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VOLUME 43: ISSUE 1 SATURDAY. AUGUST 23.2008 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM Freshman fencer competes in Olympics 2 attacked

week competing for the United nice as the Olympic Village, but sport like fencing, so for Gerek nearOover By DAN MURPHY States fencing team in the I have a TV in my room now to be there was very special," News Writer Olympics. The San Francisco and I didn't over there, so that is Irish fencing coach Janusz native left China on Aug. 17 and nice," he said. Bednarski said. Bednarski was In the past week students spent a few hectic days packing, Meinhardt finished tenth an Olympic coach for the Polish Ridge have poured into South Bend doing interviews, and saying overall in the men's foil event, national team in the late 1970s. from all goodbye to friends before arriv­ but even making the team was "He is a great young man who around the ing on campus Thursday. a serious accomplishment. not only is a terrific athlete, but ND student, fiance world, but it "The worst part was the jet­ Meinhardt, who turned 18 less also is very intelligent," hospitalized for injuries is safe to say lag. It would get to be about than a month ago, was the Bednarski said. that none of three o'clock and I just couldn't youngest fencer in Beijing by Meinhardt first got into fenc­ them had a take it anymore. I would end up nearly five years. He has only ing when he was nine years old. By DEIRDRE KRASULA and longer- or taking about a four hour nap," been competing on the senior His piano teacher at the time JENNMETZ more inter­ Meinhardt said. level for a year and a half and happened to be married to an News Writers esting He then boarded a plan to was not expected to debut on Olympic fencer who was open­ journey than Chicago and endured the the Olympic level until the 2012 ing a gym nearby. The young A Notre Dame student and freshman Meinhardt treacherous four-hour bus ride games in London. Meinhardt gave it a try and her fiance were attacked and G e r e k to campus before fmally moving "Olympic fencers can be as quickly began racking up cham- robbed while walking from a Meinhardt. into his new room in Knott Hall. old as 35, 36, 37 years old. local restaurant to her Clover Meinhardt was in Beijing last "The dorms aren't quite as Experience is a huge factor is a see MEINHARDT/page 10 Ridge apartment Thursday night, police said. The attack, described by Captain Phil Trent of the South Bend Police Department (SBPD) as a Duncan Hall vvelcon1es its first students "strong armed robbery," took place at 10:50 p.m. in front of 1710 North Irish Way. Both Resiqent~_P.!_ill select mascot, colors, signature event for new male dorm on West Quad victims were taken to a local hospital and were released from my other dorm," he Friday. By KAITLYNN RIELY said. Silva, who was wearing Jenni Gargula, 21 was Assistant News Editor his new "Duncan Hall" T­ returning to her apartment shirt Thursday, previously from Between the Buns on Notre Dame, meet Duncan lived in St. Edward's Hall. South Bend Ave. with her I! all. Jeff Shoup, the director of fiance, Tom Chesnick, Notre The new men's residence the Office of Residence Life Dame '07, and Liz Crosby, 21, hall, which cost approxi­ and Housing added: "The when a black Jaguar pulled mately $20 million and took size of the rooms are very up alongside them. 17 months to construct, nice - just the newness and Crosby, a friend who was opened this week, taking its freshness of it." walking with the victims, told spot on West Quad next to The rooms in Duncan Hall The Observer that a white McGlinn llall. are larger than most rooms male in his early twenties The first of the 232 men in Notre Dame's other resi­ jumped out of the passenger who will live in the building dence halls, and the students seat of the car and claimed began moving in this week, who moved in early have that Chesnick owed him and the overwhelming reac­ been surprised by the size of money. Chesnick had never tion to the first dorm built on their new rooms, Shoup said. seen the attacker before. Notre Dame campus since "A lot will come unpre­ The attacker proceeded to 1997 has been positive. pared," Shoup said. "They punch Chesnick in the face Luis Silva, a senior, was will bring a lounge chair and and repeatedly beat him, playing pool in his new dorm realize they need more NICK SIMONSON I The Observer Crosby said. The driver then Thursday morning. Duncan Hall, located on West Quad, opened its doors this "It's definitely a step up see DUNCAN/page 11 week to its first residents. see ATTACK/page 9

ND admits diverse class of 2012 Swarbrick hired as

By JENN METZ nevv athletic director News Editor NO'"fREDAME The Notre Dame class of 2012 skills that include communi­ has something to be proud of. By JOSEPH McMAHON cations, marketing, negotia­ The estimated 1,995 first-year CLASS OF 2012 Assistant News Editor tions, and consensus building studBnts moving onto campus at the highest level. all within this W!lek!lnd mad!l it through After an extensive search, the athletics arena." one of the toughest university 13,947 Total Applicants University president John A native of Yonkers, N.Y., admissions processes in the Jenkins named Indiana who moved with his family to country. They arc among the 26 1,995 First Year Students ~:• lawyer Jack Swarbrick Notre Bloomington, Ind., when he percent of applicants accepted Dame's 12th athletic director was a teenager, Swarbrick out of a total of 13,947, the sec­ on July 16. A member of the attended Stanford Law School ond-largest applicant pool in the Notre Dame class of 1976 and after graduating from Notre University's history. 1405 Average SAT Score an expert in sports law, Dame. He then returned to "This is a neat, exciting and Swarbrick replaced former Indiana, where he joined the talented class," Daniel Saracino, (Critical Reading & Math) athletic director Kevin White, law firm of Baker & Daniels, assistant provost for admissions, who left to take the same where he specialized in said. "They are much more than position at Duke University. sports law and forged strong just test scores." 20°/o Ethnic Minorities "I am confident that in Jack relationships with many exec­ The acceptance rate ranks up 9% Hispanic Swarbrick we have found a utives in college athletics. with the top universities in the 6% Asian superb athletic director for "He has developed numer­ country. 3% African American the University of Notre ous relationships with key "We're not trying to make Dame," Jenkins said in his leaders in college sports: the Notre Dame a Stanford, or a 1% Native American introduction of Swarbrick. "In BCS commissioners, athletic 0 estimated his career, Jack Swarbrick see FRESHMEN/page 9 SOURCE• NOTRE DAME ADMISSIONS has gained and exhibited see SWARBRICK/page 10 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Saturday, August 23, 2008

INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT IN YOUR FIRST YEAR? I ) ~ Grandpa and r George I can still remember those simple Saturday after­ noons, going over Grandma and Grandpa's house to watch the Notre Dame game with Grandpa. Ellen Jantsch Jessica Schuveiller Brett Leahy . Adam Zaabel Amanda Jonovski lle'd sit in his usual chair and I'd freshman freshman freshman freshman freshman sit on the couch. Grandma or my Aunt Paula would make us some­ Farley Farley Duncan Duncan P.E. thing to eat. I'd have a lemonade or a soda in my hand, he'd have ''I'm excited for ''I'm excited for "Getting to meet "Just being part "Finally going the remote - not to change the the women's ehannel in case things went bad for all thefun a bunch of new of the to the college the Irish, but so he eould tape the soccer team to athletic games people and Notre Dame that rve been game while eutting out the com­ win a national and meeting making a name tradition. " working for four mer<~ials. Grandpa liked to re­ Chris Hine championship. " watch the games during the week new pe·ople." for Duncan years to get " and save the spedal ~mes, like the Hall.'' into. "Snow Bowl" game against Penn Edior-in-Chief State from 1992. We'd wateh Lou nervously pick- ing the grass from the sidelines, Mark Edwards gain about four or five yards every time he ran the ball up the middle, and watch a local hero of ours, Ron Powlus, come from our home in Northeastern Pa., to quarterbaek our favorite team. ORIENTATION WEEKEND When people say, "Life was so much simpler before," they meant days like those Saturday afternoons with Grandpa. Grandpa loved Notre Dame, even though he never went there, and watching those games was his favorite thing to do in life. A part of me will always miss those Saturdays. Flash forward a few years, and I'm a high school FRESHMAN ORIEN'fKfiON SCHEDULE senior, and Grandpa, my mother's father, is in the hos­ pital. I In fought through a stroke a few years back, but SATURDAY AUG23 now this time it doesn't look good. I went over to visit 10: 15-11:45 am Introduction to Residence Hall Staff Grandpa in the Hospice wing of the hospital one day followed by lunch in the Dining Hall for students and family after school. I helped him drink his tea and we talked 1:00-2:15 pm Official Orientation Program for First-Year Students and Parents about Notr<~ Dame. lie didn't have to say it, but I knew Joyce Center he wanted me to get into school there badly. It was one of his tina) wishes. 2:30-3:15 pm Official Welcome to Notre Dame We said goodbye, but little did I know that it would General session for all first-year students with advisors, Parent Orientation be the last time I'd see him alive- he died a few days 8:00pm Orientation with Rectors and Hall Staff for Students and Families later. About three weeks after his funeral - on a Saturday afternoon - mom cam running in the house, tears SUNDAY AUG24 streaming down her face, with an envelope from Notre Dame in her hand. It was the big envelope. I hurriedly 8:30-9:00 am Continental Breakfast for Families opened it and read the tirst sentence of the letter Concourse of Joyce Center before being mobbed by mom and dad. I had been 10:00 am Eucharistic Liturgy accepted. Grandpa's last wish had come true. Joyce Center Flash forward three more years. I'm a junior now at 12:00-1:00 pm Spirit of Notre Dame Notre Dame, and sitting in the Observer office, check­ Including a performance by the Notre Dame Marching Band. Joyce Center ing phone messages. l get one from a man named George-Porter Young, a former employee at LaFortune. 2:30-5:00 pm Residence Hall Programming George tells me he's originally from England and has 7:00-10:00 pm Residence Hall Programming bmm in America for the past 30-some years. Now, he's in his 70s and dying of cancer, and he wants to go home to bn with his family before he dies. He can't fly MONDAY AUG25 bneause of his cancer, needs help getting home and · was hoping the Observer could do a story to help raise ongomg Mandatory computer security sessions. 101 & 102 DeBartolo· Hall. funds lor his long, expensive trip home. Every 15 minutes from 9:00 am-12:00 pm and 1:00-4:30 pm Before I called George back to do the story, I thought 1lam, 1 and 3pm College HAS Issues: Hook-ups, Alcohol & Sexual Assault of my grandfather, and how this was a chance to help someone out the way God had helped Grandpa and Leighton Concert Hall-Debartolo Performing Arts Center me. I talked to George many times over the next few weeks, and we did the story about his time here at Notre Dame, but George's final wish couldn't have come true without the help from the Notre Dame fami­ ly. You hear stories all the time about what a giving and · generous community Notn~ Dame is, but George's wish was a witness to that generosity. After our story on George ran, donations came pouring in from alumni, professors, campus administrators, and students. Some people even gave thousands of dollars to help George get home. The generosity was overwhelming. (;norge will be leaving for England soon, and l sO.g­ gnst everyone go over to LaFortune and see if George is there. I Ie ean share with you a wealth of wisdom and knowledge. I bring up these stories to remind you, freshmen, what a unique place Notre Dame is. It helped create a powerful bond between my grandfather and me that will last forever. And it has helped George lind his way home one last time. TODAY TONIGHT SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY You learn pretty quickly that being a part of the Notre Dame community is more than cheering on those Saturday afternoons. Yes, you're here to have fmi and get a good education, but you hii.ve to do more with your time here than simply enter the business school to IP.apfrog your way to a high-paying job after school. Ao; an institution, Notre Dame definitely has its - flaws, but the Notre Dame community ean be a power"' f'ul !'oren that makes a direct, positive impact on the lives of many people. So welcome to Notre Dame, now go out and be a part 8.6 HIGH 78 HIGH 81 HIGH 79 HIGH 81 of it. 65 LOW 65 LOW 54 LOW ·56 LOW 59

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Saturday, August 23, 2008 The Observer + CAMPUS NEW~ page 3 Saint Mary's vvelcoines accom.plis_hed fresh111an class Smaller class of 2012 boasts high GPAs _and SAT scores and an increased number of minority, international students

year's pool. More than 60 per- By LI.Z HARTER cent of the incoming students Saint Mary's Editor had an average high school GPA of 3.61 or higher with_64 stu­ SAINrf MARY'S COLLEGE The·incoming freshman class dents maintaining a perfect 4.0 at Saint Mary's has something ·.throughout their entire high . to brag about this year. school career. . . While the 460 students who The larger class sizes of the .CLASS OF 2012 will enroll at the Collflge .this . p<;tst two years are a part of week don't measure up numeri­ College "president Carol Ann < : cally to the 481 students in the Mooney's initiative to increase class of 2011 -·the large_st enrollment and boost Saint . 460 Students.~ ·1,422 Applicant· Pool incoming class in 17 years - Mary's national recQgnition. they ·are one of thf) most aca­ Th~. College was recently F h · · f · 36 t t M th 60 t 'demically talented ctasses in the named one pf the best colleges . r-es. men q.re rom s a es . ore an percen pistory of the . in the Midwest liy 5 international students ofthe·. incoming students College. th·e Princeton "This is -. "This ~s always a_. Review for"' the •. sixth ye"ar in a row 55 m' or'tyl . StUd. t S . . . ~ h. d av.er~ge. . . h' h SCh 00 l always a,. se·nsi­ sensitive issue, but Ill. en a an Ig . tive issue, but this year's class is ·this · )'ear's ~~tdo[~~k2e4~ ~~si G~A of 3.61-.or higher. class is one of one of the best from Lil:reral Arts · '. Observergraphic/MaryJesse tlie best from a·n .. academic · C o·ll e g e s by the. ,SOURCE: SAINT MARY'S ENROLLMENT MANAG~NT an academic perspe_ctive: " U.S. News and The Cwh~ge's efforts to stabi- College endowment-fund, which inerease in the numl:rer of perspective," World Report. lize enrollment has financial would "reduce dependeace on diverse students to 55 from last· said vice presi-· ·· [\1ooney first relevance·, as welt In 2005, enrollment. (Dr financial stabili- year's 4 7 with the l

