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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 43: ISSUE 51 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12,2008 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM ROTC holds Veterans Day ceremony Holocaust University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh expresses gratitude to armed forces intervievv

nation, giving us stability, By KAITLYNN RIELY order and a sense of heroic rescheduled Associate News Editor dedication even at a time of much self-indulgence." White Rose Society On a rainy Veterans Day at Hesburgh, who was presi­ Notre Dame, University dent of Notre Dame for 35 commemorates victims President Emeritus Fr. years, was the guest speaker Theodore Hesburgh told a Tuesday at the Notre Dame By LIZ HARTER standing room only crowd in ROTC Tri-Military Veterans Saint Mary's Editor the auditorium of the library Day Ceremony. The com­ that bears his name that he memoration of those who stands "in awe, respect and have fought in the armed Saint Mary's students, fac­ gratitude to our armed services of the United States, ulty and administrators who forces." an annual event, began at tried to attend yesterday's "Because if we stand high Notre Dame a day earlier. lunchtime showing of senior in the councils of the world Starting Monday at 4:30 Sarah Testa's personal inter­ today," he said, "it's because p.m., alternating members of view with Holocaust survivor Jacob Hennenberg may have we've had the kind of people the Notre Dame ROTC pro- ZHIBIN DAifThe Observer who could stand behind our Members of the ROTC program took part in the ROTC been disappointed that the flag and out in front of our see VETERANS/page 4 Tri-Military Veterans Day Ceremony Tuesday. event was cancelled without any prior warning. The event was supposed to be part of Saint Mary's chap­ ter of the White Rose Priest discusses Catholics and the enviro11111ent Society's commemoration of the 70th anniversary of "It's a recent phenomenon, a the earth." dent." He said people with this Kristallnacht, when over By LIZ HARTER burgeoning movement of envi­ This passage, though, has attitude have the idea that all 20,000 men were sent to Saint Mary's Editor ronmentalism," Pearson said. been further interpreted to things are equal and all have concentration camps. "Christians made up the mean that humans are called the same right. Kristallnacht, or the Night of Even though it may be per­ majority of people in Europe to "cultivate and care" for the The second attitude he pre­ the Broken Glass, is known ceived to be the opposite, so they get a lot of the blame Earth, Pearson said. sented was that humans "are as the event that marked the Catholic's have a responsibility ffor things that occurred in the Pearson laid out six different on a spaceship called Earth beginning of the Holocaust. to respect and be stewards of pastl. But that statement thought processes that people with no help in sight." Testa, the founder and the environment, Father John stretches things a lot." may have to explain why they Pearson said people with president of the Saint Mary's Pearson said during a Pearson said people who say consider themselves and envi­ this attitude think that the chapter, first met Conversation on Catholicism Christians are not friends of ronmentalist. He said the list Earth is a limited, closed sys­ Hennenberg when she was event at Saint Mary's Tuesday. the environment oftentimes he was presenting was not tem and if humans mess up 13 and this past summer he "It is a common statement claim that the book of Genesis exhaustive, but it contained that system they cannot fix it agreed to preserve his per­ that Christians are the enemy and the Creation story found the reasons he could think of so environmentalism is a type sonal story on tape for the of the environment," Pearson within teaches Christians to to be an environmentalist off of self-defense. White Rose Society. said. dominate society because it the top of his head and The third viewpoint he The video of the interview In some ways that is true, he states "Be fruitful and multi­ expressed them in simplified brought up is that humans was supposed to have been said. but Christians should not ply, and fill the earth and sub­ way. "owe it to [their] children, but shown in the Student Center be singled out because they due it; and have dominion over The first idea on his list was maybe [they] shouldn't have lounge Monday and Tuesday; were as unconcerned with the the fish of the sea and over the that "a nematode, a mosquito children." however, Testa said she environment as everyone else birds of the air and over every or a rat has as much of a right was in the past. living thing that moves upon to live as a Saint Mary's stu- see CATHOLICS/page 4 see ROSE/page 4

Speaker explores civil resistance COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES International Center on Nonviolent Conflict director spoke against violence Group considers new

By MOLLY MADDEN off-campus Web site News Writer campus so that it will all be In today's aggressive world, it is By JOSEPH McMAHON in a centralized location," possible to have revolutions with­ News Writer said Nicole O'Connor, the out resulting to violence, said Jack student government DuVall, the founding director of The Council of Parliamentarian and chair of the International Center on Representatives discussed the Task Force on Student Nonviolent Conflict, Tuesday. the creation of a Web site Safety. "It will help students The International Center on centered on life off-campus be aware of everything that Nonviolent Conflict is a nonprofit at their meeting Tuesday. is going on." foundation that promotes the use The Web site, which would Student body president Bob of nonmilitary strategies to estab­ be based off models used by Reish said it is important to lish and defend human rights and Boston College and include elements on the site justice. DuVall gave two talks at Georgetown, would include a that will encourage students the Hesburgh Center for number of resources, possi­ to visit it. International Studies about using bly including a guide to stu­ "I would hate to spin our civil resistance as an alternative dent safety and a list of wheels if this is something to violence. restaurants in South Bend. students aren't going to use," DuVall, who has interacted with The Web site is scheduled to he said. activists from all over the globe, launch sometime in March Off-campus president Billy said that civil resistance, that is and is being funded by the Lyman said the inclusion of using nonviolent means to achieve I Student Activities Office. the University's policies Jack DuVall, director of the International Center on "[The site will contain] see DUVALL/page 3 Nonviolent Conflict, discussed peaceful revolutions Tuesday. anything pertaining to off- see COR/page 4 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Wednesday, November 12, 2008

INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE SCANDALOUS CELEBRITY? Let 'en1 play coach

This weekend 60 Notre Dame athletes in the prime of their lives donned the blue and gold and came out ready to fight. Thny Jaeed 'em up with Meghan Corley Shauna DiBari Phil Whelan Avery Ambrose fire in their eyes, gnashed their teeth into their mouth J..,'lllU'ds and shoved their ponytails out of the way. senior senior senior senior No, senior deiP.nsivn tackle off-campus off-campus Carroll off-campus Pat Kuntz hasn't pulled out Dan Murphy his eighth new hair style of "Sarah Palin. "Mary-Kate "Mike Tyson "Paris Hilton. the season, I'm not talking 'Nuff said. " Olsen because because he I want to be her about the football team. Sports Editor BFF.,, Anymw who saw Saturday who doesn,t talks funny.,, night's loss to Boston College loveMK?" should know that. I'm talking about the Irish Women's Boxing Club's annual Baraka Bouts tournament. The literal Fighting Irish spend three hours a day, six days a week working out in a hot, dingy ba<>e­ ment for their seven minutes of glory once a year. WorkouL'i eonsist of thousands of jumping jacks, hundreds of push-ups and sit-ups, and more than a handful of bloody noses. These J..,>irls don't get scholarships. They don't get IN BRIEF thnir fams pla.'itnrnd all over television. They don't get pampnrnd with every possible advantage a col­ Student Government is hosting r lege student could have and they certainly will the first installment in the Last I never make a dime from all their hard work. So Lecture Series today at 8 p.m. why tlw hell do they do it'? in the Coleman-Morse Lounge. Simple - For the love of the sport. For the satis­ Professor of Anthropology faction of a hard day's work and the feeling of James McKenna will deliver the a<~complishment after the light- win or lose. lecture. Charli<' and his boys should take notes. Tim h;sh football temn came out Saturday night Notre Dame campus ministry without an ounee of light in them. Maybe there was will host "If You Come To a a lack of motivation. Maybe a quadruple overtime Fork in the Road ... Take lt. loss the week bnlhre, five straight losses to one of Discernment as a Way of Life" your biggest rivals, and a shot at bowl eliJ..,>ibility as part of the Theology on Tap weren't enough. Maybe not. events at Legends at Notre Notrn Damn showed up in Boston flatter than Dame tonight at 9. Food is free llowin I.ong's haircut. Maybe the rna.. '>on wa'i that and there will be a cash bar. tlwy lost their love of the sport. It's about as simple as Weis' ollimsn is mmplieated. "Faith, Democracy and Weis mmes from an NFL backJ..,rround with one of Values: The Challenge of Moral tlw most complex and successful ollimses in l!\ague Formation in Families, Schools history. The problem is, just like those 60 young and Societies" is part of the ladies who Jell tlwir heart'> in a boxing ring Friday Association for Moral night. Wnis' players are eollegn studenl'>. They're Education's (AME) 34th annual not proli~ssionals and everyone nneds to stop pre­ conference. The conference tnnding thny arn. aims to examine moral nduca­ Collegn lilotball, in my book, is thn greatest sport VANESSA I Observer tion and the ways it informs in America. The rivalries, the unpredictable ups Kimberly Blaeser, an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, reads and, in turn is informed by, faith and downs and the pure emotion that it is played from her book "Apprenticed to Justice" at the Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore and political perspectives in a witl1 make it 1-,rreat. Tuesday. diverse and complex global Coach Weis eomes from an atmosphere where community. The event is to be finely-tuned athletes doing their jobs creates suc­ held all day Thursday in cess. In hL'i press conference after Saturday's loss, McKenna Hall and is sponsored he said that tl1e ollense struggled because players by the Center for Ethical were trying too hard to make the big play. Weis OFFBEAT Education (CEE). said if they had done their jobs they would have bonn morn successful. Man allegedly steals communion Man calls cops but leaves pot pipe Flipside is holding a screening Coach. you arnn't talking to Tom Brady anymore. wafers from priest in plain sight of "The Breakfast Club" in the You arn talking to a pack of teenage superstars. Of JENSEN BEACH, Fla. - Police in SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -A 28-year­ Montgomery Auditorium of course thf~Y are going to try to play oul<;ide their said they arrested a Connecticut man old man reporting a burglary faces LaFortune Friday at 11 p.m. ability, most of them don't even know what their after he tried to steal communion drug charges after responding offi­ Breakfast food will be served. ability L'i yet. It's time to simplify things and just let wafers during a church service. The cers say they found a marijuana pipe Admission is free and all are thn kids play ball. Martin County Sheriff's Office said in his bedroom. A criminal complaint welcome. Over tim pa'>t thren years WeL'i ha<> consistently 33-year-old John Samuel Ricci, of filed Tuesday said officers saw the brought in the best high school athletes in the Canton, was cornered by fellow pipe in plain view in Justin Luecke's The Notre Dame Hockey country. There is no doubt that he is about a<> good churchgoers when he grabbed a bedroom and found marijuana stems Team will host Lake Superior of a recruiter as there is. I guess slapping a handful handful of wafers from the priest and seeds in the living room. State at the Joyce Center of Super Bowl rings on the kitchen table ha<; that during communion services The complaint said officers later Friday at 7:35p.m. Tieket infor­ kind of power. But it's time to let all that work start Saturday. returned with a search warrant and mation is available at paying the dividends. The Stuart News reported that found additional marijuana as well und.cstv.com/tickets!nd-tiekets­ Last wnekend Texas Tech toppled the No. 1 team Ricci was being held down by six or as a scale and marijuana packaging. hockey.htrnl. in the country and moved to an unprecedented 8-0. seven offended parishioners when Luecke faces charges of felony How'd they do it? With ten second'> left on the clock deputies arrived at St. Martin de marijuana possession and several To submit information to be and tho score tied, all four Red Raider receivers Porres Catholic Church in Jensen misdemeanor counts. included in this section of The ran straight lines down the field. They had their Beach. Police say two parishioners, Observer, e-mailed detailed smart, strong quarterback throw it up in the air to ages 82 and 61, received minor Information compiled from the information about an event to thnir best young receiver and he made the play. injuries in the scuffle. Associated Press. obsnews@nd. edu No onn in the Western Hemisphere would tell you that Teeh n1cruits better than Notre Dame. The Irish have the talent to play with any team in the country; they just have to let them play. TODAY TONIGHT THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY The views expressed in the Inside Column a:: are those of the author and not necessarily Ul those of The Observer. :::1: Contact !Jan Murphy at [email protected] !cC Ul 3: 0,,,,,,, ...I ct ,,,,,,, 0. CORRECTIONS (.) e ****** * * 0 HIGH 43 HIGH 47 HIGH 53 HIGH 48 HIGH 37 HIGH 40 The Observer regards itself as a professional publication and ..... strives for the highest standards of journalism at all rimes. We do, LOW 35 LOW 45 LOW 45 LOW 32 LOW 28 LOW 25 however. recognize rhar we will make mistakes. if we have made a mistake, please contact us at 631-4 541 so we can correct our Atlanta 58 I 45 Boston 45 I 32 Chicago 49 I 36 Denver 56 I 29 Houston 77 I 68 Los Angeles 77 I 55 Minneapolis 39 1 29 error. 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DuVall said. According to DuVall, all of these Islan1ic architect receives award DuVall actions set into motion a chain of continued from page 1 events that start to get the every­ Architecture school gives Driehaus prize to Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil day citizens involved. rights, is an emerging force in "At this point, civilians begin to today's war-torn world. see that something is happening Special to The Observer are both timeless and for our Palace (National Museum of "Civil resistance is an increas­ in their society," Duvall said. "The time. Decorative Arts), the Pereda ingly robust alternative to violent begin to see the changes that are Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil, one of El-Wakil's craftsmanship res­ Palace (Brazilian Embassy), and struggles," DuVall said. "There happening around them and they the leading voices in contempo­ onates throughout the King Saud Villa Ocampo (property of have been great begin to partake rary Islamic architecture and a Mosque in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, UNESCO). successes in in them. practitioner known worldwide with its magnificent indigenous Grementieri leads a strong recent decades "When a system's While some of for his use of traditional form and brick dome, constructed without campaign to preserve the archi­ usin~ these meth­ legitimacy drops and the nonviolent technique, has been named the concrete. His vision shines tectural heritage and treasures of ods. movements in 2009 Richard H. Driehaus Prize through in the Oxford University Buenos Aires. One of the sites Oppression its costs rise, the recent history, laureate. Centre for Islamic Studies in its this campaign aims to preserve is requires resist­ enforcers of that such as The Driehaus Prize, which is sensitive blending of two diverse the world famous opera house, ance but that system begin to Mohandas administered by the University of architectural traditions, integrat­ Teatro Colon. This week, resistance needs Gandhi in India Notre Dame School of ing Islamic design concepts Grementieri will release a new to come from doubt the system's and the Civil Architecture, is awarded annual­ seamlessly into Oxford's existing book co-authored with Pablo those who are endurance." Rights movement ly to an outstanding architect vernacular. Much of El-Wakil's Zunino titled "Argentina's oppressed, he in the United whose work applies the princi­ work grapples with that duality Cultural and Natural Heritage - said. States in the Jack DuVall ples of classicism, including sen­ of permanence and change, in The Bicentennial's Album." Referencing 1960s, have been sitivity to the historic continuum, individual projects and across Last year, the annual Driehaus non-violent revo­ director big events that the fostering of community, and cultures. Prize was doubled to a $200,000 lutions of the past International Center on are known by consideration of the impact to the El-Wakil currently is working unrestricted cash award and the century, DuVall Nonviolent Conflict many around the built and natural environment. on three projects in Beirut, Reed Award was doubled to stated that there world, DuVall Over the past four decades, El­ Lebanon, including the Ministry $50,000. Together the two prizes are different tac- said that most Wakil has built mosques, public of Foreign Affairs, as well as a represent the most significant tics of resistance that does not nonviolent movements are not buildings and private residences master planning project in Qatar recognition for classicism in the involve military means including widely publicized. throughout the Middle East that integrates best contempo­ contemporary built environment. petitions, boycotts, sit-ins and "There is less of a mob in the maintaining balance between rary low-energy planning with Recipients were selected by a even methods of civil disobedi­ streets and more of a simple dis­ continuance and change. His climate-tempered Islamic built jury comprised of Richard H. ence. solution of the oppressors ability work - which includes the forms. Driehaus, founder and chairman "But the one way to apply seri­ to exercise power and authority," Halawa house in Agamy, Egypt, The School of Architecture also of Driehaus Capital Management; ous strife to the controller is to DuVall said. for which he won his first Aga has announced that Fabio Michael Lykoudis, Francis and deny him his profits," DuVall said. Not only are nonviolent meth­ Khan Award for Architecture; the Grementieri, Argentine scholar Kathleen Rooney Dean of the "When enough people refuse to ods more peaceful and have far residence of Ahmed Sulaiman in and preservationist, is being hon­ Notre Dame School of cooperate they increase the cost less bloodshed than military con­ Jeddah; and the Quba Mosque in ored with the 2009 Henry Hope Architecture; Paul Goldberger, of the oppressors holding their flicts, they also have a greater Medina - celebrates the overall Reed Award. The Henry Hope architecture critic for The New control in that system. If you success rate. principles of Islamic architecture Reed Award is given to an influ­ Yorker; David M. Schwarz, presi­ jeopardize the tyrant's power, you "Between 1970 and 2005, there and culture while reflecting the ential supporter of the classical dent and CEO of David M. are going to drive up his costs." were sixty-seven transitions from regional character and locality in architecture movement. Schwarz Architects; Adele DuVall said that besides driving authoritarian governments to which each structure resides. He Over the past 10 years, Chatfield-Taylor, president of the the costs up, people in oppressive democratic governments. Out of works with traditional design Grementieri has served as the American Academy in Rome; situations should also find ways those sixty-seven, fifty of the principles that use indigenous project manager for some of Robert Davis, principal at to make the tyrannical system transitions were achieved using materials and processes, and Buenos Aires' most delicate and Arcadia Land Company and lose authenticity. non-violent methods," DuVall integrates them with contempo­ culturally significant architectur­ Founder of Seaside, Fla.; and "When a system's legitimacy said. rary technology to create famil­ al preservation projects includ­ Leon Krier, architect, scholar and drops and its costs rise, the iar, functional and environmen­ ing: the Palacio Bosch (United the inaugural Driehaus Prize enforcers of that system begin to Contact Molly Madden at tally sustainable structures that States Embassy), the Ernizuriz recipient. doubt the system's endurance," [email protected]

