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survey. By KATIE PERRY Finance department chair CASHING IN ON A NOTRE DAME MBA DEGREE News Writer Robert Huang said Notre Dame lineup is consistently recognized by 4.4 Average years of work experience for For the third straight time, such rankings because the MBA two-year students Notre Dame’s Mendoza College program is “never satisfied.” of Business ranked among the “We never stop improving our­ 93 Percent graduates accepting job oftere for event top 30 in BusinessWeek maga­ selves,” he said. “Both the facul­ within three months of graduation zine’s biennial survey of MBA ty and the staff are united in programs nationwide. making our students their top Approximate number of students The rankings feature — which priority.” Average GMAT score for full-time students | Sale of basketball spotlighted Notre Dame at No. The magazine also named 26 — is in the Oct. 23 edition on Notre Dame to its list of the top Tuitionand tees fortwo-year students season tickets begins newsstands now. BusinessWeek 10 schools for fastest return on $80,000 Median base salary for Mendoza graduates placed the program at 24th in its 2002 survey and 29th in its 2004 see MBA/page 6 By STEVE KERINS News W riter

Hundreds of students waited in the rain Thursday evening out­ side the Joyce Center to attend Irish fans pleased with road victory the opening event for this year’s men’s basketball season and to receive a voucher that would Historic competition entices loyal crowds despite lengthy traveling distanceallow them to purchase season tickets. Irish coach Mike Brey kicked college football, but any sport. off the event by introducing the By PATRICK CASSIDY “It’s not even a challenge any­ evening’s keynote guest — for­ News Writer more,” freshman Jeremiah mer Notre Dame basketball play­ Herman said. “I enjoy the tra­ er and NBA great John Paxson, The last time Navy beat dition the game brings, but we currently General Manager of Notre Dame in a football should play a team that will the Chicago Bulls. game, John F. Kennedy was help us more in the rankings.” “I always enjoy the chance to still President and man had Notre Dame quarterback come back to campus,” Paxson not yet stepped foot on the Brady Quinn had an efficient said. moon. The Irish dominance day, passing for nearly 300 Paxson spoke briefly about the over that span has remained yards and scampering for a responsibility of Notre Dame’s unaltered as Notre Dame 19-yard touchdown. students to support the players improved to 7-1 with a 38-14 “I didn’t know he could run throughout the season, and said victory over Midshipmen. that fast!” freshman Brock that students’ enthusiasm at Freshman Brendan Hagerman said. “If Quinn con­ games is a strong factor in the McQueeney attended the tinues to take over games like team’s success. game and said M&T Bank he has the past couple “I can see what impact student Stadium in Baltimore, Md. weeks, his chances for the ... bodies have on games and on was “mostly in favor of the Heisman Trophy will only con­ their team,” Paxson said. “It’s Irish .” tinue to increase.” nice when students are behind “However there were obvi­ After giving up over 200 the guys that work so hard.” ously pockets of Navy sup­ yards in the first half to the Brey agreed, saying that the port,” he said. “The atmos­ Midshipmen’s option offense, quality of the support from stu­ phere was unbelievable and the defense made adjustments dents and the full integration of was well worth the ten-hour and helped the Irish cruise to student athletes into the drive.” a lopsided victory. University community allows Notre Dame’s consecutive “Navy’s offense became too Notre Dame to stand out among predictable and it was just a its peers. win streak over Navy — 43 FRANCESCA SETA/The Observer games — is the longest such The leprechaun performs push-ups with the cheerleaders streak in not only division-one see GAME/page 6 after a Notre Dame touchdown against Navy. see TICKETS/page 6 ND democrats try Diverse dinner aids needy to rally supporters By ROHAN ANAND News Writer like Indiana University South By AMANDA MICHAELS Bend and Indiana State, they McGlinn Hall’s first Meal of Assistant News Editor were still satisfied with the Nations event filled more than turnout. just stomachs Sunday — it also With less than two weeks “Even though we expected filled a need to raise money and until Election Day, the Notre more schools to come, it ended awareness to benefit Our Lady of Dame College Democrats up being a very successful Fatima Parish in Hondo Valle, (NDCD) staged a “Campus event with very good turnout,” Dominican Republic. Invasion” this weekend, bring­ said Caitlin Conway, member The event was hosted by the ing together Notre Dame, of the NDCD and intern for the Vietnamese Students Saint Mary’s and Ball State Donnelly campaign. “We cov­ Association, the Filipino University students to canvass ered a lot of precincts, and the American Students Organization, the St. Joseph County area for students from Ball State really the African Students Association the Joe Donnelly for Congress helped out.” (ASA), the Hawaii Club and the campaign. Canvassers were spread Caribbean Students Association. The event united approxi­ throughout St. Joseph County The campus-wide event hailed mately 25 students — three of on Saturday and Sunday, with exotic food from all of these cul­ which came from Ball State in groups of five per neighbor­ tural organizations and seemed Muncie, Ind. — and while hood. Each individual to promote its cause in a unique organizers had initially approached 40 or more hous- way, said junior Lauren Gamboa, DUSTIN MENNELLA/The Observer expected participants from Hawaiian native Bryce Chung performs a traditional hula dance with other schools in the region, see POLITICS/page 6 see MEAL/page 4 members of the Hawaii club at McGlinn Hall’s first Meal of Nations. page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Monday, October 30, 2006

In s id e C o lu m n Question of the Day: W h o is y o u r f a v o r ite p e r s o n in th e w o r l d a n d w h y? Weis uninhibited

I’m sure you saw it. And in case you didn’t, I’m sure someone in your dorm taped it. Alicen Foresman Andrew Saville Drew Davy Andrea Teske Ben Willis “60 Minutes” essentially advertised their piece last night on Charlie Weis as senior fresh m a n fresh m a n fresh m a n sophom ore “Weis Uninhibited” Pangborn Dillon A lu m n i Breen-Phillips Siegfried and starting out, Ryan Sydlik that’s what it “The stir-fry seemed to be. But “Pucettius the "The m akers o f “My old drum after the first few Sicel because Tropicana Tumminello instructor cook at South minutes, the por­ News Writer I’m a classics because I live because he’s big because he Dining Hall trayal changed. It because he was still “Weis nerd. ” on orange juice. sexy. ” taught me Uninhibited”, but it There are 18 everything I knows how to had a very different kind of frankness. cartons in my need to know cook my meat There are many complicated people in dorm room." about well. ’’ the world, but Charlie Weis will never be one of them. His behavior focuses on percussion. ’’ two simple goals: 1) Complete, utter and undisputed victory and 2) Family. Sometimes you have to prove a point. One way to make your case is to reason with someone. Example: “Hey, I need you guys to work hard in practice In B r ie f because if you do you can get stronger and win more games, so pretty please, William Franke of could you run a littler faster today?” Vanderbilt University will Ok, I’ll step back a bit. Appeals to rea­ p r e s e n t a le c tu r e e n title d son are not necessarily that wimpy and “Scripture as Theophany in ineffective. After all, Weis has been D an te’s P a ra d iso ’” today at known to use simple math to encourage 4:30 p.m. in 210 McKenna recruits. Example: four Super Bowl H all. Refreshments will be rings X you = you + NFL. But everyone, served. by their human nature, will have peri­ ods in their life where they are tired, T he film “Harlan County, lazy, or just a little too comfortable when USA” will be shown today at they shouldn’t be. So, how does one 4:30 p.m. in C-100 Hesburgh solve a simple problem of human Center Auditorium as part of nature? Using very loud, but yet very the Labor History Film Series. basic methods! The film, documenting a cole Jimmy Johnson, former coach of the miners’ strike in 1973, will be Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins, accompanied by speaker Dan once criticized head coaches who say Graff. they rank God and family ahead of coaching. He said something to the Painter Leonard Porter will effect that many, if not most, coaches p r e s e n t a le c tu r e e n title d spend an hour a week in church, two “Painting in a Classical hours with family and the other 165 Landscape” today at 4:30 hours in a week doing something related p.m. in 104 Bond Hall. to coaching. It even seemed that he him­ DUSTIN MENNELLA/The Observer self was conceding the fact that he was Junior Zan-wei Khaw participates in the Great Lakes Conference Championship, The Class of 2008 will pres­ living an upside down life. which the Notre Dame men’s water polo club hosted this past weekend. The club ent Verbinski’s film “T he Weis said he was a brutally honest team went 3-1 in its four games. Ring” in Washington Hall man in the “60 Minutes” piece and by tonight at 8 p.m. the frank tone of his voice, I believed every word he said. Many coaches live W alter M. Miller, Jr. will personal tragedies obscured by false g iv e a le c tu r e e n title d “A public glory. But while they might feel O ffbea t Canticle for Leibowitz” hopeless in dealing with family, Weis tonight at 8 p.m. in 155 lacks that major (law. Just as he’ll use Black cat adoptions industry it’s pretty typical With a penchant for cus­ DeBartolo Hall. This event is any words necessary to win a football banned on Halloween that shelters don’t do adop­ tom-made fangs, striking open to the public and is the game, he also said he’d do anything nec­ BOISE, Idaho — No black tions of black cats or white make-up and gothic clothes, second of four lectures in the essary to remain a faithful husband and cat will cross your path this bunnies because of the members of the London Catholic Culture Series a dedicated father. And though he might Halloween, not if a northern whole satanic sacrificial Vampyre Group (LVG) say “Rediscovering Four Catholic be vulgar on the field, he’s certainly not Idaho animal shelter can thing,” Morgan said. “If we it’s their fascination with the A uthors.” one to bring his work home with him. help it. Like many shelters prevent one animal from romantic notion of vampires, “I don’t do anything for just me. I don’t around the country, the getting hurt, then it serves rather than any darker Michael Neill will present a play golf. I don’t go fishing. I don’t even Kootenai Humane Society in its purpose.” intent, that draws them le c tu r e entitled ‘“The little go to a ball game,” is a witty Weis crack, Coeur d’Alene is prohibiting together. dogs and all’: Ceremony, but it speaks volumes about his priori­ black cat adoptions from Vampyre club seeking new “People who think they’re Nakedness, Shame and the ties. The priests at Notre Dame might now to Nov. 2, fearing the members un-dead, hundreds of years Deconsecration of Kingship in have been offended by Weis’ language animals could be mistreated LONDON — Vampyres are old, or that you have to King Lear’” tomorrow at last night, but they should take much in Halloween pranks — or prowling for new recruits in drink blood if you’re inter­ 5:00 p.m. in 210 McKenna greater solace in the fact he is a symbol worse, sacrificed in some London as Halloween ested in the dark side of Hall. for the whole world to see the impor­ satanic ritual. approaches to partake in things, we can put them tance of the bedrock institution of family. The risk may be remote, wild parties, trips to right on that,” LVG’s Mick To submit information to be Are Weis' means pretty? Not always. said the shelter’s executive Transylvania and bat spot­ Smith, 57, told Reuters. included in this section of The But is he an honest man living towards director, Phil Morgan. ting nights — but coffin- Observer, e-mail detailed the ends of a noble life? You better “It’s kind of an urban leg­ dwelling, blood drinkers Information compiled information about an event to (insert your favorite Charliesm here) end. But in the humane need not apply. from the Associated Press. [email protected] believe it.

Contact Ryan Sydlik at rsydlik@n d. edu. TODAY TONIGHT TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY The views expressed in the Inside tr Column are those of the author and LU not necessarily those o f The Observer.

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Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sex at leading school offenders on probation or parole in Tennessee are banned from Halloween costume parties this Studentsffacult\) celebrate trustees' decision year and aren’t even allowed to put up decorations like jack-o- lanterns that might attract Associated Press Fernandes, 50, was a divi­ youngsters. sive and ineffective leader The new state guidelines are WASHINGTON — The as provost. They said the meant to clarify policies that board of trustees of the board ignored surveys by prevent offenders from interact­ nation’s premier school for students and faculty during ing with children, said Board of the deaf voted Sunday to the presidential search that Probation and Parole terminate the appointment called her “unacceptable.” spokesman Jack Elder, and of the incoming president, The faculty voted this were not enacted in response to who had been the subject of month, 82 percent to 18 any specific problems the board protests, the board percent, for Fernandes to has seen during the Halloween announced. resign or be removed. season. The vote at Gallaudet Fernandes had refused to Tennessee isn’t the only state AP University came after a day­ resign, saying it would hurt keeping close watch on sex Students migrate toward the Lake Street entrance to State Street long closed-door meeting the university to allow offenders during Halloween. for the annual Halloween Party in Madison, Wis. on Saturday. that followed a month of protests to determine the New York issued similar protests by students and school’s leadership. She said Halloween restrictions for sex with children other than their offenders whose crimes involved faculty members. Jane she had become a lightning offenders this year and imposed own, said county police Cpl. minors. Fernandes, the school’s for­ rod for those frustrated a 3 p.m. to 6 a.m. Halloween Michael Hill. “No matter what their sex mer provost, had been about changes in deaf cul­ curfew on them. Sex offenders The Tennessee restrictions offense might have been, they selected in May to take ture because she hadn't in Lima, Ohio, and Gaston prohibit sex offenders from must adhere to the same rules,” office in January. learned to use American County, N.C., were ordered to attending special Halloween Elder said. “Any sex offender is “Although undoubtedly Sign Language until she was attend meetings with authorities events like corn field mazes and not supposed to have contact there will be some members in her 20s. that coincide with the prime haunted houses, handing out with minors. They all sign the of the community who have Celebrations broke out on hours for trick-or-treating. treats, displaying Halloween same directives.” differing views on the mean­ campus when the decision Maryland has even told sex decorations, accompanying That even means that offend­ ing of this decision, we was announced. Professor offenders on parole or probation trick-or-treating children or ers with children must find believe that it is a necessity Diane Morton, who joined to keep their porch lights turned wearing costumes. someone else to accompany at this point,” the board said protesters for a rally at the off Tuesday night. In addition, They apply to all sex offenders them on trick-or-treating walks, in a written statement. university gymnasium, said Baltimore County will pay about on probation or parole — about he said. And if other children Fernandes did not imme­ students were “elated” 20 plainclothes officers overtime 2,000 of the 8,100 registered knock on their doors on diately respond to an e-mail when protest leaders to work the streets and look for offenders living in the state — Halloween, the offenders must seeking comment. received the e-mailed sex offenders who have contact and not specifically to those not answer. Protesters had said announcement.

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outreach, will receive the pro­ McGlinn Hall President junior involved,” she said. club member Theophilus Ossei- ceeds from the Meal of Nations. Taryn Lewis felt the event The cultural groups, such as Anto, from Ghana, “but our con­ Meal “The store will only charge its “brought authenticity to the ASA, were also glad that nections with [Gamboa] and the continued from page 1 customers three percent of the McGlinn” and was pleased with their contributions — such as help of McGlinn are getting our costs,” Lynch said. “So that peo­ its success. preparing Cameroonian Poulet voice out on campus, and we’re McGlinn’s multi-cultural commis­ ple can afford to buy any grocery “Our residents and other Notre du directeur general (Chicken of also glad to be a help in any way sioner. items whenever they need it. Dame students are really getting the CEO) — put them on the that we can.” “We gave patrons the opportu­ Many grocers in the Dominican a feel for the situation down in map. nity to enjoy dishes ranging from Republic only sell certain prod­ the Dominican Republic and “We’re a really quiet organiza­ Contact Rohan Anand at Malawi Chicken from the ASA to ucts when they exist in excess.” we’re really happy to be tion on campus,” said sophomore [email protected] Hal Pio from the Hawaii Club,” she said. “There were also dance presentations from the Hawaiian and Filipino groups.” The purpose carries additional Ave Maria School of Law offers a rigorous curriculum that successfully prepares graduates for significance for McGlinn Hall the practice of law in all jurisdictions throughout the U.S. Our students benefit from an emphasis on because its rector, Sister Mary Lynch, SSJ, visited Our Lady of ethics, natural law, the moral foundations of law, and the rich Catholic intellectual tradition. Fatima a few years ago and saw it as a huge anchor for a poverty- Inspired by Pope John Paul IPs encyclical, Fides et Ratio, Ave Maria School of Law produces stricken community in a third- graduates who are extremely well prepared for the practice of law and will approach their legal world country. “The Parish [at Our Lady of careers as an extension of their personal values and faith. Fatima] offers services that the Dominican government doesn’t Ave Maria graduates have: offer or charges more than the people can afford,” she said. ♦ Taken the bar exam in 33 states, achieving a first-time pass rate of 88 percent “Twenty-thousand people are ♦ Secured 34 prestigious judicial clerkships, 28 of these with federal courts part of the parish, and they’re divided into small groups called, ♦ Accepted employment at national and regional law firms, federal and state agencies, and ‘campos,’ each of which contain a host of public-interest organizations a spiritual leader.” Posters in the 24-hour lounge Visit Ave Maria’s website for information about the Law School’s generous scholarship program. of McGlinn contained pictures .s. and descriptions of the Church’s As many as 20 full-tuition awards will be granted to members of the 2007 entering class. outreach program. A wide range of services are available to them, including involvement in the sacramental life, discovering new water sources, education and community farming. (734) 827-8063 Lynch is also a friend of Sister AYE MARIA www.avemarialaw.edu Jean Reilly, CSJ, of the St. Joseph Parish in Philadelphia, who is SCHOOL o f LAW 3475 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Ml 48105 organizing a pharmacy and gro­ cery store in Hondo Valle. The store, also a part of the Church’s ALL PHONES ARE FREE! THE POWER TO PICK THE ONE YOU WANT