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Many returning student<; are Students now able to anxious to switch over to the access e-mail faster Google mail system since it includes several improvements on the currPnt Webmail system. By BECKY HOGAN The Googln Apps e-mail sys­ News Writer tmn ha'i a 6.5 GB e-mail quota that is markedly largnr than 100 Notre Dame's Office of MG the Webmail system ha'>. Information Technologies (OIT) The new service also features has been working over the sum­ a calendar system a<; well a<; an mer montl1s to provide student<; application called Coogle docu­ with a new e-mail system ments whieh allows student<; to through Google Apps. create Word documents, Excel All incoming students now spreadsheets and Powerl'oint have e-mail presentations accounts and share through them with Google Apps, "Coogle Apps has a lot of other student'>. however greatfeatures.For They can col­ migrating students who use laborate and returning edit these doc­ students' Blackberry devices, uments online courtesy Mike existing Windows Mobile devices, at the same Freshman Dan Mulligan, right, directs his platoon mate, freshman Mihal lancu, through a mock minefield accounts to time. Thursday outside Pasquerilla Center. The event was part of Notre Dame's Army ROTC orientation. or iPhones, it has the new sys­ excellent support for Al'io induded tem has in the new sys­ HOTC life at Notre Dame - get­ Notre Dame Army ROTC battalion requ.ired mobile devices." tem is a chat By KAITLYNN RIELY ting up early, wearing the unilbnn awoke each morning at 5 a.m. to more time utility, similar Assistanr News Editor and intense oxercL<;ing. begin their day. As part of the than antici­ Katie Rose to AOL Instant To join the HOTC program, week's itinerary, they went to Five pated. project director Messnnger or He'd been on campus for only eadet<; have to pa'is a physical fit­ Pines, Mich. to do a high ropes OIT's proj­ MSN Instant four days, but freshman Army ness test, which consist<; of hitting course and made a rope bridge ect director Office of Information .Messenger, and HOTC eadet candidate Dan certain benchmarks during two over St. Mary's Lake at Notre Katie Rose Technologies a portal page Mulligan wa'> alrnady leading one minutes of sit- Dame. said the that students of his platoon mates through a ups, two min­ This year, 28 migration can customize minefield. utes of push­ ''I've always known students, mostly process has been running to meet their own needs. Mulligan called out directions ups and a two­ freshman, arrived smoothly -just slower than her Rose also said the Google Apps Thursday afternoon - walk mile run. I've wanted to go into on campus to pur­ team anticipated. is ideal for students who use towards me, stop, lift your f(let - Mulligan the military and since sue an Army "Most of the incoming stu­ mobile devices. to his blind-folded partner as he passed his test sixth grade, I've cadet position. dents' accounts were automati­ "Google Apps has a lot of great navigatnd the mock minefield set Wednesday The Navy ROTC cally created on Google Apps. features," she said. "For stu­ up next to tho l'a'>querilla Center. morning. wanted to go here reported 37 new We are a little farther behind on dents who use Blackberry Mulligan diroctod his teammate "I've always {Notre Dame], so it's students and an the accounts for returning stu­ devices, Windows Mobile through tho course and around known I've the best of Air Force ROTC dents, and we will be making an devices, or iPhones, it ha<; excel­ the 'mines' - plastic plates wanted to go representative announcement next week about lent support for mobile devices." weightnd down with rocks - as into tllC military both worlds. " said 20 were seek­ when the migration will take Senior David !Ieroux said that an upperda<;sman timed him from and since sixth ing cadet posi­ place," Rose said. he believes the Google system tho sideline. grade, I've Dan Mulligan tions. Originally. OIT planned to lin­ will be more user-friendly than The purpose of the event - one wan ted to go freshman The ROTC pro­ ish migrating students' existing Web mail. of six stations in the Notre Dame henl [Notre gram offers accounts during the summer "It's a shame that !the Army HOTC's Irish Haco- is to Dame]. so it's money and a and have the system ready to University] has been using such build teamwork and trust among the best of both worlds," he said. guaranteed career when one use by the start of the tall semes­ an antiquated system for so tlw new members of the platoon. Mulligan, and other cadets who graduates, Slaney said. ter. long." Last Monday, students from pass the test, signed their contract "If you want to serve your coun­ "We have one or two small orr has also being working Notre Dame, Saint Mary's, lloly with HOTC Friday for four years, try, this is a great way to do it," he things to finish up on the with the University's Alumni Cross, Bethel, !USB and ValparaL'io with thP option to leave after the said. accounts for existing student.<;," Association to provide alumni arrived at Notre Dame to take part lirst year. Linzi Meyering, a sophomore at Rose said with an e-mail account on in HOTC orientation. Each branch Sophomore Christopher Bethel College, decided just last Rose also said that incoming Google Apps, however the of the HOTC program ha<; it<; own B1mnett. also an Army cadet, said week that she wanted to join the students have been using the Association has not yet orientation schedule, but all his freshman year ROTC orienta­ Army ROTC program. new system with ease. announced it<; plans to ofl"cr thL<; involve team-building exercises tion wa<> a fun week and a primer "It's an awesome way to pay for According to Rose, the migra­ service. ;md an introdudion to lif(l in the on where the classrooms and college," she said. "And a great tion process has been running "We have been working with military. other buildings are located on way to serve God and my country." smoothly and returning students the Alumni Ollice fbr the la'it two Cadet Sgt. Major Hyan Slaney, a campus. Being in HOTC is an The ROTC orientation ended will not lose any information months. It will be up to them to junior at Notre Dame, said the experience that few people get to Friday so freshmen could partici­ from their Webmail accounts. announce the service for alumni Army IH>TC's orinntation program have, he said. pate in their residence hall's fresh­ 'There is no need for anyone accounts Jon Google Apps]," gets the new cadets, most of "You get the normal college man orientation events. to be concerned," she said. "All Rose said. whom are frnshmen, integrated experience while being prepared returning student<; will have the into the battalion. They introducn to join the military," he said. Contact Kaidynn Riely at same e-mail address and will not Contact Becky Hogan at them to tlw various component<; of This week, members of the [email protected] lose anything in their lblders." [email protected] Three new hall directors join St. Mary's College community

