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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 41: ISSUE 18 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Experts debate universal health concerns

A thunderous round of applause "He was hungry, as he put it. Large audience greets greeted Farmer, the first to take I Other! physicians might have said academic forum panel the stage. Focusing on the results he had a consumptive disease, but made possible by the United we knew better; we listened to Nations Millennium Project, him ... In the corporal works of By EILEEN DUFFY Farmer laid a fine foundation for mercy, there is a radical notion Assistant News Editor Sachs, the director of that initia­ that we ought to treat hunger tive. with food," Farmer said. "We fed The overwhelming global health Farmer said "vertical funding" him and gave him antiretrovirals crisis might not be as complicated - that is, money designated for a and [tuberculosis] medicine. as most Americans - Notre specific area, like AIDS - can and "Now look at him." Dame students included - think, must be used to treat other dis­ A gasp was audible as a said three distinguished panelist<; eases like malaria and tuberculo­ Rwandan man with an almost at the University's academic sis, since the diseases often coin­ Santa Claus-like belly appeared forum in the Joyce Center cide. on the projector, grinning at the Thursday. Farmer, the director of nonprof­ audience. Gwen Ifill of " it international healthcare organi­ Sachs bowed to Farmer when Week" and "The NewsHour with zation Partners in Health, and his he stepped onstage, then steered Jim Lehrer" moderated as colleagues recently applied that the discussion in a more serious humanitarian Dr. Paul Farmer, very thinking to an HIV-positive, direction. Pummeling the audi­ economist Dr. Jeffrey Sachs and tuberculosis-afflicted Rwandan ence with statistics - a result of TIM SULLIVAN/The Observer Ugandan Dr. Miriam Opwonya man who, in the photograph his self-professed "economist's University President Father John Jenkins speaks in front of panelists educated the audience, then prod­ Farmer flashed, looked like a and students Thursday as part of the annual Notre Dame Forum. ded it to take action. skeleton. see FORUM/page 9

Jordan Hall officially dedicated Suspicious package Jenkins blesses new $70 million science building during cerenzony found to be harmless

By ADRIENNE RUFFNER University spokesman Don News Writer Bomb squad probes Wycliff said Thursday night. in response to concern "In this case, it was a false An official dedication of the alarm, but better safe than Jordan Hall of Science drew sorry," he said. members of the University By MADDIE HANNA Police taped off a large area community Thursday in a cel­ News Writer around Galvin as dedication ebration of Notre Dame's com­ ceremonies to honor the new mitment to scientific inquiry. A package delivered to the Jordan Hall of Science pro­ "May it become a center Galvin Life Science Center gressed just across now-closed where our students discover Thursday afternoon initially Juniper Road. the truth," University generated suspicion of a bomb Suckow received the "small President Father John Jenkins threat, but a several-hour package" at his office in Galvin said as he blessed the building police investigation determined "around 2:30 or 3" Thursday with holy water before a the box was harmless, a afternoon, Wycliff said. He said crowd of benefactors and offi­ University official said. he had "no idea who actually cials. The box - a package deliv­ delivered" the package - a He prayed that students ered to Director of the box with no return address, would use their scientific CHRISTIAN SAGARDIA/The Observer Freimann Life Science Center "excessive postage" with no knowledge to strengthen their University President Father John Jenkins, right, speaks at the Mark Suckow - actually con­ cancelled stamps and, accord- Jordan Hall dedication alongside Senior Executive Assistant tained "promotional materials see JORDAN/page 10 Father Jim McDonald Thursday. for a scientific company," see SCARE/ page 10

ND graduate reflects Roemer tackles U.S. security issues Much progress needed, on Carroll mission member of the 9/11 Marine Corps sniper platoon Com1nission warns By STEVE KERINS commander during an eight­ News Writer month tour of duty in Iraq. "I was on a ROTC scholarship By MEGHAN WONS Many students at Notre Dame while I was at Notre Dame from News Writer hope to earn a place in the public the Marines, so right after I grad­ eye after they graduate. For Jake uated I [went] into my training," The U.S. isn't as safe as it Cusack, a 2004 graduate, high­ Cusack said, noting that three of needs to be - and lawmakers profile attention came in the his housemates during his senior aren't doing enough, a former form of an international news year are also currently in the U.S. Representative and member story - the Jill Carroll kidnap­ military. He was deployed to Iraq of the 9/11 Commission said ping. at the beginning of this year. Thursday. After Carroll, a freelance "[I was] in charge of 18 Tim Roemer, current president reporter for the Christian Science snipers," he said, "and so we did of the Center for National Policy, Monitor, was kidnapped in recon and surveillance and then spoke on "Safeguarding Baghdad on Jan. 7, Cusack target acquisition, actual sniper America: National Security in the helped bring those responsible to missions." 21st Century" to a packed audi­ justice and took part in other sig­ Cusack also played a role in the torium in DeBartolo Hall nificant operations for the mili­ investigation following Carroll's Thursday night. tary. release. She was freed on March CHRISTIAN SAGARDIA/The Observer Roemer focused on three main Cusack, who has been home on President of the Center for National Polley Tim Roemer leave since August, served as a see SNIPER/page 10 discusses U.S. security Thursday in DeBartolo Hall. see ROEMER/page 11 \ ... • • • • a

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INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLLEGE MASCOT OTHER THAN THE LEPRECHAUN? Gallivanting abroad

I was originally going to share these thoughts via email with family and Candace Dan McGowen friends shortly after arriving home Andrew Winslow Brian Lasky Cedric Joint Ben Mertz Montgomery from my semester abroad in Dublin, senzor senior freshman grad student senior but lack of a deadline has kept them Stanford freshman O'Neill Keough off campus O'Neill confidential until McGlinn now. Tim Sullivan Things I'm .. Washington ..Yellow Jackets .. Wake Forest ..Rose-Hulman ··Nittany Lions thankful for after Husky ... Ty ..Berkeley Bears because they Demon Deacon Fightin' because they're my semester Photographer because rm abroad: Mass in not?" have no sting. , because he has Engineers tame.·· the vernacular. from California a fitted hat. ,, because, come Being lucky enough to attend Mass five and the bear is on, who doesn't consecutive Sundays in five different on our state like engineers?" languages - German, Irish, French, flag., Italian, and English - is something I will never forget. Though it was initial­ ly confusing, I was surprised at how (relatively) easy it was to follow along with the Mass by picking up on cog­ nates and other cues. The standardiza­ tion of the Catholic Mass is quite won­ derful. IN BRIEF Secondly, the European train system, especially those of Switzerland and Tonight's pep rally will be Germany. Think efficiency and preci­ held in Notre Dame Stadium sion. It would be difficult to imagine an and will begin at 6 p.m. easier way to travel. Like the Union Stations in many U.S. Actors from the London Stage cities that saw their prime decades will perform "Hamlet" in ago, the train stations of Europe are Washington Hall at 7:30 p.m. located smack in the city center, and tonight. Tickets are $18 for the one step outside puts you within walk­ general public, $16 for sen­ ing distance of anything {contrast this iors/Notre Dame faculty and with Ryan Air flights that put you a two staff and $12 for students. hour bus ride, price not included with flight, outside of town). The conven­ The traditional marching band ience is multiplied with overnight step-off will be at 4:30 p.m. trains that get you to your destination today in front of the Main well rested with the whole day ahead Building, heading through cam­ of you, and the scenery is second to pus to its practice in the Joyce none. Center parking Jot. Moving on, something I never thought I would be thankful for - Student Union Board will pres­ Notre Dame finals week. Not knowing ent the film "United 93" tonight my finals schedule until less than a at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. in 101 month beforehand and having exams DeBartolo Hall. Admission is $3 drag on for more than three weeks and is open to all Notre Dame, St. made me appreciate Notre Dame's Mary's, and Holy Cross student.,, whirlwind schedule. faculty and staff. Next, Dublin's 1998 smoking ban ALLISON AMBROSEfThe Observer which prohibits smoking in pubs. How Notre Dame Security/Police and a South Bend police bomb squad respond to Director Patrick Creadon ('89) great it was to be able to spend a night concerns regarding a suspicious package delivered to Galvin Hall Thursday. will be present for screenings of out and come back not smelling like his film "Wordplay," which wiJI you'd been in a chimney all night. be shown at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. MLB.tv: Don't get me wrong, I'm a tonight in the DeBartolo huge soccer fan. I've played it my OFFBEAT Performing Arts Center. Tickets entire life and even traveled to will be $3 for students, $5 for fac­ Germany to see a pre-World Cup Man accused of biting Customs Enforcement. 150-pound pig was spot­ ulty and staff and $6 for the gen­ match between the U.S. and Poland. U.S. border guard While he was being ted by a passing driver on eral public. Rugby is also intriguing, especially BLAINE, Wash. - A questioned, a computer U.S. 41 at 6 p.m. when watching games in a pub with man driving into the check found he had been Wednesday night, Green Campus Ministry will hold the people who actually understand what United States from involved in a previous Bay Police Lt. Todd Daily Rosary, open to the public, is going on. Canada is being held on incident at the border, LePine said. at 6:45 p.m. tonight at the Grotto. But there is a point when enough is charges that he bit a U.S. involving an assault on The animal reportedly enough. British announcers for the border guard's finger. officers during an inspec­ went into traffic several Legendary Notre Dame football don't cut it and you just Magistrate Judge Monica tion, said Senior Special times, creating a hazard, coach Ara Parseghian will be need to watch some baseball. Baseball. Benton on Monday Agent Eric Lehmann of he said. signing copies of the book, even when your team is the Kansas ordered Michel Labadie ICE. Officers located the pig "Notre Dame's Greatest City Royals, whose winning percentage held pending a detention about 7 p.m. and made Coaches," by Edward Moose was a poor batting average and whose hearing later this week in Pig withstands tasers, cops two attempts to subdue it Krause and Stephen Singular best moment I witnessed on MLB.tv­ U.S. District Court. on major highway with a stun gun, he said, from 9 a.m. to 11. Saturday at Reggie Sanders' grand slam against Labadie was driving into GREEN BAY, Wis. -A but it fled both times the Hammes Bookstore. the A's - was forever erased in history the U.S. on Saturday pig withstood taser shots after pulling out the by a rainout. morning when he was told from police officers and Taser probes. . To submit information to be I'll close with the recommendation to he had been selected for eluded authorities for included in this section of The capture any opportunity to travel. For secondary inspection, more than an hour after Information compiled Observer. e-mail detailed infor­ in the words of John Locke, "The last according to a complaint wandering onto Green from the Associated mation about an event to part usually in education is travel. filed by Immigration and Bay's major highway. The Press. [email protected] which is commonly thought to fmish the work, and complete the gentle- man." TODAY TONIGHT SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY The views expressed in the Inside a:: Column are those of the author and LIJ not necessarily those of The Observer. % Contact Tim Sullivan at !;t [email protected] LIJ 3: .....

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Friday, September 15, 2006 The Observer + CAMPUS NEWS page 3 Alumnae to publish Hesburgh birthday letters

that were expressed in a survey the loyal sons and daughters, are Palmer said. Bliley transferred to Notre Dame Thousands offemale that had been issued to Notre especially glad of every opportu­ Two of Hesburgh 's nieces are and began taking classes in the graduates write about Dame Business College alumnae nity to see you. and hear your on the Advisory Board, she s:tid. business school. could be best fulfilled. words of wisdom. You are a bea­ "We intend to publish a book When the Notre Dame-Saint coeducation at ND The steering committee for this con of love for the Notre Dame with the letters next year in con­ Mary's merger was called off on event asked Hesburgh to give the family," one anonymous Notre junction with Father Ted's 90th Dec. 1, 1971, Bliley was in a keynote address because "if it Dame alumna wrote. birthday, which coincidentally is tough spot. She had been work­ By MEG HAN WONS hadn't been for Father Ted, we Another wrote to Hesburgh, also the 35th anniversary of co­ ing toward her Bachelor's of News Writer wouldn't have had our degrees," "Thank you for having the vision education," Palmer said. Business Administration at Notre Palmer said, in reference to and the courage so many years "With the proceeds from the Dame, a major not offered at What started out as a birthday Hesburgh's leadership in making ago to break the mold and allow book's sales and other cash con­ Saint Mary's at the time. present for University President Notre Dame coeducational. women to attend Notre Dame ... tributions from alumnae, our "I went to the head of the busi­ Emeritus Father Theodore "When Father Ted agreed to we are a powerful, spiritual, and goal is to raise $100,000 to ness school, Dean Raymond - I Hesburgh from the "women of come speak to us, I suggested responsible group who cherish endow a scholarship in Father didn't know what to do. I had no Notre Dame" is being turned into that we do something that, to my life and seek justice and truth." Ted's name as his 90th birthday school to graduate from," Bliley a book by a few ambitious and knowledge, hadn't been done In her May 16th column in the present from the alumnae." said. "Dean Raymond told me extremely grateful Notre Dame before - thank Father Ted," Daily Herald, Notre Dame alum­ Palmer is currently working in they'd take care of me. He did, alumnae. Palmer said. na Eileen O'Daday wrote that the archives to get photos and and he called me into his oflice in After the first ever Notre Dame As Father Hesburgh's 89th Hesburgh, upon receiving the gift other memorabilia for the book. April of '71 and told me that I alumnae-only event, a luncheon, birthday fell just a couple of of thank you letters, said, "You "The support we've received would graduate from Notre was held in Chicago in May, Ann weeks after the luncheon, have made this old guy proud - for our project both from past Dame." Therese Darin Palmer, Esq. '73 Palmer thought a collection of of what you are doing and what NO administrators and the cur­ Bliley said she will be writing BA and '7 5 MBA joined with four thank you letters from Notre you have done." rent administration is phenome­ the foreword for the book and other Notre Dame alumna to Dame alumnae would be a per­ "Two weeks before the lunch­ nal ... they've agreed to submit \\ill focus on "the vision of Father form the Thanking Father Ted fect birthday present, she said. eon, I suddenly realized that we their reminiscences on what it Hesburgh." Foundation. Palmer is president She requested the Alumni had the makings for a great was like to take ND co-ed for the She said she hopes the book of the foundation. Association e-mail all of Notre book. I realized the letters had a book," Palmer said. will enable current and future The foundation is currently Dame's undergraduate alumnae, lot of significant things that other Palmer described herself and Notre Dame women "to see the working on a book celebrating about 17,000 women, and ask members of the Notre Dame other early Notre Dame alumnae vision of the person that made it and documenting the history of them to send her letters thanking family might enjoy reading," as "co-ed pioneers." all happen - that they under­ coeducation at Notre Dame, Hesburgh for the gift of co-edu­ Palmer said. "If we don't record our experi­ stand the history and vision highlighting "Father Ted's" role cation and telling him the differ­ Palmer joined with four other ences, they'll be lost to history," behind co-education at Notre in bringing women to Notre ence that a Notre Dame educa­ Notre Dame alumnae: O'Brien, she said. Dame." Dame. tion has made in their lives. Esq. '77 and '80 LW; Anne As the first woman to earn her Palmer said she was pulled At the luncheon, the women in Giffels, '81 BBA; Julie Webb, Esq. Notre Dame undergraduate Palmer is accepting letters for onto the steering committee for attendance surprised Hesburgh '73 BA; and Paulita Pike '93 BA degree, Mary Davey Bliley the book through Oct. 15. the luncheon event last March by with a birthday cake to celebrate and '96LW, to incorporate the received her diploma from Notre Alumnae who would like to par­ Illinois Appellate Court Justice his 89th birthday and four three­ Thanking Father Ted Dame in 1972 by a twist of fate. ticipate can contact her at and Notre Dame graduate Shelia ring binders filled with letters of Foundation. They are currently Bliley said she began her col­ [email protected] or call O'Brien. thanks from alumnae, Palmer applying to the IRS for tax­ lege career at Saint Mary's in (847) 234-9223 for further The Alumni Association decid­ said. exempt status and establishing 1968 as a math and history details. ed to bring alumnae together at "Your strong leadership and an Advisory Board of NO women major. In 1970, when there were the luncheon at the Chicago Club ethics have served as an unfail­ alumnae who have achieved sig­ serious talks of a Notre Contact Meghan Wons at on May 11 to discuss how wishes ing example for all of us. And we, nificantly in their careers, Darin Dame .... Saint Mary's merger, [email protected]

