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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 42: ISSUE 116 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2008 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Eck gives $20 million to disease center Law- school Gift will benefit CGHID, multi-disciplinary research on global health crisis, biomedical sciences dean to director of the CGHID. Eck's gift will give the "We want to give students By BECKY HOGAN According to its Web site, Center "a number of oppor­ the opportunity to do News Writer the CGHID brings together tunities we haven't had research and work in dis­ step do:wn faculty and students from before. While there are a ease-endemic field settings," Notre Dame alumnus several differ.ent colleges and number of faculty who are Collins said. Frank Eck has given the departments at Notre Dame, affiliated with the Center, all Additionally, Collins said O'Hara to leave post University a $20 million gift focusing its research and of their funding is for very the gift will help cover some to support the Center for teaching on human specific research programs," administrative costs, central­ in 2009 after 10 years Global Health and Infectious pathogens, diseases caused Collins said. "One of the ize all the related research Diseases (CGHID), which will by these organisms and the things we have not had is the currently underway at Notre be renamed the Eck Family impact of these diseases on ability to generate money Dame and enable the Center By PUJA PARIKH Center for Global Health and human society. Members of used for general educational to invite researchers to give News Writer Infectious Diseases. the CGHID are concerned activities." seminars. "This endowment is going with a broad range of Collins said the Center Assistant director for the After a decade as dean of to put the Center on a much research topics, from bio­ plans to use the money, in Center, Jeff Schorey, said the the Law School, Patricia more formal footing. It... will medical science to human part, to send graduate and gift will also allow the Center O'Hara will leave her position allow for more formal plan­ rights issues, such as the undergraduate students to give special attention to at the University in June next ning which we haven't had in impact of infectious diseases overseas to participate in year because "10 years is the the past," said Fred Collins, in developing countries. research projects. see ECK/ page 4 optimal length of time to serve as dean," she Forun1 debates in1n1igration, just policies said in a statement Panelists generally agree on mistreatment, contributions of undocumented workers to economy on March 26. O'Hara ing immigrants. joined the O'Hara By KATIE PERALTA But for the vast majority of Assisrant News Editor law school American citizens, Carmona faulty in 1981 and nine years said, disagreements on the issue she later became vice presi­ Student government hosted a of immigration hinge· on the student forum on immigration dent of Student Affairs. After belief that "to be American another nine years, she left Tuesday, which moderator Don means to be a white Anglo­ Wycliff. the University's associ­ the post to become the dean Saxon Protestant." of the Law School in 1999. ate vice president for News and McKenna echoed this senti­ Information. said was meant to O'Hara said in her state­ ment. ment that a part of being a produce "more light than heat." "Many [citizens I com plain But no heat was produced at all dean is "!knowing] when the about a change of their lifestyle responsibilities of leadership by a panel of students that tend­ as a result of immigration," he ed to agree on most questions should be handed off to oth­ said, citing the economic impact ers.". regarding the nationally debat­ of a larger labor force. ed issue. She said 10 years in office McKenna said immigration is is long enough to get good The four panelists - seniors an issue that affects everyone, Stephanie Brauer and Michael work done but at the same not just the Americans that may time "it is not so long as to McKenna. junior Elizabeth be competing for jobs with Ferrufino and graduate student threaten the possibility of immigrants. either a lack of freshness and Victor Carmona - generally "All Americans are stakehold­ agreed on the importance of optimism. or to eompromise ers in this debate," McKenna the sense of joy that must be immigrants to the American said. "That includes [cities economy and what the role the From left, students Victor Carmona, Stephanie Brauer and Mike United States should be regard- see FORUM/page 3 McKenna discuss immigration at LaFortune Tuesday. see DEAN/page 6

ND explores Faustian COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES thetnes w-ith events Program to reach out to freshmen

makes sense to cross bound­ Student gov't to recruit first-years who lose bid for Class Council to FLEX By CLAIRE REISING aries," he said. "The issues are News Writer complex and rieh enough that we should be looking at a play By JOSEPH McMAHON The themes of salvation. faith like this from multiple perspec­ Assistant News Editor and knowledge will be exam­ tives." ined on <~ampus during the next In addition to performances of Concerned with the laek of two weeks as this year's aca­ Goethe's play, events of the freshman input in student demic theme "Faust at Notre "Faust at Notre Dame" initiative government, student body Dame" is explored through an eenter on Christopher president Bob Reish unveiled opera. a play and a conference. Marlowe's play, 'Doctor the new Freshman Leadership According to Art<> and Letters Faustus.' Experienee (FLEXl program Assoeiatn Dnan Stuart Greene, In both Goethe's and at the Council of German Professor .Jan Hagens Marlowe's versions of the Faust Representatives (COR) meet­ suggested making Faust this story, the title character desires ing Tuesday. year's ar.adnmie thnme becausn to rise above human knowledge, Freshman Blair Carlin. who 2008 is the 200th annivnrsarv of and. after turning to magic, for­ will help run the program Part I of .Johann Wolfgang ~on feits his soul to the Devil in next year and has conducted Goethe's play of the same name. exchange for the Devil's serviee research at other sehools Faustian themes can tran­ during his life. looking at similar programs, scend aeademic disciplines, Arts and Letters Dean Mark explained the purpose of such as literature, seience and Roehe said this plot uses themes FLEX to the Council. religion Greene said. relevant to the Notre Dame "The primary goal is to inte- DUSTIN MENNELLAfThe Observer "The issues of our day are From left, student body presidnt Bob Reish and vice president Grant increasingly complex. and it see FAUST/page 4 see CORl page 6 Schmidt hear reactions to the FLEX program at Tuesday's meeting. page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Wednesday, April 9, 2008

INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT WOULD YOU RATHER LOSE, YOUR CELL PHONE OR YOUR KEYS? Ma:m_a, I':m_ a big girl novv

In about a month I will be both oflkial­ ly a college 1-,rraduate and ollieially unem­ Sarah Galgano Diego Silva Christine Lynch Frank Vento Matt Gibson ployed. But my panic about the latter is the senior sophomore sophomore sophomore senior topic li1r another column. off-campus off-campus Pasquerilla West Stanford Off-campus Today I want to focus on the good, Marcela Berrios on my progress "/drive too "''d lose my "''d rather lose "''d rather lose ''I'd rather lose toward becoming Senior Staff much to lose my keys - then I'd my phone, my cell phone my cell phone - a mal grown up. Writer keys, so have a good because 'best because then I I've lost it four I came to this university almost probably my excuse not to go roomieofmy can still go to times already li1ur years not a girl. but not yet a phone." to class." life' will come to Taco Bell." this year, so I'm woman. Alii needed was time, a moment my rescue. used to it. " that was mine while I was in between. And of course I got everything but that. During my fn~shman year I got really lat. I got hooknd on Faccbook, I got bom­ barded with Cs in most of my engineer­ ing classes and I got excited about dorm parties. IN BRIEF Sophomore year I got some divine inspiration and transfP.rred to business, I Rev. Hobert Dowd will give got on a diet and I got a fake. !\nd so the a lecture today entitled "The age of' Fever began. Religious Factor in Afriean Junior year I got addieted to working Polities: Christians, Muslims at The Observer, I got a little bored of and Politieal Culture in Fever and I got a boyfriend. The best one Nigeria, Uganda and IWI~r. Senegal" at 12:30 p.m. in the Senior year I got bangs and totally llesburgh Center for bon~d of' Fever. International Studies. So yes. I would say that my time in col­ loge has !wen marknd by somn very dra­ Dr. Brandon Zabukovie of matic event.<;, and that the complexity Memorial Hospital and and ridmnss of' my moral and psycholog­ Charlie Cornosy, professor of ical evolution is paralleled only by that of' theology, will host a discus­ maybe Saint Paul or Justin Timberlake. sion entitlnd "Caring for the I roally am proud of' the person I've Least of' Us llealtheare and turnnd out to bf' and just to Jill up some how it affects the most vul­ spat~t'. herP an~ a few of the reasons for nerable groups in the U.S." that: tonight at 6 in the + I can now go have a nwal at tlw din­ Montgomery Hoom of ing hall by myself'. This would've newr LaFortune. happmwd freshman year because I was young and weak. Today, I proudly The play "The Tragieal announce that I ari1 an independent History of Doctor Faustus", a woman, capablt~ of' eating by hcrsPII'­ Christopher Marlow play even at South - without worrying DAN JACOBSfrhe Observer about a professor who sells whether pnople will think I'm a loner or Football head coach Charlie Weis eats breakfast with students at North Dining Hall his soul to the devil, will bn not. If' that isn't inner strength then I Tuesday. He will also be eating breakfast in the dining hall from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. next performed April 8-13. 17 and don't know what is. Tuesday and Wednesday. Students can sign up to eat with him online. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Deeio + I know more big words because I've Mainstage Theater at the had a chance over the last four years to DeBartolo Performing Arts watch almost nvt~ry "West Wing" episode Center. at least twiee. If anyone deserves to meet Martin Sheen at Commpncemtmt, it OFFBEAT Donna Smith, from Michael should be me. Moore's movie 'Sieko,' will + I've diseovemd that the best way to Vodka company apologizes But the ads, which ran only llilldale Station Post Office, speak about her experience in los!i wnight is to drink lots and lots of cof­ for offensive ads in Mexieo and have since said she expeeted to deal the doeumentary and the cur­ li~e. If' it doesn't make you lose your MEXICO CITY - The endnd, were less than ideal with all manner of issues rent state of healthcare appetite entirnly, it will at least speed up Absolut vodka eompany apol­ for 1\rnericans undergoing a when she went to work for Thursday at 6 p.m. in your digestion. !\nd no one t:an say you ogizpd Saturday for an ad border buildup and the U.S. Post Ollice. But that DeBartolo room 126. have an nating disorder becausn in col­ campaign depicting the embroiled in an emotional was not one of them. lege it's OK to drink li1ur cups of eoll'ne southwt~stern U.S. as part of' dcbatP over illegal immigra­ !\bout five to 10 of the Anne Thompson, Chief bnli1rn noon. Mexico amid angry calls for a tion from their southern birds have been pecking at Environmental Correspondent + I've learned that if you ever need boycott by U.S. consumers. neighbor. the postal workers as they at NBC News, will give a lee­ extra change to do your laundry, you ean The campaign, whieh pro­ make their rounds, and some lure ealled "Green is the 'new always lind some in that fountain in motes ideal seenarios under Postal workers attacked of the birds have attacked blaek,' but will it stay in CoMo. the slogan "In an !\bsolut by wild turkeys the letter carriers with the style?" Friday at 10:40 a.m. And I've got plenty morn Iiii~ lessons for World," showed a 1830s-era MADISON, Wis.- Hather sharp spurs on their legs. in Jordan Auditorium at the all you younglings out there, but I'm run­ map when Mexico included than rain or snow, or even One of the birds went Mendoza College of Business. · ning out of spaen and time. California, Texas and other dogs, postal workers in a through the open door of a So my last words to you, dear rnaders, southwestern states. Mexico West Side neighborhood near mail truck and seratehed the To submit information to be will bl' tlwse: still resents losing that terri­ Owen Conservation Park are driver. included in this section of The c;et a fake because getting through tory in the 1848 Mexican­ being pestered by wild Observer, e-m ail del ailed lillrr years in South Bend is a little bit American War and the fight turkeys this spring. Mara Information compiled by information about an event to oasier that way. drink lots of eom~e. lind li>r Texas independence. Wilhite, manager of the the Associated Press. obsnews@nd. edu. friends that will tako earn of you if you're drunk and may God bless you evory day. The l'iews expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not TODAY TONIGHT THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY necessarily those of The Observer. a:: Contact Marcela Berrios at LIJ aberrios0Jnd. edu ::::t: ~ ::LIJ CORRECTIONS ...I <( (,) The Observer regards itself as a professional 0 HIGH 53 HIGH 43 HIGH 53 HIGH 64 HIGH 44 HIGH 58 puhlicarion :111d strives lor the highest srandards of ...I journalism at all times. We do, however, recognize LOW 37 LOW 27 LOW 47 LOW 39 LOW 34 LOW 41 that we will make mistakes. If we have made a mistake, please contact us at 631-4S41 so we can correct our error. 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BOARD OF GOVERNANCE cope with, as they are often McKenna complemented unfamiliar with the English Brauer's argument. Foru01 language and exploited by "Immigrants cannot get the continued from page 1 their employers in jobs that [preventive] care provided to Candlelight service to were already low-paying to legal citizens, so there is where there is] industrial com­ begin with. crowding in emergency rooms, petition, the U.S. government, Ferrufino lamented the treat­ as well as crowding in the Church and the education ment undocumented workers schools," McKenna said. ren1en1ber VT victin1s system." receive in the United States. . The panel agreed that solu­ Ferrufino added the immi­ "Corporations tions to these Sarah King said. grants' countries of origin to target migrants problems are By ASHLEY CHARNLEY King said the Division for McKenna's list of role players. because they "We have to examine not simple. News Writer Mission is sponsoring this woman "Countries where immigrants are vulnera­ the way Catholics "Any decision in accordance with the theme of are from also have a stake [on ble," Ferrufino interpret the issue ... we make must Saint Mary's Board of justice they have chosen to focus the immigration debate)," she said. "It is be comprehen­ Governance (BOG) discussed the on for the 2008-2009 school year. said. "Low-income families do wrong that we The issue here is. to sive," Carmona upr.oming one-year anniversary of The Division for Mission is as well. And many companies are exploiting protect the common said. "I think the Virginia Tech shootings at the encouraging clubs around campus are taking their businesses to immigrants in good. Causing deaths the situation first meeting Mickey Gruscinski as well as groups of students to other countries, hurting this way." will get much and Sarah Falvey led as the Saint sponsor their own woman, King Americans and immigrants." Wycliff intro­ at the border is better." Mary's student body president and said. But rather than from a busi­ duced the por­ immoral. ,, McKenna said vice president Tuesday. ness angle, Carmona said he tion of the the need to The anniversary, which is April In Other BOG news: views the immigration debate debate that Victor Carmona address both 16, will be marked by a candle­ +Next week is Hunger and "through the eyes of faith." focused on the graduate student the govern­ light memorial service after the 9 Homelessness Awareness week, "We have to examine the benefits of ment's actions p.m. Mass in Holy Spirit Chapel in King said. E-mails will be sent to way Catholics interpret the migrant work- and the citizens' LeMans llall. chief of staff Laura the student body announcing issue," he said, emphasizing ers to the American economy attitudes was part of the solu­ Theiss said. activities for the week. the need for immigration poli­ by asking if immigrants are tion. BOG will also be handing out +The junior class will host a cies that are in line with good for Social Security. "We have to look at the pub­ ribbons in the Student Center dur­ Kentucky Derby themed dance Christian principles. Brauer commented that the lic policy as well as the lan­ ing lunch and dinner hours to April17 from 9-11:30 p.m. at "The issue here is to protect notion does hold some truth guage we use to describe commemorate the event, Theiss Dalloways Coffee House, Class of the common good. Causing because while many undocu­ immigrants, which is insult­ said. 2009 President Jenny Antonelli deaths at the border is mented workers pay taxes, ing," McKenna said. The group also discussed their said. immoral," Carmona said. they can't claim many of the The forum, which was open sponsorship of a woman living in "It's just a fun themed dance on McKenna agreed with him, benefits. to anyone, was meant to con­ Kosovo through the Women for a weeknight," she said. saying the United States has an "[Undocumented immi- tinue the debate that started in Women International program. Tickets will go on sale Monday obligation to protect human grants] are not getting the ben­ September's Notre Dame Program sponsors provide $27 at $5 per person. rights both at home, at the bor­ efits from Social Security or Forum on immigration. per month to support a woman in ders and beyond. reaping the benefits from war-torn regions of the world for Contact Ashley Charnley at The panel also discussed the social welfare programs," she Contact Katie Peralta at one year. missions commissioner acharnOl @saintmarys.edu challenges immigrants must said. [email protected]

