the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 124 Wednesday, April 14, 2010 ndsmcobserver.com Lecture examines gay life on campus NDwomen Alumni, students, expert participate in talk as part of StaND Against Hate Week events to analyze

he will call us to greater personal By KATIE PERALTA integrity. For gay and lesbian indi- workforce Assistant News Editor viduals, that means recognizing that God made no mistakes.” As a part of Notre Dame’s StaND Field said honesty is a critical ele- By MOLLY MADDEN Against Hate Week, student gov- ment in the understanding process News Writer ernment hosted a talk titled for the gay community. “Homosexuality Under the Dome: “We have to be honest with our- Some might think the world of Past Struggles and Present selves about who we are,” he said. business and corporate heads Solutions” Tuesday night at the “And therefore we have to be hon- still belongs to the men, but the Carey Auditorium at the Hesburgh est with others about who we are.” Undergraduate Women in Library. Field said his experience as a gay Business Club (UWIB) is hoping Notre Dame alumni and student man at Notre Dame was not an to challenge this notion with their members of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, easy one. second annual Women’s Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and “Violence at Notre Dame warped Professional Development Questioning) community opened and changed my life profoundly. It Conference. the discussion with personal testi- was an internal violence,” he said. The theme of the conference, monies about their experience with “I was totally closeted here and which will be held on April 17, is discrimination at Notre Dame and nothing in my environment provid- “A New Decade, A New their suggestions as to how to ed a path to self-awareness and Beginning.” improve an environment of inclu- personal integrity.” “The mission of the sion on campus. Social structure, he said, is large- Undergraduate Women in All five speakers reverberated the ly to blame for students remaining Business Club is to foster and same theme in their solutions: closeted. encourage women involvement amending the University’s nondis- “Universities must be open to in business,” senior Katie Curtin, crimination clause to include sexual learning no matter where it can be the conference chair said. “The orientation. found,” he said. “Our beloved conference is meant to advocate Tom Field, a 1954 graduate of University must reclaim its place as empowerment in women.” the Program of Liberal Studies a leader in compassion.” Registration for the conference, (PLS) and former student body Discrimination, furthermore, is which ends today, is open to stu- president, began the talk with a inherently against Catholic teach- dents from all majors, something series of questions invoking the ing, Field said, urging the University committee and UWIB members power of the Holy Spirit. to adopt a non-discrimination say is reflective of the common SUZANNA PRATT/The Observer “How can we tell when the Holy clause. message of the conference. Alumnus of the class of 1954 Tom Field discusses his experi- Spirit speaks to us?” Field said. ence as a gay student at ND Tuesday in the Carey Auditorium. “When the Holy Spirit speaks to us, see STAND/page 6 see WOMEN/page 4 ND fishing club McAdams delivers Last Lecture is making a splash

By KRISTEN DURBIN any of the aforementioned tour- naments due to various conflicts News Writer and complications. “We had a lot of member con- While some students spend flicts with the two Steelhead tour- their free time running, relaxing naments this year,” Stimple said. or spending time with friends, “The Icebox tournament pairs us over 40 students are active mem- up with boaters, but there has bers of Notre Dame’s fishing club. been a shortage of boaters due to The club — started about four the economy, so we were unable years ago by Dave Patterson, a to go the past two years.” 2009 alumnus — does not meet The collegiate tournaments regularly but usually participates involve fishing clubs from region- in three tournaments and four to al universities, such as Western five recreational outings per year, Michigan, Indiana and Purdue. SOPHIA ITURBE | Observer Graphic according to sophomore Sam However, Stimple said club offi- Stimple, president of the fishing cers are currently looking for By JOHN TIERNEY “Being at Notre Dame gives stations no longer needed an club. new tournaments to participate you perspective not just as a stu- East Germany expert, McAdams Senior News Writer “In the fall, we do a few low- in next year to provide more dent, but for me as a teacher,” said he “waited for that phone to key outings on the campus lakes opportunities for club members. McAdams said. ring and it never rang again.” and the St. Joseph River, and we The fishing club currently The Spirit of Notre Dame is Prior to coming to Notre Dame “Inside, I waited for that mas- also held a fly casting clinic,” enlists 37 dues-paying members transformative for professors in 1992, McAdams taught at sive recognition of my bountiful Stimple said. “We also go to the and several current and former and students alike, professor of Princeton University. The news wisdom and it didn’t happen fall and spring Collegiate club officers. Stimple said club political science James McAdams media frequently consulted him again,” he said. Steelhead tournaments and the dues cover the costs of a club said Tuesday. as an Eastern European expert McAdams said Notre Dame Icebox Bass Tournament in the shirt, necessary equipment, gas, McAdams, who has served as during the collapse of the fall of helped him to regain perspective spring.” hotel accommodations and entry the director of the Nanovic the Berlin Wall in 1989. His tele- and become a better teacher. Although the club aims to fees for tournaments. Institute since 2002, delivered vision presence during this peri- “I began to recognize that attend all three tournaments, this But club members are the third installment of student od allowed his ego to grow too Notre Dame is different,” year was a slow year for the club government’s Last Lecture large, McAdams said. as they were unable to attend see FISHING/page 4 series. When the network television see LECTURE/page 6

INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Professor teaches in Iraq page 3 N Glee review page 11 N Three fifth-year seniors to return next year page 20 N Viewpoint page 8 page 2 The Observer N PAGE 2 Wednesday, April 14, 2010

INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: TELL A STORY IN SIX WORDS. Logical reasoning

The definition of “logic” in my pocket dic- tionary reads, “sound reasoning.” I bring this up, because lately, quite Claire Stephens Claire Kenney Sarah Spieler Jordan Matulis Ryan Lion frankly, I have noticed an absence of logic. The vast majority of us, myself included freshman senior sophomore sophomore freshman more often than not, Pangborn Holy Cross Hall Pasquerilla West Howard Sorin no longer use “sound reasoning.” Emotions, preferences and lack “Some nights, “Once upon a “On “The cow “I woke up. of sleep rob of us of students break time... the end.” Wednesdays we jumped over the Sharpie on our logic. parietals. wear pink. moon.” face.” Upon realizing this, I started making a GASP.” Duh.” concentrated effort at using logic more often when making Douglas Farmer decisions. But it wasn’t Sports enough. Illogical Editor actions around me Have an idea for Question of the Day? E-mail [email protected] bred illogical deci- sions by me. Illogical decisions that could have been avoided. During room picks for example, many IN BRIEF people face a decision of two or three rooms that they did not initially want. A A presentation, “Atticus flaw can be found in each room’s résumé. Finch: Not Only Gregory Peck The pick should still be simple: Pick the But Also Southern Gentleman room with the best flaw — for certainly, of and County-Seat Lawyer multiple things, there is always a best. Whose Daughter Is a Whiz- Yet, undoubtedly, a rash room pick will Bang,” will be held tonight be made, regretted only a few hours later from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in and yet lived in for a full year. the Geddes Hall Auditorium. The same logic can be applied to finding The lecture is promoting the somewhere off-campus to live. Sign the One Book, One Michiana proj- lease on the house that meets the most of ect and is open to the public. your needs, not the house that is simply nicest on first glance. A lecture, “Sportswriter is Late DART time? Well, first off, I’m sorry. One Word,” will be held in the Assuredly, you’ll end up one class short Hesburgh Library Carey and only a handful of college seminars Auditorium tonight at 7:30 available. Of the bad seminars, sign up for p.m. Writer and commentator the one that you think you’ll find most Frank Deford will speak as a interesting, because, again, of multiple part of the Red Smith Lecture things, there is always one most interest- in Journalism series. The ing. event is free and open to the Only have time to sleep or to finish your public. paper? Determine which one you can go the longest without. If you slept in this Artist Caroline Chiu will be morning, finish the paper. If the paper isn’t SUZANNA PRATT/The Observer present at an artist talk and due for another week, get some sleep. Not Junior Matt Momont gathers signatures for StaND Against Hate Week’s Day of lecture in the Snite Museum that difficult. Silence in LaFortune Student Center Tuesday. StaND Against Hate Week runs of Art Thursday from 5 p.m. But, we are college students, and often until Friday, and includes a t-shirt distrobution and silent procession. to 7 p.m. She will speak about enough, find ourselves short sleep with the her two current exhibitions. paper due in two days. At that point, a The event is open to the pub- point I encounter weekly, we must admit lic. that these grades are not the defining aspects of our lives. Their effect on our OFFBEAT The Relay for Life, Fightin’ future is minimal compared to the experi- Irish Fightin’ Cancer, will ence we gain working over the summer, or Man on mower charged in Athens reported that hours later. take place Friday through the lessons we learn with our friends on with DUI, fishing pole theft Graham was also charged But Bill Berry of the Saturday at Notre Dame the weekends. ATHENS, Tenn. — An with aggravated burglary Albany-Dougherty Drug Stadium, starting at 6 p.m. If anyone tries to argue that point with East Tennessee man driv- and theft under $500. Unit says police soon Friday evening. Register me, I am confident my sound reasoning ing a lawn mower in the received a tip that the man online at Relay for Life’s Web will win, for it is simple — I will remember road has been charged Man arrested twice in one was trying to set up a drug site. my hours as a teller, and my nights watch- with DUI. Athens police day on identical drug charges deal. He said the suspect ing roommates worship the porcelain god- said 30-year-old Jimmy ALBANY, Ga. — Albany was arrested again at 6:30 A lecture, “Notre Dame vs. dess. I will not remember my 12-page Graham Jr. smelled like authorities did a double p.m. Friday after authori- the Klan,” will take place at research papers. alcohol and failed a sobri- take when they arrested a ties found him with two the Geddes Hall Auditorium So consider this my plea, for the better- ety test Monday after an man twice on the same ounces of marijuana on at 10 a.m. Saturday. Author ment of us all, let us all resume the use of officer spotted him on the drug charge in one day. him and charged a second Todd Tucker, graduate of the sound reasoning, at least four nights a lawn mower. He told the Authorities said a man, time with possession of the class of 1990, will lecture. week. officer he had consumed a 26, was charged with pos- drug. The event is free and open to And I apologize if you found this Inside beer and taken a stress session of marijuana This time, though, Berry the public. Column rather boring, cliché, redundant reliever prescribed to him. around noon on Friday said he stayed in and mundane. I could not for the life of me A jailer said Graham was after police pulled him Dougherty County Jail To submit information to be come up with a topic that inspired me, in custody Tuesday and over during a routine traf- with no bond. included in this section of The besides the Yankees and Hideki Matsui. there was no record of him fic stop. He was sent to the Observer, e-mail detailed Believe me, I tried. having a lawyer. Dougherty County Jail and Information compiled information about an event to Fortunately, I don’t foresee me writing The Daily Post-Athenian released on bond four from the Associated Press. [email protected] another Inside Column until, oh, sometime around Spring Break next year. Logically, I think that is best for everyone. 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Liberal Arts (ISLA) funded the lence of abortions and pornogra- at South Bend museum By SARA FELSENSTEIN trip. phy. News Writer “I definitely want to thank Toward the end of his stay in By ALICIA SMITH “I gravitated towards print mak- Agustin Fuentes, director of the Iraq, Muñoz gave a lecture open Associate Saint Mary’s Editor ing this year,” Krou said. “I just A Notre Dame political science ISLA,” Muñoz said. to the entire university titled took foundations courses my professor had the unique oppor- On a typical day, Muñoz did “Constitutional Democracy and freshman year and then I was tunity last month to teach stu- some of his own work in the Religious Freedom.” Nicole Krou has talked about abroad all of my sophomore year dents about “life, liberty and the morning, ate lunch with faculty in “In the lecture I did a compari- being an artist since preschool. so I didn’t do any art. Then I took pursuit of happiness” in a place the afternoon, met with his class son between the Iraqi and “We had preschool graduation,” silkscreen last semester and really where such terms are foreign and and held informal conversations American constitutions,” Muñoz Krou said. “We had this stupid enjoyed it.” difficult to with students after class. said. “Islam is the established ceremony and we walked across Though she enjoys creating grasp. “I taught for five days, but the religion in the Iraqi constitution. I the stage and this lady — I don’t silkscreens, Krou said she likes Professor total trip was 10 days,” Muñoz compared that to how we don’t know who she was — asked us dabbling in other art forms as V i n c e n t said. “I taught a 75 minute class have an official religion in what we wanted to be when we well. Muñoz trav- which tended to go to 90 minutes. America. Students thought it grow up. At the rehearsal I told Krou said her work is inspired eled to the Anyone could come, and more would be impossible not to have her artist, then at the actual grad- by a variety of popular cultures A m e r i c a n students came every day.” an established religion [In Iraq].” uation I said I wanted to be a pale- from the 1980s including the band University of Muñoz said the students Muñoz said students were sur- ontologist.” Poison, the popular television I r a q - arrived at each seminar class well prised a separation of church and Today, Krou has the opportunity show “Teenage Mutant Ninja Sulaimani prepared and with many ques- state is not considered anti-reli- to show off her work in the South Turtles” and vinyl records and (AUI-S) to Muñoz tions. gious. They also struggled to com- Bend Museum of Art. cassettes. teach stu- “The first day we did the prehend the idea of a limited gov- “I thought it was pretty cool, and Krou said she’s willing to work dents about the principles behind Declaration of Independence and ernment. it was actually rather terrifying,” anywhere. She often works within the United States Constitution and [discussed] what the purpose of “They had not seen the argu- she said. the print studio at the College, on Declaration of Independence. government is. The second day ments for these ideas before,” The junior art major had an her kitchen floor or out on her “The ideas were new and not we did the Federalist Number 10. Muñoz said. internship during the summer of deck at her off-campus housing. familiar. They really wanted to [We then] spent two days on reli- Muñoz said his class felt “in 2009. After sending in her portfo- “The kitchen floor is a nice know what it means to have the gious freedom and one day on many ways, just like a seminar at lio, she was granted the intern- place,” Krou said. “Good light. right to life, the right to liberty,” constitutional design,” Muñoz Notre Dame.” ship, and was awarded the chance Pretty much wherever it’s suitable. Muñoz said. said. “Students were so engaged But he said teaching students to have some studio space for her I don’t want to limit myself. When AUI-S, a private university, because Iraq just wrote a consti- who are so unfamiliar with con- own art exhibit at the museum. it happens, it happens.” opened in 2007 and offers an tution.” cepts like freedom of speech and Krou said she hopes those who American-style liberal arts educa- Muñoz said most students freedom of religion — concepts look at her work will feel some tion. All classes are taught in looked to America as the ideal most Americans do not think sense of nostalgia. English. democratic society. twice about — was refreshing. “I just want you to kind of look at Muñoz met AUI-S Provost John “[We discussed that] liberal “[The trip] reminded me why I it and be like, ‘hey, I remember Agresto last November after the democracy has its advantages love to teach these things, that, that was cool. That makes Notre Dame professor gave a lec- and disadvantages,” he said. because the students were so me feel happy inside,’” Krou said. ture about the Constitution in “They are so enamored with the hungry to learn and the ideas “I just want you to feel an emo- Philadelphia. Agresto later invited idea of democracy, to have some- were so new to them,” Muñoz tion.” Muñoz to teach students about one talk about the disadvantages said. “The eagerness of the stu- After Saint Mary’s, Krou said American democracy in a work- of democracy was new to them.” dents was infectious — they she plans to attend grad school, shop setting at AUI-S. Muñoz said some female stu- desire so much to live as a stable but hopes to go abroad. Muñoz left for Iraq on March 25 dents worried about the abuses of democracy like America.” and returned on April 5, traveling freedom. These students were Contact Alicia Smith at 30 hours each way. Notre Dame’s concerned too much freedom Contact Sara Felsenstein at [email protected] Institute for Scholarship in the could lead to an increased preva- [email protected] page 4 The Observer N CAMPUS NEWS Wednesday, April 14, 2010

COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES Group reviews ImproveND survey

examined in the context of gender, students in their academic endeav- By MOLLY MADDEN class year and College and focused ors.” News Writer on three main categories of aca- Soler said she was also surprised demic services, extra and co-curric- by the results. The Council of Representatives ular activities and campus environ- “I’m pretty shocked especially (COR) was given a presentation ment and services. being a Business major,” she said. about the results of the ImproveND Hoffman Harding said many of “We do a lot of group projects and survey and what the implications the resulting figures from the survey still over 60 percent say that they are for student government at its fit with the results of past services in spend less than 15 hours a week meeting last night. regards to specific subjects and studying.” “This survey was really extensive areas. But she said some of the Hoffman Harding said the survey about everything at Notre Dame,” results were “shocking.” showed many students are upset by student body president Catherine “We asked the question how the lack of diversity on campus, Soler said. “This is about what stu- much time an individual student something Hoffman Harding said dents want.” spends on academic activities out- has become a “high priority for the Associate Vice President for side of class and there was a huge University.” Strategic Planning Erin Hoffman difference based on the College,” Hoffman Harding asked COR Harding said the ImproveND survey, she said. members to take in what the survey administered to the student body in According to the results of the revealed and think of ways how stu- January, was different than previous survey over 60 percent of Arts and dent leaders can address the issues surveys given to the student body. Letters and Business students spend of concern. “This survey was one big effort,” 15 hours a less on academic work “The one big question we have for Hoffman Harding said. “We’ve outside of class. This is a huge con- you coming out of this is what do never really done a comprehensive trast to the School of Architecture, you student leaders think is impor- student services survey before this.” where 80 percent of students said tant,” she said. “We did this for a The survey had 51 percent partic- they spend 25 hours or more a reason. We want to better ourselves ipation of the undergraduate stu- week on academic work. and make Notre Dame better for dents, which Hoffman Harding said “The University officers weren’t you.” “was really good considering the very happy with these results,” survey wasn’t mandatory.” Hoffman Harding said. “They want Contact Molly Madden at The results of the survey were to make sure they’re serving the [email protected]

focuses on mutual learning Business recently being ranked between students and successful the top business school in the Women women in business today,” Curtin country, Sigler said events such continued from page 1 said. “It’s about learning from as the Women’s Professional their own experiences in the Development Conference are nec- “We’re trying to reach out to all field.” essary to be worthy of the title. women who are looking at enter- The conference will feature two “Other top business schools in ing the field of business and this keynote speakers: Dean Carolyn the country have workshops like can apply to all majors,” UWIB Woo of the Mendoza College of this,” she said. “If we want to step president senior Staysha Sigler Business and Diane Guyas, presi- up to the challenge of being the said. dent of DuPont Performance number one business school in Many of the organizers of the Polymers. the country then we need to keep conference said part of the pur- “These are women who are having events like this and make pose of the conference is to chal- going to talk about what they’ve them bigger and better.” lenge the traditional notion there gone through and help prepare aren’t many women currently in us for this new environment,” Contact Molly Madden at the workforce, something that Sigler said. [email protected] has significantly changed in the While the organizers said the past decade. conference is primarily an educa- “It’s a new society that we’re tional experience, there are also entering and it doesn’t have rules networking opportunities. The 10 yet,” sophomore committee mem- companies visiting are ones that ber Juliet Palko said. “People Sigler says are supportive of aren’t used to having as many women’s roles in the workplace. women in the workforce but it’s “Today, companies are realiz- progressing.” ing that women are assets,” The conference, which Curtin Sigler said. “There are a lot of described as an “education opportunities for women that are event,” is partly aimed at helping out there and companies are women connect the past coming to realize that and utilize “It’s a women’s professional them.” development conference and it With Mendoza College of

campus and to purchase enough equipment for members to be able Fishing to fish nearby more often. He also continued from page 1 said he hopes to find a way to use the boats on nearby rivers in addi- required to purchase their own tion to on campus. fishing licenses and food during the Stimple said many members club’s trips. heard about the club at Activities Although the majority of club Night and also through friends members have fished prior to join- who have been members in the ing the club, a large range of expe- past, but he encouraged anyone rience exists between club mem- with an interest in fishing to con- bers, from those who fish every sider joining the club. day in the summer to members “It’s a fun way to get out and who only fish at school. relax during busy or stressful “No one should be scared of not stretches of school,” Stimple said. being experienced enough to join “We want to see club membership the club,” Stimple said. “It’s not grow next year.” that important to have previous In the future, Stimple said he experience.” hopes club members take advan- In addition to participating in tage of the opportunity to fish on outings and tournaments, the their own time during the school club’s major project this year was year. preparing and maintaining their “If a club member wants to fish recently acquired boats for use on on his own, he just has to e-mail the campus lakes. the officers, and they will do their “We had to make sure they were best to provide the necessary up to safety standards and pur- equipment,” Stimple said. “No one chase life jackets, oars and a trail- needs their own equipment, so er,” Stimple said. “We can start members can just find a friend and using the boats by next weekend.” fish whenever they want to.” Stimple said goals for next year include buying a slow motor for Contact Kristen Durbin at each boat to simplify fishing on [email protected] World & Nation Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Compiled from The Observer’s wire services page 5

