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recognition, but it is more By EVA BINDA important to focus on doing TOP 10 UNDERGRADUATE endowment News Writer the best job we can to pre­ pare our students,” Woo said. BUSINESS PROGRAMS A new BusinessWeek rank­ Woo said she believes the IRS expands University ing puts Notre Dame’s best preparation for business 1 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) Mendoza College of Business students “includes profession­ investment options seventh among top under­ al excellence, integrity and 2 University of Virginia (Mclntire) graduate business schools — care for the common good.” 3 UC Berkeley (Haas) By MARCELA BERRIOS a drop from last year’s No. 3 Notre Dame’s seventh-place Associate News Editor ranking, but still ahead of 86 ranking put it just behind /> 4n ' « Emory aapa / A 1/ A M-Si/.Omy/.University A A mi AH % //i aOau -. a (Goizueta)A A ifcv- aja aS a-a-Iv-iIaOa iHajaiaha aVaia. A.J V mtf nv, VhVnUiiViMfVJiMAWivoumirtvm/ml iv, other programs. M assachusetts Institute of Dean of the Mendoza Technology’s Sloan School of 5 University of Michigan (Ross) A Dec. 21 federal ruling College of Business Carolyn Business. Notre Dame was the 6 M assachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan) authorized Notre Dame — as Woo emphasized that the highest ranked Catholic insti­ .v.v/.v -- ■ . . ■ . ■ - - ana ./a; ava -a^a---A A-A-v.--. -..... A - '. - ■-'.I/.. the trustee of numerous char­ ranking of 93 schools — tution with Georgetown and 7 NOTRE DAME (MENDOZA) itable trusts — to invest the included in Monday’s edition Villanova in the 11th and 12th donors’ contributions in the of BusinessWeek but released spots, respectively. 8 Brigham Young University (Marriott) University’s endowment, an to the University March 8 — Last year, BusinessWeek’s 9 New York University (Stern) investment option that will wasn’t the program’s most first-ever list of 62 under- rival the Goliaths of national important accomplishment. 10 Cornell University mutual funds with its diversi­ fied portfolio and 14.6 per­ “It’s great to have national see RAN KINGS/page 4 JEFF ALBERT I O bserver Graphic SOURCE: BusinessWeek Online ______cent rate of return, Assistant Vice President of Development Jean Gorman said Tuesday. “Not all institutions can out­ perform mutual funds offered Marine discusses opposition to war by firms like Fidelity or Vanguard, and we feel that we can,” Gorman said. ate, or the one that can be made Notre Dame had been limit­ By MEGHAN WONS for us,” Madden said. ed in the past in the invest­ News Writer He is currently on a speaking ment vehicles available for tour, promoting awareness about these trusts — but an Internal The war in Iraq has been a con­ the war and urging college stu­ Revenue Service (IRS) ruling troversial issue for both American dents to reject complacency in this opened up the possibility of citizens and soldiers on active “time of moral crisis.” growing the donors’ capital, duty since it began four years ago. Madden opened his talk with a or trust corpus, on the Liam Madden, a former Marine question — what does it take to University’s own endowment. sergeant, spoke last night in bum down a forest? After some­ “We are very excited about DeBartolo I lull at a public lecture one in the audience responded, “a this opportunity for Notre sponsored by the Progressive spark,” Madden said he spent the Dame,” Gorman said, cele­ Student Alliance, Notre Dame last few months questioning, brating the opportunity to Peace Fellowship, Center for “how do you burn down a war?” expand both the charitable Social Concerns and the Joan B. Madden said imagination and remainder trusts’ corpora and Kroc Institute entitled, “The leadership are important if the University endowment at Ground Truth in Iraq: A Marine’s Americans hope to effect change. the same time. View.” As co-founder of the Appeal for A charitable remainder Madden, honorably discharged Redress movement — a move­ trust, she said, is an income- in January, spoke about his expe­ ment of active duty, active reserve producing gift that provides riences in Iraq and what made and Guard soldiers tiling private an annual payout to one or him begin to disagree with U.S. grievances with their elected offi- more income beneficiaries, or LAURIE HUNT/The Observer participation in the war. cials against the war — Madden charitable organizations, dur- Liam Madden, a former Marine sergeant, spoke in DeBartolo “There are two futures colliding Hall Tuesday about his ex p erien ces in and after Iraq. — there is the future we can cre­ see WAR/ page 6 see TRUSTS/page 4

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By BRIGID FENLON series on global health News Writer

Cecilia Rouse, economist and pro­ By BECKY HOGAN knew all that was going on. fessor at Princeton University, deliv­ There were a lot of initiatives News Writer ered the Provost Distinguished happening on one side of the Women’s Lecture last night. Her University that the other side did­ speech “Making Schools Accountable: After last fall’s Notre Dame n’t know about.” Effects on Students and Schools,” dis­ Forum on the global health crisis The meetings started Tuesday, cussed the two dominant methods for generated significant campus focusing on the University’s large improving public school systems in a interest, the University decided to project initiatives such as the monetarily efficient manner. continue the initiative by hosting Center for Global Health and These “two basic flavors of school a three-day series of meetings for Infectious Diseases, the Haiti accountability,” Rouse said, refer to the Notre Dame community to Project and the Millennium test-based and market-based systems. further discuss its role in Village Project. Today’s meeting These models intend to provide fami­ addressing these issues. will address research initiatives lies with the appropriate information “I think when the global health on global health issues and in order to make informed decisions forum happened on Sept. 14, it Thursday’s discussion will focus about the best schooling for their chil­ catalyzed a lot of conversations on service learning projects and dren. on campus about what we are as outreach in developing countries. The test-based method, “holds the a University are doing to impact The idea for a broader campus institution accountable and heavily global health,” Vice President and discourse on global health began considers test scores as a means of LAURIE HUNT/The Observer Associate Provost Dennis Jacobs Economist Cecilia Rouse spoke Tuesday about improving the said. “No one on this campus see FORUM /page 3 see PUBLIC/page 6 public school system and its effects on students. page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Wednesday, March 21, 2007

I n s id e C o l u m n Question of the Day: D o you think high schools should be able to use the leprechaun logo? Pick fantasy baseball ■

As I go to outline what I’m going to 1 write for this column on a piece of scrap paper, I see last year’s statistics Sara Devore Adam Mathews Dan Dirscherl Kelly Kapshandy Adam McGinn Joey Curcio for pitchers Jeremy Sowers and Doug fr e s h m a n fr e s h m a n fr e s h m a n so p h o m o re fr e s h m a n sophom ore Davis on the other side. It makes me Welsh Family S ie g frie d Sorin H o w ard ' O’Neill K n o tt wonder, am I _. . .. obsessed with Chris M assad fantasy baseball? ------“I think they 7 think so, “No, because “The mascot is “1 don’t have a “I don’t even For me, lantasy Photographer should be because no they're always ours. Hands problem with understand the baseball is a good way to stay in allowed one’s going to after me lucky using the name, question. ” touch with old friends and win because confuse those charms. ” but the logo is respect from new ones. I remember everyone still high schools for totally my roommate always on the phone consulting with his dad or brother recognizes it’s the real Notre different. ’’ about his family’s league during our the Notre Dame Dame. ” first days on campus. • leprechaun. ” A number of Web sites, like Yahoo, offer free fantasy sport leagues. For all you amateurs, fantasy sports include football, baseball, basketball and hockey. In most fantasy leagues, the game play is either “head-to- I n B r ie f head,” with pairs of managers com­ peting in various statistical cate­ gories, or “rotisserie,” where all the Registration for Summer managers compete for rankings in Session at Notre Dame begins the various statistical categories. At today. Students interested in tak­ the start of the season there is a ing classes during the summer draft, and throughout the season can register through insideND. there are trades, free agency pick­ ups, and chatting on message boards. A screening of the film Coming from Connecticut, the “Sometimes in April ” will be held boundary line between Red Sox in the Hesburgh Center nation and Yankee country runs right Auditorium tonight at 7 p.m. The through my home state. This gave screening is sponsored by rise to heated online debates last BERWA, an organization made up year, particularly over the destination of survivors of the 1994 Rwandan of Roger Clemens. With one of the genocide and The Kellogg other managers destined for the Institute for International Studies. University of Michigan next year, I’m sure collegiate football will be The Notre Dame Chamber thrown into the mix. We’re already Players will perform with guest debating this weekend’s hockey tour­ violinist Nokuthula Ngwenyama nam ent. at 8 p.m tonight in the Leighton The popularity of fantasy sports is Concert Hall of the DeBartolo apparent. Currently ESPN is advertis­ Performing Arts Center. Tickets ing their free online fantasy baseball are $10; $8 for faculty and staff; game with the slogan “It’s free. And $6 for seniors and $3 for stu­ it rocks.” dents.

In the past, fantasy football has LAURIE HUNT/The Observer been marketed with reigning NFL Boots were placed Tuesday outside O’Shaughnessy Hall to represent the soldiers The Ballroom Dance Club MVP LaDainian Tomlinson. Another who have died in Iraq. The memorial commemorates the four year anniversary of invites dancers of all skill levels to commercial featured a group of guys the war. join them in 205 Rockne around the TV upset by a play while Memorial for a night of mambo one ambivalent person exclaimed, and foxtrot tonight from 8 p.m. to “That guy’s on my fantasy team!” O f fb e a t 10. The cost for a night of dancing At times in past seasons, what’s is $4. best for my fantasy team has been at Teen stranded on ice yelled to the boy that she to try to become one of the odds with what’s best for my favorite chunk in Mississippi River was calling 911, then town’s decision-makers. “I Dennis Jacobs, vice president baseball club. This conflict of desires ANOKA, Minn. — A hopped in her car to see if need to be on the other side and associate provost, and sometimes makes baseball less enjoy­ teenager got an unexpected, he would get out all right. of the table. I need to listen William Ramsey, associate pro­ able for me ... but I came up with a terrifying ride down the A rescue team from the and I need to be a voice for fessor of philosophy, will speak at reasonable solution. So far this year, Mississippi River on a giant Anoka-Champlin Fire the people,” said Sister Theology on Tap tonight at 9 I have no fewer than eight fantasy slab of ice that broke off as Department sent three fire­ Matthias Wemm, one of four p.m. The subject of the Legend’s teams divided amongst Yahoo, ESPN he stood along the shoreline. lighters in survival suits into Democrats seeking three event will be “To Cheat or Not to and MLB.com. Between all those Amos Benjamin Cohen, the water. As Cohen open council seats in the Cheat? The Academic Honor teams, I probably have most of the 19, stood frozen with fear as approached, one of the fire­ May primary. Code.” top 150 fantasy players on some the six foot by 15 foot ice fighters managed to hop up Wemm, 66, a Sister of team or another. chunk swirled in the water, onto the ice with him. The Mercy, said she sought per­ Men’s baseball will play South Am I obsessed with fantasy base­ floating toward shore then other two pulled them to mission from her order and Florida Friday at 5:05 p.m. at ball? Well, if you are positioned in a drifting back to the middle safety, Fire Chief Charlie from the Almighty to run for Frank Eck Stadium. For tickets, baseball organization as a player or of the river, witnesses and Thompson said. the office. call the Athletic Department’s an executive in five, 10, 15 years or rescuers said. “He says, ‘This is your ticket office at 631-7356. so, I would love it if you contacted me “He stood there so still,” Nun seeks borough council decision. I’m with you and with any inside information. My mes­ like the Statue of Liberty, seat holding you in the palm of To submit information to be sage for you is this — cast aside your said Sue Hillberg who spot­ FOREST HILLS, Pa. — my hand,”’ Wemm said. included in this section of The now defunct March Madness brack­ ted him from her mother's After attending borough Observer, e-mail detailed infor­ ets (courtesy of Winthrop) and kitchen window. council meetings for Information compiled from mation about an event to redeem yourself in a fantasy baseball Ellie Ghostley said she months, a nun has decided the Associated Press. obsn ews@n d.edu league today.

