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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 40: ISSUE 43 FRIDAY, OCTOBER28, 2005 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM ND in talks to hire ex-governor Basketball
University, political science stroke in 2003, Kernan fare, transportation, capital promotion By MARY KATE MALONE professor John Hoos said assumed command as punishment," Roos said. "He News Writer Wednesday. Indiana's 48th governor. would draw upon his experi "Ex-governor Kernan loves Kernan - who resides in ences in the statehouse and Th11 Notre Dame department his alma mater and has an South Bend - left his post as take students through the criticized of political sci'ence is currently extraordinary knowledge in governor on Jan. 10 after actual Indiana budget, for in talks to add former gover politics and government," Roos Republican Mitch Daniels example, to show the politics nor of said. "He's dealt with billion defeated him in the 2004 of putting a budget together." By KATE ANTONACCI Indiana dollar budgets, capital punish gubernatorial election. In addition to teaching the Associate News Editor .I o s n p h ment crime cases [and) prop Roos said Kernan's class course, Kernan would give Knrnan to its erty taxes. He has a range of could be available as soon as talks periodically and serve as In years past, students faculty. experience about politics that spring 2006. The course would an advisor for students inter awoke in the wee hours of a Kernan, a would be of use to students." likely be small and focus on ested in public affairs. cold October morning to lin!~ 1 1H1S gradu Kernan served as mayor of different dimensions of state "l-Ie loves South Bend, he up outside the Joyce ((mter atn of Notre South Bend from 1987 to politics, Roos said. Kernan loves Notre Dame," Roos said. with one goal in mind - to Damn. has 1996. lie was South Bend's would use his experience in "He loves to work with young leave with basketball season nxpressed longest-serving mayor when politics to shape parts of the people and he would be a ter ticket booklets in hand just int11r11st in Kernan he resigned to become lieu class around major issues he rific asset if we could get him." as the sun was coming up. teaching a tenant governor under Frank faced while serving in the pub But this year, due largely to singl11-eredit gulwrnatorial ()'Bannon in 1996. When lic sector. Contact Mary Kate Malone complaints about the system l11adorship elass at thr. ()'Bannon suffered a massive "llealthcare, budgets, wel- at [email protected] and low student attendance at games, organizers decided to alter their method of ticket distribution. "I think they had a great idea with the whole 'get Tours reveal beauty, character of catnpus everyone out and pumped for the basketball season' thing, but I think maybe if they had Student guides play crucial role in introducing the University to prospects and their fantilies advertised it a little bit earli er or made it a little more By KAITLYNN RIELY exciting it would have gone better," junior Brigid Bulfin News Writer said. For some Notrn Dame appli Bulf'in was referring to cants, it's the storied tradition, "Late Night with the Legion," vivacious dorm life or infectious the event held Wednnsday at school spirit that sparks their the .Joyce Centnr from 10 intnrnst in tho Univnrsity - but p.m. to 12 a.m. where stu for prospective student Kate dents obtained a redeemable llarris it was a campus tour that ticket voucher to bn solidifind her decision to apply. exchanged for a ticket book "You could kind of tell [the let - but only after pieking tour[ was focusnd on academics up a bracelet upon entering hut it wasn't nazy focused - the JACC and waiting for two hours to receive the voucher. 1wople had fun," she said. "It seemed somewhat unor Notre Damn students lead ganized as we tried to get tours snvnral times a week, leav ing from thn Main Building and into the .JACC to get the b r a c e I e t s , " j u n i o r H .. 1. nmharking on a journey across onn of tho nation's most storied Kornhaas said. "Then there was a mad rush when pnople college campusns to show and dnscribn to prospnctive students realizr.d they could leave to get the vouchers at the end." tho eharactnr of the University. Bulf'in, who is picking up Approximatnly 75 Notre Dame her tickets today, .said that studonL'i work as tour guides for PHIL HUDELSON/The Observer Student tour guide Katy Kemnetz, a junior, gives a campus tour on South Quad Wednesday. see TOURS/page 4 Approximately 75 Notre Dame students work as tour guides for the admissions office. see TICKETS/page 8
Forum assesses future of Big Easy Religious leadership
By KAREN LANGLEY weighs modem faith News Writer Middle East. Faculty experts in law, archi By JANICE FLYNN The initiative - formed in tecture and engineering united News Writer 2003 - includes 38 American to sham their views on the need religious leaders who endorse to rebuild New Orleans and to American Muslim, Jewish the current "road map" solution discuss nr.cessary details - and Christian leaders empha to the Middle East conflict and regarding design, planning, sized that both understanding encourage the current U.S. land usc and environmental the narrative that originates administration to engage in crn law - in a forum at the Law "the other" and rejecting unilat ative, consistent leadership. School Thursday. eral action are crucial to suc Gerard Powers, director of Law $chool Assistant cess in the Middle East, in a policy studies at the Kroc l'rofnssor Amy Barrett noted panel discussion on interreli Institute !'or International Peace that while most Americans gious leadership in the Holy Studies, served as discussion think of New Orleans as a Land Wednesday. moderator and praised the unique city, it has qualities that "When Faiths Unite" kept spr.akers for their "real arn even more important than with the spirit of the academic courage" in eollaborating over thn music and food for which it forum of faith in the modern the divisive conflict. lie urgnd is fanwd. world and featured three lead speakers to explain the con New Orleans differs from Observer ers from the National tlict's relevance from their par- Law School Assistant Professor Amy Barrett describes the unique Interreligious Leadership see KATRINA/page 9 contributions of New Orleans at a rebuilding forum Thursday. Initiative for Peace in the see FAITH/ page 9 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Friday, October 28, 2005
INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHO DO YOU THINK SHOULD HAVE A STATUE ON CAMPUS? Tilne for horror flicks
I never really need an excuse to watch horror movies. However, in the extremely unlikely event that you aren't exactly like me, get your Kevin O'Boyle David Balfanz Maggie Manning Michael Angulo James Miller-Marquez Patrick Donnelly self together and realize that senior senior senior freshman sophomore junior Halloween is off-campus off campus off-campus Alumni St. Ed's Keough here, and you Joe Piarulli must honor it by ,, watching things "Bill Braschy. ,, "Tyrone "Randy "Ron Talley. ,, "Pat Donnelly. "Vladimir News ,, die while eating Willingha_m. ,, Waldrum.·· Lenin. popcorn. Production I've sat through Editor countless hours of horror movies, and since this is almost the season to be jolly and give presents, I've decided to lend my professional advice about what to watch on this candy-filled day of joy. The modern classics: "The Exorcist" (still the best), "Alien" (makes me not want to go into outer space), "Hellraiser" (this one's gory), "The Shining" (Jack Nicholson's per IN BRIEF formance still outshines the compe tition), "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (Johnny Depp's first film role), The Mara Fox 5K Run will be "Friday the 13th" (there are now ten held on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. sequels), "The Texas Chainsaw Sign in will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Massacre" (this has three unpubli Lyons Hall. Students are permit cized sequels, not including the ted to sign up the morning of the recent remake), "Poltergeist", race. The registration fee is $15 "Halloween", "The Evil Dead" and includes a T-shirt. There will ("Spiderman" director Sam Raimi's be free food and a raffie for vari first feature), "Child's Play" (the first ous prizes. Proceeds go to the few films in this series make "Seed Mara Fox Scholarship Fund. of Chucky" look even worse than it is), "Silence of the Lambs" (winner At 8 p.m. tonight, Notre of five Academy Awards), "Misery' Dame's Glee Club will present its (based off Stephen King's novel), annual Fall Concert at the "The Thing" (starring Kurt Russell) DeBartolo Performing Arts and "Se7en." Center. Tickets are $3 and can The best horror movies you proba be purchased by calling the tick bly haven't seen: "Session 9" (as et office at (574) 631-2800. creepy as it is complicated), "The Exorcist III" (the little-known sequel The women's swimming and thai deserves more attention than it diving team will compete against bas ever received), "Apt Pupil" UC Berkeley today at 5 p.m. in (based off a Stephen King short Rolfs Aquatic Center. story), "The l:litcher" (the movie that TIM SULLIVANffhe Observer helped end hitchhiking), "The Ugly" The film "The Untold Story of A new statue on campus honors the leadership and friendship of Father Emmet Louis Till," directed by (made in England), "Ginger Snaps" Theodore Hesburgh and the late Father Edmund Joyce, president and executive (a Canadian werewolf film), "The Keith and Kevin Beauchamp, vice president of the University, respectively, from 1952 to 1987. The statue will be shown tonight at 7 p.m. Serpent and the Rainbow" (from was presented on behalf of the 50th reunion of the University's Class of 1953. famous horror director Wes Craven) and 10 p.m. in Browning and "Event Horizon." Cinema. Worth seeing if you haven't yet: "American Psycho" (amazingly, the Archbishop J. Michael Miller, book is even more disturbing than OFFBEAT secretary of the Vatican's the movie), "They Live" (more of an Congregation for Catholic action movie really), "Children of the Man posing as cop shows showed her his tattoos. He are prone to vomit or have Education, will present the 2005 Corn" (I always knew that little kids woman his tattoos said he had left his badge at diarrhoea as a result of neg Terrence Keeley Watican were up to something), "From Dusk BATESVILLE, Ark. - home, but showed the lect, a survey said on Lecture at 8 p.m. Monday in the Till Dawn" (Harvey Keitel, Quentin According to Independence woman his license. Thursday. Hesburgh Center auditorium. Tarantino, George Clooney and lots County deputies, Steven Genuine deputies traced "Dogs are very sensitive to of vampires), "Cronos" (a Mexican Terrell's first mistake was Terrell to a Batesville home their owners' moods and Ana Garcia Rodicio, visiting vampire film), "Donnie Darko," telling Christine Gray that he and found a jacket that pick up on when they are fellow at the Kroc Institute for "Candyman," "Joy Ride" and "Red was an undercover officer matched the one Gray unhappy, unwell or under International Peace Studies, will Dragon." for the sheriff's department. de"scribed. Terrell said he pressure," said Chris Price, present a lecture titled "Post The most bizarre movies you'll Then he showed her his dri was trying to impress the business manager with Genocide Transitional Justice: ever see: "Rabid Grannies" (yes, this ver's license. Then he asked woman. Direct Line Pet Insurance. The Process of Cambodia in is an actual movie - but good luck her for a date. Then he was The survey found 26 per Dialogue with Bosnia and finding it somewhere), "The Last arrested. Survey: Quarter of dogs are cent of more than 1,100 dog Rwanda" at 4:15 p.m. Nov. 3 at House on the Left" Gust disturbing), Deputies arrested Terrell stressed out owners who were polled the Hesburgh Center for "Battle Royale" (literally a massive on Wednesday night after LONDON - Man's best believed their furry friends International Studies. battle to the death), "Luther the Gray called dispatchers to friend has certainly not been are suffering from stress and Geek", "Ghoulies," "Motel Hell" and ask whether police agencies treated that way. 53 percent described their To submit information to be "Bubba Ho-Tep" (Elvis Presley in a had a Steven Terrell working More than a quarter of all own lives as being stressful. included in this section of The retirement home fighting a mummy). for them. Gray said Terrell dogs in Britain are as Observer, e-mail detailed infor Well, that should be enough for wore a jacket With a sheriff's stressed out as their over Information compiled mation about an event to quite a few Halloweens. Some are badge on it and repeatedly worked owners, and a third from the Associated Press. obsnews@nd. edu good, some are bad and some are ugly, but hey - that's what Halloween is all about. TODAY TONIGHT SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Contact Joe Piarulli at jpiarull@nd. edu The views expressed in ·the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily thpse of The Observer......