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be shown in the lounge dur­ ing the week. Roses However, Testa said she Veterans continued from page 1 wanted to reschedule it some­ continued from page 1 where because she knows a found out on Friday the lot of people expressed an grams stood watch in dress group would have to resched­ interest in seeing it. uniforms at the Clarke ule. The group managed to Memorial Fountain, more "I was working with a fac­ reschedule it to be shown on commonly known as ulty committee for the events Thursday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. Stonehenge. They stood sen­ this week and I was under in Vander Vennet theater in try over a 24-hour period the imprnssion that we had a the basement of the Student when temperatures hovered space in the student eenter Centor. at and around freezing and lounge to show the l'ilm, espe­ Carrie Call, director of the rain and ice fell intermit­ eially since it was on the Office of Civic and Social tently. flinrs I publicizing the week's Engagement and the White Hesburgh praised the tra­ nvnntsl." she said. "I talked to Hose Society's advisor, will be dition of HOTC at Notre special events late on Friday sending an e-mail to the stu­ Dame, a tradition he said afternoon about somothing dent body informing them of goes all the way back to else, and they brought up the change this week. Notre Dame founder Father that if we wanted to show the Testa said she also plans to Edward Sorin. interview in the lounge we show the film during the sec­ When Hesburgh began would be unable because of ond semester around impor­ teaching at the University nvnnts relating to admis­ tant dates in Holocaust histo­ after World War II, he said sions." ry. the school was "practically a ZHIBIN DAifThe Observer Testa said that since the navy camp," with the large University president emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh spoke at week is busy in special events Contact Liz Harter at influx of Navy veterans into the ROTC Tri-Military Veterans Day Ceremony Tuesday. they couldn't reschedule it to eharteO [email protected] the student body. During his time as presi­ went to Notre Dame, who the world speed record for dent of the University, gave their lives in military aviators. Hesburgh said there were, service to their country. Hesburgh said he was costs. at times, feelings of anti­ "It's also a day when we proud to say he has flown "I think housing listings military sentiment in the are especially proud of all of higher and faster than all COR could be a helpful thing," he country. Hesburgh said he you young cadets and air­ but about 10 pilots in the continued from page I said. never shared those feelings. men and marines," he said. U.S. Air Force. Lyman also said he would And when other colleges "It's a wonderful day when At the end the Veterans towards off-campus conduct like to create a temporary dropped their HOTC pro­ we can say there are still Day ceremony, members of would be critical for many Web site as soon as possible grams, Notre Dame kept young people in this country the ROTC program present­ students who currently feel before the official one is theirs. who are willing to stand up ed Hesburgh with a model of the policies are very arbi­ launched. Hesburgh said he is proud and face the powers of evil." the SH-71, placed atop a trary. "We want a temporary solu­ of the men and women in Hesburgh, who spoke for base with a plaque inscribed "Hight now people don't tion in place as soon as possi­ Notre Dames' ROTC pro­ nearly thirty minutes, told "the fastest priest on Earth." really know what the ble," he said. gram. the audience a story about Hep. Joe Donnelly, a University policy is," he said. "You represent the best of the time when President Democrat recently re-elect­ "It seems kind of arbitrary." In other COR news: the Notre Dame tradition Jimmy Carter arranged for ed to represent Indiana's Sophomore Class Council Weber said she has been and the best of the him to ride in the SR-71 2nd District, spoke briefly president Cynthia Weber said contacted recently by a num­ American tradition," he Blackbird. Hesburgh had following Hesburgh. He it is important for the Web ber of transfer students inter­ said. done a favor for Carter, and thanked the members of site to include more than just ested in joining Sophomore Hesburgh told the ROTC in exchange, he told the ROTC for their pledge to basic safety information and Class Council, but was unsure members sitting or standing president that he wanted to service on behalf of the peo­ suggested the creation of a of how to include them. She in the auditorium, clad in beat the world speed record ple who live in his congres­ database for South Bend said she was currently con­ their dress uniforms, that he for aviators. sional district, an area that restaurants. sidering a shadow program prayed for them every day. So he took the necessary includes Notre Dame. "It is important to have where they could follow cur­ Veterans Day, he said, is a tests, passed and when some other elements on the rent members of student gov­ day to pray for men and Hesburgh went up in the air Contact Kaitlynn Riely at Web site besides just good ernment. women, including those who in the SR-71, the plane set [email protected] neighbor information to Student Union Board (SUB) attract people to the site," president Pat Gartland said she said. he welcomed anyone interest­ Lyman suggested including ed in joining his organization. a database of available stu­ "Anyone interested in SUB dent housing in the South is more than welcome any­ Bend area. lie said the list­ time," he said. ings would help students l'ind alternatives to the traditional Contact Joseph McMahon at landlords and possibly lower [email protected]

"We have the right to use the Earth within reason for our Catholic survival but we have to cherish continued from page 1 it," he said. The stance of the Catholic l'nople who subscribe to this Church is that humans live on thought procnss believn that an Earth provided by the Lord thny own it to the nnxt genera­ for our sustenance, he said. tion to be nnvironmnntally "We have a duty to be con­ fri1~ndly but if the Earth is so cerned that whatever is done dnstroynd right now rnaybfl on Earth is done with a sense humans shouldn't have chil­ of duty, responsibility and drnn, hn said. stewardship," Pearson said. The fourth was that the "We have to cherish it for the Earth is a dnstroynd vessel and sake of those who live on the humans need to respect the Earth both now and in the Earth or they won't be able to futurn." livn. Pearson provided the fact Along llw sanw lines as the that the Vatican recently fourth. l'narson said tho fifth installed solar panels on the thought process that people roof of the Paul VI Audience have towards environmental­ llall, which generate enough ism is that the "Earth is on electricity to provide all the loan and we havn no right to heating, cooling and lighting mess it up." needs of the building through­ The sixth and final viewpoint out the year as an example of that Pnarson presented in his the Catholic Churches dedica­ eonvnrsation was the thought tion to environmentalism. that "how do you know that the "It seems to me that the species you drive to extinction church is equally passionate doesn't contain the cure for [about environmentalism] in cancer or another big disease." it's own way in that all things liP said that Catholicism and relate to one another in a way Christianity would most idPnti­ that creates this thing that we f'y with his third idna that are on this planet," he said. human hPings owe it to thnir "It's all a very good sign of childrnn to be nnvironnwntally where the future lies." friendly, though they would get rid of the second hall' saying Contact Liz Harter at they shouldn't have childrnn. eharteO 1 @saintmarys.edu