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more in the mode of action — Forum they’re about what can we do RA selection begins at SMC and what are we doing,” Jacobs continued from page 1 said. "... What I particularly like Russell said. not guaranteed. For Taylor, about this set of ‘town hall By BRIGID FENLON “It can be stressful if the RA McCandless was her third in the fall with the hope of car­ meetings’ is that they are really News Writer doesn’t manage her time choice. rying the discussion into the at the grassroots level — it is well,” she said. “I am grateful for being spring semester, Jacobs said. completely organized by individ­ With the room selection Junior Brittany Taylor, who placed in McCandless, even “I think what happened short­ uals who are passionate about process only days away. Saint is currently a n RA in though it was not my first ly after the forum — a few this cause.” Mary’s students are choosing McCandless choice,” she said. weeks after — was that stu­ Although next year’s forum their future roommates, Hall, has both “Being an RA at While the evalu­ dents, faculty and staff said, will focus on immigration, dorms and lottery numbers. enjoyed and ation and appli­ ‘This is a big issue, what can I Jacobs said the University will Many other students, howev­ learned from Saint Mary’s has cation process is do?’ What we didn’t have to continue its efforts to improve er, have filled out out applica­ her experience. been one of the difficult, it has offer at that time was a vision of global health. tions and interviewed to “ B ein g an RA best growing not changed what the campus was doing,” “In no way do we want to become a part of the a t S a in t M ary ’s much over the Jacobs said. “There were a imply that we’ve solved the Residence Life staff, which has been one of experiences for m e. years, Russell number of individuals that problem or that after one year was chosen just days before the best growing I have been able to said. wanted to participate, but there there’s no concern for global spring break. experiences for work with some Students, too, was no forum to allow them to health now that we’ve moved The Saint Mary’s resident me. I have been recognize the do so.” onto immigration,” Jacobs said. assistant selection involves a able to work great women here need for a rigid Jacobs said the meetings are “I would hope that we don’t just three-part evaluation, which with some great at SMC. ’’ selection process. one way the University hopes to deal with an issue on an intel­ includes a written applica­ women here at “T h e RA facilitate individual participation lectual level but that we put into tion, a group process inter­ SMC,” she said. process is tough, in dealing with the global health action what we value and Brittany Taylor view and an individual inter­ Taylor, whose and I think it crisis. believe — those kinds of initia­ view. Saint Mary’s expected to hall is mainly resident assistant weeds out people “This week will create a tives always live on more than a hire 42 RAs just before break, composed of McCandless Hall who don’t care mechanism for a set of opportu­ one-year cycle.” but the number could still freshmen, said either way if they nities, which is likely to draw The planning committee, change, depending on she understands would be an RA more participation — the inter­ which was formed in October, whether or not all floors of the importance of RAs in sup­ or not,” said sophomore est level is already there,” he includes students, faculty and residence halls will be needed porting first-year students. Andrea Krebs, a current RA said. staff members of the University for the upcoming year. “There is an excitement and in McCandless. Stephen Silliman, a civil engi­ who were interested in the “T he RA jo b a llo w s a s tu ­ energy among the first years The majority of RAs said neering and geological sciences issues raised by the Forum, dent to work with their peers that makes my job enjoy­ the biggest benefits of the job professor who is in charge of Silliman said. in a way most campus jobs able,” she said. “They are are the people they meet. the committee responsible for Undergraduate students were don’t. The RA not only plans always willing to step up and “The other RAs are amazing this week’s events, said the instrumental in advertising the section events, but acts as an partake in section events, and — not just on Holy Cross’ structure will be similar for all week’s events, Silliman said, adviser for a student with a hall programming.” staff, but in the other resi­ three meetings. Each meeting and several faculty members simple problem or serious The Residence Life staff dence halls as well,” said will include introductions of the have contributed to the develop­ crisis situations,” Director of attempts to place RAs in the Kathleen Dudek, a sophomore overall projects, small group ment of questions that will be Residence Life Michelle dorm most suitable for them RA in Holy Cross Hall. “The discussions and an examination addressed at the meetings. Russell said. “The RAs after they are selected, biggest benefit has to be the of campus activities currently in “By putting our ideas together receive valuable training in Russell said. people you meet. The girls place. we can find more effective solu­ conflict resolution and inter­ “The pro-staff knew that my and hall staff that I have Silliman said the meetings tions [to the global health crisis] vention. They are great personality would work well become close with have made would attempt to determine and create a great model for the resources and role models.” within the dynamics of the this year phenomenal. whether there are any “road­ University on how to solve prob­ RAs are not only expected McCandless hall and staff,” “At times it is stressful and blocks” to pursuing solutions on lems, and this requires expert­ to be present for the students Taylor said. “They knew what tiring,” she said, “but in the issues of global health, and ise from the entire University,” in their section but also to w as b e st.” end it is all worth it.” Jacobs said the conversations Jacobs said. devote many additional hours Applicants are asked to will focus on “how do we as a to working with the hall staff rank their dorm choices, Contact Brigid Fenlon at community respond.” Contact Becky Hogan at on administrative tasks, although their first choice is [email protected] “[These events are] much [email protected]

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survey of 77,000 graduating gram . high schore. already employed by gradua­ seniors from the 123 institu­ “I think it’s been a good Sophomore accountancy tion, while 26 percent Rankings tions eligible for ranking — experience compared to what major David llillegass plans to planned on immediately mov­ continued from page 1 including students from the I have heard from friends at intern with Comcast this sum­ ing onto graduate school. only institution that declined other schools,” said Ken mer. “I would definitely say that graduate business schools to participate, University of Walsh, a senior finance major. “I Mendoza] has really having [attended] Notre Dame ranked Mendoza third behind Pennsylvania’s Wharton Walsh plans to attend law helped me forward my busi­ and Mendoza will be benefi­ University of Pennsylvania’s School — as well as a survey school in the fall. ness career by giving me cial in getting a job in the Wharton School and of corporate recruiters. Sophomore accountancy opportunities to get intern­ future,” Walsh said. University of Virginia’s In addition to the surveys, major Alex Ericksen said he ships and future job opportu­ Ericksen expressed disap­ Mclntire School of Commerce. BusinessWeek looked at fac­ was “pleased” with Mendoza. nities,” Hillegass said. pointment with the college’s Both of these schools held on tors such as the median start­ “I think it definitely belongs Mendoza graduates have recent drop to seventh place, to their top spots in this year’s ing salary for graduates and in the top ten, ” Ericksen said. reason to be optimistic. but said other circumstances list. the amount of graduates Ericksen plans to intern this Placement surveys from 2005 played into the shift. A “critical factor” in the attending Top-35 MBA pro­ summer with William Blair & show the average salary for a “I don’t think [Mendoza] got ranking drop was due to a grams. An academic quality Company in London, a job he graduate of the undergradu­ worse. It’s just that other change in the rules regarding gauge included four meas­ landed thanks to his experi­ ate program is $48,500, schools have gotten better,” faculty ratio, Woo said. For ures: ratio of full-time faculty ences at Mendoza. according to the Mendoza he said. “There’s increased 2007, only faculty members to students, average class Although it is often difficult Web site. Some of the firms competition.” who taught in the undergrad­ size, percentage of business for sophomores to find sum­ that hired the most graduates Walsh said Mendoza’s rank­ uate program in the last aca­ majors with internships and mer internships in business, in the past academic year ing was “still respectable.” demic year could be counted. the amount of hours students Mendoza students like include Deloitte & Touche, “Third would be better, but Mendoza received an A-plus spend every week on school- Ericksen have been success­ Ernst & Young and Goldman seventh is nothing to look in the areas of teaching quali­ w ork. ful. Internship placement is Sachs. down on,” he said. ty, facilities, services and job Many Mendoza students said an important criterion in The BusinessWeek ranking placem ent. they were satisfied with Notre BusinessWeek rankings and said 71 percent of Mendoza Contact Eva Binda at The rankings relied on a Dame’s undergraduate pro­ contributed to Notre Dame’s students surveyed were [email protected]

trusts,” Gorman said. “If the financial planning perspec­ given recently to Stanford University’s ambitious goals trust corpus grows, the tive,” Jenkins said in the press University and the for students, faculty and pro­ Trusts University will benefit and so release. M assachusetts Institute of grams throughout the cam­ continued from page 1 can the income beneficiary. ” Planned Giving contracts Technology, Gorman said. pus,” Jenkins said in the The Notre Dame endowment between the donors and their “This is a groundbreaking release. ing the donor’s remaining consists of an assortment of appointed trustees are regu­ development that has the lifespan or any contracted financial assets, which lated by the United States potential to make an enor­ Contact Marcela Berrios at term . includes traditional stocks and Congress and the IBS, the mous impact on the [email protected] When the contract expires bonds in domestic and inter­ National Committee on or the donor dies, Gorman national markets, ownership Planned Giving Web site said. said, the University must use equities, real estate and other Gorman said another benefit the remaining trust corpus for types of securities rarely that may stem from the new The Development a purpose designated by the available to smaller investors, financial practice is the poten­ donor, or at its own discretion a press release from the Office tial increase in the portion of Phone Center would if the donor did not specify of News and Information said. the trusts’ capital that may be how Notre Dame should have As a result, University presented to Notre Dame at like to recognize the disposed the remainder funds. President Father John Jenkins the end of the trusts’ lifespan. The growth the initial dona­ echoed Gorman’s enthusiasm “If the corpora of the trusts following “Businesses tion will experience through about the ruling, saying the grow, then a larger remainder the duration of the trust — option to invest the trust’s amount will be available for of the Month” for and consequently the pro­ corpus in the Notre Dame Notre Dame, ” she said. ceeds for the beneficiaries — endowment could serve as an Following in the footsteps of their support in our will depend largely on the incentive to increase Planned Harvard University three investment vehicles the Giving programs, which are years ago, Notre Dame sub­ semi-annual trustee utilizes, she said. popular in universities, hospi­ mitted an application to the “Our endowment has tradi­ tals and museums across the IBS to get the green light to Notre Dame incentive auction: tionally outperformed the nation. invest, as a trustee, the trust’s other investment vehicles that “This option may be attrac­ corpus in the University’s own A nnual Fund we have utilized for these tive to our benefactors from a endowment — a privilege also

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Russian nursing home fire kills 62 KAMYSHEVATSKAYA, Russia — Flames Saddam's former deputy hanged engulfed a nursing home in this village with­ out a fire station Tuesday, killing 62 frail and elderly residents after the night watchman Taha Yassin Ramadan buried in regime graveyard, executed for role in killings ignored two alarms and emergency teams took nearly an hour to arrive. At least 30 peo­ Associated Press ple were injured. Coming a day after a gas explosion that BAGHDAD — Hundreds of killed more than 100 coal miners in Siberia, chanting mourners buried the fire could undermine Kremlin contentions Saddam Hussein’s former that conditions are improving in newly pros­ vice president near the oust­ perous Russia. ed dictator, his sons and two Angry residents hurled accusations of negli­ other executed deputies gence at the regional envoy of President Tuesday in a spot that has Vladimir Putin, who announced that become the graveyard of Wednesday would be a national day of mourn­ the ousted regime. ing for those killed in the fire and mine catas­ Taha Yassin Ramadan’s trophe as well as a plane crash Saturday that body, which was covered killed six. with the Iraqi flag, was Authorities blamed the nursing home disas­ interred in a building court­ ter on safety violations at the home, toxic yard in the Tigris River vil­ building materials used in a renovation, negli­ lage of Ouja hours after he gence by the staff and the nearest firehouse was hanged for his part in being about 30 miles from Kamyshevatskaya, the killings of 148 Shiite a town on the Azov Sea in southern Russia. Muslims following a 1982 assassination attempt on Referendum creates controversy Saddam. CAIRO — The Egyptian president on Tuesday Police, meanwhile, found scheduled a referendum next week on constitu­ the bullet-riddled bodies of tional amendments that would limit the coun­ 32 men scattered across try’s largest opposition movement, drawing Baghdad. The corpses accusations that the government was speeding showed signs of torture and up the process to avoid debate. were the apparent victims The government says the changes will help of sectarian death squads, increase democracy in a country where most of which are believed President Ilosni Mubarak has ruled unchal­ to be operated by Shiite lenged for a quarter-century. But opponents say militias. the amendments are part of a plan to ensure That number was below the 78-year-old president’s son succeeds him in the average of 50 bodies a future election. that were turning up daily on the capital’s streets before the U.S.-Iraqi securi­ ty operation started Feb. 14. N a t io n a l N e w s Militia fighters have been People pray near the body of Saddam Hussein’s former deputy Taha Yassin Ramadan lying low to avoid a con­ during his funeral in Ouja, Iraq, after he was hanged before dawn Tuesday. frontation with American Purdue officials to investigate death troops. Police in Tikrit, Saddam’s drive north of Baghdad, is “We ran test runs using a WEST LAFAYETTE — The discovery of the The number of execution- hometown, said the body near where Saddam was dummy and they were suc­ body of a missing Purdue University student in style deaths was notable, was flown to the area by the captured by American sol­ cessful,” he told The a dormitory’s high-voltage utility room has however, because the toll U.S. military, then driven to diers in December 2003. Associated Press. school officials and his family wondering how had fallen as low as seven a Ouja to be buried near the Reaction to Ramadan’s “We marked the rope at a door to such a dangerous area was left day, prompting American flower-covered graves of co­ execution was muted com­ several points to show the unlocked. and Iraqi officials to express defendants Barzan Ibrahim pared with Sunni outrage maximum weight allowed. School officials Tuesday said they would cautious optimism that sec­ and Awad Hamed al- that erupted after a clan­ Iraqis have been trained by investigate why a door that opens to the out­ tarian violence was ebbing. Bandar, who were executed destine video showed the experts. All this was doors was unlocked and why numerous Three bodies were found in in January. Saddam being taunted on done at the request of the searches for Wade Steffey, 19, since he went the northern city of Mosul Saddam’s sons Odai and the gallows before he was prime minister.” missing Jan. 13 did not include a full inspec­ as well. Qusai and grandson hanged Dec. 30 for his role Ramadan, who was near­ tion of the room. At least 18 other people Mustafa also are buried in in the killings and when ly 70, was weighed before “The search for Wade Steffey is over, but the were killed Tuesday by the courtyard, and the for­ Ibrahim was inadvertently the hanging and the rope search for answers continues,” Purdue spokes­ bomb and m ortar attacks in mer dictator’s grave is decapitated at his later exe­ was chosen accordingly, al- woman Jeanne Norberg said. Baghdad on the fourth inside the building. cution. Husseini said. anniversary of the start of Yahya Ibrahim, a Sunni Bassam al-Husseini, a The execution closed the Prosecutor firings fuel party debate the Iraq war, including two Arab cleric and member of close aide to Iraqi Prime legal books on the 1982 WASHINGTON — The White House pushed U.S. soldiers hit by a road­ the Association of Muslim Minister Nouri al-Maliki, killings of 148 adults and back Tuesday against Democrats demand­ side bomb. Scholars, said Ramadan had said three U.S. forensics children from Dujail, a town ing answers on the firings of federal prose­ Ramadan, Saddam’s vice asked in his will to be experts were called in two 50 miles north of Baghdad. cutors, refusing to allow President Bush’s president at the start of the buried at the site, which has weeks before Ramadan’s Besides the four men exe­ top aides to testify publicly and under oath war, was hanged before become a focal point for loy­ hanging to help prevent a cuted, three other defen­ about their roles in the dismissals. dawn in what was once alists of the former regime. repeat of the gruesome dants were sentenced to 15 Democrats rejected the offer just as firm­ Iraq’s military intelligence Ouja, just outside Tikrit scene at Ibrahim’s execu­ years in jail. One was ly. Said Patrick Leahy, chairman of the headquarters in Baghdad. and about a 90-minute tion. acquitted. Senate Judiciary Committee: “Testimony should be on the record and under oath. That’s the formula for true accountability.” 10 million flu vaccines to expire Lo c a l N e w s An Associated Press examination vents summer vaccinations for chil­ Associated Press High school coach accused of abuse of this long-standing practice raises dren, who need two doses the first MISHAWAKA — The parents of a Mishawaka questions about its consequences. time around. High School basketball player have gone to court Millions of doses of Hu vaccine For years, policymakers have All of those issues have come up with their claims that the school’s coach verbally will expire at midnight June 30, talked about letting doctors keep in the past,” but there is a strong and psychologically abused him over the past unsold during this year’s mild Hu unused vaccine until new doses are reluctance to change policy, said two years. The lawsuit filed by Don and Shirley season and written off as trash. in hand, donating leftover supplies Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt Ross states that their son, 6-foot-9 senior Jim Still perfectly good, and possibly to poor countries, or pushing back University, a government vaccine Ross, was mistreated by coach Robb Berger. The useful for a few more years, the the expiration date. Wasted vaccine adviser. “These ideas clearly have suit claims that Berger asked the younger Ross vaccine will wind up being means lost money for drug compa­ merit and at the very least ought to why someone so tall couldn’t make a layup and destroyed. nies and one stopped making Hu be discussed.” told him “You can’t run, you can’t jump, you This annual ritual is supposed to shots because of it — setting the The June 30 expiration date is set can’t play.” ensure that Americans get the most stage for a flu shot shortage in by the federal Food and Drug In a filing with St. Joseph Circuit Court, Berger up-to-date vaccine, but the left­ 2004. Administration and has less to do denied the lawsuit’s allegations. overs — more than 10 million of a Having no vaccine in the summer with the vaccine’s shelf life than The lawsuit claims that Jim Ross suffered record 110 million doses produced deprives travelers of the chance to with the desire to tweak the recipe emotional distress and withdrew because of — will be destroyed before a new get a shot before they visit places each year to include the three Berger’s treatment. supply is guaranteed. where Hu is in season. It also pre­ strains causing the most cases. page 6 The Observer ♦ CAMPUS NEWS Wednesday, March 21, 2007