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International N e w s Militants kill 23 Iraqi policemen Parties set for upcoming election BAGHDAD — Suspected Sunni A rab gun­ men killed 23 policemen Sunday, including Democrats claim momentum, Republicans hope to mobilize base before Nov. 7 17 in one attack in the predominantly Shiite southern city of Basra, signaling the possible start of an intensified insurgent campaign Associated Press against Iraq’s predominantly Shiite Muslim WASHINGTON — Repub- security forces. licans on Sunday said a Political tension deepened in Baghdad when major voter turnout effort Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, the coun­ would help them stay in try’s highest-ranking Sunni politician, threat­ power after the Nov. 7 elec­ ened to resign if Prime Minister Nouri al- tions, while Democrats Maliki did not act quickly to eradicate two claimed momentum as they feared Shiite militias. seek to tap into voter unhap­ Al-Maliki, a Shiite, depends heavily on the piness over Iraq. backing of the two Shiite political parties that Both sides agreed that the run the militias and has resisted American war in Iraq was a leading, if pressure to eradicate the private armies — not central, issue in the con­ the Mahdi Army of radical cleric Muqtada al- tests to decide control of the Sadr and the Badr Brigade, the military wing House and Senate. of Iraq’s biggest Shiite political bloc, the “This election is becoming Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution more and more a referen­ in Iraq. dum on George Bush, his failed policies both overseas Serbia resolves to reclaim Kosovo and at home with a rubber BELGRADE — Serbian voters have approved stamp Congress,” said Sen. a new constitution reasserting Serbia’s claim Charles Schumer of New over the breakaway Kosovo province, inde­ York, head of the Senate pendent observers and Serbia’s prime minister Democratic campaign com­ said Sunday. mittee. The Belgrade-based Center for Free His Republican counter­ Elections and Democracy said their sample part, Sen. Elizabeth Dole of count after polls closed in the two-day vote North Carolina, said Iraq indicated that 96 percent of those who partici­ and the broader fight pated in the referendum supported the draft against terrorism were charter. important issues, but At least 50 percent of the country’s 6.6 mil­ “President Bush’s name is lion voters had to participate for the results to not on the ballot.” Dem­ be valid and the group estimated turnout at ocrats, she said, were trying 53.3 percent. “to make it a national refer­ The final result is expected on Monday. endum.” Schumer and Dole were among the politicians and party leaders who sparred N ational N e w s on the Sunday talk shows just nine days before the Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., greets Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at the National Press Audit highlights missing weapons elections. Club in Washington Oct. 25 to discuss the upcoming November elections. WASHINGTON — Nearly one of every 25 Democrats need a gain of weapons the military bought for Iraqi security 15 seats to win control of the coming days. advantage, especially in the House Ways and Means forces is missing, a government audit said 435-member House and six “Despite a war gone House, “don’t mean any­ Committee. The New York Sunday. Many others cannot be repaired seats to claim the 100-mem- wrong and no plan for victo­ thing, because what we have lawmaker is now the panel’s because parts or technical manuals are lacking. ber Senate. ry, politicians like (Rep.) Rob are 435 individual races all senior Democrat. A second report found "significant challenges With approval slumping Simmons keep voting to stay around the country, local Last week, Vice President remain that put at risk” the U.S. military’s goal for both the war and the the course again and again,” candidates running on local Dick Cheney contended of strengthening Iraqi security forces by trans­ president, recent polls show says one commercial, airing issues.” Rangel wanted to undo pop­ ferring all logistics operations to the defense Democrats have their best in Connecticut. “If we mobilize all our vot­ ular tax cuts enacted during ministry by the end of 2007. chance to reclaim the I louse Democrats have increased ers, we’ll do well on Election Bush’s first term. Cheney’s A third report concerned the Provincial since the GOP sw ept them the number of races where Day,” Boehner said. claim was based in part on Reconstruction Team program, in which U.S. from power in 1994, and a they are advertising in Ken Mehlman, chairman Rangel’s own remark that he government experts help Iraqis develop regional shot at capturing the Senate recent days, a sign of confi­ of the Republican National could not think of one of governmental institutions. “The unstable securi­ as well. dence as the election Committee, sounded a com­ Bush’s tax cuts that merited ty environment in Iraq touches every aspect of As the candidates entered approaches. In addition to mon Republican theme — renewal. the PRT program,” the report said. their final full week of cam­ new offensives in Kansas, that a Democratic-led “Once again the vice presi­ paigning, House Democrats Kentucky and New Hamp­ Congress would mean high­ dent hasn’t the slightest clue St. Louis named most dangerous city worked to emphasize the shire, officials disclosed er taxes. Democrats accused about what he’s talking ST. LOUIS — Just days after the St. Louis GOP role in the Iraq war. plans to run commercials him of scare tactics. about. He’s never talked Cardinals won the top honor in Major The party’s campaign com­ against Republican Rep. Jim Mehlman suggested with me and neither has League Baseball, their hometown jumped mittee said it would air tele­ Walsh this week in the area “across-the-board tax anyone in the administration to first place on a list no one wants to vision commercials criticiz­ around Syracuse, N.Y. increases affecting millions about taxes,” Rangel said lead: the most dangerous cities in the ing Republicans for support­ House Majority Leader of Americans” if Democratic Sunday. Rangel said his own United States. ing the war in about a dozen John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Rep. Charles Rangel became remarks referred to broad- This Midwestern city has long been in competitive races in the polls showing a Democratic chairman of the tax-writing based tax overhaul efforts. the upper tiers of the annual ranking of the nation’s safest and most dangerous cities, compiled by Morgan Quitno Press. Violent crime surged nearly 20 percent N igeria there this year, when the rate of such crimes rose much faster in the Midwest than in the rest of nation, according to FBI figures released in June. Nearly 100 dead in plane crash

Associated Press minute after taking off from Abuja blackened corpses from the Lo ca l N e w s airport, said Sam Adurogboye, an wreckage, then covered the bodies ABUJA — A Nigerian airliner Aviation Ministry spokesman. with white sheets and hauled Program to boost Hispanic business with 104 people on board President Olusegun Obasanjo them away in stretchers. An INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Chamber slammed into the ground moments ordered an immediate investiga­ Associated Press reporter counted of Commerce’s Hispanic Business Council has after takeoff on Sunday — the tion into the cause of the crash, at least 50 cadavers, though other developed a program to boost growth in central third deadly crash of a passenger his spokeswoman Remi Oyo said. bodies had been transported earli­ Indiana’s Hispanic-owned business population plane in less than a year in this Rescue workers found debris er to local morgues. The Mentor-Protege Program aims to provide West African nation known for its from the smashed plane, body Through the day, airport securi­ leadership for the creation, growth, development, notoriously unsafe air industry. parts and luggage strewn over an ty officials kept back anxious peo­ and retention of Hispanic businesses throughout Six people survived, and the rest area the size of a football field. ple seeking information about the Indianapolis area. were believed dead. The plane went down inside the friends or loved ones. The program is designed to develop and grow Among those killed was the man sprawling airport compound about Adurogboye said 104 passengers three to five Hispanic-owned businesses each regarded as the spiritual leader of two miles from the runway. Smoke and crew had been aboard the year for a three-year period and foster the estab­ Nigeria’s Muslims, and thousands rose from the aircraft’s mangled doomed flight, and he knew of six lishment of long-term business relationships of people gathered at a regional and smoldering fuselage. Its tail survivors who had been taken to a between protege companies and majority corpo­ airport to receive his body. hung from a tree. hospital. “Obviously the rest are rations. The Boeing 737 crashed one Emergency workers pulled feared dead,” he said. page 6 The Observer ♦ CAMPUS NEVC^S Monday, October 30, 2006

said. Nike and PepsiCo. procedure for buying basket­ MBA The central mission of the MBA “Recruiters tell us our innova­ Tickets ball tickets is very similar to career development team is to tive, integrative curriculum the routine from last year. continued from page 1 connect students with career focused on problem-solving continued from page 1 “We did streamline it a bit by opportunities. Dowd said the meshes well with their hiring doing away with wristbands investment, or the number of team provides tools that can be needs,” Dowd said. “One thing about our guys ... and making tickets available years it takes former students to used in all stages of career deci­ Huang said Notre Dame gives they live with you, they eat at immediately following the recover the financial investment sion making: “figuring out what’s students a well-rounded educa­ North and South Dining Hall, event or on subsequent days to required for the graduate pro­ important to you now, exploring tion that encompasses both busi­ they do the same things [aca­ better accommodate student gram. options, developing market posi­ ness and ethics. demically!,” Brey said. “[And schedules,” he said. Students can get a quicker tioning strategies, evaluating “The most important thing is then | they have to go out and Berio also said fans can look return on investment by “choos­ alternatives, making decisions not just to teach them about the compete in the Big East.” forward to a great season with ing a mid-tier program as and re-evaluating your situation financial tools of the trade, but to Entertainment for Thursday’s a full Joyce Center. opposed to one in the top five,” on an ongoing basis. teach how to do the right thing, ” event was provided by the Pom “It is a bit early to know how according to research disclosed “We don’t offer this service to he said. “It is not just about Squad, members of the band, ticket sales will be for this on the BusinessWeek Web site. boost the rankings, but because it preparing them for Wall Street, cheerleaders and a video year,” he said. “However, thus “The mid-tier schools like is the best way to help our stu­ but for the world. After all, we showing highlights from past far they appear strong and Wisconsin, Notre dents and alumni are Notre Dame.” games. Students in the audi­ similar to previous seasons.” D am e and manage their The University of Chicago ence were selected to partici­ Students’ opinions of Rochester did very “It is not just about careers in a way topped the list, followed by the pate in free throw contests and Thursday’s event were mixed, a relay with players, and prizes but most agreed that this year’s well in the [return preparing [studen ts] that is ultimately MBA programs at the University on investment] forward-moving of Pennsylvania and were given out to some of the price for season tickets was a analysis. You can fo r Wall Street, but and satisfying,” Northwestern University. The winners. bargain. recoup your for the world. ” she said. complete list can be viewed at the At the conclusion of the Freshman Joseph Nachio investment in five Overall, starting BusinessWeek Web site. event, students were able to was pleased with the process years or less,” salaries for MBA The BusinessWeek rankings redeem their vouchers and for purchasing tickets overall. Robert Huang said associate edi­ graduates are “on were based on a three-part purchase season ticket books. “It seems really easy, well tor Louis Lavelle chair the rise,” the methodology: student surveys (45 “[The process] is a little bit structured, land] pretty con­ on the m agazine’s finance department magazine said. percent of the ranking), corpo­ convoluted, but it’s worth it venient,” he said. “[And the Web site. “The “One of the rate recruiter surveys (45 per­ because I’m a sports fan,” price] is really good — sixty top-ranked biggest surprises cent) and the analysis of “intellec­ freshman Kia Johnson said. bucks and you’re getting a full schools ... all did pretty poorly. was how well this year’s grads tual capital, ” as based on journal “And for basketball [the price] season.” You’re looking at 12 to 15 years fared in the job market,” Lavelle articles written by faculty mem­ is pretty reasonable.” before you break even.” said on the Web site. “We found bers (10 percent). For the 2006 Josh Berio, director of ticket Contact Steve Kerins at Karen Dowd, Senior Director of that the average salary for our edition, the magazine used sur­ operations, said that this year’s [email protected] Career Development at Mendoza, top 30 schools was up more than veys results from 9,000 gradu­ said the MBA program’s focus on $8,000, or about 9.7 percent, to ates and more than 200 “leadership in thought, action $95,000, which doesn’t include recruiters. and values-based decision mak­ signing bonuses [and other finan­ Notre Dame was also ranked ing” prepares graduates not only cial rewards].” 32nd among the world’s top 100 in their first few years post-grad­ According to the MBA program full-time MBA programs by the NEW DUBLIN VILLAGE uation, but also later on as their Web site, 93 percent of 2005 Economist Intelligence Unit in careers progress. graduates seeking employment results released Oct. 12. 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Monday, October 30,2006 page 7 M a r k et R e c a p CEO: AK Steel still not for sale Jones 12’090-26 7340 As lockout of labor employees nears ninth month, some analysts predict takeover

