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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 40: ISSUE 73 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25,2006 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Jenkins maintains stance, invites response
Packed house greets Speeches evidence of his second address leadership emergence
By MADDIE HANNA By HEATHER VAN A University president's remarks met with applause, criticism from a divided student crowd tives and accused of being blinked back tears after remotely begun to address this even as Pmboldened studonts By MARY KATE MALONE ovnrly con- speaking during the question epidemic and this population from all corners of tho A,sistJn! News Ediror enrnnd with See Also and -answer session that fol as the Vagina Monologues Univ1~rsity peppered him with Notrn Darm~·s lowed Jenkins' talk. have." q uostions and accusations. Univnrsity l'rnsident Father appearance, "Students "My guess is that you have Redfield has been a strong Studnnt Jnf'l' Hall asked .John .Jmtkins' Ttwsday address .Jenkins respond to not witnessed the pain as inti voice for feminists at Notre .Jenkins to elarify his stancn on to studnnts on aeadnrnir free repeatedly mately as I and so many other Dame. She organized the why the Vagina Monologues Father John dom and Catholic character promised to women have - that one in Vagina Monologues for the last should not be allowed on cam garnen~d no lnss eritidsm and listen to all Jenkins' four women will graduate two years and crafted the pus . .Jenkins replied that the 1~ontrovnrsy than did his opinions address" from this University having Campus Life Council resolution namn associated with tlw spnneh to thn faculty a day before dnliv been raped," Hedlield said. "In that created the Gender event could seem to lw narlinr. nring a final pagesB and 9 my several years of involve Helations Center. endorsed by the Univt~rsity. Bngged not to shut down policy. ment in this issue hero, I have Jenkins kept his composure eontrovnrsial student initia- Senior Kaitlyn Hedfield seen no movement that has and managed several smiles, see STUDENTS/page INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF FATHER JENKINS' SPEECH ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM? Forever 21 While many students spent the first week back to school surveying their syl labi, buying books and readjusting to col lege life, I was basking in the glory (or lack thereoO of turning 21. I have always Paul Giesting Tammy Gillings Kathleen Hession Nick Matich Micah Johnston Brian Boyd looked forward to Kelly Meehan my 21st birthday, grad student junior freshman senior senior sophomore knowing that it off-campus PE Welsh Family Keenan Keenan Keough could potentially Assistant enhance my South News Editor Bend social life. I "He had a good "/ didn't think it ''There are '1 thought he hit "Stop arguing "Regardless of would no longer be limited to the "off discussion of a addressed the many issues the nail right on about specific your take, it's campus" party scenario and could finally join my older bar-hopping buddies. difficult issue in issues that need to be the head." events and good that he I kicked off the weeklong celebration a public forum." specifically addressed address the brought up our in style by visiting Corby's, adorned with enough." regarding issues honestly. " Catholic my "I need a cocktail" pin, rather than the sometimes in-your-face-it's-my-birth women on this character. " day-accessory of a crown. campus." Anticipation grew as my friends and l counted down the moments leading up to midnight when I could proudly pres ent the sometimes staunch bouncer with my legitimate Ohio license. I am not going to lie; initially I was appalled by the dark, crowded and IN BRIEF smoky interior of the bar and intimidat ed by those confident (or drunk) enough The blood drive will continue to stand on the chairs to belt out the today and tomorrow from 9:30 words of their favorite Journey jam. a.m. until 3:30 p.m. in Rolfs But soon I let go of my inhibitions, I Sports RccCenter. Call 631-6100 embraced the sometimes deemed "clas to register. sic" bar for what it was. I knew that with the right mix of friends, lack of personal The band Nice Save! will be space and terrific classic rock this could pcrlorming live at Corby's Friday potentially be the best birthday of my at 10:30 p.m. life. The next day it was time to further The band Appetite for examine the bars of the Bend with a trip Destruction will be performing to Rum Runners. The crass dueling live at Club Fever Friday night. piano players proved rather entertain ing, especially when I was called onto "Poetas y Pintores: Artists the stage along with a fellow celebratory Conversing with Verse" art 21-year-old to entertain the crowd with exhibit will open Friday in a birthday festivity that included a some Moreau Art Galleries at Saint what humiliating version of "Head, Mary's. Shoulders, Knees and Toes." I thought I would keep things going on Welsh Family Hall Dance Show Thursday night with a trip to the elusive presents: "Game Faces" this downtown hotspot "Club Fever." Friday and Saturday at Apparently hundreds of other "21-year Washington Hall. Tickets are $4 olds" felt similarly. The painstaking hour and can be purchased at and a half wait to enter was made even Kevin Appleby, policy director of Migration and Refugee Services at the U.S. LaFortune Box Office or at the worse when I was denied entry for a sus Conference of Catholic Bishops, discusses immigration issues Tuesday night at the door. Profits benefit Hannah and picious ink smudge on my hand mixed Hesburgh Center. The talk, "Strangers No Longer: Being Neighbor to our Immigrant Friends. with a really bad idea. Community," was sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns. To make up for this disappointment of Three panelists will address being denied, I took my business around the question: "Iraq: What now?" the comer to Finnegan's, where my at 4:15p.m. Jan. 31 in the audito friend and fellow Observer staffer Nicole rium of the Hesburgh Center for Zook and I were welcomed with free OFFBEAT International Studies. admittance and drink. My birthday bar crawl certainly was a Migrants lack toilet access period last year, some pas male farmers pay for mail Author Kirsten Sundberg great experience, but I could not help BEIJING- Migrant work sengers even became order brides from overseas. Lunstrum will give a reading notice that not much had changed. ers in south China are wear deranged on their journeys South Kyongsang province from her debut book. This Life There were still negative aspects like ing adult diapers on packed because of the conditions plans to start a trial program She's Chosen on Feb. 1 at 7:30 crowded rooms and creepy men, but one trains heading home for the and jumped out of the car in which it will give 6 million p.m. in South Dining Hall's thing that did not change was the time I Lunar New Year holiday riages," the China Daily said. won ($6,113) to male farm Hospitality Room. The event is spent with great friends. because they have no access The Lunar New Year, ers who marry foreign free and open to the public. Getting into bars and no longer being to a toilet, state media said which this year starts on women, an official said considered a minor is certainly a pleas Tuesday. January 29, is the biggest Tuesday. The 2006 Winter Career and ure. But I realized that no matter how About 120 million peas holiday in the Chinese South Korean farmers Internship Fair will take place old you tum on your next birthday or ants from China's vast rural speaking world and family have been turning to brides from 4 to 8 p.m. Feb. 1 in the where you celebrate it the time will be areas swarm the cities for reunions prompt arguably from other parts of Asia in Joyce Center fieldhouse. The most beneficial if you are with the ones work and all try to make it the biggest movement of recent years after struggling event is free and sponsored by the you love. home for the holiday, filling humanity on Earth. to woo local women, who Career Center. So regardless of how you celebrate all standing room on trains are often less than your 21st birthday, know that you and making access to the Government supports mail enthralled with the prospect To submit information to be deserve nothing but the best - whatev toilet impossible during trips order brides of rural life. included in this section of The er that may be. This birthday is about often lasting 24 hours or SEOUL - A rural province Observer, e-mail detailed informa more than being allowed to buy alcohol, more. in South Korea plans to give Information compiled from tion about an event to strangely exciting bar experiences or "During the peak travel financial aid to help lonely the Associated Press. [email protected] even the ability to wear a goofy crown for the day. It is knowing that you have made it this far and that the best is yet to come.- TODAY TONIGHT THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Contact Kelly Meehan at a: kmeehaO 1@saintmarys. edu LLI The views expressed in the Inside ::z: Column are those of the author and !;;: LLI not necessarily those of The Observer. 3: .... CORRECTIONS ? Social Concerns Festival Explore Local Service and Social Action Opportunities Januar~J 25, 6-8 pm CENTER FOR r=;:F,lllNIVERSITY OF at the Center for Social Concerns ~NOTRE DAME SociAL CoNCERNS ---- -~ ~ ------~------ page 4 The Observer + CAMPUS NEWS Wednesday, January 25, 2006 times-inefficient Board of vote for her. Residence Hall Association Governance meetings and Seifert said she received (RHA) elections all to take Options serving on both Mcllduff's and Victors warm congratulations from place before board turnover. continued from page 1 Siefert's past student govern continued from page 1 friends and family, including Having the presidential-vice ment boards, Davis said "it her two older sisters, one of presidential election so early going on in student govern will be interesting to see how from 8 a.m. until midnight whom served as Saint Mary's has its pros and cons, Lerner ment right now. It is going to [the new president and vice and had to wait until the out student body president dur said, but ultimately it was a be a big task to get involved president] to work together come was announced ing the 1998-99 academic success. with the student body and and run BOG next year." Tuesday at 8:45 a.m. year. "Since it was the first week take care of stuff that is not Davis said she plans to "I was extremely excited, I "I was really excited and back, we hoped that most getting done right now." remain highly involved within felt as though a week of hard grateful to be elected vice students would not be too Shropshire felt similarly and student government as admis- work had paid off," Mcllduff president of the Saint Mary's busy to participate in election said she hopes sions commis said. student body," Seifert said. "I activities and it would also Mcllduff and sioner and looks Mcllduff and Seifert, along am excited to get started give the candidates a chance Siefert will work "{Running for forward to work with their opponents, spent accomplishing everything on to campaign without having on "everything president] is an ing with the the last week knocking on our to-do list." dozens of other academic they haven't College's new doors, distributing l1iers and Both Mellduff and Seifert commitments," Lerner said. accomplished opportunity that administration. answering students' ques expressed admi- "Overall, I think until now." many people Hegardless of tions on everything from ration for the election 'The campaign Davis said she never get., the disappointing their definition of a Saint Shropshire and went well. We wished they had loss, she is still Mary's woman to how they Davis and said was very intense had minimal explained their. considering run intend to communicate with they hope the but it was complaints, and presidential Annie Davis ning for student the student body. women will par each ticket took promises in more vice presidential body president "The campaign was very ticipate in stu extremely fun to go extra care to detail during candidate again next ·year. intense but it was extremely dent govern around and meet avoid any viola campaigning, "!Bunning for fun to go around and meet all ment in some all the Saint tions." while Shropshire president] is an the Saint Mary's women," capacity next Despite the said she regrets not being opportunity that many people Seifert said. "I got to know a year. Mary's women., quick timing of able to visit students in their never get. Running again little more about Saint Mary's "Amanda and the election, dorm rooms during the week. would require a lot of work and all the different women Annie have Maggie Seifert Mcllduff said she She said that they were and a lot of time. Hight now I who are on campus. It was worked vice president-elect was impressed unable to make weekday vis need to finish this year and hard work, and I am happy I extremely to by student its due to Davis' busy sched see how [the Mclldufn admin did it." make Saint response as she ule while attempting to quali istration is next year and how At the top of the winning Mary's a better place ... and canvassed the campus and fy for nationals in figure skat l fit in there." pair's campaign platform was it was extremely evident said she is looking forward to ing. Shropshire will finish her their intention to make throughout the campaign," turnover on April 1. Shropshire and Davis, how term as Student Diversity detailed course requirements Seifert said. "We felt as though everyone ever, were able to engage in Board president - a position available to students before The timing of the election, was engaged," Mcllduff said. door-to-door that she has they enrolled in a class and which took place exactly one "It was the first week back, campaigning reinvented to simplify the add and drop week after the first day of and everyone was a little during the week through her process. Mcllduff and Seifert class of the new semester, shocked that it was so soon." end, an experi 'The only thing organization of also promised to ensure a caused some grumbling on Any change in the elections ence Davis said that everyone the College's strong student voice in the campus. With an extra week scheduling would be up to she valued for all keeps saying to me first-ever diversi vice presidential search com of winter break this year, the the next elections commis the feedback she ty conference, an mittees as the College seeks vote seemed to arrive even sioner, Lerner said. obtained from is the best increased cam to replaced Vice President earlier and give students lit "As of now, we are looking concerned stu candidate doesn't pus-wide diversi and Dean of Faculty Pat tle time to weigh in on the forward to the Student dents. always win, and ty awareness and White and Vice President of candidates. Diversity Board and "I am still maintenance of Student Activities Linda Elections commissioner Residence Hall Association going to bring that is how I have traditional SDB Timm. Danielle Lerner said it is the elections on February 13 and [their concerns] to keep looking events. Mcllduff, who currently responsibility of the elections the class elections on to the table," she at it., Despite her serves as student body vice commissioner to sit down February 20," Lerner said. said. "While success as SDB president and was chief of with Student Activities "We encourage all students to campaigning, we president, she staff under student body Director George Rosenb ush stay informed and continue got our voices Amanda Shropshire said she will not president Sarah Catherine and schedule the elections in casting their votes for next heard and presidential candidate run for a second White last year, was able to such a way that allows for year's student leaders." became more term in the posi highlight her extensive lead the student body elections, aware of how tion and is not ership roles on campus as Student Diversity Board Contact Megan O'Neil at people now think sure where she she encouraged students to (SDB) elections and [email protected] of [BOG] in a negative light, sees herself in the future of and that needs to change. student government. Now we have feedback, we "The only thing that every hear what [students] are say one keeps saying to me is the ing, and that is what makes a best candidate doesn't always legislation so successful. We win, and that is how I have to have [heard] the complaints, keep looking at it," she said. and now we can take of them." After promising to tighten Contact Kelly Meehan at the methods of the some- kmeehaOl @saintmarys.edu BUZZ Gena, Happy 22nd Super The Classic Li Mu Bai's Top Gun Birthday, Game Show "Jeopardy" Crouching Toss-up, "Danger Zone" Power Plunger Posture Hidden Bonus Throttle Buzz QoW. Whatever your style, College Bowl is the place to put your brains to the test Love Always, in a fast-paced game that'll let you prove your intellectual dominance. 