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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 41: ISSUE 38 TUESDAY. OCTOBER 24.2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Police eject, cite, arrest 61 at game Verizon Liquor law violations prompt action Saturday; optin1ized police also uncover counterfeit football tickets
Police made seven custodial on campus By KATE ANTONACCI arrests outside the stadium - News Editor two for public intoxication, two for violation of liquor laws and Company improves Police ejected 29 people from public intoxication, two for liquor service over fall break Notre Dame Stadium for alcohol law violations, false informing related violations during and resisting law enforcement Saturday's home football game and one for liquor violation, false against UClA informing and possession of mar By EILEEN DUFFY Two people were also arrested ijuana and drug paraphernalia, Assistant News Editor at the stadium - an adult for Johnson said. public intoxication and a student One juvenile was arrested for Plagued by delays through "for allegedly punching another selling counterfeit tickets and was out the summer and fall, the student in the face and causing brought to the county juvenile University's plan to improve an injury," Associate Director of justice center. Three other warn cellular telephone service Notre Dame Security/Police ings were issued for "re-selling was finally completed over (NDSP) Phil Johnson said in an e tickets on campus," Johnson said. fall break when Verizon opti mail Monday. Arrested offenders were trans mized its service on campus. Twenty-three arrest tickets ported to St. Joseph County Jail, Both Cingular and Verizon were issued to adults for viola Johnson said. entered into agreements tions of liquor laws and four tick Two people were sent to area with the University last ets were issued to juveniles for hospitals by ambulance due to spring to begin an antenna the same violation outside the Students cheer during the UCLA game Saturday. Police installment project during stadium, Johnson said. see ARRESTS/page 4 addressed alcohol violations both before and during the game. the summer. The project's goal, said Gordon Wishon. chief infor mation officer for the Office of Information Technologies, was to provide enhanced cell White discloses details of JACC donation phone service on campus by the first home football game. $5 million will go 1959 graduate of Notre Dame. Cingular achieved the goal in The gift is part of the $22 million September, but because to hospitality room ·dollars donors already had Verizon lacked the equip pledged to the University. ment to connect the campus and stadium club "The inspiration [for the dona antennas to its nationwide tion] was the school being in network, it lagged behind its need," Naimoli said. "If it helps rival, Wishon said. By KEN FOWLER our programs in any small way, Verizon had 'Originally News Writer I'd be happy with that. ... If expected the equipment to there's one thing we can do to arrive after football season, With Notre Dame still search honor [former Executive Vice but the company made some ing for the final donations for its President Father Ned Joyce's] changes, Wishon said. $24.7 million plan to renovate memory, we wanted to do it." "They expedited the deliv the south dome of the Joyce White said the Naimoli gift ery of that equipment, in Center, athletic director Kevin would be earmarked for the order to get it in before the White continued his media push planned 16,000 square-foot sta UCLA game," he said. "They to gain momentum on the project dium club and hospitality area, were successful in getting it this weekend, announcing "a which will be tied to approxi installed, in place, and oper very significant piece of the proj mately 800 seats at the south end ational. So, in fact, the cus ect." of the arena. The south dome will tomers of Verizon on campus White announced Friday a $5 be renamed Purcell Pavilion at should now be enjoying million "lead gift" by the family of the Joyce Center after Philip J. much-improved service." VInce Naimoli, who is chairman Purcell III, a Notre Dame Trustee For junior Sara Cermak, Athletic director Kevin White explains $24.7 million renovation of Major League Baseball's plans for the Joyce Center at a press conference Oct. 5. Tampa Bay Devil Rays and a see DONATION/page 8 see PHONE/page 4 Students positive GuluWalk unites Uganda, ND come together so eagerly in glob in safety and away from the By LAURA BODEIN al solidarity," said senior Nicole threat of being abducted by the after narrow Win News Writer Steele, part of the event's organiz LRA. The GuluWalk, organizers ing committee. said, is intended to be a symbolic About 30,000 people in more Part of the mission of senior effort showing worldwide solidar impressive," junior Brian than 80 cities and 15 countries Lindsay Hero and her GuluWalk ity and support for these children. By PATRICK CASSIDY Camus said. "It's a little discon mobilized Sunday for GuluWalk committee was to raise aware The peace talks between the News Writer certing after the last couple Day, an event organized to sup ness of the terrible human LRA and the Ugandan govern games that our offense hasn't port the abandoned children in tragedy occurring in Northern ment are at a critical stage, and Students who returned early been able to kick it into full northern Uganda - and nearly Uganda, said senior Patrick GuluWalk participants worldwide from fall break for the Notre gear." 150 of those walkers hailed from Corrigan, president of Notre were encouraged to make a pub Dame-UCLA game Saturday Despite the solid UCLA Notre Dame and the South Bend Dame's Uganda Conflict" Action lic statement in support of this witnessed a nail-biting win that defense, the Irish were able to community. Network. process. brought the Fighting Irish drive the ball inside the 35- Walkers braved the cold and "The humanitarian conse "With 20 walks in Canada, 44 record to 6-1. yard line with 2:25 remaining. rain to walk from the Potawatomi quences of the conflict between in the United States and events in Even without their starting But the team's hopes seemed to Zoo to the gymnasium of Indiana the rebel forces and the Lord's Australia, Burkina Faso, China, quarterback, the 4-2 UCLA be dashed when Notre Dame University of South Bend, a co Resistance Army (LRA) have been England, France, Italy, Kenya, Bruins still put a serious scare quarterback Brady Quinn sponsor of the event, to promote tragic," he said. Netherlands, New Zealand, into the Irish and their fist failed to reach a first down on peace in war-torn northern Each day, as many as 40,000 Serbia and Togo, it's clear that pumping fans. With just 27 sec his fourth QB sneak of the Uganda. children walk from villages and this is not a fringe issue but one onds remaining, Notre Dame drive. Many students, however, "It is amazing that a group of Internal Displaced Persons that citizens from every corner of was down 17-13. individuals living in a fairly small Camps (IDCP) into the town of "[UCLA's defense] was very see UCLA/page 8 part of northern Indiana could Gulu, where they spend the night see GULU/page 8 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Tuesday, October 24, 2006
INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOW AS A CHILD AND WHY? Fantasy fix
It's Sunday afternoon. I'm sitting in my common room watching the NFL, remote control in hand, flipping back and forth between channels faster than Charlie Weis eats a cheeseburger. I nave two Alan Geygan Chris Meister Logan Zoellner KatySidrow Mariko Dailey papers to Greg Arbogast work on and freshman freshman sophomore junior junior a test to Keough Keough Morrissey Pasquerilla West McGlinn study for, Sports Writer and the study abroad "'Legends of the "'The Power "'Mr. Rogers.' I "Bible Videos,' "'Pee-wee deadline is approaching faster than I'd Hidden Temple' Rangers.' The loved the because Adam [Herman]' like to admit, yet I can't tear myself away from the television and my lap because Olmec pink ranger imaginary and Eve didn't because I wish top. Why? Two words: fantasy football. and the temple was hot."' place."' have furniture. " my furniture Who needs to study for Professor guards were my would come Brady's exam when Tom Brady is in the red zone against the Bills? heroes."' alive in real The great thing is that I'm not the life." only one currently obsessed with fan tasy football, and that's a good thing. Right? I mean, 18 million Americans can't be wrong. A couple more quick stats for you: the number of fantasy football participants is currently grow ing at a rate of seven to 10 percent on IN BRIEF top of the 18 million people who already enjoy spending their Sundays in front of 10 televisions at a sports A blood drive will take bar. Even more impressively, fantasy place from 11:30 a.m. to football currently generates an eco 5:30 p.m. today at Rolfs nomic impact of close to $4 billion dol Sports Recreation Center. lars. That would make up about 1/5 of Faculty, staff and students the GDP of Tanzania. can register by calling 631- Humane Society 6100. Here's my question. Why does 1.. ,~1 Sai!:t J<;f.;Ms~ C<~t;r.!)' America love fantasy football so Where Best Friends are Found much? Is it the bragging rights you get Philosophy professor David to hold over your friends for an entire ADOPTION Burrell will present a work year? The fact that the typical sports shop titled "Peacemaking in fan thinks he knows more than most the Holy Land: Political NFL coaches usually leads to some AWARENESS Islam" at 4 p.m. today. pretty heated debates, and fantasy Faculty and staff can register football provides the perfect proving TODAY for the workshop at the ground for inflated sports egos. Kaneb Center for Teaching Nothing gives quite the same satis 2506 GRAPE ROAD and Learning. faction as watching your seventh MISHAWAKA, IN 46545 round pick turn into your leading (574) 255-4726 Amy Mcinerny, attorney receiver followed by a well deserved "I and founder of the Women's told you so" to all those who jeered Injury Network, will speak on you on draft day. "Abortion and Women: There's just something about being Rhetoric vs. Reality" the GM of your own football team. For Wednesday at 7 p.m. in 102 those who live vicariously through DeBartolo Hall. The event is sports, it's the closest they'll ever get free and co-sponsored by the LAURIE HUNI/Ihe Observer South Bend Diocese and the to sitting in a luxury suite during Notre Dame senior Morgan Dill plays with Coco, who was on campus Sunday as games and negotiating with multi-mil Center for Ethics and part of the Domer Doggie Walk. The event raised awareness for the Humane Culture. lionares. Society of St. Joseph County. Apparently, fantasy football leagues have picked ·up on this with the addi The Notre Dame chapter of tion of "keeper leagues." Keeper the National Association for leagues span the course of multiple OFFBEAT the Advancement of Colored seasons, allowing you to hold on to a People will hold their annual specified number of players from year Fried Coke is a big hit know where they can get the most jack-o'-lanterns AIDS Research Dinner from to year followed by a draft for new CHICAGO - Fried Coke it." lit in one place. 6 p.m. to 8 Wednesday in the players at the beginning of each sea has become the latest Fried treats are as big of "It's fantastic," said Jim LaFortune Ballroom. Tickets son. That's about as close to managing artery-clogging hit at state a draw at state fairs as the Laughlin, a spokesman for are $5 and can be purchased a real team as you can get. fairs, local media reports. rides and prize-winning Life is Good, the Boston at the LaFortune box office. Plus, having your own fantasy foot The gooey Coke-battered farm animals. Twinkies, clothing company that ball team allows you to watch games nuggets topped with cola cookies and even pickles sponsored the event. The film "Good Morning, as never before. It's the 49ers versus syrup won the "most cre are stuck with a stick, "We've been going after Night" will be shown in the the Raiders on an early December ative" title at the Texas dipped in batter and then this record for a long Browning Cinema in the Sunday. I'm riveted. No seriously. I state fair in Dallas last seared in the deep fryer. time." DeBartolo Performing Arts have Frank Gore and Randy Moss on month. Since then, the The old record of 28,952 Center at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. my fantasy team. If nothing else, hav deep-fried phenomenon Boston breaks pumpkin lit pumpkins had been Wednesday. Tickets are $3 ing a fantasy team increases the has spread to North record held since 2003 by Keene, for students and $5 for facul chance that you'll have a reason to Carolina and Arizona. BOSTON - Boston's N.H. That city tried to ty and staff. watch the network games in your "We've been getting calls nickname is Beantown, keep up with their own area. from everywhere since we but Pumpkintown might attempt Saturday, but lit Whatever the reason, Americans - introduced it," Elizabeth also apply now. only 24,682 pumpkins. To submit information to be myself included- are hooked on fan Martin, a spokeswoman Bostonians on Saturday included in this section of tasy football. I think that you have to for the North Carolina fair, lit 30,128 pumpkins on The Observer, e-mail detailed worry about the negative effects of told the Dallas Morning Boston Common, shatter Information compiled .from information about an event this, like the aforementioned neglect of News. "Everyone wants to ing the world record for the Associated Press. to obsnews@nd. edu school work ... wait, hold on. The Jets are in the red zone. I got to go watch. 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second floor, and I didn't dashed Bruins fans' spirits. "[UCLA fans] were louder get service there either." The student section erupted. than us at times," sophomore Phone When the University UCLA As students embraced each Alexandra Badewig said. "It's continued from page 1 announced it would stop continued from page 1 other in sad because our providing in-room tele excitement, team needs our sup phones beginning this year, the Fighting "[UCLA fans] were port but after [fall] the improved service was a the Steinbruecks planned to still had faith in their team. Irish football louder than us at break the student pleasant surprise. pay the additional cost to "lie knows what he's doing," team made section seemed After perusing Irish para have one in Mikalyn 's freshman Matt Gore said about its second times. It's sad empty." phernalia at the Bookstore room. But once she got to Notre Dame head coach Charlie great come because our team Notre Dame will Monday afternoon, Cermak campus, she said, there Weis' five attempts on fourth back of the needs our support travel to Baltimore, couldn't decide on a sweat was no need. down. "But it is a very interest 2006 season. but after [fall] break Md. this weekend to shirt color for her mom. "It works fantastically. I ing call against a tough UCLA "Did they take on Navy (5-2) She quickly reached for her get service basically every run defense." even kick the the student section - a team with one cell phone, but was doubt where on campus," she After two quick passes, the point after?" seemed empty. " of the best running ful she would get a signal. said. "Some game week Irish were past the 50-yard line asked fresh attacks in the nation. She pushed the green ends, it doesn't work as - but time was running out. man Steve The Irish will "talk" button anyway. well as normally, but I can As Quinn was flushed out of Rivera. "I Alexandra Badewig attempt to extend "It actually went through, definitely see an improve the pocket, wide receiver Jeff was too busy sophomore their 42-game win which is unusual," Cermak ment from last year." Samardzija followed him across celebrating ning streak against said. "I've And although the field, made the catch and and I even the Midshipmen. done that ear Verizon pre weaved his way towards the lost my shoes. It was crazy." lier this year, "It works dicted dropped end zone. On his 45-yard trip to But some fans thought stu and it didn't fantastically. I get calls during the the end zone, Samardzija broke dent enthusiasm seemed Contact Patrick Cassidy at work." service basically four-day opti through UCLA tackles and muted. [email protected] Sophomore mization Verizon cus everywhere on process last tomer Mikalyn campus." w e e k , Steinbrueck is Steinbrueck's environment and to enforce Johnson said if football week also grateful service Mikalyn Steinbruek Indiana laws regarding alcohol is end festivities include the use of for the remained Arrests not an undercover operation," alcoholic beverages, Indiana laws improvements. sophomore steady. continued from page 1 Johnson said. "These patrols will should be followed. A chronic Verizon customer "I was here continue for the next home foot "Don't let alcohol get in the way oversleeper, during [fall] intoxication, Johnson said. ball game." of your safety or fun or keep you Steinbrueck break, and I In addition, one person was Johnson did not specify from enjoying a great football relies on her parents' per heard that the system was issued a "trespass warning for whether preliminary breath test<> game," Johnson said. "Keep in sistent phone calls to rouse supposed to go down, but I urinating in a public place." (PBTs) were used or if police offi mind that laws regarding the use her - a method that didn't have any problems at NDSP was assisted outside the cers were in uniform or plain of alcohol will be enforced and proved faulty last year all with my cell phone," she stadium by Indiana State Excise clothes. you are responsible for your con when she was a freshman said. "I've had perfect serv Police, South Bend Police and St. "NDSP will continue to work duct." in the basement of ice." Joseph County Police. with other area police officials for Pangborn, where she had Now, the wake-up call "Patrols of parking lots to pro the next home football game," Contact Kate Antonacci at no cell phone service. Her that comes in each morning mote a family friendly game day Johnson said. [email protected] parents had to call the (on a crystal-clear five bar dorm phone every morning, signal) is just loud enough which her slumbering for Steinbrueck - and roommate did not appreci quiet enough to be ignored ate. by her snoozing roommate. "We ended up having to switch roommates at the semester," Steinbrueck said. "Then I went to the
