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Volume 46, Issue 62 | thursday, november 29, 2012 | ndsmcobserver.com Golden memories Class of 1989 recall College alumna last national recounts road trip championship to 1988 Fiesta Bowl

By KRISTEN DURBIN By JILLIAN BARWICK News Editor St. Mary’s Editor

It’s been 24 years since the Irish For Julie Wagner Feasel, a 1989 last won a national championship graduate of Saint Mary’s, the simi- in football, but 1989 Notre Dame larities between the 1988 national alumni who were seniors during champions and this year’s Irish are that undefeated 1988 season feel un- uncanny. matched excitement once again as the “The media didn’t have high ex- University’s current unbeaten squad pectations for our quarterback, Tony prepares for the Jan. 7 BCS National Rice. However, just like Tony showed Championship Game in Miami. everyone that he could lead the team, From the common “third-year so has Everett Golson,” Feasel said. charm” of 1988 coach Lou Holtz and “Lou Holtz was in his third year of current coach Brian Kelly to the simi- coaching at Notre Dame, just like lar progressions from mediocrity to [Irish] coach Brian Kelly is now.” excellence, this 2012 squad evokes The media also honed in on a memories of the most recent glory similar tragic story among the play- days of Notre Dame football. ers, much like they have with Manti “To go from not playing in a bowl Te’o since his grandmother and girl- game to having solid bowl efforts and friend passed away within a day of to see momentum building and cul- each other before the Michigan State minating in an undefeated season is game. pretty neat for seniors in particular,” “[Nose guard Chris Zorich] was 1989 alumnus Pat Cooke said. “[It’s raised by a single mom in a rough amazing] to see that development and BRANDON KEELEAN | The Observer Chicago neighborhood and he Notre Dame students’ enthusiasm for football hasn’t changed since 1988. An undefeated season, a coach’s see FOOTBALL PAGE 4 third year and a shot at the national championship are other similarities between the two historic teams. see FIESTA PAGE 5 Alumni urge University to Graduate leads in condemn Ugandan bill outer space

By MEL FLANAGAN By ALLAN JOSEPH floor is and where the walls are and News Writer Editor-in-Chief where the ceiling is, and you can just operate in any kind of orientation A group of Notre Dame gradu- Commander Kevin Ford, who and be happy there. So it kind of sur- ates are promoting a petition recently took command of the prised me how your mind adapts to encouraging the University to of- International Space Station (ISS), that,” he said. “The other thing that ficially condemn a proposed anti- chose one simple phrase for his surprises you is just how bright blue homosexuality bill in Uganda. sound check Tuesday morning: The proposed law, commonly “Play Like A Champion Today.” known as the “Kill the Gays” bill, Ford, a 1982 alumnus of the would increase penalties against University, spoke with The Observer LGBT individuals in the country, as from the orbiting space station ommander well as against others who attempt Tuesday during his five-month-long ISS C to hide or protect these individuals. mission to the ISS. The 52-year- Ford Kevin As a matter of University policy, old Indiana native launched from Notre Dame usually does not make Kazakhstan in late October and public statements about social is- took command of the station when the beautiful Earth is out there. Every sues such as this one. Expedition 34 began Nov. 18. Though time you see it, it just glows just like it’s Katie Dunn, class of 2009 and a Ford has been to space previously on neon. It’s a surprising view with your Uganda study abroad participant, a two-week space shuttle mission, he own eyes.” began circulating the petition af- said there were still some surprises in Ford graduated from Notre Dame ter the Uganda CSO Coalition for the zero-gravity environment. with a degree in aerospace engineer- Human Rights and Constitutional “Things float away from you very ing and has taken his love for the Law, and Frank Mugisha, leader of quietly. You learn as you get here, af- University to the ISS. ter you’ve been here for a few weeks, see PETITION PAGE 5 you kind of forget about where the see ASTRONAUT PAGE 4 BRANDON KEELEAN | The Observer

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News ndsmcobserver.com | Thursday, November 29, 2012 | The Observer 3 Belle belts it on ‘The Voice’ student senate Chairs update on By BRIDGET FEENEY Saint Mary’s Associate Editor While many students occu- semester progress pied their time this past semester studying abroad, working an in- ternship or balancing homework By MADDIE DALY [Student Center] and talked and other extra-curriculars, one News Writer with food services to work on Saint Mary’s student spent the doing away with meal times last several months living out her Because of the new Senate so you can get, say, three dream as a singer. structure established this meals a day without having to Sylvia Yacoub, a Saint Mary’s year, student government wait for the lunch shift to end sophomore, took the year off to department chairs no lon- and the dinner shift to start.” pursue her aspirations of becom- ger attend the weekly meet- Junior Michael Masi from ing a professional singer when ings to give updates from the Department of University she auditioned for “The Voice,” an their various committees. Affairs discussed the empha- NBC reality television show where However, at Wednesday’s sis on campus safety. participants compete on teams Photo courtesy of Sylbia Yacoub meeting, each department “After some recent ac- coached by successful musicians. Syvia Yacoub performs Katy Perry’s ‘The One That Got Away’ on the TV head came to give an update cidents and incidents with When singers are selected to par- show ‘The Voice’ during a hiatus from school taken to compete on the show. on each group’s work so far cross walks and things like ticipate on the show, they have the something I respect.” support me.” this semester. that campus safety has re- option to choose to be coached Though Yacoub received coach- The support from all of her fans “Hopefully this will give ally been a big concern of by one of four artists: Christina ing and advice from Aguilera helped Yacoub push through you a good idea of what stu- Aguilera, Blake Shelton, Adam throughout the competition, she some of the more stressful parts dent government has been Levine and Cee Lo Green. was also able to hear the other of her time on the show. She said working on,” student body “All freshmen Yacoub chose Aguilera and said coaches’ opinions about her per- the experience of rehearsals, per- vice president Katie Rose attend certain the opportunity to work with her formances. Yacoub said she really forming and competing was an said. talks to frame the has been an unforgettable one. enjoyed that aspect of “The Voice” “emotional rollercoaster.” Director of campus tech- way their four “Getting the chance to work and was grateful to hear addition- “I think I cried more on the nology Yiting Zheng spoke with [Aguilera] and perform with al feedback on her singing. show than I have in my entire life,” about new mobile sites and years progress, her has been incredible,” she said. “It was awesome,” she said. “Not she said. “You just spin through printing problems. and we want “She has been my idol since I was everyone gets coached by their so many different emotions. You “We have added grade and to make these a little girl and to know that she idol, let alone four different amaz- go so quickly from excitement to course search to the mobile discussions more knows who I am personally is ing singers. [They] are all really being nervous to ‘I could go home Notre Dame website [m.nd. — awesome. We connected so easily different artists and that feedback tonight’ to ‘Oh my gosh, America edu] so you can access that informal not both artistically and emotionally.” really helps you grow because you saved me’ — it was crazy.” on your phone, in addition a segmented Throughout the rehearsals and realize ‘Well this group thinks After making it onto the show to laundry view and campus dialogue but performances, Aguilera acted as this, so I need to improve on this.’ after the blind auditions and ad- maps,” Zheng said. “We have a continuous a mentor to Yacoub, coaching her It was great.” vancing past the knockouts into also been working with print- during her time on the show. In While the comments and advice the top 10, Yacoub was voted off ers, both making sure print- conversation.” addition for the chance to learn from Aguilera and the other three of the competition last week after ers in dorms are working Matt Devine under Aguilera, Yacoub said she coaches were extremely helpful to her performance of Alicia Keys’s and trying to get printers in Department of Gender Issues especially enjoyed getting to Yacoub, she said she also benefit- “Girl on Fire.” While Yacoub is dis- O’Shaughnessy Hall.” know her coach’s personality and ed greatly from the support of the appointed she is no longer on “The Junior Liza Manfred work ethic. Saint Mary’s community and her Voice,” she said she was expecting from the Department of mine,” Masi said. “We have “She’s a strong woman and hometown of Muskegon, Mich. the elimination. Constituent Services talked expanded Safe Walk services stands for what she wants — and “Everyone’s support means the “I kind of had a feeling I would about future plans for field- by adding a golf cart to reach I love that about her,” Yacoub said. world to me,” she said. “Friends, go home,” she said. “I had men- ing student suggestions. towards Saint Mary’s College, “You have all these ideas about and even people I don’t know and tally prepared myself and got it all “Essentially what we’re go- Eddy Street Commons and how great your idol is and to meet alumni are all reaching out to me. out of my system the night before. ing to do from here is act on several popular off-campus Christina and to have her exceed The support has been impeccable I just had this gut feeling. But I was suggestions and responses student housing sites.” all of my expectations was really and I personally feel I had one of really happy with my last perfor- we heard and figure out a way Sophomore Ernst Cleofe, cool. She was probably the most the best hometown and school mance — it had a message I think to stay in touch with the stu- head of the Diversity Council, real person [at “The Voice”], and backings [on “The Voice”]. It feels is really important and the coach- dent body a little more regu- and has been working on she was always herself. That is great to know so many people es were happy with it, too.” larly,” Manfred said. three specific goals. While her time on “The Voice” The Department of Internal “Our three goals have been Paid Advertisement is over, she said her plans to return Affairs, represented by senior to continue working with the back to Saint Mary’s are still being Ben Noe, is not only responsi- Diversity Council, trying to finalized. Because she is still un- ble for the new Senate struc- figure out where they’re going der contract with NBC and “The ture but also for the creation in the future, trying to keep Voice,” she is unable to make any of the two newest depart- momentum with the Call to definite plans right now. ment representatives, athlet- Action movement and pro- “I definitely will come back to ics and campus ministry. moting a generally welcom- Saint Mary’s and visit,” she said. Junior Brendan Dolan rep- ing atmosphere on campus,” “There is a possibility I will be resents the athletics depart- Cleofe said. back next semester to finish the ment and explained their Sophomore Matt Devine year but everything is still up in first initiatives. from the Department of the air. It all depends on my career “Our main goal was to get on Gender Issues described their and me moving forward with my board with the Leprechaun attempt to de-formalize the singing.” Legion,” Dolan said. “We issue of gender interaction on Despite her uncertainties at worked on music in the sta- campus. the moment, Yacoub said she is dium, the ticket sharing “One of the main pushes confident in her career and hopes program for basketball and we’ve been doing is changing others take inspiration from her trying to get NDTV to stream the way we talk about gen- success on the show. games that are streamed on- der on campus or trying to “I’ve opened a lot of doors by line at UND.com.” get students to speak about being in this competition and Junior Parker Dwyer up- them at all,” Devine said. making it to the Top 10, so expect dated the group on the “All freshmen attend certain more coming from me,” she said. Department of Residence talks to frame the way their “I hope my experience shows that Life. four years progress, and we someone with literally no con- “We have been working on want to make these discus- nections can make it and that I’ve the installation of hydration sions more informal — not given people the drive and push to stations in the Rock, Rolf’s a segmented dialogue but a shoot for what you want.” and all the halls,” Dwyer said. continuous conversation.” “We also submitted an accel- Contact Bridget Feeney at erated hand dryer request Contact Maddie Daly at [email protected] like the ones in LaFortune [email protected] 4 The observer | Thursday, November 29, 2012 | ndsmcobserver.com NEWS

