubt. Kline, whose office took over iff’s department, Norman tos from defense lawyers that by a federal prosecutor and a Defense lawyers could argue the prosecution at the request said. could have helped prove the federal agent, as alleged in the that if photos matched the of the county attorney, said Norman said that the poten defendants innocence. indictment. It’s about perjury sketches — instead of dis tial victims were popular stu charges are likely to be Last month, former Assistant and the integrity and fairness proved them — Convertino announced Friday, when the dents and that the suspects U.S. Attorney Richard G. of the judicial system.” would have had no motive to suspects are expected to may have been bullied. Convertino and a State Justice officials also acknowl hide them and no obligation to appear in court. “I think there was probably Department investigator were edge they don’t possess one of turn them over, experts said. No decision has been made some bullying, name calling, on whether to charge the four chastising,” he said. He also suspects younger than 18 as said investigators had learned adults, he said. the suspects were computer Deputies’ interviews with buffs who liked violent video the suspects indicated they games. Important Information planned to wear black trench MySpace.com — a social coats and disable the school’s networking hub with more 72 camera system before start million members — released if You’re Leaving for the ing the attack between noon a statement declining to dis and 1 p.m. Thursday, Norman cuss the case because of the said. The suspects apparently investigation, adding that it had been plotting since the has provided users with S u m m e r... If your mailing address beginning of the school year. mechanisms to report inap changes during the Officials at Riverton High propriate content. School began investigating on Kline said school would summer months, please Tuesday after learning that a resume Friday. About 900 threatening message had students in all grades attend notify the credit union been posted on MySpace.com, the campus. of your new address immediately, via fax, mail or in person. Please remember to include Write for news. your signature! 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B r a z il N ig e r ia Enrichment program advances Car bombed kills Brazil's nuclear technology attracts less attention than Iran's at least two people Associated Press war ended in 1870. the world's nuclear elite. “Brazil doesn’t cheat on the Brazil has the world’s sixth- RESENDE — As Iran faces Nonproliferation Treaty and it largest uranium reserves, but Dispute over oil revenue blamed fo r attack international pressure over does not exist in an area of until the plant becomes opera developing the raw material high tension,” said David tional, it can't use the fuel for Associated Press everybody fled,” said Tekena for nuclear weapons, Brazil is Albright, a form er U.N. inspec energy without shipping it to Lawson, who lives near the bar quietly preparing to open its tor who runs the Washington- and from URENCO, the PORT HARCOURT — Militants racks. own uranium-enrichment cen based Institute for Science and European enrichment consor battling for a bigger cut of Brig. Gen. Samuel Salihu, ter, capable of producing International Security. tium. Nigeria’s oil revenue exploded a commander of the base, con exactly the same fuel. The U.S. Embassy in the cap Brazil says its plant will be car bomb inside a m ilitary base, firmed that the explosion was a Brazil — like Iran — has ital, Brasilia, referred all ques capable of enriching natural ending weeks of relative calm car bomb, saying it killed two signed the Nuclear tions to the State Department uranium to less than five per with a blast that killed at least people and critically injured six Nonproliferation Treaty, and in Washington, where cent uranium-235, an isotope two people and sent a fireball others. Brazil’s constitution bans the spokesman Sean McCormack needed to fuel its two reactors. into the night sky. Soldiers cordoned off the m ili m ilitary use of nuclear energy. dismissed any parallel between Warheads need ore that has The Movement for tary barracks on Thursday, with Also like Iran, Brazil has Brazil’s nuclear program and been enriched to 95 percent Emancipation of the Niger Delta heavily armed troops behind cloaked key aspects of its Ira n ’s. uranium-235, a claimed responsibility for the sandbags at the main entrance nuclear technology in secrecy “ M y u n d e r material Brazil blast late Wednesday at a bar preventing people from entering. while insisting the program is standing is they “Brazil is following says it can’t and racks in the southern oil center The group claims to be fight for peaceful purposes, claims have a peaceful a path very similar w on’t produce. of Port Harcourt. ing for the interests of the main nuclear weapons experts have nuclear pro to Iran, but Iran is “If you can The group’s attacks on oil ly ethnic Ijaw inhabitants of the debunked. gram,” he said enrich to five installations in Niger Delta, a While Brazil is more cooper Thursday. getting all the percent, you’re Nigeria, Africa’s 40,000-square- ative than Iran on internation Still, Brazil’s attention. ” decades away leading oil “We suddenly mile region of al inspections, some worry its enrichment pro from enriching to exporter, had heard one heavy swamps, rivers new enrichment capability — gram — and its 90 percent,” Marshall Eakin already helped bang and saw fire and creeks that which eventually w ill create reluctance to Odair Dias drive up world oil remains deeply Brazil expert more fuel than is needed for its allow unlimited Goncalves, presi prices. This coun shoot up and impoverished two nuclear plants — suggests inspections —has dent of the try is the fifth- everybody fled. ” despite sitting on that South America’s biggest raised suspicions Brazilian Nuclear biggest source of most o f N ig e ria ’s nation may be rethinking its abroad. Energy Commission, told The U.S. oil imports. Tekena Lawson oil resources. commitment to nonprolifera “Brazil is beginning to be Associated Press. “You need a But the move Attacks on oil witness tion. perceived as a country appar whole new technology that we ment had not car installations this “Brazil is following a path ently wanting to reevaluate its don’t have.” ried out any major year in the main very similar to Iran, but Iran is commitment to nonprolifera But former U.N. inspector attacks since February and oil-producing Niger Delta getting all the attention,” said tion, and this is a big part of Albright said he worked with never before used a car bomb. claimed by the movement have Marshall Eakin, a Brazil expert the problem,” said Jon Goncalves at the Brazilian Its previous m ilitary targets cut more than 20 percent of at Vanderbilt University. “In Wolfsthal, deputy director for Physics Society on a project to were small military boats. Nigeria’s daily oil exports of 2.5 effect, Brazil is benefiting from nonproliferation at the show that the Brazilian cen Wednesday’s blast sent a fire million barrels. Iran’s problems.” Carnegie Endowment for trifuges could be used to pro ball towering over Port The group also seized 13 fo r While Iran leads a war of International Peace in duce highly enriched uranium, Harcourt, a major population eign oil workers in attacks on words against nuclear-armed Washington. even if that wasn’t their center and hub of Nigeria’s oil installations operated by Royal Israel and has defied a U.N. The government-run intended use. industry. Dutch Shell in January and Security Council request to Industrias Nucleares do Brasil “Centrifuges are very flexi “We suddenly heard one heavy February. All the hostages were stop all uranium enrichment, S.A. has been conducting final ble,” he said. “Reconfiguring bang and saw fire shoot up and later released unharmed. Brazil is peaceful and demo tests at the enrichment plant, the cascades or recycling the cratic. It doesn’t have border built on a former coffee planta enriched uranium multiple disputes, is not in an arms tion in Resende, 90 miles west times can allow for the produc race, and strives for good rela of Rio de Janeiro. When it tion of weapons-grade urani in PRIZES tions with all nations. Its last opens this year, Brazil will join um .” GUARANTEED
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N e p a l M e x ic o Protest erupts in violence // Coyote" smuggling Thousands gather in the city’s edge. town of Gulariya, the Defense Many of those protests M inistry said. a lucrative business streets, throw rocks turned violent as dem onstra The strife around the capital tors parried with officers lasted into the night. throughout the day, often toss “We are fightii* in the Promise of crackdowns has little e ffe c tthus fa r Associated Press ing back tear gas canisters to republic of Nepal!’^declared cheers from supporters watch one student protester, Zap Associated Press been blamed for abandoning KATMANDU — Tens of thou ing from rooftops. Sapkota. “We w ill kill the some migrants to their deaths sands of Nepalis defied a cur The worst violence came on king!” MEXICO CITY — Sidling up in the desert heat, the Mexican few to protest Thursday in the the city’s western edge, where What comes afterward, most to migrants who arrive at the government has been hesitant largest show of discontent with police trying to keep more demonstrators seem unable to Tijuana airport and cruising to move against them, knowing King Gyanendra since demon than 10,000 protesters from articulate — there’s a hazy the streets in border towns, the death toll would climb if strations against his royal dic reaching the ring road opened notion of democracy, but few “coyotes” in gold chains and people crossed on their own, tatorship began more than two fire with tear gas, rubber bul have seen it at work. dark sunglasses openly find Clark said. weeks ago. Security forces lets and finally live ammuni Nepal’s Hindu royal dynasty customers for nightly scram “Migrant traffickers have responded by fatally shooting tion. was once revered as godlike, bles across the U.S. border. become a necessary evil,” he three protesters. Witnesses said the shooting and the recent chants of “Hang Mexico’s president offered to said. The nearly two dozen in Kalanki began when a sen the King” are a major depar crack down on smuggling at a Corruption also taints demonstrations, which ior police officer drew his pis ture from past protests, like recent summit with President Mexico’s efforts to stop human brought as many as 100,000 tol and shot a protester in the the 1990 uprising that led the Bush. But close to 100 smug trafficking. Clark, who heads people into the streets around head, an act followed by gun king’s older brother to intro gling gangs are still operating, the Tijuana-based Binational the capital Katmandu, ranged fire from police and soldiers. duce democracy. government officials say, in Center for Human Rights, said from festive pro-democracy The senior offices “aimed Gyanendra ended that plain sight of Mexican law his group interviewed 50 rallies to angry riots of young straight for the (protesters),” experiment last year, saying he enforcement. detained smugglers and found men who lit bonfires and said Ankul Shresthra, a 28- needed to crush the commu “While drug smugglers are 39 of them were simply hurled bricks at police. Some year-old throwing bottles at nist insurgency. invisible for the most part, migrants who were handed demanded the death of the police in Kalanki. The Maoist people smugglers are visible, over to authorities after the king, whose government Other witnesses insurgents are working right in front of real smugglers paid off police. appears increasingly unable to confirmed his “The way they’ve backing the authorities,” said Tijuana bor Human trafficking is not a control the country. account, and behaved in their protests, but der expert Victor Clark, who priority for Mexican politicians By midday, soldiers were protesters Brad Adams, the has studied the illegal trade for more concerned with kidnap patrolling in armored vehicles, showed reporters own zones is Asia director of decades. pings, drug trafficking and and at least one police post fresh bullet cas frightening." Human Rights Smuggling people into the m urders, b ord e r experts say. had been attacked, its win ings. Watch, strongly United States from around the Officials from five federal gov dows smashed by bricks. Doctors at questioned world has become a $10 bil- ernment entities, including the Brad Adams Gyanendra came under Katm andu’s whether they lion-a-year industry, according presidency, did not respond to more diplomatic pressure on Model hospital Asia director would be any to U.S. Immigration and repeated requests for comment Thursday to cede the power he said three people Human Rights Watch better. Customs Enforcement officials. for this story over several days. seized 14 months ago from an were killed in “ The w ay Global crime networks use Since taking office in interim government. Kalanki, and that they’ve behaved Mexican smugglers to sneak in December 2000, Fox has Despite a curfew imposed to police took the bodies away. in their own zones is frighten Cubans, Brazilians, Iraqis, sought the passage of a migra head off protests, an alliance More than 40 people were in ing,” Adams said from London. Africans and Chinese, accord tion accord as the centerpiece of seven opposition parties critical condition, most with “They’ve publicly said they've ing to Interpol, the internation of his administration. Bush that has organized 15 days of head injuries. Thursday’s killed those who they believe al police network. also expressed enthusiasm for protests and a general strike shootings brought the death to be political opponents of Border experts say the price such a measure until his atten managed to draw as many as toll to 13 since the demonstra theirs. They don’t allow free for Mexican migrants has tion turned to border security 100,000 people into the tions began. speech, they have involved quadrupled from $300 to more after the Sept. 11, 2001, streets, according to estimates Hundreds more were report child soldiers, they have a than $1,200 since 1994, when attacks. by police, organizers and wit edly injured around the city, political policy that would not the U.S. last tightened the At the summit last month in nesses. including 13 police officers seem to allow pluracy. rules. The price is higher for Cancun, Fox once again told While there have been whose clearly exhausted col “Based on their record, if not migrants from Central and Bush he would do more to bloodier days since the leagues were, by the end of the their rhetoric, it’s safe to say South America — Brazilians prosecute smugglers, hoping to protests began, much of day, being forced against that if they come to power said they pay $10,000 to encourage Washington to Nepal’s life — political and demonstrators by senior offi there would be a human rights $15,000 for a package that legalize millions of migrants. economic — is centered in cers swatting them with rattan disaster in Nepal.” includes airfare to Mexico City Fox noted that his government Katmandu, and Thursday’s poles. With the unrest exposing and crossing the border into already had strengthened demonstrations dwarfed all The office of the U.N. High Gyanendra’s unpopularity, the U.S. enforcement on Mexico’s earlier ones in the capital. Commissioner for Human India’s special envoy met with President Vicente Fox’s southern border to stem the Early in the day, residents in Rights in Nepal condemned the the king Thursday. administration has been flow of U.S.-bound Central the city center — where a conduct of security forces, say “I am very hopeful that very caught between promoting Americans. heavy police presence kept ing it was “without justifica shortly some sort of announce itself as the migrants’ protec But he made clear that most protesters at bay — whis tion and inexcusable.” ment w ill be made by him to r and bow ing to U.S. p re s Mexicans would not be stopped tled and banged plates on their Elsewhere, security forces which w ill help considerably sure to crack down on gangs from heading to the border, rooftops. Cell phone text mes fired on violent demonstrators defuse the situation,” the sneaking migrants across the because their right to travel sages encouraged Katm andu’s in the country’s southwest, envoy Karan Singh said after border. within Mexico is constitutional 1.5 million residents to rally at wounding at least 26 in the the meeting. Although smugglers have ly guaranteed. “We can’t infringe upon the right of peo ple to move freely within our territory,” Fox said. Critics say Mexico is using that argument as an excuse to s t t w . tu rn a blind eye.
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T h e O bserver The Independent, Daily Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's Honoring Pete Duranko
P.O. Box 779, Noire Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 The Blue-Gold game, which traditionally draws upwards to be Polish. E d it o r in C h ie f of 30,000 fans to the Stadium each spring, gives alums a But as Lou Gehrig’s Disease advances, things have gotten Mike Gilloon whiff of the Irish football experience to come in the fall. tougher for Duranko. His former teammates are hoping the
M a n a g in g E d it o r B u sin e s s M a n a g e r Interest has peaked in this year’s game, but there’s another Monogram Club directs a large portion of the money raised Maddie Hanna Paula Garcia cause the Notre Dame faithful will support this weekend. in his name — up to $100,000 — towards their friend. Pete Duranko deserves the benefit dinner his former And the people who are helping him now arc doing the A sst. M a n a g in g E d it o r : Rama Gotrumukkala teammates and classmates are hosting in his name right thing. Martin chose to dedicate time and organization A sst. M a n a g in g E d it o r : Robert Griffin Saturday at the Joyce Center. And those friends — and the al skills because he thought that was the best way to sup
N E W S E d it o r s : Amanda Michaels Notre Dame athletic department — deserve praise for their port Duranko. Former Notre Dame baseball player and Mary Kate Malone efforts. author Cappy Gagnon joined with Dick
V i e w p o in t E d it o r : Joey K ing The motivation behind “For the love of Pete, ” Swatland to compile a contact list of a slew of a fundraiser for the Monogram Club’s server Duranko’s former teammates. S p o r t s E d it o r : Ken Howler Catastrophic Relief Fund, is not that the ALS- Martin credits deputy director of athletics Sc e n e E d it o r : B ria n D oxtadcr stricken Duranko was on the national champi $tan Wilcox and associate athletic director S a in t M a r y ’s E d it o r : Kelly Meehan onship 1966 football team. Nor is it his selec E d ito rial John Heisler for joining with athletic director P i i o t o Ed it o r : Dustin Mennelia tion as an All-American at defensive end. Kevin White in offering support and resources G r a p h ic s E d it o r : Graham Ebctsch The reason why hundreds of alumni and friends will pay to the initiative. As soon as Charlie Weis was approached, A d v e r t is in g M a n a g e r : Sharon Brown $125 a plate for dinner Saturday night is who Pete is — and he said he would do what he could to help the cause and A d D e s ig n M a n a g e r : N ina Pressly th a t’s the way it should be. named Duranko an honorary captain for this year’s Blue- C o n t r o l l e r : Jim Kirihara Duranko’s former teammate David Martin recalls a young Gold Game.
