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OLUME 41 : ISSUE 56 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER28, 2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM High demand prompts ticket change Moreau

who apply for tickets to only one of those Parents granted access to two games may designate the game of 2007 named for only one game next seasontheir choice — and they will be guaranteed two tickets to that game.” S p e c ia l D e sig n a t io n Parents who apply to both games “will H o m e G a m e s beatification By JOE PIARULLI be guaranteed tickets to at least one of the two games, but will not be able to specify Assistant News Editor the game for which tickets will be guaran­ SEPT.22 Holy Cross founder teed.” Michigan State Football at Notre Dame will undergo Parents would be entered into the gener­ Senior Alumni Game will be honored by Pope some changes next season, but not all of al alumni lottery for the second game. Notre Dame contributing alumni them will take place on the field. The parents’ game for incoming stu­ who graduated 35 or more years ago As a result of record-high ticket demand dents will be announced in June. By MARCELA BERRIOS in the 2006 season, the University has “We’re making changes based on the Nov. 3 o r Nov. 10 News Writer made some ticketing changes, according to record-setting demand from last year to Navy or Air Force a Sunday press release. make sure that we can preserve access for Parents Game Earlier this year Pope Benedict Parents are now guaranteed tickets for all of our constituency groups,” said Josh XVI green lighted the beatification only one game, but may apply for tickets to Berio, director of Ticket Operations. Nov 17 of the Venerable Father Basil two football games: Nov. 3 against Navy or The Michigan State game Sept. 22 next Duke Anthony-Marie Moreau in Le Nov. 10 against Air Force. Alumni Family Mans, France for next year, but the According to the press release, “parents see TICKETS/page 4 ...... healing miracle the Vatican has attributed to him was hardly the only marvel he left the Catholic community. Father Moreau was also busy during the late 1830s and early USC game draws fans, band to coast1840s founding the congregations of priests, brothers and sisters of Holy Cross, in the likeness of the down by so much so quickly Holy Family as well as the By JOHN-PAUL WITT took the energy away after the Marianites. News Writer first quarter,” Mader said. He died in 1873, but the paper­ “Everyone sat down.” work for his beatification was not After watching Notre Dame’s Irish coach Charlie Weis per­ filed until 1955, after the recovery fifth consecutive loss to USC on sonally requested the University of a bedridden Canadian mother Saturday, students returned to marching band play at the USC suffering from complications from campus from Thanksgiving game because of the impact the a premature birth was attributed break disappointed by the foot­ band had at Michigan State ear­ to his divine intercession. ball team’s final regular season lier in the season. Weis’ hand­ “It was an illness following child­ performance and fans’ lack of written request has been hung birth that was healed so quickly it energy. in the band room. could not be explained medically,” Junior Ge Wang and sopho­ Band president John Cogill said Sister Jeanette Fettig, the rep­ more Thomas Mader were said that the band was used to resentative of the Sisters of the among the several hundred stu­ playing in enemy territory. “But Holy Cross in the Vatican’s beatifi­ dents and 75 band members we expected a big USC game cation committee. who traveled to Southern like last year where we could “Once the promulgation of the California over the break. make more of a difference,” miracle was approved by His “The trip was a lot of fun, Cogill said. Holiness Pope John Paul II we besides the game,” Wang said. Students said they went to the could start thinking about propos­ Mader said he noticed a lack Coliseum expecting a closer ing Father Moreau’s beatification." of enthusiasm in the Notre score than the 44-24 Trojan vic­ Beatification signals the Catholic Dame student section. tory. Church’s recognition of the per­ son’s ascension to the Kingdom of CLEMENT SUHENDRA/The Observer “There was a lot of energy at “We were outmatched,” Wang Members of the marching band play during the USC game the start, but the combination of Saturday. Seventy-five members were able to make the trip. being on the road and being see GAME/page 8 see MOREAU/page 8

Volunteerism increases Teach for America draws seniors over holiday season l-in-10 students expected to participate in service programs By AARON STEINER break, compared to high school News Writer By KATIE KOHLER years, so they have more time to News Writer serve,” he said. “And the Advent As spring semester draws season calls us to action for a near, seniors are exploring Shopping is not the only area more just world.” their post-undergraduate that experiences a boost during Carrie Call, director of civic options, and for many Notre the holiday season. Feelings of and social engagement at Saint Dame students, this search “glad tidings” and service have Mary’s, echoed Brandenberger’s leads them to teaching service already penetrated the campus­ sentiments. programs like Notre Dame’s es of Notre Dame and Saint “Christmas lends itself to a Alliance for Catholic Education Mary’s. general feeling of ‘good will (ACE) and Teach for America. This year, over 300 student toward all’ and people seem to One in 10 Notre Dame gradu­ volunteers are expected to do be more cognizant of those who ates will enter into one or two service over winter break, said have greater needs during the yearlong service programs representatives at the Center for holidays,” Call said. after graduation— including Social Concerns. Sheena Plamoottil, student graduates who enter into Experiential Learning and senate social concerns commit­ teaching programs, according Developmental Research at tee chair, attributed an increase to the Center for Social Notre Dame’s Center for Social in volunteerism to the holidays, Concerns. Concerns director Jay as well as the principles of each Notre Dame founded the Brandenberger recognized the school. Alliance for Catholic Education JUAN PABLO GARCIA/The Observer increase. The Alliance for Catholic Education office, attached to Badin “Students have a rather long see VOLUNTEER/page 8 see ACE/page 4 Hall, attracts many Notre Dame seniors after graduation. page 2 The Observer ♦ PAGE 2 Tuesday, November 28, 2006

In side C olumn Question of the Day: W hat is your favorite Thanksgiving dish ? Strikethrough Saturday | 1 : The Christmas season is now officially ..A." upon us, which means one thing — lists. Presents, party guests, Steve Spurier’s Julie McElroy Meghan Paladino Regina Gesicki Santiago Garces Shawn Finlen Tim Rohman ballot — whatever. Ultimately, they’re all rash and petty. That’s why you should set senior junior junior freshman junior junior your sights on Breen-Phillips Pangborn Lyons Stanford Sorin Stanford more impor- Tim Dougherty tant things, “Ramen “Baba Ganoush. “Korean food “Green Bean “Tofu. Because whose allotted — ------7 don’t have duration of Sports Writer taste buds. ” noodles. It’s a vacation because it is the Hot Dish. ” it is the way I execution is Thanks, Mr. in my mouth. ” only one I like it, uh huh, infinitely more Pilgrim, thank know. ” uh huh. ” forgiving. Like forever. Everyone needs a list of 100 things to do you! before you die. Besides making you feel more ambitious, it also teaches you to procrastinate on a whole new scale. Most importantly, on that rare occasion where you do accomplish one of your life’s goals, no matter how insignificant others think it is, it just feels so good to take out that sharpie, make an opaque black mark, look around the room as if people actually In B rief care, and say in your best Ricky Bobby, “That just happened.” Saturday was a big one for my list. All in The Gender Relations all, I went 3-1, as an unprecedented four Center is sponsoring an event items were affected on what I will now c a lle d “We Can Do It! refer to as Strikethrough Saturday. Most Women & Leadership at ND” heinously, “Be present to watch my on W ed n esd aya t 7 p.m . in beloved Irish win a National th e Oak R oom o f S o u th Championship” was delayed, again. A big Dining Hall. The program hit, as this one lies somewhere in the top features the only three five between being the Pope and having female student body presi­ children of whom the first-born will be dents in the history of the named D’Artagnon. University. Unfortunately, this one remained unscathed on the list as a direct result of Pasquerilla East Hall is my third cross-off of the day, watching an holding their annual S ilen t ND-USC game at the Coliseum. Yeah, Auction Wednesday at 7 p.m. everything I said for the next two hours in LaFortune Ballroom. would have made a post-double-secret- overturned-call Pete Carroll blush, but Indiana State Senator then I put it all in perspective when 1 real­ John Brodcn, a 1987 Notre ized, dude, 1 have a Mohawk. Dame graduate, will speak at Yeah, I got it at a tailgate from some 7:30 p.m. Wednesdayin the recent alumni with “Fear the ‘Hawk” Hammes Student Lounge of (pre-Tommy Z buzz) shirts and clippers the Coleman-Morse Center (much more potent than the local variety). about his service on the I didn’t know them, but judging by how Indiana Assessment Team of they depantsed during “Escape,” I assume JUAN PABLO GARCIA/The Observer the American Bar they were Zahmbies. While half-naked­ “As You Wish Imports,” a collection of jewelry and other items, is set up in the Association’s Death Penalty ness is common place in Southern Sorin Room of LaFortune. The items will be available for purchase from Nov. 27 Moratorium Implementation California (Saddle House Chop House, for until Dec. 2. All proceeds from sales benefit Guatemalan families. Project. instance), more naive Notre Dame onlook­ ers might call them philanderers. Hey, all A Thai and Cambodian I know is they helped me realize one of fundraising dinner buffet my long-oppressed childhood dreams. O ffbeat will be held T h u rsd ay a t 6 (Eat that Mom and Dad!) More like phi­ p .m . in th e N o tr e D am e lanthropists. Jail web cam jeopardizes ments and using the infor­ platform in Ramsey, about Room on the second floor of The highlight of Saturday, however, security mation to coordinate deliv­ 20 miles northwest of New LaFortune. Heather Connell, occurred before the break of day, when NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An eries of contraband to pris­ York City, on Wednesday producer of the film “Small just past midnight I risked the break of East Tennessee county that oners on work details out­ afternoon. The line travels to Voices,” will discuss her work limb, as I climbed atop the final frontier of has beamed live 24-hour side the jail. Suffern, N.Y. with Cambodian orphans and the American west — the mechanical video from its jail on the “It shows the public what “For a moment, it looked show clips from her upcom­ bull. Oh, I’d yearned for this for upwards Internet for nearly six we are doing. I like that like the turkeys were wait­ ing film beginning at 7 p.m. A of a month. How fulfilling it’d be to con­ years may nix the practice idea,” said Anderson ing for the next outbound $5 donation is suggested for quer steel, to prove the industrial revolu­ following complaints of County sheriff Paul White. train,” said Dan Stessel, a the dinner. tion was just a fad. Like John Henry, harassment and security spokesm an for NJ Transit. except small, white and with an injury lia­ concerns. Turkeys try for fast train “Clearly, they’re trying to Mike Henry, actor, writer bility form for a hammer. Some viewers have been out of New Jersey catch a train and escape and supervising producer for So there I was in Saddle Ranch, just me using the cameras to RAMSEY, N.J. — Some their fate.” the show “Family Guy,” will and metal covered with a cowhide rug. harass female jailers by wild turkeys, it appears, Transit workers followed be speaking T h u rsd ay a t 8 Star Jones, I named her, and she made calling them on the tele­ were trying to get out of the bird’s movements on p.m. in 101 DeBartolo. Traveler look like a song girl. Well I rode phone and taunting them New Jersey before surveillance cameras. “I Star long and hard. Finally, she bucked as they work, according to Thanksgiving Day. A have no idea how they got To submit information to be me off, but that’s the point really. Hey, if Anderson County sheriff’s spokesman for the NJ there,” Stessel said. included in this section of Tyler Palko was there, he’d have been so officials. Transit said train officials The Observer, e-mail detailed buckin’ proud. In other cases, viewers reported a dozen or so wild Information compiled information about an event to And as I flew to the ground disoriented, are tracking inmate move­ turkeys waiting on a station from the Associated Press. [email protected] I realized that my life does in fact have direction. 97 of them, actually. Only now my scalp points the way. TODAY TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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meeting that points in the process,” Brown said. co-sponsorship grants By KAITLYNN RIELY resolution — calling for Her committee should News Writer changes in academic areas have a working draft of the and proposing the creation tentatively titled “duLac for also be donated to the local families. At the Campus Life of an advisory position — Dummies” — a student- By LIZ HARTER Student Services commissioner Council’s (CLC) last m eeting fell outside the purview of friendly guide to duLac reg­ News Writer Kelly Maus announced that “to-go” before winter break the CLC. ulations — before winter mugs will be sold Tuesday and Monday, student body presi­ The Council voted to defer break starts, Brown said. Saint Mary’s Board of Governance Thursday this week outside the din­ dent Lizzi Shappell told the resolution to a commit­ Alumni Hall senator (BOG) members awarded a total of ing hall. Mugs will be sold for eight members she expected the tee for further discussion. Danny Smith said the stu­ $750 to two different co-sponsor­ dollars and proceeds will benefit the four task forces to present Carson said this committee dent concerns task force’s ships at their meeting Monday Senior Board’s “12 Days of resolutions to the Council in hopes to meet again before resolution regarding Domer night. Christmas” event. the spring as evidence of winter break to work on the Dollars is in its finishing The Saint Mary’s Modern “[After buying the mug] you get their planning this semes­ wording of the resolution. stages. The resolution will Language clubs were awarded $200 free refills from the dining hall for ter. The committee aims to be presented after break so to assist with the costs of the Three the rest of the year,” student body “I would like all the task present a reworked version it is not rushed and so it Soprano Voices recital they held president Susan Mcllduff said. forces to try to meet, if not as the first order of new can first go through “all the Monday in the Moreau Little Monday, then before the business at the CLC’s m eet­ proper channels,” Smith Theater. The recital included In other BOG News: end of the year to draft a ing Jan. 22, Carson said. said. Spanish, French, Italian and ♦The sophomore board is hosting plan for next sem ester,” The ad hoc student safety Student body vice presi­ German students at the College. a dance with Fisher Hall this Friday, Shappell said. “I hope th a t task force has not met since dent Bill Andrichik contin­ The senior seminar in the sociolo­ sophomore class president second semester is when we the last CLC meeting, said ued to look at dorm disori­ gy department also received a $550 Francesca Johnson announced. have a lot of resolutions chief executive assistant Liz entations with the conduct co-sponsorship to help with the cost Tickets are on sale at dinner outside coming out of brainstorming Brown, but she and the awareness task force. He of its annual trip to the North the dining hall until Thursday and in the fall.” other task force chairs pre­ sent a survey out to a com­ Central Sociological Association and at lunch on Friday. They cost $10 Task force chairs briefly sented reports of their com­ piled e-mail list of every Midwest Sociological Society joint per person. outlined their group’s cur­ mittees’ ongoing work. dorms’ resident assistants meeting in the spring of 2007. The ♦ The Second Annual Saint rent undertakings at the Brown, student voice and to find out what alcohol and sociology department will send six Mary’s Battle of the Bands will take short meeting. input chair, said her task behavior education infor­ students to the conference in place this Saturday. Proceeds from Welsh Family rector force has made good mation is given to freshmen Chicago titled “Social Policy, Social the competition will support the sec­ Candace Carson said her ad progress with their initia­ in each resident hall. Ideology and Social Change.” ond annual Saint Mary’s Dance hoc committee has made tives since the start of the “I have a good amount of Members also discussed upcom­ Marathon, which benefits Riley progress correcting prob­ semester. After speaking responses from that, some ing events that will take place over Hospital for Children in lems in a resolution passed with Ryan W illerton, the better than others as far as the next two weeks, including the Indianapolis. to provide resources to the assistant director for facili­ disclosure of more informa­ “12 Days of Christmas” event spon­ ♦The Dance Marathon commit­ Native American student ties in the Student Activities tion,” Andrichik said. sored by the Senior Board, which tee is also hosting a semi-formal population at Notre Dame. Office, Brown decided to set His committee will make a raises money to help local families benefit reception on Saturday, Dec. The resolution — passed up a new Notre Dame e- final assessment of the buy Christmas presents and decora­ 9. Members of the community, unanimously by the Student mail account where com­ responses and will work tions during the holidays. alumni and anyone else interested Senate Nov. 2 — failed to mittee applications can be toward making recommen­ The five Christmas trees that the are invited to attend. The event pass through the CLC to sent. dations next semester, BOG pledged to donate to the event costs $50 per person. Vice President for Student “It’s going to be a relative­ Andrichik said. were bought and will be decorated Affairs Father Mark ly simple process, but it in the five residence halls this week. Contact Liz Harter at Poorman. Carson raised the should do a lot to stream­ Contact Kaitlynn Riely at At the end of the week, the trees will eharteO 1 @sain tmarys.edu concern at the last CLC line the application [email protected] The Gender Relations Center Presents... 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as many people as possible, and ACE accepts students from all dealing with children, parents, that’s never going to be easy, but majors and programs, colleagues — will help in any Tickets those are the kinds of problems ACE Kowalski said. field,” he said. continued from page 1 that you like to have.” continued from page 1 “We have applicants from all While graduates of the ACE Heisler said the high demand majors ... from fine arts to program enter into all career year will be the senior alumni made it clear that some changes (ACE) in 1993 to support even the most specific engi­ fields, he said, 70 percent of game and the Nov. 17 game would have to be made to the under-funded Catholic schools neering degrees,” he said. ACE graduates typically contin­ against Duke will be the alumni previous system. nationwide. Participants But ACE especially en co u r­ ue to work in education. family game. “Part of it is just trying to make receive a m a ste r’s degree in ages students with science, “Teach For America gradu­ The press release stated: “Notre as many people happy as you pos­ education from Notre Dame, math and foreign language ates enter careers across all Dame contributing alumni who sibly can, in terms of having some earn a teacher’s salary and majors to apply, because the sectors including education, graduated 35 or more years ago access,” he said. “In some of teach in a Catholic school for greatest need for teachers is in social policy, medicine, law, receive priority status on their these cases, as with the general two years after graduation. these areas, Kowalski said. business and other areas which alumni ticket application for the lottery, some access may not Teach for America graduates The program usually has ultimately will address the designated senior alumni game.” mean four or six tickets, it may teach in rural and urban public room to accept 90 applicants social inequity that ultimately If the demand from senior only mean two, but that may give schools across the nation for each year to serve in 31 cities, yields educational inequity,” alumni exceeds supply and it is us, in general, the ability to satisfy two years and also earn a Kowalski said, and in recent Biasing said. not possible to provide guaran­ more people than we have teacher’s salary. years the program has accept­ Both Biasing and Kowalski teed ticket access for that game, before.” Both programs are popular ed one in four applicants. agreed participants are better “tickets will be allotted in More than ever, the ticketing for Notre Dame graduates who Notre Dame graduates con­ off after participating in teach­ descending order to most senior system is based on demand, and, want to enter into a post-grad­ tinue to make up a large por­ ing programs. alumni.” In other words, older like Berio, Heisler said he expects uate service program, said tion of ACE participants, “(Teaching service programs] alumni will be given higher prior­ demand to remain high even after Andrea Shappell, associate Kowalski said, but said “off- lead students down an out­ ity for tickets than younger alum­ players like Irish quarterback professional specialist at the campus applications have standing path no matter what ni. Brady Quinn and receiver Jeff Center for Social Concerns, increased over the years.” field you may ultimately find For the alumni family game Samardzija have graduated. who said that teaching pro­ Biasing said that applicant yourself,” Biasing said. against Duke, contributing alumni “The success of our team and gram participants make up pools vary from year to year, “Alumni have a greater social will be able to apply for up to four the excitement that has surround­ one-third of all post-graduate with a roughly even distribu­ impact regardless of the pro­ tickets on their lottery application. ed the whole program ... have service participants. tion of majors and programs fessional sector they choose to Berio cited several reasons for been a big part of that demand,” ACE Assistant Director Chris represented. The number of enter.” growing ticket demand, and he said. “Certainly this was a very Kowalski said the program is students accepted, she said, A Teach for America repre­ despite the graduation of many of attractive season and a very meant to support a system that “varies from year to year as the sentative will address students the team’s stars, he does not fore­ attractive home schedule ... but has provided an education for number of qualified students who are interested in the pro­ see a drop. as we continue to have success many graduates. varies. gram during an information “Certainly it’s a combination of and move forward, you’re antici­ “You’re serving a great “For instance, last year near­ session Wednesday and will our growing alumni population, pating that that’s going to stay need,” Kowalski said. “It gives ly 19,000 students applied, also show a CNN documentary their loyal support and the suc­ consistent, if not improve.” recent college graduates a with more than 2,400 actually about Teach for America cess of our wonderful program,” Berio said parents and alumni great opportunity to give back.” starting to teach this past fall,” Thursday. Both sessions begin he said. “I think that interest, should continue to stay aware of Teach for America Biasing said. at 7 p.m. in 129 DeBartolo Hall. demand and support for Notre ticket information. Communications Director Sara In 2005, 12% of Notre Seniors and all students Dame football will remain high.” “They should be on the lookout Biasing stated that students Dame’s senior class applied to interested in learning more According to Associate Athletic for the application this spring ... apply to the program because Teach for America and 37 about Teach for America Director John Heisler, there are read the enclosed materials and “they believe educational Notre Dame graduates joined should attend, Biasing said. worse problems than figuring out give the ticket office a call if they inequity is our nation’s most the program, she said. Both Teach for America and which 80,000 bodies to put in the have any questions,” he said. pressing issue — and that it is Two years in a teaching serv­ ACE are currently accepting stands. The Notre Dame ticket office solvable.” ice program gives students not applications for graduating “The last thing you’d want to can be reached at 574-631-7356 Both programs accept stu­ only time to further discern a seniors, with deadlines this have to be worried about is how or online at www.und.com/tickets . dents from any institution as career path, but the chance to January. to move tickets,” he said. “What long as they have earned a gain and develop valuable we’re trying to do is get in a posi­ Contact Joe Piarulli at bachelor’s degree and meet skills, Kowalski said. Contact at Aaron Steiner at tion where we’re going to satisfy [email protected] other specified criteria. “The skills you’ll gain — [email protected]