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man of Advanced Drainage accurately represent Gounod's end to reinforce the plot and thn Systems (ADS) of Columbus, original idea and to include the themes, she said. Eck Ohio, and also served on the Faust dialogue Gounod wrote. Junior Kathloen llession, the continued from page 1 College of Engineering continued from page 1 "Performances of the original assistant director of the play, Advisory Board from 1984 Faust were said to be more inti­ said the production rnlies only on the areas of genomics and until his death last December. community. mate in seale than the grand costumes and teehnological bioinf'ormaties, which are the llis contributions to the "The works ask questions that · opera version, with dialogue that effeets to modernizo the play and studios of' chro- University are a superb fit for a university enhanced the 'human' dimen­ uses a eombination of the two mosomes and total over $55 that seeks to explore religious sions of the story, a more com­ versions of Marlowe's text. She computer sci­ million. In and ultimate questions, such as, plete development of the plot added the performance will rea­ enco in biology, "Only about one 2005, Eek is God forgiving, and is salvation and an alternate and. we think, turn Faust during diiJ'erent time rnspectivnly. percent of deaths in the contributed possible f()r a sinner?" he said. more compelling sequencfl of periods. "This lgiftl U.S. are caused by $21 million to This year is not the University's scones," he said. "We travel through the various will go a long tho University first endeavor to incorporate a According to Beudert, the ages that Faust has been popular way in provid­ infectious diseases. but for the con­ variety of academic subjects into company had to reconstruct the in literature and come at the end ing more than 45 percent of struction of a yearlong event, mathematics dialogue in English and edit the to the twenty-first eentury," she rnsou rces for deaths that occur in the Eek Hall professor and eo-chair of' "Faust score to creato Opera Notre said. pnopln who of Law. at Notre Dame" Alex Hahn said. Dame's version. Toward the end of the play, havn a compo­ underdeveloped Eek had pre­ "The idea was to bring many Only two of the 56 cast mem­ this version will connect Faust to nent of' countries in the world viously under­ academic components together bers are professional actors. today's world by portraying the genomies and are caused by written the under one event that would have Beudert said it was a challenge "Second Life" Internet virtual bioi n f'o r rna ties construction interdisciplinary themes," Hahn to cast undergraduates in an world. which allows participant<> in tlwir infectious disease that of tho Eck said. opera that professionals usually to "do all the things they're not research. We are preventable or Center in In conjunetion with "Faust at perform. able to do in rnality," she said. are getting curable in the US. " 1999, the Notrn Dame," Mark Beudert, the The Film, Television and In addition to opera and the­ thousands of' Frank Eck director of the opera 'Faust Theatre (FTI'l department is also ater performances, FTT profes­ organisms Baseball 1859,' has worked for the past celebrating the Faust theme with sors Anton Juan and Mark Fred Collins sequnru~1HI, and Stadium in year on reconstructing this a rendition of Marlowe's "The Pilkinton. and English professor und t~ rs tanding director 1994 and the Opera Notre Dame production, Tragieall-listory of Dr. Faustus." Jesse Lander will heist a seminar pathogens and CGHID Eck Tennis which will be shown April 18-20. Although Marlowe wrote this entitled "Doctor Faustus: Selling what tlwy codP Pavilion in lie said that this opera will play more than 400 years ago, One's Soul to the Devil," dis­ for is going to 1987. lie also contain elements from Charles this production strives to make cussing issues in the tl~xt and bn koy in undnrstanding how contributed a library collec­ Gounod 's original version and Faust relevant to a modern audi­ perf(mnanee or the play today at disoaso is manifested," tion in chemical engineering. has not been heard since it was enee, Christine Sopczynski, FTT 9:30a.m. and at 1:30 p.m. Schorey said. produced in 1859. outreach specialist said. This Ac1~ording to Schorey, the Contact Becky Hogan at Beudert chose to use compo­ process includes projecting mod­ Contact Claire Reising at money donated will allow tlw [email protected] nents of this version to more ern images on a screen aftnr aet<> [email protected] CCIIII> to focus on long-term research eiTort.s. "Thn problem with granting agenc.iPs is that you have to gf't rPsults and papers pub- 1is lw d so you I' an I obtain I grants. With tlw endowmnnt wo will bo able to circumvent this pron~ss," Sdwrny said. Collins said the Center has b1wn conducting research on infoctious and tropical dis­ oases for tlw past 40 years but that tlw U n i vn rsi ty has only rnci'Htly taknn intPrest in tlw o;llm. "Till'rn has a hnnn a 40- plus ynar tradition of n~snarrh on this campus. Tho actual nanw of' tlwso adivi­ tios has rhangl'd ovPr timl', hut. thPrP has hPPn a long­ term continuum in spite or t.lw namn rhangos." Collins said that thn late biologist. (;porgP Craig .Jr. and thl' latl' Paul WPinstl'in. who was a profnssor of biological srior11~ns at th1• Univnrsity, wnrP first to spoarlwad r n sPa r I" h P ITo rt s i n t h n s I' l"inlds al NotrP l>anw. "ThosP two pPoplo wnrl' rnally inslrumPntal in putting t.ogdhnr a VPry adivn pro­ gram of rl'sParrh and train­ ing in thP an•as of tropical disl'asP and global lwalt.h at Notrn l>anw," lw said. Collins and Sl"hon~y nmpha­ siznd that tlw study of infl'c­ t i o us and t r o pi r a I d is~~ asPs continul's to hn I'Xtremely important today - especially in devPloping nations wlwrn fivn million JWoplP din from IIIV, malaria and tulwrculosis Parh yPar. "Only about oru• percent of dPaths in the U.S. arn caused by inl'nrtious disnasns, but morl' than 45 p1•rcPnt of dnaths that orrur in undnrdn­ VPiopPd rountrif'S in thn world an• nrusPd by infec­ tious disPaSI' that arn prn­ VPntabiP or rurahln in thn U.S.," Collins said. Ill' said tlw CPntPr plans to foslf'r" thP stuffy of global lwalth and disPaSPS from dif­ fprmlt JH'rspnctivPs and disri­ plinns. "l'arl of what WI' will try to do is n~al"h out and makP it r.lnar to tlw largPr community thn importanrl' of rnsnarr,h on infl'rtious and tropical dis- nasi'. " Eck graduatl'd from Notn~ l>anw in I 944 with a baclw­ lor's dngrPe in rlwmi1~al nngi­ nPNing. Ill' Sl'fVPd as c~hair- ORLD & NATION Wednesday, April 9, 2008 CoivtPILED FROM THE OBSERVER'S wmr SERV!CES page 5

INTERNATIONAL NEWS IRAN Haitians storm presidential palace PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Hungry Haitians stormed the presidential palace Tuesday to Iran pushes for nuclear power demand the resignation of President Rene Preval over soaring food prices, and U.N. President Ahmadinejad announces installation and testing of uranium centrifuges peacekeepers chased them away with rubber bullets and tear gas. Food prices, which have risen 49 percent on Associated Press average since mid-2007, are causing unrest around the world. But nowhere do they pose a TEHRAN, Iran greater threat to democracy than in Haiti, one President Mahmoud of' the world's poorest countries where in the Ahmadinejad announced best of times most people struggle to fill their major progress in Iran's bellies. push for nuclear power, "I think we have made progress in stabiliz­ saying Tuesday that his ing the country, but that progress is extremely nation was installing thou­ f'ragile, highly reversible, and made even sands of new uranium­ more fragile by the current socio-economic enriching centrifuges and environment." U.N. envoy Hedi Annabi said Tuesday after briefing the Security CounciL testing a much faster ver­ sion of the device. Parisian students protest teacher cuts Ahmadinejad said scien- PARIS - Police sprayed tear gas Tuesday at . tists were putting 6,000 high-school students lobbing bottles and new centrifuges into place, stones during a protest over teacher job cuts. about twice the current Thousands of students marched from Paris' number. and testing a new Luxembourg Gardens in a rally that descend­ type that works five times ed into violence for the second time in a week. faster. Police rounded up some of the several hun­ That would represent a dred protesters Tuesday. The exact number major expansion of urani­ was not immediately clear. Many wore hoods um enrichment- a process or scarves to hidn their faces from police. that can produce either fuel Police put the number of' demonstrators at for a nuclear reactor or R.500, while organizers said 20,000 people material for a warhead. took part. Secretary of State While most demonstrators marched peace­ Condoleezza Rice cau­ f'ully, dancing to music and carrying signs like tioned, however, that the "Teachers. an endangered species," a small claim could not be immedi­ group dashed with police. ately substantiated. Diplomats close to the U.N. nuclear watchdog NATIONAL NEWS agency say Iran has exag­ gerated its progress and seen problems operating Judge restricts newspaper protesters the 3,000 centrifuges SANTA ANA, Ca. -A judge placed limits already in place. One diplo­ Tuesday on the activities of protesters who have mat said Ahmadinejad's bnen picketing a Vietnamese-language newspa­ claims of a more advanced AP pnr because they bf1iieve it has communist lean­ centrifuge appeared to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech in Tehran, Iran on March 8. ings. allude to a type known as Ahmadinejad announced major progress in Iran's push for nuclear power Tuesday. Orange County Superior Court Judge Derek the IR-2, which the agency llunt granted a preliminary injunction against and Iran said months ago three of the protesters, saying they may not sets of sanctions against produce energy, not devel­ installing the 6,000 new threatfm The Nguoi Viet Daily News' employees, that Iran had begun testing. Iran for its refusal to sus­ op weapons as the U.S. and centrifuges. Later in a trespass, vandalize property or interfere with While expressing concern pend uranium enrichment, many of its allies fear. nationally televised speech, customers. that Iran continued to defy were divided in their Iran has about 3,000 cen­ he announced the testing of llunt said he was unmoved by arguments that a U.N. Security Council ban response to the announce­ trifuges operating at its the new, more effective restricting some of the protesters' more aggres­ on enrichment, a diplomat ment. underground nuclear facili­ device. sive tactics would violate their freedom of said that Ahmadinejad 's The United States and ty in Natanz. That is the Ahmadinejad said a "new speech. announcement "seems to Britain quickly condemned commonly accepted figure machine was put to test" "The case appears to be far less about these be little more than a public­ it, and France warned that for a nuclear enrichment that is smaller but five things than about trespassing and allegations of ity stunt." He spoke on con­ Iran could face more sanc­ program that is past the times more efficient than intimidation," Hunt said, adding that the pro­ dition of anonymity because tions. But Russia, an ally of experimental stage and can the P-1 centrifuges that are testers may still demonstrate if they don't vio­ he was not authorized to Iran, dismissed the need for be used as a platform for a currently in operation at late his conditions. comment publicly. that, saying negotiators full industrial-scale pro­ Natanz. The IR-2 is believed to be were preparing a new gram that could churn out He called the develop­ Officials release polygamy case details two to three times faster package of incentives enough enriched material ment a "breakthrough" and ELDORADO, Texas - A polygamist compound than the centrifuges cur­ aimed at persuading Iran to for dozens of nuclear the "beginning of a speedy with hundreds of children was rife with sexual rently in use, and his claim freeze uranium enrichment. weapons over time. trend to eliminate the big abuse, child welfare officials allege in court doc­ that the new machine was Iran rejected a standing During a tour of the powers" dominance in uments, with girls spiritually married to much five times as quick added to package of incentives Natanz facility in cere­ nuclear energy. older men as soon as they reached puberty and the skepticism of the diplo­ boys groomed to perpetuate the cycle. endorsed by the five monies marking the second The U.N. has passed The documents released Tuesday also gave mats. Security Council members anniversary of Iran's first three sets of sanctions details about the hushed phone calls that broke Permanent members of plus Germany last week. enrichment of uranium, against Iran for its refusal open the case, by a 16-year-old girl at the West the Security Council, which Tehran says its nuclear pro­ Ahmadinejad announced to suspend uranium enrich­ Texas ranch who said her 50-year-old husband has already imposed three gram is intended only to the start of work on ment. beat and raped her.