Ufx Same; Down: Composite Volume: Associated Press 1,161 126 2,114 2,463,333,180 CINCINNATI — As a lock­ AMEX 1,983.34 out of union employees -28.48 nears its ninth month, AK NASDAQ______2.350.62 Steel executives insist that NYSE 8,779.87 -65.45 they are not shopping the S&P 500 1,377.34 -11.74 Ohio company even though NIKKEI(Tokyo) 16,483.60 185.47 some analysts think it is being eyed for a possible FTSE lOO(London) 6,160.90 -23.90 takeover. “We are all about improv­ CO M PA N Y %CHANGE | $GAIN | PRICE ing our competitiveness,” NASDAQ 100 TR (QQQQ) „, 42 .0.61 42.21 CEO James Wainscott told investors last week. “If in INTEL CP (INTC) .3 08 -0.67 21.10 the process of doing that it SUN MICROSYS (SUNW) +2 6 | + 0 .1 4 5.50 makes us more attractive, MICROSOFT CP (MSFT) ,0.04 -0.01 28.34 so be it; but we are not activ ely m a rk e tin g AK Steel.” Some analysts believe that potential suitors are just 10-YEAR NOTE -0.97 -0.046 4.675 waiting for AK to resolve its 13-WEEK BILL -0.20 -0.010 4.965 labor problems. The compa­ 30-YEAR BOND -0.93 -0.045 4.796 ny has been operating its largest mill, the Middletown 5-YEAR NOTE -1.30 -0.061 4.632 Works, about 30 miles north of Cincinnati, with replace­ UGHT CRUDE ($/bbl.) + 0.39 60.75 ment workers since it began a lockout March 1. GOLD ($/Troy oz.) + 1.20 601.00 “There have been lots of PORK BELLIES (cents/lb.) -0.15 92.03 takeover rumors,” said ana­ lyst Charles Bradford, of YEN Bradford Research/Soleil 117.5300 Securities in New York. EURO 0.7849 “The industry is consolidat­ POUND 0.5266 ing, and they (AK Steel) are subject to takeover because CANADIAN $ l.l 193 they are relatively small and flexible. If they solve their (labor) problems, they In B r ief become more attractive.” Union member Greg Wells reacts after the announcement that union workers at AK Industry analyst Michael Steel's Middletown Works rejected a contract offer in Middletown, Ohio Oct. 18. Locker, who has been a con­ Bans could derail Great Lakes fishing sultant to the union that September and a similar tivity has increased 36 per­ “The bottom line is we are TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A government crack­ represents the locked-out one in October that would cent, Wainscott said. prepared to operate in this down on live fish shipments from the Great Lakes workers, said he believes have had everybody back to The Middletown Works fashion indefinitely if we states is intended to check the spread of a deadly AK has had a lot of lookers, work in 90 days. After that, had about 2,700 hourly pro­ need to do so,” Wainscott aquatic virus, but critics say it could devastate but no takers. the company put a signifi­ duction and maintenance said. “Having said that, just the region’s fishing industry. “Obviously, small and cantly worse offer on the workers in January. When it as we have for the past 11 In an emergency order last week, the U.S. medium-sized mills are fac­ table. became evident that some months, we will continue to Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant ing consolidation,” Locker AK has said the Middle­ kind of job action was emi­ bargain in good faith to Health Inspection Service banned interstate said. “What I hear is that town Works operates at a nent, a wave of resignations reach a labor agreement transport of 37 species of live fish from the eight nearly every international $40-a-ton cost disadvantage began as workers who had that allows us to compete at states adjacent to the Great Lakes. Importing producer that is interested and the company must have 30 years seniority took Middletown Works.” those species from the Canadian provinces of in buying into the U.S. m ar­ a contract that eliminates advantage of their eligibility Wainscott has gone out of Ontario and Quebec also was prohibited. ket has looked at AK.” work force guarantees, to retire with full benefits. his way to tell investors that The agency’s target is viral hemorrhagic sep­ But nobody wants to take allows greater flexibility in The work force had AK is happy with its niche ticemia, which poses no risk to humans but caus­ on AK’s current legacy costs scheduling, passes on some dropped to about 2,500 market status and wants to es internal bleeding in fish. VHS was discovered for pensions and health health care insurance costs when union workers were stay independent. in the region last year and is blamed for fish kills care, he said. and converts a defined ben­ locked out on Feb. 28, when “We’re not for sale,” he in lakes Erie, Ontario and St. Clair and the St. “Until that is resolved in a efits pension to a contributo­ their contract expired. More also told analysts in July. Lawrence River. favorable way that both par­ ry plan. retirements and resigna­ “This is a company that is Among species susceptible to the virus are pop­ ties can live with, I don’t Since W ainscott’s team tions have reduced union standing alone, and we hope ular sport fish such as chinook and coho salmon, think you’re going to attract took over management of membership to just over to do so more profitably.” rainbow trout, walleye and yellow perch. much of an interest among AK Steel three years ago, 1,800 — about the same He repeated that assess­ Federal officials do not know how the virus, buyers,” Locker said. the total work force has number of replacement m ent w hen AK announced long a problem in Europe, reached the Great Union workers voted been cut from around 9,000 workers who were hired to its profitable third-quarter Lakes. But state fishery managers believe it came down a contract proposal in to about 6,600 and produc­ keep the mill going. results last week. in ballast tanks of oceangoing cargo ships, con­ sidered a leading source of exotic species such as zebra mussels that are damaging the lakes’ ecol­ ogy- Scientists resign to avoid crackdown Stocks down on slow GDP growth WASHINGTON — Nearly 40 percent of the sci­ entists conducting hands-on research at the Associated Press growth, the report underscored con­ Poor’s 500 index slipped 11.74, or National Institutes of Health say they are look­ cern that a cooling housing market 0.85 percent, to 1,377.34, and the ing for other jobs or are considering doing so to NEW YORK — Stocks pulled back could spill over into other parts of the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index escape new ethics rules that have curtailed Friday after a government report economy. fell 28.48, or 1.20 percent, to their opportunity to earn outside income. stirred concerns that the economy “I think that the market actually 2,350.62. Technology stocks retreated Most scientists say the ethics crackdown is too may be slowing too much. was poised for profit-taking and con­ Friday afternoon following a report severe, and nearly three-quarters of them Investors have bid up stocks solidation,” said Quincy Krosby, chief from Goldman Sachs Inc. that warned believe it will hinder the government’s ability to sharply in October on the notion that investment strategist at The Hartford. of weakness in orders for computer attract and keep medical researchers, accord­ the economy is slowing, but not in a She contends the GDP report gave parts. ing to a survey commissioned by the govern­ way that would threaten corporate investors an excuse to catch their Over all, the major indices showed ment’s premier medical research agency. profits and consumer spending, breath after the recent run-up and gains for the week despite Friday’s The tightened rules were put in place last year investors are also counting on a grad­ called the pullback a healthy pause. decline. The Dow rose 0.73 percent after NIH found dozens of scientists had ran ual slowdown to reduce the threat of The Dow Jones industrial average for the week, while the S&P gained afoul of existing restrictions on private consult­ inflation and convince the Federal was down 73.40, or 0.60 percent, at 0.64 percent and the Nasdaq added ing deals that had enriched them with money Reserve to lower short-term interest 12,090.26. The Dow Jones industrials 0.36 percent. Despite the overall from drug and biotechnology compa­ rates. achieved a new high close in each of advances in the market, the S&P nies. While investors expected Friday’s previous four sessions and 13 of the stands about 9.8 percent below its Outside income from such companies is now advance reading on gross domestic previous 18 sessions. high close of 1,527.46 and the banned. 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Associated Press food containing artificial trans dous improvement for the Trans fats significantly raise large that any rule change is fats. nutritional quality of their the level of so-called “bad” likely to ripple nationwide. NEW YORK — There are Eateries are scrambling for foods,” said the center’s execu­ cholesterol in the blood, clog­ “It’s going to be the trendset­ plenty of things in Kentucky ways to get trans fats out of tive director, Mike Jacobson. ging arteries and causing heart ter for the entire country,” said Fried Chicken that are bad for their food. Invented in the early 1900s, disease. Researchers at Suzanne Vieira, director of the your health — cholesterol, sat­ KFC Corp. said it was plan­ partially hydrogenated veg­ Harvard’s School of Public culinary nutrition program at urated fat and salt, to name a ning a “major announcement” etable oil was initially believed Health estimated that trans fats Johnson & Wales University in few. But only one has the in New York on Monday about to be a healthy substitute for contribute to 30,000 U.S. Providence, R.I. potential to get the colonel’s a change coming to all 5,500 of natural fats like butter or lard. deaths a year. Richard Lipsky, a spokesman recipe banned in New York its U.S. restaurants. Franchise It was also cheaper, performed “This is something we’d like for the Neighborhood Retail City. owners told several newspa­ better under high heat and had to dismiss from our food sup­ Alliance, said many New York That ingredient is artificial pers and magazines that KFC a longer shelf life. Today, it is ply,” said Dr. Robert H. Eckel, eatery owners rely on ingredi­ trans fatty acids, which are so would stop using partially used for deep frying and as a immediate past president of the ents prepared elsewhere, and common that the average hydrogenated vegetable oil — shortening in baked goods like American Heart Association. aren't always aware whether American eats 4.7 pounds a the primary source of artificial cookies and crackers. Wendy’s, the national burger the foods they sell contain year, according to the Food and trans fats. Ironically, many fast food chain, has already switched to trans fats. Drug Administration. City Representatives of the com­ companies became dependent a zero-trans fat oil. McDonald’s Consumer reaction remains health officials say these so- pany and its parent, Louisville, on hydrogenated oil about 15 announced in 2003 that it to be seen. called trans fats are so Ky.-based Yum Brands Inc., years ago when they were intended to do so, but has yet New Jersey state Sen. Ellen unhealthy they belong in the declined to comment, but the pressured by health groups to to follow through. Karcher said her office was same category as food spoiled possible switch was applauded do something about saturated If approved, New York’s ban flooded with threatening phone by rodent droppings. by the Center for Science in the fat. McDonald’s emptied its fry­ would only affect restaurants, calls after she proposed a simi­ On Monday, the Board of Public Interest, which sued ers of beef tallow in 1990 and not grocery stores, and would­ lar trans fat ban in early Health will hold its first public KFC in June over the trans fat filled them with what was then n’t extend beyond the city lim­ October. A proposed ban in hearing on a proposal to make content of its chicken. thought to be “heart healthy” its. But experts said the city’s Chicago was ridiculed by some New York the first U.S. city to “Assuming KFC goes through partially hydrogenated veg­ food service industry, with as government paternalism run ban restaurants from serving with it, it would be a tremen­ etable oil. 24,600 establishments, is so amok. Virus attacks Midwest fish Teens main target of addictive beverages TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A government crackdown on live fish shipments from the Great Energy drinks create dangerous tendencies Lakes states is intended to check the spread of a deadly Associated Press energy drinks, according to aquatic virus, but critics say it Simmons Research. That rep­ could devastate the region’s CHICAGO — More than 500 resents 7.6 million teens, a fishing industry. new energy drinks launched jump of almost 3 million in In an emergency order last worldwide this year, and cof­ three years. week, the U.S. Department of fee fans are probably too old Nutritionists warn that the Agriculture’s Animal and Plant to understand why. drinks, laden with caffeine Health Inspection Service Energy drinks aren’t merely and sugar, can hook kids on banned interstate transport of popular with young people. an unhealthy jolt-and-crash 37 species of live fish from the They attract fan mail on their cycle. The caffeine comes eight states adjacent to the own MySpace pages. They from multiple sources, mak­ Great Lakes. Importing those spawn urban legends. They ing it hard to tell how much species from the Canadian get reviewed by bloggers. And the drinks contain. Some have provinces of Ontario and they taste like carbonated B vitamins, which when taken Quebec also was prohibited. cough syrup. in megadoses can cause rapid The agency’s target is viral Vying for the dollars of heartbeat, and numbness and hemorrhagic septicemia, which teenagers with promises of tingling in the hands and feet. poses no risk to humans but weight loss, increased But the biggest worry is causes internal bleeding in endurance and legal highs, how some teens use the fish. VHS was discovered in the the new products join top- drinks. Some report downing region last year and is blamed sellers Red Bull, Monster and several cans in a row to get a for fish kills in lakes Erie, Rockstar to make up a $3.4 buzz, and a new study found Ontario and St. Clair and the billion-a-year industry that a surprising number of poi­ St. Lawrence River. grew by 80 percent last year. son-center calls from young Among species susceptible to Thirty-one percent of U.S. people getting sick from too the virus are popular sport fish teenagers say they drink much caffeine. such as chinook and coho salmon, rainbow trout, walleye and yellow perch. AP Federal officials do not know Dan Vogler dumps uninfected mature rainbow trout into a rear­ how the virus, long a problem ing pond at his Harrietta Hills Trout Farm in Harrietta, Mich. in Europe, reached the Great E. coli outbreak to Lakes. But state fishery man­ fish programs” in the region, Dealers who supply bait agers believe it came in ballast Sam Flood, acting director of shops in Ohio buy about half tanks of oceangoing cargo the Illinois Department of their stock from other states, ships, considered a leading Natural Resources, wrote in a said Fred Snyder, an Ohio create future benefits source of exotic species such letter to the federal agency. State University extension as zebra mussels that are dam­ Dan Vogler, who raises rain­ agent. Ohio’s trout farmers get aging the lakes’ ecology. bow trout in Harrietta, about young fish to raise from other New packaging will prevent contamination The federal agency has 30 miles south of Traverse City, states. scheduled a meeting with state said the order had taken away Meanwhile, trout farmers in Associated Press and industry representatives 70 percent of his customers. Minnesota and Wisconsin have package greens,” said for Tuesday in Washington, He sends live fish to other millions of pounds ready for SAN FRANCISCO — Like Samantha Cabaluna, a D.C., to discuss regulations states for sale in restaurants stocking lakes elsewhere. lab technicians on a crime- spokeswoman for Natural aimed at containing the virus. and markets, and for stocking “All of a sudden they can’t scene television drama, Selection Foods LLC, the The emergency order “just lakes and rivers. move these fish,” Snyder said. investigators have tracked a company that packaged the puts everything on hold until The virus hasn’t been detect­ “These people are going to be strain of bacteria over thou­ tainted spinach. “Regardless we can figure out what we’re ed on any fish farm in the financially devastated.” sands of miles — from of the source or method of going to do,” spokesman Jim Great Lakes region, Vogler The National Aquaculture bagged spinach in contamination, we’re better Rogers said. said. Michigan has 47 fish Association, a fish farming Midwestern refrigerators to prepared to catch it.” But some in the region said farms, with combined sales of trade group, asked the govern­ the guts of a wild pig in the That’s little solace to vic­ they were blindsided by the $2.4 million in 2005, according ment for regulations to help hills of California’s central tims and their families. order, which could be especial­ to the USDA. prevent the virus from spread­ coast. “This was a long, convolut­ ly hard on commercial fish Greg Oswald, president of ing, said its president, Randy While they may never pin­ ed story that took a long time farms and live bait vendors. It the Minnesota Aquaculture MacMillan. He said the associ­ point the exact source of the to unfold,” said Ken Costello, also could hamper stocking Association, sells his fathead ation didn’t request the emer­ strain of E. coli blamed for whose elderly mother-in-law programs essential to the minnows for sport fishing bait gency order but understands killing three people and sick­ was among those who died. region’s $4.5 billion fishery, across the nation. He estimat­ the need. ening more than 200, they The case started with scat­ critics said. ed his business could lose It could take the federal have come closer than ever tered reports of people “This order will completely $600,000 this year and more agency two or three months before. And experts say the falling sick. A 6-year-old boy eliminate long-established in 2007 if the interstate ban just to write interim rules, investigation has yielded in Wisconsin had bad trades of sport fish between continues. MacMillan said. “In the mean­ valuable clues for preventing cramps. A 12-year-old girl in state agencies that are crucial Industry spokesmen said the time, the movement of poten­ future outbreaks. Kentucky was hospitalized to the maintenance, restora­ ban could mean live bait short­ tially infected live fish would “We’ve completely over­ with vomiting. An elderly tion and enhancement of sport ages and higher prices. continue," he said. hauled the way we test and woman died in Wisconsin. T The Observer page 10 V ie w p o in t Monday, October 30, 2006

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Le tt er s to th e E ditor Support for 'Bras Around the Bend' display Bras for a cause Sexual innuendo not

In response to Lauren Galgano’s female nurse! After surgery, chemothera­ “Downtown display inappropriate,” I find py, radiation, hundreds of check ups, goal in display her statements like a bra with no wire — needing the help of her daughter to lacking support. bathe, she is not ashamed — not I would like to respectfully dis­ up the downtown scene (for a good She should really “push up” her opinion ashamed of her bra or her breasts. agree with a letter by fellow gradu­ cause). with some facts. One in eight women in Even more so, my family and 1 used ate student Lauren Galgano in which The website graphics include a the United States will be diagnosed with humor to help her forget about the pain, she suggests that the “Bras Around simple pink ribbon, not a scantily some form of breast cancer sometime in about the sickness that came with the Bend” display in downtown clad lingerie model. As for Lauren’s their life (American Cancer Association). chemotherapy, about the loss of her hair, South Bend is a wrong-headed and idea that bras themselves are a sex This translates into about 212,920 about the trouble getting in and out of provocative attempt to use sex symbol and therefore make the dis­ women who will be found to have breast bed, about the struggle to get healthy so appeal to publicize a good cause. play inappropriate, I would have to cancer this year, and about 40,970 of she can enjoy her life once again with While I am not a big fan of much of reply that I think most anything can those women will have died from it. her family. the music played on U93 and think become a sex symbol if the viewer How can you bash a display that is The “Bras Around the Bend” display that many current pop and R&B hits intends for it to be one. intended to bring awareness and raise does not have an underlying innuendo objectify women and sex, I simply By stringing bras around trees and funds for research that can reduce the about sexuality. It is meant to raise don’t think that the radio station was lightpoles, 1 don’t think U93 or the number of women dying every single awareness through something that helps implying a similar message with the town of South Bend is attempting to year from breast cancer? thousands of individuals forget about “Bras Around the Bend” campaign conjure up images of cleavage-bar­ This disease will even affect many of their pain — through humor. And Lauren (which is also cosponsored by ing Victoria’s Secret models. Instead, the women on the Notre Dame campus in Galgano, if you cannot be mature enough LaSalle Bank and Unity Surgical I think that the bra display intends one way or another. I am one of them. My to see beyond this display, then you are Arts). and should bring to mind the mil­ mother is still in remission after being marginalizing the pain, the struggle, the Neither the advertisements I heard lions of women who are affected with diagnosed with breast cancer three years love and the support of what that display on the station nor the advertisement breast cancer, many of whom have to ago. She is a women who all her life means to hundreds of thousands of peo­ on its website carry any sort of sexu­ deal with the physical and emotional stressed about being a conservative, ple. al connotation. They simply say, side effects of having a mastectomy. upstanding woman. After being diag­ donate a bra, and for each bra nosed, she quickly realized that there is LuLu Meraz donated, monetary contributions will Rebecca McCumbers no shame for her body. This is coming sophomore be made to RiverBend Cancer grad student from a woman who was afraid to take McGlinn Hall Services. They don’t say bring your off campus her bra off for mammograms in front of a Oct. 28 laciest, raciest bra so we can spice Oct. 27

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Last year, I attended a small, private col­ try desperately not to touch anything in the lege in a middle-sized Iowa town. Students elevator, the doors open to a main floor at this college drank, but the drinking was covered with ripped newspaper and more rarely out of control. When I transferred to beer and garbage. Iowa State University, I was fully aware By Sunday, my home is completely that the alcohol con­ trashed by out-of-control drinking. I did sumption would Stephanie Eifler nothing to contribute to the destruction, increase, but I was yet I suffer from the consequences. completely oblivious Iowa State At my small, private college, the rules to its level of severity. University regarding drinking were strictly enforced. I don’t drink. I Iowa State Daily Because the rules were enforced, I was never have and most able to go to my own residence hall — my likely never will. Although I don’t under­ home — to escape the rowdy students. At stand or agree with the obsessive need for Iowa State, little is done in the residence college students to drink in excess, I don’t halls to prevent the destruction from have a problem with students who choose drinkers. Instead, people seem to turn to do so. That is, however, until I am disre­ their heads and ignore the damage as if it’s spected by intoxicated individuals who normal, acceptable behavior for 18-, 19- have lost control of themselves. and 20-year-old underage drinkers. People Unfortunately at Iowa State, this happens act as if nothing ever happened. more often than not. Something destructive does happen, Although I may not drink, I am no however, every single weekend. For some, stranger to parties. I don’t mind making an it may be entertaining to see their drunken appearance at a house or apartment burst­ accomplishments from the previous night’s ing with friends who are consuming alco­ adventure. hol because I can leave the party the For me, it’s not only frustrating but sick­ moment I feel uncomfortable or annoyed. ening as well. Obviously my choice to not The problem begins when drunken individ­ drink makes me a minority among stu­ uals find their way into my residence hall. dents at Iowa State, but I shouldn’t be My residence hall is my home. I shouldn’t forced to suffer because of that choice. My have to want to escape my own home choice is the legal choice, yet my home is because drinkers lose control, but I do. On destroyed. the weekends, it is normal for the hallways I understand underage drinking will hap­ to be exceedingly loud at three or four in pen. After all, we are in college. I don’t the morning when I am trying to sleep. support drinking, but to an extent, 1 can When I finally ignore the noise long accept its presence in my life. enough to drift away into my dreams, I am When my home and comforts are violat­ usually angrily woken up by an irritating ed, however, the line is crossed. Since I’ve fire alarm pulled by someone under the arrived at Iowa State, I have constantly felt influence who thinks the stunt is absolutely violated. I know I am not alone, but the hilarious. After descending down and only way the problem will be fixed is if it climbing up nine flights of stairs in the wee can no longer be ignored. hours of the morning, it becomes clear why I don’t appreciate drinking in excess. This column originally appeared in the On Saturday and Sunday mornings, I’m Oct. 27 edition o f the Iowa State Daily, the afraid to see or smell the interior of the daily publication at Iowa State University. elevators. Multiple times this semester, the The views expressed in this column are elevator floors have been disgustingly those of the author and not necessarily caked with beer, vomit and garbage. After I those of The Observer. I T in ' O bserver

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The dry spell following the end of summer is up and coming Maggie Gyllenbaal also makes an memory, returns to he finally over as the winter months usher in a appearance as Crick’s government-hating love m ent in the Bond serie bounty of must-see movies just in time for interest Ana Pascal. The story is interesting and awards season to begin. There is a general lull in fresh, the cast is top-notch and it seems that For Your Considerate quality film releases in the months of September director Marc Forster has inserted the right With his reliable c and October as summer blockbusters end and amount of drama, romance and comedy to make again, Christopher G studios hold their Oscar hopefuls for a release this one of 2006's most memorable films. (with Eugene Levy) “1 time closer to Oscar season, lest those films be a look into the cha forgotten come January and February. This win­ A Good Year (Nov. 10, 2006) Hollywood. The film 1 ter seems to offer it all — disturbing and riveting According to its tag line, “Everything they learn that their dramas, well-acted and fart joke-free comedies, matures... eventually.” And while the main char­ are garnering critica a Beyonce-lead musical and blond-haired, blue- acter, Max Skinner (Russell Crown), might, this Guest takes a differ! eyed Daniel Craig as the newest 007. film might have enough impact to deserve praise project. Past films “T1 usually reserved for a mature French wine. “A for Guffman,” “Best The Queen (Oct. 6, 2006 - Limited Release) Good Year,” directed by Ridley Scott and written Wind,” have all been Helen Mirren stars as Queen Elizabeth II in by Marc Klein, is based off a book written by areas such as small-) “The Queen,” a film already generating Oscar Peter Mayle. Although it is advertised as a come­ shows. “For Your Con buzz for its lead performances and deftly han­ dy, it appears to be a drama at heart. Workaholic predecessors and is dled storyline. “The Queen" fleshes out the Max Skinner suddenly receives notice that his remains largely imprc tumultuous period following the death of favorite uncle (Albert Finney) has passed away. Improvisation is a Princess Diana in August 1997, specifically After journeying to Italy to sort out the will, films. Therefore, he b through the lens of the British Royal Family and Max learns that he has inherited his uncle’s vine­ tional comedic talen their reactions. Profiling a conflict between the yard. But the Italian lifestyle does not mesh very returning for “For Y( formerly stoic royals and the phenomenal out­ well with Max’s love of work and money, and he Catherine O’Hara, E( pouring of grief among the public worldwide, must decide whether to sell off his childhood Harry Shearer, John director Stephen Frears captures this struggle in memories or make money off the vineyard. Coolidge, Parker Pos a skillful way already garnering attention from This is the crux of a journey of personal discov­ McKean, Fred Williari the press and critical film circles. ery and love. Reminiscent of “Under the Tuscan newcomer is Ricky Ge “The Queen” features performances, which are Sun” and about a million other dramatic roman­ Guest and Levy write sure to be strong, from James Cromwell (“L A. tic comedies, the film doesn’t appear to be very each character that tl Confidential”) as the Queen’s husband Prince original. But it could turn out to be a late season from as they improx Phillip, Michael Sheen (“Underworld”) as Prime surprise that garners Scott some of the credit he Long-time fans are v Minister Tony Blair and the venerable Mirren as has recently lost. and “For Your Consic the embattled Queen herself. Mirren’s perform­ pated follow-up to 2( ance has already been the cause of Oscar Casino Royale (Nov. 17, 2006) Guest’s cult-like follow rumors, as she recently won the Volpi Cup for A new Bond heralds a new start to this iconic her performance in “The Queen” at the Venice franchise. “Casino Royale” tells the story of how Deja Vu (Nov. 22, 20 Film Festival. Frears and screenwriter Peter James Bond transformed from grunt assassin to “Deja Vu,” directed! Morgan also won top honors for their respective super-spy 007. Set in the Bahamas, it is based on by Bill Marsilii and ft categories, cementing the possibility for “The the first book written by Ian Fleming, author of many respects. The 1 Queen” to make a strong showing come Oscar the James Bond novels which inspired the film featuring Denzel Wash season. franchise. The narrative weaves itself through a Caviezel. Denzel Wash poker game that Bond is sent to infiltrate in investigating a New Stranger Than Fiction (Nov. 10, 2006) order to keep terrorist bankrollor Le Chiffre explodes — or does it' Will Ferrell returns to the silver screen in a (Mads Mikkelsen) from ever again seeing the concept of time, allegii role very different than his last as comic racecar light of day. “trick of the mind” bu driver Ricky Bobby. He plays Harold Crick, an It introduces Daniel Craig as Bond, who evidence that hum am everyman IRS auditor whose life is being written starred in the underground British gangster film across the time contim by novelist Kay Eiffel (Emma Thompson). She “Layer Cake” under the direction of Matthew Although the goveri does not realize this peculiar relationship, yet he Vaughn, the producer of Guy Ritchie’s “Snatch” ing a “time viewing” n hears her discuss the novel of his life in his head. and “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” He film, time travel has b He consults professor Jules Hilbert (Dustin takes the helm from Pierce Brosnan, who many science, and the film Hoffman) to help him with this voice — which considered the best Bond since Sean Connery. of time travel that hav seems to know what will happen before he does. The flaxen-haired Craig has stirred much contro­ entific community. Hearing the voice pulls Crick out of his dull exis­ versy for inheriting the Bond mantle with his In order to be succ tence, but trouble ensues when he hears she rugged looks that are not in line with the more and save hundreds o plans to kill him. suave Bonds of the past. learn how to shuffle t This movie has garnered attention due to the Famed Dame Judi Dench reprises her role as to prevent the crime. 1 all-star cast. Ferrell has been playing more and the leader of the British intelligence service, MIG. a witty one — especi more dram atic characters of late and this film is Eva Green (“Kingdom of Heaven ”) is the newest allows the same day in that vein. Thompson and Hoffman bring their “Bond girl” in her role as the watchful Vesper again — action-packei considerable acting chops and will most definite­ Lynd. Martin Campbell, director of “Goldeneye,” The preview draws in ly provide a solid supporting cast to Ferrell. The a film many consider the best Bond film in recent and the movie looks as

i i I rish Insider Monday, October 30, 2006 OBSERVER Notre Dame 38, Navy 14 Exhausting Navy's options Irish score on five of first six drives to overp