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International N ew s E ngland Britain tracks radioactive sights LONDON — The British government began tracking radioactive hotspots in AIDS to join top causes of death London on Monday to trace the poison that killed a former KGB agent, and three peo­ ple who reported possible symptoms of Virus to follow heart disease and stroke as third-highest killer within 25 years contamination underwent testing. Britain announced a formal inquest into Associated Press the death of Alexander Litvinenko, but LONDON — Within the Home Secretary John Reid warned against next 25 years, AIDS is set to rushing to conclusions over who might be join heart disease and stroke responsible for the killing of the ex-spy as the top three causes of turned Kremlin critic. death worldwide, according Litvinenko died Thursday after falling ill to a study published online from what doctors said was poisoning by Monday. polonium-210, a radioactive isotope usually When global mortality pro­ manufactured in specialized nuclear facili­ jections were last calculated ties. High doses of polonium, which is a decade ago, researchers deadly if ingested or inhaled, were found in had assumed the number of Litvinenko's body. AIDS cases would be declin­ “The nature of this radiation is such that ing. Instead, it's on the rise. it does not travel over long distances, a few Currently ranked fourth centimeters at most, and therefore there is behind heart disease, stroke, no need for public alarm,” Reid said in a and respiratory infections, special address to the House of Commons. AIDS is set to become No. 3, say researchers in a new Candidate pushes radical reform report in the Public Library QUITO, Ecuador — Rafael Correa, the left­ of Science’s Medicine jour­ ist nationalist headed to victory in Ecuador’s nal. It accounts for about 2.8 presidential race, is already planning radical million deaths every year, reforms when he takes office in January. but could near 120 million That is putting him on a fast track to a by 2030. dangerous confrontation with the country’s Overall, the researchers opposition-controlled Congress — a body he predict that in three has called a “sewer” but which he needs to decades, the causes of global carry out his reforms. mortality will be strikingly “We receive this triumph with deep sereni­ similar worldwide — apart ty and humility,” the 43-year-old Correa, who from the prevalence of AIDS calls himself a “personal friend” of in poorer countries. Most Venezuela’s anti-U.S. President Hugo Chavez, people will be dying at older said at a news conference Sunday night. ages of noninfectious dis­ eases like cardiovascular disease, stroke and cancer. The paper by Dr. Colin N ational N ew s Mathers and Dejan Loncar of the World Health Organiz­ Court turns down school vouchers case ation estimates that at least WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court decid­ 117 million people will die Joanna Patchin reads Monday in front of a panel from AIDS Memorial Quilt at Pittsburg ed Monday not to plunge into the issue of from AIDS by 2030. In an State University in Pittsburg, Kan. The panel was on loan in honor of World AIDS Week. school choice, passing up a dispute over a optimistic future projection, Maine law that bars the use of public funds to if new HIV infections are Ezzati, an associate profes­ from cardiovascular disease laws and improved safety send students to private religious schools. curbed and access to life- sor of international health at is expected to rise from 16.7 practices have sharply cut A conservative group, the Institute for prolonging antiretrovirals is Harvard University, who was million in 2002 to 23.3 mil­ the numbers of road-related Justice, had asked the justices to take the case. increased, 89 million people not connected to the paper. lion in 2030. Overall, they deaths. The group is representing eight Maine families will die from the disease. As populations age, he expect non-communicable Knowing the likely causes who would receive public tuition funds but for Mathers and Loncar ana­ explains, they are naturally diseases to account for 70 of future mortality allows the fact that their children attend religious lyzed data from more than more susceptible to illnesses percent of all deaths globally, policy-makers to attempt to schools. 100 countries. The authors like cancer and heart dis­ up from 59 percent in 2002. improve the expected out­ Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and President Bush’s looked at the links between ease than from infectious Though economic develop­ come. While Mathers and homestate of Texas had weighed in, saying in mortality trends and income diseases — even in the ment may bring better Loncar are unable to filings to the Supreme Court that Maine is per capita, as well as factors developing world. Life health care, it also has an account for unforeseen unconstitutionally discriminating against reli­ including education levels expectancy is expected to unfortunate side effect: more events such as the emer­ gion. and tobacco use. Their increase worldwide, with the road accidents. Based on gence of new deadly dis­ research also used U.N. esti­ highest projected life rates of increasing car own­ eases or major outbreaks NBC names Iraq conflict a civil war mates for projected AIDS expectancy in 2030 to be in ership, the World Bank esti­ like a flu pandemic, their NEW YORK — NBC News on Monday began infection rates and the World Japanese women, at 88.5 mates that traffic fatalities projections may help to set referring to the Iraq conflict as a civil war, Bank’s numbers for future years. will increase globally by 66 the agenda of global health. adopting a phrase that President Bush and income per capita. Mathers and Loncar spec­ percent by 2020. This might “I hope this paper inspires many other news organizations have avoided. “This is an important con­ ulate that by 2030, cancer be avoided, Mathers says, if change,” said Mathers. “And Matt Lauer said on the “Today” show that tribution that will help us deaths will jump from 7.1 developing countries learn I hope our pessimistic pro­ “after careful consideration, NBC News has determine the priorities in million in 2002 to 11.5 mil­ from the experience of jections turn out to be decided that a change in terminology is war­ public health,” said Dr. Majid lion. The number of deaths developed countries, where wrong.” ranted, that the situation is Iraq with armed militarized factions fighting for their own political agendas can now be characterized as civil w ar.” The netw ork’s cable news outlet, MSNBC, drummed the point home repeatedly by using the phrase “Iraq: The Civil War” on the Small protests develop at papal visit screen. Associated Press Tuesday around noon, where he will they said were a million signatures meet briefly with Erdogan, who for a petition demanding that the ISTANBUL, Turkey — Prime waited until the day before the Haghia Sophia be declared a Local N ew s Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to pope’s arrival to announce that he mosque and opened to worship for meet Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, would make time to see the pope. Muslims. Man pleads guilty in fatal car crash a change of plans that appears to News reports say some 3,000 In a speech Sunday, Benedict said INDIANAPOLIS — A man pleaded guilty signal openness to a visit that has police officers have been assigned he was coming to Turkey as a friend Monday to several charges stemming from a angered many Turks. to guard the pope upon his arrival of the Turks and asked his followers fatal crash that authorities said happened after Small protests broke out in the in the dusty, sprawling capital of to pray for him. That same day, he sped through red lights on downtown streets cities of Ankara and Istanbul on Ankara. Snipers will watch from more than 25,000 Turks protested at speeds estimated at 100 mph. Monday, but authorities said securi­ hillsides and tall buildings, and in Istanbul, asking the pope to stay Anthony T. Sibley, 38, faces 12 years in prison ty measures for the pope — who armored vehicles and riot police home. and three years of probation under terms of an angered Muslims worldwide with will be stationed near the areas he The visit to Turkey will be a test agreement with prosecutors. His sentencing was comments in September on Islam is scheduled to visit. of whether the pope can soften scheduled for Dec. 8 in Marion Superior Court. and violence — will be tighter than Police also were staking out spots some of the Christian-Muslim ten­ Witnesses estimated Sibley’s sport utility vehi­ they were for President Bush's visit in Istanbul, where Benedict will sions that boiled over after he quot­ cle was traveling faster than 100 mph on May in 2004. spend most of his four days in ed a Byzantine emperor who char­ 17 when it struck 25-year-old Ronald J. Golden’s Benedict, on his first papal visit to Turkey. acterized some of the teachings of car. Police said the impact pushed Golden’s car a predominantly Muslim country, On Monday, a group of around Islam’s Prophet Muhammad as “evil about 100 feet and killed him. was to arrive at the Ankara airport 100 demonstrators displayed what and inhuman.” page 6 The Observer ♦ PAID ADVERTISEMENT Tuesday, November 28, 2006

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Stocks slide amid Wal-Mart concerns An upgrade of the CDC’s strength-training and car- add extra, welcoming touch­ Zerbe, an occupational NEW YORK —Wall Street had its worst day gym was long overdue, said diovascular-prim ing es. health and safety specialist in more than four months Monday as the dol­ some longtime employees, machines, including eight The gym also serves as a who oversees the contractor, lar weakened and concerns about the strength who can recall the days of treadmills, parked under testing ground for new exer­ Computer Sciences Corp., of the retail industry arose following a rare nothing more than a basket­ television sets. And it's all cise equipment. Earlier this which operates the gym. sales decline at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The Dow ball court and one Universal free to employees. fall, a GameCycle — a cross' The fitness center is clear­ Jones industrials fell 158 points. machine. There’s more: A 12-bike between a Nintendo video ly drawing customers. The Investors were uneasy after the dollar fell That gym was gradually indoor cycling room flashes game and a hand crank — number of employees get­ for the fifth straight day and after Wal-Mart, upgraded. But even in images of the Tour de was set up on the gym’s ting exercise there has more the world’s largest retailer, reported a 0.1 per­ recent years, it was hardly France and other race main floor. than doubled, from around cent drop in same-store sales, those from ideal. courses. An aerobics room “It’s a lot harder than it 250 a month in July-October stores open at least a year. Same-store sales “They had just three has seven Gravity Training looks,” said Tjim Granade, a 2005 to more than 600 a are the industry standard for assessing a treadmills, and one would System machines, tilted, 54-year-old CDC microbiolo­ month for the same period retailer's strength, and while overall retail always say ‘Out of Order,”’ sled-like devices that work gist, after finishing a session this year, since the new gym sales appeared strong last weekend, Wal- said Kelley Hise, 30, who the entire body. on the machine in opened. Mart’s first deficit in a decade raised concerns works with CDC’s food- Two “quiet rooms, September. Despite the improvements, about the strength of consumer spending dur­ borne disease tracking sys­ reminiscent of “Star So far, the GameCycle is the new fitness center isn’t, ing the holiday season. tem. Trek,"allow employees to sit the only piece of equipment at first glance, clearly supe­ “There is now significant concern that the The new center is certain­ in zero-gravity chairs in a that’s been tested. But as rior to some top-level corpo­ holiday retail season is going to underper- ly an improvement. The dark room listening to music CDC officials become aware rate centers or private gyms. form,” said Gregory Miller, chief economist at 16,000-square-foot building and viewing a panel of of unique pieces of equip­ “They don’t have a lot of SunTrust Banks. “Traffic doesn’t necessarily features a large light-filled changing pastel lights. ment, they will contact the free weights (here),” translate into profits,” he said, referring to training room and about The architecture firm, manufacturers to see if they observed employee Michael reports of crowded stores over the weekend. $200,000 in equipment. Atlanta-based TVS, used will loan devices to the CDC Adams, a 40-year-old who As the dollar’s slide continued, it hit a 20- That includes more than 70 bamboo and river stones to for evaluation, said Christie was working out. month low against the euro though it did for a time move higher against the Japanese yen. B. of A. becomes NASCAR’s bank CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Banking on NASCAR Wal-Mart looks to expand in Mexico fans’ sponsor loyalty to drive more retail business to their ATMs and branches, Bank of America has signed a five-year deal as the Associated Press Walmex, bringing to 13 the number of 311 restaurants. official bank of the popular stock-car series. new banking licenses granted this “This is a business meant to support The bank shared details of the agreement MEXICO CITY — Wal-Mart, already year by financial authorities. the current retail operation and to with The Associated Press before Monday’s Mexico’s largest retailer, is hoping to “A large percentage of our clients do complement the services we offer at public announcement. tap into the country’s booming con- not have access to banking services, our stores,” said Solorzano, adding the The multiyear deal greatly expands sumer-loan market when it opens its Eduardo Solorzano, Walmex’s presi­ bank should boost traffic and sales at Charlotte-based Bank of Amenca Corp.’s own bank in the second half of next dent, said in a conference call with Walmex’s retail stores. sponsorship of stock car racing, while also year, executives said on Monday. reporters on Monday. However, he said the company does­ m arking a change in how NASCAR lines up While its efforts to enter the banking Walmex said its bank, Banco Wal- n’t expect its new banking unit to start sponsors. NASCAR has begun to reduce its business in the United States met Mart de Mexico Adelante SA, will start showing profits before 2011. sponsor base by consolidating deals and opposition, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has operations in the second half of 2007, Mexican banks are enjoying a boom seeking opportunities to cover entire indus­ benefited from Mexico’s efforts to open offering savings accounts, debit cards, in consumer lending thanks to low tries in one deal. the financial services industry to low- and credit lines to its individual and interest rates, a growing economy and Bank of America already has an “official income clients, a segment of the popu­ small-business customers. pent-up demand for credit. Banks had bank” deal in place with baseball, long lation largely ignored by Mexico’s Solorzano said the bank will operate 338.4 billion pesos ($30.65 billion) in known as the national pastime. Now, the large retail banks. in the company’s stores, but not its performing loans on their books at the nation’s No. 2 bank adds a similar deal with Last week the Finance Secretary restaurants. Walmex has about 558 end of September, a 44.4 percent a sport widely viewed as the nation’s fastest- approved five new banks, including retail stores — including Wal-Mart increase in real terms from a year- growing. one by Wal-Mart de Mexico, or Supercenters and Sam’s Clubs — and ago. page 8 The Observer ♦ N EW'S Tuesday, November 28, 2006