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS IRAQ Iran revives uranium plan in secret NEW YOHK - Iran has secretly revived a program to enrich uranium using laser tech­ Violence continues in Baghdad nology, reportedly with favorable results, an Iranian opposition figure said Thursday cit­ ing information from members of the resist­ Car bombs and drive-by shootings kill two U.S. soldiers and at least 18 others ance inside the country. Alireza Jafarzadeh said information about the laser enrichment program at Lashkar Associated Press Ab' ad, about 15 miles northwest of Tehran, came from the same sources that led to his BAGIIDAD - Car bombs revelation in May 2003 that Iran had a clan­ and drive-by shootings on destine nuclear program. Thursday killed at least 18 There was no independent confirmation of people - including two the latest information and Iran's U.N. U.S. soldiers - in a series Mission called the allegation "baseless and of attacks around central unfounded." Iraq, officials said. Jafarzadeh, who heads the Washington­ The tortured bodies of 20 based Strategic Policy Consulting think tank, men were also discovered is credited with having aired Iranian military across Baghdad, a day after secrets in the past. But U.S. officials consid­ more than 60 bodies were ered some of his past assertions inaccurate. found dumped on the streets. Tropical Storm Lane batters Mexico The attacks came after a MEXICO CITY - Tropical Storm Lane day that was especially lashed Mexico's Pacific coast with winds bloody even by Baghdad's and rain on Thursday, flooding streets in standards, when car Acapulco before setting on a course to hit bombs, mortars and othPr the hurricanP-battered tip of the Baja attacks killed at least 39 California Peninsula. people and wounded The storm was centered about 95 miles dozens. southwest of Manzanillo and was moving The top U.S. military northwest at 14 mph. It had maximum spokesman in Iraq, Maj. sustained winds grew during the after­ Gen. William B. Caldwell, noon to 60 mph. said the surge in violence A tropical storm warning and hurricane was the result of sectarian watch were issued for a stretch of coast "murder-executions" across southeast of the resort of Puerto Vallarta. the capital. Violence per­ The storm was expected to strengthen to sists in Baghdad despite a a hurricane on Friday, then hit land near monthlong security opera­ Cabo San Lucas late Saturday. tion by thousands of U.S. and Iraqi troops aimed mostly at stopping the killings carried out by NATIONAL NEWS Sunni and Shiite death squads. One of the U.S. soldiers Missing woman found after 10 years died from wounds after his AP PITTSBURGH - A woman who ran unit came under attack in An Iraqi man cleans the wreckage of a car bomb in front of his house in Baghdad away as a teenager and lived for a decade Baghdad, while the second Thursday. Car bombs and drive-by shootings killed at least 18 and wounded dozens. with a school security guard sued the city was killed after his vehicle and school district Thursday, claiming was struck by a roadside Diwaniyah, U.S. troops Mahmoudiya. 20 miles Fallujah before it was they failed to fully investigate her disap­ bomb south of the capital, raided the offices of an south of Baghdad, said Cap. attacked by U.S. troops in pearance. the U.S. military said. At organization loyal to radical Udai Abdel-Rihda. November 2004, Caldwell Tanya Nicole Kach, 24, came forward least 2,673 members of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al­ In northern Tal Afar, a added. March 21 and told police that she had U.S. military have died Sadr, setting ofl' a gunbattle suicide bomber blew him­ According to Caldwell, he been living in Thomas Hose's house for 10 since the beginning of the between al-Sadr supporters self up at a police check­ was a "personal associate" years. Kach told police that Hose, 48, kept Iraq war in March 2003, and security forces. One point, killing one police­ of Abu Ayyoub al-Masri, her in a bedroom in the small, two-story according to an Associated person was killed and 10 man, said Mosul police Col. who took over al-Qaida in home where he lived with his parents. Press count. were injured, officials said. Abdel-Karim al-Jubouri. Iraq from Jordanian-born Kach also claims in the lawsuit that A car bomb exploded Authorities later imposed Also Thursday, the U.S. terrorist mastermind Abu Hose assaulted her and threatened to kill near a police patrol in a a curfew on the city, 80 military said its forces have Musab al-Zarqawi after he her and dump her body in a river. Shiite neighborhood of miles south of Baghdad. arrested a senior al-Qaida was killed in a U.S. northern Baghdad, killing a Gunmen ~ Baqouba, 35 figure and personal associ­ airstrike north of Baghdad E. coli outbreak leaves one dead civilian and wounding 13 miles northeast of ate of the group's new on June 7. WASHINGTON - An outbreak of E. coli in others, police said. Baghdad, killed two police leader. In a separate announce­ eight states has left at least one person dead and Another car bomb then oflicers in a drive-by shoot­ The man, who was not ment, Iraqi authorities said 50 others sick, federal health officials said blew up near the govern­ ing. Another group of gun­ identified, was arrested police killed Abu Jaafar al­ Thursday in warning consumers not to eat ment's passport office in men shot and killed three Tuesday and led assassina­ Liby, a senior member of al­ bagged fresh spinach. central Baghdad, killing people in Ghazaniya, just tion, kidnapping and bomb­ Qaida in Iraq, during an The death occurred in Wisconsin, where 20 nine people and wounding north of Baqouba. making cells in Baghdad, operation in Baghdad three others were also sickened, said Dr. David 17. The injured included Police also found the body Maj. Gen. William B. days ago, Interior Ministry Acheson of the Food and Drug Administration's four police officers, said of a brigadier in the former Caldwell said. director of operations Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. police Lt. Bilal Ali. Iraqi army two days after He also played a key role Brigadier Abdul-Karim The outbreak has sickened others - eight of In the southern city of he was kidnapped in al-Qaida 's activities in Khalaf told the AP. them seriously - in Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon and Utah. FDA officials do not know the source of the outbreak, other than it appears to be linked to bagged spinach. "We're advising people not to eat it," Acheson said. House approves Mexican border fence

Associated Press Hep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said the for 3 70 miles of fencing along the LOCAL NEWS separate fence bill was needed to Mexican border. WASHINGTON - The House show Americans .. we can take Supporters of the new House bill tittle Calumet River floods after rain voted for the second time in a year meaningful action to secure the said the new fencing would let EAST CHICAGO, Ind. - At least 1 ,000 homes to erect a fence along a third of the border." Border Patrol agents focus more in northern Lake County, including more than U.S.-Mexican border, part of a The House's biil last December on apprehending illegal immi­ 800 in East Chicago alone, were swamped in the Republican effort to keep illegal and one passed by the Senate last grants crossing from Mexico rather aftermath of heavy rains and rapidly rising immigration an issue before voters. May are so far apart on issues that than having to man the entire bor­ floodwaters from the little Calumet River and A new 700 miles of double-lav­ Republican leaders haven't even der. several small streams, a county official said ered fencing won approval on· a tried to negotiate a compromise. "We have to come to grips with Thursday. 283-138 vote, a bigger margin The main difference is that the the fact that our Border Patrol State homeland security officials toured the than last December when the Senate bill would provide legal sta­ agents need a border fence on our area to assess damages, and Gov. Mitch Daniels House passed it as part of a broad­ tus to millions of illegal immigrants southern border ... where we're declared a state of emergency for the county. er bill that also would have made already in the U.S., a concept sup­ now facing infiltration by members "We found a lot of flooding, a lot of flooding," being an illegal immigrant a felony. ported by President Bush but of terrorist organizations like said Jeff Miller, a spokesman for the Lake The nearly 2,000-mile border now opposed by most House Hezbollah," said Rep. Ed Royce, H­ County Emergency Management Agency. has about 75 miles of fencing .. Republicans. The Senate bill calls Calif.

------page 6 The Observer + CAMPUS NEWS Friday, September 15, 2006 Professor confronts slavery Swedish scholar named NYU's Morgan speaks about historical prejudice against women chair of peace research in the colonies and their parent race and gender in African­ By MANDl STIRONE countries during the slave American and American cul­ teach a graduate seminar in News Writer trade. One idea she focused on ture. Wallensteen will head peace studies research, and offer was that Englishmen of the The reason for the lecture Kroc Institute projects a series of lectures to undergradu­ While the slave trade dehu­ time viewed being counted - series, as well as the choice of ate students on the core concepts manized a race of people, taking a census - as an objec­ Morgan as lecturer, was prima­ Special to The Observer and methods of peace research. women were especially objecti­ tifying action. They had done rily a feeling of growing One of the world's leading peace fied, a visiting professor said this to the Irish and did the momentum building in the Peter Wallensteen, the Dag researchers, Wallensteen is direc­ Thursday. same to the Africans they were departments, Ardizzone said. Hammarskold Professor in the tor of the Uppsala Conflict Data Jennifer L. Morgan, an asso­ enslaving. That momentum began when Department of Peace and Conflict Program and leader of the Special ciate professor of Social and "Wrath, I think. is intimately the Gender History Reading Research at Uppsala University in Program on International Cultural Analysis at New York connected in the Group read Sweden, has been appointed the Targeted Sanctions. University, presented a lecture transformation Morgan's book. inaugural holder of the Richard G. The Conflict Data Program, entitled "Accounting for Women of a human The departments of Starmann Sr. Research Chair in established at Uppsala in the mid- in Slavery: Demography and being into a "Wrath, I think, is American Studies Peace Studies 'in the Joan B. Kroc 1980s, continuously collects infor­ the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade" commodity," she intimately and History along Institute for International Peace mation on armed conflicts. The in crowded McKenna Hall said. citing the connected in the with the Gender Studies at Notre Dame. definitions and categories used by rooms 210-214 Thursday after­ cause for dehu­ Studies and African The endowed chair is named the project have gradually been noon, manization of transformation of a Studies Programs after Richard G. Starmann Sr., a refined to fit scholarly require­ Morgan discussed the dehu­ Africans. human being into a are involved, member of the Kroc Institute ments of global comparability. so manization of slaves and, more At the time, commodity. ,, Ardizzone said. Advisory Council and a trusted that the data is useful for system­ specifically, female slaves, taking a census Morgan earned friend and colleague of the late atic studies of the origins of con­ whom she described as being gave those her Ph.D. in Joan B. Kroc. The institute is flict, conflict dynamics and conflict "invisible" to their masters. being counted a Jennifer Morgan History in 1995 at named in honor of Kroc, its princi­ resolution. With the creation of The slave trade "reduced specific value, NYU professor Duke University pal benefactor, who was one of the global conflict database, this humans into mercantile units," Morgan said. and her B.A. in the world's leading philanthro­ information is now available to Morgan said. She gave the Along with the 1986 at Oberlin pists. a passionate advocate for anyone in the world. example of the Dutch Colonial idea of being College. She is the the poor and underprivileged, and The Special Program on New York Ci~y. The original counted, the ideas of difference author of the book "Laboring an ardent supporter of nuclear International Targeted Sanctions Dutch settlers brought only were in the process of being Women: Gender and disarmament and nonviolent con­ was initiated as the "Stockholm male slaves, bringing just three articulated. Science played a Reproduction in New World flict transformation. Process" by the Swedish Ministry women a little later. key part in this, introducing the Slaw~ry" in addition to several The Starmann professorship is a for Foreign Affairs and the This demonstrates, Morgan idea of race being in a person's other publications. She is cur­ named chair held fora three-year Department of Peace and Conflict said, the prejudice that women blood. English colonists were - rently in the beginning stages of renewable term by a senior peace Research at Uppsala University in \ slaves were only sexual outlets for this reason and others - a new project. studies scholar who has built a November 2001. The Stockholm for the males. While female reluctant to consider intermar­ The lecture will not be distinguished research and publi­ Report was delivered to the slaves were originally outnum­ rying with natives. Morgan's only event on campus. cation record in one or more of United Nations Security Council bered 4-to-1, they eventually This was the first in a series She will meet with graduate the sub-fields of peace research. on Feb. 25 2003. The program outnumbered the population of of three lectures, according to students at an informal dinner Wallensteen will consult and col­ deepens academic research on Dutch settlers in New York City. American Studeprofessor Heidi and will attend an African­ laborate with Kroc faculty on targeted sanctions with systematic In the aftermath of her first Ardizzone. As the organizer of American literature course. institute research projects, super­ studies and policy-related reports, book, Morgan said she began to this lecture. Ardizzone vise graduate students in peace and it keeps a Website continu­ think about the process of explained that the series would Contact Mandi Stirone at studies, make a major presenta­ ously updated on developments on dehumanization, which went on concern different aspects of astiroO I @saintmarys.edu tion on research in progress, sanctions issues in the U.N.

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"People are dying because they solve it. He spoke at a conference "A lot of people do not know 1984, and Keri Oxley, Class of lack a dollar [required for clinical in the mountains of Kenya with exactly what is happening in 2004. Forum treatment]." he said. "Are we try­ thousands of villagers who had Africa. Knowledge is power ... Responding to Gaus, a former continued from page 1 ing to prove a textbook theory, or walked 20 or 30 miles to attend "a We've all been given enough - business major, Sachs and Farmer are we trying to make a better canyon filled with love, in the we should be able to distribute it. delved into the issue of privatiza­ love of long division" - Sachs world?" absolute real sense," he said. He's I look around ... " Opwonya said, tion of health care. Sachs warned showed just how feasible it is to From malaria-stricken children been to town conferences and lis­ gazing at the rafters of the JACC. against thinking that because the make the world healthy. lying comatose in Malawi hospi­ tened to the locals' ideas. "I look around and there is noth­ current public health care system A'i an economist, Sachs said, he tals - "What conceivable justifi­ "Boy, are they helpful; boy, are ing in Uganda like this. You people is problematic, that private sys­ understands market theory. But cation could there be for this?" - they excited; boy, are they prag­ have been given a lot, and you tems would work better - the when countries are so poor and to African farmers who lack basic matic; but boy, are they are poor," should give back." public system isn't working people are so poor that they are fertilizer for their crops, Sachs has he said. "They are ready to work, Responding to various questions because the governments are struggling just to feed themselves, seen the problem firsthand. but they need help." posed by Ifill, the panelists then broke. market theory and globalization He's also seen how ready the He offered five practical solu­ explored the issue of corruption in Once guaranteed access to concepts are just not applicable. African people themselves are to tions for the year 2006: help poverty-stricken countries. health care is secured, he said, Africans grow more food, control "What's called 'corruption' is then it is possible to apply busi­ malaria, ensure clinical health often simply [the] face of extreme ness logistics and work on services - "Starbucks clinics in poverty. When you bring in practi­ depoliticizing health care. Africa: there should be one in cal solutions, you find, lo and "Business is good at scale, logis­ every village," he joked -provide behold, results can happen," tics and management," he said. safe water points and provide Sachs said, citing the eradication "Politics is not." schooling for all children. of smallpox - which took the After Opwonya brought up the "We have to understand the combined efforts of African gov­ issue of mother-to-child transmis­ problem and we have to solve it. ernments - as proof that corrup­ sion of HIV through breast-feed­ It's urgent," Sachs said. "Our own tion in Africa is a myth. ing - a "major problem, but survival will depend on it as well." A journalist from a radio station we're working on it" - Farmer Speaking carefully through her - which Farmer refused to iden­ was quick to point out that treat­ thick Ugandan accent, Opwonya tify, saying only that "it's national, ing babies who contract HIV engaged in discussion with Ifill on and it's public" - asked him through breast milk is not a good the problem of HIV/AIDS in her about corruption, as well. Farmer goal. country, advocating an equal echoed Sachs' idea that corrup­ "We will never eradicate HIV focus on antiretroviral treatment tion is simply "extreme poverty" among children if our main option and behavior education. and said he and his colleagues is HIV-positive breast milk," he The Ugandan government had succeeded in the middle of said. "The goal is that HIV-positive implemented prevention pro­ rural Haiti, a country with a histo- things do not get inside children." grams in 1989, when the country • ry of coup d'etats. The four students and alumni was at its peak of HIV/AIDS preva­ Asked about what the world closed out the forum. Dewan, who lence, with 23 porcent infected, should look like in their "wildest worked in Uganda, said he felt she said. Through a combination dreams" in 2025 (the fmal year of optimistic after the discussion. of television and radio jingles, the Global Millennium Project), "(Studying in Uganda] I was posters and other methods, the Farmer and Opwonya said they frustrated that there was so much percentage dropped from 23 to hoped to put an end to patients needless suffering and death, six percent. dying because of a lack of treat­ from diseases we've known the While antiretrovirals have now ment or physicians. Sachs simply cures for, for over 300 years," he become important, Opwonya noted that "they weren't his said. "But it's exciting for our gen­ emphasized the ongoing power of wildest dreams - they were his eration. We know these solutions behavioral education. practical calculations." - they're right in front of us. Now "Some teens go to high school Finally, the three panelists field­ it's just a matter of us taking 5 I I 0 Edison Lakes Parkway and their peers have no idea how ed questions from two Notre charge." Mishawaka, 574.271.1692 HIV is transmitted," she said. Dame seniors, Michael Dewan But Americans are unaware in and Ailis Tweed Kent; and two Contact Eileen Duffy at their own right, too. alumni, Dr. David Gaus, Class of eduffy [email protected]

Fall 2006 Schedule Experience an intimare discussion with Notre Dame's most engaging faculty speakers on some of the most pressing issues of our times. ''1he Impact ofthe Dead tJ 9/9-Penn State ''More Than a Movie? Assessing TheDa Vinci Lode" Sea Scrolls on Our Bible'' ( l 01 DeBartolo Hall) James Collins, Professor ofFilm, Tefez;ision, and 1heatre Mary Rose D'Angelo, Associate Professor oflheowgy Charles Barber, Associate Professor ofArt, Art History, and Design

