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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 42: ISSUE 8 THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 2007 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Authorities nab bank scam suspect Johnson Police in Fullerton, Calif., find 18 fraudulent NDFCU debit cards in man's vehicle leaves for highway patrol pulled over the NDFCU President Leo NDFCU Web site to a service By MARCELA BERRIOS car he was in and found 18 Ditchcreek said Tuesday more provider in the Netherlands. Associate News Editor fraudulent NDFCU debit cards than 60 customers clicked on The withdrawals, however, nevv post inside. The man was driving a the fraudulent link to review were traced back to the areas Authorities in Fullerton, Calif., vehicle that had been reported their account information after around Westminster, Calif. arrested an individual Tuesday stolen in Chicago. an e-mail told them there were "The Web site was set up Mentor, administrator in connection with the e-mail Conklin did not release the "one or more unsuccessful through a service provider in scam that prompted more than suspect's name, but he con­ attempts to log in to your Online the Netherlands, but whether or spent 15 years at ND 60 Notre Dame Federal Credit firmed the man is directly con­ Banking Account ... from a for­ not somebody in the Union (NDFCU) members to give nected to the NDFCU scam that eign IP address." Netherlands was involved in the their credit card numbers and began Friday when users Ditchcreek said at least five scam is still unclear," By KAREN LANGLEY passwords to a swindler mas­ received a series of e-mails that accounts were credited charges Ditchcreek said. "The suspect News Editor querading as the credit union. redirected them to a mock-up of and withdrawals that added up was able to use the account Sgt. Tom Conklin from the the credit union's Web site. to over $2,000. numbers and security codes our After 15 years at Notre Fullerton Police Department Users were asked to enter their The credit union's technology members entered into the fake Dame - years of studying, said a man was arrested account numbers, passwords staff tracked the origin of the e­ administering and counsel­ Tuesday at 1 a.m. after the and security codes. m ails and the illegitimate see NDFCU/page 4 ing - Chandra Johnson has moved on. The for­ m e r Assistant to the President PILLARS stops giving out BAC cards a n d Associate Director of Campus group officials feared charts were misinterpreted as licenses to drink alcohol Campus Ministry, Johnson w h 0 Lawrence said. By GENE NOONE shaved her head in protest Lawrence is an advisor to News Writer of the University's 2004 fir­ Peers Inspiring Listening, ing of Tyrone Willingham, Learning and Responsible began work as Executive Blood alcohol content Socializing (PILLARS), a Director of the An-Bryce (BAC) cards - which use student organization that Foundation in McLean, Va. green, blue and red zones works to limit abusive on Aug. 15. to show the effect of certain drinking. The group decid­ The Foundation - founded numbers of drinks for par­ ed this year not to promote by prominent black philan­ ticular body weights and their "Green Zone" cam­ thropists Beatrice and genders - will no longer be paign to incoming fresh­ Anthony Welters - is dedi­ distributed by PILLARS. men. cated to supplementing the Office of Alcohol and Drug The BAC cards, which educational and cultural Education (OADE) director were issued to freshmen in experiences of young people Kelly Lawrence said the previous years, included a in the Washington D.C. area cards were misinterpreted gender- and weight-specific and other underserved com­ as licenses to drink. chart that estimated a per­ munities throughout the "Every freshman is under­ son's BAC based on the country. age, and giving them a card number of drinks consumed "My charge is to update that says you can have a and the number of hours the Foundation's mission OBSERVER FILE PHOTO certain number of drinks spent drinking. Members of PILLARS distribute BAC cards in South Dining and still be safe seems to Hall last spring. The cards will not be distributed this year. condone drinking," see PILLARS/page 4 see JOHNSON/page 4 Trasvifia addresses inunigration Holland nan1ed new Speaker likens controversy to 'schizophrenia' in the United States dean of Grad· School they're not, depending on To the average Notre Dame I By CLAUDIA their country of origin and the student, immigration should -I j BRAGA-HENERBY time period," he said. He cited be an issue to get involved said. News Writer By ALLEN MURPHY Indianapolis as an example of with, Trasviiia said. "I consulted with a number of "Immigration has far-reach­ News Writer people on campus ... and his name a city that welcomes and helps America's "schizophrenia" ing implications for every came up again and again," he Peter Holland, a renowned concerning immigration was a immigrants. business, family and commu­ said. main theme in Wednesday's Trasviiia mentioned the nity . . . students will be enter­ Shakespeare scholar and longtime Until Monday, Holland was the Notre Dame professor, has been lecture by guest speaker John city's high naturalization rate ing into a workforce of a more chair of the Department of Film, Trasviiia, an influential voice and the positive repercussions interdependent world." named acting Television and Theater and held dean of the in the continuing debate over that has for a community. A native of San Francisco, an appointment in the Department University's Latino immigration. Trasviiia also focused on Trasviiia graduated from of English as the McMeel Family Focusing largely on United America's history regarding Harvard University and went Graduate Professor in Shakespeare Studies. School. States history and the continu­ immigration policies and sen­ on to study at Stanford Law Holland is also the academic direc­ University ing vacillation on immigration timent- from the 1800s on School. He has held many tor of Actors from the London President issues, Trasviiia's speech was - touching on various influx­ prestigious political and non­ Stage, president of the Father John a lesson in politics, history and es of certain immigrant political positions, and is cur­ Shakespeare Association of Jenkins made acceptance. groups. rently the presi~ent and gen­ America and editor of the appoint­ A piece of Trasviiia's schizo­ "The debate [on immigra­ eral counsel of the Mexican Shakespeare Survey. ment at the phrenia theme concentrated tion] needs to be elevated American Legal Defense and Holland "I have a lot of titles," Holland recommenda­ on the welcoming of migrants from a debate where we sim­ Educational Fund (MALDEF). said. "But, I think the McMeel tion of University Provost Thomas into America. ply scream at each other, into According to its website, Family chair is the official one. It's Burish. "Sometimes [immigrants] a national conversation about immigration," Trasviiia said. The decision to select Holland are welcome, and sometimes see LECTURE/ page 4 was not a difficult one, Burish see HOLLAND/page 3 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Thursday, September 6, 2007

INSIDE CoLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT KIND OF MUSIC WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR IN THE DINING HALLS? Hey, vvhat's the GP?

I was l'rnquently asked this by my b1~lovnd traveling entourage (moment of silm11:e) that I met during my six-week immersion program in Toledo, Spain, Kevin McKernan Eileen Murphy Melissa Dondalski Alec Hirschauer Crystal Truong this summer. No, the "GP" didn't stand senior sophomore senior senior f(Jr "good padla," freshman Morrissey McGlinn Howard O'Neil Farley but "game plan" a Rohan Anand desirable plan-of­ action for tho · "Modern rock "Different music "Something that "Freebird. '' "/ really have ).,'TO Up. for every day of you can digest In travel con­ News Wire because it's no preference. tnxt, a "game Editor incredibly the week ... like easily to . . . like Just as long as plan" includns the underplayed classical Dave Matthews there's music. " smallest excursion " Sundays or Band on loop. " to thfl pharmacy (a.k.a. boxnd-Sangria everywhere. runs) to the most treacherous (and classic rock dumbest) idea of participating in the Thursdays." Pamplona bull runs. My dad was the original master of the GP of my yester­ years ol' liunily travel. So, I stuck to my lineage so that whenever I had to rally my friends (or at least was nominated to do so), I suggested we stil:k with a GP. The CP took us atop a beautiful rock IN BRIEF overlooking Tolt~do (where we trekked up beliJrn sunset and enjoyed our phar­ macy purchases). late into the bouncing The DeBartolo Performing nightlili1 of Barcelona dancing on plat­ Arts Center will hold screen­ forms 'til sunrise, and miles oll"shore ings of the film "Dying to Live" Costa dnl Sol on a sailboat into the tonight at 7 and 10 p.m. dear-blue MPditnrrarwan. Director Dan Groody will be The GP became our staplo, a passport present for discussion. to sites and rnnrnorios. Many fellow Admission is $:{. I>omers will depart soon to study in Spain for this smnester or in the future. There will be a welcome So, when time eomes lin· you to limnu­ back picnic for all students late your own (;p, you might rncall some tomorrow from 4 to 6 p.m. The of the following things Ilnarned (or event is sponsored by wish I had known before) along the Multieultural Student Programs way. and Services. The picnic will b1~ Inter-European travel: Student hostels held at the Fieldhouse Mall. and low-nJst transportation services The rain location will be the makes securing the weekend getaway LaFortune Ballroom. Food is mw:h simpler with less planning time free. and tighter budgel<>. Ilowever, do your research beliJrn booking a seat on a The Notre Dame volleyball sketchy-sounding airline like team will play the College of "Compania (.ow-Cost." Many discount Charleston in the Shamroek t:arriers like EasyJet lly to unheard of Invitational Friday at 7 p.m. at the Joyce Center. "alternative" airporl<> for major cities JESSICA LEE/The Observer that may be 50 milns away from the Trumpet players in the Notre Dame Marching Band practice Wednesday. The Notre Dame men's soccer actual city. Double cheek to make sure Band will send members to the Penn State, Michigan and Purdue football games. that the $10 seat you bought isn't a team will play Rhode Island cardboard box, either. Always carry Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Alumni your passport even for a domestic flight Field. (!learned that the hard way). Nightlife: Admission into dubs is The Show will take place expensive, but drink f(Jes are exorbi­ Friday at R p.m. in the Joyce tant. Since most clubs don't get packed OFFBEAT Center. OK Go and Lupe Fiasco until around 2 a.m., stick to bars before will headline the concert. and you'll still have money in the bank. Momma moose bashes storm door and front door. About 15 shoppers Tickets are on sale in the If you are in big groups, enter by stag­ through door "There's a big gouge, and walked through the front LaFortune Box Office for $10. gering; otherwise bouncers won't let POCATELLO, Idaho - you can see where the doors of a closed Dollar you in because of overcrowding. Anita Ovard moved to her whole front of the [moose's] Tree store Monday after a There will be a Biathalon Post-party: You may return to your small home in this town in body went right through it. lock on the doors mal­ (one half mile swim and two inexpensive hostel at 7 a.m. and kiek the western foothills of the It broke the wood frame," functioned. mile run) on Saturday at 10:30 yourself upon discovering that some do Rocky Mountains because Ovard told the Idaho State They also didn't see, or a.m. Contact Bill Reagan for not provide towel<> or bed sheets free of she wanted to see more Journal. 'Try telling that to ignored, a sign on the more information. Registration charge. Some also have eurfews, so if. wildlife. But the view got a an insurance company." doors indicating the store needed. Open to students only. you call it an "early night," at 4 a.m. little too close when a was closed for the holi­ and miss the deadline, you'll be banging moose decided to make Shoppers browse day. The film "Panther Panchali" oul<>ide the door and be mistaken for itself at home in her front unstaffed Colorado store Northglenn Police will be shown Saturday at 3 the drunken village idiot. room. NORTHGLENN, Colo. - spokesman Ian Lopez says p.m. in the DeBartolo My best advice ean be heeded before Ovard spotted two baby They could have left the one woman became suspi­ Performing Arts Center. departure. Gather everything you plan moose in her yard when tree completely bare. But cious when there was no Tickets are $3 for students. to take with you, unpaek half, and leave she pulled into the drive­ some honest shoppers at one at the register to ring it at home. Airlines are no longer gen­ way Tuesday. She immedi­ an unstaffed Dollar Tree up her purchase, so she To submit information to be erous with baggage allowances. ately started looking for the store must have decided called authorities. included in this section of The Leaving room in your bag prevents you mother moose, spotting the that honesty was the best Observer. e-mail detailed infor­ from worrying about paying extra bag­ massive animal just before policy while searching for Information compiled by mation about an event to gage lees for all of the sweet schwag it plowed through her bargains on Labor Day. the Associated Press. obsnews@nd. edu you bought for your friends on your inward journey. Plus you'll be too broke to pay them anyways. TODAY TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer. Contact Rohan Anand at ranand@nd. edu