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YEN 114.6951 Disney has eo-l'inaneed EURO 0.814 and distributed Pixar's ani mated films for the past 12 POUND 0.560 years, splitting the profits. That deal expires in June after Pixar delivers "Cars," and it had once appeared AP Photo IN BRIEF the companies would not Walt Disney Co. CEO Robert lger, right, smiles with Pixar Animation Studios Inc. CEO renew it amid friction Steve Jobs, left, at Pixar headquarters in Emeryville, Calif., Tuesday. Stocks rise; investor reactions mixed between Jobs and former NI•:W YOHK - Stor,ks rose moderately for a Disney CEO Michael Eisner. Catmull will serve as presi ence call with analysts. issue 2.3 shares for each But the talks revived second consneutive session Tuesday on strong dent of the combined Pixar Rumors of the deal had share of Pixar stock. At narnings at Unit11d Tnchnologies Corp. and under Iger, who became and Disney animation stu generated speculation that Tuesday's dosing prieo of McDonald's Corp. Disney CEO last October. dios, reporting to Iger and Jobs could become Disney's $25.99 for Disney, l'ixar Disney, the theme park Ttw day's earnings r11ports were mostly Dick Cook, chairman of The chairman, especially shareholders would get upbeat, although invnstor reactions wore owner that also owns the Walt Disney Studios. because current Chairman stoek worth $59.7H, a 4 ABC and ESPN TV net The two companies will George Mitchell will retire percent premium over mixnd. Unitnd Tt~chnologies, Johnson & works, and Pixar had dis remain separate, with next year when his term Pixar's closing prieo of .Johnson, McDonald's and :~M Co. all reported cussed a new relationship higlwr profits, hut .J&.J and 3M l'nll after dis Pixar keeping its brand expires. $57.57. Thn deal was appointing analysts. for months. name and headquarters in Jobs said he does not see announced after the mar Since earnings snason began two weeks Pixar Executive Vice Emeryville, near San himself becoming Disney's kets elosed for the day. ago, stocks have been swinging with each President John Lasseter Francisco. Maintaining chairman, although he did Pixar gained 2.5 pnrcent to day's announenmnnt as investors react to will become chief creative Pixar's unique creative not explicitly rule it out. $59 in after-hours trading, companies' narnings as wnll as their outlooks. officer of the animation character was a priority in "I think there are people while Disney l'nll 14 ennts. studios and principal cre "Stocks arn nitlwr going way, way up or the talks, executives said. that can do a better job at Disney said tho deal ative adviser at Walt Disney way, way down," said Paul Mr,Manus, senior "Most of the time that that than me," Jobs told would lower earnings over vicn prnsidnnt and dirnetor of research, lmagineering, which Bob and l have spent talk The Associatod Press. "My tho next two ynars, but that lndnpendnnee lnvestnwnt LLC. "There appear designs and builds the ing about this hasn't been interest is really just being the deal would add to narn to lw morn surprisns." company's theme parks. about economies, it's been on the board and helping ings by 200R. A dodinn in oil prices also helped stocks. A Lasseter began his career about preserving the Pixar Bob make this combination "It's somnthing Disney barrd of light crudn fnll $1.04 to settle at as a Disney animator and is culture because we all super successful and help had to do," said Harold $67.0(, on the Nnw York Mercantile Exchange. the creative force behind know that that's the thing ing him in any other way Vogel, a media analyst with Pixar's films. He will report that is going to determine he asks me to." Vogel Capital Management directly to lger. the success here in the long Under the deal, Burbank in Nnw York. "It's good for Deadline looms for J&J's Guidant bid Pixar President Ed run," Jobs said on a confer- based Disney said it will both companies." THENTON, N.J. - Johnson & Johnson took no action Tuesday as its midnight deadline approached to either raise its bid for heart device maker Cuidant Corp. or l11t rival Boston Scinntifk Corp. claim the prize after upsntting .J&.J's plans for its biggnst acquisi UPN, WB networks to shut down tion twer. Asknd wlwthnr J&J, the world's most diver Associated Press The new network will launch in as WPIX in Nnw York, and KTLA in sifind health-earn company, planned to make NEW YOHK - Two small, strug the fall, the executives said. when Los Angeles. Tho Tribune Co. will a higher bid or walk away from the deal, gling television networks, UPN and both UPN and WB will shut down. It relinquish its 22.5 pnrennt stakn in .I&.J's ehief spoknsman, .lefT Leebaw, dedined WB, will shut down this fall, and will be a 50-50 partnership between WB and will receive a 10-year af'fili to comnwnt. lin also would not say whether their parent companies plan to form Warner Bros. and CBS, and the net ation agreement with the now net thn Nnw Brunswick-based maker of' prescrip a new network called The CW using work will be carried on stations work. tion drugs, nwdkal dnviees and health prod programming and other assets from owned by the Tribune Co,, a minori Leslie Moonves, chin!' nxocutivn ol' uds from soap to eontaet lenses considers its each of' them. ty owner of' WB. CBS Corp., said the new notwork final offer for Cuidant still valid. That offer The announcement was made Altogether, the 16 Tribune stations will air :~0 hours of programming amountnd to $24.2 billion. or $71 per share. Tuesday by executives from CBS and the 12 UPN stations owned by seven days a wonk aimnd in part at Tlw lack of' aelion after a week of anticipa Corp., which owns UPN, and Warner CBS will give the new network <:ov young audienens. tion and qunrins !'rom thn media and stock Bros., a unit of Time Warner Inc., erage in almost half of the country, The plan ineludns two hours ol' analysts raised qunstions about whether which owns most oi'WB. the executives said. The executives programs in prime limn each night .Johnson & .Johnson was unwilling to pay more Both UPN and WB had struggled said they hoped to sign up new affil Monday through Friday and thrnn l'or Cuidant's tnchnology- pacemakers, to compete against larger rivals in iates in the rest of' the country by hours on Sunday nvnning. It will implantable defibrillators and a much-antici the broadcast TV business, includ the time The CW launches. also offer programming on wnokday pated nnw drug-eoatnd stent expected next ing Walt Disney Co.'s ABC, News Among the Tribune's TV stations and Sunday afternoons, and f'ive ynar- and was ceding the deal to Boston Corp.'s Fox. General Electric Co.'s that will join the new network are hours or ehildrnn's programs on Scientific. NBC and CBS Corp.'s CBS. its flagship WGN in Chicago as well Saturday morning. page 8 The Observer + CAMPUS NEWS Wednesday, January 25, 2006 the give and take," Jenkins Students raised certain their minds, and I'm 1 00 per involved in a couple different said in an interview with The issues repeatedly while ques cent behind all that," Jenkins productions I of 'The Vagina Jenkins Observer Tuesday afternoon. tioning Jenkins, one being the told The Observer. "That is not Monologues'!, I think [Jenkins] continued from page 1 "We wanted it to be conversa fear that if "The Vagina only something I would allow, misunderstands them, too - tional enough so that they Monologues" are not allowed but something I insist on, that both the play itself and its Tuesday's address was could say what they think." on campus - as they have range of views." purpose here," Hendler said. slightly pared down for stu While he said he has not been the past four years - But when those views run "What was really heartening dents, omitting sections seen "The Vagina Monologues" that victims of sexual assault the risk of denying the and made me feel really good geared toward faculty, but or attended the Queer Film and rape will be silenced. University's fundamental iden today was the reassurance Jenkins' message was just as Festival, Jenkins told The Jenkins told The Observer tity, Jenkins said, problems that there are a bunch of real clear - Notre Dame could not Observer this would not pre that the issue of violence arise. ly smart students out there protect its "distinctive Catholic vent him from against women "When, year after year, we who are willing to teach him. character" while permitting making a fully was "always on sponsor something or a unit of That was really inspiring." on-campus performances of informed deci 'Tm very the agenda." the University sponsors some Student body president Dave events "clearly and egregious sion on either comfortable with "I honestly thing that appears to be in Baron said he thought stu ly contrary to, or inconsistent event. students. I like don't know conflict with Catholic teaching, dents understood and respect with, the fundamental values "I've read 'The what we need the University's name is used ed the opportunity Jenkins of a Catholic university." Vagina students, I like the at this stage," in such a way presented and The message made a strong Monologues' a give and take.,, he said. that it seems to conducted impact on the audience. couple times," he "(Violence support that themselves Students poured into the aisles said. "There are against women] which it doesn't "/ was extremely proud professional to line up behind microphones some really Father John Jenkins is something we support. It's of the student body. I ly. and respond to Jenkins' great theatrical University President need to contin more [about] thought we held "I was stance, focusing their com works, Greek ue to look· at, authenticity of extremely ments . on 'The Vagina tragedies, that I and I imagine character and ourselves well.,, proud of the Monologues' and the Queer have never seen performed, I'll be responding to, but what its representa student body," Film Festival in particular, but I've read, and I feel I know particular steps are needed at tion," he said. Dave Baron Baron said. "I while others made their opin those works pretty well. I this stage. I am not prepared "B_ut that in no student body president thought we ions known through bursts of think [seeing the play] helps a to say. I'm open to learning." way should held our- applause. bit, but I don't think it's The issue of sponsorship was limit a wide selves well." Seemingly rattled at times, absolutely necessary. also a recurrent theme in the and broad envi- Students rock steady in others, Jenkins "The Queer Film Festival, I address and a point of con ronment and presentation of who couldn't make it into responded to the majority of think I know enough because tention for some students, who views, events, artistic produc Washington Hall - capacity is student questions and com [my concern] was about the questioned if Jenkins thought tions." a little over 500 - were sent ments in a direct and engag title ... and again, that's been students should not have the Regardless of whether they to a spillover room in ing back-and-forth manner. addressed. Because [my con right to decide whether or not agreed or disagreed with LaFortune, Baron said, where ''I'm very comfortable with cern] really was more superfi to participate in, attend or Jenkins, the students who the speech was broadcast on students. I like students, I like cial." protest controversial events. addressed the president - campus cable. That's not the case at all, he especially those dissenters - lie was not surprised by the responded. conducted themselves high turnout. "I think views that are con admirably, said Glenn Hendler, "I started to feel this was trary to Catholic teaching director of undergraduate really on the pulse of what the should be presented at Notre studies and associate profes campus was talking about," Dame. We should engage sor in the English department Baron said. them, we should think about who attended both Monday's them, students need to and Tuesday's addresses. Contact Maddie Hanna at encounter them and make up "As someone who's been mhannal @nd.edu Left, students stream into Washington Hall Tuesday to listen to Father John Jenkins discuss academic freedom and Catholic identity. Right, audience members listen attentively while making visual statements . PHOTOS BY CLAIRE• KELLEY Wednesday, January 25, 2006 The Observer + CAMPUS NEWS page 9 lions or characters that run grow in their spiritual life," that is your prerogative, and I ending it." Students counter to the teachings of Sikorski said. "Organizers of can say nothing about that, Planted on the other side of Catholicism'?" Miller asked. ['The Vagina Monologues' and but please don't take over our the issue, Jill Weidner, an continued from page 1 "Yes. Yes, absolutely," Queer Film Festival( are com freedom to express such a assistant rector in Howard Jnnkins said. pletely opposed to everything work of art." llall, said squelching events in "So you're more concerrwd While the vast majority of we're doing." · Jenkins and nearly all stu contention with Catholic doe with appearance to out student responsn was doubt Conversely, senior Zachary dents- from those staging trine risks being too restric sidnrs'?" I tall asked. ful. at best, of Jenkins 'state Ortiz likened and organizing tive. .lnnkins countnrnd i m nwdi- ments, views in support or his "The Vagina the events to "One of' the l'irst things we atnly. _ remarks were still present. Monologues" to thosB praying learn I as ass is tan t roc tors I is "It is sort of' "There's a bat the later works "Even if students l'or the organiz that we sorvo a very divnrse about pnrcnption. tle raging on of the famous don't agree with ers - agreed on stud(mt body," Weidner said. but it's about the "I saw 'The Vagina campus and. Spanish artist {'The Vagina the ultimate "I'm concerned that wlwn intngrity of' my (supporters of' the Franeis Goya, Monologues'}, most goal to end vio (.Jenkinsl speaks of a limit on views," he said. Monologues' my V a g i n a whose work lence against things that encourage a lot ol' Applause nrupt freshman year. I Monologues( are reflected the students are women. The dialogue like 'Vagina nd. was completely on the losing "darker and concerned that their polarization Monologuns' ... that are put on Tom Millnr, a side," said junior more contorted freedom of speech is · emerged on the by studnnts, it sends a mes graduate studtmt objectified. I fell John Sikorski, aspects of best way to sage that only one kind of' in CffHtli ve writ like a vagina. " commissioner for humanity. It in quite a bit of achieve those interpretation is permitted - in g. questioned Notre Dame Hight focused on top danger." ends. that which falls in linn with t lw s e 0 p e () to Life, who ics that words "I saw 'The Catholie doctrine." r Arlna Grossu .I en k i n s • slide prayed outside c_anno~ do jus Vagina Hcdlield lel't Jenkins' spench mnnts, adding president the DeBartolo bee to. Kaitlyn Redfield Monologues'" concerned and convinced that that in ordnr to Notre Dame Right to Performing Arts "The Vagina senior my freshman the majority or the student graduate, lw and Life Center last year Monologues are year," said sen body feels tho same. his elassrnatns during the stag- akin to these ior and Hight to "Even if' students don't agron must read thnir ing of "The paintings," Ortiz said. "They Life president Arina Grossu. "I with ('The Vagina creative works V a g i n a elucidate the real cultural was completely objectified. I Monologues'(. most students publicly ~ works that could Monologues." experiences of women and felt like a vagina. I felt the are concerned that their free contain controversial material. "There is clearly a very vocal their snxuality. Unfortunately play made any sexual act dom of spench is in quite a bit "Do we have your assurance minority on campus involved they do not agree with appropriate ... [It] gives the of danger," she said. that whiln w•~ arn members of' in "The Vagina Monologues." Catholic teaching on sexual University a bad reputation a program here at Notre (And there isl another group morality ... If you (Jenkins] because it loses its Catholic Contact Mary Kate Malone at Damn, wn will be allowed to very dedicated to ensuring the disagree with this piece of art, identity. I feel strongly about [email protected] write and publish in literary Catholic per journals and read ofT campus spective ... to and in conference our creative offer a posi work. without fear of' censor tivn way for ship, nvl'n if' tlwrn arn situa- students to Above left, a student shares her views. Bottom left and above, audience members absorb Jenkins' comments. Right, Jenkins clarifies a point as student body president Dave Baron looks on . PHOTOS BY ClAIRE• KELLEY AND PHIL HUDELSON page 10 The Observer + CAMPUS NEWS Wednesday, January 25, 2006 head coach in any sport - after research, diversity, the Catholic he was being assertive" early in to be procedures we all agree three years at the Irish helm mission and fiscal constraints. his presidency, Solomon said. are fair for an evaluation of our Analysis prompted national controversy, "Notre Dame was founded to "Many faculty members have decisions on how such judgments continued from page 1 from various media outlets argu be a university with a religious misjudged Father Jenkins are made." ing Notre Dame was racist to stu character; its statutes state that because he's a nice man and a Hegardless of the final policy addresses on academic freedom dents on campus making T-shirts it should retain this character 'in gentle man - I've heard many issued about hosting events to present an assertive approach that read "IntegriTY." The cry of perpetuity;' and it is a priority of faculty members talk about him deemed to conflict with Catholic and establish a decision-making racism continued through the mine to retain this character," like he's a weak man. Those of us values and other issues of aca precedent he acknowledged hiring ofWeis and was revisited Jenkins told the faculty during who've known Father Jenkins for demic freedom, Jenkins' willing would characterize his presiden in October 2005 when Weis his October 11, 2005 address. many years, and I've known him ness to step forward with his cy. received a new contract after But it was not until this week since he was· a sophomore. know beliefs and engage the University "You can go wrong in two seven games as the Irish head that Jenkins specifically he's very tough, he doesn't lack community establishes a defini ways," Jenkins told The Observer coach. addressed the interaction of for courage." tive tone for his presidency, many Tuesday after his address to the Throughout the coaching Notre Dame's roles both as a Burish, also in his first year faculty and administrators students. "One is to just sit in the change, Jenkins made his pres Catholic institution and a univer leading Notre Dame after agreed. office and say, 'This is what ence felt before he officially sity that promotes academic free Jenkins chose him in July to "I think it's important that the we're going to do, we won't do assumed the presidency in one of dom. replace former Provost Nathan president declare where he that' -just issue decisions from the most important parts or Jenkins said he used his first Hatch, said Tuesday his boss's stands, and I think John left no here on out. That's a mistake. Notre Dame - football. And the real foray into extensively strong, straightforward stance doubt about where he stands, "The other is, 'Oh, I'm just public began to recognize him as addressing a polarizing issue not had demonstrated Jenkins' but also how he gets there, how going to take in the views of the University's new leader. to test the waters, respect for - and he proceeds," said University some people, and never really "I think people were shocked but to explain in turn resonated President Emeritus Father act.' That's a mistake. That's not about the decision with football clearly where he "/ think it says a with - the faculty. Theodore Ilesburgh, who led leadership." coaches," W. David Solomon, stood and invite lot of very good "Some faculty Notre Dame from 1952-87 and, Jenkins' visions of leadership associate professor of philosophy response from the things - it says agree with him along with University founder - and the University communi and director of the Center for University commu and some do not, Father Edward Sorin, is widely ty's perceptions of him as a Ethics and Culture, who taught nity. he's not going to sit but everyone I've considered Notre Dame's great leader - have changed dramati Jenkins when the president was The reason to off in a dark corner spoken to admired est leader. "l think it's something cally in the nearly 21 months an undergraduate at Notre address academic churning off great his openness and that very few university presi since his election as Notre Dame, said Tuesday. "Whatever freedom and his approach," dents do - explain why they get Dame's 17th president. you