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS ELECTION 2008 British man charged with terrorism SAQQABA, Egypt -Archaeologists have dis­ covered a new pyramid under the sands of Obama not attending world summit Saqqara, an ancient burial site that has yielded a string of unearthed pyramids in recent years Global leaders to meet in Washington on economy, Obama staying in Chicago but remains largely unexplored. The 4.300-year-old monument most likely belonged to the queen mother of the founder Associated Press of Egypt's 6th Dynasty, and was built several hundrnd years after the famed Great Pyramids CHICAGO - Leaders of Giza, antiquities chief Zahi Hawass told around the world flooded reporters in announcing the find Tuesday. Barack Obama with con­ The discovery is part of the sprawling gratulatory calls when he necropolis and burial site of the rulers of won the presidency last ancient Memphis, the capital of Egypt's Old week. But they'll have to Kingdom. about 12 miles south of Giza. wait a while for personal All that remains of the pyramid is a 16-foot­ visits. tall structure that had been buried under 65 The president-elect has feet of sand. no plans to meet with any "There was so much sand dumped here that foreign dignitaries when no one had any idea there was something they travel to Washington buried underneath," said Hawass. this weekend for an eco­ nomic summit hosted by Chemical tanker hijacked by pirates President Bush. KUALA LUMPUH. Malaysia - Pirates Obama plans to stay in hijacked a Philippines chemical tanker with Chicago to prepare for 23 crew ncar Somalia, bringing the total January's transfer of number of attacks in waters off the impover­ power, even though ished African nation this year to 83, a mar­ Washington is a quick flight itime ollicial said Tuesday. away and world leaders The tanker was heading to Asia when it are clearly interested in his was seized Monday in the Gulf of Aden by economic views. No meet­ pirates armed with automatic weapons and ings are scheduled in either rocket-propelled grenades, said Noel Choong, city. Obama's aides plan to who heads the International Maritime keep tabs on - and possi­ Bureau's piracy reporting center in Kuala bly participate in - the Lumpur. summit where world pow­ In Manila, Foreign Ministry spokesman ers hope to craft remedies Claro Cristobal said the Philippine Embassy in to the global financial cri­ Nairobi and the ship's operator identified the sis. chemical tanker as the MT Stolt Strength. "We have one president at a time, and it's important that the president can speak for the United States NATIONAL NEWS at the summit," John Podesta, Obama's transition chief, told reporters Obese children at risk, study finds Tuesday. Podesta, however, NEW OHLEANS - Obese children as young noted that Obama had AP as 10 had the arteries of 45-year-olds and urged such a summit dur­ President George W. Bush and president-elect Barack Obama meet in the Oval other heart abnormalities that greatly raise ing the presidential cam­ Office in the White House on Monday. their risk of heart disease, say doctors who paign. used ultrasound tests to take a peek inside. Before the election, Bush Institution public policy and express opinions on nomic stance. "As the old saying goes, you're as old as your announced that the world's center. matters before he's got his In phone calls last week, arteries are," said Dr. Geetha Haghuveer of 20 largest industrialized Obama assailed Bush economic team fully togeth­ Obama accepted congratu­ Childn~n·s Hospital in Kansas City, who led one nations and emerging throughout his campaign er and before he has the lations froni leaders of of the studies. "This is a wake-up call." economies would meet in for pushing "failed policies" authority of the office," countries including The studies were reported Tuesday at an Washington this Saturday; and the Democrat pledged Mann said. Canada, France, Italy, American Heart Association conference. Obama has consistently that he would bring a new Obama backs coordina­ Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and About a third of American children are over­ said not to expect his pres­ direction after eight years tion between major eco­ Spain. The global financial weight and one-fifth are obese. Many parents ence. of GOP rule. Obama will nomic powers to address crisis was among the topics think that "baby fat" will melt away as kids get Advisers repeatedly inherit the worst economic the troubles. Campaigning he discussed with key U.S. older. But research increasingly shows that fat stress that Obama won't be conditions in the United in Richmond, Va., he said, allies. kids become fat adults, with higher risks for president until inaugurated States since the Great "Our financial markets are The president-elect held many health problems. on Jan. 20. Left unsaid are Depression, and keeping so interwoven at this point, his first news conference other possible motivations some distance from Bush that we can't operate in Friday after he and Vice Woman killed at Ku Klux Klan ritual for him to stay in Chicago will allow him to chart his isolation." President-elect Joe Biden COVINGTON, La. - An Oklahoma woman this weekend. own economic course. "I don't think it's going to met privately with econom­ invited to a rural Louisiana campsite for a Ku "He wants a clean, clear "The last thing he wants be resolved in one meet­ ic advisers. Obama's mes­ Klux Klan initiation ritual was shot and killed demarkation between the to do is get pulled into that ing," he said of the global sage: "We are facing the after she asked to be taken back to town, the Bush administration and summit and, more general­ crisis. greatest economic chal­ sheriff of a New Orleans suburb said Tuesday. the Obama administration," ly, be pulled into a situation Leaders attending the G- lenge of our lifetime, and Eight people were arrested after authorities said Thomas Mann, a where he's called upon to 20 meeting are certainly we're going to have to act found the woman's body hidden under some scholar at the Brookings make early commitments interested in Obama's eco- swiftly to resolve it." brush, on the side of a road several miles from the remote campsite where the initiation was planned. Investigators found weapons, several flags and six Klan robes at the campsite, St. ISRAEL Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain said in a news release. Mayoral race shows religious divide LOCAL NEWS Associated Press candidates overshadowed clashes gin of error and other details of the Transplanted organs spread cancer between the major parties three poll were not released. Such surveys INDIANAPOLIS - Transplanted organs months before national elections. In have generally reflected outcomes from a single donor spread skin cancer to JERUSALEM - A voter survey Jerusalem, the three largest parties but have occasionally been inaccu­ two recipients who then died, claim two released after polls closed predicted failed to field candidates for mayor rate. medical malpractice complaints against the victory for a secular businessman for the first time, leaving the race to Porush, 53, an imposing figure on Indiana Organ Procurement Organization. against a powerful ultra-Orthodox representatives of two of the city's the ultra-Orthodox national political Anthony Taylor, 45, of South Bend Jewish leader in Jerusalem's may­ three distinctive and often squab­ scene for years, his trademark bushy received the liver and one kidney from the oral race Tuesday, a contest that bling groupings. red beard going gray now, faced Nir recipient in October 2006 and died nine again exposed the deep divide The telephone survey of people Barkat, a venture capitalist in his months later. James Fell, 53, of Fort Wayne between religious and secular who voted conducted by Israel TV, second try for the mayor's job. received the other kidney and died Sept. Israelis. released just after balloting ended at Official results were expected early 30. 2007, or nearly a year after his trans­ Israelis voted around the country, 10 p.m., showed that secular candi­ Wednesday. Leading candidates plant, The Indianapolis Star reported picking mayors and city councils, but date Nir Barkat defeated Meir needed to win 40 percent of the vote Tuesday. · local issues and strong independent Porush, 50 to 42 percent. The mar- to avoid a runoff in two weeks. page 6 The Observer NEWS Wednesday, November 12, 2008 PAKISTAN Proposition 8 dravvs criticis111 Taliban fighters Gay-rights activists are angry after same-sex marriage ban passes lyweds or same-sex couples Plans have been made for a Associated Press with children in their ads for demonstration outside a SAN FRANCISCO fear of alienating undecided Mormon church in New York attack U.S. trucks California's gay-rights move­ heterosexual voters. City on Wednesday, and out­ ment has been beset by T-he movement's first com­ side city halls in every state forces in Afghanistan," infighting and finger-pointing mercial, aired in late on Saturday. Associated Press Mahmood said. since the defeat of gay mar­ September, starred a couple Some gay rights leaders PESIIAWAH - Suspected Most of the supplies for U.S. riage at the ballot box, with with an adult lesbian daugh­ have encouraged the heated Taliban fighters hijacked trucks and other foreign troops in some activists questioning ter. Later ads included a fic­ gatherings, while others carrying llumvees and other Afghanistan arrive by ship at the campaign's mild tactics, tional woman with a lesbian worry they could backfire supplies for U.S.-Ied troops in Pakistan's port of Karachi in including the decision not to niece, California's public and offend churchgoers and Afghanistan, authorities said unmarked containers. They are show same-sex couples in schools chief, and Sen. others. Tuesday after a brazen attack then taken by colorfully decorat­ ads. Dianne Feinstein saying, "No Evan Wolfson, executive near the Khyber Pass that ed trucks to places like Bagram The movement's leaders matter how you feel about director of New York-based underscored the militants' grip Air Base, north of Kabul, the "were very timid. They were marriage, vote against dis­ Freedom to Marry, raised no across key mountain strong­ Afghan capital. too soft," said Robin Tyler, a crimination." objection to the protests but holds. NATO and U.S. officials have lesbian comic who created a Geoff Kors, executive direc­ said it is important that they The assault highlighted the declined to say if the trucks series of celebrity public tor of the gay rights group be carried out peacefully. vulnerability of a vital supply carry weapons and ammunition. service announcements with Equality California, defended "Peaceful protest is impor­ route for the 65,000 U.S. and They have in the past suggested the slogan "Stop the Hate, No the choice of advertisements. tant, time-honored way of NATO forces battling a resur­ that ordinary criminals - not on 8" that were rejected "Lesbian and gay people mobilizing people to action gent Taliban in landlocked an orchestrated campaign by because they were deemed were everywhere in this cam­ for justice," he said. "It's Afghanistan. A significant militants - are the main prob­ too negative. "We were light­ paign - as spokespeople, on completely understandable amount of supplies for the lem. weights on our side." YouTube, our Web site. For that people would be Western forces go through The Khyber Pass, a stretch of Proposition 8, a measure to the television advertising, the expressing their sadness and Pakistan. about 30 miles, has long been stop gay marriage in best messengers were the determination." Attacks on convoys carrying an important trade route and California, passed with 52 messengers that were used," Gay marriage is now legal food, fuel and other supplies are militarily strategic area tra­ percent of the vote last week he said. in Massachusetts and common on the road. But versed for centuries by armies, in a painful defeat for gay But Michael Petrelis, a vet­ Connecticut only, with Monday's raid was especially from Moghul warriors to British rights activists. The ban eran AIDS activist in San Connecticut holding its first large and well-organized. It also colonial forces. It abuts the main overrode a California Francisco, said the absence same-sex weddings on could further strain U.S.­ northwestern Pakistan city of Supreme Court ruling last of gay couples in the media Wednesday. Pakistani relations over rooting Peshawar. spring that allowed 18,000 campaign was a fatal error. Exit polls in California out Taliban and al-Qaida mili­ In a bid to eliminate militancy same-sex couples to tie the "We were seen more as a showed that the gay mar­ tants along the border, which in the border region, the U.S. knot over the past four liability," Petrelis said. riage ban received a majority remain entrenched despite mili­ has stepped up unilateral mis­ months. "When you have that kind of from black voters, which has tary offensives and U.S. missile sile strikes there, a move con­ Some gays are complaining attitude, it's no wonder there prompted some gay leaders strikes. demned by Pakistani leaders that their leaders failed to was little community buy-in." to complain that they were Some 60 masked militants who say it only deepens anti­ organize a visible and vigor­ The criticisms extend to abandoned by a minority blocked tbe route at several American feelings among civil­ ous defense of same-sex mar­ beyond how the campaign group that should understand points before overpowering the ians. riage. In particular, they say was run to how people are discrimination. eonvoy, said Fazal Mahmood, a Pakistani President Asif Ali the movement failed to responding to the ban's pas­ Kathryn Kolbert, a black government official in Khyber Zardari was headed to the counter a series of hard-hit­ sage. lesbian who is president of tribal region. lie identified the United States Tuesday for a U.N. ting ads warning that the ban In the past few days, People for the American Way, attackers as members of conference on interfaith rela­ on gay marriage was needed demonstrators have hit the a Washington-based group Pakistan's Taliban movement. tions. He was expected to to prevent children from streets in California, some­ that monitors the religious Security forces traded fire broach the subject of the missile learning about gay relation­ times clashing with police right, was so worried about a with the gunmen, but were strikes with U.S. officials. ships in school. and snarling traffic. They backlash that she wrote a forced to retreat, he said. The Pakistan's prime minister, Leaders of the campaign in have rallied outside Mormon memo to colleagues, warning militants took about 13 trucks Yousuf Raza Gilani, issued a favor of gay marriage say temples to protest the it is wrong and self-defeating along with the drivers, who statement after a meeting they made a strategic deci­ church's major role in ban­ to blame black voters for the were believed to be Pakistani. Tuesday with a U.S. congres­ sion not to highlight gay new- ning gay marriage. outcome. A U.S. military spokesman in sional delegation saying there Afghanistan confirmed the was a "need for restoration of thefts lat!~ Tuesday. trust between" the two nations "There were some U.S. mili­ and that there must be "com­ tary materials that were taken plete respect for Pakistan's ter­ - llumvees and water tank ritorial integrity." Bishops to oppose abortion trailers," said Maj. John Pakistan has pursued its own Hedlield. military offensives against insur­ Later Monday, a separate gents, including ones in the Catholic leaders condemn the Obarna administration's pro-choice position group of insurgents halted a Swat Valley and the Bajur tribal truck carrying what appeared to mgion. The U.S. has praised the Naumann has said repeatedly tion more boldly than they had in be a NATO jeep, setting the mili­ operations, but the militants Associated Press that Kansas Gov. Kathleen 2004, telling Catholic politicians tary vehiele on lim, Mahmood have staged a wave of suicide BAlTIMORE - The nation's Sebelius, a Catholic Demoerat who · and voters that the issue should bn said. NATO oflkials could not attaeks, apparently in retalia­ Roman Catholic bishops vowed supports abortion right'l, should the most important eonsidet"dtion immediately be reached for tion. Tuesday to forcefully confront the stop taking Holy Communion until in setting policy and deciding comment on that incident. A suieidc bomber blew himself' Obarna administration over its she ehanges her stance. which eandidato to baek. In the past, U.S. and NATO up Tuesday outside a stadium support for abortion rights, saying "They cannot call themselves Yet, aemrding to exit polls, 54 ollir.ials have played down tlu~ir hosting athletes from around the church and religious freedom Catholic when they violate such a percent of Catholics ehose Obama, h1sses along the pass. the country, killing at least three could be under attack in the new core belief as the dignity of the who is Protnstant. The new bish­ But earlier this year, NATO p!Hlplc and wounding 17 while pmsidential administration. unborn," Naumann said Tuesday. ops' statement is meant to drive said it was trying to reduce its narrowly missing some top gov­ In an in1passioned discussion on The discussion occurred on the home tho point in a way that ean­ dependence on the route by ernment leaders, ol1ieials said. Catholics in public life, several same day the bishops approved a not be misconstrued. negotiating with Hussia and The bomber struck outside the bi-;hops said they would accept no new "Blessing of a Child in the "We have a very important thing other nations to let it truck main gate of the Peshawar compromise on abortion policy. Womb." The prayer seeks a to say. I think we should say it "non-lethal" supplies to Sports Complex, which was Many condemned Catholics who healthy pregnancy for the mother clearly and with a punch," said Afghanistan through Central decked with lights for the clos­ had argued it was morally accept­ and makes a plea that "our civic New York Cardinal Edward Egan. Asia. ing ceremony of the Inter­ able to back President-elect rulers" perform their duties "while But some bishops said ehureh Security forces, backed by hel­ Provincial Games. Officials had Obama because he pledged to respecting the gift of human life." leaders should take care with the icopter gunships, hunted for the promoted the games as a way to reduce abortion rates. Chicago Cardinal Francis tone of the statement. missing trueks and drivers. The improve the northwest's violent And several prelates promised George, president of the U.S. Bishops differ on whether military said late Tuesday it had image. to call out Catholic policy makers Conference of Catholic Bishops, is Catholic lawmakers should refrain recovered some of the stolen The province's information on their failures to follow church preparing a statement during the from receiving Communion if they materials but would not specify minister, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, teaching. Bishop Joseph Martino bishops' fall meeting that will diverge from central church what. said he was just a few feet away of Scranton, Pa., singled out Vice press Obama on abortion. beliefS. Each bishop sets policy in "We are using all resources to from the site of the explosion President-elect Biden, a Catholic, The bishops suggested that the his own diocese. traee and reeover the hijacked when it happened, and that the Scranton native who supports fmal document include the mes­ "We must act and be perceived trueks, some of which wern ear­ province's governor had left the abortion rights. sage that "aggressively pro-abor­ as acting as caring pastors and rying vehicles for the allied scene only 15 minutes before. "I cannot have a vice president­ tion policies" would be viewed "a<; faithful teachers," said Bishop elect eoming to Scranton to say an attack on the chureh." Blase Cupich of Hapid City, S.D. he's learned his values there when Along with their theological Dr. Patrick Whelan, a pediatri­ those values arc utterly against opposition to the procedure, cian and president of Catholic the teachings of the Catholic church leaders say they worry Democrats, said angry statnmenL-; Church," Martino said. The that any expansion in abortion from church leaders were eoun­ Please recycle The Obama-Biden press oflicc did not righL'l eould require Catholic hos­ terproduetivn and would only immndiately respond to a request pital-; to pnrform abortions or losn alienate Catholics. for eomment. federal funding. Auxiliary Bishop "We're calling on the bishops to Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Thoma-; Paprocki of Chkago said move away from the morn vidous Observer. tho Dioeese of Kansas City in tho hospitals would dose rather language," Whelan said. lin said Kansas said politicians "ean 't than eomply. the church nnnds to aet "in a morn cheek your principles at tlw door During the campaign, many ernativn, constru

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MARKET RECAP Stocks Officials offer new mortgage plan Dow Jones 8,693.96 -176.58 Borrowers to get reduced rates or longer terms, critics say it's not enough Up: Same: Down: Composite Volume: 674 71 2,889 795,891,349 Associated Press WASHINGTON - Once ·AM~·,;d,rl11111rllilllll~lll~llllrllll~ll11111111tllllll again, the government has NASDAQ 1 580.90 -35.84 offered another plan to ·o·NYSE··~~-*"Wl"'""~~~~Jl!!tllrlillllll!ll!llli(l!EIIIl- help troubled homeown­ S&P 500 898.95 -20.26 ers. Once again, critics say it doesn't go far enough. NIKKEI (Tokyo) %8~UE~M~ifi~lll11!ii The plan announced FTSE 100 (London) 4,246.69 -157.23 Tuesday by federal offi­ cials and mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie COMPANY %CHANGE $GAIN PRICE Mac sounds sweeping in S&P DEP RECEIPTS (SPY) -3.09 -2.86 89.77 its approach: Borrowers FINANCIAL SEL SPDR (XLF) -3.48 -0.48 13.32 would get reduced interest rates or longer loan terms POWERSHARES (QQQQ) -2.18 -0.67 30.10 to make their payments CITIGROUP INC (C) -3.66 -0.41 10.80 more affordable. But there's a catch. The Treasuries plan focuses on loans 10-YEAR NOTE -0.13 -0.005 3.755 Fannie and Freddie own 13-WEEK BILL -2.50 -0.005 0.195 or guarantee. They are the dominant players in 30-YEAR BOND -0.14 -0.006 4.208 the U.S. mortgage market 5-YEAR NOTE -0.04 -0.001 2.503 but represent only 20 per­ Commodities cent of delinquent loans. Sheila Bair, chairman of UGHT CRUDE ($/bbl.) -3.08 59.33 the Federal Deposit GOLD ($/Troy oz.) -13.30+0.4 733.20 Insurance Corp., said the plan "falls short of what is PORK BELUES (cents/lb.) 8-0.03 84.68 needed to achieve wide­ Exchange Rates scale modifications of dis­ tressed mortgages." YEN 97.7350 With the government EURO 0.7954 spending billions to aid distressed banks, "we CANADIAN DOLLAR 1.2019 must also devote some of BRITISH POUND 0.6475 that money to fixing the front-end problem: too many unaffordable home loans," Bair said in a statement. AP IN BRIEF Democrats on Capitol California resident Troy Courtney stands outside of his home on Nov. 1. Hill aren't satisfied, either. His family is moving due to foreclosure. Pelosi urges auto industry bailout "When the loan is chopped WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy up into a million pieces on a new dimension on the new approach, which or guarantee nearly 31 Pelosi called for "emergency and limited finan­ and any investor can block Capitol Hill. House takes effect Dec. 15, will million U.S. mortgages, or cial assistance" for the battered auto industry a modification from hap­ Speaker Nancy Pelosi become a model for loan nearly six of every 10 out­ on Tuesday and urged the outgoing Bush pening, a program like called for "emergency and servicing companies that standing. But they have administration to join lawmakers in reaching a this will only scratch the limited financial assis­ collect mortgage payments far lower overall delin­ quick compromise. surface of the mortgage tance" for the battered and distribute them to quency rates - under 2 Four days after dismal financial reports from crisis," said Sen. Charles auto industry and urged investors. These compa­ percent. General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co., Schumer, D-N.Y. the outgoing Bush admin­ nies have been roundly To qualify, borrowers Pelosi backed legislation to make the automak­ The economic crisis is istration to join lawmak­ criticized for being slow to would have to be at least ers eligible for help under the $700 billion still unnerving Wall Street. ers in reaching a quick respond to a surge in three months behind on bailout measure that cleared Congress in Stocks fell again as compromise during a defaults. their home loans and October. investors found few indus­ postelection session of James Lockhart, direc­ would have to owe 90 per­ In a written statement, the California tries safe from the con­ Congress. tor of the housing finance cent or more than the Democrat said the aid was needed "in order to sumer spending slump. The new mortgage assis­ agency, urged investors to home is worth. Investors prevent the failure of one or more of the major With Starbucks Corp. and tance plan was announced "rapidly adopt this pro­ who do not occupy their American automobile manufacturers, which luxury homebuilder Toll by the Federal Housing gram as the industry stan­ homes would be excluded, would have a devastating impact on our econo­ Brothers Inc. both posting Finance Agency, which dard." as would borrowers who my, particularly on the men and women who disappointing quarterly seized control of Fannie Still, government offi­ have filed for bankruptcy. work in that industry." results. the Dow Jones and Freddie in September, cials had no estimate of Qualified borrowers "Congress and the Bush administration must industrial average closed and other government and how many homeowners would get help in several take immediate action," she added. down nearly 180 points. industry officials. would be able to qualify. ways: The interest rate Administration officials have concluded that the The financial crisis took Officials say they hope Fannie and Freddie own would be reduced so that bailout bill that passed earlier does not permit loans to the auto industry, but lawmakers are expected to return to the Capitol for a brief postelection session beginning next week. Costa Rica ready to join CAFTA Spending worries send stocks lower SAN JOSE. Costa Rica- Costa Rica is finally ready to join the Central American Free Trade Associated Press too difficult to predict what the luxury moves yet to help homeowners rene­ Agreement. homebuilder's profit would be next gotiate hundreds of thousands of The country signed the accord in 2004 along NEW YORK - Wall Street got year. delinquent loans held by Fannie Mae with the rest of Central America, the United States another dose of painful reality Wall Street was also jittery as the and Freddie Mac. and the Dominican Republic. Tuesday and sent stocks diving as nation's feeble automakers hope for a But the market ultimately ended But its implementation has been stalled for four investors recognized that few indus­ bailout from the federal government lower, acknowledging that although years by opposition lawmakers who didn't want to tries are safe from the consumer similar to the one given ailing insurer the mortgage crisis that spawned the open Costa Rica's powerful state-run telecommu­ spending slump - whether they're American International Group Inc. current economic deterioration is nications and insurance industries to competition. building homes, making cars or sell­ General Motors Corp., whose shares being addressed, the economy Others felt the required intellectual-property laws ing coffee. The Dow Jones industrial have plunged to 60-year lows, said remains extremely troubled. dictating jail time for violators were too strict. average lifted off its lows of the day, late Monday it would cut 1,900 facto­ There were no economic reports Costa Ricans voted for the trade deal in a but still closed down nearly 180 ry jobs on top of the 3,600 cuts it released Tuesday, since the govern­ national referendum a year ago, moving it for­ points. announced Friday. ment and bond markets were closed ward. But then it became stalled again as con­ It became clear to investors that it's Stocks did recover from deeper for Veterans Day. Investors didn't gress squabbled over the enabling legislation going to be hard to rely on the aver­ losses after a media report that quot­ need government data to see that the dealing with 13 different aspects of the deal. age consumer to pull the economy out ed a BlackRock executive as saying a economy's slide isn't over, though - On Tuesday, lawmakers overcame the final of its downturn. Late Monday, $30 billion Bear Stearns mortgage the litany of troubling corporate news intellectual-property hurdle by allowing schools Starbucks Corp. reported lower sales portfolio could be worth more than its was enough. Wall Street has been and universities to copy some materials and by across the coffee chain, and early market value suggests. And in anoth­ anticipating grim results from corpo­ reducing prison time for those guilty of selling Tuesday, Toll Brothers Inc. posted a er promising sign for mortgages, the rate America, but it cannot gauge yet pirated goods. sharp drop in revenue and said it was government announced the largest how bad they could get. THE OBSERVER