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Thursday, September 6, 2007 The Observer + CAMPUS NEWS page 3 Members elect leaders Nevv book calls for an active Faculty Senate meets for first meeting of the school year response to global terroris111 Committee Chair Nasir Ghiaseddin on By THERESA CIVANTOS faculty health care issues, the Senate might. institutions. It also address­ News Writer discussed the Academic ArtiCles. Special to The Observer "The punish-and-destroy es the changing face of ter­ "The Academic Articles are a con­ The two Notre Dame model is not the answer," rorism and al-Qaida and Several elections and a prolonged tract between the faculty and the scholars whose research Lopez said. "Despite six recommends effective non­ discussion on a proposed •revision of administration," Jessop said. demonstrated - before the years of military operations military counterterrorism Notre Dame's Academic Articles The separateness of the faculty and Iraq war- that it was highc in Iraq and Afghanistan, strategies. highlighted Wednesday's first meet­ the administration remained a con­ ly unlikely there were terrorist attacks and suicide The book includes a fore­ ing ol' the Faculty Senate this year. stant theme throughout the meeting. weapons of mass destruc­ bombings are on the rise. word by former U.S. Rep. Biology professor Kristin Lewis and Fox said she hopes University tion in Iraq are co-editors of Diplomatic strategies can Lee H. Hamilton, co-chair of physies professor President Father a new book on counterter­ and do work effectively, but the 9/11 Commission that Morten Eskildsen were John Jenkins' self­ rorism. they have been overshad­ studied in-depth the rise of voted the Senate's co­ 'The Academic appointed advisers In "Uniting Against owed by the constant drum­ al-Qaida. More recently, secretaries, and profes­ Articles are a on the search and Terror: Cooperative beat of war." Hamilton co-chaired the sional specialist in the review committee for Nonmilitary Responses to "Uniting Against Terror" Iraq Study Group. Legal Aid Clinic Judy contract between the the Provost would the Global Terrorist examines diplomatic and "Lopez and Cortright have Fox was voted faculty and the not be "administra­ Threat," just released by economic responses that done a huge service to all Academic Affairs administration. '' tive stooges." MIT Press, George A. Lopez have worked since the ter­ those interested in pursuing Committee Chair. Seth Brown, the and David Cortright argue rorist attacks of Sept. 11, the pros and cons of an One faeulty senator chair of administra­ that winning the fight 2001, especially those of the activist foreign policy, short represents each univer­ Colin Jessop tive affairs, joked against global terrorism United Nations, the of the recourse to war," said sity department, with Senate chair that the requirement requires a bold new strate­ Financial Action Task Force, A. Peter Burleigh, former Colin Jessop acting as that the academic gy - one based on coopera­ the European Union, and a U.S. ambassador to the Senate Chair. The only provost must appoint tion rather than military wide array of multilateral United Nations. unrepresented departments are Civil an advisory committee from the fac­ Engineering, Electrical Engineering ulty of the law school or the architec­ and Theology, which has not had a ture school before appointing a new representative for several years, dean for the school is "the closest said. The two positions cre­ "We are now going to do Jessop said. thing we have to actual faculty Holland ated by the split are the vice a national search for the Jessop presented a PowerPoint power." president for research and dean of the Graduate presentation on "Senate 101" for the Only the first few amendments to continued from page 1 the dean of the Graduate School," Burish said. new senators. "The real power is at the articles were covered in this ini­ School. The current vice In the coming weeks, the the Academic Council, not the tial meeting. The amendments are the position that brought president for research is Graduate Faculty Council Senate," he explained, "but the "trying to clear things up" for both me to Notre Dame." Professor Robert Bernhard. will elect a search commit­ Senate has the capacity to lobby on the faculty and administration, Fox The specific responsibili­ During his time as acting tee to fill the position. The issues that concern the faculty." said. ties associated with being dean, Holland hopes to hope is that the new Dean Mark Dehmlow, the vice chair, is The meeting opened with cama­ acting dean, however, are improve conditions for will be named in July 2008, scheduled to upgrade the Faculty raderie, as professors exchanged yet unknown. The position graduate students living, Burish said. As for whether Senate Web site soon. He is also look­ repeated cordial greetings. An open­ did not exist until recently studying and working at Holland will be a candidate ing to expand it, possibly with ing prayer followed, in which Jessop when the University split Notre Dame in the hopes of for the permanent position Wikipedia articles or blogs. A quar­ asked God to "grant us grace and the Office of Research from "attracting better and better is "totally up to him," terly Senate newsletter, set to pre­ humility in our discussions." the Graduate School, graduate students," he said. Burish said. miere this fall, is in the works as Holland said. The next step is to find well. Contact Theresa Civantos at "We took one position and someone to fill the position Contact Allen Murphy at After a brief report by Benefits [email protected] divided it into two," Burish permanently. [email protected] SENIOR PORT ITS! 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the man was still in custody, nor Latino affairs in present day New Vision for the Future." what charges were or could be Lecture America. Each Wednesday through the NDFCU brought against him. Conklin "Latino middle of Immigrants October a doc­ continued from page 1 also said he did not know if the continued from page 1 "Sometimes suspect had any accomplices. in America, umentary will Web site to manufacture ATM And though the man was MALDEF's mission is "to foster Our Past and [immigrants] are be shown in cards in California using that directly tied to the NDFCU scam, sound public policies, laws and Our Future," welcome, and 126 DeBartolo information and withdraw cash Ditchcreek said the police didn't programs to safeguard the civil the title of sometimes they're not, Hall about immediat11ly." know yet if he was responsible rights of the 45 million Latinos the series, immigrants 1111 said the Fullerton Police for sending the e-mails or setting living in the United States and will run depending on their from varying Department contacted him up the illegitimate Web site. to empower the Latino commu­ through the country of origin and the countries Wednesday after the discovery of The e-mails that went out nity to fully participate in our entire aca­ throughout the time period. " world, inelud­ 18 debit cards that matched were directed to a combination society." demic school ' accounts the NDFCU had of students and the general pub­ "We're the law firm for the year, the ing China, next install­ John Trasvina Mexico and the blocked as a result of the scam. lic, NFCU members and non­ entire Latino community, and MALDEF President "The individual that was members alike, Ditchcreek said. not just the immigrants," ment coming Dominican arrestnd [Tuesday in Fullerton[ The origin of the e-mail list that Trasviiia said of MALDEF. Dec. 7, said Hepublic. Both had in his possession 18 difl'er­ was used is still unknown, he The lecture was the first in a Yolanda Lizardi Marino, the the lecture and the film series ent cards with some of our mem­ said. series of public policy lectures Institute's director of academic are open to the public. bers' debit card numbers," sponsored by Notre Dame's affairs. Ditchcreek said. Contact Marcela Berrios at Institute of Latino Studies, Trasviiia's talk was entitled Contact Claudia Braga-Henebry Conklin did not say whether [email protected] given by influential voices for "A Public Policy Agenda and a at [email protected]

receive medical attention. they are drinking in a president asked his former The cards were intended healthy, responsible way," pupil if she would work for Pillars as a guide and not a guar­ Lawrence said. Johnson him as Assistant to the continued from page 1 antee. But some students Some students said they continued from page 1 President. with health concerns, like appreciated the BAC cards She became the first To stay in the "green diabetes and epilepsy, and and found them helpful, with a 21st century focus of woman to serve as Assistant zone," the lowest zone, underage students who like sophomore Matthew educating the whole person to the President and engaged one's BAC had to be received tickets from Johnson. Johnson still has irrespective of ethnic back­ in University-wide planning between .02-.059. The police, complained they the BAC card he was given ground, economic status or while continuing to counsel cards said people who have were "in the 'green zone"' during a PILLARS program educational opportunity," and meet with students. She a BAC in this zone may and thought they were last year. Johnson said. was also a popular speaker experience loss of shyness being responsible, said "I think the cards are The popular mentor and on the national level, and minor impairment in senior Elizabeth Miller, a useful in giving students a advisor to many students addressing African­ reasoning and memory. If a member of PILLARS. guide for drinking respon­ throughout the Notre Dame American spirituality as well person's BAC rises from "This year we are pro­ sibly," he said. "But I can community will be available as other topics, Malloy said. .06-.24, they enter the moting responsible drink­ see how some people could to say goodbye in person Johnson's talent for pro­ "blue zone," a warning ing - if one chooses to misinterpret the informa­ from 7-8:30 p.m. today in viding inspirational and zone that includes side drink - which is two tion and get themselves in the Coleman-Morse Center challenging counseling is effects ranging from drinks in three hours for trouble." student lounge. one of her great gifts. said impairment of vision and females, or three drinks in Although the BAC cards Through her work in the Priscilla Wong, associate speech to very poor deci­ three hours for males," will no longer be issued by Officer Group and at Campus director for administration sion-making skills. Miller said. PILLARS, those who would Ministry, Johnson helped to at Campus Ministry. The "danger zone" for PILLARS' approach this like to use them as a guide steer the development of "I don't think anybody can drinking, also known as year will stress the alcohol can pick them up at the Notre Dame as a community say they have not changed the "red zone," was any policies listed under OADE office, where that strives to welcome peo­ because they met her," Wong BAC .25 and above. In this Indiana state law as well Lawrence said counselors ple from all backgrounds, said. "She's the kind of indi­ zone, the cards said, peo­ as University alcohol poli­ will help them interpret said University President vidual who makes you think ple experience symp­ cies, Lawrence said. and understand the cards Emeritus Father Edward and feel deeply as a human tomssuch as stability prob­ "PILLARS would like to better. "Monk" Malloy, under whom being. She inspires others to lems and loss of conscious­ be more of a presence on Johnson worked in the be excellent." ness. If a person appeared campus, in the dorms and President's Office. When Malloy left office in to be in the "red zone," the look at the wellness of Contact Gene Noone at "Primarily she helped to 2005, Johnson joined card said, they should individuals making sure [email protected] conceive of Notre Dame as a Campus Ministry full-time as more diverse, community­ associate director. Though oriented type of place," he some of her work focused on said. cross-cultural ministry, Johnson entered Notre Johnson said her counseling Dame in 1992 as a first-year and guidance were in no way undergraduate student. limited to a specific set of Though she was 38 years students. old, her brother had encour­ "Students, they could come aged her to pursue her love to me," she said. "I was spir­ of religious education by. itual direetor to students studying in theology. from all baekgrounds." Johnson was the only Johnson became close to entering freshman then or many students and found it since who was that far difficult to tell them she was removed in age from the leaving - as she did on July average majority of students. 1, a day before her official "We've never admitted announcement. anyone like me since," she Senior Elizabeth Adams, said. "That's why I believe it who worked closely with was just meant to be." Johnson on the Martin She first met Malloy when Luther King Day committee, she enrolled in his under­ said Johnson was an inspir­ graduate seminar. ing teacher who challenged Though the other students her students to think of were half her age, Johnson themselves not only as Notre quickly became a "trusted Dame students. but also as confidante" to many of them, citizens of the world. Malloy said. "Her door was always "She seemed to me as an open," Adams said. "As African-American woman to much as I've worked with help other African-American her during three years, I've students or students strug­ spent as much talking about gling with identity issues to her grandehildren and my make that transition," he family and boys. said. "She really was a mentor While still an undergradu- and a girl friend at the same ate, Johnson became time." involved with Campus Malloy said he will miss Ministry and studied at the Johnson, but he expressed Ecumenical Institute for confidence in her new mis· Theological Studies in sion. Jerusalem. After graduating ''I'm glad she's been given in 1996 with a degree in the­ a new set of challenges," ology, Johnson went to work Malloy said. "We don't all for Campus Ministry, where have to stay here. We can go she created a program out and help improve the designed for undergraduates world." of African descent and began to counsel students. A posi­ tion opened in Malloy's office Contact Karen Langley at in 1998, and the University klangle 1 @nd.edu r------.------~ ORLD & NATION Thursday, September 6, 2007 CoMPilED rROM TI--·IE OBSERVER'S vVIRE SERV1CES page 5