he said. “You’re in the best situation of hysteria,” Winkler said. everyone started talking about bowl camaraderie,” O’Gara said. “That’s Football all.” O’Gara, who works for Major game plans,” he said. “‘Can we go? something really cool that we all felt Continued from page 1 1989 alumnus Brian O’Gara agreed League Baseball, was attending Game Should we go? Can we afford it? Who following this team we saw similarities the pain of the tough years makes the 3 of the World Series for work when should we stay with?’ It was all the talk in.” be able to experience both the frustra- taste of victory that much sweeter. Notre Dame played Oklahoma. as I’m sure it is now.” Winkler said another “incredibly tion of Notre Dame football as fresh- “As freshmen, we never would have “I spent more time watching the Although more than two decades cool” tradition he appreciates is the men and the pinnacle and ecstasy guessed that three years later we would Notre Dame game than I did watching have passed since the class of 1989 integration of football players into the of Notre Dame football when you’re be undefeated with a national cham- Game 3 even though I was at the World walked the Notre Dame campus rest of the Notre Dame community. undefeated and in a position to play for pionship,” he said. “But that progres- Series,” O’Gara said. “The TV was in together, the common thread of un- “The players are regular guys. … the national championship.” sion from being a sub-.500 team, firing the office of a Michigan State grad who defeated football seasons helps old When you’re heading to class, there’s Just as the program signaled a and hiring coaches, having a Heisman has had to grin and bear it and realize friends keep in touch. Theo Riddick and Manti Te’o doing the change in direction when former [trophy] winner in Tim Brown and this was a special year for us.” “At Notre Dame, we spent a good same stuff you’re doing. They just be- coach Charlie Weis was fired after the then winning a championship … was The final tests of both the 1988 and portion of every Sunday breaking come superstars on Saturday,” he said. 2009 season, Cooke said the dismissal a pretty awesome stretch.” 2012 regular seasons came at the Los down the game from the day before. But above all, magical seasons like of coach Gerry Faust and hiring of After starting the season unranked Angeles Coliseum in Thanksgiving Ironically, 20-something years after 1988 and 2012 create new chapters of Holtz after the 1985 season breathed in the preseason AP top-25 poll, this weekend games against USC. Schlegel, graduating, we’re doing the same Notre Dame football lore. new life into the program following a 2012 Irish squad’s rise to No. 1 has been O’Gara and Cooke all made the trip thing now,” Winkler said. “When you come to Notre Dame lackluster 5-6 final season for Faust. even more unprecedented than in out to see the final game of their senior But reconnecting under the guise of and know the football history, you “In Lou’s first year, we went 5-6 1988. season as part of a senior class trip. talking about football involves much have aspirations. Football weekends as well, but it felt like a different 5-6,” “We started the season ranked fairly “I had been saving up money and more than discussing a game’s top are awesome no matter what … but Cooke said. “Even though it was an low … and had been to a bowl game was going to buy a road bicycle and plays. when you know other classes have identical record to Faust’s last year, we the year before, but I certainly don’t ride home from South Bend to Maine “Reconnecting with those glory experienced the magic of being in the were competitive in virtually every think anybody thought at the begin- after graduation … so I had about moments from then sounds like old hunt for a championship, you want to contest.” ning of the 1988 season that we would $500 saved up,” O’Gara said. “Then guys reliving the glory days, but you taste that too,” O’Gara said. The current football program’s win a championship,” 1989 alumnus the team went undefeated and the end up reconnecting with each other, gradual improvement mirrors that of Jim Winkler said. University sponsored a trip to USC for with Notre Dame football and with Contact Kristen Durbin at the years leading up to the 1988 cham- While this season’s turning points about $500. … I never got the bike, but what you love about Notre Dame [email protected] pionship, and 1989 alumnus Tom came with a nail-biting overtime vic- I took the trip to USC to see that game Schlegel said students who follow the tory against Stanford at home and a de- instead.” Paid Advertisement team through such a progression can cisive 30-13 road win over Oklahoma, Just as this year’s seniors immedi- appreciate the championship berth Winkler said the 1988 squad proved it- ately began discussing travel plans to more fully. self in a 31-30 Catholics vs. Convicts ri- Miami following Notre Dame’s 22-13 “Just like this year’s seniors, we start- valry victory against then-No. 1 Miami win over USC on Saturday, Schlegel ed out mediocre, so as seniors, when at Notre Dame Stadium. said his classmates did the same for you go from mediocre to a champion- “That’s probably what [current stu- the Fiesta Bowl after the Irish defeated ship team, you were there when things dents] experienced on campus with the then-No. 2 Trojans in 1988. were bad, when things weren’t so fun,” Stanford and the College GameDay “As soon as we won that game,

Astronaut Air Force as a test pilot and began ap- pass overhead. It was still dark out plying to the shuttle program shortly on the ground for you, so nothing Continued from page 1 thereafter, but wasn’t accepted until was visible, but I’ll keep my eye out “I actually had the aerospace and shortly after he turned 40. and try to get a shot of the Dome mechanical engineering depart- “There are a lot of jobs out there some time.” ment supply me with a little token,” you think are cool when you see he said. “I brought up a little ‘God, people doing them, and you know, Contact Allan Joseph at Country, Notre Dame’ coin along an astronaut was always one of [email protected] and a class ring for me and my them that seemed special to me,” daughter. I have a son and daughter Ford said. “I was an Air Force pilot Paid Advertisement who are also Notre Dame grads. I’ve and became an Air Force test pilot got a small wardrobe of Notre Dame and from there it was kind of the shirts and memorabilia.” next step because the space shuttle He said his liberal arts education is really kind of the top-of-the-line at Notre Dame has continued to be really cool flying machine. That’s useful to this day — especially on why I ended up applying to the board the space station. space shuttle program and being an “A funny thing that happened to astronaut. me senior year was that I found out “I know it’s a very unique job. One late that I needed one more social of the things that makes me sad is science because I was an engineer- that more people can’t come off the ing graduate,” Ford said. “The one planet and see what it looks like and that fit just happened to be Intro to what a space station’s like and live Russian and I took Intro to Russian out here. I never expected to be able and I speak Russian now on a daily to be here. I applied for the astro- basis up here with my Russian naut program many times and was colleagues.” rejected and finally when I was 40 Ford has also continued his life- years old I just happened to fall into long love of Irish football while on a slot and get selected.” the space station. He said he was Now that he’s on board the ISS, able to use a high-speed data sys- Ford said he keeps busy with his tem intended for scientific use but various duties, especially scientific not used on the weekends to watch experiments in zero gravity. Notre Dame’s 22-13 win over USC “Day to day I do maintenance, I last weekend to cap off a perfect reg- take care of the space station as the ular season. ... managers and flight directors di- “It’s a lot of fun, it makes the sea- rect me to do,” he said. “So I’m really son great. I love college football sea- just the hands-on for all the people son anyway, but it’s really special around the world who put these ex- this year — especially watching the periments together and decide what games from space,” he said. “I would we want to do in space.” say my recreation time in a day so far Despite being miles above the has been pretty limited, maybe to an Earth, Ford said Notre Dame con- hour a day … but I did stay up until 4 tinues to have a special place in his on Saturday night my time to watch heart. that West Coast game: Notre Dame “I love keeping up with what’s against USC up here live. I watched it going on on campus. Not just the to the very end and it was fantastic.” sports, but all the other things you After graduating from Notre guys are experiencing too. It is like Dame, Ford earned two more mas- home for me,” he said. “We just flew ter’s degrees and a Ph.D, according over South Bend about one orbit ago, to his NASA biography. He joined the by the way, made an almost direct News ndsmcobserver.com | Thursday, November 29, 2012 | The Observer 5

Uganda. Right now its silence is very ‘Fulfilling the Promise,’ commits have to find out the sexual orienta- than this bill.” Petition loud.” itself to increasing its internation- tion of the student?” Dunn said she has received nu- Continued from page 1 Penalties of the bill include life im- alism,” Dunn said. “Notre Dame While it would not be helpful for merous positive responses to the pe- prisonment or the death penalty for recognizes that institutions cannot other nations to simply judge or tition from Notre Dame faculty and Sexual Minorities in Uganda, re- accused homosexuals, and heavy use a country for its educational pur- condemn Uganda, Huntington said staff praising her and her teammates quested she urge Notre Dame to fines or prison time for parents, poses and then not take responsibil- Notre Dame possesses extensive for their work. publicly denounce the bill. teachers and landlords of LGBT in- ity for their role in that country. This knowledge of the country’s institu- She has also received brief e-mails “[Mugisha] has spoken on cam- dividuals who do not report them. is the University’s mission.” tions that would be useful in finding from University President Fr. John pus about this issue. He asked me Dunn said the bill could be voted on Eleanor Huntington, a gradu- solutions for the bill. Jenkins and Dr. J. Nicholas Entrikin, to ensure that Notre Dame make a within the next few days. ate of the class of 2010 who has also “People in Uganda do have strong vice president and associate provost public statement against the bill,” As a school that has a deep rela- studied abroad and done research in faith, and they would respond to for internationalization. Dunn said. “Notre Dame has a repu- tionship with Uganda, Dunn said Uganda, is working to promote the Notre Dame’s actions,” she said. “I hope Fr. Jenkins and Dr. tation for being conservative on this the University possesses countless petition. “There are enough good perspec- Entrikin listen to their faculty on this issue, and because of that, it has a reasons to fight the bill. Huntington said she fears not only tive administrators at Notre Dame one,” Dunn said. powerful voice to the Catholics in “Notre Dame’s strategic plan, for the people she has met in Uganda that they would know how to effec- The University has a responsibil- whom the bill tively address the issue without em- ity, both as a Catholic institution and Paid Advertisement would affect, but barrassing or causing judgment or a partner with Uganda, to provide also for current scandal.” guidance to the country and dis- and future Notre 2009 graduate Katie Day, who courage this bill, Day said. Dame students. also studied abroad and conducted Day said Notre Dame’s mis- “What be- research in Uganda as a student, sion statement pledges that the comes Notre agreed Notre Dame’s Catholic iden- University looks to nurture in its Dame’s rule if tity should motivate the University students, “a disciplined sensibility they know a to address the proposed bill. to the poverty, injustice and oppres- professor is gay Day said she is completely mysti- sion that burden the lives of so many. and he’s do- fied by Catholic bishops in Uganda’s The aim is to create a sense of hu- ing research praise for the bill, given that it con- man solidarity and concern for the in Uganda?” tradicts the Church’s mandate to common good that will bear fruit as Huntington “uphold the human dignity of every learning becomes service to justice.” said. “Or if they single person.” “As the students and alumni of have students “As the universal Church, Catholic Notre Dame stand up to the injustice who want to leaders elsewhere in the world need of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality study abroad to let the Ugandan Catholic Church Bill, we are fulfilling this part of or do research know this bill is completely contra- Notre Dame’s mission,” Day said. or service in dictory to our faith’s core beliefs,” Uganda? Are she said. “I cannot think of anything Contact Mel Flanagan at they going to more dehumanizing and degrading [email protected]