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS IRAQ Protestant, Catholic meet in Belfast BELFAST, Northern Ireland -Northern Ireland's dominant Protestant leader, who has Shiite militia hunts down police long denounced the Roman Catholic Church as corrupt and heretical, held talks Monday for Anti-American cleric's loyals re-emerge in south; 4 killed in rival militia violence the first time with the leader of the church in Ireland. Ian Paisley's meeting with Archbishop Sean Associated Press Brady, leader of Ireland's 4 million Catholics, was timed to signal Paisley's willingness to work with Catholics on the eve of negotiations BAGHDAD - Militiamen to revive power-sharing in Northern Ireland, loyal to an anti-American the central goal of the Good Friday peace cleric re-emerged Monday in the southern city of Amarah, accord of 1998. hunting down and killing Britain and Ireland, which are leading three days of multiparty negotiations starting four policemen from a rival Wednesday in Scotland, have given the militia in a brutal Shiite-on Northern Ireland Assembly a Nov. 24 deadline Shiite settling of scores. to elect a Catholic-Protestant administration or The Iraqi army set up a be shut down. few roadblocks but did not interfere in the movement of Tree caused May crash killing I 0 Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi KABUL, Afghanistan- A helicopter crash that Army fighters after police killed 10 U.S. troops last May was caused by a fled the streets. The latest series of mishaps, a new report concluded. attacks came despite a pub Problems included a nighttime landing on a lic call by al-Sadr to halt the small mountaintop zone, trees that were too tribal vendetta, suggesting close to the runway and soldiers who lacked that splinter groups were axes to cut them down. developing within his militia. Maj. Matt Hackathorn, a military spokesman The spread of revenge at the U.S. base at Bagram, north of Kabul, said killings among Shiites in on Monday that the May crash came "as a very their southern heartland has hard lesson" in the difficulties of flying in opened a new and ominous Afghanistan. front as American forces The CH-47 Chinook- a large transport heli struggle to control insurgent copter with two overhead rotors - had such a and sectarian bloodshed to small landing zone that only its two rear wheels the north - especially in could touch down, while its front two wheels Baghdad. hovered off the mountain's side, the report from In the capital, the U.S. mil the Accident Investigation Division of the U.S. itary reported that a soldier Army Combat Readiness Center found. was listed as missing Monday night and that American and Iraqi forces were scouring the area NATIONAL NEWS where he was last seen. The missing soldier is an Army AP translator, and the initial Iraqi soldiers stand guard at a police station destroyed in fighting on Friday in Amarah, a Alaskan villages reject Chavez' oil aid report is that he may have city 200 miles southeast of Baghdad Saturday. ANCHORAGE- In Alaska's native villages, been abducted, said a mili the punishing winter cold is already coming tary official in Washington, ly given that his army was drag the people of one plagued American forces in through the walls of the lightly insulated ply speaking on condition of standing aside in Amarah nation into fighting and Baghdad, surrounding areas wood homes, many of the villagers are desper anonymity because the and has fallen short of deliv strife," he said. Amarah is and sprawling Anbar ately poor, and heating-oil prices are among information was not cleared ering troops requested by the capital of Maysan province to the west. the highest in the nation. for release. the Americans for the ongo province. Members of ai-Qaida in And yet a few villages are refusing free heat With the fighting weighing ing security crackdown in Hoping to fmd a political Iraq are not included in ing oil from Venezuela, on the patriotic princi heavily on the prospects of Baghdad. solution, the Bush adminis either the talks or the U.S. ple that no foreigner has the right to call their Republican candidates in "The Iraqi government tration has asked the al amnesty proposal, which president "the devil." midterm elections two weeks hereby warns all groups Maliki's government to issue would require Iraqi govern The heating oil is being offered by the petro away, the military on with illegal weapons to an unconditional amnesty to ment approval and is by no leum company controlled by Venezuelan Monday announced four refrain from any armed Sunni Muslim insurgents, means certain since it is con President Hugo Chavez, President Bush's new U.S. deaths- a Marine activities that undermines prominent Kurdish lawmak trolled by Shiites. nemesis. While scores of Alaska's Eskimo and and three soldiers. So far public security. Let everyone er Mahmoud Othman told The Bush administration Indian villages say they have no choice but to this month, 87 American be informed that orders The Associated Press. He is a said Monday there were no accept, others would rather suffer. service members have been have been issued to the confidant of Jalal Talabani, plans for dramatic shifts in killed in Iraq. armed forces to stop any the country's president. policy or for ultimatums to Missouri middle schooler in custody Prime Minister Nouri al transgression against state He and Hassan al-Seneid, the Iraqi government to JOPLIN, Mo. - Fascinated by the Maliki announced a military power and to confront any a member of parliament force progress. Columbine bloodbath, a 13-year-old boy in a crackdown to tame the illegal attempt regardless of close to al-Maliki, also told Defense Secretary Donald dark green trenchcoat and mask carried an country's staggering armed its source," al-Maliki wrote AP that U.S. officials were H. Rumsfeld said U.S. gov assault rifle into his school Monday, pointed violence, taking special aim in his decree. engaged in ongoing talks ernment and military offi it at students and fired a shot into a ceiling at continuing lawlessness in "The Iraqi government with members of the insur cials were working with Iraq before the weapon jammed, authorities said. Am arab. also calls in particular on the gency, including members of to set broad time frames for No one was hurt. But his statement, while people of Maysan province Saddam Hussein's outlawed when Iraqis can take over 16 "Please don't make me do this," he was notable for its timing, to exercise caution and care Baath Party, to seek an end provinces that are still under quoted as telling administrators before police appeared toothless, especial- in the face of attempts to to the fighting that has the control of U.S. troops. arrested him and thwarted what they called a "well thought-out plan" to terrorize his school. Police said a note in the student's backpack indicated he had planted an explosive in the school, but no bombs were found. Lower standards raise recruits
those, about 70,000 were first-time Test-taking ability, the Army said, Associated Press LOCAL NEWS recruits who had never served before. does not measure loyalty, duty, honor, WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army According to statistics obtained by integrity or courage. Deputy injured during reenacbnent recruited more than 2,600 soldiers The Associated Press, 3.8 percent of Daniel Goure, vice president of the KOKOMO, Ind.- A sheriff's deputy said he's under new lower aptitude standards the first-time recruits scored below Lexington Institute, a private walking again six weeks after breaking his pelvis this year, helping the service beat its certain aptitude levels. In previous research group, said there is a "fine during a reenactment of a War of 1812 battle goal of 80,000 recruits in the throes years, the Army had aHowed only 2 balance between the need for a cer that was being filmed for the History Channel. of an unpopular war and mounting percent of its recruits to have low tain number of recruits and the stan Howard County Sheriff's Deputy Richard casualties. aptitude scores. That limit was dards you set." Ferguson, 47, said he lost control of his horse The recruiting mark comes a year increased last year to 4 percent, the "Tests don't tell you the answer to and was injured after bouncing hard several after the Army missed its recruitment maximum allowed by the Defense the most critical question for the times on his saddle. target by the widest margin since Department. Army, how will you do in combat?" "All of this for 10 seconds on the History 1979, which had triggered a boost in The Army said all the recruits with Goure said. Channel," he joked. the number of recruiters, increased low scores had received high school But, he added, accepting too many Ferguson was part of the reenactment in late bonuses, and changes in standards. diplomas. In a written statement, the recruits with low test scores could August in Friendship, a small community in The Army recruited 80,635 soldiers, Army said good test scores do not increase training costs and leave southeast Indiana. roughly 7,000 more than last year. Of necessarily equate to quality soldiers. technical jobs unfilled. page 6 The Observer + PAID ADVERTISEMENT Tuesday, October 24, 2006
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"This is the next step in AP IN BRIEF the evolution of the YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley, 29, right, and Steven Chen, 27, pose for a Internet," Google Chief photo with their video cameras at their office loft in San Mateo, Calif. March 29. Stocks rise despite geopolitical termoil Executive Officer Eric NEW YORK - Stocks rose slightly Monday, Schmidt said during a con of Hurley and Chen, 27, together after just a week money by helping them with the Dow Jones industrial average briefly ference call Monday. that he compared them to of negotiation. connect with the growing touching a new intraday trading high, after the YouTube will continue to Google's now 33-year-old YouTube has drawn less number of people who retain its brand, its new U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea co-founders, Sergey Brin flattering comparisons to spend most of their free over its claim of an underground nuclear test. headquarters in San Bruno and Larry Page. the original Napster, the time on the Internet. and all 67 employees, Wall Street had opened the session lower Brin sees the similarities once-popular music sharing As its negotiations with including co-founders Chad after North Korea announced it had set off an too. "It's hard to imagine a service that was buried in Google appeared to be near atomic weapon underground. Reports that Hurley and Steve Chen. better fit with another com an avalanche of copyright fruition, YouTube on OPEC was near announcing its first output cut Meanwhile, Google will pany," Brin said during infringement lawsuits filed Monday announced new in two years sent oil prices higher. But stock continue to run a less popu Monday's conference call. by incensed music compa partnerships with Universal prices turned mixed by midday and were high lar video service on its own "This really reminds me of nies and artists. Music Group, CBS Corp. er by early afternoon. site. Google just a few short While most videos posted and Sony BMG Music "We are heartened by the fact the market The deal is expected to years ago." on YouTube are homemade, Entertainment. Those seems to be shrugging off a major geopolitical close before the end of the The two companies even the site also features vol alliances followed a similar event," said Jim Russell, director of core equity year. share a common financial umes of copyrighted mate arrangement announced strategy for Fifth-Third Asset Management in ''I'm confident that with bond: Sequoia Capital, an rial - a problem that has last month with Warner Cincinnati. which manages $22 billion. this partnership we'll have early Google investor that caused some critics to pre Music Group Inc. But Russell added that because of the the flexibility and resources owns a roughly 30 percent dict the startup eventually The truce with Universal Columbus Day holiday, volume was too light to needed to pursue our goal stake in YouTube. Menlo would be sued into oblivion. represented a particularly say the day's trading represented a trend or of building the next-genera Park-based Sequoia But Hurley and Chen significant breakthrough theme. tion platform for serving remains a major Google have spent months cozying because the world's largest media worldwide," said shareholder and retains a up with major media exec record company had Hurley, YouTube's 29-year seat on the company's utives in an effort to con threatened to sue YouTube Bond investors knock down rates old CEO. board - factors that might vince them that YouTube for copyright infringement NEW YOHK - The bond market's rally in Schmidt thinks so highly have helped the deal come could help them make more less than a month ago. recent months looks to be the work of a new generation of "vigilantes" who have turned the notion of holding the Federal Reserve's feet to the fire on its head. fRANCE Back in the 1980s and early 1990s, these investors took matters into their own hands when they felt the Fed wasn't doing enough to fight inflation. By selling bonds, they pushed Airbus chief resigns after short stint rates on things like 30-year Treasury bonds high enough to slow the economy in the hopes blow to crisis-hit Airbus. The tion of the French daily Le Figaro, of warding off the stinging effect of higher Associated Press planemaker, which stunned Streiff said he had not been prices. The Fed eventually followed suit by investors in June by doubling the allowed the "necessary operational increasing overnight rates. PARIS - Airbus chief executive A380's production delay to one powers" to do the job effectively This go-around, a new class of bond investors Christian Streiff resigned Monday year, doubled it again this month to and welcomed as "a step in the seem to be working the opposite way. They are after a little more than three two years and said the holdups right direction" the combination of knocking down rates of Treasury securities in months as head of the troubled would wipe $6.1 billion off EADS the Airbus and EADS roles. what amounts to an audacious gamble that European plane maker and parent profits over four years. Streiff, a 52-year-old former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his col company EADS named one of its Streiff took over as Airbus CEO Saint-Gobain executive, drew up a leagues soon will have to reverse course and own co-CEOs to replace him. just over three months ago, replac cost-cutting turnaround plan for cut short-term borrowing rates to avoid a European Aeronautic Defence ing Gustav Humbert - who was Airbus that enjoyed strong support recession. and Space Co. said in a statement ousted along with EADS co-CEO from EADS directors, but he As some on Wall Street have pointed out, this Louis Gallais will succeed Streiff in Noel Forgeard as a result of the clashed repeatedly with the board change in tactics may have something to do the top job at Airbus while continu A380 production crisis. over how the plan should be imple with who manages money these days: Hedge ing in his current role as joint head EADS didn't say in the release mented and how much control he funds and other speculators play an ever-larg of the Franco-German defense announcing Streiff's resignation would personally exercise, accord er role in the bond market and the pressures group. why he was leaving. ing to three officials familiar with they face to show outsized returns are intense. Streif"s departure deals a fresh In an interview for Tuesday's edi- the discussions. page 8 The Observer + CAMPUS NEWS Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Through donations and the sale take action and pressure the U.S. about the struggles in Uganda, the of GuluWalk T-shirts, hats and government to pay attention to the event organizers brought in a 15- Donation Gulu wristbands, local participants issues of Uganda. year-old Ugandan refugee named continued from page 1 continued from page 1 raised nearly $2,500, I Iero said. "One of the main goals of the Evaline. Hero led a rally after the walk in Gulu Walk this year was to pro "She helped realize the real and former chief executive offi the globe want to see their govern the IUSB gymnasium. mote the support of peace talks human eonsequences," Corrigan cer of Morgan Stanley, who ments engage in," the GuluWalk Steele spent the summer work occurring right now and to walk in said. donated $12.5 million to the Web site reads. ing in Uganda and reealled a des solidarity with the night com Evaline, who now lives in Fort project. Hero visited Uganda over the perate plea made to her by the muters," Steele said. Wayne, Ind., was captured by the "By having an opportunity to summer, and it was this visit, she director of an Internal Displaced Other speeches included the LRA and held captive for three kind of talk about [this donation] said, that inspired her to take on Persons Camp (IDCP) in the dty of reading of testimonials written by years, suffering from inhumane publicly, it may get other [poten the challenge of organizing the Gulu: "We are here. We are suf aetual night commuters who walk forms of torture. Permanently dis tial donors] to emulate, and it citywide walk. fering. We arc suffering. We are eight to 10 miles from IDP camps figured after breaking her lower does build and create momen "The hard work paid ofT. It was dying, don't forget us." to city centers to avoid kidnapping. jaw when hit by flying shrapnel in tum," White said. "And there's really a community effort," Hero "Over 90 percent of the popula If captured, the young men are a firefight, she has already had no question that's occurring." said. "The majority of walkers tion lives in these eamps," Steele generally forced to become sol three facial operations. While remaining optimistic, were from Penn High School and said. "There is little sanitation, lim diers and are often forced to kill The original GuluWalk began in White once again noted that Marian High School, but we had ited medical supplies, and they are people in their own families or vil July 2005 with just two people. con..'ltruction - expected to take people drive in from Michigan and 100 percent dependent on ouL'lide lages, Corrigan said. The young Rapidly, it has grown into a world about one year - cannot begin students from Taylor University in food. 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Associated Press gents' video was "a difficult publicist for an enemy propa search for 9 I 11 ren1ains one, but for a news organiza ganda film featuring the killing tion, the right one. Our respon of an American soldier," wrote WASHINGTON - A leading sibility is to report the news." Hunter, chairman of the House Associated Press ect," McArdle said. "There came Republican lawmaker on In a letter released Monday, Armed Services Committee. a point in time when they said, defense issues has asked the Hunter asked Defense California Republican Reps. NEW YORK - As the city 'We gotta try to wrap this up,' and Pentagon to bar CNN reporters Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld Darrell Issa and Brian Bilbray agency overseeing the removal of they tried to expedite it as much from traveling with military to yank CNN from the military also signed the letter. the World Trade Center rubble as possible, and they jumped the units in Iraq because the net embedding program, in which CNN last week aired the was wrapping up its work in gun, and now you have all of work showed insurgent snipers journalists spend time with footage, which was delivered 2002, several officials handling these families hurt and they're shooting at U.S. troops. combat units in Iraq. through a contact with an the painstaking recovery of finding all these body parts." "Does CNN want America to Hunter, a staunch defender of insurgent leader. human remains warned that Particular disagreements arose win this thing?" Rep. Duncan the Bush administration and its The footage does not show things were moving too fast. as the design department was Hunter, R-Calif., asked in an handling of the war in Iraq, the actual death or wounding of They believed that more pieces preparing to turn over the site _ interview Monday on the net said the decision was irrespon any service member. In one of the 2,749 dead could be found, which belongs to the bistate work. In past wars, he said, the sible because it could encour instance, the tape shows a serv and that the city shouldn't be agency known as the Port press was more pro-American. age more attacks on U.S. ice member milling around a rushing such an important task. Authority. According to people CNN issued a statement say troops. public area. A shot rings out, But they were overruled, two of involved in the process, the ing the decision to air the insur- "CNN has now served as the and the tape fades to black. those officials told The Associated design department had created a Press this week. grid map and asked those leading Over the past few days, dozens the remains recovery to walk of bones have been discovered in through each area, and sign off, underground passages at ground square by square. zero, more than five years after Matthew Monahan, department the tragedy. spokesman, said the intent of that "I knew that this was going to correspondence did not deal with happen - they really just wanted human remains specifically, but us out of there," said retired Lt. rather the agency's overall effort John McArdle, the Police to clean up the site and eliminate Department's ground zero com safety hazards in preparation for mander. "There was not a good turning it over the Port Authority. exit strategy for some of these A powerwashing would not places, and if there was, it was necessarily have reached the 12 poorly done." subterranean cavities now being A utility crew stumbled upon opened and picked through this body parts last week in an aban week by teams of forensic anthro doned manhole along the edge of pologists. But Skyler said there P vV~Wl/~K'i P ~i.o-K- Y the site, and forensic experts have may be many more underground since dug down and found more areas to examine. than 100 bones and fragments All involved agencies have also PltaycvK- from skulls, ribs, arms, legs, feet been asked to go back and recall and hands. how and when they inspected the AppZy t:o- 5~ A bro-c;uL iAtv 5 wn.-11\/y lvt~ The discoveries have angered buildings on the site's outskirts. 