By MAUREEN MULLEN News Writer legal savviness for jobs
and are able to make good dm~i Organiznrs of the three-day By LISA GALLAGHER sions about that." blood drive hold at Notre News Writer A 1997 study by the National Damn this week lauded the Center for Women and IWI~nt and deenwd it a success For many, the realm of' finanen Hetirmnent Hesearch said :n pPr aftnr approxirnatnly 170 stu is an intimidating place that eent of female invt>stors avoidnd dnnts ramo out to donate. requires forms to fill out and making decisions out ol' rear ol' For morn than six hours on math skills to survive, but with making a mistake eompan~d to 22 Tuesday, Wndnnsday and the help of onn Saint Mary's pro percent of male investors. Math Thursday, staff from the fessor, students can acquire an anxiety is also more acute in C:nntral Blood Bank managed understanding of women than in tlw drivn ludd at Holf's Sports the legal and men, the study said. Hnernation Cnntnr. HecSports, linandal jargon of "If I could. I would Allison Nichols, a Work Lir1~ and Univnrsity the real world. call my class senior communica llnalth Serviens eollaboratnd "If I could, I 'Reality Bites.'" tion studios major, with tlw South Bond Mndical would call my said she deridnd to Foundation to organize the TIM SULLIVAN!The Observer class 'Heality enroll in the dass A Central Blood Bank staff member prepares to draw blood on-1~a1111HIS drivn. Bites,"' professor Susan Vance becausn of iL'i usd'ul HncSports Assistant from a volunteer donor at the blood drive at Rolfs Thursday. Susan Vance said. Saint Mary's professor information and l>i reetor .Inn n i fer Philips - "I want [my stu- design for tlw non- who lwlpnd coordinatn tlw Lions, Philips said. Instead, woll. I feel that it's a simple dents! to know the business m;~jor. ovnnt - said nearly 170 peo donors were required to thing to do, but a very helpful clifl'enmt terminology that is used "I would highly rneomnwnd the ple donat1HI blood. Philips schnuuln an appointment. one." in health plans. I want them to dass," she said. "I think it should said this l'irst blood drive or Sophomore John Trippi Philips said she often know how to figure out which bo made a ge1wral education thn Weekly news magazine, featuring cover stories ND®ttnews on campus, national, and world events. ~.._~unJays @ 8prn. tAr£ NIGHr r£t£VISION SHOW, F£ArUR/NG MUSt CAtANO OrHER GUESTS, AS W£J,J, AS rAP£0 ANO t/V£ COM£0Y SKErCH£S. PAST GUESTS INCIUO£ ke(ltere CHUCK lENNON ANO 5Gr. rtM MCCAI?rHY. ND@ ·MonJays @ 8prn. 0 Bi-weel . Check us out from 2pm to 2am daily on CHANNEL 14 . page 4 The Observer + CAMPUS NEWS Friday, October 28, 2005 tour suitable to his or her needs, al type things," he said. asked questions about dorm life, tour guides exemplify student tour guides introduce themselves Regner said he often talks the alcohol policy, the Catholic life. They are diverse in the activ Tours and share their own majors and about dorm spirit, SYRs, watch nature of Notre Dame and why ities and majors they pursue." continued from page 1 activities so students can be ing football from the student sec she chose Notre Dame over other Before tours begin, members of matched with a guide whose tion and classes. schools. the admissions staff give infor the admissions office. Tour interests closely reflect their own. All tours begin "People want to mation sessions to prospective guides must be at least a sopho Senior Lee Regner has been at the Main "People want to know what it's like students that describe the appli more at the University and must giving tours for the admissions Building, pro know what it's like to be a Notre Dame cation process and answer ques go through a thorough applica office since April 2004. Students ceed through student," Dugan tions about admission require tion process. Before leading their interested in the Notre Dame LaFortune, head to be a Notre Dame said. ments and SAT scores. first tour, student guides attend marching band usually choose toward the student.'' Dugan averages Information sessions are held an information session and him as a tour guide to hear about library, to the one or two families on weekdays at 10 a.m. and 2 accompany a veteran on a cam his own experiences in the band. Stadium, Kate Dugan per tour but said on p.m., and both sessions are fol pus tour. Since the information sessions through the halls football weekends lowed by tours at 11 a.m. and 3 tour guide The admissions office looks for given prior to tours cover statis of DeBartolo, her group can have p.m., respectively. On Saturdays, students who can promote Notre tics and other specific application past Main Circle, nearly 30 people. information sessions are held at Dame both through the actual facts, Regner and he and other into the South Dining Hall, by the Admissions Coordinator 9 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., and are tour and through example via tour guides are free to take a Coleman-Morse Center and Bond Annette Edwards said her office followed by tours at 10 a.m. and their own achievements and more personal approach in their Hall, and conclude at the Grotto. rarely receives complaints about 11:15 a.m., n~speetively. involvement in University activi descriptions of Notre Dame. Sophomore Kate Dugan is in the tour guides. ties. "I try to keep my tours story her frrst year as a tour guide. On "Generally, the tours are very Contact Kaitlynn Riely at In order to give each prospect a based as opposed to telling factu- her tours, she said she is usually thorough," Edwards said. "The [email protected] Deep Throat revealer, alum to give lecture Lafayette Square Town homes 4 and 5 Bedrooms Special to the Observer tion of Vanity Fair. O'Connor, a 1968 Notre Dame graduate, Attorney and author John D. broke the news that former FBI Available for Next School Year O'Connor, the Notre Dame alum official W. Mark Felt secretly nus who revealed the identity of helped Washington Post Watergate source "Deep Throat" reporters Bob Woodward and earlier this year, will present a Carl Bernstein investigate the All include: 3 levels of living, private lecture titled "The Deeper misdeeds of President Nixon and Significance of Deep Throat" at 2 his administration in the early bedrooms, dishwasher, garbage disposal, p.m. Nov. 4 in the Carey 1970s. 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Darwin and Einstein because 57 4-289-5080 the Einstein Archives in (Formerly Atria Salon) ORLD & NATION hiday, October 28, 2005 CoMPILED FROM THE OBSERVER'S WIRE SERVICES page 5 INTERNATIONAL NEWS Missile sbike kills seven Palestinians Miers withdraws nomination .IEHUS/\LEM - Israel killed seven Palnstinians in a missile strike Thursday Bush defeated in his attempt to move the court to the right on pressing issues against lslamie .Jihad, and Prime Minister /\riel Sharon said he would not inent with the Associated Press Palestinian leader until lw eraeks down on armnd groups - a double-edged Israeli WASIIINGTON - In a responsn to tlw latest suicide bombing. striking defeat for President Sharon thrnatenml a "broad and relentless" Bush, White I louse eounsol oll"«msivn against Palestinian militants, includ llarriet MiP.rs withdrew lwr ing mass arrests and airstrikes, but security nomination to the Supreme ollidals said lsranl would stop short of a large Court on Thursday af'ter scaln military operation. thren wneks of brutal eriti Sharon's decision to shun Palestinian lnadnr dsm from fellow conserva Mahmoud Abbas was thn dearnst signal yet tives. The Senate's top that niTorts to n~vivn pnaeemaking af'ler Hepubliean predicted a lsnwl's pullout from the Caza Strip last month replacement candidate havn run aground. Abbas has said hn cannot within days. and will not wnfront militants. fearing dvil Miers said she abandoned war, but it's unliknly progress can be nl"ade her quest for confirmation unlnss tlw two lnadnrs mnnt. rather than give in to Senate demands for docu Shiite-Sunni clashes leave 15 dead ments and information B/\CIII>/\1>- lnsurgnnts using roadsidn detailing her private advice bombs and small arms firn killed thren U.S. sol to tlw president. dic~rs and woundnd filltr, while daslws southnast Senior lawmakers on the of Baghdad bntwm~n Shiitn militiamnn loyal to a Senate .ludidary Committee radical dnrir and Sunni militanl'i lnfl at lmL'it 15 said they had made no such p«>opln dnad, oflidals said Thursday. request. Instead, Fivn Iraqis dind in otlwr attacks. Hnpublicans and Democrats U.S. aircraft. nwanwhiln, dnstroynd morn mili said politics forced her to tant safn housns nnar thn Syrian border, and withdraw, particularly the apparnntly killnd a senior al-Qaida in Iraq figurn demands of Hepubliean who W that meticulously detailed how the chairman who led the investiga LOCAL NEWS Associated Press $64 billion operation became a tion. UNITED NATIONS - A former cash cow for Saddam and more Volcker and many nations said French U.N. ambassador. A fire than half the participating compa thn report underscored the urgent Obesity affects Indiana's economy brand British politician. The presi nies. The corruption came at the need to reform the United Nations. With nearly two thirds of Indiana residents dent of Italy's Lombardi region. expense of regular Iraqis suffering Earlier reports in his investigation obnsn or ovnrweight, Gov. Mitch Daniels today Name-brand eompanies like under tough U.N. sanctions. have already led to eriminal said that the problem interferes not only with DaimlerChrysler and Siemens AG. The report blamed shoddy U.N. inquiries and indictments in the the physical health of individuals, it also impacts Prominent politicians and more management and the world's most United States, France, and the eeonomie health of thn state. than 2,200 U.S. and foreign compa powerful nations for allowing the Switzerland. nies stand accused of colluding seam to go on for years. The investigators found that com lligh health-earn eosts here may dissuade with Sad dam Hussein's regime to "The eorruption of the program panies and individuals from 66 businesses from moving to the state, he said at a bilk the U.N. oil-for-food program by Saddam would not nearly have eountries paid illegal kickbacks press eonferenee this afternoon. of $1.8 billion. been so pervasive if there had been using a variety of methods, and "We have a long list of good reasons to come In a scathing indictment of the diligent management by the United those paying illegal oil surcharges here. 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By using the iTunes software you are agreeing to the software licenses in this package. Cingular and the graphic icon are trademarks of Cingular Wireless llC. Coverage not available in all areas. ©2005 Cingular Wireless. All rights reserved. THE OBSERVER Friday, October 28, 2005 USINESS page 7 Local phone ~ompanies merge Dow 10,229.95 -115.03 }ones The Jusitce Department approves the joinings of SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI .4 Up: Same: Down: Composite Volum 872 123 ~ 2,4 I 4,333;620 Associated Press ...... AMEX 1,623.61 w.7 48 ·-~l WASHINGTON - The NASDAQ 2,063.81 -36.24 nation's two biggest local phone companies received NYSE i~263.32 -71.4L] approval Thursday from s&PSOO 1,178.90 -12.48 antitrust rngulators to buy NIKKEI(Tokyo) 13,417.08 0.00 the two larg11st long-dis tance carriers in multibil FTSE IOO(london) 5,182.80 -45.00 lion-dollar mergers that would chango the landseape COMPANY %CHANGE I $GAIN I PRICE of th11 telecommunieations NASDAQ I 00 (QQQQ) -2.01 -0.78 38.03 industry. MICROSOFT CP (MSFT) -0.26 24.85 The Justice Department -1.04 dearnd the morgers of SBC SIRIUS SATELLITE (SIR!) -6.98 -0.44 5.86 Communications Inc. with INTEL CP (INTC) -1.00 -0.23 22.84 AT&T and of" Verizon Communications Inc. with SUN MICROSYS INC(SUNW) -0.51 -0.02 3.90 MCI Inc. without any signifi Treasuries cant conditions, sueh as the 30-YEAR BOND -0.54 -0.26 47.70 asset sales that critics said wero needed to onsure ade I 0-YEAR NOTE -0.72 -0.33 45.58 quate competition. 5-YEARNOTE -0.67 -0.30 44.30 The Fndnral Communication<> -0.34 -0.13 37.92 Commission still must sign 3-MONTH BILL off on the merg11rs, and that Commodities could come as early as LIGHT CRUDE ($/bbl.) +0.43 61.09 Friday when the agency meets for its monthly public GOLD ($rrroy oz.) +2.60 475.60 meeting. PORK BELLIES (cents/lb.) +0.90 87.15 FCC Chairman Kevin Excha Rates Martin supports the merg YEN 115.4450 ers, but it's not dear if the two Demoeratic commis EURO 0.8237 sioners on the panel will go POUND 0.5608 along. Beeause the commis CANADIAN$ sion is split between two 1.1728 Hepublicans and two Democrats, Martin would need the support of at least IN BRIEF one Democrat for approval. AP The SBC merg11r, valued at The Verizon building on 42nd Stret in New York is shown after mergers were $16 billion, won't be the end approved for SBC-AT& T and Verizon-MCI Thursday. Stocks fall; durable goods orders slip of the AT&T name. SBC, NEW YOHK -Stocks .tum bind Thursday, slic based in San Antonio, plans ropolitan areas in Verizon's Bell monopoly and today is Atlanta, said the mergers ing I 15 points from tho Dow Jones industrials to change its corporate territory and 11 metropoli coddling the dominant Bell are indicative of an industry af"ter a larger-than-expected drop in durable name to the iconic AT&T, tan regions in SBC's area, companies who seek to re that is in the midst of mas goods ordnrs raised new questions about the company ollieials said. the department said. monopolize each or their sive change. economy and eorporatn profits. New York-based Verizon AT&T and MCI dominate regions," Kimmelman said. For the past 10 y11ars, I ' I Wall Street saw the Commercn Department's will keep its eorporate name the market for business cus Not so, says Verizon sen local phone eornpanies have I rnport on durabln goods - big-ticket itnms alter the $8.5 billion merger tomers, and the mergers ior vice president and been engaged in a l"ierce desigrwd to last at least three years - as with MCI. would enhance the base of deputy general counsel battle with long-distance another in a line or signs that consumer spend Justice Department business customers for John Thorne. The eight companies for eustorners, ing eould dry up and further harm an already approval requires Verizon Verizon and SBC. The deals month review by antitrust with the local carriers deenl11rating 11conomy. Orders l"or durable and SBC to lease to smaller would also expand their staff proves "that the trans emerging largely victorious. goods l"nll 2.1 perennt in Septmnber, l"ar more competitors several hun national and international action is pro-eompetitive Now, Kagan said. the l.han thn 1.5 percent drop nconomists had fore dred unused or "dark" lines presence. and will not lesson eompeti merged phone giants will east. that run to buildings serving · Gene Kimmelman, senior tion in any market," said compete with 1:able eompa "Wo're starting to s11e some slowing in the mostly business eustomers. poliey director at Thorne. nies - as cable offers m:onorny," Dirk van Dijk, director or research The leasing is required in Consumers Union, said the SBC senior exncutiv11 viee phone and Internet serviens at Zacks Investment H11smtrch I ne. "I don't 19 