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After uncovering the evidence, row," said Bill O'Hayer, busi­ "I love the building," soph­ Sniper Cusack said they "were confident ness manager for the omore Chantalle Saucier that they were the right guys." Jordan College of Science. "The said. "The lab materials, the continued from page 1 i\lthough the takedown occurred continued from page 1 dedication was planned with classrooms - everything is in May, "the whole thing was kept the forum beca11se this is a so nice." 30, but her kidnappers remained classified for awhile," Cusack said. faith. scientific facility." The building was under at large. "It wasn't even made public until I The private dedication cer- Jordan Hall cost approxi- construction for about two "Over the next couple weeks [fol­ got home." emonies mately $70 million years, and the dedication lowing Carroll's release]. I started "[The story] was a pretty big began with to build, but con­ marked an arrival at a long­ getting some different intelligence deal when it first broke," he said. a Mass in '"This is where struction was fund­ anticipated destination. that she might have been held in "There's been kind of a lot of the Basilica we're going to ed by private gifts O'Hayer said workers had to our area," Cusack said. "Then in attention. Obviously I was not the at 3:45, fol­ and a large dona­ scramble to complete the May I got another piece of [intelli­ only person involved - there were lowed by train students to be tion from Notre building over the summer. gence] that made me pretty confi­ a lot of other people who were Jenkins' the scientific Dame alum John W. "It took some extraordi­ dent that she had been held in our important to it." blessing of leaders of Jordan, who nary work to finish, but area in a specific place." Cusack also recalled an incident Jordan tomorrow. ,, attended the dedi­ everything went smoothly," Once Cusack and his team locat­ in June in which he and others Hall. For cation with his he said. ed the house where they believed were able to subdue a group of the remain­ family. Sophomore Rob Carroll had been held, they hostile insurgents and reclaim der of the Bill 0' Hayer Those who enter Plasschaert worked for the planned a mission to confront the weapons taken from a Marine evening, business manager Jordan Hall come Chemistry Department ove·r kidnappers at a time when intelli­ sniper unit that was overrun in benefac­ College of Science face-to-face with a the summer and spent many gence indicated they would be 2004. t o r s , breath- hours moving there. "The rille [the insurgents] were University taking material from "We hit a couple of ... roadside using [against us] was that same Trustees and officers and view. The hall's '"It took some the old chem­ bombs and took a little bit of small Marine Corps rifle ... taken back in the Advisory Councils for the atrium extends extraordinary istry labs in arms fire," Cusack said of the trip. 2004, and it was used to kill sever­ colleges of Science, four stories to Nieuwland When they arrived, they found al Marines since then," Cusack Engineering and the ceiling, sur­ work to finish, but into the new and questioned the house's owner said. "So it was a good win to get Architecture had the oppor­ rounded by hall­ everything went labs in while Cusack searched the premis­ that back." tunity to meet with one ways lined with smoothly. ,, Jordan. es. Cusack will return to his job as a another and explore the 200,000 square "There's "[There was] a trap door in the sniper platoon commander once facilities. feet of research considerably shower room," he said. "[During his leave is over. The event was held to space, 40 class­ Bill O'Hayer more space in the search] I found Jill Carroll's e­ coincide with the Notre room laborato­ business manager here than mail address and a lot of money - Contact Steve Kerins at Dame Forum in the Joyce ries and a state­ College of Science there was in crisp hundred dollar bills." [email protected] Center, where scholars and of-the-art plane­ Nieuwland or students met to discuss the tarium. Jordan Galvin," he world health crisis. Hall impressed students, said. "It's much more open." "This is where we're going faculty and administrators to train students to be the when it opened for class this Contact Adrienne Ruffner at REST!\LI RANT [,-; scientific leaders of tomor- fall. [email protected] ALEHOUSE PUB Those details raised flags, called the police," Wycliff Wycliff said, but Suckow's said. "There's so much con­ Scare concern was heightened troversy that surrounds that ltrlll~lll~ '1,111~ llliSII '11\II.. f.ll'l'l~. continued from page 1 given his position as the cur­ issue these days - he's par­ JII~FOitE. DtJIUN{i. 1lND AJi''J'I~R 'I'HI~ GAMJ~. rent president of the ticularly alert to these ing to police officers, infor­ American Association for things." mation missing from the Laboratory Animal Science. Suckow called the Notre address. "That's the rea son he Dame Security/Police, who, FOO'l'Bi\tL upon arrival, "considered it WEEKENU HOIJUS important enough to call the $ s: South Bend police bomb l~IUDJ\Y squad," Wycliff said. Restaurant: u:oo am - Midnight The bomb squad X-rayed the package and found it Pub: 11:30 am · 2:oo am cP~i contained four compart­ SA'fiJR))AY ments, but officers couldn't ~BUCKiI determine its density. Restaurant: 8:oo am - Midnight One Per 'fiSit "No detonator, no wires," Pub: 8:oo am - 2:00 am $ : $ Expires Moy 2007 : Wycliff said around 5 p.m. .------~------, Thursday. "It's a matter now Gourmet Sandwiches, Salads &Soups of determining exactly what Legends is located 100 yards south of Notre Dame Stadium. Plus Fantastic FAIR TRADE Coffees this is." www.legendsofnotredame.org 574.6J1.2582 When asked if the threat Just o Walk from Campus could be connected to the Open Every Day! Jordan. Hall dedication, Wycliff said, "You know, who Edison Plaza, 1631 Edison Rd, 273-6216 ' knows. It may be a prank, it One Per Visit $ : may be anything." CREDIT & DEBIT CARDS ACCEPTED! $ Expires May 2007 ' Around 5:25 p.m., police Corry Out Available ------J took down the tape perime­ ter. The two fire trucks, ambulance, South Bend bomb squad van and many of the police cars left. 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munity and politicians. Republicans and Democrats, of VATICAN CITY "The restructuring of our how we can get involved." Roemer intelligence community needs to Roemer's talk was followed by continued from page 1 occur with strong congressional a question and answer session oversight and balance," he said. that expanded the discussion He questioned whether from national security to other Spokesman defends topics - the current state of Homeland Security was truly fit issues such as U.S. involvement our national security, the for going after such a "nimble in Egypt:the U.S. detaine~ poli­ restructuring of the intelligence threat." cy and the Israel-Palestine Pope's jihad remarks community and the role of for­ "Maybe we need to revisit debate. eign policy in achieving national Homeland Security. Was it cre­ "We've got a lot to do, a lot of security. ated to fight the Cold War? Can problems to take on. And we Associated Press preached."' "With the fifth anniversary of it take on the threats of the 21st can do it because we are Clearly aware of the sensitivity Sept. 11 just behind us, there cent ury.?" Roemer sat'd . " . . . W e Americans," Roemer said. Pope Benedict XVI did not of the issue, Benedict added, "I couldn't be a more appropriate need to elevate this debate. If Roemer served the 3rd intend to offend Muslims with quote," twice before pronounc­ time to talk about this," Roemer the candidates don't do it ... we District of Indiana from 1991 to remarks about holy war, the ing the phrases on Islam and said. need to. Your vote really mat­ 2003 in the U.S. House of Vatican said Thursday, scram­ described them as "brusque," Both Republicans and ters." Representatives. He was bling to defend the pontiff as while neither explicitly agreeing Democrats have been talking The U.S. needs to reexamine appointed in 2002 to the anger built in the Islamic world with nor repudiating them. about progress, its foreign National Commission on over his comments during a trip "The emperor goes on to Roemer said, and policy and let Terrorist Attacks Upon the to Germany. explain in detail the reasons why questioning how "'There are so many allies know United States, more commonly "It certainly wasn't the inten­ spreading the faith through vio­ the U.S. is doing. good memories here "we care known as the 9/11 Commission. tion of the pope to carry out a lence is something unreason­ I He said the and so proud of the about their But before that, he was a deep examination of jihad (holy able," Benedict said. I Commission has rm ideas." member of the Notre Dame war) and on Muslim thought on "Violence is incompatible with l suggested 41 teaching here - the "We need to family - literally. it, much less to offend the sensi­ the nature of God and the nature - I reforms, and the teaching of let the Middle Roemer earned masters and bility of Muslim believers," said of the soul," the pope said. issu­ j White House has values.·· East know we doctoral degrees from Notre Vatican spokesman the Rev. ing an open invitation to dia­ passed about 20. care about Dame, his mother worked at Federico Lombardi. logue among cultures. "We're halfway them as peo­ Notre Dame's Center for Social Turkey's top Islamic cleric Lombardi, who traveled with there, but it's not Tim Roemer ple," he said. Concerns and his father served asked Benedict to apologize, the pope, said he was not giving good enough," former U.S. representative Ultimately, as Dean of Students, professor raising tensions before the pon­ an interpretation of Islam as Roemer said. the U.S. must R. Scott Appleby, director of the tifT's planned visit to Turkey in "something violent." "Our lawmakers foeus on Kroc Institute, said in his intro­ November on what would be his In Egypt, Mohammed Mahdi are not acting on our ideas." building military and intelli­ duction Thursday evening. first papal pilgrimage in a Akef, the leader of Egypt's In December 2005, the gence, protecting the homeland "If you cut him. he very well Muslim country. Muslim Brotherhood, also called Commission, a bipartisan and rising to eonquer the may bleed blue and gold," Religious Affairs Directorate for an apology. organization, issued a report jihadists. Appleby said. head Ali Barda.koglu, a cleric "The remarks do not express card to the government to "We need to convey to the rest Roemer said he was "privi­ who sets the religious agenda for correct understanding of Islam assess the progress the govern­ of the world that America's pri­ leged to be back home at Notre Turkey, said he was deeply and are merely wrong and dis­ ment had made on their recom­ orities and ideas are so much Dame with people who do such offended by remarks about torted beliefs being repeated in mendations. better than bin Laden's," fine research and academic Islamic holy war made Tuesday the West," Akef said. The government received Roemer said. work and endeavor to support during the pilgrimage to the The 57 -nation Organization of twelve Ds, five Fs, and two Roemer spoke of the impor­ peace and justice." pontiffs homeland, ealling them the Islamic Conference, based in incompletes, Roemer said. tance of moving forward and "There are so many good "extraordinarily worrying, sad­ Jiddah, Saudi Arabia said it "Does that make you feel taking action. He promoted memories here and I'm so dening and unfortunate." regretted "the pope's quote and safer?" he asked the audience. micro enterprise loans for the proud of the teaching here - Bardakoglu said that "if the for the other falsifications." It Roemer cited the growth of al poor and education and cultural the teaching of values," Roemer pope was reflecting the spite, expressed hopes that "this sud­ Qaeda, the 60 percent growth exchanges. He spoke of the said. hatred and enmity" of others in den campaign does not reflect a in the Afghani opium trade and inspiration he drew, and hoped Roemer's appearance was the Christian world, then the sit­ new trend for the Vatican policy the continued loss of U.S. troops all Americans would draw, from sponsored by the Kellogg uation was even worse. toward the Islamic religion." as indicators of a disappointing the "Sept. 11 families." Institute for International The pope, at Regensburg Militant Islamic Web sites also lack of progress since Sept. 11. 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TODAY'S STAFF News Sports OBSERVER POLL QUOTE OF THE DAY Joe Piarulli Chris Khorey Katie Perry Dan Murphy What will be the most testing football game Marcela Berrios Ken Fowler for the Irish this season? Submit aLetter 'The release of atomic energy has not Jennifer Metz Scene Michigan State - 8% created a neu' problem. It has merely Viewpoint Marty Schroeder made more urgent lhP necessity of soll,ing an existing one.·· Joey King Michigan - 27% to the Editor at Graphics Albert Einstein Jarred Wafer www.ndsmcobserver.com physicist THE OBSERVER p Friday, September 15, 2006 page 13 The incredible shrinking university press

One of the traditional functions of a in close conjunction with libraries, and ing to those same egos. This has been major publishers. In short, the presses university is to promote and disseminate which they carry out effectively. Another going on for such a long time that the will have become just like the commer­ worthwhile ideas that, either due to high far more significant task is to ensure universities, having forgotten why they cial publishers they were originally cre­ costs or limited interest, would never that ideas that are of enduring merit are founded the presses, are themselves ated to supplement. have survived the demands of commer­ made available to everyone who might starting to wonder why they bother Who will be the ones harmed when cial publishing. The benefit from them. This later mission is, wasting the money. this takes place? Not the universities market for philology, in fact, a subset of the broader purpose Consequently, the presses are to blame and not the professors; it will be the for instance, is van­ of a university itself. for their own increasing cultural and consumers who will be hurt, and the ishingly small, but its In reality, though, practice nearly economic irrelevance. A combination of overarching mission of the presses impact on our culture always falls short of the ideal. At the the fear of scrutiny from their parent which will die. And because I believe in is nonetheless signifi­ vast majority of universities large universities and the fear of offending the university presses, in the wide dissemi­ cant (ask, for enough to house a press, the institutions professors that they have become nation of information, in the educational instance, if Spanish tend to be viewed predominantly as a enslaved to has caused the presses to mission of a university and the close will ever overtake step in the tenure process, and a rather close their minds to any new or innova­ relationship of all three, I do not wish English as the domi­ Lance minor step at that. Having books pub­ tive ideas. this to happen. University presses need nant language of the Gallop lished by an academic press can be a As they do this, their profits grow thin­ to expand and rethink their visions and U.S. and now you are mark of status for a professor, but any ner with each passing day. Part of the their marketing, and recommit them­ dealing with very Tidewater sign of honestly considering a work's problem is the increasing cost of pro­ selves to their mission. They need to do controversial and Blues impact on the larger educational picture duction combined with the high expecta­ so now, while they still have a chance to important philology). is first misunderstood, then ignored, and tions of authors and booksellers as to succeed. Recognizing the value of these unpopu­ finally taken as insult. At its worst, a the quality of materials to be used, com­ Full disclosure: the author was lar works, universities have long subsi­ university press becomes so mired in bined with increased competition for employed by the University of Notre dized literary and academic books by politics that it cannot afford to reject the dwindling self space at the major book­ Dame Press between 2000 and 2006. running their own publishing houses: works of certain professors. It is forced sellers. But part of the cause is also the the university presses. to prostitute itself as a junk mill for presses' lack of vision in tapping into the Lance Gallop is a 2005 graduate of the It is apparent on the face that the goal books of dubious value, or worse, made pulse of the modern intellectual spirit University of Notre Dame. He can be of a university press is not financial - to ignore works of true merit because of and in seeing emerging trends that contacted at comments@tidewa­ very few presses do better than break political infighting. could have slowed the long slide. Unless terblues.com This work is licensed under even- but rather historical and social. At the same time, university presses something changes soon, the result will the Creative Commons Attribution­ One function of a press is to preserve do nothing to remind their parent uni­ be the collapse of the national university NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. the ideas of those who would not other­ versities of the invalidity of the narrow press market with local presses consoli­ The views expressed in this column wise be remembered by archiving their understanding that many authors have dated into regional conglomerations are those of the author and not neces­ words in print, a task that they perform of their role, while simultaneously cater- under Chicago, Harvard and other sarily those ofThe Observer.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Honoring student tickets True 'revitalization'

As a recent graduate in May, I didn't So not only did this girl sell her ticket Revitalization through the building and renovating of a neighborhood is a expect to get all the tickets I wanted in the (way) above face value, she also treated it great idea. By increasing the appearance of the neighborhood, poverty rates lottery this year. Especially being from the like a silent auction to get the best profit! and crime rates are likely to decrease. It also creates a friendlier environment Philadelphia area, and with all the hype, I She never inquired whether I would be to surround the campus. knew I would travel back to the Bend for the cheering for the Irish or not. She went to the But does Notre Dame's attempts at revitalization mean anything else than big game against Penn State. So I put all my ticket office and had my name printed on changing the demographics of the neighborhood? The lots that are being pur­ eggs in one basket, threw everything on red the ticket, just as the new rule states. chased and renovated are not going to the people who lived there before, but 6 ... and lost. Strange how one goes from When I entered the stadium, I passed sev­ rather to a different group of people who are more affiuent, more educated. being guaranteed tickets (well, a spot on the eral ushers, not one of which asked for my Can we really say that changing the people who live there is revitalizing? I field, I was in the band) to the bottom of the 10. The new rule does not work

Gary Nijak sophomore Exchange limit fails aims Knort Hall Sept. 13 Unfortunately, I will be out of town for an versity and I am frequently reminded that interview this weekend, but I have found a as such I am a representative of the friend whose sister (a 2004 NO alumna) is University of Notre Dame. Likewise, being going to be visiting and needs a ticket. on the staff of the Ticket Office would Upon having my ticket exchange request make them representatives of the denied, I was provided with two reasons as University of Notre Dame. This university Reasoned discourse to why there was a 300 person limit: 1} the was built on a foundation of Catholic Ticket Office is trying to crack down on beliefs, a few of which include helping oth­ I find myself agreeing with the sentiments of the final paragraph of Ryan scalping, and 2) they are trying to main­ ers and doing the right thing. Whether it is Davidson's recent letter ("Stop printing toxic letters," Sept. 14), exhorting tain "the sanctity of the student section." in providing service to the South Bend you to refrain from publishing race-baiting and ad hominem attacks that This alumna is coming into town to see the community or holding the door for some­ do "nothing but unnecessarily inflame discussion with unrelated issues Michigan game and if I cannot give her my one at LaFortune, we are constantly and [that have] no place in serious academic discourse." I must wonder, ticket she will be forced to purchase one encouraged to go out of our way to help then, why you chose to publish his letter, as every other paragraph con­ from a scalper, only further promoting the others. tains at least one instance of precisely this sort of undesirable, inflamma­ very activity the ticket office is attempting The way I see it, they have a chance to tory rhetoric. to stop. take 30 seconds out of their day and help a Davidson seems to have listened to those who criticized his earlier letters Additionally, Coach Weis has now spent fellow member of the Notre Dame commu­ - a sadly uncommon achievement, even in academia - and echoes our two weeks begging for the student body to nity by doing the right thing. Whether you point that the usage of the racial label "Arab" is often quite sloppy. Yet we be as loud as possible. He sincerely feels are trying to maintain the sanctity of the have generally refrained from making this point using hyperbolic hand­ that we are an integral part of this team's student section, prevent scalping or offer a wringing about "the moral fabric of the student body" and "intractably success and constantly emphasizes that helping hand, one person can make a dif­ paranoid anti-Semitism." I would suggest Davidson pay more attention to point. If the ticket office is at all concerned ference. his own principles of reasonable discourse in his future letters. with the sanctity of the student section, they would exchange this ticket so that an Brandon Burke Dan Hicks empty, silent seat may be filled with a sent or grad student screaming alumna. Siegfried Hall off campus Finally, I am also an employee of the uni- Sept. 14 Sept. 14 ......