page 8 IEWPOINT Wednesday, November 12, 2008 THE OBSERVER Engendering conflict P.O. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 I returned home on Saturday night, "West Side Story." Why? Because I'm a I want all the men at this University to after our crushing defeat at the hands of man and men don't like musicals. be able to say, "I am a fan of musicals." EDITOR IN CIIIEP Boston College, and realized I had to At least that's what our culture would It's unfair that such a gender bias exists: Chris Hine soothe my ruffied feathers. Normally have you believe. It's not cool to be a we can't openly and happily admit our MANAGING EDITOR BUSINF.SS MANAGER when I'm in such a mood I decide to man who likes musicals. Musicals have love of a toe-tappingly delightful show­ Jay Fitzpatrick John Donovan watch a movie, a singing and dancing. Men don't sing and tune. Women arn privileged. Sure, in movie that will dance. We grunt and drink beer. recent years men have bonn able to AssT. MANAGING EDITOR: Katie Kohler either make me Musicals have whimsical plotlines. Men overcome the romantic conwdy barrier, A'iST. MANAGING EmTOR: Deirdre Krasula laugh or make me don't like whimsical plotlines. We like but the Groat Wall of Muskals cannot be NEWS EDITOR: Jenn Metz cry depending on John Wayne and Burt Reynolds. Liking conquered by our small and insignificant VIEWPOINT EmroR: Kara King just how bad of a musicals is akin to liking the ballet or pro-musical front. SPORTS EDITORS: Dan Murphy mood I'm in. And the opera. There is some hope for us musical-lov­ Bill Brink this past Saturday Now, a typical male response to the ing men. Trey Parker and Matt Stone ScENE EDITOR: Analise Lipari was no difrerent suggestion of watching a musical would understand the power and beauty of a SAINT MARY'S EDITOR: Liz Harrer from any of those be: "What?! You want to watch a musi­ musical and how it ean make a truly other days. Andrew Miller cal?! That's so lame. Why can't we great cinematic experienee. It can in fad PHOTO EDITOR: Jessica Lee As lllippPd wateh 'Eseape from New York' or be solidly argued that these two South GRAPIIICS EDITOR: Mary Jesse through my DVD The Roads 'Demolition Man?"' With all due respect Park creators heralded in the new age of ADVERTISING MANAGER: Maddie Boyer binder trying to Scholar for the work of Kurt Hussell and movie musicals with "South Park: AD DESIGN MANAGER: Mary Jesse decide which movie Sylvester Stallone, I argue that there is a Bigger, Longer, and Uneut." Without that would help me time and a place for watching musicals: movie, maybe we wouldn't even have CONTROLLER: Stacey (;ill through the troubled time, I came across all the time and everywhere. Think "Ilairspray" or "Mamma Mia!" on the SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR: Mike Moriarity many titles that would have been about it, all you males out there, all you big screen. OFFICE MANAGER & GENERAL INFO extn~mely helpful in this situation. manly men who disown musicals: I have But evnn though musicals an~ now (574) 63I-7471 "Hudy"- a Notre Dame classic that heard you sing along to Disney tunes at more prevalent in theaters, men still FAX always brings a tear to my eye. But how parties. I have seen you dress up as cannot go in alone. I had to see (574) 63I-6927 ADVERTISING eould I watch Rudy when the last thing 1 Aladdin and Magic Carpet for "Hairspray" with my sister and "Mamma (574) 631-6900 [email protected] wanted to think about was Notre Dame llalloween. I have watched you watch Mia!" with a female eoworker because of EDITOR IN CHIEF Football'? "Heavyweights," the earliest Family Guy and The Simpsons and a latent fear my friends would laugh at (574) 63 I -4542 and arguably best of all of Judd appreeiate every time they break into a me for doing so. And that's not right. MANAGING EDITOR Apatow's movies, always lightens my big, Broadway number. So don't tell me We need to reliJeus the discussion of (574) 63 I-4541 [email protected] day. But a petty argument with a friend that you don't like musicals. gender on this campus. Sure, there are ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR (574) 631-4324 who also likes the movie has soured The counter to this - "We only like latent gender issues that plague our BUSINESS OFFICE "Heavyweights" for me for the time thosn things in an ironic way. When we community. But one that never gots (574) 63I-53I3 b11ing. sing along to 'A Whole New World' we're mentioned is the inability for men to like News DESK I was running out of options and then I doing it because it's not cool to do it, and musicals publidy. 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Yes, "West Side song that nobody's ever heard of from with pride. smc.1 @nd.edu PHOTO DESK Story." an obseure musical, probably something (574) 631-8767 [email protected] But I became troubled about midway approximating Philip Glass, and you Andrew Miller is a senior Hnglish SYSTEMS & WEB ADMINISTRATORS through the movie. As Tony and Maria would make it your ring tone. You major. He can be contacted at (574) 631-8839 begin serenading each other during wouldn't thrash around a party as soon amille 15@nd. edu THE 'Tonight" I realized that if I hadn't been as "Circle of Life" comes on or belt out "I The views expressed in this column OBSERVER ONLINE by myself I probably would not have Just Can't Wait to Be King" at the top of are those of the author and not www.ndsmcobserver.com been able to watch or even suggest your lungs. necesarily those of The Observer. 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TODAY'S STAFF News Sports OBSERVER POLL QUOTE OF THE DAY Liz Harter Dan Murphy When did you stop watching Madeline Buckley Greg Arbogast the game? Amanda Gray Mike Gottimer Submit a r Graphics Scene Interception return for touchdown "The kid don 't lose. " Mary Cecilia Jess Schaffer Halftime Mitsch Viewpoint Fumbled punt to the Editor at Kara King Watched the whole thing- I'm a sucker Zach Zimmer for punishment www.ndsmcobserver.com winner of FP VI and DABS enthusiast Vote by Thursday at 5 p.m. at www.ndsmcobserver.com THE OBSERVER

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 IEWPOINT page 9 lETTERS TO THE EDITOR Learning to laugh ND football disappoints

"Tropic Thunder" was far and away premise of the movie's humor relies We have all been here before. We were saviour for America's once-finest sporting the funniest movie of this summer, sur­ heavily on the characterization of here in 1985 when Miami beat Notre team. It should be noted that I admire passing the likes of "Pineapple blondes as air-headed. Shouldn't we be Dame 56-irrelevant, in 2000 when Charlie Weis and what he has accom­ Express," "Step Brothers" and more. equally outraged at the "degrading" Oregon State took Notre Dame to the plished in his life personally and profes­ From its opening sequence of psuedo­ image of blonde haired individual the woodshed and in 2004 when BYU embar­ sionally and for his unyielding public advertisements to its uproarious finish, movie portrays? Best yet, consider rassed ND in the opener. And yet again, devotion and defense of Notre Dame. the movie was as enjoyable as any I've 2006's "Borat: Cultural Learnings of we find ourselves at that same familiar Since he is a fellow alumnus and loves seen in recent times. I was elated at America for Make Benefit Glorious place after the recent ND football no­ Notre Dame as much as any of us, I sus­ learning the movie would be showing Nation of Kazakhstan." Doesn't this show in Boston. pect he will put Notre Dame above any with SUB movies, as I knew very many movie both mispresent the American We are at that familiar point in time personal life-illusions and will yield the of my friends had missed the opportu­ people and degrade our idea of the when we know, beyond any reasonable chair if he thinks it is for the betterment nity to experience the hilarity of this Kazakhstanian people to that of a doubt, the fate of the Notre Dame football of his alma mater. movie. backwards country? coach. The performance in Boston was I also trust that Mr. Swarbrick and Fr. Thus, I cannot disagree more with My point, then, is this. Nearly every such a gross distortion of Notre Dame Jenkins appreciate that, as we enter into Mary Forr's opinion in "Tropic comedy can seem "degrading" or offen­ football, that there can be no other way our 16th year of non-competitiveness, it is Thunder: not so funny" (Nov. 11). I cer­ sive if viewed in some manner. The key forward, other than a complete purge of more than possible for Notre Dame foot­ tainly do not mean to downgrade any is to understand the difference between those who produced this version of the ball to become permanently irrelevant, of the great challenges those with dis­ poking fun and making fun. "Tropic Irish. Some within the University will save a radical change in course. Don't let abilities encounter. However, I do Thunder" is not a movie intent on the wave their hands for awhile and show the NBC contract fool you. That contract debate her Letter's repeated claim that degradation of those with mental hand­ you statistics to indicate that there has has wrought the worst possible malady the film "degrades" those with disabili­ icaps, but offers jokes of all varieties, been improvement in passing yards per upon Notre Dame and its leadership: ty. Again and again, Forr makes this whether based on culture (Alpo Chino's game and sacks allowed per game, etc., complacency, the misguided sense that all statement, but only once does she offer Booty Sweat ad), ethnicity (the back­ but those are ruses to distract you from is well with the Notre Dame "brand" any backing to it, likening the disabled­ wards nature of the Asian drug lords), reality. The reality is that those of us who when, in fact, the "brand" has been criti­ related humor to making fun of Jewish race (Kirk Lazarus's skin pigmentation) were blessed to witness Notre Dame foot­ cally ill for 15 years. or black people. I hate to break the or mental capacity. By all means, I do ball under Ara Parseghian, Dan Devine And what of the rest of us? We continue news, but many comical movies do not mean to put down the trials and and Lou Holtz can attest that this Notre to grasp more and more tightly onto the have jokes concerning race and reli­ challenges that those with mental dis­ Dame team is light years away from the illusion that Notre Dame football will gion, where most people generally abilities encounter and incredibly sur­ historical standard. I cannot even imagine someday be great once again. Much like understand the difference between pass. On the contrary, I think a little what those who witnessed Leahy's teams the protagonist in "The Great Gatsby," making a joke and "degrading" a spe­ humor only serves to highlight these must be thinking. many of us came so far to Notre Dame cific people. great challenges. All it takes is the So, once again, we will all go through and have felt such exhilaration at how Consider, for instance, the 2002 right perspective. As Forr mentions, the usual drill: Thousands of alumni are Notre Dame football proudly represented movie, "Van Wilder." The main humor Notre Dame is named after our Blessed writing their letters to Fr. Jenkins, Mr. us in the past, it seems nearly impossible in the character, Taj, draws from the Mother ... and I'm sure she had a sense Swarbrick and Mr. Notebaert, withhold­ to believe we cannot grasp the same fun poked at his Indian heritage and of humor as well. ing their annual donations to the greatness now. the resultant culture clash. By Forr's University, stadium attendance will begin Notre Dame football is our "green light, standards of humor, isn't this an unfair Colin Keeler to look like a men's basketball game, the orgastic future that year by year and "degrading" portrayal of the freshman bookstore sales will go down and the NBC recedes before us." Notre Dame football, Indian culture? Likewise, in the 2001 Stanford Hall ratings will reach the lower limit of detec­ as we once knew it, has eluded us for two movie, "Legally Blonde," the entire Nov. 11 tion, as alumni like myself decide to take decades. But just like Gatsby, "that's no my kids to the park rather than do matter - tomorrow we will run faster, penance for five hours every Saturday. stretch out our arms farther ... And one And we will all wait and watch to see fine morning- So we beat on, boats what Charlie, Jack and Fr. Jenkins are against the current, borne back cease­ Too soon for 'Weis w-atch' going to do in the next Act. lessly into the past." At some point, perhaps at the end of Monday, Neil Hayes of the Chicago out by a team with a Top 10 defense, this season, or the end of the next, a John Chute, M.D. Sun Times wrote an article entitled and games that we admittedly gave change will be made in the Notre Dame alumnus "'Weis Watch' has begun at ND". The away. Did we, as fans, expect too football head coaching position and we Class of 1986 article doesn't need to be read for the much after some glimmers of what will cast our lots with yet another hopeful Nov. 10 gist of it to be understood: Coach will be against teams who aren't very Charlie Weis is on borrowed time. It good? was all over ESPN at around 3 pm The losses are met with calls for the Monday, discussed on "College coach's head and that the players Football Live," "Around The Horn" don't have the heart or will to win. Offensive co111ics are back and "Pardon The Interruption." Weis' You, the reader of this letter, probably This letter regards the Nov. 10 edi­ my sensibilities and insulted your read­ winning percentage, winning record know a player. Ask him how much he tion of the comic "The Dome Piece." ers' intelligence. Did you think that this against winning teams and all the enjoys losing. I'd be willing to bet that The text for the comic reads: "The strip could pass unnoticed? negative statistics are thrown around. he'd rather win. A lot more. As for Cleveland Browns announced that Cavadini, you copy-pasted that first One ESPN reporter (Joe Schad) said the coach, who inherited a myriad of rookie QB Brady Quinn will be starting panel to create the second panel. that the biggest reason Weis won't be recruiting problems, has hauled in for their game against the Bills next Shame on you. Son, you have a track­ fired is the buyout on his contract. three great-to-stellar recruiting class­ Monday. In related news, you just got ball mouse and MSPaint at your dispos­ Campus is groaning with discontent es, with a fourth on the way. an erection." al- don't be ashamed to use them. and frustration. And it's all under­ People expect all of our freshmen to I am astonished that this particular standable. Why write a letter to point be Michael Floyd, and they all can't comic strip made its way into our dear Robert Scully this all out? be that. He's a freak. But how about Observer. I can only assume that the senwr Because it needs to stop. Being a the most underrated player on our comics page editor was overtired that Alumni Hall fan doesn't mean unabashed green team, Mike Turkovich, a senior who is day. David Cavadini, you have offended Nov. 14 Kool-Aid drinking. It does mean sup­ just now making serious contributions porting your team and every part of on the field and has been a rock a left it, but is not mutually exclusive from tackle. I didn't expect it when I, at all being critical. I'm tired of hearing the of 5'10", attempted to post him up in groans even though I agree with a fair bookstore basketball last year. Some chunk of them. people take time to mature. Most do, I, too, want the nasty team we were in fact. promised. It's hard to watch our run­ Meanwhile Coach Weis is holed up ning game flounder while a team in in his "bunker" trying to get ready for East Lansing - the now proud little Navy and secure another top recruit­ brother in that state - runs smash ing class. Let next year be the one in mouth football behind a 3-star run­ which judgment is passed. Next year, ning back from Dayton, Ohio that the it will be his players and the team will previous regime didn't even take a no longer be "young," with a junior crack at recruiting. I thought this quarterback leading the way. Realize team grew up faster than we all these are the growing pains you knew expected. were coming at the beginning of the Ah, yes. Expectations. Remember at year, but somehow forgot about along the start of the year, when everyone, the way. Because sophomores and including people here on campus, freshmen can't lead a team. Not yet. expected us to go 7-5 or 8-4? Why is Keep the faith. After all, patience is it that this is now unacceptable to a virtue. people? What did everyone expect our young team's growing pains to look Nathan Bernardi like? What did everyone expect our senior losses to look like? Close losses are off campus now unacceptable, as is being shut- Nov. 10 THE OBSERVER