metropolitan areas Justice Department decision president and general coun and thn telephone compa think we're going into a recession, but where the companies, will cut competition, leading sel James D. Ellis called it a nies otTer video and lnternnt (Federal Hnserve Chairman-nominee Ben) either SBC or Verizon, to fewer choices for con "fair and impartial detnrmi servie11s. Bnrnankn is going to hav11 his hands full." would be the only providers. sumers and higher prices. nation that ... the merger of "It's not going to hn sepa lnvnstors also rnmained concnrned that the Without the condition, the "This is an earth-shatter SBC and AT&T will not rate sectors," lw said. "It's Fed, in raising int11r11st rates to quash inflation, mergers would have result ing reversal of competition harm competition." going to be single compa will further slow economic growth and compa ed in higher priees for cer policy from the agency that Jeff Kagan, an independ nies that sell all those serv ny earnings by making capital morn expensive tain customers in eight met- 21 years ago broke up the ent telecom analyst in ices." for eompanies looking to expand. The Fed next rnnnts Nov. 1 and is widnly expected to raise the nation's benchmark lending rate by a quarter pnrcentage point to 4 percent. SWITZERLAND Exxon Mobil profits break records DALIA"- Exxon Mobil Corp. rnwrot11 the eor porate rncord books Thursday as the oil compa ny's third-quart11r earnings soared to almost $10 Roche suspends Tamiflu shipments hillion and it bneame the first public eompany ever with quarterly sales topping $100 billion. Anglo Associated Press mittable among people. On possible flu pandemic. Dul!:h competitor Hoyal Dutch Shell PLC wasn't far Thursday, Russia announced a n11w "We have agr11ed orders with behind. posting a profit or $9 billion lbr the quar GENEVA - Pharmaceutical com outbreak of the deadly 115N1 virus governments and w11 will fulf'ill ter. pany Hoehe Holding AG said among poultry. them," said Al11xand11r Klauser, a Those results led Democrats in Congress to Thursday it temporarily suspended "We've seen recently som11 very Swiss-based Hoehn spokesman. "It demand a new windfall profits tax. "Big oil behe shipments of Tamiflu to private large purchases at the wholesale is important that this is se11n sepa moths are making out likn bandits, while the sector recipients in the United level, companies or large entities rately from tho pandemic oiTers." average American family is getting killed by high Stat11s to ensure that enough of the who are possibly hoarding Tamil'lu lie said Hoehn's U.S. manage gas priees, and soon-to-bo record heating oil antiviral drug that experts believe right now," said Darien Wilson, ment proceeded with the suspen pric11s," Snn. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a is most eiTective in treating bird flu spokeswoman at Roche's U.S. sion because of the increasnd glob statenwnt. will be available for the influenza onices in Nutley, N.J. al demand for Tarniflu. Hoehn ofTi But En11rgy Soeretary Samuel Bodman said season. The Swiss drug giant emphasized eials in Switzerland, (iermany and l'rnsidnnt Bush opposes such a move and is U.S. companies and large organi that the temporary suspension will Canada already had disclosed that instead considnring a wide range of proposals to zations apparently have heen not affect Washington's orders to they were limiting distribution to lwlp cushion mnsurners, induding the creation of hoarding the drug amid tht- ·ead build up a national stockpile of pharmaci11s beeause they didn't an ernerg1mcy r11serv11 of gasolin11 and other of bird flu and rears that the virus Tamiflu, the drug experts believe want individual pnopln hoarding rnlinnd producl<>. could mutate into a strain trans- to be the best defense against a the drug. ------~ page 8 The Observer + CAMPUS NEWS Friday, October 28, 2005 and getting tickets," sopho more Eamonn Bahnson said. Tickets "Rather than improve the Come Listen And Learn About The continued from page 1 basketball arena or put a winning team on the court, COMMUNITY of SANT'EGIDIO the University and the bas obtaining a voucher was a ketball program decided the long and confusing process best way to increase student that would have gone excitement was to make them smoother if the actual ticket stand in the cold and watch booklets had been distributed the team take lay-ups for tw.. o at "Late Night with the hours." Legion." The timing of the event "If people knew that they proved to be a problem for. could get tickets instead of many students, who thought having to get the voucher I Wednesday night was not the think more people would best time as it conflicted with have come," Bulfin said. studying and other obliga Buying the $60 ticket book tions. lets Thursday "I thought at the JACC that it was rel went smoothly atively calm as anticipated, "The University and and that they said Josh the basketball program probably want Berlo, director decided the best way ed a lot of Sunday October 30 of ticket oper energy," Bulfin ations. to increase student said. "It was a at 7pm in the Center for Social Concerns (Next to Hesburgh "The voucher excitement was to Wednesday Main Library on the Notre Dame Campus) and subse- make them stand in night so people quent pur- the cold and watch the weren't exactly chase process excited about The Community of Sant'Egidio, begun in Rome in 1968, is a movement of !ay team take lay-ups for went smooth it." people dedicated to prayer, charity, and living the Gospel message. Today there ly," Berlo said. two hours.,, Senior Joe "The system McCarthy was are over 60,000 members in more than 70 countries. Founder, Andrea Riccardi, was success- unable to received the 2001 Notre Dame International Award for the community's work Eamonn Bahnson ful, from a attend "Late with the poor and its international peace negotiations. ticketing and sophomore Night with the operations Legion" and standpoint it subsequently Paolo Mandnem from Rome, Italy, will speak about the history of the was efficient and expedi- will not hold season basket Community and how you can be involved. tious." ball tickets as he has the past Ticket vouchers could be three years. Solidarity and Friendship with the redeemed beginning "I think that they had a Poor.i" Communicating the Gospel. Thursday from 7· a.m. to 4 good idea going to sort of cel p.m. All vouchers can be ebrate the beginning of the Abolition o'f the Death Penalty. redeemed for ticket booklets basketball season," McCarthy International Peace Negotiations. until 4 p.m. today. said. "For me personally, it "Lines were extremely short didn't work out with my Humanitarian Aid. Prayer. [Thursday], a five-minute plans. I had a football game For questions or additional info, contact Cassie Herman - [email protected] or Richard L.aSalvia wait at most," said Berlo. at 10:30 p.m." Richard_L.aSalvia @sbcglobal.net or 57 4-315-9420 "If you have the voucher Though McCarthy did not you're going to be able to buy attend the event, he said he tickets so there isn't a rush to was not excited about the get over there," Kornhaas whole process when he heard said. "I have all day tomor about it. row to go." "Most people don't have A total of 2, 700 bracelets anything to do in the early were initially available and morning ... but a Wednesday "well over 1,000 booklets night, I just thought it was were picked up [Thursday]," sort of overkill," he said. Stop Shoppingl said Berlo. But McCarthy was Though many students impressed with the speed at waited in the JACC for the which ticket booklets could full two hours Wednesday, the be purchased after a student Notre Dame ticket office noti obtained a voucher. fied students by e-mail that "It was actually a pretty there were still a "limited smooth process this morning. number of ticket vouchers" I didn't get tickets, but I went available. Tickets will be with one of my friends and it issued to Notre Dame stu was pretty quick," he said. dents only beginning at 7 Student government is a.m. today at Gate 10 of the working on a ticket share Joyce Center. program that will allow stu During "Late Night with the dents to sell individual game Legion," students watched tickets and alleviate the prob- walk-on tryouts lem of season and heard from ticket holders varsity basket only attending ball players and "/ was expecting much a few games, head coach more energy from the leaving many Mike Brey. team.,, empty seats at "I was expect home games. ing much more "It seems monthly tuition energy from the J.T. Platek like they board payments, team," sopho sophomore encourage you more J.T. Platek to give your ir cut, and grab said. "I was tickets to f§,. hoping for the someone else LaFortune team to put on a high-energy if you're not going to be at dunk display or be a little the game. They want to fill ter! more vocal." the student section for every The free event was meant game," said Kornhaas, who to excite fans about the will be selling his tickets to a NOTRE DAME upcoming basketball season friend before he leaves to FEDERAL CREDIT UNION while also giving students a study in London for the chance to guarantee tickets. spring semester. You can bank on us "Without tying it to ticket "I know they're in a tough distribution, it would have situation because the demand to be better been a fun event to get is higher than the number of 021 Lafortune Student Center pumped about the basketball tickets," said McCarthy, who 574/631-8222 • www.ndfcu.org season," Bulfin said. plans on buying tickets to a Still, some students were few individual games now frustrated with having to wait that he does not have season hours in order to obtain tickets. "I felt like they were vouchers. trying to get people hyped up, "For a campus that is so but most people were just dependent on sports, I could there to get tickets." n't believe students were forced to choose between Contact Kate Antonacci at watching the World Series [email protected] ------ hiday, October 28, 2005 The Observer + CAMPUS NEWS page 9 Honald Young, a Protestant lay throughout the entire Christian Israel troops in response to a and principles, what he called man and national coordinator for world. Palestinian attack, is it any sur "small 'r' religion," of all three Faith the U.S. Interreligious Committee "Is it a surprise that Catholics prise that Lutherans arc angry faiths. continued from page 1 !iJr Peace in the Middle East, said here are angry if the water is cut about this?" Like Saperstein, he insisted on the conflict threatens the contin off [in a Jerusalem Catholic Young cited the written asser a dedicated plan li1r peace. ticular faiths and to oll'er insight ued presence of Christians in the church]?" he asked. "Or when a tion by the U.S. Catholic "A<> Father llesburgh said over into intc\rrnligious dialogue. lloly Land - which reverberates Lutheran Church is occupied by Conference of Bishops that no dinner, 'Waging peace is even religion can approach the prob more challenging than waging lem alone: "I think the funda war.' ... Waging peace requires mental question in this discus as much logistical planning as sion is, 'Do we believe it?'" does waging war." Habbi Uavid Saperstein, direc Haul' gave a locture oarlier tor of the Heligious Action Center Wednesday on his now book of Heform Judaism, introduced "What's Hight with Islam: A New the narrative theme and said the Vision for Muslims and tlw 3,000-year importance of the West." Holy Land forms the crux of the All threo speakers reaffirmed Jewish narrative. signs of positive change in the "You can't have Middle I\ast with a discussion on the prnsnnt gener issues without "It really gave you a aticm. understanding "One thing we the starting sense of what peace tend to forget is axioms and pos could be like. " that nvery :w to tulates in which 35 years a whole people shape Rabbi David Saperstein nnw generation their ·world comes into power views, or people director ... with a whole go by each Religious Action Center other worldview of other," he said. of Reform Judaism how tlwy should The conflict is live," Haul' said. so divisive that "Our societies are many interreligious coalitions in eo nstan tly rnl'iguring tlwm- Washington rofuse outright to selves." address two topics - abortion Young said 20 years ago. both and Middle East conflict, he said. sides canw to pmu:n talks "grudg Saperstein called for collabora ingly," while today rnlud.anre has tive action, not simply discussion. diminished. From talking, he said, "good 1\vnry Thursday night in things happen, not transforma Hamallah, Saperstein explairwd, tive things, because people~ are t\rab jazz musicians play with still locked into their world view Israeli jazz musicians a club in ... but by doing together we ean front of' a mixed crowd. build more trust than talking "It really gavP you a scmse of' together." what peace could lw like," Ill' Imam Feisal Abdul Haul', presi said. dent of' the American Sufi Muslim The panni discussion was spon Association, said that because son~d by tlw Kror lnstitutP for nothing has been more divisive International Pmu:e Studies, tlw between the three n~ligions, Center for Soeial Coneerns. tlw nothing pleads for more attention Theology l>npartnwnt and its than an Arab-Israeli solution. Program on Catholic Social Hauf alluded to Jesus' com Tradition and the OITiccl of' mandments to lovfl God and Campus Ministry. neighbor - as well as the unalienable rights stated in the Declaration of Independence - Contact Janice Flynn at to emphasize the common ethics jflynn I @nd.edu the rhanging seas." One of most important issues Katrina in rebuilding New Ori THE OBSERVER Tin lntkpn~dmt, Daily Newspaper &riling Notre lhmu: anJ Saint MaryS Ticket event poorly executed P.O. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Students waited outside the Joyce Center for hours in the cold to get a voucher to get a ticket book. That's just one too many EDITOR IN CHIEF Wednesday for "Late Night with the Legion" in hopes of getting steps. Claire Heininger men's basketball tickets - fully prepared one year after tickets There has to be a better way to distribute tickets and generate MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER sold out at a torrid pace. But once inside, the eager students' enthusiasm for the basketball program. True, Notre Dame is a pri Pat Leonard Paula Garcia excitement turned to disappointment as the first-ever "Late Night marily football school. But that doesn't mean it can't have a suc with the Legion" session unfolded. Energy waned quickly and the cessful ticket distribution system and at the same time generate AssT. MANAGING EDITOR: Maureen Reynolds event did nothing to spike it. enthusiasm for basketball. Since coming to Notre Dame, Brey has AssT. MANAGING EDITOR: Sarah Vabulas "Late Night with the Legion" was an event that meant well - done a good job increasing student interest in the basketball pro- AssT. MANAGING EDITOR: Heather Van Hoegarden hyping up the men's basketball season is a perfectly gram, but Wednesday night's event was a step good idea, but in this case it was poorly executed. Jhe back. If an event like "Late Night with the Legion" SPORTS EDITOR: Mike Gilloon Students were forced to sit in the Joyce Center O userver is going to happen, it needs to be exciting, some ScENE EDITOR: Rama Gorrumukkala arena stands for two full hours in order to get their thing that students will deem worth their time. SAINT MARY'S EDITOR: Megan O'Neil vouchers that enabled them to purchase tickets Editorial Notre Dame should look at what other schools such PHOTO EDITOR: Claire Kelley Thursday and today. as Duke, Kansas and North Carolina do at "mid- GRAPHICS EDITOR: Graham Ebetsch And why did they sit? Only to watch the men's night madness"-type events as an example. Notre ADVERTISING MANAGER: Nick Guerrieri basketball team run mundane practice drills, among other activi Dame is not any of those schools, but can make use of their modeL<> AD DESIGN MANAGER: Jennifer Kenning ties. Sure, there were vaguely entertaining contests, including a to help generate excitement for its program. CoNTROLLER: Jim Kirihara hamster ball race and a shootout between a student and Irish As for tickets - although there were extra vouchers left from WEB ADMINISTRATOR: Damian Althoff head coach Mike Brey, but nothing extraordinary. Nothing to make Wednesday - some sort of ticket exchange, whether it be on Irish fans truly enthusiastic about this year's basketball season. NDBay or through the selling of partial season tickets to students, And so there were students watching the World Series on pocket needs to be implemented soon. This will be key in generating a OFFICE MANAGER & GENERAL INFO (574) 631-7471 televisions in the Joyce Center. Others weren't even paying atten loud, enthusiastic student section, as the more students that go to fAX tion to the walk-on tryouts that took place because they were talk games, the more excited they will be. (574) 631-6927 ing with their friends, totally disinterested. Then there were the The reality of the situation is that Notre Dame is, and probably ADVERTISING students who couldn't afford to spend more than two hours on a always will be, a football school first. But that doesn't mean bas (574) 631-6900 [email protected] Wednesday night trying to get basketball tickets because of tests, ketball doesn't play an important role here, and it doesn't mean it EDITOR IN CHIEF (574) 631-4542 projects, group meetings and other academic obligations. can't play the role it did in the 1970s when the Irish broke UCLA's MANAGING EDITOR While the event itself was poorly executed, the overall process to legendary 88-game win streak. But the first step to generating the (574) 631-4541 [email protected] get tickets was worse. So bad that two e-mails had to be sent to excitement that was once present is implementing a ticket process ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR the student body so it could understand the process. A wristband that truly serves the student fans. 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In early ship - and make up more than 17 percent SYSTEMS & WEB ADMINISTRATORS second coming. October, this writer's native state of of the front line forces. As of August, (574) 631-8839 This week was no Pennsylvania marked the second time in Defense Department statistics show a exception in milestone two months that it lost five National Guard casualty rate of more than 13 percent for calculations when the soldiers in a single attack in Iraq. That most people of llispanic background serving in OBSERVER ONLINE nwnberofAmerican recent milestone happened to coincide with Iraq. Ironically, more than 50 percent of www.ndsmcobserver.com soldiers killed in Iraq another, namely that Pennsylvania also sur the Hispanic population, neatly 18 million, surpassed 2,000 while passed a total of 100 deaths. live in the two states ITexas and California) POLICIES the nwnber of injured According to military officials, the five with the highest overall number of deaths The Observer is the independent, daily newspaper continued to climb were killed near Ramadi while on a rou in Iraq. These states are historically large published in print and online by the students of the beyond 17,000. Gary tine patrol providing security for the con recruitment centers for the Armed Forces. University ofNmre Dame duLac and Saint Mary's Caruso College. Editorial content, including advertisements, is Anyone attending the struction of a railroad bridge. An explosive Hispanics have been attracted in part to not governed by policies of the administration of either next Notre Dame foot Capitol device struck their Bradley Fighting military service in response to a July 2002 institution. The Observer reserves the right to refuse ball game can easily Comments Vehicle, which was then attacked by small executive order signed by President Bush. It advertisements based on content. visualize how much arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, expedites naturalization for aliens and non The news is reported as accurately and objectively as carnage those numbers setting it ablaze. The description of the citizen nationals who serve in active-duty possible. Unsigned editorials represent the opinion of represent. The American death toll of incident's detailed, coordinated effort gives status during the administration's "war on the majority of the Editor in Chief, Managing Editor, more than 2,000 in Iraq is the equivalent every indication that American troops will terrorism." Rather than waiting for as Assistant Managing Editors and department editors. of five Notre Dame bands. Focus on the continue to suffer losses in the foreseeable much as four years, the order allows non Commentaries, leners and columns present the views of the authors and not necessarily those ofThe band's presence in the stadiwn corner and future. citizens to apply for citizenship immediately Observer. then imagine seating four more bands in The latest deaths increased to 104 the upon arrival at their first military base. Viewpoim space is available to all readers. The free the sections above. nwnber of soldiers with ties to Defense numbers indicate that 35,000 expression of all opinions through letters is encouraged. The number of wounded American sol Pennsylvania who have died in support of non-citizens currently serve in the active Letters to the Editor must be signed and must include diers represents one-fifth of a capacity the U.S. war in Iraq. More than 3,200 Armed Forces, 15,000 of whom became contact information. crowd at Notre Dame Stadium. To visualize Pennsylvania guardsmen are deployed in eligible for expedited naturalization under the injured Americans recovering from Iraq, the highest per capita in the nation. the executive order. It is sobering to think Qumiom regarding Observer policies should be attacks, simply look at the Notre Dame stu Only California and Texas have suffered that non-citizens in Iraq outnumber the directed to Editor in ChiifC!aire Heininger. dent section extending from midfield to the more casualties in the war in Iraq. All but total of all coalition forces other than comer of the end zone. Extend that seating five of the 104 Pennsylvania soldiers died Britain and represent about a quarter of POST OFFICE INFORMATION arrangement to the stadium tunnel, but be after May 1, 2003, when President Bush the U.S. effort. Trying to visualize this dis The Oh:.crvcr'(USPS 599 l-4000) is published Monday through Pdday ex<:c:pt during prepared to add two rows of seating per announced the end of major combat in tinction demands yet another upper entl\ and va.cnti.on peti.ods. A mh~dpti Friday October 28, 2005 IEWPOINT page 11 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The pre-eminence of life; a rejoinder Letters Oct. 13, 14, and 25 by Professors Donald the conclusion that criminal prosecution is the best way to public authority," whieh, he says, was also Dean Roche's Kommnrs, Alexander Hahn and James McKenna defending limit the number of abortions." point. But corresponding with our duty to follow our con Dean Mark Roche's encouragement to vote for pro-abor The pro-life movement is not about pointing the finger of science is our obligation to educate it. That's where some of tion prt~sidential candidate Kerry are disappointing. They blame at those who have had abortions. It's about prevent our institutions are falling short. do makfl valuable points. a..<; did Roche in la..<;t year's New ing deaths in the future. It's about clarity of teaching, and I did not describe Roche as a "proponent of abortion," or York 'limes op-ed; the need to ease the fmancial pressure eschewing moral relativism and situation ethics when it misrepresent hL<; "values, beliefs and purpose," as which makes pregnancy especially challenging for women comes to matters of life and death. McKenna said. I wrote not about the dean's motives, but who are poor is an example. (Indeed, much wonderful Biology shows that a unique, separate human life begins about the consequences of his readiness to embrace a can work aimed at relieving this problem is done by pro-life cri at conception, when sperm and egg unite. This first cell didate who is, indeed, a "proponent of abortion." Hoche sis pmgnancy centers which provide support for pregnant contains 46 chromosomes, 23 from the mother, 23 from the himself wrote about the evil of abortion, but our principles womnn in need.) But there is too great a tendency by these father. From conception onward, the unborn child develops must inform our actions. Our endorsement.<; of candidates limr faculty mnmbers to rationalize Kerry's pro-abortion continuously: Within three weeks, the baby's heart is beat should reflect our priorities. position and to fail to acknowledge the gravity of the harm ing; by six weeks, the baby's brain waves can be measured. As for McKenna's a..<;king why single out Hoche, it's which his abortion advocacy causes. The blood coursing through the baby's body is not the because we properly expect more from those in leadership; A-; Hoche correctly pointed out, abortion is like slavery mother's, but the baby's, and can be a different blood type we look for a higher standard, especially when they act in 150 years ago: it is the moral L<;sue of our age. But would than the mother's. By 11 weeks the baby has fingerprint.<;, the name of Notre Pame. As I said Oct. 12, my intent is not the dean have written of a candidate in 1850, "He's wrong all organs are present and all body systems are active. to be personally critical of Roche, about whom everything I about slavery, but good on other issues"? By what logic can "Criminal prosecution" of the mother is not the pro-life hear is exemplary. This difference of perspective about we nxpnet a candidate, unable to recognize the inherent movement's goal. The woman is the second victim of abor emphasis and priority concerning a very serious issue is evil of intentionally killing innocent unborn children, to tion. Women and girls are often pressured into getting but a learning opportunity for us all. • rnako sound moraljud!,rmenl<; about other issues? The abortions- by circumstances, by the culture. Were it not My use Oct. 12 of words such as "mi<;ta.ken" and "damag dnan eorrectly identified the evil of abortion, but then drew for the societal stamp of approval which results from abor ing" refer to Roche's understanding of the pro-life effort, the wrong condusion: That the best way to reduce the tion's legality- and the social pressures and expectations and the effect of his op-ed on the pro-life cause, respectivn prnvalence of abortion was to vote lor the most strongly which that brings- most women would not feel pressed to ly. I did not say that what he wrote wa..<; "advocacy of abor pro-abortion pmsidential candidate in our history. consider such a destructive act. For women who do resort tion," as McKenna said. Rather, what he wrote showed a Hoche's op-nd wa..<; basnd on a fallacy: Erroneous statis to abortion, the emotional scars (not to mention the physi tolerance for abortion that L<; disturbing. Why cede tho tics promotnd by Democratic National Committee cal ones) sometimes last a lifetime. A much more positive, Democratic Party to those who promote abortion, rather Chairman lloward Dean and others implying that electing humane, compassionate solution for an unwanted child than fighting for the soul of tho Party and returning it to il-; a Republican president would likely lead to a higher abor than abortion is adoption. 1ifi~-affirming traditions of the recent pa..-;t, a hnritago of tion raltl, and the election of Knrry to a lower one. '1\vo Would there be illegal abortions if the unborn child were defending tho "littln guy" and protecting those at the mar rncnnt reports disprove this. The Alan Guttmacher Institute protected by law? Some, no doubt, but many fewer abor gins oflife? reporl-; that abortion totals, rates and ratios have all tions than now. There are approximately twice as many Notre Dame is a Catholic university, but nvnn if it worn dndined since George W. Bush took office in January of abortions in the U.S. today as there were prior to Roe v. not, we here could clearly recognize abortion Exploring feminine spirituality EDITORIAL CARTOON I would like to express my deepest grat This is a liturgical celebration held in itude to Lance Callop for his Oet. 25 col Pasquerilla East every Monday evening at umn that sought to draw attention to the 10 p.m. It is a place for community, for oftnn un-recognized spiritual power of prayer, for quiet. and for reflection. women. Women from the Notre Dame communi You arn right Lance. ty offer their wisdom on the Word woman is nnated in through their homilies, as we tho image of Cod all attempt to grow eloser just as man is, to the presence of the and this means Iloly Spirit within shn too is a each of us. I invite all, men and spiritual ."l •• : !wing in women, thosn ...... - -'~ .. whom the who have ques., .. - .. - pn~snnce Lions, who won ...- and wis der, and who ~~ """ -~ want to explore -- dom of 'i ;::< tlw lloly the power of Spirit is spirituality, to rnani- join us in our i fnstnd in liturgy. ~- a pro This is not / lillmd about feminiz ~'I t ~ way. ing the world, I invite the Spirit of tht~ nwm Sophia, of wis bnrs of the dom, is about com Notro Damn ing to see the power ,..·"-·' liunily who lind of the I Ioly Spirit to some rnsonan1:n transform our lives so with the notion than that through us, she might (;od is bigger than both begin to renew the face of our male and limuLle, I invite broken earth. those who believe that men and women are both eapablo and called to share faith, Casey Stanton to spmtk on the Word and to bn instru junior I ment-; of the lloly Spirit in the wtlrld, I Pasquerilla East cagmc~rtoorts com invite all of you to the "Spirit of Sophia." Oct. 27 THE OBSERVER page 12 CENE Friday, October 28, 2005 the past International · is lauded for style, eighth bl lied "friendly, u and highly skilled" Yorker." Unive ·.