raised issues such as the implica­ afraid of losing students.” method, was implemented to tions of cutting back on the In order to make higher-quality improve schools and close the War defense budget and the role that Public schools available to all students of achievement gap between minori­ continued from page 1 rhetoric has played in the war. continued from page 1 varying economic backgrounds, ties and others. Madden’s lecture was part of vouchers often serve as an effective “Bush claims that the No Child knows that “people gravitate the Progressive Student Alliance’s measuring a schools’ success and and appealing option, Rouse said. Left Behind Act has resulted in toward leadership.” “Week of Action.” merit,” Rouse said. Rouse illustrated their direct and improvements in all students, partic­ What started out as a two-per­ Michael Angula, vice president The market-based method, con­ indirect effects. Vouchers enable stu­ ularly those of minority races,” she son movement now has 1,700 of the PSA, and Professor David versely, “allows the marketplace to dents to attend better, safer schools said. signed members. Cortright, a research fellow at the decide which schools are most suc­ and allow for higher family satisfac­ The results of the act, Rouse said, “You never know w hat fires Kroc Institute, both reflected cessful, largely based on popular tion with their educational choices. are based in the National your sparks will create,” Madden briefly on the war and the impor­ demand.” “Vouchers directly improve the Association of Educational Progress said. tance of voicing dissent. Despite the different premise from outcomes for a student’s education [NAEP], which takes into account Madden drew several parallels Cortright became a member of which each method stems, the two and indirectly improve the outcomes the test scores of college-bound stu­ between the current situation in the GI peace movement after he have many similarities, including of non-voucher students by increas­ dents, but fails to measure the Iraq and the Vietnam War. experienced a “crisis of con­ standardized testing, the public ing the efficiency of public schools,” achievement levels of those students “1 don’t want to wake up in science” when he was drafted for release of school-level test scores, she said. who are not planning on higher edu­ 2015 to a war in Iraq like | the the Vietnam War after his gradua­ rewards for high- With more efficient schools, comes cation. Americans] did in 1971, question­ tion from Notre Dame in 1968, he performing/improving schools and an increase in the desire to attend “Everyone in the country was sub­ ing if they could have done more said. sanctions for low-performing these schools. The goal of this ject to this law, so we lack a counter- in ’64 or ’65 to stop the war in Cortright mot Madden in schools, Rouse said. healthy competition, Rouse said, is factual so we can not know if it was Vietnam,” he said. “I’m not pre­ Norfolk, Virginia, after an active Rouse addressed some of the to stimulate the improvement of all due to ‘The No Child Left Behind tending to be great, but I felt there duty sailor contacted Cortright to hypothesized effects of test-based schools, providing a variety of Act,’ or other strict rules that were was a great need to be filled.” speak to a group of sailors who school accountability systems. sought-after options for children. put into place” Rouse said. This need, he said, is to open had read his book, “Soldiers in “Efficiency of all schools will This competition, however, is While both the test-based and the eyes of the American public to Revolt: GI Resistance During the increase, and, in turn, the outcomes dependent on parental decisions. market-based methods should work the fact that the war he believes Vietnam War,” and wanted to and degree of achievement will “If parents chose a school for their in theory, they each have pitfalls and America never should have gotten know what it meant for them as improve for all students,” she said. children based on location or con­ “mixed empirical support,” she said. involved in will not go away with­ active duty soldiers during the “Market-based accountability sys­ venience, rather than academic Therefore, it is exceptionally impor­ out a struggle. Iraq war. tems, on the other hand, involve strength, we will not see any signifi­ tant to hold schools accountable for He spoke about the importance Ultimately, Madden said greater parental choice through cant improvement in the school sys­ their success by implementing stan­ of understanding the history of Cortright started a discussion that school vouchers or public school tem at-large,” she said. dards, incentives and sanctions. social change if our generation of sparked the creation of the Appeal choice.” Rouse also referred to the Bush “At the heart of the matter is the college students hopes to effect for Redress. Rouse emphasized that this administration and its emphasis on need for good teachers,” she said. change today. “increase in parental choice within educational opportunities nation­ “Research shows that no social Contact Meghan Wons at the system improves efficiency of the wide. The No Child Left Behind Act, Contact Brigid Fenlon at change has occurred because [email protected] school because the schools are which reflects the test-based [email protected] Congress granted it,” Madden said. “It was because people wanted i t ... they had to struggle L for it. People didn’t ask politely for ■ ' ! ’ & WL a ! ' < ...... __ these things, they struggled for Everyone Welcome... I them. . “We need to shift from a ‘me’ Come Lcam About: ND Chccrlcafbng oriented society to an ‘us’ oriented society. While we are thinking about the ‘me’ decisions, the ‘us’ ___ ...... decisions are being made for us.” Madden acknowledged the con­ flict many Americans feel between E l being patriotic and voicing dissent. 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Wednesday, March 21, 2007 1 page 7 M a r k e t R e c a p Housing rebounds, faces trouble ?ow 12,288.10 +61.93 Jones Constructionrecovers in February; building permit decline indicates future setbacks Ufx Same: Down: Composite Volume 2,452 128 812 3,020,304,212 Associated Press WASHINGTON — AMEX 2,140.12 +28.73 Construction of new homes NASDAQ 2.408.21 + 13.80 rebounded in February NYSE 9,158.27 +67.27 after a big decline in the previous month, but build­ S& P500 1,410.94 +8.88 ing permits slid further, NIKKEI(Tokyo) 17.163.20 +153.65 indicating more problems FTSE lOO(London) 6,220.30 +30.90 down the road for the trou­ bled housing industry. COMPANY %CHANGE | $GAIN | PRICE The Commerce Department reported that S&P DEP RECEIPTS (SPY) +0.55 +0.77 140.97 construction of new homes NASDAQ 100 TR (QQQQ) +0.72 +0.31 43.58 and apartments rose by 9 HEWLETT PACK CO (HPQ) .1.49 percent in February to a +-0.60 39.61 seasonally adjusted annual MICROSOFT CP (MSFT) +0.04 +0.01 27.84 rate of 1.525 million units. That represented a better- than-expected rebound after construction activity 10-YEAR NOTE -0.53 -0.024 4.547 had plunged by 14.3 per­ 13-WEEK BILL +0.31 +0.010 4.910 cent in January to the slowest pace in more than 30-YEAR BOND -0.21 -0.010 4.707 nine years. 5-YEAR NOTE -0.62 -0.028 4.470 But builders’ applications for new permits, consid­ ered a more reliable gauge LIGHT CRUDE ($/bbl.) +0.14 56.73 of future activity, continued GOLD ($/Troy oz.) +4.70 659.00 falling in February, drop­ PORK BELLIES (cents/lb.) +0.35 103.55 ping by 2.5 percent to an annual rate of 1.532 mil­ lion units. That marked the YEN 117.2850 12th decline in the past 13 EURO 0.7506 months in building permits and underscored the con­ POUND 0.5098 struction industry’s steep CANADIAN $ 1.1605 slump. The 9 percent rebound in housing in February had I n B r ie f been expected given that construction had fallen so Construction on neighborhoods like this Ashland, Mass. development rose last Cocoa futures reach four-year high much in January, a month month, but the housing industry is still struggling. NEW YORK — U.S. cocoa futures broke out to when a return to more nor­ presence in the subprime nearly four-year highs Tuesday on the New York mal winter weather had by 26.4 percent, the best about the consequences of pushed construction activi­ market, which offered showing since January tightening mortgage lend­ Board of Trade, led by speculative buying and loans to people with weak 1997. ing standards for their bolstered by a sharply lower U.S. dollar against ty lower after an unusually credit histories. Construction fell by 29.7 home sales down the line the British pound. warm December. Normally, the Federal percent in the Northeast, and some are already see­ Most-active May cocoa rose $86 to settle at After enjoying five boom Reserve could be expected the biggest one-month $1,864 a metric ton. years of record sales of ing effects of the subprime to cushion the credit plunge in that region shakeout on current sales Once May cleared the $1,815 contract high, new and existing homes, crunch by cutting interest since December 1990. activity,” said David then scaled the March 2005 high of $1,850, a the housing industry has rates. However, the central Construction also fell in the $eiders, chief economist for wave of stops was tripped and the contract ulti­ been mired for the past bank is widely expected to Midwest, dropping by 14.4 mately rose to an $1,870 high _ the strongest year in a steep slump as the home builders. keep rates unchanged at percent after an even big­ price cocoa has seen since it reached $2,078 a demand has fallen sharply The concern is that with this week’s meeting out of ger 16.4 percent drop in banks and other lenders ton in May 2003, according to a monthly contin­ and home prices, which concern that the slower January. tightening up on loan uation chart. had been surging, have economy has not sufficient­ The National Association requirements because of “We just saw some speculative and fund buy­ stagnated. ly dampened inflation pres­ rising defaults, it will make ing after taking out contract highs, and the The housing slump has of Home Builders reported sures. Monday that its survey of it even harder for potential strength in the British pound pushed the market already dragged down By region of the country, builder sentiment fell in home buyers to qualify for higher here today,” said Boyd Cruel, senior softs overall economic growth. the gain in construction early March, reflecting mortgages, reducing the analyst at Alaron Trading. Financial markets have last m onth included an 18 worries about the financing demand for homes even Fundamental factors — increased chocolate been thrown into a frenzy percent jump in activity in troubles in the subprime more. consumption, demand for dark chocolate and in the past several weeks the $outh, the biggest per­ mortgage market. The In addition, the higher somewhat lower world production — are also over worries that rising centage gain in that region builder confidence index level of borrowers default­ supportive for prices, Cruel said, though the mortgage defaults could in nearly two years. market has already factored in a smaller Ivory threaten the financial dropped to 36, down from ing on their mortgages Construction was also up a February reading of 39. means even more supply Coast crop. health of lenders, especial­ strongly in the West, rising “Builders are uncertain dumped on the market. Arabica coffee futures blunted a speculative- ly those who had a major led slide to five-month lows. The May contract closed down 0.95 cent at $1.0930 a pound, with July off 1.00 cent at $1.1215. Fed expected to leave rates on hold NEW YORK — Wall $treet advanced for a State considers 'raw milk' demand second straight session Tuesday as investors placed bets that the Federal Reserve won’t indicate that it’s leaning toward an interest Associated Press Westminster. “It’s been beat up, burned health department. rate hike. up, torn up and mixed back up again.” Twenty-eight states allow raw milk Market watchers are anticipating that the WESTMINSTER, Md. — It may look Gary Dell told The (Baltimore) $un sales, The Sun reported. Some others, Fed on Wednesday will leave rates on hold just like milk at the grocery store, but he’d be happy to sell raw milk, even including Virginia, allow multiple own­ and say that economic growth is cooling while dairy farmer Donald Dell says his prod­ though pasteurization can prevent ers to buy a cow and share its milk. inflation remains a concern. The central bank uct is superior. some bacteria from reaching con­ Despite an apparent market for old- has maintained this general stance for several It hasn’t been pasteurized. sumers. time milk, the Maryland Farm Bureau months now, suggesting that rates are staying As a growing number of people seek The change is needed, Gary Dell and the state Health Department put. so-called “raw milk,” Maryland legisla­ said, for a dairy industry in sharp opposes the legalization of raw milk Investors would ideally prefer a shift in pos­ tors are considering a law allowing the decline. sales. ture toward cutting rates; such a move could state’s embattled dairy farmers to sell The industry “can’t get any worse “We don’t need to open up or expose boost consumer spending and make mort­ milk straight from the cow to niche than it already is today,” he told the people to a risk we know is dangerous, gages cheaper. But they appeared to be con­ customers. newspaper. for whatever benefits,” said Ted Elkin, tent to hear the status quo for now, and are “The milk you buy at the store is Not everyone thinks that allowing head of the state’s division of milk con­ tentatively optimistic that a rate hike isn’t in hardly milk,” said Dell’s grandson, raw milk sales is a great idea. Earlier trol. “When you have an outbreak, the offing given that recent economic data has Gary Dell, who oversees operations at this month two people in Pennsylvania children are often affected. Their shown slowing growth and that inflation, the family’s 470-acre Cranberry were sickened from drinking raw milk, immune systems are not completely though high, hasn’t been running rampant. Meadows dairy farm just outside leading to a warning from that state’s intact.” page 8 The Observer ♦ NEWS Wednesday, March 21, 2007 Red Cross committee reveals CIA prison torture