2007-8 and saddened relatives of the Hundreds of bone fragments Sept: 11 victims. Of the 2, 7 49 peo were recently found on the roof of ple who were killed that day, the a skyscraper that had been closed PUEBLA, MEXICO remains of some 1,150 have not since the attack. Fall semester pre-med program been found. That means that None of the newly unearthed Spring semester general program families of 40 percent of the vic bones has been identified, but the INTERNSHIPS tims have nothing - not a sliver medical examiner's office has of a bone - left of their loved DNA profiles of the victims on file ones. and is working to match the MONTERREY, MEXICO "The desire was driven by one remains. Thousands of the 20,000 Business and Engineering courses available thing, and that was, 'Get it done,"' pieces recovered during the main Beginning Spanish courses offered said another official who protest excavation still have not yielded Business and Engineering INTERNSHIPS ed, speaking to the AP on condi matches. tion of anonymity because he is Mayor Michael Bloomberg said INFORMATION SESSION not authorized to discuss the Monday that the cleanup was "a work publicly. "Many a time the heroic job ... by people who really THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2006, 5:30 PM issue was raised about how fast it dedicated themselves - firefight 204 DEBARTOLO was going and things were being ers who had lost sons and broth missed." · ers, construction workers who APPLICATION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 15, 2006 Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler, who is worked in difficult conditions overseeing the renewed search, where they had lots of heavy said a review of such issues machinery and there was a lot of APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE: http:/ fwww.nd.edu/ "'ois would be premature, but noted pressure to do things quickly." that the Fire Department was He added: "And I think, on bal designated as the lead agency for ance, they did a magnificent job." finding remains, and that the design department proceeded with its work only when the FDNY gave the go-ahead. Office of International Studies After the twin 110-story towers 152 Hurley Building collapsed, police and fire officials T: 631-5882 CENTRAL EUROPEAN led the backbreaking search for bodies while the Department of Design and Construction was STUDIES PROGRAM assigned to excavate the debris, which stood 10 stories high at the IN start. The agency, staffed by engi neers, architects and construction professionals, specializes in engi INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA neering and construction proj ects, including emergency debris removal. 2007-2008 Academic Year Each day, the design depart ment convened planning meet ings with all the parties involved, Information Meeting including engineers, emergency With Professor Gernot Guertler, responders and a range of other city agencies. Director of the CES Program The project finished months ahead of city officials' yearlong prediction, and cost about $750 million -just a fraction of the Thursday, October 26, 2006 initial multibillion-dollar estimate. But the design department was 210 DeBartolo 5:30pm-7:00pm sometimes at odds with the res cue workers, who frequently needed to shut down or pause the operation as they recovered bod ies. Applications Available www/nd.edu/~ois "It went from a rescue to a recovery to a construction proj- Ouestions?- Weber.15(ti)nd.edu Annlication Deadline: November 15. 2006 page 10 The Observer+ NATIONAL NEWS Tuesday, October 24, 2006
• Hastert aide testifies before panel Accident kills 1 1n
Associated Press calls for his resignation with Ironically, the internal report statements that his staff acted did not mention any role played WASHINGTON - The House properly after the 2005 notifica by Palmer, despite his status as eastern Pa. coalinine ethics committee questioned tion, and quickly had a lawmaker Hastert's top assistant. Speaker Dennis Hastert's top aide and the House chief clerk con The speaker has left himself Associated Press "Right now, it's a mining acci for more than six hours Monday, front the Florida Republican. one major escape route, publicly dent, a fatal mine accident, and as investigators tried to deter Hastert said he didn't learn pledging to lire any or his staff TREMONT, Pa. - A coal that's what we're terming it mine whether Hastert's office about Foley until late September, members who were found to mine accident, possibly an until the investigation con knew at least three years ago of when the scandal became public have covered up knowledge of explosion, killed a miner cludes," said Mark Carmon, a Rep. Mark Foley's come-ons to and Foley resigned. Foley's conduct. Monday, but five others DEP spokesman. male pages. The speaker's timeline could be Hastert also has said he doesn't escaped, authorities said. The five miners who escaped The closed-door testimony by shattered if the committee recall discussing Foley's conduct The incident happened 2,300 were being interviewed, Hastert chief of staff Scott Palmer believes former Foley chief of with Hep. Tom Heynolds, R-N.Y., feet underground at the H&D Carmon said. could help determine who is staff Kirk Fordham, who already the House Hepublican campaign Coal Co. anthraeite mine in The mine is in a remote, telling the truth about when the has testified before the ethics chairman; or Majority Leader Schuylkill County, about 80 mountainous region in eastern speaker's office first learned of panel. Fordham has said publicly John Boehner, H-Ohio, both of miles northwest of Pennsylvania. A June inspec Foley's conduct. Hastert has said that he told Palmer about Foley whom said they told 1-Iastert Philadelphia. tion turned up no violations, it was in the fall of 2005. in 2002 or 2003, and subsequent about Foley earlier this year. The victim was Dale while an August inspection Campaigning for a Republican ly learned that Palmer spoke with Boehner testified before the Heightl'er, 43, of Donaldson, found brush surrounding an candidate in Tennessee, Hastert Foley on the subject. committee last week and according to his brother-in-law exhaust fan that was cleared said he plans to testify before the "What Kirk Fordham said did Heynolds was expected to be Charles Kimmel. Heightler, who while the inspeetor was on site, committee this week. not happen," Palmer said weeks questioned Tuesday. had worked the mines since according to state officials. "What Mark Foley did was ago in his lone public statement Before Palmer testified, age 16, had a wife and four Four workers at the mine wrong. It was ethically wrong. on the matter. Reynolds' top politieal aide, Sally children, and dreamed of set were injured Dec. 1, 2004, by It's a shame. It's actually disgust Hastert's version, issued as an Vastola, appeared before the ting up an auto repair business, debris from an explosion ing," Hastert told reporters after internal report, said his staff committee as it began a third Kimmel said. caused by a pipe with a faulty a campaign rally. learned in the fall of 2005 that week of closed-door testimony. "He was gonna give it up and gauge, state ollicials said. The In Washington, Palmer's Foley had sent overly friendly e Vastola is executive director of go into auto repair full time," mine reopened after installing lawyer, Scott Fredericksen, said mails to a former Louisiana page. the National Hepublican Kimmel said. "I guess that ain't safety equipment, and two his client hasn't changed his ver The report said the staff did not Congressional Committee and a gonna happnn." inspections this year turned up sion of events. The Hastert aide see the texts of thee-mails, which longtime top aide to Heynolds. State and federal investiga no signifieant violations, the has disputed one account that he asked about the 16-year-old's Vastola's testimony could touch tors were trying to determine state agency said. personally was notified about birthday a11d requested a picture. on how Heynolds reaeted when the eause of the aeeident, the The area has the nation's Foley in 2002 or 2003. The report said the speaker's learning of problems with Foley's state Department of only deposits of anthracite, a Fredericksen said the testimo oflice contacted then-chief clerk behavior toward pages and with Environmental Protection said. type of hard, relatively clean ny was "consistent with the posi Jeff Trandahl, who went to con whom Heynolds may have shared Regulators ordered the mine burning coal that once heated tion he's taken all along." front Foley with Hep. John the inf{Jrmation. closed until an investigation is millions of homes but now rep Palmer spent the longest time Shimkus, H-Ill. and chairman of Testimony from I Iastert's aides complete. resents a tiny sliver of the U.S. in the committee oflices than any the board that oversees the page would go a long way toward State police initially said the coal industry. The mines still other witness, entering at 1:57 program. They ordered Foley to wrapping up the interviews accident was an explosion. operating are typically small, p.m. and leaving at 8:18 p.m. immediately stop communicating niquired for the panel to make its However, other state officials with only a few miners. This is the third week of testimo with the youngster. findings, though it's unclear were more cautious, saying it So far this year, there have ny, as the committee tries to The report added that nobody whether the panel will have was too dangerous to go down been 41 other deaths in U.S. learn how the Republican leader in Hastert's ollice knew, until the enough time to issue a report into the mine shaft to investi coal-mine accidents, none in ship handled Foley's inappropri messages became public, that befom Election Day.The commit gate because the incident Pennsylvania. In the deadliest ate conduct. Foley also had sent sexually tee, evenly divided between the knocked out t.he mine's ventila accident, 12 men were killed at The speaker has a lot riding on explicit instant messages to other parties, could issue an interim tion system. They hoped to the Sago Mine in northern West the outcome. He has fended off former pages. report 'by Election Day. have it restored Tuesday. 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Associated Press rivers and $3 pitchers of beer. deaths began in July 1997, bars cater to young drinkers, The community has a long ''I'm not sure anything we do when searchers pulled 19-year offering booze at dirt-cheap tradition of drinking. Thousands LA CROSSE, Wis. - Searchers can prevent a future tragedy," old Richard Hlavaty's body from prices. of people converge on La Crosse combing the Mississippi River Mayor Mark Johnsrud said. the Mississippi River near a The Vibe, where Homan was every fall for its Oktoberfest, a this month pulled out the body Some officials want to rein in park. College wrestler Jared last seen alive, offers an all-you day-long party with abundant of University of Wisconsin-La the binge drinking culture. Dion became the seventh can-drink special for $5. Shots beer. And on days when the Crosse basketball player Luke Others have proposed fencing drowning victim in 2004 when are just $1. A sign in the bar's wind blows just right, the smells Homan - the eighth college-age off the scenic waterfront. his body turned up in the same window proclaims: "You're not of City Brewery waft through man in nine years to disappear But solutions have so far elud park. drunk if you can lie on the floor downtown. from a city tavern and turn up ed this community where The community is saturated without holding on." "The problem is the culture is dead in a river. drownings and drinking have with thousands of students Down the street, Brothers already up on a pedestal in this La Crosse officials have debat claimed lives for years. The attending the University of offers bottles of beer for a buck town," said University of ed for years how to keep drunk city's first recorded alcohol Wisconsin's La Crosse campus, on Wednesdays. The Helm Wisconsin-La Crosse senior en students safe, but some say related drowning was in 1867, as well as Viterbo University boasts 50-cent schnapps and $3 Cathy Long. there may be no answer for a according to the mayor. and Western Wisconsin pitchers from midnight to 1:30 The city also lies where the town with three colleges, three The more recent string of Technical College. Downtown a.m. Black and La Crosse rivers empty into the Mississippi. Hemmed in by rugged bluffs, LaCrosse is well-known for its scenery. But the waterfront can be deadly. Investigators believe Dion fell off a levee that doubles as a pedestrian walkway and a dock for visiting paddlewheel boats. The levee had no railing, allowing him to tumble 10 feet into the frigid Mississippi. His death brought to a head years of fears that a serial killer was stalking drunks. Police held CJ'lcr:l ..., a town meeting to reassure peo r'Tl= ~ r'Tl= c ple, explaining that none of the -c-o 5I victims was attacked. 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The second will appear tomorrow. mer Notre Dame students. We felt that adult malaria victims who would other support a campus-wide fundraiser for Few scenes are throughout the discussion, several prin wise die. Children, who are even more global health. More importantly, when more entertaining Matthew ciples emerged reminiscent of lessons vulnerable, cost less to treat than adults. the time comes, we implore our fellow than a little-league Barnes and learned on the soccer field. The pan The change from one individual's pock students to donate generously. Even if soccer game. There is Sarah Epstein elists' primary message was one of ets could save two or more lives! If the you have no money to spare, your time something funny teamwork on a global scale. They argued entire Notre Dame community made supporting the fundraiser can be just as about a large mob of Guest that wealthy nations share a moral similar donations, we could raise thou valuable. Everyone has individual talents children chasing the Columnists imperative to play their part on an inter sands of dollars, which could purchase to contribute to global efforts. In the ball around, each national team. Rather than viewing the medicines and other supplies that could meantime, opportunities exist to join and child vying for a chance to kick the ball. economy as a zero-sum competition directly save upwards of 20,000 lives in support student organizations with char There are no positions and only a vague where one country's advancement comes a single year. Clearly, a team effort can itable causes such as Circle K and Lead sense of a team. As they mature, chil at another's expense, wealthy nations make quite an impact. NO. The Center for Social Concerns also dren learn that there is more to the must recognize that aid to poor countries Furthermore, our imperative is not provides opportunities for students to game than simply getting their kicks in. will eventually benefit everyone through merely to keep people from starving contribute their time and talents to char Team members must work together. the growth of larger global markets. now, but to offer enough assistance to itable efforts. If everyone cooperates and Ultimately, the team shares both the joy All citizens, including students like us, provide the foundation for future eco we combine our individual contributions, of victory and the agony of defeat. These have roles on the team, and should par nomic growth. To borrow from the collectively we can and will make a dif lessons are applicable even on a global ticipate. Donations are desperately need imagery of Sachs, the wealthy nations of ference. Rally, sons and daughters of scale. ed to save more than 40 million people the world must help lesser developed Notre Dame, against the global health At the Notre Dame Forum "The Global who will suffer and die this year from nations onto the first rung of the ladder crisis. Health Crisis: Forging Solutions, tuberculosis, HIV and various treatable of ecological development before they Effecting Change" held at the Joyce water-borne illnesses. These people are will be able to begin pulling themselves The authors are biology graduate stu Center on Sept. 14, a panel discussed the impoverished and unable to support upward. However, this process takes dents participating in the new Global dire conditions of global health. Panelists themselves, and the underdeveloped time, so we must act as soon as possible. Linkages of Biology. the Environment. included Professor of Health Policy and nations in which they live cannot assist Indeed, now is the time for Notre and Society (GLOBES) program. Management at Columbia University and them either. Nevertheless, more affiuent Dame students to join the team against The views expressed in this column are Director of the UN Millennium Project individuals often fail to donate money, global poverty. As representatives of the those of the author and not necessarily Jeffrey Sachs, native Ugandan and coor- believing the excuse that their limited student body, the Council of those of The Observer. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR U-WIRE Ignorance surfaces Homosexuality + GOP - in classroom hypocrisy On the last day of classes before break, I met my roommate in As the Mark Foley scandal continues to unfold, Republican candidates "while relying on gay physics. She seemed distraught, not last-day-of-mid-terms distraught, it would seem that this might be a step back for baiting" to turn out the conservative vote. The but more I'm-not-sure-whether-to-laugh-or-cry distraught. She then the gay rights movement in America. Not so fast. two horses won't ride in tandem forever, and the recounted the events of her philosophy class that day. In a discussion The Foley scandal- as gross Republicans will have to pick which one is a bet on communism, my roommate made a contribution. She was then and disturbing as it is - may Matt Stone ter long-term strategy. Needless to say, Sullivan opposed by the next student who prefaced his comment by insulting in fact be a paradoxical step urges his fellow conservatives to get off the gay forward for the status of gays, University of baiting horse - quickly. her, stating that he would have expected such a simplistic view from especially within Republican Arizona But there are other fissures developing in the an athlete. For my roommate, who is already economic in her contri ranks. Daily Republican ranks as well. While some butions to discussions, this student's power trip effectively hushed her. Of course, it does not seem Wildcat Republicans privately have no qualms with It is unfortunate that not all Notre Dame students are as self-assured like it at first blush. Eight homosexuality- evidently this includes Sen. in discussion as the young man who silenced my roommate. I do not states are considering anti-gay marriage meas Rick "Family Values" Santorum -other care what his point was exactly because his self-assurance was ures in the upcoming election, including Republican politicians are still openly hostile negated by his blatant ignorance. Clearly, this man was quite the Arizona's notorious Proposition 107. Republican toward gays. inter-disciplinary scholar to have established such a correlation leaders continue to pander to a closed-minded Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas is holding up between physical ability and intellect - a correlation which he was base by bashing gays in advertisements. one of President Bush's judicial nominees, Janet unable to argue his point on communism without. I sincerely hope Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the house, Neff, because Neff once attended a commitment that this young man's preface is not one frequently faced by student even conflated homosexuality with pedophilia on ceremony for two lesbian partners. Sen. James athletes, and I am disappointed by his arrogance. By insulting some of national television, as if all gays are also lnbofe of Oklahoma will not hire gays onto his the most industrious students on campus to bolster his ego, he per pedophiles. According to Gingrich, the GOP failed staff, although some of his staffers have anony to address Foley's misconduct years ago because mously admitted to being gay in the press. petuated his own futile attitude. There is no space for that type of atti they didn't want to be "accused of gay bashing." Bashing gays was an effective get-out-the-vote tude here. He should be appreciative of his victim's tact. Needless to say, some straight people are strategy in 2004, but it appears that such a strat pedophiles too, which must mean that all straight egy is now dividing the Republican Party in novel Trish Hughes people find gratification in sex with children, ways. senior right, Newt? The backlash against gay Republicans follow Pangborn But something else is afoot here. The Foley ing the Foley scandal may be short-lived, but it is Oct. 21 scandal may engender