W eb A dministrator : Damian Althoff Pete as a hard w orker who often lightened the mood on the Duranko’s former teammate and fellow All-American
S y s t e m s A dministrator Alejandro Gerbaud sidelines of practices as part of “a bunch of really good guys Jimmy Lynch and 1953 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny from that 1966 team.” That way of life earned Duranko Lattner agreed to come to support him. O ff ic e M a n a g e r & G e n e r a l I nfo respect. That respect earned him lifelong friends who want Along with Lynch and Lattner, White and Weis, former (574)631-7471 Fax to help him now. Notre Dame standouts Bob Kuechenberg and Jim Seymour (574) 631-6927 Six years after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral will be in attendance. So will alumni players like Kevin A d v e r t is in g sclerosis — better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease — Hardy, Larry Conjar and George Gooddeke. (574) 631-6900 [email protected] Duranko maintains an upbeat attitude that inspires the peo The outpouring of support for Duranko from so many peo E d it o r in C h ie f ple who know him best. In 2002, he was in South Bend ple is a testament to who Duranko is — and who the sup (574)631-4542 singing the Notre Dame Victory March in what he claimed porters are. M a n a g in g E d it o r (574) 631-4541 [email protected] A s s is t a n t M a n a g in g E d it o r (574)631-4324 B u s in e s s O ff ic e e t t e r s t o t h e d it o r (574)631-5313 L E N e w s D esk (574) 631-5323 [email protected] V ie w p o in t D esk (574) 631-5303 [email protected] Open zThe Shirt' 'Jockular' offensive S p o r t s D esk (574) 631-4543 [email protected] S ce n e D esk On Sunday, April 9, we, a group of Saint Mary’s and (574) 631-4540 [email protected] S a in t M a r y 's D esk Notre Dame students, faculty and administration, gathered [email protected] to discuss your publication of the “Jockular” comic on April P h o t o D esk 6, 2006. Among this discussion was our consensus that the (574) 631-8767 [email protected] repetitious joke published in The Observer is deeply insult S y s t e m s & W eb A dministrators ing and unacceptable. Despite the common history of pride (574) 631-8839 and respect Saint Mary’s College and the University of Notre Dame have shared over the years, animosity has O b s e rv e r o n l in e Call me impatient — but I couldn’t wait to see this year’s grown between the schools, which is evident through White www.ndsmcobserver.com unveiling of “The Shirt.” Whether or not you agree with the and Powers’ comic. color used, “The Shirt” is a great way to show our solidarity P o lic ie s It is distressing that Saint Mary’s students help fund edi each and every football game. Unfortunately, as much as “The tors who choose to include degrading comments in our The Observer is the independent, daily newspaper Shirt” is a great way to show our unity, the process in which published in print and online by the students o f the campus newspaper. Why didn’t the current Notre Dame edi the design is selected is anything but unifying. In order for a University o f Notre Dame du Lac and Saint Mary’s tors of The Observer understand how unacceptable this is College. Editorial content, including advertisements, is shirt design to be considered during the annual contest, it in a professional publication? What is the deeper issue that not governed by policies o f the administration o f either must be made and submitted by an undergraduate student. Jockular poorly articulated with its “parasite” comic? institution. T he Observer reserves the right to refuse This is ironic because “The Shirt” began in 1990 because of a While this is not the first time Saint Mary’s students advertisements based on content. graduate student. have found “Jockular” offensive, we do not want to have The news is reported as accurately and objectively as In 1989, sociology graduate student Zhengde Wang was the our dignity as students, as an institution or as a community possible. Unsigned editorials represent the opinion of victim of a hit and run automobile accident. Although not a called into question again. As long as we continue to fund the majority o f the Editor in Chief, Managing Editor, single bone was broken, the impact to the back of his neck and support this publication — and are represented by it — Assistant Managing Editors and department editors. severed all nerve endings. Zhengde was left paralyzed for the Commentaries, letters and columns present the views we demand that you make a commitment to us, the Saint o f the authors and not necessarily those o fT h e rest of his life and basic skills such as chewing and swallowing Mary’s community, to avoid this issue in the future by hold Observer. had to be learned all over again. The first edition of “The ing yourselves to a higher standard and exercising greater V iew point space is available to all readers. T he free Shirt” was created to help provide financial assistance to editorial responsibility in the future. expression of all opinions through letters is encouraged. Zhengde and his family. Ixtters to the Editor must be signed and must include Money raised helped pay for his medical expenses, helped to Megan Osberger contact information. support his family that came from China to visit him, and later and over 150 Saint Marys supporters helped Zhengde and his family go back to China. 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Friday, April 21,2006 V» i e w^ p o i n^ t page 15 Celebrating an 'extra large' Observer milestone
Former and current newspaper staff are who we are and what we want to be, rep when men and women with strong reli they choose. converging this weekend to celebrate four resent a great experiment in a most diffi gious convictions are beleaguered by those Some have always been critical of The decades of publishing The Observer. Their cult kind of self-awareness. It is the organi who have none, or worse, by those who are Observer. But over the years, faced with a reunion may not excite others as does the zation, maintenance and development of only icy cold with certainty. We compete very difficult challenge, we have been able Super Bowl — coincidentally now marking progressively discovering how to uncondi with adversaries who tell only their so- to tell our story in a way which makes it its fortieth year — but tionally love others. Now it is our task, as called good stories. But the things that go believable and credible. And that level their pilgrimage is no the executives and participants in The bad on campus, in the Vatican or America headed exchange is what I hope will con less important. The vic Observer, to tell that story around the must also be told. And we hope that the tinue for as long as The Observer and the torious Steelers, led by world through the Internet. bad and the good is sifted together by peo Super Bowl share anniversary dates. former Notre Dame star This can be an extremely difficult and ple of judgment and discriminating discre We welcome the views of others. We seek Jerome Bettis, made sensitive task. On the one hand, we are an tion and taste. a free flow of information across interna reference to the Roman arm of the Roman Catholic Church and We who have contributed a little to tional boundaries and oceans, across ide numeral “XL” as repre therefore an arm of Christianity. It is our telling the story do not realize the magni ologies and brick walls. We are not afraid senting their “extra task to bring our story around the world in tude of reporting what become our person to entrust our readers with unpleasant large” game. For Gary a way which serves to represent al “extra large” efforts. Last fall during facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies and Observer alumni Caruso Catholicism in its most favorable light. But President Jenkins’ inauguration, a single competitive values. For a nation or religion returning to campus, on the other hand, as Americans who are editor wrote the Viewpoint editorial against or campus that is afraid to let its own judge this celebration is as Capital supposed to represent the cause and arm coeducational dormitories, defending pari- between truth and falsehood in an open extra large as any. Comments of freedom, we are obliged to tell our story etals. Any other university president could market is one that is afraid of itself. It matters not what in a truthful way, to tell it, as Oliver have cited those words as broad-based stu This is our touchstone and the code of the first Observer headline shouted or first Cromwell said about his own portrait, dent sentiment to prevent discussions for The Observer. Congratulations to all who editorial preached, although it was a time “ Paint us with all our blemishes and warts, campus change for decades. have at some time or another exerted an of war and student death. Today we have all those things about us that may not be so Weeks ago this column exposed the extra large effort at The Observer. You come full cycle since that first printing. immediately attractive.” plight of an alumnus who has more than served as an inspiration in a quest for truth Whether the news be good or bad, the This presents an almost impossible chal honored the quite specific terms of his con and deserve an extra large party this newspaper sought to speak the truth daily lenge, and it is a source of satisfaction to tract but is battling for his release from the weekend. to the campus about America, the Church, me that in the last 40 years many have met U.S. Army rather than ship out to Iraq. It is college life and the war. And so it has, for that challenge so well through this publica humbling to think that a mere phrase I Gary Caruso, Notre Dame ’73, is a politi 40 years — and so it shall for 40 years tion. At the heart of the matter, of course, is wrote may ultimately prevent injury cal strategist who served as a legislative more. the position of the individual — his impor abroad. Daily we strive to meet our respon and public affairs director in President I was most anxious to come here person tance, his sanctity, his relationship to his sibility as journalists, which carries with it Clinton’s administration. His column ally this weekend, because I place such fellow men, his relationship to his God and an obligation to our faith, but in a larger appears every other Friday. He can be con great importance in the work that we country. sense carries with it an obligation to all tacted at [email protected]. specifically are doing. The Observer occu This is in essence the struggle to make a who desire to live a life of freedom and a The views expressed in this column are pies a key part in the story of American common effort to seek the truth. It is nec life which permits them to participate with those o f the author and not Catholic life. What we do here on campus, essary, therefore, in these difficult days their neighbors and with God in the way necessarily those o f The Observer.
L e t t e r t o t h e E d it o r The Catholic university: commending Jenkins' position
Father Wilson Miscamble, C.S.C., has enced by the young women who produce recent apostolic constitution on the rela Is the Catholic university to do less? written an Open Letter disagreeing with this play and somehow see it as a contribu tionship between university and church (Ex And it is not enough to say that the sick the outcome of the recent Catholic Nature tion to the prevention of violence against Corde Ecclesiae) teach us that the Catholic He cured, the unclean He touched, the sin debate; specifically the decision to not ban women” is absurd: isn’t being open to the university arises out of the very heart of the ners He engaged, had come already to “The Vagina Monologues” from campus ideas of those who might actually know church. believe, for the woman at the well had not. (“An open letter to Father John Jenkins,” something about the subject an essential I wholeheartedly agree with Miscamble’s More importantly, even were it true, the April 11). I was profoundly offended, and element of intellectual honesty? For analysis of the underlying moral problem: question would remain: How did they come write as a loyal son of Notre Dame to dis Miscamble to suggest that Jenkins thought “The painful reality is that much of the vio to believe? And the answer is both clear agree. he would avoid controversy by this decision lence against women in our society results and on point: they came to believe because I am personally offended by the assertion is to suggest that someone simply has not from a sick view that separates sex from He came to them; He was among them, that those who happen to agree with been paying attention. love and genuine relationship, from the present to them and their needs — and University President Father John Jenkins Such dismissiveness is the stuff of politi commodification of sex, from the portrayal their doubts — showing them the way. “ are those who care least about Notre cal attack ads, not reasoned debate; it is of women as objects, from the blatant Should the University named in honor of Dame’s Catholic mission.” An Associate possible to disagree with another’s opinion refusal of some men to treat women with His mother do less? Professor of History betrays his profession without demeaning the personhood of the dignity and respect.” I was married for 29 In short, I believe that everyone ought be by making such sweeping generalizations opinion holder — but not, apparently, for years, privileged to have been able to give welcome at a university, even (or, more in the absence of at least some empirical Miscamble. It is not that we care any less of a total, committed love, and blest to have precisely, especially) a Catholic university, evidence. 1 have been a part of the Notre about the University’s Catholic mission; it is received the same. I am fully aware of the because we have a special obligation to Dame family since the mid-1950s, when that we have a different view of what that glories of that relationship, in which physi confront — to engage. The American Father I lesburgh would come to mission entails, what it allows and what it cal intimacy is a profoundly sacred mani Bishops have placed on all the Church’s Indianapolis for the annual Mass and requires. festation of God’s infinite love. institutions an obligation to make clear the Communion Breakfast and stay at our Having read Jenkins’ opening statement, But, contrary to Miscamble’s suggestion, Church’s social teachings. And truth is house, to 1986 through my father’s various having followed the comments in The there is no contradiction between that taught, at least in part, by examination of activities, including permanent master of Observer and The Irish Rover and else essential link between intimacy and love, error. Just as light shines brightest when ceremonies for the Indianapolis Club, where, having read the closing statement, and the approval of “the continued produc contrasted to the dark, the Light of the member of the Alumni Association’s Board and having meditated on all of them and tion of a play that [at least to Miscamblel Word is made clear when set in contrast to of Directors (and ultimately its President more, I believe Jenkins’ conclusion is cor reduces women to body parts.” While such erroneous views. But given the intensity of and Sorin Award recipient) and one of the rect. But the issue is not truly academic an interpretation of the play may involve the criticism, I am left to wonder if the crit founding members of the Board of Lay freedom, for I would suggest that is too certain Rorschachian elements, what if it ics have actually read what Jenkins so Trustees (and ultimately its second narrow and, in my view, too technical. were true? How do we address error? carefully wrote, for setting those objection Chairman and Laetare Medal recipient). I Rather, in my view, the debate is about Do we say no, Catholic teaching is clear able themes in the context of Catholic have been a part of that family from 1963 the very essence of a Catholic university. and we can’t have anything contrary on teaching is precisely what he proposes. to now as a student and an active member What does it mean? Does the Catholic add campus, as though it w ill not continue to We have a message, and it is joyous. We of both the Washington D.C. and the Lake something to the university, or subtract? exist, or the students w ill not find it? I think should proclaim it, indeed, sing it — and County clubs, serving two years as Does it enhance or restrict the essence? not, for that is parochial, not Catholic. not just to ourselves as in the shower, but President of the Lake County Club. And I And I would argue that the Catholic uni Rather, I would respectfully suggest that to the world. And if the University’s have been party to that family since 1991 versity’s function — Our Lady’s University’s both the evangelism and the magisterium response here, precisely tailored to engage when my first son entered to begin a string function — is enhanced by its evangelical obligations of the Catholic university the errors of the world in the context of of 15 consecutive years — and counting — and magisterium obligations. A secular demand — not just allow — engagement; Catholic teachings, is not satisfactory, then with a son, nephew or niece on campus. university may be able to get away with we must, after all, follow in the footsteps of nothing would be — short of abject aban So, yes, I am deeply offended that avoiding moral issues; we can’t. A secular Jesus, and He did not refuse to engage sin donment of our role in the evangelical tra Miscamble so casually dismisses my con university may be able to get away with ners because some might see it as endorse dition, our prophetic mission, to present cern. avoiding questions of the role of women in ment of sin the truth of the Resurrection of Christ, both But more importantly, I am offended by society; we can’t. A secular university may Christ suffered the unclean to touch Him; God and man, to the world, so that the the dismissal of Jenkins’ reasoned be able to get away with ignoring violence invited sinners to break bread with him; world may see and believe, rather than approach as cowardly. Jenkins does not against women, preemptive war, capital even, as the five times married woman at cowering behind the stone, shielding under need me to defend him, but for Miscamble punishment, the misdistribution of the well, to question Him. And to those who the bushel the full majesty of that which we to suggest that Jenkins can’t really believe resources, degradation of the environment, cried scandal, who challenged Him about believe. what he said, was concerned only about labor rights and all of the other attacks on the appearances of it all, who called upon Be not afraid, for Christ’s sake. damage to our reputation, was “spooked” the-culture of life set forth in Evangelium Him to be concerned about what people by the fear of negative publicity and Vitae; we can’t. would think, Christ did not back away: Thomas P. Carney, Jr “backed down” is simply degrading, and To those who would suggest conflict “Does the well man have need of the physi alumnus uncalled for. For Miscamble to complain between Catholic and university, the cian?” He suffered sinners to come to Him Class o f 1967 that Jenkins actually may have been “ influ Church says no: the first three words of the where they saw the truth and were saved. 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W a s h in g t o n H a l l S p o t l ig h t From king to don: a gangster take on 'Richard III'
s u m A bALLUN/i ne UDserver SOFIA BALLON/The Observer Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Scott Wagner), left, woos Anne (Lena Caligiuri), Old Queen Margaret (Madison Liddy), second from left, chastises Richard (Wagner) right, while she mourns the passing of her husband in “Richard III.” at an Italian eatery while Anne (Caligiuri) and Hastings (Jake Imm) look on.
III” is directed by Jeff Eyerman, the Scott Wagner plays Richard III, giving but there are sides that are very guilty By GRACE MYERS Company Manager/Executive Director an outstanding performance of an and the audience has sympathy,” Scene W rite r of Summer Shakespeare at Notre Dame. extremely complex character. Wagner said. “I honestly never really fancied Eyerman explained the reasoning Eyerman’s goal is for the audience “to The Not-So-Royal Shakespeare myself a director, I like acting much behind his decision to interpret Richard leave the play feeling a bit like Lady Company will perform “Richard III,” a more,” Eyerman said, “but this summer as a loathsome character. Anne — walk in ready to hate the play which, contrary to the theater I happened to watch ‘The Godfather’ in “In the end, I think, it’s just so much greatest villain in English history, but company’s name, is all about royalty. close conjunction with McKellen’s more fun to sit in the audience and look leave grossly captive to his honey Taking place this weekend in Richard III,’ and the similarities really at this conniving, murdering, evil words.” Indeed, the entire cast of Washington Hall, this powerful, classic struck me.” human being who wants to hear details “Richard III ” succeeds in bringing this play of a man starved for power and This interpretation makes the histori about smothering children than it, is to about, as the audience can’t help but willing to manipulate or even kill those cal character of Richard III more acces watch [him] grapple with his own wrestle with their mixed feelings about who stand in the way of the throne, is sible to the modern audience, as well as humanity or some such tag line,” he the volatile Richard. sure to engage and interest theater comments on the other instances of said. This performance by the Not-So-Royal enthusiasts. Richard III is hated by hatred and terror within history. Wagner is indeed capable of the role, Shakespeare Company has a remark many and feared by all and yet the The audience sees how Richard having participated in several other able cast, crew and is an interesting audience still sympathizes with this resents his brother’s power and happi Shakespeare performances at Notre and thought-provoking interpretation of cruel leader. A poignant tale of absolute ness, suffers from a physical deformity Dame and in high school. Although he’s a classic Shakespearean play. corruption and a portrayal of the dan and schemes to gain the throne of headed for medical school, Wagner “Richard III” will be performed on gers of totalitarianism, “Richard III” is England. Using his deceptive personali wanted the part of Richard for his last Friday and Saturday at 7.30 p.m. in as gripping as it is powerful. ty, skills of political manipulation and performance, stating how fun the Washington Hall. Tickets are available This production is sure to be enter ruthless will to kill those who stand in rehearsals have been and his deep both through the LaFortune Box Office taining for all, because of its original his way, Richard’s reign of terror finally respect for all his fellow cast and crew. and at the door. and interesting interpretation. Set in alienates him from the court and his “ [Richard I l l ’s] one o f the most d iffi 1950s American gang country, “Richard own people. cult characters I’ve played. He’s evil, Contact Grace Myers at [email protected]
M o v ie Re v ie w Creepy-crawly movie 'Slithers' its way into theaters
the course of the next couple of days, it By M ARK BEMENDERFER begins to transform him into something Assistant Scene Editor less than human, spelling trouble for the small town of Wheelsy. “Slither” is must-see movie for true hor Written and directed by James Gunn, ror fans. Its success is derived not from the “Slither” pulls off the rare feat of being scares it creates, but from the atmosphere entertaining and engaging from beginning it inspires. A simple precursory examina to finish. Whereas many modern horror tion of the movie wouldn’t create very high movies lose their momentum about expectations for the film. At first glance, halfway through, “Slither” steadily builds the plot of space slugs and cannibalistic to its inspired, grossed-out climax. zombies seems hackneyed at best. Part of this can be attributed to veteran However, the film pulls screenwriter James off the absurd premise Slither Gunn. His screenwrit- beautifully, and the ing experience covers audience’s sense of everything from the Photo courtesy of movieweb.com reality is never “Dawn o f the Dead” # * * * & Starla Grant (Elizabeth Banks) wields a shotgun against people-tumed-zombies mocked. remake to the live- while town mayor Jack MacReady (Gregg Henry) looks on in horror. In ‘Slither,’ town Director: James Gunn action “Scooby Doo ” beauty Starla, played Writers: James Gunn films. Gregg Henry, an actor notorious for play as “The Fly,” “Night of the Creeps” and by Elizabeth Banks, is Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Michael Part o f the m ovie’s ing the je rk in movies, stays true to form “ Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” While it married to the town Rooker and Nathan Pillion success is also derived as the arrogant Mayor Jack MacReady. helps to have a wide background in films rich man. Grant Grant, from the ensemble Immediately amusing in his own way, such as these, “Slither” still proves enter played by Michael cast. Comprised of Henry manages to become an incredibly taining for newcomers. Rooker. Unfortunately, their marriage is actors such as Nathan Pillion, Elizabeth sympathetic character despite the fact that Gory and clever are the best words to less than perfect and after a spurned Banks and the ever-excellent Gregg Henry, a real-life equivalent would receive an describe “Slither. ” The sharp dialogue advance, Grant goes off on the town. “Slither” manages a strong cast of smaller opposite reaction. delivered by the cast, and extreme gore While at a bar, he meets Brenda, played actors that w ork surprisingly well together. Horror and sci-fi fans, the target audi found within the film, should appeal to by Brenda James, and they go off into the Pillion can be recognized from the televi ence for the film, w ill be the ones to get the horror and sci-fi fans alike. woods together. While there, they find an sion show “Firefly.” He plays Sheriff Bill most enjoyment out of it. Essentially an asteroid and an alien life form. The alien Pardy, a wise-cracking lawman who har homage to an assortment of movies of both Contact Mark Bemenderfer at mbe- attacks Grant, entering his body, and over bors a less-than-subtle crush on Starla. genres, the movie draws from others such [email protected] T h e O bser v er
M o v ie Re v ie w 'Smoking' lights up debate NOTRE DAME’S
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SETTING THE “BAR”: Spacious Kresge Law lib ra ry sports over Photo courtesy of movieweb.com As Nick Naylor, a tobacco spokesperson, actor Aaron Eckhart adopts a defen 324,000 printed volumes and employs nine professional librarians, sive position for big tobacco companies in the media war over smoking. bat is only open to law students — or daring undergrads.