Associated Press haps most controversially — military custody at Guantanamo Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., A U.S. official said the allega­ waterboarding. In that tech­ Bay. and Sen. Lindsey G raham , R- tions raised by Mohammed WASHINGTON — Terror nique, a detainee is made to Asked last month if the pris­ S.C. — confirm ed the tribunal were forwarded to the CIA’s detainees once held in the CIA’s believe he is drowning. ons were still empty, a CIA offi­ was presented with a written inspector general, which has secret prisons were kept and Buttressed by at least one cial declined to comment. statement from Mohammed been monitoring the agency’s questioned under highly abu­ classified legal opinion from the The military held a hearing alleging mistreatment before interrogation program for sive conditions, the Justice Department, the CIA this month to review the deten­ his arrival at Guantanamo, years. International Committee of the believed it was operating law­ tion status of one of the 14 pris­ which was made part of the In an interview Tuesday, Red Cross says in a confidential fully in detaining and interro­ oners: the CIA’s most prized classified record. The senators Levin said he’ll also be investi­ report based on interviews with gating roughly 100 suspected capture, alleged 9/11 master­ said the military panel will sub­ gating Mohammed’s claims of high-value terror suspects. terrorists at locations from mind Khalid Sheikh mit the allegations to the appro­ abuse, starting with his classi­ The Red Cross said the tech­ Southeast Asia to Europe. Mohammed. He confessed priate authorities. fied statement. Asked if the niques reported by the 14 pris­ “The (interrogation) proce­ involvement in 31 plots since “Allegations of prisoner mis­ review by the CIA’s top watch­ oners, including sleep depriva­ dures were tough, and they the 1993 World Trade Center treatment must be taken seri­ dog would be enough, Levin tion and the use of forced were safe, and lawful, and nec­ bombing, lie also said he was ously and properly investigat­ said he wasn’t sure it would be standing and other so-called essary,” President Bush said in tortured. ed,” Levin and Graham said in sufficient. “They have a respon­ “stress positions,” were particu­ September when he announced Two senators present for their statement. “To do other­ sibility to look at it. That doesn’t larly harsh when used together. that all the CIA’s remaining Mohammed’s March 10 hearing wise would reflect poorly on our mean that no one else does,” he The prisoners were transferred detainees had been moved to — Senate Armed Services nation.” said. from CIA custody to a military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in September. The CIA’s detention m ethods were designed to soften detainees and make them more likely to talk during interroga­ tion. Human rights organiza­ tions say the CIA’s extreme con­ £ ditions of detention and the coercive questioning techniques Eb constitute torture. The report is the first inde­ pendent accounting of the detainees’ allegations against the CIA since its detention and interrogation program began in yep. p u-o ->re Uovtf rv+s a* & 2002. X sa.iv e f e i ' e r* a.// U.S. officials familiar with the report, who spoke only on con­ m L c r e a k s dition of anonymity because the highly sensitive document has not been released, said it is based entirely on accounts from interviews with detainees and has not been verified. One offi­ cial cautioned that the claims were made by terror suspects who could be charged in the deaths of innocent civilians. Red Cross spokesman Simon Schorno said that the commit­ U tee’s visits with the 14 detainees served two purposes: to assess their current conditions in detention and to give them an opportunity to talk about past detentions. “We do not comment on our findings publicly. The report is a confidential document,” Schorno said Monday. CIA spokesman Mark Mansfield declined to comment on any ICRC reports, citing the organization’s practice of keep­ ing its findings confidential. 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Auberry. “He’s very tired. He’s glasses in the woods. had talked about one of Michael’s Associated Press Searchers gave the boy granola very dehydrated. But he came Searchers spotted Michael favorite books when he was bars, crackers and water. At a through this in unbelievable fash­ walking along a stream before he younger, a story titled “Hatchet” nearby hospital after his rescue, McGRADY, N.C. — A 12-year- ion.” saw them. about a boy whose plane crashes he ate chicken fingers and asked old Boy Scout whose favorite book With tears in his eyes, Auberry “They called his name. He did­ in the Alaskan wilderness, and for cookies. was about a youngster lost in the added: “To have our son back is a n’t respond ... Once they said how the boy survives on his own. “The whole family has got to get wilderness now has his own har­ tremendous blessing.” ‘We’re here to rescue you,’ the “I think he’s got some of that some sleep,” Kent Auberry said. rowing survival tale to tell after It was not immediately clear first thing he said is he wanted a book in his mind,” said Kent “Tomorrow will take care of rescuers found him Tuesday, exactly how the boy was able to helicopter ride out of there,” said Auberry, whose son had camped itself.” dehydrated and disoriented from survive or whether he put any of Blue Ridge Parkway ranger David overnight several times. “They do Authorities had said Michael four days in the wooded moun­ his Scout wilderness training to Bauer. a great job in the Scouts of edu­ probably wandered into the tains of North Carolina. use. A few hours after an emo­ Aside from a few cuts and cating the kids of what to beware woods to explore, but Kent A rescue dog picked up Michael tional reunion, Kent Auberry said scratches, Michael was in good of and tips. I’m hopeful that Auberry said he was homesick Auberry’s scent less than a mile he still didn’t know much about health and could walk and talk. Michael has taken those to heart.” because some of his friends didn’t from the campsite where he had his son’s ordeal, mostly because Because he had been without Bauer said as many as 100 peo­ come on the camping trip. wandered away from his troop decided not to ask too many ques­ food and water, he was carried on ple searched for Auberry on “He was homesick,” Kent Saturday. The boy’s father specu­ tions. a stretcher to a nearby road and Tuesday, including Misha Auberry said. “He started walk­ lated that he was simply home­ “What he tells us is he was on then taken to see his parents. “A Marshall, whose dog Gandalf ing. He thought he’d walk to the sick and wanted to hitchhike the move,” Auberry said. “He lot of tears, a lot of hugs,” said picked up the boy’s scent. road and hitchhike home.” home. The disappearance slept in tree branches. He curled Tina White, spokeswoman for the The black 2-year-old Shiloh Searchers found his mess kit touched off an intensive search up under rocks.” National Park Service. Shepherd “popped his head three within a mile of the camp site a involving bloodhounds, heat-seek­ Michael had worn two jackets, Later, Michael went by ambu­ times” — and there was Michael, few hours after he disappeared. ing helicopters and dozens of vol­ one of them fleece, and was lance to a medical center. Along she said. “Michael wasn’t real sure he unteers on foot. believed to have a mess kit and the way, he received IV fluids to “He was a little dazed,” was being rescued,” Bauer said. “He saw the helicopters and potato chips with him when he help him rehydrate and told his Marshall said. “You are totally “He was very tired, very hungry. heard people calling him, but he disappeared. He told the rescue father he wanted to sleep, said overwhelmed. You at first don’t ... He wasn’t necessarily looking yelled back and they didn’t hear team he had been drinking water ambulance driver Bud Lane. believe he’s the person you're to be rescued, he was looking for him,” said his father, Kent from streams, and lost his hat and Hours earlier, the boy’s father looking for.” his Boy Scout troop.” DNA test ordered on daughter of Anna Nicole Smith

Associated Press order the test on 6-month-old the proceedings. the cause. The girl, Dannielynn Hope Dannielynn, pumped his fists Authorities left the building Stern has been caring for Marshall Stern, could inherit NASSAU, Bahamas — A in the air and jumped up and after the hearing and could the girl in the gated, water­ millions from the estate of Bahamian judge ordered a down as he emerged from the not immediately be reached front home where he lived Smith's late husband, Texas oil DNA test Tuesday on Anna private court hearing. for comment. with Smith in the months tycoon J. H ow ard M arshall II. Nicole Smith’s infant daughter “It’s been a good day in Smith’s most recent compan­ before she died. The Smith had been fighting his to identify the girl’s father, an court for me,” he told ion Howard K. Stern, who is Bahamian courts have family over his estimated $500 attorney for the baby’s grand­ reporters. Asked if he thought listed as the father on the ordered Stern not to leave the million fortune since his death mother said, in what could sig­ he would be see the girl soon, girl’s birth certificate, left the country with the girl before a in 1995. nal an end to a bitter custody he only smiled and winked. courthouse in a black sport custody ruling. Frederic von Anhalt, the feud sparked by the death of Deborah Rose, an attorney utility vehicle as Birkhead Arthur wants to take husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor, the former reality TV star last for Smith’s mother Virgie greeted a crowd of cheering Dannielynn from Stern, argu­ also says he may be m onth. Arthur, confirmed that the tourists. ing she could provide a more Dannielynn's father. Last Larry Birkhead, an ex- judge ordered the test but she Smith, 39, died Feb. 8 after stable home. She did not speak month, he too filed legal doc­ boyfriend of the Playboy play­ and others who attended the collapsing in a Florida hotel. as she exited the courthouse uments seeking a DNA test to mate who asked the judge to hearing declined to describe Authorities have not disclosed and left in a white limousine. determine if he is the father. Please recycle The Observer.

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“I think we should burn the chair.” urated the chair on which he sat. that we have thousands of violations of Honor Committee, will share the This comment, made by a colleague Hence, upon his departure, my col­ the honor code annually at Notre administration’s concerns about the many years ago, is not the sort of thing league’s incendiary suggestion. Dame, that our faculty report viola­ issue. My colleague Bill Ramsey, a leg­ that usually comes from the mouth of a Despite the black humor evidenced tions they’re aware of only five to 10 endary lecturer and the former chair professor of philosophy. We’re more by this suggestion, honesty hearings percent of the time, and (ready for the of philosophy’s honesty committee, will inclined to pursue are rarely much fun. I’ve attended good news?) that the average address (surprise) the philosophical what are (to normal more than a hundred hearings, and American university has an even big­ and moral dimensions of the topic. And people) curious ______they’re generally remarkably depress­ ger problem than we do. Our problem senior Sarah Glatt will offer a student’s inquiries into,,say, Guest ing affairs. Sometimes one leaves with is big enough, though, and each of us perspective. It promises to be a leg­ the relationship Columnist little more than a reminder of humani­ should feel a degree of shame about it, endary session. between the chair ty’s fallen nature. Even when students especially at this time of year. Lent is a Whether or not you attend the and the hunk of admit to their mistakes, an empty season when the Church encourages Theology on Tap meeting, I hope you’ll wood of which it’s made. Mundane sense of mere justice — of confession us to recognize where we’re falling spend some time this Lent reminding practical activities, such as burning without remorse or absolution, so to short of our ideals, and to think about yourself of the ideal of academic chairs, we leave to others. speak — can fill the room. Occasionally what we can do to attain them. integrity that Notre Dame tries to pro­ What occasioned this remarkable one feels that some significant moral Homilists rarely talk about cheating on mote by having an honor code, and of outburst by my colleague? We had just progress has occurred — for example, tests, or plagiarizing papers, or copy­ how you as an individual and we as a concluded listening to testimony in an that a student has come to regret his ing homework, but there are few top­ community might do a better job of liv­ honesty committee hearing, the stu­ cheating, not just because he got ics more worthy of our Lenten reflec­ ing up to that ideal. As my colleague of dent under suspicion of violating our caught, but because the act itself was tion. years ago might say, it’s a burning honor code had been caught red-hand­ so ugly. I’d like to report that such con­ One concrete step to further such issue. ed submitting a paper that had been versions of heart are the norm, but as reflection might be to attend the cobbled together from a number of a fine moral philosopher once noted, upcoming Theology on Tap session on Thomas P. Flint, philosophy internet sources. Rather than confess, you can’t always get what you want. academic integrity. From 9 p.m. to 10 professor, also serves as the Faculty this fine young man insisted that he All of us, though, should w ant som e­ today at Legends, three local luminar­ Honor Code Officer, the principal liai­ should be commended for having thing better than we currently have at ies will be speaking before opening the son between the University Code of found all these Web sites and for hav­ Notre Dame with respect to our honor floor to questions and discussion. Honor Committee and the faculty. ing put the material together so effec­ code. Two years ago, a survey of stu­ Dennis Jacobs, a celebrated teacher of The views expressed in this column tively. Duplicity and arrogance dent and faculty attitudes and behavior chemistry and the associate provost are those of the author and not streamed from his every pore and sat­ related to academic integrity revealed who co-chairs the University Code of necessarily those of The Observer.