INTERNATIONAL NEWS NICARAGUA Israel accepts Darfur refugees JERUSALEM - Israel will grant citizenship to some of the hundreds of Muslim refugees Hurricane tolls rise in Latin America from Sudan's violence-ridden Darfur region who have already arrived, Interior Minister Central America deals with impacts from Felix, Mexico prepares for Henrietta's second landfall Meir Sheetrit said Wednesday. Sheetrit said he would work with the United Associated Press Nations to set a quota of refugees who would be naturalized. While he estimated 300 Darfur refugees have come, other government offi­ PUERTO CABEZAS, cials and refugee advocates put the number at Nicaragua - Doctors threw between 400 and 500. together a makeshift clinic The arrival of the Darfurians has touched off Wednesday to tend to the hot debate over whether the Jewish state, injured after powerful founded after the Nazi genocide, has a duty to Hurricane Felix flooded their take in people fleeing persecution. Fighting hospital and wrecked villages between pro - government militias and on Nicaragua's Caribbean rebels in the western Sudanese region of coast. Remnants of the storm Darfur has killed more than 200,000 people drenched Central America in and displaced 2.5 million since 2003. rain and the death toll rose to nine, with at least 11 peo­ lbree Muslims arrested for bomb plot ple missing. BERLIN - It was just a vacation cottage sitting Far to the northwest, in a small town. the quiet hometown of 900 peo­ Hurricane Henriette took aim ple. at Mexico for the second time But inside, prosecutors said Wednesday, three in two days, moving toward men were readying a nefarious plot- an "immi­ the port city of Guaymas with nent" bombing aimed at Americans in Germany. top sustained winds of 7 5 The cottage didn't provide the refuge that the mph. Seven deaths were trio expected, authorities said. They had been reported from the Pacific watched constantly for six months in a mammoth storm, which hit Baja surveillance operation involving 300 security offi­ California on Tuesday. cers. before an elite anti-terror unit swooped Nicaragua was flying food down on them at the cottage Tuesday. and other emergency sup­ The men - two German converts to Islam and plies to the regional capital of a Turkish citizen who prosecutors said shared a Puerto Cabezas, but said help "profound hatred of U.S. citizens." - allegedly had not yet reached villages obtained military-style detonators and enough cut off when Felix roared chemicals to make bombs more powerful than ashore Tuesday .as a those that killed 191 commuters in Madrid in Category 5 hurricane with 2004 and 52 in London in 2005. winds of 160 mph. The dead included a man who drowned when his boat NATIONAL NEWS capsized, a woman killed when a tree fell on her house and a newborn who died Ohio Rep. found dead in aparbnent AP WASHINGTON - Ohio Rep. Paul Gillmor, a shortly after birth because Residents of Puerto Cabeza, Nicaragua, await emergency assistance in a makeshift Republican whose political career covered her mother couldn't get med­ clinic Wednesday, a day after Hurricane Felix made landfall in Central America. four decades, has died, party officials said. ical attention. "Born, raised and educated in our home Among the missing were take me." 36, was stuck in Puerto Daniel Ortega flew over the state of Ohio, Paul never lost sight of the rea­ four fishermen whose small Felix swept over the Cabezas, trying to get back to area to survey the damage. son he came to Congress - to serve this great sailboat sank as Felix's cen­ Miskito Coast, an impover­ her family in Sandy Bay, the He said that the U.S. and institution and his constituents with dedication ter passed overhead. A sur­ ished region where about village where the eye of the Venezuelan offered aid and and distinction," House Republican Leader vivor, Fernando Pereira, 24, 150,000 people live in jungle storm hit. that Cuban doctors were John Boehner, also of Ohio, said in a state­ said he clung to a piece of settlements. Their hamlets of "I want to know what hap­ already on the ground. ment. wood for 12 hours, despite a wooden shacks and coconut pened to my three children," Nicaragua's military flew in "With the passing of Paul Gillmor, the people dislocated shoulder, and groves are remote even in she said, fighting tears. "The sheets, mattresses, food and of northwest Ohio have lost a favorite son," washed ashore at the village good weather, reachable only poor kids stayed with their first aid materials. said House Republican Conference Chairman of Sandy Bay only hours after by air or flat - bottom boats. dad. I am here with nothing. Residents hacked at fallen Adam Putnam, R-Fla. Felix made landfall there. He The Miskitos, descendants I came on Sunday to buy trees with machetes, trying The body of the 68-year-old congressman hadn't seen his friends since. of Indians, European settlers food." to uncover the remains of was found by staff members who went to his "I felt horrible," he said. "I and African slaves, live semi­ Felix wiped out crops and their humble homes. There apartment Wednesday after he failed to show was drinking salt water, and autonomously, much like damaged most of the 70 tons was very little electricity, up for work, according to a Republican aide I thought I was going to die." people on Indian reserva­ of food and emergency goods running water or telephone who spoke on condition of anonymity pending Others were caught in the tions in the U.S. that had been flown in before service. an official announcement. There was no sea as well. Jelivaro Climax, There wasn't enough fuel the storm. Larry Hansack, 38, gazed immediate word on the cause of his death. 22, said he had to swim after the storm for boats to On Wednesday, it was hard at a sea littered with splin­ through enormous waves to make long trips, and Felix to find a building that wasn't tered wood and shattered tin, Singer arrested for drug possession reach shore. snapped steel cables that damaged. Puerto Cabezas' wondering about his nephew, MIAMI BEACH - Pablo Montero was arrest­ "Lightning flashed through guided a small ferry carrying hospital was filled with a fisherman who disap­ ed on suspicion of possessing cocaine and driv­ a pitch black sky," he said. "I people and cars from Puerto water, and doctors attended peared at sea. "There's no ing recklessly, according to police reports. don't know how I survived. I Cabezas to the village of to the injured at an impro­ one to help me, and every­ I The Mexican singer and actor, whose legal swam with everything I had, Wawahum. vised clinic. thing is disorganized," he I < name is Oscar Hernandez, was stopped by and I was sure the sea would Johana Aliberto Maquiave, Nicaraguan President said. police about 1:30 p.m. Friday for allegedly run­ ning a red light in his white BMW sport utility vehicle and then making a left turn from a right-turn only lane. The arrest in Miami Beach came two days after Montero, 38, helped pres­ Wrestler's injuries may explain killings ent nominees for this year's Latin Grammy Awards at a press conference there. Associated Press the long-term effects of concussions. Chris Benoit's home and tests con­ The level of brain damage Benoit ducted by authorities showed Benoit ATLANTA - Pro wrestler Chris had could have caused depression had roughly 10 times the normal LOCAL NEWS Benoit suffered head trauma from and irrational behavior, said Cantu, level of testosterone in his system his years in the ring that could help who also is chief of neurosurgery when he died. Man with stockpile jailed until trial explain why he killed his wife, son service at Emerson Hospital in Some experts believe that use of SOUTH BEND - A man will remain locked up and himself, a doctor who studied Concord, Mass. testosterone can contribute to para­ until his trial on charges that he stockpiled nearly his brain said Wednesday. The wrestler's father, Michael noia, depression and violent out­ 80,000 rounds of ammunition in his home in the The analysis by doctors affiliated Benoit, said Wednesday he agreed to bursts known as "roid rage." belief the world was on the brink of violent eco­ with the Sports Legacy Institute sug­ the testing of his son's brain Dr. Wendy Wright, an intensive nomic collapse. gests that repeated concussions because murder-suicide was so out care neurologist at Emory University U.S. Magistrate Christopher A. Nuechterlein could have contributed to the of character. He said his son com­ Hospital in Atlanta who was not said Tuesday that Kevin Rieder, 38, poses a dan­ killings at Benoit's suburban Atlanta plained about suffering concussions, involved in the study of Benoit's ger to the community and does not seem to be a home, though there was no way to but that he knows of no medical brain, said multiple concussions good candidate for release based on his record of know for sure. records or records kept by the could cause long-term brain injuries, not complying with prior court orders. "Whether it is the sole factor, I wrestling league to support the but the symptoms were unclear. Rieder faces a federal charge of illegal believe, is speculation, and I will not diagnosis. 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Pending sales of WASHINGTON - Federal regulators Exotic mortgages, once existing homes fell in July to the lowest level in six years. ordered inspections of the wing slats on all hailed for helping to newer Boeing 737 jetliners based on find­ increase U.S. homeowner­ see their homes sell at auc­ interest rates because of because of the changing ings about the fire that destroyed a China ship to its highest level at tion. blemishes on their credit market. Airlines 737 in Japan last week. 68.9 percent, have become "The increasing availabil­ record. The Center for Others were sold on too The orders apply to the owners and oper­ the undoing of many. ity of mortgages has been Responsible Lending esti­ much house, piled up huge ators of 783 U.S. airplanes but will likely be Loans with adjustable an important and positive mates that 2.2 million sub­ loans based on .the inflated imposed by other countries on the entire rates, payment choices and long-term trend," said prime home loans made in value of their property and worldwide fleet of 2,287 newer 737s, loose requirements have Doug Elmendorf, a recent years have ended or didn't fully understand the Federal Aviation Administration spokesman trapped borrowers in too­ Brookings Institution econ­ soon will end in foreclo­ interest rates they would Les Dorr said Monday. high payments with few omist. "But like many posi­ sure. have to pay. Dorr said the move was prompted by the options for escape. Some tive developments, this one But there are many other Nearly $1.12 trillion fire in Japan and one other incident. have taken on second and was taken to an unjustifi­ ways to be hurt in the worth of hybrid and tradi­ The FAA's emergency airworthiness direc­ third jobs, depleted sav­ able extreme." mortgage crunch. tional adjustable-rate tive, issued Saturday, applies to all 737- ings, retirement and col­ Many of the victims are Many prospective home mortgages were originated 600, -700, -800, -900 and -900ER series lege funds and wrestled subprime borrowers _ buyers, through little fault in 2005 and 2006, while planes, the first of which entered service in with lenders to stave off those like the Pents who of their own, are having $779.13 billion of interest­ January 1998 with Southwest Airlines, foreclosure. Those who fail don't qualify for market trouble getting mortgages only ARMs were issued in which flies only 737s. In the United States, the planes also are used by Alaska, American, Continental, Delta and other car­ riers. JAPAN Business owners returning to school NEW YORK - As the fall semester begins at colleges and universities across the coun­ Pension system crisis hits seniors try, thousands of small business owners will be among the students. Many people who Associated Press side Tokyo, felt defrauded. "Had I not An interim government report run their own companies realize they need asked, I would have never gotten the released in July alleged widespread to learn more about finance, marketing and TOKYO -After reading a book this money back," he said. incompetence at the Social Insurance managing, and so they decide to squeeze year about serious flaws in Japan's The pension mess, fully disclosed in Agency: records kept in yellowing courses into their already tight schedules. pension system, retired deliveryman May, has landed on one of the world's files instead of on computers, evi­ Peter Figueredo, CEO of NETexponent, a Yoshikazu Hirano thought he'd check fastest-aging societies: 21 percent of dence of possible embezzlement of New York-based advertising agency, had run his own records just to be safe. its 127 million inhabitants are 65 or funds, and rampant clerical mis­ the company for three years when he real­ He's glad he did: The 74-year-old older and some 25 million retirees takes. ized he needed to learn more about operat­ discovered the government had are collecting pensions, rising to 35 "The organization had little sense ing a business. shortchanged him by 460,000 yen million by 2040. of compliance," said the report, "I know the actual type of advertising and ($3,770) in benefits he accrued while People have flooded pension offices which blamed the mess on faulty gov­ marketing we do extremely well," Figueredo driving a truck for three years in the and 24-hour call centers seeking to ernance, low morale, lack of profes­ said. But "how to manage people, set up an 1950s and 60s. check their records, and titles such sionalism and ignorance of "the duty infrastructure, finances, human resources Hirano wasn't alone. Shortly after­ as "Recover your pension!" fill book­ to protect the people's rights." was still something very new to me." ward, the government confessed to stores and newsstands. The agency was established a So in 2004, he began a three-year pro­ losing track of pension records linked The confusion has hit Prime decade ago to unify three separate gram on entrepreneurship at the to an astounding 64 million claims - Minister Shinzo Abe. The outrage pension organizations - one for self­ Massachusetts Institute of Technology. igniting a scandal that has punished contributed to a plunge in his popu­ employed or non-workers, another Besides classroom learning that led to his the ruling party at the polls and erod­ larity and forced him to delay an for company employees, and the being granted a certificate from MIT, he ed confidence in the ability of the upper house election for a week - third for public servants. With 70 came away with a network of other small world's second largest economy to to no avail, since his ruling party was million members and $1.3 trillion in business owners who he still turns to when support its growing legions of elderly. trounced at the polls anyway, though reserves, it is one of the world's he needs help or advice. Hirano, who is single and lives out- he remains in office. largest. page 8 The Observer + PAID ADVERTISEMENT Thursday, September 6, 2007

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Craig's resignation, the commit­ The legal fine points aside, tee will continue to review this Craig's turnabout was the sub­ matter," the committee's senior ject of a lengthy closed-door dis­ senators wrote. cussion among Senate Just seconds from campus. With its many choice beverages, hearty food The decision to deploy his legal Republicans during the day. One and lively conversation, Brigid's is the place to be. Plus there's team marked a reversal of his participant said McConnell's con- pledge to resign certed effort to live music on weekends, overstuffed leather chairs to cozy up by the prod Craig to flreplace and lots of big screen TVs to watch all the games. on Sept. 30, and "We are proceeding raised the possi­ quit Congress And we're open seven nights a week, too. bility of a pro­ based on the drew wide­ tracted legal assumption that there is spread sup­ and political port. Only a struggle, much going to be a few members (WaterfOrd Estates LodAe has hotel rooms at reasonable rates fur upcoming NDfuotball weekends.) of it playing out transition at the end of of the rank­ in public, with the month." and-file gay sex at its expressed con­ corn. cern that the "I thought he Jon Hanian leadership was made tlw cor­ Idaho governor's spokesman acting in rnct decision. haste, added thn dif'licult but this lawmaker, 1:orrnct decision to resign" over who spoke on condition of tlw wnekend. said Senate anonymity because the meeting Hnpublican Leader Mitch was private. McConnpll of Kentucky after he There was other evidence of and Craig spoke by telephone. the discomfort his case has "That would still be my view caused fellow conservatives. today." A dozen conservative activists Craig made no public state­ attending a press conference on ~ nwnts during the day, although one of President Bush's judicial he met privately in Boise with nominees declined to answer Idaho Gov. C.L. Otter, who has questions about Craig, including the authority to lill any vacancy whether they wished to see him in the state's Senate delegation. resign or remain in office. "We are proceeding based on They included Tony Perkins, Start the school year off right with your skin .·· ... the assumption that there is president of the Family Research going to be a transition at the Council; David Keene, president looking & feeling GREAT ... come see me! end of the month," said Jon of The American Conservative Jlanian, Otter's spokesman. "The Union; Grover Norquist, presi­ For all your cosmetic, skin care and hair senator's staff is going to work dent of Americans for Tax removal needs come to our South Bend with ours to that end." Reform; and Wendy Wright, But McConnell heard some­ president of Concerned Women location just minutes from campus on thing different when he talked for America. North Michigan Street with his longtime Senate col­ For his part, McConnell turned league. lie said Craig had told away questions about Craig's sit­ Peggy is a licensed aesthetician and him he now intended to remain uation. Asked whether fellow specializes in Jane lreda!e mineral-based in Congress if he is permitted to Republicans could embrace makeup, laRoche-Posay skin care withdraw his guilty plea by Sept. Craig if he disposed of the case products, facials and waxing services. 30. "II' he is unable to have that and returned to Washington, the disposed of prior to Sept. 30, it is GOP leader said he would not From your face to your legs, Peggy will his intention to resign from the answer hypothetical questions. have your skin feeling smooth, soft Senate as he expressed last Asked if Craig had been disin­ & Saturday," he said. genuous when he told him on beautiful! The GOP leader spoke hours Friday he intended to resign, after Craig's attorney, Stanley McConnell declined to say. Call Peggy Today! Brand, asked the ethics commit­ And when asked whether Sen. 574.282.2020 tee not to investigate a complaint Arlen Specter, R-Pa., had been Peggy Dibble because events were "wholly helpful in resolving the contro­ Aesthetic/an ... and don't forget unrelated" to official duties. versy, McConnell said, "You'll to mention this ad!! Committee action eventually have to talk to Sen. Specter would lead the Senate down a about his views." path of dealing with "a host of Specter said Sunday he would minor misdemeanors and trans­ like to see Craig "seek to with­ gressions," Brand added in a let­ draw the guilty plea, and fight ter that was hand-delivered. the case." Specter, a former Peggy is In a written reply several prosecutor, said he believes the hours later, the panel's chairman Idaho lawmaker could be vindi­ available: and senior Republican wrote cated. Monday- Friday: 9am- 5pm that Senate rules give the com­ He declined to elaborate fur­ & FACIAL PLASTIC Su