LOCAL NEWS Oly111pic· torch enters U.S. a111idst protest Schellinger reveals health care plan INDIANAPOLIS - The state would provide activists opposing China's human diately put in a vehicle to be whisked incentives for small businesses to provide Associated Press rights policies and a recent crack­ away to a secret location, San health coverage and increase preventive SAN FRANCISCO - The Olympic down on Tibet have been protesting Francisco Olympic Torch Helay screenings at schools under a proposal torch arrived for its only North along the torch's 85,000-mile route Committee spokesman David Perry Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim American stop amid heavy security since the start of the flame's odyssey said. Security was heightened Schellinger announced Tu~:Jsday. Tuesday, a day after its visit to Paris from Ancient Olympia in Greece to because several protests were Schellinger said he also would push for descended into chaos and activists Beijing, host of the 2008 Summer planned before the relay. f'ederal expansion of a program that helps here scaled the Golden Gate Bridge Olympics. "We treated it like a head of state states provide lwalth insurance to children to protest China's human rights Rogge told The Associated Press he visit," airport spokesman Mike f'rom lower-income families, and look for record. was "deeply saddened" by violent McCarron said. ways to get more eligible children enrolled Meanwhile, International Olympic protests in London and Paris and No protesters greeted the flame at in the program in Indiana. Committee president Jacques Rogge concerned about Wednesday's six­ the airport, but hours later hundreds "As I have visited. all across this state ... I said the body's executive board mile relay in San Francisco, where gathered in United Nations Plaza, a have consistently heard from countless would discuss Friday whether to end activists expressed fears that the pedestrian area near City Hall, to call Hoosier families who have struggled to gain the international leg of the Beijing torch's planned route through Tibet on China to cease its heavy-handed access to affordable health care," said Olympic torch relay because of wide­ would lead to arrests and violent rule of Tibet. They also expressed Schellinger, president of an Indianapolis spread protests. measure_s by Chinese officials trying fears that the torch's planned route architecture firm. who faces former U.S. The torch's global journey was sup­ to stifle dissent. through Tibet would lead to arrests Hep. Jill Long Thompson in the May 6 pri­ posed to highlight China's growing The flame arrived in San Francisco and violent measures-by Chinese otli­ mary. economic and political power. But shortly before 4 a.m. and was imme- cials trying to stifle dissent. page 6 The Observer + CAMPUS NEWS Wednesday, April 9, 2008

ously controversial, and sev­ did reflect on the ways the eral leading legal academics University's Catholic identity COR Dean and law schools have point­ inf1uenced her leadership. continued from page I continued from page I ed out the lack of consisten­ "I can assure you that cy in the computation of there has not been a day grate freshmen into student experienced for good work these ran kings," said since I became dean that I government at Notre Damn," to flourish," O'Hara said. Katherine Kirkpatrick, sec­ have not thought about what Carlin said. "We want to pull Executive associate dean ond year law student and needed to be done from the in 25 to 30 members for a and law professor John secretary of the Student Bar viewpoint of preserving and very diverse group. It should Robinson praised O'Hara's Association. enhancing that [Catholic] be a privilege to be a part of leadership and commitment She said it's natural for legacy, not only for the stu­ this." during the last decade. schools' rankings to shift dents and faculty of the Carlin said FLEX will target "Like her predecessor, from year to year. This year, present time and for the cur­ freshmen who are interested Dean O'Hara has been fully U.S. News and World Report rent staff and alumni, but in student government but committed to this law ranked the Law School again also for the future genera­ lost their bid !'or Freshman school's being recognized as at No. 22. tions of students, faculty, Class Council. The idea is both a top f1ight law school "I was confident that !the staff, and alumni we cannot similar to a program at nationally and as one that, in Law School] would rebound, know, but to whom we owe Virginia Tech. the Catholic tradition, invites and we did, back to a very as great an obligation as that "It would give !those not serious and sustained con­ solid No. 22. I think that we owe to those who came involved with Freshman Class sideration of the normative reaffirms the notion that no before us," O'Hara said. Council! an opportunity to get dimensions of the law. She one person or dean was Her decision to step down involved in student govern­ has invested an enormous responsible for a temporary was announced more than a ment," Carlin said. amount of time and an equal slump." full year before the comple­ FLEX will also allow fresh­ amount of intelligence and O'Hara said she is not cur­ tion of her tenure so men to help in different imagination in achieving that rently prepared to comment University Provost Thomas aspects of student govern­ objective." on her tenure because she Burish has enough time to mont, such as helping plan O'Hara's contributions to still has a full year as dean assemble a committee to community servic:e projects Notre Dame, however, were ahead. look for a replacement, and learning about policy­ questioned in 2007, when "There are 15 more O'Hara said. After taking a making in the Student Senate. the Law School dropped months before I step down sabbatical she said she "The goal is to educate from No. 22 to No. 28 in the as dean, and much to do expects to return to teaching freshman about student gov­ U.S. News and World Report during that time. Thus, I am and continue being a part of' c~rnment," Carlin said. Law School rankings. This not ready to reflect back on the Law School. Several COH members wern was the program's largest my tenure as dean just yet," wary of tho new ideas !'or drop since 2000. O'Hara said. Contact Puja Parikh at FLEX, and several expressed "The rankings are notori- But in her statement she [email protected] concerns over possible over­ lap with the Freshman Class Council. "You don't want to step on the tcws ol' the Class Council," Student Union Board (SUB) eo-director of external affairs .Jnl'f Lakusta said. Class of 2011 President Cynthia Weber echoed Lakusta's sentiments, and said FLEX should include sev­ eral Class Council members because it would allow them APARTMENTS to diversify their experience in student government. "It's almost a good idea to So close to ct~:mpas yoa caa lutt~r tht shouts ••4 s~:e the ligltts have people on Freshman Class Council also on FLEX Furnished Studio Apartments because it is good to have people with both policy and One Bedrootn Apartments programming experience," Two Bedroom One Bath Apartments she said. Some COR members sup­ T"l-vo Bedroom One and a lialf Bath Apartments with Fenced in Patio }I L,, .. ported the original idea of not ------~======~---- allowing Class Council mem­ 1710 E. Turtle Creek Drive bnrs on FLEX. TURTLE CREEK AMENITIES "I think a major part of this .(c... Tan for FREE at Fun Tan South Bend, IN 46637 is pulling in people who Phone: 574-272-8124 weren't successful in their <'> l:leated Pool and Hot Tub (112 block east of campus on Vaness Street) run for Freshman Class Council," SUB treasurer ¢Pet Friendly Fax: 574-273-6921 Kadeja Gaines said. -,.On Site Security ~w~~l,Jy~It,trtl e_C re~_k~~9.tn con mnmbers were also divided over the prospect of S25SS401 ~6. making FLEX something exclusive to the dorms. While some members thought this would allow morn people to get involvnd, others believed it would hurt students in larg­ er dorms. "I would hate to penalize a student for being in an enthu­ siastic dorm," Class of 2008 President Bridget Keating said.

In other COR news: + COH unanimously ~:. approved freshman Nicole O'Connor as the Student Union parliamentarian and junior Dennise Bayona as the SUB co-director of program­ Tln_n·sdny, .i\pr1l lOth ming. Bayona's nomination was 7.00 pn1 originally delayed due to a rule that says no person can LaFcn·tune E~nlh·_(H)lll hold two different positions in student government. Bayona deeided to step down as vice Thi,..:..' 1nonth fe.:1tunn~'' .JiexitYln t?nd president of Walsh II all. :Tha1 tbod B.:.1lllpiln!f!3 1 "It was a really tough call and I had trouble sleeping Eixpos1ng the ND conunurnty to the that night," Bayona said. "But best etlrruc cuisine th.e Sout:b Bend. ultimately, I decided on which position would best help me <:u·ert has to of:f"E·r' strengthen my relationship with people."