E d it o r ia l C a r t o o n U W ir e No consensus exists Last month, the Intergovernmental warming, data has been grossly manipu­ Panel on Climate Change provided a lated. In a report from NASA in 2004, the report to the United Nations that explains variance in temperature for the arctic the answer to all of our problems. Why region was plotted from 1880-2004. It did we have several huge snowstorms showed a clear warming trend until this past winter? 1938, when all of a sudden the tempera­ Global warming. Nick tures cooled off at a rapid rate until the Why is it Hemenway 1970s. Tuesday? Global : ™ On April 28,1974, Newsweek printed warming. Why Colorado State an article in which scientists warned us was Dale Layer Rocky about the dangers of the impending glob­ fired? Global Mountain al cooling. Some of these scientists went warming. It’s Collegian as far as to recommend we intentionally about time we “melt the arctic, ice caps with black soot have an answer to all the questions that or divert arctic rivers.” life gives us. While we could sit here and go back In the now famous IPCC report on glob­ and forth with arguments for or against al warming, a summary was given of the man-made global warming, only one findings of about 1,500 scientists. In this thing can be concluded -— there is no summary, it was proclaimed that man is consensus on the issue of global warming. responsible for global warming and dras­ This being said, why should we be forced tic measures must be taken to counteract to change our way of life for something man's damage to the global climate. that may or may not be true? Why should Although this summary was entirely we condemn the businesses that keep this expected, the astute student of science country running when we don’t truly and politics noticed some red flags know they are causing any harm in the regarding this earth-shattering news. The first place? Remember, it was the honor­ report to the United Nations was not a full able Bill Clinton and a unanimous U.S. report but rather a summary of a future Senate vote that shot down the Kyoto full report. None of the research or data Protocol, not George Bush and the evil was provided, only a brief 18-page sum­ Republicans. They did so because even mary. Why would they release the sum­ they knew that signing the Kyoto Protocol mary but not the research? If they can would lead to economic disaster. convince people global warming is man- Until people recognize the global warm­ made with their summary, by the time the ing movement as the hoax it is, the envi­ full report comes out, it will be old news ronmentalist left will continue to hold it and there will be little incentive to dig over our heads in a ploy for more power, deep into the research and data. money and expanded governmental con­ The second thing to notice about the trol. Don’t trust me; just ask the world- report is, although 1,500 scientists con­ renowned Dr. William Gray, Professor tributed to the report, they didn’t all Emeritus of Atmospheric Science from agree on each other’s work. In fact, one of THE Colorado State University. In a the lead authors of the report, Dr. September 2005 interview with Christopher Landsea from the National Capitalism Magazine, Dr. Gray said, “Most Oceanographic and Atmospheric meteorological research is funded by the Administration, withdrew his name from federal government. And boy, if you want the report when the other authors would to get federal funding, you better not not accept his contributions. The panel come out and say human-induced global decided they would take the stance that warming is a hoax because you stand the global warming causes increasingly chance of not getting funded.” severe hurricanes and storms. Dr. Don’t be fooled, the sky is not falling. Landsea, however, maintained that his research showed no such correlation. This column first appeared in the Regardless, the panel had its agenda, and March 20th edition of The Rocky that was that. This doesn’t sound like a Mountain Collegian* the daily paper of “consensus” on global warming like A1 Colorado State University. Gore and friends have been telling us, The views expressed in this column are does it? those of the author and not necessarily Throughout the debate over global those o f The Observer. T h e O bserv er page 12 S cen e Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Tae: At its heart, “300” is a comic-book versus an army of Persians numbering in parable for the war on terror. Thi< fan’s movie: a bunch of nearly naked the bajillions. It’s an easy tale of good makes the film feel like a parody of itsel men running around in capes and poking versus evil — the good guys are buff and shreds any of its remaining credibili at monsters with their spears. Aiming, dudes with spears, and the bad guys are ty- maiming and inflicting pain, King ninjas, monsters, elephants, rhinos and However, even though it has a run tim Leonidas and his merry men vanquish magicians wielding grenades (oh my!) of more than two hours, the film doesn enemies and spill blood by the bucket­ To their credit, the ensemble cast of feel bogged down — an impressive fea load, all the while screaming for guts “300” is seriously jacked. In the words of considering that the graphic novel it' and glory at the top of their lungs. For all pop star Fergie, you could probably based on is only 88 pages long. the squishing and squelching sounds of catch the Spartans “up in the gym, just Despite its silliness, simplicity an blood being shed in battle, more testos­ working on their fitness” in their free other shortcomings, “300” can an terone than plasma gets sprayed around time, although with all the rippling abs should still be appreciated for what it j in this he-man epic. on display, apparently the Spartans — bloody good fun. Unfortunately, while “300” is huge on spend as much time on Pilates as they do razzle-dazzle, flash and flare, it falls on the bench press. Much like our own Rama: The first thing we notice aboii short on substance. Unlike the beefcake armed forces, the Spartan military must the world of “300” is how golden it looki Spartans, there’s not a whole lot of meat have a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, as a Apart from an occasional dip into th on these cinematic bones. Visually, “300” sense of vague homoeroticism pervades inky blacks of nightfall, this story is tol is a spectacle, although the film lacks the entire film. under the hot auburn skies of Sparti emotional resonance. As the body count It should be mentioned that amid all which begs the following question: wa nears the triple century mark, the audi­ the silliness, actor Gerard Butler man­ Ancient Greece ever this vibrant, thi ence is more likely to be dropping jaws ages to distinguish himself from a mostly perfect? at the stylized gore than shedding tears mediocre cast. Butler cuts an imposing The answer, of course, is no. Still, it for the fallen heroes. figure as King Leonidas and brings regal hard to fault director Zack Snyder an Even so, “300 ” delivers on what it does gravitas to the role. Perhaps more his cadre of digital effects wizards fc best — action, action and more action. impressively, he manages to not look wanting to pretty up the landscape ( The film’s combat scenes are completely absurd despite their epic fable. It’s just one stylish way cool — “300” is filled Unfortunately, while strutting around in little choice among many in a gorgeousl with tons of sweet slow- “300 ” is huge on more than a shield, spear crafted film that astounds the senses, motion shots, in addition to a and leather Speedo for the not the brain. stop-and-go pacing technique razzle-dazzle, flash whole film. “300” is not a thinking man’s movi which showcases every hack, and jlare, it falls If the film feels like it's and never pretends to be. It’s a simpl thrust and parry in exquisite short on substance. straight out of a comic tale, one that never strays far from il detail. The film’s cinematog­ book, th a t’s because it is. three central themes — duty, honor ah raphy is more than enough to let the Much like director Robert Rodriguez did vengeance. We’ve seen these theme audience appreciate all of its battlefield on “Sin City” (another film based off of a splashed in red across the battlefields butchery as Leonidas and Co. try to Frank Miller book) “300” writer/director “Gladiator,” “Kingdom of Heaven” an stonewall the Persian advance in the bot­ Zack Snyder does an excellent job of “Troy” — but never quite like this. tleneck of the Hot Gates. translating the panels of the graphic Narrated by Dilios (David Wenham), More than “Rudy,” more than “Little novel to the frames of the film, to the Spartan soldier with the all-too-rare gil Giants,” “300" is the ultimate underdog point where some of Miller’s visuals liter­ of oration, the story tale — a paltry three hundred soldiers ally leap to life on the silver screen. begins with the origin of [“300 ” is] Unfortunately, Snyder strays from the King Leonidas (Gerard that nevi 300 original material with an unnecessary Butler). As a boy, young . , ' and extraneous subplot that detracts Leonidas, whose training from the concise nature of the original includes being literally duty, hont story. In doing so, Snyder puts a modern throw n to the wolves, is twist on “300,” likening it to the current bloodied, bruised and beaten. It’s a tri< D irector: Zack Snyder war on terror in the Middle East. At one by fire that takes away fear and weal W r ite r s: Zack Snyder (screenplay) and point, King Leonidas’ wife Queen Gorgo ness, replacing it with a focused rage Frank Miller (graphic novel) (Lena Headey) even drops the horren­ Bloodshed is a Spartan’s birthright, an Starring: Gerard Butler, Rodrigo Santoro, dous line, “Freedom isn’t free,” which his life’s purpose. Lena Headey and David Wenham makes the whole affair come across as a So when foreign emissaries come t

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Sparta’s gates demanding submission to Leonidas gone, he holds all the political the Persian king Xerxes (Rodrigo power. But he’s undone because he car­ Santoro), Butler’s Leonidas is predictably ries around a bag of gold coins, (incon­ enraged. In one of the movie’s many veniently stamped with the seal of memorable one-liners, he enunciates his Xerxes. Fortunately, we aren’t left much next words with a menacing, time to puzzle over this guttural snarl. “This. Is. Inspired by Frank inane plot point. Snyder Spar. Ta!” he bellows before quickly shuffles us back to slaughtering the Persian Miller’s 1998 graphic Leonidas and his soldiers, messengers. Wasting no novel, “300’ follows and their bloodletting con­ time, he then rallies 300 of in the pulpy footsteps tinues. his fiercest soldiers for war. of “Sin City, ’’ another Watching “300,” I was Inspired by Frank Miller’s reminded of “Gladiator.” 1998 graphic novel, “300” Miller creation. Early in that film, Russell follows in the pulpy foot­ Crowe drops his head and steps of “Sin City,” another Miller cre­ kneels in front of a Roman executor, pre­ ation. Spearheaded by Robert Rodriguez, pared for his death. It’s all a clever ploy, the 2005 picture set the new standard and it works because of his sly sincerity. for movies adapted from comic books. “At least give me a clean death,” Each of Miller’s comic book panels was Crowe’s Maximus asks. painstakingly transmuted into ceaseless­ “A soldier’s death.” ly stylish cinema. After spending two hours with them, Much of the “Sin City” charm came we get the feeling that Sparta’s proud from its rich cast of characters and their 300 are all chasing a morbid dream. dark, gruff sense of humor. “300” is a Dilios lets us in on their secret. different beast entirely. Even if Snyder “We Spartans are descended from had stripped away all the angry speeches Hercules himself,” he says proudly of his and blood-curdling war cries, not much countrymen. “Taught that death on the would change. We’d still marvel at the battlefield is the greatest glory he could movie’s boundless energy and its striking achieve in his life.” visuals, which rivals most impressionistic From the very beginning, Snyder paintings. seems to have realized a crucial fact. Awash with bold colors, “300” is a Like Maximus, movie made to be absorbed, not ques­ these 300 men S e e A ls o tioned — and Snyder keeps us nicely would never be “Miller’s style catapults” occupied with his visual panache. One content to qui­ battle sequence in particular is stunning­ etly die on their and “Snyder finds success” ly crafted. Snyder tracks the camera and knees. page14 follows Leonidas as he cuts a swath A clean death through a gang of Persian soldiers. In a would only sully their proud lineage. masterful, balletic Instead, Snyder gives them what they a simple tale, one sequence, the action want, and he doesn’t worry about much r strays far from liuidly ramps from else, including the film’s simple plot. normal speed to Snyder meticulously lines up hordes of entral themes — slow-motion, zoom­ Persian enemies for the better part of )r and vengeance. ing in to reveal each two hours, leaving Leonidas and his men one of the Spartan to merrily stab, dismember and slash king’s precise killing strokes. away in their bloody sandbox — all the Is style enough to make a movie? Not way to their gloriously messy deaths. necessarily. “300" suffers from quite a few patches of sloppy storytelling. Contact Tae Andrews at [email protected] Consider, for example, the scene where a and Rama Gottumukkala at Spartan traitor is exposed. With King [email protected]

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W r it e r F e a tu r e Miller's style catapults from panels to frames

t A CRAZY " I YOU'RE O r RUNNING. r BUT 1 By TAE ANDREWS KE READY TO YOU DON'T W'WAT YOU WANT TO Scene Editor TO FACE, -r. FACE IT L ALONE A Frank Miller is a man of few words, lie’s written thousands of them, but Miller uses words like a sniper uses bul­ lets: with deadly precision and without wasting ammo. His succinct writing style wastes no time and gets straight to the point. However, Miller is an artist as adept with the drawing pencil as he is with a pen, going heavy on contrast and light on color. There’s a jarring, arresting visual nature to his artwork, which cre­ ates his inimitably distinctive style. The old saying is that a picture’s worth a thousand words — at least Miller’s are. This may not be entirely true (the actual ,EBT I OBSERVER GRAPHIC count may be just a few hundred) but the point remains: Miller is an artist who “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns’” and the deal was simple: if Miller didn’t like After the smash success of “Sin City,” puts much stock in gritty yet equally “Batman: Year One,” which loosely what he saw, then the film would end up Miller agreed to let director Zack Snyder stunning visuals and is stingy with his formed the basis for “Batman Begins.” as scrap reel on the cutting room floor go ahead with a movie version of his words. Known for his down-and-dirty Actor Christian Bale and Batman fans never to be seen again. graphic novel “300,” which chronicles film-noir style and dark themes, Miller everywhere can thank Miller for laying He did like it, however, and “Sin City” the epic Battle of Thermopylae, and two puts the R-rating in graphic novel. Only the foundations for that film, which made its nationwide debut on April 1, more “Sin City” films are in the works. when taken altogether can fans appreci­ pumped some badly needed life into the 2005. If Miller’s gritty and graphic tales However, Miller apparently enjoyed his ate Miller for what he is: a revolutionary fading franchise that had spiraled into of a dark urban dystopia feel like they hands-on collaboration so much that he artist and a man who continues to rede­ the cinematic equivalent of the circus spring straight from a comic book, it’s has signed on with Rodriguez again to fine a genre. freak. because they do. Rodriguez literally used co-direct and write two sequel films to Miller has applied his trademark gritty Unfortunately, after the cinematic fias­ the panels of the graphic novels as story­ “Sin City.” After suffering through years style to several different comic book co that was “Elektra” flopped at the box boards for the feature film. It also of watching his artwork and word work franchises over the years, rebooting office (with Miller having zero creative helped that Rodriguez insisted on listing reduced to travesty on the big screen, fabled franchises and spawning new control over the project), Miller Miller as a co-director for the film — a Frank Miller has finally found the col­ ones of his own. Most notably, he created renounced the world of Hollywood, dis­ move which forced Rodriguez to resign leagues and fan base he truly deserves. the character Elektra while working on gusted that his artwork had been cor­ from the Director’s Guild of America. As It seems Miller can find solace in the old a series of “Daredevil” comics in the rupted into a nauseating farce. However, a result, Miller’s vision literally leaps chestnut: “If you want something done early 1980s. Toward the end of the when film director Robert Rodriguez from the page to the screen and still right, do it yourself.” decade, Miller turned his talents towards approached Miller with a short film stands as Miller’s best graphic novel- Batman, writing the critically acclaimed based off his “Sin City” graphic novels, turned-film pursuit to date. Contact Tae Andrews at [email protected]