think about that decision, he Catholic character, decisions that no Burish said. "The to where they get - and I had to certainly showed courage and he said, stems one had a part in." most common do it a few times, and I found it Growing into his role didn't hesitate." from a sense of comment I have was very fruitful and very help Though he served as a vice Yet Jenkins also shied away duty to the heard is that it is a ful." president and associate provost from asserting himself too boldly University. Father Theodore welcome !leader Hesburgh praised the prece for four years before the Board before taking office. "I do think it's Hesburgh ship] style and that dent Jenkins set for his leader of Trustees elected him to suc During the transition period, been percolating, I University President Father showed a ship style. ceed then-University President Jenkins said repeatedly he was- do think people Emeritus boldness and an "I think it says a lot of very Father Edward n't yet fully ready have strong issues openness and an good things - it says he's not Malloy on April 30, "There really to be Notre Dame's on both sides, I admirable willing going to sit off in a dark corner 2004, Jenkins was president. He think people haven't really ness to engage the community in churning off great decisions that then a relatively aren't many issues declined an addressed it and it is important dialogue. no one had a part in," Ilesburgh unfamiliar face to more important Observer request to address one way or another," " .. .I believe that demonstrated told The Observer Monday. "I many in the than issues of to be interviewed he said. "There really aren't the type of leadership and type of think he's saying this is a com University commu about his presi many issues more important approach to leadership and deci munity, this is an important fac nity. He greeted the academic freedom dential ambitions than issues of academic freedom sion-making to which he plans to tor in the Catholic community to announcement of and Catholic before July 1, and Catholic charactm at Notre commit himself." be discussed, and let's talk about his election with character at Notre 2005,' instead Dame." But not all faculty members it. humility, praising praising the steady cheered Jenkins' style. "And I think everybody in this his predecessor Dame." hand of Malloy as Interpreting new leadership "Your responsibility to us as community feels ready to talk and calling the one of the leader The president who emerged president doesn't involve accept about it, whether or not they Board's choice a Father John Jenkins ship qualities he this week seemed to be a far cry ing the majority vote or ruling by begin where he begins." "flattering University President would try to emu from the man who was elected in consensus," philosophy professor request." late. April 2004 - but for Solomon, Ed Manier said during Monday's "No doubt, after I "People look to who has followed Jenkins' rise faculty question-and-answer ses Contact Heather Van Hoegarden take this job, I'll still be correct you to set a course, and Monk's throughout the decades, the sion, responding to an assertion at [email protected], Claire ing myself, because you know I'll been steady," Jenkins told The president's forceful addresses in Jenkins' speech, "but it does Heininger at [email protected] be green," Jenkins told The Observer in April 2005, during were not unexpected. involve accountability to us. One and Maddie Hanna at Observer in October 2004, in the the fmal months of the transition. "I wasn't surprised at all that thing that means is there [have] mhannal @nd.edu midst of the presidential transi 'Things change and controver tion. "But you're never complete sies come and go, but you just ly ready, and you just try to get have to be steady." as ready as you can be." When Jenkins did take ofllce But that preparation was test on July 1, 2005, it was with rela ed just seven months after tively little fanfare as students Jenkins was elected - and eight were away from campus for the months before he actually took summer. over the presidency - when he But the new president received was involved in one of the a full-blown welcome in biggest decisions at Notre Dame. September 2005, when he was Though his term officially inaugurated in a two-day event began on July 1, 2005, he played complete with flourishes from a role in the Nov. 30, 2004 firing cancelled classes to NBC news of then-head football coach anchor Tom Brokaw's visit to Tyrone Willingham - a decision moderate an academic forum that followed the pattern of the that was cybercast on the Web. president-elect having input on Dignitaries from across the January 26 long-term University decisions world were invited to take place during the presidential transition in the academic forum entitled A Little Knowledge is period. "Why God? Understanding a Dangerous Thing: When Willingham was fired, Heligion and Enacting Faith in a athletic director Kevin White said Plural World," while Catholic So, Come to Meet Us! the decision was made by leaders were invited to celebrate "University senior leadership, Mass with Jenkins the following and in concert with the morning. Office of Undergraduate University senior leadership.'' For the first time, the Notre Studies, introduction of "I think it's fair to say, I report Dame community was able to see to the president and at the end of its new president on a grand advising team. the day, I serve at the will of the stage for two days as academia Hammes Student Lounge, president at the University of and Catholicism were repeatedly Notre Dame," White said on Nov. and dually brought to the fore Coleman Morse. 30, 2004. front during the formal introduc After the firing, Malloy said tion of the University's new Door prizes-MP3 player, publicly that he did not make the leader. decision, and when new coach During his inaugural address DVD player and more! Charlie Weis was hired on Dec. on September 23, 2005, Jenkins Must be present to win. 13, Malloy told The Observer the said his one of his goals for Notre same thing. Dame was to integrate "these "I was not a dellnitive voice two indispensable and wholly Contact information: and I was not the one who initi compatible strands of higher Office of Undergraduate Studies, ated the action," Malloy said. learning: academic excellence 104 O'Shaughnessy, 1-7098. "The impression had been and religious faith." Specifics gained that I was, and I was sim about how the two were wholly ply trying to clarify the record compatible, however, were not that I wasn't and had a disagree· part of his address. ment about that choice.'' About a month later, Jenkins The firing of Willingham - at formally addressed the faculty UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME for the first time, speaking to the time one of five black head COLl.EGE OF ARTS ANI> !.ETTERS football coaches in Division 1-A them about undergraduate edu and Notre Dame's first black cation, graduate studies and Wednesday, January 25, 2006 The Observer + NEWS page 11 Google to censor China search site Killer Arctic blasts Associated Press trated many Chinese usnrs, hob jects. bling Coogle's ell'orts to expand Google officials characterized incapacitate Europe SAN FHANCISCO - Online its market share in a country the censorship concessions in snareh engiml loader Google Inc. that expected to emerge as an China as an excruciating deci has agrnnd to eensor its rnsults Internet gold mine over the next sion for a company that adopted Associated Press plunging well below zero. Tho in China, adhering to the eoun deeade. "don't be evil" as a motto. But bitter cold hit an all-time low try's froo-spneeh restrictions in China already has more than management believes it's a VIENNA, Austria of minus 24 degrees in the return for better aeeess in the 100 million Web surfers and the worthwhile sacrifice. Vienna's subway tracks Lower Austria town of Gross lntnrnnt's fastnst growing mar audience is expected to swell "We firmly believe, with our cracked, German authorities Gerungs, while in thn beer knt. substantially - an alluring culture of innovation, Google can shut a key canal to ships after making town of Zwettl, it was Tlw Mountain View, Calif. prospect li'r Google as it tries to make meaningful and positive it iced up, and a zoo moved its minus 12 - the ehilliest .Jan. basml company planned to roll boost its already rapidly rising contributions to the already penguins indoors Tuesday as 24 since 1929. out a new version of its seareh profits. impressive pace of development a deadly deep freeze tight Vienna's subway system engine bnaring China's Web suf Baidu.com lnc., a Beijing in China," said Andrew ened its arctic grip on much operator said morning rush fix ".en," on Wednesday. A based eompany in whieh Coogle McLaughlin, Coogle's senior poli of Europe. hour serviee was interrupted Chinese-language version of owns a 2.6 percent stake, cur cy counsel. The killer cold wave, which in some an~as of the capital Coogle's snareh nnginll has pre rently runs China's most popular Google's decision rankled has been blamed for more because the severe cold - viously been available through search engine. But a recent Reporters Without Borders, a than 50 deaths in Russia, which hit a low of minus 2 - the company's dot-com address Keynote Systems survey of media watchdog group that has claimed at least 13 lives in the caused small tears in the in the Unitnd States. China's Internet preferences con sharply eriticized Internet com past five days in the former welds on sections of traek. By creating a uniqun address cluded that Baidu remains vul panies including Yahoo and Soviet republic of Moldova, Austria's largest automobile l"or China, Google hopes to make nerable to challenges from Microsoft Corp.'s MSN.com for where authorities said anoth club, OEAMTC, said it its seareh engine more widely Google and Yahoo Inc. submitting to China's censorship er 30 people - many of them responded to hundreds of available and easier to usn in the To obtain the Chinese license, regime. homeless - were hospitalized calls from motorists whose world's most populous eountry. Google agreed to omit Web con "This is a real shame," said with hypothermia. cars wouldn't start because of Beeause of government barri tent that the country's govern Julien Pain, head of Reporters Romanian authorities dead batteries - along with MS set up to supprnss informa ment finds objectionable. with Borders' Internet desk. reported 15 deaths in the past dozens more from drivers tion, Googlo's China users previ Although China has loosened "When a search engine collabo few days, five of them home who could not pry their way ously have been bloeked from some of its controls in recent rates with the government like less people, after tempera into their vehieles because the using the snareh engine or years, some topics, such as this, it makes it much easier for tures dropped as low as doors were frozen shut. eneountered lnngthy delays in Taiwan's independence and the Chinese government to con minus 22 degrees. In southern Germany, ofli rnsponse time. 1989's Tiananmen Square mas trol what is being said on the Parts of Austria felt more cials closed the Hhine-Main Tho serviee troubles have frus- sacre, remain forbidden sub- Internet." like Siberia, with the mercury Danube canal to shipping for the first time in five years after it iced over. Thick sheets of ice stretch ing about 50 miles posed a danger to ship propollers and lock systems, said Leonhard Ilummel of the Office of Water and Navigation in Nurembnrg. An icebreaker had to help six ships in the canal - which find out whatls links waterway systems between the North Sea and the Black Sea - reach their destinations. At the zoo in Dresden, Germany, 21 Humboldt pen guins were moved from their blowing in minus 6 outdoor environment into a building where the tem perature was a more coml"ort able 32 degrees to ensure their feet didn't freeze, zoo director Karl Ukena said. In Moseow, which was held the wind in an icy grip for the past nine ··. ., .---····/::... days, trolley buses and trams returned to full operation -~// I Tuesday, but record-breaking If 20 of GE's wind turbines were used to replace the electricity consumption eon same amount of energy generated in the U.S. through tinued to strain the Soviet-era traditional sources. greenhouse gas emissions could be power system. The Hussian capital "warmed" to minus 7, reduced by an amount equal to taking nearly 27,000 cars balmy compared with off the road in the U.S. We call this ecomogination. At GE we Thursday's minus 24, but the invite you to find your answer to ecomagination through a eity's death toll rose to at least 28. career in engineering, finance. manufacturing, sales and Serbia recorded its first eold marketing, human resources. or information technology. casualty of the year when an elderly homeless man died in Belgrade. In Kosovo, where tens of thousands lined up outdoors to pay respects to GE will be at the Winter Career & President Ibrahim Rugova, who died Saturday, authori Internship Fair on Feb. 2nd. ties urged mourners to bundle For more info go to up and provided sornn with hot tea. www.gecareers.com/notredame A 4 7 -year-old man froze to death early Tuesday in tho eastern Czech town of Sumperk, and in Prague, workers erected heated tents for the homeless as tempera tures in some parts of the ecomaginationsM country plungnd to minus 22. to learn more visit us at gecareers.com Tents also went up in Bratislava, the capital of an equal opportunity employer neighboring Slovakia. At least 35 towns and vil lages in Bulgaria were with out electrieity Tuesday after surging power demand led to system breakdowns, the civil A diversified technology, defense agency said. Schools financial services. media in 18 of Bulgaria's 28 regions imagination at work company. canceled classes, and an eld erly man's death was blamed on the cold. In Croatia, temperatures fell to minus 1 and winds gusting to 100 mph created a fear some wind chill factor. THE OBSERVER page 12 IEWPOINT Wednesday, January 25, 2006 THE OBSERVER Youth takeover 1>.0. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 Birthdays are funny things. Before taunting? What about the young peo Maria Rilke who writes that even as my 21st, I was a lot more aware of ple who are doing the right thing young people are beginners in life. EDITOR IN CHIEF my age and thinking forward to the without the watchful eye of adults? they have more of an edge in being Claire Heininger benefits of that benchmark. Today, as What about students who do the at the start. The questions, instead of MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER I turn 22, I am thinking, as I have thankless work of most of the inter answers, guide youth. Therefore they Pat Leonard Paula Garda heard others say, esting programming on college cam are open to more. By living the ques what remains spe puses? Are they not of value? Are tions, young people may, "gradually AssT. MANAGING EDITOR: Maureen Reynolds cial about getting they not brave? Are they not worth without noticing it, live along some AssT, MANAGING EoiTOR: SarahVabulas older beyond 21? I public admiration? distant day into the answer." Also, AssT. MANAGING EDITOR: Heather Van Hoegarden know the future On the flip side, young people are young people living the questions Srom EDITOR: Mike Gilloort holds other impor mostly chas.tised in popular discourse have more reverence for complexity that an experienced older person ScENE EDITOR: Rama Gottumukkala tant milestones for their mistakes and failures. In many meetings and talks, I hear from may forget. SAINT MARY'S EDITOR: Megan O'Neil with new relation ships and accom adults how lazy, apathetic and care To our detriment, the values of PHOTO EDITOR: Claire Ketley plishments, but less young people are, shaking their young people are overlooked by oth GRAPHICS EDITOJU Graham Ebersch there is something heads decrying the future of leader ers and ourselves. Perhaps social evil AoVlilU'JSING MANAGER: Nick Guerrieri Kama ria extremely awesome Porter ship. To many, we are good for noth continues because all the people in Ao DESIGN MANAGEIU Jennifer Kenning about turning 21. ings, know-nothings and care-noth power are too old. Would we have a CoNTROLLER: Jim Kidhara Not only are you Black, Red ings. Young people who do defy this different world if led by young peo WEB ADMINISTRATOR: Damian Althoff entering an adult and Catholic stereotype are "credits to their age" ple? 