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008 USINESS page 7 MARKET RECAP House Dems debate housing crisis Stocks Party split over response to homeowners while Senate focuses on businesses Dow -35.99 .Jones 12,576.44 Associated Press Up: Same: Down: Composite Volume: 1,376 109 1,940 3,606,649,934 WASHINGTON AMEX z,z7~'~~9'1F;;:}Mi?f·nJ>~m Democrats are split over NASDAQ 2,348.76 -16.07 how to respond to the housing debacle, with NYSE 9;15G;(iitll~#d~·l House leaders focusing on S&P 500 1,365.54 -7.00 helping homeowners facing NIKKEI (Tokyo) JJ}.IIIillilllliiH&~~IIII~IIJl; foreclosure while the Senate moves to take care FTSE 100 (London) 5,990.20 -24.60 of businesses impacted by COMPANY %CHANGE $GAIN PRICE the subprime crisis. WASHINGTON MUTUAL (WM).19-0.69 -1.34 11.81 The Senate could pass its bipartisan, business-friend­ S&P DEP RECEIPTS (SPY) -0.10 -0.14 136.82 ly measure, which showers FORD MOTOR CO (F) +2.67 -+0.18 6.91 some $25 billion in ta,x POWERSHARES (QQQQ) -0.76 -0.35 45.41 breaks on home builders and banks, as early as Wednesday. That's also Treasuries when a key House panel is 10-YEAR NOTE +0.06 +0.002 3.558 to consider a rival Democratic plan that 13-WEEK BILL -0.74 -0.010 1.350 instead steers tax breaks 30-YEAR BOND +0.32 +0.014 4.383 toward first-time home 5-YEAR NOTE -0.91 --0.025 2.718 buyers and investors in low-income rental housing. Commodities The emerging rift clouds LIGHT CRUDE ($/bbl.) -0.59 108.50 the prospects for a broader housing rescue plan that GOLD ($/Troy oz.) -8.80 918.00 would have the govern­ PORK BELLIES (cents/lb.) +0.93 73.98 ment step in and insure $300 billion in restructured loans for homeowners star..: Exchange Rates ing at foreclosure. Rep. YEN 102.7650 Barney Frank, D-Mass., the EURO 0.6371 Banking Committee chair­ man, begins hearings on 1.0148 CANADIAN DOLLAR that measure Wednesday. BRITISH POUND 0.5086 The housing debate is AP unfolding as Democratic A bank-owned home is seen for sale in Elk Grove, Calif., Tuesday. House leaders spent leaders are considering Tuesday focusing on plans that would help homeowners facing foreclosures. using an upcoming war spending bill as a vehicle is about $109 billion, but a 10 percent credit- up to essentially a zero-interest IN BRIEF for additional economic also what we can do ... for $7,500 - on the purchase loan to help defray the cost aid, such as an extension of summer jobs programs, of a new home. It is target­ of purchasing a house." WellPoint customer info exposed jobless benefits and food extending unemployment ed toward lower earners, Rangel's panel is sched­ INDIANAPOLIS - Personal information that aid for the poor. benefits, some things that with those making $70,000 uled to consider the meas­ may have included Social Security numbers and House Speaker Nancy would be stimulative to the (or $110,000 for a couple) ure Wednesday, and House pharmacy or medical data for about 128,000 Pelosi, D-Calif.. and Senate economy, Reid told receiving smaller credits. leaders plan to add it to the WeliPoint Inc. customers in several states was Majority Leader Harry reporters Tuesday. "We need to provide broader housing overhaul exposed online over the past year, the health Reid, D-Nev. are calling for On housing, Pelosi has relief to the buyers and expected to come to a vote insurer said Tuesday. the rescue package made little secret of her families themselves, not in May. WellPoint, which has had other data security President Bush signed in distaste for the Senate's just the banks and The Senate measure - issues in the past, recently learned about the February, including $300- approach. "Hopefully, the builders," Rep. Charles B. which easily cleared a pro­ problem, fixed it and is notifying customers, $1,200 rebates for most balance will swing to being Rangel, D-N.Y., the Ways cedural hurdle Tuesday spokeswoman Shannon Troughton said. The wage earners, to be fol­ more in favor of the fami­ and Means Committee afternoon by a 92-6 vote­ nation's largest health insurer by membership is lowed up with another so­ lies who are in danger of chairman, said Tuesday. instead proposes awarding offering free credit-monitoring services for those called "stimulus" plan. losing their homes," she "The House bill puts fami­ a $7,000 tax credit to peo­ customers, but has received no reports of identity "We're going to look at told reporters last week. lies first - offering a ple who buy foreclosed theft or credit fraud. the supplemental not only The House plan would refundable tax credit to homes or homes on which The latest security lapse stems from two for the war funding, which give first-time home buyers first-time home buyers, foreclosure has been filed. servers maintained by an outside vendor that Troughton declined to identify. The vendor spe­ cializns in data management. WeiiPoint had learned early last year that a server was improperly secured, and that infor­ mation on about 1,350 customers may have been exposed online and was vulnerable to Internet Energy Dept. predicts gas price increase search engines. The insurer fixed that breach quickly, Troughton said. price peaks around $3.60 per gallon this $1 01 a barrel this year, up from the Associated Press summer, it is possible that prices at EIA's previous projection of $94. Next FDA triples heparin death count NEW YORK - Retail gas prices could some point will cross the $4 per gallon year, the EIA expects oil to average WASIIINGTON - Sixty-two deaths now are climb as high as $4 a gallon this sum­ threshold," the EIA said. $92.50 a barrel, up from a previous pro­ associated with contaminated batches of the mer, but prices at such lofty levels will The government had previously esti­ jection of $86. blood thinner heparin, triple the previous esti­ make many Americans think twice mated that average monthly prices On Tuesday, light, sweet crude for May mate, the Food and Drug Administration said about hitting the road this summer, the would peak near $3.50 a gallon. Many delivery fell13 cents to $108.96 a barrel Tuesday. Energy Department said Tuesday. analysts predict prices will peak close to on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That doesn't mean people still are dying - the High prices and a weak economy are $4 a gallon. But prices fluctuated as investors kept latest deaths the FDA knows of occurred in expected to cut demand for gasoline by On Tuesday, gas prices slipped slightly an eye on the dollar and on Iran, which February, the month Baxter International about 0.4 percent during the peak swn­ to a national average of $3.331 a gallon announced plans to expand its uranium recalled contaminated batches. mer driving season, the department's from Monday's record of $3.339, accord­ enrichment program. Prices rose to a But dozens of deaths weren't reported to the Energy Information Administration said ing to MA and the Oil Price Information trading record of $111.80 a barrel last agency when they happem~d. only later after the in a monthly report on petrolewn sup­ Service. Prices are 55 cents higher than month. tainted blood thinner made headlines. plies and demand. Overall conswnption a year ago. While high prices are damping On Tuesday, the FDA posted a month-by-month of petroleum products will drop by Diesel prices, which arc already aver­ demand in the U.S., petroleum con­ mortality count on its Web site, showing that a 90,000 barrels a day this year. aging more than $4 a gallon nationwide, sumption remains strong in China, India, sudden jump in allergic-style fatal reactions actu­ Previously, the EIA had projected pntro­ will average $3.62 a gallon this year, up Russia and the Middle East, the EIA ally began last November - possibly signaling leum conswnption would rise by 40,000 7 4 cents from 2007, the EIA said. Diesel said. the time when the contamination began. barrels a day. fuel is used to transport the vast majority "The combination of rising world oil The FDA's investigation found a compound Average monthly gas prices will peak of the world's food, consumer and indus­ consumption and low surplus produc­ derived from animal cartilage sneaked into sup­ around $3.60 a gall(m in June, the EIA trial products. High diesel prices are one tion capacity is putting upward pressure plies of raw heparin coming from China. said. However, prices could rise much of the reasons food prices are soaring. on oil prices," the ElA report said. "The Although sdnntists haven't yet proved the com­ higher than that at times. Crude oil prices are the biggest reason flow of investment money into commodi­ pound triggered the rnactions, it is the chief sus­ "It is important to note ... that even if gas and diesel prices are rising, the EIA ties has contributed to crude oil price peeL the national averag1~ monthly gasoline said. Oil is now expected to awrage volatility." THE OBSERVER page 8 IEWPOINT Wednesday, April9, 2008 THE OBSERVER Respect without admiration 1~0. Box 779, None Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, None Dame, IN 46556. As I write this, the Kansas Jayhawks their failure. Consider how we watch Notre Dame and elsewhere who have EI>ITOR IN CHIEF are battling the Memphis Tigers !'or the silently as these players fail as students managed to rise to this dual chalhmgc Chris Hin~ NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. and seholars. And eonsider the vast and succeed; you make us proud! But it is MANAGING E!liTOR BUSINESS MANAGER I'm an enthusiastic !'an of college basket­ resources that surround these students, with great sadness that I have to eontem­ Jay Fir1.patrick Kyle West ball. and as I wateh these two exceptional the time and mom1y invested in these plate that so many of these groat athletes, basketball teams com­ enterprises, and their failure to achieve is from diverse ethnie and sodoeconomic AssT. MANM;tNG EDITOR: Karic Kohler Aaron Bart pete lilr this most pre­ almost unfathomabh'l. backgrounds and from colleges a1:ross A~s·J: MANAGINt; EDITOR: Deirdre Krasula cious and improbable Fricke What a loss for these wonderful human the nation, are not HEALLY college stu­ NEWS EDITOR: Bill Brink of Tournament victo­ beings, these marvelously talented young dents at all, and that it is not HEALLY VIEWPOINT EmTOR: Kara King ries, and despite this Guest men, who might have become our fellow "college" basketball that I am watching. Srmns EDITORS: Chris !line dazzling display of Columnist professionals and eolleagues, as well as Perhaps I am watc.hing two fine D-league SCI:NI! EI>ITOR: 'Eu· Andrews quicknnss and skill, I more informed and articulate citizens! NI~A teams, or some variation thernof, am lilh~d with great sense of regret. For I What a shame! Opportunities for empow­ masquerading as 1~ollege basketball SAINT MARY's EmToR: Liz ll;trter know that this is not really college bas­ erment, squandered. The ehance to teams. I'm not surn, but I do know that PHOTO EDITOR: Jessica Lee ketball that I am watching and that these transform families and future generations they are interloping because they are GRAI'IIICS EDITOR: Mary Jesse exceedingly talentod basketball players with education, frittered away. The . hardly college teams and the vast majori­ ADVERTISING MANAGER: Jessica Cortez are not really studont-athletes. prospoet of a new mind, an original voiee, ty of these players can only be described In fad, though they mpresent their a poet, an artist to be diseoverod, fos­ as barely stud1ml'i. This is prolinmdly dis­ Au DF..'m;N MANAGER: Kelly Gronli Universities so well in this great competi­ tered, and opened up by the pursuit of appointing. CONTROLLER: Tim Sobolewski tion, few (perhaps NONE) of these players aeademie excellence, p***** away. But much wors11, throughout the televi­ SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR: Christian Sagardia that I am now watching will actually earn College athletes undergo a truly gruel­ sion coverage, the interviews, the 1:olor degrees from their sehools. According to ing schedule. For those who take their commentary, not one word of this sad OFFICE MANAGER & GENERAL INFO the NCAA website, in the 2000-2001 roles as both students and athletes seri­ status quo was !ward. This is appalling! I (574) 631-7471 school year, of those Memphis Men's ously, the physical and intellectual rigors suggest that we start to mmedy this situ­ FAX Basketball players who had exhausted are formidable. For these blessed and tal­ ation by saying to anyone who will listen, (574) 631-6927 their eligibility, only 33 percent graduat­ ented young men and women to come "TillS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH." To the ADVERTISING (574) 631-6900 [email protected] ed. On average, the Memphis basketball together each day to train for many Board of Hegents, the NCAA, the U.S. EDITOR IN CHIEF team has graduation rate of 30 percnnt. hours, all the while keeping up with the Congress- It simply is not good enough. (574) 631-4542 Kansas graduates a paltry 40 percent demands of family and faith, while still The seconds am ticking away ... Well MANAGING EDITOR of il'i basketball players, on average. And managing to master English Literature, done, Kansas! Your players perfilrnwd (574) 631-4541 obsme@'nd.cdu perhaps saddest of all, none of the History. and Physies- this is indeed a brilliantly. and you overcame gnmt odds ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR (574) 6J1-4J24 Afriean-Ameriean basketball players at great and noble accomplishment and and a fierce and talented Mmnphis team BUSINESS OFFICE the University of Memphis graduated in worthy of our admiration. to win a stunning overtimo vietory. You (574) 631-5313 2000-2001. None. Only one-third did so Indeed, we are proud ofthese students are victorious and I eongratulate you. You NEWS DESK at Kansas in the same year. because at their best they represent the have my respect, but not my admiration. (574) 6.31-5.323 [email protected] I mention this not to shame the players best in all of us. They show us what is VIEWPOINT DESK or diminish their accomplishment on the possible. In recognition of their example, Aaron Bart Fricke is a 2008 Juris (574) 631-5303 [email protected] SPORTS DESK basketball court, and certainly not to Universities offer them scholarships Doctor Candidate. 1/e is a graduate of (574) 631-4543 [email protected] make ill-conceived pronouncements because despite the faet that some of the University of Nevada which has a SCENE DESK regarding the role of money in college these great athletes may not be truly the men's basketball graduation rate of (574) [email protected] athletics, race, exploitation, or to com­ best minds among us, to nonetheless suc­ 40%. Graduation rates at U.S. colleges SAINT MARY'S DESK pare Notre Dame athletes to those at oth­ ceed in both arenas is exceedingly rare can be found at: ~me. I @nd.edu ers schools. I merely would like to sug­ and requires a type of scholarly aptitude http://www2. ncaa. org/portal/academ­ PHOTO DESK (574) 631-8767 [email protected] gest that all of us take this time to con­ and dedication that is laudable and wor­ ics_and_athletesleducation_and_resear SYSTEMS & WEB ADMINISTRATORS template how miserably these thy of high regard. A great scholar OR a ch/academic_reform/ grad_rate/200 7I d 1 (574) 631-8839 Universities, indeed all of' us, are failing great athlete is to be respected. A great _school_grad_rate_data.html. He can be THE these players. And I call on all of you to scholar AND great athlete is to be hon­ reached at [email protected] OBSERVER ONUN£ demand better. We should rise up and be ored, admired. The views expressed in this column www.ndsmcobserver.com awed by this abominable waste of poten­ On that note, I'd like to say thank you to are those of the author and not neces­ tial. 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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Speaker ignores 'V' word usage