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cally faithful take on Miller's work used By BRIAN DOXTADER state-of-the-art special effects and amaz­ Senior Staff Writer ing camerawork to tell its story. “Watchmen” appears to be in good By 2005, the state of the film project hands. “Watchmen” — based on Alan Moore's Snyder himself seems to be an mammoth 400-page graphic novel — was overnight success, having become an A- in disarray. Once sought by former Monty list director in only three films. The 41- Pythonite and “Brazil” director Terry year-old director, who hails from Green Gilliam, the project had gone through a Bay, Wise., attended Art Center College of series of directors, studios and screenplay Design at Pasadena, Calif., before going incarnations. Though it was most recently on to study visual art at llealherlies attached to Darren Aronofsky, the School in London. “Requiem for a Dream” director decided His first work was the straighl-to-video to bow out due to scheduling conflicts. It short “Playground” in 1990, which fea­ seemed as though “Watchmen” was tures Michael Jordan in a fantasy about a doomed to development hell, and a high school student who gets some tips screen version of Moore's masterpiece and encouragem ent from the NBA star. would never see the light of day. He also directed the music video Then, in 2006, a young and relatively “Tomorrow” for former The Smiths unknown filmmaker named Zack Snyder singer Morrissey. became attached to “Watchmen,” when Yet it was 2004's “Dawn of the Dead,” Warner Bros, confirmed that he would his directorial debut, that really launched be, at last, the man who would bring the Snyder's career. A remake of George A. project to cinematic life. This caused Romero's 1978 classic of the same name, Photo courtesy of movieweb.com more than a little bit of consternation, the film was released to critical and com­ Zack Snyder, center, discusses a scene with Gerard Butler, right, on the set of “300.” especially among fans — Moore's work, mercial acclaim. Snyder was quickly unlike Frank Miller’s (the graphic novelist established on the Hollywood block, Butler plays the Spartan King Leonidas, who fought at the Battle of Thermopylae. behind “Sin City” and “300”) has been opening the way for him to direct “300,” notoriously difficult to translate to the which was put into production in the end gross of “300,” which topped 70 mil­ director, since his aesthetic evokes cine­ screen, as evidenced by a mediocre pro­ wake of other graphic novel successes lion, no doubt secured Snyder's next proj­ ma history. duction of “From Hell” and an abysmal like “Sin City” and “V for Vendetta.” Like ect — at least financially. In any case, Snyder has quickly become remake of “The League of Extraordinary Robert Rodriguez on “Sin City,” Snyder Snyder's approach to source material is one of Hollywood's darlings, though the Gentlemen.” So it was perplexing that sought to make a very faithful adaptation, to try to remain as faithful as possible, success (or failure) of “Watchmen” will do Warner entrusted one of its most valuable though he fleshes out characterization though he cites different influences than much to determine the future of the properties to a young, obscure filmmaker and plot, which stretches a relatively brief might be expected. For instance, he said director's career. Yet it is clear from whose only directorial credit was 2004's narrative into a full-length motion pic­ of “Watchmen,” “I'm looking to make a “300” that he is a talented filmmaker “Dawn of the Dead.” ture. movie that looks more like “Taxi Driver” with a clear vision — two ingredients that Then “300” was released and fans “300” has proven to be an evolutionary than “Dick Tracy.” He also pays homage hint at great potential. “300” may have breathed a collective sigh of relief. A vio­ film, with eye-popping visual effects and a to other films in other places (particularly prepared Snyder for glory, but the future lent, stirring and impressive adaptation of mastery of cinematic technique. Such a Vietnam scene that features “Ride of will decide if he reaches the next level. Miller's graphic novel of the same name, mastery will be necessary for the sprawl­ the Valkyries,” not unlike “Apocalypse “300” was clearly the work of a director ing, complex “Watchmen” and fans are Now”). Such keen awareness is much of Contact Brian Doxtader at with style and panache, whose energeti­ cautiously enthused. The opening week­ what makes Snyder so appealing as a [email protected] Wednesday, March 21, 2007 The Observer ♦ PAID ADVERTISEMENT page 15

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C l u b S p o r t s NCAA F o o t b a ll Water Polo beats Macalester Health forces IU coach Ultimate teams have busy spring break against top competition to take leave of absence Special to the Observer new boat, which necessitated a nament that draws collegiate lineup adjustment. In a teams from across the country, Notre Dame's women's water respectable performance, they provided fierce competition dur­ polo club traveled to Southern finished behind Columbia's No. ing Notre Dame’s pool play as two California this spring break to 17 varsity eight. tournament teams were ranked take on some tough competition. in the top ten in the country. The Irish kicked off the weekend Ultimate Notre Dame's dropped its first with an 11-3 win over Macalester Notre Dame's ultimate club match against Georgia 13-3. at Cal State San Bernardino's traveled to Georgia to participate The second game was against Coyote Classic Tournament. in two annual tournaments over Michigan. Up 7-6 at halftime, the Bridget O'Neill led the scoring break — the Terminus 2007, and Wolverines pulled away in the with five goals; Kristin Schmitt Southerns 2007. In Terminus, second half and beat the Irish 13- and Cristina Romano added two the Irish men's squad opened 8. each, and MC Cimino and Kelly with George Washington losing The third and fourth games of Horner each tallied one of their 13-6, but then defeated Wheaton the day were difficult for Notre own. Goalie Maggie Hyde protect­ 13-11. Dame. They lost a frustrating ed the cage with six saves. The squad showed good poten­ game to Swarthmore 13-6, In the second game of the tour­ tial against Indiana, but it was despite the exceptional defensive nament, the Irish lost 11-4 to clear the Irish had the less experi­ efforts of freshman Erin Maxwell. Colorado State. O'Neill again led enced squad and lost 11-9. In its The last game of Saturday's pool scoring with two goals. Goalie next matchup against Michigan, play was against Emory, and the Betsy O'Neill had nine saves. Notre Dame fell behind early and Irish dropped their fourth in a AP On Tuesday, Notre Dame took lost . 13-10, before succumbing to row 12-5. Indiana assistan t football coach Bill Lynch talks with the media on Cal State San Bernardino, end­ William and Mary 13-4 Sunday. The second day of Terminus before the team's first spring football practice Tuesday. ing up on the wrong side of a The next game was against turned out better for Notre Dame. conducted a followup procedure close 11-9 battle. Goalie O'Neill Swarthmore, and the Irish closed In the first match of the day, the Hoosiers' Hoeppner for what was described as a possi­ had 13 saves, while Bridget the tournament with a 13-6 victo­ Irish faced tournament host will leave team for ble recurrent tumor. Test results, O'Neill and Schmitt had three ry- Georgia Tech, winning 13-6. Next Hoeppner said later, showed the goals each. The Irish were seeded No. 19 in the Irish faced Auburn, a strong third time in 15 months best possible results, implying On Thursday the team played a field of 32 at the Southerns. team with a similar playing style that doctors removed scar tissue. The first game on Saturday was as Notre Dame. The Irish fought There was speculation late last at No. 4 Cal Poly University. Up at Associated Press halftime, the Irish could not hold against No. 3 Georgia Tech. Notre hard, maintaining a strong offen­ season that Hoeppner may step on and lost 6-5. Romano and Dame came out fired up and sive presence with both long and BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Bill down because of his health, but Schmitt had two goals apiece, and scored the first two points against short throws, but the Irish bowed Lynch tried to do everything Terry he instead signed a two-year con­ O'Neill had one. Goalie Betsy a lethargic Georgia Tech team. out with a 12-9 loss. Hoeppner would have at the tract extension. O'Neill recorded nine saves. The The game continued with each The next weekend, Notre Dame Indiana I Ioosiers first spring prac­ University officials have Irish will face Cal Poly again in team trading points until sudden participated in Southerns, a tour­ tice Tuesday. declined to give details about two weeks at Miami of Ohio and death at 14-14. Notre Dame nament hosted by Georgia He met with reporters, dis­ Hoeppner’s health, citing privacy are looking forward to the made the most of its opportunity Southern University in cussed position moves and talked concerns, except to say he has not rematch. with Nick “Craig” Chambers Statesboro, Ga. The Irish fared about turning around a program had any additional surgery since grabbing the game winner. much better in Saturday pool that has not been to a bowl game last year. Men’s Rowing Maryland was next, and the play, going 3-1 within their brack­ since 1993. On Sunday night, when players For the second consecutive Irish dug themselves a hole early et. This included a defeat of Yet all the hope that usually returned from spring break, year, the men's crew team held and trailed 8-4 at halftime. Solid Chicago, another regional rival. springs up at the first sign of Hoeppner met with his players to its spring training camp in Miami, popping from Ryan “Door” Their only loss of the day was warm weather was tempered by tell them he would use his time off Fla. Notre Dame practiced three Gorman and strong defense from against top-seeded Yale. Tight what was missing — their coach. to regain his strength and energy times a day out of the Miami Andrew “Boot” Schroeder pulled defense kept the game close, but School officials announced before coaching again this fall. Rowing Club boathouse, located the club back into the game, but the Irish fell 8-6. After finishing Sunday that Hoeppner would skip But putting their helmets on for on Key Biscayne. the squad's luck ran out and lost second in their pool, Notre Dame the spring workouts for health the first time in four months After a week of training in the 15-14. The Irish then faced played a cross-over game against reasons, marking the third time in seemed to help, and some players cove, the Irish traveled north to Columbia and cruised to a 15-2 Swarthmore to make it into the 15 months that the 59-year-old remained hopeful that Hoeppner the small town of Fellsmere, Fla. win. championship bracket. The Irish coach has temporarily left the might return before the Hoosiers’ to compete in the Governor's Cup Notre Dame then faced Duke, defeated the War Mothers sound­ team. annual spring game April 14. Regatta. The Irish competed and, again, the Irish fell behind ly 13-6 to take a No. 15 seed into “It’s not like the first lime, that “There’s no telling with coach against national rowing powers early, and trailed 8-6 at half, but the championship bracket. was quite a shock,” said Lynch, Hep,” receiver James Hardy said. Florida Tech, Columbia and fought back to win 13-11. Sunday's championship bracket the associate head coach who is “He’s not going to sit still unless Marietta College. In Sunday’s championship pitted the Irish against the No. 2 filling in for Hoeppner. “But know­ he has to. You know last year he The second varsity eight fin­ bracket, the squad faced No. 3 Florida, a highly skilled team with ing that he’s not taken any time was supposed to be out a month ished behind Columbia and Tufts. The Irish came out inspired a deep tradition. Notre Dame off from coaching football through and he was back in 10 days. defeated Florida Tech in their but again were down 8-6 at half- played well against a strong zone the season, and the recruiting Hopefully, we’ll see him soon.” first race. The first and second time. Great defense allowed the defense, using the popping skills season is quite a grind, he needed Tight end Blake Powers, a con­ novice eights repeated their per­ club to stay close but Tufts held of Adsit, Bilek and senior Jeannie a break.” verted quarterback, said formances from the morning, fin­ on for a 12-11 win. Joeckel, but still lost 13-5. Notre Hoeppner has undergone brain Hoeppner looked fine at Sunday’s ishing behind Columbia light­ Solid offensive play by Mike Dame then dropped into the surgery twice — in December team meeting but acknowledged weights and Florida and “Double B” Banning then led the ninth-place bracket, where they 2005 and again last September. that it was difficult not having him Columbia heavyweights, respec­ Irish to a 15-11 triumph over defeated Virginia 13-6 in a strong He had a tumor removed during on the field Tuesday. tively. The second varsity eight Luther College. game to end the long trip. the first procedure, limiting his “It’s hard because you’re con­ finished third in the grand finals The ultimate club's women's Notre Dame will host the White recruiting activities and ability to cerned about him,” Powers said. behind two Columbia boats. team participated in two tourna­ Smoke Invitational this weekend lead offseason workouts. “All you can do is pray for him Finally, the first varsity rowed in ments in Atlanta as well. at Riehle fields, weather and field Hoeppner also missed two and hope everything turns out the last race of the day with a Terminus, a well-renowned tour­ conditions permitting. games last season when doctors OK.”