· Since the groups founding, eighth Conservato blackbird has been involved in pre University. miering new works from respected In addition to eighth blackbird, composers such as George Perle and Upshaw will be joined by Gustavo Joseph Schwanter. The group has three Santaolalla's accompaniment on guitar. CDs release on the label Cedille for the opening set. His professional Records. music career started at the age of 16 In addition to a strenuous regiment of with the release of his first single. Soon touring the country, as well as Europe after that, he started the band Arco Iris and Canada, eighth blackbird has been in 196 7, which was a fusion of rock active in the role of teaching. The and Latin American folk that was a pio Contact Chris McGrady at group has taught masters classes and neer in its genre. In 1997, Santaolalla cmcgradl @nd.edu -----~~~----- THE OBSERVER Friday, October 28, 2005 CENE page 13 DPAC SPOTLIGHT 'The Maltese Falcon' offers a glimpse into film noir's history BY OBSERVER PHOTO STAFF HUMPRAEl' BOCIART MARY ASTOR IMMliLL... · . ;l.a.n ...... " , '1Mltllll~ Photo courtesy of members.tripod.com "The Maltese Falcon," based on the book by Dashiell Hammitt and staring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor, Is playing Saturday at 3 p.m. In DPAC. tailing Thursby. He soon learns that By MOLLY GRIFFIN Thursby was killed almost immediately Assist.tlll S(t'll<' Editor aftor Archer. Spade tries to find Wonderly, but loses her trail until her BetweP11 tlw 110-nonsensn detP.clivn learns that she is staying in a hotel sit li 11 g i n his u 11 adorned o ITie n, the under thn name Miss Leblanc and that watchful secr«ltary. thn untrustworthy her rna! namn is Brigid O'Shaughnessy. fmnnw fatale and the muddled mix of She admits that her first story was false had 1~ops and nven worse criminals. and that slw and Thursby were part "Tiw MaltPsn Falcon" bngins many nnrs. trl'nds that. lwcanw hallmarks of f'ilm Joel Cairo (Peter Lorn~). a mysterious noir and standard practi1:es in genera new customer, approaches Spade about tions of films that follow. helping him locate a statue of a black Thn film is basnd on the book by bird. llashinll llammitt, who is well-known A larger power player, Mr. Gutman or as onP of thn piorwers of the hard "Thn Fat Man" (Sydney Greenstreet), boiled style of crinw writing. The movie comes into the game and ups the manages llammilt's complex plot, with stakes. lie is looking for the Maltese all its double- and triple- crosses, with Falcon and will do whatever it takes in a ddt hand and has a cast that does order to get it. such It good job with their charaetnrs Spadn must wade through the lies that tlwir pnrformarH~ns are imitated to and motivns of each of tho three people this day. seeking the falcon. Through a series of As orw of the first and most famous of' double-crosses, power plays and reve Llw hard-boiled dP.tective films, it sets lations the truth about each of the up tropns that have be NFL SMC SWIMMING Former Irish star Belles set for MIAA meet Saint Mary's faces Hope and Olivet in its first meet under new coach charged with DUI model, the Belles will have Nelis swims butterfly and IM. By BECKI DORNER nowhere to go but up. The meet today should be an Sports Writer "She is passionate about Saint early test for the captains and He was "combative" and Mary's College and has worked their Belle teammates. Olivet Police allege Saints failed a field sobriety test but Excitement is riding high as very hard to build our athletics has consistently been a top linebacker had open refused a breathalyzer sample, the Saint Mary's swimming program since she has been competitor and Saint Mary's their report said. Watson was team hopes to start out the sea here," she said. "We are lucky looks to come out strong if it botle of beer in his car released on $1,000 bond pend son with a strong performance to have her as our coach this intends to prove it can contend ing arraignment Dec. 5. in its first meet versus Hope year." for the MIAA championship this Associated Press Watson, the starting middle College and Olivet College at Dingeman herself, as well as season. .- linebacker, was a second-round Olivet today. co-captain According to Dingeman, the SAN ANTONIO New pick out of Notre Dame in 2004. New coach "Our team is held Kelly Nelis, will Belles plan to start and finish Orleans Saints linebacker He was among 11 players cho Lynn Kach together by ... constant also look to this season as a team, even Courtney Watson was charged sen for the American Football marik, also the support for one another. '' lead their fel though many compete individu with drunken driving. Coaches Association's "Good Saint Mary's low teammates ally. Police said the 2 5-year-old Works Team" in 2003 for out athletic direc by example. "Every swimmer is a key Watson was driving on standing community service. tor, will be Katie Dlngeman Both are the swimmer," Dingeman said. "Our Interstate 10 when he was Saints spokesman Greg leading the Belles captain only seniors on team is held together by a pas pulled over early Wednesday Bensel said the team's security Belles this year, the team, and sion for swimming and constant for erratic driving. They said an department was investigating. and she brings with her 30 will undoubtedly be expected to support for one another." open bottle of beer was found The Saints relocated to San years of coaching experience. provide leadership and mentor in the front cup holder of the Antonio after Hurricane Captain Katie Dingeman knows ing for the younger swimmers. Contact Becki Domer at car. Katrina. that with such a positive role Dingeman swims freestyle and rdomer 1 @nd.edu SMC CROSS COUNTRY MEN'S SWIMMING Feauto and Otto will lead Teatn looks to snap Feauto broke the 20-minute "But I don't think the 3-4's will Purdue losing streak Senior and junior duo mark in her final collegiate be too far behind." five-kilometer race at Bauters said Feauto should set personal records Manchester, and she hopes to have a mental edge this week beyond Pogioli. A national power in team's last meet further her success in the six as opposed to the past, as well. By KEVIN BRENNAN year in and year out, the kilometer MIAA race. "That 20-minute barrier, I Sports Writer Boilermakers are No. 15 in the "A 6-K, it is a different race, know for me, was huge," she country heading into Saturday's By KEN FOWLER but I think you have to run it said. "Because once you break Notre Dame has gotten off to a match. Sports Writer like it's a 5-K," she said. "You it, you're usually good to go. It's hot start in 2005, but the Irish "Purdue is a very good team," can't let it get to your head." just doing it once [that is have not yet encountered a team Welsh said. "In my time here [20 Two weeks after several Belles Head coach Jackie important]. like Purdue - or a swimmer like years], we have not beaten them. Belles set personal records in Bauters said she expects the "Mentally, it makes them so Giordan Pogioli. We know that we have a chal the Manchester College momentum from Manchester to much more confident in their The squad will face its biggest lenge ahead of us going down Invitational, Saint Mary's translate into good results, abilities." challenge of the season Saturday there on Saturday." returns to action Saturday at even though the race is 1,000 Otto also has a reason to be when it travels to West Lafayette Notre Dame opened the 2005 11 a.m. in Kalamazoo, Mich. in meters longer. optimistic. She set a personal to take on the Boilermakers, as season with two consecutive vic the MIAA Championships. ''I'm really excited. It's going best at Manchester with a time Pogioli has dominated breast tories. On Oct. 7, the Irish hosted Senior Becky Feauto and jun to be really com~titive within of 20:03, good for No. 11 over stroke races in collegiate swim and finished first in the Dennis ior Sara Otto hope to lead the our packs," Bauters said. "I all in the race. ming for the past three years. Starks Relays. And Oct. 21, the Belles in the race, which don't think it's so substantial a Feauto said she expected The Purdue senior swam in the team defeated Texas A&M in its accounts for two-thirds of the longer race endurance wise Otto's momentum to carry over prestigious World University first head-to-head matchup of conference title. that it will affect [them] in a into this weekend. Games this summer. Notre Dame the season. Feauto said the team is hit negative way." The Belles enter the race in head coach Tim Welsh could not The early success gives the ting its stride at the right time. Bauters said she expects fifth place in the conference find enough good things to say Irish a confidence boost heading "The three seniors - myself, Fauto and Otto, who have fin standings, and Feauto said that about the Purdue superstar. into Saturday. "We're building on Megan O'Neil and Jess Eaton - ished 1-2 for the Belles in all among their goals is to catch "He is on the USA swimming the direction that we've estab we all had [at least our] season six 5-K races this year, to lead Kalamazoo, which enters the national B team, which means he lished and we are eager to keep [personal bests] at the Belles in the longer race race in third. is top 15 in the world," Welsh it going," Welsh said. Manchester," she said. "We're this weekend. said. "He is straight up very right in line to peak as far as I "I think they probably will Contact Ken Fowler at good." 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Michigan State will come to By JAY FITZPATRICK and West's offense has shown to be The Shamrocks bring a 4-0-1 to Elkhart Sunday town for the Notre Damn JASON GALVAN suspect at times. record to the game that, with a Invitational. Sports Writers The Purple Weasels also have win, will give them the second "Michigan and Miehigan to remember this game is impor seed in the playoffs. McGlinn has By TIM KAISER State are very good," Stone As the season is dying down, tant for their postseason rank already clinched a playoff berth Sports Writer said. "Both had team bids to onn of' the biggest rivalries in thn ing. and does not have a pressing the NCMs last year, and both womnn's dorms still has yet to bo "We have had a good season, need or sense of urgency to win Notre Dame will shake ofT have shown very good spend played, but the best Pasqucrilla and we really want to end on a this game. However, Brown some rust Saturday and com this fall." will be dm:ided Sunday at 2 p.m. good note going into the play believes her team - after a sea pete in the Notre Dame Sunday's llead of the Elk at Hiehle Fields. offs," Pasquerilla West junior son of quality performances - is Invitational at 1 p.m. - its will include rowers from 19 Coming into this game, Annie Brusky said. "This is a big ready to take on the Whirlwinds first race since Oct. 9. It will different programs - both l'asquerilla West is the clear rivalry and we feel we are going in its finale. then travel to Elkhart, Ind. regional midwestern schools, favorite, as the Purple Weasels to dominate ... Even though we "Our offense has really pulled Sunday for the . and a few of are guaranteed a playoff' spot are already in, we are telling together over the course of the Head of the Elk Notre Damn's and are now just playing for ourselves that we need to win year and our defense has been regatta. "J love the team. Big East rivals, position while l'asquerilla East this game." consistently strong," Brown said. Because the They're a great including West l'ailnd to qualify for the postsea "We're pretty excited and a fall season of group who are Virginia and son. Despit1~ the fact that the Welsh Fam vs. McGlinn ready to have a good showing at rowing is used recent confer l'yros cannot advance, they 1:an Win and they're in. It's as sim the game." mostly to pre working hard. " ence additions still play spoiler to the rival ple as that for the Welsh Family But defeating the Whirlwinds, pare for the Louisville and Purple Weasds. Whirlwinds as they square off who are playing for their playoff spring and the Martin Stone Cincinnati. with the unbeaten McGlinn lives, will be no easy task. NCAA champi I>espitn the l'yro mach Patrick Higney has Irish coach been irnprnssed with his team Shamrocks Sunday at 1 p.m. at "They're a good team, and onships, the stilT eompetition, this ymtr. Riehle Fields. they always play really well," team was given Stone has faith "W1~ 'vn played a lot bolter than Tho Whirlwinds are seeking to Brown said. "It's going to be a fall break ol'f', unlike most in his team. I thought we would," he said. rebound from a loss before fall rnally good game." other varsity athletes at the "I love the team," he said. "This is our last game for the brnak to Farley. Despite the challenge ahead, University. "They're a groat group who year and a big rivalry, and we "We understand what we have the Whirlwinds are looking to Despite their limited recent are working hard to go fast ... have benn pushing our team to do, and we'rn making the nec step up against the Shamrocks practices, head coach Martin The kids love to race, and hard to del'nnd against thmn and essary changns to beat McGlinn," and overcome any obstaele on Stone feels that his team is they've got great antieipation win." Welsh Fam wide receiver Kelley their way to the playoffs. They still in pretty good shape. for this race." But eviHl though tlw l'yros Buslwlle said. know their path to the Stadium "We took fall break ofT; we The races this w1~nknnd will havo the will to win, they still The Whirlwinds will have a runs through McGlinn. were out of the boats for 10 be fun, but then the team have to overeonw a tough oppo sizeable task ahead of them as days," Stone said. "We'rn just must continue to prepare for rwnt in the l'urpln Weasels. they take on a Shamrock team Contact Jay Fitzpatrick at getting our rhythm back. the upcoming spring season. Corning oil" a seornlnss ti11 against that has yet to allow any oll'en [email protected] and When they left we were in a "I think both days will lw unbeatnn, untied McGlinn, tho sive points all season. McGlinn Jason Galvan at [email protected] good place, and we hope to some hard eornpntitive rac ing," he said. "At the end of the weekend will we have a general idna of wlwrn we rank in the region and how we stack up against some our Big East foes ... Fall gives you a rough idea of whern you are, and then we don't race again until March, but the girls have done a good job this fall." Contact Tim Kaiser at [email protected] Write Sundav Oct. 30 Sports. vs. Cincinnati at 12:30pm First300 fans will receive Call NO Piuuv banks sponsored bv lw.l.5 Mike at Jffi'N.([IDIIJJ I 1 .. 4543. ROWING GOlD GAME! Notre Dame Invitational 10/29@ 1:00pm At the NO Boathouse Friday Oct. 28 Saturdav lwhere South Bend Ave. vs. Princeton at 1:30pm ( \ vs. Princeton at meets the St. Joe Riverl First1000 fans receive :\ first 100 fans receive a First500 fans rece hockev pucks toalt••••·~•n Gold GamesT-shirt trading cards sponsored bv: sponsored bV freshman hockey plave sponsored bV ~ ~3m •aurH ••Nil O"THG ..IIol.biC. ------ page 16 The Observer + PAID ADVERTISEMENT Friday,October 28, 2005 Sound a music major can love. 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" To order or learn more, call today 1-800-576-1942 For more information www.bose.com/school OUND THE NATION Friday, October 28, 2005 CoMPILED FROM THE OBSERVER'S WIRE SERVICES page 17 NCAA FOOTBALL NHL Eastern Conference, Atlantic Division LParn roeord OT points NY Rangers 4-3 3 11 NY Islanders 5-4 2 10 Philadelphia 4-2 1 9 New Jersey 4-5 0 8 Pittsburgh 0-4 5 5 Eastern Conference, Northeast Division lt~arn rfword OT points Montreal 7-2 0 14 Ottawa 6-1 0 12 Buffalo 6-3 0 12 Toronto 5·2 2 12 Boston 4-5 2 10 Eastern Conference, Southeast Division tnarn reeord OT points Carolina 6·2 1 13 Florida 6-4 0 12 Tampa Bay 5·3 2 12 Washington 4-6 0 8 ~~ H 0 6 Western Conference, Central Division t!