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TODAY'S STAFF News Sports Megan O'Neil Matt Puglisi OBSERVER PoLL QUOTE OF THE DAY Karen Langley Kyle Cassily Maureen Mullen Jordan Beltz What should Notre Dame do Viewpoint Scene about the Queer Film Festival Submit aLetter "Teachers who educated children deserved more honour than parents Laura Sonn Brian Doxtader and "The Vagina Monologues?" who merely gave them birth; {or bare Graphics life is furnished by the one, the other Matt Hudson to the Editor at ensures a good life. " Vote by Thursday at 5 p.m. Aristotle at www.ndsmcobserver.com www .ndsmcobserver.com ancient philosopher THE OBSERVER Wednesday, January 25, 2006 IEWPOINT .rage 13 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Opening dialogue with Father Jenkins Investment in women Call for public forums In response to The Observer artide high dom that this play enjoyed in the DPAC. Hegarding University President Father John Jenkins' spneeh and invita lighting University President Father John I am hurt by Margot O'Brien's careless tion for discussion, Notre Dame is not a democracy, nor does it have any Jenkins' spneeh about academic freedom, I comment that "We will lose our souls" as a obligation to be. But happy compromises, full undnrstanding of all tho would like to thank Jnnkins for providing result of productions like the "Vagina issues at hand and clarity of the unique positions ofthosn involvnd would spneil'ie rnasons as to why this University Monologues." Victims of sexual assault best be brought about through sustained, respnctful dialogue. I believe is opposed to "Vagina Monologues." This and abuse often crush their emotions and that sustained dialogue should involve transparnnt, li1rmal, open-minded has allownd all of us to sit down with The memories about the incident with devas conversation among rnpresentatives of all these groups: students atlarg1\ Obsnrvor in one hand and a pnn in the tating effects on their own well-being. It the organizers of the controversial events, (acuity, stall', alumni. ND othnr to l'inally analyze these arguments .. I can take a lot to shake loose the lid that administrators and the church in an open way, as opposml to the one-way respnel llw acadomic decorum Jenkins has has been shut on one's souL For me, it "e-mail works well" transmission method proposed by .lnnkins on urgnd in tho current dnbate about tho took the "Vagina Monologues." One who Tuesday at his spPech to a few hundred nwmbers of the student body. rolns of' eontrovnrsial produetions at Notre engages honestly in viewing this produc If we actually worked together, couldn't we then come up with a morn Damn, and out or rnspect for his desire for tion will find overarching themes of satisfactory solution to the "Vagina Monologues" situation other than a rich dnhate. I hopn to provide an opinion empowerment, strength and pain. The determining whethPr it should be "on" or "oil"' (or alternatively, "a publk which lwlp Jenkins in his "diiTiculty see monologues are not about any specific performance and fundraiser" or "not"), and diseov1w morn adequate solu ing" tlw full valun of tho monologues. My story of sex or violence or homosexuality. tions to the multitude of other concerns that force us to addrnss dilmnmas opinion on this manrwr is tho opinion of a The monologues are about finding a way of Catholicism and academic frnedom and who or what publidy n~prn young woman who has survivnd sexual to laugh and cry at the same time about sents Notre Dame as a university? assault and has bonn empowered by the one's own story as a woman, and then I don't believe we are hearing each other, but communicating through irnagns of snlf-eonfidnnt women portray11d drawing s;trength from that story. speeches. I am doubly concerned because our perceptions of 111111 anotlwr in "Vagina Monologuns." This play is about frendom. It is about are limited and llawod. I don't think concerned students atlargn have I'll admit it- tlw l'irst time I saw this discovering individuality, finding one's had the opportunity to develop an adequate understanding of the production, it madn rno uncomfortable. voice and owning up to the truth about University administrations' process and practical eoncnrns in addrnssing For this reason. I didn't really glean from one's past. These themes are all extremely this dilemma. Nor do I believe those lilf and against truly undnrstand it any true snnse of nmpownrment. But I relevant to college students and are all the each others' positions. Most importantly, I think that a novel solution to hung in thorn, hoping to discover why it more relevant to women in the context of these problems would be best brought about through this type of dia was that this play had sprPad all over the the "Vagina Monologues." Notre Dame logue. world and had people pickoting outside in admitted the first brave women to this I propose developing a public forum or multiple liwums where thesn a Notrn Damn February ehi!L On the University in 1972, and I suggest Jenkins issues can be discussed, and perhaps resolvnd, and I would bn happy to l>nbartolo l'nrforming Arts Center stage furthers this mission by aiding in our help facilitate that development. last ynar, with tho bennfits of stage light empowerment. Heward our bravery with Finally, I would like to make clear that while I am involved with the ing and million-dollar acoustics, the the freedom to perform productions like unrecognized group of individuals ealled AllianceND (the gay-straight "Vagina Monologues" were spectacular. the "Vagina Monologues" and invest in the alliance), I am speaking only for myself- part of the Notre Dame family, That inspired production produced many future quality of women's lives at Notre ND's loyal daughter, but separate, distinct and unrnprnsentative of any supporters last year, and I am convinced Dame. agencies' beliefs beyond my own. It can be done. that this is a contributing factor toward omsorship of the play this year. Helegating Alison Kelly Anna Gomberg the 2006 "Vagina Monologues" to 101 senior gradua£c smdcm DeBartolo is indeed censorship, as it takes Walsh Hall Off-campus away both the visibility and artistic free- Jan. 24 Jan. 24 U-WIRE Online courses instead of class? Tempting, but I'll pass It's hard to sit through a bad lec Business) estimates that about three attention from their professors. human soul as welL ture. Your eyes droop, slowly fall shut million students take online courses, But when resident students begin to This is not to say that online classes and then jerk open. You wish you a number that has been rising rough take online courses because it permits should be abolished, or that they eould be anywhere else but there. The ly 25 percent each year, according to them more time to "do things they don't have a place in higher eduea rambling professor eats an hour of an April 2005 article in The like," (in the case of the AP article, tion. I am able to support myself, your day with that Sara Washington Post. And according to an the student wanted more time to thanks to my parents, on only a part bad lncture, maybe Tenenbaum Associated Press article published just restore motorcycles), then I think that time job; those in othnr l'inaneial situ morn. As you leave this month, the fastest growing group we're seeing a serious erosion of the ations may l'ind online college to bn tlw dassroom, of students taking online eourses is meaning and purpose of higher edu the perfect solution. thanking the stars The Justice made up of those already enrolled in, cation. But if you are going to physieally abovn that you don't Brandeis living at and physically attending 1 got the "memorize and regurgi and financially commit yourself to have to go back until University their eollege. tate" method of learning out of my higher education, espeeially a liberal thn weekend has Brandeis has never offered exten system in high schooL College is the arts education, then shouldn't you passnd, you son a sive online courses, though the time to work on making your thinking take advantage of thn full seop of thn solution to your bad-lecture problems Justice reported in September 2004 more sophisticated, which cannot college exporienen'! tacknd innocently on a bulletin board: that some professors had attempted happen through a class that promotes That means not through a computer Your boring lecture course is being online summer school courses, with rote memorization. To grow in the screen, but in a dassroom, on or nnar offnrnd ... online! mixed results. Generally speaking, ways intended by higher education a campus, with pnopln about your Thn numbnr of online courses there are two kinds of colleges that requires social interaction: You must age, everyone following the same oiTernd by colleges has risen steadily offer online elasses: large universities learn not just from books and notes, broad path to their rnspnctive futures. since 1999, when, according to the and those that exist exclusively but from people. To give that experience up for a few Washington Post, a small eompany online. Brandeis offers a pretty good deal: more hours of freo limn is a horrilk called Blackboard-run by a handful of The latter are not my primary con for $32,500 tuition a year, I get small waste of time, money and opportunity. 20-somnth i ngs-produced soft ware cern, because an exclusively online classes that are taught by unbeliev In a world inerBasingly dominated by that would help eollngns put courses degree often serves adults who are ably smart professors and populated technology, full of peopln who now onto thn Internet. updating skills or continuing their by very smart students. I have some only communicate through Bluetooth It was a breakthrough; with this education while also holding a job. times learned more from the students headset or Blackberry e-mail, by ll~xt tnehnology, universities eould expand The multitude of online courses than my professors; they ask ques mossage or IM, college is one of the tlwir studnnt bodies nxponentially but being offered by normal colleges is tions I want answered but never last times in our lives when constant avoid thn strain that would be placed something that I do find disturbing, thought to ask, they push my thinking social interaction is enthusiastically on thnir pnrsonnel and facilities if however. There is a practical reason in directions that would have been supported. If we're going to shirk that these students were to physically for these courses to exist-large state unfathomable even days before, and privilege in favor of online conven attend the eollegn. schools often have groups of "distance they force me to realize that even ience, then we may as well not go to It also wouldn't aiTect admissions students" who live too far away to though I thought everyone at the table college at alL pnreentagns and the amount of finan commute to eampus. Online courses was a snobby, careless person, I was cial aid given out by the school, are geared toward these students; completely wrong. The personal inter This column originally appeared in meaning the budget eould {theoreti they can attend their classes when action offered in a class environment the Jan. 24 issue l~{ The Justice, the cally) remain intact. thny need to, and can otherwise do is priceless; no online course, no mat daily publication at Brandeis That was .January· 'J THE OBSERVER page 14 CENE Wednesday, January 25, 2006 MOVIE REVIEWS Queen Latifah's charm drives 'Holiday' her dream vacations. By CASSIE BELEK After she hits her head at work, a trip Scene Critic to the doctor reveals that Georgia has a terminal disease and only has three At the time of year when everyone is weeks to live. She regrets that she has rushing to see potential Oscar nominees, wasted her life waiting for something to "Last Holiday" is not to be overlooked. happen instead of doing the things she It may be filled with a predictable plot has always desired, like opening her and far too many coincidences, but the own restaurant or meeting Emeril. film offers laughs and warmth that only After accepting her fate, she cashes in Queen Latifah can deliver. It is not the all her investments, flies to the Czech most original plot - in fact, it is a Republic and checks into the Grand remake of the 1950 Alec Guinness film. Hotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary, a luxurious But the movie doesn't try to break new spa and ski destination. There, she ground in vacation comedies. It simply meets one of her cooking heroes, Chef tries to give us more of what audiences Didier (Gerard Depardieu), and a series want - Queen Latifah in a role that fits of far-fetched coincidences has her her like a glove. meeting the greedy retail giant who In the beginning of the film, viewers owns the department store for which she see a shy and lonely Georgia Byrd worked, his mistress, the senator who (Latifah) working cancelled his Photo courtesy of movieweb.com in the cookware appearance at her Queen Latifah shines as Georgia Byrd, a shy department store clerk who learns department of a Last Holiday church (apparent that she has only a few weeks left to live in Wayne Wang's "Last Holiday.'' major department ly to go on vaca store, secretly tion) and a con snowboarding lessons gone awry and Latifah shines as the transformed Miss harboring a crush gressman who eating every dish Chef Didier has to Byrd. Just as the hotel staff and guests on co-worker serves no purpose offer. Georgia's appetite for life inspires can't take their eyes off of Georgia, we not only the hotel staff, but also the can't take our eyes off of Latifah. Her Sean Matthews Director: Wayne Wang except to utter (LL Cool J). It is a Writers: Jeffrey Price, PeterS. Seaman some of the most influential people she helps to reform. charisma and energy make us feel like •• we're on a life-changing vacation with crush so large, Starring: Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, humorouS- lines in Back home, Sean has discovered the real she even cuts Timothy Hutton and Giancarlo Esposito the movie as sev reason Georgia skipped town and chases Georgia and having a blast. After show their heads out of eral characters after her to grant her last dying wish - ing her acting chops in "Chicago," pictures, pastes are stranded on a love. Latifah proves that she can do comedy them on the bodies of a bride and groom ledge of the hotel toward the end of the LL Cool J portrays the nerdy but sexy without stereotypes or overacting. and places them in her "Book of film. Sean brilliantly. In this role, he shows "Last Holiday" is a refreshing and fun Possibilities." Upon her arrival to the resort, Georgia that he can do more than just "be cool" break from the critically-acclaimed dra Also in her book are pictures of her sheds her former shy self, and Latifah and act in a comedic role that is any mas of the season and shows Latifah as favorite chefs al)d delectable dishes she effortlessly guides her character through thing but suave. His on-screen chemistry the warm and hilarious woman she is. has prepared (although she only eats a transformation that includes a stylish with Latifah makes us wish Georgia's Lean Cuisine), along with. brochures of new w,ardrobe, daily spa treatment!!, diagnosis was wrong, and perhaps it is. Contact Cassie Belek at [email protected] 11 'Dick and Jane' no fun for movie audiences other contemporary comedies, the film By LAURA MILLER is full of snappy little one-liners that Scene Critic draw the laughs, but unlike more popu lar films, they aren't witty enough to "Fun with Dick and Jane," starring commit to memory. It's like listening to Jim Carrey (Dick), is most assuredly fun someone tell a series of really funny but just about as creative as its title. knock-knock jokes. Directed by Dean Parisot and written "Fun with Dick and Jane" was easy to by Judd Apatow and Nicholas Stoller, follow, but had one major flaw in its this movie uses the archaic "Dick and script - this story is for children. It has Jane" stories for beginning readers as a just enough "inappropriate" content to springboard for the story. Or at least, boost it up to a PG-13 rating, but not that's what it was supposed to do, but enough to entertain adults. As a result, the only things that are really used are many parents will be ambivalent about the names Dick and Jane (played by taking their children, and most adults Tea Leoni). The rest, while modestly will feel that the film is juvenile. It amusing, is a plot that lacks both moti essentially targets one age group- 12- vation and a satirical commentary on to 14-year-olds. the children's text. A good film should speak to a broad This film ends up satisfying no one. audience. The screenwriters should For those who crave Carrey's over-the have picked either an adult audience or top comedic style, this film falls short. a children's one and written according Gone are the ago ly, but instead, nizing screams of "Fun with Dick "Bruce Almighty," Fun with Dick and Jane and Jane" is in the prancing limbo between hilarity of "The the two and Grinch" and the like the acting quirky role-play -leaves almost ing of "A Series of Director:·~'~ Dean Parisot every audience Photo courtesy of movieweb.com Unfortunate Writers: Judd Apatow and Nicholas Stoller member dissat Dick (Jim Carrey), left, and Jane (Tea Leoni), right, turn to crime to escape their Events." Those Starring: Jim Carrey, Tea Leoni, Richard isfied. financial difficulties in Dean Parisot's latest comedy, "Fun with Dick and Jane." who love Carrey's Jenkins, Alec Baldwin and Carlos Jacott The cine- absolute absurdi- matography of with a husband, wife, child and dog, Jane"? Forgettable. Certainly not worth ties are disappointed, and those who this movie is ordinary, ordinary, ordi The creators should have looked to the obscenely-high ticket prices. It's bad don't probably wouldn't have gone to nary. Comedy doesn't really lend to too Carrey's "The Truman Show" for tips on enough that people will be walking out see a Carrey movie anyway. many creative brainstorms on this constructing a comic suburban setting. of the theaters, but in two weeks, no At one point in time, the acting would front, but the blandness of Dick and If highlighted, the ridiculous uniformity one will remember the plot or anything have been sufficient for a comedy, but Jane's house, car, child, television, car could have been a hoot, but the cine about it. It's not painfully bad, but it's actors Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller and pet and costuming does nothing to even matography fails to focus on the satiri not good either. Owen Wilson have raised the bar for try to campensate for the lack of good cal commentary of suburbia. This "Fun with Dick and Jane" leaves modern mindless comedy. No longer humor. destroys the mood of the script and viewers wishing that they had stayed does mediocre acting satisfy audiences. The movie intended to present the diminishes the irony of Dick and Jane's home to watch "Monty Python and the Comedy has gone beyond the script - it picture of perfect suburbia seen in the struggles against their (supposedly) Holy Grail" for the umpteenth time. now includes expression and the indi books - each house looking identical, stereotypical surroundings. vidual personality of the actors. Like yards neatly trimmed and each family The verdict on "Fun with Dick and Contact Laura Miller at [email protected] THE OBSERVER Wednesday, January 25, 2006 CENE page 15 MOVIE REVIEWS 'Memoirs' a movie worth remembering arrives, and that world begins to col By MICHELLE FORDICE lapse around her. "Memoirs of a Scene Critic Geisha" is a story of finding one's self in a world that does its best to hide and Based on the internationally best crush it. selling novel by Arthur Golden, Director Rob Marshall takes the same "Mnmoirs of a Geisha" pays full tribute impacting visuals he used in "Chicago" to tho book's fame and is even inde and applies them to the softer and pnndently a wonderful pince. veiled world of the Geishas. In doing Though tho movin, like the book, may so, he creates stunning scenes that are occasionally stray historically, the just lined with darkness, ref1ecting the boauty of tim film, its score and acting lif'e of a Geisha, beautiful on the out makes up for many of' its inconsisten side and more challenging within. dns. Despite all of the commotion before "Memoirs of a Geisha" tells the story the release of the film due to the use of of Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo), later known as primarily Chinese instead of Japanese Sayuri (Ziyi actors, the acting in Zhang) - a Memoirs of a Geisha "Memoirs of a nino year old Geisha" is done very girl taknn from well. lwr fishing vil Ohgo builds a Photo courtesy of movieweb.com lage, separated strong foundation Sayurl (Ziyl Zhang), right, falls In love with The Chairman (Ken Watanabe), left, from lwr sister for the protagonist' in the film adaptation of Arthur Golden's bestseller "Memoirs of a Geisha." and sold to a Director: Rob Marshall that Zhang takes Goisha house Writer: Robin Swicord and molds, walking complements the rest of the film and if not the best history lesson. in Kyoto. She is Starring: Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, the fine line between dances around two of the main charac The lost world of the (ieisha is per sot to work as Michelle Yeoh and Koji Yakusho Sayuri's passivity ters - Sayuri and the Chairman - haps not one