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Eastern Conference, Atlantic Division team record OT points New Jersey 43-21 8 94 Pittsburgh 41-22 10 92 NY Rangers 36-28 9 81 NY Islanders 34-27 10 78 Philadelphia 20-41 11 51

Eastern Conference, Northeast Division team record OT points Buffalo 46-19 7 99 Ottawa 42-23 8 92 Montreal 36-31 6 78 Toronto 34-28 10 78 Boston 34-32 5 73

Eastern Conference, Southeast Division team record OT points Atlanta 39-25 10 88 Tampa Bay 39-30 4 82 Carolina 36-29 8 80 Florida 30-29 13 73 Washington 26-34 13 65

W estern Conference, Central Division team record OT points Nashville 47-20 6 100 Detroit 45-18 9 99 St. Louis 30-29 12 72 Columbus 28-37 7 63 Chicago 27-35 9 63

W estern Conference, Northwest Division team record OT points Vancouver 44-23 6 94 Minnesota 42-24 7 91 Calgary 37-25 10 84 LSD basketball center Glen "Big Baby" Davis, right, announces his plans to enter the NBA draft as coach John Colorado 37-29 6 80 Brady sits nearby during a news conference Tuesday at LSU in Baton Rouge, La. Davis will skip his senior year. Edmonton 30-36 7 67 W estern Conference, Pacific Division LSU's Big Baby to enter NBA draft team record OT points Anaheim 43-18 12 98 San Jose 44-25 4 92 Associated Press remain enrolled at LSU great success. I was part (in the draft),” Brady said. Dallas 43-24 5 91 until the end of the semes­ of only four (LSU) teams “He had three outstanding Los Angeles 25-34 14 64 BATON ROUGE, La. — ter. The NBA’s predraft to make it to the Final years at LSU. I watched Phoenix 28-40 4 60 LSU center Glen “Big camp is May 28-June 5 in Four,” Davis said. “I him grow. ... He’ll do Baby” Davis is moving on Orlando, Fla., and Davis decided to stay and hoped w ell.” to the next stage of his expects to be there. to build on that this year. Davis said he’s been told basketball life. Davis averaged 17.7 Unfortunately that didn’t he could be selected any­ NCAA Div. I Men’s Tennis The 6-foot-9, 290-pound points and 10.4 rebounds happen.” where from the middle of Fila/ITA Rankings junior said Tuesday he this season, missing sev­ Coach John Brady said the first round to early in will skip his senior year to eral games late in the he advised Davis to turn the second. First-round enter the NBA draft. year because of a strained pro unless he was fully picks get guaranteed “After my toughest year, quadriceps. He is the only committed to returning to three-year contracts. team avg. prei I now feel I am physically LSU player other than LSU for his senior year. Second-rounders do not, 1 Georgia 92 1 and mentally ready for Shaquille O’Neal with The coach told Davis not and many get cut in train­ 2 UVA 91.96 3 the NBA,” Davis said at a career totals surpassing to base his decision purely ing camp. In rare cases, 3 Ohio State 88.43 2 news conference. “In my 1,500 points, 900 on projections about how however, being picked in 4 use 77.2 11 mind and in my heart, I rebounds and 100 blocks. high he will go in the the second round can be a 5 Baylor 75.79 4 felt that it was time for Davis was an AP second draft. financial boon to players 6 Illinois 75 7 me to move on.” team All-America selec­ “I told him two weeks who perform well since 7 NOTRE DAME 74.82 8 He has signed with tion during the 2005-06 ago that he needs to go they can enter the league 8 UCLA 67.78 5 agent John Hamilton of season, w hen LSU w ent to where his heart moves under shorter contracts 9 Wake Forest 62.91 18 Performance Sports the Final Four. him to go, not where and become free agents 10 Mississippi 60.88 6 Management but will “Last year, the team had someone tells him he’ll go sooner. 11 North Carolina 58.8 17 12 Texas 57.1 16 13 LSU 56.15 20 14 Alabama 54.58 26 I n B rief 15 Oklahoma State 54.51 9 UNC football coach Davis to Sutton swims to 28th place in Uecker stalker asked to leave undergo chemotherapy 10K at world championships spring training game CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina foot­ MELBOURNE — Chloe Sutton MILWAUKEE — A woman once ball coach Butch Davis is undergoing emerged from the water a trembling, charged with stalking announcer chemotherapy after a dentist removed teary mess, wondering what happened Bob Uecker was asked to leave a a cancerous growth from his mouth. to her goggles. Angela Maurer buried Milwaukee Brewers spring training “I know people are going to be con­ her head in a coach’s chest, knowing game. around the dial cerned and everything, but it’s going to what it must have felt like to go 12 The baseball team notified the be OK,” Davis said Tuesday. “We’re rounds with Mike Tyson in his prime. Phoenix police that Ann E. Ladd going to get through this and we’re And everyone was covered in ugly, red was at Monday’s game. Police Sgt. NBA going to have a great season next fall.” welts, the work of jellyfish lurking off St. Joel Tranter said Tuesday. A The 55-year-old coach said he wasn’t Kilda Beach. restraining order issued in Dallas at Cleveland even aware he had a growth when he Oh well, just another day of open September bars Ladd from games 8 p.m., ESPN saw his dentist late last month in water swimming. Uecker is announcing and requires Cleveland for a routine cleaning. After Russia’s Larisa Ilchenko claimed her her to stay at least 500 feet away M e n ’s C o l l e g e B a s k e t b a l l the growth was removed, a biopsy second gold medal of the world champi­ from him. diagnosed it as non-IJodgkins lym­ onships Tuesday, winning a sprint to the Uecker was not announcing the Syracuse at Clemson phoma. finish with British up-and-comer Brewers’ game against the Cubs. 7 p.m., ESPN2 Subsequent exams found no evidence Cassandra Patten in the 10-kilometer The Brewers would not say whether that the cancer has spread, but Davis race. he was at the ballpark in Phoenix. DePaul at Air Force said he is undergoing chemotherapy as Then again, no one really looked like a Ladd voluntarily left the game 9 p.m., ESPN2 a precaution. He had his first two-hour winner when it was over. They staggered when asked, Tranter said. session last week, and will have onto dry land, just glad to have survived “She was peaceful and had a tick­ b etw een th re e an d six m ore UNC 6.2 miles of cool waters, rough tactics et to the game,” he said. “We were Hospitals at Chapel Hill, at two-week and all those nasty creatures lurking asked to escort her away. She’s no intervals. beneath the surface of Port Phillip Bay. longer welcome back.” page 18 The Observer ♦ SPORTS Wednesday, March 21, 2007

NCAA Men’s Basketball Law restores order for title-contending A&M

more vocal. Now, Law’s voice is Guard leads Aggies often the loudest in huddles. from cellar to Sweet 16 Against Penn, Law told his team he was about to take over the game. He scored 11 points in the Associated Press last eight minutes to lead A&M to COLLEGE STATION — Moments a 68-52 victory. after Texas A&M defeated Late in the Louisville game, Louisville to reach the regional Law urged his teammates to semifinals, Acie Law was crying remember last season’s one-point with joy. Aggies coach Billy tournament loss to LSU. The Gillispie walked up to his star Aggies responded with a defen­ point guard and said, “Didn’t you sive stand. believe me?” “I’m the leader of this team,” When Gillispie took over at Law said. “I can’t get rattled or A&M three years ago, he told Law show that I’m kind of scared or the Aggies were going to win panicking because everybody sooner than anyone expected. looks up to me. If 1 show that A victory over Memphis (32-3) leadership, if I show that I’m not in San Antonio on Thursday will afraid, then the team will be at send the Aggies (27-6) to their ease and we should be fine.” first regional final, a step no one The Aggies have been following saw coming after A&M went 0-16 his lead well before he started in the Big 12 in 2003-04. Least of drawing national recognition. all Law, a freshman that season. “We see it every day in prac­ He was skeptical of Gillispie’s tice,” junior forward Joseph Jones vision and considered leaving said. “Bight now, everything is when the new coach implement­ just clicking for him and he’s ed workouts that resembled boot going great. And because of that, Texas A&M guard Acie Law celebrates in the second half of the Aggies 72-69 win over Louisville camp. But Law stuck it out, and everything’s going great for us.” Sunday. Law scored 26 points to help Texas A&M advance to the Sweet 16. ultimately realized his demanding coach was right. “This season is something he promised me,” the 6-foot-3 senior said. The Notre Dame Along the way, Law understood that Gillispie had a plan for him, too — to make him the corner­ Natural Law Insti stone of a resurgent team. Gharitp t&m Law is a finalist for the Wooden and Naismith awards, given to college basketball’s best player. He led the Aggies in scoring, assists and steals this season, but he gets no special favors from i\ lSXT sl? Gillispie. “1 like the fact that he treats me Tiotrg l)amt f The 2007 Natural Law Lecture like one of the guys and he does­ n’t make it easy for me,” Law said. “He believes that even though I’m getting all this atten­ -SSS. tion, that I can go further. You feel good inside when you play for a person who believes in you and continues to push you to get bet­ ter.” Law has taken Gillispie’s tough love and produced all year, espe­ cially late in close games. A play­ er from Penn, the team A&M ousted in the first round, called him “Captain Clutch.” Law averaged 6.9 points in the last four minutes of Big 12 games. He sank a 3-pointer and two free throws in the last 24 seconds of I Am (Almost) a A&M’s 69-66 win at Kansas on Feb. 3. Three weeks later, Law hit a 3-pointer to force overtime and another to force double overtime in a 98-96 loss at Texas. Natural Lawyer “He’s developed a great talent,” Gillispie said. “People ask how guys perform like that in the clutch. First of all, you have to be a really good player to do it time and time again. A bad or Tohn Gardner mediocre player might do it once, luck into it or whatever. “A guy like Acie, you have to be very talented and you have to have great confidence. He has both of those things.” Professor of Jurisprudence Melvin Watkins, Gillispie’s pred­ ecessor at A&M, said that when Law played for Kimball High University of Oxford School in Dallas, he already had a natural feel for the game. “He had a calming presence whenever he had the ball,” said Thursday, March 22, 2007 Watkins, who resigned after the Aggies went 7-21 in 2003-04. “But you also had the feeling that 4 p.m . when he had the ball, something special might be about to happen. “He could make plays you can’t Notre Dame Law School Courtroom teach,” said Watkins, now a Missouri assistant. “If you could, you’d teach all your kids to make them.” Gillispie immediately saw Law’s talent, but he wanted him to be Wednesday, March 21, 2007 The Observer ♦ SPORTS page 19

NCAA M e n’s B asketball Tough test awaits Tigers in Sweet 16 matchup

out leading scorer Chris Soft schedule boosted Douglas-Roberts, who is nurs­ ing a sprained left ankle. Coach Memphis to win streak John Calipari said he wasn’t positive Douglas-Roberts would Associated Press play. “But I think he will,” Calipari MEMPHIS — A 24-game win­ said after his weekly radio ning streak hasn’t convinced show Monday before a packed everyone that Memphis is a house of Tiger fans at a legitimate national champi­ Memphis restaurant. onship contender. Decked out in Tiger blue T- After all, the second-seeded shirts and caps, the fans treated Tigers didn’t get much of chal­ Calipari to a standing ovation lenge from their Conference as he arrived for the show held USA rivals, none of which made in a strip of taverns and restau­ the NCAA tournament. rants just off the university Counting North Texas and campus. Nevada, the two teams Douglas-Roberts missed the Memphis beat to get to the last eight minutes of Sunday’s South Regional semifinals, the game, but the Tigers dominated Tigers have defeated five teams down the stretch without him, th a t m ade the NCAA’s field of shutting out Nevada for more 65. than six minutes. It’s safe to say that Thursday’s “Let’s hope that Chris is game in San Antonio against healthy. If he’s not, we’ll figure Texas A&M will be the Tigers’ it out and we’ll play without Memphis forward Joey Dorsey dunks in the Tigers 78-62 win Sunday over Nevada. Memphis is toughest test in months. him,” Calipari said. “Let’s go in riding a 24-game winning streak into their Sweet 16-game against Texas A&M. And Memphis could be with- with one thing in mind. We’re going after people.” Memphis (32-3) is powered by its pressure defense and transi­ tion offense. Depth is also a I strength. The Tigers have nine a g ...... players who average at least 10 0 # minutes per game and seven who are over 20. Douglas- Roberts averages 15.4 points per game, but Jeremy Hunt (13.6), Robert Dozier (9.8), Joey Dorsey (8.7) and Antonio Anderson (8.0) can all con­ ■ tribute offensively. The Tigers ran roughshod over C-USA team s such as East Carolina, Marshall and Rice, on their way to regular season and conference tournament champi­ m CAREER ilNTERNSHIPmi onships. “They did what they were supposed to do, as far as play­ ing against mediocre talent,” said Memphis fan David Harp, one of the faithful out to salute O PEN TO ALL Calipari. “They won big.” This is the second season NOTRE DAME, SAINT MARY’S AND HOLY CROSS STUDENTS! since Conference USA bid MANY AREA JOB AND INTERNSHIPS! farewell to powerful teams such as Louisville, Cincinnati and Marquette, all of which were CHECK OUT THE 142 EMPLOYERS AND JOBS POSTED AT: scooped up by the Big East. But Calipari said the league is WWW.INCCONSORTIUM.ORG getting better. “Our league is stronger. Maybe we’re just better. Anybody think of that?” he said. “Maybe we’re better than we W ednesday, March 21 were a year ago. I don’t know.” The Tigers’ other big wins were against Kentucky and Gonzaga, neither of which sur­ THEOLOGY ON TA vived the first weekend of the tournament. Meanwhile, the Aggies (27-6) went 13-3 in the much tougher Big 12 conference, with signa­ ture wins over Kansas and Texas. They’re the No. 3 seed, but the odds makers have made them a three-point favorite. Academic Honor Code Calipari said such talk doesn’t interest him, either. “Any game we lose from here on out will be because of our league. That’s what everybody will say, so it doesn’t matter,” Calipari said. A year ago, Memphis had a No. 1 seed but lost to UCLA 50- 45 in the regional finals. The Tigers haven’t been to the Final Four since 1985, back when the school was still known as Memphis State. Dennis Jacobs Also featuring student Sarah Giatt William Ramsey But Memphis fans are ready Vice President and Associate Professor of for a return, hoping the Tigers Get tapped in at Legends Philosophy can stretch their winning streak Associate Provost out four more games. Doors Open at 8:30pm, Speaker starts - 9:00pm “We’re in the Sweet 16. That Free soft-drinks and food, cash bar ought to tell you something. We’re ready,” longtime fan Can’t make it? More to come on 4/18 Carolyn Bridges said. page 20 The Observer ♦ SPORT'S Wednesday, March 21, 2007