INTERNATIONAL NEWS Ship grounding scars Barrier Reef Archdiocese suspends Colo. priest SYDNEY — A Chinese coal carrier rocked back and forth over a section of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef after running aground, Fr. Melvin Thompson of Denver maintains innocence after sex abuse allegations inflicting a gash 2 miles (3 kilometers) long into a shoal that will take 20 years to heal. A Associated Press leading marine scientist called it the worst damage he’s ever seen to the world’s largest DENVER — The action coral reef. against the priest was swift The Shen Neng 1 veered into protected and public. waters and ran aground on Douglas Shoal on Within five days of receiv- April 3, immediately leaking 2-3 tons of fuel ing a decades-old child sex when coral shredded its hull. abuse allegation against the The 755-foot (230-meter) ship was success- Rev. Melvin Thompson, fully lifted off the reef Monday after crews Denver’s Roman Catholic spent three days pumping fuel to lighten it. Archdiocese investigated, Salvage crews later towed it to an anchorage alerted law enforcement area near Great Keppel Island, 40 nautical and announced his suspen- miles (45 miles, 70 kilometers) away. sion to parishioners and the public. Michelle Obama visits Haiti The archdiocese says PORT-AU-PRINCE — First lady Michelle Thompson, 74, maintains Obama made a surprise visit Tuesday to the his innocence. Some parish- ruins of the Haitian capital, a high-profile ioners have complained the reminder that hundreds of thousands remain process was unfair and too in desperate straits three months after the fast. However Denver earthquake. Archbishop Charles Chaput The first lady and Jill Biden, wife of Vice called prompt action President Joe Biden, took a helicopter tour of “painful but necessary.” Port-au-Prince, where many people are still The episode highlights the homeless, before landing at the destroyed challenges American national palace to meet President Rene Catholic Church leaders Preval. They later talked with students whose face as they follow through lives have been upended by the disaster and on a promise to be more walked along a vast, squalid encampment of transparent in dealing with families living under bed sheets and tents. priests accused of abuse, while respecting the rights of both victims and the accused. The case comes amid a NATIONAL NEWS worsening global clergy abuse scandal focused on Huckabee blasts gay marriage how Pope Benedict XVI has WASHINGTON — Mike Huckabee, a possible dealt with problem priests AP Republican presidential candidate in 2012, says in his past church roles. Five days after receiving a decades-old sex abuse accusation, Denver’s Archbishop Charles the effort to allow gays and lesbians to marry is For years, some U.S. Chaput, above, suspended Fr. Melvin Thompson. comparable to legalizing incest, polygamy and church officials kept mum drug use. about abuse allegations and Critics of the church priests from public ministry All U.S. dioceses were also Huckabee also told college journalists last shuffled problem priests remain dubious of the U.S. — including saying Mass instructed to advise victims week that gay couples should not be permitted from parish to parish — efforts. and working as a parish of their right to contact to adopt. “Children are not puppies,” he said. practices first exposed in Some Catholics, while say- priest — while allegations authorities themselves. Most Huckabee visited The College of New Jersey in the 1980s and then on a ing protecting children must are investigated. Diocesan cases are old and fall out- Ewing, N.J., last Wednesday to speak to the larger scale in the early be the overriding concern, review boards, comprised side statutes of limitations, Student Government Association. He also was 1990s. worry church officials are mostly of lay people, help making criminal prosecu- interviewed by a campus news magazine, The Denver’s handling of the moving too quickly in some bishops oversee cases. tion impossible. Perspective, which published an article on Thompson case is the latest cases. Initial inquiries to deter- The Denver archdiocese, Friday. example of American “The church at this point mine whether a claim is Knight said, acted more Catholic leaders shifting is simply recognizing that credible tend to focus on quickly than most but Adoption advocates petition Russia from secrecy to greater children are more vulnera- making sure dates and essentially followed proto- NEW YORK — Worried over a threatened openness, an attitude ble than adults,” said Diane places named in allegations col. freeze of adoptions from Russia, thousands of church leaders elsewhere in Knight, the retired head of stand up. A more in-depth On April 7, the archdio- American adoption advocates are petitioning the world have been slower Catholic Charities in investigation, also involving cese said it received a com- leaders of the two nations to prevent such a step to adopt. Milwaukee and chairwoman lay diocesan review boards, plaint from a man who even as they decry a Tennessee woman return- This week, the Vatican for of the National Review is then carried out. Clergy alleged he was sexually ing her adopted son to Russia. the first time made it clear Board, an advisory panel found guilty are permanent- abused by Thompson in the Poignant pleas from would-be adoptive parents that bishops and clerics created by U.S. bishops in ly barred from public min- early 1970s. That same day were included in the petition to President Barack worldwide should report 2002. “If we’re going to err, istry and, in some cases, Chaput said he removed the Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitri such crimes to police if they we’re going to err more on ousted from the priesthood. popular Thompson from his Medvedev, that was being coordinated Tuesday are required to by law, the side of protecting chil- Under the 2002 reforms, position as assistant pastor by the Joint Council on International Children’s matching a policy worked dren.” U.S. bishops are to comply at St. Thomas More Parish Services. The council, which represents many out by U.S. bishops after an Policies approved by the with state laws for reporting in suburban Centennial and U.S. agencies engaged in international adoption, explosion of sex abuse cases Vatican as church law in the abuse, and to cooperate suspended his ability to estimates there are about 3,000 pending U.S. in 2002. U.S. bar credibly accused with authorities. function publicly as a priest. applications for adoptions from Russia. “My husband and I have been working toward a Russian adoption for two years now,” wrote Susan Busek, a teacher from Loveland, Colo. “Please know that there are many would-be par- ents like us, who want only the opportunity to be Governor signs bills restricting abortion parents and give our love.” Associated Press legal challenge, calling the ban after standard in abortion restrictions is via- 20 weeks “flatly unconstitutional” bility, or when a fetus is able to survive LINCOLN, Neb. — Two landmark because it is based on the assertion outside the womb — generally at 22 to LOCAL NEWS measures putting new restrictions on that fetuses feel pain, not on the ability 24 weeks. abortion became law in Nebraska on of a fetus to survive outside the womb. The law could lead to changes in One dead after IU chemical exposure Tuesday, including one that critics say “It absolutely cannot survive a chal- state laws across the country if upheld BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University breaks with court precedent by chang- lenge without a change to three by the courts, said Mary Spaulding police say one person has been found dead in ing the legal rationale for a ban on decades of court rulings,” said Nancy Balch, legislative director for National an IU dormitory following a possible chemi- later-term abortions. Northup, president of the Center for Right to Life. cal release in a dorm room. Republican Gov. Dave Heineman Reproductive Rights. “Courts have “It would broaden the interests of Police Capt. Jerry Minger says a male was signed both bills, one barring abor- been chipping away at abortion rights states in protecting the unborn child,” found dead in a third-floor room in the 11- tions at and after 20 weeks of preg- ... this would be like taking a huge she said. “It says the state has an story north tower of Willkie Residence Center nancy and the other requiring women hacksaw to the rights.” interest in the unborn child before via- about 2:20 p.m. Tuesday. to be screened before having abortions The law focusing on late-term abor- bility.” No one else was injured and police evacu- for mental health and other problems. tions is designed to shut down one of Heineman also signed the other bill, ated the second, third and fourth floors. Both sides of the abortion debate say the few doctors in the nation who per- approved by lawmakers on Monday, Minger says the death is being investigated the laws are firsts of their kind in the forms them in Nebraska. that requires the screening for mental as a possible suicide, but it’s unclear if the U.S. Set to take effect in October, it is health problems and other risk factors victim is a student because the body has not A national abortion rights group based on the claim that fetuses can indicating if women might have prob- been identified. already appeared to be girding for a feel pain at 20 weeks. The current lems after having abortions. page 6 The Observer N CAMPUS NEWS Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Besides the lack of administrative more smaller ones that go unreport- think my students get more out recognition of LGBTQ groups on ed and uncounted,” he said. of that,” he said. StaND campus, Beatty said he did not expe- Thirty-five states are not legally Lecture Notre Dame, unlike secular continued from page 1 rience discrimination from Notre required to count hate attacks against continued from page 1 institutions, allows McAdams Dame students, faculty and staff. gay people, he said. Furthermore, an to discuss his religious faith in “Notre Dame’s failure to not “I do sense a certain progress on estimated 20 percent of sexual McAdams said. “Notre Dame the classroom, he said. include the nondiscrimination clause campus,” he said. minority adults were victims of a per- cast a magical spell on me.” “It really isn’t a problem at is in itself discrimination,” he said. Beatty reiterated the importance of son or property crime due to their He said he has focused on Notre Dame to say ‘I believe in “Notre Dame’s act of discrimination adding sexual orientation to the sexual orientation and 50 percent of “bringing my own humanity to God and these are my strug- allows others to feel it acceptable to University’s nondiscrimination clause, sexual minority adults have been ver- my students” since beginning gles with my belief,’” he said. treat the LGBTQ community as less emphasizing the difference between bally insulted or abused. to teach at Notre Dame. “It turned out that it was natu- than equal.” a gay person and gay actions. “The true prevalence of the prob- “I began looking at my stu- ral to the point of being obliga- “One discrimination begets anoth- “There is a clear distinction lem is underestimated,” he said. dents and recognizing in them tory, just like it’s important to er,” he added. between being and doing,” he said. Parrott noted several causes of myself,” he said. be honest about your mistakes Rick Duffer Landavazo, a 1981 Co-chairs of the Core Council for aggression against gay people, focus- He said he began to see his and your shortcomings.” graduate who majored in American Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and ing especially on men, who constitute students as “part of this com- Talking about his faith and Studies spoke next about his experi- Questioning Students Melanie LeMay 75 to 80 percent of acts of aggression. mon humanity,” and as people mistakes helps McAdams fulfill ence as a gay student at Notre Dame and Eddie Velazquez, both seniors, Gender role reinforcement, he said, who shared in his “curiosity for his ultimate goal as a teacher, nearly 30 years ago, recounting sev- recounted their experiences as is a factor because society prescribes the way we live he said. eral instances of overt acts of aggres- undergraduates at Notre Dame so certain norms for how men and our lives and “I see it as sion and hate from his fellow stu- far. women behave. think about my obligation dents. “Last year the ‘Gay? Go to hell’ T- Not showing emotion, being sexu- what our call- “I realized that when to figure out “If gay and lesbian students today shirts were never reprimanded in ally active and anti-femininity are all ings are.” I talk about being ways to moti- are like those in the 1970s, you are in any way by the administration,” characteristics society pins on men, M c A d a m s wrong, in a way, I vate you to a community that preaches love and LeMay said, referencing the “Gay? he said. said a teaching understand the practices hate,” he said. Fine by me” T-shirts worn by many “Male homosexuality represents a method that is think that my complexity of Landavazo said dialogue is a criti- students as a protest last semester. threat to the masculinity of some het- based on shar- students get more out human exis- cal part of inclusion for the LGBTQ But the environment for the Notre erosexual men,” he said. “Men feel ing humanity of that.” tence through community. Dame LGBTQ community has they have to establish gender with students Notre Dame “I urge the University to bring gay improved, she said. bounds.” r e q u i r e s and your own and lesbian students to bring their “Most of the change has been from The solution to this over-aggres- courage. James McAdams faith, if you’re concerns into the open,” he said. students and faculty,” she said. sion, he said, ought to come from “When you’re director wrestling with “Homosexuals are probably the most Velazquez said his impression of both societal and individual levels. a teacher, Nanovic Institute that,” he said. disdained minority group.” the Notre Dame community was bet- “Any change in societal level must you’re at risk McAdams is Dialogue, he said, could also have ter than he had anticipated before be supported by education, legisla- all of the time,” currently work- prevented many of today’s problems coming on campus. tion, social policies and social and cul- he said. “For all your teachers ing on a new book, “The Rise among the gay and lesbian commu- “The ND students are actually tural messages,” he said. “[On an at Notre Dame — all your real and Fall of World nity. opposite to how they were portrayed individual level], intergroup contact teachers at Notre Dame — Communism.” He continues to “Could not an open dialogue in the media,” he said, referencing a will reduce sexual prejudice if there is every act of teaching is an act travel regularly, and discussed among priests have avoided the sex Princeton Review article that pinned equal status between groups and a of risk and sacrifice.” his recent trips to Belarus and abuse scandal in the Church?” he Notre Dame as the top most unwel- norm exists that supports positive “It’s about getting out there Vietnam. asked. coming students for “alternative relations and cooperative interac- on the stage and making your- He also described a “survival lifestyles.” tion.” self very vulnerable,” he said. Contact John Tierney at guide” for the gay student communi- The last speaker of the event was He said society must continue to “If I have the courage to get [email protected] ty. Dominic Parrott, assistant professor understand and refine its under- out amongst all you, then I can “Embrace ‘Cafeteria Catholicism.’ of psychology at Georgia State standing of sources of aggression in teach.” Everyone else has,” he said. University, who addressed the psy- order to create a safe and welcome McAdams said part of his Richard Beatty, a 1991 graduate chology behind people who discrimi- environment for all people, no matter credibility as a teacher comes student and former member of the nate against others based on their what their sexual orientation. from when he can admit he is Glee Club, said he came to the sexual orientation. wrong. University after a “very comfortable “For every big act of aggression Contact Katie Peralta at “I realized that when I talk life” as a gay man in California. like murder, there are more and [email protected] about being wrong, in a way, I The Observer Business Wednesday, April 14, 2010 page 7 MARKET RECAP Failed bank execs defend actions Washington Mutual officials testify at Senate hearing regarding alleged fraud

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WASHINGTON — A trio of former Washington Mutual officials and a trove of documents on Tuesday portrayed a pattern of breakneck loan-making and alleged fraud at the biggest U.S. bank ever to fail. Former CEO Kerry Killinger defended WaMu’s actions at a Senate hearing and insisted the govern- ment should not have seized it at the height of the financial crisis in September 2008. Killinger argued that WaMu had adequate capi- tal and shouldn’t have been shut down and sold for a “bargain” price of $1.9 bil- lion. The bank “should have been given a chance to work its way through the crisis,” he testified at a hearing by a Senate panel. The 18-month investiga- tion by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs sub- committee found that WaMu’s lending operations were rife with fraud, including fabricated loan documents. It concluded that management failed to AP stem the deception despite Former Washington Mutual Bank general auditor Randy Melby testifies before the Senate internal probes. Tuesday on behalf of the bank’s suspicious actions during the financial crisis. IN BRIEF The bank’s pay system of rewarding loan officers prosecutors. The former Killinger said. “For those early 2008, “I was increas- Facebook reveals new safety site and sales executives for WaMu executives appeared outside of the club, the ingly excluded from senior PALO ALTO, Calif. — Facebook has their volume of loans before Congress for the penalty was severe.” executive meetings and launched a revamped internal site designed closed ratcheted up the first time since the bank’s Levin came armed with meetings with financial to help people stay safe and report threats pressure, the investigators collapse. e-mail correspondence advisers when the bank’s while on the popular online hangout. found. Killinger deflected the among senior executives at response to the growing Facebook’s “Safety Center,” which features Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., criticism and laid blame on the bank showing anxiety crisis was being dis- new tools for parents, teachers, teens and the panel’s chairman, has the government. He argued over elevated rates of cussed,” Ronald Cathcart, law enforcement, is the first major endeavor said it will decide after its that even before the crisis delinquency and default in who helped oversee risk from the social networking site and its four- hearings this week struck with force, the gov- the high-risk mortgage until April 2008, testified at month-old global safety advisory board. whether to make a formal ernment treated Seattle- loans WaMu had made. the hearing. By January The company unveiled its Safety Center a referral to the Justice based Washington Mutual The exchanges show the 2008 he was “fully isolat- day after meeting with child advocacy offi- Department for possible unfairly. He noted it was executives wanted to ed” and was fired by cials in the U.K., who had been pushing the criminal prosecution. excluded from a list of urgently sell the loans Killinger a few months company to install a so-called “panic but- Justice, the FBI and the large financial firms whose packaged as securities to later, Cathcart said. ton” on the site for some time, following the Securities and Exchange stock couldn’t be sold short Wall Street, Levin said. The other risk officer, kidnapping and murder there of a teenager Commission opened inves- under a temporary govern- Two former WaMu chief James Vanasek, testified by a man she encountered on Facebook. tigations into Washington ment ban in July 2008. In risk officers said they tried that he tried to limit loans Britain’s Child Exploitation and Online Mutual soon after its col- short-selling, traders bet a to curb risky lending prac- to those who were unlikely Protection Center, or CEOP, had wanted lapse. stock price will drop and tices by the bank. But they to be able to repay and the Facebook to install a prominent link on U.K. The Senate subcommit- use borrowed shares to said they met resistance number of loans made users’ profile pages that would take them to tee is known for conduct- profit from any decline. from top management without verifying borrow- CEOP’s own safety site designed to help chil- ing hard-hitting investiga- “For those that were part when they brought their ers’ income. But his efforts dren deal with online threats. tions by bipartisan staff of the inner circle and concerns to them. fell flat “without solid exec- and has sometimes made were ‘too clubby to fail,’ As the housing bust utive management sup- U.S. labor leader steps down such referrals to federal the benefits were obvious,” deepened in late 2007 and port,” Vanasek said. WASHINGTON — One of the most politi- cally powerful — and polarizing — union leaders in the U.S. is preparing to step down from his post. Andy Stern, president of the 2.2 million- Trump rebounds from third bankruptcy member Service Employees International Union, plans to resign, a senior union offi- Associated Press million mortgage he holds on bondholders’ investments — a cial told employees in an e-mail on Monday. Trump Entertainment for owner- key factor that led Judge Judith The message from the official, Diane ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — About ship of the company. Wizmur to side with the proposal Sosne, was obtained by The Associated to leave its third bankruptcy When Trump Entertainment from the Trumps and the bond- Press. She is a member of the union’s board behind, Trump Entertainment emerges from bankruptcy court holders. and president of an SEIU local based in Resorts has a simple formula for later this year, its debt will be cut Mark Juliano, Trump Seattle. the future in the cutthroat to $334 million, from nearly $1.8 Entertainment’s CEO, said the Stern, 59, is one of President Barack Atlantic City casino market: less billion. And that, Donald Trump company’s first priority is revital- Obama’s closest political allies and a major debt, more cash and more says, is why the company will izing the three Atlantic City casi- force in Democratic politics. His union Ivanka. succeed where it failed three nos it owns: the Trump Taj Mahal spent about $60 million to help Obama win It also plans to expand beyond times before. Casino resort, Trump Plaza Hotel the presidency and millions more on House New Jersey. “This time we really cut the and Casino and Trump Marina and Senate races around the U.S. A federal bankruptcy judge on debt,” he told The Associated Hotel Casino, which is being put He is also one of the most frequent visi- Monday chose bondholders led by Press on Tuesday. “It was never back on the selling block this tors to the White House, showing up more New York-based Avenue Capital really cut enough. We’ve cut the week. than 20 times last year, according to official Group and Donald Trump and his debt down to a low level, and we But Juliano said the company logs. Stern has served as a popular punch- daughter Ivanka to buy the com- now have a company in good will seek opportunities in other ing bag for conservatives who accuse him of pany out of bankruptcy for $225 financial shape.” states to lessen its dependence on using political largesse to push union caus- million. Their bid topped a rival Icahn’s plan would have elimi- a single, struggling market, par- es like health care overhaul and stimulus one from billionaire Carl Icahn, nated all the company’s debt, but ticularly if it can sell Trump spending. who wanted to swap the $486 it also would have wiped out Marina. The Observer Viewpoint page 8 Wednesday, April 14, 2010 THE OBSERVER In defense of baseball P.O. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Spring in the Midwest is exciting. The The hitter knows this too, though, but air. snow has finally melted (we think), the and can be ready for it. However, if the Some people say that there is not EDITOR-IN-CHIEF same pitch is moved just a few inches enough action and excitement in base- Matt Gamber temperature has warmed up to bear- able temperatures and the sun shines and crosses the plate in the strike zone, ball to keep them interested, and to a MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER for more than 10 minutes per month. then now the pitcher has two strikes on point, I understand where those people Madeline Buckley Stacey Gill To me, though, the batter and can afford to throw just are coming from. There can be stretch-