that should be mourned a servant, suf- and assertiveness. without ever becoming overpowering, so beautifully; it was a lifn wlwre silk fnring the vindictiveness of llatsumomo "Memoirs of a Geisha" has a well thus remaining simply gorgeous. wrapped darker secretes of intrigue, (I.i (iong), the most prominent Geisha known cast, including such names as The story of "Memoirs of a Geisha" virginity was sold to the highest bidder, of the houso. With no hope of seeing Ken Watanabe and Michelle Yeoh, but may not be the best historical repre and girls faeed constant struggle to her sister again, Chiyo despairs until these actors do well to remain true to sentation. There are some inaccuracies assert any of their own will over thnir slw m nets the Chairman (Ken their characters, so the film does not - some things are a bit too modern lives. Watanabe), whose kindness inspires turn into a simple name-dropping exer- · and never would have happened in the Still, "Memoirs of a Geisha" is a won hnr and kindles her love. eise. early- to mid -1900s, and World War II derful tale that for onee gives a happy Eventually Chiyo is taken under the With the talents of composer John seems significantly underplayed. Most ending to a Geisha's struggles and does wing of llatsumomo's rival, Mameha Williams, cellist Yo- Yo Ma and violinist importantly, the realities of the time so in a wonderfully artistic way. (Midwlle Yeoh) and bocomes one of the lthzak Perlman all working in concert, were probably not as beautiful as the most ronowned Geisha, changing her the score of "Memoirs of a Geisha" is film depicts them. Still, if taken with a Contact Michelle Fordice at IHI!m6 ~ SayU>ri. Hut soon World ·War II astounding. Subdued and beautiful, it little wariness, it remains a great story, [email protected] Theater adaptation fails to produce results sonal showbiz motto: "Keep it light, keep By GRACE MYERS it happy, keep it gay!" All the while, Scene Critic Bialystock woos elderly widows for money and Bloom dreams of his new life as a "Tiw Producers" is a movie based on the wealthy Broadway producer. Broadway musical which, in-turn, was Despite all their scheming to the con basnd on a movie about a play. But don't trary, "Springtime for Hitler" is an instant worry, no musical is too eomplicatnd and success, as audiences see it as ·an ironic "The Producnrs" is not an exception. spoof on Nazism and Hitler. This, and the Despite its 37 -year life, most people rec proceeding action, proves hilarious, prob ognize "The Producers" from the famous, ably even more so for today's audiences, impossible-to-get-tickets-to, a ward -win who might expect irony, rather than audi ning Broadway musieal in which Nathan ences of 37 years ago when the first movie Lane and Mathew Broderick starred five debuted. y11ars ago. In the film, director Susan Stroman, a successful Broadway and Stroman rncrnatns the theatrical perform ofl'-Broadway director, did not have any ancn for thousands of holiday season previous experience with film. She fulfills movie-gonrs. the task of portraying the energy of the Tho movio begins when the unlucky stage show - for example, Lane's fast producer Max Bialystock (Lane) meets paced, frenzied musical number with his mousey accountant Leo Bloom "Betrayed" is absolutely brilliant. (Brodnriek). Fending However, the on· Bloom's dream to movie loses bn a Broadway pro much of its ducer. Bialystock energy without convinces him to any live audi bneome his partner ence interaction in a surefire flop and and because of then pocket all of Director: Susan Stroman its considerable the investors' Writers: Thomas Meehan and Mel Brooks length. Movie Photo courtesy of movieweb.com monny. They dig Starring: Matthew Broderick, Nathan goers are fortu Max Blalystock (Nathan Lane), left, schemes with Leo Bloom (Matthew through piles of Lane, Uma Thurman and Will Ferrell nate to see the Broderick), right, In the latest film adaptation of Mel Brooks' "The Producers." scripts to find the unique comedic worst one, settling relationship set a eamera up on stage and let the raphy is exactly what one would expect to on "Springtime for Hitler," a musical between Lane and Broderick. actors do what they have done hundreds see during the play. The sets, despite a praising the Fuhrer and "certain to offend It's obvious they did hundreds of per of times. This, much to critics' dismay and few outdoor locations, seem as if they pnoples of all races, creeds and religions." formances and are in-tune with each disapproval, was its most original and were taken straight from tho playhouse in They then must work to produce the other; some of their scenes actually endearing quality. Other musicals-turned New York City. play, meeting Franz Liebkind (Will seemed as if they were completed in just movies, such as "Chicago" and "Rent," The movie impresses with the close FMrell), the pigeon-loving Nazi play one take. Uma Thurman and Will Ferrell, digressed considerably from their original relationships between tho actors and the wright, and the cartoonishly beautiful the two notable additions whom theatrical theatrical performances, using all the cin comedic brilliance of the script. It is Swedish actress/receptionist Ulla (Uma purists scoffed, had remarkable perform ematic tricks the director could think up. indeed entertaining, but does not live up Thurman). They hire the worst possible ances, displaying great ease behind the "The Producers" however, remains true to its potential, leaving many movie-goers director, Hobert DeBris (original cast camera that other actors sometimes to its theatrical form, indeed the form that unsatisfied, desiring to just go see the member Gary Beach), who believes that lacked. brought it so much success. Actors use play. no one goes to the theater for a serious "The Producers" feels more like watch large, exaggerated motions while wearing produetion and therefore lives by his per- ing a play than a movie, as if someone just colorful eostumes, and the dance choreog- Contact Grace Myers at gmyersl @nd.edu THE OBSERVER page 16 CENE Wednesday, January 25, 2005 DVD REVIEWS Unrated 'Virgin' worth the extra wait to help him. He ultimately starts a rela By MOLLY GRIFFIN tionship with the "hot grandma," Trish Assistant Scene Editor (Catherine Keener) and learns a lot about sex and What makes relation "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" could have ships work. easily been nothing but a sophomoric The film features a great cast, with sex film, but with the help of good writ especially funny work from Paul Rudd ing, a great cast and actual emotion in and Seth Rogan as two of Andy's the film, it emerged as something dif friends. Catherine Keener makes Andy's ferent. It had too much of a heart to love interest Trish a multi-dimensional just be a gross-out comedy, and it had character, which is impressive since she too many raunchy jokes to just be a film could have easily been the stereotypical ' you'd take a date to. movie girlfriend. Steve Carrell, usually Even without a real niche, the film over-the-top in his comedy roles, does a became a huge hit over the summer surprisingly good job playing the shy, and the unrated version of the DVD is a quiet straight man. fitting package for the unique kind of The film isn't heavy on plot and movie that "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" shamelessly uses some of the jokes that proved to be. The extras highlight the one would expect in a film about a 40- ' best parts of the film and are actually year-old virgin, but it also has some worth watching, which isn't true of truly original moments. For every every film out these days. expected bad date and awkward sex Steve Carrell, previously known for scene, it also has some surprisingly real playing news anchors on "The Dally things to say about love and dating. Show," "Bruce Almighty" and One of the best - and most painful - "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron features on the DVD is the "Waxing Burgundy," plays Andy Stitzer, an Doc," which chronicles the how infa action-figure obsessed guy who also mous scene in which star Steve Carrell Photo courtesy of movieweb.com happens to be a virgin. When his co actually had his chest waxed into a Director Judd Apatow's "The 40 Year-Old Virgin," which stars Steve Carrell (left) workers find out that he hasn't been "man-o-lantern" for the movie. and was a surprise hit last summer, hit DVD in an extended uncut version. with a woman, they do all·that they can Other extras included extended takes of such scenes such as actually worthy of making it into the movie from Carrell and writer/director "You Know How I Know actual film. The bloopers, as with most Judd Apatow. You're Gay," "Andy's films, are predictable but worth watch Overall, "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" is a The 40 Year-Old Virgin Fantasies" and "Cal and ing once. hilarious movie with a surprising dash Paula," all of which The "Line-0-Rama" feature is one of of heart added to the mix. It doesn't Unrated Edition include commentary and the more unique additions to the DVD. have an extremely complicated plot or a few other extended It shows alternate jokes that didn't premise, but with a great cast, some MCA Home Video scenes without com make it into scenes that are in the film. fantastic jokes and some actual com ments. "My Dinner with Stormy," another mentary on relationships, it does a The scenes, especially extra, features Seth Rogan, who plays great job with what it has. the clearly ad-libbed Cal, on a date with porn star Stormy "You Know How I Know Daniels, who is featured in the film. Contact Molly Griffin at You're Gay" scene, are There is also commentary on the entire [email protected] Uncorked 'Crashers' breaks every rule decide to crash the biggest wedding of the By SEAN SWEANY year, the marriage of the daughter of the Scene Critic Treasury Secretary Cleary (Christopher Walken, "Catch Me If You Can"). At the Rule #46: The rules of wedding crashing wedding, John falls for the second daugh are sacred. Don't sully them by "improvis ter of the Secretary, Claire (Rachel ing." Now these sacred rules are available McAdams, "The Notebook"), while Jeremy for all to own, in the form of "Wedding falls for his third, lustful daughter Gloria Crashers: Uncorked" on DVD. Never again ("I Heart Huckabees"). The two go to the will any Crasher have to utter Rule #76: Clearys' island home of the in order to No excuses. Play like a champion. pur.sue their romances, but once there, This film, which stars Vmce Vaughn and the deception and deceit become too· Owen Wilson, has written the book on much when mean boyfriends, impas wedding crashing and is a must-have for sioned mothers and total disaster threaten anyone looking for a good laugh or even the two crashers. those seriously interested in the sport. This movie works so well because of the Lifelong friends John (Owen Wilson, relationship between fast-talking Vaughn "The Royal Tenenbaums") and Jeremy and drawling Wilson. They have acted in (Vince Vaughn, "Old School") are two many films of the current comedy troupe divorce mediators who indulge in the of Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller and Jack Black, springtime hobby of crashing weddings to but this is their first starring effort. Their pick up women. No matter the ethnicity of banter is at times vulgar and raunchy, but the wedding, these two charismatic crash this is a refreshing change from the trend ers are always prepared, thanks to their of sedate, conservative comedies. set of rules, and quickly become hits at Director David Dobkin ("Shanghai Photo courtesy of movieweb.com any wedding. They rationalize that their Knights") does a respectable job of guid Vince Vaughn, left, and Owen Wilson, middle, starred in "Wedding Crashers," immaturity is just "people helping people" ing the film, mostly by letting Vaughn and one of the summer's biggest hits. It arrived on DVD in an "Uncorked" version. have a fun time at the nuptials. Wilson work their magic. The interactions Before hanging up their suits, the two between Vaughn and Wilson are very well of Vaughn and Wilson's comic troupe. printed on several pages for anyone seri acted and provide many The "Uncorked" DVD edition allows ous in their study of wedding crashing. quotable lines. The attrac viewers to watch the unrated cut of the Overall, this is a very worthwhile DVD to tive Rachel McAdams con film, featuring eight extra minutes of own. The filmmakers were aiming to pro Wedding Crashers tinues to prove that she is footage deemed unsuitable for theaters. duce an R-rated comedy where the actors one of the finest up-and Like most comedies, these unrated scenes could let loose and have fun, and that Uncorked Edition coming young actresses in do not add much to the film but are still energy in "Wedding Crashers" jumps off Hollywood by holding her worth it since the rated and unrated ver the screen and provides many laughs· New Line Home Video own alongside the two vet sions are offered at the same price. The wrapped in a feel-good love story. A'i wed eran comedians. Fine sup two featurettes included on the DVD are a ding season comes near, crashers and porting roles are played by behind-the-scenes look at the making of non-crashers alike can find laughs and Walken, Jane Seymour as the film and a scene of Vmce Vaughn and delight in "Wedding Crashers." his wife, Fisher and a sur Owen Wilson discussing the rules of wed prise cameo by a member ding crashing. These same rules are also Contact Sean Sweany at [email protected] - . The Observer + PAID ADVERTISMENT page 17 Don't forget about MOVIES in the BROWNING CINEMA Caii631-FILM for a recorded list of this week's showings! CHECK OUT THE ARAB FILM SERIES IN THE BROWNING CINEMA, JAN. 29 THROUGH FEB. 3. SIMON SHAHBBN AND QANTARA ARAB MASTER MUSICIANS - Sat. Feb. 4 at 8 pm Leighton Concert Hall Student Tickets: $15 "[Simon Shaheen] is increasingly regarded as one of the most dynamic musical links between the Arab world and the West:' -ARAMCO World Magazine page 18 The Observer + CLASSIFIEDS Wednesday, January 25, 2006 NBA Cavaliers dominate Pacers in 96-66 trouncing Chris Webber had 1 7 points and Jermaine O'Neal 13 rebounds, leading thought to have torn Philadelphia to a victory over undermanned Sacramento on groin muscle in game Tuesday night. The Kings were without Associated Press Stojakovic because he stayed CLEVELAND - The Indiana back at the hotel after the team Pacers may have bigger prob reportedly agreed to send him lems than just finding a new to Indiana for Artest earlier in team for Hon Artest. the day. However, the trade fell With a proposed trade send through, though Artest left open ing Artest to Sacramento appar the possibility that something ently on hold. the Pacers scored could still happen. The volatile just 28 points in the second forward was deactivated by the half, lost Jermaine O'Neal to Pacers in December after another injury and were requesting a trade. drubbed by the Cleveland "I had no control over any of Cavaliers on Tuesday night. it," Kings coach Rick Adelman "We sure have had enough said. "I didn't have Peja. I told bad luck for a year." said them to play with the hand O'Neal, who may have torn a you're dealt." groin muscle in the fourth quar Mike Bibby had a career-high ter. ''I'm really, really con 44 points and Kevin Martin cerned. I heard it pop. added 20 as the Kings lost their Hopefully, I won't need sur third straight game. gery." Sacramento has won at least 55 O'Neal. who said he· has felt gamOes in four straight sea tightness in the groin for weeks, sons. but is last in the Pacific also hurt his right shoulder and Division. was playing on a tender left "As far as distractions go, not ankle. He limped to the locker having Peja was the biggest room with 9:30 remaining, but thing," Bibby said. "We still by then the Cavaliers were don't know what's going on." ahead by 20. The Kings visit the New York AP LeBron James met with Oscar Knicks on Wednesday, but The Cavaliers' Drew Gooden shoots over Indiana's David Harrison in the fourth quarter of Robertson before the game and Adelman wasn't sure about Cleveland's 96-66 win on Tuesday night. Cleveland's LeBron James scored 19 points on the night. then flirted with a triple-double Stojakovic's status. in front of the man who patent "I have a lot of faith in Peja," out there for me to be more Saunders and his staff were so February after taking ed them. Adelman said. "He's meant a lot active on defense, to be more excited, Rasheed Wallace joked, Minnesota to the playoffs eight Wearing white tights under to me and this franchise. He's aware," said Wade, who added that they could've donned times in his 9 1/2 seasons, and his shorts, a look likely to be been a pro his whole career." four rebounds, four assists, Detroit's red road uniforms and this was his first time back at copied by kids everywhere, The Sixers have won three in three blocks and two steals. "I played themselves. Target Center. James scored 23 points with a row, improving to 21-20 at the know I'm a good defender. At Just another game? The eight assists and seven halfway point of the season. times, I just take a rest. So he Pistons acknowledged it wasn't. Magic 111, Suns 102 rebounds for the Cavaliers, just Philadelphia, which came in put a challenge on me not to Chauncey Billups beat his old ORLANDO, Fla- All of a sud back from a. 1-5 trip to the West allowing the third-most points take a. rest." team by five points in the third den, the Orlando Magic are Coast. in the NBA, reverted back to its It wasn't just Wade respond quarter, sparking the streaking unbeatable at home. ''I'm 2-0 with them," James usual form on defense after ing to Pat Hiley's call for better Pistons past the Timberwolves Orlando limited Phoenix, the said of the leggings. 