said. Then she did a little tually connected to the [col­ tics of Saint Mary's were sim­ to Saint Mary's aftnr graduat­ By MANDl STIRONE online research. lege]. It's very awe-inspir­ ilar," she said. ing from Syracuse University A•si.,lanr News Edicor "It looked like a beautiful ing," she said: When she first arrived on and traveling "extensively," place based on the Web site," Shea comes to Saint Mary's campus, there were no stu­ she said. Most Saint Mary's studnnts Hobinson said. from Simmons College in dents moved in and she Prior to arriving at Saint who live on campus will have She called assuming her Boston, another all-women's couldn't wait for them to Mary's, she taught English in new hall directors this year, post in LeMans, institution. start arriving, she said. Spain, then China and trav­ as four of the five residence the largest She found She added that she is espe­ eled around Europe, she said. halls weleomP. new leaders. dorm on cam­ Saint Mary's cially proud of the staff of While she is working to Leslifl Hobinson, Kady Shea pus, a "mix of "McCandless has the during an "McOpus," her eight help the residents of Holy and Terrie Paul have all emotions." best RA staff on online ·search, McCandless Resident Cross, she is also working recently joined the Saint Now that stu­ campus. she said. Advisors, and the 2 Opus towards a graduate degree Mary's community. Shea is dents are start­ "I literally RAs. from Michigan State the director for both ing to show up went online, "McCandless has the best University McCandlnss hall and Opus on cam pus, Kady Shea went to every RA" staff on campus," she Paul found Saint Mary's II all. Hobinson is hall director women's col­ said. after doing a "nation-wide Hobinson, the new hall getting a feel McCandless and Opus lege Web site With the first-year students search," she said. She dirnetor for LeMans Hall is a for the student Halls and looked up moving in, Shea is eager to described Saint Mary's as rnennt graduate of Ohio State body and the jobs in higher start the year. "It's a little "one place that felt very com­ Univ11rsity. Though she had students she education," she overwhelming, but I'm excit­ fortable," and as a place never heard of Saint Mary's will be in said. ed to kick things into gear where she would be able to bP.fore applying for the hall charge of during the year. She chose Saint Mary's and to try and get to know contribute to, she said. director position, she was "I think it's wonderful," she because she wanted to be at everyone," she said. looking for a small college said. "It has a very unique a school like her alma mater, Holy Cross Hall's new hall Contact Mandi Stirone at whflre she could work, she student body that is so spiri- and "a lot of the characteris- director, Terrie Paul, comes astiroO 1 @saintmarys.edu ------~------

Saturday, August 23, 2008 The Observer + CAMPUS NEWS page 5 McGreevy begins University Choral new role as dean Auditions promoting the fine and per­ By JOHN TIERNEY forming arts on campus and News Writer encouraging more students to UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME CHORALE do senior theses. NOTRE DAME GLEE CLUB John McGreevy, a history McGreevy said senior theses professor who took over as can be an invaluable part of NOTRE DAME LITURGICAL CHOIR I.A. O'Shaughnessy Dean of the undergraduate experi­ NOTRE DAME WOMEN'S LITURGICAL CHOIR the College of Arts and ence. He would like to see Letters July 1, views his new more students pursue them, BASILICA SCI-lOLA job as one of servant-leader­ but does not plan on making ship. a thesis a graduation require­ ''I'm not the boss of the fac­ ment. University Choral Auditions will be held in ulty. I'm the leader," he said. "Being able to work one-on­ He said his primary responsi­ one with a faculty member on the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center bility is to "put [the faculty] a year-long project is a really in the position to do great good experience," he said. teaching and great scholar­ "We need a stronger thesis SUNDAY, AUG. 24, 3~6 PM ship." culture at Notre Dame." McGreevy decided to accept McGreevy acknowledged the position as dean because that grade inflation in the MONDAY, AUG. 25, 12:00 PM ~ 4:00 PM; of his loyalty to Notre Dame, College of Arts and Letters is the "great situation" left by real and that it is a problem. 5:00PM~ 10:00 PM his predecessor, Mark Roche, However, he said there is "not and the importance he places an instant solution to the on the University's status as a problem," but that his admin­ "great Catholic research uni­ istration will continue to To reserve an audition time please e-mail [email protected] versity," he said. work on it. until 2:00pm Sunday, August 24 "I want to see Notre Dame "It's not fair to students to succeed," said McGreevy, a have grades so compressed, Notre Dame alum whose especially to the very best After 2:00pm Sunday, August 24, please sign up at the coat check in the father and two siblings also students," he said. DeBartolo Performing Arts Center attended the University. The new dean says the col­ "We need a place in this lege has a lot of challenges, country - and in this world because "it is hard to be one For more information - where thinking at the of the very best." These chal­ highest level goes on that lenges include faculty hiring please call 631-7800 includes theology and reli­ and recruitment, which he gion," he said. "Religion is a described as one of the most F*JUNIVERSITY OF topic of universal concern, important parts of his job, ~NOTRE DAME and it is important to bring it and the need to better finan­ together with academics." cially support graduate stu­ While McGreevy says being dents - including the need for a Notre Dame alum gives him a graduate student health "no special qualities" for the insurance program. dean position, his loyalty to "The good news is that I'm Get Involved With Notre Dame Athletics the University was a signifi­ not a Notre Dame nostalgist," cant factor in his decision to McGreevy said. He said he got accept his new job. a better education from Notre "I am happy to try to make Dame than his father, who The Sports Information Office is lookingjor student a difference here. I really attended the University in the want Notre Dame to be a 1950s, did, but that students great place," he said. today are receiving a 'better McGreevy plans to continue education than he did twenty his teaching and research years ago. aJJistantJjor the 2008-09 Jchoolyear. A1ry studentJ· during his tenure as dean. He ''I'm encouraged by the will teach one course at the progress," he said. graduate level this semester. McGreevy would like to "I really like the idea of increase the promotion of intereJted in becoming active in In.Jh athleticJ· should everyone in administration academic life on campus. He doing some teaching," he wants to "get students to view said. their intellectual life with the Although McGreevy does same passion with which they not want to make dramatic view so many other things," co1ne to an itifortJtational meeting on Mon., Aug. 25 changes in his first year on he said. Increasing the num­ the job - planning instead to ber of Notre Dame graduates focus on learning about the who go on to pursue a Ph.D. many programs in the college or other graduate study can at 7:00 p.1n. in the SportJ IJ?formation Office {fqyce - he does have long-term follo-w as a result of a goals in mind. Some of these stronger intellectual campus, goals for the college include he said. increasing ties with the Center second floor inJide Gate 2) or call the Sports College of Science, increasing Contact John Tierney at student language acquisition, jtiernel @nd.edu Information Qffice at 1-7516 jor JJtore itiformation. Saturday Scholar Series to kick off fall season

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Two students shot at Club 23. South Bend Common Council passes party ordinance, creates CCAC. Three students