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thinks this is the pitch and you ninth with a single, pinch-hitter against the Indians. AP foul it off. I know as a catcher I Alexis Gomez doubled and Chris Jay Gibbons led off with a Los Angeles reliever Kevin Gregg releases a pitch against got frustrated. ... I think it was Shelton singled to make it 3-2 double and scored on Lopez’s Minnesota Thursday. Gregg was recently called up from Triple-A. a great opportunity for a hit, a with no outs before Carlos one-out homer, his first of the year, for a 5-4 lead. Kevin M illar’s walk. Corey Patterson’s team eventually lost, the Los “He’s tough,” Batista said. single and Brian Roberts’ inten Angeles closer was back in form “The movement he’s got, it tional walk loaded the bases. — keeping the Minnesota Twins makes you surprised some Jason Davis relieved and gave from another comeback. times.” up Jeff Conine’s two-run, bloop Jose M olina’s tw o-out double Jesse Crain (1-0) threw 2 2-3 single down the right-held line. drove in pinch-runner Maicer scoreless innings until Edgardo Melvin Mora died out and, after Izturis to break an eighth- Alfonzo singled with two outs in a double steal, Tejada lined a inning tie, Rodriguez got four the eighth. Izturis entered, two-run single that made it 9-4. outs for his fifth save and the Molina hit him in with the dou Carmona allowed eight runs, Angels beat the Twins on ble and then Adam Kennedy fol eight hits and three walks in 5 Thursday. lowed with an RBI single to 1-3 innings. “I felt confident. I went out make it 6-4 — after shortstop Cleveland went ahead in the there and threw hard and made Nick Punto’s throw home to get first when Patterson hobbled the right pitches,” said Izturis bounced away for an Travis Hafner’s single to center, Rodriguez, who struck out Lew error and allowed Molina to allowing Jason Michaels to Ford with two runners on to move up. score. Patterson had an RBI sin end the eighth. Kevin Gregg (1-0), recalled gle in the second and Tejada Minnesota rallied from a 9-4 from Triple-A Salt Lake the homered in the th ird for a 2-1 deficit and forced extra innings night before, threw four strong lead, but Perez hit a two-run by getting two hits, two walks innings of relief and made a homer in the fourth. Mora tied and the tying run against case to join the rotation next it 3-3 with a two-out RBI double Rodriguez in the ninth on time with Bartolo Colon on the in the fifth after Roberts tripled. Wednesday night. The Twins disabled list. won it in the 10th. “They know what I can do. Angels 6, Twins 4 Tony Batista, who went 3-for- They know the stuff that I can Francisco Rodriguez wasn’t 4 with two RBIs, singled with offer. They know that I’m com about to let the Angels leave two outs in the ninth against fortable in that role. We’ll see w ith another loss. the hard-throwing Rodriguez, where it takes me,” said Gregg, A day after his club-record who effectively mixed his fast- who gave up one run and three Detroit right fielder Magglio Ordonez breaks his bat against streak of 22 straight save con balls and sliders, striking out hits while walking two and Oakland Thursday. The Tigers won 4-3. versions ended in a game his Torii Hunter to end it. stranding six runners.
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NBA Standings NFL
Eastern Conference, Atlantic Division team record pet. GE New Jersey 49-33 .598 - Philadelphia 38-44 .474 11 Boston 33-49 .410 16 Toronto 27-55 .329 22 New York 23-59 .286 26
Eastern Conference, Central Division team record pet. GB
Detroit 64-18 .808 . Cleveland 50-32 .603 14 Indiana 41-41 .487 23 Chicago 41-41 .487 23 Milwaukee 40-42 .474 24
Eastern Conference, Southeast Divisic team record pet. GB Miami 52-30 .654 ■ H>' Washington 42-40 .500 10 Orlando 36-46 .436 16 Charlotte 26-56 .308 26 Atlanta 26-56 .282 26
Western Conference, Northwest Division team record pet. GB Denver 44-38 .564 - Utah 41-41 .494 3 Seattle 35-47 .423 9 Minnesota 33-49 .410 11 Portland 21-61 .273 23
Western Conference, Pacific Division team record pet. GB AP Former Minnesota Vikings running back Moe Williams leaves Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis Phoenix 54-28 .662 - LA Clippers 47-35 .571 7 Thursday. Williams was found guilty of disorderly conduct after a raunchy team boat party last season. LA Lakers 45-37 .532 9 Sacramento 44-38 .519 10 Golden State 34-48 .390 20 Jury convicts former Viking Williams
Western Conference, Southwest Division Associated Press anything that would basi complained about being McKinnie and cornerback team record pet. GB cally make anybody feel treated unfairly, saying he Fred Smoot face the same MINNEAPOLIS uncomfortable,” Williams wondered why the captain charges and are set to go San Antonio 63-19 .769 - Dallas 60-22 .756 3 Former Minnesota Vikings said after the verdict. of the cruise, who is white, on trial in May. Charges Memphis 49-33 .582 14 running back Moe Hennepin County District wasn’t charged despite against former Vikings New Orleans 38-44 .487 25 Williams, charged last fall Judge Kevin Burke fined evidence that he kissed a quarterback Daunte Houston 34-48 .415 29 after a raunchy team boat Williams $300 and ordered dancer’s breast. Culpepper, who has since party that tarnished the him to complete 30 hours Prosecutor Steve Tallen been traded to the team’s season, was found of community service that denied that race was a fac Dolphins, were dropped. guilty of disorderly con benefits women or chil tor in his decision about Prosecutors described NCAA Women’s Softball duct Thursday. dren. The exact program filing charges, and he has the party as “a floating Top 25 A jury found him not was not immediately said the case against the orgy” in which women on guilty of two other misde determined. captain was shaky. the boat changed into No. team record points meanors — indecent con In finding Williams guilty Williams is black. thong underwear and duct and lewd or lascivious of just one charge, the jury The 32-year-old Williams bras, gave players lap 1 UCLA 33-3 490 behavior. W illiams was determined he touched the was the first player tried dances and, in some cases, 2 Texas 40-4 475 accused of touching the woman in view of other on charges related to the stripped naked. They said 3 Alabama 36-4 459 breasts of a dancer in a people or where other peo Oct. 6 party, in which the crew was frightened 4 Arizona 31-6 450 public space during the ple could see but that he Vikings rookies arranged and intimidated. 5 Cal 35-4 418 hadn’t intended to be lewd to take veterans out onto As one witness testified, 6 Stanford 29-7 386 boat cruise on Lake 7 Tennessee 36-6 367 Minnetonka. or indecent. Lake Minnetonka on two “After we left the dock, it 8 Oregon State 29-8 355 “I never intended to do Afterward, Williams boats. Tackle Bryant turned into a strip club.” 9 Arizona State 38-5 339 10 Georgia 38-9 332 11 LSU 38-6 297 12 La .-Lafayette 32-7 269 In Brief 13 Michigan 25-10 255 14 Washington 28-12 249 15 Nebraska 28-6 218 Woods to take break while Yankees first team to top $1 Kings set to name new GM 16 Texas A&M 27-11 201 father battles illness billion, according to Forbes in Friday news conference 17 Northwestern 25-10 196 WELLINGTON, New Zealand — NEW YORK — The New York LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles 18 Baylor 25-15 133 Tiger Woods will take time off from Yankees became the first baseball Kings have called a news conference 19 Oklahoma 26-14-1 122 the PGA Tour while his father battles team valued at more than $1 billion for Friday to announce their new 20 Louisville 26-5 121 cancer, the w orld’s No. 1 player said. in the annual estimates made by general manager, with former San 21 Auburn 26-12 119 Woods said it was possible he Forbes magazine. Jose Sharks GM Dean Lombardi the 22 24-13 66 Fresno State would not make an appearance in a The Yankees’ value increased 8 leading candidate to replace the fired 23 North Carolina 37-11 38 tournament before the U.S. Open in percent to $1,026 billion, the maga Dave Taylor. 24 Florida 33-15 37 June. zine estimated in its May 8 issue, Lombardi worked this season as a 25 Southern Illinois 26-7 26 He did not give specific details of which was released Thursday. New scout for the Philadelphia Flyers. his planned break, except to say he York had revenue of $354 million Taylor was dismissed as president would not start playing “for a while,” last year before paying $77 million in and general manager Tuesday after and the failing health of his father, revenue sharing and $34 million in the Kings failed to make the playoffs Earl, would have a major influence luxury tax. for the third consecutive year. Taylor around the dial on his future schedule. Forbes estimated the Yankees had was asked to remain with the organi “It’s kind of up in the air with the a $50 million operating loss before zation in a different capacity. situation back home, so I don’t know interest, income taxes, depreciation Assistant GM Kevin Gilmore was NHL what’s going to happen,” said Woods, and amortization. assigned to a position with Anschutz Edmonton at Detroit, 8 p.m., who is in New Zealand to attend the The Boston Red $ox were pegged Entertainment Group, which owns wedding of his caddie Steve with the second-highest value at the team. Outdoor Life Network Williams. “I’m taking time off. I’m $617 million, followed by the New Also in the shakeup, interim coach Anaheim at Calgary, 10:30 p.m., here for this event and for Steve, and York Mets ($604 million), Los John Torchetti and his staff were Outdoor Life Network to enjoy time off and be with my Angeles Dodgers ($482 m illion), released. 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days of the season. to the Eastern Conference knock off Padres, 7-2 Coach spent seven Quinn served as general final, losing to Buffalo in years behind bench manager of the Maple Leafs 1998-99 and Carolina 2001- before Ferguson replaced him 02. Associated Press great gift to play the game of in that role in 2003. He’s fourth all-time in baseball, and I want to play
Associated Press Ferguson is expected to coaching victories with 657 SAN DIEGO — Julio Franco until I’m 50. If He gives me name Paul Maurice — who behind Scotty Bowman doesn’t intend to slow down two more years, don’t you TORONTO — Pat Quinn coached Toronto’s minor (1,244), A1 Arbour (781) and any time soon. think He’s going to give me missed the playoffs for the league affiliate in the AHL this Dick Irvin (692). Franco became the oldest another one?” first time in seven seasons as season — as the new coach, He never won a Stanley Cup player in major league histo If Franco lasts that long, Maple Leafs coach. but he said he’ll consider as a coach although he led the ry to hit a home run when he he’ll turn 50 during the 2008 Apparently that was enough other candidates. Maurice last 1980 Philadelphia Flyers and connected for a two-run, season. to get him fired. coached in the NHL with ‘94 Vancouver Canucks to the pinch-hit shot in the eighth The fan who ended up with Quinn was let go Carolina. final. inning Thursday night to help the ball gave it to Franco in Thursday, two “We certainly He is perhaps best known the New York Mets rally for a e xc h a n g e fo r a b a t. days a fte r “We did not have a proven, for coaching Team Canada to 7-2 win over the San Diego Anticipating a call from the Toronto’s season achieve a chance capable, success Olympic gold in 2002. Padres. Hall of Fame, Franco said ended without a to compete for the ful NHL head “He has represented this Franco, 47, drove a 1-0 he’d send either the ball or postseason bid. coach as our head organization in a first class pitch from reliever Scott the bat, but not both. Cup.” The 63-year-old coach in the manner for many years,” Linebrink (1-2) into the The Mets had as many hits Quinn, who had American Hockey Ferguson said. home-run porch down the in the six-run eighth as they one year remain John Ferguson League,” Ferguson dismissed reports right-field line at Petco Park. did in their previous two ing on his con Toronto Ferguson said. he and Quinn had been locked That gave the Mets a 3-2 lead games, when they were the “Paul is an obvi in a pow er struggle. and Franco the spot in the victims of consecutive three- tract, missed the general manager playoffs for only ous prime candi Richard Peddie, president record book that had been hitters by the Atlanta Braves. the second time in date.” and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports belonged to Athletics pitcher Franco, in his 29th season his stellar 19-year coaching Ferguson wants a coach & Entertainment, said Jack Quinn, who was 46 in pro ball, signed with the career. who will give younger players Ferguson isn’t in danger of years, 357 days old when he Mets as a free agent on Dec. Longtime assistant Rick Ley a more prominent role. Quinn losing his job, but they won’t homered on June 27, 1930. 9. The oldest player in the was also fired. was criticized for sticking extend his contract this sum Franco already was the majors, his one-out homer “We did not achieve a with veterans who couldn’t mer even though he only has oldest player to hit a grand came with former Padres chance to compete for the adapt to the quicker, new one year left on it. slam, a pinch-hit homer and player Xavier Nady aboard Cup,” said general manager NHL. “Not everything he’s done have a multihomer game. on a leadoff double. John Ferguson, whose “We’re going to be quicker,” has w orked out as w ell as we “That won’t be the last “Losing those two games in Original Six club hasn’t won Ferguson said. “We’re going hoped, but there’s been some home ru n I hit, and I hope I a row, Peavy was throwing a the Stanley Cup since 1967. to rely on players who contin great progress. I think he’s hit one when I’m 50,” said great game,” Franco said, Ferguson declined to answer ue to improve. We’ll have a got a lot of upside,” Peddie Franco, who has four career re fe rrin g to Padres ace Jake when asked whether Quinn new coach to lead us in that said. “John has got a steeper pinch-hit homers. Peavy, who left with a 2-1 would have kept his job had direction.” learning curve than maybe He w asn’t joking. lead after seven. “We lost 2-1 the Leafs made the playoffs. A Overall, Quinn went 300- some veterans would have, “Why not? They signed me yesterday, and it w ouldn’t be late season surge got Toronto 222-52 with 26 shootout and but he doesn’t have much here for two years,” said good to lose 2-1 today. It back into contention but they overtime losses as Leafs slack from the media or man Franco, who turns 48 on makes it more of an accom were eliminated in the final coach, twice leading Toronto agem ent.” Aug. 23. “God gave me the plishment.”
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NCAA Basketball NFL UCLA guards declare, Johnson reworks contract but don't hire agents Associated Press unhappy with his previous for our team, ” coach Marvin deal, which paid him far less Lewis said. “It further CINCINNATI — Chad than some of the game’s top secures our future with one Afflalo, Farmar can decision to test the waters.” Johnson got a minimum one-' receivers. For instance, of our top players, in the Like Farmar, Afflalo said he year contract extension Terrell Owens — another prime of his career, and I still return next year would return to school if he was Thursday as part of a Rosenhaus client — could want to commend Chad for n’t assured of being a first-round reworked contract that sub make up to $25 million on his his efforts in making it hap pick. stantially increases his pay new three-year deal with pen. It shows his commitment Associated Press “If it’s not the smartest situation and could keep him with the Dallas, if he stays out of trou to what we have going here. ” possible, I’m coming back to a Cincinnati Bengals through ble. Johnson didn’t immediately LOS ANGELES — UCLA guards great team,” he said. 2011. Owens got a $5 million return a phone message. Arron Alllalo and Jordan Farmar Farmar added, “A lot of guys The Bengals also got a ten signing bonus and $5 million During the season, he said both declared for the NBA draft don’t have UCLA and the success tative deal with base salary for he’d like to spend the rest of Thursday, but neither will sign we had to come back to.” Anthony Wright 2006. By com his career in Cincinnati, try with an agent, giving them the The players have until June 18 to become the “Chad has been parison, ing to set NFL passing option to return to the Bruins for to withdraw their names from the backup quarter Johnson would records with Palmer. their junior seasons. draft. back while very patient and have made a Palmer had a breakout sea Alllalo and Farmar plan to hold Affialo’s and Farmar’s individ Carson Palmer went about this the $2.75 million son in 2005, leading the NFL individual workouts for specific ual workouts won’t begin before recovers from rig h t way. ” salary this sea touchdowns and completion teams that ask, with each player May 20, when they will be reconstructive son under his percentage. He led the paying his own way to the work required to drop one of the three knee surgery, old deal. The Bengals to their first winning out sites. classes they’re taking during the leading an Drew Rosenhaus biggest annual record and first playoff “My goal as a basketball player spring quarter and become part- offense that agent salary Johnson appearance in 15 years, but is to play in the NBA,” Farmar time students. The quarter ends counts heavily could have made tore ligaments in his left knee said. “I can always come back in mid-June. on Johnson. under the old during a first-round loss to with a great team. It’s a good situ At that point, the players w ill no The three-time Pro Bowl contract was $3.6 million. Pittsburgh. ation for me to test it and see longer participate in individual receiver had been under con Johnson led the AFC with a Palmer needed reconstruc what people think about me and workouts with the UCLA team. tract through 2009. The new career-high 97 catches last tive surgery and is expected where I am.” The duo said they wouldn’t par deal runs through 2010, with season. He also set a club to miss most of training camp UCLA coach Ben Howland said ticipate in the NBA pre-draft a club option for 2011, and record with 1,432 yards, and, most likely, part of the he talked to 17 or 18 NBA general camp in Orlando, Fla., because it would give him $10.75 m il leading the conference in season. With backup Jon managers, who projected Alllalo doesn’t allow players to showcase lion more than he would have that category for the third Kitna gone to Detroit as a and Farmar would be selected their individual skills as much as made under the old contract, straight year. He became one free agent, the Bengals have late in the first round or early in solo workouts do. agent Drew Rosenhaus said. of the league’s most noticed been trying to sign a backup the second round of the June 28 Afflalo and Farmar were the “It’s something we’ve been players with his touchdown who could start the season if draft. first two recruits Howland signed working on for over a year, celebrations. Palmer isn’t ready. "Whether they both go this year when he took over in Westwood and Chad has been very The Bengals have been try They had an agreement or come out at the end of next three seasons ago. The sopho patient and went about this ing to lock up key parts of Thursday on a one-year deal year, they’re both going to be in mores led the Bruins to a runner- the right way,” agent Drew their offense. Fullback with W right, a free agent the NBA. T h a t’s a g iv e n ,” up finish to Florida in the national Rosenhaus said. “There was Jeremi Johnson got a six- from Baltimore who was Howland said at a campus news championship game April 3 after nothing negative, he never year deal last Friday that will expected to come to conference. “ I am totally 100 per helping them win the Pac-10 reg- missed any time.” average about $1.5 m illion Cincinnati to complete the cent behind them, as is our whole ular-season and tournament There were concerns that per year. contract in a day or so, agent UC1A basketball family in their titles. Johnson would become “This is a key development Joel Segal said.