FRANCESCA SETA/The Observer Irish tight end John Carlson breaks away from Navy linebacker Rob Caldwell in Notre Dame’s 38-14 win over the Midshipmen Saturday. The victory was the 43rd straight for the Irish in the series, a streak dating back to 1963.

touchdown midway through board on its second drive, go smash them in the mouth.” first half, and they had a run­ By ERIC RETTER the third quarter. marching 80 yards on nine Navy again replied to a Notre ning play of ten or more yards Associate Sports Editor “I thought IQuinn] played plays using its patented triple­ Dame score with a sustained on nine separate occasions pretty darn well,” Irish coach option attack. Quarterback drive, covering 65 yards in 13 before the half. BALTIMORE — Notre Dame Charlie Weis said. “He’s not Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada plays. Kaheaku-Enhada fin­ “You just got to get caught up scored on five of its first six [just] one of the best quarter­ finished the drive with a one- ished Navy’s scoring drive with with the speed of the game, possessions, but that wasn’t backs in college football, he’s yard sneak. another one-yard touchdown how fast they’re pitching that good enough for quarterback one of the best players in col­ But Notre Dame responded run to make the score 17-14 ball [and] getting outside,” Brady Quinn. lege football.” with its own nine-play, 80-yard with 2:43 left to play in the Irish safety Tom Zbikowski “[We w anted to go] six of six Notre Dame opened the game drive, when Travis Thomas — half. said. and make them all touch­ with a seven-play, 40-yard who starts at linebacker — Notre Dame scored the final Notre Dame made adjust­ downs,” Quinn said after Notre drive that resulted in a career- scampered into the end zone points of the half on its last ments at half time, limiting Dame’s 38-14 victory over long 40-yard field goal by Carl from 16 yards out to make the possession. The Irish covered Navy’s production in the sec­ Navy Saturday in Baltimore — Gioia. The possession — which score 17-7. 80 yards in just 1:24 playing ond half and not allowing a its 43rd straight over the stalled on the Navy 23 yard The touchdown run was his mostly out of the no-huddle, score. Meanwhile, the Irish Midshipmen. “That’s our goal line — was the only Quinn- first carry since a one-yard with a 3 3-yard touchdown pass offense kept moving. every time, especially when engineered drive that didn’t score against Penn State on from Quinn to receiver Rhema Notre Dame put together a we’re in the red zone.” advance into the red zone. Sept. 9. McKnight with 1:19 to go in the nine-play, 69 yard drive on its In the seven Irish possessions It didn’t take long for the Notre Dame established its half giving the Irish a 24-14 first second-half possession, with Quinn in the game, Notre Irish to fix that problem. running game — which has advantage. capped off by Quinn’s touch­ Dame scored six times — five Notre Dame pushed the score been inconsistent for much of It was the sixth time in eight down run. touchdowns and one field goal. to 10-0 with on the following the season — early on games this season that Quinn And after Walker failed to Notre Dame’s only non-scoring drive, as David Grimes capped Saturday. The Irish ran the ball has led the Irish to a score on punch it in on fourth and goal drive during the stretch off the possession with a 36- 37 times for 176 yards, com­ their last possession of the first from the two-yard line, Quinn occurred when running back yard touchdown reception — pared with just 41 yards on 35 half. responded with a six yard Darius Walker was stopped on his first career score. Weis said carries last week against “Our entire offense is pretty touchdown strike to McKnight a fourth-and-goal from the the play was especially impor­ UCLA. Quinn w as sacked only comfortable with [the hurry-up to make the game 38-14 on the three-yard line at the start of tant because the Irish faced once on Saturday, while UCLA offense],” Quinn said. “We’ve next possession. the fourth quarter. third and 18 at the time. got to him five times. been used to coach Weis’s style “I’m really happy to be leav­ “I think you see a lot of frus­ “That early touchdown was a Darius Walker led all rushers and philosophy for the past ing here the way things played tration on some guys when we really big play in the game, with 20 carries for 106 yards, couple years now. I don’t want out today,” he said. “I was don’t score a touchdown when because it was third and forev­ his third 100-yard game of the to say it’s a backbone for us, happy the way our defense we’re in the red zone,” Quinn er,” Weis said. “I was hoping to season and the 11th of his but we definitely feel comfort­ sucked it up in the second half said. just get some of it back so we career. able in the two minute and played well. I thought the Notre Dame finished with could kick a field goal, but “I was much more pleased [offense].” offense played pretty good 471 total yards on offense, and Brady stepped over to tbe left with how things went in the While effective offensively in most of the day ... and we’re Quinn had another standout an d saw him o v er th e r e . ... running game,” Weis said. “I the first half, Notre Dame looking forward on moving on day for the Irish, completing This is a couple games in a row think that across the board we struggled to stop Navy’s option to North Carolina.” 18-of-25 passes for 295 yards now that [Grimes] is making were more physical at the line attack early in the game. The and three touchdowns. He also some plays for us.” of scrimmage ... I had a lot midshipmen picked up 211 of Contact Eric Retter at added a 19-yard rushing Navy broke onto the score­ more hardball runs where you their 271 rushing yards in the [email protected]

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Brady Quinn o Rhema McKnight’s second-quarter “What we had to do is have one of those games where we score early touchdown and often. Fortunately, that’s how it The senior quarterback completed N um ber o f pu n ts by Notre Dame p a n n e d out. ” i 8 -of-2 5 passes for three Saturday. The Irish scored on six of The senior wideout put the Irish up by touchdowns and ran for another their possessions and turned the io right before halftime and Notre Charlie Weis score. ball over on downs twice. Dame never looked back. Irish coach page 2 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER Monday, October 30, 2006 report card

quarterbacks: Quinn was sharp all day, leading six long scoring drives in the eight A possessions he was in the game. He threw three touchdown passes and ran for another. running backs: Walker bounced back from a bad game against UCLA with over 100 B+ yards against Navy’s undersized front. Aldridge ran out the clock, but found little garbage-time running room.

receivers: Grimes had another impressive game, including a nice diving touchdown catch. McKnight A- and Carlson continued their productive seasons. offensive line: Notre Dame outmanned Navy at every position in the trenches, and it showed, but the line was not as B+ dominant as it could have been against the smaller Midshipmen.

defensive line: This unit struggled early, but recovered and blew up several option plays before they got started, A- especially in the second half. They also recorded four sacks in only 11 Navy pass attempts. linebackers: This unit looked lost early, often leaving the pitch man wide open B- on the option. But like the rest of the defense, they recovered to shut out Navy in the second half. defensive backs: The secondary tackled well, especially Zbikowski and his team-high 14 stops. But it didn’t step B up to the line and stuff the option enough, especially when Navy ran it wide. FRANCESCA SETA/The Observer special teams: Notre Dame’s kick returns Notre Dame fans cheer on the Irish Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Thousands of “subway alumni” were solid and Gioia made his only field took advantage of the east coast road game to see Notre Dame play live. goal attempt, but punt returns were com­ B pletely ineffective. The Irish also never punted. coaching: The offense was ruthlessly effi­ ND family extends beyond domers cient, but the defense looked unprepared to stop the option, especially early. B+ Second half adjustments worked, but not BALTIMORE — If the 38-14 Irish vic­ who don’t have the luxury of calling After the game Saturday, outside before Navy had two long TD drives. tory over Navy Saturday reaffirmed themselves Domers. Gate D at M&T Bank Stadium, a Notre three things, they were as follows: Because for every student or gradu­ Dame fan was commanding attention overall: The Irish allowed a quarterback Brady Quinn is pretty ate who attends home games on from the top of what appeared to be a lot of yardage on the good, the Midshipmen offense is pretty Saturdays, there are hundreds more merchandise stand. ground, but dominated exciting and, most who tune in faithfully on TV. His chant — E-A-G-L-E-S Eagles — 3.37 importantly, the And these fans are just as loyal as was ironic based on the stadium’s loca­ offensively and adjusted defensively for the win. Notre Dame fami­ those doing pushups in Notre Dame tion (Baltimore) and the nature of the ly extends far Stadium after touchdowns. game (Notre Dame-Navy). beyond students T hese diehards — the Sullys from But at the same time, it made perfect and alumni. Sou thy and Sals from Secaucus — sense. Let’s start with never had the grades for “Nolah” or Because subway alumni — Notre adding up the first point. “Notuh” Dame, and many don’t have Dame fans who didn’t attend the Quinn puts the the time to leave jobs as carpenters, University — are not tied together Irish on his shoul­ plumbers and electricians to make pil­ because the Irish are from their home ders when it mat­ Bob Griffin grimages to Northern Indiana. state. They don’t grab on to the Irish the numbers ters most game “The [fans] on because they lack after game. The the east coast local teams to root Navy rushing yards in the first half, the quarterback was Sports Writer got an opportu­ for. And they defi­ highest amount for an Irish opponent poised against nity to get to see But when a game does come nitely don’t share for an entire game besides Michigan 211 UCI A when his us play without around on the east coast — a a passion because State. team needed a late-game score, sur­ having to travel they know what prising nobody when he delivered as long a dis­ first in two years under the Golden Dome Rushing yards by the Midshipmen in the under pressure. tance, so that’s Charlie Weis — I-gg is flooded looks like on a second half. And Saturday, amidst questions one of the reason from the construction work in snowy day. 60 regarding Notre Dame’s offensive I think the crowd But they are inconsistencies and lack of a big play was so big,” New England, through the into sports. So Punt by either team in the first half Saturday, a ability, he led the team to scoring drives Weis said after east and west spurs in Jersey, much so that this 42-yard boot by Navy’s Greg Veteto with 1:03 on 5-of-6 possessions to start the game. the game all the way down to the 6 9 5 particular left in the second quarter. l Two of his touchdown passes came on Saturday. exit in Maryland — for one Philadelphia fan throws of 30 or more yards — 33 yards But when a felt the need to let to Rhema McKnight and 36 yards to game does come reason. people know who Passes Brady Quinn has thrown since his David Grimes. around on the The Irish are playing football. he roots for on last interception, coming in the second “Sometimes you don’t realize he is east coast — a Sundays, aware 168 quarter against Michigan State Sept. 23. that good, but he continues to impress first in two years that while specta­ us each and every game,” McKnight under Charlie tors might support said of Quinn after the game. Weis — 1-95 is Hooded from the con­ other rivals — their favorite college Touchdown passes Quinn has thrown since his 1 O On the other sideline, Navy showed struction work in New Lngland, football team provides a bond tight last interception, including three TDs on I j why it has one of the most intriguing through the east and west spurs in enough to compensate for any differ­ Saturday. offenses in the country. Of course, Jersey, all the way down to the 695 exit ences. Midshipmen coach Paul Johnson (and in Maryland — for one reason. So as Quinn inches closer towards a his .742 career winning percentage) The Irish are playing football. Heisman Trophy and the Irish creep Yards rushing for Darius Walker, his didn’t invent the option — but his team And while many spend much of the further into the BCS picture, under­ 103 third 100-yard game of the season. runs it beautifully. year at odds over Yankee-Red Sox alle­ stand one thing. What his team lacks in size, it makes giances, they make up with a few com­ Not all diehard fans named up with athleticism and intelligence, mon interests — unwavering passion Eitzpatrick have actually seen the Notre and it took the Notre Dame defense a for the Irish, a dream that one day their Dame engineering building. But a lot of Total punt return yards Saturday for the Irish, full half to adjust. own kids will have the chance to call them are busy working construction on who have not had more than 10 yards in punt “The scout team gave us a great look, Notre Dame home and a few cases of similar ones. returns in a game since Michigan State. but nobody runs that offense like Navy Budweiser in the back of their trunks. does,” safety Tom Zbikowski said. And you can bet anything they’ll talk The views expressed in this column But equally notable, and far less pub­ about the experience for the rest of are those of the author and not neces­ Straight wins for the Irish over the licized, is how important this game — their lives — the time they were lucky sarily those of The Ohsever. 43 Midshipmen. or any Notre Dame game for that mat­ enough to get their hands on a ticket to Contact Bob Griffin at ter — was to the thousands of Irish fans see Notre Dame play football. [email protected]. Monday, October 30, 2006 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER page 3 Thomas scores TD on only carry scoring Running back-turned-linebacker shows he still loves the offensive side of the ballsummary

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total By BOB GRIFFIN Notre Dame 10 14 38 Sports Writer Navy 0 14 14

BALTIMORE — If a statistic for red-zone First quarter rushing efficiency among linebackers exist­ Notre Dame 3, Navy 0 ed, Notre Dame senior Travis Thomas would Carl Gioia 40-yard field goal with 11:45 be at the top of the list. remaining. Actually, he would be the only one on the Drive: 7 plays, 40 yards, 3:15 elapsed list given his unique situation as a dual­ Notre Dame 10, Navy 0 threat running back-linebacker. The last two David Grimes 36-yard reception from Brady Quinn with 1:32 remaining. (Gioia kick) times Thomas, Notre Dame’s starting strong Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 4:55 elapsed side linebacker, has touched the ball as a running back — he has scored. Second quarter “It’s a return to what I do,” Thomas said Notre Dame 10, Navy 7 after the game Saturday. “That’s what I’ve Kaipo-Noa Keheaku-Enhada 1-yard run with done from the start, and it just feels natural 11:39 remaining. (Matt Harmon kick) to me.” Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 4:53 elapsed Thomas scored on a 16-yard off tackle run Notre Dame 17, Navy 7 in the second quarter against Navy Saturday, Travis Thomas 16-yard run with 8:00 remain­ his first carry since a two-yard score against ing. (Gioia kick) Penn State Sept. 16. Drive: 7 plays, 76 yards, 3:39 elapsed The senior linebacker — who still consid­ Notre Dame 17, Navy 14 Kaheaku-Enhada 1-yard run with with 2:43 ers himself a running back at heart — was remaining. (Harmon kick) limited to playing defense after suffering a Drive: 13 plays, 65 yards, 5:17 elapsed rib injury against Michigan State. Notre Dame 24, Navy 14 Irish coach Charlie Weis wanted Thomas Rhema McKnight 33-yard reception from to get healthy before giving him reps at run­ Quinn with with 1:24 remaining. (Harmon kick) ning back. Weis was more concerned about Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 1:24 elapsed Thomas regaining speed and strength on the Third quarter defensive side of the ball than getting him involved offensively. Notre Dame 31, Navy 14 Quinn 19-yard run with 8:10 remaining. (Gioia “He never really lost his spot, he was back FRANCESCA S E T ^he Observer kick) into it this week because last week was his Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards, 4:37 elapsed game to get back full time on defense,” Weis Irish senior Travis Thomas bursts across the goal line on his only carry Saturday. said. “This week I was able to flip it back Thomas has scored touchdowns on his last two rushing attmepts. Fourth quarter over and practice him some on offense.” Notre Dame 38, Navy 14 And when Thomas’ number was called to Notre Dame established the run early Dame’s 14:29. But the Irish made adjust­ McKnight 6-yard reception from Quinn. (Gioia touch the ball — he made something hap­ against Navy Saturday, much of the credit ments in the second half and kept the ball for kick) pen. going to starting running back Darius 17:10 in the third and fourth quarters. Drive: 7 plays, 47 yards, 2:42 elapsed “[The scoring play] was his play,” Weis Walker. After a quiet 21 carries for 53 yards “[Navy’s offense is] a lot faster, and there’s said. “He has certain plays he would be in in Notre Dame’s 20-17 win over UCLA, not many reads they have as opposed to a for, that happened to be one of them.” Walker responded with 20 carries for 103 traditional offense,” Thomas said. “It’s just But senior offensive tackle Ryan Harris yards. Walker also caught three passes out of making the reads you have faster.” statistics spoke more in depth about what challenges the backfield for 32 yards. Because Thomas is responsible for being a Thomas presents when he enters the game So how exactly does Thomas define his reliable linebacker on defense and providing total yards on offense. Harris credited his teammate’s type of plays? the Irish with explosive running when neces­ talent and ability to make plays on both sides “I like my play to be a touchdown every sary on offense, the senior is in a unique of the ball. time,” Thomas said matter-of-factly. position where he is both taking and receiv­ “He’s in some of our packages, when he’s But while Thomas received attention for ing hits. But Thomas made clear Saturday rushing yards in the game, he’s just a phenomenal athlete, his powerful score on offense, his primary which of the two prefers. and he can make things happen, ” Harris job Saturday was not establishing the run, “If you’re running well and it’s a good play, said. “It’s always great to get off the ground but stopping it. and it’s a stalemate but the other guy gets the and see somebody in the end zone and we’re The Irish defense struggled in the first half worst of it, I think you can like that,” Thomas \ W happy he got into the end zone. limiting Navy’s option attack. The said. “But 1 don’t think any running back passing yards “A guy like that, it’s good to see good things Midshipmen controlled the clock, keeping the happen to him.” ball on offense for 16:31 compared to Notre Contact Bob Griffin at [email protected] 143 return yards