ect attracts the most people, the candy grams, free food and pic­ offered the chance to buy tickets Volunteer Center for Social Concerns tures with Santa. to the game at face value. Some offers other projects during the Senior class president Game weren’t so lucky, including Wang, continued from page 1 holiday season such as the Kathleen Kindt is organizing the continued from page 1 who paid $320 for his ticket on Border Issues Seminar, the event. eBay. “Through the very nature of Organizing, Power and Hope “My goal was to have this be a said. “I thought it would’ve been a The band members who trav­ the season, people are more Seminar and the Holy Cross Saint Mary’s community event,” closer game. It was frustrating. eled to USC performed at a small compelled to volunteer, espe­ Mission in Education Seminar. she said. “We have so much and This was supposed to be the pep rally before kickoff and were cially at a service-oriented The Border Issues Seminar can give so much more.” biggest game of the year.” on the sidelines during the game. school like our own,” she said. focuses on immigration and The Senior Board will be “The excitement was ruined The entire 380-member “More than just volunteering, other issues between the United responsible for selling the pass­ from the start,” said Mader, who University marching band is however, people during the hol­ States and Mexico. Students es, publicity and buying and said that he “expected it to be a expected to perform when Notre iday season also seem more work with parish organizations distributing the gifts. difficult game, but the team and Dame goes to a bowl game. compelled to help in other and refugees and discuss relat­ Individual dorms are also student section should’ve been capacities,” Plamoottil said. “A ed issues. gearing up for the holidays, said more motivated by the challenge.” Contact John Paul Witt at great example of that came just The Organizing, Power and Carla DeMarzo-Sanchez, vice Three hundred students were [email protected] a couple weeks ago with our Hope Seminar is a 6-day pro­ president of McGlinn Hall. committee’s Darfur petition gram in Chicago in which stu­ “So many people have been e- signing initiative.” dents intend to experience the mailing and asking how they cal committee that will prepare the The Social Concerns commit­ Gospel through service. can help out with local organi­ prayer service the night before the tee recently encouraged stu­ The Holy Cross Mission in zations,” she said. Moreau official ceremony. dents to sign a large flag that Education Seminar works in McGlinn is baking for the continued from page 1 The next day the Vatican’s read “Save Darfur” to raise conjunction with the ministry of women of the local women’s Congregation for the Causes of the awareness about the ongoing the Holy Cross in Phoenix to care center where they volun­ Heaven and his capacity to inter­ Saints will turn Father Moreau into genocide. The flag — with more further the mission of the teer twice a month. cede on behalf of those who pray in Blessed Father Moreau, and later a than 1,000 signatures — was Congregation of Holy Cross. O’Neill Hall president Steve his name. Mass of thanksgiving will put a fin­ mailed to Foreign Relations Students from Notre Dame Tortorello is using his own call The person must be proven to be ishing touch on the event. committee chairman Sen. and Saint Mary’s are invited to to service to motivate other stu­ responsible for one miracle to In previous years, the Pope used Richard Lugar (R-lnd). participate in the programs dents. receive the title of “Blessed,” and to preside over beatification cere­ “We saw many people that offered by the Center for Social “I personally always feel a call another miracle after that to be monies, and these would take were genuinely concerned with Concerns at Notre Dame. All of to be volunteering in some way declared a saint, or canonized, place strictly in Rome — but in the the progress of the global goal these seminars have waiting each week, so 1 think that call Fettig said. last year he and the Vatican shifted including those that had per­ lists. just carries over more into the “Right now, we have all the their attention to canonizations, sonally worked on something At Saint Mary’s, the main holidays,” he said. papers approved but the date for and allowed representatives to offi­ related and those that simply service event during the holi­ Siegfried Hall plans on con­ the beatification ceremony will not ciate beatification ceremonies in saw a need for action,” she days is the “12 Days of tributing to the Christmas spirit be announced until next year,” she the hometowns of those awaiting said. Christmas” project, which is as well. said. the rite, Fettig said. Plamoottil directly saw an sponsored by the Office of Civic Siegfried residents are volun­ In the meantime, the Holy Cross One of the last times the Holy increase in service through her and Social Engagement (OCSE) teering to help wrap donated congregations will prepare the del­ Cross family celebrated the beatifi­ own efforts in previous years. and the Senior Board. Christmas presents for South egations that will travel to Le Mans, cation of one of their own was in “Having done work in the From Nov. 27 to Dec. 8, gifts Bend families and are adopting as well as the festivities to celebrate 1982, when Brother Andre past with soup kitchens, food will be collected and money will two families and raising money the beatification on the home front. Bessette was blessed after being pantries and even blood banks, be raised to provide gifts and to give them Christmas pres­ “This is a great moment for the credited with numerous miracu­ I have seen firsthand the huge food for several families in the ents. Congregation of Holy Cross and for lous healings. influx of food and service com­ local community. Last year, the “Siegfried Hall is always all the places where they minister, Mother Marie Leonie Paradis, a ing into these establishments event provided gifts for 12 fami­ about giving back to the com­ like Notre Dame,” said Father Canadian Holy Cross sister, was during the holiday season,” she lies and 11 individuals. Typical munity and we show this Peter Jarret, Superior of the Holy beatified in 1984. said. items include clothing, toys, through various volunteering Cross religious at Notre Dame. Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, “Unfortunately, people that household items and grocery activities,” said Siegfried presi­ “Every five years, there is a gath­ founder of Saint Mary of the Woods work at these establishments gift cards. dent Tom Martin. “But during ering of all the Holy Cross religious College in Terre Haute, Ind. was also remark on a huge decline There will be 3-foot-tall “giv­ the holiday season, it is espe­ in the Indiana province. canonized last October. after Christmas,” Plamoottil ing trees” displayed at various cially noticeable because there “Approximately 300 of us will be “All Holy Cross friends and stu­ said. “While it is important to points on campus with gift tags are so many more opportuni­ mooting in June, and the focus of dents are invited to join us in a make the holidays bright, the containing gift ideas for the less ties.” With so many organiza­ the assembly will definitely be year of gratitude for the life and rest of the year must not be for­ fortunate families. tions willing to help during the Father Moreau’s beatification and legacy of our founder, Basil Mary gotten either.” The goal of the Senior Board holidays, students will have no the organization of a large celebra­ Moreau, to understand who he Since the 1970s, over 7,000 this year, according to Call, is to problem contributing to their tion on campus.” was and who we are today” Fettig Notre Dame students have par­ raise $5,000, which would communities. When the date of the anticipated said. ticipated in the Urban Plunge exceed last year’s amount. This “The holidays seem to ceremony arrives, the sisters, “You can see today the fruits of through the Center for Social program is in its second year. reawaken a sense of connected­ brothers and priests in Indiana, the seed Father Moreau planted,” Concerns. This program Money for the initiative is ness in us,” Plamoottil said. Canada and Bangladesh — among she said. involves a two-day immersion raised through campus events “We somehow are reminded other locations — will join forces to “Education was always one of his in a poverty-stricken city across which require a five-dollar “12 that we’re in this world togeth­ celebrate Moreau’s life and legacy greatest priorities and here we are, the United States. This year, Days” pass to participate. er.” across the globe as the beatifica­ living out those ideals,” Fettig said. 290 students plan to partici­ Different committees and tion unfolds over the course of pate. clubs will sponsor events for the Contact Katie Kohler at three days in France, Fettig said. Contact Marcela Berrios at While the Urban Plunge proj­ rem ainder of the sem ester like kkohleO 10saintmarys.edu She began overseeing the liturgi­ [email protected] Driver retried in smuggling case Prize will accept

Associated Press they want it to be, is up to conditioning unit, which they you,” he said. said might have prevented the HOUSTON — A jury began After both sides gave their deaths. Several survivors called more online works deliberating Monday to deter­ closing arguments, the jury by Williams’ attorneys testified mine the fate of a truck driver deliberated for about two the air conditioning unit was whom a prosecutor called “vile hours Monday afternoon before turned on during the trip. Associated Press gory, which has allowed and heartless” for his role in stopping for the day. Survivors testified they could­ material such as streaming the nation’s deadliest human Deliberations were to resume n’t understand how Williams NEW YORK — The P ulitzer video and databases since smuggling attempt. Tuesday morning. didn’t hear or feel as the immi­ Prize will allow newspapers 1999. Tyrone Williams is being Williams is charged with 58 grants desperately banged on to submit video and interac­ Entries for the 2007 retried in the deaths of 19 ille­ counts of conspiracy, and of the trailer’s walls, shouting tive graphics as part of their Pulitzers may contain online gal immigrants who prosecu­ harboring and transporting that they were dying and need­ entries for the top award in material such as video, blogs, tors say were among more illegal immigrants. He.faces a ed to be released. American print journalism, databases and interactive than 70 illegal immigrants possible death sentence if con­ A jury convicted Williams last prize officials announced graphics for all print cate­ stuffed into his sweltering trail­ victed. year of 38 transporting counts, Monday. gories. er. They said he ignored their Authorities say Williams was but he avoided a death sen­ Allowing more online mate­ The photography categories pleas for help. part of a smuggling ring that tence because jurors couldn't rial “was the next logical remain restricted to still “These people did not have to tried to transport the illegal agree on his role in the smug­ step,” said Sig Gissler, admin­ images. In the categories of die. There is oqly one reason immigrants from Mexico, gling attempt. However, the 5th istrator of the Pulitzers. “It breaking news reporting and they’re dead, and he sits right Central America and the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals emphasizes blended journal­ breaking news photography, over there,” Assistant U.S. Dominican Republic in his air­ rejected the decision, saying ism and that’s where newspa­ the board will continue to Attorney Daniel Rodriguez said tight tractor-trailer from South the verdict didn’t count pers are today.” allow entries consisting solely in closing arguments. He point­ Texas to Houston in May 2003. because jurors failed to specify The Pulitzer Prize Board* of work published online. ed at Williams. Williams abandoned the trail­ his role in the crime. also replaced the Beat Other categories must include Defense attorney Craig er at a truck stop near Victoria, Williams, 35, a Jamaican citi­ Reporting category, created some material from the news­ Washington said that Williams about 100 miles southwest of zen who lived in Schenectady, in 1991, with a Local paper’s print edition. is guilty only of transporting Houston. During the journey; N.Y., is the only one of 14 peo­ Reporting category. Beat reporters are still eli­ illegal immigrants and that he the immigrants’ body tempera­ ple charged in the case who is For the awards handed out gible to submit their work in had no idea people were dying tures rose as high was 113 facing the death penalty. earlier this year, online mate­ other categories. in the trailer and never meant degrees. So far, seven people have rial was allowed as part of all The new rules apply to them any harm. Nineteen of them died from been sentenced to prison in the entries for the first time but work done during 2006 for “The deaths of the 19 people dehydration, overheating and case. Sentencing for three oth­ limited to written stories or prizes awarded in 2007. The in Victoria was a great, great suffocation. ers is pending. Charges against still images in 13 of the 14 deadline for entries is Feb. 1 tragedy. Whether it was. a Prosecutors argued Williams two were dismissed, and one categories. The exception and prizes will be announced crime of the magnitude that failed to turn on his trailer’s air man remains a fugitive. was the Public Service cate­ April 16. Tuesday, November 28, 2006 The Observer ♦ NATIONAL NEWS page 9 10 killed in group home fire in southwest Mo. 24 others treated in early morning fire Monday; worst fire recorded in the area at a healthcare facility since 2003

Associated Press fire was reported around 1 a.m. talked to all of them at one time or blaze began. tions, including intentionally dis­ The dead ranged in age from another. It still hasn't hit me.” The home is a residential care abling fire equipment, records early 20s to elderly. Another 18 The home is operated by Joplin center licensed by the Missouri show. That facility closed on July ANDERSON, Mo. — An early people were taken to hospitals, River of Life Ministries Inc. Owner Department of Health and Senior 15, 2004, said Nanci Gonder, a morning fire broke out in a group and six were treated at the scene, Robert Dupont issued a statement Services. The facility also has a spokeswoman for the Missouri home for the elderly and mentally authorities said. expressing sadness and saying all license from the state Department Department of Health and Senior ill Monday, killing 10 people and One of the dead was a worker in displaced residents were being of Mental Health that allowed Services. injuring two dozen others in a the home, and the other nine were cared for with the help of local mentally ill residents to live at the Monday's blaze was one of the blaze that the governor said was residents, Blunt said. Authorities agencies. home and receive treatment else­ worst fires at a health care facility being treated as a crime. did not plan to release names until “This is a very tragic situation where. since 2003, when a patient suffer­ The blaze reduced the privately Tuesday because relatives of two that has saddened all of us at The facility was cited in March ing from dementia and multiple run Anderson Guest House to a victims haven't yet been notified. Joplin River of Life Ministries,” he for grease buildup in the kitchen, sclerosis, set fire to her bed and skeleton of cinder blocks and Asked whether two staff mem­ said. uncovered fluorescent light fix­ burned down a care center in stunned this rural community of bers were enough to look after 32 One person was in serious con­ tures, allowing meat to thaw on Hartford, Conn., killing 16 resi­ about 1,800 people tucked in the residents, Blunt said that was up dition at Joplin Hospital. All the the kitchen counter instead of in a dents. Six months later, in Ozark hills of southwest Missouri. to state health officials. other survivors who went to area refrigerator, allowing a resident to September 2003, a fire killed 15 Gov. Matt Blunt said investiga­ “Again, it was late at night,” the hospitals were either in good or take more than the prescribed patients in Nashville, Tenn. tors were treating the fire as sus­ governor said. “That would fair condition, or had been treated dose of an inhaler and not Recently, the federal agency that picious. impact to some degree the and released. requesting criminal background oversees the safety of nursing “We’re not saying it is definitely amount of care that is necessary.” Authorities were trying to deter­ checks for new employees as homes asked for comments about a crime scene, but we are treating Neighbor Steven Spears, 47, mine whether the blaze was quickly as required by law. All the a proposal to require all nursing it as if it is and trying to determine saw the blaze erupt through secu­ linked to a smaller fire at the facil­ deficiencies were corrected within homes to have comprehensive if the fire was set by somebody rity cameras posted outside his ity Saturday morning, said three weeks, according to the sprinkler systems. The rule would who had a nefarious motive,” home. Assistant Eire Marshal Greg health department. not address group homes like the Blunt said. “I saw the front door blow open Carrell. No one was injured in the In October 2003, another group one in Anderson because such The home had 32 residents and with fire,” Spears said. “1 know first fire, which was still under home operated by the same com­ facilities are not subject to the two employees inside when the most of them (the residents). I've investigation when the second pany was cited for fire-code viola­ same federal oversight. Shooting concerns officials Police stage shootout Mayor Bloomberg says excessive force was used outside NYC strip club with elderly woman

Associated Press defend the shooting victims — “I will be guided only by the while reaching out immediately law and the facts,” Brown said Event prompts FBI probe; woman dead NEW YORK — Mayor Michael to the grieving community — in a statement. “I will reach no Bloomberg weighed in on the sets a decidedly different tone conclusions until the investiga­ Associated Press inquiry is complete, uproar over a deadly police than in the past. Former Mayor tion is complete. There will be Pennington said. Pennington shooting Monday, saying bluntly Rudy Giuliani was hounded for no rush to judgment.” ATLANTA — The FBI will said the informant is in pro­ that officers appeared to use what some viewed as a slow Michael Palladino, president lead the investigation into the tective custody and would be a excessive force when they fired response to the killing of of the Detectives’ Endowment shootout between plainclothes key part of the investigation. 50 shots at an unarmed man in Amadou Diallo, an unarmed Association, defended the offi­ police officers and an 88-year- “There are many unan­ a confrontation outside a strip West African immigrant who cers’ actions and said police old woman who was killed in swered questions,” Pennington club hours before his wedding. was shot 19 times in the Bronx were responding to the threat her home, which was suspect­ said. “I promise each and “I can tell you that it is to me by four white officers. They of the car. ed to contain drugs, the city every citizen that the truth will unacceptable or inexplicable were later acquitted of criminal “The amount of shots fired police chief said Monday. eventually be known, but we how you can have 50-odd shots charges. does not spell out excessive to Three officers were wound­ must have patience.” fired, but that’s up to the inves­ The gunfire in the current me,” Palladino said. ed when they entered Kathryn After the shooting, officers tigation to find out what really case stemmed from an under­ Giuliani’s response to the Johnston’s home looking for said they found marijuana happened,” Bloomberg said at a cover operation inside the 1999 Diallo killing sparked cocaine based on tips from an inside the northwest Atlanta news conference after meeting Kalua Cabaret, where seven protests nearly every day for informant, according to the home, but “not a large quanti­ with elected officials and com­ officers in plain clothes were weeks around City Hall, w here search warrant released ty,” according to Pennington. munity leaders including the investigating alleged prostitu­ demonstrators accused his Monday by the Fulton County Police had a “no-knock” Rev. A1 Sharpton and Rep. tion and drug use. administration of trampling the State Court. warrant, which are frequently Charles Rangel. Police Commissioner civil rights of blacks and Police said the informant used to get inside a home The groom, Sean Bell, 23, was Raymond Kelly has said the Latinos. told officers he had purchased before suspects have a chance killed and two of his friends groom was involved in an argu­ Bloomberg’s allies these days drugs in the home earlier, to get rid of drugs, said wounded early Saturday after a ment outside the club after 4 include some who were once at prompting investigators to get Pennington, adding that his bachelor party at the strip club. a.m., and one of his friends odds with Giuliani. Sharpton a warrant. But Atlanta Police department would review its Suspecting that one of the men made a reference to a gun. An acknowledged that the tone has Chief Richard Pennington said policy on such warrants and had a gun, police fired 50 undercover officer walked changed, but said courtesy only it was unclear whether there its use of confidential inform­ rounds into the vehicle. The closely behind Bell and his goes so far. had been a drug deal or ants. men were unarmed. friends as they headed for their “This man has better man­ whether the suspected drug The U.S. attorney’s office, In her first public comments car. As he walked toward the ners than his predecessor. Let’s dealer actually exists. Georgia Bureau of on the shooting, Bell’s fiancee, front of the vehicle, they drove see if we have better policy ... “That’s what we’re going to Investigation and Fulton Nicole Paultre, told a radio sta­ forward _ striking him and an because we’re not just interest­ have to investigate and deter­ County district attorney’s tion Monday that the people undercover police vehicle, Kelly ed in being treated politely,” mine,” Pennington said. “The office also will take part in the who shot her husband shouldn’t said. Sharpton said. “We’re interest­ officers are saying one thing, review of the circumstances be called officers. The officer who had followed ed in being treated fairly and the confidential informant is surrounding the shootout. “They were murderers, mur­ the group on foot was apparent­ rightly.” saying something else.” Sarah Dozier, Johnston’s derers,” she told hip-hop sta­ ly the first to open fire, Kelly Bloomberg told reporters he Monday evening, WAGA-TV niece, has said her aunt lived tion Power 105.1. “They were said. One 12-year veteran fired did not believe the shooting was aired an interview with a man alone. not officers. No one gives any­ his weapon 31 times, emptying racially motivated but said “it’s who said that he was the Johnston was described by one the right to kill somebody.” two full magazines, Kelly said. clear that people in this city do informant, and that he had neighbors and family as a Sharpton called the confer­ Bloomberg also said police feel that they are sometimes never purchased drugs at woman living in fear in Vine ence of leaders a “very candid” appeared to have violated the stopped, frisked, whatever, Kathryn Johnston’s home. The City — a northwest Atlanta meeting. He said the message to policy stating that officers can­ based on their ethnicity,” and man, whose identity was neighborhood in the shadow Bloomberg was: “This city must not shoot at a vehicle being he said his administration obscured by the TV station, of the Georgia Dome. There show moral outrage that 50 used as a weapon if no other would work to prevent that. also said that police had asked were burglar bars on her one- shots were fired on three deadly force is involved. The mayor planned to meet him to lie about providing the story brick home, and she unarmed men.” Some have also But Bloomberg was steadfast with the victim’s family as soon information, but that that was rarely let friends and neigh­ questioned whether the shoot­ in his support for Kelly, who has as it was appropriate, and said before he knew the elderly bors inside. ing was racially motivated been denounced by some he would also visit the commu­ woman had been killed in a The medical examiner’s because the victims were all activists since the shooting. nity in Queens. shootout there. office also reported Sunday black men. The five officers The five officers were placed Paultre made a quiet visit to Seven narcotics investigators that records show Johnston who fired their guns included on paid administrative leave the shooting site before dawn and a police sergeant were was 88, despite her family two blacks, two whites and one and were stripped of their guns Monday, lighting candles clus­ placed on paid leave until the saying she was 92. Hispanic. during the investigation. tered around a photo of the Of the victims, Bloomberg Queens District Attorney smiling couple with one of their said Monday: “There is no evi­ Richard A. Brown said Monday daughters. dence that they were doing any­ that the results of his office’s The survivors were Joseph thing wrong,” referring to investigation would be present­ Guzman, 31, who was shot at Write for News. everything leading up to the ed to a grand jury. He said he least 11 times, and Trent moment they struck the officer had spoken with the mayor and Benefield, 23, who was hit with their car. police commissioner and had three times. Guzman was in For a mayor to question the met with Sharpton, Bell’s par­ critical condition and Benefield Call 631-5323. actions of the officers and ents and Paultre. in stable condition Monday. ~ 'V ~W~ The Observer page 10 V ie w p o in t Tuesday, November 28, 2006 T h e O b se r v e r Christmas and civil disobedience P.O. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 As we move into the Christmas season, Christian era. from God, they assumed total responsi­ maybe you think it has nothing to do What got into the Magi to make them bility for the cause of the world in order Editor in C hief with the political season we just sur­ challenge the King? At World Youth Day, to change it. [This] m eant that a human Mike Gilloon vived. If so, think again. Benedict explained that the Magi had and partial point of view was always M anaging Editor Business Manager The Magi were latecomers to the come seeking the prophesied “King who taken as an absolute guiding principle. Maddie Hanna Jim Kirihara Christmas narrative. would be intimately united with God, a Absolutizing what is ... relative is ... But they tell us a lot King who would restore order to the totalitarianism. It does not liberate man, Asst. M anaging Editor : Rama Gottumukkala about Christmas as a world, acting for God and in his Name." but takes away his dignity and enslaves Asst. M anaging E ditor : Robert Griffin political event. That King turned out to be “quite unlike him. N ews E ditors : Kate Antonacci According to tradition what they were expecting.” Still, “they “It is not ideologies that save the world, Mary Kate Malone their names were knelt down before this child and recog­ but only a return to the living God, our Viewpoint E ditor : Joey King Melchior, Caspar and nized him as the promised King. But Creator, the guarantor of our freedom, Sports Editor : Ken Fowler Balthasar. They got they still had to ... change their ideas the guarantor of what is really good and Scene Editor : Brian Doxtader some good press from about power, about God and about man, true. True revolution consists in simply Saint M ary ’s Editor : Kelly Meehan Benedict XVI last year Charles and in so doing, they also had to change turning to God who is the m easure of Photo Editor : Dustin Mennella at World Youth Day in Rice themselves. Now they were able to see what is right and who at the same time is Cologne. In 1164 tire that God’s power is ... the power of love G raphics Editor : Jeff Albert Right or everlasting love.” relics of the Magi were ... which constitutes the new divine The Magi sent a news flash to the Advertising M anager : Sharon Brown Wrong? formally transferred intervention that opposes injustice and world that there is a law higher than the Ad D esign M anager : Nina Pressly from Milan, across the ushers in the Kingdom of God.” state. That higher law, however, like any Controller : Kyle West Alps to Cologne where, in the words of Christmas made visible the Incarnation law, makes ultimate sense only if we can W eb Administrator : Rob Dugas Benedict, the people “produced the most in which the second person of the Trinity identify its lawgiver and discern his Systems Administrator : Alejandro Gerbaud exquisite reliquary of the whole Christian became man. When that Child became intent. That Lawgiver is the Child whom