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seed and a first-round bye in the ning two of three doubles match 31 Thompson enters the tourna travel all Team hopes to secure 12-team competition after finish es. However, Rutgers was able to ment as the highest ranked sin seventh Big East title ing the regular season 21-1. bounce back in singles by claim gles player in the conference. In Despite its success, the team is ing four wins to defeat addition to Thompson, the Irish not looking past any competi Marquette. Critical wins came have other players ranked — No. over U.S. tors. from No. 1 freshman Katrina 80 sophomore Brook Buck and By DAN TAPETILLO “ Even though we had a great Elder-Bush, who defeated the No. 99 Christian Thompson. Sports W rite r year, you can never look past Golden Eagle’s sophomore Beba In doubles, Catrina and By CHRIS HINE who you’re playing,” Irish junior Calbeto 7-6 (2), 7-5 and No. 2 Christian Thompson are the Sports Writer The top-seeded and No. 2 Irish Christian Thompson said. freshman Dana Gordon, who highest ranked duo at No. 6. The begin their quest to earn their “Everyone on the clinched the victo Thompsons are followed by the In preparation for the seventh Big East title as they team just needs to ry for the Scarlet No. 38 pairing of Buck and upcoming Big East meet in “Even though we face eighth-seeded Rutgers in stay focused in Knights after top freshman Kelcy Tefft for the two weeks, the Notre the quarterfinals today at 9 a.m. every match. If we had a great year, ping freshman Irish. Dame track and field team in Tampa, Fla. Notre Dame is do this, we are you can never look Lauren Little 6-4, “ Our doubles is what has real w ill send four members 2-6, 6-2. ly set us apart from other teams this weekend to the not only looking to defend its going to do really p a s t w ho y o u ’re title but to reach the finals — a w ell.” “[Rutgers] is def this season,” Catrina Thompson Oregon Invitational at the feat they have never failed to The Scarlet p la yin g . ” initely going to be said. “We haven’t lost a doubles University of Oregon and achieve since joining the confer Knights enter the ready to compete point all season, and it has really several sprinters to the ence in 1996. match after win Christian Thompson against us because made the difference in all of our Central Collegiate meet in “[Notre Dame] has always ning a close 4-3 we’re the top 4-3 wins this season.” Ypsilanti, Mich. Irish player done really well [in the Big East contest over seed,” Christian The winner of this contest will The University of Oregon Conference Championship],” Marquette in the Thompson said. face either fourth-seeded DePaul is the former home of leg Irish junior Catrina Thompson opening round of the champi The top seed is always a target or fifth-seeded St. John’s on endary Olympic sprinter said. “We are just looking to onships on Thursday — their in big matches like the Big East.” Saturday at 9 a.m. in the semifi Steve Prefontaine, whose keep doing well here and build first Big East Tournament victo Notre Dame enters the contest nals. career was cut short due off all the success we had [in the ry. with last year’s Big East to a fatal car accident. regular season].” During the contest, the Golden Championship Most Outstanding Contact Dan Tapetillo at Prefontaine set the Notre Dame earned the top Eagles took a 1-0 lead after win Player Catrina Thompson. No. [email protected] American record in the 5,000 meters. Notre Dame junior run ner Kurt Benninger, already an automatic NCAA qualifier in the mile b l u e a n d g o l d and 3,000 meters, will try to channel the spirit of WEEKEND Prefontaine as he attempts to qualify for the Mideast Regional meet in the at the bookstore! 5,000. Sophomore Austin Wechter w ill compete in Ypsilanti in the 400-meter hurdles, hoping to improve his time by .15 seconds to Student Appreciation Days qualify for the Mideast Monday, April !7-Saturday,April 22 Regionals. “I’ve really done nothing • Save 20% on imprinted merchandise different from the begin ning of the year. I’ve just (excludes class rings) with student ID kept working hard and I • 50 Boomerang bonus points with hope to get it,” he said. 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Sunday, April 23 “You basically prepare for one or two meets on • Sweepstakes winner announced the year, but you try to prepare for the Big East like it’s any other meet,” sprint coach John M illar said. “You have to control your anxiety or else it becomes detrimental.” A p r i l I T - 2 3 , 2 0 0 6 On the year, Notre Dame has dozens of Big East and 5 0 c e n t 17 Mideast regional quali 8 oz. coffee fications. Anxiety will surely a l l d a y ! heighten in the weeks to come, especially for the w om en’s team , as it has a CeXebycctey possibility of executing the triple crown of winning the Yexxry WCth^ tty 5 0 indoor, outdoor and cross country portions of the Big USC Sweepstakes: HAMMES East meet. No women’s Monday, April I 7-Saturday, April 22 NOTRE DAME team has accomplished enter to win 2 tickets to the BOOKSTORE this feat since Villanova in I N T H E E C K C E N T E R 1987. USC game, including airfare and hotel www.ndcritalng.com accommodations for you and a guest! 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S M C T e n n is M e n ’s La c r o s se Saint Mary's falls in a Irish ready to battle Lehigh
5-4 nailbiter to Bethel By TIM DOUGHERTY Sports W riter
After dropping from No. 9 to No. 19 in the USILA Coaches Poll with two losses last week end out west in the Rocky Mountains against Denver and A ir Force, Notre Dame (7-4, 3-2 GWLL) head to the eastern reaches of the Appalachians to climb out of their slump against the Lehigh (7-5, 3-2 Patriot League). After a travel day Monday and an off day Tuesday, the Irish have only had two days of prac tice so far to prepare for Lehigh. But senior co-captain midfielder Drew Peters said their strenu ousness more than made up for the number of days. “Yesterday’s and [Thursday's] MARY KATE MANNIX/The Observer Irish goalie Joey Kemp prepares to block a shot during Notre practice was a little tough, but Dame’s 1 1 -5 win over Brown March 29. real good,” Peters said. “ It was good to have a day off and then go real hard for a few days. I tency due to fundamental mis Mountain I lawks. think it was beneficial for our takes like unforced turnovers on “They’re a very well balanced team. A lot of drills, a lot of run offense and losing track of team,” Corrigan said. “I think ning, but I think we did well yes assignments on defense — the challenge they present is terday.” points of emphasis Corrigan has that they do a little it of every CHELSEA GULLING/The Observer Peters said the practices were been harping on all season long. thing well.” • Belles junior Calie Mulcahy backhands the ball during Saint just what the team needed to “The frustrating thing about it Lehigh is No. 30 in the country Mary’s 5-4 victory over Kalamazoo April 12. release leftover bitter emotions is how erratic we are,” Corrigan in scoring offense at 8.42 goals stemming from last weekend’s said. “We play two shutout per game and its defense has “It was slightly disappointing loss to Colorado. quarters against Denver, and held opponents to 7.17 goals per By GREG ARBOGAST because the injury affected us,” “[The intensity] was definitely then we give up four goals in the game — No. 8 in the nation. Sports Writer Palombo said. “We also tried very apparent yesterday and fourth quarter.” After looking at their film, working on some different carried into [Thursday],” Peters Though Corrigan said the mis Peters said the Irish do not In its final tune-up before aspects of our game in the dou said. “Everyone was kind of takes aren’t things he typically expect Lehigh to throw anything Saturday’s conference finale bles matches, and I think that spent after two hard hours of sees in practice, he hopes this at them style-wise they have not against Calvin, Saint Mary’s fell also affected our performance.” practice. We’re hoping for [the week’s grueling practices will seen throughout the year. short against Bethel College 5-4 With the loss, Saint Mary’s effort] to carry over going into serve to focus the Irish come One thing that sophomore Thursday at Saint Mary’s tennis record drops to 10-8 for the sea the Lehigh game. game time. goalie Joey Kemp is certainly center. son, and it will play Calvin in its Irish coach Kevin Corrigan “If you don’t do it when the used to seeing is the game’s With the two teams tied at final conference match this also expressed general satisfac lights are on, it doesn’t matter venue. A Georgetown Prep four wins each, senior Kristen Saturday before the MIAA con tion with his team’s effort. what you do [at practice],” he graduate, Kemp will return to Palombo battled back to win the ference tournament on April 28- Though Notre Dame’s tourna said. “We have to bear down on the field on which he played for second set of her match against 29. Despite Thursday’s loss ment hopes suffered a major game days and not make those the nationally-ranked IJoyas for Robin Braun. against Bethel, the team is still blow last weekend, Corrigan kinds of mistakes.” four years, including as team With the sunlight rapidly fad very upbeat for Saturday’s refuses to let the team’s past When Taylor Clagett takes the captain and MVP his senior sea ing, the two girls were forced to match. games affect its ability to take opening face-off for the Irish at son. play an ultimate tie-breaker in “We re going to think about care of the work ahead. 2 p.m., they will be looking at a Corrigan said he likes to place of the third set, and the result of this match too “I’m looking for guys that team in its last tune up before it arrange games in the areas Palombo came up just short los much, because a lot of people want to come out and compete competes for an NCAA bid. from which he draws his play ing by a score of 6-4, 6-7 (5), 1-0 were happy with the way they against Lehigh,” Corrigan said. Lehigh qualified for the Patriot ers, whenever possible. (10-8). played,” Palombo said. “We’re “If we have guys sitting around League Tournament by defeat “We wanted to play a game in Before its match against excited to go out there on and worrying about games that ing Holy Cross 13-6 last the area,” he said. “Joey’s high Bethel, the team talked about its Saturday and finish the confer have already been played and Saturday on Senior Day. school coach [Kevin Giblin] is a concern with winning the key ence season off on a positive worrying about things they can’t Sunday’s game will be Notre friend of mine so we worked it points in close matches. The note." control, than those guys aren’t Dame’s first ever contest against out to play it there.” squad’s inability to do so was a going to play for us.” Lehigh and from the video it has major reason it lost 9-0 to Contact Greg Arbogast at Among the things the Irish seen, the team expects a solid Contact Tim Dougherty at Albion. The same problem also [email protected] hope to correct is their inconsis all-around showing from the [email protected] plagued the Belles against Bethel. In addition to Palombo’s match, the team of junior Kelly McDavitt and junior Calie New Courses - FALL Mulcahy lost their doubles match to Robin Braun and Bree Oles by the score of 9-7, and the team of Palombo and junior 2 0 0 6 Grace Gordon were defeated by Emily Lamport and Missy Vermillia by the score of 9-8 (3). “ We did better than we have PORTUGUESE & in the past in the close games,” Palombo said. “But, it was still very frustrating, because we weren’t able to get over that BRAZILIAN STUDIES final hurdle.” Saint Mary’s also played Thursday’s match without the services of sophomore Tara O’Brien, who lias recently occu B r a z i l i a n Portuguese L a pied the No. 5 singles spot for the Belles. & C u l t u r e I - ROPO 1 Freshman Melissa Dingier filled in for O’Brien and she won her singles match over Sherra Milendar 6-4, 6-0. O’Brien’s absence, however, C a r n i v a l in Cinema & meant that sophomore Cassie Quaglia, who had yet to play a R O P O -40956 O ffered in English singles match this season, was pressed into action at the No. 6 singles spot. Quaglia was com petitive against Bethel’s Jade Walus, but she ultim ately fell by the score of 7-6 (5), 6-1. Department of Romance Languages & Literature Friday, April 21, 2006 The Observer ♦ SPORTS page 25
SMC G o lf Belles look for strong finish before NCAAs
Varsity golfers ready match in over a week for a was the IWU Spring Fling in Invitational w ill be the last in their lay-off week for their majority of the traveling which the Belles placed third regular season match for the final meet before the post for the Grizzly Invite members of the varsity of 18 teams. four seniors on the team — season, especially concen squad. Saint Mary’s senior Megan Mattia, Kirsten Fantom, trating on greenside play. Most of the normal travel Mattia led the way for the Nicole Bellino and Erin “We’re continuing to work ers on the squad did not com Belles by finishing seventh McQueen. All four have been on our short-game in prepa By BECKI DORNER pete in the tournament w ith a 162. members of the team since ration for the weekend,” she Sports W riter Wednesday co-hosted with Belles freshman Alex Sei their freshman years. said. The Belles continue to Bethel College. Instead, the had her best round under Some junior varsity players anticipate the NCAA Although the SMC/Bethel junior varsity tried its luck at head coach Mark Hamilton, w ill also be traveling this Tournament at the end of the Invitational took place the difficult Blackthorn Golf shooting a 77 during the sec weekend. spring. Wednesday, the Franklin Club in nearby South Bend. ond round to card a two-day Senior captain Kirsten Grizzly Invitational this The most recent perform 166 (tied for 13th). Fanton emphasized that the Contact Becki Domer at weekend w ill be the first ance for the traveling squad The Franklin Grizzly girls have been working hard [email protected]
NHL GM Craig Patrick leaving the Penguins after 17 years
apart a longtime contending close friend of Patrick, would sonnel departments. But he final piece needed to transform Jagr, Crosby, Francis team, their general manager agree to such a move illustrates won’t hire a new coach — what had long been one of all acquired in tenure lost his drive. Patrick’s creative how far the Penguins have fall Michel Therrien, the former NHL’s worst teams into a touch also disappeared, and en since making the Eastern Montreal Canadiens coach Stanley Cup winner. many of the player and coach Conference final in 2001. hired by Patrick at midseason, But after former ownership Associated Press ing decisions he made were “It was a very difficult deci w ill be brought back. led by Howard Baldwin drove bad ones. sion,” team president Ken “ This is a young team that is the team into bankruptcy, PITTSBURGH — Craig Patrick Just as significantly, Patrick Sawyer said Thursday, about only going to get better,” Patrick was forced to dismantle made some of the best trades in confided in few and hired fewer an hour after calling Patrick to Sawyer said, pointing to the as stars such as Jagr, Alex NHL history. He oversaw some still — to the point the deliver the news. “But we both expected addition of former No. Kovalev, Martin Straka and of the best drafts, built some of Penguins had a smaller front stood back and did what’s best 2 draft pick Evgeni Malkin to a Robert Lang went elsewhere. the best teams and signed some office staff than most low-level for the team.” Crosby-led team next season. Still, Patrick’s ultimate down of the best players and coaches. minor league teams. Patrick Despite averaging only 25 “We’re very happy with the job fall may have been his inability Consider this Hall of Fame did all the hiring, firing and victories over the last four sea Michel Therrien has done. He to bring in a quality coach after resume: Drafted Sidney Crosby decision-making and, as a sons, and the uncertainty over w ill be the coach next year.” his initial two hirings couldn’t and Jaromir Jagr. Traded for result, player personnel deci whether the team w ill get a After starting this season have been much better: Ron Francis, Joe Mullen and sions seemed to be based more new arena, the Penguins don’t with a veteran team, the Johnson in 1990 and, less than Larry Murphy. Re-signed Mario on hunches than reasoned expect to have trouble finding a Penguins made a dramatic mid two years later, Bowman. Lemieux so one of hockey’s thinking. qualified replacement. Sawyer season switch to mostly youth Bowman moved from the front greatest players could play his So, after four consecutive w ill conduct the search and and, despite finishing 22-46-14, office to behind the bench after entire career in Pittsburgh. last-place finishes, the make the hire, but has no appeared to improve markedly Johnson died of brain cancer Hired coaches Scotty Bowman Penguins did what once would timetable for making his deci over the final two months of the only six months after winning and Bob Johnson. have seemed unthinkable: They sion. season. The 18-year-old Crosby the Stanley Cup in 1991. But it was obvious, after the let Craig Patrick go, failing to The new general manager became the youngest player in Of his final five coaches, not Penguins sank into bankruptcy renew a contract that expires w ill be allowed to bring the NHL history to reach the 100- counting interim coach Herb for a second time in franchise on July 1. That Lemieux, the Penguins up to NHL standards point mark by scoring 102. Brooks in 2000, Patrick fired history and were forced to tear team’s primary owner and a in the scouting and player per But it was another form er No. four: Kevin Constantine, Ivan 1 pick, Lemieux, who led the Hlinka, Rick Kehoe and Eddie Penguins to their greatest suc Olczyk. Hlinka, Kehoe and Department of Music Presents cesses under Patrick. Olczyk had no prior NHL head- Patrick was hired to succeed coaching experience, yet were UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Tony Esposito as the Penguins hired without Patrick consider GM in December 1989 and, ing other candidates. within 18 months, had built a Despite making a long series team around Lemieux that of excellent trades, Patrick also would win the Stanley Cup in made some bad ones, including h o r a l e 1991 and 1992 and have the what is often called the worst C NHL’s best record in 1993. His in NHL history — dealing 1991 trade for Francis and future scoring star Markus & Chamber O rchestra defenseman Ulf Samuelsson is Naslund for journeyman Alex widely regarded as being the Stojanov in 1996. A l e x a n d e r b l a c h l y , d i r e c t o r CLIMB A DIFFERENT CORPORATE LADDER
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N D S o ftb a ll Irish hope to build momentum in Big East
Team set to host pair showdown against the Bulls that she deserves at the next weekend, the Irish will plate,” Gumpf said. of conference rivals look to build momentum Junior catcher Cassie against the weaker competi Koenig and sophomore sec tion at home this weekend. ond baseman Jackie Dempsey The Bulls (38-19) have have also added to an offense By DAN M URPHY totaled eight wins in Big East that has posted 32 runs in its Sports Writer play so far this year. past four games. Both players However, they are just enter have started all 41 games for Notre Dame welcomes two ing the toughest part of their Villanova and are both hitting Big East teams to Ivy Field schedule. In the next week, over .300. this weekend as it continues USF will face off with The Rutgers pitching staff its quest to reach the top of Pittsburgh and Syracuse — which Notre Dame w ill the conference standings. The before coming to Notre Dame battle Sunday — was able to team hopes to be able to rack on April 29. All three of the shut down the powerful up four more vic teams are in the offense for two wins (9-1, 4- tories, as it w ill top half of the 3) on April 15. The Scarlet “Right now the play doublehead conference Knights pitchers have been ers against only thing I am standings. able to keep their opponents Villanova and concerned about is “Right now off balance by consistently the only thing I changing speeds. Rutgers. winning this Both teams are am concerned “We just have to make early currently in the weekend. ” with is winning adjustments,” junior cellar of the con this weekend,” Stephanie Brown said. “I tend ference with only Deanna Gumpf G um pf said. to try to drive the ball the six wins between The fifth-year opposite way just so I don’t Irish coach them. But an skipper is not get too far out in front.” upset win over a looking past When the Irish have been top tier team could be uplift S a tu r d a y ’s games with "able to make the necessary ing for the struggling clubs. Villanova. The Wildcats have changes early on, they have “These games are very taken seven of their last 10 been successful. After start important, because they games and have exploded on ing out slow on Wednesday won’t play like the bottom offense in recent games. afternoon, the offense took teams,” Irish coach Deanna Freshman Meghan Morese off the second time through Gumpf said. “(Rutgers and has also been driving the ball the order and ended up win Vi II an ova | always tend to out of the park — she leads ning the game, 5-0. have their best games against the team with 10 home runs. “We can’t let these teams us.” Morese has played shortstop, stick around with us, we need Notre Dame (27-14, 9-1 Big third base and catcher for the a couple of big wins this East) is currently in second Wildcats this season. weekend,” Brown said. place in the conference — “We’re not going to pitch ALLSION AMBROSE/The Observer one game behind the unde around her, but we will defi Contact Dan Murphy at Irish freshman Linda Kohan stretches to catch the ball during feated South Florida. With a nitely give her the respect [email protected] Notre Dame’s 6-0 win over Ball State April 11.