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page 10 IEWPOINT Thursday, September 6, 2007 THE OBSERVER A spirituality for beginners 1~0. Box 779, Notre !lame, IN 46S56 014 South Dining Hall, Nmrc Dame, IN 46556 "To follow Jesus is always a begin­ and experience, but to lose, momentari­ degree disoriented, restless. If you are EDITOR IN CIIIEI' ning; it is The beginning happening ly, their daily comforts and encounter not feeling some snnse of freshness and Maddie IIanna once again." something fresh and new. its eorresponding disorientation, you MANAGING EDITOR BliSINF.SS MANAGER - Father Julian Carn)n Peter and others risk making this are probably not really beginning this Ken fowler Kyle West journey into the desert. Evidently, they year, but just eontinuing last year. Every once in a were dissatisfied with some aspects of Beginnings demand restlnss hearts. In AssT. MANAGING EDITOR: Kyle Cassily while, and especially Father Lou their daily lives- pnrsonal, social, faet, restless hearts are about the only A.~Sl~ MANAGING EDITOR: Mary Kate Malone when we arn starting DeiFra political, whatever. So they wander into cogent explanation for 10,000 of us NEWS EDITOR: Karen Langley something new, it FaithPoint the desert, let go of their daily, insulat­ gathering together in the northern Vll'.WPOINT EDITOR: Joey King helps to remember: ing routines, to see what is there, what woods of Indiana to study for a year SPORTS EDITORS: Chris Khorey The first disciples of directions the outrageous, compelling together. Chris Hine Jesus had no idea what they were get­ Baptist would propose. Coming to know the burning questions ScENE EDITOR: Tae Andrews ting into. Who knows how long they waited? All inside of us, the ones that have driven That is to say, they didn't just wind up we know is that one day, the Baptist us to this place, can be a great spiritual SAINT MARY's EDITOR: Katie Kohler disciples. They had to begin somewhere. finally proposed - a new beginning. exercise to begin this semester. In fact, PHOTO EDITOR: Dustin Mennella Beginnings, by definition, are incom­ An unidentified figure mysteriously John's Gospel suggests that in the fol­ GRAPHICS EDITOR: Madeline Nies plete - they are the initiation of some­ enters the scene. John points to him as lowing of our restlessness - the ques­ ADVERTISING MANAGER: Jessica Cortez thing that is not yet. As such, begin­ he walks by, and says to the disciples, tions about ourselves and our world nings are filled with a freshness, a "There goes the one we have been wait­ that bug us, that a professor raises and AI> DESIGN MANAGER: Kdly Gronli sense that anything can happen. And ing for." 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Fighting for our right to party the ingenious wire-tapping Criticism downplays important issues idealistic and actually care about humanitarian I would like to applaud laws that Laidman men­ As a close, personal friend of Andrea Laidman's crises or the systematic rolling back of civil rights Tom Martin's intrepid tioned in her fulsome anti­ ("You gotta fight for your right," Sept. 3), I can con­ and liberties in the U.S., but rather where we can defense of the anti-South freedom treatise, we can lis­ firm Tom Martin's accusations ("Keep fighting the have more than 25 of our close personal friends Bend Ordinance Movement ten in on their devious ordinance," Sept. 4) that she is a terrorist and a over, drink booze, sweat and maybe make out with ("Keep fighting ordinance," schemes and easily deter­ misguided youth are entirely true. Not only is she a some guy or girl we have never met- go college! Sept. 4). He makes an excel­ mine likely candidates for political science and peace studies major, like Finally, I want to high-five him on that last line: lent correlation between reeducation. Osama bin Laden (terrorist), Jane Fonda (misguid­ Defending America from terrorists, wherever they people who protest unjust It would be simple to get ed youth) and Hugo Chavez (apparently a combina­ may-lie. See, it's a pun- not only is he insinuating laws and those affected by their names from the revo­ tion of the two), but she is the co-founder of a that the terrorists are lying down (which is proba­ those laws themselves, and lutionary hotbeds of the group called Notre Dame Students Against State bly why we still cannot find Osama), but he is also I echo his admiration for Progressive Student Killing (ND-ASK), an organization that is attempt­ insinuating that Laidman is telling a lie. Or more the Darfur dining hall Alliance listserv, or the ing to remove the American death penalty in favor than one, for that matter. And h·e is right, activists (who are, assured­ names of the students who of a more vigilante-like system of killing people for Laidman's column is filled with falsities - there ly, all from Darfur them­ have attended peace march­ the atrocities they may or may not have commit­ are no Americans held at Guantanamo Bay without selves). es or pro-choice demonstra­ ted. charge, there are terrorists. Hurricane Katrina Andrea Laidman's injunc­ tions. And of course, every I would like to take this time to point out some of didn't reveal inadequate federal response, it was tion to care about events owner of a Michael Moore the high points of Martin's argument, which, unlike just a big hurricane man, what do you think, we and laws so far removed movie has got to go. Jail the Laidman's mostly made up argument, appears to can predict the weather? from our bubble is patently terrorist students, and when have come directly from God (thanks JC!). First, I think I've made my point. So thank you, Martin, unreasonable ("You gotta they have spent weeks with­ Martin hits an early peak by contrasting Laidman's for protecting us from the delusions brought on by fight for your right," Sept. out beer or 25-person par­ opinion that Notre Dame students are not active the liberal media. I'm glad to know that the next 3). However, we must keep ties, maybe they will appre­ enough by pointing out those people in SOH that time we are in need of someone to defend this in mind that even the ter­ ciate the struggle of we made him sign a Darfur banner. See Laidman, helpless body of predominantly upper-middle class rorist liberals are part of patriotic youths, fighting for Martin unwillingly signed a piece of paper protest­ white males, Martin will be there chanting U.S.A. our great Notre Dame fami­ truth, justice and our right ing genocide and that's pure noble activism. What and pouring chocolate milk all over his face (see ly, and it falls upon us to to party. do you want him to do, read a book on the subject old facebook profile pictures). help them reevaluate their and write his senator? Good luck, grandma. priorities. Jacqueline Collins Secondly, Martin points out what college is really Michael Warren Redding Perhaps we should take senior about, not protesting or even learning, but good senior Martin's commentary to the Pasquerilla East Hall old-fashioned partying. And like he says, this is off campus next logical step. Thanks to Sept. 4 college, a place not where we are to be young and Sept. 4

Fight for your Cocoa Puffs

Recent Letters to the Editor have dis­ Cocoa Puffs is not a favored brand. I do admittedly may not have been For they have taken away our Cocoa cussed the ability of the Notre Dame stu­ not know. American. Puffs. No longer can I find glory in a dent body to rise up against injustice. I What I do know is that in Regardless, the point is bowl after I fail a test. No longer can I feel it is my civic duty to point out that American history, when­ · that Americans will not wake up on a weekend morning to be recent events have proven we are not up ever evil dictators stand and watch greeted by the scent and taste of love, to the challenge. have tried to take while their free­ crunchiness and chocolate. Last year, at the end of second semes­ away the things we dom is taken Instead, South Dining Hall would have ter, South Dining Hall took away our hold most precious, away. Now, we me seek comfort in a bowl of Cookie Cocoa Puffs, replacing them with the there has been a must follow this Crisp. But I will not be sated by little generic brand, but we did not speak out. revolutionary force example. We cookies in milk. I demand my puffs of Now, they have taken away even the present to provide must find the cocoa, and you should too. Rise, Notre generic version, and yet there is still no resistance. The person or people Dame student body, and fight for what is protest. British were repelled in charge of cereal right and good in this world. I must admit that I am ignorant as to when Alexander · choices for South the reason for this outrageous act. Hamilton unleashed his Dining Hall, and we shall Will Guappone Perhaps a survey of the student body on sword and drove them back to their fight them in the fields and in the sophomore cereal preferences was poorly run, and gloomy island. Franklin Delano streets, we shall fight in the hills; we Fisher Hall thus led to the incorrect result that Roosevelt was slain by polio, which shall never surrender. Sept. 5

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"Romantico," Sept. 6, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in English, Bengali, Hindi, and French with "The Golden Door (Nuovomondo)," Jan. By MICHELLE FOR.DICE "Homantico" is a documentary portrait of English subtitles. 17, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. A'sisranr Scene Editor Carmel Muniz, a 60-year-old Mexican Set at the beginning of the 20th century, mariachi player who is returning to his "EI Norte," Sept. 27,7 p.m. and 10 p.m. "The Golden Door" illustrates a more his­ In conjunction with this year's Notre family after living in San Francisco for "El Norte," an American and British film, torical view of immigration. Italian widow­ Damn Forum on Immigration, the years. Colored by the music Mufiiz plays, is broken into three parts, describing the er Salvatore Mancuso set'i out to move his DeBartolo Perf!Jrming Arts Center is pre­ the film vividly depicts the unhappy choice Guatemalan government's oppression of entire family to the United States. The film senting a sixth-month long cinema series, of many immigrants between supporting the Quiche Indians, the immigrant<;' jour­ fO<:uses on the difliculties of reaching the "Immigration: A Notre Dame Perspective," their family and actually being with them, ney from Guatemala to the United States United States at the time, highlighting the featuring films that depict the lives and as well as the changing nature of crossing and finally the lives of illegal immigrants determination of immigrant'> to reach their struggles of immigrants. While the forum's the border between the United States and once they reach their destination. "El destination. Director and writer Emanuele f()(:us is on th11 Unitlld States, the film series Mexico. "Homantico" was nominated for Norte" was the first American independent Crialese's picture won Best Film and both expands to an international level. increas­ best picture at both the Sundance and film to be nominated for an Oscar for Best the Venice and Yerevan International Film ing the eontext of immi~:,rration for partici­ Indepnndent Spirit film festivals. Original Screenplay. Director Gregory Nava Festivals. "The Golden Door" is in Italian pants in the forum. To purchase ticket<> for will be present at the screening for discus­ and English with English subtitles. all of thnse lilms, contact th11 I>PAC ticket "The Namesake," Sept. 20, 7 p.m. and sion with the audience. "El Norte" is in ollke at 574-631-2800. Tieket<> are $3 f(Jr 10p.m. Spanish and Mayan with English subtitles. "9 Star Hotel," Feb. 14, 7 p.m. and 10 student'>. "The Namesake," directed by Mira Nair p.m. and based on the novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, "In America," Oct. 14, 4 p.m. "9 Star Hotel," an Israeli documentary, "Dying to Uve," Sept. 6, 7 p.m. and 10 follows two generations of the Ganguli fam­ "In America," directed by Jim Sheridan, depicts immigrants traveling from p.m. ily, beginning with the immigration of describes the trials of immigration through Palestine into Israel. Thousands of young Dirneted by Notre Dame faculty member A-;hima and Ashoke Ganguli from India to the eyes of children as it tells the story of Palestinian men cross into Israel looking Hnverend Daniel G. Groody, "Dying to IJve" the United States. Eventually, their children Christy and Ariel, two young girls emigrat­ for jobs in construction. "9 Star Hotel" is is a documentary that interviews Pulitzer Gogo! and Sonia are born. Unlike their par­ ing with their parents from Ireland to New the nickname for the makeshift hut<> in the Prize winning photographers, theologians, ents, the two siblings have little connection York. While their parents are struck with hills outside of the city that these young Church and congressional leaders, with India and struggle with many of their the difliculties and struggles of immigrat­ men live in. The film won the Best activists, musicians and the immigrants parent's traditions. Gogo! in particular feels ing, the girls see the magic and adventure Documentary Award at the Jerusalem themselves in order to prnsent a study of hindered by his name, which he feels sepa­ their new country has to offer. Sheridan International Film Festival. "9 Star Hotel" immigration that incorporates Catholic rates him from the Western society he based the film on his own experiences, is ill Arabic and Hebrew with English subti­ conceptions. A reflection guide accompany­ wants to belong to. As the mm progresses, writing the screenplay with his two daugh­ tles. ing thn film can be tiJUnd through the Notre Gogo! learns the sig-nificance of his name ters. "In America" was nominated for Dame website and Hev. Groody will be at and begins to find a balance between his many awards, including three Oscars, and Contact Michelle Fordice at the showing lilr discussion. home and his heritage. "The Namesake" is received 15 wins. [email protected]