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Tuesday, November 28,2006 V^ ie w p o in t ^ page 11 Is race elective? Superficially, Anatole Broyard (1920- beyond doubt that his idea has potential tem of elective race fails is because the mate goal of this group is overcoming 1990) possessed all of the classic attrib­ for abuse, there is nonetheless a com­ idea of race that underlies is not equiva­ what faces it, sometimes it is to transcend utes of a New York intellectual and pelling quality to the notion that race is lent to what most of society understands it. socialite: wealth, a powerful mind, pres­ ultimately elective. Part of this, I feel, race to be (For Broyard race was skin But the very fact that both of these tige earned through decades as a high- stems from our subconscious realization color, nothing more.) But our reactions to views can be held by the same culture profile New York Times that concepts of racial supremacy are the failure also show that our essential simultaneously is partially a vindication of book reviewer, a gift for dominated by the doctrine of absolute views of race itself are fundamentally Broyard’s ideal. In reality, it is not that I words, and an insa­ rigidity. For the supremacist, race is fragmented. elect what race I shall call myself, but tiable appetite for self­ ordained by God or by nature, and its On the one hand there are those for rather that I elect how I shall view race gratification. From the boundaries must never, under any cir­ whom, like Broyard, race is nothing more altogether and this limits all of my subse­ very beginning Broyard cumstances, be crossed. What could be than a collection of visible characteristics quent choices. It is this election that really was naturally suited to more antithetical to this viewpoint then (possibly with underlying genetics) the makes a black woman black and a white the lifestyle that he had the idea of an elective race, where not most common of these being skin color. woman white, more than the color of made his own, save for only are those boundaries crossable, but Some of these people may be uncomfort­ either’s skin. one snag. In the middle K they are altogether mutable? able with the idea of race in general and Perhaps, in realizing that the concept of Lance of the 20th century, in a Gallop Of course in practice, few would dispute therefore they tend to favor a landscape in race is already elective, we can go a step profoundly discrimina­ that the adoption of an elective notion of which, for all intents and purposes, race further to making the actuality of race tory era, and in an Tidewater race could never reach this pure ideal. does not exist. These are the kind of peo­ elective as well. At the very least, our absolutely elitist profes­ Blues Were the idea to be grafted directly onto ple who voted to ban affirmative action in understanding of the choice we make in sion, Anatole Broyard our society, I believe that three common Michigan a few weeks ago. Their ultimate viewing what race will mean to us should was black. responses would emerge. One portion of goal is to achieve complete and total inform our relations with others in this Broyard fought his entire life, more or society would look upon the idea as a “color blindness.” diverse culture. less successfully, to conceal his birth race grave insult to its identity, a second would However, for others, race is a state of And maybe, just maybe, Broyard will (He was aided in this by an uncommonly adopt Broyard’s brand of hollow racial being. It is not attached so much to the have the last laugh after all. fair complexion). And while few should escapism, and a third would agree with color of a person’s skin, although that is disagree that Broyard’s reasons for his the idea yet change nothing about the way undeniably part of it, as it is to his or her Lance Gallop is a 2005 graduate of the lifelong deception — primarily to protect it views the world. At best the entire situa­ universal experience while wearing that University of Notre Dame. He can be con­ his career — were petty, his modus tion might devolve into an almost surreal skin. Race is both a kind of righteous tacted at [email protected]. operand! flawed, and his lifelong disguise game of “race tourism" with little depth or anger and a kind of solidarity, such as was This work is licensed under the Creative ultimately harmful to himself (this tension understanding. In no regard would it live witnessed after Hurricane Katrina demol­ Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- is very clear in his writings), at the kernel up to what the pure ideal of elective race ished New Orleans. Through this lens, it ShareAlike 2.5 License. of his deception lies a fascinating idea. For aims to be. matters not so much what you are as The views expressed in this column are Anatole Broyard, his race was his choice. But the failure of the idea itself is telling. what you know and what experiences you those of the author and not necessarily Although Broyard’s life demonstrates The very reason that a Broyard-style sys­ have been through. Sometimes the ulti­ those o f The Observer.

Letters to the E ditor Re-examining faith and education Is religion the Keep religion and best answer? science separate

In the Letter to the Editor “Combine the quality of our education system we I would respectfully disagree with ningly low percentage of Americans are Religion and Science in Education, Nov. should focus on how best to instill these Kristen Larsen’s Letter to the Editor aware of this is a problem for science to 21” Krista Larsen brought to light the values in students. (“Combine religion and science in educa­ which closer ties to religion is not a solu­ issue of a declining American education Here I will agree with Larsen that the tion,” Nov. 21). Now, more than ever, we tion. system and offered as a possible remedy religions of the world seek to instill need to encourage just the opposite. At When you have Christian ministers a return to religious devotion. While, if these very values in believers, and so present, religious leaders continue to preaching the sinfulness of certain scien­ it worked, such a solution may indeed the argument for a correlation between project religion onto science, education, tific research (take embryonic stem-cell aid the process of increasing the quality religious attendance and education may politics and the rights of private individu­ research or new advances in the preven­ of American education, the fact stands hold some water. However, it is not nec­ als. We must encourage a clear separa­ tion of cervical cancer for example), that such a solution is most impractical essary to believe in God to understand tion between science and religion based on nothing more than beliefs and unnecessary. the inherent value of education and to because the two are inherently at odds, pulled from books that claim the world The simultaneous drop in religious be motivated to become educated. both in general and on many specific was created around the time that the attendance and math and science scores A secular community can certainly issues. Sumerians were brewing beer, there does not signify a direct correlation foster a strong commitment to educa­ Science attempts to make claims about really is a conflict. between the two. Likewise it does not tion. This is evident in secular schools the way the world is through continuous Science needs to be free from religious lead to the conclusion that a spur in and universities throughout the nation. research and tireless experimentation. dogma. Religion may have its place in religious attendance will counteract the So when considering how to improve the We do not accept scientific beliefs with­ our society today (and according to an current downward trend. Instead of schools of our nation, 1 do not see the out good reason. We are under no pres­ April 2006 CBS News Poll, 82 percent of jumping to the conclusion that the cure argument for promoting religious devo­ sure to accept someone’s scientific claims Americans think it does), but its place is lies in a religious movement of sorts, we tion as highly relevant. Not only does without a sufficient display of evidence. not in science. Science needs to advance would be wiser to consider the problem common sense readily point out that Yet the rules seem to change when we without the constraints that blind faith in more carefully. Krista noted that Japan such an argument would have little turn the subject to religion. Christianity religious dogma would undoubtedly leads the academic race in the areas of credit or effect in America, but promot­ reports to be certain of things, of which, place upon it. Finally, I would just like to math and science. Yet Japan’s school ing the values necessary for a good no one can ever be certain. It makes point out that in Japan, which, as Larsen system is, like America’s, secular, and school system need not involve religion. claims about the state of the world in informed us, is ranked first in math and the Japanese as a whole are not consid­ The characteristics of a good education conflict with a mountain of evidence and science, 65 percent of the population erably more devout in their faith than system and solutions for allowing our continues to draw its worldview out of reports not to believe in a higher power, Americans. Therefore it is not a lack of schools to adapt them more effectively books written thousands of years ago. according to The Cambridge Companion religion which differentiates our school can be determined through political According to an October 2005 CBS to Atheism. If we hope to continue on a system from other, more successful debate. Likewise, while our faith may News Poll, 51 percent of Americans path toward scientific advancement we school systems. guide us in education, the intrinsic value claimed not to believe in evolution but need to be encouraging a separation of Rather I would argue the difference of education can be determined without rather that God created humans in their science and religion in our education, not lies in other important characteristics divine revelation. present form. Evolution is an accepted a combination. which Larsen admitted have some influ­ scientific fact. Scientists are currently ence on education. Namely, values such Benjamin Andersen trying to understand the mechanisms by John Kennedy as obedience and perseverance are of freshman which evolution occurred, but there is no law student fundamental worth in education. When Carroll Hall doubt among any respected scientist that off campus concerned about how best to improve Nov. 22 evolution occurred. That such a stun­ Nov. 21

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M ovie R eviews Aronofsky's 'Fountain' thrills, confuses viewers

and the possibility of eternal life and By MARTY SCHROEDER love are the themes that Aronofsky Assistant Scene Editor explores in this film through stunning visuals and wonderful performances When a Christian angel in the guise from both Jackman and Weisz. of a Mayan warrior bows down before The visuals are the strongest aspect a time-traveling man who bears a of the film, from the jungles of South striking resemblance to a Buddha, and Central America to the cosmos of there is some­ the third chapter of thing heavy going the story. “The on. In Darren The Fountain Fountain” travels Aronofsky’s latest from the court of the release, “The . 6 . - T 6 . 7 Spanish Inquisition, Fountain,” the ./ Q v V T -J through jungles, to director plays the frustration of around with reli­ D irector: Darren Aronofsky modern relation­ gion, what it W riter: Darren Aronofsky ships and even the means to die Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rachel stars, and weaves and, more impor­ Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Ethan Supplee them all into a stun­ tantly, with what and Sean Patrick Thomas ning array of light it means to live. and sound. The nar­ S ta r r in g rative is not sup­ Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz, “The posed to be understood coherently. Fountain” tells a tale of two lovers What little there is in the way of a story through three time periods. The film consists of the love two people have for Photo courtesy of movieweb.com opens with Tomas, a conquistador each other and the strength it takes to Tommy (Hugh Jackman), left, relaxes with his dying wife, Izzie (Rachel Weisz) in attempting to scale a Mayan pyramid. stay and say goodbye. “The Fountain.” Director Darren Aronofsky’s latest is a study in visual splendor. He makes it to the top, encountering The film is a departure for Aronofsky, a man with a burning sword standing whose previous films included 1998’s something to be experienced. Aronofsky never meant for “The guard at a tree. The film then fast-for- “Pi” and his entrance to mass Perhaps the most stunning sequence Fountain” to be coherent. This is a film wards to the present day, where respectability, 2000’s ‘Requiem For a of the film is the climax, which meant to be enjoyed and savored, Tommy is trying to save his wife Isabel Dream.” Always one attempts to tie the three nar­ rather than simply understood. [Izzi] from cancer. to play around with This is a film meant to rative threads together. It is “The Fountain” is why we go to the­ “The Fountain” then goes on to tell imagery, he was one be enjoyed and an explosion of light, sound aters, sit in the dark and watch movies. the story of Thomas, a man who is of the main users of and emotion. Alongside this If every film were able to match this in traveling through space haunted and/or the hip-hop montage savored, rather than spectacle, however, is the terms of sensory pleasure, it could visited by specters of his past. Jackman effect, and he has a simply understood. fact that the story is rather hardly be considered a bad thing. plays all three of the male leads in maintained distinc­ “The Fountain ” is why sporadic and the three When you walk into the theater, don’t each time period and Weisz does the tive visual style. threads never really quite fit worry about the boy getting the girl or same for Isabel/Izzi. However, his narra­ we go to theaters, sit together in a completely the hero vanquishing his foe at the end. The story lines are all connected tives have always in the dark and coherent way. All audiences need worry about is rather tenuously. The primary concern been realistically fan­ watch movies. If suspension of disbelief is whether or not they can see the screen of Aronofsky is not so much to tell a tastical. an easy task, then this is a clearly. All the rest is periphery. story that is easy to follow. His concern “The Fountain” is film to see — its visuals is to tell a story that deals with issues not realistic, and is almost purely a more than make up for the incoherent and meanings bigger than ourselves. sensory experience. Understanding is narrative. Contact Marty Schroeder at Life, death, the possibility of rebirth not an issue, as the film is simply One should also consider that [email protected]

her numerous hours spent alone, Izzi is By ERIN McGINN writing a book, naturally entitled “The Assistant Scene Editor Fountain,” about a quest for the Fountain of Youth in the 1500s. Movies, much like books, would do The narrative of her book is the 16th well to have coherent plots that an century plot line, which follows Tomas audience is able to follow. While it is (Jackman), a conquistador, who is possible for a film to seem abstract on working to save Spain’s Queen Isabella the surface, it is still necessary for an (Weisz) from the Catholic Inquisitor. underlying story line to adequately tie Working off rumor and a piece of an all of the pieces together. old map, Tomas travels to Guatemala Unfortunately, director Darren and the Mayans, where there is sup­ Aronofsky seems to have missed this posed to be a tree of life. day at film school, and “The Fountain” Lastly, there are flash-forwards to is the frustrating result. the 26th century where a man On the technical level, “The (Jackman) is floating in space and car­ Fountain” is truly an impressive and ing for a dying tree. While there, he is g o r g e o u s often visited by appari­ film. As a tions of his wife (Weisz). moving The Fountain The acting leaves hardly image, it is anything to complain b e a u t i f u l about, although the actors to w a tc h . are given precious little to Moving work with. Photo courtesy of barzelay.net p a s t th e Weisz is hardly given an experience actual role, instead serv­ Tomas (Hugh Jackman) walks toward the Tree of Life in “The Fountain.” Despite its of watching and into the actual story ing as more of a vehicle for a feminine impressive visual effects, the film’s multiple plot lines do not form a cohesive whole. development is where problems begin ideal. to arise. Although the movie is only 96 Jackman’s characters are only slight­ three is well developed, leaving a very both its characters and story lines were minutes in length, its pace is plodding. ly m ore w ell-devel­ undeveloped mess. fully developed, and it did not rely on The three interwoven plots of “The oped than Weisz’s, The premise o f “The The basic premise of three its visual beauty to maintain audience Fountain” take place in three different giving him a little separate story lines working interest. eras — the 16th century, the 21st cen­ more room to dis­ Fountain ” certainly together to convey more The underlying premise of “The tury and the 26th century. The majority play his talents. had promise, but its abstract ideas has been done Fountain” certainly had promise, but of the film occurs in the contemporary It was an ambi­ potential goes before, and with much more its potential goes unrealized because of setting where Thomas Creo (Hugh tious task that success. poor plot development throughout the Jackman), an animal surgeon and director Aronofsky unrealized because Most notably is Hsiao-hsien film. In the end, “The Fountain” researcher, seeks a cure for the brain decided to take on of poor plot Hou’s 2005 masterpiece amounts to little more than eye candy, tumor that is causing his wife Izzi in making “The development. “Three Times,” which used the which is hardly worth the time or effort (Rachel Weisz) to slowly die. Fountain,” it also same technique of profiling it takes to see it. Even though Izzi is dying, Creo would seems like the proj­ three separate story lines fol­ rather spend his nights working in the ect was more than he was able to han­ lowing two characters in each, played lab to find a cure for her, rather than dle. Although he tries to tie the three by the same two actors throughout. Contact Erin McGinn at actually spending time with her. During story lines together, not one of the “Three Times” was successful because [email protected] Irish Insider Tuesday, November 28, 2006 O BSERV ER USC 44, Notre Dame 24 Devoured in the Coliseum Missed opportunities doom overmatched

TIM SULLIVAN/The Observer Irish wide receiver Rhema McKnight gets swarmed under by three USC defenders in Notre Dame’s 44-24 loss to the Trojans Saturday. Mcknight caught six balls for 109 yards and a touchdown but also dropped several key passes as the Irish continually bogged down in the Trojan end of the field.