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A Fresh Take on The Ancient Battle of the Sexes Occasionally the language and the set feel a bit too far ANALISE LIPARI apart, but those moments are rare. .·· Scene Editor The actors are clearly well-prepared for what might Imagine a world where you have no idea that anyone else have been a daunting task. Matt Goodrich and John exists, other than your two mysterious caretakers. Then, Maltese arc the two male innocents in the king's experi­ suddtmly, you're plunged into the outside world, seeing ment, and each succeeds at capturing a blend of physical yourself and others for the very first time. What would comedy and eager, goofy masculinity. At one point, you do'? I low would you aet? And, as "The Dispute" asks Goodrich's Azor slams into the ground, and you can't help its dmraeters and its audience, which snx might deceive admiring their commitment to the physicality of their the otlwr first? Who is morn prone to adultery? roles. Their exchange when they first meet is a priceless The latest Main Stage show from the Film, Television moment. "Do you eat food'?" Goodrich asks, hesitant; and Theater department at Notre Dame, Pierre "Every day," Maltese emphatically replies. "Awesome!" Marivaux's "The Dispute" is an exerdse in experimenta­ Agrend. tion. A wealthy young royal (Kevin Stein) proposes a sce­ Their female counterparts are both good, as well, and nario to a group of friends: Eighteen years before, the all four succeed with adapting themselves to Marivaux's same discussion breaks out at his father's court. The King adaptation of the commedia dell'arte style. The girls' dm~idns to test the question by raising two babies of each obsessions with their own reflections play well for laughs sex in complnte isolation, and "The Dispute" details what - watch for the scene with a pair of compact mirrors. ensues when those four "experiments" finally meet. The play's play on social and gender dynamics are Director Siiri Scott and her able-bodied cast do very intriguing for the innocents, their wealthy spectators, and wnll with what could fen! like datnd material. The battle the audience watching "The Dispute" alike. It raises of the snxes is, no doubt, an eternal discussion between questions about which sex is more guilty for the indiscre­ women and men. But with a play whose lifetime is more tions of love, commitment and adultery. At one point, than ten times that of the actors? FTT deserves praise for Stephanie Newsome's Carise, one of the two caretakers of keeping the matnrial feeling fresh and relevant. the four innocents, tries to persuade an innocent not to Thn production team for "Thn Dispute" has transplant­ cheat: "Consult your heart! You'll loathe your infidelity." ed Marivaux's 17 44 french play to a set that feels like it's Newsom and Edward Velazquez, her male counterpart, straight out of AMC's "Mad Men," or maybe a Hock are both amusing as the exasperated pair who carry out Hudson-Doris Day comedy. "Pillow Talk" could have easi­ this great social experiment. The final fate of the quad is jumpnd to this stylized, seemingly desert-set building, interestingly staged, as well. th angularly constructed stone and steel. The music "The Dispute" is surprisingly short, but very well done. aying before and aftnr the performance, and at occa- If you don't have an answer in the question of who wins . mal moments during the production, reinforces the see­ the battle of the sexes, check out "The Dispute." Visit per­ . nario. with strains of "Come On-a My House" and formingarts.nd.edu for more information. · .i"Volare" coming through. It's an interesting effect. Contact Analise Lipari at [email protected].

other and plotting to steal the other girl's lover. The two boys meet and become friends, but then Scene Writer they meet the other boy's lover and can't help Besides their roles in Pierre Marivaux's "The falling in love with her. Dispute" this weekend in the DeBartolo What is your role in the play? What parts of it Performing Arts Center, junior Stephanie Elise have been difficult, easy, or eye-opening for ewsome and senior Molly Key are no strangers you? to the Notre Dame stage. Newsome has been in Newsome: I play the role of Carise, who is a Notre Dame Mainstage productions as a caretaker and scientist in the experiment. We atre major. and Keys has acted in Loyal Sons began the rehearsal process with an intense, d Daughters twice, and several other produc­ week-long workshop on Commedia dell'arte. including "Spurt of Blood" this fall. But both While it was difficult to get full training on an f them admit the specific performance style die­ entire style of theatre, the workshops gave me ted by Marivaux's script, commedia dell'arte, some helpful tools and vocabulary to approach been a learning experience. The pair had the the text of the play in a new light. ce to speak to the Observer via e-mail about Key: I play Adine, one of the four lovers in the he production. play. The most interesting part of this process has hat exactly is commedia dell'arte? been teaching myself to see everything for the Key: Commedia is a highly stylized type of first time. The four lovers all grew up in complete talian theatre. Masks can be used, although in isolation, except for their caregivers, so every is production we are not using masks. experience they have is a new experience for Commedia uses stock characters (inammorati or them ... It makes me feel like a little kid again. lovers, zanni or servants, etc.) to tell a story. What are some funny or memorable moments Commedia involves using the whole body to create from the rehearsal process? specific movements, including the spine, which Key: We had a commedia workshop the third can be difficult. For example, as a lover, I walk week of rehearsal, and the whole process of get­ with my heart forward, because the lovers are ting used to the style was quite funny. We got to guided by their heart. It was a pretty difficult try on commedia masks and basically make fools style to get a good grip on, because if you don't of ourselves. One exercise we do sometimes in commit with your whole body, you just look silly. rehearsals is we perform a scene, or once even Decio Mainstage Theatre The whole process of learning commedia was fun the entire play, without words. It's exhausting but Tuesday. November I 1- Saturday November though, because as a cast we had to learn to real­ it really pays off because you have to commit your ly trust each other. entire body to it, and some great stuff has been 15 at 7:3opm is the play about? found during those exercises. Sunday. November 16 at 2:30 Newsome: "The Dispute" centers around one Newsome: The play says that. .. these two care­ $1 o Student Tickets, $I 2 faculty/Staff basic ehieken or egg question: "Who is more takers had no help in raising these four children ithful in love, men or women?" This question $I from infancy. During a rehearsal one day, we Tickets, or 5 General Admission rives a Garden of Eden type experiment that decided to explore that interaction between two tempts to find an answer through an observa­ parents and four babies in four different loca­ on of nature. Carise and Mesrou have been rais­ tions. We did an improvisational exercise where ng four children (two boys and two girls) for the four children sat in four different corners, and bout 18 years in complete isolation from each Eddie Velazquez (who plays the caretaker other and the world in order to set this experi­ Mesrou) and I had to run around the room, trying ment in motion. to keep four bratty babies happy all at the same Key: When they turned 19, Carise and Mesrou time. While being hilarious to watch, it also gave set up meetings between the four. One of the boys me a lot of insight into Carise's character because (Azor) and one of the girls meet (Egle) and fall in she has been working nonstop for 18 years to pre­ love, and the same happens with the other two pare for this moment of the experiment. characters (Adine and Mesrin). Carise then allows the two girls to meet and they end up hating each Contact Jordan Gamble at [email protected]. THE OBSERVER

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KEVIN SMITH EPLORES SEX AND LOVE IN ZAC[( }!Ji[(E & }filii

rice had a perfect amount of JAY FITZPATRICK vegetables to contribute to Scene Writer the flavor of the rice without Notre Dame may have being overpowering. The found its next great student sauces used to stir-fry the rice restaurant: Thai Lao Food. was delicious, adding a lot to Nestled among other more the rice's flavor. The white well-known eateries like K's rice was about as good as Grill, Between the Buns and white rice can be, but what J.W. Chen's is this small Asian added to it was its texture. restaurant that seems perfect Unlike many white rices at to cater to college-aged restaurants, Thai Lao's is patrons. stickier, making it easier to Although the restaurant eat with a fork or chopsticks Porno does offer a menu, the best (both of which Thai Lao It's a precarious situation. What bang for your buck is likely offers). the buffet, which sits in the Although you can easily fill uld you do if you are infinitely Director: Kevin Smith ehind on your bills, stuck in a corner of the small dining up on the main dishes at the dead-end job, and need to turn Starring: Seth Ragen, room. buffet, try to save some room The buffet offers several for dessert: a rice-based dish things around in any way that you Elizabeth Banks, Jason can? items found on the from the Philippines Well, if you are a resourceful Mewes, & Justin Long menu - including Food: 3.514 called cassava, slacker like Zack (Seth Rogen of Th.ai bar~ecue Service: 2 .514 which tastes like rice "Knocked Up") or his roommate chicken, chicken pudding covered in curry and Pad Thai Atmosphere: 3l4 caramel. Miri (Elizabeth Banks of "W."), you set out to make an amateur adult - in addition to Cost: 414 While the food was film (with a less-than-printable title) some Asian restau- Overall: 3 .2514 very tasty, perhaps with a rag-tag group of locals in rant staples, like the best part of the hopes of breaking the bank. While than stellar cast (including charac­ egg rolls and vegetable stir buffet is the price. At $5.99 might sound like an abhorrent ters played by ex-adult star Traci fry. Off to the right-hand side for weeknights and $6.99 for idea to some, it is (in light of the Lords and Jason Mewes, i.e. "Jay" of the buffet are two rice weekends (prices are the nt economic situation) a hilari­ of "Jay and Silent Bob" fame), the cookers, one with fried rice same for lunch and dinner), ous look at the lengths to which group begins to shoot the film, and and the other with white rice. the Thai Lao buffet compares people are willing to go to in the hilarity (along with some really The food, while simple, is favorably with other off-cam­ hope of living the American dream. gross sight-gags) ensues. also delicious. The different pus eateries, like Chipotle Admittedly, "Zack and Miri" is not Everything goes according to types of chicken- all dark ($6.25 for a burrito) or a film for everyone. Writer/director until Zack and Miri shoot meat (legs and thighs) - Golden Dragon ($6.35 for Kevin Smith of "Clerks" and "Jay scene together, and the were cooked to perfection most dinners). and Silent Bob Strike Back" fame feelings they've had for each and were very tender. They The decor, while sparse, fits does not disappoint in his bold style, for years finally come out. were also seasoned well, and the restaurant. The walls are in which nudity, foul language and While all the raunchy silliness were not as spicy as Thai food decorated with only a few indecent situations abound (you will "Zack and Miri" would probably often is. (If you do like your pieces, and the theme of the never think about frosting a cake enough for your average h food a little hotter, Thai Lao art - if there is one - is ele­ without feeling dirty ever again). school boy, Smith kicks it up a has a variety of hot sauces phants. There are some tradi­ Like many of Smith's films, and makes the dynamic betwe near the buffet to add to your tiona! pieces of decor in the though, it is a romantic (or "bra­ Zack and Miri really something the dish). room, such as a bamboo mantic") comedy of sorts, and, while audience roots for. The Thai barbecue was the screen just inside the door, the film does not apologize for its The movie ends up being a time­ best chicken dish at the buf- but otherwise the dining sex-charged subject matter, one tested tale of long-time friends find­ fet, which is not the say that room is Spartan, with just a does walk out of the film with a ing love in the most unlikely of situ­ the other dishes were not also few tables and chairs. deep connection to the characters ations, no matter how uncouth good. The sauce was savory, One of the things that and a sense of real life even if it is a situation might be. Smith has a mostly because it was not makes Thai Lao Food a per­ life you would not want to find your­ day poking fun at the absurdity overpowering. Similar to the feet college hangout, however, self in. sex and how pornography has, hot sauce, there was addition- was what was on the two tel­ Zack and Miri are life-long friends better or worse, become a part a! barbecue sauce available. evisions - one in each in who live in a dingy apartment in American popular culture, but he The most pleasantly sur- opposite corners. At first, Pittsburgh struggling to get by. also recognizes something a more prising thing about the food Adam Sandler's movie "The Then, one snowy Thanksgiving, one judgmental mind might not. Por at Thai Lao was that they did Waterboy" was playing, fol­ bill too many has gone past due, might be porn, but there is som the little things right, like rice lowed by "Project A," a 1987 and they end up without any utili­ thing to be said for finding love and egg rolls. Jackie Chan movie from his ties and on the verge of eviction. knowing the difference betwee The egg rolls - actually Hong Kong days. Zack, after having a conversation real life and X-rated fantasy. more like spring rolls - were Overall, the food combined th a man at their high school The foul-mouthed and clever not as greasy as they can be with a relaxed atmosphere reunion who stars in films with all­ Rogen fits in well with the e at other restaurants, while and affordable price to make male casts (played by a truly ridicu­ incorrigible Kevin Smith's style, still maintaining a strong fla- Thai Lao Food a great off- lous Justin Long), gets the idea that we get something that will make vor. campus choice. he and Miri should make their own you laugh hysterically and give Also, both kinds of rice adult film and sell it to reap the something to think about at the were a perfect complement to Contact Jay Fitzpatrick at . Miri agrees, and the two set same time. the chicken dishes. The fried [email protected]. to finance, cast and produce the great erotic film. Contact James McGuire at After pulling together their less [email protected] ..

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I I II NBA Williams returns to lineup as Jazz top Sixers Anthony scores 18 of 25 points in second half as Nuggets beat Bobcats, stay unbeaten with Billups in lineup