Feasel and three of her girlfriends Fiesta piled into her parents’ station wagon Continued from page 1 while eight of her friends from Notre Dame drove a rented RV from the attended a career best prospect for a job — he had no Midwest to Arizona for the game. tech school be- thoughts of even going to college be- “The atmosphere in Phoenix was cause he thought cause he knew there was no way his clearly more pro-Notre Dame than that was his mom could afford it,” Feasel said. West Virginia, but I will say the West Fortunately for Zorich, he was no- Virginia fans were incredibly nice,” Paid Advertisement ticed on his high school football field Feasel said. “Notre Dame led the en- by Notre Dame recruiters, who then tire game. When the game was over, gave him a scholarship. confetti was released, the team was “The sad part of Chris’s story given national championship hats though is when he returned home and people stormed the field. Players from the national championship and Coach [Lou] Holtz were lifted up game, he found his mother dead in on other people’s shoulders — it was their apartment,” Feasel said. “Her an incredible scene. I am so glad I was health had been declining but he able to be there.” didn’t think that she would pass away As for current students trying to while he was gone. He did, however, purchase national championship go on to graduate from Notre Dame.” tickets, Feasel had a lower bill. Just like this year’s team, the 1988 “My game ticket was $31.65 and team had an incredibly tight-knit the ticket to the official pep rally was family feel to it, Feasel said. And much $2,” Feasel said. like this year’s team, no one expected Feasel’s nephew, who is a Marine, the 1988 Irish to make it to a national bought tickets for the game from championship. Stub Hub as soon as Notre Dame “To this day when I talk about beat USC last Saturday, but he paid Notre Dame football, I tell people around $2,000 a ticket for only two that my senior year was the last na- tickets, Feasel said. tional championship year,” Feasel “He used the money he made serv- said. “We were undefeated going into ing in Afghanistan this year to buy a the Miami game, which to this day is ticket for himself and his brother and known as the Catholics vs. Convicts asked for his leave to be extended an game. Both teams were undefeat- extra day so he could go to the game. ed with Miami on a 36-game win The official Notre Dame travel pack- streak and the defending national ages are between $1,700 and $2,400 champions. which is really too much for students “It was then I think we all started to pay, with the game tickets starting believing Notre Dame could go all at $350,” Feasel said. the way.” Feasel said she is glad her daugh- Notre Dame kept building the mo- ter Meghan, a senior at Saint mentum only an undefeated team Mary’s, could have a similar football can do. Much like this year’s show- experience. down at the Coliseum, the team “I won’t be going to the national pulled through with a 27-10 victory championship game, but my entire over the USC Trojans. Then it was on family has said they will chip in to to the national championship. help my daughter go because they “To this day, I cannot believe my know how much it means to her.” parents let me take their car from Columbus, Ohio, to Phoenix, Ariz.” Contact Jillian Barwick at Feasel said. [email protected] 6 The observer | Thursday, November 29, 2012 | ndsmcobserver.com Inside Column Miami, finals, the apocalypse For Irish This coming Sunday’s Gospel will was able to drive the Irish for the 11 Fr. Lou DelFra not be of particular comfort to most weeks prior. Faithpoint of us as we approach finals week, for The same goes for finals week. Christ warns: “There will be signs in There is something undeniably ulti- haters Sitting, pacing, kneeling before my the sun, moon and stars. On earth, mate (cataclysmic?!) about it. Though TV while viewing the ND versus USC nations will be in dismay, perplexed the cramming of the final two weeks Vicky Jacobsen game, I detected a marked difference by the roaring of the sea and the is necessary and perhaps to some Sports Writer in my stomach from any other game waves. People will die of fright in an- extent educationally effective, the this season. Gone was the comforting ticipation of what is coming upon the real and lasting educational forma- I realize that the editorial page of The illusion that, even if we lost, we’d have world . . . ” tion of any course you complete this Observer is not the best way to reach you time to make up the drop in the rank- For obvious reasons, this genre of December has likely been much more and your brethren, but this is the one ings in the next weeks. Gone was the writing is called “apocalyptic.” We the result of the sustained focus you publication willing to give me a soapbox. therapeutic excuse: “Well, even if we can easily identify its most apparent placed on it over the first 13 weeks of As a Notre Dame detractor, you might lose, we’ve far surpassed everyone’s quality — a description of the cata- the semester. not have run through the nearest public expectations.” As the Irish took the clysmic ending of the world. Yet, if Although the term “apocalypse” fountain after near-simultaneous losses field, unlike any other game this year, this description is the total purpose is characterized by descriptions of by Kansas St. and Oregon made the Irish there was nothing I could really feel of apocalyptic writing, it would seem the end of all things, it comes from a the No. 1 college football team. other than: “It’s within our grasp. And to have a most limited usefulness. It Greek word meaning “to uncover,” “to But don’t pretend you haven’t enjoyed there’s nothing to do but win.” There’s would be, from a practical standpoint, strip back,” “to reveal what is finally this season. Trust me, the world was not something about finality, ultimacy, mostly irrelevant every year of the essential.” As it turns out, what is interested in listening to you complain that brings what’s essential into the earth’s existence except one. And the “finally essential” about most of our about a football team on its way to a 5-7 sharpest focus. year it is relevant, no one is going to endeavors, whether it be a football record. You have until Jan. 7 to complain Most of us are living this reality have much time to be reading about season, our studies or our relationship that the Irish are arrogant bullies who, intensely. The end of the semester it. What good does it do today to con- with God and one another, is present despite a berth in the national champion- generates precisely the same dy- jure up dreadful images about the not just at the end of their time. The ship game, aren’t good. namic. Where once students spent end of the world? To the extent that essential is present from the begin- In response to the sillier reasons I’ve a free moment watching a YouTube we accept it’s inevitable, images of the ning, just buried under sometimes seen for disliking Notre Dame: clip, they now spend it calculating the apocalypse seem to fill us mostly with countless, less essential distractions. “I abhor the tin-pot Irishness of the exact number of pages they have to a paralyzing dread and despair. Yet, Perhaps the apocalyptic writings of place.” This one came from Charlie write before they leave for Christmas. I suspect there is something more to our Scriptures seek to enkindle in us Pierce in a Grantland article. I don’t Exam schedules are plotted out and be learned from the apocalyptic writ- the urgency to uncover the essential know who anointed him the arbiter of blocs of free time are bracketed for ings of our Scriptures, including some now. So, in the end, when ultimacy what is and is not an appropriate way to study. Many distractions and most important wisdom that can benefit us forces the essential upon us, we can celebrate one’s heritage. But something excuses to procrastinate are closeted in the here and now. accept it rather familiarly, with the tells me he is unaware that we have the away for a couple weeks, as our minds As I sat back exultantly and cel- confidence that comes from having North America’s only Irish Language and and energies hone in on the last push. ebrated the Irish win last Saturday, tried to live in it all along. As Christ Literature Department, which happens Such is the usual effect of “the final my insides finally unclenched for the also exhorts in this Sunday’s Gospel: to be the largest Irish-speaking work- moment.” first time all night. As I listened to the “When these signs begin to happen, place in the world. Just a hunch. We are in the last days of the year. player interviews, I realized that one stand erect and raise your heads for “They refuse to join a conference for Advent — the beginning of the new of the most amazing things about a your redemption is at hand.” It is the football.” I personally don’t see how Church year, as we begin again to championship team is that it has been same redemption Christ offers to us joining a conference makes your school wait with the expectant Mary for the able to summon the ultimate focus I right now. more virtuous. Army, Navy and BYU birth of Christ — begins this Sunday. was only willing to experience in the are also independents — that’s not ex- The readings at Mass during these final game, only for every game this Fr. Lou DelFra, CSC, is a campus min- actly a lineup of college football villains. final days are about the final days, the season. It turns out, in hindsight, that ister and the Director of Pastoral Life for Besides, the Big Ten didn’t want Notre end of time, the last moment. They my insight during the USC game that the ACE Program. He can be reached at Dame when we asked to join (repeatedly) take on the urgency and the almost “Every play tonight might determine [email protected] in the first half of the 20th century, back brutal focus that befalls us when we whether we go to South Beach” was The views expressed in this column are when we were a little Catholic school in come to the final moment of anything true of every play this season. The those of the author and not necessarily the middle of nowhere. of drastic importance. knowledge of what was most essential those of The Observer. “They have an exclusive contract with NBC.” This “undeserved” contract was letter to the editor one of Rick Reilly’s big gripes. The way people talk, you would think the ath- letic department had kidnapped Bob Costas and held him hostage in Zahm’s Cheering with purpose basement until NBC acquiesced to our demands. Sorry, but this is purely a business decision. If you can think of a As a lifelong Notre Dame fan, I not cheer for Alabama, USC or any and can force opposing teams into program to run on Saturday afternoons strongly identified with a lot of the other team out there? I cheer for Notre miscues. But more importantly, show- that would attract more viewers, I’m tendencies John Sandburg described Dame because of the tremendous ing our support for our fellow students sure NBC would be willing to set up an in his column “Why I Cheer.” I’ve prob- amount of pride I have in my school. demonstrates the unity and familial appointment. ably invested a bit too much in this I value our mission of merging world- atmosphere that makes Notre Dame “Notre Dame fans are obnoxious.” I team over the years, and it’s very true class liberal education and research special. We stand with each other, sup- find this funny, partially because the that how the team does in Miami this with a commitment to social justice; porting our fellow students as they chances of having things thrown at you coming January will have an incredible when our team takes the field to repre- strive to pursue their goals. In doing so, on gameday are next to nil. In a country impact on my happiness that seems out sent Our Lady’s University, they stand we create a culture that values togeth- where we spend so much time criticizing of place when you consider the fact that as representatives of our University and erness and pride. Any time I see some- “bandwagon” fans, you would think Irish I’m not actually playing in the game. that mission. I love my school, and it’s one wearing the monogram ND and fans would get more credit for standing I have to disagree, however, that our that pride that makes me want to see representing us, I’ll gladly stand up and by their team through 20 years lost in the cheering “won’t make a bit of differ- the Irish excel not just in football, but in cheer with pride as they show the rest college football desert. If we didn’t love ence,” and that the biggest reason to any activity we participate in. I’ll al- of the world what we’re all about. our school, we wouldn’t bother to love the root for Notre Dame is because doing ways support representatives of ND. football team. And if you could experi- so allows us to give up control in some We as fans can also have a tremen- Tom McGuire ence this school for yourself, I’d bet you aspect of our overly regimented lives. dous impact through our support. junior wouldn’t bother to hate it, either. Why cheer for Notre Dame if you’re Pretty simply, more cheering creates Siegfried Hall just doing so to give up control? Why a louder and more imposing stadium Nov. 29 Contact Vicky Jacobsen at [email protected] The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not Submit a Letter to the Editor | Email [email protected] necessarily those of The Observer. The observer | Thursday, November 29, 2012 | ndsmcobserver.com 7 What is a Catholic University?