ASST. MANAGING EDITOR: Laura Myers the coming of Andy Ziccarelli about any pitch in his repertoire to try es of games that consist of nothing but spring has meant to fool him. The pitcher and hitter both strikeouts and groundouts for innings NEWS EDITOR: Sarah Mervosh only one thing for Moment of must take into account what type of at a time. Scoring is scarce. But there VIEWPOINT EDITOR: Michelle Maitz as long as I can Inertia pitches the pitcher can throw, what are few things that are more majestic SPORTS EDITOR: Douglas Farmer remember: the pitch he tends to throw in certain situa- and pure than seeing a hitter square up SCENE EDITOR: Jordan Gamble arrival of baseball season. tions, what locations and types of pitch- a pitch and drive it for what seems like SAINT MARY’S EDITOR: Ashley Charnley Now, some don’t share my enthusi- es the batter likes to hit, what pitch the minutes into the night sky, and then pitcher threw in a similar situation in watching it clear the fence for a home PHOTO EDITOR: Pat Coveney asm. I have heard a lot of negative things said about the game of baseball, the past (and if the batter will be run. Plus, because of the pace of the GRAPHICS EDITOR: Blair Chemidlin just within the past few weeks. Some of expecting the same thing), among other game, there is a lot of tension that is ADVERTISING MANAGERS: Theresa Bea my favorites include calling it “the most concerns. So does the pitcher go with built up in the late innings of a close Mary Clare Rodriguez boring game on the planet,” “painful to the fastball knowing that the batter is game. Anticipation grows with each AD DESIGN MANAGER: Jaclyn Espinoza watch” and that “you need to be drunk expecting it, or does he try and fool him pitch of a critical at-bat. Then, in an CONTROLLER: Patrick Sala to be able to enjoy it.” The best, with the curveball, which is harder to instant, whether the outcome is a SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR: Steve Lagree though, was the person that I over- control? Where do the fielders position clutch base hit or a huge strikeout, all heard say that baseball is “three min- themselves and where are they going to of the tension that has been built up in OFFICE MANAGER & GENERAL INFO utes of action packed into three hours.” the ball if it is hit to them? Does the the stadium is released all at once in (574) 631-7471 It was kind of funny. It is also complete- manager look to the bench to try and the form of uncontrolled excitement, or FAX ly and totally wrong. Somewhere along create a more favorable matchup? in many cases, extreme frustration. (574) 631-6927 the line, baseball developed a reputa- Each pitch in baseball creates a new The nature of the game acts like an ADVERTISING (574) 631-6900 [email protected] tion for being an unexciting game. dilemma. No two situations are ever emotional amplifier for everyone EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Quite the contrary, I would even make the same. So, while you look at base- involved, and it creates unforgettable (574) 631-4542 [email protected] the claim that baseball is maybe the ball and see a game that is boring and moments, both good and bad. MANAGING EDITOR most interesting and exciting sport always looks the same, I see a game Football may have overtaken baseball (574) 631-4541 [email protected] played. I’ll wait for you to stop laughing that provides me with something that I as America’s most popular sport, but ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR before I explain. have never seen before on a nightly baseball will always remain our nation- (574) 631-4324 [email protected] BUSINESS OFFICE What makes baseball so entertaining basis. al pastime. There is a deeply rooted, (574) 631-5313 isn’t necessarily the physical aspect, Now, baseball is not just a mental almost religious, bond between the NEWS DESK though it certainly is important. The exercise. Otherwise, it would be as game and this country. It has produced (574) 631-5323 [email protected] mental aspect and the strategy involved entertaining as watching chess. The heroes and legends for generations and VIEWPOINT DESK in good baseball is what sets it apart physical aspect can spoil even the best has created a tradition that I, for one, (574) 631-5303 [email protected] from every other game that is played in of strategies if a player isn’t careful. A am proud to be a part of. SPORTS DESK (574) 631-4543 [email protected] the world. My dad always told me that pitcher can have the perfect pitch SCENE DESK baseball is “a thinking man’s game,” called for a certain situation, but if he Andy Ziccarelli hates word limits (574) 631-4540 [email protected] and he couldn’t be more right. The leaves it hanging over the middle of the because he could write about baseball SAINT MARY’S DESK game changes on literally every single plate instead of on the corner, he might for pages. He is a junior majoring in [email protected] pitch. 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TODAY’S STAFF News Sports QUOTE OF THE DAY QUOTE OF THE DAY Amanda Gray Chris Masoud Megan Doyle Molly Sammon Caitlyn Kalscheur Andrew Owens Submit a Letter Graphics Scene “Man is distinguished from all other Sofia Iturbe Jordan Gamble “Forever is composed of nows.” creatures by the faculty of to the Editor at laughter.” Viewpoint Emily Dickinson Patricia U.S. poet Joseph Addison Fernandez www.ndsmcobserver.com U.S. poet The Observer Viewpoint Wednesday, April 14, 2010 page 9 What can body odor tells us about sexual attraction and sexual orientation?

Can “BO” (body odor) actually be a population more resistant to disease. mus. A recent study showed that les- from gay men were the least preferred good thing? Interestingly, MHC has also been bian women process ‘and’ with their by heterosexual men and women and Sexual attraction is complicated. linked directly to sexual orientation, olfactory systems rather than the by lesbian women. While we may swoon over self-pro- suggesting that the differences in MHC hypothalamus, which is the opposite Many scientists, myself included, fessed “types” (blue eyes, brown hair, that influence sexual orientation may of heterosexual women. believe that these findings suggest great smile), be related to the differences in MHC Just like heterosexuals then, people that neurobiological processes are at mate selection Jessica D. that regulate odor production. who are attracted to the same sex may work in determining our sexual orien- relies heavily on Payne, Ph.D. In the last article of this series, follow their noses. Consider, for exam- tation, just as they are in determining a series of con- Professor Wirth, also in the ple, a 2005 study published in the our sexual assignment, although they scious and Guest Psychology Department, talked about prestigious journal Psychological could certainly interact with environ- unconscious cal- Columnist hormones, or the chemical signals Science, which showed that gay men mental influences as well. culations made that act on cells within an individual. and lesbian women had different body In his related article, Professor deep within our Pheromones, on the other hand, are odor preferences than straight men Fuentes pointed out that homosexual brains. chemical signals that influence the and women. activity exists naturally (i.e. in nature) Take body odor, for instance. Most of behavior and physiology of other indi- Now, this is a study that would be across a wide array of species. His us try to cover it up with deodorants viduals. Scientists think that interesting to participate in! For nine observations were echoed in the cover and perfumes, but BO might actually pheromones are detected by the olfac- days volunteers used only odorless article in last Sunday’s New York help us find our best-fit romantic part- tory system or by the vomeronasal soaps and shampoo, not shaving their Times Magazine, “The Love that Dares ners. Considerable evidence suggests organ (VNO), which is located in the armpits, and abstaining from garlic, Not Squawk its Name: Inside the that humans produce individually nasal cavity. Perhaps because this curry and cumin. They then wore cot- Science of Same-Sex Animal Pairings” unique body odors, and that we easily region is vestigial in humans, ton pads wedged into their armpits for by Jon Mooallem. Given the ubiquity discriminate between the body odors pheromones may or may not be active several days while going about their of homosexual behavior, across time of different people. Even newborns in human mating behavior. In lab ani- typical activities. The pads were cut and across species, and given that can tell the difference between the mals, however, pheromones have pro- up and randomly placed in plastic research has not found any effect of odor of their own mothers and those found effects on other animals. For squeeze bottles with flip-top lids for parenting style or childhood experi- of mothers of other infants. Thus, BO example, when adult male rodents are easy access smelling. Shortly there- ences on sexual orientation, what, may be crucial for forming social rela- around, females will reach puberty after, another set of volunteers, of then, causes people to be gay, straight tionships, even early in life. faster, and in some cases their estrous both sexes and sexual orientations, or bisexual? The answer to that ques- Body odor is largely influenced by cycles will synchronize. smelled and rated the odors on inten- tion will surely be complex, but an Major Histocompatibility Complex Our vestigial VNOs aside, odor may sity and pleasantness on scales of 1 to ever-growing biological database (MHC) molecules, which are genetical- play a large role in human sexual 10. strongly suggests that nature plays a ly determined and linked to the attraction. For example, the chemical Interestingly, homosexual men had fundamental role in why we are immune system. Experiments on non- 4-16-androstadien-3-one, or ‘and’ for different preferences than straight attracted to the people we are and fall human animals and human partici- short, is an androgen-like chemical men, straight women and lesbian in love with the people we do. pants have shown that we tend to found in the underarm sweat of males women. Not only were their body odor judge potential sexual partners as and females, and we humans are preferences different than these other Jessica D. Payne is an assistant more attractive if their MHC composi- highly sensitive to it. Brain imaging groups, but their own body odor was professor of psychology. She can be tion is substantially different from our studies show that and exposure acti- regarded differently than these other reached at [email protected] own. In other words, opposites really vates brain regions that are critical groups as well. Homosexual men were The views expressed in this column might attract, perhaps because such for sexual behavior, such as olfactory drawn to the odors of other gay men are those of the author and not variation in our immunity makes the areas and regions of the hypothala- and heterosexual women, while odors necessarily those of The Observer.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Stop the soccer boom articles

It’s time for the world’s greatest First, there is no way USA will win will boom. Rather than embrace soccer time in 40 years that USA qualified. sporting event: the FIFA World Cup. the cup. Even a diehard would be will- they expected soccer to suddenly and Now the USA is in its fifth straight This quadrennial 32-team tournament ing to admit it. We are not there yet. It magically transform them into fans and World Cup and has 10 times the talent pits some of the best footballing coun- is the former point that I wish to they’d comprehend every little thing of that 1990 squad. I could go on and tries against one another to determine address. As reliable as the World Cup done on the pitch. This never happened on of how MLS is currently outdrawing which country gets lift the most presti- comes every four years, as does the and thus people never gave soccer a the NBA and NHL or that soccer is the gious trophy in sports. I remember articles regarding soccer and America. fighting chance. So every time someone most participated in sport, but that waking up in the early hours in 2002 to It’s a socially intriguing and conflict- would write: Here Comes Soccer, this avoids the point. These articles about watch the USA take on Mexico and creating topic. Soccer has long been group would laugh and say: “I’ve been how soccer is about to catch on do feeling elated when the stars and here, starting with the first organized hearing that for 30 years.” What they nothing but avoid history and the truth stripes came through. I remember match: Rutgers-Princeton on Nov. 6, fail to take into account is that soccer that soccer was here and is here. It watching America be one of two teams 1869. It grew to be the winter sport has grown in leaps and bounds since doesn’t need a magical boom to make it to score against the eventual world paralleling baseball (being that most the writers started saying soccer is popular when it already is. But I will be champions Italy in 2006. Now we reach clubs were owned by baseball owners) going to be big. ready; with 59 days until the World 2010 and I am ready for another and became the second most popular Twenty years ago you would be lucky Cup, I’ll take the crazy articles with lit- thriller of international soccer. But professional sport in America. Then a to get an English match on TV, now tle research, just in order to get to the what’s this? I suddenly see mainstream combination of the Great Depression there are four to five live matches Cup. newspapers, television networks and and petty politics killed it until the every weekend and some even during magazines covering soccer like it’s birth of the North American Soccer the week (North London Derby 3 p.m. Tim Staub their job. They are all proclaiming soc- League in the late 60s. This is where Wednesday on ESPN2). Some of you freshman cer is about to take off in the USA! Or we see the articles regarding the weren’t even born when USA qualified Dillon Hall can we win the cup? return of soccer to America and how it for World Cup 1990. It was the first April 13