2007. community relations. It was created in He was 20 years old. Ironwood Dr. after he left Tailgaters Observer Staff Report February and convened for its first MeGrath was a former resident of Sports Bar around 3 a.m. on April 20. Two students shot outside Club 23 meeting in mid-February. Dillon, but lived in Siegfried this past Because he had been drinking and Two Notrn Dame stmiors were shot on The CCAC was formed after the South semester. He spent the night in Dillon because he suffered a concussion, Tuesday, August 21 at approximately 1 Bend Common Council decided not to with friends. In the fall, he attended the Clarke said he couldn't remember too a.m. outside of Club 23, Captain Phil implement regulations requiring stu­ University of Central Oklahoma before many details from the night. The iden­ Trent of the South Bend Poliee dents to pre-register for large gather­ transferring back to Notre Dame. tities of the suspects are still unknown. Department said. The students, Matt ings with the city. Friends discovered McGrath's body at Clarke, a resident of Keough Hall. Collins and Mitehcll Deprnn were taken The ordinance was initially created in approximately 1:40 p.m. said he had phoned a friend who was to St. Joseph Hegional Medieal Center response to disorderly student partying McGrath was the first student to die serving as a designated driver to pick where Depree was treated for a leg ofT campus and eventually passed with on campus since Feb. 8, 1998, him up from Tailgaters. The driver was wound and released while Collins' rules that would require party permits University officials said, when Justin picking up other people at the time so wound to the abdomen was initially that could be enacted in the future - Brumbaugh died after suffering from Clarke declined the ride and began elassil'ied as life-threatening and he an option the Council was offered to heart disease. walking north on Ironwood Drive. After requested last rights. pursue. Timothy Aher, from Brookfield, a few minutes he got into a car, think­ The confrontation followed a "harsh However, the main objective of the Conn., received a Bachelor's degree in ing the passengers were heading back eonversation with the shooter, who Council and the ordinance was to linguistics from the University of to campus. returned several minutes later in an increase dialogue about problems Chicago. He was currently enrolled in Clarke said he wasn't sure if he got SUV and fired five shots at the stu­ between South Bend residents and off Notre Dame's Law School London into the car voluntarily or was forced dents," Trent said. campus students. Program and died in the town of Ilford, into the ear, but St. Joseph County The shooter was described as a Former student boay president Liz England. Detective Phil Williams said he would­ short-haired black male of average Brown represented the student body Aher, 25, had developed a proficiency n't charge the men with kidnapping if build wearing a clean, white T-shirt. during the CCAC hearings in the sum­ in Hussian and studied German, French he finds them. The shooter drove away northbound on mer of 2007 and acted as a liaison and Uzbek. He also served as a station Clarke said he realized he was in the Notre Dame Avenue after firing five between the Council and the student manager at WHPK-FM, a student-run car too long to be heading back to cam­ shots - two shots at Collins and one at body throughout the fall. radio station at the University of pus and made at least six phone calls Depree - and shouting expletives at Since the ordinance was passed with Chicago. to try and alert people to what was the students. only minor provisions on large gather­ After graduating from the University happening, but nobody answered his A bullet will remain pnrmannntly in ings, the main goal of the Council was of Chicago in 2002, he worked for two calls. The men took Clarke to Primrose Collins' abdomen sinee any procedure to serve as a forum that will facilitate years at the Bank of America Securities Hoad where they likely hit him over the to remove it would bn too risky, hospi­ discussion about important issues with­ before applying to law school, where he head with a beer bottle, took his wallet tal officials said. in the South Bend community. hoped to study international law. He and cell phone, and left him on the side Both students enrolled in the fall The Couneil attributed mueh of the suc­ also held a summer internship in New of Primrose Hoad. A passer-by discov­ sonwstor. cess of the revised ordinance to the York where he helped AIDS patients ered Clarke and placed a 911 call. In the wneks following the shooting, work of Brown - responsibilities she deal with their legal problems. Police responded at approximatnly (>:45 ownnr Mahmoud Hussein feared that passed on to current student body pres­ University President Father John a.m. and took him to Memorial llospital Notre lhtme students wern "boyeotting" ident Bob Heish in March. Jenkins called the day he learned about in South Bend. Clarke was tlwn trans­ the dub. located on 744 N. Notre Dame ''I'm just going to be taking more of a McGrath and Aher's deaths as his ferred to University Health Serviens Avenue dun to safety issues. Business seeond role to see how this meeting ean "wors.~ day as president of Notre where he was released on April 29. was in an initial decline for the Monday help for future meetings next year," Dame. night hotspot, Hussein said. Hoish said. Andrew (3unikis, a junior from Zahm Gruscinski and Falvey take over at Four wonks al'tnr the incident, South The ordinance was the brainchild of Ilall, died in a bus crash in Thailand on SMC Bond police were still searching for tho Council member AI "Buddy" Kirsits and April 18. Bunikis, 20,. from Phoenix, After running unopposed for the shooter. he currently serves as CCAC chairman Ariz .. took a semester off to teach highest position in student government, By Decmnhnr 2007. Club 23 was up and Councilman-at-large. English to students in Thailand after student body president Mickey for sale on Craigslist. however, II ussein The ordinance and its provisions are working there briefly last summer Gruscinski and vice president Sarah claims the sale and the shootings wore contingent on student off campus through Notre Dame's Student Falvey officially took office on April 1. unrelated. behavior and future relations in South International Business Council (SIBC}. They have begun working towards II uss1~in has ownnd 23 for more than Bend, Kirsits said. According to The Nation, a Bangkok the goals they laid out in their cam­ 20 years. newspaper, the bus crashed in the paign platform such as extending the Club 2:~ was set at $695,000 and Three students pass away Phitsanulok Province at 11:45 p.m. on Student Center hours, making an online includes 2,500 square feet of spaee, tlw Three Notre Dame students died dur­ Friday. Seven other people were killed calendar of College ev1mts for students building, the 57-car parking lot, the ing the 2007-2008 school year. and 31 injured. to access and getting reliable wireless furniture inside and the club's liquor Sophomore Connor McGrath, graduate aceess in all of the dorms. license. student Timothy Aher and junior ND Student assaulted, left seven mile Andrew Bunikis died in three separate from campus Reish and Schmidt win ND student South Bend Common Council passes and unrelated incidents throughout the On April 20, sophomore Timothy body president and vice president revised ordinance academic year. Clarke suffered a concussion and a bro­ Junior Bob Heish and sophomore After months of dnliberation over the Diabetes may have factored in ken right hand after he was assaulted Grant Schmidt defeated Maris Braun South BniHI City Ordinance regarding Connor MeGrath's death in the early by either two or three men and left on and George Chamberlain to become the aleohol and party registration, the morning of Sunday, Feb. 17, poliee Primrose Hoad approximately seven student body president and vice presi­ Community Campus Advisory Coalition said. miles from campus. St. Joseph County dent on Feb. 14. The two took office on ICCAC) was crmttml as a forum for city McGrath was a sophomore from Police said. April 1. and 1:ollege reprns1~ntatives to discuss Oklahoma City and died in Dillon llall. Clarke, 20, said he got into a car on The two began campaigning last August29 October1 Saint Mary's breaks into the U.S. News and World Saint Mary's launches a new identity Report top 100 liberal arts college rankings at No. 91. initiative called "She's Saint Mary's" The Princeton Review also recognizes Saint Mary's to help the College attract more applicants. as one of the best midwestern colleges for 2008. College It features personal stories from students president Carol Ann Mooney says she hopes to break about what their time at Saint Mary's means into the top 50 liberal arts colleges in the future. to them.