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B o o k sto r e B a sk etb a ll X X X V Meyer, Sparkle Motion route Bird Flu, 21-3
Unfortunately for Sparkle, the first half, getting off a lot used his size to grab rebounds Overrated also picks the team had trouble shooting of tough shots while also We KNOW Where You Got and finish plays. Ryan used up victory, advances the ball and was forced to securing hard-fought Your Tan 21 , Team Jorts 9 his slashing ability and out make second and third pos rebounds. Team Jorts was slowed side shooting to create his session shots in order to get The Killers also shot well down by its overalls and flan offense. its baskets. from outside, especially guard nels as it lost to We KNOW “When it rains, it pours,” By JAY FITZPATRICK and “It was disheartening, but Dan Klauer. Klauer brought Where You Got Your Tan Ryan said. DAN MURPHY we still feel we played well,” the defense out with multiple Thursday. Jorts was able to jump out Sports W riter Meyer said. “We took comfort long-range jumpers and then Tan, a group of O’Neill to an early 3-2 lead but quick in the fact that they missed worked the ball back inside to sophomores, used its speed to ly faded as it was shutout for Despite an intense effort, more shots than we took.” keep the Killers out in front dominate the game as the the remainder of the first Bird Flu could not overcome Although the score showed for most of the first half. team had three of its players half. John Furrey, the tourna No. 20 Sparkle Motion’s domi a very disparate game, Bird But Overrated would not be register more than five points. ment’s answer to Adam nant play in a 21-3 loss Flu still played hard. Bird Flu kept down, including a come Gabe Mascaro led the team Morrison, had three early Thursday. played tough defense and got back just before the break to with six. He also had the points for the team. Eric Before the game, Bird Flu defensive rebounds. But they go into h alftim e highlight of Powers also scored three for captain Colin Meyer was con also caught a lot of bad with an 11-10 th e gam e Jorts, despite suffering from fident about his team’s bounces on most of their lead — one the w h e n he mono. chances in the game — but shots. squad would “[The Killers] were a leaped, The team made another late Sparkle was the faster, But Bird Flu could not over not relinquish caught a ball run, scoring six in the second stronger and come Sparkle’s the rest of the good test fo r us, but we o v e r h is half, thanks to the outside overall better speed, sending game. were able to get the h e a d w ith shooting of Patrick team. Sparkle to the The key to his back to Hartendorp. “I t w as quality win and make it Sparkle round of 64. the win for the hoop and However, it was not enough played tough disheartening, but Overrated was to the round of64 ." ta p p e d it to overcome the speed of Tan. defense we still feel we Overrated 21, its defense, into the hoop “[It] was a night game, we Show Killers especially in fro m fo u r throughout the p la y e d w ell. ” M att Young didn’t take the lights into game, forcing 13 the second half. fe e t o u t effect,” Powers said. “Maybe Overrated captain turnovers that T he S how Overrated used before land if we had added some rhine led to multiple Colin Meyer Killers came its height and ing. stones to our jorts we would fast-break Sparkle Motion close to knock speed advan “ T h e s h o t have done better.” p o in ts fo r ing off No. 32 tages to block w as a s p e The O’Neill sophomores Sparkle. Overrated, but a the Killers’ inside shots while cial play we worked on in seemed determined that noth Sparkle Motion 3-0 run before also quickly getting back out practice,” Mascaro said. ing would have distracted was able to spread the ball halftime swung the momen side to defend the long range Mascaro also made major them from coming away with around on offense, getting the tum in Overrated’s favor, shots. contributions on the defensive a victo ry Thursday. whole team involved. leading to a 21-13 win. Overrated captain Matt side as he consistently dis “We’re here of a mission to The Bird Flu guard Brogan Both teams came out strong Young was proud o f his team ’s rupted the passing lanes and find out where everyone in Ryan led his team’s offense. in the first half, keeping the effort in the win. came up with five steals this tournament got their “I think we played well game close behind quick “[The Killers] were a good which led to m ultiple fast tans,” Ryan said. today, and we were glad we offense with good ball move test for us, but we were able break opportunities. scored as many points as lives ment by both teams. to get the quality win and Brendan Ryan and Tim Contact Jay Fitzpatrick and Dan we saved by giving blood,” The Show Killers were able make it to the round of 64,” Goldschmidt also had five Murphy [email protected] and Ryan said. to drive the ball inside well in Young said. baskets each. Goldschmitt [email protected]
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N D W o m e n ’s G olf Irish looking for success at Big East championships
By FRAN TO LAN “ [The NCAA tournament commit arrive in Florida Saturday after tee | will certainly look at our scor noon and plan on playing a prac SportsWriter ing average.” tice round Sunday. The Irish will not have an The two-day event gets under After being forced to withdraw opportunity to improve their way Monday at the Lake Jovita from the .lames Madison NCAA head-to-head record Golf Club. University Invitational April 8 and because no other teams from the “This is our biggest tournament 9 due to a flight cancellation, the Mideast Region compete in the Big of the year besides the NCAAs,” Irish women's golf team looks to East. King said. rebound next Monday and Notre Dame expects stiff compe Before the spring season began, Tuesday at the Big East champi tition as the tournament will fea King said that the team’s long onships in Dade City, Fla. ture all seven Big East teams, term goal was to earn a spot in the The tournament is the final whereas in the past only four NCAA tournament. event of the spring season before qualified for the event. “A win I in the Big East the NCAA Regionals and will be “We’re especially excited to face Championship] sure wouldn’t hurt important in determining whether South Florida and Louisville," King us I in earning a spot],” King said. the Irish earn an NCAA bid. said. “Those are both pretty KERRY O'CONNOR/The Observer “We’re a bubble team right strong teams.” Contact Fran Tolan at Senior Suzie Hayes measures a distance during the Notre Dame now,” Irish coach Debby King said. The Irish are scheduled to [email protected] Women’s Invitational on Sept. 10. The Irish won the event.
Bookstore courts. “They shot the ball really Despite losing the game, the Team 433 responded behind Indy, whose players boast an well in the first half,” Clover Naked players did not suffer the play of Nik Rodriguez, Bookstore average age of 38, relied on Ridge captain Paul Hagan said. from any self-esteem loss. holding a 6-5 advantage mid hot shooting to propel them Clover Ridge, however, took “They were the better team, way through the first half. But continued from page 32 past the younger, quicker control in the second half , and but we were better-looking,” from there, Reimer and team Khakis. quickly erased any hope of an Litschi said. 321 went on a 10-0 run. defense, we were able to get Several times, it appeared as upset. Litschi’s teammate Benjamin Playing from behind, Team out and run the court very if Khakis was poised to make a “We just slowed it down and Currie added a similar opinion 433 did everything it could to w e ll.” run, but Indy was able to pressured the ball on defense,” about his team’s superior get back in the game but failed Rockers rode that aggressive thwart each chal Hagan said of the appearance. to finish on the offensive end. style of play to an 11-4 half- lenge. The win did keys to his team’s “In the beginning of the The squad missed a number of time lead while the View strug not come without a turnaround. game, we offered to play short lay-ups and jump shots gled to find its offensive price, though. “We may have The Clover Ridge shirts-and skins but they were and could not stop Team 321. groove. “We may have pulled some size advantage also too intimidated, ” Currie said. “It was a travesty, a sham, Down 11-4 at the half. The pulled some mus muscles tonight, allowed the squad and a m o c k e ry a View missed its first four shots cles tonight,” to wear down Team 4 3 3 vs. Team 3 21 travshamockery!” Team 433 before finally making a short, guard Steve I but! we’ll Naked toward the Before the game. Team 321 forward Aidan Fitzgerald said. turnaround jum per. Champlin said. definitely get over end of the game. forward Bill Reimer joked with Team 321, on the other hand, Meanwhile, Rockers didn’t “We’ll definitely get it ." The size differen friends that he was going to used aji aggressive defense to miss a beat. Hitting a number over it.” tial was made evi score two points. After the create a number of breakaway of long-range jump shots and Now, Indy looks dent when Clover game, friends were congratu lay-ups to close out the game. continuing to press the ball ahead to its next Steve Champlin center John lating him on his eight-point “All our training paid off,” going up the court, Reckers matchup — which Indy Xperience guard Carlson threw game and a 21-13 victory over Reimer said. “ We had a tough quickly increased its lead to will probably pit down a rim-rocking team 433. game in the first round, so we 17-6. them against a left-handed slam Both teams started slow, but got out here and worked real The View tried to make a run ranked team. right after half- then quickly found their hard.” to get back in the game, but “ We may have to play a seed time. rhythm . again struggled finding ed team, but we have the expe “We just ran out of steam,” Team 321 used Reimer’s sur Contact Joe Quinn and Fran momentum on either end of the rience edge,” Scott Schreiber Naked guard Andrew Litschi prising play to jump out to a 4- Tolan at [email protected] and floor. said. said. 2 lead. [email protected] After trading buckets, Reckers was finally able to put Clover Ridge 21, Naked the game away on a baseline Without Shame 14 jumper by Small. Despite looking poised for an On Saturday, A p ril 29, Holy Cross “We lost,” The View forward upset throughout the contest, College is sponsoring the 2nd Annual Jeff Mulin said. “That’s all Naked Without Shame eventu Run for Friendship there is to it.” ally fell to 21-14 to Clover Run for Hope, with all proceeds Ridge Thursday. benefiting Holy Cross School, grades Indy Xperience 21, Khakis in Efficient shooting allowed the Dumpster 12 Naked to jump out to a 5-2 Run for Humanity 5 through 12, in New Orleans. Suffering Indy Xperience, a team com lead. The team continued its substantial damage after hurricane posed solely of executive MBA steady play for the remainder students, defeated Khakis in of the first half and held an 11- Katrina, the school’s rebuilding effort is the Dumpster 21-12 on the 8 advantage at the break. Run for Students off and running, but they need our help.
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“Coach Coyne has told up to Dame w ill look for that to contin keep our heads up, because there ue this weekend. Byers has Rebound is still the season ahead of us, and already broken Irish freshman continued from page 32 we need to get ready to make an records for assists (16) and points impact on the tournament,” (54) and is only one goal away for the Irish on themselves, some Ferguson said. “We need to buck from breaking Courtney thing that has clearly worked thus le down and concentrate on the Calabrese’s record of 38 goals in a far this season. The major focal next three games.” freshman season. points for Notre Dame in the days The Irish w ill also look for sen Overall, the Irish feel confident leading up to the match up with ior attack Crysti Foote to be heav about their contest with the the Scarlet Knights have been ily involved in the attack as she Scarlet Knights, and believe that their ability to re-defend once has all season — she is second in it w ill be a good win for the Irish they have lost possession. the nation in points-per-game. after two of their toughest losses Also key in the Irish game plan Foote’s performance this season in recent memory. w ill be their ability to run a suc has also led to her Tewaaraton “We should be very successful if cessful fast break, avoiding going Trophy nomination. we play our game,” Ferguson into their set attack plans until The award is given to the said. “We just need to continue absolutely necessary. nation’s best male and female col playing the way we have and we Sophomore attack Heather lege lacrosse players, making her should come out with a win.” Ferguson said the Irish need to only the second Irish player to be focus not only on their tactics and nominated. MATTHEW SMEDBERG/The Observer play on the field, but also their Freshman attack Jill Byers has Contact Jay Fitzpatrick at jfitz- Notre Dame attack Jill Byers runs past Lehigh defender mindset off it, played well all season and Notre [email protected] Heather McArthur at Loftus Sports Complex March 8.
NASCAR Kyle Busch wins the Like to talk? pole for race in Phoenix
Associated Press “Do snow angels,” Stewart said sarcastically of the cele AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kyle bration tactic Busch’s older Busch picked up where he left brother, Kurt, has recently off at Phoenix International adopted. Raceway, winning the pole Stewart can mock if he Thursday to put himself in wants, but the Busch brothers Love Notre Dame? prime position to win a second are hot in Phoenix. Kurt won straight race in the desert. this race last year, giving the Busch, who won at Phoenix Busch brothers a sweep on the last November, ran a lap at fiat, mile-long oval. 133.745 mph to take “ I t ’s n o t the top qualifying spot whether you are for Saturday night’s “It seems the getting boos or Subway Fresh 500. young Jedi has cheers, it’s who His lap bested Greg done well. He gets the most Biffle, who qualified noise,” Kyle second with a lap at learns quick, he’s Busch said. 133.383, and Tony putting all his “Right now it’s Stewart, who was knowledge from his close between third at 133.299. Jeff Gordon and After crossing the own team and Dale Earnhardt line, Busch barked what I ’ve given Jr., but the into his radio. him to work with. ” Busch brothers “I was just chomp are steadily Pick up an Undergraduate Admissions Tour Guide application at the Reception ing at the bit,” said climbing that Room (2nd floor) of the Main Building. Applications are due by 5 pm on Friday, Busch, who was cited Kurt Busch rope.” for reckless driving in NASCAR driver No driver has April 21. Contact Son Nguyen at snquven®nd.edu with questions. Richmond, Va., last ever won from week and was booed by the the pole in the 19 Cup events at Phoenix fans most of the day. Phoenix, but Kyle Busch liked He then celebrated his first his chances in the Chevrolet he pole since February of last year said was the “sister car” to by climbing onto the pit road November’s winning entry. wall and waving his arms in the “We have a good race car,” air. he said. “It’s the sister car, so hopefully we can make it just as good, if not better.” Matt Kenseth qualified fourth citizens of humanity and was followed by Carl Edwards, who has a new crew chief this week after the shake- up at Roush Racing. Denny Hamlin was sixth, Kurt Busch »lue cult seven jeans qualified seventh and then boasted about how far his little brother has come in his short Cup career. “It seems the young Jedi has done well,” Kurt Busch said. tru e religio n “He learns quick, he’s putting all his knowledge from his own team and what I’ve given him to work with. “He’s got the fastest car in the county today.” Clint Bowyer was eighth and Martin Truex Jr., and points JUICY COUTURE leader Jimmie Johnson round ed out the top 10. adriano goldshmied For Biffle, his qualifying run was perhaps a sign the bad luck that has plagued him through the first seven races of the season may be lifting. Accidents or mechanical fail ures have taken him out of con and now introducing DIESEL tention several times this sea son and Biffle, who finished second to Stewart in the final INSPIRE ME standings last season, is cur rently 23rd in the points. page 30 The Observer ♦ SPORTS Friday, April 21, 2006
S M C S o f t b a ll Belles look to rebound in game against Olivet
Saint M ary's lost both game and not underestimate our opponent,” Grail said. “We games of Wednesday's play because we love the game, we need to show that love.” doubleheader to Albion Olivet (4-6, M1AA) comes into the contest Saturday coming off of a long break. Its game By DEIRDRE KRASULA scheduled for Thursday was Sports Writer cancelled. Olivet has relied on freshman Saint Mary’s hopes to get designated hitter Danielle back on track this Saturday Martin as a source of power at when it travels to Olivet. The the plate. Martin leads the Belles (23-9, 9-3) enter Comets with 20 RBls this sea Saturday’s game on the heels son. o f a d o u b le h e a d e r The Belles w ill DUSTIN MENNELLAThe Observer loss to Albion, 3-0 look to shut down Notre Dame senior outfielder Alex Nettey slides into first base on April 12 against Oakland at and 6 -2 , “1 want our team to Olivet early. Frank Eck Stadium. The Irish won the game 8-2. Wednesday. come back with the Coming off a Belles coach Erin loss, Saint M a ry’s enthusiasm we had Sullivan said she will not be focus 1 this year with a 3.83 ERA, Friday. Between Weis’ wants her team to landl turn it ing its opposition, 28 strikeouts and 23 walks. appearance and the start by get back to the Knights Junior righthander Jeff a ro u n d fo r A lbion. ” but rather, on the popular Samardzija, basics and pull its improving its continued from page 32 Manship will take the hill in Friday’s attendance is expect game back together game. Saturday’s game for the Irish, ed to be among the largest of after losing on Erin Sullivan “ We are going in which will begin at 3:05 p.m. the season at Frank Eck Wednesday. Belles coach there ready to In their last game, the Irish Manship is 4-1 on the season Stadium. Mainieri said he will “I want our team play whatever beat IPFW 4-3 in 10 innings. w ith a 2.04 ERA, 61 s trik e try to keep his team focused to come back with team is there,” The close game did not sur outs and 14 walks. despite the hoopla. the enthusiasm we Grail said. prise Mainieri. Senior lefthander Tom “We’re throwing a lot of had,” Sullivan said. “Turn it This is the second-to-last “ There’ve been a lot of close Thornton will cap the week gasoline on the fire,” the around from Albion. ” conference game the Belles games in this [winning! end on the mound for Notre coach said. “It’s going to be a Sullivan said the team has play before heading to the streak,” Mainieri said. “We’ve Dame, starting Sunday’s wild weekend.” been focusing on getting ahead MIAA tournament. Sullivan had some late game heroics. 12:05 p.m. contest. Thornton early in the game. said the team has been focus It gives the guys a greater has a record o f 5-1 this year ♦ Today’s game sold out by Senior captain Bridget Grail ing on the tournament all sea amount of confidence that with a 3.78 ERA, 39 strike 5 p.m Thursday evening, said Saint Mary’s would not son. they can do what it takes to outs and four walks. marking the first-ever underestimate its future oppo- w in .” advance sellout in the 13-year nents. Contact Deirdre Krasula at The Irish have been bitten Notes: history of Frank Eck Stadium. “It is important to play our [email protected] by the injury bug this past ♦ Notre Dame head football week, with third baseman coach Charlie Weis is sched Contact Chris Khorey at Brett Lilley and second base uled throw out the first pitch [email protected] man Ross Brezovsky both The Irish (15-7, 1-1 Big East) missing time with shoulder face unranked Georgetown (4- injuries. Lilley took batting Titles 13, 1-3 Big East) today at practice Thursday and is continued from page 32 noon. expected to play this week “I think the goal is to win it end. Mainieri said Brezovsky The doubles have been this week,” Bayliss said. “We w ill be a gam e-tim e decision another focus for the Irish. The only can control a little bit of for each of the contests with team has only won three of its our destiny with regards to the the Scarlet Knights. last ten doubles points, but NCAA tournament — I think Notre Dame junior upset two ranked teams that’s the bigger goal.” righthander Jeff Samardzija against Louisville April 13 to will start today’s game, which restore confidence going into Contact Kate Gales at starts at 6:05 p.m. at Frank the postseason. [email protected] Eck Stadium. 