and of itself, and it does not need exter- educated, skilled and free human be- and integrated curriculum. Rather, we Christopher Damian nal justification. Newman identifies both ings.” To this end, the University has only ask that they take a certain num- Ideas of a University the instrument and the result of this established a “core curriculum,” “a set ber of courses in a certain number of pursuit as “Liberal Knowledge.” of required courses intended to provide disciplines. These courses may or may Flannery O’Connor once wrote: “The The mediocre Catholic University that every undergraduate with a common not make sense in light of one another; Catholic novelist doesn’t have to be is only concerned with evangelization foundation in learning.” These courses this largely depends on the students’ a saint; he doesn’t even have to be a and popular piety may be subject to are intended to provide the foundation selections. Catholic; he does, unfortunately, have Flannery O’Connor’s criticism of some for all the pursuits of the University and Do Notre Dame students receive a to be a novelist.” In her essay, “Catholic “Catholic” novelists: “Even oftener, I to contribute towards the pursuit of University education? Year after year, Novelists and Their Readers,” she notes think, we see people distorting their Liberal Knowledge. seniors have remarked to me that they that “poorly written novels — no matter talents in the name of God for reasons Notre Dame students are not unlike wished they would have taken different how pious and edifying the behaviour that they think are good . . . None of us the majority of their peers at competi- courses, chosen a different major, spent of their characters — are not good in is able to judge such people themselves, tive research universities. Many students their time differently. They suggest that themselves and are therefore not really but we must, for the sake of truth, judge approach required courses as a series of a great amount of time here was wasted. edifying.” the products they make . . . The novelist hoops to jump through in order to obtain They say that they did not receive the In “The Idea of a University,” Cardinal who deliberately misuses his talent for a diploma. This, however, is insufficient education they thought they had come John Henry Newman seeks to dis- some good purpose may be committing for the pursuit of Liberal Knowledge. One here to get. I’m unsure if this is the case cuss and understand the nature of a no sin, but he is certainly committing a who approaches courses in this way can- for me. University. In “Discourse IX,” Newman grave inconsistency, for he is trying to not truly say that he or she has received a Only in determining whether Notre states that the University teaches all reflect God with what amounts to a prac- University education. Dame is a University can we determine subject matter in an integrated way, such tical untruth.” In a University, all courses will con- whether it is a Catholic University. that the University is a coherent whole. Many pose the question: “Is Notre tribute to each other. No discipline can Yet, perhaps the reverse is also true. Newman recognizes a primacy of Dame a Catholic University?” However, survive on its own. Specialization is par- Newman notes: “If the Catholic Faith is secular aims in the University. This may a man or woman cannot be a Catholic ticularly antithetical to the University, true, a University cannot exist externally be scandalous to some who would favor novelist without being a novelist, and because it only allows for a narrow mind. to the Catholic pale, for it cannot teach a “seminary model” for the Catholic an institution cannot be a Catholic The University is concerned with the Universal Knowledge if it does not teach University. The University, Catholic or University without being a University. liberated mind. Catholic theology.” otherwise, is not primarily a place for Notre Dame’s mission statement reads: Can one develop a liberal mind at catechesis. Nor is it primarily a place of “The University prides itself on being an Notre Dame? A professor remarked Christopher Damian is a senior. He can moral formation. One that functions pri- environment of teaching and learning to me that Notre Dame no longer has be reached at [email protected] marily as a seminary is not a University. which fosters the development in its stu- a core curriculum. It has distribution The views expressed in this column are The University is a place for the pursuit dents of those disciplined habits of mind, requirements. We no longer aid our those of the author and not necessarily of Knowledge. This pursuit is good in body and spirit which characterize students in creating a coherent, holistic those of The Observer.

Letter to the editor A poor argument indeed

In the article “A poor argument,” Adam consequences for student achievement; when considering what matters in Kelsie Corriston Kelley Gregg Newman argues that poverty is not an conclusions that teacher quality and educating children. Indeed, one of junior junior excuse for the state of the American accountability are all that are needed the ways effective teachers make a Farley Hall Welsh Family school system today. According to Mr. to “fix” the system lack insight into the dramatic difference for students of every Newman, poverty “has been used by forces that shape student achievement. background is by recognizing these Emily Flores Marielle Hampe the education establishment to lower Mr. Newman, you are right that quality variables and integrating students’ sophomore junior the expectations of what schools and teaching greatly impacts the economic day-to-day experiences into his or her Pasquerilla West Cavanaugh Hall teachers can achieve.” As minors in lives of low-income students. However, instruction. the Education, Schooling and Society we cannot ignore the immense impact The Harlem Success Academy succeeds Grace Carroll Kevin Huang program, we believe that poverty is an that poverty has on students before because it takes poverty into account. sophomore sophomore integral part of the web of influences that they even attend school. Children bring According to the school’s website, it Ryan Hall Morrissey Manor affect education. It cannot be ignored. with them a great variety of experiences provides students with an extended Mr. Newman begins his argument by and circumstances that cannot be school day, extended school year, free Alexa Aragon Christopher Keber distinguishing between “traditionalists” neglected. Poverty is also a culture. In and nutritious snacks and lunches, free junior sophomore and “reformers” in the educational particular, poverty affects every aspect transportation to and from school, and Walsh Hall Dillon Hall debate. We find this categorization of one’s life, from housing, health and an hour of supplemental activities that problematic and unproductive, in that culture. Richard Rothstein, research are woven into the school day. All of Madeline Basil Adam Mena is implies that “traditionalists” are not associate of the Economic Policy Institute these extra services dissolve some of the sophomore senior advocates of meaningful reforms in the and senior fellow at the University of discrepancies between the experiences Walsh Hall Off-campus educational system for all students. In California (Berkeley) School of Law, and lifestyles of students from low- fact, both “sides” are trying to reform dispels arguments for the accountability income and high-income families. In Jennifer Cardinale Caitlin Ogren schooling, just in different ways and movement similar to yours in Class and other words, the school recognizes the sophomore junior informed by different research. Mr. Schools with revealing data. For example, impact of poverty on education and McGlinn Hall Pasquerilla West Newman says: “Reformers believe by the time a child from a low-income attempts to level the playing field. that the best way to improve student family enters kindergarten, he or she Your want for improved education with Colleen Doyle Marisa Rieber outcomes is to provide students with will have heard, on average, 4 million an emphasis on high quality teachers is sophomore sophomore effective teachers and schools, regardless fewer words than the average middle- not antithetical to the issue of poverty. No Pasquerilla West Welsh Family of their background.” The policymakers class child. Furthermore, compared to matter how good a teacher is, if a student he calls “traditionalists,” however, also less-educated parents, well-educated in the classroom is unhealthy because he Samuel Evola Nicole Rodriquez want all students to have access to quality parents read more to their child, use or she does not have health insurance, junior sophomore teachers and schools. They do not believe more positive affirmations, use more the student will not be able to perform as O’Neil Hall McGlinn Hall that background is determinative, but sophisticated vocabulary and encourage well as students with access to middle- rather that it is important consideration more inquiry. The implications class resources. There are exceptions Madeline Gillen Iris Schweier in understanding why achievement gaps for literacy and early learning are and poverty is not determinative. Still, junior sophomore persist. The Coleman Report, which is undeniable. There are factors outside of claiming that school accountability and Welsh Family Lyons Hall widely considered the most influential school instruction contributing to the teaching alone can remedy a system in education study of the 20th century, achievement gap. Inequalities do not crisis will only perpetuate the polarized Jessica Goston concluded that family resources matter mean that low-income students cannot debate that pits teachers against sophomore more than school quality for academic learn or should not be expected to politicians. Let’s redefine the paradigm. McGlinn Hall achievement. Good teachers matter. perform well in school, but policymakers Schools matter; teachers matter; poverty Still, we believe that poverty has huge must acknowledge the effects of poverty matters. 8 The observer | Thursday, November 29, 2012 | ndsmcobserver.com

By MIKO MALABUTE Scene Writer

The Notre Dame Dance Company performs their first production this Thursday and Friday night at 7 p.m. in Washington Hall, a performance in the works since the beginning of the school year. “This dance production is a showcase of the talents of all the hard working dancers in Dance Company,” ND Dance Company President Anne McDonough said. “The show [allows] student choreographers to express them- selves through choreography and also for dancers to in- terpret that choreography and expose their emotions to the audience through dance.” KEVIN SONG | The Observer KEVIN SONG | The Observer The show will consist of dancers’ performances of a wide variety, ranging from jazz, lyrical, ballet, tap, pointe, was invited from the members at the beginning of the my baby...It makes me happy to share my passion with and contemporary. year, and since then met once a week, spending 40 min- others on the company.” “You should expect to see pieces with different stories utes on a dance routine. The close-knit relationship in the Company is apparent. behind them that all celebrate the beauty and intricacy of “Typically choreographers will start the rehearsal with “Everyone is here [in the ND Dance Company] simply movement,” McDonough said. some sort of warm up and review of the previous week’s because they love to dance and want to share it with peo- The performance will be largely made up of dances choreography and then continue teaching the number ple,” Rohrman said. “We’ve put so much work into this choreographed by the students themselves, where it is and setting spaces for the dancers,” McDonough said. performance every week since August, and I think every- very apparent that each member of the Dance Company “Usually Dance Company pieces are not finished until one’s just ready to be able to showcase that.” looks forward to each others’ creativity and artistic vi- the week before or even the week of the show, simply be- The Notre Dame Dance Company’s show will be sions. From the top down, the support and enthusi- cause there is not enough time in a semester.” Thursday and Friday night at 7 p.m. at Washington Hall. asm among the Dance Company is very apparent, and The level of dedication is very impressive, and major Admission is $5. McDonough expressed her excitement to see all of her time commitments did not escape McDonough’s de- dancer peers’ talent showcased on stage. This sentiment scription of the process. Contact Miko Malabute at is thoroughly reciprocated among all of the members, as “As college students, it is difficult to maintain the level [email protected] freshman dancer Sarah Rohrman expressed her own ex- of training and discipline in dance that many of us prac- citement towards her fellow dancers’ work. ticed in high school,” McDonough said. “I really like the emotion behind Kaleen DeFilippis’ However, it is precisely this strain on the members’ On Campus piece, ‘Come Home Soon,’” Rohrman shared. “It’s just time that truly speaks on each dancer’s passion, throw- What: Notre Dame Dance Company fun to perform! I’ve gotten to see ‘Some Nights,’ a piece ing themselves in their art. by Maggie Miller a lot in rehearsal, so it’s probably one of “A huge reason Dance Company is inspired to put on Where: Washington Hall my favorites, along with ‘Breathe Me’ [by Mari Grief] and shows is to be able to help students continue their train- When: Thursday and Friday, 7 p.m. ‘Awake My Soul’ [by Julia McGinty].” ing, passion and love for dance despite the fact that their The long process leading up to the production was a sig- lives are more hectic the older they get,” McDonough How Much: $5 nificant one. McDonough described how choreography said. “It sounds cheesy but I feel like this club has become