I'm only a guy and thus know less my female friends ashamed of them­ students' wishes than nothing about such things. Also, selves or to "put them in their place," I'd always hoped my first Viewpoint unless that place is the station of could be about something a little more respect that's theirs as women. Unlike Joanna Cornwell {"Appreciate your speaker," Apr. 7), we actually are upset pleasant than this. But alas, in reading Reluctance to name "it" is simply that neither Bono {nor Stephen, nor Benedict, nor George W.) were selected as our Michayla Sullivan's letter ("Absurder reluctance to make the word some­ commencement speaker. was being satirical," Apr. 7), I won­ thing common, casual, worthless, Since the only large gatherings on campus must be pre-approved by the dered why she was "bewildered" to dime-a-dozen, because it's not, and University (and thus a Continental Congress is out of the question) it would seem find that a girl found the front page of neither is any girl. that the most effective way of expressing our grievances is through a Viewpoint arti­ the Absurder somewhat offensive. What next? Does our culture's insis­ cle. You may call us snotty, you may call us arrogant, but you can't call us wrong. Don't worry, I won't resuscitate the tence on clothing likewise imply that This isn't a matter of whether or not a speaker is "good enough," his credibility, or Monologues debate; I'm only chiming women have something to be his credentials. Instead, this is a complaint about what we see as one of a long list of in regarding that Absurder disagree­ "ashamed of?" If people want so much instances in which University administration ignores student opinions and desires in ment - namely, the other half of the to make the body part common parl­ its decisions and operations. play's title. And yes, I'm afraid I'm ance, simply because hiding some­ We are not complaining that Cardinal McCarrick has nothing to say to our gradu­ among the ranks of those "several thing results in unhealthy shame, then ating class - in fact, he probably has a lot to tell us. In choosing Cardinal people" who minimize naming in pub­ the next step might as well be a peti­ McCarrick, though, it is clear that the University made no authentic attempt to con­ lic what seemed to be the protagonist tion for nudity. sider student wishes, even though the administration asked for our input. It seems of said play. Somehow I'm guessing this would unrealistic to expect that the University will select the exact candidate that we Doubtless this will seem overly stop neither objectification nor sexual request. Sure, it would have been nice to see Stephen Colbert wishing us well, but Catholic to many students, and overly violence. As it is, the one-track we're not complaining because the fine DFA wasn't selected. Puritan to many Catholics. Maybe it is. attempt to get people to say the word Rather, we are frustrated that the University asked for our opinion and then took Give me a chance. more often can only damage what still no consideration of it whatsoever. It stands to reason that if there was a genuine Michayla applauds The Observer for remains of respect for girls as human concern for our desires then our speaker would at least be similar to one of the satirizing a certain "embarrassment" beings. Having now maddened speakers we requested. This demonstrated lack of regard for students characterizes and "fear" on campus about using the Michayla by my stubborn exclusion of the administration's request for student "input" as nothing more than indulgent word. Well, satire is satire, I do know the term as much as she maddened patronization. While we can't say that the administration never had any intention of that, but I also know that many who me by her use ofit, we're probably listening to us it does not take a high school diploma to figure out that the end result support the article find this "embar­ about even. It seems that what some is far from ideal from the view of the class of 2008. rassment" not only laughable, but would call an unhealthy embarrass­ So, while this woeful attempt at a semblance of democracy may be initially com­ wrong. It seems they feel that such ment, I call a healthy respect. Most mendable, the administration's cavalier attitude toward our requests screams of "embarrassment" has been responsi­ will probably say they don't need my tyranny. At this point it seems far too late to change anything for our commence­ ble for past oppression of women and stinking respect. They're right; they ment (though throwing a "Boston Tea Party" on the quad during Senior Week may for continued violence against them, don't. It ain't worth much. But you heal our wounded hearts), but we hope that by voicing our concern, the administra­ and that encouraging more people know what? Too bad. They have my tion will take heed of student desires in future issues, including, but not limited to consistently to use those three sylla­ respect anyway. commencement. bles in everyday conversation will help In the meantime we resign ourselves to simply this message (unless of course they to end both those trends. attempt to put a stamp tax on our diplomas, in which case we would fear a con­ That women shouldn't be made to Will Erickson frontation leading to the North Quad Massacre), and we call upon the fervent under­ feel ashamed of their anatomy, I sophomore graduate patriots who will succeed us to take up our rallying cry: No tuition without agree. Of course I agree. My prudish Morrissey Hall representation! Sic Semper Tyrranis! silence is actually not meant to make April7

Andrew Hayes Conor Kelly Camille Gabriel sen tors Alcohol the cause of on campus April7 numerous social ills I am writing to honor Kelsey My problem is when people talk Robertson on.her deep and coura­ about things like philosophy or poli­ geous commentary ("Consumption tics or life when they're drunk. Or Shredding boxes thought out," Apr. 8) on the problem when people give me hugs and tell of alcohol consumption that has rav­ me they love me. The worst is when aged the campuses {or is it campi?) of people think they can actually dance. Notre Dame and Saint Mary's. It's terrible. Shouldn't they know bet­ woefully unsecure While I agree completely with ter? As for those "inconsiderate pigs" Robertson, I firmly believe that she that compromise the safety and com­ should have taken it further. It is not fort of you and me, I have a sugges­ OIT: Please remove or replace your sensitive document shredding boxes from just often I find myself disgusted at tion. They should be forced to listen the residents halls. The current version of these boxes has an inexpensive lock the behavior of good people under the to you read your Viewpoint letter that can be picked open with little training. An unscrupulous student can very influence; it is always. aloud every single day of the academ­ easily open these boxes and have access to supposedly secure private data. People should respect themselves as ic year. That will teach them to While I commend your dedication to student privacy concerns, your current humans and intellectuals for I am remember that the "world does not attempt was woefully inadequate. sure that no intellectual has ever had revolve around [them] and [their] a drink. No one should willingly sur­ drunken escapades"! render body and mind to a liquid or In the words of the great Duffman, Andrew Carter video game or even an animal. Like "Duffman can never die. Only the senior Ms. Robertson, the "recreational con­ actors who play him. 0000 YEAH!!" Fisher Hall sumption of alcohol is something I April6 will never understand." Unlike Ms. Robertson, my problem is not with Tae Kang being awakened by "drunk girls senior shrieking in the hallways at 4 a.m." Keenan Hall GOP not pro-life or even vomit on the sidewalks. Apr. 8

I'm tired of the hypocrisy of so many so-called Catholic pro-lifers that feel they must vote Republican in order to preserve the sanctity of life. What about capital punishment? Torture? Unjust treatment of homosexuals? Of women? Of the poor and disadvantaged? The lack of contraceptives in Africa? The ongoing destruction of our only Earth? · Do these not also a!Iect the sanctity of life? I hope people will rethink their deci­ sions to assume that the GOP is the beacon of truth and light in the political arena.

Francisco Zararna freshman Stanford Hall Apr. 7 THE OBSERVER page 10 CENE Wednesday, April 9, 2008

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So far this season: The "TGS" sex and drug-ridden days of eome­ So far this season: Jim and had. The episode is worth crew returns to work after the dy sketeh shows who just doesn't Pam are finally together - and ing just to see Andy summer ofl'. but Liz still hasn't got­ belong in today's writing rooms. they arc instantly boring. But the lyrics to the "Kit ten over her break-up with Meanwhile, Jack helps Tracy while their young love blossoms, Stand-out character: boyfriend Floyd. In a moment of through therapy, and Alec Baldwin Angela and Dwight fall apart. It Ever since the Nard Dog panic and desperation, she buys a guarantees himself the Emmy doesn't help that Dwight merey­ returned from anger man wedding dress she doesn't need after his one-man role play of kills Angela's eat, Sprinkles, and ment last s1mson, his chai and hits rock bottom. Tracy's family. tries to replace it with new cat has become more and mo Jenna comes back with some Stand-out character: Jenna. Garbage. Andy's speakerphone­ able. In season four, Andy extra weight after having to eat 32 Jenna doesn't always have the barbershop quartet rendition of becomes sweet. I lis pursu slices of pizza a week starring in greatest storylines. !leek, some­ ABBA's ''Take a Chance on Me" Angela is quite adorable, "Mystic Pizza: The Musical!" She times she's even missing in for Angela couldn't come at a though Angela and Dwigh loses the weight and a good story­ episodes. But the "Jenna eomes better time. the true soul mates of "H line. Tracy's wife kicks him out of baek fat" storyline was perfeet for Meanwhile, Kelly moves past Olliee." Let's just hope he the house, but Kenneth helps the the vain charaeter obsessed with Hyan and hooks her elaws into compares Stanley to Unelt couple get baek together. Jaek her image. It's a storyline that Darryl, who helps her to be less Hemus ever again. starts dating a demoeratic con­ eould have eome across as eruel, crazy. A jobless Jan moves in Tomorrow's episode: "[ gresswoman named C.C., but the but instead it was just funny. with Michael and quickly starts Party." Jim and Pam run 1 star-crossed lovers struggle to stay Jenna inereased her eelebrity for spending all the money he does­ excuses and finally have together as C.C. is committed to accepting the fat and she even got n't have. Ryan, who is now work­ Michael's condo for ad" her duties in Washington and Jack her own T-shirt modeled after a ing at corporate, launches party. Andy and Angela faees pressure at work and a pos­ truly stupid "Me want food!" idea. Dunder Miffiin Intinity in order invited, making Dwight e sible promotion. Jack chooses Tomorrow's episode: "MILF to bring Dunder Miffiin into thn ly jealous. work over love and reminds Liz Island." While the "TGS" writing digital age and increase sales. End of the season that she did the same thing. staff is obsessing over the season Michael hosts a Fun Hun for Jim and Pam an~ headed Jack has to give up his collection fmale of reality hit "MILF Island" rabies, Jim and Pam spend a some sort of rough patch. of eookie jars, Kenneth competes (25 super hot moms, 50 eighth night at Schrute Farms, Dunder­ since we found out that in a page-ofl', the "TGS" crew goes grade boys, no rules}, the Page Six Mifllin Scranton bands together LiJe" Jim is a spurts wild at Kenneth's annual house eolumn leaks that a staffer on the to make a local ad that is ulti­ plays the guitar, we've party, Liz tips ofl' her Middle show ealled Jaek a "Class A mately rejected by corporate, that he isn't completely Eastern neighbor to Homeland Moron." An inqui1>ition led by Michael drives his car into a even with Pam by his sid Security only to discover that he Jack's assistant Jonathan ensues. lake, and Jan and Miehael's rela­ is excelling and growing was just auditioning for "The End of the season predictions: tionship becomes even more person while Jim remai Amazing Race," Uz dates a much Jack loses the Chairman position twisted during a company depo­ nant, The pair won't younger man. and all hell breaks to Devin Banks (after all, we can't sition. but they certainly won loose when Jack's mother decides have Jack Donaghy running so far Stand-out episode: "Local Ad." season on good terms. to ruin the holiday spirits of the away from "TGS") which would It marked a refreshing return to Toby will be there for he Lemon family. certainly guarantee more appear­ the half-hour format after four and Angela's relationship Stand-out-episode: "Rosemary's ances by guest star Will Arnett. tedious, hour-long episodes in a last long. Dwight will find Baby." It's hard to pick just one The Floydster leaves Cleveland row and it gave us insight into way to make things up to stand-out episode, but a brilliant and lunch at the Hock and Roll Dwight's "Second Life." We also and the two will maybo guest appearance by Carrie Hall of Fame with Little Richard to see Pam shine doing graphics make their relationship .·; Fiseher (complete with a "Star return to Liz. Kenneth the Page and Jim get a tad jealous. "The Hyan will become j '.•·,, Wars" referenee) makes this one of gets promoted beeause the page Oflice" works best when it focus­ Kelly and Darryl's the funniest episodes of an almost program technically only lasts two es on the ensemble as a whole but it will bo too late ~ flawless seeond season. Fiseher years, but he will refuse to surren­ and in "Local Ad," we see the do anything about it. portrays Liz's idol, Hosemary der his page jacket. Jenna reunites gang come together to make a will try to break up wi Howard, a eomndy writer from the with ex-fiance David Blaine. commercial that really isn't all will instead propose to ------