Abiamiri, Wooden return to Baltimore \ time of possession Grimes scores first career touchdown; Aldridge gets late-game action; Vemaglia suffers injury

in Baltimore marked the 61st to being picked today, but now has 16 receptions for 206 By ERIC RETTER time in the previous 66 road we’ve had some balls that were yards this season. Associate Sports Editor games Notre Dame has played close to being picked off [in the Weis said he is pleased with in front of a capacity atten­ last few games.]” Grimes’ progression over the BALTIMORE — Senior defen­ dance. last few weeks. sive end Victor Abiamiri and “I think there’s a strong fol­ ♦ Freshman running back “This is a couple games in a rushes-yards 56-271 senior cornerback Ambrose lowing [of Notre Dame on the James Aldridge had 10-plus row now that he’s making 3 7-17 6 Wooden had the opportunity to East Coast],” Irish coach carries for the first time in his some plays for us,” he said. 1 8-25 -0 comp-att-int 4 -7 -0 play in front of their hometown Charlie Weis said. “I think half career. He rushed for 33 yards 0-0 punts-yards 4 -1 5 4 crowd in Baltimore for the first of them might have been my on 12 fourth quarter carries. ♦ Freshman running back 0-0 fumbles-lost 2-1 time since joining the Irish family. Aldridge — who missed much Munir Prince did not travel 4-35 penalties-yards 4-43 Saturday. of the first half of the season with the team to Baltimore. 25 first downs 19 “It means a lot, especially ♦Quarterback Brady Quinn with a knee injury — had four Weis would not give the being able to come home sen­ has not thrown an interception carries for 26 yards against specifics pertaining to Prince’s passing ior year and play in front of the in his last four games — his Stanford Oct. 7. absence. Quinn 18-25-0 K-Enhada 2-5-0 home crowd,” Abiamiri said. “I last coming with 9:04 left in the Coming into the game, Weis “Munir [Prince] didn’t make rushing had all my family and friends first half of Notre Dame’s 40-37 had hoped Aldridge would the trip because he didn’t and extended family there in win at Michigan State Sept. 23. have opportunity to carry the deserve to be on the trip,” Weis Walker 20-103 Campbell 14-81 the crowd. I was only able to He now has 168 consecutive ball between 10 and 15 times. said. Aldridge 12-29 White 4-44 come up with 12 or 13 [extra passes without an interception. “[We wanted] to start build­ Prince has 12 carries for 21 Quinn 4-28 K-Enhada 19-42 tickets] but I had a lot more He has four interceptions — ing his stamina,” he said. yards this season. T. Thomas 1-16 Singleton 4-34 friends in the stands.” three of them coming on Sept. “Fortunately we got him in receiving Weis described Abiamiri — 11 against Michigan — com­ there and got him hit a little bit ♦ Linebacker Anthony McKnight 6-94 Tomlinson 1-19 who had four solo tackles and pared with 21 touchdowns on too, which is a good thing for Vernaglia was injured on the Carlson 5-75 Singleton 1-9 two sacks — as being especially the season. him ... Now he’s been hit a lit­ kickoff return following Navy’s Grimes 3-72 Campbell 1-9 “geeked up” the entire week Weis jokingly knocked the tle bit, [and] it means that he’ll first touchdown early in the Walker 3-32 Ballard 1-6 leading up to the game. wooden podium at his post­ physically and mentally keep second quarter, and did not tackles “Sometimes we forget, game press conference when on gaining some confidence.” return. Weis was not sure of because we’re sitting in South asked about the recent streak. the specifics of his injury imme­ Zbikowski 14 Little 10 Bend, Ind., how special it is for “He’s a really good player, ♦ Sophomore wide receiver diately following the game. Landri 11 Tidwell 9 guys to have games in their [and] we really haven’t had a David Grimes’ 36-yard touch­ “He did something with his Crum 11 McGown 8 Abiamiri 6 Wright 8 bad game since the one game down reception in the first knee,” Weis said. “I saw him area in their country,” Weis Brockington 6 Miles 7 said. “He had adrenaline flow­ [against Michigan] earlier in quarter was his first career wrapped with an ice bag at Richardson 5 Caldwell 6 ing all week long.” the year,” Weis said. “There’s a touchdown. The reception was halftime.” Ndukwe 5 Mahoney 6 little bit of luck sometimes also the longest of his career. Lambert 4 Spencer 5 ♦Saturday’s sellout crowd of involved. I don’t think there Grimes finished with three Contact Eric Retter at Laws 4 Cylc 4 71,851 at M&T Bank Stadium were any balls that were close catches for 72 yards, and he [email protected] T. Thomas 3 Sovie 3 page 4 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER Monday, October 30, 2006

S ailing A way

A fired up Brigade marched on the field and made noise as Navy’s crisp option attack kept the game close for a half. But Notre Dame’s resurgent running game and efficient passing by Brady Quinn, who tossed three touchdowns and ran for another, allowed the Irish to score at will. Effective defensive adjustments shut down the option in the second half and Notre Dame pulled away for its 43rd consecutive victory over the Midshipmen — its fifth straight win since

losing to Michigan Sept. 23. ----

Photos by FRANCESCA SETA/The Observer Top left, Notre Dame and Navy players stand together for the playing of “Navy Blue and Gold.” Top right, Irish wide receiver David Grimes dives into the end zone for his first career touchdown. Center, Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn sprints past Navy linebacker David Mahoney on his way into the end zone. Bottom right, Navy quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada pitches to running back Reggie Campbell as Irish defenders close in. Bottom left, Quinn sets to pass. T h e O bserv er

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m this twenty-first install The Fountain (Nov. 22, 2006) try. The trio, consisting of Deena (Beyonce Fresh off “Requiem for a Dream,” a harrowing Knowles), Lorrel (Anika Non! Rose) and lead look at the shattered dreams of four drug singer Effic (Jennifer Hudson), receives its big I (Nov. 22, 2006) addicts, Darren Aronofsky set out on a mission break when the singers are discovered by talent nedic crew in tow once to film a science-fiction epic for Warner Bros. manager Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx). ;st directs and co-writes With Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and a $75 million As “The Dreamettes” start to gain in notoriety, r Your Consideration” — budget in tow, the talented young director was Curtis Taylor Jr. exercises increasing power over s of awards season in six to eight months away from creating his first the group’s musical direction. The girls struggle Hows three characters as mainstream masterpiece. with the changes made in exchange for success, iles in “Home for Purim” That was in 2001. eventually jeopardizing the group’s survival. iraise and awards buzz, Five years later, the latest iteration of “Dreamgirls” promises to be an intriguing film, t approach in his latest Aronofsky’s undying passion project — “The full of spectacular music, a talented cast and the ; is Spinal Tap,” “Waiting Fountain” — is barely recognizable from the feel-good ideal that dreams do live forever. i Show” and “A Mighty film it once was. But it still holds all the same nockumentaries covering promise. Rocky Balboa (Dec. 22, 2006) vn local theater and dog An imaginative tale of one man’s thousand- Sixteen years after “Rocky V,” the Italian leration” departs from its year quest to find the Tree of Life and save the Stallion steps back into the ring for what’s been stead a narrative, yet it life of his beloved, “The Fountain” has been billed as “one final round.” “Rocky Balboa” fol­ sed. recast with enchanting leads Hugh Jackman and lows the titular character (Sylvester Stallone), ?y trademark of Guest’s Rachel Weisz. Although the budget was cut to who challenges young fighter Mason “The Line” lgs back the same excep- $35 million — meager by the bloated standards Dixon (Antonio Tarver) in an exhibition round. again and again. Those of current Hollywood fare — Aronofsky put his With Adrian dead, the heart and soul of the r Consideration” include burgeoning career on hold for years just to see series may have gone out of Stallone’s beloved Begley Jr., Eugene Levy, this film through. franchise, and it may be hard for “Rocky Balboa” lichael Fliggins, Jennifer Now that “The Fountain” is on the cusp of its to recreate the financial and critical success of f, Bob Balaban, Michael final unveiling, a very simple question remains the initial 1977 release. and Jane Lynch. Notable for Aronofsky. After his exhausting odyssey, will Sylvester Stallone wrote this film along with ais of BBC’s “The Office.” it have been worth it? The answer to that query “Rocky,” and he is also returning to the director’s xtensive backgrounds for lies with the film’s ability to do more than just chair. However, his creative capacity may have actors are able to draw astonish the senses. It needs to resonate within gone the way of the dodo as he gets on in years. >e with a sparse script, hearts and minds. Unless he can find the next inspirational song to -y aware of this process pair up with great cinematics (“The Eye of the ration” is a much-antici- Blood Diamond (Dec. 15, 2006) Tiger” with the now famous steps scene), this 3’s “A Mighty Wind” for Following yet another acclaimed turn in a one will not stand up to the greats of this fran­ Martin Scorsese picture, Leonardo DiCaprio will chise. Nonetheless, an early Christmas present take on a more popcorn role in December’s may in the works from one of America’s most “Blood Diamond.” He teams up with Jennifer beloved stars and hearing that familiar Bill Conti y Tony Scott and written Connelly and Djimon Hounsou (“The Island”) in a theme in the trailer is enough to get any Rocky ry Rossio, is promising in story where DiCaprio, a greedy South African enthusiast pumped to cheer one last time for the m’s cast is star-studded, mercenary, enters into an unlikely alliance with ultimate underdog. lgton, Val Kilmer and Jim Hounsou, a fisherman who has lost his family lgton plays an ATF agent because of diamond mining, to obtain control of Children of Men (Dec. 25, 2006) Jrleans ferry boat that a rare diamond. The eagerly anticipated futuristic drama by The movie plays with the The setting of civil w ar in Sierra Leone in the director Alfonso Cuaron (“Y Tu Mama Tambien,” I that deja vu is not just a 1990s provides a social and political backdrop “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”) has a true repetition of time, against which this action thriller will try to deliv­ already garnered early award buzz. Based on the can flow back and forth er a message. Early reviews of the film call it novel by P.D. James, “Children of Men” stars um. anywhere from award-winning material to Clive Owen as Theodore Far on and envisions a nent is far from develop- another standard Hollywood blockbuster. future in which women are no longer able to ichine that appears in the Director Ed Zwick (“The Last Sam urai,” “Glory”) bear children. When Faron discovers a pregnant en a long-debated topic is has a penchant for creating movies that audi­ woman, he tries to help her escape to a sanctu­ oes use some hypotheses ences either love or hate, and it appears this will ary at sea that may preserve humanity. MADELINE NIES/Observer Graphic been released by the sci- be no different. It is almost certain, however, that The obvious Christian allegory may generate the star power of DiCaprio will make “Blood some controversy as this film is set to debut on issful in his investigation Diamond” a highly watched and commercially Christmas Day. However, “Children of Men” ‘ lives, Washington must popular movie, regardless of its critical success. comes just in time for this year’s Oscar nomina­ trough past days in order tions, something the producers surely had in he concept of the movie is Dreamgirls (Dec. 22, 2006) mind. Cuaron may be looking for his break into illy for an action flick. It Academy Award-winner Bill Condon directs the inner circles of Hollywood and Owen is to repeat over and over this film adaptation of the eponymous Broadway assuredly hunting for the Best Actor statuette. 1, yet different every time, musical. “Dream Girls” follows three talented Supported by Julianne Moore and Michael Caine, the audience immediately, soul singers, forming “The Dreamettes,” on their “Children of Men” promises to be one of the if it will do the same. rise to success in the 1960s and 70s music indus­ more interesting films released this winter. page 14 The Observer ♦ CLASSIFIEDS Monday, October 30, 2006

NCAA F o o t b a l l Oregon State survives late rally by No. 3 USC

left, USC got one more shot. then outplayed South Carolina Tennessee, Texas and Booty completed 24-of-39 throughout, falling on Josh Florida narrowly passes for 406 yards and three Brown’s improbable 49-yard touchdowns with one intercep­ field goal — a victory even avoid weekend upsets tion. Smith caught 11 passes for Spurrier described as a miracle. 258 yards. It looked like Spurrier’s hex Associated Press Moore completed 21-of-32 was in effect again at Williams- passes for 262 yards and a Brice Stadium after South CORVALLIS, Ore. — Turns out touchdown, while Stroughter Carolina (5-3, 3-3) overcame a No. 3 Southern California was caught eight passes for 127 two-touchdown deficit to lead vulnerable. yards. 17-14 after three quarters. Oregon State capitalized on But Ainge found Smith on a four turnovers to upset the No. 8 Tennessee 31, 12-yard TD pass to put the Vols Trojans 33-31 on Saturday, South Carolina 24 ahead for good with 13:10 left. snapping USC’s 27-game Pac-10 Tennessee’s Phillip Fulmer After forcing South Carolina to winning streak and breaking earned the right to take a cou­ punt on its next possession, the national championship race ple of verbal pokes at Steve Jonathan llefney had a 65-yard wide open. Spurrier this year. punt return to South Carolina’s USC (6-1, 4-1) had also won Don’t count on the Vols’ coach 5 and Arian Foster scored on 18 straight road games. But the doing it. That’s just not his the next play. mighty Trojans had shown style. The Gamecocks closed to 31- cracks in their last three games, “He’s a good coach,” was 24 on Syvelle Newton’s 1-yard each a victory by seven points about all Fulmer would say TD run with 2:24 to go. or less. about of his Southeastern Tennessee was forced to punt — Against the Beavers, they Conference rival after Ainge was out with a bad ankle couldn't escape and came up Tennessee beat South Carolina on the series — and South one play short. Saturday night. “I don’t know Carolina had one final chance. John David Booty’s 2-yard where all that gets started.” However, Newton’s desperation scoring pass to Steve Smith with If Fulmer really wanted to heave was intercepted by 7 seconds left made the score find the answer, all he had to do Demetrice Morley as time ran 33-31. But Oregon State’s Jeff was glance across the field at out. Van Orsow batted down a pass Spurrier. on the 2-point conversion to The Gamecocks ball coach No. 5 Texas 35, Texas Tech 31 preserve the lead. has made his reputation Colt McCoy threw for 256 USC sta rte d the day as w as through the years beating then yards and four touchdowns, and one of seven unbeaten teams in needling the Vols. He did it Texas erased a three-touch- the country. Now there are six. again this week as South down deficit to beat Texas Tech Ohio State and Michigan won Carolina relived last season’s on Saturday night. AP their games and will hold on to historic 16-15 victory at The Longhorns (8-1, 5-0 Big Oregon State linebacker Dennis Christopher celebrates on the the top two spots in the Bowl Neyland Stadium, its first win in 12) won their 2()th straight con­ shoulders of fans after the Beavers beat USC 33-31 Saturday. Championship Series standings Knoxville. ference game and 17th consec­ when they come out Sunday. After this one, Fulmer had utive road game, but didn’t lake That valuable spot behind the every right to gloat, but didn’t. their first lead until early in the in the first half. He got the Red Whatever you want to call it, Big Ten powers, previously held “There are times we fourth quarter when McCoy Raiders inside the Texas’ 20- it’s been all Gators lately. by USC, is now up for grabs. All should’ve won and didn’t. There threw a 28-yard touchdown to yard line only twice in the sec­ With the latest victory, Florida those teams with one loss are are times he should’ve won and Quan Cosby to make it 35-31. ond half. remained atop the Southeastern feeling a lot better about their didn’t. That’s the way it,” he Tech (5-4, 2-3) had chances in Conference East Division and chances to play for a national said. “We’re glad to get a win so the final 6:14. No. 9 Florida 21, Georgia 14 moved a step closer to return­ title. And Thursday’s Big East we can improve to 7-1.” Twice the Red Raiders failed Florida coach Urban Meyer ing to the conference title game battle of unbeatens between Erik Ainge threw for 254 on fourth downs inside Texas was the first to toast his defense for the first time since 2000. West Virginia and Louisville just yards and two touchdown pass­ 35. Both plays — a completion — an appropriate gesture even The Gators (7-1, 5-1) need to got a little bigger. es to Bret Smith as the Vols to Joel Filani and a quarterback if this wasn’t supposed to be a beat Vanderbilt and South Oregon State fans celebrated ended a year of ugly memories sneak by Graham Harrell — cocktail party anymore. Carolina to make it happen. wildly in the second half when from the last South Carolina came up just short and were The defense forced two fum­ The Bulldogs (6-3, 3-3) lost Matt Moore hit Joe Newton with game. reviewed but the officials’ spots bles and intercepted two pass­ for the third time in four games a 9-yard scoring pass and “That was a hard loss,” were upheld. es, helping the Gators beat and essentially dropped out of Sammie Stroughter ran a punt Tennessee’s Marvin Mitchell The second opportunity came Georgia on Saturday and con­ the division race. back 70 yards for a touchdown said. “They beat us last year, after Jamaal Charles fumbled tinue their recent dominance in Although Andre Caldwell to give the Beavers (4-4, 3-2) a but hey, we got them this year.” for a second time, this one com­ the rivalry. scored two early touchdowns — 30-10 lead. Spurrier has largely had his ing at his own 24, and Tech's “Thank God for great a 12-yard run and a 40-yard USC, which was coming off an way with Tennessee (7-1, 3-1) Jake Ratliff recovered. But Tech defense,” Meyer said. reception from Chris Leak — off week that allowed All- through the years. The coach failed to take advantage of the Florida now has won eight of Florida’s defense got the credit American Dwayne Jarrett and won at Neyland Stadium with turnover when Harrell’s sneak nine and 15 of the last 17 in the for this one. fellow receiver Smith to heal Duke in 1988, then took eight of came up short. series that’s been known for The Bulldogs managed just 64 injuries, came back with Booty’s 12 games from the Vols as Darrell completed 42-of-62 decades as the World’s Largest yards rushing, and freshman 4-yard scoring pass to Fred Gators coach from 1990-2001. passes for 519 yards and three Outdoor Cocktail Party. School Matthew Stafford completed 13 Davis to close out the third And when Rocky Top support­ touchdowns. He threw one and city officials believe the of 33 passes for 151 yards and quarter. ers gleefully planned for interception, his first since nickname conjures up images of was sacked four times in his Booty then found Smith in the revenge after Spurrier took throwing five in games against drunkenness — not what they fourth start. end zone and Chauncey over at South Carolina, they Missouri and Colorado. want to promote, especially “They are a great defensive Washington ran in the 2-point were still left frustrated. Texas put more pressure on after the deaths of two Florida unit that sometimes get over­ conversion to narrow it to 33- That last defeat was particu­ Harrell in the second half, students the past two years. shadowed because of their 25 with 12:09 left in the fourth. larly embarrassing to the Big enabling the Longhorns to hold They urged television net­ offense,” Stafford said. After Alexis Serna’s 47-yard Orange. The Vols had retired the Red Raiders scoreless. works to stop using the moniker Not Saturday. Florida’s defense field goal attempt went wide the jersey of Peyton Manning, Harrell had been nearly perfect altogether. made several key plays.