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Scene Staff Report The St. Edward’s Hall Players bring the subver- sive Broadway hit “Urinetown” to Washington Hall eliminate them, not realizing that the regulations Little Sally is that she both breaks the fourth today and Thursday. Tickets for the 7 p.m. shows are what holds their precariously balanced wall as well as participates largely in the ensem- are $5 for students, $7 for the general public and world together. There are many themes that can ble, so she has a lot of responsibility in the show. are available the LaFortune box office or at the be pulled from it, based on what you personally Conley: As stage manager, a big part of my job door. see in the show: political, environmental and is not only the wrangling of the cast, but also A few members of the cast and crew talked to social issues are all present. being a liaison between different people involved The Observer about the searing, satirical show Kemnetz: It was first shown at the New York in the production. Cast, lighting, sound, props and the work that went into putting it together. International Fringe Festival and was soon pro- will all come to me with questions which I’ll have duced as an off-Broadway show before taking to field or connect them with the right person. From the cast: the Broadway stage in September of 2001. The It takes a lot of time and energy, but seeing all show ran for just over three years and toured these ideas come together in this artistic effort Tricia Coburn, freshman briefly. has been really rewarding. That’s the best part “Hope Cladwell,” the daughter of the evil, miser- It’s been met by audiences with mixed reviews. — seeing the finished product, and knowing that ly CEO of Urine Good Company. She falls in love In particular, grandmothers and businessmen I helped make that happen. with Bobby against her father’s wishes. have found the show particularly offen- sive or vulgar, while teenagers/college Will Docimo, sophomore kids tend to find the pee jokes and “Bobby Strong,” the Everyman hero who both awkward humor funny. I know, right? leads the revolution against the pay toilet system, College kids and grandmas not having falling in love with Hope along the way. the same sense of humor? Must be a weird show. Ellyn Michalak, senior “Little Sally,” as the play’s precocious quasi-nar- What has been the most challenging or rator, along with Officer Lockstock. rewarding aspect of your role or job?

Brian Rodgers, freshman Coburn: The most rewarding yet diffi- “Officer Lockstock,” the corrupt cult aspect of the production cop who is the other half of the process narrating team.

From the crew:

John Kemnetz, freshman Musical director Kemnetz: The most frustrating aspect of this Claire Conley, sophomore show was the fact that everyone involved is a Stage manager Notre Dame student. That means they’re not just actors, instrumentalists or crew members — they’re athletes and singers and so many other things. And, being good at all of these So, what exactly is things, they’re pulled in many directions, “Urinetown”? which can make scheduling and working with the full cast a big struggle. Docimo: The name is pretty self-explanatory. This show is known for its ridiculous premise, the It takes place in the satirical commentary and its parody of the stereo- not-too-distant future, typical Broadway musical. How did you approach in which people’s nat- these aspects while still trying to put together the ural need to urinate is musical and technical aspects? exploited for profit. It’s really quite a solid business model. Michalak: Since “Urinetown” is Kemnetz: “Urinetown” takes the audience into supposed to be both satirical and a dystopian world where a 20-year drought has in portraying the role comical, every action, every line, caused all bathrooms to become privatized, and of Hope has been finding every song, has to be done over everyone must pay to pee. the right balance for the the top. We definitely spent a lot of While most of the poor manage to scrounge character. Hope is a very time learning how to act as carica- together the pennies they need for their daily naive, optimistic and tures, always making our actions trip to the toilet, there is the occasional unfortu- straightforward character bigger, louder and more comical. nate soul who ends up having to relieve him or and it is sometimes hard to Coburn: There are many points herself elsewhere — a serious crime resulting in find the right balance as in the show where we all have to the convicted being sent to a mysterious place she develops throughout do outrageous things that force us called Urinetown from whence they never the show. to step out of our comfort zones. return. Rodgers: I feel the most In these cases, being comfortable The show begins with [Bobby Strong’s] father frustrating aspect in the with everyone has been critical in being carted off to Urinetown for peeing outside portrayal of Lockstock is being able to overcome any self- the bathroom ... [Bobby responds] by taking over that he is radically differ- consciousness. the amenity and giving free access to all the ent in his interactions with Rodgers: I went in knowing that poor. With his revolution in motion, Bobby cap- each ... After working with in this show, we had to be funny tures the daughter of the CEO of Urine Good the directors as well as but with a purpose — this is not Company, the evil, money-hungry corporation reading the script over and your typical run of the mill comedy that has control over all the bathrooms, and an over again, I felt I finally and as a result there was a slight all out battle between the poor and the UGC got a good handle on who degree of seriousness. erupts. Lockstock is and what he Docimo: I was unaware that Conley: “Urinetown” is a dark comedy that is a wants, which is the most “Urinetown” was satire. I just combination of musical theater, parody and rewarding aspect to me. assumed it was a realistic forecast political satire. These people live in a world of Michalak: The most diffi- for the future of Nevada. This regulations that they see as unjust, and so [they] cult aspect about playing changes everything. SUZANNA PRATT/The Observer

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The Scene section is written by vol- confusing way possible. scene. close to how high school boys imagine unteers. It may be hard to believe, but 9:35 The first romantic sub-plot 9:49 A rival singer appears, singing how high school girls work. we’re not paid for our efforts; we write (other than a pregnancy) comes in for Lionel Richie and wearing all black. 10:17 I think these people go to high because we like writing, culture and Will. I can’t honestly tell if the charac- I’ve fully accepted the campiness of school inside a Taylor Swift song. deep down, we believe we have good ters are charming or creepy. the show. It’s slowly becoming more 10:23 The Beatles “Hello Goodbye” taste. The articles 9:37 Reflecting on it, I don’t think vaudevillian and entertaining. makes a predictable appearance. It’s reflect this: They I’ve ever watched a show about high 9:52 At the second commercial much worse than the original, but then are usually about Nick Anderson school other than “Freaks and Geeks.” break, I realized why this show is so again, every Beatles’ cover is. subjects we love or There’s been more drama in 10 min- enchanting to our generation: Disney 10:25 Sue performs Madonna’s hate. To combat Scene Writer utes of “Glee” than my entire high movies defined our childhood. Why “Vogue” as a commercial for next this, I’m writing school career. can’t we keep watching them, but with week’s episode, complete with cone about a show I’ve 9:38 First song: The Doors, “Hello I more sex appeal? bra. I’d call it gimmicky, but that never seen but is hugely popular, Love You.” I’m hugely unimpressed. It 9:58 “Hello Again” by Neil Diamond would imply the rest of the show isn’t. “Glee” on Fox. On Tuesday night, it fits into the story with only a bit of is playing in the background. Will The show didn’t quite feel complete as returned for the second half of its first stretching. Finn, wandering the halls takes time out of acting to explain why the credits rolled. season. I wrote in real time as I singing like he has a message to covey, this is an appropriate song choice. The Final thoughts: It’s a strange time for watched in an effort to make the most reminds me of an 80s music video. As writers don’t seem to think much of Glee to be on the air. Television is cur- honest record possible of my reactions. much as the decline of MTV is their audience’s intelligence. rently in a golden age of drama but 9:27 Ryan Seacrest ended American maligned, it may be for the best if 10:06 This is, depending on how you this show bucks the trend. It’s fun, but Idol with “Glee out!” I can’t say it these are the videos we’d be left with. count, the second instance of cheating there’s little substance and the only excites me. 9:43 A break-up comes from Finn on the show. This whole show has a substantial difference from a soap 9:28 The show gives a recap of the while referencing his “inner-rock strange mixture of evil, wisdom, hon- opera is the music. I can’t say I’m season so far. They talk fast and make star.” This scene produces tears. It’s esty and high school clichés. If nothing eagerly awaiting another episode, but things appear more dramatic than only been 16 minutes. I do not miss else, it’s unique. I’ll probably give the show another they actually are. high school at all. 10:09 Admittedly, I’ve only seen 31 chance when Neil Patrick Harris guest 9:30 Sue, the resident wicked witch, 9:45 Rachel sings All-American minutes of the series but many of the stars. makes an appearance. She’s well-writ- Rejects. The singing, dancing and lip characters play straight into stereo- ten and performed. I’m going to miss syncing is the worst not only so far on types. The views expressed in this column her when she’s not on screen. The the show, but also since Ashley 10:13 The “Old Maids’ Club.” This are those of the author and not editing reminds me of a Dan Brown Simpson’s SNL performance. Luckily may be the best-written scene on the necessarily those of The Observer. novel: There’s a lot happening and it’s there is an inappropriate break- episode. It’s pure absurdity with just a Contact Nick Anderson at presented in the choppiest and most dancer present to try to redeem the small bit of malevolence added in. It’s [email protected]

By COURTNEY COX fun time as well. Their electro-rock has res- onated with fans for quite some time and they Scene Writer will no doubt be able to get the crowd dancing. It’s that time of year again — the annual It will also be a great opportunity to hear the release of the Lollapalooza lineup. band’s new album “One Life Stand” live. The release of the lineup began as a game. Perhaps they will even perform their cover of The crafty folks at C3 Presents, the Texas- Shakira’s “She Wolf.” based concert promotion company, essentially Cut Copy is another one of those dancey created a “Wheel of Fortune” style board with bands that is sure to force thousands of people all of the names of the bands. to cram into a tiny field. Some may have been From that point it wasn’t too difficult to deci- introduced to the band’s music through an pher the eventual headliners because four iTunes free download about a year and a half blank spaces marking a four-letter word fol- ago, but their most famous song, “Lights and lowed by another four-letter word could of Music” from their album “In Ghost Colours,” is course only be Lady Gaga. There was much the perfect example of their aesthetic. less mystique about who the headliners would They are very electronic driven but they don’t be this year because many very reputable leaks cease to be appealing to fans because their that gave away basically all six. music is in fact very catchy. Ideally they would However anti-climactic the revealing of the receive a time slot later in the night so that fes- headliners may have been, the actually appear- tival-goers can actually enjoy the lights while ance of these six groups is quite impressive. listening to the music of Cut Copy. Okay, sure, no one actually wants to see Green The happiest band on earth, Matt and Kim, is Day, unless they’re trying to come off as ironic returning to Lollapalooza after having played or something, but the others are all worth for the festival in 2007. The Brooklyn-based going to. duo is known for its upbeat pop, energetic live The problem with having such amazing shows and overall adorableness. For those of headliners is that there will be a guaranteed unfamiliar with the band, they are most well conflict no matter what. To have to choose known for the song “Daylight,” which had been between Arcade Fire and Lady Gaga might just featured in a Bacardi commercial. If anything be too much to handle. Either way, the headlin- they’re worth seeing simply because they’re so ing stages will be sure to have loyal fanatics darn cute. camping out all day at the front of the crowd These bands represent only a fraction of the simply to get the best seats for the likes of amazing groups set to perform August 6 to 8 in Soundgarden, Phoenix, The Strokes, Arcade Chicago’s Grant Park. Other bands worth Fire and Lady Gaga. Again, Green Day is laugh- checking out include Yeasayer, Edward Sharpe able, but what can you do? & the Magnetic Zeroes, Dirty Projectors, The The rest of the lineup is nothing to scoff at New Pornographers, Blitzen Trapper and so either. While MGMT’s new album many more. “Congratulations” may not have offered what So, “Shirtless Jerks” and “Hipster Parents,” casual listeners were looking for it, is still a dish out that $215 and get psyched. good album in its own right and they will most Lollapalooza 2010 is shaping up to be quite the definitely draw a large crowd of people who event. come just to see them play “Kids.” The British quartet Hot Chip promises to be a Contact Courtney Cox at [email protected]

SOFIA ITURBE | Observer Graphic page 12 The Observer N CLASSIFIEDS Wednesday, April 14, 2010 MLB Yankees welcome Matsui back in home opener Los Angeles hits four home runs in win over Arizona; Detroit makes late comeback in victory over Kansas City