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So far this season: Elliot and hones in on the life of Dr. Kelso - J.D. don't hook up in the season a character who at first seemed premiere, but Elliot realizes she cold and heartless, but over the doesn't want to marry Keith, and seasons has become increasingly J.D. realizes that he needs to stop multidimensional. He's the last sabotaging his life. Kim gives birth person one would think would to Sam, but J.D. doesn't love Kim accept a gay son and even though so they end their relationship as a he appears to hate his job, he real­ couple and begin their relationship ly loves it. That's why it is so heart­ as parents. breaking in this season to realize Nurse Shirley appears during that Dr. Kelso is mortal- his time Kim's labor, looking remarkably at the hospital is rumiing out like Laverne, who passed away because he is being forced to last season. J.D. struggles with retire. Can Sacred Heart survive growing up now that he is a father, without him? Maybe, but it sure but Turk encourages him to keep won't be the same. some of his inner child. Tomorrow's episode: "My Bad Dr. Kelso's real age of 65 is Too.'' Turk tries to learn Spanish to revealed and a board member tells surprise Carla for the anniversary him that he must step down as of their first date. Meanwhile, J.D. Chief of Medicine since 65 is the treats a burn victim and has to standard retirement age. Dr. Kelso decide whether or not to allow the wants the search for a replace­ patient to attend his graduation. ctions: ment kept secret, Janitor gets a End of the season predictions: :or girlfriend, but we still don't know This could be the last season for :ver Janitor's name, J.D.'s brother is no "Scrubs.'' NBC didn't put the series .cond longer a loser, and Dr. Cox is still on its fall lineup, but there's still a Wh!} Dr. Cox. strong possibility that it will move wn Stand-out episode: "My Growing to ABC since it is produced by ppy, Pains.'' It's a standard "Scrubs" ABC's Touchtone Television. But Pam episode - goofy with a dash of just in case this is the last season, a sentimental drama. We see Turk here's what will happen. J.D. and stag­ and J.D. use their babies as pup­ Elliot will not get together. These up, pel'l in the park and we find out two have never made a relation­ d the about the existence of a third col­ ship with each other work and be lege friend - Caramel Bear - they are better together as friends. Andy who disappeared after a prank Elliot will reunite with Keith, but on't gone wrong. After Dr. Cox chastis­ put marriage off. J.D. will either es J.D. for not growing up, J:D. realize he loves Kim or he'll end resists the temptations of Turk's up alone because he's too whiney. many pranks. J.D. eventually gives Dr. Kelso will retire but will be in and we are treated to another appointed to the hospital's board appearance by "World's Most of directors. Dr. Cox will fmally tell ship, Giant Black Doctor.'' The episode J.D. that he's like a son to him. It 1im to ends on a low note - Dr. Kelso will be weird. Turk and Carla will ael must retire. forever be both funny and Stand-out character: Dr. Kelso. adorable. J.D. and Turk's guy love ~~n. but Every once in a while an episode will live for all eternity.

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MLB Phillies beat Mets in last Shea Stadium opener Boston celebrates World Series win with Hall of Famers Orr and Russell; defeats Detroit 5-0 in home opener

The Mets lost their third with it," Hollins said. Associated l'ress straight. wasting Delgado's "Especially here, it feels good." Carlos Delgado and the New first homer and a solid outing Rollins departed in the York Mets botched the final by Oliver Perez as they got off eighth with a sprained left Shea Stadium opener the same to a disappointing start in the ankle and is day to day. way they squandered that big lined season at Shea Stadium, Born 17 months before Shea load in the NL East last year. which opened in 1964. The Stadium opened, the 45-year­ April or September, doesn't team is set to move into an old Moyer (1-0) held New York seem to matter. The Mets can't intimate new park next year­ to four hits. find a way to hold off Citi Pield is rising in the park­ Chad Durbin and J .C. Philadelphia. ing lot. Romero each worked a score­ Jamie Moyer pitched six New York dropped to 30-17 less inning before Tom Gordon eiTeetive innings, Jayson Werth in home openers and 7-1 in got three outs for his first hit a tiebreaking single and the Shea Stadium openers against save. Phillies rallied past New York Philadelphia. "What happened last year is 5-2 Tuesday with the help of "If we're in their head, we're done," Moyer insisted. "The Delgado's key error in the sev­ in their head. It's not for me to pitch to Delgado was right enth. say," Philadelphia's Shane down the middle, but I pitched "Definitely not the start we Victorino said. "We're not pretty well." wanted to get off to," Mets star going out there saying, 'We Perez pitched thn~e-hit ball David Wright said. own the Mets. "' for 5 2-3 innings. He hasn't It was another late comeback NL MVP Jimmy Rollins was allowed an extra-base hit in 11 by Philadelphia, which took booed loudly, as usual. Mets 2-3 shutout innings this sea­ advantag1~ of the Mets' epic reliever Scott Schoeneweis (0- son. collapse last September to win 1) also heard it from the crowd Delgado led off the second AP the division title. New York led of 56,350 after he and Delgado with his 432nd home run, Philadephia's Jayson Werth, center, and So Taguchi, right, exchange by seven games with 17 to let the Phillies come back from breaking a tie with Hall of high-fives with teammates after a 5-2 win over the Mets Tuesday. play, but went 5-12 down the a 2-0 deficit in the seventh. Farner Cal Hipken Jr. for 37th stretch and missed the play­ Hollins and Victorino singled place. Delgado is 30-for-68 Canada before opening up at in the majors despite the big ofTs. with one out before Utley was ( .441) with eight homers home. "Now we can go about leagues' second-highest pay­ The Phillies had a lot to do hit by a pitch for the third against Moyer. the business of playing base­ roll, is 0-7 for the first time with that meltdown, beating time, the first two by Perez. Ryan Church added an RBI ball and seeing how good we since dropping its first nine the Mets in their final eight That loaded the bases for Ryan groundout in the fourth for can be." games in 2003 en route to an meetings last ynar and winning Howard. who hit a grounder to New York. Buckner, a goat of the 1986 AL record 119 losses. the season series 12-6. Delgado at first base. "That's one straight loss in World Series collapse that "You get angry if people are Make it nine in a row now. Delgado tried for a double 2008," Wright said of the rival­ helped extend the team's title going through the motions and "Th11re's none of us in here play, but his throw to second ry. "That's all we're concerned drought until 2004, received a if they're not trying," Tigers going, geez, the Phillies are deflected off Utley and rolled about - 2007 is over, done standing ovation when he manager Jim Leyland said. coming to town. we're proba­ toward center field for an with," Wright said. threw out the ceremonial first "But that's not what's happen­ bly going to lose," Mets closer error that allowed the tying pitch to former teammate ing." Billy Wagner said. "I think all run to score. Red Sox 5, Tigers 0 Dwight Evans. Current Hed Kenny Rogers (0-2) allowed of us are tired of hearing the "I thought I had a lane. He The Red Sox trotted out the Sox first baseman Kevin three runs - two earned - Phils have our number. The also had a good slide to the champions of Boston's past to Youkilis went over to meet eight hits and three walks in 4 Phils don't have our number. outside part of the bag," celebrate their latest World him. 2-3 innings. The Tigers arc We shoot ourselves in the foot Delgado said. "Maybe I could Series win, with Hall of ''I've probably never almost batting just .235 and have every time w1~ go out there. have thrown it a little more to Famers Bobby Orr and Bill been in tears for somebody scored 15 runs this year, "When they come here, they the outside." Russell among those carrying else on a baseball field. I think ahead of only Colorado (12) bring it. They show up and Werth put Philadelphia in their sports' trophies onto the that was just the most unbe­ entering play Tuesday night. they play great. That's what front with a two-out HBI single Fenway field to join the two lievable thing," Youkilis said. The Tigers didn't hit, manag­ we have to do." ofT Jorge Sosa. won by the Hed Sox. "I wanted to shake his hand, ing just five singles. They did­ Chase Utley tied a major Aaron Ileilman walked the Daisuke Matsuzaka was too because that's a true man in n't field well, committing two league reeord by getting hit by leadoff batter in the eighth, busy warming up to see much. life." errors after making three in a pitch three times for the and the Phillies capitalized "I did feel a little jealous," There was red-white-and­ their previous game. They did­ Phillies. who won despite with Hollins' run-scoring single Matsuzaka said after. the Red blue bunting hanging from the n't pitch well, allowing 12 hits, stranding 13 runners on a and Utley's HBI double. Sox ended their three-country, stands, a Green Monster-sized six walks and a balk. ehilly, 50-degree afternoon. "We got a break and we ran 16,000-mile odyssey with a American flag on the left-field "It's frustrating. Right now, victory over the winless Detroit wall - covering a World Series we're the worst team in base­ Tigers in their home opener banner- and an Air National ball because of the way we are Tuesday. "The ring had been Guard flyover punctuating playing, in all areas of the put in my locker at some point "The Star-Spangled Banner." game," Hogers said. "I wanted during the game. I tried it on, And, in the good ol' U.S. of to be the guy to turn things and I must say it looked pretty A., the Hed Sox haven't been around. Every player in the good." beaten. locker room wants to be that In an hourlong pregame cer­ Youkilis had three hits and guy." emony that turned emotional two HB!s for the Hed Sox, who J.D. Drew singled and scored when once-scorned first base­ began the day last in the AL in the second innings, and man Bill Buckner was given an East following a trip to Tokyo Manny Hamirez tripled and enthusiastic weleome, the Red (where they went 1-1), scored - on a rare throwing Sox received their World Oakland (2-0) and Toronto (0- error by second baseman Series rings and raised a 3). But they responded well in Placido Polanco- in the third. championship banner above their return to Fenway, where Julio Lugo singled and scored center field. Then, they began they were 51-30 during the in the fourth, moving up on to focus on the work of repeat­ regular season last year and 6- another error by the Tigers ing. 1 in the postseason. infield. "We needed to get through Matsuzaka (2-0) allowed four Boston added two more in AP this day," said Boston manager hits in 6 2-3 innings with seven the sixth to make it 5-0 when Boston's David Ortiz, left, walks with Johnny Pesky, right, to reveal Terry Francona, who took his strikeouts and four walks. Jason Grilli gave up two hits the World Championship banner before playing the Tigers Tuesday. team to Japan, California and Detroit, the only winless team and three walks.

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NFL NBA Standings

Eastern Conference team record perc. last 10 GB Boston 61·15 .803 8·2 Detroit 55·21 .724 7-3 6 Orlando 48·29 .623 5·5 13.5 Cleveland 42·35 .545 4·6 19.5 Washington 40·37 .519 6-4 21.5 Philadelphia 39·38 .506 6·4 22.5 Toronto 38·39 .494 4-6 23.5 Atlanta 36·41 .468 7-3 25.5 Indiana 33·44 .429 7-3 28.5 New Jersey 32-45 .416 4·6 29.5 Chicago 30·46 .395 4·6 31 Charlotte 29·48 .377 5·5 32.5 Milwaukee 26-50 .342 3-7 35 New York 21-56 .273 2·8 40.5 Miami 13·64 .169 1-9 48.5

Western Conference team record perc . last 10 GB New Orleans 54-22 .711 9·1 San Antonio 53-24 .688 9·1 1.5 LA Lakers 53-24 .688 7·3 1.5 Utah 51-26 .662 7-3 3.5 Houston 52-25 .675 6·4 2.5 Phoenix 51-26 .662 6-4 3.5 Dallas 48-29 .623 4-6 6.5 Denver 46-31 .597. 6-4 8.5 Golden State 46·31 .597 4·6 8.5 Portland 38-39 .494 3·7 16.5 AP Sacramento 36-41 .468 5·5 18.5 Ravens place-kicker Matt Stover celebrates after kicking a field goal against St. Louis on Oct. 14. Stover LA Clippers 23-54 .299 2·8 31.5 said he wants to replace Gene Upshaw as executive director of the NFLPA. Memphis 21-56 .273 5-5 33.5 Minnesota 19·57 .250 3·7 35 Seattle 18·59 .234 2·8 36.5 Veteran kicker challenges Upshaw