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August21 September 25 January29 Seniors Matt Collins and Mitchell Depree are shot The South Bend Common Council passes, but does Saint Mary's raises the full $19.2 million outside Club 23 after a conversation with the shooter. not enact, an ordinance requiring parties in boarding for Spes Unica Hall, the new academic After refusing to give the shooter a ride, he later drives houses (homes where two or more non-related people building. Donations pay for the entire past Club 23 and fires five shots, two of which strike live) to obtain a permit if 25 or more guests will be cost of the building. The College broke Collins while one strikes Depree. Depree is treated for served alcohol. The ordinance can be enacted with ground for the building in the fall of 2006 leg wounds and Collins for leg and abdomen wounds. further legislation and also creates the Campus and it's expected to be completed by the A bullet remains in Collins' abdomen. Community Action Council to bring together students, fall of 2008. South Bend residents and the town government. ------~

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die. Clinton and Obama visit South Bend. Students report sexual assaults. College launches identity campaign . • • 1 • 2008 September on a platform that included plan for supporters and cited Martin security department deals with emer­ tive manner, said Karen McDonald, more interaction with the student body. Luther King's "Fierce urgency of now" as gency situations after an unidentified then acting vice president of integrat­ As a way to better hear student the reason he decided to run for man escaped after trespassing on the ed marketing communications. requests, Reish and Schmidt created a President. roof of Regina Hall. "We didn't have an issue with the Web site, bobandgrant.com, that allowed Clinton spoke at Coveleski Stadium, When a student in Regina Hall benefits," she said. "Those have not students to contact Heish and Schmidt home of the South Bend Silver Hawks, reported the trespasser on April 5, it changed. We just didn't communicate with suggestions. on April 26. She said she was disap­ took the College's security department them correctly. This is a campaign to "Part of the campaign was connecting pointed that she had only met Obama two phone calls and approximately 15 bring these characteristics and quality to the students and trying to make sure four times in one-on-one debates and minutes to send a security guard to to the forefront." that we're not any better than anyone called for a revision of the North the scene and investigate the reported else," Schmidt said after the election. American Free Trade Agreement. suspicious activity. Spes Unica funds raised completely "The bobandgrant.com thing, a lot of South Bend mayor Stephen Luecke Director of Security Dave Gariepy Fundraising for the College's new people laughed at it, but it was some­ announced his support of Obama before and assistant director of security Stan academic building, Spes Unica Hall, thing different - an informal way of Obama spoke to supporters. He outlined Klimczak addressed student concerns was completed over the winter and presenting our ideas that was appeal­ new higher-education financial aid plan in an open meeting with Regina Hall the building is set to open for classes ing." and tax cuts to help keep jobs in residents shortly after the incident to in the fall. The election broke a trend through the America. discuss an ongoing investigation of the The total cost of the project is $19.2 last four administrations in which either Clinton said she would end the war in way the incident was handled to million, making it the most expensive the previuus year's vice president or Iraq and allow uninsured Americans to ensure that a situation such as this construction project in College history. executive assistant to the president buy into the Congressional health care does not happen again. The building was entirely paid for in became president the following year. plan. "That's not the way we would donations, without putting to use any "It's good enough for members of respond to the situation and that's not other college funds, said Saint Mary's Law School Dean announces she will Congress, it's good enough for every the way we want our officers respond­ spokesperson Gwen O'Brien. More step down Hoosier and every American, and that ing to it," he said. "We want to make than 600 donations came in from fac­ Law School Dean Patty O'Hara you keep insurance if you have it, but if sure that security is responding ade­ ulty, staff, alumnae, students and announced she will leave the school next you don't you will be able to buy into it," quately to [students] calls for help." friends of the College, she said. June after 10 years of service. O'Hara Clinton said. Ground was broken on this 65,000 joined the law school in 1981 and College launches 'She's Saint square-foot building in the fall of became dean in 1999. "Monologues" return to campus Mary's' campaign 2006. Spes Unica will house 13 of the She said 10 years was "the optimal Students performed Eve Ensler's con­ The College debuted a new brand 20 academic departments at Saint length of time to serve as dean," in a troversial play "The Vagina Monologues" initiative in October as a continuation Mary's, as well as the Center for statement released on March 26. on campus after moving off-campus last of the 2006 identity initiative. Academic Innovation, the Center for "Like her predecessor, Dean O'Hara year. Jenkins allowed the play to be per­ The identity initiative is an ongoing Spirituality and the Center for has been fully committed to this Law formed two years ago provided the play process to better understand the Women's InterCultural Leadership. School's being recognized as both a top received sponsorship from two academic image the College must present to The new building offers state of the flight law school nationally and as one departments. The performances must gain the attention of prospective stu­ art classroom, laboratory and office that. in the Catholic tradition, invites also include discussions after the play, dents and parents. The initiative was space. There are also a number of serious and sustained consideration of analyzing the play from a Catholic per­ part of College President Carol Ann common areas where faculty and stu­ the normative dimensions of the law," spective. Jenkins reaffirmed his decision Mooney's inaugural platform to make dents can gather, such as a cafe, associate dean John Robinson said in this year. Saint Mary's a nationally known insti­ reflection room and patio. April. "She has invested an enormous tution. amount of time and an equal amount of Students report laptop thefts The new tagline, "She's Saint SMC breaks into U.S. News and intelligence and imagination in achieving Cavanaugh, Howard and Lyons halls Mary's," is now present on all College World Report rankin that objective." experienced burglaries of laptops, cam­ publications, ads, banners and Web Saint Mary's broke into the U.S. Some students questioned O'Hara's eras and wallets during the spring pages. News & World Report's rankings of the capabilities after the law school dropped semester. The suspect would carry a bag The brand features the personal sto­ top 100 liberal arts colleges, securing from No. 22 to No. 28 last year in the and walk into unlocked rooms to take ries of students and what their time at the 91st spot last Fall. U.S. News and World Heport Law School the laptops. Saint Mary's means to them. While the College was previously rankings. This year, however, the school NDSP director Phil Johnson said the "[The alumnae] love the stories and ranked the top liberal arts college in was back up to No. 22. suspect in those cases was identified by they love the fact that we're telling the region, it hadn't made the national "I was confident that [the Law School] "several people" as a black male, stories about what students experi­ rankings until this year. would rebound, and we did, back to a between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-11, with a ence here," Vice President for College The Princeton Review also recog­ very solid No. 22," she said in April. "I thin build, "frizzy long black hair" in a Relations Shari Rodriguez said. "We're nized Saint Mary's as a "Best think that reaffirms the notion that no pony tail or braid, possibly bad or miss­ focusing on the rigorous academic Midwestern College for 2008." one person or dean was responsible for ing teeth and possibly facial stubble. experience and the relationships stu­ "We've long known we can compete a temporary slump." Johnson said Valparaiso University has dents have with each other and with on a national level and it is gratifying experienced similar burglaries with a faculty. Those are things that they felt to see our quality recognized," College Clinton and Obama visit South Bend suspect whose description matched that really strongly about as they look back President Carol Ann Mooney said in an Democratic presidential hopefuls of the suspect in Notre Dame's recent on their experience." Aug. 17 statement. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both campus robberies. Part of the reason the Saint Mary's On the heels of this new ranking visited South Bend as part of their cam­ tagline of was changed from Mooney set loftier goals for the paign to win the Indiana primary. Saint Mary's security under scrutiny 'Educating Women, Transforming College. She hopes Saint Mary's can Obama spoke at Washington High School Saint Mary's students expressed Lives' was to help better communicate break into the top 50 national liberal on April 9. He outlined his campaign unease with the way the College's the benefits of the College in an effec- arts colleges in the near future. February14 March26 April9 Junior Bob Reish and sophomore Law School Dean Patty O'Hara Illinois Senator and Democratic presidential Grant Schmidt are elected student announces that she will step down candidate Barack Obama speaks at Washington body president and vice president, next June. O'Hara saw the Law High School about his campaign and outlines his defeating Maris Braun and George School rankings drop from No. 22 to platform. He says he will eliminate tax cuts for Chamberlain in a run-off election. No. 28lastyear, but watched them companies who ship jobs overseas and provide They plan to establish a nation-wide bounce back to No. 22 this year. service-based stipends for higher education. college council and allow for free DVD rentals in The Huddle.