By JESUS MENDOZA The band returns to its usual crude, inappropriate self vocals and a guitar. Painfully sweet in his call for Amy Scene Writer for “Stop When the Red Lights Flash” and “Lazy Bones,” a to be his friend, Armstrong beautifully paints his an- pair of loud, fast entries dealing with disillusionment and guish over the loss of the artist. Listening to his honest Few active bands can say they’ve been relevant for tiredness, candid in showing Armstrong’s snotty attitude lyrics, one can practically see Armstrong onstage, alone more than a decade. Five years, maybe 10 in mainstream that one can’t help but love. Brash and abrupt, songs like with his guitar, strumming in a lone spotlight. This song popularity and a band can rest peacefully in the knowl- “Makeout Party” and “F*** Time” leave even less work for would not be out of place on the Ed Sullivan Show for its edge that it’s had a good run. But then there’s Green Day. the imagination. true soulfulness and purity. Hailing from a time when the ‘M’ in MTV actually The album’s only single, “Stray Heart,” presents a more Green Day has provided another fine entry into its de- meant music, Green Day has been dishing out its lovably vulnerable, heartbroken image of Armstrong. Built upon cade’s old repertoire, boldly embracing new styles while vulgar brand of punk rock to audiences since its forma- an upbeat, springy bass line, it’s obvious through the still maintaining its tried and true image with loyal fans. tion in 1987, achieving breakthrough success with its track’s cleaner language and contagious chorus that this It’s great to see that the band has retained its creativity major label debut album “Dookie” in 1994. Since then, six is a venture into pop territory. Although it’s understand- across the years, and will surely do so with the upcoming albums and almost two decades have led to the band’s able that the band needed a more radio-friendly track to and final installment of its trio of albums. most recent entry, “¡Dos!,” part of an ambitious trilogy of promote the album, it would have been nice to see Green albums currently being released over the course of a few Day stick to the garage sound purported to be the focus of Contact Jesus Mendoza at months. “¡Dos!” Either way, the song will stick in listeners’ minds. [email protected] “¡Dos!” has been described by front man Billie Joe “Nightlife” is the most interesting experiment on the Armstrong as the band’s attempt at the garage rock set list, a slower track with an offbeat guitar, heavy bass subgenre, focusing on an unfiltered and visceral sound line, and guest vocals from Lady Cobra, lead singer of the “¡Dos!” throughout the album, a welcome detour from previous relatively unknown band Mystic Knights of the Cobra. Green Day stadium rock anthems seen in “American Idiot” and “21st Lady Cobra’s provocative rapping and Armstrong’s dis- Century Breakdown.” torted vocals give a more ska punk sound, reminiscent of Label: Reprise This raw feel is perfectly showcased in the minute- fellow 90s band Sublime. Just as racy as other tracks, this Tracks: “Lazy Bones,” Makeout Party,” long introduction “See You Tonight,” a quick, melancholy is a successful risk into previously unexplored influences “Nightlife” piece that consists only of Armstrong’s vocals and a clean, for Green Day, a sound that they can hopefully expand in undistorted electric guitar, refreshing in its unproduced later albums. If you like: The Offspring, Sublime, blink-182 sound and simplicity. A live version of this track would Armstrong’s best and most heartfelt track has to be sound nearly identical to the album recording, a quality “Amy,” a tribute to the late artist Amy Winehouse. Like missing from many acts nowadays. “See You Tonight,” the song consists of just Armstrong’s BRANDON KEELEAN | The Observer The observer | Thursday, November 29, 2012 | ndsmcobserver.com 9 Weekend Events Calendar THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Country music star Randy Houser Popular stand-up comedian Mike Another in the line of DPAC’s Classic Rogen star in this dark comedy, which plays at Legends on Friday night. Birbiglia stars in this indie comedy 100 series, Frank Capra’s “Meet John takes a look into living through can- Houser, a Mississippi native, has re- about a popular stand-up comedian Doe” is a comedy-drama starring cer. The film was written Will Reiser, ceived multiple award nominations struggling with a wild sleepwalking Gary Cooper as a man who agrees Rogen’s close friend, based on his from the Academy of Country Music disorder. The movie, based on a one- to impersonate a made up man who own experience of being diagnosed and the Country Music Association. man play Birbiglia wrote and per- claims he will commit suicide as a cancer as a young man. This kicks off Legends Goes Country, formed, was screened at the SXSW protest of society’s ills. How that’s a so stay around after for some of that. Festival and won the Sundance comedy is a little unclear, but it is one Festival’s Best of NEXT Award. of the classic works of Capra’s career.

Know thy shelf Literature is not dead to know what happens. John Grisham and Nora Roberts being put to the test with each new reading. By incit- Meghan Thomassen have turned this kind of suspenseful writing, be it ing your compassion or righteous rage, literature does Scene Writer mysterious or romantic, into a very comfortable liveli- something to you. It puts you through a highly specified hood, but that does not discredit the theory behind their and refining experience, one that can be recreated, rein- After years spent trying to justify my love of litera- success. terpreted and shared for years and years to come. ture, I finally had that moment. It was an elusive but Nussbaum says imagination makes readers invest This was the essence of the Greek tragedy. To watch completely satisfactory second of pure realization and themselves in characters and “inspires intense concern “Oedipus Rex” or “Antigone” is to experience cruel fate vindication. When I read Martha Nussbaum’s essays on with the fate of characters and defines those characters and injustice firsthand. The Greeks saw value in these “Cultivating Humanity,” it was like God had rolled back as containing a rich inner life.” It doesn’t take much for cathartic visits to the theater because it plumbs each the sky like a scroll, reached down and stuck a big “OK” an author to imply what a character’s inner landscape spectator’s moral virtues and normalizes the crowd’s stamp on my English degree. looks like. response. Martha Nussbaum is a liberal humanist who tackles Gandalf doesn’t say much to Bilbo, but when he does, If adequately skilled, the playwright cannot only the influence of literature, but without the alienating he reveals centuries of wisdom and fathoms of power identify and induce a common emotion, but can also academic garble. She is one of us. She doesn’t use words behind that kindly, old-school façade. Elinor Dashwood teach what the spectator’s proper reaction should be. like “solipsism” or “autolatrist.” Her sentences are rea- spends the majority of “Sense and Sensibility” worrying Obviously, Nussbaum’s understanding of literature is sonably sized and don’t abuse the comma like it’s her job and writing letters, but when Edward finally gets down nothing new. Works like “Animal Farm” and anything (ahem, Hemingway). on one knee, Austen captures mountains of anguish in from the Irish nationalist theater will attest to that. Nussbaum’s chapter on “Narrative Imagination” one, uninhibited cry. But for everyday people who aren’t facing major politi- highlights how everything we love about books can When something happens to the characters you’ve cal conflicts, Nussbaum calls attention to what we read actually work for the greater good. For Nussbaum, the grown attached to, whether it’s Severus Snape, despite and how it normalizes our actions. This doesn’t mean imagination is vital in order to be a cultivated citizen Harry’s judgment, or Scarlett O’Hara, even though she’s we should only read what we agree with. That would of the world. As Aristotle wrote in his “Poetics,” litera- a self-centered princess, you feel an overwhelming sen- only lead to complacent, uninformed value systems that ture shows us “not something that has happened, but sation of justice, especially if you think your character would crumble at any outward challenge. the kind of thing that might happen.” But Nussbaum has been wronged. Who didn’t fling H“ arry Potter and If written correctly, a book can help you recognize, theorizes that literature doesn’t just show us what might the Deathly Hallows” across the room when (spoiler understand, and respect other people. Unless, of course, happen, but what should happen. alert) Snape died? Who didn’t raise their hand in soli- you’re a solipsist. Think about all the times you sat on the edge of your darity when Scarlett swore that she “would never go seat, enraptured by whatever book you’re reading. You hungry again?” Contact Meghan Thomassen at [email protected] tune out the world, shun your friends and maybe even You’ve never met these people. You’ve never encoun- The views expressed in this column are those of the deny yourself proper hygiene, all because you just have tered a situation like theirs. And yet your values are author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Sports Authority NCAA UMD move for Huskies left out in the cold more than greed after conference shift