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Box Q Notre Dame, IN 46556 Published Monday through Friday, The Observer is a vital source of information on I I Enclosed is $100 for one academic year people and events in the Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Community. CZ] Enclosed is $55 for one semester N am e______' Join the more than 13,000 readers who have A dd ress ______found The Observer an indispensible link to the City______S ta te ______Zip______two campuses. Please complete the accompa nying form and mail it today to receive The Observer in your home. T h e O bserver Friday, April 21, 2006 i ®PORTS ^ p a g e 32 B a seb a ll W o m e n ’s La c r o s s e Streak at stake Rutgers Game sold out by 5 league ever since.” The Irish (29-8, 11-1 in the next Irish p.m. Thursday night Big East) have not lost since March 25 against Georgetown. Mainieri said the team did not opponent By CHRIS KHOREY acknowledge the streak — the Associate Sports Editor longest ever for Notre Dame in a single season and longest It’s going to be a busy week overall for the Irish since 1907 By JAY FITZPATRICK end at Frank Eck Stadium. — until a team meeting Sports W riter Notre Dame heads into a Monday, and no one in the three-game home series clubhouse has mentioned it Notre Dame hopes to rebound against Rutgers Friday, since. from two tough losses to ranked Saturday and “The winning streak kind of opponents Saturday against Sunday rid snuck up on us since we’ve Rutgers. ing a single- had so many big games along The one-goal losses to No. 1 season the way,” Mainieri said. “We Duke and No. 3 Georgetown school- had big series against leave the Irish (10-3, 2-1 Big record 19- Pittsburgh and St. John’s and a East) still ranked No. 7 — proof of gam e w in big game against Ball State. I the tough road the Irish have ning streak decided to mention it on faced this season. The loss and looking Monday, and our goal was to against Georgetown moved the to continue get those two victories and Irish to second in the Big East. that success Mainieri break the [single season] Notre Dame wants to turn a g a in s t a record.” around this weekend and keep team that that has been its With the record in hand, winning in the Big East, where it arch-nemesis since both Mainieri said the Irish are will face Rutgers (6-6, 1 -3) to fin schools joined the Big East in looking forward to Rutgers, ish up a five-game road trip that 1996. not back at their last 19 con started March 31. The Irish have “We don’t need any incentive tests. faced the Scarlet Knights only six when we play Rutgers,” Irish “We accomplished what we times, with Notre Dame holding coach Paul Mainieri said. wanted to do, which was break the overall edge at 4-2. Rutgers “They’ve been our big rival the record. Anything else is won the two teams’ last meeting since we’ve been in the Big just gravy on top of that,” he April 25, 2004 in Piscataway, 7-6. East. We both entered the con said. “We need to beat Rutgers As always, Irish coach Tracy ference in the same year, and for the fun of beating Rutgers.” DUSTIN MENNELLA/The Observer Coyne has tried to keep the focus we’ve been pretty consistently Senior infielder Eddie Smith runs down the line after the top two teams in the see KNIGHTS/page30 connecting in a game against Oakland on April 12. see REBOUND/page 28 B o o k sto r e B a sk e tb a ll X X X V M e n ’s T e n n is Reckers All Americans advance Bayliss aims for By JOE QUINN and FRAN TOLAN next Big East title Sports Writers The Reckers All acclimate to the heat,” Bayliss By KATE GALES Americans used a selfless said. “It’s about 87 degrees Associate Sports Editor style of basketball to rout today and very humid. That’s The View Tavern on the cor something no matter what we ner of Niles and Jefferson 1996. 1999. 2002. 2004. do we aren’t used to yet. As we 21-9 Thursday. 2005. stay down here you get a little Reckers jumped out to a This weekend, the Irish hope more acclimated.” 3-0 lead after forward to add another Big East title to The team arrived in Florida Jimmy Small dunked on a the five they have won since Wednesday night. breakaway. On that basket, joining the conference. The “They key is, we only have Small cut his hand for the team has played in the finals two days to practice and pre second time. Unfortunately every year and is undefeated in pare,” Bayliss said. “We won’t for the members of the the finals since 2001 (the 2003 be here long enough to totally View, those cuts didn’t slow conference final was called due get acclimated to the heat, and him down. to weather). at the same time, we don’t After a quick turnaround “ I think the main focus is to want to overdo it so we’re jumper from the free throw get tomorrow’s match over,” exhausted come Friday or line by The View, Reckers said coach Bobby Bayliss from Saturday or Sunday.” went on a 4-0 run to stretch Florida, where the team is The other challenge for the the lead to 7-1. practicing. “To win the match Irish has been adjusting to new Reckers used superior tomorrow and not be extended courts. defense, and was able to physically, and be ready to go “It’s been a balance of both,” run the court extremely for Saturday — we’ll expect Bayliss said. “That’s the well. tougher matches on Saturday.” biggest thing, just getting used “We played very aggres This year’s tournament is in to the speed of the courts and sive defense, maybe too Tampa at the University of heat and humidity and trying aggressive at times,” Small Southern Florida, and the Irish to fine tune the things we need said. “Because of our LAURIE HUNT/The Observer face Georgetown tomorrow at to do a little better.” Team No. 75 player Vince Niou brings the ball upcourt during a noon. see BOOKSTORE/page 28 bookstore basketball game Thursday. No. 75 won 22-20. “The big thing now is [to] see TITLES/page 30 C / i BOOKSTORE NO SOFTBALL SMC GOLF MEN'S LACROSSE SMC TENNIS NO WOMEN’S TENNIS o Sparkle Motion 21, Irish set to host pair of After skipping the The Irish hope to Bethel 5, The No. 1-seed Irish z Bird Flu 3 struggling Big East foes SMC-Bethel Invitational rebound from a pair of Saint Mary’s 4 play No. 8-seed Rutgers DC 3 Despite shooting trou in Rutgers and Wednesday, the Belles tough losses to Denver in the quarterfinals of CD ble, captain Colin Meyer Villanova this weekend varsity squad is ready to and Air Force when The Belles dropped a the Big East and Sparkle Motion at Ivy Field. play in Grizzly they hit the road to face heartbreaker to Bethel Tournament at 9 a.m. advance to the next Invitational this week Lehigh Sunday at 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon. today. round. end. C / i page 27 page 26 page 25 page 24 page 24 page 23 ■ 1 ft r ■ . ere o n e § page 2 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER Friday, April 21, 2006 It's all for the love of Pete Members of the 1966 national championship squad organize event to raise money for former teammate Pete ... I think the fact that of the offered the use of the Joyce Center By KEN FOWLER people around him want to give him for the dinner. Sports Editor his just due is justifiably so,” Weis “A couple of the guys approached Blue-Gold Game said Wednesday. me, and we didn’t blink an eye,” David Martin knew his time was Duranko’s final year at Notre Weis said. “I think that the support more valuable than his checkbook Dame was supposed of all the alums, Schedule of Events to Pete Duranko, his former team- to be 1965, but he especially his old male from the 1966 national cham earned a then-rare “A couple o f the guys teammates, [has] pionship football squad who suffers medical redshirt sea approached me, and been great. The out from ALS, a debilitating condition son to compete on the we didn’t blink an pouring has been more commonly known as Lou 1966 quad that beat great.” 9 : 0 0 a . m . Gehrig’s Disease. USC en ro u te to the eye. I think that the Tickets to the event So when he and his friend Pete Associated Press support of all the are $125 and pro VIP Brunch with players Schulte were talking three months national champi alums, especially his ceeds w ill go to the Enter Joyce Center Gate 2 ago about the best way to help sup onship. N o tre Dam e port Duranko, Martin said he’d ded Martin said his old teammates, [has] Monogram Club’s icate his free time to organizing an experience on the been great. The Catastrophic Relief event to raise money for the former team with Duranko, outpouring has been Fund, set up to All-America defensive lineman. including watching defray the costs of “In this case, I can’t simply write the 6-foot-4 255- great. ” people in extraordi 9:45 — 10:30 a.m . a check to Pete to cover a lot of the pound lineman per nary circumstances. Autograph session costs," Martin said. “Honestly, I’ve fo rm a back flip on Charlie Weis Martin said he hopes spent more time than I ... really the sidelines just to Irish head coach the Monogram Club Open to public via expected. But in this case, I’m using lighten the atmos directs a large por my time and resources p h e r e , tion of the donations Joyce Center Gate 3 as a labor o f love.” was all the reason he to Duranko himself. Thanks in large part “He's a terrific guy needed to help out All donations above the $15 value to M artin’s initiative, and he’s terribly before ALS takes full for the dinner are tax deductible, Duranko’s former unselfish. What’s control of Duranko’s Martin said. teammates and friends body. He said that specification has 10:00 a.m . — 1:30 p.m . will be hosting a din happened to him ... “He’s a terrific guy helped bring unanticipated success Fan Fest, Joyce Center ner for the former star it’s just a real and he’s terribly to the fundraiser. in the Joyce Center robber o f ability. ” unselfish,” Martin “Initially I was looking to raise South Parking Lot entitled “For the Love said. “What’s hap hopefully around $25,000 for Pete,” o f Pete ” Saturday after pened to h im ... i t ’s he said. “We’re now into a category the Blue-Gold game. David Martin just a real robber of where we’re hopeful ... to come Duranko w ill also be a Notre Dame alumnus ability.” close to $100,000.” captain for the game. Martin said his Martin said that while raising 11:30 a.m . — 12:15 p.m . Irish coach Charlie friend Dick Swatland money is the goal of the weekend, Weis said D uranko’s personality is and fellow Notre Dame graduate the “spirit” is something different. Alumni Flag Football what fosters such sentiment among Russell “Cappy” Gagnon were able “It’s really for the love of Pete, as his former teammates. to contact alumni and former team far as we’re concerned,” he said. Game, ND Stadium “When you have guys who are mates to start the process of organ involved in national championship izing the event. Martin contacted Contact Ken Fowler at teams that are as well-respected as the athletic department, which [email protected] 1 : 3 0 p . m . Blue-Gold Game Kickoff Irish look for help from new faces Ticket Costs for The statisticians have their pencils Ferrine and Maurice Crum, Jr.? It’ll be entertaining to watch Blue-Gold Game: ready. The Brady Quinn season pre Notre Dame's chances rest on play Zbikowski (lex and fly around the view show kicks off Saturday. ers like them — guys with more field. Adults: $12 But while the whole nation expects toughness than talent who are aching And Quinn — red jersey or green Children (under 18): $8 the soon-to-be-senior Irish quarter for an opportunity to play. jersey — is worth the price of admis back to throw Example A: Corey Mays. sion and more. Students: Free for a half mile The Irish linebacker entered as a But it’s a practice — the 15th and per game this stud recruit out of Chicago in the fall final of spring football. season — and of 2001, only to spend the next four A fancy practice in front of a half rightfully so — years playing almost exclusively on full Notre Dame Stadium, yes. the real issue special teams. Last But a practice 2005 heading into season — his first nonetheless. Saturday’s Blue- and only as a starter “But while the whole Spring games Gold game is — he finished sec nation expects the soon- always seem to “Who else is ond on the team in cause more teeth Offense ready to play?” Mike Gilloon tackles and, along to-be-senior Irish gnashing than Can running with Brandon Hoyte, quarterback to throw for watching the back James Sports Writer comprised the fiery a half mile per game Clippers on NBA Xusfjing Offense Aldridge add core of the Irish Draft day. this season — a n d some smash to defense. No one really #1 Navy 318.67 yards per game Darius Walker’s spin? In a sense, he was rightfully so — the real wins. #55 ND 147.08 yards per game Can strong safety Tom Zbikowski a bonus in Weis’ issue heading into For all the excite cover the deep ball as well as he inaugural cam ment to be had after Median - Boston College - 145.00 stops the run? paign. Saturday’s Blue-Gold a crisp Quinn-to- Can Jeff Samardzija score more Hoyte’s contribu game is “Who else is Samardzija touch touchdowns than he did last season? tions were expected ready to play?" down pass Saturday, passing Offense The college football analysts can when 2005 kicked there w ill be an predict all they want. off. equal amount of #1 Texas Tech 388.8 yards per game But they m ight as well just draw Mays’ abilities grumbling over #4 N D 330.3 yards per game straws with any of the top 20 teams weren't fully appre whether the Irish in the nation — any one could find ciated until the season ended. secondary is any better than it looked Median - Colorado - 222.8 the spark that takes them deep into The expectations haven’t been this against Troy Smith, Ted Ginn and the BCS calendar. high for the Irish since David Gordon Ohio State. Not many expected a young burner and that Jesuit college from For all the oohing and aahing over to ta l Offense from Wilkes-Barre, Pa. named Massachusetts kicked Notre Dame a pancake block by freshman behe Raghib Ismail would have made the out of the No. 1 spot back in 1993. moth Chris Stewart, there will be just impact he did for the national cham And if the hopes of Notre Dame fol as much complaining about the lack #1 use 579.77 yards per game pion Irish in 1988. lowers are to be fulfilled, another of a pass rush. #10 ND 477.33 yards per game Not many expected Kevin Corey Mays must blossom. And for all the thrill of gold helmets McDougal to steadily steer the 1993 It could be James Aldridge. It could gathering in the tunnel before the Median - Florida State University - 376.62 Notre Dame squad to within a field be Casey Cullen. It could be Terrail squad takes the field, there will be goal of a national title. Lambert. the frustration of waiting four and a Not many, that is, when the year Who knows? half months to see just how good tim e of possession began. But there’s no reason to worry right Notre Dame w ill be. The Irish roster m ight as well be a now. dartboard right now. Of course it’s nice to watch Trevor Contact Mike Gilloon at #1 Nevada 33:12 minutes per game Sure, Quinn, Samardzija, Walker, Laws beat up on the second string mgilloon@nd. edu #3 ND 32:51 minutes per game Zbikowski and the rest of last year’s offensive line like he did during an The opinions expressed in this col Median - Stanford - 30:01 performers will take care of business. MVP performance in last season's umn are those of the author and not But how about Travis Thomas, Leo Blue-Gold game. necessarily those o f The Observer. Observer Graphic by JARRED WAFER Friday, April 21, 2006 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER page 3 Quinn deals with life under pressure — from within playbook. was a little more forthcoming By KEN FOWLER At the annual spring media about Quinn’s mental prowess. Sports Editor day March 21, Vaas said “If I slip up, he knows it,” Quinn’s experience as a starter Weis said in a press conference It’s all about winning games. since freshman year has A p ril 12. “ I can’t hide if I make Everything else w ill come later. helped him learn to handle a mistake with him. If I call a That’s how Notre Dame pressure. play and I call it a little bit quarterback Brady Quinn han “Obviously, the quarterback wrong, he’ll say, ‘You mean dles the hype surrounding his position at the University of th is .'” upcoming senior season. The Notre Dame is an extremely Weis said part of Quinn’s early favorite for the Heisman high-profile position,” he said. development mentally is attrib Trophy, Quinn handles the “To be able to handle that on a utable to the way the team pressure the way Irish coach daily basis is what’s important. critically assesses itself, even Charlie Weis and quarterbacks Handling it on a daily basis when it succeeds. coach Peter Vaas want him to means you go out and you do “Sometimes when you look at — ignore it. your job with the expectation a play in the game and i t ’s a "[The Heisman hype] is obvi that you’re going to get better.” completed pass, you’d say ously flattering, but at the For Weis, that’s an impera that’s a nice job,” Weis said. same point in time, it’s some tive. “I’ll say to him, ‘What’s your thing that’s handled after the The coach who told his team first read? Was he open? Did season, so it doesn’t really “9-3 is not good enough” you see him? Did you even look matter,” Quinn said. “If every expects Quinn to hone his men at him ?” ’ thing goes well for us, good tal skills to accompany the 6- Quinn has taken that chal things w ill come.” foot-4, 232-pound star’s physi lenge from his coach to ALLISON AMBROSE/The Observer Quinn said he knows the cal abilities. become a better quarterback Quarterback Brady Quinn is front and center with the cameras at stat-tracking media and “ He has very few lim itations — and he has also taken the a press conference on April 19. Heisman hype will be physically,” Weis said at the challenge to become a better omnipresent during the 2006 media day. “I think mental is leader. supposed to go,” Quinn said. downs in the 2005 campaign, season, but he’s confident he what holds you back more than “Every team wants to have “If coach is saying that, then he knows people will be can put the outside pressures anything. [But] I think now that in their quarterback — that’s a good thing.” expecting him to top his aside and focus on game we’re at the expanding mode.” someone who understands the But Quinn’s leadership style record-setting season. But he strategies and the offensive Less than a m onth later, Weis offense and how things are is different than his coach’s, also knows that worrying and he gives credit to some of about high expectations and his school courses for the way praises w ill only hinder his he handles himself. achievement of goals. “ I ’m a business major, so you “If you’re worrying too much go through a basic require about ... what people are w rit ment of courses and ... you ing or saying about you, you’re learn management and team going to waste too much time building — ways to deal with rather than preparing for the people, not necessarily in a next week’s game,” Quinn said. negative way,” Quinn said. Vaas said that approach “You’re not always trying to works for Quinn because of the get down on people when source of his drive to improve. they’re doing something “ One of the things th a t’s nice wrong. Maybe tell them what about Brady is that he is an they’re doing right.” extremely self-motivated indi Notre Dame running back vidual,” Vaas said. T wouldn’t Darius Walker said Quinn is an think he’d use [the attention! ideal leader by example in the as a motivational tool, not at locker room and in the huddle. this point in time ... because “Brady carries a certain aura that’s him — he just works at about himself,” Walker said. [getting better] every single “He’s [definitely] grown as a day.” leader.” For Quinn, every single day While Quinn will be examin is a day not just for improve ing his teammates this year as ment — the days are for ignor the offensive captain, he will ing the hype. DUSTIN MENNELLA/The Observer be the one under the micro Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn fields questions from more than half a dozen media members scope most intensely in the during a mid-week interview session April 12. After finishing fourth on the ballot in 2005, Quinn will national press. After throwing Contact Ken Fowler at enter his senior season as one of the early favorites for the Heisman Trophy. for 3,919 yards and 32 touch [email protected] Shark and McKnight are old faces with a new dual role Charlie Weis said. of a shifty [receiver], he gets McKnight is not apprehen By KATE GALES McKnight worked to over the ball in his hands and cre sive about returning to the Associate Sports Editor come the physical and mental ates things. He runs great gridiron with Samardzija, who aspects of his injury last fall, routes, finds ways of getting earned a following among fans It’s a tale of two stars shar for which he sustained a med open.” last season with his long hair ing a marquee for the first ical redshirt and retained eligi McKnight had a chance to and laid-back persona. time. bility to play another year. watch Samardzija as he spent “I think one thing you learn, Jeff Samardzija, Notre “It’s tough,” he said. “You the season on the sidelines being in a program like Notre Dame’s All-American wide start taking baby steps just to recovering from his injury. Dame, it’s not so much about receiver, returns for his senior make sure it feels right. ... You “I think Jeff has done a fan being in the spotlight,” he said. season as quarterback Brady have to find a way to let go tastic job,” he said. “When I “You have to know your role Quinn’s favorite target. and just be free out there.” got hurt last year, he came in and know the things you can But Samardzija only It is the psychological ramifi and he stepped his game up and cannot do.” emerged as an elite wide cations of the injury that have and he’s one of the best He does not anticipate a receiver after Rhema troubled McKnight the longest receivers in the country. You clashing of egos for the two McKnight, who led the Irish in as he returns to full strength. can’t ask for more from a play stars. receiving for two straight “As far as progressing men er who basically went from “You can’t be concerned ydars, went down with a leg tally as well as how I’m feeling being third guy to being this about losing the spotlight and injury in Notre Dame’s 17-10 physically, I think we’ve been guy known all across the coun who’s number one and who’s win over Michigan Sept. 10. heading in the right direction try. Hopefully he and I can number two,” he said. “You This spring, McKnight and and hopefully we can continue come out and make things have to find a way to be a Samardzija will take the field to build,” he said. happen for next year.” major contributor to this team together again, leading one of McKnight and Samardzija After watching McKnight in and I think throughout our the nation’s top offenses. With have very different styles of practice, Weis said unequivo time here I have done that as Samardzija sharing time this play — just take a look at cally that he would be a well as Jeff.” spring with the baseball team, their size differential. starter again this fall. Samardzija will take the hill McKnight has worked to get Samardzija stands 6-foot-5, “ He knows how to play the for the Irish baseball team back into a groove with Quinn several inches taller than the game [and] he’s got exception tonight against Rutgers at 6 and the offense. 