'Tm wear consecutive solid efforts. defense. The Heat outrebound on Tuesday night - and giving NBA's highest-scoring team, to ing them to keep warm so when The Sixers held Memphis and ed Memphis 4 7-30, plus held Saunders a satisfying return to just two points in the final 4:48 I go to the bench it [his sore left Minnesota to under 90 points the Grizzlies to 52 points and 34 Minnesota. of the game, allowing the Magic knee] doesn't stiffen up." each. but allowed the Kings to percent shooting over the final "It was nice," said Saunders, to pull away to a victory. Before the game, Pacers shoot 47.6 percent. three periods. cheered loudly before tipoff. It was the seventh straight coach Hiek Carlisle and CEO Shaquille O'Neal had 20 "Coaches do like those kind of home victory for Orlando, which Donnie Walsh said that no trade Heat 94, Grizzlies 82 points and 15 rebounds in only games." started the season just 5-9 on involving the volatile Artest was MIAMI - Bobby Jackson kept 30 minutes for Miami, which Billups finished with 27 its own court. Hedo Turkoglu imminent. looking over his left shoulder as won its 51st consecutive home points, eight assists and seven led the Magic with 30 points _ "There is no trade right now he strode toward the basket for game when leading after three rebounds after outscoring the including 10 in the final 6:12 and there may not be a trade," what could have been an easy quarters. Williams added 14 Timberwolves 18-13 by himself when Orlando broke a 95-all Carlisle said. "There's nothing lay-up. points and six assists for the in the third. tie. to talk about because there is lie never saw Dwyane Wade Heat, who have won two Antonio McDyess had 16 Dwight Howard added 22 no trade." coming from the right. straight. points. and Tayshaun Prince points and 12 rebounds while The Pacers could have used Wade swooped over Jackson "If we do what we're sup and Rasheed Wallace each had Steve Francis had 15 points. six Artest. a defensive stopper who to block the shot late in the posed to do, we can play with 15 points for Detroit (34-5), assists and six rebounds as held James to 19 points on 6-of- third quarter. part of his big any team," said O'Neal, repeat which won its eighth straight Orlando notched its fourth 20 shooting earlier this season. second-half effort that helped ing a familiar refrain. "We just game and showed the bravado straight win overall. tying a sea But they couldn't do much to carry the Miami Heat to a win have to play good defense, con of a team with the league's best son high. slow Cleveland's All-Star in the over the Memphis Grizzlies on tain their shooters, not let them record. Keyon Dooling, playing for the third when he scored 12 points Tuesday night. have three or four guys in dou "That's one of the best teams first time after a five-game sus - one less than the Pacers - Wade scored 18 of his 25 ble figures. If we do that. we'll I've seen assembled, from top to pension for fighting, had 10 and the Cavs outscored Indiana points in the second half, plus be fine." bottom," said Minnesota coach points in a reserve role. 27-13. helped frustrate former Heat Jackson had a season-high 22 Dwane Casey. "You saw the "Home wins are huge, no guard Eddie Jones into an 0- points for Memphis. which also potential NBA champions in the doubt about it," Magic coach Sixers 109, Kings 103 for-7 performance in his first got 12 from Shane Battier and second half." Brian Hill said. "We got excel PHILADELPHIA The game back in Miami since he Mike Miller. Pau Gasol added 11 Kevin Garnett had 21 points lent contributions from every Sacramento Kings could've was traded in the five-team, 13- for the Grizzlies, who lost both and 10 rebounds. for the body at some point in the game used either Ron Artest or Peja player megadeal last summer games with Miami this season. Timberwolves (19-20), who did and I was obviously pleased Stojakovic against Allen Iverson that brought Jason Williams n't make a very good impres with our defense at the end. and the Philadelphia 76ers. and James Posey to the Heat. Pistons 107, Timberwolves 83 sion on their former coach. 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Associated Press gamn skid that ended in early Letowski put a fake on Todd l>ecmnber. Atlanta followed that Bertuzzi that froze him before ATLANTA - The Boston with a l J-2-:~ run, surging into charging in on goaltender Bruins had plenty ol' chances to contention for the lirst playoff Alexander Auld, skating to the scorn on tlw power play. berth in franchise history: slot and beating Auld between They waited until tho Atlanta Now, they need another turn his leg pads. Thrashers evened things up. around."Whnn you look at the "I just kind of stepped around I'.. I. Axelsson seorml with 7:02 standings, it's all jumbled up," him I Bortuzzi I and went five remaining and tho Bruins ndgnd Atlanta coaeh Bob llartley said. hole," said Letowski, who only elosor to playoff' contention, "Thnre's still plnnty of games. has six goals but has scored in heating the Thraslwrs Tuesday But you don't want to give up the last two games. "It felt good, night. games that could eome back to just the timing of the goal and it Boston SJH'nt much of' tiHl haunt you at the end of the being a game-winner." third 1wriod with an extra year." Bertuzzi, Nolan Baumgartner skater - and oven a couple of' Hartley was very upset with and Daniel Sedin each had a two-man advantages. But the the officials, who called five goal and an assist for the teams were at oven strength straight pnnalties on the home Canucks, who are 1X-3-3 at wlwn Axelsson scornd his lirst team in tho first 10:04 of thn home but only 10-14-2 on the ganw-winning goal of' the year. third period. Thn Thrashers road. Sami Salo and Alexandre Af'ter tho Bruins eontrollod a spnnt more than eight minutes Burrows also had goals. Markus f'aCIHIIT, Brad lsbistor playod killing them oil'- induding two Naslund added two assists. knepaway in tho 1:orner, tlwn stretches totaling 1:43 in which Vancouver coaeh Marc passod oiT to Wayne Primeau they wnro two skatnrs down. Crawford said it wore on his lwhind tlw not. l'rinwau spotted Loam to have to constantly play AxPisson alone in f'ront, and the Blue Jackets 6, Canucks 5 from behind. wingPr knockml his ninth goal COLUMBUS - Thn Columbus past Thrashors goalio Knri Blue Jackets, with the fewest Panthers 3, Lightning 2 l.P h lmw n. goals in tho Nlll., linally won a TAMPA, Fla. - Florida goal "II. was a hardworking goal," game bncause of their ofi'ensn. tender Huberto Luongo had Axnlsson said. "I didn't son any Trevor Lntowski scored with another great game against of' it. I just shot it. I was too 4:37 loft to help the Blue Tampa Bay. Olli Jokinen made AP dose to tlw rwt. Thorn was a lot .Jackets to a win over the sure it came in a victory. Boston's P.J. Axelsson skates along the Bruins' bench on of luck in it." Vancouver Canueks on Tuesday Jokinen scored twice, includ Tuesday night after scoring the eventual game-winning goal. Boston is playing its best night in the highest-scoring ing the game-winner with l :45 hork1~y of' the season, winning game playnd in the franchise's left in overtime, and Luongo and Luongo then allowed Hyan Tampa Bay outshot the l'or Lhn fourth Limn in six games live years. made 48 saves to help the Craig's equalizer from the low Panthers 18-8 in the lirst. and losing tho other two in In a wild game that had little Panthers beat the Lightning on slot with 48 seconds remaining. "Without him, we don't get shootouts. The Bruins dosed to defense and end-to-end action, Tuesday night. "Tonight was an illustration of any points tonight," JokiniHl within four points or the the Blue Jackets blew leads of Luongo was within 4 minutes how good he can be," Panthers said. "Without him we don't Thrashers, who hold down the 2-0, 3-2, 4-3 and 5-4 before of his first shutout since he coach Jacques Martin said. have a chance tonighi. Jle is a eighth spot - the linctl playoff Letowski's goal. opened the season with consec It was just the second time difference maker. lie set the position ~ in the Eastern "As far as offense, it worked utive blankings of Atlanta and Tampa Bay had 50 shots in a tone." Conl'nrence. out for us really, really well," the Lightning. But Brad game. Luongo made 50 saves in The Panthers went ahead 1-0 "Wn'vo been playing consis said Columbus forward Sergei Richards' goal, which appeared the Panthers' 2-1 win over tho on Gratton's goal f'rom the low tnntly good for three or four Fedorov. "It was good to see to hit off Florida's Chris Lightning on Jan. 17, 2004. right drde at 11:13 of the see wonks, but not always getting some individual effort from the Gratton, at 16:09 made it 2-1 "Give Luongo credit," Tampa on d. Luongo stopped 17 shots in Bay coaeh John Tortorella said. the period, ineluding two big "He seems to have those games saVfJS on Hichards. against us quite a bit." '"1\vo points is what we want Jokinen snapped Florida's right now, but we're not going three-game losing streak with to boat ourselves up," Hichards his rebound goal from the left said. "You walk away not down circle. on yoursdf. You can win a lot of JPW Mass The Lightning had tho first games if you play like that." nim~ shots in the game, includ The Lightning continued tlwir ing five on a power play. offensive dominance into the Luongo kept it scoreless with third, but Luongo stopped strong saves on shots by Darryl point-blank chances by Dan Lector Au3itions Sydor and Vincent Leeavalier. Boyle and Martin St. Louis. 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Brodeur overcame a first-peri their longest road-trip of the Monday night's game - a 3-2 od injury scare to help the New season, the Buffalo Sabres Nashville win - was a makeup Jersey Devils rebound from a needed a victory. for the Nov. 21, contest, in streak-ending loss. Ales Kotalik provided the win, which Detroit's Jiri Fischer col The Canadian Olympic goalie scoring 1:53 into the third peri lapsed on the bench in the first made 24 saves for his fourth od to lift Buffalo over New York period because of cardiac shutout of the season and Brian and pull the Sabres into a tie arrest. Gionta scored his 29th goal in with the Rangers for fourth Steve Sullivan scored the New Jersey's victory over the place in the Eastern other goal, also on a break New York Islanders on Tuesday Conference. It also evened away, for Nashville (31-12-6) night, the Devils' lOth victory in Buffalo's record at 2-2 during and Tomas Vokoun made 38 11 games. the six-game trip. saves for the second straight Brodeur twisted his left knee "We needed this win tonight night. midway through the first period after losing the last two games "Such a good couple nights when he got tangled up with in Calgary and Vancouver," said for us. We did it again, we give Islanders forward Oleg Kvasha goaltender Ryan Miller, who them chances on the power after making a sprawling save stopped 23 shots while improv play," said Vokoun. "They had on Arron Asham. ing his record to 14-7-0. "It's like three posts it could have "Kvasha's skate caught my getting to that time of the year, been different. It was our night. skate and it twisted my knee," we've played 50 games and We had a great goal in overtime said Brodeur, who missed six once we hit that Olympic break and we got four points on the games earlier this season there won't be much time left road against the Red Wings. I AP because of a sprained right before the playoffs." mean, if you look at the history, New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur scrambles to cover up the knee. "It's not bad. I felt it a lit Kotalik scored his 19th goal that's never been the case." puck in Tuesday night's 4-0 blanking of the New York Islanders. tle bit in the third period, but after Hangers defenseman Each team had seven power I'm not worried about it." Marek Malik gave up the puck play opportunities. They have always pointed to He's a great asset for us." The Devils also beat the in his own end. Kotalik scooped Mathieu Schneider got Brian Holston, who signed after Holston put the Wild up 2-1 in Islanders 3-2 in a shootout up the loose puck, wheeled and Detroit's only goal during a two the 2003-04 season, as the for the second period, then scored Saturday for their ninth straight fired a wrist shot that beat man advantage and Manny gotten man, and he has come the game-winner, his 22nd of victory, but the season-high Henrik Lundqvist. Legace stopped 26 shots. through so far this season. the season, with Minnesota winning streak ended the fol Thomas Vanek gave Buffalo a "It's frustrating. We weren't Holston scored two goals to short-handed 6:30 into the third lowing night with a 3-1 loss to 1-0 lead with a power-play goal able to execute around the net," lift the Minnesota Wild to a vic period. the New York Rangers at at 11:13 of the.first period. Detroit coach Mike Babcock tory over the Phoenix Coyotes As Nick Schultz tried to scoop Madison Square Garden. Lundqvist stopped Kotalik's slap said. on Tuesday night, giving the the puck out of the Wild zone it "It's a big win, regardless of shot from the left point, but lost Wild their first four-game win was deflected high in the air. the shutout," Brodeur said. "We sight of the rebound long Wild 3, Coyotes 2 ning streak in a single season in Holston snatched it on the run needed to get back on track. We enough for Vanek to chip the ST. PAUL, Minn. - The franchise history. and broke free. He ripped a had a great power play and puck high to the glove side for Minnesota Wild have been criti "His confidence is at a great slapshot past Phoenix goal penalty kill, two things that cost his 13th goal. cized locally for not spending level," coach Jacques Lemaire tender Brian Boucher for his us at the Garden. We're paying "1 didn't see the puck at all," money on a big-name free said. "He's got a great shot and second straight two-goal game. attention defensively." Lundqvist admitted. "It just hit agent or two following the lock he knows the goalie on the "He's been huge for us," Brodeur. seventh on the NHL's me, I was looking for it, and I out. other side and where to put it. Schultz said. career shutout list with 79, almost got it, but it hit my glove improved to 24-15-3 and low and went in. I think that they ered his goals-against average were good on the power play, to 2.59. He has all four of his they got a lot of traffic in front Wednesday, January 25th shutouts this season in the last of me. It was hard to see pucks 11 games. and I really had to work hard to "He's the backbone of this see shots." team. No question," defense THEOLOGY man Colin White said. "Our Predators 2, Red Wings 1 Presents whole team has been playing DETHOIT - Tomas Vokoun well and he's back there to frustrated the Detroit Red make the big saves. 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The top-seeded Davenport terfinal loss to Justine Henin the mateh went on - it's a bad Jlenin-llardenne's semil'inal MEI.BOUHNE, Australia - It extended her Grand Slam title llardenne on Tuesday. feeling to have when you opponent will bn 2004 has bncomn an all-too-familiar drought to six years with a 2-6, "To get out there and play leave," the 29-year-old Wimbledon champion Maria American said. Sharapova, who ousted fellow After winning the Australian Hussian Nadia Petrova 7-6 (6), Open in 2000, Davenport 6-4 after fighting off two set slipped out of the top 10, talked points in an error-strewn Celebration of the Vigil Feast about retiring, then revived her tiebreaker. career by regaining the No. 1 Clijsters plays llingis, and of Thomas Aquinas ranking and making finals here WTA Championship winner and at Wimbledon last year. Amnlie Maurnsmo takes on But the constant throughout Patty Schnydor in quartnrfinals the past six years has been a Wednesday, with the winners Patron Saint of Students and Universities failure to add to facing off in her three major Thursday's semis. championships. "To get out there Clijsters and She took on a and play well, then Mauresmo both new coach, Dave havn a chance of DiLucia, for this slowly get worse as r1~placing season and said the match went on Davenport atop Tuesday "there's - it's a bad feeling the rankings. obviously still a lot Clijstnrs has to of stuff that I need to have when you reach the final; to get better." leave." Mauresmo has to "I guess I've got win the title and the opportunity have llingis def'nat Lindsay Davenport now the next few Clijsters in the months to try and tennis player quarterfinals. make those Davnnport said improvements," she said, "givo losing her top ranking is it another shot in another few inevitable, and that winning a months." fourth major rmnains her focus. Davenport joined defending "Evnn though tonight maybn I champion Serena Williams on took a step backwards, I still the sideline - they met in the font likn I'm in thn right dirnc 2005 Australian Open final. tion," slw said. "I wouldn't stay Three women who weren't out here and I wouldn't givn it here a year ago are among my all if' I didn't fen) like it was those now chasing the title - still rnaehabln." Belgians Henin-llardenno and In mnn's play, fourth-seednd Kim Clijsters were out with David Nalbandian has no With the Notre Dame Liturgical Choir injuries last year, and three chance of taking Hoger time winner Martina Hingis was Fednrnr's No. 1 ranking at this retired. tournament - but he's aiming Basilica of the Sacred Heart The eighth-seeded llnnin for back-to-baek wins ovnr the Hardenne's win over Davenport Swiss star. They are on a path 5:15 Mass was not shocking. The reigning to meet in tho final. French Open champion has Tho 24-year-old Argnntinn January 27, 2006 beaten Davenport in all three of advanced to thn semifinals by their meetings at Melbourne winning the last 14 games in a Park, including the fourth 7-5, 6-0, 6-0 win ovnr 33-year Sponsored by the Jacques Maritain Center, and the Departments of Theology and Philosophy round in 2003 and the quartor old Frenehman Fabriee finals in 2004, when she went Santoro. OUND THE NATION page 22 COMPILED FROM THE ()BSf:RVER'S WlRE SERVlCES Wednesday, January 25, 2006 NHL NHL Eastern Conference, Atlantic Division team record OT points Philadelphia 30-11 8 68 NY Rangers 28-14 7 63 New Jersey 25·19 5 55 NY Islanders 20-24 3 43 Pittsburgh 11·29 9 31 Eastern Conference, Northeast Division team record 01 point'> Ottawa 33·10 4 70 Buffalo 29·15 3 61 Toronto 24·21 3 51 Montreal 21-19 6 48 Boston 19·21 8 46 Eastern Conference, Southeast Division team record OT points Carolina 33·11 4 70 - Tampa Bay 25-20 3 53 Atlanta 23·20 6· 52 Florida 18·24 7 43 Washington 17·25 5 39 Western Conference, Central Division team record OT points Detroit 32·13 3 67 Nashville 30-12 6 66 Chicago 16-27 6 38 Columbus 17-30 2 36 St. louis 11-29 7 29 Western Conference, Northwest Division team record OT points Calgary 29·14 5 63 Vancouver 28-16 5 61 Colorado 27-19 3 57 Mario Lemieux chases after a loose puck in a Dec. 16, 2005 loss to Buffalo. He announced his retirement due Edmonton 25·18 6 56 Minnesota 23·21 4 50 to heart problems at a press conference Tuesday. Western Conference, Pacific Division team record OT points Lemieux to retire due to irregular heartbeat Dallas 31-15 2 64 los Angeles 30·18 3 63 Anaheim 21-16 10 52 Associated Press retired from the learned in early December tion, especially with a raft San Jose 22-17 6 50 Pittsburgh Penguins for he has atrial fibrillation, of new stars turning the Phoenix 24-23 2 50 PITTSBURGH - Unlike the second time Tuesday an irregular heartbeat NHL into a faster, younger many aging superstars, in a long, productive yet that can cause his pulse to man's game. Mario Lemieux's problem star-crossed career, but flutter wildly and must be "If I could play this wasn't that his heart was this time was different. controlled by medication. game at a decent level, I'd CCHA Conference Standings no longer in the game. This was the last retire He returned Dec. 16 come back and play," Rather, his heart no ment. and the tears in his against Buffalo, but the Lemieux said. "This is • longer allowed him play eyes and the quiver in his problem flared up again really a new NHL and it's conf. pts. overall