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NBA NCAA Football Associated Press Top 25 team record points previous

1 Ohio State (63) 9-0 1623 1 2 Michigan 9-0 1547 2 3 West Virginia (2) 7-0 1494 3 4 Texas 8-1 1397 5 5 Louisville 7-0 1278 6 6 Auburn 8-1 1250 7 7 Florida 7-1 1243 9 8 Tennessee 7-1 1232 8 9 USC 6-1 1059 3 10 California 7-1 1040 12 11 NOTRE DAME 7-1 1037 11 12 Arkansas 7-1 935 13 13 LSU 6-2 842 14 14 Boise State 8-0 688 15 15 Rutgers 7-0 644 16 16 Boston College 5-1 624 18 17 Wisconsin 7-1 617 17 18 Oklahoma 8-1 589 19 19 Clemson 7-2 435 10 20 Georgia Tech 6-2 402 21 21 Texas A&M 8-1 353 22 22 Wake Forest 7-1 246 24 23 Virginia Tech 6-2 188 NR 24 Oregon 6-2 167 25 25 Washington State 6-3 40 NR

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1 Ohio State (63) 9-0 1575 1 AP 2 Michigan 9-0 1500 3 3 West Virginia 7-0 1437 4 Former Celtics coach Red Auerbach poses with Hall of Famer Larry Bird after drafting the star in the 1978 draft. 4 Texas 8-1 1347 5 Auerbach coached the Celtics for 16 years, including a stretch of eight-straight NBA championships from 1959-66. 5 Louisville 7-0 1271 6 6 Auburn 8-1 1235 7 7 Florida 7-1 1167 8 8 Tennessee 7-1 1118 9 Coaching legend Auerbach dies at 89 9 USC 6-1 1049 2 10 NOTRE DAME 7-1 1030 10 Associated Press eral managers running the Celtics won the last of wasn’t doing that because 11 California 7-1 980 12 teams of their own. For their NBA-record 16 he was trying to break 12 Arkansas 7-1 816 14 WALTHAM, M ass. — the rookies, who never got championships in 1986. ground,” Rivers said. “His 13 LSU 6-2 775 13 Boston Celtics coach Doc a chance to meet him, it None of them was born yet response was always: ‘I’m 14 Boise State 8-0 694 15 Rivers called his players was a lesson about the in Auerbach’s heyday, trying to win a game and 15 Rutgers 7-0 662 16 together before practice to franchise icon who trav­ when as coach and then that’s who I think gives us 16 Boston College 7-1 639 17 talk to them about Red eled across New England general manager he led the best chance.’ I think 17 Wisconsin 8-1 584 18 Auerbach. It was too late to preach about the young Boston to eight consecu­ his example spread 6-2 515 18 Oklahoma 19 to get to know him, but NBA and build a mystique tive titles. throughout the league.” 19 Clemson 7-2 458 11 important that the players that would come to be But what Rivers wanted The message got 20 Georgia Tech 6-2 363 21 understood what he meant known as Celtic pride. to talk about wasn’t what through, Celtics captain 21 Texas A&M 8-1 335 22 to the team, the city, the 22 Oregon 6-2 262 24 “I wanted our young the Celtics did but what Paul Pierce said. 23 Wake Forest 7-1 214 NR game. guys to hear those sto­ they looked like doing it; “I don’t think a lot of 24 Virginia Tech 6-2 141 NR Older players had seen ries,” Rivers said following more precisely, it was the these guys even knew that 25 Missouri 7-2 64 23 Auerbach’s fire for them­ practice Sunday, a day fact that Auerbach didn’t before Doc said it today,” selves — both the competi­ after Auerbach’s heart care what they looked like. he said. “I think these tive one and the flame at failed him at the age of 89. He drafted the NBAs first guys really have to under­ the end of his ever-present “I don’t think they knew a black player, hired its first stand the history of the NCAA Football cigar — but didn’t know lot about him.” black coach and fielded its game. And Red is a big how he defined the game A young team with an first all-black starting five, part of the history of the BCS Rankings early on, then continued to average age under 25, and he did it in racially whole NBA — not ju st the team record comp. avg. Harris dominate as his players several of the current combustible Boston. Celtics, but the whole became coaches and gen­ players were infants when “Red did all that, but he NBA.” 1 Ohio State 9-0 2 1 2 Michigan 9-0 1 2 3 West Virginia 7-0 13 3 4 Florida 7-1 4 7 In B rief 5 Louisville 7-0 9 5 6 Auburn 8-1 7 6 7 Texas 7-1 12 4 Man arrested for murder A’s to interview internal Federer wins fourth in a 8 USC 6-1 6 9 of former boxing champ candidates, Hershiser row at Swiss Indoors 9 NOTRE DAME 7-1 5 10 KINGSTON, Jam aica — A 20-year- OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland BASEL, Switzerland — Roger 10 California 7-1 3 11 old man was arrested in connection Athletics have scheduled interviews Federer beat Fernando Gonzalez 6-3, 11 Tennessee 7-1 10 8 with the killing of former heavy­ with their two internal candidates 6-2, 7-6 (3) Sunday to win his fourth 12 Rutgers 7-0 8 14 weight champion Trevor Berbick, about the club’s managerial opening. straight title and 11th of the year at 13 Arkansas 7-1 14 12 who was bludgeoned and left to die Bench coach Bob Geren is set to the Swiss Indoors. 14 Boise State 8 0 11 15 in a church courtyard next to his meet with general manager Billy The top-ranked Federer hit a fore­ 15 Boston College 7-1 16 16 family’s home in a rural hamlet. Beane and other team officials hand return for a winner on the first Several residents of the remote Monday, then third-base coach Ron point of the third-set tiebreaker and farming community in Norwich dis­ Washington will follow Tuesday. cruised from there to win his home­ trict said the suspect was involved Beane also has an interview set up town tournament for the first time in in a land dispute with the troubled with Orel Hershiser, currently an seven attempts. boxer. ESPN baseball analyst, in Phoenix for Federer overpowered the defending around the dial Les Green, a Scottish detective sometime the following week. champion, hitting 14 aces and break­ who this year was appointed assis­ Beane fired fourth-year manager ing Gonzalez’s serve three times. tant police commissioner of the vio­ Ken Macha on Oct. 16, two days after “It is indeed magnificent,” Federer lence-wracked nation, refused to Oakland’s season ended in a sweep said the event he used to work as a identify the man before his arraign­ by the wild-card Detroit Tigers in the ball boy. “Different countries, differ­ NFL ment, which has not been sched­ AL championship series. The A’s won ent titles, they all have a different New England at Minnesota uled. a playoff series for the first time meaning. Winning Basel, my home 8:30p.m., ESPN “We have some very good infor­ since 1990, ending a string of four tournament, it’s one of those mation from witnesses, and we straight first-round exits from 2000- moments I’ll never forget.” have recovered a weapon we 03. The final was a rematch of last believe was used in the assault,” he Beane has other business aside week’s Madrid Masters final, also said Sunday. from finding Oakland’s next manager. won by Federer in three sets. page 16 The Observer ♦ SPORTS Monday, October 30, 2006

NFL Jaguars hunt down Eagles in defensive battle

quite like the show he put on. Falcons, Chiefs win Few teams have. close ones; Giants The mercurial quarterback has led the Falcons (5-2) to con­ defeat Buccaneers secutive wins over the defending Super Bowl champion Steelers

Associated Press and the defending AFC North champion Bengals by throwing the ball. Vick has thrown seven PHILADELPHIA — The touchdown passes in the last Philadelphia Eagles had a two games, proving his point. dropped pass, a penalty and a “I feel I just need the opportu­ sack on their first three plays. nity to throw the ball,” said It only got worse for the NFL’s Vick, whose passer rating of top-ranked offense against a 140.6 was the second-highest of Jacksonville defense missing his career. “Just give me the three starters. chance to do it. I’ve felt like all Fred Taylor keyed a strong along, this is what I could do.” running attack, backup quarter­ No matter what they did, the back David Garrard was effi­ Bengals (4-3) were helpless to cient and the Jaguars shut down run him down or shut him Donovan McNabb in a 13-6 vic­ down. tory Sunday. Many of the Bengals’ defend­ “As a team, it was embarrass­ ers had never faced Vick, who ing,” McNabb said. “Offensively put on quite a show in his first as a unit, we weren’t able to do career visit to Cincinnati. He our job.” went 20-of-28 for 291 yards and Jacksonville held the Eagles to left would-be tacklers scattered 229 total yards — 164 before all over the field while running the last drive. Philadelphia for another 55 yards. came in averaging a league-best Seen enough, Bengals? 417 yards per game, but could­ “He’s a heck of a player,” n’t generate much, even with defensive end Bryan Robinson the return of dynamic receiver said. “When your goal is to keep Donte’ Stallworth. him in the pocket and you do Meanwhile, the Jaguars kept that and he still makes the play, Jacksonville running back Maurice Jones Drew is tackled by Philadelphia linebacker Matt McCoy it simple on offense without that’s frustrating.” during the third quarter of the Jaguars’ 13-6 victory Sunday. injured quarterback Byron In the last two games, Vick Leftwich and relied on Taylor has gone 38-of-58 for 523 yards and Maurice Drew, who totaled with those seven touchdowns muscle, connected with Eddie going to put it on there on the down. 103 and 77 yards rushing and two interceptions, which Kennison for 51 yards to set up money, what can you do?” The Cowboys then completed respectively. Of the Jaguars’ 285 translates into a passer rating of Johnson’s go-ahead score. Broncos cornerback Champ the 2-point conversion when total yards, 209 were gained on 119.5. Previously, Vick had Bailey said. Romo faked a draw and threw a the ground. never thrown more than four Giants 17, Buccaneers 3 Not much, as the Broncos (5- pass to Terrell Owens to make it Jacksonville improved to 4-3, touchdowns in any two-game On a cold, blustery afternoon, 2) found out repeatedly, watch­ 21-14. while the Eagles fell to 4-4 with span of his career. the New York Giants displayed ing Manning lead the Colts to Dallas sealed the win when their third straight loss. “He’s leading like a champi­ the depth of their defense. scores on seven of their final Roy Williams intercepted Jake “We felt challenged by some on,” said tight end Alge Despite playing without three eight drives — the only miss Delhomme’s throw on the next comments made this week,” Grumpier, who has caught four injured defensive starters and coming when he kneeled on the possession. Delhomme lost Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio said. of those seven touchdowns. “He losing another early, the Giants ball to end the first half. another fumble with under two “I feel good about the character never points fingers at anybody held Tampa Bay to 174 total Manning’s final drive set up minutes to go, Carolina’s third and toughness of this team. It’s in this locker room and is con­ yards and set up a score with a the winning points on a 37-yard turnover in the fourth quarter. nice to go back to work after a stantly encouraging everybody.” turnover deep in Buccaneers’ field goal by Adam Vinatieri nice victory like this.” He was so good that Carson territory in a victory Sunday. with 2 seconds left. It made the Bears 41, 49ers 10 A swirling wind made it diffi­ Palmer, last year’s NFL leader in “You know what? I’m not su r­ Colts the first team to go 7-0 in Brian Urlacher’s one-handed cult for both offenses, but touchdown passes, and Pro prised because the backups, the consecutive seasons since the interception was headed to the Jacksonville’s superior ground Bowl receiver Chad Johnson guys who came in, are like 1929-31 Green Bay Packers did highlight reel as soon as he game was the difference. After were reduced to a sideshow. starters,” Pro Bowl defense end it three straight times. tumbled to the ground after the Eagles went three-and-out Michael Strahan said after the Manning made a mockery of somehow batting the ball to on the opening possession, the Chiefs 35, Seahawks 28 Giants (5-2) won their fourth Denver’s cushy zone defense. himself. Jaguars drove 48 yards — all on The Kansas City Chiefs kept straight game. “They are play­ Wayne dissected it best, catch­ Urlacher’s stellar play symbol­ the ground. trying to self-destruct. Larry ers.” ing 10 passes for 138 yards, ized what kind of afternoon it Garrard scrambled for 13 Johnson, Tony Gonzalez and During the winning streak most of them in front of Broncos was for the refreshed and still yards on fourth-and-3 to keep Damon Huard kept stopping which started after a bye week, cornerback Darrent Williams. unbeaten Chicago Bears — and the drive going and Taylor ran them. the defense has allowed 42 how frustrating the day was for in up the middle from the 15 to Johnson scored four touch­ points, and hasn't given up a Cowboys 35, Panthers 14 the San Francisco 49ers. make it 7-0. Somehow, that held downs, including the go-ahead touchdown in the last two home Tony Romo waited four years Wearing bright orange uni­ up against a high-powered score with 2:15 to play, and the games. to get his first NFL start. It looks forms and showing their speed offense that had averaged 28.6 mistake-prone Chiefs (4-3) The Bucs (2-5) were 2-for-16 like he’ll have the job for some on defense and special teams, points in the first seven games. escaped with a wild victory on third-down chances and 0- time. the Bears overwhelmed the It helped that the Eagles had the Sunday over the injury-depleted for-3 on fourth-down opportuni­ Romo rallied Dallas from a 49ers from the outset. They ball just 23:09. Seattle Seahawks. ties in seeing their two-game 14-point first-quarter deficit, jumped to a 24-0 first-quarter “Starting from the first play, I In the final 17 minutes, the winning streak snapped. They throwing for 270 yards and a lead and 41-0 halftime cushion knew it was going to be a Seahawks (4-3) took the lead also fumbles six times, losing touchdown, and Julius Jones before coasting to a 41-10 victo­ smash-mouth day,” Taylor said. with two touchdowns resulting one important one. rushed for 94 yards and a score ry Sunday. Taylor had a 54-yard TD run from outrageous Kansas City What made this performance as the Cowboys beat the At 7-0, Chicago is off to its negated by a holding penalty on mistakes. so impressive was who the Carolina Panthers Sunday. best start since the 1985 Super tackle Maurice Williams in the Seneca Wallace, making his Giants were missing. Dallas set a team record with 25 Bowl champions won their first second quarter. But it didn’t cost first NFL start in place of All-Pro defensive end Osi fourth-quarter points. 12 games. Jacksonville, which went ahead injured Pro Bowl quarterback Umenyiora (hip), strongside Romo, starting in place of the “It was amazing. Twenty-four 10-0 on Josh Scobee’s 40-yard Matt Hasselbeck, put Seattle on linebacker LaVar Arrington benched Drew Bledsoe, slowly points in the first quarter? field goal in the third quarter. top 28-27 with a 49-yard TD (season-ending Achilles’ injury) lead the Cowboys (4-3) back, That’s pretty impressive, espe­ The Eagles finally scored on a pass to Darrell Jackson after and starting cornerback Sam with poise, using a variety of cially in this league. It doesn’t 25-yard field goal by David cornerback Ty Law fell down. A Madison (hamstring) were all short passes to a number happen a lot,” said Rex Akers with 1:10 left in the third few plays before that, Law out. receivers. Grossman, who rebounded from quarter. McNabb turned what dropped a sure interception. Early in the fourth quarter, his poorest performance to could’ve been a big loss into a Late in the third period, Colts 34, Broncos 31 facing a third-and-12 from the throw three TD passes. 12-yard gain on the first play of Seattle’s Kelly Herndon Maddeningly meticulous and Carolina 21, Romo sidestepped Urlacher’s acrobatic intercep­ the drive, eluding two tacklers returned a fumble 61 yards for impeccably precise, this was pressure and fired a 16-yard tion, in which he batted Alex and juking linebacker Clint another touchdown when Peyton Manning at his cruel pass to Jason Witten. But the Smith’s pass and then caught it Ingram. Kansas City holder Dustin best. drive stalled, and after Romo with one hand as he was being Colquitt, after mishandling the Skewering a Denver defense misfired to Witten in the end knocked down by the 49ers Falcons 29, Bengals 27 snap on a field goal attempt, that was designed specifically to zone on third down, Mike Justin Smiley, was one of four Michael Vick has found a bal­ tried an ill-advised pass. stop him, Manning led the Vanderjagt kicked a 24-yard turnovers the Bears generated ance. His passer rating is just as That cut the Chiefs’ advantage Indianapolis Colts over, around field goal to cut the Panthers’ in the first half. All four led to impressive as his 40-yard dash to 27-21 with 1:27 left in the and through the Broncos on lead to 14-13. touchdowns. these days. third period, and then Jackson’s Sunday, throwing for 345 yards On the ensuing kickoff, Sam Urlacher’s play came on the Vick threw three more touch­ TD stunned the sellout crowd and three touchdowns to Reggie Hurd ripped the ball from Brad heels of a national sports maga­ down passes on Sunday, leading when the Seahawks took a one- Wayne for a message-sending Hoover and recovered the fum­ zine survey of NFL players in the Atlanta Falcons to a victory point lead. But a moment later victory. ble at the Carolina 14. On the which he was rated the second- over a Cincinnati Bengals team Huard, who was a game-day “When you play a guy like next play, Jones ran untouched most overrated player to Terrell that had never seen anything decision because of a sore groin Peyton Manning, and the guy’s up the middle for the touch­ Owens. Monday, October 30, 2006 The Observer ♦ SPORTS page 17

SM C S occer Belles knocked out of playoffs by Kalamazoo

Kelly Lepper, Jenn Russart Ashley Hinton, end the year with By DAN MURPHY and Paige Howell rounded out a 5-8-2 record because the loss Sports W riter the scoring for the Hornets in was technically considered a tie. the first three rounds. Senior Caroline Stancukas, Nicole The season came to a dramat­ goalkeeper Laura Heline made a Leach and Sarah Budd round ic end for the Belles Saturday diving save on the fourth shot, out the senior class. afternoon as they lost 4-3 in a giving the Belles a chance to “We had a lot of freshman this shootout in the first round of the stay in the game. year and I think that we showed MIAA playoffs. Courtney and freshman them how important team unity Fifth-seed Kalamazoo came in Bridget Ronayne had scored for is. 1 hope that they can continue to the game as an underdog to Saint Mary’s at that point, giving that next season and in the the fourth-seed Saint Mary’s Heline an opportunity to tie the future, ” Courtney said. club. After 110 minutes of score­ game as she came out of the She had one of the teams five % less play, the Hornets buried goal to take the team ’s final shots on net during regulation. four of their five penalty kicks to attempt. Ashley Hinton — who had 24 advance to the semi-final “I wanted to be in that spot shots on goal during the regular against the Calvin Knights. and I knew I was going to score season — led the team with two “We were obviously disap­ because we deserved to win,” on Saturday. Freshmen Colleen pointed because we all played so Courtney said. Ferguson and Micki Hedinger hard,” senior captain Colleen She converted but was unable had the other two shots but Courtney said. “But we were to make the final save to send opposing goalkeeper Kassandra happy with how well we the contest into sudden death. Johnston was true to the task on played.” Heline, who started all but two all five shots. Senior defender Kari Brodsky games in her four-year career, Head coach Caryn Mackenzie scored the final goal to break a finished the game with eight had her first losing season with 3-3 tie and end the Belles’ sea­ saves for the Belles. She is one the Belles in her third year with son. of six seniors who played their the program. The team went 10- Kalamazoo jumped out to a 2- final game at Saint Mary’s 6-1 in 2004 and 11-7-1 last year.