a witch-hunt within the forcing Republicans to deal very publicly with a Republican ranks, but behind the scenes, gay profound absurdity. Some GOP soul-searching is Republicans are finding new levels of acceptance. in order. The "closet-tolerant" Republican leader Take Andrew Sullivan. The well-known conser ship (Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter is a vative columnist is openly gay. He recently wrote die-hard conservative lesbian, after all) needs to that the Republican leadership is "tolerant of gay voice a message of hope and openness to its fam Spirit aids in victory people but they have to keep quiet about it ily-values base and persuade the moralists on the because their base would go crazy if they ever right that gays are people too - and should be express it." treated as such. He continues: "They have this acute cognitive Leadership is about doing things that may be I have attended untold Irish home games over the years and dissonance, which is a polite way of saying unpopular but are right. A very public had the pleasure of being at the recent UCLA game. More than hypocrisy." Republican acceptance of gays would be a laud any game I can recall, I was very impressed with the cheers A striking dichotomy is evident within the able first step. If the Foley scandal could engen emanating from the student section. At several critical junc Republican Party. While certain Republican der that kind of change, an otherwise depressing tures in the game, the noise starting from the northwest corner politicians have friends who are gay, support affair might become the catalyst for real of the stands spread throughout the stadium and affected play those friends, and indeed, are even comfortable progress. on the field to Notre Dame's advantage. The student body is to with them (gasp!), to turn out the conservative be commended for its enthusiasm and for the team's positive vote-the so-called "values voters"-those same This column originally appeared in the Oct. 23 reaction to it. Keep up the good work. Go Irish! politicians must pander to a doltish stereotype edition of the Daily Wildcat, the daily publication Lou Ritten about gays. This is not leadership; this is cow at University ofArizona. alumnus ardice. The views expressed in this column are those of Class of 1982 Sullivan describes it as a GOP riding two horses the author and not necessarily those of The Oct. 23 by counting on gays "to staff and support" Observer. r------ THE OBSERVER page 14 CENE Tuesday, October 24, 2006 MOVIE REVIEWS 'Grudge 2' instills little fear in audiences friend Eason (Edison Chen). By ERIN McGINN The second Tokyo-based storyline follows Assistant Scene Editor the unpopular Allison (Arielle Kebbel, "John Tucker Must Die") who is studying at A good horror film is most simply judged an international high school. On a dare, she by whether or not it achieves its ultimate accompanies two other girls to the house goal of scaring the audience. The audience where the grudge originated. Consequently, response should then consist of such words her two companions, Vanessa (Teresa as "scary," "frightening" or "spooky." Palmer, "Wolf Creek") and Miyuki (Misako "Laughable," on the otbflr hand, should not Uno), are systematically haunted and be one of those words. attacked by the little grudgn children. Laughable is one of the few words to The third, and the most unnecessary and describe the travesty that is "The Grudge confusing, storyline is set far from Japan in 2." Chicago. Trish (Jennifer Beals, "The L The first mistake of the film is writer Word") moves in with her boyfriPnd and his director Takashi Shimizu's decision to two children. The parents begin acting incorporate three separate storylines into strangely, and the son thinks that it's due to the movie. The first storyline is the conclu the weird neighboring girl that he sees at sion to "The Grudge" night in the hallway. (2004). After learning The major and glar that her sister Karen The Grudge 2 ing flaw of this movie (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is that there is no plot, has been hospitalized, just these three story Aubrey Davis (Amber lines that can only bn Photo courtesy of movieweb.com Tamblyn) goes to Tokyo called subplots. "The Amber Tamblyn stars as Aubrey Davis in "The Grudge 2." The film is the latest in a at the behest of their Director: Takashi Shimizu Grudge 2" lacks a sin series of remakes of Japanese horror movies, but suffers from poor plot execution. mother to bring her Writer: Takashi Shimizu gle, unifying story home. The plot first Starring: Amber Tamblyn, Sarah that these three frightening and highly predictable "scares." conventions seriously. They've simply lost raises questions at this Michelle Cellar, Arielle Kebbel, would normally serve Shimizu, who also created the original their ability in instill fright in the audience. particular point - it Jennifer Beals and Edison Chen to flesh out. This Japanese "Ju-on" films, relies heavily on "The Grudge 2" could still have been a seems unlikely that leaves the movie with his now-cliched freaky-looking children. redeemable movie even with Shimizu's Karen's absence would go unnoticed for a very disjointed and empty feel. The origi Unfortunately for Shimizu, his key ele tricks no longer eliciting screams from the two years that have lapsed between nal movie, despite lacking a strong plot, ments of the long-haired girl, blue screech moviegoers. But that would have required "The Grudge 2" and its predecessor. was still unified by the single point of Karen ing boy and dirty murky water have been having a plot at the core of the film. Why was Karen's family only finding out discovering what was going on inside the overexposed to American ftlmgoers due to With no coherent storyline, and nothing about her situation now? The movie disre house. the rise in "J-horror" films, a genre of in the film that comes remotely close to gards this completely (as it disregards most This film has no sense of discovery - or Asian horror movies like "The Ring" that scary, there is quite simply no reason to logic in the film as a whole). Aubrey doesn't even a point. It doesn't add to the original have found new audiences through endure the torture that constitutes "The believe in the supernatural forces that are mythos of "The Grudge." Aside from one remakes made in the United States. Grudge 2." after her sister, until Karen dies shortly into minor point, nothing new is learned to war Their parody counterparts in the last two the film. She spends the rest of the movie rant the creation of a whole new movie. "Scary Movie" installments also contribute Contact Erin McGinn at investigating in Tokyo with her journalist Instead the film relies on cheap, non- to the audience's inability to take the film's [email protected] New 'Beginning' enlivens old horror series cally captun~d. tortured and killed - but By ERIN McGINN there are some differences in the formula Assistant Scene Editor that stray from initial expectations. For starters, the protagonists are "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The already facing horror in their own lives Beginning" keeps up the tradition of pre with the Vietnam War before entering a vious "Chainsaw" films with its high quo wholly different realm of horror. tient of slasher-flick techniques. Serving Secondly, even before Leatherface enters as an origin story for the Leatherface leg the picture, the teenagers are already end, 'The Beginning" is a good founda placed in a frightening situation when tion for an off-kilter film series. they total their car and are then taken The movie follows siblings Eric prisoner by the Sheriff. (Matthew Bomer, "Flightplan") and Dean Additional creepiness is comes simply (Taylor Handley, "The OC") who are trav from knowing this is a prequel to the eling through Texas with their girlfriends other "Chainsaw" flicks - in this film, Chrissie (Jordana Brewster, "The Fast the Hewitt family is just beginning their and the Furious") and Bailey (Diora murderous careers, leaving the audienee Baird, "Accepted") before the brothers to witness the transformation of the fam ship off to Vietnam. Eric is returning to ily from human to monster. Vietnam for his second tour, with Dean Similar to the recent retelling of "The supposedly joining Hills Have Eyes" him. Unbeknownst (2006), there is a Photo courtesy to Eric, however, The Texas Chainsaw great deal of social Brothers Dean (Taylor Handley), left, and Eric (Matthew Bomer) scramble to Dean is planning on Massacre: The Beginning and politieal com escape from the Hewitt clan in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning." running away to mentary in the film. Mexico with Bailey. Historically, horror movie's villains aren't portrayed sympa Ermey arguably steals the show as the When Dean tries to films have often thetically, but there is attention paid to mean-spirited and funny Sheriff Hoyt. burn his draft card been a reflection of their initial plight as slaughtnrhouse Because "The Beginning" is a prequel, in the backseat, the Director: Jonathan Liebesman deeper societal workers who have lost both their jobs the audience already knows that the four of them get into fears. In the last few and their livelihood. Hewitts and Leatherface won't be defeat Writer: Sheldon Turner a severe car crash. decades, however, Director Jonathan Liebesman Starring: Matthew Bomer, Taylor ed. The big question of the film is the fate Self-proclaimed the genre's sense of ("Darkness Falls") does an excellent job of Chrissie, the only uncaptured teenag Handley, Jordana Brewster, Diora Baird Sheriff Hoyt (R. Lee social commentary of maintaining both a suspenseful atmos er, and Liebesman maintains the sus and R. Lee Ermey Ermey) takes Eric, has often been lost phere and tight pacing throughout the penseful nature of her story for the film's Dean and Bailey in the quest to be the lilm. The movie also returns to its roots entirety. back to the Hewitt house of horrors to goriest or scariest display. by retaining the grimy and almost docu With numerous genuinely frightening become their first victims. In the mean This film is once again joining the sens mentary-like style of the original film. moments, "The Texas Chainsaw time, Chrissie makes the standard hor es of horror and reflection together. Brewster is successful as the strong Massacre: The Beginning" is as good as a ror-movie decision to locate and rescue Besides the conflicting feelings of the willed heroine who keeps fighting until slasher film can get and a great fit for the her friends. teenagers towards the Vietnam War, the film's final moments. Bomer and Halloween horror season. The basic premise of the film is similar Sheriff Hoyt reflects on his time spent as Handley play the brothers well, and do a to that of most other slasher flicks - a a P.O.W. while he served in the Korean good job of demonstrating the inherent Contact Erin McGinn at group of young travelers are systemati- War. Like "The Hills Have Eyes," the conflict of the Vietnam War. R. Lee [email protected] ------, NSIDER THE Tuesday, October 24, 2006 OBSERVER Notre Dame 20, UCLA 17 Almost Bruined Samardzija's season-salvaging TD in final seconds propels Irish past UCLA ALLISON AMBROSE/The Observer Irish receiver Jeff Samardzija races to the end zone, outrunning UCLA linebacker Christian Taylor (33) and safety Chris Horton (14) with 27 seconds remaining to lift Notre Dame to a 20-17 victory over the Bruins Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium. downs. short with 2:20 left in the game. "Sometimes you get right on seven minutes of the half, going By CHRIS HINE The touchdown capped a After the failed fourth down, the fringe - right on the fringe 77 yards on 19 plays before sen Sports Wrirer three-play, 80-yard drive for Notre Dame called a timeout to where you sit there and you tell ior kicker Carl Gioia drilled a 20- Notre Dame that began with 62 stop the clock after the change of your team and say, 'Hey, fellas, yard field goal to enter the locker Brady Quinn pumped once, seconds remaining in the game possession because of a recent we can go ahead and make this locker room trailing 14-10. rolled right, and threw to his and Notre Dame trailing 17-13 NCAA rule change. After runs by play,"' Weis said. '"Look, fell as, it's 14-10, we favorite receiver. In that without any tirneouts. UCLA tailback Chris Markey UCLA struck for their first haven't played our best foot moment, Notre Dame once again On first down from the UCLA gained a total of three yards on points of the game early in the ball,"' Weis told his team at half showed its flair for the dramatic. 20, Quinn found Samardzija the first two plays of the series, second quarter. Bruins wide time. '"The offense, you're kind Quinn's 45-yard touchdown pass along the right sideline for a gain Notre Dame used its last two receiver Marcus Everett's hauled of out there going through it, but to Jeff Samardzija with 27 sec of 21 yards. The senior quarter timeouts with 2:09 remaining. in a 54-yard touchdown recep you're down four points."' onds remaining lifted the Irish back with nearly a half-dozen Facing third and seven, UCLA tion from sophomore quarter Irish defensive tackle Trevor (6-1) to a 20-17 comeback victo fourth-quarter comebacks in his elected to run the ball again. back Patrick Cowan to tie the Laws recovered Cowan's fum ry over UCLA (4-3, 2-2 Pac 10) career then found Irish sopho Notre Dame's defense held as score at 7. bled snap on the Bruin 29, but and kept Notre Dame's slim more David Grimes -who had a Travis Thomas brought down Everett fmished with six catch Gioia's ensuing 48-yard field goal national title hopes alive. career-high eight catches for 79 Markey for a loss of two, setting es for 102 yards and the touch attempt went wide right. He hit "I was about ready to throw yards - on the same side of the up fourth down. After alternating down. Cowan went 16-for-32 for his next attempt, a 33-yarder to when I saw a defender coming field for 14 more at the UCLA 45. delay of game and defensive 217 yards with two touchdowns cut the Bruin lead to 14-13, with that way, so I kind of gave a A play later, the comeback was holding penalties, Bruin punter and one interception. 1 :50 remaining in the third quar pump and tried to move them complete. Aaron Perez sailed a 59-yard The Bruins front seven stifled ter. around," Quinn said. "I moved "Unfortunately for us, we had punt into the end zone to setup Walker and pressured Quinn. On the second play of the out of the pocket, and I found a a chance to win it, we were there the game-winning drive. Led by defensive ends Justin game, Irish junior tailback window to Jeff, and he did the all the way to the final minute "We had to execute better Hickman (three sacks) and Bruce Darius Walker fumbled - his rest." and didn't fmd a way to finish," today," said Markey, who rushed Davis (two sacks), UCLA held first in 405 touches - and Bruin Quinn finished 27 -for-45 with UCLA coach Karl Dorrell said. for 32 yards on 19 carries. "The Notre Dame to just 131 yards of linebacker Aaron Whittington 304 yards and two touchdowns. "That's what it comes down to. game is 60 minutes long and we total offense in the first half. recovered on the Irish 38. Six Samardzija caught Quinn's pass Didn't find a way to finish." played for just over 59 minutes. Later in the second quarter, plays later, UCLA kicker Justin and evaded UCLA safety Dennis But Notre Dame's final drive And that's not good enough." Cowan found William Snead, a Medlock came on for a 42-yard Keyes' attempt to bring him wasn't the first chance the Irish Notre Dame took a 7-0 lead on defensive end turned tight end, field goal. Medlock's kick split down on the 20 yard-line on his had to take the lead. a two-yard touchdown pass from for his first career reception - the uprights, but UCLA had way to the end zone. With 3:49 remaining in the Quinn to Samardzija that fin and first touchdown - to take a jumped the snap. Medlock's 47- "You can't have any doubts fourth quarter, Notre Dame had ished off a seven-play, 44-yard 14-7 lead. Snead broke tackle yard attempt after the penalty [about staying on your feet] or the ball on its own 28. After get drive. The key play of the series attempts by Irish defensive backs sailed wide right, a miss that else they'll go down," Samardzija ting two first downs, the Irish was when Quinn found tight end Chinedum Ndukwe and Ray loomed large. said. faced a fourth and one, but the John Carlson for a 26-yard gain Herring on his way to a 36-yard Samardzija had eight catches Bruins defensive line stuffed on a play-action pass on fourth touchdown reception. Contact Chris Hine at for 118 yards and two touch- Quinn's quarterback keeper and-one from the Bruin 35. Notre Dame ate up the last [email protected] player of the game stat of the game play of the game quote of the game Jeff Sarriardzija 1 Jeff Samardzija's touchdown "You prefer for your heart not to be doing zt tfiat way, but its really uplifting to be able to win a game in The senior receiver caught eight The number of yards the Irish The receiver caught the ball at the 29- the last minute." balls for I I 8 yards and two touch defense allowed on three carries, yard line, turned up the sideline and downs, including the game-winning forcing the Bruins to punt with one outsprinted the UaA defense for the Charlie Weis 45-yard score. minute left in the game. decisive score. Irish coach page 2 The Observer+ IRISH INSIDER Tuesday, October 24, 2006 report card quarterbacks: The offense struggled to find a rhythm, but Quinn found his targets A- with the game on the line. His 345-yard performance and last-minute poise showed why he is a Heisman candidate. running backs: Though he had few holes, Walker's 2.5 average kept the Irish offense one-dimensional. His consistent D blitz pickup against bigger defenders helped protect Quinn. receivers: Samardzija's game-winning 45-yard touchdown was the play of the day. Grimes turned out a career game 8+ with eight catches, including a diving grab to keep the last drive alive. offensive line: The Irish offense mus tered just 41 rushing yards and the line allowed five sacks. Morton's lung 0- ing block enabled Quinn to hit Samardzija to start the fmal drive. defensive line: Abiamiri and Landri each had a sack as the defense forced 10 quarterback hurries. The unit controlled A the line of scrimmage, holding the Bruins to 26 rushing yards- including a late three and out on the ground. linebackers: The starting three lineback ers were the team's top three tacklers for A the first time all year, stifling the UClA running game. Crum forced a critical third-down sack late in the game. defensive backs: The secondary once again gave up two big plays for touch downs. During the rest of the game, the 8 Irish turned in a solid performance, led by Lambert's well-played first-half FRANCESCA SETA/The Obse!Ver interception. UCLA linebacker Reggie Carter beats Irish tackle Sam Young (74) and delivers a hit on Irish quarterback Brady special teams: Price struggled punting the Quinn (10) as he throws the ball in Notre Dame's 20-17 win over the Bruins Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium. ball, managing a 39-yard average with a couple shanks. Gioia missed a 48-yard field D+ goal, and the return men fuiled to break the first line of kickoff and punt coverage. coaching: Despite an intense week of Room for hope, despite Irish woes practices, Weis' offense came out slug gish again. Minter's aggressive approach Charlie Weis isn't a fan of style to get the Irish into a BCS bowl. It failed to dominate all but one c helped the defense turn out its best per points. might even be enough for Notre opponent. The Irish dismantled formance of the year. He places no high value on Dame to beat the Trojans. now-unranked Penn State at home blowout victories, running up the Notre Dame played a bad game but then suffered one of the worst overall: Notre Dame's score and embarrassing oppo offensively for more than three and home losses - to the nemesis defense kept the Irish close nents. a half quarters, yet in the final 62 Wolverines - since the end of the 2.56 enough to summon late Good thing. seconds showed why so many peo Boltz years. Notre Dame couldn't game offensive heroics in a Because he did ple are afraid of its offense. The find enough motivation to hang finish for the ages. n't even have to Irish demonstrated a resiliency with a regional rival, and then the think about any and belief in their ability to come Irish struggled to get off the of those back in the toughest of situations. ground against Michigan State, Saturday as Most of all, they sent a message to Purdue, Stanford and, now, UCLA. Notre Dame won the world: Don't count us out just But with four powder (blue) puffs adding up a game in which yet. in the firing line before the battle a team with Notre Dame has put itself in a in the Coliseum, don't yet discount much less talent Ken Fowler position where, with a tremendous the possibility of seeing four wins the numbers - and a backup · amount of help, it may be able to by four touchdowns or more quarterback - sneak its way to the between now and played better Sports Editor BCS title game. Thanksgiving. Charlie Weis' record at Notre Dame than the Irish. Some pundits are And with dramatic the best start by an Irish head coach "Good teams quick to say such There's a reason so comebacks against since Ara Parseghian started 16-3. 