• Western Conference, Northwest Division lllltlll t·ecord OT points Vancouver 8·1 AP 17 VIrginia Tech's Marcus Vlck throws a pass during the fourth quarter of the Hokles' 30-10 win over Boston Minnesota 5·4 11 Colorado 4·4 9 College In Blacksburg, Va., Thursday night. Vlck threw for 280 yards and a touchdown with no turnovers. Calgary 4·6 9 Edmonton 3·6 7 Western Conference, Pacific Division Vick, Hokies defeat Boston College tflatTI rncord OT points Associated Press night game since 1995. The Hokies, stuck in points coming. los Angeles 7·3 0 14 Dallas 5-3 1 The Eagles (6-2, 3-2) got third-place behind Texas The llokies now have 11 them then, 20-14, but were Anaheim 4-5 1 9 BLACKSBUHG, Va. and USC in the Bowl nine days to prepare for a San Jose 4·5 1 9 Marcus Vick got back to dominated this time. Championship Series visit from No. 6 Miami on Phoenix 4·6 1 9 being efficient, throwing Boston College came in standings, led 23-10 for Nov. 5. for 280 yards and a touch allowing just 78 rushing most of the fourth quarter. On a chilly night at sold down with no turnovers. yards per game, fourth Then Vince Hall returned out Lane Stadium, the and No. 3 Virginia Tech best in the country, and the an interception 13 yards Hokies were held to field Men's Cross Country Top 20 won its 11th consecutive Ilokies got 212 using a for a touchdown with 3:16 goals on their first two game on a Thursday night, backfield by committee. left to punctuate the victo drives, and trailed at homo points beating No. 13 Boston The Eagles were seventh in ry. Quinton Porter was in for tho first time all season. 1 Arkansas (12) 476 1 College 30-10. overall defense, allowing the grasp of defensive end Porter made that happen 2 Wisconsin (4) 459 2 Vick completed 22 of 28 just 272 yards per game, Darryl Tapp when he when he hit Will Blackmon 3 Colorado 452 3 passes a week after throw and the Hokies rolled up threw the ball and Hall for a 29-yard TD early in 4 Stanford 432 5 ing three interceptions in a 492 as the former Big East snatched it. the second quarter. 5 NOTRE DAME 404 7 28-9 victory at Maryland. members renewed their The play added a bit of A field goal by William BYU 4 6 396 rivalry in the ACC. Beamerball to the victory, 7 Arizona 395 6 Brandon Pace added three Troost in the third quarter 8 Florida 354 13 short field goals for the The Eagles, in their first but this one was more got the Eagles within 20- 9 Georgetown 342 12 llokies (8-0, 5-0 Atlantic season in the ACC, finished about efficiency on oll'enso 1 0, but Pace answnred that. 10 UTEP 337 11 Coast Conference), who with only 184 yards, 59 and defense, and the abili with a 31-yarder. lie also 11 Iowa 307 14 have not lost a Thursday after halftime. ty of Pace to keep the hit from 26 and 32 yards. 12 Texas 293 9 13 Kansa 285 28 14 Dartmouth 264 22 15 Portland 252 16 IN BRIEF 16 William & Mary 250 '15 17 Michigan 212 19 World Series is lowest-rated QFOgrams on their re~ectiye nights. NCAA proposes rewarding 18 VIrginia 211 29 in baseball history Hyers earn OT w1n over acadeiDlc achievement 19 Florida State 161 17 NEW YORK - The Chicago White Panthers with late comeback INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA 20 Alabama 156 Sox's first world championship in 88 PHILADELPHIA- Peter Forsberg wants to reward aeademie achieve years was also the lowest-rated tied the game in the final minute of ment with money. World Series ever. regulation and Joni Pitkanen scored The committee on academic per Chicago's four-game sweep of the early in overtime to lead the formance Thursday recommended Houston Astros averaged an 11.1 Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-4 win over establishing a $10 million annual national rating with a 19 share on the Florida Panthers on Thursday incentive fund that will pay schools Fox. That's down about 7 percent night. with teams that consistently exeel or around the dial from the previous low, an 11.9 with a Only 49 seconds away from their demonstrate signilkant improvement 20 share for the 2002 World Series second straight loss, Forsberg instead in the classroom. bntween the Anaheim Angels and the picked a perfect time to score his first Details, such as standards and a NBA San Francisco Giants. goal of the season. After missing a limeline for when money would start New Jersey at New York While the 2002 World Series, penalty shot that could have tied it being disbursed, have not yet been 7:00p.m., ESPN which went seven games, rated high minutes earlier, Forsberg knocked worked out. But the program's blue er overall, it was only averaging an one past Hoberto Luongo after the print ealls for schools to receivn 11.0 through four games. Flyers pulled goalie Hobert Esche. rewards of up to $100,000. NCAA FOOTBALL This year was a drop of almost 30 Forsberg, the free-agent center "The board continues to be very Colorado State vs. New Mexico percent from last year's series, in that was the centerpiece of a major interested in moving academic 8:00p.m., ESPN2 which the Boston Hed Sox swept the roster reshuffling, pumped his lists reform forward and making the St. Louis Cardinals for their first title and was mobbed by his teammates. incentives package specil1c," NCAA in 86 years. That had a 15.8 rating The celebration resumed 1:13 into President Myles Brand said during a PGA with a 25 share. overtime when Pitkanen scored from eonfernnce call Thursday. Chrysler Championship: 2nd Round Despite rating so low in compari the left side. The proposal is expectnd to be 3:00 p.m., USA son to other World Series, the four Nathan Horton, Olli Jokinen and diseussnd again in January or April, games of this series were each the Kristian lluselius each scored power when the NCAA's executive eomrnit· highest rated prime-time network play goals for the Panthers. tee and board of directors next meet. ------~ ~------ page 18 The Observer+ SPORTS Friday, October 28, 2005 SMC SOCCER MEN'S SOCCER Tri-State wants to Irish slate to end against Seton Hall By KATE GALES trap Saint Mary's Associate Sports Editor Despite a tough 3-0 loss at home on Wednesday, the Irish more energy than what we are prepared to bounce back and Belles need to capture demonstrated [against honor their seniors in the final pair of games to finish Adrian]," Mackenzie said. regular-season game against "We have not played two Seton Hall Saturday at 7 p.m. at season, complete goals games back to back with low Alumni Field. energy. We were coming off of A<>ide from being the final regu an emotional downer to lar-season game, playing Seton By KYLE CASSILY Calvin game [a 1-0 loss], and Hall has important consequences Sports Writer we knew Adrian wasn't going for the postseason. to push us hard." "They've won five games in a TIM SULLIVAN/The Observer Two games remain - two When the Belles and row so it's going to be an excel Irish forward Kurt Martin chases the ball during Notre games in which to secure Thunder met for the first time lent test for us," Notre Dame Dame's 3-0 loss to Indiana Wednesday. their place in the record this year, on Saint Mary's coach Bobby Clark said. books. field, the Belles walked off The Irish are now 9-6-2 overall East), with the third-best scoring advisor] that they get at the ban The Belles are just a pair of with a 9-1 defeat in hand. But with a 5-4-1 record in Big East offense in the country, averaging quet." wins away from the never that has not led Mackenzie play. After winning the final two 3.08 goals per game. The seniors have filled impor before-reached and her team to games of their weeklong fall The Pirates knocked Notre tant leadership roles in a difficult plateau of 10 underestimate break road trip, the Irish are Dame out of the Big East tourna rebuilding year for Notre Dame. conference wins "/ hope we bring a their opponent. coming off a heartbreaking loss to ment last year, advancing 8-7 on "The seniors have been and a third-place little more energy They will con No. 5 Indiana. penalty kicks. Notre Dame won superb," Clark said. "Some of finish at season's than what we tinue to play the "There's a lot of very sound the regular-season matchup 1-0 them, like Benny Crouse, have e.nd. Despite a high-energy, performances - I thought there in 2004. played pretty mueh every minute close 1-0 win demonstrated nonstop style were some excellent performanc Clark said the Irish have moved ... then Ikeeper Justin Michaud] over Adrian [against Adrian}.,, that they have es," Clark said. "The lads stuck to on from their loss on Wednesday. has been an absolute superb Wednesday, the produced solid their task, it was a pity because it "We were at practice today and backup in every regard. team and its sec Caryn Mackenzie results with all was a great soccer night in South everybody's great," Clark said. "I "Of course the ones who have ond-year coach year. Mackenzie Bend with 2,500 people at the think it's one of these things that played - Tony Megna, John Belles coach feel they have hopes to see her game- great atmosphere." you have no choice ... you've got Stephens - have been excellent." the right stuff to teain be the The team must rebound quick to move on whether it's success For one senior, it was a disap accomplish the task. squad that challenged top ly to pick up a crucial win against or failure." pointing season due to injury. "I think we understand ranked Calvin and won eight Seton Hall to close out the regular Aside from the importance of "The one I feel sorry for is Dale what is expected, in terms of conference games on season. the game, it's a ehance for the Rellas," Clark said. "Dale obvious finishing out our last few Saturday. "[A win] will be good for seed team to honor its seniors. ly was playing and then he kept games," Saint Mary's coach "Hopefully the other Saint ing," Clark said. "It will also be "We always present flowers to picking up injuries, but he still Caryn Mackenzie said. "It is Mary's team shows up," she important because if we can win the seniors on the last home stays very much involved and has just a matter of us mentally said. that game and win a few games game," Clark said. "We get a pic been a very good captain." locking in on that." in the tournament ... It puts us in ture, we take a picture of all of The first of the remaining Contact Kyle Cassity at for an at-large bid to the NCAAs." them together with Mary Ann Contact Kate Gales at games begins at noon [email protected] Seton Hall is 11-2-2 (5-2-2 Big [Spence, the team's academic [email protected] Saturday when the Belles travel to take on the Tri-State Thunder. The Thunder have struggled thus far, earning no wins in conference play and three wins overall. They have INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF BIOCOMPLEXITY only managed to find the back of the net on eight occasions, while surrendering 72 goals. (Jniversity of Notre Dame But Tri-State has experi enced a resurgence of sorts in their last few contests. The Thunder defeated non-confer ence opponent Anderson 3-0 and followed it up with a near win against Kalamazoo, falling 3-2. Fublic Lecture Kalamazoo quickly got up 3- 0, but Tri-State fought back with two unanswered goals. Dr. Alan Perelson However, time ran out before the Thunder could complete Theoretical Division the comeback. But Kalamazoo is no Los Alamos National Laboratory pushover. The Belles lost to Kalamazoo 1-0 in an early season contest; a result that the Saint Mary's players felt New Developments in Modeling the Dynamics should have turned out differ ently. That game was not the only of Virollnfections one that the Belles felt should have finished with a more Saturday October 29, 2005 -6:30PM favorable outcome. 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I will also discuss aspects of the immune response to these infections. 1027 E. Wayne South Bend, IN 46617 232-8444 Friday, October 28, 2005 The Observer + SPORTS page 19 SMC VOLLEYBALL HOCKEY Saint Mary's falls in 5th-place fight Irish will match· them much of those first two we just didn't get the result we By RYAN KIEFER games," she said. "We know we wanted." Sports Wrircr could play better." The loss snapped a five-game wits with Tigers Service errors and difficulty with conference-losing streak for Watching Saint Mary's battle serve reception also added to the Albion and marked the second Albion in Thursday's regular sea Belles' woes narly in the match. time this year that the Belles fbll at ' son finale, the average fan may Albion carried the momentum the hands of the Britons. Saint have thought the two tnams were into the third game and jumped Mary's lost a live-game decision to batUing lilr a eonl(~rence title. out to a 13-2 lead. The Belles Albion on Oct. 8. In reality thn teams were light seemed destined for quick defeat Kristen Playko led the Belles' ing for filth plaen in the MIM. in the third until Marisa Gross offense with 16 kills and also Despite a strong effort, the provided a much-needed spark ofl' added 15 digs. Shelly Bender had Bdlns fell to i\lbion in three grunl the bench. The sophomore 10 kills and 11 digs. Anne Cusack ing games 30-27, 33-31 and 36- entered and served the Belles to led the defense with 21 digs and :~4. 10 straight points following the Michelle Turley led Saint Mary's in Belles coach Julie Schroeder side out to knot the third game at assists with 33. Bink eomplimnnted Albion on the 13 apiece. The loss dropped Saint Mary's to loam's ability to play at the top of "Marisa really sparked us again No. 6 in the MIM behind Albion. iL<> game at a erueial point in the tonight. She really brought our The Belles' 5-11 conference season. team together out there," record matches their mark from "That was the best I've seen Schroeder-Biek said. last season when they finished No. Albion play," Schroeder-Biek said. The teams battled point for 7. Irish freshman goalie Jordan Pearce defends the net during Albion eame out strong and dic point the rest of the way before The Belles will turn their atten the Blue-Gold game Oct. 8. l.atnd play throughout mueh of the i\lbion won the final two points to tion to the MIAA tournament next first two games. Sehroeder-Biek daim the marathon game. week where they will most likely key tenant in Jackson's mind fi:lf thought her team played well Schroeder-Hick put the loss in face Alma in a first-round match By KYLE CASSILY dealing with the Tigr~rs. enough to eompete, but couldn't pnrspective. Tuesday. Sports Writer reach to the next levnl to get the "It was just two teams lighting "Princeton is a real feisty tnam that is going to play really hard," win. for lifth place," she said. "It took a Contact Ryan Kiefer at The CCHA season slate is a "We were definitely chasing lot of stamina and we played hard, rkiefer I @nd.edu he said. "They're a bit of a tran grueling and cutthroat marathon sition team, where they will with the likes of perennial pow force you into making turnovnrs. erhouses Michigan, Michigan They'll trap you in the turnovers State and Ohio State eontending and then they'll be explosive for a title every year. But before coming baek at you." the Irish must face these rivals, Luckily for Jackson, his team --SUPPORT THE TROOPS- they have one more tune-up to is starting to form to his prcsna get a feel for each other. CHRISTMAS PACKAGE DRIVE son expectations. The Irish will host a two-game The lirst-year coach has fimnd (BEGINS Nov 14TH) non-conference regular season a role model for the rest of the SPONSORED BY series with the Princeton Tigers team in the line of freshman Erik today and Saturday at the Joyce NOTRE DAME ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATION Condra, sophomore Evan Center. The puck will drop at Rankin and junior Josh Sciba. 