scholarship, a major part of Matthew Robison their collegiate experience Associated Press Sports Writer was nonetheless taken away. These athletes had been Hartford, Conn. – Connecticut Last week, Peter Steiner playing the sport they love found itself left behind in closed his Sports Authority for their entire lives. Finally, the conference realignment column about conference they had gotten the opportu- shuffle againW ednesday as expansion with the ques- nity to do it on an elite level Louisville was picked over the tion, “How long until the in the ACC. Huskies to join the Atlantic next domino tumbles to the So the decision by Coast Conference, becoming ground?” Anderson and university the fifth football member to As it turns out, we only president Wallace Loh is leave the Big East in just over had to wait one week. acceptable. If the move to a year. Louisville announced the Big Ten prevents a disas- UConn had been courting Wednesday it would make trous situation like that from the ACC and was thought to be the move to the Atlantic ever happening again, I’m a leading candidate to replace Coast Conference (ACC). all for it. Some of my other Maryland after the Terrapins Cincinnati and Connecticut hometown schools, such as accepted an invitation earlier are desperately trying to Towson, have been forced to this month to join the Big Ten. leave the Big East like rats shut down the men’s soccer “I know this may seem like scurrying off a sinking ship. and baseball teams. They’ve a tough moment for our fans, AP North Carolina’s athletic di- reallocated those resources but we need to focus on the Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford addresses rector had to send an email to sports that are cheaper to fundamentals of academic the media July 22. The ACC added Louisville on Wednesday. to the media and alumni success across the university reassuring them the rumors and in our athletic program as program, and the perception departure of Syracuse and of a Tar Heel move to the Big Cincinnati and well,” UConn president Susan of being a better “football Pittsburgh to the ACC, and Ten were false. Connecticut are Herbst said. “We are winners. school.” West Virginia to the Big 12. With all the recent confer- desperately trying We win, we like to win and we That upset some UConn Notre Dame, which had been ence realignment occurring to leave the Big will continue to play the best players, who noted Tuesday a Big East member in every- in collegiate athletics has possible opponents. We will that UConn is just two sea- thing but football, has also come a great deal of nega- East like rats be athletically successful, re- sons removed from a Fiesta announced it will take those tive backlash. People are scurrying off a gardless of our conference, Bowl berth, and is 4-4 against teams to the ACC. calling the moves greedy, sinking ship. North because of our successes in Louisville in Big East play af- On Tuesday, the Big East money-grabbing moves by Carolina’s athletic NCAA competition.” ter beating the Cardinals last countered by adding Tulane university heads and athlet- The Huskies have a resume Saturday. for all sports and East Carolina ic directors and narcissistic, director had to they thought would be at- “When you’re judged and for football only beginning in power-grabbing moves by send an email to tractive to the ACC. UConn people don’t know what really 2014. conference commissioners. the media and has won 10 NCAA basketball happens, it gets under your “Big East teams will con- But I’m okay with it for alumni reassuring championships since 1995 skin,” defensive end Trevardo tinue to compete and suc- one specific reason. As a (seven women’s titles and Williams said. “We’ll use that ceed at the highest level and, Baltimore native, I grew up them the rumors three men’s), and has a foot- as motivation because we’re as always, will combine ath- a fan of Maryland athletics. of a Tar Heel move ball program that has been to actually a good team.” letic and academic excel- Last year, athletic director to the Big Ten were five bowls in its first decade as The ACC’s decision doesn’t lence,” Commissioner Mike Kevin Anderson proposed false. an FBS program. mean UConn will stop try- Aresco said in a statement cutting eight athletic pro- It’s also a top-20 research ing to find a better landing Wednesday. “With schools grams because of a $4 mil- university in a top-40 televi- spot than the Big East. The stretching from coast to coast lion budget deficit. By 2017, run like tennis. Towson, un- sion market, and has a televi- ACC remains a possibility if and in many of the top U.S. that deficit was expected to fortunately, doesn’t have the sion contract with New York the league decides to expand media markets, the Big East grow to $17 million. luxury of being courted by a cable network SNY. to 16 teams, or any other has become a truly national Maryland’s men’s basket- major conference to increase “Husky Nation is strong schools leave that conference. conference with outstanding ball and football revenues, its revenues. all over the country and the Clemson and Florida State young men and women com- every school’s meat and Maryland was in that world,” athletic director Warde have been mentioned as po- peting across a full range of potatoes, were not doing fortunate situation. So was Manuel said. “UConn has one tential targets for the SEC. sports.” enough to keep the rest Louisville. Ultimately, the of the most captive audiences “We have and will continue UConn football coach Paul of the department afloat. athletic director and the of any school in the country to monitor the situation re- Pasqualoni on Tuesday be- Anderson allowed each team leaders of those universities and we have strong penetra- garding conference realign- moaned the changing land- to perform its own fundrais- who have moved confer- tion in several of the nation’s ment,” Manuel said, “and work scape, which leaves the Husky ing to keep itself alive, but ences, at times severing de- largest television markets.” to ensure that UConn is in football team without a north- only the men’s outdoor track cades-old regional ties, did But Louisville was thought the best position for the con- east rival in the Big East north and field team could do so. so for the long-term health to be a better fit for ACC foot- tinued success of our athletic of Philadelphia. Men’s cross country, men’s of the athletic department. ball, with better facilities, a programs.” “Pretty soon, it’s gonna indoor track and field, men’s And I’m perfectly okay larger stadium, a longer his- The loss of Louisville and be settled, sooner or later,” swimming and diving, wom- with that. tory as a major college football Rutgers follows last year’s Pasqualoni said. “It’s got to be en’s swimming and diving, men’s tennis, women’s water Contact Matthew Robison at The Observer accepts classifieds every business day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Notre Dame office, polo and competitive cheer [email protected] 024 South Dining Hall. Deadline for next-day classifieds is 3 p.m. All classifieds must be prepaid. The all got the ax. The views expressed in this charge is 5 cents per character per day, including all spaces. 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MLB Bonds, Clemens, Sosa appear on first HOF ballot

Associated Press stacked against Bonds, Clemens and Sosa. Mark McGwire and NEW YORK — The most polar- Rafael Palmeiro both posted izing Hall of Fame debate since Cooperstown-caliber stats, too, Pete Rose will now be decided but drug clouds doomed them in by the baseball shrine’s voters: Hall voting. Do Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens Some who favor Bonds and and Sammy Sosa belong in Clemens claim the bulk of their Cooperstown despite drug al- accomplishments came before legations that tainted their huge baseball got wrapped up in drug numbers? scandals. They add that PED use In a monthlong election sure was so prevalent in the 1980s, to become a referendum on the 1990s and early 2000s that it’s Steroids Era, the Hall ballot was unfair to exclude anyone be- released Wednesday, and Bonds, cause so many who-did-and- Clemens and Sosa are on it for who-didn’t questions remain. the first time. Many fans on the other side Bonds is the all-time home say drug cheats — suspected or run champion with 762 and won otherwise — should never be af- a record seven MVP awards. forded the game’s highest indi- Clemens took home a record vidual honor. seven Cy Young trophies and is Either way, this election is ninth with 354 victories. Sosa baseball’s newest hot button, ranks eighth on the homer chart generating the most fervent Hall with 609. arguments since Rose. The dis- Yet for all their HRs, RBIs and cussion about Rose was moot, Ws, the shadow of PEDs looms however — the game’s career large. hits leader agreed to a lifetime “You could see for years that ban in 1989 after an investiga- this particular ballot was going tion concluded he bet on games to be controversial and divisive while managing the Cincinnati to an unprecedented extent,” Reds, and that barred him from Larry Stone of The Seattle Times the BBWAA ballot. AP wrote in an email. “My hope The BBWAA election rules al- Giants outfielder Barry Bonds blasts his 761st career home run in the fourth inning of an 11-6 win over is that some clarity begins to low voters to pick up to 10 can- the Brewers in San Francisco on Aug. 24, 2007. emerge over the Hall of Fame didates. As for criteria, this is the They’ll do better with Bob columnist Mark Purdy will re- vote for any of them. I want to status of those linked to perfor- only instruction: “Voting shall be Dutton of The Kansas City Star. serve judgment. wait until the end of their eligi- mance-enhancing drugs. But I based upon the player’s record, “I plan to vote for all three. “At the beginning of all this, I bility window and have my best doubt it.” playing ability, integrity, sports- I understand the steroid/PED made up my mind I had to adopt idea of what was really going on,” More than 600 longtime mem- manship, character, and contri- questions surrounding each one, a consistent policy on the steroid he said. bers of the Baseball Writers’ butions to the team(s) on which and I’ve wrestled with the impli- social club. So, my policy has Clemens was acquitted this Association of America will the player played.” cations,” he wrote in an email. been, with the brilliance in the summer in federal court on six vote on the 37-player ballot. That leaves a lot of room for “My view is these guys played way they set up the Hall of Fame counts that he lied and obstruct- Candidates require 75 percent interpretation. and posted Hall of Fame-type vote where these guys have a 15- ed Congress when he denied for induction, and the results will Bonds, Clemens and Sosa numbers against the competi- year window, I’m not going to using performance-enhancing be announced Jan. 9. won’t get a vote from Mike Klis of tion of their time. That will be my vote for any of those guys until drugs. Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza and The Denver Post. sole yardstick. If Major League I get the best picture possible of Bonds was found guilty in 2011 Curt Schilling also are among “Nay on all three. I think in all Baseball took no action against what was happening then,” he by a federal court jury on one the 24 first-time eligibles. Jack three cases, their performanc- a player during his career for al- wrote in an email. count of obstruction of justice, Morris, Jeff Bagwell and Tim es were artificially enhanced. leged or suspected steroid/PED “We learn a little bit more each ruling he gave an evasive answer Raines are the top holdover Especially in the cases of Bonds use, I’m not going to do so in as- year. We learned a lot during in 2003 to a grand jury looking candidates. and Clemens, their production sessing their career for the Hall the Bonds trial. We learned a lot into the distribution of illegal If recent history is any in- went up abnormally late in their of Fame,” he said. during the Clemens trial. I don’t steroids. Bonds is appealing the dication, the odds are solidly careers,” he wrote in an email. San Jose Mercury News want to say I’m never going to verdict. McGwire is 10th on the career Paid Advertisement home run list with 583, but has never received even 24 percent in his six Hall tries. Big Mac has admitted to using steroids and human growth hormone. Palmeiro is among only four players with 500 homers and 3,000 hits, yet has gotten a high of just 12.6 percent in his two years on the ballot. He drew a 10-day suspension in 2005 after a positive test for PEDs, and said the result was due to a vitamin vial given to him by teammate Miguel Tejada. Biggio topped the 3,000-hit mark — which always has been considered an automatic cre- dential for Cooperstown — and spent his entire career with the Houston Astros. “Hopefully, the writers feel strongly that they liked what they saw, and we’ll see what hap- pens,” Biggio said last week. Schilling was 216-146 and won three World Series champion- ships, including his “bloody sock” performance for the Boston Red Sox in 2004. 12 The observer | Thursday, November 29, 2012 | ndsmcobserver.com Sports nfl Patriots thriving on special teams