and fulfills a host of meanings. It's a soul By JAMES COSTA record, which means that it does not fulfill A'sistant Scene Editor a strict definition of the genre and so can­ not be classified as such. Yet the music is Thern an~ few act-; who have the ability strong. It's disturbing, it's searing, it's to capturn a listener's attention immediate­ pained, and it's elegantly raw. It is soulful ly and not let go until the last note of the as any enduring soul record should ever album slowly fades to silence. Antony and be. tho .Johnsons' "I Am a Bird Now" is one of One of the disc's strengths is its insis­ those albums. tence on moving bnyond the realm of sim­ From Uw first song, Antony's voice flows ple music. Much more than a series of 11 in an expression of loneliness, an articula­ separate tracks, Antony brilliantly guides tion of evnry lhding wn've ever wished we the listener into a wholly new sphere of could convey and found ourselves cursed melodious storytelling. Quite akin to the without tho ability to lind the right words. confusing nature of David Lynch films such .Just as Antony finds the words, he also as "Mulholland Drive" and "Blue Velvet," Photo courtesy of this.bigstereo.net finds the music, and the result is exhilarat­ the music is at once confession and accusa­ Antony and the Johnsons, a band based In New York City, perform on "The Late ing, despairing and haunting. tion, a note of lasting return and final Show with David Letterman." "I am a Bird Now" Is the band's second studio album. "I am a Bird Now" is a eomplex record departure. Most songs on the the dillieulties faced by Antony are at times today's musical offering, the song's lasting I am a Bird Now record are a reflection of excruciating, the album emerges as a tes­ power is in its assurance that the words Antony and the Johnsons the gender-bending expe­ tament to hope and perseverance. are sung from the mouth of a real person. riences of Antony's life. A particularly moving song is the album's Adding to the appeal of the album is the Released by: Secretly Canadian However, the songs are bridge song "Fistful of Love." Featuring stellar lineup of guest appearances, includ­ Recommended Tracks: My Lady Story, You not. labored by their thick Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground, the ing Devendra Banhart, Hufus Wainwright content. Rather, they illu­ song has one of the more upbeat tempos of and Hob Moose of Suijan Stevens. Lending Are My Sister, Fistful of Love minate a reality so mal­ the album. their talent<> to the Johnsons, the record is leable to the listener that Its lyrical message, however, conveys a arranged with each song continuing the each tune becomes, with a deep understanding of the cruelty some­ story of Antony until the moment comes bit of reflection, an oppor­ times found in the search for love. While he when tl1e record ends, and it is dear that tunity for thought and is an owner of a wounded perception of he has finally shed the burdens of life - poignancy regardless of love, Antony nonetheless sings honestly of free as a bird, free at last. one's stance on the inspi­ his personal struggle for acceptance from a ration for the song. While distanced lover. So different from much of Contact James Costa at jcostal @nd.edu THE OBSERVER

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"Between Figurative and Abstract: Julia Alvarez and Gao, a lecture by Recent Paintings by Gao Xingjian" translator Mabel Lee, a screening of his film, "La Silhouette sinon l'ombre," as The Snite Museum of Art will exhibit well as the performance of scenes from paintings by Gao Xingjian. Born in two of his plays - "Nocturnal China and currently living in Paris, Wanderer" and "Escape." Gao deftly navigates Eastern and Mabel Lee, honorary associate profes­ Western philosophical r.:-=-=----=--.,...-=-=------, sor in Chinese studies, and artistic traditions Where: Snite Museum University of Sydney, thtough a broad array of Art, O'Shaughnessy prepared an essay on of media. Perhaps best Gao for the exhibition known as a Nobel Prize Galleries West catalog. It describes the Laureate in Literature Until: Nov. 11 interplay between his lit- - he is a poet, novelist, erary and visual realms playwright, screen- and situates his unique writer and librettist - he is also a point of view at the intersection of painter and filmmaker. Indeed, his Eastern and Western cultures; between painting exhibition is augmented by traditional and contemporary Chinese Gao's fall 2007 visit to Notre Dame- a painting; and, within his quest for an literary conversation between author artistic freedom found in solitude.

"19th-Century French Drawings from the national or international museum exhibi­ Museum's Collection" tions. This showing coincides with the first The Snite Museum's collection of French publication devoted specifically to the 19th-century paintings and sculpture is museum's collection of 19th-century available to be studied at any time, since it French drawings. The 19th-century was is now on long-term display in the perma- an especially bountiful time for draftsmen nent exhibition galleries. ~;;----=---::--;-;------, who chose to represent a Less-frequently placed Where: Snite Museum wide range of subjects in on view are the of Art, O'Shaughnessy their works - a variety of Museum's 19th-century Gallerl·es II and Ill landscapes, portraits, his- French drawings and torical subjects and figure watercolors. This collec- Until: Oct. 21 studies will be on view. tion contains numerous L______J Included in the exhibit is a precious works on paper, dating from the selection of 50 drawings by prominent neo-classical movement through post- draftsmen of the period such as David, impressionism. On many occasions draw- Ingres, Delacroix, Millet, Daumier, ings from the collection have been request- Pissarro, Gauguin and Cezanne. It is the ed and have been sent out on temporary first time the majority of these drawings loan to be featured as part of major has been placed on display in the museum.

"The Camera and the Rainbow: Color photographs, and ranged from blue In Photography" through gold, brown, orange, violet, and brick red. What we call "white" is often Photography is often divided into two cream or yellow or ivory. A true "black" categories: color and black-and-white. usually turns out to be a dark gray, pur­ The reality, however. is much more com- ·ple, or brown. plex. There is no totally "realistic" color A group of photographs from the photographic process. ~;;----=---::--;-;------, museum's permanent col­ Some are pastel and Where: Snite Museum lection has been chosen dreamy. some feature of Art, Sholz Family to illustrate a few of the bright "National varieties of color in the Geographic" landscape Works on Paper Gallery medium. Ninteenth-cen- colors. and others seem Until: Oct. 14 tury images include land- harsh and unreal. scapes by Timothy The same is true in "colorless" mono- O'Sullivan, George Barnard and an chromatic photography. The prints of anonymous French photographer. A pic­ the 19th century are frequently repro- ture of a Japanese groom by Felice Beato d uced in books in monotonous sepia. is meticulously hand -colored, and the Thnse early images actually had many cyanotype process produces an image in shades of color. going back to the first vivid blue.

"Rarely Seen: Selections from the peasants, dancers, temple attendants, O'Grady Collection of 19th-Century mothers with children, families, tea Photographs of Asian Women" pickers, waitresses courtesans and oth­ ers. Some of the photographs have Visitors to the O'Shaughnessy been delicately hand-painted, a prac­ Galleries this fall will come face to face tice common in Japan, where colorists with a wide variety of "-="=----=--.,...-=-=------, of woodblock prints women who lived in Asia Where: Snite Museum found new work in in the 19th century. They of Art, Milly and Fritz the photographic survive today in photo- studios. graphs, taken in such Kaeser Mestrovic Studio The photographs places as India, Tibet, Gallery have been selected China, Vietnam, Korea, the from a much larger Philippines, Bali, Ceylon Until: Oct. 14 number of prints, (now Sri Lanka), Burma assembled in only (now Myanmar), Siam (now Thailand) two years, thanks to the generosity of and Japan, from the 1860s through the Robert E. O'Grady and Beverly turn of the century. O'Grady. A future exhibit of the entire Among the 50 images are women collection, with a catalogue, is being noted for their beauty - weavers, planned. page 14 The Observer + CLASSIFIEDS Thursday, September 6, 2007 Indians hand Twins second sweep in 10 days Baker carried a perfect game A pair of A's homers into the ninth in that one, and takes down Angels was two outs from a no-hitter when Mike Sweeney broke it Associa1cd Press up. On Wednesday, Grady T lw surging Cleveland Sizemore needed just two pitch­ Indians completed another es to get the first hit off Baker, sweep of Minnnsota and lnft the lining a single to center field to Twins bardy clinging to thnir lead ofT the game. Baker then playoff hopns. hit Asdrubal Cabrera in the Vidor Martirwz had two hits back with a pitch and gave up and two HBis to baek a quality an HBI double to Travis Ilafner. start from Fausto Carmona. and Martinez followed with anoth­ Clevnland beat Minnesota (,-2 er double to score two more on Wednesday for its sncond runs, and it was 3-0 Indians swoop of tho Twins in the last before the smattering of Twins 10 gamos. fans even got settled into their Carmona ( 15-8) allowed two seats. It took Baker 27 pitches runs and eight hits in 7 1-3 to get his first out of the game. innings to help th~) AL Central The right-hander · fr'om leaders to their 11th win in 12 Louisiana walked a tightrope all games. Six of those victories afternoon, wobbling a few times have come against the Twins. but never being knocked ofT. AP who had won five in a row The Indians had a leadoff sin­ Athletics catcher Mike Piazza is tagged out trying to advance to third base Wednesday. The A's whnn they walked into Jacobs gle in all five innings Baker won 6-2 behind a solid effort by pitcher Joe Blanton. Field on Aug. 27 looking to cut worked. But he got some timely into Cleveland's 6 112-game strikeouts, including one of ter .Justin Morneau to ground first home run in 21 games The Yankees planned to take lead in the division. Martinez with the bases loaded out with runners on the corners since Aug. 13. Ellis made it 5-2 him out of the starting lineup But the Twins were swept out in the fourth, and stranded nine to end the inning. in the seventh with an RBI sin­ because of his sprained right of the Jake, split a series with baserunners to limit the dam­ gle off Chris Bootcheck after ankle, but A-Hod talked his way Kansas City, and were swept age. Athletics 6, Angels 2 Murphy hit his fifth homer. in. Then he homered twice in again this week by the Tribe. Carmona breezed through the Maybe .Joe Blanton was just Ellis' 17 homers this season an eight-run seventh inning to Minnesota now trails the first four innings against a due against the Angels. are a record for an Athletics lead New York over Seattle Indians by 12 1/2 games. Twins lineup he has dominated Blanton settled down after a second baseman, topping the Wednesday night and help the Cleveland began the day with all season. He entered the game rocky start and Mark Ellis hit a previous mark of 16 set by Yankees open a three-game a seven-game advantage over with a 1.14 ERA in three previ­ three-run homer, leading the .Jimmie Dykes in 1921 when the lead over the Mariners in the second-place Detroit. The Twins ous starts against the Twins. Oakland Athletics to a victory team was in Philadelphia, and AL wild-card race. were eight games out of the The wiry Dominican needed over Los Angeles on matched by Davey Lopes in Rodriguez arrived at Yankee wild-card spot. just 54 pitches to get through Wednesday. 1983. Stadium limping following a Rafael Perez got five outs for the first four innings, but gave After entering the season with "It's a neat feeling," Ellis said. collision with Seattle third his first major league save. up two runs and four hits in the an 0-6 record against the "Last year I had 11 home runs baseman Adrian Beltre on Scott Baker (8-7) gave up firth to let the Twins back in the Angels, Blanton has won all and missed a month of the sea­ Tuesday, and the team's med­ three runs and 11 hits with six game. three of his decisions against son. I love being productive and ical staff sent him downtown strikeouts in five innings, a Luis Rodriguez had a sacrifice them this year. driving in runs, but my defense for an MRI exam. Rodriguez rnsounding step back from his fly and Torii Hunter added an "It's always a close game with is the reason why I'm in the big pronounced himself "ready to stellar outing on Friday against HBI single to make the score 3- them, and as a pitcher it's fun," leagues." roll" and was upset that he had the Royals. 2, but Carmona got cleanup hit- he said. "When you face a line­ Ellis hasn't made an error in to go for the scan. up like that, you really have to 99 games, also a club record About an hour before game throw your A-game that day for a second baseman. time, Yankees manager .Joe and really compete." "There have been some good Torre said A-Rod likely would Blanton (12-9) threw 99 second basemen here - I've be limited to pinch-hitting duty. pitches, giving up six hits with looked at the list a little bit - Rodriguez then tested his ankle one walk and three strikeouts so I do take a lot of pride in that with a few jogs in right field in winning for the fourth time record as well," he said. while the Mariners were finish­ in live decisions. Huston Street Saunders gave up four runs, ing batting practice. lie ran in struck out two in a scoreless seven hits and two walks. He foul territory toward the ninth. struck out four. dugout, up a runway and into "I still felt good enough and I "I was cruising along, I made the Yankees' elubhouse. probably could have finished," a bad pitch and Ellis hurt me on ''I've got to talk to the manag­ Blanton said. "But lluston had­ it," Saunders said. er," he said with a determined n't pitched in a couple of days The Angels took a 2-0 lead look, never stopping as he went and I was pushing 100 pitches." soon after Heggie Willits and through the door. Donnie Murphy had a career­ Orlando Cabrera led ofT the first lie walked and popped out in high three hits and two RBis for inning with consecutive singles. his first two plate appearances Oakland, including a homer Vladimir Guerrero struck out. against Jarrod Washburn (9- leading ofT the seventh inning to but Garret Anderson followed 13). Then, with the Yanhes chase .Joe Saunders. Ellis also with a run-scoring single that trailing 2-1 in tho seventh, singled in a run. sent Cabrera to third. Maicer Hodriguez hit a 3-2 fastball After giving up two runs in lzturis added a sacrifice fly. over the retired numbers the first, Blanton shut out the Anderson tied a club record behind the fence in left-center. AL West leaders for the next of 10 consecutive games with at Pinch-hitter Jorge Posada's seven innings. least one HBI. He matched Fred bases-loaded walk off Sean "My slider was pretty good Lynn (1984) and Wally .Joyner Green put the Yankees ahead, and it was really effective," he (1986). and New York padded the mar­ said. gin on .Johnny Damon's run­ AP The A's went ahead 3-2 on Yankees 10, Mariners 2 scoring grounder, Melky Indians pitcher Fausto Carmona throws out a Twins runner after Ellis' homer off Saunders (7 -3) Alex Rodriguez had a night Cabrera's RBI single and Derek fielding a grounder In a 6-2 victory Wednesday. with one out in the fourth - his befitting legends. .Jeter's two-run double.