play from scrimmage. The drive defensive tackle Fill Moala whistled for four penalties in touchdown pass of the game By ERIC BETTER stalled, however, on the recovered to end the Notre the game. “We made some with 3:39 to play, it was too lit­ Associate Sports Editor Southern California 29 after Dame threat. uncharacteristic mistakes.” tle, too late for Notre Dame. Quinn failed to find McKnight on “We didn’t put the ball in the Notre Dame and Southern While he threw for 274 yards LOS ANGELES, Calif. — fourth-and-9. end zone early in the game California traded touchdowns in and three touchdowns, Quinn Dwayne Jarrett scored three “The reason I why went for it when we were moving it,” Weis the third quarter, as Trojan run­ completed only 22-of-45 passes. touchdowns and No. 3 USC beat around the 30 is that the range said. ning back Chauncey Quinn also led the Irish in rush­ No. 6 Notre Dame for the fifth we had [for field goal kicker On the ensuing USC po sses­ Washington’s 2-yard run with ing, with 11 carries for 74 straight time Saturday night in Carl Gioia] was getting to the sion, however, Irish linebacker 10:03 left in the quarter gave yards. Los Angeles. 25,” Weis said. “If I thought we Steve Quinn blocked a punt and the Trojans a 28-10 lead before “I thought [Quinn] had a gutty Behind Jarrett’s seven recep­ would have been making a field set up Notre Dame’s first trip Quinn connected with McKnight performance to tell you the tions for 132 yards, the Trojans goal from 48 yards, I would into the end zone. Irish receiver from the 2 to cut the lead back truth,” Weis said. “He was far rolled over the Irish 44-24 and have been kicking a field goal.” Chase Anastasio recovered the to 11. The touchdown gave from perfect, but you know kept their BCS title hopes alive. After Booty’s two touchdown loose ball on the 7, and Brady McKnight — who finished with what, join the club.” “They were better than us,” passes to Jarrett put the Trojans Quinn found tight end Marcus six catches for 109 yards — his USC linebacker Brian Cushing Irish coach Charlie Weis said. up 14-0, Gioia kicked a 27-yard Freeman in the endzone on the 15th score of the season, tying returned the ensuing onside “They did a good job on offense field goal to put the Irish on the next play to cut the Trojan lead him for first all-time at Notre kick for a touchdown to provide and defense and special teams, board with 36 seconds left in to 21-10 with 7:47 left in the Dame with the mark teammate the final margin. [and] there’s no excuses.” the opening period. half. Jeff Samardzija set last season. Though Saturday marked the Touchdown receptions of nine USC extended its lead on the “When you’re playing in a While Notre Dame stayed second time the Irish have lost and five yards, respectively, by ensuing possession, as a one- game like this, you can’t panic within striking distance for by 20 or more to a top-5 team Jarrett from quarterback John yard sneak by Booty capped a when things go badly or it’ll be much of the game, Jarrett’s final — Michigan beat them 47-21 on David Booty ended the Trojans’ nine-play, 59-yard drive and over early,” Weis said. touchdown effectively sealed the Sept. 16 — Weis in confident first two drives, and the wideout gave the Trojans a 21-3 lead. The Irish had an opportunity game for Southern California. Notre Dame will still receive an was one of the principle figures Notre Dame struggled offen­ to reduce USC lead even m ore Booty, who passed for 265 yards invitation to a BCS bowl. in helping Southern California sively in the first quarter, and after Booty was intercepted by with three touchdowns and two “You take away Cushing’s jump to a 21-3 lead. Quinn was just 4-13 for 78 cornerback Mike Richardson interceptions, connected with kickoff return for a touchdown “He’s a good receiver,” Irish yards in the period. and defensive tackle Trevor Jarrett for a 43-yard strike, the there at the end [that made it safety Tom Zbikowski said. “We In the second quarter, Notre Laws on back-to-back drives. longest Trojan play of the night. 44-24] ... and we lose by 13 and didn’t make the plays that we Dame looked poised to finally Notre Dame, however, failed to “They call an aggressive everyone’s happy,” he said. “I needed to, so give credit to their enter the endzone after Quinn convert on fourth down in each game, give credit to them,” Weis think we got beat pretty good receivers.” turned a broken play into a 60- drive and stalled twice in Trojan said. “When Jarrett had those and I think that we’ll be very Notre Dame looked like it yard rush — the longest run by territory. Overall, the Irish were three scores, it made that happy to go to any BCS gam e would threaten early, as quar­ a Notre Dame player this season just 2-for-6 on fourth down. aggressive game plan look that th a t’ll pick us.” terback Brady Quinn completed — but running back Darius “Especially on offense, we did­ much better.” a 38-yard pass to receiver Walker fumbled on a first-and- n’t execute well,” said Irish By the time Quinn connected Contact Eric Retter at Rhema McKnight on the first goal from the 3-yard-line and tackle Ryan Harris, who was with Samardzija for his third [email protected]

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Dwayne Jarrett 2-of-6 Desmond Reed’s first quarter punt “They were better than us. They did return a good job on offense, defense and The Trojan receiver torched the Notre Dame’s fourth down conver­ special teams. There’s no excuses.” Irish secondary for 132 yards and sion rate. The Irish were stopped The Trojans return man gave USC three touchdowns. on downs four times in USC a short field which allowed his Charlie Weis territory. team to take an early 14-0 lead. Irish coach

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quarterbacks: Quinn’s numbers weren’t up to his usual standards, but his toughness B+ was one of the few bright spots for the Irish. He was Notre Dame’s leading rush­ er as well as passer. running backs: Walker ran well against a stout defense despite only getting 14 car­ B ries, but his second quarter fumble was one of a long list of Irish missed opportu­ nities. receivers: Rhema McKnight dropped sev­ eral key passes and Jeff Samardzija dis­ appeared for long stretches. Marcus D- Freeman played hard but couldn’t fill John Carlson’s shoes. offensive line: The line faced one of their toughest challenges of the year and they couldn’t keep the pass rush C off Quinn. False start penalties killed drives.

defensive line: Like the rest of the defense, they had their moments, but for most of the game Booty had all C+ day to throw and the Trojan line opened up big holes for the running game. linebackers: This unit stepped up in the second quarter, but was ineffective for C+ most of the game, especially in passing situations. The rarely got pressure when blitzing and were burned in coverage. defensive backs: They frequently looked lost, especially after Chinedum Ndukwe was injured in the third D+ quarter. Dwayne Jarrett ran free through the secondary for most of the evening. special team s: Kickoffs were awful, punt coverage gave up a key long return TIM SULLIVAN/The Observer early, and Geoff Price wasn’t his Irish quarterback Brady Quinn tries to jump over Trojan linebacker Dallas Sartz in Saturday’s 44-24 USC victory D usual self. Steve Quinn’s blocked punt was the lone bright spot. over Notre Dame. Quinn added 74 rushing yards to his 274 passing yards. coaching: Weis out-thought himself game- planning for the Trojans. Instead of let­ ting his offensive players play, he tried to Irish fall flat in year's biggest game D+ showcase his brilliance. Meanwhile, the defense and special teams looked lost. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — You could The Irish began the game with little in the second quarter Saturday almost see this coming. The thou­ of the fire, not much of the intensity night. Steve Quinn blocked a punt. overall: The Irish were out­ sand or so Southern California and none of the clutch plays that Mike Richardson and Trevor Laws classed at most positions on the faithful that lined a campus walk­ kept Notre Dame in the contest came up with big interceptions. It 1.93 field, but still had their chances way to cheer the Trojans as they against an even-more-talented looked like the Notre Dame we to make the game competitive. entered the Los Trojan bunch last season. And plac­ thought we knew. They just didn’t take advantage. Angeles ing blame isn’t But the Notre Coliseum easy. Dame we thought Saturday after­ It’s ridiculous we knew would noon sure to question the In the biggest game of the have punched in 21 could. As it players’ effort — quick points and adding up snaked through especially the season — for most went into halftime the crowd on its senior class, players, of their career — with the lead. One way to the sta­ which is the Notre Dame dropped touchdown later the numbers dium, Trojan biggest reason passes, whiffed tackles later, Southern fans saw a USC Mike Gilloon Notre Dame is California had squad prepared competitive and ultimately missed its weathered Notre Rushing yards by quarterback Brady Quinn to for Notre Dame. Sports Writer today. opportunity to solidify Dame’s only defen­ lead the Irish. Quinn had a 60-yard run in the 74 The Trojans It’s also ridicu­ the best season in over a sive storm of the second quarter. bounced lous to blame evening. around, slapped hands and smiled, everything on decade in South Bend. It was unexpected. Interceptions by the Notre Oame defense in the obviously eager for a matchup a Notre Dame’s This was the game second quarter. year in the making. athleticism. The the Irish had been The Irish could have used some of Irish had more gunning for since that energy. than enough talent to hang with the last October. The game Brady Quinn Number of points the Irish scored off these inter­ In its biggest game of the season Trojans last season. There was no wanted to complete his already leg­ ceptions. Notre Oame was stopped on fourth down — for most players, of their career reason why they couldn’t stay in the endary resume. The game the following both turnovers. 0 — Notre Dame dropped passes, game with USC this time. whole country was w aiting for. whiffed tackles and ultimately The only reasonable blame has to USC coach Pete Carroll can be missed its opportunity to solidify fall on the head coach. criticized for showing too much the best season in over a decade in Charlie Weis had all season to get spirit at times. But no one can say Number of times Notre Dame failed to South Bend. Notre Dame up for this game. He Carroll doesn’t know how to coach convert on fourth down in USC territory, USC was the had last season’s in big games. The Trojans were including three tim es in the first half. more-talented aching loss and fully prepared — mentally and football team. The They knew that only a the chance to physically. Trojans defense spoil an archri­ Weis showed Saturday night that Yards receiving by Trojan wideout Dwayne focused, fiery effort would was faster than be enough to beat the val’s national title he hasn’t reached Carroll’s level Jarrett, who has had over 100 yards receiving 132 M ichigan’s and hopes as motiva­ yet. He had to find a way to get the in all three of his games against Notre Dame. Dwayne Jarrett Trojans in the Coliseum tion. What hap­ Irish ready for their biggest game of could start for any for the time since pened? the year. He had a whole season to Game time it took for USC to take a 14-0 team in the NFL Saturday night’s color The Irish laid an build them up, to get the Irish to right now. egg- peak at the right time. lead and force the Irish to play catch up commentator roamed the 7:49 for the rest of the game. But the Irish Notre Dame It took just one quarter to show knew that going Irish sidelines. started the first that Notre Dame is much further in. They knew that quarter like it from the top than anyone ever only a focused, had never seen a thought. Total yards for both the Irish and Trojans. fiery effort would football before. Notre Dame ran 76 offensive plays to 404 be enough to beat Sure-handed The views expressed in this USC’s 60. the Trojans in the Coliseum for the Rhema McKnight dropped it, Darius column are those of the author first time since Saturday night’s Walker fumbled it and the second­ and not necessarily those of The Distance of Trojan linebacker Brian Cushing’s color commentator roamed the ary couldn’t find it. Observer. onside kick return for a touchdown to ice the Irish sidelines. Despite the mistakes, a little bit of Contact Mike Gilloon at 42 game for USC. So w hat happened? hope shone down from the LA lights mgilloon@nd. edu Tuesday, November 28, 2006 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER page 3 Jarrett torches Irish secondary scoring Trojan wide receiver records over 100 yards against N D for third straight year summary

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total By KATE GALES Notre Dame 3 7 7 7 24 Associate Sports Editor USC 14 7 7 16 44

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Dwayne First quarter Jarrett had just seven catches USC 7, Notre Dame 0 Saturday night. Dwayne Jarrett 9-yard reception from John But three went for touchdowns as the David Booty with 8:38 remaining.(Mario Danelo kick) junior accumulated 132 yards against Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards, 3:32 elapsed Notre Dame in a 44-24 USC win. USC 14, Notre Dame 0 “They’ve never been conservative Jarrett 5-yard reception from Booty with 5:16 and I didn’t expect them to do so,” remaining. (Danelo kick) Irish coach Charlie Weis said. “They Drive: 3 plays, 26 yards, 1:55 elapsed called an aggressive game and give USC 14, Notre Dame 3 credit to them and aggressive game Cark Gioia 27-yard field goal with 6:20 remain­ plans really come to a positive light ing. when they make plays. Jarrett has Drive: 14 plays, 71 yards, 4:40 elapsed those three scores, that makes that Second quarter aggressive game plan look that much USC 21, Notre Dame 3 better, when he’s running for those Booty 1-yard run with 11:37 remaining. touchdowns.” (Danelo kick) Jarrett scored a nine-yard touch­ Drive: 9 plays, 59 yards, 3:59 elapsed. USC 21, Notre Dame 10 down on the Trojans’ opening drive Marcus Freeman 7-yard reception from Brady and added another five-yard score Quinn with 7:20 remaining. (Gioia kick) within minutes. Drive: 1 play, 8 yards, 0:27 elapsed. Although Jarrett didn’t score USC’s Third quarter third touchdown himself, he did have a 2 5-yard grab to keep the drive going. USC 28, Notre Dame 10 Chauncey Washington 2-yard run with 10:03 “He’s a great player,” Irish quarter­ remaining. (Danelo kick) back Brady Quinn said. “Every time Drive: 10 plays,65 yards, 4:57 elapsed [USC’s receivers] get a ball in their USC 28, Notre Dame 17 hands they’re going to do good things. Rhema McKnight 2-yard pass from Quinn with That’s why Jarrett’s broken all the 1:57 remaining. (Gioia kick) records and done what he’s done Drive: 10 plays, 52 yards, 3:28 elapsed th ere.” Fourth quarter So far in 2006, Jarrett has 55 catches USC 31, Notre Dame 17 for 742 yards and 10 touchdowns. Danelo 34-yard field goal with 11:43 remaining. As a sophomore in 2005, he had 91 Drive: 13 plays, 65 yards, 5:14 elapsed catches for 1,274 yards and 16 scores. USC 37, Notre Dame 17 Perhaps his most famous was a fourth- Jarrett 43-yard pass from Booty with 8:21 and-nine catch that went for 61 yards remaining. (Danelo kick failed) in the final drive of the Notre Dame- Drive: 2 plays, 57 yards, 1:00 elapsed USC 37, Notre Dame 24 USC game on Oct. 15, 2005. He was a Jeff Samardzija 2-yard pass from Quinn with 3:39 finalist for the Biletnikoff Award, given remaining. (Gioia kick) to the nation’s top receiver, and Drive: 14 plays, 78 yards, 4:42 elapsed received All-America honors. TIM SULLIVAN/The Observer USC wide receiver runs free in the Notre Dame secondary Saturday. Jarrett USC 44, Notre Dame 24 The Irish said they were prepared for Brian Cushing 42-yard kickoff return with 3:31 caught seven passes for 132 yards and three touchdowns. the speed and talent of Jarrett and fel­ remaining. (Danelo kick) low Trojans receiver Steve Smith, but still gave up 265 yards through the air. ball where the receivers could make far and they proved to be very fast,” “They’re a very talented group of the plays,” he said. “It’s just disap­ Frome said. “We knew what to expect, receivers coming in and they really pointing for us now to go back home — we couldn’t really perform, execute statistics showed that today,” Irish cornerback it’s a long flight.” our plays and our game plan and they Mike Richardson said. Booty was 17-of-28 with two inter­ could.” total yards Defensive lineman Chris Frome ceptions and three touchdowns, all to The Irish concluded their regular agreed. He also stressed the impact Jarrett. Smith had three catches for 35 season Saturday. Next week, Jarrett that first-year Trojans starting quar­ yards and Fred Davis had three for 33 and the Trojans face crosstown rival terback John David Booty had on USC’s yards. UCLA, whom the Irish defeated 20-17 rushing yards aerial attack. “We knew coming into this game that on Oct. 21. “Their receivers were making catch­ they were probably going to be some of es, their quarterback was putting the the best receivers that we’ve seen so Contact Kate Gales [email protected] passing yards :...... _......

ND still eligible for a BCS paycheck return yards Zbikowski returns kicks for first time; Weis inserts extra linemen in short yardage

pretty good and we’ll be Bowl has already lost the “He wasn’t the only guy we By KATE GALES time of possession very happy to go to any BCS Big 10 champion, Ohio had on special teams, we Associate Sports Editor game that picks us,” Weis State, to the national title used every guy we had on said. A reporter asked if the game. Because the Buckeyes special teams today.” ■■BSP LOS ANGELES, Calif. — rumors were true that the are No. 1, they will auto­ Weis said it was important ^■$3851 After a 44-24 loss to USC Sugar Bowl officials had matically receive the first for him to put the best ath­ Saturday, the most recent said they would take the pick of remaining teams. It letes on the field. Bowl Championship Series Irish if they were available could also lose the Pac-10 “You lose a game, you lose % (BCS) polls have the Irish at regardless of other team’s champion if the Trojans end a game, but you’re going to No. 10. availability. up No. 2 in the BCS rank­ lose a game with your best 31-130 rushes-yards 32-139 The team is No. 10 in the Weis’ response to that was ings, in which case it could guys doing it,” he said. 22-45-0 comp-att-int 17-28-2 Harris Interactive Poll, No. sim ple. pick any two teams not 3-117 p'unts-yards 3-67 12 in the USA hosting bowls. Different lineup on the “If New Orleans ends up 1-1 fumbles-lost 0-0 Today/Coaches Poll and No. picking us, sign me up,” he After the replacement offensive line 6-60 penalties-yards 5-50 8 in the computer rankings. said. “Let’s go.” bids, the Sugar Bowl To com pensate for the loss 18 first downs 21 The BCS ra n k in g s av erag e The four bowls have sev­ receives the first pick, fol­ of tight end John Carlson, these three components, lowed by the Orange Bowl Weis sometimes had extra eral conference tie-ins, passing with equal weight. meaning that the conference and the Fiesta Bowl. linemen on the offensive Quinn 22-45-0 Booty 17-28-2 The BCS now c o n sists of champions will automatical­ line, which confused some the National Title game and ly go to those bowls unless Zbikowski makes kickoff- onlookers. rushing the traditional Rose, selected for the national return debut “They weren’t unbalanced Quinn 11-74 Gable 20-115 Orange, Fiesta and Sugar title game. The Rose Bowl is Safety Tom Zbikowski, lines,” he said. “Those line­ Walker 14-56 Washington 6-24 Bowls. The Irish automati­ played between the Big Ten who also returns punts for men were just taking the receiving cally go to a BCS bowl if and the Pac-10 champions, the Irish, particuparted in place of tight ends.” they finish in the top eight the Fiesta Bowl is tied to the his first kickoff return Carlson’s replacement, McKnight 6-109 Jarrett 7-132 teams, and are eligible for Big 12, the Orange Bowl is Saturday. Marcus Freeman, did catch Samardzija 6-79 Smith 3-35 selection if they are within tied to the ACC and the Weis said that Zbikowski a seven-yard touchdown Freeman 5-38 Davis 3-33 Grimes 2-34 McFoy 2-24 the top 14. Sugar Bowl is tied to the has been preparing to spe­ pass from Quinn in the sec­ West 2-14 Gable 1-21 After losing to USC, Irish SEC. cialize in kickoffs for several ond quarter to put the Irish tackles coach Charlie Weis said the The bowl that loses its tie- weeks. w ith in ! 1. team would be happy to be ins to the national champi­ “He’s worked for the last Richardson 9 Sartz 8 selected for a BCS berth. onship game will pick before few weeks in prep that he’d Contact Kate Gales at Crum 9 Mays 7 “I think that we got beat the other bowls. The Rose be doing that,” Weis said. [email protected] Brockington 6 Lua 65 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER Tuesday, November 28, 2006

California nightmare

Southern California jumped out to a 21-3 lead and never looked back against an overmatched Irish squad. Notre Dame had its chances — including two second quarter interceptions — but squandered them, getting stopped on fourth down four times in Trojan territory and fumbling within five yards of the goal line. The win vaulted USC into a probable national title game matchup with Ohio State while Notre Dame became a virtual lock for a lesser BCS game.