improved to 6-1 and lead the Associated Press Northwest Division. Brewer I'IIILADELPIIIA- The Utah seored all of his point in the Jazz played really well with­ fourth quarter after missing out star point guard Doron his first nine shots. Williams, winning live of their "At halftime, I was really first six games. down on myself," Brewer They're thrilled to have him said. "My teammates told me back. to hang tough and keep my Williams played for the f'irst head up." time this season to lead the Andre Miller scored 25 Utah Jazz past the points, Andre Iguodala had 15 Philadelphia 76ers 93-80 on points and 10 rebounds and Tuesday night. lin had seven Elton Brand added 13 for the points and nine assists after reeling Sixers, who lost their missing the first six games third in a row and fell to 2-5. becausn of a sprained left "It's a disappointing start," ankle he suffered in a presea­ Brand said. "We have to fight son gamn Oet. 18 against through it." Chicago. Samuel Dalembert and Williams averaged a double­ Thaddeus Young each added double last season - 18.8 11 rebounds for the 76ers, points and 10.5 assists - and who shot just 38 pereent from was part of the Unitnd States' the field. gold medal-winning men's "We've just got to find ways baskntball team at the 2008 to keep working hard and Olympics in Beijing. turn this around," lguodala "I didn't know what was said. AP going to happen." Utah eoaeh The Jazz scored 13 of the Jazz forward Carlos Boozer, right, pursues a rebound trailed by Sixers center Samuel Dalembert Jerry Sloan said. "It was the first 15 points in the fourth during Utah's 93-80 win over Philadelphia Tuesday. first time he's played in six quarter - nine by Brewer - gamns. We thought he'd play to take a 76-69 lead. His 3- advantage on a layup by 0 since he replaced Allen Chueky Atkins (knee) and five minutes or so but he pointer with 4:11 remaining Miller, who scored 10 points Iverson at point guard. Sonny Weems (groin). played longer. It kind of extended Utah's lead to 83-73 during that stretch. The After an 11-point fourth­ The Nuggets trailed by as depends .~m him how much he and sealed the win. Sixers led 6 7-63 at the end of quarter lead was sliced to 75- many as 10 points in the sec­ ean play. Philadelphia never got clos­ the third. 73, the undermanned Nuggets ond quarter before Anthony Williams played 31 minutes er than five the rest of the Utah jumped out to a 49-37 turned to Billups and their took over in the third. and shot 1-of-8 from the field. way. lead at halftime thanks in defense. Charlotte went six With a combination of fade­ "Evnry day, I've gotten a lot "I just think our offense is large part to straight posses­ away jumpers, fastbreak stronger," Williams said of out of sync," Sixers coach Boozer's 15 sions without a layups, mid-range shots and being able to return. Maurice Cheeks said. points and 10 point, while free throws, Anthony scored Carlos Boozer led Utah with The Sixers trailed by as rebounds as Billups found 14 points in the quarter, the 19 points and 16 rebounds. many as 13 points in the third well as 11 "Every day I've Nene for a last two coming on a jumper Andrei Kirilenko and Bonnie quarter. Facing a 57-45 Philadelphia gotten a lot stronger. , thunderous over Morrison that put Denver Brewer added 16 points deficit, Philadelphia went on a turnovers. dunk before ahead 68-59. apieen for the Jazz, who 16-2 run to take a 61-59 The Jazz Billups' driving Anthony's jumper early in played without Deron Williams layup and free the fourth quarter made it 73- All-Star forward Jazz guard throw on the 62 before Charlotte rallied. Mehmet Okur, next possession Morrison's 3-pointers and who returned to made it 80-73 Hichardson's reverse layup his home coun- with 2:56 left. capped a 9-0 run to cut the try of Turkey on The Bobcats lead to 75-73. But with Monday because of an illness couldn't recover, sending Haymond Felton on the bench in the family. Okur is averag­ coach Larry Brown to his fifth with five fouls, the Bobcats ing 15.5 points per game, see­ loss in seven games with his eouldn't sustain the run with ond on the Jazz. newest team. rookie ILl. Augustin strug­ Jason Richardson scored 23 gling running the point in Nuggets 88, Bobcats 80 points and Adam Morrison Felton's absenee. Augustin Carmelo Anthony scored 18 added 16 for the sloppy shot 1-for-9 with three assists of his 25 points in the second Bobcats, who committed 18 and four turnovers. half, Chauncey Billups added turnovers and shot 40 per­ Even Sean May's return to a key three-point play late cent. the eourt couldn't prevent and the Denver Nuggets held Despite dressing only nine Charlotte from dropping to 1- off the Charlotte Bobcats 88- players, Denver rallied from a 2 on its season-high six-game 80 on Tuesday night to stay sluggish start to give coach homestand. unbeaten with Billups in the George Karl a win in the May was aetive for the first lineup. coaching matchup of North time since the opener, when It was Billups' second trip to Carolina alums. Brown criticized his condi­ Charlotte in just over a week. A day after Antonio tioning following knee sur­ He had a much more pleasant MeDyess was waived, forward gery. May started the fourth day this time around. A week Kenyon Martin missed his quarter and missed a jumper after he abruptly left town second straight game with a 13 seconds later. lie went to before the game when Detroit sprained right wrist. He the bench with no points or traded him, Billups calmly joined a lengthy injury list rebounds two minutes later guided his new team, finish­ that included centers Chris and didn't return. Nuggets guard J.R. Smith, top, fights with Bobcats guard Gerald ing with 16 points and five Andersen (ribs) and Steven Anthony hit 10-of-19 shots Wallace for a loose ball during Denver's 8S80 win Tuesday. assists as Denver moved to 3- Hunter (knee). and guards and grabbed six rebounds.

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MLB Men's Basketball AP Top 25

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1 North Carolina 1,800 1 2 Connecticut 1,661 16 3 louisville 1,638 13 4 UCLA 1,487 3 5 Pittsburgh 1,319 17 6 Michigan State 1,311 18 7 Texas 1,259 7 8 Duke 1,250 9 9 NOTRE DAME 1,243 15 10 Gonzaga 1,162 24 11 Purdue 1,099 20 12 Oklahoma 987 NR 13 Memphis 977 2 14 Tennessee 920 5 15 Arizona State 645 NR 16 Marquette 592 25 17 Miami (Fl) 570 NR 18 usc 414 NR 19 Florida 403 NR 20 Davidson 347 23 21 Wake Forest 312 NR 22 Georgetown 311 8 23 Villanova 256 NR 24 Kansas 233 4 25 Wisconsin 196 6

Women's Basketball AP Top 25 team points previous AP 1 Connecticut 1,124 1 San Francisco pitcher Tim Lincecum delivers a pitch during the first inning of a game against San Diego 2 Stanford 1,018 4 3 Maryland 1,005 5 on Sept. 13. Lincecum takes home pitching's highest honor in only his second major league season. 4 Oklahoma 946 14 5 Rutgers 914 7 6 North Carolina 892 2 7 Tennessee 857 3 Lincecum wins NL Cy Young 8 Duke 815 9 9 California 769 10 Associated Press lot closer," lincecum said. his body," McCormick said The 24-year-old right-han­ 10 Louisville 726 19 The slender kid with the on a Giants conference call. der made his first All-Star 11 Texas A&M 624 8 NEW YORK - Tim whirling windup received 23 "I think that article in Sports squad, but an illness pre­ 12 Vanderbilt 546 21 lincccum was a big winner of 32 first-place votes and Illustrated that called him a vented him from appearing 13 Texas 501 NR on a woeful team, which fit 137 points in balloting by freak probably sums it up." in the July 15 game at Oklahoma State 13 14 442 him perfectly. the Baseball Writers' lincecum was 18-5 with a Yankee Stadium. Virginia 437 24 15 Association of America. 2.62 ERA and a major 16 NOTRE DAME 374 15 Firing 97 mph fastballs New York Mets ace Johan 17 Arizona State 364 NR from his miniature frame, Brandon Webb of the league-best 265 strikeouts, Santana, who led the league 18 Ohio Slate 359 25 the National League Cy Arizona Diamondbacks got remarkable numbers for a in ERA (2.53) and innings 19 Baylor 353 . 12 Young Award recipient is an four first-place votes and fin­ fourth-place club that fm­ (234 1-3), also garnered four 20 Auburn 239 NR anomaly in almost every ished second with 73 points. ished 72-90. first-place votes and came in 21 Florida State 204 NR way. Listed at 5-foot-11 and In fact, Steve Carlton was third. 22 Xavier 170 NR Lincecum joined Mike 160 pounds, tiny by today's the lone Cy Young winner to The other first-place vote 23 Purdue 148 NR McCormick (196 7) as the standards for a big league pitch for a team that was went to Milwaukee lefty CC 24 LSU 133 6 only San Francisco Giants to pitcher, Lincecum defied worse. The Hall of Farner Sabathia, last year's ALwin­ 25 Old Dominion 124 11 win the Cy Young, taking detractors - and the laws of was an incredible 27-10 ner who was traded by home pitching's highest physics - by overpowering with a 1. 97 ERA for the Cleveland into the National honor by a comfortable one hulking slugger after 1972 Philadelphia Phillies, League on July 7. He went margin Tuesday following another. who went 59-97. 11-2 with a 1.65 ERA and his second major league "I don't remember any­ Lincecum led the NL in seven complete games in 17 NCAA Swimming season. body in my time who had winning percentage (. 783), starts for the Brewers, pitch­ CSCCA Rankings "I was definitely surprised. that style of pitching, who ranked second in ERA and ing them to their first playoff I thought it was going to be a put that kind of torque on was third with 227 innings. berth since 1982. Men Women

1 Texas Arizona IN BRIEF 2 Stanford Georgia Nationals Ret Olsen, Brady back at work in Contract dispute likelY. ends 3 Arizona Stanford Willingham from Marlins Patriots training room Hoffman's run in San Diego 4 Michigan Texas WASHINGTON - Starting pitcher FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Tom Brady SAN DIEGO- Trevor Hoffman's 5 Florida Florida Scott Olsen and outfielder Josh is back with his Patriots teammates, record-setting run as San Diego Padres 6 California California Willingham were traded by the Florida laughing and talking with them - closer is almost certainly over after the Auburn 7 Auburn Marlins to the Nationals on Tuesday in and, more importantly, rehabilitating team withdrew its contract offer for 8 Tennessee Texas A&M 9 Georgia Indiana a five-player deal that signals the start the injured left knee that ended his 2009. 10 Minnesota Tennessee of Washington's efforts to revamp its season in the very frrst quarter. Hoffman, baseball's career saves roster after a major league-worst 59- Brady underwent surgery on Oct. 6 leader and the face of the franchise 102 season. and said on his Web site on Oct. 18 since Tony Gwynn retired following the The Marlins received second base­ that he had another operation on the 2001 season, was upset with the abrupt, man Emilio Bonifacio and two minor knee after it became infected. The impersonal way the club ended contract leaguers: second baseman Jake Boston Herald reported that he had talks, agent Rick Thurman said Tuesday. Smolinski and right-hander P.J. Dean. two more procedures since then to Thurman doubts negotiations can be around the dial Each player the Nationals got is fight an infection and that he was on a rekindled. entering his first year of salary arbitra­ six-week course of intravenous antibi­ Hoffman's appearances out of the tion. otics. The team has not commented bullpen were announced by the omi­ NBA Olsen went 8-11 with a 4.20 ERA in on those details. nous gongs from ACIDC's "Hells Bells." 2008, his third consecutive season with The star quarterback was back in The Padres apparently rang out the Trail Blazers at Heat at least 31 starts- he has never been Foxborough on Nov. 4 and has been Hoffman era when they pulled their 8:00 p.m., ESPN on the disabled list. The lcft-hander is working in the Gillette Stadium train­ offer of $4 million for 2009 and a $4 31-37 with a 4.63 ERA in the majors. ing room beside teammates who are million club option for 2010. Thurman Willingham, who will be 30 on open­ busy preparing for games. He has not said the club also refused the closer's Rockets at Suns ing day, hit .254 with 15 homers and been seen in the locker room during request for a meeting with top execu­ 10:30 p.m., ESPN 51 RBis this year, when he missed 50 the period when it is open to the tives, who appear to be slashing salary games with a herniated disk in his media. A black knee brace was on the because of owner John Moores' difficult back. chair at his locker Tuesday. divorce. page 14 The Observer+ SPORTS Wednesday, November 12, 2008

NCAA FooTBALL NCAA FOOTBALL Spurrier dismisses USC w-ants revenge for 2007 loss

USC dominated Stanford statis­ thrown by John David Booty, who Associa1ed Press tically, rolling up 459 yards of played the whole game despite Florida storyline LOS ANGELES - It's 13 total offense to 235, but commit­ breaking a bone in the middle months later, and Southern ted five turnovers while forcing finger of his throwing hand in the California defensive end Kyle only one. second quarter. Carroll ha'i since ranked first in the SEC and Moore still feels the pain. The game turned late in the Associa1ed Press acknowledged on several occa­ third in the country, faces its No doubt Pete Carroll does as third quarter, after the Trojans sions that he made a mistake by COLUMBIA, S.C. - The toughest challenge this year. well, although the Trojans' coach had taken a 16-7lead. Not count­ not replacing Booty, who sat out last time Steve Spurrier Since losing to Mississippi, wasn't eager to discuss one of the ing their final possession, when the next three games. brought South Carolina to the Gators have averaged biggest upsets in college football they took a knee with the game "They came through, made the The Swamp to face his old nearly 49 points a game history Tuesday at his weekly in hand, the Cardinal gained 186 plays they had to make, and it sehool, Florida's national during a five-game winning meeting with reporters. yards and scored 17 points the was a great finish for them," championship run was near­ streak. That's understandable, consid­ last three times they had the ball. Carroll said. "It wa'in't for us." ly derailed by their beloved "I would say Florida has a ering his team wa'i the victim. Pritchard threw a 10-yard Tight end Anthony McCoy said former coach's team. better team this year than Somehow, 41-point underdog touchdown pass to Mark he believes the Trojans simply Much was made of they had two years ago that Stanford rallied to beat then-No. Bradford on fourth-and-goal with weren't ready to play on that Spurrier's return to won the national champi­ 2 USC 24-23 last season, snap­ 49 seconds left and Derek Belch's October night. lle promised it will Gainesville, Fla., for that onship," said Spurrier, who ping the Trojans' 35-game win­ PAT provided the winning points. be a diflerent story Saturday. game in 2006. It was the led the Gators to six of their ning streak at the Los Angeles "We're not supposed to lose at 'The press is going to blow it first time the ol' ball eoach, seven SEC titles. Coliseum and ultimately knock­ the Coliseum, that hurt the up, that we're going to try and who won a lleisman Trophy Meyer likes to remind his ing them out of contention for the most," Moore recalled with a look for revenge. It will be a little as a player and a national players of Florida's football BCS championship game. sigh. "It was a horrible feeling, bit of that, but it's just another championship as a coach for history at the beginning of The teams meet Saturday at being booed by the home fans, game, that's what they teach us. the Gators, had faced his the year, pointing out the list Stanlord, and the Cardinal (5-5, very depressing. We have to get We're going to go into Stanfbrd, alma mater at Ben Hill in the south end zone of the 4-3 Pac-1 0) has another chance that win back, feel like we got see signs, 'Hnmember Last Year.' Griffin Stadium. Gators' SEC and national to spoil USC's hopes for a national something back from last year, We've just got to focus on the The game champi­ title. The sixth-ranked Trojans (8- get some emotion out at their game," he said. "Nothing's ea'>y." ended up being onships. 1, 6-1) are favored by 23 points place." USC's only other loss la.'it year better than the "/ don't think it'll be a ''I'm not sure this time despite Stanford's 4-0 Carroll said the Cardinal is was a 24-17 setback at Oregon in subplot. how much our record at home. improved from last year, adding: the final game Booty missed. I lad Florida needed big deal. lt'lljust be guys are into "It's been discussed," Moore "We had all we could handle last that been their only setback, the a late blocked the Gamecocks history. said regarding last year's shock­ time around. So we're going to Trojans probably would have field goal to against the Gators. " They're into er. "That was a very depressing try to get right and put together a played in the national champi­ win 17-16 on the present, loss. It's revenge this weekend. great game here." onship game. its way to win­ the future, It's still on our minds, the guys Asked which team might bene­ The Trojans have won six ning the Steve Spurrier which is fine. I who were here last year. fit from what happened in last straight, outseoring the opposi­ national cham­ South Carolina coach don't think it's "We're ready. This is an excit­ year's game, Carroll replied: "I tion 231-23 sinee losing 27-21 at pionship under a big deal to ing game for all of us. They beat don't know, you'd have to ask Oregon State on Sept. 25. USC coach Urban our guys at us by 1 point last year, it was them how they feel about it. But leads the country in scoring Meyer. all," Meyer said. pretty much a !luke loss. There anytime that we get beaten, par­ defense (6.4 points) and total Spurrier brings the Tebow threw for 304 yards are a lot of emotions going into ticularly in the conference, it's defense (206.4 yards}, and is 25-0 (;anwcocks back to Florida and two touchdowns and ran this game." just a reminder of how critical in Novembnr games since Carroll on Saturday, again with a for 120 yards and five more Stanford was coming off three every game is and how you have became eoaeh in 2001. ehanen to dash the Gators' scores in last season's meet­ one-sided losses entering last to get ready and right every sin­ "The fact that we're coming national title hopes. Another ing, on the way to winning year's game, including a 41-3 set­ gle time you go, and you have to down to the end of the Pac-1 0 Spurrier homecoming isn't the lleisman Trophy. back to visiting Arizona State the play well and do things right, and challenge, this is right where mueh of a story line this "I had the opportunity to previous week. Tavita Pritchard not do the kinds of things that we'd like to be," Carroll said. time. stand on the sideline and made his first collegiate start can beat you." "We're playing for champi­ "I don't think it'll be a big watch him just rip us to against USC as a fill-in for T.C. Carroll specifically mentioned onships each week, and we're deal," Spurrier said about pieces," said linebacker Ostrander, who had a seizure six the five turnovers. Four came going to take it as such and put the trip. "It'll just be the Jasper Brinkley, who was days before the game. after halftime on interceptions together a fantastic week." Gamecocks against the injured for last year's Gators." Florida game. "You want to But there's no question go back out this year and Spurrier's presence on the prove a point that we are sideline opposite the Gators capable of playing with has made a series dominat­ these guys." The Nanovic Institute Film Series presents ed by Florida more intrigu­ Spurrier had a chance to ing. meet Florida's third In 2005, Spurrier's first Heisman Trophy winner game against Florida, the when Tebow won the award Gamecocks beat the Gators last year. Spurrier admires ALICE for the first Tebow's talent BY JAN time since and tough­ joining the "/had the ness. SVANKMAJER SEC in 1992. "He can Last season opportunity to stand on shake a one- was a more the sideline and watch arm tackle typical him just rip us to and those Florid a­ guys run in S o u t h pieces. there and hit Carolina him and they game. Tim Jasper Brinkley almost bounce T e b o w South Carolina linebacker backward," accounted Spurrier said. for seven Spurrier touchdowns doesn't have and 424 total yards and the big plans for his latest trip Gators won 51-31. to Florida. The team will These fourth-ranked stay at a hotel about 40 Gators have already miles from Gainesville on clinched a spot in the SEC Friday night. After the title game against No. 1 Gamecocks arrive for Alabama, but need to get Saturday's game, Spurrier there without another stum­ said he will chat with athlet­ Animated masterpiece of Lewis Carroll's classic tale ble to have a chance at play­ ic director Jeremy Foley and ing for the national title. some of the old security No. 24 South Carolina is a guards, trainers and team THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH 21-point underdog and has doctors. Other than that, it 6:30* & 9:30 PM, BROWNING CINEMA never won at Florida. will be just another SEC "We eertainly go down road game. DEBARTOLO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER there with the attitude that "When you're coaching one we really don't have any­ team, that's where your *6:30 pm screening will be introduced by Malynne Sternstein thing to lose," Spurrier said. mind is. Trying to get some Associate Professor of Slavic Studies, University of Chicago "We're pretty huge under­ plays ready, trying to get dogs, which is OK. but we're your quarterbacks, offense, Tickets: $6, $5 faculty/staff, and $3 all students going to go down there and team, decisions - just pitch it around and line up coaching a ball game," Call 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu and see how our defense, Spurrier said. "Sometimes ADEBARTOLO 19i]UNIVERSITYOF our No. 1 defense, ranks when you're coaching a v PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ~NOTRE DAME against thn No. 1 offense." game, you don't even know South Carolina's defense, who the opponent is." Wednesday, November 12, 2008 The Observer+ SPORTS page 15