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U.S. OPEN Major League Basebal~ American League East team record perc. last 10 GB Boston 84·55 ,6{)4 6·4 New York 77-62 .554 5~5 7.0 Toronto 70-68 .507 6·4 13.5 Ballimore 60·77 .410 2·8 23.0 Tampa Bay 57-82 .413 7-3 27.0 American League Central team record perc. last 10 Cleveland 81-58 .583 9·1 Detroit 73-65 .529 4-6 Minnesota 69-71 .493 2-8 Kansas City 62·76 .449 5·5 Chicago 59·79 .428 3-7 American League West team record perc. last10 Los Angeles 82·57 .590 7~3 Seattle 74·63 .540 H Oakland 69·72 .489 4·6 Texas 64-74 .464 8"2 National League .East team record perc. last10 New York 78-61 .561 5·5 Philadelphia 73-66 .52S 6-4 5.0 Atlanta 71·69 .507 4-6 7.5 Washington 62·77 .446 4-6 16.0 Florida 60-79 .432 H 18.0 National League Central team record perc. last 10 GB. Chicago 70-67 .511 4-6 Milwaukee 70·68 .507 5·5 0.5 St. Louis 68·67 .504 H (O Cincinnati 63·77 .450 8.5 3·7 Nikolay Davydenko celebrates his 6-3, 6-3, 64 victory over No. 10 Tommy Haas on Wednesday. Davydenko has now Houston 62·77 .446 5·5 !J.O. Pitlsburgh 60·78 .435 3·7 10.5 reached the semifinals of the U.S. Open for the second straight year. National League West team record perc. lasno Davydenko, Kuznesova reach setnis San Diego 76-62 .551 6-4 77-63 Arizona .550 4-6 times the usual amount of Los Angeles 73-65 .529 Associated Press Davydenko beat Haas in wearing Yankees baseball 7-3 3.0 money on a match he the quarters at Flushing caps when she's not play­ Colorado 72·66 .522 4.0 1-3 NEW YORK- For bet­ played in August, most of Meadows for the second ing. "It doesn't matter San Francisco 62·77 .446 5·5 14.5 ter or worse, Nikolay it backing his 87th­ straight year. This was a how I feel, I just come to Davydenko is back in the ranked opponent; frustrating defeat for the this court and always semifinals at the U.S. Davydenko quit in the German, who flung his want to give my best." NCAA Volleyball Open. deciding set with a foot racket into the net, hit a She'll face fellow coun­ Smack in the middle of injury. ball into the stands and trywoman Anna CSTV / AVCA Coaches' Poll tennis' gambling scandal, Next up, Davydenko was chastised the chair Chakvetadze, who swept the fourth-seeded to play the winner of umpire. the last six games to elim­ team record previous Davydenko once again Wednesday night's Davydenko joined a pair inate No. 18 Shahar Peer looked untouchable matchup between No. 1 of Russian women in the 6-4, 6-1. Nebraska 4·0 f 1 Wednesday, beating No. Roger Federer and No. 5 semifinals. It will be the sixth-seed­ 2 Stanford 4·0 2 3 Penn State 3·1 3 10 Tommy Haas 6-3, 6-3, Andy Roddick. Davydenko Svetlana Kuznetsova ed Chakvetadze's first 4 usc 6·0 4 6-4. has never beaten either advanced that far for the Grand Slam semifinal. 5 UCLA 3·1 5 Davydenko is the only one - he's 0-9 against first time since winning Kuznetsova can count on 6 Florida 5-0 7 man who has not lost a Federer and 0-4 vs. the 2004 title, beating an edge in experience, 7 Texas 2·2 6 set in the tournament. Roddick. unseeded Agnes Szavay 6- having made it to the 8 Washington '6•0 8 The Russian expects to Also at night, two-time 1, 6-4. 2006 French Open final, 9 BYU 5·0 15 meet soon with investiga­ Open champ Venus "It's my favorite tourna· in addition to claiming 10 Wisconsin 5-1 10 tors. A British online Williams was to play No. ment. I love New York," her only major champi­ 11 Dllke 5·1 14 gambling company 3-seeded Jelena Jankovic said the No. 4-seeded onship at Flushing 12 Minnesota N 9 tracked bettors putting 10 in the quarterfinals. Kuznetsova, who's been Meadows three years ago. 13 Ohio 4·1 23 14 Michigan 6·0 20 15 California 5·1 11 16 Hawaii 3-2 16 IN BRIEF 17 Cal Poly 3·2 18 18 San Diego 2-3 12 Manning opens children's Matsuzaka's ERA takes hit in K.ahne gains momentum 19 Santa Clara 5·1 19 hospital past few starts toward end of season 20 Ohio State 4·1 13 INDIANAPOLIS Peyton BOSTON- The $103 million man DOVER, Del. - Kasey Kahne 21 LSU 6-0 22 Manning has a collection of MVP has a 7. 61 ERA in his last four entered last year's race at Richmond 22 Kansas State 5·2 25 trophies and starred in numerous starts. on the brink of qualifying for the 23 Dayton 6·0 NR commercials. Now, the Colts quar­ Daisuke Matsuzaka is struggling at Chase for the championship. 24 St. John's 7-1 NR terback has a children's hospital a bad time for the Boston Red Sox. With all the pressure on the baby­ 25 Middle Tennessee 6·0 NR named after him. They have baseball's best record faced star, Kahne finished third in The St. Vincent Children's and want to build momentum as the the race and qualified in the 1Oth Hospital was renamed Wednesday pennant race heats up. Lately, he's and final spot. The result seemed as Peyton Manning Children's been a momentum stopper. almost expected from a driver who Hospital at St. Vincent. Before winning his first game in won a series-best six races in 2006, Manning has had a strong public more than a month on Monday he and maneuvered his way up to eighth around the dial and private relationship with the allowed seven runs in that one the in the final points standings. hospitals since he joined the Colts right-hander had lost his three pre­ When the green flag drops there in 1998. He said he was honored to vious starts. And those losses ended this week in the final race before the be so closely associated with the a pair of two-game winning streaks 10-race Chase begins, Kahne's only TENNIS children's hospital, which St. and one four-game surge. pursuit will be for his first victory. U.S. Open Quarterfinals Vincent opened in 2003 to care for That's not quite what the Red Sox ''I'd much rather have the pressure 11 a.m., USA critically ill and injured children. hoped for when they paid $51.11 of having to be in the top 12, or hav­ 7p.m., USA "In the NFL, the name on the million for the right to negotiate ing to win a race to get in, then not back of the jersey is emblematic of with his Japanese team, and then having any pressure or not having a a player's commitment to con­ gave the celebrated rookie a $52 chance," Kahne said Wednesday. tribute in any way he can to the million, six-year contract before Kahne's startlingly gloomy season success of that team," Manning throwing a single pitch in the which had him deep in the points said. majors. standings around spring training. r-----.-----..--,------.-~-~------...

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M LB - NATIONAL LEAGUE Braves oust division-rival Phillies in wild finish Piniella's managerial changes help produce offense for the Cubs, as they remain in first place by a half game Hobertson 's glove with the hitter in the seventh. He went Manuel remained on the top homer. Associated Press bases loaded. the opposite way with a liner step of the dugout for at least a The Phillies Hscaped with a 5- The BnlV!~s will have a hard ''I'm not believing that," said that eluded Hoberson's lunging minute, watching the celebra­ 2 lead wlwn Aaron Howand time making the playoffs, Philadelphia manager Charlie attempt and stuck at the base tion and subtly shaking his raced over from center to make despite their most remarkable Manuel, whose team remained of the wall. head. Finally, he headed for the a sliding catch on Francoeur's eomebaek of the season. So five games behind the NL East­ Roberson hit the relay man, clubhouse. blooper toward left, then they went ahead and celebrat­ leading New York Mets. "I but the throw home was up the "It didn't look good," Braves Andruw Jones struck out ed as though this one was for a totally can't believe that. I've first- base line. Escobar slid manager Bobby Cox said. "But against Kane Davis. championship. never seen that - ever. It's across with the winning run, we did it." But there were more come­ Matt Diaz capped an improb­ mind-boggling." thrusting his right index finger The Braves still must face backs to come. able rally with a two-out, The Braves' chances looked toward the stands. Diaz, who reality. They won for just the "We had no business winning three-run double in the ninth slim when Brett Myers (3-6) had just rounded second. second time in six games on a this game as lousy as we played inning, giving Atlanta a CJ-8 vic­ retired the first two hitters in pumped his fists and was crucial homestand against their the first few innings," Chipper tory over the Philadelphia the ninth with an 8-6 lead. But mobbed by his teammates in a top two rivals in the NL East, Jones said. "We got lucky." Phillies on Wednesday. Jeff Francoeur and Martin wild pile beside the pitcher's. having been swept by the Mets The Phillies squandered leads Prado hustled to beat out mound. last weekend. Cubs 8, Dodgers 2 of 5-0 and 8-2, giving up four infield hits, and Yunel Escobar "When I got it in the air, I Atlanta is 7 112 games behind Ted Lilly got his first win in runs in the eighth and watching walked to load the bases. thought I got too much," Diaz New York, which lost 7-0 to nearly a month and Aramis in disbelief as Diaz's liner skid­ That brought up Diaz, who said. "I didn't realize how shal­ Cincinnati. Ramirez homered to help the ded off the tip of Chris entered the game as a pinch- low he was playing." "Whatever happens, we're Chicago Cubs beat the Los going to play till the end," Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday Francoeur said. "That was the night. most exciting game of the year The Cubs remained a half for me." game ahead of Milwaukee in Braves starter Tim Hudson the NL .Central. The Dodgers allowed five runs in the first started the night in third place two innings, and the Phillies in the NL West, three games added three more in the sev­ behind San Diego and Arizona. enth off Oscar Villareal for an Lilly (14-7) allowed two runs 8-2 lead. Rafael Soriano (3-3) and six hits in 6 2-3 solid got the win with a scoreless innings to win for the first time ninth. since Aug. 9 and tie Carlos Atlanta sent 10 hitters to the Zambrano for the team lead in plate in the eighth, scoring four wins. runs off Tom Gordon. But it Ramirez hit his 20th homer, a looked like another frustrating two-run shot in the third for a finish for the Braves when 3-0 lead against lefty Eric Kelly Johnson popped out on a Stults. 2-0 pitch from Myers with the Stults (1-3), recalled Tuesday bases loaded, then Chipper from the minors for the fourth Jones hit a lazy fly to left for time this season, got the start the third out, slamming his bat because David Wells is serving in disgust. a seven-game suspension. In Gordon blamed himself for his sixth major league start, he letting the Braves back in the gave up eight hits and four game. runs - three earned - in 4 1- "It's devastating," he said. 3 innings. AP "We need to win those kind of Lilly left leading 4-1 after giv­ Braves outfielder Matt Diaz is surrounded by his teammates after he hit a game-winning, games. I take responsibility for ing up a two-out walk to Mike three-run double in the bottom of the ninth of Atlanta's 9-8 victory Wednesday. it." Lieberthal in the seventh and Myers struck out Mark Carlos Marmo! relieved. Pinch­ Teixeira to start the ninth, and hitter Olmedo Saenz hit a liner Brayan Pcna grounded out to to center and when Chicago's first. Francoeur hit a grounder Felix Pie slipped, the ball rolled past third that shortstop Jimmy all the way to the wall, allowing A bit of Ireland in Hollins fielded in the outfield Liberthal to score and giving grass, giving him no chance to Saenz an RBI double. Pie had throw out the runner. Prado just entered the game in the followed with a high hopper off sixth as a defensive replace­ your own backyard. the plate, just beating Myers' ment. throw to first, which pulled Liberthal's double, a single by Ryan Howard off the bag any­ Stults and sacrifice fly by way. Rafael Furcal got the Dodgers "When Prado got that base their first run in the fifth. hit off home plate, I thought, But the Cubs got it right back 'Uh oh, something's going to when Mark DeRosa doubled, happen here,"' Atlanta's Willie Derrek Lee singled and Harris said. Dodgers' right fielder Matt He was right. Diaz came Kemp fielded the ball and ' through with the biggest hit of threw it over catcher all, giving the Braves a glimmer Liberthal's head for an error. s of hope in the playoff race. The The ball bounced off a brick team that won 14 straight divi­ wall and DeRosa took off for sion titles from 1991-2005 has the plate to put Chicago ahead only 22 games left to avoid 4-1. missing the playoffs for the sec­ Trying to shake up his ond year in a row. offense, Cubs manager Piniella "It happened so fast," Myers made some changes in his line­ said. "The game got out of con­ up, inserting Craig Monroe in Just seconds from campus. With its many choice beverages, hearty food trol: cheap hits, balls falling center, Honny Cedeno at short and lively conversation, Brigid's is the place to be. Plus there's in." and Pacific Coast League Player Hudson gave up 11 hits in of the Year Geovany Soto live music on weekends, overstuffed leather chairs to cozy up by the five innings. The remarkable behind the plate to start the fireplace and lots of big screen TVs to watch all the games. comeback kept him from his game. And we're open seven nights a week, too. third straight loss and kept the Monroe doubled in the sec­ Braves (71-69) above .500. ond and scored on Soto's RBI "This is the kind of win we've single. And when the Dodgers been needing for a long time," had a runner at third with two (Waterfurd Estates Lodge has hotel rooms at reasonable rates fur up<.:oming NDiUotball weekends.) Hudson said. outs in the third, Cedeno made Pat Burrell hit his 25th an alert play, grabbing Juan homer in the second, a two-out Pierre's hard liner after it drive over the center-field wall deflected off third baseman that put Philadelphia ahead 5- Ramirez's glove. 0. The Cubs tacked on four in Kyle Kendrick breezed the eighth on an HBI double by through the first five innings, pinch-hitter Hyan Theriot and allowing just three hits. The run-scoring single from Jacque Braves finally broke through in Jones, two regulars who didn't the sixth, knocking out the start the game. DeRosa then hit 1 rookie with three straight hits a two-run single through a I I that included Harris' leadoff drawn-in infield to make it 8-2. I I