Joe Girardi said. “Andy won the that moment. It’s something that I Associated Press last game at the Stadium last year did not anticipate at all,” he said NEW YORK — Andy Pettitte hit and won the first one this year — through a translator. “It’s some- the corners, Derek Jeter homered pretty fitting. Derek had some big thing that I will remember forever, into the right-center field stands, hits, Jorgie. Mo closed it out. It is that moment. I’m just very happy Jorge Posada rambled into second appropriate.” and very thankful, the way that base for a double. And for good With the 2009 World Series ban- the fans had welcomed me back.” measure, Mariano Rivera closed it ner whipping in a chilly breeze, The Angels’ designated hitter out with a cutter. Pettitte (1-0) returned to the stepped out and tipped his helmet Don’t tell the Yankees’ core four Yankee Stadium mound for the before striking out — another it’s 2010. first time since he won the clinch- cheer — to end the inning and got The longtime All-Stars each ing Game 6 against Philadelphia tangled with Posada, who playfully picked up World Series ring No. 5, last November. He threw 100 tagged him a couple of times. then led New York to a victory in pitches in six crisp innings as the Matsui went 0 for 5 in front of a its home opener Tuesday, 7-5 over Yankees dropped the Angels to 2- record regular-season crowd of the Los Angeles Angels in front of 6, their worst start since 1972. 49,293 at the ballpark, now in its a record crowd that included The 40-year-old Rivera was second year. owner George Steinbrenner. needed to earn his third save after “The fans wanted him to tip his AP “Everyone talks about how long another ex-Yankee, Bobby Abreu, hat. I just felt he deserved that so I Kansas City Royals designated hitter Jose Guillen hits a two-run home we’ve been here but in our minds hit a grand slam in the ninth off stepped off the mound,” Pettitte run for the Royals during their loss against the Detroit Tigers Tuesday. it seems like we are just still little Dave Robertson to make it 7-5. said. “As soon as he steps in the kids,” said Jeter, the AL Rookie of “Obviously we did too many box, it’s just put your head down. home opener. Blake went 1 for 2 left the D’backs trailing 9-5. the Year in 1996. “We want to things poorly early in the game You better make good pitches to with a walk and is batting .389, come out here and contribute and and had to crawl our way back him.” carrying over his strong spring Tigers 6, Royals 5 try and be consistent. That’s what and it was too little too late,” Jeter, who led off the Yankees’ into the regular season. Carlos Guillen’s two-run double we tried to do throughout the Angels manager Mike Scioscia last regular-season home game Ramirez, Kemp and Ethier capped a six-run rally in the sev- years and that’ll never change.” said. “There’s definitely some with a home run, hit his first homered in the same game for enth inning and the Detroit Tigers The Angels’ Hideki Matsui might things we need to clean up the homer of the year in the fourth the second time since Ramirez pulled off another big comeback, have gotten the loudest ovation of way we’re playing ball this week.” and hit a sharp grounder off Ervin joined the Dodgers in 2008. beating the Kansas City Royals the stirring ceremony that cele- Matsui was mobbed by his for- Santana’s thigh for another RBI in Clayton Kershaw (1-0) allowed Tuesday. brated the Yankees’ 27th title, mer teammates near the mound the fifth. two runs and three hits in 5 1-3 Jose Guillen hit his fourth home with fans welcoming back the after getting his ring in the Nick Johnson also homered for innings. The 22-year-old left-han- run in three games as the Royals World Series MVP. But the four pregame festivities. He was New York, who hit a team-record der struck out seven and walked took a 5-0 lead against Dontrelle stars who last won a title in 2000 regaled with a prolonged standing 136 homers in their first year at five in his second start after a no- Willis and the Detroit bullpen. But wound up winners in the end. salute when he stepped into the the ballpark. The most home runs decision in the Dodgers’ 4-3, 10- just like Sunday, when the Tigers “They all played big roles last batter’s box in the first inning. across 161st Street, now a fading inning loss at Pittsburgh last fell behind 5-0 to Cleveland, they year, as well,” Yankees manager “I was very deeply moved by memory — thanks to a wrecking week. recovered to win. crew — was 126 in 2004 and ‘05. Ian Kennedy (0-1) gave up six The Tigers hadn’t gotten a run- Johnson homered off Santana runs and six hits over 4 1-3 ner past first in the first six (0-2) in his first at-bat in pinstripes innings in his first game against innings against Kansas City, then since 2003, when he was traded the Dodgers. rallied against four pitchers. to Montreal during the offseason, Ramirez’s leadoff homer in the Gerald Laird doubled home helping the Yankees win for the fourth — No. 547 of his career Brandon Inge with one out and 12th time in the last 13 home and his 2,501st hit — gave Los chased Royals starter Brian openers. They were routed by Angeles a 2-1 lead. He hit a 2-2 Bannister. Scott Sizemore hit Cleveland in the first game at the pitch from Kennedy halfway up Roman Colon’s second pitch for a new stadium on April 16, 2009. the pavilion in left-center, elicting run-scoring double and with two Alex Rodriguez received his first chants of “Manny! Manny!” from outs, Austin Jackson pulled the World Series ring and later drove the sellout crowd of 56,000. Tigers within 5-3 with Detroit’s in two runs with a three-hop sin- Ramirez, who has been unusually third RBI double in four batters. gle off reliever Jason Bulger that quiet around the media since Dusty Hughes (0-1) came in, but nicked diving shortstop Erick spring training, responded with a didn’t retire either batter he faced, Aybar’s glove in the sixth to make brief curtain call from the top of leaving Juan Cruz to face Miguel it 5-0. Posada drove in a run, too. the dugout steps. Cabrera with the bases loaded. A Pettitte became the first pitcher James Loney doubled before four-pitch walk brought in in postseason history to start and Blake went deep, reaching the Detroit’s fourth run, and Guillen win all three clinching games, first row of the left-field pavilion hit a two-run double on the next including Game 6 of the ALCS to make it 4-1. pitch to put Detroit up 6-5. against the Angels, and he began In the fifth, Kemp sent a 3-2 Reliever Joel Zumaya (2-0) this season in equally fine fashion. pitch over the wall in right for his picked up the win and Jose He allowed a run and six hits third homer of the season, bring- Valverde pitched a perfect ninth against Boston in his first start ing his girlfriend Rihanna to her for his second save. and shut down the Angels’ speedy feet for a celebration dance The Royals left the bases loaded offense for his 230th career win. behind the dugout. against Willis in the first, but took Ethier connected on an 0-2 advantage of their next scoring Dodgers 9, Diamondbacks 5 pitch from Esmerling Vasquez in opportunity. David DeJesus led off Manny Ramirez homered for the sixth, making it 9-2. the third with his first homer of the first time this season, the first The Dodgers led 1-0 on Russell the season, and with one out, Scott of four longballs by the Dodgers, Martin’s bases-loaded sacrifice fly Podsednik walked and took third and Los Angeles beat the Arizona in the first. on Guillen’s double. Diamondbacks Tuesday to win its Ramon Ortiz retired the first Willis struck out Rick Ankiel, but home opener for the third consec- two Arizona batters in the sev- Alberto Callaspo made it 3-0 with utive year. enth, then gave up three runs in a two-run single. Casey Blake hit a two-run drive, his second major league appear- Guillen made it 4-0 with a Matt Kemp added a solo shot and ance since Oct. 1, 2007. He homer in the fifth and the Royals AP Andre Ethier hit a three-run allowed a two-run homer to Mark added a fifth run off Zumaya in Los Angeles Angels’ Hidecki Matsui shows appreciation before his homer for the Dodgers, who beat Reynolds on the first pitch and an the seventh on Yuniesky first at bat at his former home field, Yankee Stadium Tuesday. San Francisco 11-1 in their 2009 RBI single to Kelly Johnson that Betancourt’s RBI single.

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NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL Women’s Division I Tennis ITA Poll

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1 Baylor 2 2 North Carolina 1 3 Michigan 8 4 Florida 3 5 Northwestern 4 6 NOTRE DAME 6 7 Duke 5 8 UCLA 7 9 Clemson 10 10 Miami 9 11 Stanford 12 12 California 11 13 Florida State 17 14 Georgia 13 15 South Carolina 19 16 Tennessee 14 17 Southern California 18 18 Mississippi NR 19 South Florida 15 20 Georgia Tech 20 21 Arizona State 16 22 Iowa NR 23 Arkansas 22 24 VCU NR 25 Washington 23

Men’s Division I Outdoor Track USTFCCCA Poll

AP team previous Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo leads his team during their Final Four appearance in Indianapolis earlier this month. On 1 Florida 1 Tuesday the NCAA changed recruiting rules for summer camps and clinics on school’s campuses that will affect all coaches. 2 Texas A&M 2 3 Oregon 3 4 Texas Tech 5 5 Florida State 4 NCAA makes changes to basketball recruiting rules 6 Southern California 6 7 Auburn 7 Associated Press Board of Directors, which orous legislative process. former Rice football player 8 LSU 8 meets later this month. The The council considered who died. 9 South Carolina 11 INDIANAPOLIS — College proposal does not distin- more than 30 proposals On Tuesday, the council 10 Arizona State 9 basketball coaches no guish between head coach- during a two-day meeting decided to give athletes 11 Mississippi State 12 longer have to shy away es or assistants. this week and passed more three options: Take the test, 12 Nebraska 10 from potential recruits dur- “The coach cannot give than 20, including an provide documentation they 13 Oklahoma 13 ing summer camps and them campus tours and do amended package that cre- have been tested or sign a 14 Baylor 19 clinics on their own cam- the kinds of things that they ates new testing require- release to decline the test. 15 Louisville 14 pus. would do on an official ments for the sickle cell “We as a council felt very 16 Virginia Tech 17 On Tuesday, the NCAA’s visit,” said Steve Mallonee, genetic trait that has been confident after we had 17 Mississippi 23 Legislative Council the NCAA’s managing direc- linked to the deaths of some taken the vote that certainly 18 Arkansas 15 announced it would allow tor of academic and mem- athletes. the vote shows the support 19 California 18 coaches to have “recruiting bership affairs. “We wanted Most of today’s newborns of the council as well as the 20 Brigham Young 24 discussions” on campus, to eliminate some of the now undergo the test, membership for the health, 21 Minnesota 20 loosening a rule that was third-party influence in which many states were welfare and well-being of 22 Kansas State NR nearly impossible to recruiting.” offering in 1998. Some of the student-athlete while 23 Washington State 22 enforce anyway. The The proposals intended to today’s college athletes, also providing for the ability 24 Tennessee 21 25 Wisconsin change does not mean clean up college basketball however, have not been to opt out of the test if for 25 coaches can go into full recruiting gained traction tested and the NCAA rec- some reason they have con- recruiting mode, but they in October when the board ommended last June that cerns about taking the can converse with players unanimously endorsed a all athletes be tested. test,” said Joe D’Antonio, they are actually recruiting. package of changes. Some The recommendation the committee chairman The changes must still be were adopted. Others did came as part of lawsuit set- and senior associate com- Men’s Division I Baseball approved by the NCAA’s not survive the NCAA’s rig- tlement with the family of a missioner of the Big East. Big East Rankings IN BRIEF team record NFL invites 16 players to QB Roethlisberger meets Roy’s playoff status unknown 1 South Florida 8-1 next week’s NFL Draft with commissioner Goodell after tearing meniscus in knee 2 Connecticut 7-2 NEW YORK — Sam Bradford, Ndamukong NEW YORK — Ben Roethlisberger PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Trail Rutgers 7-2 3 Suh and Gerald McCoy are among 16 play- has finished his meeting with NFL Blazers guard Brandon Roy has a 4 Louisville 6-3 ers who have accepted invitations to the NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, and torn meniscus in his right knee and 5 Pittsburgh 6-3 draft. there’s no immediate word if the his status for the playoffs is uncer- 6 St. John’s 5-4 Steelers quarterback will be pun- 3-6 The Oklahoma quarterback and the defen- tain. 7 Cincinnati ished for his problems off the field. West Virginia 3-6 sive tackles from Nebraska and Oklahoma The three-time All-Star will miss 8 Roethlisberger flew to New York Seton Hall 3-6 Monday night’s game against the 9 are projected to be the top three picks on from his Pittsburgh home one day Villanova 2-7 Oklahoma City Thunder and 10 April 22. after a Georgia district attorney With the draft extended to three days, the Wednesday’s regular season finale announced the player would not be against Golden State on Wednesday first two in prime time, the NFL has charged after a college student night. increased the number of player invitations. accused him of sexually assaulting He will require surgery and will be her in a nightclub bathroom last Also accepting are running backs C.J. Spiller out from four to six weeks. But he month. of Clemson and Jahvid Best of Cal; corner- said he may try to play with the around the dial backs Joe Haden of Florida and Brandon He tells ESPN that Tuesday’s meet- ing was “very productive.” injury in the playoffs because doctors Ghee of Wake Forest; offensive tackles told him it cannot get worse. Russell Okung of Oklahoma State, Bryan NFL spokesman Greg Aiello says MLB Baseball the league will review the facts — in “I want to play,” Roy said. “It’s the Bulaga of Iowa and Trent Williams of Astros at Cardinals accordance with its personal con- playoffs. You play 82 games and take 8 p.m., ESPN2 Oklahoma; defensive tackles Lamarr duct code — and will follow up with a beating just to get to this point.” Houston of Texas, Jared Odrick of Penn Roethlisberger and the Steelers. Roy is the Blazers’ leading scorer NHL Hockey State and Dan Williams of Tennessee; defen- The Steelers, clearly angered with with 21.5 points per game. He sive end Derrick Morgan of Georgia Tech; their star player’s conduct, can dis- injured his knee on Sunday, 11 min- Red Wings at Coyotes receiver Demaryius Thomas of Georgia Tech cipline Roethlisberger even if the utes into the Blazers 91-88 victory at 10 p.m., Versus and safety Eric Berry of Tennessee. league doesn’t. the Los Angeles Lakers. page 14 The Observer N SPORTS Wednesday, April 14, 2010