7:35p.m. and 7:05p.m., respec PLEASE SUBMIT NAMES AND LOCATIONS OF Condra had three assists and tively. Sciba scornd in the 6-3 loss to SOLDIERS OVERSEAS! Notre Dame (0-2-0) last played Denver. The trifecta has run Princeton in 2001 in New Jersey Jackson's system to perfection, Contact [email protected] and came home with two wins, and in his opinion has fared the by margins of 2-1 and 4-2. The best for it. lifetime series between the two "The Sciba line has an identity schools stands at a 9-2 Princeton to it," he said. "They skate, they edge. pass, they're very tenacious, The Irish are coming off a they read oil' of each othnr very tough western expedition last well, and they execute the sys weekend, where the icers f'aeed tem real well." No. 4 Colorado College and No. 9 Denver, losing 3-1 and 6-3. Notes: BUSINESSINMEDICINE Notre Dame coach Jeff + The Irish took to the iee la<>t Jackson wants to see his team weekend in Colorado wearing focus this weekend on its spr~dal gold helmets for the first time teams game. The team gave up since the 197 5-7 6 season. The CAREERForum two shorthanded goals to helmets arc painted with the defending national champion same gold metallic paint found Denver, but went 2-for-8 on the on the helmeL<> worn by the liJOt discover your future in healthcare. power play, an excellent 25-per ball team. Irish equipment man ccnt conversion rate. ager Dave Gilbert worked out a Jackson felt Denver picked deal with Bauer to produce the Featuring panelist speakers: apart the Irish penalty kill and Golden Dome-tinted hardware. has worked to fix the unit in They will feature a white eagc practice. He hopes to see his and an American flag on the Rudolph Navari, M.D., Ph.D team create a more successful back portion. Keynote Speaker flow on these man-down and man-advantage situations. Puck Contact Kyle Cassity at control and protection remains a [email protected] Dan Neufelder Chief of Operations, Memorial Ho~pital Special Saturday Sale Larry Whiteside Financial Analyst, Bristol-Myers At NDSurplus Mark Lavallee, M.D. Sports Medicine, Memorial Hospital Saturday, October 29th 8:00a.m. - Noon ... and others 925 N. 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It's California, the Irish will be just not too hard in terms of physi as excited for Saturday's meet. Following their season-open cal exhaustion." "Obviously Purdue is a huge ing victory in the Dennis Starks While the travel may not be rival," Nixon said. "California Relays, the Irish will be back in difficult this weekend for the is a nice bonus because they're action this weekend with back team, the competi coming out here to to-hack meets. tion likely will. "One of our top visit us, but The first begins tonight at 5 California finished Purdue is an annu p.m. against California No. 9 at the NCAA team goal~ is to be al thing, something Berkeley in the Holf's Aquatic championship last a top-10 team.,, the girls look for Center. After having three season, and it cur ward to every weeks to reflect on the Stark rently holds the year." Carrie Nixon Relays, the Irish will only have world record in As for results one night between their second the 1 00-meter Irish coach this weekend, and third meets as they leave breast stroke. Nixon likes her immediately for Purdue for a "We're looking forward to team's chances. Saturday meet with the racing them," Nixon said. "We match up very closely Boilermakers. "One of our team goals is to be against California in the But Notre Dame coach Carrie a top-1 0 team, in order to do breaststroke events," she said. Nixon doesn't seem concerned that you have to know what top "And versus Purdue, we match with the close proximity of this ten teams are like. I think we up very well in the freestyle weekend's meets. have a good shot at winning if events." "Our championship meets we can take advantage of some KIRSTEN HOELMERfThe Observer are three or four days long, so opportunities and swim our Contact Greg Arbogast at An Irish swimmer prepares to start in the backstroke during we try to do as many double best." [email protected] the Dennis Starks Relays on Oct. 7. Nixon's love of coaching mote from within. began during her years at "There were a lot of inter Proprietors Coach Notre Dame. views, but at the end of all of it Warren & Linda continued from page 20 "Nixon missed the 2000-01 the athletic department and I season with a shoulder injury. sat down and the conclusion season. She was tabbed in She credits that year as the we came to was that we need April to replace women's swim time she first learned how to ed to build it from the inside ming coach Bailey Weathers, coach at the collegiate level. out," Nixon said. who resigned in March. "The year I was out, my sen Nixon said she's excited for ?irs/ Or~9 ina! r:Azza in Joron/ Nixon, who is the first ior year, while I had a shoulder the opportunity to continue the female Notre Dame graduate injury, I was basically a coach," recent Irish success. Since 1951 to come back as a coach, com she said. "It's exciting. I have a lot to peted on four Big East At 27 years of age, Nixon is give them," Nixon said. "It's an Specializing in Italian Entrees Championship teams (and had only three seasons removed invaluable thing to be at Notre a medical redshirt during a from her last year on the Irish Dame. It's a special place and Tues .• Thur~.: S:OO PM -11;00 PM fifth) while earning All roster. you understand that better as American honors twice. Nixon After graduating and com an insider rather than someone Fri.· ~at.: 5:00PM-1:00AM joins Knute Rockne, track leg pleting her fifth year on the coming in." end Alex Wilson and Elmer swim team, she took a job as 537 North St. Louis • South Bend, IN Layden, a member of the Four an assistant coach at Clemson. Contact Chris Khorey at 574-233-24(,4 Horseman, as the only multi There she helped the Tiger [email protected] ple-time All-Americans to men to their best season since coach at Notre Dame. 1952 and the women to their Nixon said she tries to avoid highest win total in 15 years. Saint Mazy's Colleg~ focusing on the company her After only one season, NOTRE DAME " INDIANA All-American-turned -coach Weathers hired her as an assis Educating Women, Transforming Lives status gives her. tant at Notre Dame. Working with some of her former team "I try not to think about it too Join us for discussion as an interdisciplinary panel addr·esses much because it freaks me out mates, Nixon saw the Irish win a little bit," she said. "I mean, yet another Big East title. the First Year Theme of "Who Counts in the U.S./Who Counts in the Americas?" it puts me in the same category In April, Weathers retired as Knute Rockne and that's and, after an extensive search, kind of crazy, but I'm doing my Nixon said Athletic Director Wlio Counts? best to live up to it." Kevin White decided to pro- Who Counts in the Americas? Tuesday, November 1, 2005 7pm, Carroll Auditorium Guest Speakers Leaders wanted. Brenda Cardenas Professor of English, Milwaukee Area Technical College; Chicana poet with deep Chicago roots, author of the poetry collection From the Tongues()_{ Brick and Stone. 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Moore bnlievns with so Spons Writer "We know Georgetown is going [pro-nationals! as one meet we freshman snnsation Hamsny many oxporinncml runners, this Af'tPr not venturing ouL<;ido tho to be out thorn and we know would have beaten them." Kavan dose b<1hind. ynat·'s Notrn Damn men arn rnady state of Indiana during its first Providence is going to be out For the No. 4 women, this A<; with previous mn<1ts. tho fifth to rnako a run beyond tho Big f'our nwets this soason, Notre thorn," runner Patrick Smyth year's Big East Championships spot will be a question mark for East. The tnam finished a disap Danw will travol to Van Cortlandt said. "Wo just have to get out rnprnsent an opportunity to earn the Irish. Jean Marinangeli was pointing No. 11 at last yoar's Park in Tlw Bronx, New York this thoro and run like we've been rndomption after they worn upset thfl fifth runner for Notrn Damn at NCAA Championships. wenkend for the Big East running and try to get as many by Providence last year. The No. the pre-nationals, but she Iinishnd "We havn high goals at nation ( :hampionships. pnople in the top 15 as wn can." 16 Friars will once again provide No. 76, 46 placns bPI1ind Kavan. als and we've Iearnod from the The No. 5 Irish men. who tho Smyth said that although tho still' competition for the Irish. The men will limturn their vnt disaster that was last ynar," won llw eonli!rnnee last year by Irish and lloyas eompotod in sep Women's !wad coach Tim eran lineup for only thn second Moorn said. "This ynar wn'n~ a orw point over eurront No. 9 arate races in Torre llauto, the Connelly will send a familiar line time this season. The first tirnn strongm· tnarn. Wn havn bw;kally Cleorgetown. are looking to get a Irish had a botter time. up to the course. All-Americans Kurt Benninger, Tim Moore, the samn top livn bar.k. although boost f'rorn tlwir semnd-place lin- "We boat thom at pre-1 nation- Stephanip, Madia and Molly Kalp,b Van Ort and Soan O'Dorwll !Smyth's! bnnn !wiping out a littk ran together this snason - tlw bit. Wn also havn thn bittnr tastn pre-national meet - the Irish of scrnwing up at nationals last FOR took seeond plaen. ynar and wp'rn a ynar stronw~r." FLY FREE NEXT WEEK! Thn Big East Championships If you've ever dreamed of being behind the controls roprnsent the point in thn snason Contact Chris Khorcy at of an airplane, this is your chance to find out wllat whnn the Irish traditionally start. [email protected] it's really like. A Marine Corps pilot is coming to Notre Dame on Tuesday, Nov. I, to take you on trial fligllts. Get in the air. ELlA'S We're looking for a few college students wllo !lave Get some information. Mediterranean Cuisine the smarts, skills and interest to be a Marine pilot. 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The Rotate at the end of the game. But in Quarters year," he said. team's only loss came against continued from page 24 that game plan, [Hord] got plenty continued from page 24 Captain Pat Gourdy seconded the Big Red of Dillon in the sea of reps in practice last week with Anto's remarks but was disap son's second week. the possibility of him playing." Morrissey's defense has han pointed in his team's turnout. Sorin will need to come out Chase Anastasio and even start dled that pressure better than a "We've had a lot of trouble and play its best football this ing cornerback Ambrose Landri resting, healthy Kohler shower faucet, holding getting people to practice," he Sunday to upset the Knights and Wooden, I lord joined the multi Defensive tackle Derek Landri the opposition to 26 points and said. end their hopes of a repeat tude of contributors Saturday on hobbled into the locker room creating crucial turnovers that Anto is the main running baek championship. As far as the a special teams unit that wel after injuring himself in the sec led to victories against O'Neill and is always a threat to gain a Lavorini guarantee, Lyzinski comes the second bye week. ond half last Saturday. But he and Stanford. lot of yardage. Against St. Ed's, spoke for his team by saying, "It's a great opportunity to get returned to the sidelines. Siegfried's defense, on the he rushed for 175 yards. "We'll see who guarantees what back to techniques and funda "He was ready to go," Weis other hand, has been nothing Quarterbaek Stan Wieland and on Sunday afternoon." mentals, work on skills and less said. "For a time I thought that short of dominant. The receiver Jake Richardville lead scheming and less 'this is the he was done. Next thing you Ramblers allowed only one the air assault. Carroll vs. Dillon looks we're going to see this know, I turned around, he was touchdown- an 18-yard pass "We are very versatile and Dillon will try to upnnd No. 3 week," Polian said Thursday.· out there, sitting there ready to in a week two loss to Carroll - can pass and run well," Anto Carroll at 2 p.m. Sunday at "Let's go back to correcting foot go. We fortunately came out of in the regular season and in said. Riehle Fields, with Carroll play work and working on blocking this game with very few things, their last game pushed St. Ed's Both Gourdy and Anto said ing as the home team due to il'i and running and tackling tech nothing that was really signifi around for negative-1 0 yards of that the main ingredient to superior seeding over the No. 6 nique. Let's get back to basics." cant and that's a good thing. No total offense. Zahm's success has been the Big Red. As Weis mentioned Monday, surprises." "The strong point of our team defensive line, anchored by Bob The Vermin went 3-1 in the Thursday's practice was dedicat has been our defense. We've McQuiston. regular season, losing their ftrst ed as a "special teams day" to Hoyte is Lott quarter-finalist only given up six points, so "If they're doing well, every game by two points to Zahm teach fundamentals to "both the Irish linebacker Brandon Hoyte we've been pretty solid all year one does well," Anto said. "I and winning the rest. first and second guys." was named a quarter-finalist for - it's a solid group of guys play safety and it's always nice "We wanted to go 4-0, but we Twenty-five players on Notre the second annual Lott Trophy there," Siegfried co-captain Kyle on a pass play to turn around shook the loss to Zahm off and Dame's roster have seen their on Thursday. Reis said. "I guess the only thing and see that the quarterback we're ready for a tough run to first Division-! football action this The award, which honors the we've been working on is the has been sacked." the championship," Carroll season, and special teams has Defensive IMPACT Player of the timing of our offense." The victor will go on to play receiver Paul Tassari said. been their primary outlet as Year, is presented to a student Like Morrissey, the Hamblers the winner of Siegfried and "Anytime you need to beat two coaches take looks at younger athlete by the IMPACT favor a run-heavy offense that Morrissey. big dorms from the Gold division talent. Foundation of The Pacific Club in eats up clock, but touchdown it's going to be hard, but we Defensive lineman Casey Newport Beach, Ca. dances have been few and far Sorin vs. Keenan think we can do it. We have a lot Cullen and defensive backs The Lott Trophy, named after between for a team that scored Sorin captain Pete Lavorini is of momentum and have been Tcrrail Lambert and