Scoring on special teams New England. Martin has five also can give the offense more in three games with the Patriots time on the sideline to rest and and 62 in his career that began plan. If a player returns a punt with Baltimore in 2006. or kickoff for a touchdown, Tom “We’re a very close knit group Brady can watch his defense go of guys,” Slater said. “We un- right back out on the field. derstand how we’re going to “It’s a great thing to happen keep jobs in this league and we for a team,” he said. “We’ve been take a lot of pride in what we’re fortunate the last few weeks. I doing.” don’t think there’s really an ad- Especially when the empha- vantage for our offense sitting sis the Patriots put on special over there. I’d prefer to be out teams leads to big plays and there playing. But if we’re scor- victories. ing points, that’s a great thing.” “You’re not counting on the Making contributions on special team to score every special teams is important for game. It’s just not realistic for players, whether they score or that to happen,” Slater said. not. It can lead to long careers “But when it does happen, they wouldn’t have if they had it brings a huge momentum to get by only on their offensive swing to the game. In the case or defensive talents. of the last two weeks, it’s been Slater has just one reception huge for us.” AP in five seasons with the Patriots And the teams that don’t Patriots receiver Julian Edelman returns a fumble for a touchdown during New England’s 49-19 win over but leads the team with 14 spe- stress special teams as much? the Jets on Nov. 22 in East Rutherford, N.J. cial teams tackles and has 72 “Those are usually teams,” Associated Press “It’s not going to be an easy Patriots a 28-0 lead in their 49- in his five pro seasons, all with Martin said, “that are losing.” task going against them, and 19 win. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — it’s not going to be easy for them McCourty was chosen for the Paid Advertisement Derrick Martin has built a going against us,” said Marlon Pro Bowl as a rookie in 2010 and championship career out of Moore, Miami’s second-lead- anchors the secondary at safety playing on special teams. ing tackler on special teams. after shifting from cornerback The seven-year veteran “It’s going to be a long day on after the sixth game. He takes earned Super Bowl rings the both sides of the ball for special his special teams responsibili- past two seasons — first with teams, and that’s going to be a ties just as seriously. the Green Bay Packers and then big difference in the game.” “You can make a lot of big with the New York Giants. Now In their last two games, the plays on special teams and I’m he has a shot at a third straight Dolphins have allowed touch- on a couple of them,” McCourty title with the New England downs on a 79-yard punt return said. “It’s key for me to do my Patriots. and a 98-yard kickoff return. role on that special team and He offers no apologies for But Miami’s special teams have try to make plays as well.” making his mark on special improved since the 2010 season teams rather than on the high- when they were especially poor Paid Advertisement er profile offensive or defensive against New England. units. In two games against the “You look for guys to step in Patriots that season, the and contribute,” Martin said Dolphins allowed three special Wednesday of special teams. teams touchdowns, one each “Don’t be out there just be- on a punt and kickoff return, cause you have to, but take it as as well as a blocked field goal. a serious job, make sure you’re Another blocked field goal set making the plays that you’re up a touchdown two plays later. supposed to make.” If the Patriots can keep The Patriots (8-3) have made making big plays — and scor- some big ones during their ing touchdowns — on special five-game winning streak with teams it will result from the touchdowns on a 104-yard kick- seasonlong focus on the impor- off return by Devin McCourty, tance of that phase. a 68-yard punt return by Julian “Our hard work and prepa- Edelman and a 22-yard fum- ration throughout the week is ble return by Edelman after starting to show itself in the McCourty jarred the ball loose games,” special teams cap- on a kickoff return. tain Matthew Slater said. “We Plays like that can energize haven’t changed anything. the Patriots and deflate their We just continue to approach opponents. things the same way we always “You feed off of it,” Martin have and sometimes you’re said. “When you see somebody fortunate enough for things to else making a play, you’re like, happen in your favor, the ball ‘Man, it’s probably my turn to bounce the right way in your to make that play,’ and every- favor. body’s competing to make that “And we’ve been able to have play, but they’re all doing their that the last two weeks.” job. So everybody’s working In a 59-24 win over the well as a team.” Indianapolis Colts, Edelman’s His next chance comes punt return for a touchdown Sunday in Miami where a win and the extra point tied the would give the Patriots their game 14-14 and thePatriots fourth straight AFC East title. never trailed again. Four days The Dolphins (5-6) also have later, on Thanksgiving night, made some big plays on special McCourty’s hit on kickoff re- teams with Marcus Thigpen turner Joe McKnight knocked scoring on a 72-yard punt re- the ball into the air and turn and a 96-yard kickoff re- Edelman caught it and ran in turn this season. for a touchdown that gave the Sports ndsmcobserver.com | Thursday, November 29, 2012 | The Observer 13

smc swimming Belles look for individual success at Calvin

By ISAAC LORTON a given based on their size. Our quality of the races will im- Sports Writer limitation is our small squad prove for the Belles. size which will affect us when it “It is always good to com- Saint Mary’s will take on its comes to team scores, but indi- pete against better talent and toughest competition yet, as it vidually we should have some swimmers with faster speeds,” goes up against NCAA Division great swims.” Benishek said. “It helps push I, II and III squads at the Calvin The meet is set up like the everybody all around, wheth- Winter Invitational. MIAA championship meet, er you’re a Division III team The Belles’ small team size where all swimmers will com- or you’re a Division I team. will affect their overall score, pete in the morning and then Individually, it’s definitely go- but Belles coach Mark Benishek the top 24 finishers for each ing to help up their time and said he thinks the team will race will move on to the finals speed for their events. It’s a still compete on an individual that evening. Benishek said it great meet for that reason and level. is an opportunity to calculate that’s why we keep coming “I think we are a little out- what the Belles need to work on back to it.” numbered at this meet, seeing over winter break. The Belles look to end their as there will be Division I, II “It will be a good way to eval- fall campaign with strong and III teams there,” Benishek uate ourselves at the midpoint swims against tough competi- said. “There will be a lot of tal- of our season,” Benishek said. tion beginning Thursday at the LILY KANG | The Observer ent there. The Division I and “I think we will have quite a few Calvin Winter Invitational in Irish junior guard Kayla McBride (21) and sophomore forward Markisha Wright (34) go up for a rebound Nov. 1 against Edinboro. Division II schools have very, who make the finals.” Grand Rapids, Mich. very large teams. When it Benishek said with the things we are working on, so I comes to overall team points, Division I and II schools at- Contact Isaac Lorton at Chippewas think every game for us is a lit- we will be outscored, that’s just tending the meet, the overall [email protected] Continued from page 16 tle bit of a measuring stick [of] where are we right now. It’s smc basketball | Adrian 66, SMC 58 come a long way in maybe two still November but we’ve got months’ time with where she to play at a faster pace than we is defensively, so I’m really are playing at right now. We happy with that.” are not where we were last year Saint Mary’s falls in Notre Dame holds a scoring and that’s what we are trying advantage of almost 30 points to get to. So I think we want to per game over its opponents, come out of that game with a conference-opener albeit in a small sample size feeling of we executed the of- and with blowout wins over fense, we did what we wanted Mercer and Massachusetts. to do defensively and just start Regardless of the impressive to feel good about the way we statistic, McGraw said she still are playing in general.” hopes to see significant im- Notre Dame will look to provement in tonight’s contest capture its fifth-straight win and all those following. to start the season against “I think we want to go into Central Michigan tonight. this game, the preparation Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. we are putting in right now in McGuirk Arena in Mount in practice is to try to get our Pleasant, Mich. game up to the next level,” she said. “I don’t feel like we Contact Joseph Monardo at are there yet, we have a lot of [email protected]

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Observer File Photo Saint Mary’s senior guard Kayla Wolter looks to get past a Wheaton defender during the Belles’ 66-63 vic- tory over the Thunder on Nov. 15, 2011 at the Angela Athletic Facility.

Observer Staff Report Bulldogs (1-3, 1-0) used a 15-0 came, as Adrian used a combi- scoring run to knock the game nation of timely shots and clutch Saint Mary’s dropped a tough open. They took a 12-point ad- free throws to close out the game decision Wednesday night, losing vantage into the half, leading with an eight-point cushion. to host Adrian by a score of 66-58. 29-17. Adrian caused 22 Saint Mary’s The loss marked the first con- The hosts continued their turnovers and grabbed 19 offen- ference defeat for Saint Mary’s (2- strong play into the second half, sive rebounds on the way to their 4, 0-1 MIAA) this season, which taking a 16-point lead, their larg- victory. dropped the decision despite est of the game, with 15:16 re- Junior guard Shanlynn Bias outshooting the hosts from the maining in the contest. led the Belles in scoring with 20 floor. The Belles slowly chipped away points. Shea and sophomore for- Saint Mary’s started the game at Adrian’s lead, and eventu- ward Ariana Paul chipped in 12 strong, jumping out to an early ally cut the deficit to four points points and seven rebounds each, four-point lead just a minute into on a jumper by freshman for- while freshman guard Sarah the game. From that point on, ward Eleni Shea with 5:37 left in Macius chipped in 10 points off the teams traded leads, with the the game and again on a lay-up the bench for the visitors. Belles up 14-13 with 6:41 remain- from freshman guard Bernadette Saint Mary’s will next take ing in the first half. Jordan with 3:57 left in the game. on conference foe Olivet when This would be the final lead of Unfortunately for the Belles, the Tigers visit South Bend on the game for Saint Mary’s, as the that would be as close as they Saturday at 3 p.m. 14 The observer | Thursday, November 29, 2012 | ndsmcobserver.com Sports

kids can step on campus im- Is there reason to believe mediately ready to win cham- the gap is closing? There may pionships and play in the NBA be. Brey has his program in — John Wall, Eric Bledsoe, a better position than it ever Brandon Knight, Enes Kanter, has been talent-wise by taking Daniel Orton, Marquis Teague, a page out of Calipari’s book Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and and dipping into the pool of Anthony Davis have all barely blue-chip recruits. Whereas stayed on Kentucky’s campus Brey had to pick his spots and long enough to learn the names find diamonds in the rough for of all the buildings. much of the first decade of his It’s hard to knock a strategy tenure, he now trots out top that has worked so well. In the young talent in forwards Pat past few years, Kentucky has Connaughton and Cameron played in Elite Eights, Final Biedscheid to go toe-to-toe Fours and won a title on the with Kentucky’s scores of back of the transcendent Davis. McDonalds’ All-Americans. His It is the kind of success that biggest recruiting coup of all, Brey and the Irish have only 2013 commitment Demetrius been able to dream about — Jackson, waits in the wings. SARAH O’CONNOR | The Observer despite regular-season success While it may be elementary Irish freshman forward Cameron Biedscheid attempts to dribble away from Chicago State defenders dur- the program has struggled to on the surface Thursday night ing Notre Dame’s 92-65 victory over the Cougars on Monday at Purcell Pavilion. get back to the Sweet Sixteen. — youth vs. experience, pres- So, it will be the young guns tige vs. aspiring prestige — look There is the Kentucky way 2011-12 championship banner from Kentucky against the old deeper. A youth movement Opposites — get in, win, get out. The “one- in Rupp Arena shows, it is quite guard from Notre Dame on the is coming. The gap may be Continued from page 16 and-done” legacy of Wildcats effective. hardwood at Purcell Pavilion closing. Tim Abromaitis stuck around coach John Calipari’s tenure But it does represent a com- on Thursday. For decades, the at Notre Dame long enough to at Kentucky has received a pletely different way of doing Irish basketball program has Contact Chris Allen at earn two degrees. Brey has put lot of flak from the media. It things from Brey’s “stay and been on the outside looking [email protected] some of the elder statesmen of will receive none from me. It grow” approach to building in at traditional basketball The views expressed in this college basketball in a position is fully within the rules of the good, competitive basketball powers, tagged as a “football column are those of the author to compete for Big East and current situation in college teams. College basketball is school” content with above- and not necessarily those of The NCAA titles. basketball, and as Calipari’s unique in that 18-year-old average hoops play. Observer.