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WASHINGTON HALL SPOTLIGHT AFTLS brings singular 'Hamlet' to campus

Photo courtesy of nd.edu/-aftls Photo courtesy of nd.eduf-aftls Peter Linford, right, instructs a student in the Washington Hall rehearsal room. Francesca Ryan performs in the AFTLS Spring 2004 production of "Romeo and Linford was part of the Spring 2004 AFTLS production of "Romeo and Juliet." Juliet." The AFTLS will bring their version of "Hamlet" to campus this weekend.

domains and have a good rapport with "Hamlet" sports 26 separate roles, play without elaborate costumes. Most By LAURA MILLER students. These actors are not just play­ AFTLS uses only five actors. Geoffery companies imitate a Franco Zefferelli Scene Writer ing the roles - they are living the art. Beevers (Polonius), Anna Northam style of costuming, with a montage of AFTLS has performed in two different (Gertrude, Ophelia). Robert Mountford colors accompanied by expensive sets Ghosts have long haunted the realm of venues at Notre Dame - both the (Horatio, Laertes, Rosencrantz, and props. the theater, but none so famously as the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center's Guildenstern), Richard Stacy (Hamlet) Like the loss of Shakespeare's original Ghost in "Hamlet." Leighton Concert Hall and Washington and Terence Wilton (Claudius, Ghost) text. the overstimulation of the audience "Hamlet," performed by the Actors Hall. Although still organized through shift from role to role with ease. One of through ornate period costuming is also from the London Stage (AFTLS), draws the DPAC, the AFTLS performs in the primary goals of the AFTLS is to unfortunate. In avoiding this, the AFTLS the audience into theater in its purest Washington Hall this week. Students reflect Shakespeare's original company, accent their ability to differentiate char­ form. Now in its 13th year, the AFTLS might not be as dazzled by Washington The Lord Chamberlain's and then The acters by their acting skills rather than a represents one of the oldest and most as they are by Leighton's new-fangled King's Men, which is a very worthy change of costume, and this makes the well organized Shakespeare troupes in technology, but it is really a far better cause in the present day. audience more aware of the differences the world. Not only do their actors have stage for AFTLS. Because Washington's So much of Shakespeare's work has in how Shakespeare tailored speaking a diverse , experience-laden background seating is so much more compact, it is been remolded to quell a stubbornly styles uniquely to each character. - sporting such accolades as degrees easier for the actors to interact with close-minded audience. Baz Luhrmann's The AFTLS visits campus each semes­ from Oxford, The Royal Academy of their audience - it is this interaction "Romeo + Juliet," starring Leonardo ter, always to sell-out crowds. Recent Dramatic Art, roles in Royal Shakes­ that allows Shakespeare's plays to come · DeCaprio and Claire Danes, is just one performances include: "Romeo and peare Company's productions and even a into their truest form. The fourth wall example of this unfortunate trend. Juliet" (Spring 2004), "A Midsummer semi-professional rugby player - but that typically exists in other plays is sup­ Watered-down versions of Shakespeare's Night's Dream" (Fall 2004), "Othello" they also embody the essence of a travel­ posed to be frequently interrupted by the works rarely do justice to the works of (Spring 2005), "Twelfth Night" (Fall ing troupe. actors - they jest with the audience, the arguably best playwright to have 2005) and "The Merchant of Venice" While the company tours in America play off the audience's emotions and ever lived. As a result, his witticisms and (Spring 2006). Notre Dame can look for­ each semester, the actors are in constant many of the characters' monologues are poignant commentary on the human ward to the performance of "Macbeth" flux - some are returning, some are meant to provoke the audience to condition are frequently overlooked and in Fall 2007. new, all are very qualified. Each produc­ intense thought. under appreciated. "Hamlet" is funny, tragic and enter­ tion brings together a unique combina­ The thrust stage is one of the reasons The AFTLS further emphasizes taining. The text is so engaging that the tion of people through a common love this fourth wall is so easily broken, both Shakespeare's text by minimizing the lack of set is practically unnoticed and for William Shakespeare's work. in Washington Hall and historically. presence of distractions. The stage in even allows the viewer to laugh at the While in the United States, the AFTLS Though far from a mirror image of a Washington Hall is completely without text for the sake of itself. In another visits colleges and universities that theater like the renowned Globe, backdrops and costumes. The actors and brilliant move, AFTLS does not have a include Notre Dame, Wellesley, the Washington Hall's stage is more than actress wear simple. versatile clothing director for any of their productions. University of Texas and the University of sufficient. It would be a more accurate and have only a few props to indicate a Each production is self-directed by the North Carolina. Not only do the Actors picture if the seats on the floor level change in character (e.g. Ophelia always actors and so there is no possibility of put on a show, but they visit classrooms, were taken out and crowded in were a carries a white scarf while Gertrude - the play being "owned" by any one per­ attend lectures and give workshops as mosh-pit of plebeians. But perhaps a played by the same actress - carries son. It remains, as it was in well. These lectures typically aim to help room packed with scruffy, tired college nothing). Shakespeare's day, a product of a com­ students better connect with and gain a students is close enough. This is an extremely unusual experi­ munity of actors. depth of understanding of Shakespeare's Actors from the London Stage is a ence for the typical American audience. work. They prove knowledgeable in their small troupe. Despite the fact that Most have never seen a Shakespearean Contact Laura Miller at [email protected]

courtesy Gregory Cox, left, and Christopher Staines perform in the Spring 2006 "Merchant Richard Howard, right, and Claudia Elmhlrst share a moment In the AFTLS Fall of Venice." This production displayed the multi-faceted nature of this troupe. 2005 production of one of Shakespeare's most loved comedies, "Twelfth Night." THE OBSERVER

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Hidley Scott's "Blade Hunner." The only By MARTY SCHROEDER available DVD is the director's cut. If we Assistant Scene Editor had seen this movie in theaters when first released and wanted to have that The "Star Wars" cash cow just never expnrience again, it would be impossible seems to run dry and George Lucas has because Scott says that's not the version been milking the franchise since "A New we should be seeing, but instead, we Hope" was released in 1977. Not that should see this version. Where do direc­ anyone blames him - the series has tors get the gall to do this'? been wildly popular and if you can make Part of it could be the studios trying to the money, go for it. make more money. The strategy of llowever, with the reissue of the origi­ releasing a barebones DVD right away nal theatrical editions of "Star Wars" on and then releasing a super-deluxe DVD individually retailed discs after Lucas with all the whistles and bells after­ supposedly released his definitive ver­ wards is going to bring in much more sions in a box set two years ago, a major money than just one DVD release. Again, question arises that can be applied all going back to "Star Wars," Lucas over Hollywood and the American film released the original trilogy in its origi­ industry - where does the artist's role nal form on VHS tapes. Then came along end and when does the audience become the Special Editions in the late '90s on the determiner of what a film should be VHS. Then we had the box set a few and continue to be? years ago and now we have the 2004 The question does not stop with Lucas. versions plus the original theatrical cuts In 2001, Francis Ford Coppola released on three separate releases - and no box "Apocalypse Now: Redux," which added set. many scenes to the well-known 1979 Photo courtesy of kinoweb.de Which one is the definitive version and "Apocalypse Now." Certain scenes that Francis Ford Coppola, right, gives direction to Marlon Brando on the set of who says so? It all depends on what you were deemed too politically charged "Apocalypse Now." The filming process for this movie took 3 long years to finish. grew up with. The generation that saw were added in "Redux." All in all, 49 "Star Wars," "Jaws" and the "Indiana minutes of extra footage were added in make when he's faced with difficulties and only he could drive his piece of art Jones" trilogy in theaters would proba­ this re-release, not only on home for­ like these? What gives directors the forward into greatness. Men like Welles, bly gobble up the chance to get these mats but also in cinemas, which was power t~1 go back and change films from Hawks, Lang and Hitchcock made the versions again. However, for a younger very similar to what Lucas did with his their initial theatrical offerings? How films they wanted to make and their per­ generation it may be another version special editions of the original "Star would we as an audience react if we sonal styles emerged as a stamp on their their parents got for them because they Wars" trilogy in the late 1990s. This found out that Michael Curtiz was going films. According to the French New could not get the original versions. "The allowed the director to give the audience to go back to the end of his famed Wave, the film was the sole brainchild of new "Jaws" DVD has a different sound what he thought was the definitive edi­ "Casablanca" and change the ending? the director and through his screening of mix than the original - which mix is tion of his opus - some audiences liked Some people would be rightfully it w a cinephile audience, a recognition better is left up to th~ audience. because it tackled issues better, others angered. of the influences and methods of the cin­ For the cynical mind, all it comes hated it and felt cheated out of the The notion that a director can return ema would occur - there was art. down to is money. A brand spanking new "Return of the Jedi" experience they to a film with their name Men like Lucas, version of the "Apocalypse Now" DVD cherished. This is the crux of the matter. on it at any time and Scorsese, Spielberg and was released not a few weeks ago by While Coppola was filming change things however Where does the Coppola, all household Paramount Home Video. They are call­ "Apocalypse Now," his marriage almost they see fit is a mindset artist•s role stop and names in this day, ing it "The Dossier Version" and it fell apart, he suffered a nervous break­ that grew out of the when does the brought this idea to includes both the 1979 and 2001 version down and almost bankrupted his pro­ 1970s. Beginning in the America and changed the of the film, much the same way as the duction company and himself in the early '70s, a group of audience become the face of American cinema. "Star Wars" DVDs that were released process. Typhoons destroyed the sets American filmmakers determiner of what a When Spielberg directs a this week. and they had to be rebuilt, the helicop­ graduated from this new­ film should be and film, you know it's from Maybe the studios are finally heeding ters he leased from the Philippino gov­ fangled education called Spielberg. If the guy who the voices of audiences saying they are ernment were constantly being recalled "film school." continue to be? brought you "Jaws" and sick of all the changes and just want one for actual fighting and his lead actor, They were familiar with "E.T." had been around in version that they can enjoy and remem­ Martin Sheen, suffered a near-fatal the French New Wave - a group of the '30s or '40s, we would have never ber. The studios, hearing this plea seem heart attack during principal shooting. French filmmakers and film critics heard of him. to be going through a phase where they Marlon Brando was also notoriously dif­ whose ultimate goal was to make films But because we now know who direc­ are releasing all the versions in one ficult to work with as he showed up on that were driven by the personal vision tors are and these "auteurs" are noted package. Here is everything- watch the the set overweight when his character of the director. Based at the for their achievements, we have a slew disc you want. was supposed to be emaciated and he Cinematheque Francaise in Paris, they of DVDs that are released under the refused to learn his lines. claimed that art in the cinema sprang headline "Director's Cut." It is impossible Contact Marty Schroeder at Can a director make what he wants to out of the artistic drive of the director to get the original theatrical version of [email protected]

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Photo courtesy of kinoweb.de Photo courtesy of wga.org Steven Spielberg, left, talks with Haley Joel Osment. This director was a part of Orson Welles was known for being a director with a personal vision. He often the Influx of directors of the 1970s who brought the New Wave to America. butted heads with studio execs during the prime years of his filmmaking career. page 16 The Observer + CLASSIFIEDS Friday, September 15, 2006

MLB Reds playoff hopes end in another loss to Padres ... Padres by 4 1/2 with 16 games Ramirez's 100th RBI left. gives Chicago a one­ "We've battled all year and showed a lot of heart and char­ run victory at home acter, but we're not in a good spot," manager Jerry Narron Associated Press said. The Heds have no more CINCINNATI - With another games with the Padres or the pursuer bumped to the road­ Central-leading St. Louis side, the San Diego Padres Cardinals, making it difficult to packed up their wild-card lead make up ground. The three and headed for a first-place games against San Diego showdown on the West Coast. amounted to a last chance. This is going to be some And they blew it. weekend in Los Angeles. "Before, it was in our hands," "It's a great way to get on an first baseman Scott Hatteberg airplane," manager Bruce said. "It would have been nice Bochy said Thursday, after a 4- to take two out of three or 2 victory over the Cincinnati swe-ep these guys. That's what Reds turned the Padres' next we wanted to do, and we didn't series into exactly what they do it. It makes it hard to play in wanted. October." Wlth the NL West-leading The Padres' pitching staff, Dodgers losing to the Cubs 6-5, among the NL's best, had a lot the Padres left town only a half­ to do with it. game out - their smallest deficit since Aug. 10. Chicago 6, Los Angeles 5 Up next: Four games with Aramis Ramirez's three-run first place up for grabs. homer gave him 100 RBis. More AP "Oh, man, it's about as big as importantly, he said, it gave the Centerfielder Ray Durham scores on a Moises Alou sacrifice fly in the second inning of it can get around here," said struggling Chicago Cubs a victo­ Thursday's game. The Giants beat the Rockies 5-0 to pull within 3 games of the division lead. Mike Cameron, whose bases­ ry and a series win over the Los loaded single broke open a Angeles Dodgers, a team eyeing another one today. We just have race with a victory over the In my mind, he's as good as scoreless game in the seventh the playoffs. to put it behind us, come back Colorado Rockies on Thursday. anybody." inning. "We've got a little bit of "Right now we are playing tomorrow and start a big series Omar Vizquel scored the Cain had seven strikeouts and energy and momentum going spoilers. We took two out of with San Diego and see what game's first run in the sixth never tired in a 118-pitch out­ into LA. I'm sure they're going three from a first-place team happens." inning on Moises Alou's double­ ing. Vinnie Chulk completed the to be ready to go and every­ and that's something we play play grounder, and the Giants two-hitter. pitching a perfect thing. And it's going to be a big for right now," Ramirez said San Francisco 5, Colorado 0 rallied for four more in the sev­ ninth. Friday night matinee in LA." after his 33rd homer rallied the Matt Cain has dominated enth to win for the eighth time "I'm just getting ahead of Before they could think about Cubs to a win Thursday, knock­ every opponent and inspired in 11 games. guys and trying to get to them moving up, the Padres had to ing the Dodgers' lead to one­ comparisons to baseball's Cain (13-9) made it easy with early," Cain said. "I feel a little take care of a team that's all half game in the NL West. greats during an incredible one­ another standout performance. calmer in the second half.... We but out of it. Cameron's two-run The Dodgers headed home month stretch for the San The baby-faced rookie retired had a good battle going on single ofT Aaron Harang (13-11) after a series in which they lost Francisco Giants. 10 of Colorado's first 11 hitters, early, and we finally got to could go down as the hit that twice by blowing leads at The precocious right-hander then set down 13 straight after Aaron (Cook)." finally toppled the Reds, who Wrigley Field. Los Angeles is more interested in keeping escaping a bases-loaded jam in Cain, whose 13 wins lead all lost two of three in a pivotal begins a key four-game series his club in the playoff race until the fourth. NL rookies. has been nearly series. Friday with second-place San his 22nd birthday- which hap­ "Some kind of pitcher, huh?" unhittable for a month now. Since they moved within a Diego, which beat the Reds 4-2 pens to be the last day of the Giants manager Felipe Alou He's 5-0 in six starts since Aug. percentage point of first place Thursday. regular season. said, later likening Cain to a 12 with a 0.21 ERA, allowing in the NL Central on Aug. 24, "We've been through this· Cain allowed two hits in eight young Tom Seaver. "That's what just one earned run in 42 the Reds have lost 13 of 18. before. We've had some awfully superb innings to win his fourth you call controlling the game. innings - and he hasn't Cincinnati stands fifth in the tough losses," Dodgers manager straight start, and the Giants That curveball, he's throwing it allowed an earned run in his wild-card race, trailing the Grady Little said. "This was gained ground in the NL West where they have to swing at it. last 30 2-3 innings.