the game the way he had voice said so. So did the in the third period and he built on speed and young 1 Miami (OH) 14-3·2 30 17-4·4 always played it. proud but sad looks on has not played since. guys." 2 Northern Michigan 10-9·1 21 14-11·1 The Lemieux way - the faces of wife Nathalie, Lemieux, the NHL's sev Lemieux is also experi 3 Michigan State 8-6·4 20 14-9·5 with greatness and grace, their four children and enth-leading career scor encing side effects with 4 lake Superior 8-7-3 19 12-7-5 with dominating skills but the Penguins players who er with 1,723 points, his medication, and he 5 Michigan 9·6·1 19 14-9·1 also with a quiet dignity gathered to say goodbye, practiced the last several may undergo surgery to 6 Ohio State 8-8·2 18 12·10·4 - may prove very difficult even though it visibly weeks with the intent of correct the problem. He 7 Bowling Green 8-11·1 17 12-14-1 for future generations of pained all to do so. playing again. But after spoke Tuesday to Toronto 8 ferris State 6·6·5 17 11-8-6 hockey players to rival. "This is it," Lemieux several repeat episodes of coach Pat Quinn, who told 9 Nebraska-Omaha 7-9·2 16 13-11-2 Lemieux, his Hall of said, "and it hurts." an irregular pulse, he Lemieux he had the same 10 NOTRE DAME 6-9·3 15 8-13-3 Fame talent eroded by an The 40-year-old decided his health should operation and has felt 11 Alaska Fairbanks 6·10·2 14 10-11-3 ongoing heart problem, Penguins owner-player be his primary considera- much better since he did. 12 Western Michigan 5·11·2 12 5·16-3 IN BRIEF Bonds will not play in World announced in late November that he Palander's lOth and first since a Baseball Classic planned to play for the United States Sestriere slalom in March 2004. He around the dial SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds and was included on the preliminary also won on Schladming's Planai decided he is unwilling to risk his U.S. roster for the inaugural World course three years ago. health in the World Baseball Classic. Baseball Classic, scheduled for March Steelers to wear white jer If he's going to get hurt, the slugger 3-20. seys in Super Bowl will do so in a San Francisco uniform. Bode Miller disqualified in PITTSBURGH - To coach Bill COLLEGE BASKETBALL Bonds, no stranger to changing his World Cup Slalom Cowher, the Pittsburgh Steelers simply mind, withdrew from the 16-nation SCHLADMING, Austria - Bode look right in white. Maryland at Georgia Tech 7 p.m., ESPN tournftment Monday because he wants Miller was disqualified after straddling The Steelers will buck years of tradi to avoid the chance of an injury that a gate during the first run of a World tion and wear their white away uni Cincinnati at Louisville 7:30 p.m., ESPN2 might jeopardize what could be his Cup slalom event, won by Finland's forms in the Super Bowl against final season with the Giants. Kalle Palander on Tuesday. Seattle, even though they are desig NBA "When my name was first American Ted Ligety, who had the nated by the NFL as the home team announced for the WBC, my gut reac leading time in the first run, and and could wear their more imposing Minnesota at Memphis 9 p.m., ESPN tion was that I wanted to play. After Olympic champion Jean-Pierre Vidal black jersey tops. much thought and discussion with my also were disqualified for running over The black jerseys and gold pants are family I have decided to remove a gate. the Steelers' traditional look, and TENNIS myself from the upcoming World Palander put together two near-per numerous sports teams have switched Baseball Classic roster." Bonds wrote fect runs to win his first World Cup to black uniforms in recent years 2006 Australian Open on his Web site http://www.barry race of the season, finishing in a com because they believe it creates a more . 2 p.m., ESPN2 bonds.com . bined time of 1 minute, 42.34 seconds. intimidating presence. The seven-time NL MVP had three "Unbelievable," Palander said at the Cowher made the choice by himself 10 p.m., ESPN2 operations on his troublesome right finish line. "My last win is two years and without consulting with owner knee last year and missed most of the ago. I can hardly remember feeling so ship, saying, "We're not playing at 2005 season before returning Sept. 12 great after a win." Heinz Field so, in my mind, it's an and playing in 14 games. He The World Cup victory was away game." ~------~ Wednesday, January 25, 2006 The Observer + SPORTS page 23 NBA MEN'S BASKETBALL Artest-Stoj akovic deal off Irish can inch close, Associated Press but can only get so far CLEVELAND - The Hon Artest trade to Sacramento is oil' Notre Dame coach Mike Brey at the Joyee Cnnter on Saturday, -for now. held court at the postgame No. 13 West Virginia on the The Pacers had reportedly press conference after Tuesday road Feb. 1 and l.ouisville at agrned to ship the volatile for night's 85-82 loss to Frnedom Hall that following ward to tho Sacramento Kings Georgetown for approximately Saturday. The 1-5 reeord easily f(Jr Pnja Stojakovk, but Indiana 14 minutes. could be 1-8 by Feb. 5, if not coach Hick Carlisle said Tuesday It was a because Notrn Dame is strug night that no deal was immi lengthy peri gling then bncausn the upcom nent. od of time for ing schnduln would bn daunting "Thorn is no trade right now a coach to for any team in the country and them may not be a trade," speak, partic not to mention onn that still Carlisle said bnforn Indiana ularly Brey. It seems to bn diseovnring its iden played the Cavaliers in was also tity. Clevnland. "Them's nothing to unusual"t'or a "You've got to stay positive. talk about bneause there is no eoach who Look at the league," Irish point trade." had just lost Pat Leonard guard Chris Quinn said follow ESPN and The Indianapolis in double- ing Tuesday's loss. "If we're Star had reported earlier overtime,- at Sports Writer negative, wn'll get blown out on Tuesday that the teams had home, with Saturday." agrnnd to the trade, whieh was now a 1-5 conffinmee record, to The question remains how nwrely awaiting loague spend that mueh time talking mueh longer Notrn Damn ean approval. But Carlisle shot down about the heartbreaker. remain positive af'ter losing that rnport. So why dwell on the situation? dose games that not only take "Anything involving specula AP It appeared that- as the nightly tolls on the body, but tion and 'what's up' ean be Indiana's Ron Artest tries to break free during a brawl in fifth-year eoach's voice shifted deliver one mom blow to the saved filr another time," Carlisle November 2004. A trade sending him to the Kings fell apart. from monotone, to excited, to psyche of a wounded team. said. "If there is a tradn at some confused, to confident- Brey Though the rneord doesn't point, you'll hear about it." Pacers and Artest, who was at the hotel. walmerely searching for show it, Brny and thn Irish havn Artest conlirmnd to the Star deaetivatnd in December after Before the deal apparently answers. made individual and colleetivn that the dna! had eollapsed, but requesting a trade and was sus broke down, Kings players were Though he knew before the strides this snason. Quinn is lld't open the possibility that pended most of last season for already talking about the trade season started that he needed to unveiling his leadership capabil something eould still happen. his role in one of the worst as if it was a done deal. set lower expectations for this ities after spnnding tlm~e years "There's no deal," Artnst told brawls in U.S. sports history. "Peja will be missed," Kings year's squad - which is virtually in Chris Thomas' shad tho nowspaper by telophone. Sacramento of'f'icials and forward Corliss Williamson said. younger, less experienced and ow. Center Torin Frands playPd "It's not that I don't want to play coach Hkk Adelman would not "lie's been in Sacramento for a less talented than in years past inspirnd and tough on Tuesday. there ... I'm letting my agnnt commnnt before the team lot of years, but life goes on in - Brey certainly eould not havn Hussnll Cartnr had perhaps his hamllo things. lie's taknn ovnr played at Philadelphia on the NBA. anticipated the feeling of begin host game in a Notre Damn uni things." Tuesday night, and Stojakovic "We'll welcome Hon Artest ning the Big East scheduln with form against thn lloyas, and tlw Artest's agm1t, Mark Stevens, was not at the arena with the with open arms and hope he'll only one win after six games. younger playnrs - Kyle had told The Assodated Prnss team. lie was listed on the be able to help us. You always In his frrst season as Notre McAiarney, in particular - an~ narlior Tunsday that a doctl to active rost<1r but was nowhere hear about the situations he's Dame coach (2000-01 ), Brey giving Brny morn personnel move Artnst "is imminent, to bn soon at tipoff. been in and all the hypo. Maybe won the first night Big East options. , Jllmm;t as soon as possible." "lie's. got to be a little con this is the change-.llC needs, to games he coached. Prior to this The problem is that even if After tho trade apparently eol fusnd right now if they wanted ?on~.e into our system and flour year, the earliest a Notrn Dame this team eventually gnls, ovnr lapsod, ho did not return phone to trade him," Kings forward tsh. team under Brey had sufl'ered comns its dnfensive dnfidendes <~ails from the AP. Shareof Abdur-Hahim said of Instead, the Pacers arc still its firth eonferm1ce loss of the and bncomns morn consistnnt Tlw dnal would havn ended a Stojakovic, who had traveled looking for a place to send season was on Feb. 4, 2004 two and versatile on the ofTensive lnngthy standoff betwenn the with the loam but staynd behind Artost. seasons ago against Boston nnd -as it has only in flashes College. so far- it will bn too late. By Grantnd, this season's Irish the time Notrn Dame has an have given themselves a chance opportunity to win a chunk of Best Wishes to the Graduating Class of 2006 in most of their games to win at league gamns to boost its confi the end. Four of the live losses dem~e. thn clock will have run and to the Incoming Class of2010 have come by six points or out. fewer. And the team showed "You nevnr get used to losing," DEDICATION more heart and light on Irish forward Hob Kurz said, For Utmost Abundant Blessings Upon All Students, Faculty, Staff, Benefactors, Friends, and Advertisers of Catholic Education Tuesday than even its coach had slouehnd in thn locker room fill Worldwide, and Most Particulary for the Following Schools, seen up to this point. lowing the d<1feat, "espeeially ... and to St. Thomas Aquinas, 1226-1274, Patron Saint of Catholic Colleges "I thought we played more losing a gamn like that." and St. Bemardine of Siena, 1381-1444, Patron Saint of Advertising passionately maybe then we Give Brey all thn time hn played in a while," Brcy said. needs after gamns for thn SCHOOL; FOUNDED; CIRCA-ENROLLMENT; LOCATION; OTHER "We showed morn emotion." remainder of the 2005-06 sea Aqulnat College; 1886, Dominicans; 2,500; Grand Rapids, Michipn Ave Marla Unlvenlty; 2004, Thomas S. 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Boston Hed Sox. the job. "Walls have The Red Sox announced But even after crumbled, percep~ Tuesday that Epstein would leaving - fleeing "Walls have tions of one anoth~ resume his old duties- nothing Fenway in a goril crumbled, er have changed, more and nothing less than la suit to avoid the perceptions of one and appreciation when he left on llalloween. encamped media of one another has "While Theo was contemplat Epstein another have grown," Lucchino ing returning to the organiza remained in touch changed and said. "As an tion in an advisory role," Red with his former appreciation of one enhanced sense of AP Sox president Larry Lucchino colleagues. 'team' has Theo Epstein talks on his cell phone at Fenway Park on Sept. said in a statement, "he and l After a half another has emerged, we have 25, 2003. Epstein was renamed the Red Sox GM on Tuesday. talked and agreed it was best hearted search to grown. rediscovered that, for the organization if he replace him, the whatever our dif plus the stress of a far-too-pub Hoyer's new job will be assis returned as general manager - Red Sox Larry Lucchino ferences may have lic negotiation, strained some tant general manager, and announced on been, baseball is relationships, including mine Cherington was given the title a title more appropriate for him Red Sox president because it accurately reflects Dec. 12 that Jed at the center of with Larry Lucchino," he said. of vice president of player per the role he will play. Hoyer and Ben our operations "Gradually, with the benefit of sonnel. Bill Lajoie stays on as a "Theo returns as general Cherington, two of Epstein's for and our lives, and working time and greater perspective, special adviser for baseball manager to an organization mer lieutenants, would serve as toward the success of the Red we tackled not only our person operations and Craig Shipley that is difl'erent from the one he co-GMs. Last week, the team Sox is a commitment which all al conllicts but also the differ was named vice president for left on Oct. 31. The 14-year said Epstein would return to of us share." ences regarding our thoughts international scouting and spe relationship between Theo and baseball operations full-time, in Epstein said in his statement for the organization. We cial assistant to the general me, and the passage of time a capaeity to be determined. that there were "fundamental emerged. 10 weeks and many manager. over the last three months, have Epstein's return as GM - his disagreements among members spirited conversations later, !Ioyer and Cherington helped to put behind us the fric other title is being moved up a of upper management" about with the comfort of a shared acknowledged that they knew tion that developed during last notch from senior vice presi organizational priorities. vision for the future of the when they took the GM job that year's negotiations." dent to executive vice president "This lack of a shared vision, organization." Epstein was expected to return. NFL NFL criticized for non-minority coach hirings prompted the league to create list, you'll see that the black that the leagu~ is headed in the prominent place in the hiring Chiefs become first the "Hooney Rule," which coaching candidates were at right direction. Tony Dungy of pool for next year. team to trade for requires teams to interview at least as strong, if not stronger, Indianapolis, Marvin Lewis of The other three black head least one minority candidate than those who were selected," Cincinnati and coach of the year coaches are Arizona's Dennis black head coach when searching for a new head Mehri said. Lovie Smith of Chicago led their Green, Cleveland's Romeo coach. "Each team could say what teams to the playoffs with a Crennel and Edwards. Associated Press Since then, the number of their justifications were, but if combined regular-season "I don't want to overlook the black head coaches has you look at it collectively, it still record of 36-12. fact that Herman Edwards was WASHINGTON - This month, increased from two to six in the shows that there's an uphill bat Most of the assistants on able to move from the New York for the first time, an NFL team 32-team league, arid more tle for African-American coach Mehri's list of overlooked blacks Jets to the Kansas City Chiefs. traded for a black head coach. blacks are working in NFL front es." did get interviews, some with It's huge," said Hall of Fame Otherwise, the annual round offices. Still, much more Even so, the panelists agreed several teams, giving them a tight end Kellen Winslow. of hirings has been a disap progress was expected this year pointment to those who have because of the unusually high worked to bring more diversity number of vacancies. to the league's coaching ranks. "The Hooney Rule is doing a Nine out of 10 openings have good job," said Michael Haynes, been filled, with no net gain in the league's vice president of the current tally of six black player and employee develop head coaches. ment. "It's a nice process, but it "We have some does not necessar things to point to ily mean a com that we think are mitment to diver successful," "We have some sity. I think there's lawyer Cyrus things to point to a difference. Right Mehri said now this is work Tuesday at a that we think are ing, but there's forum on hiring successful. We had still some pitfalls." practices spon a record number of Mehri read the sored by the names of the nine American interviews this coaches hired to Constitution year, over 2 6, date - Oakland is Society. "We had a which will increase only team still record number of or strengthen the with an opening. interviews this Black coach year, over 25, pipeline as we go Herman Edwards which will forward." was traded from increase or the New York Jets strengthen the to the Kansas City It's ~1ozart' s Birtl1.day Bash! Cyrus Mehri pipeline as we go Chiefs, but most of Featuring the Chicago Symphony's forward. We also lawyer the other hires had for the first were white assis John Bruce Yeh performing Mozart's Clarinet Concerto time a trade for tants, including an African-American coach. former New England defensive Other Compositions include Magic Flute "That being said, we still coordinator Eric Mangini, who and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition believe that there's a double at age 35 becomes the NFL's standard," he said. "We still youngest coach. January 28th, 8:00 p.m. believe it's an uphill battle, it's Mehri then read a list of not a level playing field, and minority candidates who Tickets start at $18.00 adults and $8.00 children there is evidence of racial bias weren't chosen: Art Shell, Jim SouthBendSymphony.cmn or call 235-9190 in the hiring cycle." Caldwell, Tim Lewis, Ted It's been nearly 3 1/2 years Cottrell, Donnie Henderson, Ron since Mehri and the late Rivera, Maurice Carthon, Jerry I:I'I{")WMJ:'« Johnnie Cochran released a Gray and Greg Blache. Crowe ~General H>lr.'tlff:l~ landmark report that criticized "If you look at the first list ARTS NFL hiring practices and and compare it to the second Wednesday, January 25, 2006 The Observer+ SPORTS page 25 MLB Mets don't wait to establish new team attitude Associated Press and play, and play how we know rt~marks made by Anna Benson, NEW YOHK- Spring training how to play," outfielder Cliff the wife ol' pitcher Kris Benson, is a month away, and the 2006 Floy~ said. "I th!.nk it should be a who was traded by the Mets to Mds alroady have a themo: reallun season. 