NCAA FOOTBALL Paterno discusses adding to Big Ten conference

giate athletics should be all Daryll Clark and Purdue is “At one point in time, we had healthy after offseason knee Associated Press about.” missing Joey Elliott. as many as 20 guys out, includ- surgery. Coach Jim Tressel, Penn State coach Joe Paterno, The conference made its Illini coach Ron Zook is keep- ing 10 starters,” he said. “Some starting his 10th year on the who wed the former Suzanne trademark name into a mis- ing an eye on redshirt freshman of the guys have come back.” Buckeyes sideline, said Pryor is Pohland in 1962, knows a thing nomer when it added an 11th Nathan Scheelhaase, sopho- Michigan has 16 starters back getting better all the time. or two about what makes a suc- school, Penn State, in 1993. more Jacob Charest, who from last year — the most in “His calmness and his com- cessful marriage. Northwestern coach Pat spelled Williams a year ago, the conference. But the mand have improved just in the So he recognizes how impor- Fitzgerald said he’s OK if the and true freshman Chandler Wolverines, who lost their final course of these seven prac- tant it is for the Big Ten to pick Big Ten doesn’t budge. Whitmer. five games while sinking into a tices,” he said. the right partner or partners if “I’m more of a traditionalist,” “They’ve all kind of had their tie for last place with Indiana Kirk Ferentz, who led Iowa to it expands from its current 11 Fitzgerald said. “We need to be positive things and they’ve all last season, have a tight battle an 11-2 mark a year ago, teams. sure we know where the land- made some mistakes,” said going on at quarterback as well including a win over Georgia “The thing that you have to scape is going to go in college Zook, back for his sixth year. between last year’s starter, Tate Tech in the Orange Bowl, is do is when you get married, football. But I am not, for one, “To me, it’s going to be the one Forcier, backup Denard pleased with the progress his you’d better marry somebody saying we have to keep up with guy who comes out of it who Robinson and touted incoming team has made during an you love,” the 83-year-old the Joneses. The Big Ten prod- can learn from his mistakes and freshman Devin Gardner, who unusually warm spring in the Paterno said Tuesday during uct is as competitive as it’s ever not make the same mistakes.” enrolled in January and is Midwest. spring drills for his 45th season been. At this point, if we’re Northwestern is taking a hard pushing the two sophomores. “That’s the great thing about as head coach. “That means going to add a team or teams, it look at junior Dan Persa, who “Tate knows he can’t be aver- spring practice,” he said. somebody who appreciates needs to be the significance of saw action in 10 games a year age and expect to be a starting “There’s not game-planning, what you want to do.” when we added Penn State.” ago. quarterback,” coach Rich there’s no pressure of trying to The Big Ten is exploring the Paterno said that no adminis- Paterno said his squad, com- Rodriguez said. get prepared for a kickoff on possibility of expanding. trators have asked him about ing off an 11-2 season, hasn’t Ohio State, which has won or Saturday. So it’s pure teaching, Paterno said the conference his thinking on the subject of been all that impressive mid- shared the last five Big Ten pure evaluation and you get to cannot add schools just to get expansion, but he would favor way through spring workouts. titles, welcomes back all but see how guys learn, how they bigger but needs to invite like- the Big Ten adding at least one “We’re not a very good foot- two starters on offense. respond, and how they’ve pro- minded institutions. team in the East to help broad- ball team right now,” he said. The man under center for the gressed and grown, physically “So we can really mesh. That en the appeal to television audi- “The quarterbacks are very last two of those championships and mentally. I really enjoy this it’s going to be a happy mar- ences. More members would average, but they’re very is junior Terrelle Pryor, who is time of year.” riage, and we’re all on the mean a lucrative and attention- young. Hopefully over a period same page and nobody domi- drawing conference champi- of time they get better. We’re nates it,” Paterno said on a Big onship in football. just not doing some things very Ten coaches teleconference. “Can you find one, two, three, well. The kicking game is terri- “It’s not a question of just four? I don’t know,” he said. ble. We’ve got six more prac- bringing somebody in that “That’s up to some people that tices and we’re going to try to you’re just going to kick are outside my realm.” concentrate on getting a little around. It’s a question of bring- On the field, Paterno’s Nittany bit better.” ing someone in who can handle Lions are one of four Big Ten At Purdue, Elliott’s successor the academics, the research, teams trying to replace a grad- likely will be junior Robert AAU schools, people with a uated starting quarterback this Marve or sophomore Caleb commitment to the women’s spring. Illinois lost Juice TerBush, the backup a year sports, a commitment to all Williams, Northwestern is with- ago. Coach Danny Hope has had sports programs, a commitment out Mike Kafka, Penn State difficulty just getting enough to the ideals of what intercolle- must find a replacement for guys together to practice. Wednesday, April 14, 2010 The Observer N SPORTS page 15

BOOKSTORE BASKETBALL Linebacker Lounge beats Nothing But Air, 21-9

Stu, Doug, Al, Phil and By MATTHEW ROBISON tions. emphatic, long distance fade- Murren, just could not put it “Our goal was to score five, Doug’s Phone 21, Koala away from the corner by all together for a significant Sports Writer and we surpassed that,” Yummies 10 Jensen with the fans chanti- stretch in the game. Jones said. In a lopsided affair between ng, “End it.” “Our mindset was to pass it The Linebacker Lounge, two victims of the First “We were like five chickens on down and go to town,” From the outset, it consisting of David Brochu, Amendment violation that is in a coop,” Ritchie said, ref- appeared as if Nothing But Steve Colnitis, Tom censorship of team names, McKinley said. erencing their Air would be overmatched by Timmermans, Jon Carpenter Stu, Doug, Al, Phil and Doug’s M c K i n l e y , preference for the height advantage and and Dave Peloquin, proved Phone utilized a balanced the self-pro- shots in the experience of the Linebacker that this, indeed, was not offense and stingy defense to claimed “Mac paint. Lounge. their first rodeo. But they thoroughly suppress the Daddy,” played “We were like five Ritchie attrib- But after the underdog showed a youthful passion for Koala Yummies. most of the chickens in a coop.” uted the win to scored the first basket of the the game. Consisting of juniors Joseph g a m e h a m - “a combination game, Linebacker Lounge “We were just trying to gain Jensen, Grant McKinley, pered by an Grant McKinley of our fans and looked like it was on its our chemistry,” Colnitis said. Peter Ritchie, Steve Morris injured knee. the Lord Jesus heels. In the end, however, “This is only our second and Andrew Taylor, the But that did junior Christ.” the game ended decisively for game this year.” squad jumped out to an early not stop him Doug, Stu, Al, Linebacker Lounge as they Even though Linebacker 6-1 lead and never looked from sprinting Phil and Doug’s cruised to victory. Lounge dominated the game, back. out on the fast P h o n e k n o w Consisting of sophomores the team made sure Nothing “We played like a devil on b r e a k a n d what they have Mitch Gainer, Kevin Mader, But Air enjoyed the experi- fire,” Ritchie said. Ritchie making a diving save for a to do in order to keep their Aaron Patzwahl, Allan Jones ence, and even posed for a referred to himself as the ball headed out of bounds. winning ways alive. and Meghan McKinney, picture after the game with “Phoating Phenom,” for his The Koala Yummies, con- “We need to make it rain Nothing But Air showed noth- their opponents. trademark dribble drive sisting of fifth-year senior and bring the pain,” ing but heart the entire way. “We got the win. We’re down the land leading to a and graduate students McKinley said. They came in with humble happy,” Brochu said. “We teardrop that floats over the Jordan Delpalazio, Patrick expectations, and they more wanted to make sure they outstretched defense. O’Connell, Kevin Sommers, Contact Matthew Robison at than exceeded those expecta- had a good time as well.” The game ended with an Luke Golesh and Dave [email protected]

NHL Theodore given high honor

comes to taking a dig at the oppo- ago, he benched former league Associated Press sition. MVP Theodore after just one ARLINGTON, Va. — There’s The back-and-forth started game in the playoffs and replaced nothing like juicy bulletin-board when Montreal Canadiens center him with playoff neophyte material to accompany the Tomas Plekanec was quoted in Semyon Varlamov, who anchored announcement of a starting goal- Tuesday’s edition of the Montreal the Capitals until a Game 7 loss in tender. newspaper La Presse, talking the second round. Jose Theodore not only was for- about the Capitals’ goaltender sit- Asked about Plekanec’s mally anointed the No. 1 goalie uation. Brodeur-Miller comments, for the Washington Capitals on “It’s not as though we are fac- Boudreau made the case for Tuesday, he also proved he can ing Brodeur or Miller,” Plekanec Theodore. give as good as he can get when it said, according to the paper. “I’ll take Jose’s record the last “They don’t have a dominant 23 games over those two guys,” goaltender. When you look at the the coach said. “The reason quite goaltending matchup in this frankly that I wasn’t saying any- series it favors our team. I just thing was just to keep everybody believe that our goaltending is on their toes, but I told Jose last more solid than theirs. I’m not week and he knew he was going saying their goalies are bad. I’m to be the starter and he’s earned just saying our goalies are bet- it. ter.” “It’s quite a different situation After Washington’s practice than it was from this year to last Tuesday, Theodore was redy with year. He’s been our guy. What a response. people don’t realize was last year, “Tomas who? Jagr?” Theodore his 10 previous games before said with a smirk. “Oh, Plekanec, going into the playoffs weren’t OK. I thought you meant Jagr.” anywhere near what his 10 previ- So while it’s clearly established ous games are here, so there is that neither Martin Brodeur, no short leash. He’s the guy we’re Ryan Miller nor Jaromir Jagr will going to go with and see how he be on the ice when the top-seed- goes.” ed Capitals host the eighth-seed- Theodore has endured an emo- ed Canadiens in Game 1 on tional, tragic 12 months. Getting Thursday, the ones who are tak- benched during the playoffs ing part already have some axes became trivial when he lost his 2- to grind. month-old son, who died in “The reason why we have the August from respiratory compli- record we have is because of cations following a premature Jose,” Capitals defenseman Mike birth. When Theodore returned Green said. “He’s won us more for training camp, it was assumed than a handful of games this year he would be at best a veteran just by himself. For (Plekanec) to placeholder for the up-and-com- say that is a little unnecessary.” ing Varlamov. The gibes quickly overshad- “A lot of people counted me out owed the confirmation that when the season started, for dif- Theodore will indeed be ferent reasons,” Theodore said. patrolling the net. Washington “It was a big challenge for me to coach Bruce Boudreau had been have a solid season.” playing coy about his starting But Varlamov spent much of goaltender and had not planned the season injured, and Theodore to announce a starter until showed down the stretch why the Thursday, but he said he was get- starting job should be his. ting tired of being “bombarded” “He did it in the face of a lot of by the question. adversity this year,” Boudreau “There’s no need to ask the said. “I give him full credit for question anymore,” the coach everything he’s done.” said. The series will take Theodore The decision was no big sur- back to Montreal, where he prise. Theodore ended the regu- played parts of nine seasons and lar season on a club-record 23- won the Hart and Vezina trophies game streak without a regulation in 2002. When he made a relief loss (20-0-3), but Boudreau has appearance there in February, he been known to do the unpre- was serenaded derisively with dictable with his goalies. A year chants of “Tay-Oh!” page 16 The Observer N SPORTS Wednesday, April 14, 2010

MEN’S TENNIS SMC GOLF Watt, Moros lead Irish Belles seek automatic bid

By LUKE MANSOUR Tournament, which occurs by ney for automatic qualification virtue of winning the MIAA to the NCAA Tournament in regular season finale Sports Writer qualifying tournament. Wednesday at noon at the Because the Belles won the Medalist Golf Course in By KATE GRABAREK Watt has been successful this No. 5 Belles quest to repeat MIAA conference title during Marshall, Mich. season, but he has taken some as conference champions will the fall season, they have the Sports Writer tough losses at doubles, includ- start anew Wednesday when privilege of hosting the second Contact Luke Mansour at ing one against Southern they play the first of three and third qualifying rounds to [email protected] The Irish are looking to Methodist University. MIAA qualifiers in Marshall, be held on April 23 and 24 at rebound after last week’s two “Even though they lost, I Mich. the Medalist Golf Course straight losses to No. 2 Ohio thought Casey and David fought The Belles come in confident “[The Medalist Golf Course] State and Louisville when they hard,” Bayliss said. “Casey had following two victories over is a challenging course, but host Ball State this afternoon. some match points, but had conference rival Trine one that we are confident on The Cardinals (14-7) come into trouble finishing at the net.” University over the past week- and have played on many South Bend to In the loss to end, one at home and another times,” O’Connor said. “It’s wrap up the home Louisville, in Angola, Ind. nice to know we have the next portion of Notre Moros and Junior Rosie O’Connor said two rounds of qualifying at Dame’s spring sophomore Sam she was satisfied with her home. We know our home schedule. Despite “Even though they Keeton were team’s performance during the courses the best.” the recent set- lost, I thought Casey able to pull out two dual meets and hopes the Although the Belles expect to backs, the Irish and David fought victories for the team’s success can continue win their qualifying tourna- (11-11) enter the Irish. into the first qualifier. ment, if they falter they can contest confident hard.” “Blas Moros “We are confident going into still qualify if they win pool B, having picked up played more the MIAA qualifier,” O’Connor which conference opponent some big wins Bobby Bayliss aggressively,” said. “We had two great Olivet University did to qualify from freshman Irish coach Bayliss said. rounds this weekend at South after the Belles won the auto- Blas Moros and “He stayed up Bend Country Club and Zollner matic berth last year. There junior David tight on the Golf Club, and everything we are 10 additional individual Anderson in baseline and have been practicing is start- qualifiers for the NCAA tour- recent matches. played a very ing to come together on the nament. “David Anderson has come on gritty match. He is growing course.” The Belles enter the first strong for us as the season has before our eyes and it is reward- The Belles will again need to qualifier with a target on their progressed,” Irish coach Bobby ing to see. He served well at key minimize mistakes if they hope backs, having won the confer- Bayliss said. “He has added good times and did not back down to win an automatic berth for ence title in the fall and being all-court skills and can finish at under pressure.” the NCAA Division III ranked as high as No. 2 at that the net, something that was The Irish are working on their Tournament. time. problematic for him as a fresh- doubles constantly to try and Inconsistency has prevented O’Connor, along with stand- man. He has a big first serve, secure the doubles win more the Belles from higher finishes outs sophomore Natalie penetrating ground strokes and often to get the match rolling to in a few tournaments this year, Matuszak and junior Mary counters better than he did even a fast start. including the Southwestern Kate Boyce, must put up a big a year ago. More than anything After wrapping up the home Invitational. To eliminate those performance in order for the he has a real presence on the schedule today, the Irish will mistakes, O’Connor said the Belles to get off to a good start. court and great determination.” then head to Bayliss’ former team needs to stay “confident Belles coach Mark Hamilton The Irish have faced some school, Navy, to take on the and focused on the course.” stressed the performance of tough opponents and know that Midshipmen Saturday. “We must go out and play the back end of the lineup as they have battle-tested players The Irish play Ball State our game one hole at a time,” well. on the team. Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. she said. “I look for whoever plays in Sophomore Casey Watt at No. Saint Mary’s hopes once those spots to come in with a 1 singles leads the Irish this sea- Contact Kate Grabarek at again to be one of the 11 team good number,” Hamilton said. son. [email protected] given an automatic bid to the The Belles begin their jour-