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SMC V o l l e y b a l l Adrian narrowly manages to hold off host Saint Mary's

32-30 and send the match to a The Bulldogs will face off Schroeder-Biek said. “We need to team is looking forward to the By MICHAEL BRYAN fifth and deciding game. against Tri-State in the first round carry over that same determina­ match. Sports W riter After chipping away at an early of the MIAA tournament Tuesday. tion into the conference tourna­ “We are definitely excited to be Bulldog lead in the fifth game, For the Belles, Kristen Playko ment.” hosting the first round,” she said. The Belles fell just short of a Saint Mary’s closed to within a posted her 19th double-double of St. Mary’s will begin play “This will be a tough match, but stunning comeback Saturday, los­ point before falling 15-13 in the the season with 23 kills and 20 Tuesday in the MIAA Tournament we have to have teamwork and ing to visiting Adrian 3-2 at the clincher. digs. Libero Anne Cusack led the against fifth-seeded Alma. The desire to win, and we are ready to Angela Athletic Center. The match was the Belles’ sec­ way defensively with a match-high Belles split the regular season compete.” The win improved third-place ond five-set match in a row — the 32 digs. match-up, winning 3-0 at home Adrian’s MIAA record to 12-4 (17- first came with a 3-2 win Tuesday “The comeback and intensity we Oct. 8 and falling 3-1 at Alma. Contact Michael Bryan at 8 overall). Saint Mary’s dropped to over Tri-State. showed was just the beginning,” Coach Schroeder-Biek said the [email protected] 9-7 in conference play (16-9 over­ “We were definitely disappoint­ all). The Belles finished the regu­ ed by the final result,” Belles lar season in fourth place in the coach Julie Schroeder-Biek said. MIAA. “But even though we lost the The Bulldogs took control of the match, we cannot let the outcome beginning of the match and won overshadow all of the positives. The Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business the first two games 30-22 and 30- We fought hard with incredible and 28. But when it looked like Adrian spirit and talent.” would cruise to victory, Saint Junior Lindsay Eshelman led The Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide Mary’s stormed back, taking the Adrian with a match-high 24 kills third game 30-26. and nine digs. Senior Abby Sikora The Belles then fought off match also turned in a strong perform­ point in the fourth game to win ance with 28 digs and 66 assists. Proudly Present

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SMC S w im m in g Hope, Carthage down Belles in dual meets

Belles at the Koenitzer Aquatic The combination of freshmen discipline against Carthage in freestyle sprint events against By KEN FOWLER Center in Kenosha, Wise. Sara Niemann and Lindsey Nelis, 2:46.48. Hope. Ferguson finished fourth at Sports Editor Saturday. sophomore Melissa Gerbolh and The Belles had two other win­ 27.30 in the 50-yard free and sec­ In the first of Saint Mary’s two junior Kelly Tighe captured 18 ners against Carthage. ond in the 100-yard event with a Saint Mary’s lost two dual contests, Hope won nine of the points, finishing in 1:48.89. Sophomore Mollissa Gerbeth won time of 59.32. Ferguson’s time in meets this weekend — a close meet’s 11 events. Flying Dutch The following day, the group the 1,000-yard freestyle in the 50 free was 0.7 seconds slow­ conference contest to Hope and a freshman Kate Williams led the won their event again over 11:16:49, and Nelis took the 200- er than Tighe’s team-low for the lopsided away match with way, capturing two titles — the Carthage. yd freestyle in 2:06.92. 2005-06 season, and her 100- Carthage. 50-yard freestyle (26.15) and the Saint Mary’s also captured indi­ Carthage won the rest of the yard time was just .31 seconds off The Flying Dutch swam past 100-yard butterfly (1:01.46). vidual breaststroke events both events, but even then Saint Tighe’s team-best time in that the Belles at the Rolfs Aquatic But there were a few bright days. Tighe took first in the 100 Mary’s found a bright spot in one event last season. Center 132-112 Friday, and the spots for the Belles. breaststroke against Hope with a of its swimmers. Lady Reds kicked their way to an Saint Mary’s won both 200-yard time of 1:16.69, and sophomore Freshman Kayla Ferguson was Contact Ken Fowler at easy 121-79 victory over the freestyle relays over the weekend. Katie Carroll won the 200-yard the Belles’ top finisher in the [email protected]

S w im m in g Irish leave A&M in their wake

By GREG ARBOGAST Sports Writer

No. 17 Notre Dame made a big splash in its first dual meet of the season, beating Texas A&M 169- 129 Saturday at the Student Recreation Natatorium in College Station. The Irish won nine of the 16 events, and took three of the five scoring spots in 12 of the 14 non­ relay events. Sophomores Jeff Wood and Sam Pendergast, who each picked up two wins in their first dual meet performances for Notre Dame, led the Irish. Wood, a transfer from Indiana, won the 100 and 200-meter back­ stroke. Pendergast, who didn’t compete in a meet during his fresh­ man season, finished first in the 100 and 200-meter breaststroke. Irish assistant head coach Matt Tallman was not surprised at the breakout performances of his two sophomores. “It was the reason they were brought here,” Tallman said. “It was expected, and we hope to see a lot more of it.” Wood and Pendergast were also part of the victorious 200 medley- relay team that included seniors Tim Kegelman and Louis Cavadini. Kegelman also tallied a victory in the 100-meter butterfly. Junior Jay Vanden Berg (1000- PHOTOS > THJ. T. meter freestyle), senior Ted Brown (200-meter freestyle) and freshman John Lytle (100-meter freestyle) also picked up first-place finishes. Lytle’s performance offered a preview of what Tallman hopes to be strong performances from the freshman class this season. “Our freshman class is — top to bottom — one of the best classes we’ve ever had, and it’s the best class we’ve ever had on paper,” Tallman said. “We’re just glad they dove in and turned what they do in practice into racing.” Tallman also credited the team’s hard work in training as a contri­ bution to Notre Dame’s perform­ ance on Saturday. “The guys have worked real hard since they got on campus at the end of August, especially since we started official practice in September,” Tallman said. “They’ve been waiting for this day, and they put it all together.” The Irish will return home Friday to face Purdue in their next dual meet at the Rolfs Aquatic Center. Contact Greg Arbogast at [email protected] 7VWHM Monday, October 30, 2006 The Observer ♦ SPORTS page 19

N D C r o s s C ou n try Irish men, women take third in Big East meet

leading the Irish across the earned All-Big East honors, Patrick Smyth said. “I think “Jake’s doing an awesome Olding finishes in top line in sixth place (21:00). making this the fifth consecu­ we can get a lot of it taken job for us,” Smyth said. “He’s 10 for second season “I wasn’t disappointed with tive year the Irish have had care of by nationals. So we are been incredibly consistent, my performance but I w a sn ’t three runners earn all-confer­ happy, but definitely a little performing well time and ecstatic either,” she said. ence honors. disappointed.” again. Hopefully he can keep By DAN MURPHY “Basically I was going for the Rounding out Despite the dis­ doing that for the next two Sports W riter least amount of points possible Notre Dame’s appointing team ra c e s.” to help the team because we scoring runners “I think we can use finish, senior Kurt The last two Irish scorers Notre Dame’s men and were looking for a great team were freshman this as motivation. Benninger (23:31) were Notre Dame’s top fresh­ women had the same result in finish. Lindsey We need to perform and Smyth (23:32) men — Brock Hagerman Friday’s Big East meet, but “I hoped to improve upon my Ferguson (27th, better come race had nothing to (23rd, 24:22) and Jake Walker with two very different reac­ finish from last year and I 21:51) and jun­ complain about, (33rd, 24:34). Hagerman’s tions. wasn’t able to do that, so that ior Julie Opet time and really finishing second time was best among rookies Both teams finished third in was a bit of a disappoint­ (28th, 21:58). concentrate on and third, respec­ competing in the meet. the conference championship, m en t.” The Irish hope what we need to be tively. “I don’t think we can ask a with the No. 12 men’s team But Olding could not have to use this “Kurt and I were whole lot more of [Hagerman finishing behind No. 20 earned the third place finished strong finish in and what we need pretty happy with and W alker],” Smyth said. Providence and No. 16 on her own, and was backed the coming to do. ’’ our finish,” Smyth “Brock had a great race. Jake Georgetown while the women up incredibly well by Notre meets, with the said. “Martin Walker a little tired after a also finished behind the No. Dame’s senior pair of Ann Great Lakes F a g a n [of hard week of training and Patrick Smyth 12 Friars and No. 18 Hoyas. Mazur and Amy Kohlmeier. Regional Meet Providence] ran then the race. I think they’ll The third place finish was Mazur and Kohlmeier ran well approaching on Irish runner away with the race both be alright by the next especially uplift­ together through­ Nov. 11. Notre and we just fought m eet.” ing for the out the race, fin­ Dame needs a it out for the two The race was the final tune- women, who had 7 hoped to ishing only sec­ top-two finish in the regional and three spots.” up for Notre Dame going into experienced improve upon my onds apart as race to get an automatic bid to Next crossing the line for the NCAA Great Lakes back-to-back dis­ finish from last Mazur placed the national race, and Olding Notre Dame was junior Jake Regional meet Nov. 11. Even appointing races 12th (21:27) and feels this win could help pro­ Watson, who finished ninth with the disappointing finish in the Notre yea r an d I w a sn ’t Kohlmeier pel them to that finish. with a final time of 23:54, just in the Big East championship, Dame able to do that, so crossed the line “It made us really excited ahead of Friar junior Ahmed Smyth still thinks they have a Invitational and that was a bit of a 14th (21:31). and we look forward to com­ Haji. shot at finishing near the top the Pre-National “Both of them peting [in the Great Lakes The finish earned Watson, of the regional race. Meet. disappointm ent. ” probably had the Regionals],” she said. “We def­ along with Benninger and “I think we can use this as “I was very best race of their initely have to be on top of our Smyth, all-Big East honors — motivation. We need to per­ proud of our Sunni Olding careers,” Olding game in order to be better the first for him, Smyth’s sec­ form better come race time said. “I just really prepared for the regional ond and Benninger’s third. and really concentrate on team’s perform­ Irish runner ance,” juinior think that’s a meet, but I think this is a big This accolade has helped cap what we need to be and what Sunni Olding reflection of their step in the right direction for off a very productive season so we need to do to finish in the said. “We had our two seniors, determination and hard work u s.” far for Watson, who led the top two at Regionals and get I felt, really stepped it up. It and how much they really Despite also finishing third, team to victory in the National the automatic bid to nation­ was definitely a confidence were dedicated to the team the Irish men were not quite Catholic Championship and als.” builder going into Regionals.” and wanted to do really well.” as happy with their result. breaking personal records at Olding finished in the top 10 By finishing in the top 15, “We definitely didn’t have the Notre Dame Invitational Contact Dan Murphy at for the second straight year, Olding, Mazur and Kohlmeier our best day ever,” sophomore and Pre-National Meet. [email protected]

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SMC Cross Country Belles take fifth in MIAA championships

overall individual competi­ ninth Belles runners packing slower times across the close and said the team Megan Gray finishes tion. very well. board but nothing drastic.” would especially miss the sixth to earn first- Rounding out the top five Despite her stellar time, Weather and the team’s seniors. Otto, a senior her­ for the Belles was Megan Gray said that she and her youth were both factors in self, echoed her sentiments. team M IAA honors McClowry with a 27:00 mark other team members didn’t the Belles’ season-long per­ “As a senior, I wish this for 32nd place, followed watch their times. formance. For Bauters, the wasn’t the end of cross-coun­ closely by Emily Graf in 35th “IWe] weren’t really wor­ team’s progress through tri­ try,” Otto said. “But still I’m By BECKI CORNER with a 27:20 time and Caitlin ried too much about times,” als such as the elements as excited to see how these Sports Writer Stevenson in 38th at 27:39. she said. “Our goal was to well as inexperience helped women do in the future. I Sara Otto said that a fellow position ourselves well indi­ season her squad. hope to one day watch them Megan Gray posted the best teammate really stepped up. vidually in order to place “I’m pleased with my compete on our home course individual finish by a Belle “I was especially pleased well as a team.” team ,” she said. “We are very to o .” harrier Saturday at the MIAA with one of our first-years, As a team, the Belles’ fifth- young and there is still a lot The Belles will next com­ Championships, leading the Emily Graf, who ran fourth place finish ties last year’s for them to learn in so far as pete in the regional meet in team to a fifth-place finish in for the team,” she said. mark. Calvin once again took competing, getting used to Hanover in two weeks, where the conference meet at Alma “She’s worked hard through­ the team crown and swept the 6k at the end of the sea­ they hope to improve and College. out the season, but I feel she the top five spots. son and just collegiate athlet­ register solid times. Gray’s time of 23:44 on the really stepped it up in this Calvin was led by Camille ic s.” “Saint Mary’s is definitely 6K course earned her sixth meet to help contribute to the Medema with a time of 22:58, One particular highlight making some heads turn and place and a spot on first- te a m .” followed by Christina came at Loyola, where almost I’m c o n fid en t w e ’ll see even team MIAA. Her performance The Belles runners did well Overbeck, Lydia Singer, Calah the entire team ran their per­ greater improvement in was a history-breaking one — to stick together, Belles coach Schlabach and Lauren sonal best times, despite the 2007,” Otto said. since the 1998 season, when Jackie Bauters said. Bergstrom. Hope College hills and overcrowded course Bauters, however, knew the Saint Mary’s cross country “The pack needed to move came in second, followed by and at Benedictine. Saint Belles had come a long way. first joined the MIAA, no up in order to compete with Kalamazoo and Albion in Mary’s came in fourth over­ “I believe this was a suc­ Belle has ever finished in the Kalamazoo and Albion third and fourth. all, but was the first Division cessful year for the Belles,” top ten at the conference more,” she said. “They had The weather proved to be a III team out of 24 teams she said. contest. real solid packs together tester for the runners, total. Finally, at Manchester “I couldn’t be more proud Sara Otto also turned in a ahead of our [third to fifth- Bauters said. the Belles placed third and to be coaching such a fine stellar performance, earning place runners].” “It was definitely a cold, only five points away from group of young women.” second-team MIAA honors Yet the teamwork that had wet and windy day,” she said. second. with a time of 25:11, good become the team’s goal was “I think the conditions may Gray was disappointed that Contact Becki Corner at enough for 14th place in the realized with the third to have contributed to slightly the season was coming to a [email protected]

W o m e n ’s G olf Irish head to South Carolina for Watts/ Palmetto event

“Hopefully we can keep the good the ND program is,” Squad feels confident momentum from the play in Holt said. after strong finish the last round of the last Playing from the No. 1 slot tournam ent,” coach Susan is senior Noriko Nakazaki, two weeks ago Holt said. “I’d who enters the like for them to tournament By CHRIS HINE finish the sea­ “It’s a good field soplaying her best Sports W riter son on a strong golf of the sea­ n o te .” we hope to move up son. Nakazaki The women’s golf team Notre Dame in the rankings. ” finished fifth in heads to Kiawah Island, S.C., enters the tour­ the Taylormade to close out its fall season in nament ranked Lisa Maunu Classic with a the 54-hole Edwin 66th according one-over par Irish sophomore Watts/Palmetto to Golfstat.com. 145, her best Intercollegiate Tournament Out of the 20- finish of the sea­ Monday and Tuesday. team field, six son. The Irish enter the contest are ranked higher than the In the No. 2 slot is sopho­ following a fifth place finish Irish, with Campbell being more Lisa Maunu. Maunu fin­ in the Taylormade Aztec Fall the highest ranked at No. 43. ished tied for 31st in San Classic two weeks ago in San “This is a real opportunity Diego despite nearly missing Diego. There, the Irish shot a for the team to prove to the tournament with a throat 299 on day two, their first themselves how good they ailm ent. round under 300 all year. are and show others how “I worked a lot on my short game because it was really cold this last week,” she said. “It’s a good field so we hope to move up in the rankings.” Freshmen Kristen Wetzel and Annie Brophy will also compete in team play this week. On the season, both Wetzel and Brophy have had nine of their first 11 rounds as members of the team count toward the overall team scores. “I’ve been working a lot on my putting.” Brophy said. “It’s been a constant struggle for m e.” Junior Jane Lee rounds out the Irish lineup. Lee is partic­ ipating in her fourth tourna­ ment for the Irish and is car­ rying a stroke average of 78.63 into South Carolina. PHIL HUDELSON/ T he O bserver Irish senior Noriko Nakazaki prepares to tee off during the Lady The tournament will take Irish Invitational Sept. 24. place at the Oak Point Golf Club at the College of Charleston. The Irish will once again be final 18 coming on Tuesday. “It has a lot of marsh land without junior Alejandra Live scoring of the tourna­ and it’s quite narrow. We had Diaz-Calderon and freshman ment will be available on a good practice round Julie Kim, who have missed golfstat.com. [Sunday],” Holt said. “It’s a the entire fall season due to PHIL HUDELSON/ The O bserver course that requires you to injury. Irish sophomore Lisa Maunu strikes her ball during the Lady respect it. It’s easy to let your The teams will play 36 Contact Chris Hine at Irish Invitational Sept. 24. focus drift.” holes on day one, with the [email protected] Monday, October 30, 2006 The Observer ♦ SPORTS page 21