Photos by CLEM SUHENDRA AND TIM SULUVAN/The Observer Top left, Irish coach Charlie Weis exits the stadium amid taunts from Trojan fans. Top right, Notre Dame running back Darius Walker breaks through one of the few holes he saw all night. Center, Irish receiver Jeff Samardzija tries to fight past USC linebacker Dallas Sartz. Bottom left, Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn breaks free during his 60-yard run in the second quarter. Bottom right, Irish defensive end Chris Frome watches the final seconds tick away in frustration. T h e O bserv er

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D irector S potlight Guest takes satiric film into 'Consideration' Director's humorous, documentary-style

G uest and the M ockumentary

Guffman ” and, most famously, champi­ By MICHELLE FORDICE onship dog shows in “Best in Show.” Scene Writer Guest’s films specialize in taking mun­ dane but offbeat worlds and hyperboliz­ Movies are often used to escape real ing their characteristics just enough to life, but writer, director and actor make them into some of the most hilari­ Christopher Guest has turned making ous facets of life the audience has seen. fun of life into its own genre. The mock­ Guest stays true to the mockumentary umentary, exemplified by Guest’s films, formula. His actors are generally only has turned what many audiences consid­ given a brief outline to know what er to be the most tedious film structure should happen in the scene and then into the one of the most uproarious. allowed to improvise the rest without A mockumentary is a film that is pre­ rehearsal and a few takes. Shooting is sented as a documentary, but is actually very fast, but the large amounts of a parody or satire of the events or theme improvisation mean that editing takes it portrays. Mockumentaries are gener­ much longer, making the time spent on ally filmed very quickly and are mostly each the inverse of most movies. “For improvised to maintain the realistic Your Consideration” had 27 days of structure of the film. The first famous shooting but almost a year of editing. false documentary is probably Orson Guest’s films include multiple other Well’s radio production of “The War of elements that make them more “real.” the Worlds,” but the word “mockumen­ In “A Mighty Wind,” television cameras Photo courtesy of movieweb.com tary” was coined by director Rob Reiner were actually used to film the sections Eugene Levy, left, and Catherine O’Hara star in Christopher G uest’s “A Mighty in reference to his 1984 film, “This is that were supposedly broadcast on TV. Spinal Tap.” Also, most of the “Mighty Wind” actors Wind.” Guest has built his directing career on left-of-center, mockumentary films. In a somewhat similar vein, drama played their own instruments, as they documentaries, like the recently did in “This is Spinal Tap.” Despite this, since it still leaves room for hold five of the other top 10 slots, and released “Death of a President,” are Guest uses many of the same actors in improvisation and the cast is still popu­ “This is Spinal Tap,” “Best in Show,” and false documentaries that take on a seri­ his films and has formed a comedy lated with familiar faces, it remains true “Waiting for Guffman” all hold places on ous tone. troupe of sorts in doing so. Eugene Levy, to Guest’s style. television channel Bravo’s 100 Funniest Fellow screenwriters Michael McKean, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey, Michael Christopher Guest has continued to Movies list. Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner helped to McKean, Jennifer Coolidge and others dominate the mockumentary genre, even The appeal of the mockumentary lay the foundations for the modern continue to be seen in Guest mockumen­ as works of a similar nature, such as comes from its semblance of realism. By mockumentary with the cult classic taries and their chemistry has not dulled “The Daily Show” or “The Office,” gain framing the most outlandish characters “This is Spinal Tap,” but Christopher as the movies have been produced. popularity. “Borat: Cultural Learnings of in a familiar style and setting, Guest Guest brought the mockumentary into Christopher Guest’s latest film, “For America For Make Benefit Glorious reminds us that we are all a little off­ the mainstream. Since the rock and roll Your Consideration,” is not actually in Nation of Kazakhstan” may hold the beat. themed “Spinal Tap,” Guest has satirized the mockumentary style. Many of the highest lifetime gross in theatres for folk music in “A Mighty Wind,” small scenes are heavily scripted and it is done mockumentaries, but Guest’s five films Contact Michelle Fordice at town theatre productions in “Waiting for as a narrative and not a documentary. (including “For Your Consideration”) [email protected]

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host, and the tall and mighty Jane Lynch By CASSIE BELEK (“The 40-Year-Old Virgin”) as his co-host Assistant Scene Editor Cindy Martin, a not-so-subtle imitation of Nancy O’Dell. Willard asks irrelevant per­ Christopher Guest may be the king of sonal questions while Lynch parodies mockumentaries, but his latest project, O’Dell’s stance and walk in a hilarious “For Your Consideration,” is styled as a fusion of a beauty queen and a robot. narrative — a trait that displays hilarity However, Willard and Lynch are not the but hinders the overall potential of the film. only performers to receive laughs. Jennifer Guest successfully creates a stinging satire Coolidge (“Legally Blonde”) portrays pro­ of the effects of Oscar buzz on Hollywood, ducer Whitney Taylor Brown with her now but the narrative structure leads to under­ signature “dumb blonde” characteristics. developed characters and the absence of Guest’s co-writer Eugene Levy delights as sight gags that are central to his films. clueless agent Morley Orfkin, and Guest “For Your Consideration” follows three himself produces enough laughs with his actors in the fictional movie “Home for character’s frizzy haircut. Ricky Gervais Purim” as they learn from Internet rumors (BBC’s “The Office”), already a comedic and television shows that they will genius, is a natural addition to the Guest undoubtedly receive troupe as studio suit an Academy Award For Your Consideration Martin Gibb. nomination. Egos The star of the ficti­ Photo courtesy of movieweb.com inflate and art is tious movie, as well as From left, Christopher Moynihan, Harry Shearer, Catherine O’Hara and Parker abandoned for main­ “Consideration,” is Posey star in “For Your Consideration.” The film’s sense of satire fails to impress. stream acceptance. Catherine O’Hara The title of the movie (“Home Alone”) as is changed to “Home D irector: Christopher Guest Marilyn Hack — a ater wondering what could have been if as small-town musical productions, com­ for Thanksgiving” to W riters: Christopher Guest still-struggling inde­ this latest film had taken that route. In his petitive dog shows, and a folk music trib­ appeal to a wider and Eugene Levy pendent actress who other films, such as 1996’s “Waiting for ute. Hollywood is a rather easy target that audience, and the Starring: Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, loses herself amongst Guffman,” characters often develop has been hit multiple times, and only those potentially nominated Jane Lynch and Jennifer Coolidge the Oscar buzz. Similar through fake, documentary-style inter­ who closely follow the industry will under­ actors abandon then- to her performance in views. While some filmmakers might view stand all of the satire employed. independent roots G u est’s “A M ighty this direct approach as an easy crutch, “Consideration” may not be as strong a and give in to the plastic surgery, fake tan­ Wind,” O’Hara brings comedy tinged with Guest uses them perfectly, aided by his tal­ comedy as its predecessors but it still offers ning and hair dying temptations of sadness, but this time adds a pathetic qual­ ented friends and actors. “Consideration” an amusing inside look into Hollywood and Hollywood. ity to the fading actress. It takes talent to abandons this technique, but could per­ the effects of award-season buzz. Guest As usual with Guest’s projects, the film is portray a mix of hope and desperation haps benefit from it. The film may also and company shine as they interact with largely improvised. The director’s regular behind a face lift, but O’Hara does this with have benefited from the addition of Guest’s ease and enjoyment, but the auteur must cast of comedians is back to fulfill new ease, perhaps prompting her own Oscar characteristic sight gags that produce choose his next project carefully. While he over-the-top roles. Standout performers buzz. memorable comedic moments. should be lauded for this latest risk, the include the perpetual scene-stealer Fred While “Consideration” is an interesting Just like “Home for Purim,” the appeal of mockumentary is his best option. Willard (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) as creative turn for Guest, his strength lies in “Consideration” is limited. Guest’s previous Chuck Porter, an entertainment television the mockumentary, and one leaves the the­ films focused on more obscure topics such Contact Cassie Belek [email protected] page 14 The Observer ♦ CLASSIFIEDS Tuesday, November 28, 2006

NFL Ravens destroy Pittsburgh's slim playoff hopes

Montgomery in 1981 to produce and the Chargers looking all too Titans, Redskins, three straight 100-yard games. human against Oakland, the Patriots get narrow star running back keyed yet Patriots 17, Bears 13 another second-half rally to victories Sunday After New England turned the give the AFC West-leading ball over three times inside the Chargers (9-2) their fifth Associated Press Chicago 20-yard line, tight end straight win. Benjamin Watson hung onto it Tomlinson, in the midst of an BALTIMORE — Any chance when Tom Brady’s 2-yard pass MVP-type season, rushed for the Pittsburgh Steelers had of found him in the end zone. two touchdowns and threw for returning to the Super Bowl Patriots cornerback Asante another. He has 24 touchdowns was seemingly laid to rest by Samuel put an abrupt end to this season, needing five in the the Baltimore Ravens. the Bears’ comeback hopes with last five games to break the The Ravens sacked Ben his third interception with 1:46 NFL record of 28 set by Shaun Roethlisberger nine times to play. Alexander during his MVP sea­ Sunday and coasted to their Playing on their new artificial son of 2005. fifth straight victory, a 27-0 turf, the Patriots (8-3) perse­ Tomlinson threw a 19-yard blowout that left the Steelers vered against the Bears (9-2), touchdown pass to tight end with only a mathematical who had allowed the fewest Antonio Gates to tie the game at chance of reaching the playoffs. points in the league, 120. But 14. Tomlinson threw his second Baltimore (9-2) limited the New England was the second I’D pass of the season and the defending NFL champions to 36 stingiest at 131. sixth of his career. yards in the decisive first half. The Bears capitalized on the After the Raiders (2-9) punt­ The nine sacks, which totaled fourth of their five takeaways — ed, Tomlinson broke a 44-yard 73 yards and matched a Ravens and Charles Tillman’s second run on first down, then capped franchise record, included a interception — to tie the game the drive with a 10-yard scoring vicious hit by Bart Scott that 10-10 just 7 seconds into the run. It was his 21st touchdown forced Roethlisberger out of the fourth quarter on Cedric in seven games. game in the second quarter. Benson’s 2-yard run. Roethlisberger missed only The Patriots then moved 73 Redskins 17, Panthers 13 one play, but for the rest of the yards after the kickoff and went Chris Cooley’s 66-yard touch­ afternoon he was harassed by a ahead with 8:22 left. Brady pro­ down reception was the differ­ relentless rush. It was the sec­ vided the dramatics with a ence in Washington’s win over ond time this year that the scrambling 40-yard completion Carolina. Steelers were shut out; the last to Watson and an 11-yard run The victory broke a two-game time Pittsburgh was blanked at for a first down that ended with losing streak for the Redskins least twice in a season was in him jumping up and making an (4-7) and gave quarterback 1989. emphatic first-down signal. Jason Campbell his first win in The Steelers (4-7) had won That put the ball at the his second NFL start. The team two straight following a 2-6 Chicago 14 and Watson scored returned to running the ball start, but their resurgence was five plays later. and stopping the run, but it emphatically squelched by the took the big play to Cooley with AP hated Ravens, who lead Titans 24, Giants 21 4:26 remaining to beat the Ravens linebacker Bart Scott reacts after recovering a fumble Pittsburgh in the AFC North by Vince Young and Adam Panthers (6-5). during Baltimore’s 27-0 victory over Pittsburgh Sunday. five games with five to play. “Pacman” Jones never gave up, Campbell had only 52 yards Roethlisberger went 21-for-41 leading a stunning Tennessee passing when he hit Cooley on a bling Atlanta. Minnesota in 2002. for 214 yards and two intercep­ fourth-quarter comeback. third-and-8 at the Washington New Orleans bounced back tions. Willie Parker got only 15 The Titans cornerback inter­ 34. Campbell finished ll-for-23 from losing three of four, boost­ Bengals 30, Browns 0 yards rushing in the first half cepted two passes and had a for 118 yards with two touch­ ed its playoff hopes and deliv­ Cincinnati picked off and finished with 20. 23-yard punt return that downs and one interception. ered a crushing blow to an NFC Cleveland quarterback Charlie revived his teammates in the Ladell Betts, the Redskins fea­ South rival. The Saints (7-4) Frye four times in its first Colts 45, Eagles 21 fourth quarter. Then rookie tured running back now that won without rookie star shutout win since 1989 and Joseph Addai tied a franchise quarterback Young finished off Clinton Portis is out for the year, Marques Colston, who didn’t Carson Palmer threw three record with four touchdowns. an improbable rally from a 21- ran for 104 yards on 24 carries. play because of a sprained touchdown passes for the Addai opened the game by point deficit. The Redskins defense had its ankle. Bengals. sandwiching a 10-yard score Young ran for a touchdown first good game, holding the The Falcons (5-6) lost their Palmer finished 25-of-32 for around two 15-yard runs to and threw for two more in the Panthers to 264 total yards. The fourth straight. 275 yards and connected with give Indy a 21-0 lead and added final 9:35 and finished with a much maligned secondary limit­ Even though quarterback Chris Henry for two TD passes a late 4-yard run. The rookie career-high 249 yards passing. ed Smith to 34 yards on five Michael Vick ran for 166 yards, as the Bengals (6-5) stayed running back finished with 171 Rob Bironas kicked a 49-yard catches. Atlanta couldn’t overcome five firmly in the AFC playoff race yards. field goal with 6 seconds left to Safety Sean Taylor made a dropped passes and a shocking by beating Cleveland for the Lenny Moore, Lydell Mitchell win it. tackle on fourth down to stop defensive breakdown just fifth straight time. and Eric Dickerson are the only The Giants (6-5) lost their Carolina’s next-to-last drive, before halftime. Before piling up yardage dur­ other Colts players with four third straight and fell a game and he intercepted Jake Brees had no such problems ing extended garbage time in TDs in one game. behind the Dallas Cowboys (7-4) Delhomme in the end zone on with his receivers, completing the fourth quarter, the Browns The Colts (10-1) can clinch in the NFC East going into next the Panthers’ last possession. 21-of-30 for 349 yards — the (3-8) had only 167 yards after their fourth straight AFC South week’s game in the Smith gave the Panthers a 13- fifth straight 300-yard game for three quarters. By then, they title with a win at Tennessee Meadowlands. 10 lead with 7:55 to play with the Saints’ first-year quarter­ were down 30-0 and on their next week. New York led 21-0 with in the an 8-yard touchdown catch. back. He burned the Falcons way to dropping to 1-5 at home. Philadelphia (5-6) played its second quarter. But the Giants right away, going deep to The shutout was the Bengals’ first game without Donovan didn’t score again, and Jones Saints 31, Falcons 13 Henderson — Colston’s replace­ first since Dec. 3, 1989, a span McNabb, who will miss the rest got the Titans (4-7) into the Drew Brees threw a 76-yard ment — on third-and-7 from the of 269 games. That one also of the season with a torn knee game when he intercepted an touchdown to Devery New Orleans 24. came against the Browns. ligament. Eli Manning pass with 12:55 Henderson on the third play of Vick challenged his NFL Following an interception, Brian Westbrook ran 20 times left. the game, then lofted a 48- record for yards rushing by a Browns receiver Braylon for 124 yards and one touch­ yarder to Terrance Copper on quarterback, coming up 7 short Edwards and Frye angrily down, becoming the first Eagles Chargers 21, Raiders 14 the final play of the first half, of his 173-yard performance in exchanged words and had to be player since Wilbert With LaDainian Tomlinson leading New Orleans past bum­ an overtime victory at separated.

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N C A A F ootball BCS Standings

BCS team rating prev.

1 Ohio State 1.000 1 2 USC .9460 3 3 Michigan .9216 2 4 Florida .8897 4 5 LSU .8106 10 6 Louisville .7618 9 7 Wisconsin .7096 8 8 Boise State .6744 11 9 Arkansas .6616 6 10 NOTRE DAME .6262 5 11 Auburn .6183 12 12 Oklahoma .5509 15 13 Rutgers .5500 14 14 Virginia Tech .4426 17 15 West Virginia .4014 7 16 Tennessee .3705 20 17 Wake Forest .3471 21 18 California .3192 19 19 Texas .2967 13 20 Nebraska .2268 22

NCAA Football Coaches Poll team record points prev.