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page 18 The Observer+ SPORTS Thursday, September 6, 2007 Giants and Jets unveil design of new stadium New $1.3 billion facility, set to open in 2010, will be owned by 2 NFL franchises for the first time in league history

on the open-air facility at the Associated Press Mnadowbmds sporl<> mmplnx. EAST HUTIIEHFOHD. N.J. -The Along with the desi~-,rn of the build­ NPw York Cim1l<> 1md Nnw York Jel'i ing, pbmners have benn working to brokP ground Wednesday on the makn aeeess to thn facility nasinr. lirst stadium to 1)(~ jointly ownnd by Lanes into the Meadowlands will two NI:J. tParns and unveiled how inerea.'ie to more than 40 fi·om the a.n~hiuwl'i plan to make two mmpd­ existing 16 and a nnw rail liu~ility will ing u~ams f(~p) at home in a $13 bil­ mnnect the stadium to Nnw York's lion stadium. Penn Station through Sneaueus "I •:nsuring that tlw st;ulium would !)(~ginning in February 2()09. li•nl like honw to both tnams and 'l11n tncuns cleared a large hurdle both groups of fans was our goal last month whnn nach eompletml and also orw of' the biggnst dutl­ separate $650 million linaneing lnngPs in thP dPsign of llw sutdium," deak CitiCorp is fimmcing llw Jel'i' said Stnvn Tisl'h, chairman and portion, while investmnnt banks nxPcutiw vicP pn•sidnnt of llw Nnw Goldman Sachs and Lehman York Cianl'i. Brotlwrs arn financing tho GianL'i' To do that, tlw deal. stadium will f'pa- The tnams also tum 1m night-sun-y rnenivnd a financial nwga display. "Ensuring that the boost earlier this rallnd tlw "(;n~at stadium would feel like ynar when NFI. Wall." with 400- owners approved f'oot-long by 40- home to both teams $300 million in foot-h igh pan.-ls and both groups of loans for stadium f'Paturing Pitlwr fans was our goal and work. tnarn 's logo or n.-u­ The teams tral colors (( w non­ also one of the biggest announend phms to li II 11l>all PVI'nl'i. challenges in the build a stadium Tisch, Giants design of the stadium." togetl11w two ynars PmsidPnt and ( E l ago, aftnr the Jet<;' .John Mara and plans Hw a stadium .lnl'i ( :tminmu1 ml(l Steve Tisch on Manhattan's CliO Woody Executive Vice President West Side fp)J .lohnson unwilPd New York Giants through. Tlw lllP dnsign at a cnr- Ciants had been nmony also atu•nd- planning to build a nd by NPw .lnrsPy nnw stadium thnm- (;ov. .Jon S. Corzirw and NFL sdvns. ( :mnrnissionnr Hogt•r Goodnll. Now, tlw Gianl'i also will eonstrud Thn ynt unnanwd building, for a nnw training facility at tho whid1 ownnr'S onn of soveral now Construetnd next to the existing major S!Jflrl'i ladlitins opnning in l11n Giants Stadium, the new field is New York metropolium area. New nxpecu~ 111 o!Jfm for the 2010 sea­ homes al'io are being built f(>r the son and seat 82,500 in a bowl­ New York Mets, the New York AP Team owners and league executives unveil design plans for the new Giants-Jets stadium at a ceremony dt~t.,rn, where seal'> in the front row Yankees, the New Jersey Nets and Wednesday In East Rutherford, N.J. The facility is expected to be finished by 2010 and seat 82,500 fans. 1trn 46 lhet fi-om the sidelines. Fans the New Jersey Devils. also will find a 300,000-square-foot The Devils hockey team is leaving outdr pla7,a f<>r tailgating. Continental Airlines Arena at the While Wednesday's event marked Meadowlands for the Prudential thn ollidal ground breaking, infra­ Center, opening in downtown STUDENTS structure work is alrP.ady under way Newark in October. Transportation Services will be offering two Driver Training Sessions in September.

If you have not attended a Driver Training session conducted by Transportation Services, and you plan on driving a University owned, leased, or rented vehicle, you must attend a Driver Training session BEFORE you operate a vehicle.

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Transportation Services rents vehicles to students, faculty, and staff who are in need of Recycle transportation while on official University business. The See our website at: transportation.nd.edu If you have any questions on the Driver Training sessions or the Motor Pool you may contact Observer. Transportation Services at 631-6467 Thursday, September 6, 2007 The Observer + SPORTS page 19 Federer triumphs in tight match over Roddick Swissman advances to semifinals; 2 victories away from his fourth consecutive U.S. Open title

second tiebreaker. At 4-4, Associated Press Roddick unleashed a 140 mph To Andy Roddick's credit, he serve, and Federer conjured up played nearly flawlessly against a backhand return that put the Roger Federer, serving bril­ ball right at the opposite base­ liantly, returning well, too, and line. Roddick couldn't handle it, giving tennis' top player a and two points later, Federer's tough time. 128 mph service winner put To Roddick's dismay, it all him ahead by two sets - and added up to yet another loss. sent many in the partisan In a match as tight as could crowd streaming for the exits. be for 2 1/2 sets Wednesday How different things could night, Federer was barely bet­ have been. ter on the most important As Federer noted, matter-of­ points and emerged to edge factly: "I could have been down Roddick 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-2 in two sets to none." the quart!~rfinals, moving two Federer earned his first victories away from a fourth break point all evening at 3-2 consecutive U.S. Open title. in ·the third set. Roddick erased 'Tm not walking otl' with any the first with the help of a for­ questions in my head this time. tuitous net-cord bounce, and he I'm not walking with my head laughed a bit at his luck while down." 2003 !~hampion Hoddick trudging back to the baseline. said after falling Seconds later, to 1-14 against his expression Federer. "It was a very was far more "I made him high-standard downcast as he play as well as match. I was very missed a back­ he can play." hand long, for Both came out pleased with my the first break wearing black performance. " by either player. shirts and Federer broke shorts, Roddick again to end the adding a base­ Roger Federer match and ball cap. and Swiss tennis player extend his own Federer his record by get- trademark ban- ting to a 14th danna. The outfits matched and consecutive Grand Slam semifi­ so did the level of play, right nal. That's where he will meet AP down until late in the third set, No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko - Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates his victory in three sets over American Andy Roddick at the when Federer finally earned against whom Federer is 9-0. U.S. Open Wednesday night. Federer will now face Russian Nikolay Davydenko in the semifinals. his first break points. "I've got a pretty good record This rematch of last year's against him. Never lost," U.S. Open final was hardly the Federer said. "But let's not get mismatch one might have ahead of ourselves." expected. Well, let's, if only for a "It was a very high-standard moment. Should he defeat match. I was very pleased with Davydenko on Saturday, my performance," Federer Federer would add to another said. "I thought actually Andy of his own records by making a also played very well." 1Oth straight major final. And a That's for sure. victory Sunday would not only Banging serves consistently make Federer the first man at 140 mph, Roddick hit 14 since the 1920s to win the aces and didn't have a single American Grand Slam four double-fault. Then again, years running, it would give Federer came up with 15 aces, him 12 Grand Slam titles over­ Large Pizza cheese &2 Toppings also never double-faulted, and all - only Pete Sampras, with erased the only break point he 14, won more. faced, in the second set. Does Roddick feel a bit sorry Both played remarkably for himself, given that he hap­ cleanly, combining for 90 win­ pened to be born almost exact­ ners (48 for Federer) and only ly a year after the man who 42 unforced errors (18 for may very well go down as the 99 Federer). greatest tennis player in histo­ It was riveting stuff, even if ry? the score showed it ended in "No," he said. "I get to play in Free Delivety 01 Campus straight sets, and was the sec­ atmospheres like that." tiM~•Itru~ ~fJv.l'ri(oll, tm:, ·1~~1'/ 11411 ~ ~11:,1'1 M~ ~II)' b)' ond half of a double feature in Well, does Roddick think he ONLY Arthur Ashe Stadium that can beat Federer? ~.Jitio)(l. ~1·1>11

NCAA FOOTBALL Michigan defeat not the only Big Ten problem Williams expected to start next week after hit to head; Appalachian State merchandise sells in Columbus

sticker in the Buckeye state that Associated Press reads, "I root for two teams: These arc bleak times for the Ohio State and whoever is play­ Big Ten. ing Michigan." .Just last November the confer­ So it was only a matter of time ence had the top two teams in before Ohio State fans adopted the nation (Ohio State, Appalachian State. Michigan) and they played in a Not long after the Wolverines' thrilling showdown before a loss to the Mountaineers, at huge television audience. least one enterprising street Sincn then. the Big Ten has vendor was doing brisk business had numnrous highly visible selling Appalachian State T­ failures. shirts near the Ohio State cam­ The lnague went 2-5 in bowl pus. Columbus stores say games, with its two highest-pro­ they're overwhelmed with lile teams getting c:reamed. The requests for similar items com­ Buckeyes were humiliated 41- memorating the upset. 14 in the BCS national champi­ "If I had a dollar for every onship game a few days after time someone's asked, I could the Wolverines took a 32-18 retire," said a manager of one bnatdown from Southern store. California in the Hose Bowl. Asked if the Big Ten's strcmgth Slippery Fingers has wilted. Penn State's .Joe Iowa QB Jake Christensen, Paterno said to reporters, "I making his second career start, don't know. You guys need to was just 12 of 29 for 133 yards writ11 something. You got to cre­ in a 16-3 win over Northern ate sonw headlines. At one time Illinois. last year we thought we (confer­ But Christensen was victim­ ence teams) wen\ the greatest ized by a number of drops, thing that evPr happennd in our including several by Andy lives and wn got in a couple Brode!!. bowl games and Big Ten didn't Brodell is expected to be the do quite as well." llawkeyes' top reeeiver follow­ Those Wl\re the salad days ing the suspension of Dominique compared to last Saturday, Douglas. whnn Big Ten favorite Michigan, "They're not trying to drop the ranked No. 5 in the nation, was ball." Christenson said in upended 34-32 by Appalachian defm1se of his receivers. "You AP State - the first time a ranked can't get mad at them." A Michigan fan looks dejected during the Wolverines' 34-32 loss to Appalachian State Saturday In Ann team has ever lost to a team Arbor. Mountaineers merchandise has seen a massive increase in sales in other Big Ten cities. from the Championship MAC Attack Subdivision (formerly 1-AA). Bowling Green travels to whole offseason," he said. The Wolverines subsequently Miehigan State, hoping to spiraled out of the Top 25, the become only the second Mid­ Red Menace greatest fall ever. American Conference team to With a QB competition, a top- Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel beat two Big Ten squads in the 10 ranking and lofty confer­ was asked if Michigan's loss was same season. ence expectations, Wisconsin just another black eye for the Bowling Green beat coach Bret Bielema had plenty conference. Minnesota 32-31 in overtime to dwell on before the opener "We don't spend any time last week. against Washington State. looking in the mirror at those In the 2003 season, the !lis last thoughts kept drift­ black eyes," he said. "That was Falcons beat Purdue 27-26 in ing back to a fashion state­ September 1st. What's most the regular season, then han­ ment. important, black eyes heal well dled Northwestern 28-24 in Shunning the traditional red before Novnmber. The Big Ten's the Motor City Bowl. jerseys and white pants, going to bn a good confnrencc." Wisconsin came out wearing Getting Physical all red and went on to beat the Reconstituted Juice When James Hardy worked Cougars 42-21. Illinois QB .Juice Williams left out this summer, he was "For like three weeks, that Saturday's 40-34 loss to already preparing for defend­ was my last thought every Missouri in the sm~ond quartnr ers who wanted to play press night before I went to bed," he after taking a shot to the head. coverage. said. "I threw it out to my staff But coach Hon Zook says So when Indiana's 6-foot-7 and they unanimously pretty Williams. who had blurred receiver got knocked around much said, 'No, don't do it."' vision after the hit, is expected a couple of times against Bielema said he got the idea to start on Saturday against Indiana State, he simply got from his players and decided to Western Illinois. back up and beat the go with the fashion-forward Backup Eddie McGee threw Sycamores secondary for look without the knowledge of for 257 yards and a touchdown three catches, 153 yards and former coach and AD Barry whiln leading the Illini back two touchdowns while draw­ Alvarez. who wasn't sold on from a 24-point defieit. But he ing two more pass interfer­ the change and said so on also lost two fumbles and threw ence penalties. national television. two intnrccptions. ''I'd rather them play me Bielema said he got a mixed like that rather than playing reaction overall, but felt it Rubbing It In off me because that's what helped establish a team identi­ Thnrn's a popular bumper I've been working on the ty. ENs SoccER FRIDAY, SEPT. 7TH • 7:30 PM vs. RHODE IslAND SuN: FIRST 250 RECEIVE SUNDAY, SEPT. 9TH • 2:00 PM A LONG-SLEEVE SHIRT vs. NoRTHERN ILLINOIS -l