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March11 Aprils . April26 Jenkins allows "The Vagina Monologues" to be performed A man finds his way onto the roofofRegina New York Senator and Democratic presidential on campus after the Eve Ensler play receives sponsorship Hall at Saint Mary's. A slow security response candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at Coveleski Stadium, from academic departments. Academic panels that discuss causes students to question Saint Mary's home of the South Bend Silver Hawks, about ending the play in a Catholic light follow each performance. security policies and leads security directors the war in Iraq and allowing Americans to buy into the The decision draws criticism from some students, alumni to investigate their security strategies. Congressional health care plan. She also calls for more and Fort Wayne-South Bend Bishop John D'Arcy, as it did one-on-one debates with Barack Obama. two years ago.

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hers alone. resented U.S. geographic areas. cent of their need," Saracino "Education goes on both The top ten states represented said. 'That's something I'm very Fresh01en inside and outside of the class­ are Illinois, Indiana, Texas, proud of." Attack continued from page 1 room," Saracino said. "We California, Ohio, New York, New The Class of 2012 was espe­ continued from page 1 admit bright students who are Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan cially active in extra-curricular Harvard. We respect those passionate." and Florida. activities in high school that got out of the car and also schools, but we're trying to They also aim for diversity "in Three percent of the freshmen involved leadership positions: began assaulting Chesnick. make Notre Dame a better the broadest sense," he said. are international, from 27 dif­ - 10 percent were student Gargula approached Notre Dame," Saracino, a Notre "We're not just looking for the ferent countries. The top three government president Chesnick to see how badly he Dame alum, said. "I look at the all-American kid." foreign countries represented - 11 percent were editor of a was hurt when one of the classes that are coming in. and Twenty percent of the class of are Korea, Canada and China. school publication assailants pushed her to the they make the value of my 2012 is comprised of ethnic The confirmation rate of this - 90 percent participated in ground and began beating diploma appreciate." minorities, which marks a year's accepted freshman was community service her, Crosby said. A female This year's freshmen are from decrease from the last two 54 percent, one of the nation's - 64 percent lettered in a then got out of the car and the top live percent of their high years: the class of 2011 includes highest. varsity sport began kicking and beating school classes. Their average 22 percent ethnic minorities "Applicants have done their - 47 percent participated in Gargula as well. SAT score is a combined 1405 in and the class of 2010 includes homework," Saracino said. "If music, art, drama or dance Crosby approached the vic­ Critical Heading and Math. This 24 percent. Saracino said these they're admitted, chances are, - 7 percent participated in tims and the assailants ver­ marks roughly a 20-point figures are not indicative of a they're going to come." the Eagle or Gold Scouts. bally threatened to injure increase from last year's class trend. Fifty-two percent of the Class The incoming class also con­ her, she said. Crosby then - the biggest jump in recent "Three years would be a of 2012 are men and 48 percent tains one Olympian, a certified proceeded to call the South history. trend," he said. "Anything less are women. Eighty-three per­ firefighter, one student from the Bend Police. She was not "It really happens every year," than 24 percent is not accept­ cent are Catholic. Twenty-four island of Molokai and two stu­ injured. he said. able." percent are children of alumni dents from an Alaskan fishing The fire department and Twelve years ago. the average Of the ethnic minorities, nine and seven percent are flrst gen­ village of 7,000 people. medics were called to the SAT score was 1303, over 100 percent are Hispanic, six per­ eration college students. Saracino's daughter, an alum­ scene and responded immedi­ points lower. However, Saracino cent are Asian, three percent Notre Dame. which boasts a na of Notre Dame, once told him ately, Trent said. said one couldn't compare the are African-American and one strong commitment to financial that the opportunities to learn A brown purse was report­ applicants from one year to percent is Native American. aid, awarded 44 percent need­ here are only limited by one's ed stolen after the attack. another. "It's like apples and "Our goal for next year is to based grants. Seventy-five per­ need for sleep. A resident of Irish oranges," he said. improve our ethnic diversity," cent of the class is receiving "That's what we want for our Crossings heard the distur­ "It varies every year ... each Saracino said. some kind of financial aid. children. This is a class where bance and came outside. As class has compelling reasons to Students in the freshman "We are one of less than the students aren't going to he did, the three assailants be admitted," Saracino said. class hail from diverse geo­ about a dozen universities that want to sleep," he said. got back into the car and left The Admissions oflice aims to graphic locations nationally and have a need-blind admissions the scene. As the car sped shape a elass - and does not internationally. The Midwest process, and if students are Contact Jenn Metz at off, Crosby was able to get admit students based on num- and Northeast are the most rep- admitted, they receive 100 per- [email protected] the:) license plate number. 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pened to me over there," he Indiana, I had all of the chal­ kind. They're challenges Fencer said. Swarbrick lenge I need­ · born not of Meinhardt was eating lunch ed, and I was "/ am confident that in problems, not continued from page 1 in the Olympic VIllage cafeteria continued from page 1 eommitted to of shortcom­ when Dwayne Wade sat down make that Jack Swarbrick we ings, but of pionships on the junior level. at the other end of the table. media executives, and the happen," have found a superb great striving, "I had to stop with the piano Pretty quickly the rest of the leadership of the NCAA, as Swarbrick athletic director for the of high goals. I lessons, but my teaeher agreed team filed in and before he well as many others in pro­ said in a July believe that I that i~ was probably a smart knew it, Meinhardt was talking fessional and Olympic 16 press eon­ University of Notre accept this job move, he smd. with the Milwaukee Bucks' sports," Jenkins said in a July ferenee. Dame on the thresh­ Meinhardt was already eon­ Michael Hedd. 16 press eonference. "He has Swarbrick old of extraor­ A few minutes later when a breadth of vision of the deseribed his dinary change siderml to be one of the best Father John Jenkins younger fencers in the nation Kobe Bryant arrived at the landscape of college athletics time at Notre in intercolle­ and his experience at the table he was followed by a mob that in my experience is Dame as hav­ Notre Dame President giate athletics Olympics will only make him of foreign athletes and fans unsurpassed. Jack is widely ing "defined in America." better. lie and Bednarski both snapping pictures. The team's respected for his insight and my life" and Swarbrick said that the biggest advantagn security guards surrounded the integrity." said he was excited to assume said he would not only focus will be from a mental perspee­ table and Meinhardt found him­ Aeeording to a press control of the reins of one of on building winning teams, tive. self inside a cirde with the best release, Swarbrick is respon­ the country's most storied but he would also help main­ "The Olympics can help you basketball players in the world. sible for collegiate ath­ tain Notre Dame's image as to deal with stress and eompetn "I was trying to play it cool, bringing many letics programs. the premier Catholic universi­ woll undf'r stressful situations," but I had a huge smile on my high profile "The challenges here Despite Notre ty in the country. Bednarski said. face the whole time. I eouldn't sporting are significant. But Dame's 3-9 "I'm not here to just do Aftnr performing on the help myself." he said. events to they,re challenges of football season sports right," he said. "We biggest stagn in the world, the In a week, Meinhardt has Indianapolis, last year, want to be a great academic Joyce Center will seem much gone from exclusive meals with ineluding the the best kind. " Swarbrick said institution that furthers less daunting. Kobe Bryant to burgers on the Super Bowl in he sees great research in this country. We Meinhardt said that along quad. Nonetheless, the young 2012 and the Jack Swarbrick promise in the want to be a place of faith. with the valuable fendng expe­ freshman said he couldn't be NCAA Men··s Notre Dame Athletic future of all of And we want to be a place more exeited to be at school Basketball the University's that wins on the athletic field rienee, Beijing also gave him Director some memories he will never and is looking forward to a Tournament in athletics. and turns out extraordinary forget - like the time he met great year in fencing and 1999. "The chal- student athletes." the entire U.S. basketball team. around campus. "When more recently people lenges here are ''I'm a pretty big basketball said there is no chance that significant," he said in the fan so that wa'i probably one of Contact Dan Murphy at the NFL will ever take the press conference. "But Contact Joseph McMahon at the coolest things that hap- [email protected] Super Bowl to Indianapolis, they're challenges of the best [email protected]