15-4 win games like that," We is said. luck would be tanta many people - on the mediocre "Good teams at the end of the mount to finding campus and on air - Spartans and Bruins game somehow, good teams make fool's gold - the in the background, Maurice Crum, Joe Brockington and Travis a play at the end of the game to Irish surely would are upset with Notre Weis focused on the 22 Thomas combined for the most tackles win." get crushed against Dame's performance bright side. this year by the linebacking unit. In those two sentences, Weis the best team in the so far. They should be "Sign me up," he described precisely what's wrong nation. said. "You want to Yards covered by Marcus Everett's with Notre Dame right now. It's a Not so fast my playing better than give me a couple touchdown catch, the longest TO good team, not a great one. The friend, as the inim this! more of those, I'll grab by a Bruin receiver this year. 54 offense is sputtering, the defense is itable Lee Corso take them." as vulnerable as ever to big plays would say. Weis and Brady Quinn and The time from Notre Dame's and the team cannot- or at least Co. have their own Jeff Samardzija gave has not - soundly defeated teams last turnover Sept. 23 against opinions. Charlie Weis that win this time. it should. Michigan State to Darius There's a reason so many people And those two, despite their 159:59 And for a squad that came into Walker's first-quarter fumble. - on campus and on air - are imposing numbers already this the year ranked in the top-3 in upset with Notre Dame's perform year, still have some room above most polls and top-S in all others, ance so far. They should be better their heads before they hit their Interceptions by Terraillambert in the second 1 being a good team and barely than this! That's why Notre Dame performance ceilings. quarter, the third of his career. beating lesser opponents should keeps bouncing around in the With his eye black dripping from not be enough. polls. his face after the win, Quinn put "Let me tell you something," With a rare talent at quarter his head down on Irish quarter For the third time this year Notre Dame was Weis said. ''I'm not going to feel back, an offensive line with four back coach Pete Vaas' shoulder. held to less than 50 rushing yards. miserable about this win, I prom seniors (though it didn't show "Heck of a game," Vaas said. 42 ise you. You want to be miserable, Saturday), another four on the Hopefully that will be the last fine. I'm going to be happy." defensive line and two more in the one that nerve-racking for a while. Weis can be happy about the win, secondary, how much more experi Sacks recorded by the Bruins - the most the 5 but Notre Dame's performances ence could a team have? Irish have allowed this year. this year should give him pause. Ordinarily, a 6-1 record and top- But there's a lot of room for hope 10 ranking should merit a content The views expressed in this col and happiness. fan base and student body. umn are those ofthe author and The way the team is playing now Ordinarily, a team doesn't have not necessarily those of The Touches between Walker's last fumble might be enough to win out until five possible first-round picks. Observer. 405 Sept. 10, 2005 against Michigan. the Irish face a questionable USC Notre Dame has the personnel to Contact Ken Fowler at team Nov. 25. It might be enough be a dominating team, yet has kfowler 1 @nd. edu ~------ Tuesday, October 24, 2006 The Observer+ IRISH INSIDER page 3 Sarnardzija keeps cool, saves game scoring• Laws rubs receiver's calves for luck; Weis calls summary play product of preparation 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total UCLA 0 14 o 3 17 By KEN FOWLER Notre Dame 7 3 3 7 20 Sports Editor First quarter As UCLA punter Aaron Perez booted Notre Dame 7, UCLA 0 his two booming kicks with just over a Jeff Samardzija 2-yard reception from Brady minute remaining in the game, Notre Quinn with 4:04 remaining. (Gioia kick) Dame defensive tackle Trevor Laws was Drive: 7 plays, 44 yards, 3:40 elapsed on the sideline, rubbing down the calves Second quarter of Irish receiver Jeff Samardzija. Notre Dame 7, UCLA 7 "Just trying to keep it loose," Marcus Everett 54-yard reception from Patrick Samardzija said. "Me and Trevor are Cowan with 13:42 remaining. (Medlock kick) pretty loose guys out there. You won't Drive: 10 plays, 87 yards, 3:31 elapsed see us yelling or anything too much. Notre Dame 7, UCLA 14 William Snead 36-yard reception from Cowan They came up with a good, little defen with 7:18 remaining. (Medlock kick) sive stop. And I figured I'd use a little Drive: 3 plays, 39 yards, 1:01 elapsed luck and see if he could rub up my Notre Dame 10, UCLA 14 calves a little bit before I went out Carl Gioia 20-yard field goal with 0:00 remain there." ing. Samardzija found that luck and put Drive: 19 plays, 77 yards, 7:18 elapsed the massage to good use, contorting his Third quarter long legs around Bruins safety Dennis Notre Dame 13, UCLA 14 Keyes and galloping into the end zone Gioia 33-yard field goal with 1:50 remaining. for the game-winning score. Drive: 14 plays, 60 yards, 6:55 elapsed "(Samardzija] knows he owes me something for that," Laws quipped. "I Fourth quarter swear of it. I rubbed those calves down FRANCESCA SETA/The Observer and told him to [do it]." Irish receiver Jeff Samardzija jumps across the goal line with 27 seconds left Notre Dame 13, UCLA 17 Justin Medlock 29-yard field goal with 7:19 But for Irish coach Charlie Weis, Notre for the game-winning score. remaining. Dame's final drive had nothing to do Drive: 11 plays, 48 yards, 4:22 elapsed with luck or massages; it was all about they did all day, Brady Quinn rolled seconds to beat Stanford and qualify for Notre Dame 20, UCLA 17 preparation. right and found Samardzija on the side a BCS bowl. Jeff Samardzija 45-yard reception from Quinn "I think that all of the circumstances line. After hitting Irish wide out David Against Michigan State this season, with 0:27 remaining. (Gioia kick) that took place from that play to the Grimes on the next play, Quinn once Samardzija caught and ran with Brady Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards, 0:35 elapsed game ended, OK, were players prepared again found Samardzija. The 6-foot-5 Quinn's 43-yard pass that began Notre to win," Weis said. senior caught the ball on the UCLA 25 Dame's 17-point, fourth-quarter come Weis had the drive so planned out that and added another chapter into Irish back. he was even thinking about the hash lore with his scamper to the goal line. "You've got to make plays when you mark on which the ref- "It was just a calm, have a chance," Samardzija said. "You statistics erees would spot the cool and collected men don't know how it's going to come or ball after a punt. With "You've got to make tality," Samardzija said. when it's going to come, but you've got total yards the ball sitting on the plays when you have a "Obviously, there was a to take advantage of it." right side of the of the sense of urgency because Weis said those big plays come from 20 yard line, Weis got it chance. You don't know we didn't have much the composure the Irish carry with them just where he wanted how it's going to come time left, but we went when their backs are up against the rushing yards it. or when it's going to out there with our heads wall. He said the hours of two-minute "It was important to on straight, and that's drills in summer camp and the constant me first of all to figure come, but you've got to what you've got to do." focus on time management during the out whether or not the take advantage of it., That mentality was course of the season- and the knowl ball is going to be in nothing new for the Irish edge that they have succeeded in tight passing yards the middle of the field, offense - especially spots before -instill a confidence in the Jeff Samardzija the left half the right Quinn and Samardzija, players. half," he said. "The Irish receiver who have hooked up on "I think that this team is a very first couple of calls we a slew of other comeback mature team that didn't lose their com return yards had were the calls that drives before. posure," Weis said. "As much as we I kind of drew up on the sideline before Against USC last season, Samardzija compliment how UCLA played, I'm very we got the ball back, so it just happened caught passes of 18 and 14 yards to proud of how the [Notre Dame players] ~--__-J_o-_6__,1 the way you diagramed it." start Notre Dame's go-ahead drive with ended this game today and you've got to -time of possession From there, Weis said, it was just less than five minutes left. Six weeks give them credit for that." "players making plays." later, he hauled in throws of 30 and 1 7 With the Bruins applying pressure as yards as the Irish went 80 yards in 50 Contact Ken Fowler at [email protected] -~···~ Quinn's 4th-down pass goes for 10,000 35-41 rushes-yards 28-26 27-45-0 comp-att-int 16-32-1 West, Samardzija handle punt return duties; Wooden recovers from lingering concussion 7-273 punts-yards 6-279 1-1 fumbles-lost 1-1 Penn State in 199 2. Rick game. Jeff Samardzija and back and Joe played really 6-50 8-55 By CHRIS KHOREY penalties-yards Mirer threw a three-yard TO George West split return well the last couple of 20 first downs 12 Associate Sporrs Editor to Jerome Bettis to pull the duties on Saturday. games," Weis said. "So we Irish within one. Mirer then Zbikowski has not returned a just didn't feel that taking Joe passing Brady Quinn's 25-yard found Reggie Brooks in the punt since suffering an injury out of the lineup was the completion on fourth-and corner of the end zone on a to his shoulder against right thing to do, and we did Quinn 27-45-0 Cowan 16-32-1 one to tight end John Carlson two-point conversion to give Purdue. n't feel that keeping Travis rushing the Irish a 17-16 win. "I wasn't going to risk in the first quarter Saturday out of the lineup was the Walker 21-53 Markey 19-32 gave him exactly 10,000 him," Irish coach Charlie right thing to do. We just felt Quinn 14--13 Bell 2-9 passing yards for his colle Lambert earns starting nod Weis said. "Zbikowski is our that we [should play] both of giate career. Quinn became Charlie Weis said Ambrose punt returner. I just didn't them." receiving the 32nd quarterback in Wooden had fully recovered want to waste him on a punt Samardzija 8-118 Everett 6-102 Division 1-A history to reach from a concussion suffered return." Hornung honored at game Grimes 8-79 Taylor 3-39 that milestone. against Michigan before the Notre Dame honored 1956 Carlson 4-57 Markey 2-8 game, but junior Terrail Fourth down dominance Heisman Trophy winner Paul Walker 4-22 Snead 1-36 Third time Irish charm Lambert started at the field Notre Dame went 4-for-5 Hornung before the game. McKnight 3-28 Ketchum 1-13 Saturday's comeback cornerback position. on fourth down conversions Hornung flipped the coin at tackles marked the third time in Lambert intercepted UCLA Saturday. On the season, the the beginning of Saturday's Crum 8 Taylor 10 school history that the Irish quarterback Patrick Cowan Irish are 13-for-17, while the game. UCLA won the coin toss Thomas, T. 7 Keyes 8 scored a go-ahead touch in the first quarter for his defense has stopped 7 -of-1 0 and deferred the option to the Brockington 7 Hickman 8 down with less than 30 sec third interception of the sea fourth down attempts by second half. Notre Dame Lambert 6 Horton 7 onds remaining. son. Irish opponents. received, and the Bruins Landri 5 Verner 6 The first time was in the "After he made that pick defended the north end zone. Laws 4 Davis 5 1979 Cotton Bowl when Joe they pretty much stopped Healthy Thomas returns Notre Dame is now 5-2 this Abiamiri 4 McNeal 4 Montana's touchdown pass going over there," Irish safe Linebacker Joe Brockington season in coin flips, but has Richardson 4 Brown, K. 4 Zbikowski 4 Carter 4 to Kris Haines lifted Notre ty Tom Zbikowski said. still saw significant time in received the ball to start each Ndukwe 4 Van 3 Dame to a 35-34 victory over Saturday's game even though game. Frome 3 Brown, T. 3 Houston. Zbikowski absent on returns a healthy Travis Thomas The second time came in Zbikowski did not return returned to the lineup. Contact Chris Khorey at punting the "Snow Bowl" against punts for the second straight "Travis was ready to come [email protected] Price 6-236 Perez 6-279 page 4 The Observer+ IRISH INSIDER Tuesday, October 24, 2006 COMEBACK KIDS Notre Dame clawed from behind to steal a 20-17 victory from UCLA Saturday when Quinn found Samardzija in the game's waning seconds. Quinn finished 27 -for-45 for 345 yards with two touchdowns, both to Samardzija. The Irish defense allowed only 243 yards - its lowest total this season- and forced a three-and-out Bruin punt in the last minutes to set up the final Irish charge. Photos by ALLISON AMBROSE AND FRANCESCA SETA!The Observer Top left, Bruin receiver Marcus Everett hauls in a pass before racing for a touchdown. Top right, Irish cornerback Terrail Lambert breaks up a pass in the end zone. Center, Notre Dame linebacker Travis Thomas tackles UCLA running back Chris Markey (28) for a loss. Bottom right, Notre Dame receiver David Grimes leaps for a first-down catch. Bottom left, Irish linebacker Maurice Crum celebrates a defensive stop. ------ THE OBSERVER Tuesday, October 24, 2006 CENE page 15 MOVIE REVIEWS Unfunny satire overwhelms new comedy recalled in time for the election. By BRIAN DOXTADER Unfortunately, the second half of the Scene Editor film gets bogged down in this heavy handed plotting. There's a romance, "Man of the Year" is a film that starts there's some action, there's a conspira out promisingly, but gradually loses cy, the typical Hollywood stuff. This steam and ends as an unsatisfying mish wouldn't be so problematic if the char mash of aborted ideas and unfulfilled acters had been developed more fully or potential. Failing to take a real stab at if the plotting itself weren't so laugh the American political system and its able. farcical nature, "Man of the Year" "Man of the Year" loses focus as it pro instead gets lost over the course of its gresses, and while it never completely running time, pushing the real issues derails, its departure from its original out of the way in favor of traditional premise detracts from any possibility of llollywood trappings. success. Despite its full 115-minute run Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams) is the ning time, "Man of the Year" feels host of a late-night comedy news pro underdeveloped -- the filmmakers gram (not unlike "The Daily Show" or clearly didn't trust its single premise to "The Colbert Report") who, on a whim, carry the film over two hours, and decides to run for president. Helped by instead padded it with unnecessary plot both his manager Jack Mencken ting. (Christopher Walken) and his aide Eddie The acting is problematic. Strangely Langston (comedian Lewis Black), he enough, the entirety of the cast is com sets off to run his prised of actors campaign. The cam Man of the Year whose personality paign scenes are the quirks define them Photo courtesy of movieweb.com best and most effec -- Williams, Gold Late-night comedian and president-elect Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams), right, stands tive in the film, as blum and Walken, with Eleanor Green (laura Linney) in Barry Levinson's new film, "Man of the Year." Dobbs continually among others. None mocks the circus-like Director: Barry Levinson of the actors seem to mired in histrionics, which gives parts of ing and, worst of all, unfunny picture. nature of running for Writer: Barry Levinson play actual charac the film a more frantic feel than neces The best comedies are pointed satires, ters (with the excep sary. In a strange twist of fate, Williams which is part of what makes them so office. Starring: Robin Williams, Jeff Meanwhile, com Goldblum, Lewis Black, Christopher tion of Walken, who is really the only actor who holds him appealing -- while "Man of the Year" puter programmer Walken and Laura Linney seems somewhat self in check, making Dobbs surprisingly claims to be a topical comedy, it's nei Eleanor Green (Laura detached from his subdued. ther topical enough nor comic enough. Linney) discovers a role). but rather "Man of the Year" is the kind of film There's not a single memorable joke, bug in the new voting computers, which seem to play themselves playing charac that would work better as a mockumen gag or line in the entire film. It's not that means that Dobbs is guaranteed to win ters. tary. It's an interesting concept, but the "Man of the Year" goes for cheap laugh, despite the actual election results. Black has proven time and again that execution is so run-of-the-mill and its but that it goes for no laughs at all, and Her employer, Alan Stewart (Jeff he's simply not an actor, and though he sensibilities so mixed that the picture in that in succeeds. Goldblum), decides it would be better to tries to stay under control here, his ultimately falls flat. It feels as if director drug or kill her than to lose the revenue stand-up tendencies and sensibilities Barry Levinson doesn't trust his audi Contact Brian Doxtader at from the new system, which can't be show through. Both he and Linney are ence, which leads to a rather uninterest- [email protected] Opulent 'Marie Antoinette' fails to connect life. By LAURA MILLER A few minor adjustments in the telling Scene Critic were made, but only to simplify the story, making it more accessible for audiences "Marie Antoinette," written and direct with little knowledge of eighteenth-cen ed by Sofia Coppola, is both a success tury French politics. and failure at once. It is absolutely heart Dunst was excellent as Marie wrenching to watch -- and not because Antoinette -- one of the more redeeming of the plot line. When Kirsten Dunst aspects of the film. Not only does she bursts onto the screen, she completely seem to relish playing the spoiled aristo embodies the decadence and sensuality crat, but she wins the audience's sympa of the former queen of France. thy. As the minutes tick by, however, and This is a significant accomplishment the film continues to move at the pace of given the mixed reports on the historical Ferris Bueller's history teacher, a gut character of Marie Antoinette. There wrenching sadness remains. How can a were few familiar faces in the cast -- the movie with such marvelous music, cos acting was good on the whole, but the tumes and casting fail to be moving? majority of roles weren't very demand The problem is that the plot line does ing. not progress very quickly. There is some The varied soundtrack is by far one of thing to be said for slowly taking in the the most interesting aspects of the film. artistic beauty of a It blends more famil- Photo courtesy of movieweb.com film, but the paceing Marie Antoinette iar modern music, Kirsten Dunst stars as the title character of Sofia Coppola's latest release, "Marie of the film resembles such as Bow Wow Antoinette." The intriguing biopic centers on the life of the doomed French queen. crawling on the floor Wow's "I Want of the Louvre so as Candy," with classical the historical figure herself. movie's creation was to win this sort of not to miss the style tracks like "Opus 23." The other costumes are equally beauti acclaim. of the parquet tiles. Director: Sofia Coppola The modern music ful, contributing to an aura of over While the beginning of the film drags The film's striking Writer: Sofia Coppola does not take away whelming wealth most typical of due to this obsession with costuming, the ly powerful finale Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Judy Davis, from the more classi European royalty. end of the film is beautiful, leaving audi proves frustrating Rip Torn, Shirley Henderson, Molly cal aspects of the film, The only downside to such fantastic ences with a feeling of validation for see for the audience, as