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good things out there [Tuesday], but I also saw a lot Hope of things that we need to fix," continued from page 24 she said. "The fact that we deflated in the third game "Our outside attackers really when we had shown such wreaked havoc with Adrian's competitive spirit in the first defense," Schroeder-Biek said. two games of the match is "They did a fantastic job of something that we can never finding holes in Adrian's block allow to happen again if we and on their floor. Marisa want to achieve the goals that Gross played with unbeliev­ we set for ourselves." able intensity on defense." Despite the disappointment Schroeder-Biek said the 17 of the loss, Schroeder-Biek digs by Gross were even more said Saint Mary's can recover impressive because they came and have a good season - from the defensive specialist starting tonight against Hope. position. "I have confidence that we "That's a number you usual­ will fix those things and that ly see a libero with, rather we will learn from this ... it than a defensive specialist," was our first conference Schroeder-Biek said. match of the season against a Although Schroeder-Biek tough team," she said. "We hopes the defensive play con­ will get it all together and tinues against the Flying have an exciting year of vol­ Dutch, the third-game melt­ leyball ahead of us." down is something she'd like to avoid having to see again. Contact Samantha Leonard at "I definitely saw a lot of sleona01 @saintmarys.edu KELLY HIGGINS/The Observer Saint Mary's senior midfielder Justine Higgins looks to pass during the Belles' 1-0 win over Manchester Wednesday.

but was unable to convert. other. MacKenzie attributed the "The outside backs get Unbeaten shutout to the outstanding involved in the attack, and continued from page 24 play of Mahoney and the the entire unit serves as a four defenders in front of great anchor for the rest of three games. Belles coach her. our offense. I couldn't be Caryn MacKenzie believes "I want to give a lot of happier about how they this kind of offensive bal­ credit to Amy Mahoney," have been playing." ance will be beneficial. MacKenzie said. "She made . On the offensive side of "One of the best things a handful of amazing the ball, goals are not yet about this saves." coming in bunches, but team is that Neither MacKenzie thinks that will everyone is "One of the best things team could change. v e r y about this team is that find the "We possess the ball very unselfish," back of the well and make very good MacKenzie everyone is very net in the decisions," MacKenzie said. said. "They unselfish. They don't care first half, "We play a much quicker don't care who puts it in the back of although game then we did a year who puts it the Belles ago, but sometimes we're in the back the net. They just want to managed looking for the perfect of the net. celebrate with whoever to register opportunity, even though They just does it." s e v e n that may never come, as want to cele­ shots on opposed to just putting brate with goal. balls on frame and seeing whoever Caryn MacKenzie T h e what happens." does it." Belles coach S a i n t The Belles' record now Manchester Mary's stands at 3-0, while sophomore defensive Manchester falls to 1-2. Paige Koomler, who scored unit, comprised of senior With the goal scoring bal­ four goals in Sunday's Justine Higgins and junior ance the Belles have shown ISTY KING/The Observer game against Tri-State, Whitney Fron on the out­ so far, it is clear that they Saint Mary's junior middle blocker Kaela Hellmann spikes the had a prime scoring oppor­ side and sophomores have numerous offensive ball in the Belles' 3-0 win over Kalamazoo Sept. 20, 2006. tunity in the 84th minute Bridget Ronayne and weapons. Jessica Slean in the mid­ They will attempt to dle, also had a strong extend their season open­ game. ing win streak to four "They just keep getting games when they visit ATHLETIC TRAINING better and better," Hope Saturday. MacKenzie said. "They're able to recover well and Contact Chris Doyen at & SPORTS MEDICINE communicate with each [email protected]

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big part of it. Known for making jokes 5th years with his teammates, Cahill continued from page 24 also tends to get the last laugh against his opponents. advantage of' tlwir final year In his two-plus years as a of eligibility. Civen how the starter, Cahill has compiled a 2006 season ended. it was an career record of' 27-13-4, and easy dndsion. his three shutouts in the N o t r n D a nil' 1'1~ a e h e d t h n NCAA tournament are a pro­ round of' gram record. eight. f'or Last season, Cahill was an t.hn f'irst a II- InC EAST t. hi r d- t n am time in selection with a 0. 77 goals­ sdwol his- against average and .R17 tory, hut savfl percentage. took a lie kicked orr his final sna­ h a r d - son in similar style. earning f'ought., 3-2 Big East goalknnper-of'-thn­ loss to wnek honors last week af'ter Virginia. Miller collecting four saves in Notrfl Tho Irish Dame's 2-1 overtime win over were lnl't wondering what No. 1 UCLA in Bloomington, could have bnPn. Ind. "IThn loss to Virginia[ "It is [Cahill's] third year lnav~:s a. hungn~ in .ro~Ir stom­ being the starter, and that's ach. Miller said. Its some­ groat experience for him," thing you know you can do Irish coach Bobby Clark said. bnttnr with, and you want to "lin's always had great get hack again." hands, but he's now improved Cahill echoed Miller's senti- so many things. lin's a great nwnts. goalkeeper." "Thorn M i I I n r wasn't any offered simi­ closure," "/The loss to Virginia/leaves lar high C a h i I I a hunger in your stomach. praise for his s a i d . It:<; something you know you teammate, " I L a s t saying that year I was can do better with and you Cahill is one unf'ortu­ want to get back again." of the best n a t n goalies in the bncause nation. Ryan Miller we had a Millnr him- groat sen­ Irish defender self will be ior elass. .i ust as but with essential as Irish fifth-year senior goalkeeper Chris Cahill feeds the ball in Notre Dame's 4-1 win over this ynar's Cahill to any Georgetown on Oct. 7, 2006 at Alumni Field. guys, the sky is the limit." Irish title hopes this season. Whatever potential Notre The fifth-year marking Bend, and the only reason season. About the only plaen Miller Damn has this season, Cahill baek has been a starter since Miller is back this season is "[Miller I is a seasoned vet­ hasn't been in his earner is and Miller are sure to be a the day he arrived in South because of a knee injury that eran when it eomes to games, the College Cup - soecer's ended his freshman year and a lot of guys respect him version of the Final Four. after two games. Since for that," Cahill said. "People Along with Cahill, he has returning from the injury, turn to him whenever we're one more chance· to change ISSA's ANNUAL WELCOME/ Miller has been a staple at about to faee a good team, that. right back for the Irish, start­ and he's always going to be WELCOME BACK PICNIC ing 65 straight matches dat­ poised because he's been Contact Greg Arbogast at ing back to his sophomore there a few times before." [email protected] All international students and their host families are invited to welcome in the new academic year.

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MEN'S SOCCER SMC SOCCER Win streak Unfinished business continues Cahill, Miller return for fifth seasons to avenge loss in 2006 NCAA quarterfinals for squad By GREG ARBOGAST Sports Wrircr Saint Mary's blanks With a 1:areer goals-against avnragn of O.X1, fifth-year Manchester for third Irish goalkeeper Chris Cahill looks good in goal. But his (,­ victory of season foot-6 frame may look oven bnttnr in spandex. By CHRIS DOYEN .lust ask Notre Dame Sporrs Wrirer strnngth and conditioning coach Hick Perry. At last ynar's season-ending Saint Mary's won its third banquet, Cahill, in front of .. straight game Wedne~day 300 fans and alumni, pre­ in its home opener, shutting snntnd Perry with a full-body out Manchester in a 1-0 picture of thn lanky kenper win. flexing in spandex. That Belles sophomore forward snr1sn of humor is one reason Micki lledinger netted the Cahill's coaches and team­ game's only score, getting a mates arP glad to have him shot off from 10 yards out around l"or on«- morn season. that bounced off the cross­ llis play just might lw anoth­ bar and trickled past the er reason. goal line in the 66th minute. - With her game winner, Both Cahill and l"nllow f'il'th­ ynar senior Hyan Miller Bedinger became the l"il'th decided last spring to take Saint Mary's player to regis­ JENNIFER KANG!The Observer ter a goal in the Belles' first Irish fifth-year senior goalkeeper Chris Cahill punts the ball during Notre Dame's 0-0 tie with see 5TH YEARS/Page 22 Northern Illinois on Sept. 20, 2006. see UNBEATEN/Pge 21

SMC VOLLEYBALL MEN'S BASKETBALL Belles to face Hope in Hoopsters unveil schedule defensive show-dow-n Observer Staff Report Notre Dame Men's Basketball Notre Dame released its schedule for the 2007-08 sea­ 2007~08 Schedule son Wednesday. For the first time since 11/2 St. Ambrose (lA) - Exhibition expanding to 16 teams. the 11/7 St. Edward's (TX) - Exhibition Big East will have an 18-game 11/12 Long Island schedule, with each team in the conference playing each U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam Tournament other at least once. Monmouth The schedule also ineludes 11/16 three home-and-home 11/17 Baylor matchups. Notre Dame faces 11/18 Wichita State Marquette, DePaul and 11/19 Charlotte/Georgia Tech/Illinois-Chicago/Winthrop Connecticut twice. The Irish will face West 11/24 Youngstown State Virginia and Connecticut at 11/26 Colgate home during winter break, 12/1 Eastern Michigan with the remaining home 12/4 Kansas State @Madison Square Garden games against DePaul, 12/8 Northern Illinois Connecticut, Cincinnati, 12/22 San Francisco Providence, Pittsburgh, 12/29 Brown Syracuse and St. John's while 12/31 North Florida Saint Mary's junior middle blocker Cathy Kurczak spikes the the spring semester is in ses­ ball In the Belles' 3-0 win over Kalamazoo on Sept. 20, 2006. sion. 1/3 West Virginia In November, Notre Dame 115 Connecticut SMC, Flying Dutch play Tuesday with a loss to tips off its season with two 1/12 @Marquette Adrian. The three-game defeat exhibitions followed by a game 1/15 Cincinnati combined for 107 digs (25-30, 28-30, 11-30) dropped against Long Island in the 1/19 @Georgetown their record to 1-3 on the sea­ Joyce Center before heading to 1/26 @ViUanova in previous matches son and 0-1 in the MIAA . the U.S. Virgin Islands to play 1/31 Providence The first two games were in the Paradise Jam tourna­ 2/2 DePaul By SAMANTHA LEONARD hard fought, but the Belles ment. The Irish return to 2/6 @Seton Hall Sports Wrirer came apart in the final game. South Bend and will play 219 Marquette "We had some struggles with seven more non-conference 2/13 @ Connecticut offensive connections," Belles games at the Joyce Center. 2/17 @Rutgers They will travel to New York After a frustrating loss to coach Julie Schroeder-Biek 2/21 Pittsburgh open the MIAA season said. "If I could ignore the to play Kansas State at Tuesday, Saint Mary's will third game of the match, I Madison Square Garden in the 2/24 Syracuse need to play with more consis­ would say that we played a Jimmy V Classic. 2/28 @Louisville tency again !lope tonight in very competitive match." Notre Dame is slated to play 3/2 @DePaul Holland, Mich. The Belles did have incredi­ eight games on either ESPN or 3/5 StJohn's The Flying Dutch (3-1) are bly strong defensive play, ESPN2, and its game against 3/8 atUSF coming off a 3-0 win against which was lead by senior Syracuse on Feb. 24 will be 3/12-3/15 Big East tournament Olivet. Hope is a strong defen­ defensive specialist Marisa broadcast on CBS. 3/20-3/23 NCAA First and Second Round sive squad - they nearly dou­ Gross' her 17 digs. As a team, The Big East tournament is 3/27-3/29 NCAA RegionaJs bled the Comets in digs, 55- Saint Mary's had 62 digs. scheduled for March 12-15, 4/5 NCAA Semifinals 38. with the NCAA Tournament 4n NCAA Championship Final The Belle~ began league see HOPE/Page 21 beginning March 20.