6-foot-2 McKnight. al quickness,” Weis said. “He p.m. at Frank Eck Stadium “I think the best part with “Jeff obviously, he’s a big, big just doesn’t have okay quick before taking the field with Jeff not being around here all guy,” Quinn said. “He’s got ness, he has exceptional quick McKnight and the Irish for the time, it’s allowed Brady great hands, he kind of brings ness and I even forget about it, Saturday’s 1:30 p.m. Blue-Gold GEOFF MATTESON/The Observer and Rhema to develop a little almost what [former Irish because its been so long since game at Notre Dame Stadium. Irish wide receiver Jeff Samardzija bit quicker than they would receiver] Maurice [Stovall] had he’s been out there now ... I reaches out to catch a pass along the have if Jeff’s getting as many last year, but he kind of has his think that he has all the skills Contact Kate Gales at sideline in an April 1 practice at Notre balls as Rhema is,” Irish coach own flavor to it. Rhema’s more to be a top line receiver.” [email protected] Dame Stadium. The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER Friday, April 21, 2006 A history of success, Form er and current coaches school records. Much of the defensive physical execution. Minter called it a By BOBBY GRIFFIN work rested on the new coordinator’s “cerebral” process. A defensive unit has Sports Writer shoulders. And when the defense strug to be equally present mentally as it is gled as it did against Ohio State, Minter physically to maximize its potential. It was an unforgettable moment in a grew frustrated. “The bottom line is it doesn’t matter season where Notre Dame reestablished After all, allowing opposing teams to what I know, it’s what I get them to exe itself as a national power. Leading 27-20 exploit his defense was not on Minter’s cute,” M inter said. with 1:46 remaining, Ohio State quarter resume. The coach was brought up under Minter stresses the importance of work back Troy Smith handed off to running former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz and ing with his group on a daily basis. He back Antonio Pittman — hoping to kill Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coordi likes the constant interaction with his time and keep the ball away from an Irish nator Monte Kiffin — team, especially his offense that found its groove late in the and alongside linebackers — given game. Instead, Pittman found a seam, Southern California his secondary role as took the ball outside, sprinted down the coach Pete C arroll and linebacker coach. sideline and scored the game-sealing Syracuse coach Greg “Rick is as good as anybody That one-on-one touchdown. Robinson. I ’ve ever been around. He’s a aspect has paid off so Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel cele Minter was responsi brilliant individual and he’s far in cases like sopho brated on the sideline with his team’s sec ble for taking more linebacker ond Fiesta Bowl win in two years a virtual Cincinnati, a program got a great understanding of Maurice Crum’s devel lock. His quarterback,’Smith, had put his known more for its the game o f football, and he’s opment. Crum earned name on the list of players to watch for round ball than foot got a great understanding of a starting role last year the upcoming season and his defense had ball, and leading the as a redshirt freshman, manhandled the Irish offensive line. team to a defensive football. ” and is now the leader But on the other sideline a far less Humanitarian Bowl of the unit that lost cheerful figure loomed. Notre Dame victory in 1997. The Bill Lewis seniors Brandon Hoyte defensive coordinator Rick Minter had Bearcats also played in Irish defensive backs coach and Corey Mays to seen his team give up its fourth big play of the Motor City Bowl in graduation. the game, and subsequently, its fourth both 2000 and 2001 “ He’s a gre at coach touchdown. It was a reality, and a prob and the New Orleans and he always pre lem, that haunted Minter’s unit all year. Bowl in 2002. pares us well, and tries On many occasions during the regular What’s more, Minter sent 18 players to put us in the right position to make season, the Irish were able to compensate from his 1992-93 Notre Dame defenses to plays,” Crum said. “He’s always teaching. for a defensive lapse by forcing a turnover the NFL after finding success as a defen ... He always has some bit of informa or outscoring opponents with their explo sive coordinator at Ball State in the 80s tion.” sive offense. (his team played in the Raisin Bowl in His teaching ability isn’t much of a sur But when the problem reared its ugly 1989). prise. After coaching for nearly 30 years head one final time on Notre Dame’s But with last season’s defensive strug at the college level, that is to be expected. Notre Dame defensive coordinator Rick Mil biggest stage of the year, the Irish never gles, which were showcased in the Fiesta Minter is used to spending time working had a chance to cover it up. The numbers Bowl loss to Ohio State, Minter’s biggest with kids, helping them excel and pushing Wednesday. Minter runs a 4-3 defensive sche 85, 68, 56 and 60 were not those visible task is still in front of him. Weis has taken them to higher levels. across either team’s offensive line. care of the offense and all that remains What can’t be taken for granted, howev known, astute defensive personalities. se Instead, they were the yardage on each for the Irish is a top caliber defense. And er, is Minter’s exceptional football intelli Minter was assigned to coach linebackers af Ohio State touchdown. those who know Minter are confident he gence. Irish defensive backs coach Bill under Carroll (defensive coordinator). b< The game reaffirmed a pressing issue is the right man to lead this process. Lewis spent nine seasons with the Miami Robinson was also on this staff. is Minter had addressed all season — elimi Dolphins. And with all the experience he Things came full circle in the 2005 na nate the big plays. His defense excelled in Minter philosophy 101 has working with talented personnel — he Notre Dame season as Minter coached stopping opposing offenses and limiting Talking defense with Minter is much still views M inter’s as one of the best against both Carroll and Robinson — los cr them to small gains. But it would also more complicated than Xs and Os. Minter minds in the business. ing to USC 34-31 and defeating Syracuse th allow 20-plus yard plays that kept games has football insight that goes beyond play “ Rick is as good as anybody I ’ve ever 34-10. Ds painfully close. calling and he understands the game on a been around,” Lewis said. “He’s a brilliant In hindsight, Minter had no idea as to pe In Notre Dame’s two regular season level that inspires his fellow coaching staff individual and he’s got a great under what extent Kiffin would progress in foot Iri losses to Michigan State and Southern and players. standing of the game of football, and he’s ball. He knew Kiffin was a good coach at California, the defense gave up 11 touch It’s a relatively simple philosophy from a got a great understanding of defensive the time but he could not have guessed he downs — six went for more than 20 football standpoint. Minter said in order football. his mentor would become a future Super “V yards. for a team to be successful, a defense has “ He is so devoted and so dedicated to Bowl defensive coordinator. M in te r was accountable as the team ’s to take away what its opposition does the game and to the defensive side of the “Little did I know 25 years ago I was Im defensive coordinator. Irish head coach best. It has to force its opponent to move ball ... it has been a pleasure for me to around what is now turned out to be one I Charlie Weis spent much of his first sea away from where it’s comfortable in order work with him.” of the best defensive guys going in our tal son at Notre Dame working with the to create the most problems. But instilling a new defense in one sea business, which is Monte Kiffin," Minter w l offense, creating a unit that set dozens of But implementing this idea goes beyond son is a difficult job regardless of a said. “He just taught me a fundamental frc coach’s experience or intelligence. Minter technique — a sound [way] of looking at SOI was responsible for picking up the pieces how you defend. ” op of a 6-6 football team that gave up 37 or Over the next decade, Minter combined 1 more points three times, and teaching it a his innate football sense with lessons he be new system. learned as Kiffin’s assistant and began his “We all want the same thing ... in our pursuing bigger jobs with more responsi of case, defensive excellence at all times,” bility. In 1984, he took a spot at New in M inter said. Mexico coaching linebackers. From there, ea M inter’s development as a defensive he accepted the defensive coordinator se’ coordinator did not take place over night. position at Ball State (Muncie, Ind.) from tui And in order to understand the improve 1985-91. cal ment Notre Dame needs to make next “[North Carolina State was] probably I I, season, and why Minter is capable of the where I gained my initial cutting edge of Mz task, it is also critical to understand the what I like to do, but nothing was better No coach’s roots. than becoming a coordinator on my own frc at 30 years old down at Ball State A r Bright eyes to Golden Dome University,” Minter said. “I had a chance 83 Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive coor for seven years to develop basically my 19 dinator Monte Kiffin met a 24-year old own philosophy as a culmination of what I frc Minter when he was a graduate assistant did over the past the six or eight years So at Arkansas. Kiffin quickly learned he was prior to that.” 19 in the presence of a talented, hard-work Minter did well enough at Ball State the ing football coach with loads of potential. that he caught another prominent coach’s at The 1978 Arkansas team, ranked No. 11 eye further north in Indiana. Former at season’s end, went 9-2-1 and played in Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz hired Minter wa the Fiesta Bowl. Kiffin was the as a defensive coordinator and inside line “ T1 Razorbacks defensive coordinator, and backer coach in 1992. wa when he took over at North Carolina State “He was defensive coordinator at Ball doi in 1980 he hired Minter as an assistant State at this time, and when you go back em coach. and look at his track record, and ... if you Ii “He was so sharp,” Kiffin said. “I could look at the improvement his defenses prc tell when he was a GA how sharp he was. make every single year, that’s what sold qui He would sit in the back of a room and I me,” Holtz said. “I thought he’d be a great ag would ask questions and boom, he was on representative for Notre Dame. ... There cai it right away. It didn’t take him very long wasn’t anything negative [about him].” co z JESSICA LEE/The Observer to pick up a scheme.” The Irish went 10-1-1 in 1992, beating his Irish defensive coordinator Rick Minter reviews his notes during practice The group Kiffin put together at North Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl and finish I Wednesday at Cartier Field. Carolina State was a role call of now well- ing No. 4 in the country. The following Da Friday, A pril 21, 2006 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER page 5 i mission to improve nsive coordinator a respected mind in the ranks 1993 season where he was the defensive coordinator of the No. 2 team in the nation, Minter left Notre Dame and accepted the head coaching position at Cincinnati. Befense With the job came another change. Minter was now in charge of more than defense for this first time in his career. He said he adopted more of a “ CEO” role d u r 2tusl)wg Befense ing his time at Cincinnati, delegating defensive responsibilities to other coaches and becoming more hands on with the #1 Ohio State 73.4 yards allowed per game offense. #34 Notre Dame 132.3 yards allowed per game And — for the first time in Minter’s career — he was learning defensive Median - (U. Alabama- Birmingham) - 148.1 strategies from people working for him rather than people employing him. “Really what it gave me a chance to do Bossing Befense is, really up close and in person, learn that there really were a lot of ways to skin a cat,” Minter said. “So I learned from #1 Miami (Honda) 152.17 yards allowed per game those guys who really worked under me #103 Notre Dame 264.58 yards allowed per game watching them coach defense their way.” The learning paid off. After coaching Median - (Kansas) - 220.00 under Holtz — the man who made build ing teams his reputation — Minter was constructing his own program. Cincinnati became a recognizable name in college football in the late 1990s when the to ta l Befense Bearcats went to three consecutive bowl games. #1 Virginia Tech 247.62 yards allowed per game Minter became the winningest coach in #75 Notre Dame 396.92 yards allowed per game school history during his 10 years at Cincinnati. In 2002, the Bearcats were co Median - (Utah) - 373.83 champions of Conference USA and he led the team to four bowl games in six sea JESSICA LEE/The Observer sons. He produced an All-American in ter watches players during practice kicker Jonathon Ruffin and 26 first-team le. turnover margin all-league players. But like most things involving Minter, he iSon N otre Dame fin is h e d 11-1 and is unwilling to accept full credit for his #1 Texas Christian 1.75 tin defeated Texas A&M in the same achievements, deferring his success to the #34 Notre Dame 0.83 vl. This time, though, Notre Dame fin quality of individuals he surrounded him ed runner up to Florida State for the self with over his career. Median - (Utah) - -0.08 ional championship. “I think today you’re just a culmination [inter is careful not to take too much of all the people you’ve come in contact Observer Graphic by JARRED WAFER dit for his success at Notre Dame in with along the way,” Minter said. early 90s. He complimented Notre ne’s ability to recruit during that time The year of the Irish? iod and placed more emphasis on the With all Minter’s achievements through h playmakers than his coaching. out his career, he now has the opportunity We were getting very good players to make his most significant coaching re during Lou’s tenure,” Minter said, impact. The Irish are a legitimate national e had good players to work with.” championship contender. And if Notre Dame wins its first title since 1988, jact of Lou Minter will receive much of the credit. ut regardless of whether or not Minter The Irish have the offense with quarter es any credit for Notre Dame’s success back Brady Quinn, running back Darius ile he was a defensive coordinator Walker, receivers Jeff Samardzija and m 1992-93, he learned valuable les- Rhema McKnight and a virtually s from Holtz that catalyzed his devel- untouched returning offensive line. nent as a coach. The athletes on defense are there too. oltz is widely regarded as one of the Safety Tom Zbikowski returns as a th ird it program builders in college football team All-American and defensive end tory. Not only did he become the face Victor Abiamiri has been studying Michael Notre Dame football Strahan videos during the late 1980s and the off-season. ly 90s, he rebuilt “The one thing that [M inter] What remains is how eral programs and brings to the table is that he Minter will take a ned them into bowl- defense that struggled iber teams. has an answer fo r most giving up big plays last led William & things that you could season and turn it into ry from 1969-71, present. Now, the problem is a veteran unit that can rth Carolina State be held in the same m 1 9 7 2 -7 5 , making sure the players breath as its counter cansas from 1977- can be thinking on the same part on offense. Weis Minnesota from level." th in k s i t ’s a m a tte r o f 84-85, Notre Dame making sure everyone m 1986-96 and is on the same page jth Carolina from Charlie Weis mentally. JESSICA LEEZThe Observer 99-2004. Each of Irish head coach “The one thing that Irish defensive coordinator Rick Minter walks toward the sideline after watching the se teams played in [Minter] brings to the defense perform a drill during practice at Cartier Field Wednesday. east one bowl game, table is that he has an le has a standard of excellence he answer for most things that you could the built-in tools to put the pieces together. Bowl loss. nts to set the bar at,” Minter said, present,” Weis said. “Now, the problem is And maybe his biggest endorsement of all It w ill also allow Minter to rinse his at’s what drives the man. He has a making sure the players can be thinking comes from the man who originally mouth of the bad taste left from that game l of envisioning his dream ... and he on the same level.” brought him to South Bend. and erase the memory of Ted Ginn accel sn’t compromise what he wants that Minter understands the pressure he will “As surprised as people were with the erating on an end-around and Santonio result to be.” face come September. It’s part of the offense [last season] ... I think the same Holmes stretching out for a long reception. Minter’s eyes, this inability to com- game. In order to win a title everything will be true with Notre Dame’s defense [in Because until that can happen, Minter mise was one of Holtz’s most definable has to come together perfectly. And for a 2006],” Holtz said. “I think Notre Dame, is will still be seeing red in the midst of his lities. And it was also what made him man who preaches execution, he knows going to be an excellent football team.” team’s blue and white practice jerseys and eat motivator throughout his coaching strong defensive production is the end Minter is a believer that a team is only the golden shine of Notre Dame’s helmets, ier. Minter absorbed many of Holtz’s result of hard work and dedication. as good as its last game. He is eagerly his own defensive brilliance and the tiling techniques and added them to His training and experience are unques anticipating taking the field against team’s unmistakable potential. already diverse background, tionable. A coach does not garner as much Georgia Tech on Sept. 2 — a game that ne lim elight and success at Notre praise as Minter from his players, assis w ill provide Notre Dame with its first Contact Bobby Griffin at he didn’t hurt either. Following the tants and former coaches without having chance to bounce back from its Fiesta [email protected] page 6 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER Friday, April 21, 2006 Vacant spot looms large for returning kick specialists and win one of those jobs.” fall with the incoming freshman By ERIC RETTER As spring practice draws to an class — including kicker Ryan Associate Sports Editor end a month later, Notre Dame is Burkhart. at least a step closer to filling “I don’t know if we’ve got any Coming into spring practice, those positions for the 2006 sea thing set in stone in terms of the Notre Dame faced the unenviable son. depth chart, because we still have task of replacing graduating sen Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis an entire August camp, ” Polian ior D.J. F itzpatrick — who had said junior Geo IT Price had a said. been the team’s primary place- strong spring at punter