The Irish will look to slow scored one goal for the Irish. Notre Dame’s favor. down Buckeye junior Kristin Sophomore attack Peter Bellarmine scorers included osu Slahor, a midfielder who leads Win Christman, senior attack John Adam Gardner, John Kirk and continued from page 24 the team in assists. Junior continued from page 24 Greaney and freshman mid­ Mike Rosenbergh, who all net­ attack Jessica Patane leads fielder Brett Vecchio all aided ted one goal each. Jamie Floris Ohio State in points and will Swezey also played a key role the effort with an assist each. and Andrew Wolford both Syracuse received huge offen­ likely draw the focus of the by notching a career-best four “Last week was hard with added an assist. sive contributions from senior Notre Dame defense most of points with one goal and three the travel,” Kemp said. “It was Notre Dame takes a week Ashley Pike (five goals) and the game. assists. nice to play in front of a home and a half off after the match junior Bridget Looney (four “It’s a rivalry that goes back Yeatman leads Notre Dame crow d.” against Bellarmine. The next goals.) The Orange outshot the a long way, and it’s always an in points (23) and assists (11) Kemp picked up the victory game is scheduled for March Irish 37-24 for the game. important game to us,” Coyne this season. by allowing only two goals and 31 at noon, when the Irish “After that loss, we’re really said. “They started their pro­ “Today was a good game,” making nine saves in over 50 travel to No. 18 Brown. trying to control the tempo gram a year before us, and Notre Dame junior goaltender minutes of play. Sophomore “We plan on practicing out­ and get out to a faster start we’ve played them every year. Joey Kemp said. “We made it a Scott Rodgers then took over side, and we need to get used against Ohio State” Coyne And I can’t remember a game point to win every ground ball. for Kemp with over nine min­ to different types of turf,” said. that hasn’t been competitive.” We did not do this in the previ­ utes left to play. Rodgers gave Kemp said about the upcoming The Buckeyes enter the The Irish will face off against ous games that we lost.” up one score while making break in the schedule. “We game after a strong defensive the Buckeyes in the Loftus Irish senior midfielder Lucius three saves of his own. have to prepare for the next performance Sunday against Center at 7:45 p.m. today. Polk added another two goals, The Irish held a dominant gam e.” Davidson. Ohio State defeated while junior midfielder edge on shots against the Wildcats 8-4 and was in Contact Michael Bryan at Michael Podgajny and senior Bellarmine. The final tally of Contact Pat O’Brien at control the entire game. [email protected] midfielder Bill Liva each attempts on goal was 37-22 in [email protected]

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Kelly McDavitt and Tara O’Brien each had three vic­ Home Belles tories. Playing as a substi­ continued from page 24 continued from page 24 tute in a game, senior Grace Gordon was able to provide those frames but allowed the would like to see some of the the Belles with a win also. Vikings to stay in the game. In first year players raise the In doubles play, the duo of the third, the Irish had the bases level of competition on the McDavitt and Gebert dis­ loaded with one out, having te a m .” played excellent chemistry, already plated one. But junior The Olivet Comets have racking up five wins against designated hitter Ross strong senior leadership the competition. The other Brezovsky, who had already with doubles te a m s o f knocked in a run, rapped into a partners and Campbell and 4-6-3 double play to end the singles stand­ 7 would like to see Rubino as well threat. outs, Mallory some of the first as O’Brien and The Irish also wasted chances Bailey and year players raise Gordon claimed to put the game out of reach in Rachel Vilums. three victories the fourth and fifth, failing to The Comets the level of compe­ in the Sunshine score after putting the leadoff also have an up tition on the team. ” S tate. man on base in each inning. and coming Stevenson said But the Irish pitching staff freshman in McDavitt's work held on to the early lead, scat­ Celeste Gruber Dee Stevenson ethic and lead­ tering eight hits and getting out that has been Saint Mary’s coach ership embodies of the few jams they encoun­ PHIL HUDELSON/The Observer able to con­ th e team . tered. Junior Joey Williamson Irish pitcher Brett Graffy beats the runner to the bag in Notre tribute early on. “Kelly is one of struck out three and surren­ Dame’s 12-1 win over Cleveland State May 2, 2006. Olivet is currently 1-1 in the hardest working players dered one run in two innings MIAA play and 4-2 overall. that I have coached. She will after coming on to relieve lot of games for us, especially season. In singles play last week, set the tone each match for Maust. our bullpen,” Irish coach Dave “You feel m ore energy when Belles freshman Camille the rest of the team," Senior Jess Stewart and soph­ Schrage said. “You saw a little of you’re playing at home,” he said. Gebert led Saint Mary’s with Stevenson said. “She will omore Kyle Weiland also that today.” The Irish continue their home- five singles victories. also be looked upon to pro­ worked an inning in relief. Schrage, who was coaching in stand today when they take on Sophomore Mary E. vide leadership both on and Weiland, who closed out 16 his first home game at Notre Western Michigan at 5:05 p. m. Campbell, freshman Lisa off the court.” games last season, recorded his Dame, said he hopes his team Rubino and junior Cassie first save of this campaign. feels more relaxed after getting Contact Fran Tolan at Quaglia all had four wins Contact Lorenzo Reyes at “Our pitching’s going to win a its first win at Eck Stadium this [email protected] during the week. Seniors [email protected]

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“I always feel confident in my tion,” Irish coach Muffet times in the first half, mostly Even though Notre Dame’s team,” Allen said. “I knew even McGraw said. “I’m really proud behind their inside play. season is now over, McGraw is NCAA though we were down, I knew of the effort and the focus, the Notre Dame was mostly able content with her team’s per­ continued from page 24 w e ’d com e back and m ake a intensity.” to keep the game close against formance this year. run. Unfortunately we didn’t The Irish ran effectively with North Carolina with its defense. “We had a great year. We playing with enough energy.” come out on top.” the Tar Heels for the first half The Irish not only did a good overachieved, and we’re disap­ Tar Heels center LaToya All night long N otre D am e’s and went into the locker rooms job preventing North Carolina pointed that we weren’t able to Pringle felt the comeback had a defense focused on shutting down only one point. The Irish from taking good shots — the finish this game,” she said. lot to do with her coach. down Latta. fell behind by four early in the Heels only shot 40 percent “When we look back on this “The time out that [Coach “Our only problem [with the game — the largest lead for from the floor in the first half year, we will be really pleased Hatchell] called really made a box-and-one] was the fouls,” either team — but Breona Gray — they also grabbed key defen­ and proud of what this team difference. She said we wasn’t McGraw said. “Three-point rejuvenated the Irish offense sive rebounds to prevent the has accomplished.” playing hard,” Pringle said. game with just over a minute, with a three from the corner to Tar Heels from going on sus­ “We buckled down and did and we gave [Latta] two free bring the score to 6-5. tained runs to extend their Contact Jay Fitzpatrick at what we had to do on the throws, and she’s a great free The teams traded leads eight lead. [email protected] offensive end.” throw shooter.” On that run, North Carolina The Irish were then forced to forced the Irish post players foul as the game slowly ended, into foul trouble, as center sending North Carolina back to Melissa D’Amico committed her the line six more times — fourth personal foul with cen­ where they failed to miss — in ter Erica Williamson already the final 30 seconds. sitting on three. M en was the lone bright spot Notre Dame’s centers weren’t for Notre Dame against the Tar the only Irish players in foul Heels. The junior finished with Interested in a career in the beer industry? trouble down the stretch. 21 points on 7-of-16 shooting Although both teams were with four rebounds. Allen was Still do not have a job lined up for after graduation? whistled for eight fouls apiece the only Irish player in double in the first half, the Irish were figures despite being guarded Chicago Beverage is looking for enthusiastic summer interns called for 11 infractions to the by the Tar Heel’s best defender who are interested in learning the dynamics of the beer business Tar Heels’ five in the second. — forward Camille Parker — Three Irish players finished all night. with four fouls (D’Amico, “[M en is] an incredible play­ Chicago Beverage is the largest beer wholesaler Williamson and Gaines) while er,” Hatchell said. “She’s just a in the dty of Chicago and distributes guard Melissa Lechlitner fin­ really, really tough player — some of the biggest brands in the business such as ished with three. very intelligent, got great skills, Miller Lite, Corona, Heineken, Guinness, and Samuel Adams. The Tar Heels used the foul makes great reads.” discrepancy to their advantage Although it fell short in the in the second half, capitalizing end, Notre Dame started out Throughout the internship experience, interns will get a chance on the bonus free throws to the second half with a 10-2 run to work with these brands and their suppliers extend the final lead. in the opening 6:45 minutes to on key sales and marketing initiatives. Notre Dame seemed poised gain a 38-31 lead. Post play for another run after Allen proved important for the Irish used a high screen on the left as D’Amico and forward For more information and to submit your resume, wing to sink a 3-pointer with Crystal Erwin led the charge. please checkout the Go Irish! website. Must be 21 to apply 1:17 to play that cut the lead to Williamson added to the effort three. But a Gaines foul on Tar by grabbing offensive rebounds Heels point guard Ivory Latta and forcing the Tar Heels to stopped the Irish momentum foul her inside. and extended the lead back to “I thought we executed our two possessions at 54-49. game plan almost to perfec­ r T h e A f r ic a W o r k in g G r o u p P r e se n t s a S p e c ia l S c r e e n in g o f Write Sports.

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ND Women’s Basketball W o m e n ’s La c r o s s e Carolina blues ND comes hom e to 15-0 run sparks Tar Heels to close victory face OSU

By JAY FITZPATRICK Sports W riter By MICHAEL BRYAN Sports W riter PITTSBURGH — Leading 41- 33 in the second half, Notre After four straight road Dame seemed in control of its games full of adversity, No. 6 second-round game over North Notre Dame will finally return Carolina — but the Tar Heels home to the Loftus Center to had other ideas. North face Ohio State. Carolina refused to go down The Irish (5-2) will face the quietly, going on a 15-0 run to rival Buckeyes (3-1) after play­ give it a 48-41 lead with 6:30 ing four matches away from to play. home, with three coming in By the time Irish guard the snowy northeast. Tulyah Gaines stopped the “We’re so glad to be coming bleeding with a driving layup, back home after all the prob­ the game was out of reach for lems we had on the road,” Notre Dame, which eventually Notre Dame coach Tracy fell 60-51 in the second round Coyne said. of the NCAA Tournament. On more than one occasion North Carolina coach Sylvia the Irish had games resched­ Hatchell credited the explosive uled due to inclement weather run to a defensive change and had travel issues that when she placed guard Alex forced the team to arrive just Miller in charge of defending before game time. Before the the Irish point guards. team’s last game at Syracuse, “I just kept telling my players goalie Erin Goodman’s equip­ to keep encouraging one ment was misplaced, and the another. We just seemed flat,” sophomore was forced to play Hatchell said. “We were not AP the game with borrowed gear. Irish center Melissa D Amico, right, tries to steal the ball from North Carolina forward Rashanda Over the break the Irish see NCAA/page 22 McCants during Notre Dame’s 60-51 loss Tuesday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. went 2-1, taking crucial games over Canisius and Yale before dropping their Big East opener Sundayto Syracuse. B a s e b a l l After falling behind early 4-0 to the Orange, the Irish rallied to cut the halftime deficit to 7- 6. Notre Dame tied the game Irish take Frank Eck opener over Cleveland State at 13 with just over 10 min­ utes remaining, but failed to score while yielding three the win, allowing just one Danny Dressman and a break­ to win a lot of ballgames.” goals in the last stretch of the By FRAN TOLAN earned run on six hits. out game by freshman right Ashdown, meanwhile, had just m atch. Sports W riter “It feels really good to get your fielder Brayden Ashdown gave one hit in his first 15 at-bats of Irish junior attack Caitlin first win at home out of the Notre Dame enough offense to the season before going 2-for-4 McKinney tallied four goals The Irish used a three-run way,” said Maust, who was the earn the win. with a double and two RBIs and two assists in the loss, and second inning to defeat first Irish freshman to start a Dressman, who was named to Tuesday. sophomore attack Jillian Byers Cleveland State 5-3 in their home opener for the team since the Big East Weekly Honor Roll The Irish were given a slew of contributed three goals. Senior home opener Tuesday afternoon 2003. “Hopefully, we can start a last week, went 2-for-4 with an chances early on as Cleveland attack Megan Murphy also had at Frank Eck Stadium. winning streak.” RBI, giving him 13 hits in his last State made three errors in the her strongest offensive per­ The success brought Notre Despite squandering several 24 at bats. first three innings. Notre Dame formance of the season with Dame’s record to an even 9-9. opportunities to break the game “Hitting’s contagious,” scored a total of four runs in three goals. Freshman right-hander Eric open early, the continued hot Dressman said. “If we can do it Maust worked five innings to get hitting of senior center fielder early and sustain it, we’re going see HOME/page 21 see OSU/page 20

M e n ’s La c r o s s e SMC T en n is Team crushes Bellarmine 11-3 Belles to face Olivet

By PAT O ’BRIEN in first MIAA match Sports Writer Hamilton, Bentley and Drew, Notre Dame spoiled By LORENZO REYES while it fell to Franklin and Bellarmine’s first-ever confer­ Sports Writer Marshall, Wisconsin- ence match in the Great LaCrosse, University of Western Lacrosse League with Saint Mary’s will face Puerto Rico and Skidmore. an 11-3 win Tuesday afternoon Olivet today at home in their Saint Mary’s will look to at Moose Krause Stadium. first MIAA match of the sea­ build on last season’s 10-10 The Irish (4-3, 1-0 GWLL) son at 3 p.m., when the overall record, with an MIAA now hold a nine-game home Belles will try to gain an tally of 5-3 that earned them win streak and an all-time early lead in the league a fourth-place finish in the record of 2-0 against stan d in g s. league’s regular season. The Bellarmine (1-5, 0-1 GWLL). Last week, the Belles trav­ Belles then took a fifth place Notre Dame freshman attack eled down to Orlando, Fla., finish in the MIAA tourna­ Will Yeatman and sophomore for their spring trip to open m ent. attack Ryan Hoff both recorded the season. On the trip, they “ We will rely on the hat tricks in the victory, while went .500, going 4-4 in all returning players a great Hoff added an assist. Irish matches, while facing quality deal,” Belles coach Dee sophomore attack Duncan LAURIE HUNT/The Observer competition. Stevenson said. “However, I Irish midfielder Michael Podgajny turns upfield in Notre Saint Mary’s earned victo­ see WIN/page 20 Dame’s 11-3 win Thursday over Bellarmine. ries over Haverford, see BELLES/page 21