NFL NFL Saints can't pass the co111petition Jets have much to Division by no fewer than two yards and the Saints finished 7-9. Associated Press games. They'll likely have to Despite his preference for METAIRIE, La. - Drew Brees string together five or six victo­ passing and involving Brees' prove vs. Patriots could very well set the NFLs all­ ries in their last seven games to accuracy and decision-making in time record for yards passing in have any hope of a postseason as many plays as possible, a single season - while playing berth. Payton said he is taking a hard red, white and blue demons that for a losing team. At this point, New Orleans has look at the way he manages the Associated Press have haunted them for so long. History shows that's a hard yet to win two in a row, which game plan. FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Brett And with Favre leading the thing to do. Then again, the New has Brees feeling a little hollow "As the head coach, I have to Favre gripped the sides of the way, New York believes the time Orleans Saints have found cre­ about his gaudy passing num­ be mindful of how we do things podium as he spoke, his camou­ is now. ative ways to disappoint their bers. and be just as critical of myself as flage cap and shorts making him "To get this win this week," cor­ long-suffering fans before. "I really don't care" about lead­ we ask our players to be critical look as though he were preparing nerback Darrelle Revis said, Brees threw for 422 yards in ing the league in passing, Brees of themselves," Payton said. for his latest hunting expedition. "would be huge for us." New Orleans' 34-20 loss to said Monday. "The fact that we "We're always evaluating, trying Well, truth is, he is. Favre has been far from fantas­ Atlanta on Sunday, which haven't been able to put two to internalize. We know we need This week is the reason the tic this season, but the Jets knew dropped the Saints to 4-5 and good consistent games together to be able to run the football New York Jets brought him in to what they were getting when they marked the sec- in a row is frus­ more, for instance." be their quarterback on that traded for him and jettisoned the ond time this trating." Payton said he intended to shocking summer night in August, efficient Chad Pennington. One of season Brees has Brees' passing unleash a slew of running plays and he knows it. the game's greatest gunslingers thrown for more '7 really don 't care totals are in part against the Falcons, but was The New England Patriots have has been incredible at times - than 400 yards in about leading the a reflection of forced to change plans after the been the hunted in the AFC East his six-touchdown performance defeat. Against league in passing. " coach Sean Saints had to settle for field goals - heck, the entire AFC for that against Arizona - and incredibly Denver in Week Payton's play­ on early drives and fell behind by matter - for a long time. Favre shaky at others - his three-inter­ 3, Brees threw calling. Payton, double digits. gets another shot at chasing down ception game against Kansas Oty. for 421 yards in Drew Brees who also played Brees ended up with three the Patriots in a big spot, with But his presence alone has given a 34-32 loss. Saints quarterback quarterback in interceptions, one of which was first place on the line Thursday the Jets a mental edge they Brees has a college and very returned for a touchdown. The night. haven't had in years, especially in league-leading briefly in the woeful play of the Saints' injury­ "I know exactly what this game a game of these proportions. 2,985 yards, put- NFL, subscribes depleted defense only made mat­ means, the weight it carries," "I haven't really thought about ting him on pace for a record-set­ to a "West Coast" style of offense ters worse, but Payton was not Favre said. ''I'm well aware of it," he said with that big, familiar ting 5,309. in which short passes are similar ready to blame one unit over what New England has done over grin. "That may be true. Then Dan Marino set the record with to runs. another. the past decade or so. It just again, it may not be. That may 5,084 yards back in 1984 with Brees never threw for more "We're going to have to play comes down to football." have been why we brought Kris the Miami Dolphins. Second than 3,576 yards in a single sea­ better defense down the stretch He makes it sound so simple, Jenkins in. Let's put it off on Kris." place belongs to Kurt Warner, son during his first five years in to do some of the things we're and maybe it is. After all, Favre He might be right, based on the who threw for 4,830 with the St. the NFL with San Diego. Hi'> low­ talking about doing, but that also spent the previous 17 seasons in dominant performance by the Louis Rams in 2001. In third is est total in his first two full sea­ starts with us on offense in pos­ the NFC, so he wasn't here when defense so far. But, to a man, the Tom Brady, who threw for 4,806 sons in New Orleans was 4,418 sessing the ball," Payton said. Bill Parcells bolted the Patriots for Jets have acknowledged that they yards last season with the New in 2006. Incidentally, the Saints The Saints will be challenged the Jets, and took never feel they're England Patriol'>. made the NFC championship to improve. Three defensive Curtis Martin out of any game Surely, everyone remembers game that season, when they starters - defensive end Charles along with him. as long as Favre where those teams ended up - also ran the ball more effectively Grant and cornerbacks Mike Nor was he "/ know exactly what is back there playing in a Super Bowl. than they have since. Deuce McKenzie and Tracy Porter - here when Bill this game means, the throwing. True, all three teams lost in the McAllister rushed for more than have been lost for the season to Belichick weight it carries." That element of Super Bowl, but there's a big dif­ 1,000 yards and Reggie Bush injuries in the past six weeks. scrawled a note confidence, ference between losing a cham­ added 565 yards on the ground. Defensive end Will Smith and into a napkin say­ maybe more than pionship game and failing to Last year, when McAllister McAllister both could be sus­ ing, "I resign as Brett Favre anything he actu­ make the playoffs at all. missed all but three games with pended four games later this sea­ HC of the NYJ." Jets quarterback ally does on the New Orleans isn't out of the a knee injury, Brees threw for son because diet pills they took He wasn't around field, has been his playoff picture yet, but the Saints 4,423 yards - but New Orleans' included a substance banned by when Eric most valuable trail every team in the NFC South running totals fell by about 300 the NFL. Mangini left addition. Belichick to become the coach of Let's face it, since Joe Namath the Jets, creating a rift between led the Jets to the Super Bowl in the student and teacher that 1969, this is a franchise that has came to a head with the Spygate put its hopes for a return trip on scandal oflast season. the arms of guys like Richard Still, Favre knows of New Todd, Ken O'Brien, Boomer England's dominance in this Esiason, Neil O'Donnell, Vinny decade, with the Patriots 13-3 in Testaverde and Pennington. They the series since the Jets won both were all pretty good quarterbacks meetings in 2000. at times, but none brought the "Until we beat these guys or intangibles Favre does. until anyone beats these guys and Sit in on a press conference knocks them off from the top, with Favre, and you can feel the then they're always going to be intensity. He'll look directly into the team to beat," Favre said. the eyes of his questioner and "We know that." come back with a 5-minute The Jets came close in Week 2, answer that's usually so good and falling 19-10 at home, but Favre detailed, it's hard to believe it was still trying to figure out the wasn't rehearsed. ofiense and learn his receivers' The players say he's the same names. The revamped offensive in team meetings and even more line with Alan Faneca and so in the huddle. Sure, he's 39 Damien Woody was still jelling, now and doesn't have the rocket and the defense still developing. arm he had when he helped Nine weeks later, New York is a Green Bay to consecutive Super much different team than the one Bowl appearances 10 years ago. Matt Cassel beat in his first start He still has every bit of the pas­ at any level since high school. sion, though, and that has been "I don't want to say we didn't good enough so far for the Jets. feel good about our team the sec­ Think some of the Packers don't ond week," Favre said. "With wish Favre was still their quarter­ each week, I feel like we're get­ back now? He led them within a ting better and better." win of the Super Bowl last season, The Jets have played like jug­ and Aaron Rodgers looked good gernauts the last two weeks, early but he and Green Bay have blowing away the Bills and rout­ slumped to 4-5. ing the Rams by a combined 73- Meanwhile, the Jets are playing 20. They're off to their first 6-3 their biggest game since their start since 2004, lead the AFC in playoff loss at New England in scoring, have one of the league's 2006, with a chance to put past toughest run defenses and rou­ failures far behind them. tinely introduce opposing quarter­ "Having Brett speaks for itself," backs to the turf. Hevis said. "He runs the offense Now comes the big test for the well, he's a leader. We just let Jets, and it still comes down to Brett handle what he handles this: They've got to beat the because we know he does a great Patriots. job. I'm just happy to have him on Forget the matchup with the my team." undefeated Tennessee Titans in And for the Jets, that might just two weeks. In order to move for­ be enough to help the hunters ward. the Jets must exorcise the finally come out on top. page 16 The Observer + SPORTS Wednesday, November 12, 2008

FOOTBALL US SOCCER Winless Wizards Donovan named player of year European Champions Associated Press good player and a big per­ League. sonality in U.S. football," not yet concerned LOS ANGELES - Landon lie played poorly in a Klinsmann said on Baynrn 's Donovan wants another Champions League match Web site. chance to succeed in Europe. against Liverpool, grew Donovan finished with 297 "lie was right there at the A bust with Bayer homesick for then-girlfriend points in this year's voting by Associated Press baek. Everybody knew he was Leverkusen during two prior (now wife) Bianca and a nationwide panel of jour­ WASIIIN(;TON - Maybe it's there. lie was always talking stints in Germany, Donovan returned to MLS three weeks nalists, followed by Everton bneausn they know thny madn and pointing and affecting began training with Bayern later, joining the Galaxy. goalkeeper Tim Howard thn playoff's af'ter an 0-5 start shots and changing shots." Munich on ''I'm a differ- (249) and Fulham forward last snason. As if' missing Haywood and Tuesday - the ent player than Clint Dempsey (176). Maybe it's bncause they loading scorer Arenas - no same day he I was then, "Landon is a presnnee," know they have two past All­ one seems to be sure when was voted U.S. "This has been an competing for Howard said by phone from Stars in the starting lineup he'll be back from his third player of the interesting week a spot," England. "When you line up and figure a third, Gilbert knee operation in 1 '? years - year for a Donovan said. in the tunnel to go onto t!H~ Arnnas, evnntually will weren't enough, the Wizards record fifth for me." "While at the field and you see Landon return. also could be without Arenas' time. time it seemed there, it gives you confi­ Maybe it's because they primary backup, Antonio "This has Landon Donovan like everything dence." know they can't possibly con­ Daniels, against Utah. been an inter­ Galaxy forward was against For Donovan to play for a tinue to losn and lose and Daniels missed Saturday's esting week me, the reality club in Europe, an agrne­ losn, ovnr and ovnr and over rout at Orlando because of a for me, was I just was­ ment would have to bn again. sore right knee, and he Donovan said n't ready yet. worked out with MLS and Whatever the rnason, tho skipped practice Tuesday, by telephone. "This opportu­ Now I know I'm ready and the Galaxy. Washington Wizards profess instead riding a stationary nity was too good for me to want the chance to prove "In a perfect world, if it thny are not worried, even if bike and doing stretching pass up." myself. In my mind. I just was up to me, I would love to they are thn only N BA team exercises. Donovan also won the want to know go some­ without a victory this season. Meanwhile, Butler tested Honda Award in 2002, 2003, if it's possi- where," he Even if' a loss to the some goggles Tuesday to pro­ 2004 and 2007. The 26-year­ ble." said. "I will do Northwest Division-leading teet the nasty gash that was old forward led Major lie is train­ "He is a great guy, a my part and Utah .Jazz on Wednesday glued together right above his League Soccer this year with ing for 10 very good player and take advantage night would drop Washington left eyelid. He was hurt when 20 league goals for the Los days with a big personality in of this oppor­ to 0-h for tho first time in hn bumped heads with Angeles Galaxy, playing Bayern, tunity and sec l'rctn1:hisn history. Orlando's Mickael Pietrus. alongside David Beckham. coached by U.S. football." what happens. "It's narly," eo-captain "We're going through our With 37 goals in 105 inter- former II' nothing Antawn .Jamison said al'tnr pain and agony right now," national appearances, California res­ Juergen Klinsmann comes of this, praetice Tuesday. "Not even Butler said. "This is a low. Donovan became the ident Juergen it's still a good Bayern Munich coach elosn to pushing the panic We're going to have many American career scoring Klinsmann, opportunity for button." highs this season." leader. the former me." He ally? Perhaps. His previous stints in coach of llis agent, Tlw re isn't any eon e1H n A year ago, after all, five Europe were failures. After Germany's national team. Hichard Motzkin, said it was about thn season slipping consecutive losses to begin signing when he was 16, "For me, it's just an oppor­ premature to speculatn away? the season were followed by Donovan never got into a tunity to see how I staek up, whether Donovan will have a "No. Nevnr. Thorn's too six consecutive victories. match when he was with doing some training with chance to play for a many games. If we were at "I hate to say it, but five Leverkusen from 1999-01. some very good players and European club. this point a month from now games in. we still haven't Following four seasons with kind of getting a feel for pos­ "It's a situation where and I'm saying, 'llny, we're 0- played with that !'ire and that the San Jose Earthquakes, sibly going forward," Juergen and Landon had 20,' I would tell you, 'Yeah.' I energy we normally play he returned to Leverkusen in Donovan said. known each other for years. couldn't he as positive as I am night in and night out with. 2005. lie lasted just a few Klinsmann also is a former It was an opportunity to go right now," said Caron Butler, That's something that defi­ months, failing to score in technical adviser to the over to train and stay lit and Washington's other captain nitely needs to change, and seven Bundesliga appear­ Galaxy. it made sense for every­ and 2007 -OH All-Star. we need to do it as soon as ances and two more in the "lie is a great guy, a very body," Motzkin said. "But 0-5'? We're cool. (If we possible," Jamison said. worn) 0-20? Yeah, I'm in "There's a certain swagger Tahiti right now, mtmtally. about ourselves that we've But wn're fine right now." been playing with for the past A1:tually. coach Eddie couple of seasons that so far .Jordan believes hasn't been very little is OK there," he at the moment. added. "The young "It's early. Not even The numbers guys have to close to pushing the haven't been stop making there, either. mistakes. The panic button. " Jamison, for older guys have example, is to stop making Antawn Jamison shooting only mistakes," Wizards forward 42 percent .Jordan said. from the field, "It's every- ineluding 22 body." percent on 3- llis team has failed in dose pointers, and averaging 17.6 games, such as an overtime points and 7.2 rebounds after loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, being one of only two Eastern and has been blown out, such Conference players to average as a 25-point loss to the 20 and 10 last season. Orlando Magie. Jordan sees One bright spot so far is problems on both offense - S{lCond-year guard Nick which certainly suffers from Young, whose 16.6-point scor­ the absence of Arenas - and ing average put him second in defense - which might be the league among NBA suffering even more from the reserves entering Tuesday. absence of injured center "Some of our players have Brendan llaywood. probably done better than Heading into Tuesday, the expected up to this point, so Wizards ranked last among you have to feel good about Uw NBA's 30 teams in both of that," team president Ernie the major defensive statistical Grunfeld said. "But basket­ categories: opponents' points ball's a team game. and if per game (I OH.H) and oppo­ you're going to win, you need nents' shooting percentage contributions from all your (50.2). players, and we're not getting The Wizards' defense had that right now." taken a step forward last sea­ As the defeats have started son under tlw tutelage of new to pile up, at least one player assistant coach Handy Ayers, admitted he has had to deal and mud1 nfl'ort was made to with some ribbing. funnel foes toward the 7 -foot Young is getting an earful llaywood in the paint. But he from a certain somPone about is out four to six months af'ter his winlPss Wizards. surgery on his right wrist. "I hear it from my mom "lin was the anchor of the every day: 'You going to get a whole defense," reserve for­ win?'" he said. "After we lose: Nlm..-=. ward Darius Songaila said. 'What happened?'" ND Wednesday, November 12, 2008 The Observer+ SPORTS page 17