and the W hat’s more, the weather has kieker and punter in each of the coaching staff has taken notice. kept the team indoors for nine of past two seasons — with players “Out of all the things on the its first 13 practices. who lacked significant game special teams ... the thing I’ve “Being outside [only] four times experience. been pleased the most about has and not being able to really cut “In terms of our kicking game been Price’s punting,” Weis said. loose and hit the ball as hard as this spring, I think it’s pivotal that Weis calculated Price’s average we want to hit it has been just a we get two or three specialists to distance at 43 yards per punt, little bit of an annoyance, but I step up and really take the bull and was specifically pleased with think our kids have done a pretty by the horns and take one of both the distance and hangtime good job of overcoming that,” those jobs,” Irish special teams of his punts. Polian said. coach Bill Polian said at the “The biggest problem Lis that! Although the Irish have been team’s spring media day March there’s been a couple times he’s inside more than anticipated this 21. “ Having to replace D.J., you outkicked the coverage,” Weis spring, the kickers and punters GEOFF MATTESONZThe Observer know, yeah, that’s not an ideal said. have been able to get substantial Notre Dame rising senior Carl Gioia prepares to kick a field goal situation to have one guy doing Weis, however, isn’t likely to work in. during the team's practice April 1 in Notre Dame Stadium. both and now he’s gone, but we officially name a starter at punter “We’ve had to try and get cre feel confident that there are guys or kicker until after the team ative, and that’s fine, that’s part While Burkhart is highly compete against myself up until in this program that will step up returns to begin the season in the of it,” Polian said. “What we end regarded among the coaching then, trying to get better in the up spending a lot of time on is a staff, Polian stressed the difficulty areas where I think I need to get lot of technique a lot of, ‘Okay, of a player making an impact in better.” were going to w ork on this one his first year out of high school. While Weis has been encour skill, this one phase of a skill and “I think it’s difficult for any true aged by what he has seen in the let’s focus on that. For instance, freshman to start at any position past month, he also underscored we’ve spent a lot of time with just because the level of competi that this spring is only an indica [Price] on the footwork in his tion jumps up, especially at a tion of the possibilities for the fall. punting ... whether we’re inside place like this where you’re con “The ju ry ’s still out on this one, or outside, he can work on the stantly playing the best in the because right now it’s not live consistency of his footwork or his country,” he said. “That being rush, there’s not 80,000 people drop.” said, it happens, whether or not there, we’re not playing in At kicker, junior Carl Gioia has it’ll happen here we have no idea. Atlanta under the lights on begun to distance himself from Time will tell — August will tell.” September 2 [in Notre Dame’s the pack, which included fifth- Although he is pleased about season opener against Georgia year senior Craig Cardillo and separating himself from the pack Tech],” he said. “ But I’d say, of rising senior Bobby Renkes. during spring practice, Gioia everything, [the concern about However, he w ill also have com emphasized that the starting job the specialists], which was one of petition from Burkhart in the fall. won’t be won or lost until Notre my biggest concerns, right now, “Right now, Carl is clearly the Dame gets closer to the start of at this point, is not as much of a No. 1 guy, but we got this young the regular season in the fail. concern as it was at the start of leg [in Burkhart] coming round “The real stuff won’t come until the spring.” GEOFF MATTESONZThe Observer here pretty soon, and he’s going after summer and into fall,” Gioia Irish rising senior punter Geoff Price punts during the team’s to get a chance to beat him out,” said. “ In terms of preparation it’s Contact Eric Retter at practice April 1 in Notre Dame Stadium. Weis said. just going to be just trying to [email protected] Finding fifth starter is no small challenge for Irish ation.” so long, being there for four years not necessarily equate to good jerseys, as w ill the specialists. By KATE GALES Duncan said that the individual now, you know what to expect, so play in a game situation. Latina “I’m really excited for the green Associate Sports Editor attention has helped him develop a position change — especially just used a similar analogy to Morton’s jerseys, to go both ways,” Duncan over the spring. from one side of the ball to anoth “holding the rope” idea, although said. “That w ill be real fun — it’s A 300-pound offensive lineman “It definitely helps, ” he said. er — is just learning the tech he expressed confidence in sort of like the backyard football, dangling o ff a cliff is a terrifying “You don’t have as many people, nique,” he said. “Once you get that returning players who had not all-time center sort of deal, going image. you don’t have as many things to down it’s all downhill from there.” started. both ways.” Even more frightening is the learn about everybody. ... I think Although Chervanick switched “We do have some veterans Sam Young, Matt Carufel, Eric idea that the only thing holding I’m definitely growing.” positions, Latina said the team is coming back that I really like, I Olsen, Bartley Webb and Dan him up is a teammate. In addition to the line becoming starting at a higher level than it thought they did well,” Latina Wenger signed with the Irish in But that’s the picture that more cohesive as a unit, the extra did last year, having already said. “ But you’re only as strong as February and will arrive on cam inspires Notre Dame’s starting repetitions have meant extra con worked for a full season in Irish your weakest link, so we have to pus this summer. center Bobby Morton as he pre ditioning for the linemen in prac coach Charlie Weis’ system. make sure we make great strides “Hopefully spring will give us an pares to lead a depleted group of tice. “ Last year we had to coach so in those other positions.” answer,” Latina said. “We also offensive linemen into Saturday’s “Has it been a little tiresome much in terms of assignments Any progress will be evident in know we have a lot of good foot Blue-Gold game. going a lot of reps? It has, I’m not because it was all brand new,” he the spring game, as there will only ball players coming in in the fall as “There’s a thing called holding lying,” Morton said. said. “Now there be one offensive line unit playing. well.” the rope and we firmly trust “But it’s not really a should be a sense The linemen will play for both the everybody.” Morton said. “ Most of concern because of 7 W a v in g Dan of understanding, Blue and Gold squads in Contact Kate Gales at us have played together and the the development Santucci and now we can even Saturday’s game, wearing green [email protected] guys that haven’t are starting to we’ve been able to take it another realize that what we need out of make.” Bobby Morton notch in terms of them is that we need to be able to Morton said the back , we have the the physical play, trust them to hold that rope.” physical aspect has makings of a very the effort levels, The Irish had three returning been the most diffi and make great starters this spring along with cult part of the veteran offensive strides in funda Morton on the offensive line — left spring. For a center lin e .” mentals and things tackle Ryan Harris, guard Dan in particular, learn like that.” Santucci and guard John Sullivan. ing to snap to dif The number of Charlie Weis As the Irish look to replace Mark ferent quarterbacks returning veterans LeVoir and Dan Stevenson on the has been particu Irish head coach has given Weis right side of the line, the reserves larly challenging. more confidence as are minimal. Paul Duncan “That's been the well. emerged as a key contributor in toughest things, taking different “It’s going to give some of those spring practice, and Michael snaps with different quarter young guys a lot of opportunities Turkovich will be in the mix as backs,” he said. to get involved in the mix with a well as early-enrolling freshman The development of Dan number of the veterans,” he said. Chris Stewart. Chervanick, a former scout team “ I think a key thing, though, with But Irish offensive line coach defensive lineman, into a center having Dan Santucci and Bobby John Latina was unfazed by the has helped take the pressure off Morion back, we have the mak low numbers. Morton. ings of a very veteran offensive "You get to focus more on the Chervanick, who graduates in line.” ones you have because you have May but w ill return for a fifth year, Veterans or not, Morton was more time to spend on individuals is unfazed by his position change, hesitant to call experience a as opposed to a group of twenty attributing much of his develop strength on the line, pointing out ALLISON AMBROSE/The Observer kids, ” he said. “You take it as what ment to Morton. that just because players have Irish offensive linemen Brian Mattes, left, and John Sullivan it is and make the best of the situ “After being in the program for logged minutes on the field does participate in drills inside the Loft us Center March 22. Friday, April 21, 2006 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER page 7 Young gun showdown New faces compete fo r spots on roster that includes nine returning starters on both offense and defense ed to see considerable tim e in By KEN FOWLER and the backfield this season CHRIS KHOREY behind the veteran duo of jun Sports Writers ior Darius Walker and senior Travis Thomas. While Notre Dame returns Aldridge brings a combina nine starters on offense and tion of Walker’s patient out another nine on defense, new side running and Thomas’ faces will likely contribute sig hard-hitting style to the table, nificantly to the team in 2006. a prospect that will allow Weis to use him in all game Paul Duncan situations. Weis said right tackle Wednesday that Aldridge’s With the graduation of start presence will allow him to get ing right tackle Mark LeVoir, “creative” with the playcall- Irish coach Charlie Weis will ing. choose from among fifth-year Although Aldridge has seen senior Brian Mattes, sopho slightly limited time in the more Michael Turkovich and spring, the 15 extra practices sophomore Paul Duncan for w ill quicken his learning the new starter at that posi curve compared to the rest of tion. the freshman class. Although Weis has said that Duncan is the leading candi George West date after spring practice, he wide receiver has been quick to point out West joins Aldridge and that the position is still up for offensive lineman Chris grabs. Duncan, a 6-7, 270- Stewart as the third of Notre pounder from Dallas, Georgia, Dame’s early-enrollee fresh played in five games in 2005. men this spring. “[Right tackle] is going to be West has seen significant wide open,” Weis said. time returning kickoffs this “Somebody is going to have to year and likely will join take that position, whether it Grimes deep during times is Duncan, Mattes, Turkovich next season. West has enough or a player that’s not here quickness to drastically yet.” increase Notre Dame’s pro But Duncan enters as the duction on kickoff returns. favorite not only because of Last season, the Irish aver his spring, but also his size. aged 19 yards per return in Among the returning players, the category. West should be his 6-foot-7 frame stands out. able to make an impact on Duncan could use a little more special teams within the first muscle mass on his body to few weeks of next season. thicken up, but that won’t be At 5-foot-8, 172 pounds, too difficult under Irish LAURIE HUNT/The Observer West is smaller and lighter Irish rising sophomore David Grimes cuts between cones during practice March 24. Grimes finishes strength and conditioning than most receivers, but he coach Ruben Mendoza. the spring practice schedule as Notre Dame’s No. 3 wide receiver. possesses enough speed to Duncan has the footwork make him the kind of deep necessary to patrol the out 19 yards but was on the field down field. He returned 15 threat Matt Shelton was for side of the line and the vision David Grimes for a majority of the team’s kickoffs for an average of 22.8 Notre Dame in 2004. needed to see incoming wide receiver three-receiver sets in the lat yards and one punt for 17 West, a native of Spencer, blitzers. Irish offensive line After serving as Notre ter part of the year. yards last season. Okla., likely w ill be listed as coach John Latina said that Dam e’s No. 4 receiver fo r the Grimes will be in the shad the team’s No. 5 receiver — communication among the majority of last season, ows of Samardzija, a return James Aldridge behind Samardzija, McKnight, young linemen has improved, Grimes w ill enter the 2006 ing consensus All-American, running back Grimes and rising sophomore which w ill make Duncan’s campaign one spot up but and the fifth-year senior Aldridge entered spring D.J. Hord. But expect West to possible transition into the behind a different 1-2 punch. McKnight, who was Notre practice as one of Notre catch a considerable amount starting five much easier. Grimes took the No. 4 slot in Dame’s leading receiver for Dame’s three early-enrollee of passes when he gets in a So long as Duncan beats out 2005 when Rhema McKnight the two years prior to his athletes, surrounded by the game as defenses focus on the incoming freshman Sam suffered a season-ending knee injury. hype he gained as a top-10 team’s top-three receivers. Young, a top-10 offensive line injury against Michigan Sept. Grimes is probably the running back recruit. recruit, he will see consider 10. Working behind Maurice fastest returning receiver and The 6-foot-l, 215-pound Contact Ken Fowler at able development throughout Stovall and Jeff Samardzija, possesses the hands necessary recruit out of Chicago suburb [email protected] and Chris the course of the season. he caught just two passes for to make catches in traffic Crown Heights, Ind. is expect Khorey at [email protected] Photos by PHIL HUDELSON and ALLISON AMBROSE /The Observer Left, early enrollee James Aldridge looks toward the center during practice April 1. Center, Irish offensive line coach John Latina instructs rising sophomore Paul Duncan during practice March 24. Right, Notre Dame early enrollee George West catches a pass along the sideline during practice April 1. page 8 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER Friday, April 21, 2006 2006 Projected Starters RUNNING BACK QUARTERBACK FULLBACK Darius W alker Brady Quinn A saph Schwapp Ju n io r S e n io r — C a p ta in S o p h o m o r e Walker rushed for 1,274 As a junior and in his Schwapp started at full yards in 2005 and added first year in Charlie Weis’ back as a true freshman the another 374 receiving to offense, Quinn set 30 second half of last season. become a true dual-threat records for Notre Dame. Weis expects increased effi back, lie enters his junior Weis will expect continued ciency out of Schwapp, but year approaching 2,500 development from the 6- his touches may be limited career yards and is one of foot-4, 232-pound Quinn as as Notre Dame adds James the team’s leaders. a senior. Aldridge to the backfield. WIDE RECEIVER TIGHT END WIDE RECEIVER 2 Rh e m a M c K n ig h t John Carlson Jeff S a m a r d z ij a S e n io r S en io r S e n io r Samardzija was a con McKnight was Notre After serving as the sensus All-American in Dame’s leading receiver in team’s No. 2 tight end 2005 with 77 catches for 2003 and 2004 but suf behind Anthony 1,249 yards and 15 touch fered a season-ending knee Fasano last season, downs. His 6-foot-5 frame injury last season. Charlie Carlson (and Marcus f a allows him to get inside Weis likened his return to Freeman) will provide position against defenders, the pickup of a veteran free reliability for a first- and he is fast enough to agent in the offseason. year starter in 2006. scoot past the secondary. TACKLE GUARD CENTER GUARD TACKLE f a Ryan Ha r r is B o b M orton John Sullivan Dan Santucci Paul Duncan S e n io r S en io r S en io r S e n io r S o p h o m o r e Notre Dame's offensive line returns four center and the two guard positions. starters in 2006 and likely will include ris Sullivan joined the starting lineup in 2004, ing sophomore Paul Duncan at right tackle. making all blocking calls for the Notre f a In 2005, the offensive line was able to pro Dame offensive line. He started all 12 games tect Brady Quinn with unparalleled success that year, logging 367 minutes of playing compared to the past three seasons. Behind tim e . left tackle Ryan Harris and left guard Bob The final member of the offensive line w ill Morton, the Irish allowed just 21 sacks in 12 be Duncan, who checks in at 6-foot-7 and gam es. 270 pounds. The rising sophomore ends In 2005, Morton was part of the four-man spring practice as the No. 1 right tackle but rotation including himself, fifth-year senior w ill face stiff competition from incoming Dan Santucci, senior John Sullivan and the freshman Sam Young, a 6-foot-8, 302-pound O now-departed Dan Stevenson that played lin e m a n . LEFT END TACKLE TACKLE RIGHT END V ic t o r A b ia m ir i D er ek La n d r i T revo r La w s C h r is F r o m e a S en io r S en io r S e n io r S en io r The Irish return four starters to nique. Irish offense averaged. games and recorded a sack for a the defensive line that had success In the middle, veteran seniors On the right end, Chris Frome loss of 10 yards against Pittsburgh against the run but not against Derek Landri and Trevor Laws returns for his fifth year after suf in Notre Dame’s 42-21 victory on the pass in 2005. w ill be responsible for stopping fering a season-ending knee Spot. 3. Left end Victor Abiamiri led the the run in 2006. injury against USC Oct. 15 last After Notre Dame tallied just 31 team in sacks in 2005 with eight, Both Landri and Laws started all season. sacks in 2005, Weis said his and Irish coach Charlie Weis said 12 games in 2005 and helped Frome was replaced by rising biggest goal for the defensive line Abiamiri will be watching tapes of Notre Dame hold opponents to junior Ronald Talley, who made 14 was to increase the pass rush. He Now York Giants left end Michael 132 yards per game on the ground tackles in five games as a starter. said he had a plan to do so but Strahan to help improve his tech- — a total 16 yards less than the Frome made six tackles in six declined to disclose the specifics. LINEBACKERS hri Weis said Wednesday that les for loss. Limited due to two open spots that Crum Dame as a defensive back nine games — mostly on he is not sure where an injury this spring, Crum doesn’t fill in 2006. but added muscle mass last special teams — and Maurice Crum will play next has spent most of the team's Brockington has served as a season and saw limited recorded two tackles in season, but he is comfort 15 practices watching from backup linebacker for the action at linebacker. In 2005. able putting Crum at any of the sidelines, evaluating the past two seasons after red 2006, Vernaglia could play Richardson is a 6-foot-3, the three linebacker slots in three linebacker slots — shirting his freshman cam the Apache position. 235-pound prospect who Kick M inter’s defense. “Will,” “Mike,” and paign. Other options for the Irish likely w ill challenge for Playing with Brandon “ Apache.” Another option at line at linebacker include rising backup time. The linebacker Hoyte and Corey Mays, Joe Brockington is a natu backer is rising junior sophomore Steve Quinn and battles will be the closest- Crum picked up 57 tackles ral linebacker who looks to Anthony Vernaglia. incoming freshman Morrice watched competition in fall (32 solo), including 3.5 tack be in the mix for one of the Vernaglia came to Notre Richardson. Quinn played in camp. 2 FREE SAFETY CORNERBACK CORNERBACK STRONG SAFETY Chinedum Ndukwe Mike Richardson Ambrose Wooden Tom Zbikowski S e n io r S en io r S e n io r S en io r — C a pta in Notre Dame returns four five interceptions last season Ndukwe w ill enter his second receivers. Wooden is faster starters to the defensive and returned two for touch season as a s ta rte r. He than Richardson, and both backfield, a unit that was downs. His hard-hitting style recorded 50 tackles in 2005 had mixed success in 2005. prone to giving up big plays is something Weis hopes rubs and recovered four fumbes, Wooden saved the Irish in 2005. off on the rest of the second made two interceptions and several touchdowns with Tom Zbikowski enters as ary, but his aggressiveness forced another fumble. hustle plays in the red zone, the defensive captain and often makes him vulnerable Notre Dame’s cornerbacks and Richardson is the veter face of the secondary. As to biting on play-action fakes. will be watched to see if they an of the group as a fifth- I strong safety, he recorded Free safety Chinedum can stay with opposing year senior. f f l