Shannon and Jason Schwartzman nor does the classical costuming is that it is frequently distraet ing the entire picture. its emotional music bore any pop- ing, seemingly apparently to even the It is a notable flaw, however, that strength acts as an culture-savvy viewer. director. The film loses its emotional Coppola's film lacks the ability to draw unfortunate reminder that the entirety of Both genres are combined with cine power due to the overwhelming empha any significant amount of emotional "Marie Antoinette" could have been well matographically unique imagery, making sis on Marie's attire. power until the last 30 minutes. Sadly, written and, unfortunately, was not. these sequences enjoyable to watch. Dialogue frequently becomes obsolete, "Marie Antoinette" could have easily Despite these failings, "Marie The costumes undoubtedly add to the with the film devolving into shot after been shortened to an hour without losing Antoinette" is quite historically accurate. beauty created by the music and cine shot of shoes, dresses and textiles. While any of its dramatic aspects. Many of the images seen in the movies matography. Marie Antoinette's cos this film certainly is up to Academy are replicas of real artifacts, paintings tumes are incredibly ornate and vast in Award standards for costume design, it and buildings from Marie Antoinette's number, a fitting tribute to the legend of seems that the only reason for the Contact Laura Miller at [email protected] ------1 page 16 The Observer + CLASSIFIEDS Tuesday, October 24, 2006 NHL Toskala continues to show strong from the net Oilers triumph over Coyotes with Ales Hemsky and Petr Sykora in lineup; Turco has 33 saves in Dallas win Associated Press stopped. Matt Carle picked up the rebound and Leclaire left the COLUMBUS, Ohio - The net to cut down his angle. With hottest goaltender to start the Leclaire unable to get back, NHL season is also a guy who Bernier was on the doorstep was among the hottest at the when he got the puck with an end of last season. unguarded net in front of him. Vesa Toskala ran his winning San Jose defenseman Josh streak to 12 games with his fifth Gorges was tripped while career shutout in the San Jose swooping in on the Columbus Sharks' 3-0 victory over the goal by defenseman Ron Hainsey Columbus Blue Jackets on early in the second period. Monday night. Gorges slid hard into the corner "A shutout is nice, but the boards on his left shoulder and most important thing is to get needed assistance getting off the those two points," Toskala said. ice, although he later returned. Steve Bernier, Jonathan Not long after that, the Sharks Cheechoo and Marcel Goc each put the game out of reach with had goals for the Sharks. two quick goals. Toskala is 5-0-0 this season First Cheechoo notched his while allowing just under two fifth goal, putting a power-play goals a game with a .926 save shot just inside the back post at percentage. The 12-game win the 3:15 mark after setup passes ning streak is the longest in from Joe Thornton and Patrick Sharks history. He has also won Marleau. his last eight starts on the road. "One of the keys early on was "I feel comfortable on the ice," getting the puck deep and put Toskala said. "It always feels ting pressure on their defense, good after you get a couple of allowing us to get some good saves. I saw the puck well. chances," Cheechoo said. "When AP Our defensemen blocked so the puck's in deep, it's hard for Blue Jacket Fredrik Modin, left, tries to get a shot off against Shark goalie Vesa Toskala in many shots, and that really them. Our defense did a great the first quarter Monday night. Toskala posted a shutout in the 3-0 San Jose win. helps a goalie a lot." job of standing up to them and Toskala had plenty of help, but protecting the front of the net." was solid when Columbus did him in camp and he just contin night. We keep doing the same Stars aren't complaining. get off a shot. Oilers 5, Coyotes 2 ues to get more impressive," thing." Mike Modano scored the deci "We played good team defense Following a dominant per said MacTavish. "I don't know The Oilers jumped out to a 2-0 sive goal and Marty Turco had all the way around," defenseman formance Monday night, the that we have a player that thinks start 12 minutes into the first 33 saves as the Stars beat the Scott Hannan said. "When we Edmonton Oilers' new line of the game positionally as well he period, scoring two goals in 59 Vancouver Canucks Monday needed him, Ves was there to Ales Hemsky, Petr Sykora and does right now. He checks and seconds. night to give Dallas its best start stop it." Patrick Thoresen has likely all those things. lie thinks the Torres beat Phoenix goal in franchise history. Columbus has lost four consec earned an extended run. game well offensively and has tender Curtis Joseph with an "No matter what we do some utive games while being Sykora had a goal and three really meshed in with (Hemsky), easy tap-in after a perfect cross times, we look like the Keystone outscored 17-5. assists, Hemsky and Thoresen who was spectacular tonight, as ice pass from Thoresen. A Kops out there," Tippett said. "San Jose is a good hockey chipped in three-point perform was (Sykora)." minute later, and with the Oilers "But luckily we did enough to team, but there is no reason for ances and the Oilers downed the Thoresen, just the fifth player on the power play, Stoll ripped a win." that to happen to us," Blue slumping Phoenix Coyotes. from Norway to play in the NHL, slap shot from the point past Modano, who had a goal nulli Jackets coach Gerard Gallant Shawn Horcoff and Jarrett is just glad to be getting a shot. Joseph for his first goal of the fied earlier, scored at 8:33 of the said. "They made us look bad Stoll each added their first goal "It's such a bonus for me to season. third when Dallas had a 5-on-3 out there. They embarrassed of the season for the Oilers (6-2- create points right now," he said. Early in the second period advantage. He scooped up a us." 0). "Every time I am out there I'm llorcoff blasted in a sl;tp shot off rebound off a shot from Eric The Sharks were 2-for-8 on Sykora said the line, which just trying to work hard and to the post give Edmonton a 3-0 Lindros and beat Vancouver's the power play while Columbus was retooled to give Norwegian do my job on thfl line. I'm just lead. Roberto Luongo. Niklas Hagman failed to score on seven chances rookie Thoresen a more promi trying to work hard to make Phoenix finally put one past scored the Stars' first goal 2:24 with a man-advantage. nent role after a strong start, is room for I-Iemsky and Sykora Oilers goaltender Dwayne into the game. "It (defense) was really good, starting to mesh. because they are two of the most Roloson four minutes later as Dallas (8-1-0) topped the mark in particular our penalty "Everybody is skating and skilled guys in the league." Ladislav Nagy hit Roenick with a it set in 1971 when the franchise killing," Sharks coach Ron making plays and looking for Jeremy Roenick and Mike pass as he charged the net. was in Minneapolis. It was 7-1-1 Wilson said. "We limited their each other out there and that is Comrie scored for the Coyotes Roenick's first of the year broke that season. opportunities and we might why we have had success. It's (2-7 -0), who have lost six of their a string of 147:50 without a goal "It doesn't feel like we're run actually have had more opportu why the puck is going in for us," last seven and are off to their for the Coyotes. ning over teams," Turco said. nities killing penalties than they said Sykora, who leads the Oilers worst start since moving to The Coyotes pulled within one "But we're coming out on top in did on their power play." with 13 points. "Right now we Phoenix from Winnipeg for the on a second-period power play the end, and that's all that mat Toskala, who stopped 23 shots, are getting our chances and we 1996-97 season. when Comrie batted a puck ters." had all the support he needed are scoring on them. Patrick is "We need to ... win, however through Roloson's legs during a The Stars have played six of just 2 1/2 minutes in. making some great plays out we do it," said Roenick. "We're scramble in front of the net. their first nine games on the On the power play after Jason there right now." not going to do it sitting in the Edmonton went up 4-2 in the road, and this was their third Chimera was called for holding, Edmonton head coach Craig penalty box all night. We'rp, the third when Sykora blasted his contest in four nights. the Sharks surrounded MacTavish also praised most undisciplined team in the sixth goal past Joseph. Dallas struggled to muster a Columbus goaltender Pascal Thoresen, who doubled his sea league and it has to stop. It's rhythm through two periods. Leclaire. Bernier controlled the son point total and has looked embarrassing. 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NFL NCAA team record points previous. 1 Ohio State 8·0 1&23· 1 2 Michigan 8·0 1533 2: 3 usc 6·0 14&8 3 4 West Virginia 7·0 1458 < 4 5 Texas 7-1 1355 6 Louisville 7·0 1215 .... : . 7 Auburn 7·1 1182 8 8 Tennessee 6·1 1178 7 9 Florida 64 1146 9 10 Clemson 7·1 989 .. 12 11 NOTRE DAME 6·1 988 10 12 California 7·1 964 11 13 Arkansas 6·1 843 15 14 LSU 6·2 799 14 15 Boise State 8·0 608 18 16 Rutgers 7·0 579 19 11 Wisconsin 7·1 560 21 18 Boston College 6·1 526 22 19 Oklahoma 5·2 497 20 20 Nebraska 6·2 373 17 21 Georgia Tech 5·2 303 13 22 TexasA&M 1·1 288 23 23 Missouri 7·1 240 24 24 Wake forest 6·1 164 25 25 Oregon 5·2 132 16 NCAA Football USA Today Coaches Poll team record points previous 1 Ohio State AP 2 usc Giants safety Will Demps brings down former Notre Dame tailback and current Cowboy Julius Jones in Monday night's 3 Michigan 4 West Virginia game. Jones rushed for only 30 yards as New York defeated Dallas 36-22. 5 Texa 6 Louisvme 7 Auburn Romo replaces Bledsoe in Dallas loss 8 Florida 9 Tennessee 10 NOTRE DAME Associated Press Eli Manning threw a 50- zone, costing the stat cues were too much to 11 Clemson yard touchdown pass to uesque quarterback his overcome. He got little 12 California. IRVING, Texas - The Plaxico Burress on the job, at least for the rest of comfort from Bledsoe, 13 LSU New York Giants had their fifth play, LaVar Arrington the night. who stood alone on the 14 Arkansas way with Drew Bledsoe so sacked Bledsoe for a safe But Parcells said it was sideline wearing a visor 15 Boise State much that he got benched ty soon after and the n't just the one play that pulled down over his eyes, 16 Rulgers at halftime. Tony Romo's Giants fended off several drove his decision to give mostly keeping his fingers 11 Boston College promotion thrilled Dallas potential momentum Bledsoe the hook. curled inside his collar. 18 Wisconsin· Cowboys fans - until he changers, beating the "Too many mistakes," Romo, who hung his 19 OlahoJila• ·············· · threw an interception on Cowboys 36-22 to stake a he said. "Too much head after the last inter· 20 Nebraska his first snap. big head start in defense improvisation." ception, perked up spirits Georgia Teen ·· 21 That's how it went of their NFC East title. Romo was intercepted moments later with a 53- 22 TexasA&M Monday night: The Giants A week after sacking three times, with Kevin yard touchdown pass to 2:3 Missouri 24 Oregon made all the big plays, the Michael Vick seven times, Dockery taking the last Patrick Crayton soon 25 Georgia Cowboys made the big New York got four against one 96 yards with 2:33 after. But it was too little, mistakes. Bledsoe - two by Michael left for the game-sealing too late. "That was really a poor Strahan, tying Lawrence touchdown, leaving "I don't feel very good performance," coach Bill Taylor's club record - Parcells staring down about the situation right NCAA Football Parcells said. "A recipe and two against the more with his arms folded, out now," Romo said. "I defi for disaster. It was a real mobile Romo. of answers for Dallas (3- nitely would have liked to BCS Rankings bad performance. And Sam Madison picked off 3). have performed better. team Harris CPU previous there's really no excuse Bledsoe on a potential go· While Romo sparked the Hopefully next week that for it." ahead pass into the end offense at times, his mis- will change." 1 Ohio State 1 3 .,. 2 Michigan 2 ·r4 3 3 usc 3 T4 2 4 West Virginia 4 14 5 IN BRIEF 5 Auburn 7 6·· 4 6 Florida 9 4 6 7 Texas 5 13 9 Big Ben injured again in Colts defensive depth con Seahawks quarterback out 8 Louisville 6 9 1 Steeler loss tinues to be tested at least three weeks 9 NOTRE DAME 10 8 8 PITTSBURGH -The Pittsburgh INDIANAPOLIS - As quick as the KIRKLAND, Wash. - Seattle 10 California 11 5 10 Steelers aren't saying if quarterback undefeated Indianapolis Colts fill a Seahawks quarterback Matt 11 Tennessee 8 11 11 Ben Roethlisberger sustained his defensive hole, others seem to Hasselbeck will miss at least three 12 Clemson 12 15 12 second concussion in slightly more emerge. weeks with a strained ligament in 13 Arkansas 14 .10 13 than four months. The Colts found out Monday that his right knee, coach Mike Holmgren 14 Rutgers 15 ;.< •. •.7• 16 Roethlisberger was fit enough to safety Mike Doss will miss the rest of confirmed on Monday. 15 Boise State 16 1? .16 fly home with the Steelers following the season with a torn ACL - an An MRI showed the Pro Bowl quar· their 41-38 overtime loss Sunday in injury he suffered the day before terback strained the medial collater Atlanta, and to drive his SUV to a while filling in for injured Pro al ligament while getting rolled into team meeting Monday, despite being Bowler Bob Sanders. by a Minnesota pass rusher during briefly knocked unconscious during Doss was hurt during Sunday's Sunday's loss to the Vikings. a helmet-to-helmet hit with the game against the Washington "There are three levels (of serious Falcons' Chauncey Davis. Redskins, just hours after defensive ness)," Holmgren said. "So he's right around the dial By definition, a concussion is a dis tackle Montae Reagor was injured in the middle. ruption of the brain's activities when his SlN flipped over in a crash "He's on crutches for a few days ... caused by a sudden blow to the head while he was driving to the RCA I guess it's kind of good news for me. - much like the hit Roethlisberger Dome. It could have been worse." absorbed while being sacked by mul The Colts expect Reagor to miss Seneca Wallace, a fourth-year vet MLB WORLD SERIES tiple defenders. Doctors who have their key AFC matchup against eran, will make his first NFL start on Detroit at St. Louis studied concussion patients have Denver (5-1) on Sunday, but hope for Sunday at Kansas City (3-3). The 8 p.m., FOX said some act and look fine within the return of Sanders, who has Seahawks (4-2) are already without hours or even minutes of being missed the last four games after hav league MVP Shaun Alexander, who injured, while others take longer to ing arthroscopic surgery on his right remains out indefinitely with a bro· look normal. knee. ken foot. .------, page 18 The Observer + SPORTS Tuesday, October 24, 2006 MEN'S GOLF Irish overcome bad first round, place seventh ment since I've been at recorded the first under-par ed a 21-over par 237. realized, but he was opti Sandman shoots [Notre Dame]." score of his career during The Irish, while not entire mistic after the strong clos career-best 67 Isban, who has been the the third round when he ly pleased with the seventh ing round. team's strongest golfer carded a two-under 70. place result, finished just "I see [the result] as a way to lead Notre Dame throughout the season, fin "With [Gifford] and two shots behind both No. 1- to build momentum," he ished in 14th place with a [Sandman] playing like they ranked USC and No. 27 said. one-under par 215. did, I think we showed how Kansas. The Irish will be in action By FRAN TOLAN "Cole knows that he has to good we can be," Kubinski "We're not too happy with again on Nov. 6 and 7 at the Sports Writer play well every time we tee said. seventh but we just needed a CordeValle Collegiate, hosted off and he did [at the Rounding out the Notre couple more shots to beat by UCLA at the CordeValle After a first round that Prestige]," Kubinski said. Dame top five were fresh those teams," Isban said. Golf Club in San Martin, Notre Dame coach Jim Senior co-captain Adam man Doug Fortner and jun Before this event, Kubinski Calif. Kubinski called "terrible," Gifford placed 25th with a ior Greg Rodgers. had said that he was hoping the Irish stormed back in the personal-best score of four Fortner carded a 16-over for a top-5 finish in La Contact Fran Tolan at final two rounds to place over par 220. He also par 232 and Rodgers record- Quinta. His wish was not [email protected] seventh in a strong 15-team field at the Prestige in La Quinta, California Oct. 16 and 17. The Irish carded an open ing-round 302 and were Fulls ahead. stuck in thirteenth place before a strong comeback, We remove the barriers, so you can accelerate your career. culminating in a third-round 282 that matched Notre We've created an environment that's conducive to personal Dame's sixth-best 18-hole and professional growth and success. At Ernst &Young, we're team score ever. "I was proud of the way we recognized for our inclusive culture that expects everyone to fought back," Kubinski said. contribute and everyone to grow. Stop just long enough to visit "I think it says a lot about our guys." us on campus, or at ey.comjusjcareers. Co-host Stanford won the event with a team score of 849, 30 shots better than Notre Dame. FORTUNE" The Irish were led by soph omore Josh Sandman and 100 BEST senior co-captain Cole lsban, COMPANIESgs who both finished with TO WORK FOR~ scores under par. Sandman shot a personal best 67 (-5) in the final round and ended up in a tie for tenth place with a three under par 213. "I honestly think Josh is as talented as anyone in college golf," Kubinski said of his budding star. "This is a glimpse of what's to come, not an exception to the rule." Sandman, meanwhile, is simply happy to be healthy and playing well after strug gling through back injuries last year. "I was injured for awhile but I'm glad to see things are starting to fall into place for me," the sophomore said. "This was my best tourna- Quality In Everything We Do .------~------ Tuesday, October 24,- 2006 The Observer+ SPORTS page 19 SMC VOLLEYBALL Belles vvin tvvo, lose one rna tch over break strong in each game. winning By SAMANTHA LEONARD in three 30-19, 30-20. 30-28. Spons Writer Playko once again had a big game for the Belles, tallying a Saint Mary's had a roller match-high 10 kills to go along coaster ride of a fall break. with her 25 digs, and Cusack The Belles started it off play added 26 more digs. ing Alma on Oct. 14, the sec Sophomore middle blocker ond time Saint Mary's met the Kaela Hellmann had seven kills tough conference foe that on 14 attempts and no errors week. Alma came out strong, in posting a .500 hitting per beating the Belles 30-19 in centage. game one. The team had a total of eight While the Belles took the sec service aces, keeping the ond match with a 30-25 win, Hornets on their heels they couldn't keep up the fight. throughout the match. Alma took game three 30-22 Saint Mary's improved its . and game four 30-27 for the record to 15-8 overall and 8-6 win. MIAA, keeping fifth place in Senior outside hitter Kristen the conference. Kalamazoo Playko posted the team high of stayed at sixth in the MIAA 12 kills and contributed 26 with a record of 4-9 and 8-14 digs. Senior libero Anne overall. Cusack held the team high in The Belles take on the Tri digs with 34, and junior setter State Thunder on the road Amanda David had 35 assists tonight at 7 p.m in another in the effort. conference match and their The Belles dropped to fifth second-to-last game of the sea place in the MIAA with a 7-6 son. The Thunder is seventh in record and 14-8 record over the MIAA with a record of 5-9 all. Alma jumped to fourth in and 8-18 overall. the MIAA with a record of 8-5 The Belles will look to MIAA and 11-10 overall. player of the week senior Kristen Playko for assistance in Saint Mary's 3, Windsor 1 the conference win. Playko has On Oct. 18, the Belles played been a key player in every in an "international" exhibition game this fall, tallying 304 kills match against Windsor. The on the season with an average Belles had a strong win against of 3.62 per a game. She is also the Canadian team with a 3-1 second on the team in digs (25-21' 25-20, 16-25, 25-15) with 364 and a game average victory. of 4.33. Every Belle who dressed had Playko will need to watch out a chance to play. for MIAA Specialty Player of the week Tri-State senior set Saint Mary's 3, Kalamazoo 0 ter Rainbow Bednarski. The following day, Oct. 19, Belles coach Julie Schroeder the Belles traveled to Biek was not available for Kalamazoo for another confer comment. ence matchup. The Belles were ready to play and posted a great victory of 3-0. Contact Samantha Leonard at Saint Mary's kept the leads sleonaO 1 @saintmarys.edu Students FlvCheaper Sample Fares from South Bend to: Sample Fares from Chicago to: Atlanta $202 Paris $431 Portland $202 Amsterdam $446 $278 Rome $501 Trrms: All fares are baserl on roundtrip travel and include a StudentUniverse service fee of SS. 