1 Ohio State 12-0 1575 1 2 USC 10-1 1491 2 3 Michigan 11-1 1445 3 4 Florida 11-1 1405 4 5 LSU 10-2 1255 8 6 Wisconsin 11-1 1221 9

7 Louisville 10-1 1169 11 AP 8 Arkansas 10-2 1042 5 Alabama coach Mike Shula reacts to a failed third down attept in a game against Auburn Nov. 19, 2005. Shula was 9 Boise State 12-0 1018 12 dismissed Monday after the Crimson Tide finished 6-6. 10 Oklahoma 10-2 994 14 11 Auburn 10-2 985 13 12 NOTRE DAME 10-1 928 6 13 Rutgers 10-2 777 16 Tide rolls Shula out as coach at Alabama 14 Virginia Tech 9-2 744 17 15 West Virginia 10-2 668 7 16 Wake Forest 9-3 607 20 Associated Press Moore announced Mike year. NCAA probation” that 17 Texas 9-3 596 10 Shula’s firing on Monday. But a 6-6 season, end­ ends Feb. 1, 2007. 18 Nebraska 9-3 523 19 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Moore said he would look ing in three straight loss­ “However, we did not 19 Tennessee 9-3 434 21 Long famed for titles, for a “proven winner” es — to SEC weakling make progress on the 20 California 8-3 343 22 bowls and Bear Bryant, and that defensive coor­ Mississippi State along field this season and have 21 Brigham Young 10-2 339 23 Alabama is gaining a rep­ dinator Joe Kines would with LSU and Auburn, not been able to maintain 22 Georgia Tech 9-3 259 15 utation for something far serve as interim coach two Western Division the positive momentum 23 Hawaii 10-2 203 25 less complimentary: for the bowl-eligible Tide. rivals Shula never could necessary to return 24 Texas A&M 9-3 202 NR coaching turnover and Alabama thought for a beat — signaled the end. Alabama football to a 25 Boston College 9-3 138 18 turm oil. time it had the right fit Shula was a combined 0- place among college foot­ “It’s what Alabama is with Shula. While he had for-8 against LSU and ball’s elite program s,” known for right now,” no previous head coach­ Auburn and is the only Moore said. defensive end Wallace ing experience, he was a Tide coach to lose four Moore didn’t name any NCAA Football Gilberry said. “One day former Crimson Tide straight to Auburn. potential candidates but Harris Poll we’re going to find the quarterback and heir to a Moore and university said he was beginning a right fit who’s going to famous pro football president Robert Witt national search. The most team record points prev. come in here and turn name. And the Tide decided late Sunday high-profile names on the program around.” rewarded Shula with a afternoon to fire Shula Tide fans’ wish list — 1 Ohio State 12-0 2850 1 The Crimson Tide is lucrative new contract and start over again. South Carolina’s Steve 2 USC 10-1 2711 2 once again in the market following last year’s 10-2 Moore praised Shula on Spurrier and the Miami 3 Michigan 11-1 2528 3 for a head coach, its season, clearly believing Monday for providing Dolphins’ Nick Saban — 4 Florida 11-1 2528 4 fourth in six years, after things were looking up “stability for our program both said Monday they 5 LSU 10-2 2294 8 athletic director Mai heading into his fourth through four years of were staying put. 6 Wisconsin 11-1 2176 9 7 Louisville 10-1 2175 10 8 Arkansas 10-2 1890 6 9 Boise State 12-0 1872 12 In B rief 10 NOTRE DAME 10-2 1765 5 11 Oklahoma 10-2 1743 14 12 Auburn 10-2 1680 13 Blackhawks make change Fox to stay with Delhomme AP survey has McGwire on 13 Rutgers 10-1 1558 15 at head coach as Panthers quarterback outside of Hall 14 Virginia Tech 10-2 1298 17 BENSENVILLE, 111. — After losing 12 CHARLOTTE — Jake Delhomme is NEW YORK — For one glorious 15 West Virginia 9-2 1226 7 of 15 games, the Chicago Blackhawks getting too much of the blame for summer, Mark McGwire was bigger 16 Wake Forest 10-2 1071 20 went on the offensive Monday, switch­ Carolina’s offensive woes and will than baseball itself. America stopped 17 Texas 9-3 945 11 ing coaches and styles. remain the starter, coach John Fox to watch each time he came to the 18 Tennessee 9-3 872 19 The Blackhawks fired defense-ori­ said Monday. plate, and cheered every time he 19 Brigham Young 10-2 798 21 ented coach Trent Yawney, replacing “When you drop back to pass the sent a ball into orbit. 20 Nebraska 9-3 793 22 him with assistant Denis Savard — a ball it’s a team effort,” Fox said a He could do no wrong, it seemed. 21 California 8-3 598 23 Hall of Fame player whose No. 18 day after the Panthers mustered only Surely he would be a shoo-in for the 22 Georgia Tech 9-3 439 16 hangs from the United Center rafters. 264 yards in a 17-13 loss to Hall of Fame someday. 23 Hawaii 10-2 970 25 With the new coach comes a faster Washington, which has the 30th- And then came that day on Capitol 24 Texas A&M 9-3 349 NR pace. ranked defense. “Whenever you Hill. Over and over, the big slugger 25 Boston College 9-3 229 18 “We want to be a pressure team,” don’t play well enough to win I’m not was asked about possible steroid said Savard, who joined the sure it’s one guy. It’s definitely not use, and his reputation took hit after Blackhawks in 1997 as an assistant just Jake.” hit as he refused to answer, saying coach and will be behind the bench Delhomme was 23-of-38 for 168 he wouldn’t talk about his past. Wednesday against Dallas. “We’ve got yards, one touchdown and two inter­ Now, with Hall ballots in the mail, to score more than one or two goals to ceptions against the Redskins. His McGwire’s path to baseball immor­ around the dial be able to win. ... We have to be second pick was costly. On first down tality may have hit a huge roadblock. responsible defensively, but offensively, from the Washington 41, Delhomme The Associated Press surveyed we have to be a little more creative.” was pressured and his badly over­ about 20 percent of eligible voters, Yawney, in his second season coach­ thrown pass for Steve Smith into and only one in four who gave an NHL ing the Blackhawks, had 33-55-15 double coverage was caught by opinion plan to vote for McGwire this Boston at Toronto record and one season left on his con­ Washington safety Sean Taylor with year. That’s far short of the 75 per­ 7:30 p.m., TSN tract. 2:09 left. cent necessary to gain induction. page 16 The Observer ♦ SPORTS Tuesday, November 28, 2006

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NFL Braylon Edwards apologizes Rookie Cutler to start

Associated Press Following an interception by guy, so that wasn’t me. I Browns quarterback Charlie embarrassed myself a little bit for Broncos Sunday BEREA, Ohio — Braylon Frye, an enraged Edwards lost and I feel I embarrassed this Edwards walked into his composure after leaving organization to some extent. Cleveland’s locker room nattily the field. He exchanged words “I wish I could do it back, but dressed in a dark, pinstriped with Frye and even grabbed 1 can’t.” sports coat instead of the usual the QB’s jersey as other team­ Browns coach Romeo sweats and sneakers he would mates tried to settle him down Crennel said any discipline normally wear the day after a as he angrily stormed around. against Edwards would be game. Edwards, who didn’t speak handled internally. His options He looked and acted cool to the media following the would be to suspend, fine or Monday. game, never directly apolo­ bench the former first-round On Sunday, he-w as anything gized for his actions but he pick. but. clearly regretted what hap­ Or, Crennel may choose to do An embarrassed Edwards pened. nothing. blamed “my passion for the “I don’t feel like I em bar­ “We are going to talk to game” for his showy sideline rassed my teammates,” he Braylon and we are going to tantrum during the third quar­ said. “I embarrassed myself to determine how we’ll deal with ter of Cleveland’s 30-0 loss to some extent. That’s not my it,” Crennel said. “We are the Cincinnati Bengals, a character. That’s not me. going to keep it in-house.” Terrell Owens-like display for Nobody knows me as that type “It’s family business and I’m the cocky second-year wide of guy. I’ve always been the not going to put it in the receiver. clean cut, quiet, well-spoken press.”

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Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler looks for a receiver during Does Denver’s 29-23 preseason victory over Arizona Aug. 31.

Indiana high school, Heritage Eleventh pick out ofHills, to an unbeaten season and the Class 3A championship Vanderbilt will in 2000, when he was named this n finally get a chance first-team All-State by the AP. Cutler, the 11th pick out of Vanderbilt in the draft last Associated Press April, hasn’t taken a snap since the preseason. But Shanahan is DENVER — Jay Cutler’s been hoping a quarterback change Woman the Denver Broncos’ starting can ignite the Broncos’ strug­ quarterback all of one practice gling offense. The team is 7-4, and he’s already a rattled rook­ but ranks 26th in the league ie. with 171 yards passing per Cutler, a former Indiana high game. Intimidate school All-Star, was playing it “There’s a lot of pressure on cool in his first interview at the a first-year quarterback, no podium when fellow rookies question about it,” Shanahan Brandon Marshall and Tony said. “I think this kid can han­ Scheffler began heckling him dle it. I think he gives us the from the side. Cutler tried to best chance to win.” you? keep from laughing and could­ His teammates figure it’s n ’t. worth the chance. “I’m excited,” Cutler said. “With the losing streak we’re “And a little nervous.” on, it doesn’t hurt to try,” The Cutler Era has officially receiver Javon Walker said. “If started. Coach Mike Shanahan he does (well), we’ll ride it all ended the speculation Monday the way out. If not, obviously Meet Jane HER way— by elevating the rookie to start­ he’s our quarterback of the ing quarterback for the rest of future.” the year, sending Jake Plummer A quarterback switch worked to the bench. in Dallas when Tony Romo took OUT LOUD “He’s our future, he’s our over for Drew Bledsoe. The present,” Shanahan said. Cowboys have gone 4-1 with Cutler led his southern Romo as the starter. Lectio@Eleven A Late-night Cabaret for the Soul

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NFL Vick apologizes for making obscene gesture

Associated Press and the offensive line didn’t provide much protection. Vick ATLANTA — Michael Vick was sacked three times and hit apologized for making an a dozen more behind the line of obscene gesture toward Atlanta scrimmage after throwing Live fork-free. fans as he walked off the field passes. after the Falcons’ fourth Leaving the field, he let his straight loss Sunday. frustration get the best of him. Vick used both hands to “That’s not what I’m about. deliver the gesture and flashed That’s not what the Atlanta an angry look toward the hand­ Falcons are about,” Vick said in ful of fans remaining in the his statement. Georgia Dome. Those who “I simply lost my cool in the hung around booed the home heat of the moment. I apologize team loudly after its dismal 31- and look forward to putting this 13 loss to the New Orleans incident behind me.”. Saints. Vick did not address his “First and foremost, I would actions at a postgame news like to apologize for my inap­ conference. Reporters were not propriate actions with fans aware that he made the today,” the quarterback said in obscene gesture until after­ a statement released by the ward, when replays of him Falcons. “I was frustrated and leaving the field began airing upset at how the game was on television. going for my team, and that “I can’t explain how I’m feel­ frustration came out the wrong ing right now,” Vick said during way.” the news conference. “Losing Vick was the Falcons’ main the game says it all.” offensive threat with 166 yards “It is not a good feeling when rushing, just 7 off his NFL you lose four games in a row, record for a quarterback. He and when you lose a game that had another rough day passing, you had a shot at winning.” completing nine of 24 for 84 Vick said he did his best to yards, but that wasn’t entirely keep the Falcons (5-6) from los­ awJJL fT 4 JjL. # ajL ,' his fault. ing again. This is the first time The Atlanta receivers since 2003 that Atlanta lias dropped at least five passes, been below .500.

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M en ’s Golf Irish disappointed in Hawaii tourney result

Irish struggle to Senior co-captain Adam An Evening of Prayer from Around the Gifford tied for 23rd place keep up with the in the tournament with a World career-best 9-over-par 219. rest of 9-team field Junior Eddie Peckels and freshman Carl Santos- By FRAN TOLAN Ocampo rounded out the Sports Writer lineup for the Irish, who finished three shots behind top-ranked Alabama. Notre Dame concluded its Peckels carded a 14-over- fall season with a disap­ par 224 and ended up in pointing eighth place finish 36th place, while Santos- in the Aloha Purdue College Ocampo wrapped up his Invitational at the Kiahuna first event for the Irish with Golf Club in Poipu, Hawaii a 26-over-par 236. Thursday. No. 23 Texas won After rising to No. 45 in the event with a three- the Golfweek rankings and round tally of 847 — 27 defeating three teams that strokes better were ranked than Notre ahead of them at D am e. “When we come The Prestige Oct. The top two hack, w e’re going 16-17 in La Join us for an evening of Irish players, Quinta, Calif., the sophomore to go at it hard. ” Irish finished 11th Josh Sandman in the CordeValle and senior co­ Cole Isban Collegiate Nov. 6- Christian Taize Prayercaptain Cole 7. Irish senior Isban each fin­ T h e t e a m ’s as part o f a series exploring the beliefs and practices ished in the hopes to finish on o f the w orld’s great faith traditions. top 20 with a high note were scores of 215 a n d 2 1 6 , dashed Thursday. respectively. “We played pretty bad Sandman’s first-round 66 golf, ” said Isban, who Wednesday, November 29, 2006 was a personal low, while placed 20th or better in all Isban’s opening-round 69 five of his tournaments this was his third score in the year. “The season wasn’t 60s this season. great by any means. We Walsh Hall Chapel Neither Sandman nor weren’t happy with our fin­ Isban recorded an under- ish here or at the 7-7:45 pm par total for the event. CordeValle.” Refreshment follows. Isban, who finished at 6- The Irish will begin prac­ over par, cited that incon­ tice for the spring season in sistency as one of the rea­ Ja n u a ry . Sponsored bv: sons for the team ’s lacklus­ “We’re going to take a lit­ Campus Ministry, FOG Graduate Residences, Graduate Student Union, ter performance. tle break,” Isban said. International Student Services & Activities, “Every week before this “When we come back, we’re ND Muslim Student Association, either Josh or myself has going to go at it hard.” been under par,” he said. “I University Village and Walsh Hall. think that had a big impact Contact Fran Tolan at on the whole team .” [email protected]

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N D V olleyball Irish earn bid to 15th straight NCAA Tourney

attack by freshman Christina percentage in the third and Team set to take on Kaelin (19 kills, .250 hitting fourth games, out-hitting the No. 11 Wisconsin in percentage). Junior captain Irish .327 to .237 and .333 Adrianna Stasiuk’s double­ to .204 to take the match Madison this weekend double (17 kills, 16 digs), and end Notre Dame’s regu­ sophomore Mallorie Croal lar season. (13 kills, 12 digs) and fresh­ “We needed to have them By KYLE CASSILY man Serinity Phillips (15 be out of system a little bit Sports Writer kills, five digs) added contri­ m ore,” Brown said. “We butions for the Irish, but made some adjustments, but Notre Dame celebrated its Notre Dame couldn’t over­ they were probably a little selection to its 15th consecu­ come the streaking Bobcats. too la te .” tive NCAA Tournament on Ohio took the first game, Sunday. But not after a near but the Irish rallied in the N otes: anxiety attack. second stanza, out-hitting ♦ Stasiuk’s double-double The seeds for the 64-team the Bobcats .275 to .143 for against Ohio — her 18th of Tournament were announced the tying point. the year — tied her for the on ESPNews in brackets of “I think had we had been fourth-most double-doubles 16, and Notre Dame’s name able to win that first game in a single season in Irish was not called until the very and go into the break up history. last grouping, which caused two-zero, it would have been ♦ Senior captain Danifelle a lot of tension according to a much different situation,” Herndon recorded 18 digs Irish coach Debbie Brown. Brown said. “Ohio is a team against the Bobcats, giving But when Notre Dame that plays with a lot of confi­ her 565 digs on the season showed up on the screen, the dence. We needed to get — the second-most in one relief was soon followed with them a little more out of season by an Irish player. celebration. their comfort zone.” HY PHAM/The Observer “Everyone let out a huge The Bobcats, however, Contact Kyle Cassily at Notre Dame outside hitter Megan Fesl spikes the ball during a shout, was yelling — we reversed their anemic hitting [email protected] 3-0 Irish victory over W est Virginia Nov. 12. were jumping up ana aown, said Brown of the Irish reac­ tion when their name was called. “[We were] just really excited that our season gets to continue.” RWMCHZOS ANCKHN: ATKI.IKK PKEPYHAITHHE R O F R 3 0 7 SURVEY OF FRENCH LITERATURE 1 The Irish (18-13) were cho­ ' III) I I - MV\ I1 M .llniill 11:45-1:00 MW fVJ. Dawson sen as an at-large bid to face No. 11 Wisconsin in Madison R O F R 2 * 3 0 0 CONVERSATIONAL FRENCH ROFR 30720 SURVEY OF FRENCH LITERATURE H this weekend — two days 9 :5 5 ^ 1 1 1 :2 5 MW F O. Mcnymrd 9:30-10:45 T/R O. 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S M C B asketball Trojans Belles look to rebound continued from page 24 42-31 lead. The Trojan offense executed a balanced attack that saw against Flying Dutch four of its five starters score in double figures. Guard opponent in Hope junior guard Eshaya Murphy led all players Henley hopes eight-day Jordan Boyles. with 15 points and 17 Boyles averages 16.5 points rebounds, and guards Jamie rest rejuvenates team per game, while shooting 50 Hagiya and Hailey Dunham percent from the field including and center Chloe Kerr each By BILL BRINK and 55 percent from behind the arc. finished with 12 points. DAN COOPER Henley acknowledges that stop­ “They’re a very talented Sports Writers ping her will be a challenge. team ,” Irish coach Muffet “She’s a pretty legit player,” McGraw said. “We did a poor Following a week of rest, she said. “If I knew how to stop job of guarding them. Every Saint Mary’s tips off MIAA con­ her I’d be in pretty good shape. team has players that we’re ference play tonight as it travels But good players will get their going to try and key on, and if to defending champion Hope. points. We want to contain her we can handle them it’ll make The Belles (1-3) have had a and mix it up with some differ­ our job a little easier.” rough start to their season, ent defensive looks.” Guard Charel Allen led the playing their first four games in The Flying Dutch are 2-0 and Irish with 13 points and eight five consecutive days. Their last average 81.5 points per game, rebounds, and freshman cen­ two losses were each by three good for second in the confer­ ter Erica Williamson finished points, one coming in overtime. ence and well above the Belles’ with 12 points and nine Belles’ head coach Jennifer 60 points per game. boards. Henley said the losses were in In order to compete with the Overall, however, the Irish part a result of having so many Flying Dutch, Saint Mary’s will were outrebounded 54-38. games in so short a time. have to cut down on its “We really made it hard on “If we had legs, that would turnovers. The Belles average ourselves by giving them so have been a totally different 20.3 per game, giving them a many second chance opportu­ game,” Henley said of the minus 0.5 turnover margin with nities,” McGraw said. Belles’ loss to Manchester on a 0.6 assists-to-turnovers ratio. “Rebounding is a problem. It’s Nov. 21. “We play the schedule Shooting efficiency will play been a problem all year and handed down to us. It’s tough an important role in tonight’s it’s going to continue to be a ALLISON AMBROSE/The Observer for any team to pull off.” game. Saint Mary’s has con­ problem because we lack the Irish guard Ashley Barlow shoots a 3-pointer in Notre Dame’s 87- Henley also believes that for nected on 41 percent of all its discipline or desire to block 67 win over Western Michigan Nov. 19 at the Joyce Center. the team to be successful, it field goals, but play from out.” must perform well in the paint. behind the arc has hampered it Notre Dame also struggled “Our post play needs to step so far this season. The Belles at the free throw line. The c e n ta g e , so I th in k w e ’ll do (14.6) and guards Tulyah up,” she said. “They need to are shooting only 26 percent Irish shot just 7-of-17, while well from the line.” Gaines (11.2) and Ashley take pressure off the perimeter. from 3-point range. the Trojans were 16-of-25 The Irish will be back in Barlow (10.4). Our team is dominated by Henley said the team will from the line, and they made action Tuesday against Coming off the loss, McGraw [guard Allison] Kessler and approach tonight’s game the 11 of their last 14. McGraw, Richmond. The Spiders are 2- hopes to see more offensive [guard Bridget] Lipke. We have same way it would any other. however, does not anticipate 4 beating Bucknell 57-40 to patience and consistency. four six-footers that need to “It doesn’t really affect them,” that free throw shooting will snap a four-game losing “We’re going to play the have more of an impact.” said Henley of the team’s first be an issue as the season pro­ streak. same way that we’ve been Kessler and Lipke average conference game. “A game’s a gresses. They will be led by guard playing,” she said. “We just 19.3 and 12 points per game game, and it’s important. But “I think free throws is a Christina Campion, who is have to come out and play our respectively. They run the they’re all important.” strength of ours,” she said. averaging 12 points and 5.5 game. We’re really looking for offense and are constantly on “Everyone except Erica rebounds a game. improvement.” the court, averaging 39 and 38 Contact Bill Brink at [Williamson, who is shooting Notre Dame has three play­ minutes per game. [email protected] and Dan just .286 from the line] is ers averaging double figures Contact Eric Retter at Saint Mary’s will face a tough Cooper at [email protected] shooting a really high per­ in scoring including Allen [email protected]