defenses off balance all year with a steady diet of hard-nosed Manor running and timely passing. continued from page 20 As McBrayer's interhall foot­ ball career at Notre Dame I've lacked in throwing I've comes to a close, he believes his made up for in running the team has all the pieces in place ball." to win another championship. The development of a running "This is the best team I've ever game has added a new dimen­ played on," McBrayer said. "We sion to McBrayer's dangerous have our eyes on the Stadium." repertoire of skills. The Chicago native and the dynamic Contact Chris Masoud at Morrissey offense have kept [email protected]

WU YUE!The Observer Senior center Justin White receives a pass during Notre Dame's 7-0 win against Sacred Heart on Oct. 18. White had three assists this weekend on the road.

played together at times in "Playing with those guys is the past, both in games and great because I feel we each Regan practice over the past three bring something different," continued from page 20 years, and Guentzel and said White, who is known for White played on the same line his ability to control the puck. next night at Providence on a for much of last year. "Garrett's got a lot of speed rebound off a White shot. He Regan and Guentzel go way and really pushes the defense made it 2-0 midway through back, though - the two were back, and Guentzel's got real­ the second when White linemates at Hill-Murray High ly good vision." IAN GAVLICK!The Observer knocked Guentzel's shot out School in Maplewood, Minn., While scoring outbursts like Senior quarterback Joe McBrayer lines up under center in 2007. of the air and deflected it to when Regan was a senior and last weekend's might be rare, McBrayer Is finishing his third season with the Manorites. Regan, who put it home. Guentzel a sophomore. Regan said he and his line­ "Coach told "[Guentzel's] mates have come to under­ Saint Mary's College Department of Communication Studies, Dance, and Theatre presents us we were a great pass­ stand and appreciate their going to need er," Regan roles on the ice. some big shifts 'They created a lot said. "Anyone "The fourth line is always Ken Ludwig's right away is lucky to play looked on to be an energy against BC so of energy for us with him, being line," Regan said. "We're he'd have con­ and changed the on the receiv­ going to be looked on to get fidence to let momentum of ing end of his out there and hit and get us keep going," the game twice passes. We down and cycle. That's the LEND ME ATENOR White said. knew each biggest thing - if you can ~Tony Award winning comedy "We had a cou­ on the weekend.,, other coming grind out their 'D' and get a ple good shifts in and have couple chances here and right off the Jeff Jackson grown to be there, you're doing your job Directed by Katie Sullivan Scenery by Michaela Duffy bat and were even better as the fourth line." Irish coach friends, so it's Costumes by Melissa BBialko Lighting by Annaliese Furman just trying to The line's emergence will focus on little been fun to afford Notre Dame's top play­ things, getting play with him." ers additional rest and pro­ opportunities Guentzel vide different looks for oppo­ when we could. We were for­ added: "He was one of the top nents to try to handle, tunate enough for Garrett to hockey players in Minnesota Jackson said. November 13-15, 7:30p.m. Olaughlin Auditorium get a goal there to give the at the time, so just playing "Our lines are all a little bit November 16, 2:30p.m. Moreau Center for the Arts team a boost and give us as a with him then was a big boost different, and that's not a bad line a boost, too." to my confidence, and i1 was thing," he said. "It's good to Adult- $10, Senior Citizen- $8, The three linemates have an honor ... It's nice that we have different styles of lines developed a clear chemistry, continue that right now." - maybe a grind line, a tran­ SMC/ND/HCC Faculty/Staff- $1, ~.-.. And the trio's individual sition or speed line, and a lit­ SMC/ND/HCC Student- $5 but it hasn't happened just in ~ ·, Notre Dame's first eight strengths have helped to form tle bit of a cycle line that can 5! .• • Box Office: (574) 284-4626 or MoreauCenter.com ~ .. . games. Regan and White had one cohesive unit. protect the puck and play really good down low offen­ sively ... It allows us to be a four-line team, which is our strength." Not all teams are as deep as the Irish, though, and many squads use their fourth lines Solidarity Sunday sparingly, if at all. The fact that the threesome has had to November 16,2008 compete for playing time has played a part in their devel­ opment and improvement as The Spirit of Inclusion ... a line, Guentzel said. "When we get out there, "Strangers and Sojourners no longer" (Ephesians 2:19) we've just got to do the best we can," he said. "I know sometimes our shifts might be limited, but if we're given the "We value gay and lesbian n1ernbers of this c:on;munity as we value a if rnembers of tilis opportunity to play, we've got to take advantage of it." community", "We consciously create an environment of mutual respect, hospitality and And they did just that over warmth in which none are strangers and all may flourish", "We prize tile uniqueness of ali the weekend, Jackson said. persons as God's creatures." "There's no question, when -adopted by the Officers of the University on Aunust 27, 1997 they're playing the way they were playing, I have the con­ fidence to use them against a team's first or second or third line," he said. "And I thought Please join the Notre Dame family in our annual they did a great job ... They "Weekend-long prayer and "Welcome created a lot of energy for us and changed the momentum of the game twice on the weekend."

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"I've been involved with the back to the point I was at, and May, about the injury. game plan, with Michael in some," Peters said. ''I'm just "A lot of it was just that I Haywood there of course, as of Monday Peters trying to work hard and get to have to be mentally tough, it's continued from page 20 morning," Weis said. continued from page 20 that point. going to be a We is isn't exactly unfamiliar Maybe less foul- long road," learn how to deal with adversi­ with the role. Prior to this sea­ Then in February, Peters tore ing so I can stay Peters said of ty." son Weis called all of Notre her anterior cruciate ligament in a little "It was rough. It was her talks with Wnis did not give any indica­ Dame's plays and before that (ACL), an injury that kept her longer." a tough road doing Allen. tion that the dceision to take he also called play as the from playing for the rest of the A lot of her rehab, it sucks." "Sometimes ovor the calls was based on the offensive coordinator for the season. Now, Peters said her fouls, she said, you're going to shutout loss to Boston College New England Patriots. knee is elose to full strength, were small feel like you last Saturday. lie also said that "The one thing that I'll do is thanks to her rehab over the errors like Devereaux Peters want to give up I laywood seemed fine heading the guys will know very early summer. reach-ins or Irish sophomore because it's into Saturday night's game in the week what we're going "It was rough. It was a tough attempting to tough, but if its despite the news. to call in the game," Weis said. road doing rehab, it sucks," she block every shot what you want "lin came in and told me lie said that the key against said. "If you really are passion­ taken close to then you gutta Friday morning. lin was okay, the Midshipmen was to have ate about basketball you just her. Aside from "Not hitting go through and just push your­ we talknd about it and we said the offense play within their gotta get through and keep people," Peters said she needs self. There will be bad days, we would revisit it on Sunday," means. Navy has the 30th best pushing because you want to to be smarter on defense. but you just have to push Weis said. run defense in still play." Besides her resolve to return through it." "!laving gone the country and Peters said the rehab consist­ to her previous form, Peters through a death has been able to ed of basic exercises to rebuild said she talked to former guard Contact Bill Brink at during a foot­ "We decided not even eliminate the the strength in her quad as well Charel Allen, who graduated in [email protected] ball season deep ball effec­ as stability exercises. She said myself at one to go there. Let's just tively so far this she would jump off of a chair limn, you show try to get through this season. and practice landing correctly, up for the game week and get However, they or jump to touch a backboard but you are kind have been will­ and focus on coming down of in a fog. through Navy." ing to give up straight on her knee. You 'ro them but passing yardage Watching the team finish the you're kind of Charlie Weis underneath. remainder of the season while not tlwre at the Irish coach "As a play- powerless to help, Peters said, same time." caller you have bothered her. II a y w o o d to take what the "It was tough at the end started calling defense gives when you know you couldn't plays at the you," Weis said. help your team, and you want­ beginning of this season Haywood said that he ed them to get all the way and because Weis said he wanted encountered the same chal­ you know you couldn't help to be able to focus more on lenge against Boston College them besides cheering," she what was happening on the and in the second half against said. "I knew if I did what I'm linld at all times. Pittsburgh. supposed to do in the offseason Weis also said that the posi­ "The philosophy has now I'd be able to help them next tion at this point was only for changed where all defenses year." Navy and he would not discuss are saying, 'you're not going to The toughest part of the any future plans until after the beat us with the deep ball,"' ordeal, Peters said, was know­ game. Haywood said. ing her knee was healing but "Wn deeided not even to go Haywood said he plans on remaining unable to aid the then~. Let's just try to get meeting the team in Baltimore team. through this week and get and coaching in Saturday's "Even though [I feltl a lot bet­ through Navy," he said. game. lie said that the ter and I'm able to walk and Haywood is scheduled to absences of play calls would stuff like that, but still not being leave for Houston tonight and allow him to focus to caleulate able to play," she said. the funeral is scheduled for what is happening on the field Her knee has not reached the Thursday. and allow him to make better 100 percent point, Peters said, In thn meantime, Weis has situational suggestions to Weis. but is getting there. She said started to take eontrol in she wants to return to the point offensive practices and meet­ Contact Dan Murphy at where she was last year. Irish forward Devereaux Peters missed the last 11 games of ings. 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FOOTBALL SMC TENNIS Calling the shots Cainpbell s1gnsonas• Weis will take over offense against Navy nevv coach in Haywood's absence Observer Staff Report Saint Mary's announced By DAN MURPHY Tuesday that Dale Campbell Sports Editor will take over as its next head Irish coach Charlie Weis coach. announced in his regular Campbell takes over for Tuesday press conference that Chuck Hubino who coached the he would be taking over the Belles to ten consecutive win­ play-calling responsibilities ning seasons before stepping for at least this week against down earlier this year. Navy in Baltimore. Campbell also bring a suc­ Weis said he made the deci­ cessful past to the Belles. He sion because offensive coordi­ coached several sectional and nator Mike Haywood, Notre nationally ranked players dur­ Dame's regular play-caller, ing his ten years as the head will not be at practice this pro at the South Bend Hacquet week. Haywood will spend the Club. He left South Bend in week at home in Houston 1998 and became the owner of dealing with the death of his Lakeland Athletic Club in Niles, cousin Clarissa Francis. Mich. Aeeording to Weis, the death - He played collegiate tennis at .. was somewhat unexpected Central Methodist College in after a long battle with dis­ Fayette, Miss. where he earned ease. the No. 1 spot on the team. lie "Whenever there is some­ was also named team captain thing with family, everything and MVP in his senior season. stops," Haywood said. "You HY PHAMfThe Observer He currently lives in Granger, Irish coach Charlie Weis talks to Brandon Walker following Notre Dame's 41-38 loss to Pitt on Ind., with his wife and three see HAYWOOD/page 18 Nov. 1. Weis announced Tuesday that he call plays during the game against Navy this Saturday. kids.

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Manorites from playoff con­ Joe led the team to the has responded well to adversity make its return to the stadium. By CHRIS MASOUD tenders to favorites during his Stadium, where the Manorites in the past, and McBrayer The McBrayer of 2008, howev­ Sports Writer tenure at Morrissey. cruised to their first champi­ expects his team to do the same er, is a different quarterback Thrust into the starting quar­ onship in recent memory. in the playoffs. than the one that won the cham­ As the Morrissey interhall foot­ terback position as a sophomore, "That team could do just about "Losing to Keenan left a bad pionship in 2006. Adapting to a ball team vies for an opportunity McBrayer needed no time at all anything on a football tield," Joe taste in our mouths for a year," new team with a different style to play in the stadium, senior to adjust to a new team and a said. "We could run, throw, tack­ Joe said. "We know what it's like of play, McBrayer says that he's captain Joe McBrayer leads the full interhall season. le, you name it. Our guys took to win it all and what it's like to changed as a player from past Manorites for thB last timn in his "We had great leadership from away any pressure that was on lose it all. We want to relive that teams. memorable career at Notre our seniors that year," McBrayer me." experience of winning in the "I can honestly say I've under­ Dame. said. "My ItA., who was also on The Manor appeared in the Stadium again." performed in terms of throwing McBrayBr, the starting quar­ the team, took on the role of playoffs the following year, but With a number of returning the ball well this year. But what terback for the Manor for the mentor. I relied on him for sup­ was ousted in the first round in players from the championship last three years, has taken the port and advice." overtime by Keenan. Morrissey team, Morrissey is poised to see MANOR/page 17

NO WOMEN'S BASKETBALL HOCKEY Peters returns to the court Fourth liners pulling

By BILL BRINK their weight on the ice Sports Editor seniors I Regan and White I Notre Dame got a taste last By MATT GAMBER that have both been pretty season of what Devereaux Associate Sports Editor effeetive players for us over Peters eould do, but injury the first three years and a real ended her eontributions before The trio of Garrett Regan, good sophomore IGuentzel] on shn eould display her full poten­ that line. I think our lines are tial. Justin White and Ryan Guentzel may be listed as fairly balanced - if you look Peters, a sophomore forward. at our seoring right now, it's brought some teeth to the front Notre Dame's fourth line, but Irish eoach Jeff Jaekson is siek hard to really say we have a of the Fighting Irish full-eourt fourth line." press, getting her long arms and of hearing about it - especial­ ly after Hegan earned CCHA The line got off to a hot start 6-foot-2 frame in the way of Friday at No. 2 Boston College, opposing players and obstruct­ Player of the Week honors after seoring three goals in as White and Guentzel assist­ ing their views and passing ed on Regan's first goal just lanes. She struggled with foul two 4-1 wins over the week­ end while his linemates com­ four minutes into the game. trouble. but still averaged nine Hegan put the now-No. 9 bined for five assists. points and 5.3 rebounds in 20 Irish (6-3-0, 2-2-0-0 CCJIA) "Everybody keeps on saying minutes a game and led the ahead 1-0 late in the first the tnam with 45 bloeks. WU YUE!The Observer it, but I don't look at them as Irish sophomore Devereaux Peters goes up for a lay-up in being our fourth line," see PETERS/page 18 Notre Dame's 81-64 loss to Connecticut on Jan. 27. Jaekson said. "You've got two see REGAN/page 17