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The Belles head into the In preparation for the MIAA MIAA Championship meet this meet, many of the team mem coming Saturday in Alma, bers remained near South Mich. with renewed confidence Bend for fall break, which after an impressive perform Bauters believes "benefited ance in the Manchester the team and allowed them to College Invite Oct. 14 that stay more in the flow of the wrapped up season, rather the team's than being regular sea "Megan [Gray} ran a totally out of son. sync a week The Belles phenomenal race and before the finished third was the first overall win champi of nine teams, for a Saint Mary's onships." behind For the final Cornerstone runner - quite the week of prac a n d accomplishment." tices, Bauters Manchester said the team College, and element will be Jackie Bauters had two run emphasized, ners place in Belles coach with the run- the top 10. ners discussing Saint Mary's team goals for junior Megan Gray won the the race and how to improve individual title with a time of the teamwork that served 18:42 for the 5K distance and them well in the Manchester teammate Sara Otto earned Invite. sixth place The Belles One FllEE TACO with a record- hope to ed 19:41. improve on last (Seasoned beef only, Crunchy or Soft) Coach Jackie year's fifth Bauters "This season has been place finish in _ with any purchase stressed the wonderful thus far and the conference Offer expires 11/21/06. 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Alicen Miller with a 21:17. Bauters is optimistic about The Belles ran some of their the conference meet this time best times of the year despite around. being tested by the varied ter "This season has been won rain of the Manchester course, derful thus far and I believe a mix of field, woods, flat and the team 'is ready for a great rolling landscapes. race this Saturday," she said. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Bauters said she was INTERNATIONAL STUDY PROGRAMS IN impressed with her squad's fit Contact Becki Dorner at ness level. rdorner [email protected] Evenings o Prayer rom DUBLIN, IRELAND Around the World Fall2007, SPRING 2008, AY 2007-8, SUMMER2007 Experience au~hen~ic prayer and medi~a#on as par~ of a series exploring ~he belief and prac~ices INFORMATION MEETING of ~he world~s grea~ fai~h ~radi~ions. Wednesday, October 25,2006 5:30-7:00 pm 102 DeBartolo Application Deadlines: NOVEMBER 15, 2006 FOR FALL, SPRING, AND ACADEMIC YEAR 2007-8 MARCH l, 2007 FOR SUMMER 2007 JEWISH PRAYER Applications Available www/nd.edu/~ois Rabbi Eric J. Siroka Temple Beth-El, South Bend Wednesday, October 25 7-7:45 pm 330 Coleman-Morse Sponsored by : Campus Ministry International Student Services & Activities FOG Graduate Residences Graduate Student Union Tuesday, October 24, 2006 The Observer+ SPORTS page 21 SMC SoccER Belles drop to fourth in MIAA vvith losses that put up six goals against Saint Mary's shutout Saint Mary's earlier in the three times in three season. The plan worked but kept games over fall break the team from registering a single shot on net and very By DAN MURPHY few opportunities on the Sports Writer offensive side of the ball. Calvin got off 20 shots in Saint Mary's was held the game, and Reline was scoreless in three games dur able to stop six of the seven ing fall break as it dropped to that made it on goal. 4-8-1 (3-3-1 in the confer The senior goalkeeper cap ence) on the year. tured her second shutout of The small skid drops the the season as the Belles Belles into a tie for fourth in played to a 0-0 draw with the MIAA with one game Adrian College. She saved all remaining this week before eight shots she faced in the the conference tournament contest. gets underway Oct. 28. Senior Ashley Hinton and The team started the break sophomore Mandy Thomson with a 1-0 loss to Hope had two shots each on net for College in Holland, Mich. Saint Mary's, but once again Sophomore Sonya Masghati the team was unable to find scored with nine minutes left the back of the net against in the second half to break the Bulldogs. the scoreless tie and secure a The tie gives Adrian and win for the Flying Dutch. Saint Mary's identical records want to start aclubil In the game, Saint Mary's in the conference, but the was held to just five shots - Bulldogs' overall record of 6- Students interested in starting a new club must submit a proposal by November 1, 2006. only one of which was on net 10-1 gives them the current - allowing Hope goalkeeper edge in the standings. Details on proposal contents may be found on the SAO website: Adrian will face Kalamazoo http://sao.nd.edu/studentgroups/listing Holly Nestle to collect an easy shutout victory. this afternoon at 4 p.m. and The Belles also dropped a Saint Mary's needs a Questions? Contact Amy Geist at [email protected], or by calling 631-7308. 1-0 decision to No. 5 Calvin Kalamazoo victory in order to the following Saturday. have a chance to finish in the Senior Jill Capel was the hero top half of the conference. for the Knights as her sev The Belles conclude their enth goal in conference play regular season at home brought the team's unbeaten against Tri-State tomorrow streak to 16 games. Capel afternoon. The Thunder has beat goalie Laura Reline as been outscored 31-1 in 2006 she drove a high shot into the and is still in search of its corner from 18 yards away. first conference win. Belles' coach Caryn Saint Mary's players were Mackenzie opted to play a unavailable for comment fol defensive-minded game to lowing the games. slow down the quick, veteran Contact Dan Murphy at offense of the Knights, a unit [email protected] October 26 So What Do You Get Credit This Winter Plan To Do With a Philosophy Degree? 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"They really needed to start picking it up or LaFortune Ballroom Taylormade Classic else they would have dug them selves into a huge hole." Part 2: Mana er Trainin Notre Dame responded, !iring By CHRIS HINE a season-best 299 to climb into a Wednesday & Thursday October 25th- 26th·x-·*12:3opm & 4:3opm Sports Writer tie for fifth place overall last Tuesday. In that second round, Notre Dame sophomore Lisa the team's highest score was a LaFortune Montgomery Maunu couldn't even walk to the 76. The Irish linished 22 strokes *At least two members of all Auditorium plane. behind tournament winner Maunu, who contracted a Denver. groups must attend Food Service throat infection and spent the "I was very pleased with what Training. (Manager can attend night of Oct. 12 at Health happened on day two," Holt Services, still managed to play said. "We were a little disap and count as one of the two) the entire Taylormade Aztec Fall pointed with fifth. but it could've Classic at San Diego State been a lot worse." University Oct. 16-17 and fin Nakazaki (71-74, +1) led the ished 31st, helping her team way for the Irish. Notre Dame's *At least one member of group mates to a fifth-place finish. overall stroke average leader must attend Manager Training. "They did an athletic blitz on had struggled in her last few me, hooking me up to an IV and tournaments before the Aztec (Manger does not have to attend pumping me with drugs," Fall Classic, but rebounded last Food Service Training) Maunu said. "My teammates week to finish tied for fifth over had to literally carry me to the all - her best of the fall season. plane on Friday because I was "I played OK," she said. "The so sick." first day went Maunu had well. I've been Questions? Amy Geist doubts as to "My teammates had working on put whether she to literally carry me ting and I hit six Student Activities Office could complete birdies on day all 36 holes. to the plane on Friday one. The second "I didn't know because I was so day it got away a [email protected] if I could walk sick." little bit, but fin through the ishing fifth was tournament, but very nice." I took it one shot Lisa Maunu Freshman at a time and Irish sophomore Annie Brophy made it (78-77, +11) tied through," she for 35th overall said. "I thought I played well. while junior Jane Lee (80-76, First day, I had a nine on a par +12) tied for 41st. Kristen Wetzel five and that killed me, but the rounded out the team scoring second day I had to stay away for the Irish by finishing tied for from getting a nine, and I did 49th with a 13-over par per that and I had more birdies." formance. Senior Stacy Brown Despite Maunu's illness, the played as an individual entrant Irish expected to finish well in whose scores did not count to San Diego, where they were one the overall team performance. of the highest ranked teams Denver (278-303) took the going in. tournament title while BYU "We were the third highest (296-293) placed second. ranked team of the field coming Denver's Stephanie Sherlock in, so finishing fifth was a little (69-72, -3) and Emily Hoepner disappointing," senior Noriko (66-75, -3} tied for first overall, Nakazaki said. with Sherlock winning a playoff The Irish faltered on day one, to take the title. Hoepner's 66 in Oct. 16, firing a 22-over par 311 the first round was the low to place eleventh after 18 holes. round for the tournament. Three Irish golfers posted scores Next on the Irish schedule is above 80. the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Notre Dame coach Susan Holt Intercollegiate Invitational on met with the squad after day Oct. 30-31 in Kiawah Island, S. one to light a fire under her Car. team to fmish off their rounds as strong as they started them. Contact Chris Hine at "I put a sense of urgency into [email protected] The Kaneb Center Scholars in the Classroom Series Peacemaking in the Holy Land: Political Islam ~··· This lecture vvill be fall Semester~:200'i· delivered by . "> . . fc•·• .~; Professor David ·· Wedn~sdayJ.October 25,2006, ,., :·f!i. ···. ·..,s Burrell, C.S.C_, Philosophy Depart .. · ·. ( , < t'.-.{ ... "Mo~d~!'Novem~er ~CJ: ~006~;;:5 A 1N"T .·. ment, University of . . ,, . . · .. :· .. ; :..•..• ·· ,_. . ·· 6:oo .... 7':QD P.'Mr ~Y'S*· · Notre Dame. R?ortt 6CJ9,Hesbutgh l,.ibraey, University of'N9t~t>,~~' cofA)"'EG E ·. Applicatibns available online: ··· ···NoTR:n~oAMg,JN • 0 . • Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:00PM Hesburgh Center Auditorium Kaneb Center for Phone: 574.631.9!46 Teaching and Learning '\VWVV. nd.edu-kaneh/ Register: http:/i'NW"VV. nd.edu/-kane b/events/fall06/register.shtm I Tuesday, October 24, 2006 The Observer + SPORTS page 23 MEN'S TENNIS SMC GoLF Parbhu advances to semis Belles fall short of fifth "He needs to step it up, to be said. "He's hitting better than any By DEIRDRE KRASULA more offensive," head coach Bobby one on the team right now." Sports Writer Bayliss said of Bass. "At whatever Parbhu has thrived not only in straight MIAA title level he plays he needs to do it singles but also in doubles, advanc For Sheeva Parbhu, taking on instinctively, to strike first." ing with senior partner Ryan an 85 and placed second in the Ohio State's Devin Mullings in the The rest of the Irish team also Keckley to the semifinals of the Young team finishes tournament. O'Brien tied for semifinals may seem like a case of had a strong showing at the tour Doubles Championship. fourth at conference second with Kylee Ehinger of deja vu. nament. Senior Barry King The Irish have been working on Tri-State. AnnMarie Jasieniecki The two faced off in the semifi dropped a close match to their doubles game all season and championship tourney of Albion was the individual nals of the 2005 ITA Midwest Minnesota's Raoul Schwark, falling Bayliss is pleased with the results reader posting an 80. Championships and are scheduled 7-6,6-4. the team is seeing. The duo tri Earning 14th place was fresh By REBECCA SLINGER to do so again today. Parbhu, this "[King] had chances to win it and umphed over Illinois' Brendan man Kate Doornbos who fired a year's No. 2 seed, defeated played very well, but could not Davis and GD Jones 8-2 in the Sports Writer 92. Alex Sei (95), Katie Mullings, this year's No. 8 seed, 6- quite pull it out," Bayliss said. "I quarterfinals. On their way to Mcinerney (101) and Meredith 1, 1-6, 7-5 in 2005. think he could have gone far in the earning a spot in the semifinals, the Saint Mary's wanted to win Fantom (101) also contributed Parbhu knocked off Ohio State's tournament." two also eliminated Michigan's the conference title this year, to the Belles' fourth-place fin Drew Eberly in a tiebreaker Bayliss also praised the efforts of Matko Maravic and George Navas. but after a season filled with ish. Monday, winning 1-6, 7-6, 6-1 on sophomore Brett Helgeson. Parbhu and Keckley are sched disappointment, illness and Four Belles earned league his way to securing a place in the Helgeson advanced to the main uled to take on Ohio State's Drew injury, the Belles came up short honors. Doornbos was the ninth semifinals. draw with a No. 17 seed only to fall Eberly and Justin Kronauge today of their goal. lowest scorer in the MIAA, Senior Stephen Bass-who won to Louisville's David Simon 4-6, 6-3, at2p.m. Saint Mary's finished fourth at shooting a total of 352 in four the event last year - fell to Ohio 6-4. the MIAA Championship last conference tournament appear Contact Deirdre Krasula at State's Steven Moneke 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 "Brett has had a great fall and is weekend with a team score of ances. Mcinerney (379) placed [email protected] in the quarterfinals. hitting the ball very well," Bayliss 373 at the the par-72 Bedford 20th, Sei (382) 24th and Valley Country Club in Battle Fantom (387) 27th. Olivet con Creek, Mich. First place Olivet tinued to dominate the confer posted a 348 to clinch the con ence with four of their golfers ference title for the first time in placing in the top four spots. more than 10 Olivet fresh years. man Megan Tri-State "We're such a young team, Himmel led and Albion the golf lead also finished but we played well. Even ers and her ahead of the though we didn't reach our team with a Belles, the goal [of a fifth-consecutive total score of first time 337. either school MIAA title] we'll be back in Doornbos has done so the spring. " was the only in five years. Belle and Tri-State shot only fresh Alex Sei a 355, Albion man who a 362. Belles sophomore named to the Hope did All-MIAA not compete S e c o n d as a result of an "automobile Team. accident en route to competi Sophomore co-captain Sei tion," according to the MIAA's said the pressure on the team Web site. contributed to its finish. The 2006 League Medalist, an "We're such a young team, award given to the best per but we played well," Sei said. former over the course of the "Even though we didn't reach season, was given to Kristy our goal [a fifth-consecutive Latimer, an Olivet senior who MIAA title] we'll be back in the placed sixth in the champi· spring." onship tournament (88). Belles captain Katie O'Brien shot three Contact Rebecca Slinger at Consider the Carmelite strokes better than Latimer for rslingO 1 @saintmarys.edu Pastor Teacher & Campus Minister Every Tuesday enjoy our specialty Sizzlelini with Chicken, Sausage or both. Frosty Bellinis only $2 Try raspberry, green apple or peach. P~eo.ALlAN KITCHEN Unmistakably Italian \Unbelievably Good 511 0 Edison Lakes Parkway Would you think of joining an BOO year .tradition of walking in the footsteps of Jesus Chnst? 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Notre Dame accumulated Tc0 L1 e Saint .tvlary's College just 255 points in the race, better than five teams ranked ahead of the then-No. 21 Irish before the race -No. 9 BYU, No. 14 Michigan, No. 16 Wednesday, September 6 Virginia, No. 19 William and Ana Maria Pineda, Santa Clara University Mary and No. 20 Arizona Welcoming the Stranger: State. The Irish finished behind only No. 5 Iona (100 Hospitality in the Christian Tradition points), No. 3 Stanford (106) Special fulknv-up event: Thursday, September 7 and No. 25 Florida (217). l'ineJa Immigraticm Issues: Senior Kurt Benninger A Catholic Commtm Ground Ccmversation (23:40) and sophomore (3:30p.m. in Stat)leton Lounge) Patrick Smyth (23:49) led Notre Dame across the line, finishing seventh and twelfth, Wednesday, October 25 respectively. Claire Wolfteich, Boston University "It was good we ran togeth Women, Spirituality and the Workplace er for about three-quarters of \Voljieich the race and went with a PHIL HUDELSON!The Observer group," Smyth said. "I kind of Sophomore Robbie Barany, left, and junior Jake Watson, right, Monday, November 6 fell off a little bit, but we were break away from the pack at the National Catholic Championship Sept. 15. Watson placed second at the event. Saint Catherine of Siena both pretty high." An impersonation by actre'iS Nancy MuiTay, O.P. Joining Notre Dame's top Voices fram the Past, Wisdam far Today, Hope two runners were juniors meet, clocking in at 20:38 for After training during fall Jake Watson 19th place. break and this coming week, far Tbmorruw (24:23) and Next for the the Irish return to action MH>Tay Brett Adams Irish was Friday at Boston College to (24:50) and junior Julie compete for the Big East freshman "We have the Big East this 0 p e t Championship. Jake Walker Friday- we're just going to (21:15), fol Saint M:s Colle~ (24:51). Of lowed by Notes: NOTRE DAME· INDIANA the Irish keep rolling." senior Ann +Liberty's Josh McDougal Center for Spirituality qualifiers, M a z u r won the men's race with a four set Patrick Smyth (21:15), www.saintmarys.edu/-cfs final time of 23:14. Wake (574) 284-4636 • e-mail: astrotma®saintmarys.edu career-highs Irish runner sophomore Forest's Michelle Sikes took for an eight Heidi Rocha the top spot in the women's kilometer (21 :49) and race at 20:16. race while freshman Smyth was Lindsey Contact Jay Fitzpatrick at a mere three seconds off his Ferguson (21:51). [email protected] personal best set at the Notre Dame Invitational run Sept. 30. Walker's finish was espe cially impressive as it was the freshman's first time in the team's top-five lineup in his Notre Dame career. "As a freshman stepping into that role, I think he's going to be great and I think he's going keep it moving," Smyth said. Despite the high finish, Smyth feels Notre Dame has the capability to do even bet ter as the season continues. "We have the Big East this LONDON PROGRAM Friday - we're just going to keep rolling," he said. "We had a real good training over fall break and we just keep APPLICATION MEETING rolling with it and hopefully the Big East goes well." FOR FALL 2007 & SPRING 2008 The race was an important stepping stone for Notre Thursday, October 26, 2006 Dame's hunt for a national 141 DeBartolo title because the NCAA cham pionship next month will be 6:00pm run at the same course in Terre Haute. The Irish women also com SOPHOMORES WHO MISSED THE SEPTEMBER peted in the Pre-National Meet, finishing tied with MEETING ARE WELCOME! Indiana for 15th out of 36 teams in the six kilometer race with 441 points. Defending national champi on Stanford dominated the competition with a paltry 45 points, an incredible amount considering second-place Minnesota amassed 200. Junior Sunni Olding was the only Notre Dame runner in the top 50 finishers of the ------ Tuesday, October 24, 2006 The Observer + SPORTS page 25 that was ready to play, but we into the second half by fresh also ran into a little bit of the men Erin Byrnes and tied the Undefeated fatigue from midterms, from game at one. continued from page 28 staying up late and studying," "We had a little bit of a break Waldrum said. down in the flank area," currently one point behind Waldrum said his players Waldrum said. "We turned the Seton Hall for the 10th and were upset immediately follow ball over and didn't over quick final slot in the conference ing the tie, but by their next enough and then the kid made tournament, which begins game against Georgetown, the a really good shot." Wednesday. Because the emotion had subsided. Byrnes also scored Bearcats lost to the Pirates on "They were upset about it Villanova's second goal, a shot Sunday, they need to beat the and they hope to get to play with less than a minute Irish tonight to qualify for the Connecticut down the road, but remaining. It