N D V olleyball B ack O ff Irish extend losing streak

20-30, 22-30, 28-30 loss. The Irish worked well to Team falls to Big East's Cincinnati won the final keep up with the Cardinals in Louisville; Cincinnatigame in the same fashion that the third match, but a kill they won the first. Putting six from freshman Tatyana unanswered points up right Kolesnikova kicked off an 8-2 By DEVIN PRESTON from the start, Cincinnati run for Louisville that Notre Sports W riter would not lose its lead for the Dame was unable to recover entire game. from. The Irish couldn’t halt their Notre Dame attempted to A final kill from senior downward spiral weekend this gain control late in the game Stephanie Marsh ended w eekend. with a 7-2 run, coming within Louisville’s sweep of Notre Two conference losses four points of Cincinnati. This Dame. rounded out the team’s longest was not enough to fend the Croal led the team with eight losing streak since Sept. 2004. Bearcats off, and in the end, a digs. The Notre Dame defense, Falling to Cincinnati (17-5, 7-3 kill from sophomore Jessie which averages 17.5 digs per Big East) and Louisville (16-6, Nevitt sealed the match. game only averaged 11.3 digs 9-1 Big East), the Irish (13-10) Sophomore Mallorie Croal per game in their match are now one of three teams in tallied six blocks and 10 kills against the Cardinals. This the Big East with a record of at a hitting percentage of .261 effort was not nearly enough 7-3. for Notre Dame. She was also to contain Kolesnikova’s 19 Notre Dame has lost its last second on the team with 13 kills, which she hit at a per­ nine games, and was swept on digs. Senior Danielle Herndon centage of .692. Louisville as a three consecutive occasions. led the Irish with 22 digs. team out hit Notre Dame .476 Previously Notre Dame had Freshman Jaime Frey led to .169. not lost three games of a con­ the Cincinnati defense with 33 Co-captain Adrianna ference match since Nov. digs. Stasiuk, who is the team 2004. points leader at 4.06 points Louisville 3, Notre Dame 0 per game did not play in either Cincinnati 3, Notre Dame 0 Mallorie Croal and sopho­ match this weekend. Freshman Christina Kaelin more Justine Stremick each FRANCESCA SETA/The Observer led the effort against the recorded ten kills in the 30-14, Contact Devin Preston at Freshman running back James Aldridge strikes a Heisman-like Bearcats with 13 kills in the 30-22, 30-19 loss to Louisville. dpresto 1 @nd.edu pose on one of his 12 carries in a 38-14 win over Navy Saturday.

goalie Ian Harper with a he continues to do so,” Guilder for the team lead. hard last week and did a lot Hockey wrist shot on an Irish power Jackson said. “I need to give Kyle Lawson found Thang of things better.” play. him a break once in a while.” with a pass in the center of Garret Regan rounded out continued from page 24 Harper finished with 23 Brown had the night off on the ice, which he one-timed the scoring with two minutes saves on the night. Opposing Friday night when Notre past Army’s Josh Kassel for left in the game when he and since 1998, when they won him in net, Brown was able Dame blanked Army 3-0 to th e p o w e r Paige capital­ their first six games. to stop all 28 of the Falcons’ reach the tournament cham­ play goal ized on a 2- Christian Hanson, who was shots. pionship. Sophomore Jordan T h e B la c k “It was kind of a key on-1 opportu­ nam ed th e to u rn a m e n t MVP, The senior netminder suf­ Pearce was between the Knights held weekend for Christian nity. scored the game-winner fered an ankle injury in a pipes for the Irish and had Notre Dame because he w as in Notre Dame three minutes into the sec­ CCHA playoff game with seven saves in his first start off for the will rest up ond period when he tapped Alaska-Fairbanks last March, in 2006. next 30 min­ jeopardy of being taken this week in in a rebound off of a Jason but he has had no troubles Freshman Ryan Thang utes until out of the lineup. He preparation Paige shot. this season after a summer started off the scoring at Hanson got practiced hard last for the open­ Paige increased the lead to of re h a b . 10:58 in the first period with loose and put ing of CCHA 2-0 less than 10 minutes “He’s playing extremely his fourth goal of the season a wrister in week and did a lot of regular season later when he beat Air Force well and I want to make sure — one behind Mark Van the top corner things better. ” play as they to give the tr a v e l to Irish a 2-0 Jeff Jackson Columbus to lead. take on Ohio Is Hanson Irish coach S tate. broke out of T h e tw o - his slump with a big week­ game series will wrap up end at just the right time. Notre Dame’s seven-game “It was kind of a key week­ road trip, the longest of the :: end for Christian because he season. was in jeopardy of being taken out of the lineup,” Contact Dan Murphy at Jackson said. “He practiced [email protected] aQa* & ” "" yr

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we play up front. She’s got saves, but Notre Dame outshol such strength and ability to the Red Storm 12-to-3 in the Advance hold the ball and she’s such a first half, earning seven cor­ continued from page 24 weapon in the air.” ner kicks in the gam e, includ­ Bock said Waldrum has ing the one sophomore for­ defense as it trickled over the emphasized being aggressive ward Hanks serviced Bock on line and past Red Storm keep­ in the air, and Sunday she her second score. er Jaime Reran for the game’s took it espe­ Notre Dame first score. cially to heart. played without Four minutes later, Bock’s “T h e s e t “We haven’t finished on star sopho­ pieces and more center brow capitalized on another a lo t... Any chance I set piece — powering a Kerri winning head­ back Carrie Hanks corner kick into the ers is one of h ad I w an ted to m ake Dew, who tore back of the net to go ahead 2- m y big sure I made a state­ her ACL dur­ 0 and weather the Storm’s things,” Bock ment and got after the ing Tuesday’s threat to keep the Irish from s a id . “ I 3-0 win at advancing to next weekend’s haven’t gotten balls. ” Cincinnati, and Big East semifinals in Storrs, a lot this year, likely will miss Conn. but it’s some­ Brittany Bock the rest of the thing coach year. “We really wanted to focus Irish forward on dead ball situations and set h a s b e e n Freshman pieces because in our [20041 harping on. defender Haley championship run that was We haven’t Ford accompa­ such a big part,” Irish coach finished on a lot ... Any nied senior captain Kim Randy Waldrum said. “In this chance I had I wanted to make Lorenzen in the center of the point in time of the year it’s so sure I made a statement and back line Sunday, as junior DUSTIN MENNELLA/The Observer important, and Bock was got after the balls.” Ashley Jones filled in on the Irish midfielder Courtney Rosen, right, protects the ball from St. unbelievable in the air all day Irish junior keeper Lauren right and senior Christie John’s midfielder Nicole Pasciolla in Sunday’s 3-0 win. long today. We continue to say Karas saw more first half Shaner on the left. Waldrum how important she is to how action than usual, making two was pleased with the defense’s performance, though he said all year in those situations. there were a couple times Instead, he saw Bock step when they missed Dew. forward and get stopped by “The newness of Haley and Reran, spoiling the sopho­ [Lorenzen] playing together more’s bid for a hat trick. w e re j u s t But he didn’t some commu- 7 was happy to see mind — not n i c a t i o n w h e n h is [problem s],” /Hanks/ turn around te a m ’s leading Waldrum said. and get the goal in the scorer gave up “Two players end and reward her for a sure scoring going for the chance to help sa m e h e a d that. / think when her teammate ball, we did teammates are looking e a r n so m e that a couple out for each other like deserved deco­ of times — ration for her just a few that, you 've got heat-seeking periods of something special. ” head. indecisive- “It says a lot n ess.” Randy Waldrum about your II a team being a d d e d th e Irish coach concerned final tally for about each the Irish in the 89lh minute on other,” Waldrum said. “I was a feed from senior midfielder happy to see [Hanks] turn­ Jen Buczkowski. Waldrum was around and get the goal in the more impressed, though, with end and reward her for that. I the shot she didn’t take. think when teammates are When junior midfielder looking out for each other like Amanda Cinalli was fouled in that, you’ve got something the box with three minutes special.” DUSTIN MENNELLA/The Observer remaining, Waldrum expected Irish forward Susan Pinnick, right, moves the ball against St. John’s midfielder Nicole Pasciolla. Hanks to lineup and nail the Contact Tim Dougherty at The victory marked Notre Dame’s 15th shutout of the season. penally kick, like she’s done [email protected]

Philadelphia Eagles coach wanted to keep the media’s slim 13-12 advantage in shots on Andy Reid saying that Weis focus on the team, not on him. the evening, the Scarlet Knights Weis must spend a lot of time in On Oct. 3, Weis said he Loss out-shot the Irish 8-4 in the sec­ continued from page 24 confession. University would talk about the segment continued from page 24 ond half and overtime periods. President Father John Jenkins only during Notre Dame’s bye Notre Dame didn’t register a cesses “Sunday through offered his opinion from the week. When Weis did talk, one from 25 yards out to tally his shot in either of the overtime Friday.” roof of the Hesburgh Library. week later, he kept his com­ second goal of the season. periods. “My pet peeves with our “I’ve heard foul language in ments to a minimum. Although it didn’t affect Bellas’ “We played very well in the players are to go to class, be football locker rooms before,” “What happened was they shot, the wind would turn out to first half, but we felt we should th e r e on Jenkins did a special on Tommy Brady be a big factor all evening for have been able to put the game tim e , be s a id . “ If last year,” Weis said. “Steve both teams. away in the second half,” Clark p r e p a r e d , “My pet peeves with our he’s spend­ [Kroft] became intrigued by It was a difficult night to play, said. “We played well without u s e o u r players are to go to class, be ing time in me. As the year went on, he Irish coach Bobby Clark said. generating a lot of chances in the a c a d e m ic there on time, be prepared, the confes­ decided he wanted to do “We played superbly with the overtimes. It wasn’t like they r e s o u r c e s sional, I’ll something. We started about wind in our face in the first half, were handling us in the overtime ... and do use our academic resources. ” e n c o u ra g e eight months ago doing little but we didn’t really capitalize periods.” th e b e s t him to parts of this.” with the wind at our backs in the Saturday evening was the sec­ you c a n ,” Charlie Weis keep doing CBS promoted the segment second half, ” he said. ond time in the last four games W eis s a id Irish coach th a t and with a series of commercials Notre Dame outshot Rutgers 9- that the Irish were unable to in a p o r ­ repent.” that aired over the weekend 4 in the first half and would take hold an early one-goal lead. tion of an In anoth­ during NCAA and NFL football their one goal lead into the lock­ Notre Dame was also ahead of interview that CBS made er part of the interview made games and included the clips er room at halftime. No. 4 West Virginia 1-0 at half- available on Yahoo.com. “And a v a i l a b l e of W eis But the Irish weren’t able to time on Oct. 18, but the when people don’t meet that only through u sin g his hold that lead. Mountaineers scored two-second criteria, they’re in my door ... Y ahoo.com , “I've heard foul language New Jersey The Scarlet Knights found half goals to seal the victory. and that’s an unpleasant situa­ W eis sa id in football locker rooms vernacular. their equalizer in the 80th The Irish will return home h is w ife, K ro ft, an with nearly two weeks to pre­ tion. ... And when it comes to before. If he’s spending minute on the first of practice, I do my best to try to Maura, and 18-year vet- Sternberger’s two goals. Rutgers’ pare for the first round of the humiliate them in front of son, Charlie time in the confessional, e r a n midfielder Kyle Grato sent a free NCAA tournament which begins their teammates that they Jr., opposed I’ll encourage him to keep reporter of kick through the Irish wall, and on Friday, Nov. 10. Clark sees 60 Minutes don’t go to class.” his decision doing that and repent.” although Notre Dame keeper this break as an advantage for Kroft called Weis an “offen­ to have gas­ and a native Chris Cahill made the save, his team. sive genius” and an exception­ tric bypass of Kokomo, Sternberger was there to put the “[Losing to Rutgers] might al motivator who was brought surgery in Father John Jenkins In d ., h a s rebound into the net. prove to be a blessing in dis­ into a program that had suf­ the summer University president w on five Twenty-six minutes and almost guise,” Clark said. “We’ve played fered two consecutive “miser­ of 2 0 0 2 . George two overtimes later, Sternberger a game every 3.3 days since Aug. able seasons.” Weis nearly Foster scored again to book the Scarlet 17, and that’s a lot of games. I “At 6-foot-l, 300-pounds, his died in the aftermath of the Peabody Awards for distin­ Knights ticket to the semi-finals. think the break will give us an girth is exceeded only by his surgery after suffering exten­ guished achievement and mer­ Another dead ball proved to be opportunity to recharge our bat­ super-size personality that sive internal bleeding in the itorious service in broadcast­ the Irish’s undoing as teries, and hopefully the boys seems out of place at a univer­ surgery. ing. Sternberger got onto the end of a will take advantage of that.” sity run by the Holy Cross Weis repeatedly declined to Zach Simi corner kick firing Fathers,” Kroft said. comment about the segment Contact Ken Fowler at home at the back post. 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In a segment by longtime “You only feel the pressure if and complaining about a “bull- The segment also noted Weis’ Irish coach profiled by reporter Steve Kroft, Notre you really care what everyone [expletivel call.” focus on player academics. Kroft on news programDame’s second-year coach said else thinks,” Weis said. “And I At one point, Weis complains Kroft said Weis found players he does not don’t care what anyone thinks.” to an assistant coach about a on the team in a state of “com­ c a re w h a t The 15-minute segment, blown blocking assignment. placency about winning, going By KEN FOWLER people out­ See Also which aired on CBS affiliate "We’ve got a defensive end to class and their potential.” Sports Editor side his fami­ “Exhausting WSBT-TV (Comcast channel 12) and we’ve got two tight ends That stands in contrast to prior ly think about and began at 7:57 p.m., high­ and we don’t touch the mother- statements by athletic director Charlie Weis often says he’s a his coaching, Navy’s options” lighted Weis’ use of foul lan­ [expletivel,” Weis said. Kevin White, who praised for­ straight talker and “brutally nor believe Irish Insider guage on the field and in prac­ Irish quarterback Brady mer Irish coach Tyrone honest” — and he furthered th a t any tice, including a clip of Weis Quinn said Weis can be a jerk Willingham, who Weis that image in a CBS “60 coach will do screaming at Irish special at times, a comment the senior replaced, for the team’s suc- Minutes” feature that aired a better job for his team than teams coach Brian Polian to said he would never repeat to Sunday Night. he does. “get the [expletive] off the field” Weis’ face. see WEIS/page 21

W o m e n ’s S o c c e r H o ck ey No prayer Irish beat

St. John's can't pull Air Force off upset win over ND in Tampa By TIM DOUGHERTY Spores Writer Team's tournament While the rest of America win also milestone for was falling back Sunday, sophomore forward Brittany both Jackson, Brown Bock sprung forward — knocking in two headers to lead Notre Dame over St. By DAN MURPHY John’s 3-0 in the Big East Sports Writer quarterfinals at Alumni Field. Bock netted her two scores It was a night of milestones within the first few minutes of for the Irish. the match on set pieces that With a 2-0 victory over Air found her in the box. Force Saturday night in In the seventh minute, Tampa, Fla., Notre Dame Michele W eissenhofer’s flip w on t h e i r throw-in landed softly on first in-sea­ Bock’s head before the for­ son tourna­ ward touched it over the DUSTIN MENNELLA/The Observer ment in 25 Irish forward Brittany Bock takes a free kick in Sunday’s 3-0 win over St. John’s. The Irish years, Dave see ADVANCE/page 22 advanced to the Big East semifinals with the win and improved to 18-0-1. B r o w n broke a pro­ gram record w ith h is M e n ’s S o c c e r s e v e n t h c a r e e r Brown shutout and head coach Jeff Jackson cap­ Rutgers eliminates ND from tournament tured his 200th career win. Jackson only needed seven years and six games in his Scarlet Knights come from 1-0 deficit to eighth season behind the bench to reach the bench­ end Irish hopes in Big East championshipsmark. He is currently 22nd all-time in wins and his .713 resume all but ensures them a winning percentage leads all By GREG ARBOGAST spot in next month’s NCAA active co ach es in the NCAA. Sports Writer Tournament. The Irish will Jackson won 182 games learn their first round destina­ from 1990-1096 with Lake Two late goals by Rutgers for­ tion and opponent on Nov. 6. Superior State and has 18 ward Adam Sternberger were Saturday’s game started well since coming to South Bend enough to send No. 8 Notre for Notre Dame as sophomore last season. Dame home while the Scarlet midfielder Cory Bellas gave the “I think, most of all, it is a Knights advanced to the semi­ Irish the lead in the 35th reflection of all of the teams finals of the Big East to u rn a­ minute. Bellas collected the ball and coaching staffs that I ment by the score of 2-1 outside the Rutgers the penally have had with me along the Saturday evening at Yurcak box, turned and — despite way,” Jackson said. field. howling winds in his face — Jackson’s No. 11 Irish are TIM SULLIVAN/The O bserver The loss drops the Irish’s rocketed a shot into the goal off to their best start (5-1-0) Irish defender Jack Traynor carries the ball against DePaul in a record to 13-5-2 on the season, 2-0 win Oct. 25 in the first round of the Big East tournament. but Notre Dame’s season see LOSS/page 22 see HOCKEY/page 21

ND VOLLEYBALL SMC CROSS COUNTRY NO CROSS COUNTRY NO SWIMMING I — O Notre Dame drops Belles finish fifth Irish take third in Notre Dame 169 third straight in MIAA meet meet Texas A&M 129 Brady Quinn throws 3 eel The Irish lose two Megan Gray leads Both the men's and The No. 17 Irish win c s touchdown passes as the crucial matches against Saint Mary's in one of women's side finish nine out of the 16 events Irish rout the Midshipmen Louisville and the season's last races. third at the Big East Saturday at Texas A&M. Cincinnati. meet this weekend. page 21 page 20 page 19 page 18