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NFL Texans still looking for first win over Manning

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NCAA Men's Soccer Adldas Top 25 team record previous 1 SMU 6-0-0 3 2 Clemson 5~o-o 4 3 5-0-0 2 AP 4 Washington 5-D-0 6 West Virginia running back Steve Slaton, center, celebrates his first versus Maryland with fullback 5 Duke 5-0-0 9 Owen Schmitt, right, and teammates in the first quarter of the Mountaineers' 45-24 win over Maryland Thursday. 6 Maryland 4-1-0 1 7 Santa Clara 4·0-1 14 8 West Virginia 5-0-1 10 9 Indiana 3·2-1 10 Mountaineers cruise past Terrapins 10 South Carolina 5·1-D 21 11 San Francisco 4•0-1 13 Associated Press "He's a great player. third straight year, the first Wilson on kickoffs. 12 DAME 8 NOmE 3-2-1 What more can I say?" time that has happened West Virginia has 13 Wake Forest 4-1-0 5 outscored opponents 139- 14 Kentucky 5-0-1 20 MOHGANTOWN, W.Va. - Maryland coach Halph since 1996-98. The teams 15 Fordham 4-0-1 12 Steve Slaton's speed and Friedgen said. "He's got have met every year since 37 in three home games 16 North Carolina 5-1-0 7 Maryland's sloppiness great speed. He's a fine 1980. and heads on the road for 17 Fairleigh Dickinson 2-1-1 15 turned No. 5 West Virginia's young man and I hope he Marylau,,d, which had four of its next five games. 18 Illinois-Chicago 4·0-2 22 first anticipated test of the wins the He is man." wins over Division I-AA Slaton has 503 yards this 19 Boston University 4-0-2 23 season into a Iaugher. Pat White threw for a TD William & Mary and unher­ season, exceeding 100 20 Old Dominion 3-1-0 NR Slaton rushed for 19 5 and ran for another while alded Middle Tennessee yards in the first half in all 21 South Florida 4-2--0 NR yards and the Darius Heynaud scored State, watched the three games. The 22 Massachusetts 5-0-1 NR Mountaineers forced two twice, including a 96-yard Mountaineers compile Mountaineers opened with 23 UC Santa Barbara 3-2-D 19 turnovers in a 28-0 first­ kickoff return, for the more than 300 yards rush­ wins over Marshall and 24 Virginia Tech 4-1-0 16 quarter blitz on the way to Mountaineers (3-0), who ing for the third straight Eastern Washington. 251 Elon 6·1-0 NR a 45-24 victory over the extended their winning game. "Steve looked like a 251 Memphis 4-0-1 23 Terrapins on Thursday streak to 10 games, second West Virginia's young human joy stick out there, night. in the nation to TCU's 12 in defense, pressed to force like he was playing a video Slaton, a sophomore, a row. more turnovers, also deliv­ game," West Virginia cen­ scored twice in the opening With scouts from the ered, finishing with five ter Dan Mozes said. MIAA Women's quarter of his first career Orange and Fiesta bowls takeaways. Maryland's Sam Slaton had 149 yards in action against Maryland, and 15 NFL teams in atten­ Hollenbach was intercepted the first quarter against Volleyball Standings the school that offered him dance, West Virginia took a twice and the Terrapins Maryland when West Team League Overall a scholarship, then with­ 38-10 halftime lead in beat­ fumbled the ball away Virginia scored on all four drew it. ing Maryland (2-1) for the three times, twice by Josh possessions. 1 calvin 3-0 7..0 2 Hope 2-0 4~2 3 Adrian 2·1 5~3 4 SAINT MARY'S 2·1 9-2 IN BRIEF 5 Tri·Stale 2·2 3~7 6 Alma 1·2 3-4 7 Albion 1-4 2-6 Liriano's MRI reveals same Man convicted of bribing 8- Michelle Wie gets cut like 8 Kala!Razoo 0·1 3-6 light strain from before start year-old to bean autistic kid wood in the 84 Lumber 9 Olivet 0-2 0-10 CLEVELAND - Francisco Liriano UNIONTOWN, Pa. -A youth base­ FARMINGTON, Pa. - The course and the Minnesota Twins are some­ ball coach accused of offering an 8- was too long, the competition too what relieved, yet mostly mystifed year-old money to bean an autistic good. Michelle Wie has an excep­ over the rookie left-hander's latest teammate so he couldn't play was tional golf game for a 16-year-old, test results. convicted Thursday of two lesser except when she's playing against "The MRI came back exactly the charges against him, and evaded the men. same as the previous one," Twins more serious charges. Heavy overnight rain softened up around the dial general manager Gerry Ryan said A jury convicted 29-year-old Mark the third-longest course on the PGA Thursday. "He has a ligament strain, R. Downs Jr. of corruption of minors Tour and created ideal scoring con­ but there is no structural damage. and criminal solicitation to commit ditions Thursday at the 84 Lumber That's the good news. simple assault, Fayette County Classic, but not for Wie. .... MLB "Now we have to find out why he's authorities said. Her sixth attempt to try to do Reds at Cubs having pain. We're not going to mess Downs was acquitted of criminal what no woman has done in 61 2:20 p.m. Comcast around with his future." solicitation to commit aggravated years by making the cut in a tour Ryan said the Twins will take an assault, and jurors said they were event looks to be unsuccessful, Red Sox at Yankees ultra-conservative approach with deadlocked on a charge of reckless much like the other five. 7:05 p.m. ESPN Liriano, who made only 28 pitches endangerment. The judge declared a Wie, playing in her third and last Wednesday against Oakland in his mistrial on the endangerment U.S. men's tournament this year, - first start in more than a month - charge. shot a 5-over 77 on a day when NCAA FOOTBALL then walked off the mound, saying he Authorities said Downs offered to there were numerous scores in the Kansas at Toledo heard a pop in his elbow. pay one of his players $25 to hit a 9- 60s on the expansive Mystic Rock 8:00 p.m., ESPN2 Liriano, 12-3 with a 2.19 ERA, is year-old autistic teammate with a course, and has almost no chance to done for the season, even if the Twins ball while warming up before a June make a cut that was at even par a make the playoffs. 2005 playoff game. year ago. Friday, September 15, 2006 The Observer + SPORTS page 19

NFL Cowboys, T.O. open up at home against rival Redskins

Associated Press adding urgency to this battle of NBC got this game for its sec­ national television audience receiver to A-list personality. wits between coaching greats ond prime-time showcase. will be watching. And he knows ''I'm going to have to figure it IRVING, Texas - Terrell Bill Parcells and Joe Gibbs, and It's all about the guy wearing they'll be waiting for something out. I just haven't figured it out Owens has had six months to providing taunt-worthy materi­ No. 81 on his shirt and a star outlandish. ideally one that yet," he insisted this week. come up with a memorable al for team owners Jerry Jones on his helmet - and what he invokes his look-at-me antics "I've about run out of touch­ way to celebrate his first and Daniel Snyder. might do after a touchdown. on the logo in 2000, the move down dances and celebrations, touchdown at Texas Stadium as Yet those aren't the reasons Owens is well aware a that launched him from quality as far as something creative." a member of the Dallas Cowboys. Of course, it's got to involve the midfield star logo he stomped on six years ago. Pulling a marker out of his sock and signing the logo would be quite a spectacle. As would borrowing pompoms from one of the famous Cowboys cheerleaders and shimmying on the 50-yard line. Or he could just plow down and do some midfield sit-ups. But Owens prefers to be an innovator, not a copycat, even if those would merely be dig­ ging into his own repertoire. So, T.O., what's it going to be? "I don't really know what I . :._ ·::;.:.;_:_ .. _· am going to do," he said. ''I'm :---- :::::~:~:~~~ just going to go out there and try to wing it, try to have fun 307 East University Drive , with it." Next to Super Target Owens will get his chance Sunday night against the Washington Redskins, provid­ ing he reaches the end zone. The game itself should be a good one. The Cowboys and Redskins are division rivals that came into this season with playoff hopes, but made too Open weekdays 6:30am- 2:00pm and weekends: 7:00am- 2:00pm many mistakes and lost their openers. The loser will be 0-2, South Bend: 288-peep • Mishawaka: 271-peep - c 0 u .; :;-~ "'c ~ ~ u ..= • ~ Q) ): "t:"' 8. (/) LL. > \P 8 N @ page 20 The Observer + SPORTS Friday, September 15, 2006

SMC SOCCER PGA Sal Vaccaro Invite will Tiger loses in match play

kick off this weekend Woods will need to rebound quickly for next week's Ryder Cup

Belles look to return times in a dominant win over Associated Press front and center once the Leonard's putt on the final day . Alverno College. matches begin in earnest. of singles at Brookline in 1999. to winning ways zn Senior forward Keri Ludwig Some of Tiger Woods' coun­ Coincidence? Or, conversely, how the knees had a hat trick in the game trymen awoke to the news Maybe. of one American after another two big matches while sophomore Kateri Bose Thursday that he lost for the Momentum is everything at buckled at Oak Hill in 1995, led the team in points with first time in two months and the Ryder Cup. Anyone who's when four pivotal matches By DAN MURPHY assists on all three of Ludwig's chased their morning coffee watched the scoreboard went to the 18th green and the Sports Writer goals as well as two of her with a few aspirin. change colors like the temper­ Euros won them all by choking own. Bose is only one goal and Relax. ature gauge in an overheating less. one assist away from matching No one needs reminding how car knows how quickly a cush­ So what to make of Saint Mary's will play two her production for her fresh­ painful a Ryder Cup hangover ion can become a hot seat. Thursday's little dress rehears­ games this weekend at the man season. The experienced can be, least of all Woods. But Think of how fast the al? annual Sal Vaccaro Mus tang offense could cause getting hammered 4 and 3 by Europeans slid down the drain Nothing. Tournament hosted by North problems for the Saint Mary's Shaun Micheel at the World just ahead of American Justin Yet. Central College in Naperville, young defenders. Match Play Championships - Ill. The Belles will play "We will have to play with a matching Woods' worst loss in Pacific Coast Concerts Saturday against Mount Mercy lot of intensity and win as match play - will shake El Proudly Prvscrnts In S0<1th Bernd College and again on Sunday many 50/50 balls as possible," Tigre's confidence for about as the C:harter Bus Trip to The Rolling Stonesl against the hosting Cardinals. Courtney said. long as it takes to read this Saint Mary's enters the tour­ The Mustangs will start off sentence. nament still in search of the the tournament facing North The Ryder Cup is still a week season's first win. The team Central College (1-3) Friday at off and nobody on the other dropped their first two games 5:00 p.m. North Central comes side is suddenly licking their to Albion and Manchester in into the tournament with a full chops at the thought of playing very similar fashion. Both head of steam, having won Woods head-to-head. 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SMC GOLF IWU Fall Classic tees off in Illinois Saturday

"Our team is very focused on COMING SOON! Saint Mary's to join improving and playing our NOW AVAILABLE best," she said. "Nothing will ------24 other colleges this distract us." weekend at tourney A deep lineup ensures that WHAT IT MEANS TO B£ distractions won't trouble the FIGHTING l RlSH rest of the team, either. By BECKY SLINGER "Our lineup reflects our Sports Writer capabilities of raising the team's ranking," Sei said. After a rainout Wednesday, "We're very focused on our the Belles will compete ultimate goal of winning against 23 teams this weekend another MIAA Championship." when they attend the IWU Fall Mark Hamilton AHA PARSEGHJAN Classic hosted by Illinois­ was also confident the team Wesleyan in would shoot a low Normal, Ill. round this week­ Forming the end. lineup will be "Our team is very The only obsta­ $27.95 hardcover junior captain focused on cles the course Katie O'Brien, poses to the team NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL sophomores improving and are several THr GlMrli.sr GAMfS, Pt ..wus, COAtHr.s .>.Nu TkAMS tN Tilt GlOI!.!OliS TRADITION OF flGH1l'il:l !RISK FOllTOALL Alex Sei, playing our best. ,, swamps, which :~I Meredith Sei said would not Fan tom, Perri be problematic if Hamma and Katie Mcinerney the team stays on NOTRE DAME Belles sophomore FOOTBALL K a t i e the fairways and $24.95 hardcover Mcinerney, and hits accurate freshman Kate shots. Doornbos. "The key to The entire squad- save for shooting a low round is to freshman Doornbos -has focus and to take one shot at a played the "fair" 5,400-yard time." Sei said. "We have a Ironwood Golf Course before, good chance of being the best Available at: Sei said. in this tournament." And Doornbos, she said, will After the Fall Classic, the be very capable to handle the Belles will attend the resched­ par-72 layout. uled MIAA Jamboree hosted $27.95 hardcover IN THE ECK CENTER phone: (574) 631·6316 • www.nd((]talog.com The 18-hole course is sur­ by Albion on Sept. 22-23. rounded by homes, but Mcinerney said that wouldn't Contact Becky Slinger at be a distraction. rslingO [email protected] -

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WOMEN'S INTERHALL FOOTBALL Pass-happy Badin opens season against Pyros Pangborn hopes to start title run against Farley; Welsh and Walsh square off; Ducks take on Chicks; BP faces PW

their Interhall seasons this strong receiving core, which fea­ 2005 season where it missed the continue their winning ways this By VINCE KENEALLY AND Sunday at 1 p.m. on the West tures several girls who missed playoff.'i. season. The Babes hope to ROB GALLIC Quad. their junior seasons studying reverse their fortunes from last Sports Writers After a solid regular season abroad. BreerH'hillips vs. Pasquerilla season and perhaps even make a earned them a bid to the playoffs The Wild Women. on the other West run at the championship. As the smallest women's dorm, last year, the Whirlwinds ended hand, will look to some of their Pasquerilla West will begin its Badin often finds itsPlf the under­ their sea..'ion on a sour note with a younger players - most of their title defense Sunday at 5 p.m. on Contact Vince Keneally at dog, and this Sunday's contest first round playoff defeat. squad is made up of sophomores West Quad against Breen-Phillips. [email protected] and Rob Gallic with Pasquerilla Ea..'it is no exeep­ Having put that behind them, and juniors - and a particularly The Purple Weasels want to at [email protected] tion. the team has high expectations for strong freshman class. Offensively, "I know they are a bigger this year -even thoughts of mak­ quarterback Mary Sullivan and dorm," Bullfrogs captain Meaghan ing a run ali the way to the cham­ receiver ('jgi Low return and pres­ Charlebois said. "Of course, every pionship game. ent a good matehup fbr the Welsh dorm is bigger than Badin, so The Wild Women are entertain­ Family defense. NOW OPEN ~a~tJJZelo ~ that's always tough for us." ing similar thoughts, however, In order to countP.ract the Pyros' looking to rekindle the magic that Howard vs. Lewis of Macri\ depth, Charlebois said Bullfrog helped them win the champi­ Howard and Le\\'is both hope to quarterback Katie-Rose Hackney onship two years ago. start ofr the season on the right formerly Macri's Deli. will go to the air early and often. The Whirlwinds, led by dedicat­ foot with a first game victory at "[Hackney's) been doing a lot of ed and experienced coaches, have they square off on West Quad at 4 574.280.4824 work and definitely has been been known in prior years for a p.m. Sunday. improving," Charlebois said. stingy and intense defense and Lewis wilJ attempt to continue ()/l~f 1-' r4' I· ~), . I. PE captain Molly Fox said her will look to that defense to uphold its exeellent play from last year ~__ /../tttrtenae ~_/TaltaH (:_JtttdtHe team is ready for Badin's pass­ their reputation over the coursn of when it entered the playoffs as a happy attack. the season. three-seed, while Boward hopes lunch: Mon-Fri llom-3pm dinner: Mon-Sot 5pm--10pm "We've seen them with their On offense, they are led by a to rebound from a disappointing receiving gloves," Fox said. "We're ready." SENIOR SCIENTIST Fox said the Pyros will use the Provides support for Science Group external running game to try to keep and/or 1nternal projects or· progran1s, interprets Hackney and the Badin offense off custorrter requlrernents, conceptualizes and ' the field. develops radiation detection rneasun;:Jrnent latlcesctJS "We have some good running syst:erns and design specifications. Re­ backs," Fox said. "We have a very searches, revievvs and recomn1ends state of the art technology for systEH1'1S product deve!­ ~~­ strong football team. Plus we're oprnent. Contributes to and participates in the going to surprise them with some ~~ developrnent of Request for Proposals, project Francesco was a chef at Notre Dame for 25 years trick plays." design reviews, presentations, conferences and pr·epares required docurnentation. The Pangborn vs. Farley candidate will participate in product conceptual The Pangborn Phoxes and design, product perforrnance evaluations and Farley's Finest will open their evaluations of potential useful technolo~)ies. Con1puter hardware and softvvare operating WELCOME FANS & respective lnterhall football sea­ systerns including Microsoft Windows XP, and/ - sons this Sunday at 3 p.m. on ot· UNIX using C++. 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Friday, September 15, 2006 The Observer + SPORTS page 23 - MEN'S INTERHALL FOOTBALL Defending champs Zahm open against Knott

Sarin captain talks tough about game with Carroll; Siegfried begins with St. Ed's; Knights face ~Roos