until Harangody missed a layup release.” and Kurz was fouled on the Lehigh came out of the gates Hoops putback. Kurz hit two free firing on all cylinders in the continued from page 24 throws with 14:50 remaining, first half. The Mountain Hawks which ignited a 12-4 Irish run opened a 12-5 lead four min­ lot as young guys and by the and put Notre Dame ahead 70- utes into the game before time they’re juniors and sen­ 61. guard Kyle McAlarney hit a iors — they’re Big East “I didn’t know he had 25 ... I mid-range jumper to cut the guards, they’re not Patriot still think he turned down some lead to five before the media League guards anymore.” shots,” Brey said. “Great night tim eout. Trailing by two at the half offensively, but he’s such a sta­ “I don’t want to take away after Olivero nailed a 3-pointer bilizing force defensively in anything from Lehigh, they’re as time expired before the there too rotating and getting really good,” Brey said. “We break, Notre Dame found its his hands on stuff.” had a hard time with them and groove with a balanced inside- Kurz was 12-of-13 from the a lot of it was their execution.” outside attack. free-throw line in the victory But Lehigh’s 9-of-ll 3-point Falls scored the first four and added eight rebounds. shooting in the first half points of the half after nailing a Notre Dame would maintain allowed the team to maintain 17-foot jumper and following it its lead, again going back and control — the Mountain Hawks with 2-of-3 from the line after forth with Lehigh, until the led by 13 points with 8:29 he was fouled on a 3-point Mountain Hawks began fouling remaining before the break — attempt with 18:46 remaining. down 92-83 with 26 seconds despite Notre Dame’s own 51- Hillesland, who replaced for­ rem aining. percent first half shooting. ward Luke Zeller to open the During that stretch, Carter “On a night like tonight, second half, was there for the was productive defending thank God you’re a good offen­ tip after Falls’ miss, though, Olivero — who until that point sive team ,” Brey said. “You giving the Irish a two-point was scoring at will for Lehigh. were gonna have to score some lead from which they would The senior guard attempted points tonight because they build momentum as the half only two field goals inside five were in a rhythm.” progressed. minutes remaining. Notre Dame will return to Hillesland also finished with “He was hitting everything. If action Wednesday against seven rebounds, three assists he got a little bit of space he Winston-Salem State at 7:30 and two steals in addition to was pulling,” Carter said. “His p.m. at the Joyce Center. his double-digit point total. green light is like UV rate. If The two teams traded bas­ he’s touching it, he’s pulling it Contact Bob Griffin at kets for the next five minutes and he has such a quick [email protected] Apply for a job with The Observer as a comic strip artist.

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Deeth, who was named CCHA R unning for Cover Rookie of the Week Monday, also had a goal and an assist in Friday’s 4-2 Irish win. He picked up his assist when the line of Condra, Thang and Deeth capitalized on an add­ in an rush just over a minute into the game. Thang hit his fellow freshman breaking toward the net and Deeth shoveled the puck over to a wide-open Condra who redirected it past Maverick goal- tender Eric Aarnio to give Notre Dame an early lead. “We want to go out and estab­ lish the tempo of the game,” Jackson said. “It is proven in hockey that the team that scores first usually wins about 70-75 percent of the time.” Senior Josh Sciba and fresh­ man Dan Kissel kept things rolling as they both tallied their fourth goals on the season to give the Irish a 3-0 lead heading LAURIE HUNT/The Observer into the last period. Irish defensemen Tom Sawatske, left, and Wes O’Neill skate in Nebraska-Omaha was able to Notre Dame’s 4-0 home win over Michigan St. Nov. 11. cut the margin to one in the third period with two quick Notre Dame’s two goals in the goals. game came courtesy of the spe­ Junior Brandon Scerco put the Hockey cial teams unit. Senior defense- Mavs on the scoreboard when man Noah Babin got the scoring continued from page 24 he dumped the puck on net from started with a shorthanded goal outside the blue line. The shot Sawatske were called for at 11:11 in the first stanza. trickled past goalie Dave Brown obstruction holding within a The Mavericks answered just and over the crease. minute of each other. over a minute later with two Senior defenseman Phil Angel I “It is the first time all year goals of their own from Bryan quickly followed with his first long that we have beaten our­ Marshall and Mark Bernier on goal of the year as sophomore selves,” Irish coach Jeff Jackson the first shift of the third period. Dan Charleston spotted him said. “Obviously I’m disappoint­ Several minutes later, fresh­ streaking in from the point and ed with that and it will be man Kevin Deeth got open along got him the puck in the high slot. addressed in practice.” the crease and buried a Ryan The Irish once again called on Despite the outcome Jackson Thang pass to tie the game on their lifeline to provide an insur­ was still pleased overall with his the power play. Sophomore Erik ance goal with just over six min­ teams play on Saturday night. Condra also picked up an assist utes remaining. Thang recov­ Notre Dame controlled the puck on the play to add to his team- ered a loose puck on the for most of the game with plenty leading 16 points. forecheck, which he fed in front of opportunities to pull away late “Kevin has played consistently of the net to Deeth, who secured in the game, but the Irish could well for us,” Jackson said. “The a Notre Dame victory with his not sneak one past freshman most important thing for a guy sixth score of the year. goaltender Jeremie Dupont. his size is that he competes and PHOTOGRAPHER/The Observer Dupont finished the night with always gets himself in position Contact Dan Murphy at Irish quarterback Brady Quinn runs out of bounds in Notre 25 saves. to score goals.” [email protected] Dame’s 44-24 loss to DSC Saturday in Los Angeles.

diving header from senior mid­ half that pinned the Irish in a game-time decision to make fielder Amanda Cinalli on a cor­ tight spot. Notre Dame’s 18-man roster, Irish ner kick from Hanks. Elite 8 The opening minutes saw came on at halftime to play the continued from page 24 The two goals off set piece continued from page 24 pressure from both sides with final 45 minutes. plays by Hanks were the result Cristman having the golden “We knew we could get one coach Randy Waldrum’s eight of a recent change by Waldrum. and carried the ball untouched chance before Irish keeper half out of [Traynor], but the years at the helm that the Irish The sophomore had taken cor­ to the end-line where crossed Chris Cahill stoned him in a question was whether to play have gone to the Final Four. ner kicks all year, but only to onrushing Adam Cristman, one-on-one opportunity. him in the first or the second The Irish and Lions played a recently started taking most who smashed the shot home to Cristman would get his half,” Clark said. “You can sec­ scoreless first half Friday, with long-distance free kicks. push the Cavaliers’ lead to 3-1. revenge in the 25th minute, ond guess yourself until you’re Notre Dame getting the majority “It’s hard to find players that Though the Irish scored late, however, when he opened the blue in the face, but it would of the chances and outshooting can hit spots on the field consis­ Virginia held on 3-2 to elimi­ scoring with his first goal of have been nice to have the Penn State 13-3 before the tently,” Waldrum said. “Kerri nate Notre Dame from the the evening. whole team fit for the game.” break. does that very well.” NCAA to u rn a m e n t one gam e Colaluca was again the After the loss, the Irish finish “We did everything but score,” Hanks credited the success of short of the program’s first- provider as he sent a through the season 15-6-2 with a sophomore forward Kerri Hanks the move to her teammates ever Final Four. b a ll to resume that includes a victory said of the first half. “We just being able to get to the ball once Notre Dame C ristm a n , over the defending national couldn’t buy one.” she sends it in. coach Bobby Clark p u t t i n g champion for the second The Irish finally found the “We’ve been working a lot on said Cristman’s him o n e- straight season, an eight-game back of the net eight minutes getting a head on it or getting a goal took the wind “You can’t be anything on-one unbeaten streak and the pro­ into the second half. Senior mid­ body on it,” she said. out of Notre else but proud of the again with gram’s first-ever trip to the fielder Jen Buczkowski sent a The Irish played defense in Dame’s sails. team. ” Cahill. The NCAA quarterfinals. free kick into the box where the second half as well, not “It was a tough senior for- “You can’t be anything else Hanks flicked it to Weissenhofer allowing a shot to the Lions goal because we w a r d but proud of the team,” Clark for the score. after the break and finishing started out the sec­ Bobby Clark m ad e no said. “You come off after the Barely two minutes later, the with a 27-3 advantage in shots ond half very Irish coach m i s t a k e last game, and you know the freshman scored again, this and an 11-2 advantage in shots strongly, and we w ith his team’s given everything they time on a rebound. Hanks sent a on goal. had the momen­ second have.” cross into the box which sopho­ Hanks’ three assists gave her tum once we opportuni­ more forward Brittany Bock set­ a team-high 20 for the season to scored,” Notre ty slipping Notes: tled. Bock then rocketed a shot go along with 22 goals. Dame coach Bobby Clark said. the ball past Cahill to give ♦ Lapira was named as one toward Lions goalkeeper Kate Weissenhofer’s hat trick “It’s well known that after you Virginia a 1-0 lead. of the three finalists for the Milstead. Milstead got a hand on increased her scoring total to 18 score is a critical time to keep Ten minutes later, the Hermann Trophy annually the ball but Weissenhofer goals and 17 assists. your focus, and we didn’t do Cavaliers would double their given out to the nation’s best charged in to knock it past her that. ” advantage. Virginia, who was player. He leads the nation in into the goal. Notes: Notre Dame pulled within dangerous on set pieces all goals (22) and points (49), “After we scored the second ♦ Hanks was named one of one goal in the 84th minute game, sent a free kick into the despite playing injured goal, you could see [Penn State] three finalists for the Hermann when Martin converted a box that Notre Dame was throughout the year. bow their heads,” Waldrum Award, given annually to college penalty kick to record his first unable to clear, and sopho­ After Friday’s loss, Clark said. “You could see they knew soccer’s best player. career multi-goal game for more forward Yannick revealed that Lapira tore car­ they were in some trouble.” “I didn’t really expect it Notre Dame. The Irish pres­ Reyering made the Irish pay, tilage in his meniscus during The freshman knocked in because I’m so young,” the sured late, but were unable to depositing the loose ball into the first game of the season another rebound to complete sophomore said. “There are a find the tying goal. the back of the Notre Dame against UAB. Lapira and the the hat trick. Hanks lofted a free lot of other players out there “Our guys showed a lot of net. coaching staff considered sur­ kick toward the net and that deserve an award like this. character,” Clark said. “A lot In the first half, the Irish gery before deciding to play Milstead came out to play it and “If 1 win it, I would gladly give of guys would have caved in, were forced to do without through the injury. For about seemingly batted it away, but it back in exchange for a nation­ but our guys kept fighting and starting sophomore defender the last month, Lapira has not Weissenhofer one-timed it back al championship.” managed to get a goal back.” Jack Traynor who left last trained at all between games. past her for a 3-0 lead. While Notre Dame put weekend’s Maryland game in Weissenhofer let someone else Contact Chris Khorey at together a comeback effort in the second half with an ankle Contact Greg Arbogast score the final Irish goal — a [email protected] the second half, it was the first injury. Traynor, who was a [email protected] Tuesday, November 28, 2006 The Observer ♦ TODAY page 23

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Freshman's hat trick Notre Dame falls to vaults Irish to Final No. 4 seed Virginia Four next weekend in Elite 8 showdown

By CHRIS KHOREY By GREG ARBOGAST Associate Sports Editor Sports Writer

Freshman forward Michele In just 20 seconds, Notre Weissenhofer scored three goals Dame went from a team on the as No. 1 Notre Dame beat No. 8 comeback trail to packing its Penn State 4-0 Friday to propel bags. the Irish into the national semi­ With 20 minutes remaining in finals. Notre Dam e’s NCAA q u arterfi­ The Irish (24-0-1) will face nal match against Virginia Florida State, who came back to Friday, left forward Joseph beat Clemson 2-1 in its quarter­ Lapira found forward Kurt final, Friday in Cary, N.C. The Martin near the net on a free winner of that game will take kick to cut the Cavaliers’ lead on the winner of UCLA and to 2-1. North Carolina in Sunday’s On the ensuing kick-off, final. Virginia junior midfielder Nico It will be the fourth time in Colaluca got open on the wing CHRIS MASSAD/The Observer Irish forward Susan Pinnick (17) congratulates midfielder Amanda Cinalli after Cinalli’s goal Friday at see IRISH/page 22 Alumni Field. Notre Dame beat Penn State 4-0 in the NCAA Quarterfinals. see ELITE 8/page 22

M en ’s B asketball Kurz's 25, Falls' 21 highlight comeback win

ry at the Joyce Center Monday. Monday after shooting 56 per­ in double figures including formance after the game, as By BOB GRIFFIN Guard Colin Falls scored 21 cent in the second half and Falls and Kurz. Guard Russell Notre Dame struggled finding Sports Writer points on 6-of-ll shooting to nailing 15-of-16 from the free- Carter had 14 points on 6-of- ways to defend his erratic, yet assist Kurz, after the Irish throw line. 14 shooting, forward Zach efficient shots throughout the Notre Dame overcame trailed Lehigh (2-6) 46-44 at “We fought back. They were Ilillesland had 11 points on 4- gam e. Lehigh’s 82-percent shooting the half. throwing everything in and we of-5 shooting and forward “[Olivero’s] a senior guard from 3-point range in the first The Irish (4-1), after strug­ still found a way to win,” Falls Luke llarangody had 10 points whose played in a lot of half and Rob Kurz led the gling in close games last sea­ said. “For this team, I don’t on 4-of-7 shooting. games,” Brey said. “I told him, comeback with a career-high son and earlier this year in a want to dwell on it, but we Lehigh senior Jose Olivero I said, ‘you’re a heck of a play­ 25 points on 6-of-9 shooting — 71-69 loss to Butler, proved haven’t won many games like led all scores with 32 points on er.’ Kids like that they play a 15 points in the second half— they are capable of pulling th is.” 11-of-16 shooting. Irish coach to give the Irish a 93-87 victo­ away down the stretch Notre Dame had live players Mike Brey credited his per­ see HOOPS/page 21

ND W o m en ’s B asketball H ockey Troj ans take early Mavericks, Irish trade victories Uotila's late goal nets lead in home win series draw for UNO

In the first half, Notre Dame By DAN MURPHY By ERIC RETTER twice cut the lead to one, the Sports Writer Associate Sports Editor second time coming when sen­ ior forward Crystal Erwin hit Notre Dame attacked first, the second 3-pointer of her Nebraska-Omaha defenseman but played catch up the rest of career with 7:19 left in the half Juha Uotila scored a power-play the way, as Southern California to make the score 19-18. The goal with 2:16 remaining in the handed the Irish their second Irish could never get over the third period to give the loss of the year 69-58 Friday hump, however, and went into Mavericks a 3-2 win and a night in Los Angeles, Calif. the half trailing 30-24. weekend split with No. 5 Notre After the Irish jumped ahead Early in the second half, the Dame in Omaha. 2-0, the Trojans went on a 10- Irish cut the Trojan lead to 34- Uotila’s goal was a result of 2 run and Notre Dame never 31, but Southern California two Notre Dame penalties that recovered. The Irish (3-2) often again responded to the Notre gave Nebraska-Omaha a 5-on-3 struggled to put points on the Dame threat, going on an 8-0 advantage late in the game. board despite forcing 27 run that gave it a comfortable Seniors Jason Paige and Tom LAURIE HUNT/The Observer turnovers and surrendering Irish center Kevin Deeth, right, contrails the puck in Notre 19. see TROJANS/page 21 see HOCKEY/page 21 Dame’s 4-0 win over Michigan State Nov. 11 at the JACC.

SMC BASKETBALL ND VOLLEYBALL ND MEN S GOLF NFL Saint Mary’s at Ohio 3 The Irish finish eighth Denver quarterback Hope Notre Dame 1 out of nine teams in the Jay Cutler will make his DC 5 The Irish drop their Aloha Purdue College first pro start Sunday NDC2 t S l Today, 7:30 p.m. season finale to the Invitational. for the Broncos. The Belles travel to Bobcats, but make their I r i s h ( g f l : Holland, Mich, to face 15th straight NCAA Insider 6 2005-06 MIAA champs. Tournament. Missed opportunities doom W page 21 page 20 page 19 page 17 Msh against talented Trojans