Ray legendary defensive back Ronnie only 29 points in four games. In confident in his team's ability to praeticing all week." Herring, to name a few, have Lott, honors a football player's fact, most of Siegfried's points upset Keenan this Sunday at 2 Tassari is integral to the seen significant action on special on- and off-field performance. have come courtesy of the long p.m. in the opening round of the team's air attack, with six touch teams. And Hord, with the Georgia All-American defensive leg of kicker Pablo Nava. Men's Interhall playoffs. So con down catches on the season. announcement that wide receiv end David Pollack won the tro "Having him is huge, especial fident he stole a page out of leg Dillon's Gold League play means er Rhema McKnight will sit out phy last season in its first year. ly with our offense not doing as endary NFL quarterback Joe its record of 2-2, with wins the remainder of the season, Hoyte (5-foot-11, 231 pounds) well as hoped," said Martin of Namath's playbook by guaran against Keenan and Morissey could even crack the receiver is Notre Dame's defensive cap Nava, who kicked a 47-yard teeing the upset of the defending and losses to Alumni and rotation if it fits in the game plan, tain, leads the team with 56 tack field goal against Stanford. "It's champion Knights. Stanford, does not necessarily Weis said. les (33 solo) and has a 3.35 GPA. nice knowing that instead of just When asked if he could guar indicate it is a weaker team "D.J. has given us a reason to having to go for it on fourth antee a victory, Lavorini than Carroll, which plays in the be out there," Weis said. Contact Pat Leonard at and-long from the 30, we can responded affirmatively. Blue League of smaller dorms. "Offensively, he played a little bit [email protected] take three points." "Yeah, I think I will," he said. The Big Red earned their wins Still, the outcome will likely 'Til guarantee a win this week with a relentless clock-consum come down to who wants it end." ing rushing game more. The Otters come into the post "It's going to be a tough task "Obviously we want our sea season with a 2-2 record in the to stop," Carroll coach John Tira for sure," she said. "I don't think son to not end at this point," Blue league. The 'team's two said. "They're going to score there's anything we need to do. Klein said. losses came in a 10-0 defensive their points and we'll score Match There's going to be plenty of Siegfried, however, has found battle with Siegfried and a ours. Compliments to them and continued from page 24 motivation. We know what's at some motivation in the death of showdown with undefeated and their season, but we think we stake. It's going to be great." a friend. top-ranked Zahm. The team can hold our own. We'll be more well. Sophomore outside hitter and "Just this season our name started off the season with a creative with our defensive "It will be fun to look at some CVU.com National Player of the sake Hay Siegfried passed away, close victory over St. Ed's, schemes, running everything tape and then come up with a Week Adrianna Stasiuk agrees and last game we dedicated the sneaking away with a 6-0 win from a 3-5 to a 6-2." plan and be able to just get out with her coach. game to him," Rambler Ryan on· a 40-yard touchdown pass in The Vermin plan to keep and play again against a very, "I think everyone's really Reis said. "But really this whole the second half from quarter Dillon's defense on its heels with very good team." excited," she said. "Everyone on season is dedicated to him and back Stu Mora. Mora's two a passing game that was suc Sunday's match against the the team is really into it. we'd like to win for him and the favorite targets, Kevin Tooke cessful in the regular season. Bearcats will be tel- Everyone's giving whole Siegfried family." and Chris Paley, will be expect "We've had a: few intercep evised by ESPNU - "We know what's 100 percent." ed to step up big for Sorin tions, but some bad tip plays the first match ever "The energy level O'Neill vs. Zahm against the Knights. also," Dillon captain and offen to be televised live at stake. It's going is really high. The No. 8 seed Angry Mob of The team's second win of the sive guard Romeo Acosta said. from the Joyce to be great." We're all really O'Neill (2-2) will try to become season was another shutout, as "Overall, our secondary is as Center. pumped." the first team to knock off unde they defeated Fisher by a score strong as any dorm's. We're While it could be Debbie Brown This weekend the feated, No. 1 seed Zahm (4-0) of 7-0. With two shutouts and a going to focus on getting pres easy to get pumped Irish will get the Sunday at Riehle Field in the total of 22 points given up all sure on the quarterback and up for Louisville and Irish coach ultimate test. first round of Men's Interhall season, it is clear that Sorin forcing bad throws." The target forget about "Oh yeah, for playoffs. builds it success from defense. of that pressure will be quarter Sunday's match, Brown knows sure," Stasiuk said when asked Zahm running back Theo "Defense is our forte, we have back and captain Kory Wilmot, her team can't and won't do if the Irish, despite sitting at 18- Ossei-Anto believes his team's brought the pain all year and who tossed touchdowns to six that. The Bearcats are a solid 1 and 8-0 in the Big East, still unblemished record doesn't we are ready for whatever different receivers this season. volleyball team. They lost to have something to prove to the mean anything anymore. Keenan throws at us." Lavorini Louisville 30-26, 17-30, 26-30, country and to the coaches who "At practice on Monday, we said. The team will need that Contact Jack Thornton at 28-30 earlier this season. vote in the polls. "We definitely said, 'OK, we finished 4-0, but nasty defensive attitude if they [email protected], With such a huge weekend have something to prove. We that's the last time we're going hope to defeat Keenan as its Chris Hine at ahead considering the Big East always have something to prove to mention it," he said. "This is offense has only been able to [email protected], regular season race, Brown says no matter what." the playoffs and it's win or go produce two touchdowns all Dan Murphy at her team will be more than home. Our record doesn't mat season. [email protected] ready. Contact Tom Dorwart at ter now." Keenan has also played solid and Ben Vincent at "The team will be motivated [email protected] "This week at practice we've defense throughout the year en [email protected] NCAA tournament games with ing forwards. "Different teams weapons to keep the others from after Sunday's 6-1 victory. solid defensive performances, are going to have different finding the net. Waldrum said that Thorlakson Scorers giving up just 2 goals in those gameplans to play against not "I don't know if any one of our and the Irish have practiced well continued from page 24 contests. only Katie but also Hanks and weapons will have [a perform leading up to the quarterfinal The Irish enter the conference Cinalli and Brittany." ance like Thorlakson's in 20041," match. help their seeding in the NCAA tournament this year with more Thorlakson and Hanks became he said. "The intensity level of training Tournament. offensive firepower and a more the first 50-point scoring duo But he added a caveat. has been very good," he said. After Notre Dame's victory diversified attack than last year. since 2000 during Notre Dame's "If Katie wants to score 18 of "The focus of it has been very over Georgetown Sunday, Because of the addition of win over Georgetown Sunday. our next 22, I'm more than OK good." Waldrum said his team is hoping freshman forwards Kerri Hanks In the 2004 postseason, with that." He said that bodes well for to win the Big East tournament and Brittany Bock to the efficient Thorlakson scored or assisted on Though the diversified Irish Sunday's game against this year but only so much as it tandem of Katie Thorlakson and 18 of Notre Dame's 22 goals en offense and extra attention from Georgetown. helps its chances to reach the Amanda Cinalli, Waldrum said route to its second national opposing defenses may prevent "As long as we're focused ... College Cup. he thinks his team will be championship. her from putting up numbers we're going to be in good shape," "Our focus [isl on the NCAA tougher to stop in this year's Waldrum said he doesn't like she did last year, Thorlakson Waldrum said. "It's just a matter Tournament," he said. conference tournament. expect that kind of dominating said she is ready for another · of executing the game plan." Waldrum's team lost the 2004 "I think they're all going to performance from any of his playofl' run. Big East linal to Connecticut, 2- have huge impact offensively," players, only because the Irish "I think I am Iin as good shape I Contact Ken Fowler 1, but went on to win its six he said about his four top-scor- have too many offensive this year [as last year]," she said kfowler 1 @nd.edu Friday, October 28, 2005 The Observer+ TODAY page 23 .. 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You may not plt: Friday, October 28, 2005 PORTS page 24 MEN'S INTERHALL WOMEN'S SWIMMING The great eight Nixon is a rare grad Ramblers and Manorites will kick off playoff action as coach By JACK THORNTON, CHRIS HINE, DAN MURPHY and BEN VINCENT By CHRIS KHOREY Sports Writers Sports Writer When Morrissey and Siegfried collide Twenty-six Notre Dame this Sunday in first round playoff action alumni have come back to at Riehle South Field, spectators can coach Irish .------, anticipate a hard-nosed battle between athletic two defensive powerhouses. squads in the Both the Ramblers (3-1) and the school's his Manorites (3-1) rode into the playoffs tory. 2002 on their defenses, which made up for graduate low-scoring offensive units. Carrie Nixon "It takes us a while to score points is the latest because of the 'style we run, so after we to return as score we put a lot of pressure on our she takes ..._.--...... l...,.~""-'-'~ defense to stop our opponents," said over as Nixon Manor captain Nick Klein, who leads BALLON!The Observer women's swimming coach this An O'Neill player finds open field against the team in touchdowns. A Rambler running back turns the corner Keenan earlier this year. O'Neill opens the in Siegfried's game against Carroll. playoffs against top-ranked Zahm. see PLAYOFF/page 22 Siegfried faces Morrissey Sunday. see COACH/page 20 NO VOLLEYBALL Notre Da111e hosts rare top-10 showdown with Bearcats One-loss Irish and undefeated Louisville will square off Saturday in the highest-profile match in JACC since 1996 sit one spot behind the Cardinals changing, perhaps season-defin ed. They have already beaten star player who's just been play By TOM DORWART in the American Volleyball ing victory or off a tough loss - three Top 15 teams this year, ing very, very well," coach Sports Writer Coaches Association polls. will host Cincinnati (15-7, 6-2 including then-No. 4 Florida, No. Debbie Brown said. For the first time since 1996, Big East) Sunday at 12:30 p.m. 8 USC and No. 11 Texas. That star is 6-foot-3 outside So far this season, the Irish are two Top 10 volleyball teams will The Irish have won 11 straight Florida's lone loss is to Notre hitter Lena Ustymenko. living their motto - "Haising the face each other at the Joyce and are tied for the highest-ever Dame. The Gators have "She's very, very good," Brown bar." Center. rating in school history. Their remained at No. 4 since the said. "I think that's going to be No. 6 and undefeated Saturday at 2 p.m., No. 7 18-1 start also matches the pro upset. Still, the Irish know they key for us. We're going to have Louisville comes to the Joyce Notre Dame (18-1, 8-0 Big East) gram's best 19-match start. are in for a dogfight. to neutr.alize her for sure, but Center this Saturday, and the takes on the Cardinals (20-0, 8-0 With the unblemished "We know we're going to have they have other weapons as Irish expect to win. The bar has Big East). Then, the Irish - who Cardinals coming to town, the to have a good gameplan against been raised so high that the Irish will either be fresh off a season- Irish certainly aren't intimidat- their offense and against their see MATCH/page 22 fOOTBALL NO WoMEN's SoccER Special teams sees a Irish enter tournament streaking variety of return men Four forwards provide for a balanced attack against Georgetown With a 6-1 victory over Notre Dame only found out it Brian Polian are rotating By KEN FOWLER Georgetown Sunday, the Irish would play Georgetown late By PAT LEONARD through special teams, it's no Sports Writer extended their winning streak Thursday night when the Hoyas Sports Writer wonder the two players collided to seven. During the four-week defeated Syracuse, 1-0, in a going for the ball. The Irish think they are peak tear, Notre Dame has outscored tournament play-in game. Following BYU's touchdown "There were about three or ing at the right time. its opponents 32-1, posting six Before that game, Waldrum drive to open the second half last four issues that happened during Since losing badly to shutouts along the way. said he was not sure which Saturday, the that game on special teams that I Marquette on Sept. 30, Notre The Irish hope to keep that team he would rather face. Cougars wasn't very happy with, but I Dame has turned a corner and winning streak alive in a quar "That's a question we've been kicked off to thought it was a very average become one of the hottest terfinal matchup Sunday at 1 kicking around all week," he D.J. Hord. Or day by our special teams unit," teams in the country in time for p.m. - again against the Hoyas said. "In some ways we would was it to Weis said. the Big East Tournament. on Alumni Field. like [to face] Georgetown, ... D a v i d Hord, on his first college kick "We've gotten in that groove Waldrum said he is confident but there are advantages in fac Grimes? off return, scooped up the ball - into that second gear - for his team will continue its good ing Syracuse." _ Considering and ran three yards before being the end of the season," Irish play but knows there are dan The Irish think they can get the number tackled. Along with Grimes, head coach Randy Waldrum gers in facing a team twice in a past the Hoyas to advance in of players Hord Justin Hoskins, Brandon Harris, said. "[The team is] playing week. the conference tournament and coach Charlie with a lot of confidence and "You worry about overconfi Weis and special teams coach see ROTATE/page 22 they're playing with focus." dence," he said. see SCORERS/page 22 ND CROSS COIJNTRY ND SWIMMING SMC VOI.lEYBALl HOCKEY MEN'S SOCCER SMC SOCCER LLI Co) z Notre Dame will run The Irish women face The Belles lost to Notre Dame will host The Irish face Big East Saint Mary's will take Saturday in the Big East California at horne and Albion in three games Princeton in a two-game foe Seton Hall Saturday on Tri-State Saturday in I:C ::5 Championships in the and Purdue in West in their regular-season set this weekend in the in the teams' final game a pivotal late-season =cc Bronx. Lafayette this weekend. finale. team's first home games. of the regular season. conference match. a. !:i page 21 page 20 page 19 page page 18 page 18 U) 19