SMC TENNIS Belles look to rebound against conference foe

By MATTHEW ROBISON For better or for worse, Sports Writer Campbell said the Belles will not take any emotional baggage into Coming off a shutout loss to the Albion match. What they will national powerhouse Chicago do is come in and play their game Monday, the Belles will look to take the best way they know how — an their exposed weaknesses and attacking style of play in doubles turn them into strengths today and precise play in singles. against Albion. The importance of today’s match Saint Mary’s (8-5, 2-2 MIAA) has is two-fold for the Belles. Not only had trouble with Albion (9-6, 3-1) do they want to win to put them- in the past, so today’s matchup will selves in better position for the allow the Belles to avenge last MIAA Tournament, but they also year’s sweep and return to the want to be able to take pride in the form they exhibited early on in way they perform in the confer- conference play. ence. “Last year [Albion was] fourth in “[Today’s match is] important for the conference and they beat us the seeding of the tournament,” twice,” Belles coach Dave Campbell said. “We take pride in Campbell said. “But we had a every conference match and we close match with them the second want to win every one.” time.” With the right pieces in place, Close will not cut it this year. Saint Mary’s has the capability to “They are a very good team, but make a move in the right direction we can beat them,” Campbell said. in the MIAA. Campbell does not Albion is also coming off a loss, a want his players to try to play out- road to defeat to conference foe side themselves, nor does he Hope, so they will be looking to get expect more out of his players back into tip-top shape as well. than he knows they can deliver. The loss to Chicago showed the But with what they have, he Belles how they measure up believes they can win. against the stiffest competition in “My expectations are for us to the MIAA and what they must do play at the level we can play,” in order to beat the best. Campbell said. “If we do that, we “We’ve raised our level a bit,” can win. We expect to win.” Campbell said. “We’re more aggressive in doubles and smarter Contact Matthew Robison at in singles.” [email protected] Wednesday, April 14, 2010 The Observer N PAID ADVERTISEMENT page 17 page 18 The Observer N SPORTS Wednesday, April 14, 2010

And while most of Gallup’s those situations.” “When we allow our natural past playing time has come The competitive, fast-paced ability [and] talent to come Stewart on special teams, the fact practices present a challenge Home through, we’re a very good continued from page 20 that Kelly’s spread offense for the Irish, but Wenger said continued from page 20 team,” Kubinski said. employs several multi-wide it is one that will prepare Once the golfers get the year at Notre Dame, there’s receiver sets should give him them for Saturdays in the Kubinski said. “We know the kinks out of their game, they not even a question,” he said. a shot to find a niche in the fall. course inside and out.” should be more at ease on the All three of the fifth-years passing game. “These practices are tough. The golfers will have one golf course. will vie for playing time this “They use a lot of wide Everyone’s moving around last chance to polish their “We need to be more spring and throughout sum- receivers and [the offense] fast with very little break. play before competing in the relaxed and just play,” mer and fall camp. Stewart can use a lot of my The legs are hurting, you’re Big East Championships in Kubinski said. “We need to be seems to have a comfortable strengths,” Gallup said. breathing heavy,” he said. Florida. This could pay divi- focused.” lead for the starting left “We’ve got eight or nine guys “You pay the sacrifice in dends for the Irish in the The final event of the regu- guard spot, and Wenger’s that can bring something to practice, games are going to playoffs, as there are still lar season begins Wednesday previous starting experience the table, and everyone’s dif- be a lot easier. That’s the minor problems that need to at 2:30 p.m. at Warren Golf at both center and guard ferent and has their way I’m looking at it.” be addressed at the tourna- Course. should give him the chance strengths. Practice is really ment. Kubinski said the tal- to work his way into the rota- competitive, and we’re going Contact Matt Gamber at ent is there, but it needs Contact Tim Singler at tion, starting or otherwise. to find out who thrives in [email protected] some prodding. [email protected]

you are not prepared for them.” game, but I think our team does This double-header marks a good job of focusing on the task Hoyas Notre Dame’s first conference at hand,” Ganeff said. “So for continued from page 20 game to be played in the middle those six to eight hours when of the school week, which Ganeff they are at the field, they are Irish (26-6, 8-0) stay on top of said presents a new difficulty. focused 100 percent of the time their game to avoid a home Winning each of Wednesday’s on dominating the opponent.” upset. games is crucial to the team’s In practice this week, the Irish “Georgetown is solid,” Irish primary seasonal goal of winning are focusing on how to prepare coach Deanna Gumpf said. the Big East Tournament in the for the different types of offensive “They have good pitching and coming weeks. strategies the Hoyas could use by good hitting. They are a team “I think the challenge is time seeing their strategies demon- that will absolutely beat you if management, not necessarily the strated in game situations. “When we work on specific things, we try to focus on the type of line up we will be facing,” Ganeff said. “We try to incorpo- rate a lot of short game situa- tions if we know the opponent has a lot of left-handed slappers. We will work on outfield situa- tions if we know they have a team that can let the ball fly.” Both the Hoyas and the Irish are coming off of Big East wins. The Irish just finished a three- game sweep over South Florida at home, and the Hoyas recently defeated Pittsburgh. The games will take place at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday at Notre Dame’s Melissa Cook Stadium. TOM LA/The Observer Sophomore catcher Kristina Wright fields her position during Contact Molly Sammon at Notre Dame’s 2-0 victory over South Florida Sunday. [email protected]

standing 4-6-3 double play. The Irish then retook the Norton lead in the bottom of the fifth continued from page 20 inning with a two-RBI double from Ashdown. soreness during warm-ups, Hudgins came on in relief Johnson was a late scratch. In for Norton and also went four his second career start, and one-third innings, giving Norton pitched well in four up only one earned run on and one-third innings, giving four hits. up three earned runs on six “Hudgins is really keeping hits and two walks. the ball down well. The slider “Norton is changing speeds was good,” Schrage said. well and I really think that he The Irish would add two just got tired,” Schrage said. more runs in the sixth and The Irish jumped out to an seventh innings, which proved early 2-0 lead against Chicago to be the difference in the State with an RBI double from game as Chicago State could senior left fielder Ryan only add one more run in the Connolly and an RBI single seventh. from senior center fielder Schrage said he is worried Brayden Ashdown. about his team’s preparation Schrage said he was for its weekend conference impressed with Ashdow, who series against Seton Hall. went 2 for 5 with three RBI’s “As a coach you rant and for the game. rave before the game about “Brayden is really coming getting ready, and it is just on in the last few weeks,” human nature for them not to Schrage said. “In the last two think that they are going to weeks he has gotten really win the game because they hot and he looks comfortable are not very good,” he said. in there.” “There better be a sense of Chicago State took the lead urgency this weekend because away from the Irish 3-2 in the we have some work to do.” top of the fifth inning with Notre Dame faces Seton Hall singles from junior second Friday at 6 p.m. in East baseman Mike Carpen (1 RBI) Orange, N.J. and senior shortstop Austin McDowell (2 RBIs), but the Contact Jared Jedick at inning was ended by an out- [email protected] Please recycle The Observer. Wednesday, April 14, 2010 The Observer N TODAY page 19

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FOOTBALL MEN’S GOLF Irish wrap Final Countdown up season Three fifth-years make the most of last spring at home

By MATT GAMBER By TIM SINGLER Sports Writer Sports Writer

Chris Stewart is in the In preparation of the midst of his fifth spring with upcoming Big East the Irish, and he’s the oldest Championships, Notre Dame guy on the team. But with a welcomes Detroit Mercy in new coaching staff, a new the Battle at the Warren. The scheme and a new practice tournament is the final tune- attitude, there’s a learning up before the playoffs begin. curve for everyone — even The Irish have a final the offensive guard who opportunity to work on the enrolled at Notre Dame in aspects of their game that January 2006. need a boost. Still, his perspective as “I would like to see our someone who has been there players come out playing the before should be valuable to game,” Irish coach Jim the Irish, whose spring roster Kubinski said. “I think we’ve includes five early enrollees done too much trying this and several young players spring.” battling for playing time This final round of golf will under the new regime. be crucial for the Irish as the “The biggest perspective [I Big East Championships can bring] is that it’s spring looms less than one week ball, a time to get better and away. Notre Dame has not a time to clean up some participated in a competitive things,” Stewart said. “You’re golf tournament since its 12th place finish at the always going to have pres- JULIE HERDER/The Observer sure from the coaches ... but Senior guard Chris Stewart prepares for a play during spring practice Monday. Stewart is one of Spring Break Championship you have to keep in your three fifth-years who chose to close out their collegiate careers under Irish coach Brian Kelly. to conclude the month of mind that the season’s a little March. bit away. There’s time get wide receiver Barry Gallup — what. It’s my last time as a diately that he’d want to take Since the Irish will be host- comfortable, learn new things will all serve as mentors of college player and I’m trying advantage of his fifth-year ing the Battle at the Warren, and adjust to what’s best for sorts this spring, despite to make the best of it. Fourth option and talked to Irish they have the advantage of a you so when the season does going through adjustment spring, fifth-year guy — you coach Brian Kelly soon after comfort level with the come, you can play your periods of their own, Wenger try to help the younger guys he was hired. course. best.” said. out, help them through this “I feel like if you have the “Playing at home is nor- Stewart and the other two “It’s my fourth spring, and transition process as much as opportunity to play another mally a big edge in golf,” fifth-year seniors — offensive it’s my last spring,” he said. possible.” lineman Dan Wenger and “I’m embracing it no matter Gallup said he knew imme- see STEWART/page 18 see HOME/page 18

ND SOFTBALL BASEBALL ND to battle Hoyas at home Clutch hitting, strong

By MOLLY SAMMON pitching lead squad Sports Writer many fly balls and we got By JARED JEDICK away with this win. We need The No. 24 Irish welcome the Senior Sports Writer Georgetown Hoyas for a double- to be more focused at the header Wednesday for a mid- plate.” week conference tilt as they look Notre Dame edged out a Chicago State (1-23, 0-3 to extend their win streak to close 6-4 win against strug- Great West) has only one seven games. gling Chicago State by riding win this season, and “Georgetown will be a great quality pitching from fresh- Schrage said the Irish (12- opponent for us this week,” Irish man right-hander Adam 19, 2-7 Big East) were hop- assistant coach Kris Ganeff said. Norton, sophomore right- ing for a more dominant “They are new to the conference hander Will Hudgins and result. last year, but they play like a sea- senior left-hander David “At this point I don’t know soned team.” Mills on a night when the what to expect. I mean, it’s a Entering only their second sea- bats seemed to be a bit win,” Schrage said. son with a softball program, the quiet. Norton got the start some- Hoyas (15-20, 5-4 Big East) have “I want to tip my cap to what unexpectedly as junior struggled to eclipse the .500 Norton, Hudgins and Mills, right-hander Cole Johnson mark, but their 15 total wins and because they pitched really was expected to return to five Big East conference victories well for us today because the mound after suffering a over Pittsburgh, Connecticut and our hitters were not very shoulder injury three weeks Syracuse necessitates that the TOM LA/The Observer focused against their pitch- ago. However, after feeling Senior infielder Heather Johnson takes a cut during Notre ers,” Irish coach Dave see HOYAS/page 18 Dame’s 2-0 victory over South Florida Sunday. Schrage said. “We hit too see NORTON/page 18