was the first goal tournament. its not something that's going the Irish have allowed in the Notre Dame has clinched to be in their minds the rest of second half of a game this both a berth in the tournament the season," he said. year. and a first round bye, but Irish junior forward Amanda "I thought we went to sleep Waldrum said he is not con Cinalli had Notre Dame's best instead of finishing the game cerned about Cincinnati's emo scoring chance, a header on a off," Waldrum said. tion in what could be the last cross from sophomore Brittany game of the Bearcats' season Bock with only nine minutes Notre Dame 1, Georgetown 0 because Connecticut, left in the game, but the ball The Irish shut out their 13th Georgetown and Villanova sailed just over the crossbar. opponent of the season Sunday were in similar situations with a 1-0 victory over the when the Irish played them. Notre Dame 5, Providence 0 Hoyas in Washington, D.C. "The last two or three The Irish bounced back from Sophomore Carrie Dew head games, we've run into teams their tie against UConn with a ed in a cross from Hanks early that desperately need wins," drubbing of the Friars on the in the second half for the he said. "When we played road Oct. 15. game's only goal. UConn, we were playing a des Sophomore Kerri Hanks Georgetown (5-9-5, 2-7-2 Big perate team. They were on the became the youngest player in East) needed a win to have any verge of missing the confer Irish history to reach 100 chance to qualify for the Big ence tournament, which is career points and 40 career East tournament but didn't get unheard of for them." goals with her score and two it. Waldrum also said the Irish assists while Bock and Cinalli have motivation of their own. added goals of their own. Notes: "We've reminded our kids Notre Dame held Providence +Waldrum said he will give that we need to win as many without a shot on goal or a the team Wednesday and pos games as we can to get home corner kick in earning its 12th sibly Thursday off from prac field advantage in the NCAA shutout of the season. tice in preparation for a Big tournament," he said. East tournament game Notre Dame 4, Villanova 2 Saturday or Sunday. Notre Dame 0, Connecticut 0 The Irish allowed multiple "They need the rest and a The Irish and Huskies tied goals for the first time this sea chance to catch up on school Oct. 13 in Storrs, Conn., giving son but managed a 4-2 win work," Waldrum said. Notre Notre Dame the first blemish over the Wildcats in Dame will have played three on its record and Connecticut a Philadelphia Friday. games in five days after today. berth in the Big East The initial Villanova goal, the LAURIE HUNT!The Observer Tournament. first allowed by Notre Dame in Contact Chris Khorey at Defender Christie Shaner clears the ball against West "We ran into a UConn team six games, came four minutes [email protected] Virginia Sept. 29. The Irish defeated the Mountaineers 3-1. rHURSDAY, OcTOBER 26 @ 8:00PM JOYCE CENTER ARENA COME MEET THE 2006~2001 MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM, AND DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO BUY YOUR SEASON TICKETS! FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST ... JoHN PAXSoN! (CHICAGO BuLLS ExEcUTIVE VP, BASKETBALL OPERATIONS, NoTRE DAME '83 You CouLD WrN $501000! OTHER PRIZES INCLUDE ••• ~ RoUN~TRIP AIRFARE FOR Two ON ALLEGIANT AIR , BooKs FOR A SEMESTER ~ • fREE SEASON TICKETS ... AND MUCH MORE ~'\:::,~ ~s. x_r::::::,~::J~ ~~~ COME WATCH AS YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS TAKE ON THE ~~ ~~~ PLAYERS IN THREE,POINT CONTESTS, SKILLS CONTESTS, AND ~~'~ OTHER EVENTS THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING. page 26 The Observer + SPORTS Tuesday, October 24, 2006 before he was replaced by Joe The Irish struggled in the first Pearce. Brown made 26 saves period, scoring a lone goal by CCHA for the Irish, allowing a short Kissel on the power play, but continued from page 28 handed goal to Dan Bertram :48 rebounded with a three-goal seeonds into the third period to second period. the last two games) was named cut the Irish lead to 4-1. "It's hard to say if we played Defensive Player of the Week, Notre Dame responded with down to their level," Jackson while senior Dave Brown (48 three third-period goals, one said. "Hight now, we're not good saves in two games) was award each by Van Guilder - his third enough to do that stuff." ed Goaltender of the Week and of the game - sophomore Erik Kissel scored his second goal freshman Kevin Deeth (one goal, Condra and freshman Ryan 1:15 into the second period and two assists) Rookie of the Week. Thang (two goals) to seal the was followed :4 7 later by a "It's great that our guys get win over the speedy Eagles. rebound put-away from senior attention for what they aceom "I think they had to worry Jason Paige, his first goal of the plished," Jackson said. "But the about our speed," Jaekson said. year. Deeth scored later in the weekend's over, everything we "Our transition game was as period for a 4-1 lead. accomplished last weekend good as I've seen it. When we The lone Friars goal came in could be blown out of propor forced one of their turnovers, the second from Colin tion next weekend if we play we countered very quickly. They McDonald, assisted by Niek Army and lose." had a hard time adjusting to our Mazzolini. Brown had 22 saves. Notre Dame beat Boston speed sometimes." Senior Michael Bartlett scored College 3-2 with a last-second Jackson said the Irish defense his first of the year and Kissel goal by T.J. Jindra Oct. 22, 2004 was the most important faetor added his third in the third peri at the Joyce Center and shut out in the blowout vietory, creating od for the 6-1 1inal. the Eagles 1-0 at Kelley Rink the numerous turnovers that led to year before. droves of scoring chances. Minnesota State-Mankato 3, "We have to prove the most The Irish opened up a 4-0 lead Notre Dame 2 ( OT) important part of excellence is by the second intermission on The Maverieks defeated the consisteney," Jaekson said. "We f1rst-period goals by Van Guilder Irish with 14.2 seconds remain proved that we ean be a good and Thang and second-period ing in overtime on the power team this weekend, but we have tallies by Van Guilder and play to take the second game of QUENTIN STENGER!The Observer Irish center Erik Condra drives toward the net in Notre Dame's to prove we can be a great Deeth. a series in which Notre Dame 6-1 win over Minnesota State Oct. 13 at the Joyce Center. team." Notre Dame was 2-for-11 on took the opener 6-1. the power play, while the penal Irish sophomore Garrett Notre Dame 7, Boston College ty-kill unit shut down 9-of-10 Regan was called for a phantom weekend," Jaekson said. "We tied 2-2. Joel Hanson and Kael 1 Boston College power plays. tripping penalty with 2:02 left in didn't do the little things, we Mouilllierat put the Mavericks Junior Mark Van Guilder the overtime. Minnesota State didn't exeeute the system the up 2-1 with goals in the second scored his second career hat Notre Dame 6, Providence 1 forward Jon Kalinski shoveled way we did [against BC and period, before Deeth knotted it. triek in the Eagles' worst home Freshman Dan Kissel pack home the game-winning goal on Providence]." Brown had 13 saves in the loss in 12 years. aged his first three collegiate a down-low backhander over Deeth scored a man-advan loss. Boston College goaltender goals into a tidy hat trick for the Brown. tage and a first-period short Cory Schneider made 24 saves Irish in the Saturday win over "I think at Minnesota State, handed goal for the Irish, but Contact Kyle Cassity at and surrendered six goals Providence. we didn't do what we did last after two periods the score was [email protected] Michael Thomas slipped the Lapira to an open Thomas take their first lead, on a kill from ball through the defense to who deposited the ball at the Hawaii Kristoff, and eventually the game. Big East Rellas to pick up his second back post. The goal was The team went on a 10-2 run after continued from page 28. assist on the season. Thomas's third of the season, continued from page 28 the scored was tied at 20-20 to West Virginia responded and the fourth straight game make the seore 2-1. decisively, picking up the with a point for the reigning great fan base," Irish head coach The Irish opened up a 13-11 lead tributed one of his two assists equalizer only 13 minutes in. Big East freshman of the Debbie Brown said. "They're very in the fourth game, but Hawaii ral for the night on Martin's goal, Mountaineer midfielder Dan week. appreciative, When we left the lied back for the lead and put the ran his team-leading assist Stratford received a pass from "[Thomas! is an amazing court after Tuesday there was a game away with a 7-2 game-win count to seven. fellow midfielder Andrew freshman, and he's been ter standing ovation. They like good ning streteh. Junior forward Joseph Wright and blasted his shot rific since day one," Clark vollnyball." Lapira increased his nation home from 22 yards out. The said. "Since the injury to Uun Notre Dame 3, Connecticut 0 leading goal count to 19 by goal was the first conceded by ior midfielder I Alex Notre Dame 3, DePaul 0 Phillips led the Irish in kills with scoring the team's opening I r i s h Yoshinaga, The lrL<>h defeated DePaul 30-22, 16 and the tnam won at home 30- goal in the 32nd minute. It senior he's had to 30-16, :~0-1 0 at home behind nine 12, 30-24, 30-27 Friday. was the seventh consecutive go a l - change kill performances from freshmen The lrL'ih were helped in the first game in which Lapira had keeper "They were hard, competitive, from an ofT Christina Kaelin and Serinity game by four attack errors from scored a goal. Chris tough games. They were fun the bench Phillips. the Huskies and kill<> from Stremick Sophomore midfielder Cory Cahill in role to a Junior captain Adrianna Stasiuk and Croat. Kristoff finished the Rellas. who has seen vastly 2 5 7 experiences for the boys to starting led the team in digs with 11. match with a five-serve stretch. increased playing time since minutes wrap up the season. " role, and The Irish dominated the first "We came out and played a really senior midfielder Ian a he's taken game and never relinquished the good game one, really steady and Etherington injured his leg on streak to it like a lead, ending the game on a 3-0 run. played a good match overall," Bobby Clark Sept. 23, picked up the first of t h a t duek to A kill from Kaelin put DePaul Brown said. his two assists for the evening spanned Irish coach water. He's down two games, and a 10-point Stasiuk ended the second game on Lapira's goal. Despite his three played well stretch on the serve by freshman with a kill and the Irish took the limited playing time, Rellas games. all year, Jamel Nicholas ended the third match in the third game off a now has five assists on the "The but the game and completed the sweep. Huskies attack error. season, second only to hard thing for us was giving niee thing is that now he's "I felt like we had a good start to Norman's seven. up the lead so quickly," Clark been rewarded with some fhll break and played at a high level St. John's 3, Notre Dame 0 "Since [getting more playing said. "If we had been able to goals." to takH us into Hawaii," Brown said. Stasiuk left the match in the first time]. Cory has come on and go into halftime one goal to With the shutout, Cahill held game with an ankle sprain and the really established himself as a the good, it would have an opponent scoreless for the Hawaii 3, Notre Dame 0 Irish fell to the undefeated Red very solid player," Clark said. helped us a lot." ninth time on the season, and Sophomore Mallorie Croalled the Storm 30-32, 24-30, 22-30. "He's getting better every Wright would give West he improved his record to 11- IrL<>h in a losing ellort with 11 kill<> "Losing Adrianna is huge for us," week as his confidence has Virginia the lead for good in 3-1. in the 27-30, 26-30, 27-30 loss. Brown said. "She is a primary pass grown, and that's the exciting the 56th minute when his shot Notre Dame now will begin Stasiuk had nine kill<> and fresh er and takes a huge offensive load, thing." hit home from 12 yards out preparing for post-season man Kim Kristoff had six blocks and it's not that Megan [Fesl] can't for his fifth goal of the season. play which begins Wednesday while the Rainbow Wahine or didn't do a great job - she did a West Virginia 2, Notre Dame night when the Irish take on snapped a six-game Irish win good job. We're just not used to 1 Notre Dame 1, Connecticut DePaul in the first round of streak. Junior Ashley Tarutis led having that leadership off the By defeating then-No. 6 0 the Big East tournament, and the team in assist<> with 22. court." Notre Dame 2-1 Wednesday Notre Dame closed out its Notre Dame will draw on Hawaii sophomore Jamie The Irish dropped a close first evening at Dirk Dlesk Soccer regular season with a 1-0 win their past three games to aid Houston had 18 kills and put an game after several kills from the Stadium in Morgantown, No. over No. 14 Connecticut in their preparation. end to Irish comeback<> in each of Red Storm's Latoya Blunt squashed 4 West Virginia not only front of 3,831 fans at Joseph "All three games were like the games with timely kills. a late rally. snapped Notre Dame's seven J. Morrone Stadium Saturday NCAA tournament games," Houston rallied the Wahine from a "One of the things we talked game winning streak, but they evening. Clark said. "They were hard, three-point deficit with three kill<> in about before playing this team is also ended the Irish's run for It was Notre Dame's second competitive, tough games. a 6-0 run to take the match with a that every match that they've won the No. 1 seed in the Big East ever win at Connecticut and They were fun experiences for sweep. - which is a whole bunch - they tournament. its first win in Storrs since the boys to wrap up the sea "We got better," Brown said. "I do win the first game," Brown said. "I The loss left Notre Dame 1986. With the victory, Notre son." think we learned a lot. I don't think think we felt like it was really four points behind the Dame locked up the No. 3 we played great, it was a little bit important to come out with a really Mountaineers - a difference seed in the Big East tourna Note: more high error than what we good start and win the first game the team could not make up ment as the Irish finished +By failing to score against needed to be to win." and put them in a position they're with only one game remaining with 24 points in Big East West Virginia, Lapira was not used to being in." on the regular season sched play one behind held without a goal for the Hawaii 3, Notre Dame 1 The Red Storm never trailed in ule. Connecticut and four behind first time in seven games, but The Irish took one game against the second game and trailed only The Irish started the game West Virginia. he held onto his national lead the Rainbow Wahine 28-30, 25-30, briefly in the third game as it com positively as Rellas tallied his The only goal of the game in both goals (19) and points 30-22, 23-30 and were led by soph pleted the sweep and took control first career goal for Notre was scored in the 65th minute (41). omore Justine Stremick, who had of first place. Dame, scoring in the 4th by Thomas. Senior defender 14 kills. minute. 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It is the high in the Big East with a 3-0 loss to St. again - and upset the No. 1 est the team has been ranked John's at home Sunday in a battle Eagles 7-1 Friday in Chestnut since it finished the 2003-04 of the league unbeaten.'>. Hill, Mass., the third time in season at No. 12 after a NCAA It was the final match of five three straight games the Irish Tournament loss to Minnesota. games Notre Dame played over fall have knocked off a top-ranked "Let's be realistic about that," break. The Irish (13-8, 7-1 Big Eagles squad. Jackson said. "It's October and East) went 2-3, sweeping DePaul "It's a big step for us," Irish there's still 12-15 teams today and Connecticut but suffering coach Jeff Jackson said. ''I'm ahead of us, and that doesn't back-to-hack losses to No. 16 happy with what we did this mean there won't be more Ilawaii. weekend - it's a sign of where tomorrow." Notre Dame lost to the Rainbow we can be, what we can be." Three Notre Dame players Wahine 3-0 and 3-1 on Oct. 16 and The Irish (3 -1-0) defeated were awarded CCfiA honors 17 in front of a crowd of 6,027 at Providence College 6-1 Monday for their weekend the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu. Saturday to sweep their two efforts. Senior defenseman Wes "Hawaii is just a great atmos game tour of the Hockey East, O'Neill (two assists, plus-four in QUENTIN STENGER/The Observer phere to play volleyball, they get a but lost 3-2 with seconds Irish center Mark Van Guilder, left, faces off against the remaining in overtime Oct. 14 see CCHA/page 26 Mavericks' Zach Harrison in Notre Dame's 6-1 win Oct. 13. see HAWAII/page 26 MEN' 5 SOCCER NO WOMEN'S SOCCER Offense gears up for Irish prepare for playoffs battle against DePaul Team looks to finish regular season strong Team wins 2 offinal 3 Notre Dame 3, Providence 0 The Irish started the week By CHRIS KHOREY with a decisive victory over regular season games Associate Spores Editor Providence Oct. 14, running their winning streak to a sea Notre Dame is one game By GREG ARBOGAST son-high seven games - the away from an unbeaten regu Sports Writer program's longest since an lar season. eight-game streak in 2003. After going 3-0-1 during fall The victory left Notre Dame, break, the Irish take on who entered the game tied Cincinnati tonight on the road Playing possibly its toughest with Providence in the confer in a makeup of Sept. 22's three games of the season in a ence standings, in sole posses game that was cancelled due span of eight days, No. 6 Notre sion of second place in the Big to lightning. Dame more than held its own East's Blue Division one point No. 1 Notre Dame (16-0-1, last week, picking up wins over behind both Connecticut and 9-0-1 Big East) won three Providence and No. 14 West Virginia. road contests last week, beat Connecticut while falling to No. With their shutout of the ing Providence 5-0 Oct. 15, 4 West Virginia. Friars, the Irish held their Villanova 4-2 Friday and "We could have won all three opponent scoreless for the fifth Georgetown 1-0 Sunday. The games," Irish coach Bobby time in six games and ninth Irish also tied Connecticut 0-0 Clark said. "We played well at time for the season. Despite Oct. 13. West Virginia, but we didn't the impressive statistics, Clark Notre Dame coach Randy follow through with our downplayed the result. Waldrum said the week off chances." "It was not an easy 3-0 from classes was a welcome The results leave Notre game," Clark said. "Until we opportunity to rest for the Dame's record at 12-4-2 (8-3-0 scored in the final minute, we team after midterms. Big East) at the conclusion of felt we were still in a game. It "The hard part was coming the regular season. was a good clear win, but it off of midterms exams," With its 24 points, Notre wasn't a blowout." Waldrum said. "The week was Dame locked up the No. 3 seed Junior forward Kurt Martin used to not only train but to in the Big East tournament, scored the pivotal goal on a catch up academically a little which begins Wednesday night blistering shot with only 26 bit." when the Irish take on DePaul seconds remaining in the The Bearcats come into at Alumni Field. Notre Dame game. It was Martin's first goal tonight's game 7-8-2 and 3-6- defeated the Blue Demons 3-0 on the season. Senior midfield 1 in the Big East. They are in South Bend Sept. 10 in the er Nate Norman, who con- PHIL HUDELSON/The Observer teams' only meeting this sea Irish midfielder Susan Pinnick fights for the ball in Notre son. see BIG EAST/page 26 Dame's 5-0 win over Pittsburgh Oct. 1 at Alumni Field. see UNDEFEATED/page 25 I NO CROSS COUNTRY SMC GOlf ND WOMEN'S GOLF SMC CROSS COUNTRY FOOTBALL LLI (.) Notre Dame 20 z Notre Dame finishes Junior Sheeva Parbhu The Belles take fourth Sophomore Lisa Junior Megan Gray UCLA 17 --< :3 ahead of five ranked advances to the semifi- at the MIAA Matmu recovers from an becomes the first Belle to Jeff Samardzija's c:s teams in taking fourth nals of the ITA Midwest Championships, ending illness to help the Irish win an individual cham- touchdown with 27 sec cz: at the Pre-National Championships. their streak of five straight take fifth at the pionship at the onds left gives the Irish =: Championships. conference titles. Taylormade Invitational. Manchester Invite. the victory. • page 24 page 23 page 23 page 22 page 20 Irish Insider