Kentucky rebounds a game. deep, keeping them to one [shot] Cauley-Stein, Brey said the Irish shots. Whether it is threes or “I hope [our experience] and done will be the ultimate will need to continue to shoot mid-range stuff, we’re going to Continued from page 16 comes into play,” Brey said. challenge. But it’s a similar prep- the ball proficiently from outside have to stop and make some Brooklyn, N.Y., and a 75-68 loss “That’s been a big thing that has aration, an athletic frontline, to the paint. Notre Dame made 12- stuff.” to Duke on Nov. 13 in Atlanta — helped us here consistently over what we see in the Big East a lot of-22 three-pointers in Monday’s Notre Dame squares off with before hosting its next three tilts the years, that we’ve stayed old. of nights. We have to neutral- 92-65 victory over Chicago State. Kentucky on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Rupp Arena. … Certainly if we’re going to be ize these bouncy, athletic, long “I think we are going to have at Purcell Pavilion. The game “It wasn’t [a road game],” successful on Thursday night frontlines. The nights we do it to get some buckets outside will be televised on ESPN2. Calipari said of the matchup our experience and our poise we’re able to get out with a win.” the paint because of their shot- with the Terrapins. “[Maryland] are going to have to play out To counter the shot-block- blocking,” Brey said. “So we’re Contact Mike Monaco at probably had 60 percent of the and we’re going to have to be re- ing prowess of Noel and going to have to make some [email protected] fans. We still had 40 [percent]. ally good in that department for We may have 40 people in the close to 40 minutes to beat the Paid Advertisement building here [on Thursday]. talent that they put on the floor.” This will be a new experience Wildcats freshman guard for them. I will be anxious to see Archie Goodwin, the 15th over- how they respond.” all player in the class of 2012 ac- Though the teams both en- cording to ESPN, and freshman tered the season with high ex- forward Alex Poythress, the 13th pectations and spots in the overall incoming freshman, preseason rankings, the pro- lead Kentucky in scoring with 19 grams have been constructed points and 18.4 points per game, in divergent ways. Notre Dame respectively. (6-1) features experienced up- “I’m really impressed with perclassmen while the Wildcats Goodwin, with the plays that he (4-1) deploy a seemingly endless makes and the slashing stuff to stock of blue-chip freshmen. the bucket,” Brey said. “It’s really Kentucky had four underclass- hard to stop him when he turns men drafted in the first round of the corner. Very impressed. He June’s NBA Draft but reloaded plays with a steadiness and a with the second-ranked re- great poise.” cruiting class in the nation, ac- The Irish will also face a tough cording to ESPN. Brey said the task in defending a trio of athlet- Irish, meanwhile, focus on de- ic Kentucky big men. Freshman veloping their youngsters into forwards Nerlens Noel, the top upperclassmen. overall recruit in the nation, and “We’re not going to get as Willie Cauley-Stein team with many of the one-and-done sweet-shooting sophomore for- guys,” Brey said. “It’s just a dif- ward Kyle Wiltjer to form a front- ferent world. … So we get four line that could give the Irish and a lot of times I like to make trouble similar to what it faced them five-year guys. And how against Saint Joseph’s on Nov. 16 about this? We made [graduate in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Irish lost student] forward Scott Martin a 79-70 in overtime to the Hawks, six-year guy.” who had their own frontcourt The Irish, who are riding a trio combine for 47 points and 31 four-game winning streak, are rebounds. hoping that experience pays off “A really tough frontline beat Thursday. Senior forward Jack us in New York: Saint Joe’s’ old Cooley, senior center Garrick athletic frontline,” Brey said. “So Sherman and junior guards Eric we did not have success there. Atkins and Jerian Grant have all “[Kentucky’s] shooting per- averaged double-digit points for centages in the paint are off Notre Dame while Martin has the charts. Keeping a body on averaged eight points and eight people, not letting them get too DAILY ndsmcobserver.com | Thursday, November 29, 2012 | The Observer 15

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CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Ryan Kwanten, 36; Jon Stewart, 50; Ed Harris, 62; Paul Shaffer, 63. Happy Birthday: Take a look at what’s being offered and stick to practical plans that have potential to grow. A change in the way you approach people and projects will lead to greater prosperity and freedom. Speak openly. Your numbers are 8, 11, 17, 21, 27, 33, 41. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Work on personal and professional partnerships. Set up rules, schedules or whatever else is required to avoid setbacks. Back away from the people dragging you down and spend more time with the people who can offer you something in return. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Control whatever situation you face. Put a unique touch on whatever you pursue. Revisit old relationships and consider how you can revital- ize a situation that you feel has potential. Love is in the stars, and a commitment or change is apparent. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Do your own thing. Pursue your dreams, hopes and wishes. Don’t settle for less when you know you can have so much more. Speak up honestly about your needs and you will weed out the people who are taking advantage of you. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Spend more time with friends, family or your lover. Personal opportunities will develop if you get involved in an event that interests you. Don’t hold back — you have good ideas that will be well received. Love is highlighted.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t leave room for error. Offer honesty and you will find out where you stand and what can be accomplished. Problems with your residence or a family member can be expected. You’ll have to implement change if you want to avoid discord. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’ll gain knowledge by interacting with people in your community. Knowing what is in demand will help you strategically come up with a service you can offer in order to bring in extra cash. Don’t settle for less when you can have more. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Review your past and you will recognize a pattern you keep encountering. Set a new standard and strive to use updated means and methods to accomplish your goals. Don’t argue a losing battle when you should be following your own path. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take time to turn your home into a stress-free sanctuary. You need to find your comfort zone in order to revitalize your creativity. Love and romance are in the stars. The people you associate with should be those who inspire you the most. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The past will come back to haunt you if you are indulgent emotionally, physically or financially. Reconsider the partnerships you have and if you are benefiting or giving up too much. Put more effort into a creative skill that can bring you greater prosperity. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Being a team player will help you with your profes- sional achievements. Getting along and sharing interests with someone you enjoy spending time with will turn into a long-term partnership. Don’t make a radical deci- sion for the wrong reason. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Choose your words carefully. Don’t make a promise you won’t be able to keep. Focus on family and stability. Home will be your safety zone and where you should put your time and effort. A visitor will offer positive feedback and inspiration. PISCES (Feb. 19- March 20): Wheel and deal until you get what you want. Offer a cre- ative plan that will be difficult to ignore. There is money to be made and partnerships to be formed. Don’t feel you must compete or outdo when you just have to follow your heart. Birthday Baby: You are versatile, resourceful and innovative. You are persistent and courageous. highly punlikely | christopher brucker Sudoku | The Mepham Group Jumble | David Hoyt and Jeff knurek

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By MIKE MONACO Chris Allen Sports Writer Sports Editor In a battle of programs with opposite philosophies, the Irish You won’t need your detec- will try to defeat No. 8 Kentucky, tive’s hat Thursday night in the reigning national champi- Purcell Pavilion to tell Kentucky ons, on Thursday in a marquee and Notre Dame apart. matchup in the SEC/Big East On the floor Thursday night Challenge at Purcell Pavilion. will be two programs repre- “I think for a lot of people, it’s senting the yin and the yang of our season-opener,” Irish coach college basketball — two dia- Mike Brey said. “I think our fans metrically opposed methods of have looked at it [that way]. … competing for championships. I think it’s going to be a great There is the Irish way — ex- night. It will be a great atmo- periences, teamwork, passing sphere in our building. I think [it and ball control. It has come will be] two very good teams go- to be encapsulated in the last ing at it early in the season. But half-decade in the “burn” style I think for our players, it’s the of Mike Brey and in the groups one they have talked about all of players who grow in Brey’s summer.” program, developing a sixth Kentucky coach John Calipari sense for each other on the said he is interested to see how court. Notre Dame basketball the Wildcats respond to the pre- players stick around for the long sumably raucous environment. haul. Forward Scott Martin has Kentucky opened the season been in college basketball since with two games at neutral sites 2007 — when Kentucky center — a 72-69 win over Maryland on Nerlens Noel wasn’t even in high Nov. 9 at the Barclays Center in SARAH O”CONNOR | The Observer school yet. Former Irish forward Irish junior guard Jerian Grant looks to pass during Notre Dame’s 92-65 victory over Chicago State on see KENTUCKY PAGE 14 Monday at Purcell Pavilion. Grant matched a career-high with 22 points against the Cougars. see OPPOSITES PAGE 14

nd women’s basketball Squad looks to stay perfect against Chippewas

By JOSEPH MONARDO year. But they can get up and Sports Writer guard us, they are going to run the floor, drive and kick, they Coming off a convincing 76- are going to look to take a lot of 64 victory over No. 19 UCLA threes per game. So we are really in Pauley Pavilion, No. 5 Notre going to be tested defensively.” Dame carries a perfect record Bradford is the MAC West into tonight’s matchup with Player of the Week after scoring Central Michigan. 21 points — 15 coming in the With a home tilt against No. 3 second half — on 9-of-11 shoot- Baylor looming, the Irish (4-0) ing. Bradford also recorded three will travel to Mount Pleasant, blocks, two steals and two as- Mich., to take on the Chippewas sists. For the season, Bradford (2-2). Although Central is second on the team with 14.8 Michigan is unranked out of the points per game and averages 9.0 Mid-American conference, Irish rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.5 blocks coach Muffet McGraw said the and 2.0 steals per game. Bradford home team can present several can present difficulties for the problems to the favored Irish. Irish on both ends of the floor, “They are really athletic,” McGraw said. she said. “They have some re- “She’s a tough matchup for ally good players. ... [Sophomore us because she is strong and guard] Crystal Bradford on the physical and yet she’s quick, wing, she’s probably their best too,” she said. “I think we are player and she is just really hard really going to have to try to put to guard. She is a big guard and the whole team being aware of LILY KANG | The Observer she can score in a lot of different where she is.” Irish guard Jewell Loyd defends a pass during Notre Dame’s 88-28 win over Edinboro in the ways. They play a lot of five-out The Irish also enter the match- season-opening exhibition Nov. 1 at Purcell Pavilion. — a little four-out, one-in — but up with a conference award in team with 19.0 points per game “We were expecting a lot from of improvement so far has been they play five-out so they are go- hand, as freshman guard Jewell on .727 shooting and contribut- her coming in,” the coach said her defense. That has probably ing to stretch our big guys. Loyd earned recognition as the ed 6.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and of Loyd. “I think she was pretty surprised me more than any- “They are a little bit smaller. Big East Freshman of the Week. 2.0 steals per game. The fresh- well-hyped coming in, and de- thing because she has really This will be the first game where In wins against Mercer and man has also impressed on the servedly so. She really is strong we have a size advantage this UCLA last week, Loyd led the defensive end, McGraw said. in every area. Her biggest area see CHIPPEWAS PAGE 13