Carroll's 4-4 defensive alignment. handle the playbook well. close to their goal of a champi­ Defensively, Dillon will be By ANDREW KOVACH, With four linebackers - two on "I feel that we're used to [the onship last year but ultimately fell anchored by five returning KATE DONLIN and the out<>ide to collapse on running offense]," he said. "We're not a short, losing to Morrissey Manor starters including senior corner­ JOHN TIERNEY plays - Carroll hopes to keep team where a lot of our players in the frrst round of the postsea­ back Francis Leyhane, senior Sports Writers Zahm's feared running game in are in for more than just one year. son. defensive Tom "Schooly" check. ... lButl we're just looking to see "Our obvious goal is the stadi­ Bradley, junior linebacker Paul The reigning Interhall champi­ When asked if he considered how we play in our first game." um this year, to win the whole Carlson, junior defensive end Dan ons begin their title defense growing the grass on Riehle Field They will need to play well thing. We're just going to take it Avants and sophomore safety Sunday against the Knott extra long to neutralize Zahm 's against a Sorin team that shut out one game at a time," said Martin, Figueredo. Juggerknott<> at 3 p.m. speed, Crosson had a straightfor­ a dangerous Fisher squad in the who starts at offensive guard and Dillon will start a relatively Zahm beat Keenan in the ward response. frrst round of the playoffs in 2005. defensive end. inexperienced lineup, with only teams' last regular-season game "If we were in control of that, And Lavorini was confident that Much like Wang, Martin said nine total returning starters and in 2005 in a game closer than we would like to," he said. the 2006 version of the Otters is the Ramblers' offense is balanced. just four on offense. Figueredo their final records would indicate. far superior to the team that "We lost four· starters from our said the incoming freshmen Keenan, which fmished 0-5, lost Sorin vs. Carroll showed up a year ago. offensive line last year but we replacing the lost upperclassmen a hard-fought battle to the unde­ Sorin is confident heading into "I think this is the best team have good freshmen and new are talented and eager to start feated soon-to-be champions, 8-0. its game against Carroll Sunday. we've ever had," he said. "Really, sophomores, and we're comfort­ playing. "It was probably our toughest Actually, make that very confi­ I don't think there's any way we'll able throwing and running," he Since narrowing its squad to the game of the season," Zahm cap­ dent. lose a game." said. maximum 24 players from the 45 tain Sean Wieland said. "I feel like we could skip a game But Martin knows that Sunday's who originally tried out, Dillon For Keenan, the early-season and put our friends from Saint Siegfried vs. St. Ed's game will be a big one. has had five practices in full pads. rematch means the chance at Mary's out there and they'd still Siegfried and St. Ed's, two "We have lots of new players," The first week, the team concen­ revenge. win," Otters captain Pete Lavorini dorms with playoff aspirations, he said. "It's real big to see how trated mostly on physical condi­ "We're real. excited about the said. "We have a new quarter­ will kick off their respective 2006 everyone works together and tioning and getting players into game," Keenan captain Matt back, a new running back, new Interhall Football campaigns at comes together this Sunday." football shape. The following Crosson said. "We felt like we wide receivers and a new offen­ Riehle Field tllis Sunday at 3 p.m. Siegfried has extra motivation week, the practices' focus played our best football against sive line." Led by junior captain Ge Wang, this season, however. If the switched to the mental aspect of Zahm. Hopefully we'll have a Lavorini said Sorin's "true the Stedsmen will look to improve Ramblers take home the champi­ the game and installing the new good shot to knock them ofl." excellence" didn't reveal its full after a 0-4 season in 2005 while onship, assistant rector Mike playbook on both offense and To do that, the Knights will have potential last year in the team's the Ramblers, 3-1 in the regular Hoefling has pledged to wear a defense. to slow down Zahm 's explosive second-round playoff loss to season last year, seek a return to dress and high heels to all of his O'Neill will also come to this running backs and receivers. The Keenan. Now, he said, that will the postseason. classes for a full week following season-opening matchup with the Rabid Bats feature fullback change. Starting at fullback and middle the championsllip game. desire to win a championship off Cameron Muhlenkamp and tail­ "It's just a whole new mentality linebacker for St. Eds, Wang said of a 2-3 season. Conley described backs Corey Brisee and Otheo - that is to just beat the crap out his team will be ready to go this Keenanvs.Keough his team as one whose success Ossei-Anto. of anyone possible," Lavorini said. time around. The Keenan Knights will take will be dictated by all 24 players Wieland, who returns for his "We're basically going to score as "We have the talent this year, on the Keough Kangaroos at 1 on the roster. The team has no third year as Zahm 's starting many points as possible in the and anything short of [the play­ p.m. Sunday at the Riehle Fields. star players, he said, and "won't quarterback, said the offense short time we have." off."] would be a disappointment," The Knights are led by junior win unless everyone is on their should be strong and ready to go. Meanwhile, Carroll is hoping for he said. captain Matt Gibson, who said his game that day." To counteract the returning a balancing act Sunday. Wang said the Stedsmen will team's past several weeks of prac­ O'Neill looks to be equally bal­ Rabid Bat skill players, Crosson Vermin captain Mike Versagli run a balanced offensive attack, tice have been encouraging. anced on both sides of the ball said Carroll has a comprehensive said the team will look to exploit supplementing their passing Adding to Gibson's leadership is this season and will rely on team defensive strategy. Sorin early to implement an even game equally with their running senior Alex Staffieri, the team's speed on both offense and "We know they have great skill attack the rest of the way. game to move the ball do\\-nfield. starting running back. He will defense. The squad plans to be players and we know they have a "We're going to balance the Just like St. Eds, Siegfried has take the field Sunday with a aggressive on offense, but is lot of speed," he said. "We're game, try to balance it out," he set very high goals for themselves strong offensive line, which is unsure if it will develop as a run­ going to try and keep everything said. this season. Tri-captains junior returning four players from last ning-dominated or passing-domi­ in the middle of the field. Versagli said the team's experi­ Tom Martin and seniors Matt year's team. Gibson said Keenan's nated team. Part of that strategy will be ence offense would be able to Wopperer and Pat Manning came success will depend on a complete team effort in order to defeat the Stanford vs. Alumni talented Keough team. A major showdown is set this Kangaroos captain Steve Sunday at 2 p.m. between two of Humphrey said he realizes this the teams in the Gold League of Sunday's game will be a tough the men's Interhall Football battte, but he is confident his League. team will be able to finish on top. Alumni hopes to take down Despite losing sophomore run­ Stanford after a disappointing loss ning back Mike Anello to the Irish last year. Both teams expected an , Keough has several all-out battle, and that's what it returning contributors, including came down to in the Griffms' 14-6 Tom Chesnick, Chaz Arnold, Rob victory over the Dawgs. StanfQrd Hallman and Tom O'Donnell. came out strong right from the Keough's defense is shaping up start with a 40-yard touchdown well, but Humphrey is a little less pass on the first play of the game, confident about the team's offense and despite a valiant fight late in because of practice schedule con­ the game, Alumni was unable to UN IVERS ITV OF NOTRE DAME flicts by several starters. Still, he's stop Stanford's impressive INTERNATIONAL STUDY PROGRAMS IN excited to get his fourth season offense. for the Kangaroos underway. This year, Alumni captain "This is the most talented team Richard Damey hopes the team's ··~ we've had," he said. practice and talented roster will DUBLIN, lRELAND pay off. The Alumni defense will Fall 2007, SPRING 2008, A Y 2007-8, Dillon vs. O'Neill have its hands full again this year Hopes are high for both the with the Stanford team, who has SUMMER2007 Dillon and O'Neill football teams always been a dominant offensive as they face off to start the new force. season Sunday at 3 p.m. on the Stanford captain senior INFORMATION MEETING Riehle Field. Both teams enter the Brandon McLeod will lead the new campaign after fmishing with Griffins. Both teams have their Tuesday, September 19, 2006 a 2-3 record and a first-round eyes set on the playoffs after a playoff loss last fall. disappointing end to last season. 5:30pm 102 DeBartolo "This year's, like every other Last year Alumni failed to make year's, goal is to win it all," Angry the playoffs despite an exciting, Mob captain Pat Conley said. hard-fought win over rival Dillon Dillon sees itself as a defensively in it'i final game. oriented team whose strength The Dawgs finished their sea­ Application Deadlines: NOVEMBER 15, 2006 FOR FALL, SPRING, offensively lies in the running son with a final record of 1-2-1 AND ACADEMIC YEAR 2007-8 game. Th.e offense will be led by and hope to build on that this MARCH I, 2007 FOR SUMMER 2007 running back Alex DuffY and wide year. receiver Chad Krause. Last sea­ Stanford lost their fmal game of son, Duffy, then a rookie to inter­ the year, an 8-6 nail-biter to hall football, developed into the Morrissey that ended their hopes Applications Available www/nd.edu/--intlstud team's key player on offense. of a playoff" berth. Justin Figueredo, the team's co­ captain alongside Duffy, said the Contact Andrew Kovach at running game will benefit from an akovach@nd,edu, Kate Donlin offensive line that adds speed, but at [email protected], and John returns only one starter. Tierney at [email protected] page 24 The Observer+ SPORTS Friday, September 15, 2006 - ND VOLLEYBALL MEN'S GOLF Brown returns home for tourney Irish shoot for top NO looks to bounce back in Tempe at three game tournament five in Minnesota Brown and the team were Notre Dame's inception into By KYLE CASSILY unavailable for comment the Big East, Butler now plays their opponents, which include Sports Wri[er Thursday because they were in the Horizon League. The By FRAN TOLAN Finland's national team. Two of traveling. teams last met in 1994 - an Sports Writer the tournament's three rounds Debbie Brown will travel to The two teams met in the Irish win - and Notre Dame are to be held on Saturday, so Tempe, Ariz., this weekend Shamrock Invitational Sept. 4, holds a 13-6 all-time advan­ Last season, after starting there is a premium on getting a not only to the Sun Devil 2005 and played a close­ tage. slowly in the Gopher strong start. Invitational but also back to Fought Five-game match. The The Blue Devils have par­ Invitational in Wayzata, Minn., "Last year, we had a bad First where she began her head Irish prevailed in the fifth layed a strong finish in the the Irish stormed back to finish round then played really well coaching career. game, taking the match 30- 2005 season - a NCAA fifth in the tournament. This to get back in to the pack," The Notre Dame coach land­ 20, 28-30, 21-30, 30-23, 15- Tournament berth and sec­ year, the Irish will look for a Kubinski said. "Hopefully, we ed her first head coach job at 10. ond-round loss to No. 1 similar - or better - result. can start off ISaturdayJ with Arizona State in 1983 - she Notre Dame is looking to Nebraska - into a 5-1 record "To Finish in the top Five or the same kind of momentum was the team's as sis tan t rebound after a two-loss to open this season. six would be nice," head coach we finished with last year." coach from 1980-82 - after weekend in the three-match Duke's only loss was a 3-0 Jim Kubinski said. "It would The Irish are also hoping to being a co-captain for the U.S. University of Northern Iowa loss Sept. 2 to No. 2 Penn give us some good wins and use this tournament as a step­ National Team. She led the Invitational, where the Irish State. The Blue Devils have move us up a bit in the rank­ ping stone for improvement. Sun Devils until 1988 when earned a 3-1 win against defeated Marquette and West ings." "I definitely feel like we're she left to become an assis­ Alabama. Virginia by 3-1 and 3-0 mar­ The Irish will have to come going to keep getting better as tant coach for the U.S. team, Arizona State (6-2) lost to gins respectively, both 2006 out firing if they hope to finish the year goes on," Kubinski eventually joining the Irish in No. 14 Purdue and No. 15 Irish opponents and confer­ high in a 12-team field that said. "Some of the guys have 1992. Ohio State and is undefeated ence rivals. includes host No. 15 Minnesota been playing a lot better late- In r1 9&6, Brown coached the in three horne matches this Junior Carrie DeMange is and strong competition in 1y. " Sun Devils to a 27-7 record season. The team is led by averaging 4.33 kills per game Michigan State, Stanford, Freshman Doug Fortner and was named Pacific-10 outside hitter Margo Giordano for the Blue D'evils with 78 Indiana, Ohio State, SMU and played well enough over the Conference Coach of the Year. - the sophomore has 107 kills total. The Irish have won Northwestern tf~ams. past several weeks to earn a But Tempe will not be as kills on the season for an the last four meetings Saturday's opening round at spot in Notre Dame's top-Five, welcoming a place this time average of 3.96 kills per between the two teams and the Spring Ilill Golf Club in allowing him to travel with the around for Brown when Notre game. hold a 5-1 edge all-time. Wayzata will mark Notre team to Minnesota. He and Dame enters the desert for a Butler (5-5) has a strong The Irish fell out of the Dame's first competitive play of Isban will be joined by senior three-game tournament. The start to open the season - the newest American Volleyball the season, so the Irish are not Adam Gifford, junior Mike King Irish (4-4) will open Friday Bulldogs won Five of their first Coaches Association top-25 certain what to anticipate. and sophomore Josh Sandman against Butler, play Saturday six games. But the team has poll - they were ranked No. "We aren't that experienced in representing the Irish this against Duke and conclude struggled as of late, losing 23 last week. The team is now [as a teaml so we can't have weeklmd. with a Sunday matinee four straight matches, includ­ receiving 10 votes, while Duke really high expectations," sen­ As Notre Dame's top golfer, against the Sun Devils. This ing one to Notre Dame's Big is one spot ahead with 13 ior co-captain Cole lsban said. lsban said he is hoping to win will be the fifth time overall East rival DePaul. votes. "At the sanie time, we realize this event, but he would be and the second consecutive The Irish and Bulldogs were that we're a good team." happy with a top-1 0 result. year that the Irish have faced formerly adversaries in the Contact Kyle Cassily at Kubinski echoed these senti­ "You can never complain Arizona State. North Star Conference prior to [email protected] ments. about finishing in the top-10," "I know we're going to be the senior said. "A bunch of competitive," he said. "It's just top-1 0 [scores] can make you hard to tell at what level our an All-American." play will be." The Irish will quickly find out Contact Fran Tolan at where they stand relative to [email protected]

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defender Carrie Dew, who, PHIL HUDELSON!The Observer along with fellow sophomore Irish forward Michele Welssenhofer chases the ball in Notre midfielder Brittany Bock, will Dame's 2-0 win over USC Sept. 1. return to full-time action this weekend after missing the first few weeks of the season to her season total to five and throws. compete in the U -20 World passing junior Amanda Cinalli, +DePaul's home field features Championships in Russia. who has scored four, for the brand-new FieldTurf, so the "[Dew's) got kind of a calming team lead. The sophomore said Irish practiced inside the Loftus effect," Waldrum said. "She's teamwork is the reason the Center Wednesday to prepare RO(:KNE EXIIIBIT very calm and composed on the Irish have hit the back of the for the artificial surface. ball and very skillful." net an average of 3.5 times per ''The ball's got a little bit Bock and Dew arrived on game this season. truer bounce to it and the pass­ AND YOU~I~I~ campus Sept. 5, but Waldrum "It's not just one of us individ­ es are a little faster," Waldrum eased them back into the lineup ually- it's all of us combined," said. "The turf gives an advan­ so they could catch up academ­ she said. tage to the team that plays on it ically. a lot." HEAR The sophomores got signifi­ Notes: The field does not, however, cant minutes off the bench last +Freshman Michele feature flood lights, meaning weekend against TCU and SMU, Weissenhofer leads the NCAA in kickoff on Friday will be at 4 ABOUT IT. but neither started either game. assists this season, picking up p.m. Bock scored her first goal of the her seventh and eighth of the The Blue Demons are 2-1 at season against the Horned season against the Horned home this season. Frogs. Frogs Saturday, employing both +Notre Dame will return to Now on display at the Northern Indiana "Over the weekend they skill on crosses and her patent­ campus after Friday afternoon's Center for History is the most extensive weren't supposed to play that ed flip throw-in technique to set game, then head out on the much, but we needed them to up Irish goal scorers. road again Sunday to face the exhibit ever developed on Knute Rockne. come in and help us out," soph­ "The flip throw-ins work Wolverines in a 1 p.m. game in omore forward Kerri Hanks because not every team does Ann Arbor. See 3,500 square feet of Notre Dame football! said. them," said Hanks, who scored Hanks scored two goals a goal Aug. 27 against Ole Miss Contact Chris Khorey at Rockne's sweatshirt, whistle and clipboard ... against the Mustangs, pushing on one of Weissenhofer's [email protected] 1924 Notre Dame National Chan1pions banner ... 1888 Notre Dame football program I!S)Iox~l ~xox~ !S)Ioi~ [~xox~l !S)Xoi~ ~xox~ - the oldest ND football artifact known to exist ... George Gipp-signed photograph ... Rockne's 1924 coaching contract ... football TACO BELL® Geometry Test frotn 1924 Notre Dame vs. Nebraska game ... Draw a line from each shape to 1932 Rockne automobile. These are just a few of the artifacts never before shown publicly. the matching TACO BELL® item! Plus, an audio tour narrated by Tony Roberts. A./\ 1. Spicy Chicken Burrito - B. ( ) 2. Nacho Chip - ROCKNE CROSSING THE LAST c. 3. Cruncbwrap Supreme~ CHALK LINE