Associated Press tives that was obtained would trigger a new month as the union's new NCAA Men's Baseball Tuesday by ESPN. "I round of negotiations. president, dismissed NEW YORK - Matt believ!'l we have the prop­ March 2009, the begin­ Stover's letter Baseball America Ranklngs Stover, the Baltimore er environment with our ning of the last year with "Matt Stover's letter Ravens' veteran kicker, teammates and leader­ a salary cap if the con­ does not reflect the view has begun a campaign to ship within the board to tract is voided, could be a of the entire executive rank team overall replace Gene Upshaw as execute the process of critical time in those talks committee or the board executive director of the this selection." The 40-year-old Stover, of player representa­ 1 Arizona State 25•1 NFL Players Association Union president Kevin entering his 19th NFL tives," he said in a state­ 2 Miami 21-2 by next March. Mawae of the Tennessee season, said in a state­ ment issued by the union. 3 North Carolina 21-5 Stover's action comes at Titans said that Stover's ment issued by the "The board is in the 4 Missouri 20·5 a time when the union opinion does not reflect Ravens that it was not his process of preparing for 5 UC Irvine 19-3 could be heading for crit­ the opinion of the players intention for his e-mail to the possibility of a work 6 Florida State 23-3 ical negotiations with the Upshaw, whose con­ be made public. stoppage and under­ 7 Cal 18·5 league on the collective tract runs through 2010, ''I'm going to respect stands the importance of 8 Vanderbilt 18-6 bargaining agreement. has said he will not leave the process of our union having Gene, with his g South Carolina 18-7 "I feel that the board until the union gets leadership, executive experience and history, 10 Long Beach Slate 17-7 11 Nebraska must begin to prepare for through its latest negotia­ committee and player lead the direction of the 21·4 a change in leadership tions with the owners, reps. I choose to handle NFLPA." 12 Wichita State 20-3 13 Stanford 12-7 immediately," Stover said who are expected to opt this matter privately," he Added former NFLPA 14 Virginia 23·5 in an e-mail to the out of their March 2006 said in a statement issued president Troy Vincent: 15 Rice 19-9 union's executive board agreement with the union by the Ravens "It's absolutely ridicu­ 16 Texas 18·8 and player representa- next November. That Mawae, elected last lous." 17 San Diego 19-10 18 Arizona 14·9 19 Florida 20·6 20 UNC Wilmington 21·4 IN BRIEF 21 Kentucky 22·4 22 Michigan 14·6 DrmPUaker to donate $10 per James to miss practice Penn State wide receiver 23 UCLA 12-10 stril{eout for second day in a row thrown off team 24 Coastal Carolina 21·6 NEW YORK- Major league pitch­ INDEPENDENCE, Ohio - LeBron STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Suspended 25 Cal State Fullerton 15·9 ers will soon have added incentive James didn't practice for the second Penn State receiver Chris Bell was to strike out batters. straight day in order to rest his trouble­ kicked off the team Tuesday after univer­ Drugmaker Bayer AG will some back before the Cleveland sity police charged him with threatening announce plans Wednesday to Cavaliers begin their final push heading another player with a knife. donate $10 to prostate cancer into the NBA playoffs. The 21-year-old from Norfolk, Va., research for every strikeout during James, who has been dealing with faces charges including terroristic the regular season this year. back spasms for a few weeks, received threats and simple assault, both misde­ Major League Baseball estimates treatment while his teammates pre­ meanors, after the encounter Monday around the dial the four-year partnership could add pared for Wednesday night's game night at a team dining facility. No one up to a little more than $300,000 against the New Jersey Nets. Cavs coach was hurt. per year. There were 32,189 strike­ Mike Brown said Tuesday it's possible "Chris Bell, who had been previously outs during the regular season in James could sit out. suspended from team activities, is per­ 2007, according to the Elias Sports James was not available for inter­ manently removed from the team and NBA Bureau. views. He was still on the massage table will not be reconsidered to be a part of Celtics at Wizards Bayer, based in Leverkusen, when the club wrapped up its post­ the team in the future," said a one­ 7:00 p.m., ESPN Germany, will give an additional $1 practice media session. line statement relea._<;ed by Penn State million to the Prostate Cancer "We want him healthy in the playoffs," athletics. Foundation if a pitcher sets a new Brown said. "Yes, we want the fourth Defensive end Devon Still told police he Suns at Spurs record by striking out 21 batters in seed, but to get the fourth seed and have had spoken with Bell earlier Monday· 9:30 p.m., ESPN a game. an unhealthy LeBron throughout the and suspected that the backup receiver Bayer's One-A-Day vitamins for playoff run wouldn't do us any good. had taken a cell phone case from his men are marketed as a way to We've got to make sure that he's healthy locker, according to the criminal com­ maintain prostate health. and he's able to help us." plaint. Bell denied the accusations. page 14 The Observer + SPORTS Wednesday, April 9, 2008

NBA Okur scores 22 points in Jazz's 77-66 vvin over Hornets Stoudimere leads Suns in 127-113 win over Grizzlies; Powell scores career high 18 in Heat's 95-88 win over Bulls

started a 6-0 run that pulled the Barbosa finished with 16 points Stoudemire dominated the inside effort they've lacked most of the Associated Press Hornets as close as 49-46. apiece, with Nash handing out against the Grizzlies. In the sec­ season. Mehmet Okur had 22 points Okur then hit a pair of free eight assists. Gordan Giricek ond half, the Suns added the Powell scored a career-high 18 and 17 rebounds to help the throws and later made a 3 dur­ added 14 points and Boris Diaw outside shooting of Bell with points, leading the Heat to a 95- Utah Jazz clinch the Northwest ing a 19-4 run to dose the third scorod 12. help from Barbosa and Giricek, 88 victory over the Chicago Bulls Division and snap the New quarter. The Suns were without center and Memphis never really on Tuesday night that snapped a Orleans llornets' 11-game home When Millsap muscled his way Shaquille O'Neal, who sat out threatened after Phoenix built seven-game losing streak. winning streak, 77-66 on in for a tough putback as he was with a right hip contusion. the lead to double digits in the Ricky Davis and Chris Quinn Tuesday night. fouled early in the fourth, the O'Neal, who was injured in third period. each added 16 points as five Deron Williams had 16 assists Jazz led 70-50. Sunday's loss to Dallas, was Gay made it a bit interesting players scored in double ligures and outplayed Chris Paul as the New Orleans held a 35-34 lead dressed in street clothes on the with 16 points in the fourth for the !!eat, the day after coach Jazz took a 20-point lead early in a seesaw first half after Phoenix bench. quarter, hitting a 3-pointer with Pat Riley was elected to the Hall in the fourth quarter and cruised Jannero Pargo's jumper midway Rudy Gay matched his career 2:34 left to pull Memphis within of Fame. from there, holding New Orleans through the second quarter. The high with 36 points for Memphis. 114-106. But a 3-pointer by "We got in ·such a habit of to its lowest point total of the Hornets failed to score for the Mike Conley finished with 19 Nash put Phoenix back ahead by playing with talent only and season. rest of the period, however, points and five assists before double digits. thinking that talent was going to Peja Stojakovie scored 15 missing their last 16 shots, and fouling out in the closing minute, take care of the lack of efl'ort," points for New Orleans, which Utah took advantage with a 9-0 and Kyle Lowry had 13 points ofT Heat 95, Bulls 88 Hiley said. "These guys are just shot a woeful 3-of-14 on 3-point­ run. the Memphis bench. Baek in the NBA, Kasib Powell unadulterated. Effort is a big ers and 37 percent overall as its Okur, who had 15 points in the That didn't matter because gave the Miami Heat the type of part of what our culturo is." live-game winning streak eame first half, scored four during the to an end. David West had 14 run and capping it with a 19-foot ... points. jumper, giving Utah a 43-35 lead g...- .....r /::.-,/ 0 Paul had a rare ofl' night, fin­ at halftime. u ishing with nine assists and only "'>- four points on 2-of-11 shooting. Suns 127, Grizzlies 113 ~ Utah has won four straight Amare Stoudemire had 2S i games and seven of its last eight. points and 11 rebounds, and the ~ Okur has lml the Jazz in scoring Phonnix Suns bnat the Memphis in the last three. lie scored all Grizzlies 127-113 on Tuesday but two of his points in the first night despitn playing without an April 10-12, 7:30p.m. throe quarters on S-of-16 shoot­ injurnd Shaquille O'Neal. April 13, 2:30p.m. ing, with a pair of 3-pointnrs. Stoudomire shot 1 0-of-13 from Carlos Boozer, Andrei thP field as the Suns won their Tickets: $10-$5 Kirihmko and Paul Millsap each eighth straight over the Grizzlies Little Theatre srornd I 0 poinL'i for Utah, which and moved a half-game behind shot 44 perennt and outn~bound­ thn idle Jlouston Hockets for the ed Now Orleans 47-36. fifth spot in the Western 5 74-284-4626 Paul missed his first seven Conference playoffs. MoreauCenter.com shots and did not seem~ until he Baja Bell scored 18 points for hit a driving floater with 7:50 Phoenix, while Grant llill had left in the third quartor. That 17. Stevs Nash and Leandro

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totaling 12 hits, eight HBis, seVfm By JARED ]EDICK runs and two horne runs. Scherer Spons Writer also had three multi-hit games during the Eagles' swing through Notre Dame's game against California. Illinois-Chicago Tuesday after­ Taking the mound for the Irish noon was cancelled dun to rain in against this impressive duo will the Chicago area. be the one-two punch of junior The ganw was originally sched­ Brittney Bargar (17-6) and fresh­ ulml for March 27th at Flames man Jody Valdivia. Field, but tlw game will not be Bargar won Big East pitcher of resdwdulml again. the week honors with a 5-0 Brand new, furnished townhomes for lease The Irish (22- I 0, 5-1) will be reeord and a perl'nct 0.00 EHA hack in action against Eastern while striking out 27 over 27.1 for Fall Semester '08 Michigan WPchwsday in a double­ innings of work. header at Ivy Finld beginning at 4 Valdivia has come down some­ p.m. what from her strong start of the Hurry. You won't want to miss one of the limited number of Irish Crossings T

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VANESSA Junior Evan Sharpley follows through his swing and watches his home run in an 8-6 Irish win over Valparaiso Monday.

Thn Notre Dame lead was short­ Sheedy Award lived, as the Crusaders answered Valpo with a run on three hits in the top continued from page 20 ofthn seventh to tie the game. Each year, the Sheedy Award, named for a former dean of the College of Pollock took the lead back for Snelton stayed out of trouble the Irish in the bottom of the Arts and Letters, honors one member of the Arts and Letters faculty for until thn bottom of thn fourth, inning, crushing a 3-2 piteh just outstanding teaching. whnn junior first baseman Evan inside tho f(ml pole in left for a solo Sharpley bnltnd a two-run homer home run. Sharpley followed with just over tlw ldt-linld limen. a double, his third hit of the day, Both students and faculty are invited to submit nomination letters for Sharpley's long drive carried just and was driven home by junior this year's award to: ovnr th1~ fnnee. aided by a strong Jernmy Barnes single to give Notre wind blowing out towards left. Dame an 8-6 lead. Scoring on the bomb was sopho­ The junior eloser Weiland Stuart Greene more designated hittnr David Mills, pitehnd a pnrleet ninth to piek up Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies who had reached on a bunt single. the record-breaking save, the 21st The 5-2 Valparaiso lead evapo­ of his eareer. "It's a grnat thing for I 04 O'Shaughnessy Hall ratnd in the sixth, as thn Irish [Weiland]. lie's such a great guy to oiTenso broke through for four have at the end of a game." runs on five hits. Pollock and The Irish bullpen combined to Sharplny each singled to start of piteh 7.1 innings, giving up just Deadline the inning, and Pollock madn his one run. Notre Dame used seven Monday, April 14, 2008 way home on a linlder's d10ien to pitchers in thn game, with senior r.ut the lead to 5-3. Tony Langfi.lrd getting the win. Senior S1~an (;m;ton pinch-hit litr The Irish next lheo Manchoster freshman Camnron McConnell, today at Eck Stadium, with l'rnsh­ and dnlivnn~d with a two-run dou­ man Hyan Sharpley slated to start. ble that knottml thP ganw up at 5. First pitch against the Spartans is Freshman third basnman Creg sdwduled filr (dl5 p.m. Shnrry tlwn drovn honw Caston with a doubln of' his own to givn Contact Michael Bryan at the Irish a 6-5 lnad. [email protected] Wednesday, April 9, 2008 The Observer+ SPORTS page 17