13altimore last week. patienco and f(,rtitude. Floyd said the Mnts have got ''I'm not going to eomment on Players gathnrnd Tuesday on ten "1 00 percent better" during what anybody else said," the stops of thn Nnw York Public the offseason, when they Dnlgado said. l.ibrary lwhind tlw famous mar aequirnd 11rst baseman Carlos As players posed on the stnps bin lions, who have looknd down Delgado and catcher Paul Lo of the library and shoutnd "I love on Fifth AvonuP lin· nnarly a enn Duca from the Florida, signed New York!" for the cameras, tury and WPre giwn the names free-agent eloser Billy Wagner passers-by took photographs. "Patience" and "Fortitude" by and traded for setup men Jorge Above them, on the wall of the Mayor Fion~llo La(;uardia in the Julio and Duaner Sanchez. They library, was the inscription: "But 11B0s. are seeking their first NL East above all things, truth bearnth "You havn to have that every title since 1988. away the victory" year, espneially in this town," "I fool n~ally good about our Baek inside, one of the onlook rnanagnr Willie Handolph said. chances," Dolgado said. "We've ers was former Met Darryl "That's a niee slogan to adopt." got a pretty complnte balldub to Strawberry, who was an oeca Seeking their first World Series Inn." sional instructor for the Mel'> last title sinco 11JS6, the Mots The Mots already have sold 1 year. lie said he enjoyed working laundwd thnir promotional cara million tieknts. up about 300,000 with young players. van in tho marble Celeste Bartos from the same point last year. "That's what I needed ba1:k in Forum under its ]0-l'oot-high Tlwy hope to sell 2 million tickets my days. We ne1~d it. even more glass dome. They were set to bolbre oponing day and reaeh 3 now," said Strawb1~rry, who has honor their 11JS6 World Series million this year, chief operating struggled to overcome drugs, championship team later ollieer Jell' Wilpon said. alcohol, violent behavior and tax Tuesday night at the Baseball Delgado, who said he will troubles. Assistance Team's annual dinner. stand for "God Bless Ameriea" Strawberry said young players AP "Hight now we've got the edge. bocausfl it is Mets team policy, become stronger if they get New Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca, left, talks with pitching coach All we have to do is go out there would not address critical advice. Rick Peterson, center, and manager Willie Randolph Tuesday. Notre Dame led from start to finish a week later as it Streak won its own Notre Dame continued from page 28 Invitational. The improvement and build the Irish their most recent up of momentum were bla defeat, the Boilermakers may tantly visible by that point as have inadvertently given the Irish set three season best Notre Dame the key to its times, two career best times, recent run of success. three NCAA 'B' cut times and "Against Purdue, we went two meet and pool records into the meet pretty confident throughout their three-day that we would win, and we invitational. were more concerned with Nixon credited the team's SOFIA BALLONffhe Observer them than we were with our continued improvement to the Junior Katie Carroll swims during Notre Dame's 163-135 victory over Minnesota at Rolf's Aquatic selves," head coach Carrie difficult training to whieh she Center Nov. 11. Nixon said .. "That meet, subjected them. though, made us realize that "We really worked hard on we need to focus on our our endurance base," she strengths rather than the said. "Wn were learning how other team's weaknessos. I to be better athletes. It takes think that realization inter a while to learn that because nalized us, and that helped us it builds up over the course of improve every meet. That was a season." the turning point." Coming off of an intense Fruits of' the team's change two-week training trip during in philosophy soon followed Christmas break, the swim as the Irish reeled off consec ming and diving team contin utive dual meot victories ued Notre Dame's dominance against Pittsburgh and over the state of Miehigan. Minnesota. First. the Irish obtained The Minnesota vietory was their firth consecutive vietory one to remember, as it was with a defeat of' No. 15 Nixon's first home victory as Michigan, and they brought head coach. It was also an the streak to six with last Information Session important victory as it started weekend's defeat of' Miehigan to build the team's conl'i State. dence. "The Miehigan meet was for those interested in "Taking down a prominent really ieing on the eake for Big Ten team like Minnesota, us," Nixon said. "It showed us the position of one that we were evenly we ean rally at. the end, and matched with, really gave us that we've trained hard confidence to know that we enough that wn ean outlast can beat a team of our cal our op(}(lllents." Assistant Rector iber," Nixon said. Three months and six wins After dispatching the Golden later,· Notre Dame barely rec Gophers, Notre Dame finished ognizes the tnam that for University Residences the fall semester strong with returned from West Lafayette first-place victories in two with a winless dual meet invitational meets. rneord. The first was the 10-toam With the Big East Minnesota Invitational where Championships less than the Irish rallied from RO thrn~ weeks away, the timing Wednesday, January 25, 7:30-8:30 p.m. points down on the final day eouldn't be any better for thn or the three-day meet to tri surging Irish. Fischer Community Center umph over the same Minnesota team of a week Contact Greg Arbogast at (at Fischer O'Hara Grace Graduate Residences) ago. [email protected] Light refreshments served For further information visit Write for Sports. http :1/osa. nd .ed ul Calll-4543. page 26 The Observer + SPORTS Wednesday, January 25, 2006 sion but missed both free throws. time. "We got [to the line] a little bit," "I don't think we played very Hoyas Brey said. "And that sure would well early in the game, and a lot continued from page 28 have helped us .... I love us at the of that was Georgetown," Brey line, but you have to convert said. "They are a very good bas up not to foul," Thompson said. those." ketball team." "It didn't happen that way, but we Quinn answered back with a Irish guard Russell Carter pro found a way to win. But I guess jumper at 1:33 to cut the lead to vided an offensive spark for Notre IBowman! didn't get the memo." two. Quinn led all scorers with 26 Dame in the second hal[ Carter The madness didn't end there. points on 9-of-22 shooting. He finished with eight points on 2-of- With the score tied at 76 in the also added 10 assists. 6 shooting, but his ability to run first overtime period, Irish for But on the ensuing possession, down loose balls and penetrate ward Rob Kurz inbounded the Hibbert hit a turnaround in the Georgetown's defense kept the ball with a second remaining and paint to push the lead back to Irish in the game. threw a baseball pass over 7 -foot- four - and ultimately seal the "[Carter] was excellent 1 center Roy Hibbert down the victory. tonight," Brey said. "Russell's a court that got behind Hibbert matched Owens as the tough kid ... and I thought his Georgetown's defense. high point man for Georgetown drives tonight and his offensive Irish guard Chris Quinn caught with 18. decisions were in the now of the pass, but missed what would In a season that has been diffi things. He let it happen." have been a game-winning layup. cult for Notre Dame - Tuesday's Georgetown fin~shed the game "I think you've got to try to win loss dropped the Irish to 1-5 in with five players - Owens, it on Quinn's layup," Brey said. "A the Big East and 10-7 overall - Hibbert, Wallace, forward Jeff game like that tonight, you've got Quinn emphasized the need to Green and guard Ashanti Cook - to try to steal it." continue to fight in the Big East. in double figures. Quinn said after the game it "We have got to stay positive," Notre Dame has its work cut was a shot he should have made Quinn said. "As tough as this out with 10 games remaining because he was in position to game was, as tough as some of before the Big East tournament. catch Kurz's pass and was behind our games were, we have to stay Brey said the Irish need to find the Hoyas defense. positive." positives from the loss in order to Instead, the game went to dou Georgetown led for the entire continue playing hard in the ble overtime, where Georgetown game. Notre Dame only forced remaining games. found ways to score timely bas five ties in regulation, overtime "You're down, and you're not kets, and Notre Dame struggled and double overtime despite los looking very good, but you give from the free throw line. ing by three points. yourself a chance," Brey said. Hoyas guard Darrell Owens, The Hoyas (13-4 overall, 4-2 in "Again, in January, you have got who finished with 18 points on 5- the Big East) got out to a quick to hang your head on that right of-7 shooting, hit a 3-pointer with start and led the Irish 29-14 with now, if you're digging, and you're 2:17 remaining that gave 4:54 remaining in the first half. fighting, you're in [the mix. I" Georgetown an 83-79 lead. Notre But two Quinn free throws with KERRY O'CONNOR/The Observer Dame forward Rick Cornett was 2:45 left ignited Notre Dame and Contact Bobby Griffin at Junior guard Russell Carter looks to pass during Notre Dame's loss fouled on the next Irish posses- sent them on a 10-4 run into half- [email protected] Tuesday. Carter finished with eight points and four rebounds. remaining in the game when look back. Rutgers charge, tallying 14 points Washington said. "Smith stepped Breona Gray nailed her second The Scarlet Knights stayed in a and two steals in the first half in and had a great game, almost Rutgers straight three-pointer of the sec full-court press and forced even alone. Ajavon, who entered the had a double-double. She played continued from page 28 ond half. more Irish turnovers. Senior game averaging 11 points per very aggressi~ely." "When Breona hit that shot, we standout Cappie Pondexter led game, connected on 5-of-10 shots everything else for her. She'll get thought we were on a roll," the charge this time, scoring six from the field, including 3-of-5 + Duffy was the only Irish play some points driving and score Washington said. "But we went points in the next four minutes, from behind the line, in the open er to reach double figures, scor some points in transition." on another lull offensively and and Rutgers took a 60-30 lead to ing 20 minutes. ing 10 points on two-of-eight In that regard, Ajavon was like hurt ourselves with turnovers, cap off a devastating 32-6 ruil by The Irish broke Rutgers' stran shooting from the floor. Each of the rest of her teammates, contin and they capitalized on that." the Knights. glehold and scored the next 13 her field goals was a three-point ually capitalizing on Notre Dame's Capitalize did they ever. "I thought we did a pretty points, starting when Duffy hit a er, and she made all four of her 22 turnovers. Utilizing a full-court Ajavon led the Scarlet Knights' decent job on Cappie in the first long three at the shot-clock attempts from the free-throw line. press much of the game, Rutgers response to the Irish comeback, half," Washington said. "When buzzer to register Notre Dame's "They were running two or scored 35 points off turn9vers assisting on cons~:Jcutive baskets you have players who can create first field goal of the night. But the three people at her," Washington and 16 on the fast break. The by Michelle Campbell and their own shot and a team so Irish trailed 26-18 at halftime. said. "They put a few defenders Irish did not have a single transi Essence Carson. The sophomore rounded offensively, it's tough to Gray opened the scoring in the on her to make it tough for her to tion basket. then nailed a three-pointer with keep them down for 40 minutes, second half with a bucket from get her shots off. I thought she "They were able to take our 14:16 remaining to put the as we saw tonight." downtown to cut Rutger's lead to handled it pretty well. The thing turnovers and score in transi Rutgers advantage back into dou The game looked like it would 26-21. She hit another three is, we just needed other people to tion," Washington said. "Our ble digits at 35-24. get out of hand early, as the pointer two minutes later, and the kind of step up and take control, turnovers against their press After Tulyah Gaines hit a Scarlet Knights racked up a 20-1 Rutgers lead was just four. in terms of trying to get us going were a big factor." jumper for the Irish at the shot lead 10 minutes into the game. From there, the Scarlet Knights offensively." Notre Dame's problems were clock buzzer to cut the lead to Rutgers scored 20 straight points took over. Dufly had three assists and two not limited to the turnover count. nine, Ajavon responded by nailing after Crystal Erwin hit one-of-two rebounds. The Irish shot a putrid 32 percent another three and then making a free throws for the Irish in the Notes: (14-of-44) from the field and had steal and scoring on the ensuing opening seconds of the contest. + Irish freshman Chandrica Contact Ken Fowler at just six assists. fast-break- five points in 22 sec "Early on in the game, we had Smith nearly registered the first kfowler 1 @nd.edu Notre Dame's problems were onds. a few more turnovers than we double-double of her career, tally evident from the start. By the time the game stopped would have liked," Washington ing nine points and 10 rebounds Rutgers took a 20-1 lead mid for the 12-minute television time said. "Those turnovers gave them in 24 minutes of action. Smith way through the first half, but a out, less than five minutes after a few more [easy] opportunities." was three-of-seven from the field methodical Irish comeback cut Notre Dame cut the lead to four, It was the sensational sopho and three-of-five from the line. the deficit to 28-24 with 16:07 Rutgers led 48-26 and did not more guard who led the early "We had some bright spots," defeated Alma once this year minutes," Bender said. "That left Athletic Center on Saint Mary's • but, without Lipke, the MIAA me feeling pretty good about the campus. Al01a assists leader, they have their [Alma] game." continued from page 28 work cut out for them. Alma, a The teams will square off Contact Fran Tolan at team that averages more than 70 tonight at 7 p.m. in the Angela [email protected] First and foremost, the team points per contest, played unde must find a way to make up for feated Hope this week and led the loss of point guard Bridget with eight minutes to go before Lipke, who will eventually losing a Need room to grow? most likely miss close one. her second straight "We played a great "We know they Be TRU to yourself. game due to injury. I 2 minutes. That have a very high Join TruGreen ChemLawn. Also, the Belles left me feeling powered offense, If you love the great outdoors. you'll enjoy great success with the must focus on play so we're going to largest. most comprehensive landscape company in the country. ing a complete pretty good about Get the kind of advancement opportunities you~d expect from a Fortune 500 company: have to put up a • Complete Benefit Package for Full Tlrne game. 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Six victories in converted a 4- "Irish can inch point play with a row - that's the current 1. 9 seconds close, but can Notre Dame women's left in regula only get so far" swimming and diving team. tion with Flash back to Oct. 29, a Notre Dame page 23 time filled with pleasant trailing by four weather, an increasing to send the workload and many still game to overtime. Falls worked recovering from the emo oft' a screen set under the basket tional scars or the usc and received an inbounds pass in football game. On Oct. 29, the corner before drilling the the women's swimming shot and being fouled by and diving team was recov Georgetown guard Brandon ering from a 172-128 loss - Bowman. to Purdue, its second con "We executed an out of bounds secutive loss to open the set really well. and we kind of season. called in on the fly," Irish coach Nearly three months Mike Brey said. "And he does get later, it's safe to say that fouled on threes. That was a big the recovPry is more than play there." complete. Under the guid Georgetown coach John ance and tutelage of first Thompson III was upset the year head coach Carrie game came down to double over Nixon, the team has reeled time given his orders on the last off six consecutive victories defensive possession in regula since that defeat in West tion. Lafayette. "The instructions are coming Although Purdue handed KERRY O'CONNOR/The Observer Irish forward Colin Falls is fouled by Georgetown guard Brandon Bowman as he drains a 3-pointer with see HOYAS/page 26 just 1.9 seconds left in regulation Tuesday. Falls hit the free throw to tie the game and force overtime. see STREAK/page 25 NO WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SMC BASKETBALL Rutgers routs Irish squad Belles ready to face By KEN FOWLER conference foe Aln1.a Sports Writer tournament. This would be Matee Ajavon just made a By FRAN TOLAN very significant for the team name for herself. Sports Writer because it would allow the The Rutgers sophomore guard Belles to play their opening led the No. 9 Scarlet Knights After a heartbreaking one round game at home, a feat Tuesday in a 69-43 romp of the point loss at Adrian last they have never accomplished. No. 21 Irish in the Rutgers Saturday, Saint Mary's looks to "It would definitely be a Athletic Center before a dazzled rebound tonight in another tremendous boost for us to host home crowd. MIAA showdown against Alma a conference playoff game," Ajavon had a season-high 28 at home. coach Steve Bender said. points on 11-of-18 shooting from With just seven games "That's definitely one of our big the floor, including 5-of-7 from remaining - all against confer goals." three-point range, to go along ence opponents - the Belles Currently, Saint Mary's (7 -11 with her four assists and three are looking to regain the overall, 5-4 MIAA) sits in fourth steals. momentum that they carried in place in the conference, one "She's a tremendous talent," the two-game winning streak game ahead of Albion. Irish associate head coach they put together before the But before the Belles look Coquese Washington said. "When Adrian loss. toward the postseason, Bender she's hitting her outside shot the A strong fmish to the season said they have some issues to HY PHAMfThe Observer way she did tonight, it sets up would probably give the Belles resolve. Irish guard Megan Duffy attempts to dribble around DePaul one of the top four seeds in the forward Khara Smith during Notre Dame's 78-75 win Jan. 17. see RUTGERS/page 26 MIAA going into the conference see ALMA/page 26 MLB MLB NHL TENNIS NHL NBA en w Co) In search of their first The Boston Red Sox Pittsburgh Penguins Top-seeded Lindsay Boston 3 Cleveland 96 1-- z World Series since 1986, announced Tuesday that center Mario Lemieux Davenport fell to Justine Atlanta 2 Indiana 66 the New York Mets general manager Theo retired for the second Henin-Hardenne in the Bruin P.J. Axelsson LeBron James scored ::5 have a new attitude in Epstein will return to time Tuesday. quarterfinals of the scored with just over 23 points to lead the =cc place for 2006. the role he occupied Australian Open seven minutes left to host Cavs over the before leaving at the Tuesday. break a 2-2 tie. Pacers. !:i end of October. page 22 page 24 page 22 page 21 page 19 page 18