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pretty simple stuff. It's get­ start dissecting and looking the top BelJes finisher, placing ting the execution right into Cincinnati," Clark 20th overall with a time of Streak and working." said. Belles 20:03, followed by Sara Otto continued from page 28 Cincinnati enters the Even when the Irish do continued from page 28 with 20:32 and Megan weekend with only one goal begin preparing for McClowry, who clocked in at Justin McGeeney, who have in its last five games, and Cincinnati, Clark said too Senior captain Katie White said 20:44. five goals and three goals it broke a much oppo­ the Belles will continue to focus Bauters said she wants to see this season, respectively. four-game nent-specific on pacing and teamwork in both improvement this weekend The Cardinals will be led scoreless '"It ·s not rocket science training can races this week. against the tough competition. by midfielder David streak serve as a dis­ "For next week, we want to ''I'm hoping for improvements Guzman, who has tallied Sunday in - soccer- it's pretty traction. get the top pack tighter," she at Notre Dame and hopefully for four goals and two assists a 2-1 to simple stuff. It's gettng "You can said. "Our one to five runners the first years [in Terre HauteJ. in five games played for Pittsburgh. the execution right and look at a game were really spaced out. We all more experimenting with racing Louisville this season. Playing at tape, so that's finished about 10 to 12 seconds strategy, so they become more Guzman scored Louisville's Cincinnati working.,, all you need," behind the [Saint Mary's] run­ comfortable and confident," lone goal when the two will repre­ he said. "We ner in front of us. I think Coach Bauters said. teams met last year, a 2-1 sent a new Bobby Clark don't over Bauters would really like to see After this weekend, the Belles Notre Dame victory. challenge Irish head coach worry about us maintiain contact during the will head to the MIAA Cross Throughout the week, the for the the opposi- race use our teammate to attack Country Jamboree Sept. 23. Irish have not tailored Irish, as tion. We runners and as motivation." Albion College was originally their approach to either of the Bearcats will host them respect the opposition, but The closest top finishers at slated to play host to the meet, their specific opponents. on an artificial turf field. at the end of the day we last week's Aquinas Invitational but due to recent heavy rains in "We focus on our system, Notre Dame, however, is are much more concerned for the Belles were Kelly the area, the team will now [and] we practice on it," totally focused on its match with what we do in the Biedron and Katie White, with travel to Hope College in Clark said. "We don't with Louisville until it con­ game." times of 21:09 and 21:17, Holland, Mich. change our system from cludes Friday night. respectively, that earned then week to week. It's not rock­ "We'll have all Friday Contact Eric Retter at the fourth and fifth best times Contact Becki Domer at et science - soccer - it's night and all Saturday to [email protected] for the team. Megan Gray was rdorner 1 @nd.edu

run with the big pack of guys Tieuli, who already ran with Hagerman said. "We've had a The women's squad, which we're going to have out the team in Valparaiso last pretty rich tradition of win­ is coming off a second place NCCs there. I don't know if we're weekend. Not running this ning this championship. finish last weekend at the continued from page 28 going to have a standout run­ week will be the team's over­ Coach [and] the whole team Valparaiso Invitational, will ner," Hagerman said. "But all top two runners, Kurt [were] real upset about los­ be led by junior Sunni front of some Irish fans we're definitely [going to] Benninger and Patrick ing the National Catholic Olding. Olding, who won the would probably help. Those have a pack of five to nine Smyth, who are being saved Championship because we event last year, is looking to are the two main advan- team members running the for tougher races down the should win this thing every become the second multiple­ t ages. " whole race together ... and stretch. year. So we're going to go time champion. Head men's coach Joe try to get as many Irish jer­ The team's goal for this after it and dominate the Notre Dame's Joanna Piane decided to have his seys across the finish line as event is to win the overall field. Deeter, who won four in a team run the race in a pack close to the front as we can." race, a feat Notre Dame "We want to show everyone row from 1996-99, is the again this week, a strategy Joining Hagerman in that could not accomplish last at the meet what we've got only runner to achieve that that led the Irish to a win pack will be experienced season when Duquesne upset and go out there and really feat so far. last week in the Crusader runners like juniors Jake the Irish by a single point. make a statement that's In vitationa). Watson and Mike Popejoy as "So our goal for the main going to carry us through the Contact Jay Fitzpatrick at "I______want to go out there and well as freshmen like Matt , part is to win tomorrow, •· rest of the season." [email protected] •Clear Coat 0 FF • Premium Soft Cloth Wash ! OUR • Polish-n-Sealer :B E s T Wax Applied 1 • 2-Step Underbody t ! Protectant i 52694 State Road 933 ~ South Bend, Indiana 46637 t : WASH •Spot-Free ~ 1 Rinse Offer good at the South Bend location only l ·------~

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ND/SMC CRoss CouNTRY Home runners Irish to host National Belles split squad, Catholic meet at Burke send half to NCCs, Memorial Course half to Terre Haute

By JAY FITZPATRICK By BECKI DORNER Sports Writer Sports Writer

Notre Dame will feel right The long hours and long runs at home this weekend. will pay off for the Belles this Hosting the National week. Catholic Championships, the The team will split in half to Irish will compete on the compete in two meets today­ familiar grounds of the the National Catholic team's practices - the Championships at Notre Dame Burke Memorial Golf Course. and the Indiana Intercollegiate This year's race, which will Championships in Terre Ilaute. begin at 4:15 p.m., will While the National Catholics include 27 teams from - a yearly event on the Saint across the country, from Mary's schedule - will feature schools representing every teams from the Catholic schools NCAA division and the NAIA. across the country, the Indiana The Irish have the clear Intercollegiates, new to the advantage going in to the Belles' slate, feature strong race, since they've been able regional competition like to practice on the course all Indiana, Michigan, Butler and week. Purdue "We definitely know the "(The Indiana Intercolle­ course, we know the footing, giates] should be a great know how to run the course opportunity to race against and make the times a little some wonderful Indiana com­ better," freshman Brock petition," Saint Mary's coach Hagerman said. "Running in Jackie Bauters said. Irish runners, from left, sophomore Mark Moore, sophomore Patrick Smyth, junior James Millar and see N CCS/ page 26 junior Brett Adams close in on a Duquesne runner In last year's National Catholic Championships. see BELLES/page26

ND WOMEN'S SOCCER MEN's SoccER Squad looks to stay perfect Conference contests Top-ranked, 6-0 ND provide opportunity has two non-conference 3-0 Sunday. The Irish have Irish have struggled struggled in their Friday contests this weekend night games, going 0-2-1 in Friday night games with no goals, while they By CHRIS KHOREY so far this season are undefeated on Sundays Associate Sports Editor with 12 goals in three games. Non-conference play has By ERIC RETTER While both opponents treated Notre Dame welL Associate Sports Editor have had rough starts, Irish The No. 1 Irish are 6-0 this head coach Bobby Clark is season with games Friday and More than one. not concerned with his team Saturday at DePaul and That's how many consecu­ overlooking an opponent. ~ I Michigan before they begin tive wins No. 12/18 Notre "In our schedule, you I ~ their Big East slate next week­ Dame is hoping it will have can't overlook one team," t end. I at the end of its two-game he said. "St. Francis fwho ~ . Top-ranked Notre Dame has weekend road trip. the Irish beat 1-0 in an dominated its competition so The Irish (3-2 -1, 1-1-0 Big exhibition game) was 26 far. outscoring its first six oppo­ East) are looking for their seconds away from beating nents 21-2 and posting four first winning streak of the lNo. 31 Virginia, and they're shutouts. season this weekend when 1-5. If you start reading Although the Irish back wall they face off against the into results, then you're in has been statistically good, sen­ Cardinals (2-3-1, 1-1-0 Big trouble." ior captain Kim Lorenzen said East) in Louisville Friday The Irish will be led by there is still work to be done. night before heading north All-American midfielder "Part of [not allowing goals] is to face Cincinnati ( 1-4-1, 1- Greg Dalby, who scored his luck, and part of it is excellent 1-0 Big East} Sunday. first goal of the season in goalkeeping," Lorenzen said. Notre Dame is coming off Sunday's win over DePaul. "Our defense as a team and our a 1-1 showing last weekend He will share the load with back line, we're looking to LAURIE HUNT!The Observer at AI umni Field, falling to forwards Joseph Lapira and Irish forward Amanda Cinalli moves upfield in Notre Dame's South Florida 2-0 Friday see ROAD TRIP/page 25 3-1 win over then-No. 1 Santa Clara Sept. 3. night before topping DePaul see STREAK/page 26

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I ' Friday, September 15, 2006 The Observer+ IRISH INSIDER page 3 His father's son The kid of a Miami All-American, Maurice Crum Jr. has matured into the quiet leader of the Notre Dame defense

told Crum he would be moving By KEN FOWLER to middle linebacker to replace Sporrs Editor the void left after fifth-year senior and middle linebacker For Maurice Crum, Jr., it did­ Corey Mays graduated - a n't matter that he had 10 solo challenge Crum embraced. tackles, four assists and a ''I'm a guy who prides myself forced that was on whatever the team needs returned for a touchdown in me to do, I do for the team," he Notre Dame's win over Penn said. State last Saturday. The Irish Crum 's willingness to help middle linebacker already the Irish hasn't been lost on knew exactly what his dad Notre Dame defensive coordi­ would say when the two talked nator Rick Minter. later that day. "It's fortunate for us we're "Every game, I nev.er hear around guys like that who are anything good from him," playmakers and producers and Crum Jr. said. "He said I did take their jobs serious and okay. He said I was around the their roles very seriously," ball. But he pointed out every­ Minter said. "[Crum has] really thing I did wrong." stepped up and accepted the The younger Crum wouldn't challenged we issued to him have it any other way. back in the spring and into the "I think it can only help me summer about really ... assert­ and make my game better," he ing yourself and taking control said. "I've got my teammates, of the ." my coaches, my father, and I'm That was one of the biggest hard on myself, so I think hills for Crum to climb in his that's the only way I can con­ transition to middle linebacker. tinue to elevate my game." The once-quiet Crum now has Maurice Crum, Sr. has the the responsibility of relaying credentials to back his words. every defensive play from the The elder Crum was an All­ sideline to his 10 teammates in American linebacker for Miami the huddle. in 1990 and led the Hurricanes "Your middle linebacker has in tackles from 1988-90. got to be the guy that runs

"He's comfortable telling me your defense," Weis said. Observer file photo things because he played line­ Once again, Crum 's steadfast Maurice Crum, Jr., front, and Chinedum Ndukwe wait for the in a 41-21 Irish win over backer," the junior said. "So he desire to do what is best for Tennessee Nov. 5, 2005. Crum had five tackles - three for loss - against the Volunteers. tells me every little thing that the team pushed him to suc­ could make me better." ceed. enced leaders like Zbikowski the run is so important. Crum said much of the credit For Notre Dame, Crum, Jr.'s "My biggest thing is doing and converted weak-side line­ "You go ahead and put him for his strong fundamentals acceptance of his father's criti­ whatever the team needs me to backer and special teams cap­ in the middle, and everybody and technique trace back to cism is a blessing. do to win," he said. "If that's tain Travis Thomas on the field says, 'Well, he's only 225 his childhood, growing up with The 6-foot, 225-pound junior what it takes - me being vocal eased the move. pounds.' But 14 tackles later a father who instilled a library started at the "Apache" line­ - that's what I'll do." "It's not all the weight on my ... he's still 225 pounds. The of football knowledge in him . backer position (one of the two Irish safety and defensive shoulders," Crum said. "We thing is, he's got a knack for "That's just something that outside linebackers) as a soph­ captain Tom Zbikowski gave have a veteran defense, and making plays." comes from playing football for omore after red-shirting as a Crum high praise. everyone knows their job. My Crum said he knew going a long time, again coming from freshman. After back surgery "[Crum is] making all the job is to just get it out there, into the transition that offen­ my father, teaching me funda­ in the offseason, Irish coach cans in the huddle, and he has and from there, everyone sive linemen are always look­ mentals and techniques from Charlie Weis had Crum study yet to mess any calls up," he knows where to go." ing to get a solid hit on the d ay one, " h A sat'd . "S'. tnce I all three linebacker positions said. "It sounds like a small middle linebacker and that started playing, I've always while the surgery kept him out part, but in the heat of battle "Our best player" would be part of the challenge been a linebacker. of spring workouts. in the third and fourth quarter While Crum downplays the of converting positions. While the elder Crum never "Even though he wasn't to make sure everyone is get­ importance of his role in the "Being in the middle, every­ coached his teams, his son physically repping, it gave him ting the call every single play, defense, Weis only speaks body knows where you are," said, he sometimes "helped an opportunity to mentally rep it's a lot harder than it higher of him - of both his Crum said. "So you've got to out" with the squads. all three positions," Weis said. sounds." physical play and his mental step up." That gave the younger Crum "He really studied all three It wasn't easy for Crum. awareness. After Crum 's performance a great advantage in football positions. He was going to be "From day one, I had to grow "To be honest with you, of all against Penn State, Weis said but was also difficult for a kid ready to put in wherever we up quick," he said. "From the three of the starters last year Crum proved he had the ability growing up in south-central needed." start of [fall] camp, I had to - with Brandon [HoyteJ and to play his new position - and Florida. make the calls. The first day, Corey and Maurice - the guy play it well. "Growing up was kind of "Whatever the team needs" I'd say, was pretty tough." who was the most fundamen­ "Could he be suited well at tough because I was always in Before fall camp began, Weis But Crum said having experi- tally sound was Maurice," Weis loutside linebacker]'? the shadows [of my father]," said. "And I think that we have Absolutely," Weis said. "But we Crum Jr. said. "But now I'm had minimal communication like the fact that our best play­ growing into my own." errors in our first two games, er is running the defense. So, so obviously he's doing some­ therefore, for us at this time, Contact Ken Fowler at thing right." that's the best place for him." kfowler 1 @nd.edu Crum said he puts a premi­ um on leading the unit like fifth-year seniors Boyte and Mays did in 2005. "I watched them every day in by the numbers practice get everybody started; when everybody was down get everybody up," Crum sard. All-time matchups between Notre Dame and Michigan. Michigan "That's the biggest thing I've holds an 18-14-11ead in the series. 34 learned from them and applied it to my game this year." But Crum brings a better Times has won a game at Notre Dame Stadium as physical aspect to linebacker 0 Michigan's head coach. for Notre Dame than either Boyte or Mays did. "Just watching him last year Road wins lloyd Carr has when playing the No. 2 team in the 5 for his first season, you know nation, which has happened seven times. there's a great deal of talent that he has," Zbikowski said. "Week in and week out, he Kickoffs returned for touchdowns (by Raghib Ismail) in then-No. 1 Notre makes my job a lot easier, just 2 Dame's 24-19 win at then-No. 2 Michigan on Sept. 16, 1989. coming in and making some clean-up tackles and [trying] to get some position while he's Total return yards Steve Breaston has recorded in his making most of the plays." career- a Michigan record. 2,874 Weis said there were some Observer file photo initial questions about Crum's Duration the Irish defense held opponents scoreless, from Maurice Crum, Jr. leaps over a blocker to tackle Michigan run­ physique when taking on full­ the second quarter Sept. 2 against Georgia Tech through ning back Mike Hart in the 17-10 Irish win Sept. 10, 2005. backs in a game when stopping 68:16 the third quarter Sept. 9 against Penn State. . ' '

page 4 The Observer+ IRISH INSIDER Friday, September 15, 2006 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Record: 2-0 AP: 2 Coaches: 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Charlie Weis NOTRE DAME Wl!)f: 2nd season at RF.CEIVER Notre Dame NOTREDAME- OFFENSE MtKnloht Anasta~lo career record: West CORNERBACK 11-3 2006 Schedule l..EfTTACKUl Stewart H•rriJ · at Notre Dame: TAILBACK rurkovl<:h Walkt!r lnt OtTSIDE 11-3 rr. Thomn) LINEBACKER Prince FtlLL13ACK Charlie Weis against Sept. 2 at Ga. Tech - W aurqeu I ~S<:hwapp Graham . i RIGHTEND ~~ head coach Michigan: 1-0 M.w{, ~·. i giG.-'-<-~ Sept. 23 atMSU No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. YR RIG liT GUARD t·~~ c)~t'f# .,;.:j , MIDDLE~...... •... ·.... 1 D.J, Hord WR 6-1 192 so Morton .1: i; 2 Darrin Walls DB 6-1 175 FR Sept. 30 PURDUE Mattes LINEBACKER . ~! l 3 Darius Walker RB 5-11 208 JR Harris 4 Demetrius Jones QB 6-4 202 FR 5 Rhema McKnight WR 6-1 212 SR Oct. 7 STANFORD J.·.. ·~-~ .·p·hompson A 6 Ray Herring DB 6-0 189 so .,# . r <~CJ 7 Craig Cardillo K 6-0 170 SR STRONG SAFETY 8 Raeshon McNeil DB 6-0 175 FR Oct. 21 UCLA ~-. . Marns 9 Tom Zbikowski DB ·s-11 203 SR Carlson c;...J \ ! }.J,; X Batritlger 10 Brady Quinn QB 6-4 227 SR 0 11 David Grimes WR 6-0 170 Oct. 28 at Navy WIDE oli/ f p"' FREE SAFETY so RECEIVER 12 Zach Frazer QB 6-4 215 FR ' · ,c fir19lemon 13 Evan Sharpley QB 6-2 207 so Samardzija 'lllla M1mdy 14 Bobby Renkes 6-0 195 SR Nov. 4 UNC Grimes c:.:.Jr, K <::,.J 15 Leo Ferrine DB 6-0 186 JR - 17 Geoffrey Price p 6-3 186 SR Nov.11 at Air Force 17 Dan Gorski QB 6-3 196 so .,IJ ,r 18 Chinedum Ndukwe DB 6-2 219 SR 19 George West WR 5-8 179 FR Nov.18 ARMY Burgess 20 Terrail Lambert DB 5-11 188 JR <:,_;I,~ FR 21 Barry Gallup Jr. WR 5-11 175 CORNERBACK C MICHIGAN 22 Ambrose Wooden CB 5-11 197 SR Nov. 25 at USC Hall .A& 23 Chase Anastasio WR 6-2 203 SR 23 W. David Williams DB 5-10 170 JR Sears DEFENSE ,._.. 24 Brandon Erickson WR 6-0 178 JR 25 Munir Prince RB 5-10 175 FR 26 Wade lams DB 5-9 188 JR 26 Travis Thomas RB/LB 6-0 215 SR 27 David Bruton DB 6-2 187 so 27 John Lyons RB 6-1 205 SR 28 Kyle McCarthy DB 6-0 189 so 29 Jashaad Gaines DB 6-0 195 FR 29 Jake Richardsville WR 6-0 180 so 30 Mike Richardson DB 5-11 193 SR 31 Sergio Brown DB 6-1 184 FR 32 Luke Schmidt RB 6-3 230 FR 33 Nate Whitaker K 5-9 165 FR 34 James Aldridge RB 6-0 209 FR COACHING IRISH RUSHING IRISH PASSING 35 Ashley McConnell RB 6-0 247 SR 35 Tim Kenney DB 6-0 180 SR 36 DexCure RB 6-1 215 FR 37 Junior Jabbie RB 5-11 190 JR 38 Nick Possley WR 6-1 183 JR 39 Ryan Burkhart K 5-11 185 FR Charlie Weis attacked Brady Quinn - a. four Darius Walker's break­ Brady Quinn's two 39 Kevin Brooks TE 6-2 230 FR 40 Maurice Crum, Jr. LB 6-0 220 JR LLI the Nittany Lions with years starter, a Heisman out game was against favorite targets, Jeff 41 Scott Smith LB 6-3 234 so precision last week. But front-runner and a top Michigan in 2002. After Samardzija and Rhema 42 Kevin Washington LB 6-1 231 so ::E 42 David Costanzo WR 5-9 170 so