SMC TENNIS Belles to face Hope after week-long break

Saint Mary's head coach Chuck non-conference competition. sophomore co-captain Lisa in singles, respectively. Stille By MEAGHAN VESELIK Rubino said. "They lost to Sophomore co-captain No. 1 Rubino defeated Leanne went 2-1 this past weekend at Sports Writer Albion 5-4, and we lost 6-3 so singles Camille Gebert led Saint Schudder 6-1, 6-1; and No.6 the GLCA tournament at that tells you where they are in Mary's in the singles wins, freshman Laura Arnold finished · Oberlin, Ohio, putting her at 8- After a week off from compe­ relation to us. I feel like if we defeating Olivet's Jaclyn · off singles for Saint Mary's with 6 for the season. Garcia is only tition, Saint Mary's is looking can win two of the doubles we Mummaw 6-1, 6-2. a 6-2, 6-1 win over Kristen at 3-10 for the 2008 season, but for its second conference win have a great chance to beat Freshman No. 2 singles Jillian Wolfolk. holds an 18-23 record for her when it takes on Hope in them in 3-4 singles matches." Hurley won her 11th match of The Belles continued to domi­ career at Hope so far. Werley Holland, Mich., Wednesday. Before its break from compet­ the season, beating Abbie nate Olivet in doubles as they also went 2-1 over the week­ The Belles (5-8, 1-2 MIAA) ing, Saint Mary's swept Olivet utberg 6-3, 6-1, putting her swept the division 3-0. The No. end, putting her at 6-7 for this are currently in sixth -just 9-0 for its first conference win personal record at 11-2. No. 3 1 pair of Gebert and Hurley year. behind the sixth-place Flying of the season on April 1. The freshman Betsy Reed defeated won 8-1 over Mummaw and "A lot of the matches will Dutch (8-5, 1-1 MIAA) -in the Belles won both the singles and Celeste Gruber 6-0, 6-0; No. 4 Utberg for their sixth win as a probably be close, we have to MIAA. doubles divisions, which they freshman Jessica Kosinski beat team, putting them at 6-7 this work to get over the hump and "Hope is a very good team," had previously done only in Katie Griffs 6-3, 6-2; No. 5 season. The No.2 duo of Rubino win those matches," Lisa and Reed continued Saint Rubino said. "I think we are Mary's streak with an 8-1 win ready to compete again, after over Gruber and Schudder. The having some time off. It was No. 3 team of Kosinski and nice to get a break, but we are ••••••••• freshman Franca Peluso com­ excited for the challenges pleted the sweep with an 8-1 ahead." win over Griffes and Wolfolk. Coach Rubino outlined the Lafayette Square "It is a pivotal match for us Belles goals for today's match, this season, we're on par with recognizing what his team them, and I think we can beat needs to improve to win. them," Rubino said. "It will be a "Our goal is to improve our Townhomes close match either way with consistency, and staying in the possibly some tie breakers and match mentally. It's going to be third matches that we're going a. close match and we're going to have to win." to have to win enough matches Saint Mary's will try to carry to beat them," he said. its domination in both divisions "Hopefully we have enough today, but may have some com­ mental consistency to beat petition from junior Sammi them at this point." 424 N. Frances Street Stille, senior Christine Garcia, and sophomore Danielle Contact Meaghan Veselik at 4 and 5 Bedroom Townhomes Werley, Hope's No. 1, 2, and 3 mveselO 1 @saintmarys.edu 6 Blocks from Campus SMC GoLF 2 Bathrooms Off-Street Parking Squad to co111pete in Washer and Dryer first MIAA qualifier Dishwasher May 14-16. Central Air By ALEX BARKER The Belles. finished third in the Sports Writer MIAA during the fall season but Security System will try to use the momentum Saint Mary's will compete in from their spring season success the first MIAA qualifier of the to push them to the top of the spring season Wednesday. standings. These apartments rent quickly. Call us today at: The Belles have their eyes set In their last tournament, the on getting off to good start and Tri-State Invitational, thfJ Belles putting themselves into position finished well, placing third out of (574) 234-2436 to qualify for the NCAA tourna­ ten teams. ment. 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bounced back from a first-round 5 junior Georgia Rose, and No. match, but it was great for her 78 to card a 10-over 226, good Streak 25 sophomore Samantha see what it's like playing out Mia01i enough for 30th overall. Fellow Murray. there." continued from page 20 sophomore Annie Brophy also continued from page 20 In addition, the Wildcats The shuffling also pushed rebounded in later rounds, have sophomore Lauren Lui Buck into No. 1 singles, and onship for 14 years. I certainly responding with second and expects it to have a special who, at No. 42, is their fourth she triumphed easily 6-0, 6-1. feel at home thern. It's a great third-round 7 4s after shooting atmosphere. best singles player. For com­ The team is deep and even, but eourse and I think it set up well an 80 Monday. She finished tied "It delinitely will have a post­ parison, Notre Dame's singles the prominent senior leader­ for us." for 37th with a 12-over 226. season feel. They're in the· attack, which is strong and has ship of Buck is undeniable. Aftnr shooting a 1-under 71 in Junior eaptain Lisa Maunu eon­ same spot we were in at this consistently been winning five "She played well in singles tho first round, Park rnbounded tributed a 14-over 228 to end point last year," Louderback or six points a match, boasts and did great in doubles, too. from a second-round 76 to up 47th overall. said. just two ranked players - No. She and Kali I Krisik I had not shoot a team-low 69 in the third Notre Dame hits the links On April 9, 2007, the Irish 41 junior Kelcy Tefft and No. played together besides one round. again on April 20 at the Big East were 20-1, in the midst of a 122 sophomore Cosmina match in the fall, but [Brook] Conway tallied a second­ Championship in Batavia, Ohio. 15-game winning streak, and Ciobanu. did great in both," Louderback round 74 in addition to her first had already The Irish said. and third round 7 4s. Contact Michael Blasco at defeated lineup shifted The team's momentum has Sophomore Kristin Wetzel [email protected] Northwestern, "It should be a great around for the led to clinching matches early, 4-3. Later, in match and our kids 6-1 win over but Louderback said the com­ their seeond Syracuse on petition has been anything but meeting of the are really excited.,, Sunday weak and likes that his players when the Irish take on the season, the because keep the pressurn on all match Wildcats Wildcats. Senior captain Wildeats got Jay Louderback Louderback long. Caitlin McKinney has scored a their revenge Irish coach opted to have "We've had a couple of continued from page 20 point in 51 consecutive games, with a 5-2 win. Tefft sit-out per matches recently that we've a streak that dates back to her "It should be a NCAA rules for won 6-1 and 7-0 that were still Byers now has 161 goals in freshman year and is the sec­ great match and our kids are playing too many matches in good matches - Indiana, Iowa, just 48 eareer games, and she ond longest in the country. Her really excited," Louderback the fall. and Syracuse. Especially in the has scornd 52 times this sea­ 144 career goals rank her said. "They did a great job the The lineup shift moved soph­ Iowa match, we just played son, good for second in the third in Irish history. last couple matches not looking omore Kali Krisik up to No. 1 really well," Louderback said. nation. Freshman midfielder/attack ahead to Northwestern. doubles alongside senior cap­ The growing momentum has "We're in such a focused Shaylyn Blaney has been solid They've talked a little bit the tain Brook Buck and put fresh­ also coincided with the match­ team mentality with 28 goals, last few days, and they are def­ man Denise Ellison on the es starting to move outdoors. that thnre has­ including four initely ready for it." court for the first time this dual The Irish success outside n't really been "We're in such against Duke, Louderback is fully aware of season alongside junior Katie serves as good preparation for any discussion a focused team while sophomore the elite competition coming Potts. the outdoor venues of postsea­ about the mentality that there attack Gina into town but knows few teams Sophomore Colleen Rielley son play. record," Coyne Scioscia leads are perfect. "They're really and Ciobanu stayed together in "All our singles players have said. "There hasn't really been the Irish with 21 good at the top - their top ihe No. 2 slot, and all three looked good, and we've played will be at the any discussion about assists. three are all ranked nationally, pairs triumphed. Ellison also so well in the doubles, too. The end of the sea­ the record. " Notre Dame's and they're deep," he said. made her singles debut in the opportunity to get outside and son because it's road trip con­ "They have been switching No. 6 hole, losing in three sets, play some outdoors matches a great accom­ cludes Saturday, their doubles around, so I think 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (7-10), 1-0 (11- has been good and will really plishment and Tracy Coyne when it travels winning the doubles point will 9). help us," Louderback said. Jill's worked Irish coach to Washington, be the key for us because our Louderback was pleased with Wednesday at 3:30 at hard for it, but D.C., to take on doubles [teams] have been Ellison's performance. Courtney Tennis Center, the I think right a Big East foe in really good the last half of the "It was great for ·her to get Irish will try to notch their first now our sole focus is to get No. 6 Georgetown (8-3, 2-1 season." her first match in. She played win in school history over the oursnlves into the NCAA Big East). Northwestern's top three sin­ really well in doubles and just No. 1 team in the eountry. Tournament and win the Big gles players are nationally­ lost a close one in singles," he East." Contact Matt Gamber at ranked No. 3 Maria Mosolova, said. "l think a lot of that was Contact Dan Masterton at Byers will have some help [email protected] a freshman from Moscow, No. just it being her first singles [email protected]

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WOMEN'S GOLF Squad cards round -lovv 289 to finish fourth in Mian1i

Notre Dame freshman So­ No. 27 Louisville, which ors with a 4-under 212, four South Bend weather - and By MICHAEL BLASCO llyun Park scored an even-par opened the tournament Monday strokes ahead of Park and two familiarity with the course. Spons Writer 216 for the event to finish tied with a week-low 284, cruised to others who tied for second. The "We've been able to get out­ for second overall, while the a comfortable first-place finish, top-two finish was the fifth of side a bit here at home and it's Notre Dame eonduded its rng­ Irish carded a round-low 289 on its 7-over 871 was 13 strokes Park's young career, who has the most we've been out this ular season this week with a Tuesday to slide into the top ahead of the pack. led the Irish in scoring six teams year and the team is putting up fourth-plaee finish at the Canes live. Notre Dame coach Susan Furman University and this season and has finished first good scores," Holt said. "I am and Cardinal Classic at the Jlolt liked her team's efl'ort. Georgia State tied for second overall twice. very familiar with the course 6210-yard, par-72 Don Shula "[The course) gave us an with 884, 20-over, while the Fellow Irish freshman Katie there because when I was head Golf Club in Miami, marking the opportunity to shoot some good Irish placed fourth with a 22- Conway finished tied for 11th coach at South Florida we'd final tournament for the No. 25 scores," Holt said. "It's impor­ over 886. Tulsa rounded out the overall, shooting a personal sea­ play there every year for the Irish befon~ the Big East and tant to get our confidence up top-five with a 24-over 888. son-best 4-over 220. Holt attrib­ Florida state collegiate champi- NCAA tournaments at the Mid of heading into the Big East tour­ Louisville junior Cindy uted the team's success to both the month. nament." Lacrosse earned medalist hon- preparation - in spite of the see MIAMI/page 18

BASEBALL Crushing the crusade

the start lor the Irish, and lasted By MICHAEL BRYAN just 1.2 innings against the Sports Writer Crusaders. The right-hander struggl11d out of the gate, working Kyle Weiland became the all­ into a bases loaded jam with none time saves leader at Notrn Dame out in tho first. Tunsday allnr sealing the Irish's 8- A passed ball and a single by 6 comeback win over Valparaiso at Crusader sophomore Josh Wallace Eek Stadium. gave Valparaiso an early two run Sophomore enntnr fielder A.J. lead. Dupra then settled down Pollock starred fi1r the Irish in the somewhat. inducing a double play win. going 3-filr-4 at the platn with that allownd a run and a pop out a crucial solo honwr as well as to third to escape tho inning down making sew1ral spectacular plays 3-0. in the finld. The Crusaders continued to With thn Irish down 5-2 in the rough up Dupra in tho second, get­ f'ifth inning and the Crusaders ting thron hil<; and two more runs threatening with two men on. to chase the freshman from the Pollock ehasnd down a long drivn game. Freshman reliever Todd into tho loft liPid gap to make an Miller worked out of the inning incrmliblo catch. ThP eentllr linldnr after rnpladng Dupra, who gave tlwn gunned down a Valparaiso up filllf narnnd runs on six hib. base runnnr rPtrPating back to l>espitn being down 5-0 early, first base fi1r a rrul'ial double play. Schrage said the team was still "Wn'rn snning a lot of his tahnll'i confident. on display," Irish coach l>avn "They li1el like they ean win any Sdtragn said. "lin's phnnonwnal, game," Schrage said. "They and his douhlo play might have always believe they ean win and hnnn tho most important play of neVIlr panicknd." the gamP." Valparaiso junior John Snnlton Frnshman Brian l>upra made entnrnd tlw game against thn Irish VANESSA GEMPIS!The Observer with a 12.60 EH.A but turned in a Junior Evan Sharpley (left) and sophomore A.J. Pollock (right) celebrate after a home run in see VALPO/page 16 solid start for the Crusaders. Notre Dame's comeback 8-6 victory over Valparaiso Monday at Frank Eck Stadium.

WOMEN'S TENNIS WOMEN'S lACROSSE No. 1 team comes into town Undefeated Wildcats Top-ranked Northwestern puts 13-game winning streak on the line host streaking laxers

By DAN MASTERTON Northwestern looking for 33rd straight win Sports Writt•r working on it the last eouple Sonwthing is going to have to By MATT GAMBER of days," eoach Traey Coyne give this afternoon as the No. 1 Associate Sports Editor said. "I feel like we're in a Northwnstern bring its 13-garnn position right now obviously win streak to Notre Damn to The road swing continues playing to win, and in order to face the No. 20 Irish (16-7) and for No. 8 Notre Dame, and it have that happen ... we're not thnir ninn-garnP win stroak. won't get any easier tomorrow going to completely shut them NorthW11stern's only loss of with a match-up at No. 1 down, but we need to eontain tlw s1mson canw at thn hands of Northwestern. some of their best offensive No. 2