Brady Quinn has struggled through the air Michigan has showcased its ability to control the every time he's played against Michigan. clock and run the football in its first two wins over Tomorrow is no different. The Wolverines give Vanderbilt and Central Michigan. Unfortunately for Irish the Irish offense trouble, despite a typically intelli­ the Wolverines, Charlie Weis has only lost a time-of­ gent Charlie Weis gameplan. The difference will possession battle three times ~inr.,e he left Foxboro be Notre Dame's defense, which feeds off the loud -and it won't happen again Saturday. Notre Dame home crowd and stuffs Mike Hart. lloyd Carr is keeps the ball on offen..<>e ·with long, su<>tained drives experts 0-3 in Notre Dame Stadium. He's soon to be 0-4. in order to keep Mike Hart off the field. Next stop, Bob Griffin East Lan.<>ing. Mike Gilloon FINAL SCORE: Notre Dame 20 Asst. M . FINAL SCORE: Notre Dame 24 Editor in Chief Michigan 13 EditrraJ10(111g Michigan 14 • ' • 4 ' '· . ' ' ' '

Friday, September 15, 2006 The Observer+ IRISH INSIDER page 5 Record: 2-0 AP: 1 1 Michigan Wolverines Coaches: 13 lloyd Carr 12th season at MICillGAN Michigan career record: 2006 Schedule 104-34 at Notre Dame: 0-3 Sept. 2 VANDERBnT-W against Notre Lloyd Carr Sept. 9 CMU-W Dame: 3-4 head coach Sept. 16 at Notre Dame Roster

Sept. 21 WISCONSIN No. Name Pos. HI. Wt. YR 2 Shawn Crable LB 6-5 241 SR 2 Landon Smith WR 5-8 174 SR Sept. 30 at Minnesota 3 Kevin Grady RB 5-9 216 so 3 RossRran p 6-1 203 SR 4 Darnel Hood CB 5-11 192 SR Oct. 7 MICHIGAN ST. 4 RB M) 210 FR 5 Charles Stewart CB 6-1 196 JR 6 Prescott Burgess LB 6-3 235 SR Oct.14 at Penn State 7 Chad Henne QB 6-2 224 JR 8 Jonas Mouton 5 6-2 217 FR 8 QB 6-1 190 FR Oct. 21 IOWA 9 Anton Campbell s 5-11 196 SR 10 Jeff Zieter QB 6-6 205 FR 12 David one QB 6-6 201 FR Oct. 28 NORIHWESIERN 12 Matt Hornaday s 5-10 188 so 13 Jeff Kastl QB 6-3 214 SR 13 Greg Mathews WR 6-3 195 FR Nov. 4 BALL STATE 14 Tyrone Jordan II WR 5-10 193 SR 14 Morgan Trent CB 6-1 184 JR 15 Steve Breaston WR 6-1 180 SR Nov.11 at Indiana 16 WR 6-3 190 JR 17 Carl Tabb WR 6-2 204 SR 18 Antonio Bass WR M) 197 so Nov.18 at Ohio State 18 Ben Wright WR 5-9 186 JR 19 Willlis Barringer s M) 210 SR 19 Jason Forcier QB 6-2 218 so 20 Mike Hart RB 5-9 196 JR 21 Ryan Mundy s 6-1 208 SR 22 Jamar Adams s 6-2 210 JR 22 Kyle Plummer CB 5-10 166 SR 23 Carlos Brown RB M) 200 FR 24 Jerome Jackson RB 5-11 206 SR 25 Johnny Sears Jr. CB M) 184 so 25 Robbie Thombladh FB 6-1 225 FR 26 AliLah Bradley WR 5-6 171 SR 26 Mi eCarl s M) 202 SR 27 Shakir Edwards DB M) 207 JR 27 Brandon Harrison S/CB 5-8 206 so 28 Dan Moore LB M) 219 SR 28 Chris Richards CB 5-11 176 so SPECIAL TEAMS 29 Leon Hall CB 5-11 193 SR WOLVERINES RUSHING WOLVERINES PASSING INTANGIBLES 30 Stevie Brown s M) 205 FR 31 Branden! Englemon s 5-11 205 SR 32 Mister Simpson RB 5-10 195 FR 33 Cobrani M1xon LB 6-1 226 FR 33 Mark Moundros FB 6-1 212 FR 34 Jason Gingell K 5-9 188 JR Mike Hart could be the Henne's completed After going 0-2 against Will the Irish come out 34 Will Paul FB 6-3 251 SR 35 Brian Thom8son TE 6-2 240 SR best tailback the Irish barely 50 percent of his Georgia Tech, Carl Gioia hit flat? This has to be a worry 36 Quintin Pall Ia LB 6-1 216 FR face all season. Kevin passes this season for a pair of then-crucial 35- after two games with emo­ z 37 Chris Graham LB 5-11 220 JR 0 38 B.J. Opong-Owusu s 5-11 201 SR Grady is a workhorse and just 248 yards and two yard field goals against tions running high. But if .... 38 Garrett Rivas K 5-9 211 SR Brandon Minor averages touchdowns. But Steve 39 Andre Criswell FB 6-1 258 so Penn State. Geoff Price has anyone can keep this :::c 40 ObiOI~bo FB M) 229 SR six yards per carry. Hart Breaston could be poised been a strong punter, and mature and seasoned group m 41 Zoltan esko p 6-4 230 so 42 Chris McLaurin TE 6-3 234 so and Grady have recorded for a breakout year and kicking ofT and receiving focused, it's WeL'i. Playing in 43 Bryan Wright K 6-1 206 FR c 44 Obinna Ezeh LB 6-2 213 FR five rushing touchdowns, tight end Tyler Ecker is a are major strengths for the Notre Dame Stadium should l> 44 James McKinney DT 6-2 285 so and Hart is ready to huge target. Mario Irish. Tom Zbikowski is be a point in Notre Dame's 45 David Harris LB 6-2 239 SR 3: 46 Brandon Logan LB M) 218 so avenge last year's injury Manningham is a now a always a dangerous punt favor. The tesquadam just m 49 John Thompson LB 6-1 234 JR 50 Jere"?; Van Alstyne DE 6-4 266 SR against the Irish. consistent deep threat. returner. needs to stay focused. 51 Max ollock LB 6-1 218 SR 52 OL 6-5 300 FR 54 Mark Bihl OL 6-5 299 SR 55 DE 6-2 274 FR 55 Ohene ~:8-0wusu LB 6-1 230 so Notre Dame's defense Henne will be the best The Wolverines have This team needs a big 56 LaMarr ley DE 6-2 269 SR 57 Adam Kraus OL 6-6 297 SR has been solid so far, and most accomplished two of the nation's best win and needs it badly. It 58 lim North DE 6-1 255 so much to pundits' surprise. specialists in kicker would go a long way to 59 Scan Griffin LS 6-2 229 JR passer the Irish have faced 60 Patrick Lyall OL M) 279 JR But Maurice Crum and the so far. He's not a threat out Garrett Rivas and punter legitimizing Michigan after 60 OL 6-4 298 so 61 Turner Booth LS 6-2 259 SR linebackers will have to of the pocket, but fast Ross Ryan. As a returner, last year's 7-5 debacle, and (')- 62 lim McAvoy OL 6-5 290 so step up against their Breaston is deadly with after playing two cupcakes 62 Jon Sa~ OL 6-4 294 JR receivers make him more :I: 63 Mike ill DL 6-5 285 SR toughest ground challenge dangerous. Chindeum the ball in his hands. to start the season, -Ci) 64 Grant DeBenedictis OL 6-5 286 JR 65 OL 6-3 314 FR .. aJI season in the Ndukwe had a pick against Field position could loom Miehigan has a lot to prove. l> 67 Terrance Tator DT M) 305 so Wolverine's running large, putting pressure Carr will do everything in :z 70 Jeremy Ciu Ia OL 6-4 292 JR Penn State and the Irish 71 OL 6-6 298 so backs. The defensive line allow less than 200 yards of on the kickoff and punt his power to get the team 72 Rueben Rilell Jr. OL 6-4 305 SR 73 Alex Mitche I OL 6-5 317 JR must hold strong. passing per game. team coverage. up for this win. 74 Brett Gallimore OL 6-4 308 JR 75 Cory Zirbel OL 6-5 2% so 76 Mike Kolodziej OL 6-7 305 SR 77 Jake Lo~ OL 6-7 313 SR ~------~ 78 Justin S ifano OL 6-4 300 so Notre Dame's defense is Both teams have dynamic Notre Dame gets the edge 79 Perry Dorrestein OL 6-7 317 FR In the air and onthe 80 Alan Branch DT 6-6 331 JR improved since last year, ground, the Icjsh face offenses balanced by strong in this category, but barely. 81 Dough Dutch Jr. WR 5-11 201 JR defenses. Michigan will 82 LaTerryal Savoy WR 6-2 205 so but the linebackers have their toughest test of the The Wolverines have to be 83 Mike Massey TE 6-4 234 JR yet to face a running back have to rely on stopping motivated and ready for a 84 K.C. Lo~ata K 6-2 215 JR season -- a balanced 85 Carson utler IE 6-4 247 so of Hart's calbier. The offense. Michigan's Irish··ct~ive$ and··getting game against a challenging 86 WR M) 182 so BreastonJ.he ball to keep up opponent. But playing before 88 Quintin Woods TE 6-6 220 FR Michigan offense relies struggled in the red zone 89 i?;ler Ecker TE 6-6 246 SR withthe bish p~ garrie~ its home crowd in its last 90 mJamison DE 6-3 254 JR heavily on the rushing a.nd>the ·ltish.have been 91 Rondell Biggs DE 6-3 278 SR attack, and it's unlikey abl to buckle down when This game could be a battle game against a ranked team 92 Greg Banks DE 6-4 246 FR in the trenches, with deci­ 92 jason Olesnavage K 6-4 205 so the Irish ·can completely it matters. Speed and until November in Los 93 Jason Kates DT 6-3 352 FR take that away from the sions being made by special Arigefes, the Irish need a 94 John Ferrara DT 6-4 285 FR conditioning will be two 95 Marques Walton DT M) 292 JR Wolverines. huge factors. teams play. solid victory Saturday. 96 Euftene Germany DE 6-2 279 so 97 Wi Johnson DT 6-5 291 JR 99 Adam Patterson DE 6-2 250 FR

Charlie Weis seems to be a big fan of construc­ This is a must-win game for both teams. tive criticism, something that was perhaps miss­ Michigan needs this win to make the season a ing from the Irish after two games a year ago. In success and it wanl'i this win for the satisfaction both instances, Notre Dame had beaten one of beating a No. 2 Notre Dame. Not enough of the team receiving votes in the poll but near the bot­ Wolverines remember the 38-0 pasting in 2003. Irish tom and another team solidly in the top-25. This They're excited to be underdogs and eager to time, however, the Irish know they have a long prove that they're the better, more balanced team way to go before being satisfied. Though tough, on both sides of the ba11. The Irish will try valiant­ experts Michigan is just another stop on the route. Kate Gales ly but Michigan's emotion won't let it lose. Ken Fowler ANAL SCORE: Notre Dame 27 Associate FINAL SCORE: Michigan 24 Sports Editor Michigan 20 Sports Editor Notre Dame 21

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Friday, September 15, 2006 The Observer+ IRISH INSIDER page 7 Hold the history, Quinn anticipates progress - "Bight now our biggest foeus "Obviously it's going to be Finding rhythm is is just individually trying to tough, but at [some] point in make ourselves better," Quinn time we're not focusing on [what rnain goal for Notre said during his press conference Michigan will do]," he said. Dame's quarterback Wednesday. "Sticking with Notre Dame coach Charlie working on your fundamentals Wcis agreed that the Irish have and techniques but also just not played their best game. He By BOB GRIFFIN really focusing on how to get said it usually takes a few games Sports Writer better as a unit, whether ofl'en­ for an offense to find its rhythm sively, defensively, or special - something Notre Dame did Notre Dame and Michigan will teams, as well. against Purdue last season. renew their annual rivalry That's tough to imagine given "You might have spurts where Saturday - and Irish quarter­ what's at stake. With a win, everything seems to go well, but back Brady Quinn couldn't care Notre Dame would be 3-0 and ... tying all that stuff together less. have two victories over ranked with cohesion takes a little That's not to say Quinn isn't Division 1 opponents. A loss, and time," Weis said Wednesday focused on beating the the Irish are, at best, in the one­ during his press conference. Wolverines. He's just focused on loss club heading into "The learning curve has been Observer file photo and ALLISON AMEIRO~~EIThR winning - regardless of the December. greatly pushed along, so it Above, Irish quarterback Brady Quinn is surrounded by fans rushing opponent. And in order to avoid this real­ shouldn't take as long to get into the field after a 28-20 win over Michigan Sept. 11, 2004. Below, "Every game right now is just ity, and concentrate on execu­ that groove ras it did last year]. Quinn runs in a 41-17 win over Penn State last Saturday. the same to us," Quinn said. "We tion Saturday, Quinn is looking "I wouldn't say we're there look at this game like we did all at how much the Irish have yet, but it shouldn't take as the others." grown offensively heading into long." Notre Dame and Michigan this season - and what they are Part of finding a rhythm will share one of the biggest non­ capable of once they find their be the continued effort for conference rivalries in the coun­ groove. Quinn and senior wide receiver try. The two schools are top-two "I think we've improved a lot," Rhema McKnight to find a cohe­ in overall winning percentage, Quinn said. "We've got a differ­ sive connection. McKnight leads and this year they have the best ent group of players this year, so the Irish in catches (13) and combined ranking- No. 2 and I think we're still trying to figure receiving yards (16 7) this season No. 11, respectively - in out what type of offense we - but Quinn is still working on Quinn's four years. have, and I think the team faces being on the same page more But as far as hype is con­ that every year obviously with consistently. cerned, Quinn is looking else­ different personnel changes, "Rhema is one of those guys where. While he's prepared for people graduating." that sometimes he's shifty and important games against Part of Quinn's preparation hard to read, and it's really Michigan in the past - a four­ this week has been watching tough to just grasp that consis­ year starter, the senior quarter­ film to anticipate how the Notre tently," Quinn said. "Again, back has three starts against the Dame offense will attack that's another thing that obvi­ Wolverines and saw time during Michigan's new defensive ously week in and week out his freshman yP.-ar - Saturday is scheme of first-year coordinator we're putting in different just another game on the sched­ Ron English. The quarterback is schemes, different types of ule. not so caught up in what the things we're trying to do." And another chance for the Wolverines might do, but rather, Irish to improve upon mistakes how the Irish will handle the Contact Bob Griffin at made earlier this year. pressure. [email protected] --· Irish focus on fundamentals, technique

demeanor - gave short, Defense keeps quiet abbreviated answers and spent on tactics to tame no more than five minutes in the interview room. Despite Wolverines' offense several questions about the Wolverine offense, he never mentioned Michigan. By MIKE GILLOON The players were the same. Sports Writer "Do you have any thoughts on Michigan?" a reporter Notre Dame defensive end asked Abiamiri. Victor Abiamiri strode into a ''Working on fundamentals typical interview session and techniques, trying to get Wednesday without a worry. better," he responded. There was no need to give "If you guys could speak your ..... answers to any tough questions mind, you'd probably say about Notre Dame's upcoming something different, wouldn't game against No. 11 Michigan you?" another reporter asked - he would barely speak. Trevor Laws. "Fire away, you know what "I dunno," Laws laughed. I'm gonna say," said Abiamiri "All I know is that we've been as he stood in working a lot on the corner of the fundamen ta Is room of about and techniques, ... 25 reporters. ..All I know is that that's pretty Repeating that we've been working a much it." all he was wor­ lot on fundamentals It was even ried about this hard to get week was "fun­ and techniques.,. Honald Talley to damentals and talk about technique," Trevor Laws tomorrow's Abiamiri showed Irish defensive tackle game. that Charlie The thick- Wcis is trying to voiced Irish curb the annual defensive end hype that leads up to every and Detroit native was remind­ Michigan game. ed Wednesday about comments Everyone interviewed - attributed to him a few seemed to do their best to months after he signed a letter avoid giving Michigan any bul­ of intent with Notre Dame - letin-board material. The Irish that he "wanted to knock off weren't as quiet as Penn State the head of the Michigan quar­ last week, when coach Joe terback." Paterno wouldn't let any Asked if he still felt that way, Nittany Lions even speak to the Talley toed the company line. press. "R'1g h t now.?" h e sm1r . k e d . But they might as well have ''I'm just trying to work on fun­ been silent. damentals." Defensive coordinator Rick Observer file photo Minter - normally a media Contact Mike Gilloon at Irish center Bob Morton, left, and defensive tackle Trevor Laws, right, lead the team to raise favorite with his native-Texan [email protected] their helmets before the student section In a 17-10 win at Michigan on Sept. 10, 2005. -----~------:·t I

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