GEORGIA Georgians rejoice as Russian forces withdraw from Gori

Bush, Sarkozy agree that Russia did not comply with withdraw! agreement, as troops remain in three areas

ital of the separatist territory Anatoly Nogovitsyn, deputy Georgian territory has deeply Peacekeeping Forces headed Associated P~ss of South Ossetia. The conflict head of Russia's general staff, strained relations between in the opposite direction, into GOtH, Georgia- Columns of left hundreds dead, several said Friday that peacekeepers Moscow and the West. Georgia proper. hulking, smoke-belehing eities destroyed and nearly would establish another 18 Russia has frozen its mili­ French Foreign Ministry Hussian tanks rolled out of key 160,000 people homeless. peacekeeping posts around tary eooperation with NATO, spokesman Frederic positions deep inside Georgia Hussian columns left Abkhazia. Moscow's Cold War foe, Desagneaux said the cease­ Friday as Moscow declared it Georgia's western Senaki mj)i­ A total of 2,142 Russian underseoring a growing divi­ fire deal allows Hussian ha(f pulled its forces out fol­ tary base, the eentral city of peacekeepers are to be sion in Europe. Georgia's pro­ peacekeeping forces to oper­ lowing the worst confrontation Gori and the eastern check­ deployed on Abkhazia's de Western leaders are pushing ate only "in the immediate between the Kremlin and the point of' Igoeti, just 30 miles facto border, while 452 will to join NATO, angering a proximity of South Ossetia" West since the Soviet collapse. from the capital, Tbilisi. man the South Ossetia de resurgent Hussia. and only in patrols - suggest­ But the United States and But troops and armored per­ facto border, Nogovitsyn said. The major fighting began ing the West considers the France protested the with­ sonnel carriers stayed put in In Moscow, Defense Minister Aug. 7 when Georgia launched new Hussian posts outside drawal was not complete. at least three positions near Anatoly Serdyukov said the an artillery and rocket bar­ South Ossetia and Abkhazia as Georgians exulted in a new Senaki and the Blaek Sea port pullback into South Ossetia rage targeting Tskhinvali, the violations. sense of' freedom as the eity of Poti, raising questions was finished late Friday. eapital of South Ossetia - Hegardless of Friday's with­ Hussian troops departed. about Hussia's intentions. The In western Georgia, a col­ which has survived since the drawal, Hussia, Georgia and In Jgoeti, the closest Hussians also said they were umn of 83 Russian tanks, 1990s with the patronage of the West seem certain to con­ Hussians got to the capital of creating so-called security armored personnel carriers Moscow and the protection of tinue the diplomatic struggle Tbi I isi, (;eorgians pumped zones extending into Georgian and trucks hauling artillery troops Russia calls peaeekeep­ over South Ossctia and their fists and waved white­ territory to prevent future drove north from the Senaki ers. Abkhazia, which broke from and-red national f'lags as two attacks. military base toward the Russian forces arrived in Georgia's control in wars fol­ Hussian tanks began to leave. President Bush, vacationing breakaway Abkhazia region less than 24 hours, quickly lowing the 1991 breakup of They were trailed by Georgian at his ranch in Texas. eon­ along the Black Sea coast on drove the Georgians back and the Soviet Union. police in more than 100 civil­ ferred with French President Friday afternoon. Georgian pressed deep into Georgia. The Hussian parliament was ian cars and several police Nicolas Sarkozy and "the two police said the vehicles came Under an EU-brokered expected to discuss recogniz­ trucks. agreed that Hussia is not in from the base, which has been cease-lire deal, both sides are ing the independence of the "llow can we not be happy? eompliance and that Russia under Russian control for over to pull back to positions held separatist regions Monday. We've gotten what we want," needs to eome into compliance a week. before the fighting erupted. In an interview with the AP, said Levan, 77, a math now," said White House The eonvoy doubled in size Western leaders have ealled South Ossetian leader Eduard teadwr who would give only spokesman Gordon Johndroe. as it rumbled slowly north, for a complete withdrawal of Kokoity signaled that ethnic his first name. "We're over­ "Complianee means compli­ and it took hours to cross into Russian combat troops from Georgians will not be allowed joyed to see our own police on anee with that plan," he said. Abkhazia. Georgia, and for peacekeeping to return as payback for the our stnwts again." "We haven't seen that yet. It's In central Georgia, at least forees to resume the positions ethnie Ossetians who eould An Assoeiated Press my understanding that they 40 Hussian military vehicles they had in South Ossetia not return to Georgia after a reporter saw what may have have not completely with­ left the strategic eity of' Gori, before the conl1ict. But Russia previous conflict. been the last eonvoy of drawn from areas considered heading north in the direetion says it will patrol buffer zones "There is nothing Iel't any­ Hussian armored vehicles undisputed territory, and they of South Ossetia, the Roki stretching into Georgia proper. more" for them to come back leave Gori shortly after 5 p.m. need to do that." Tunnel and Russia beyond. Questions remained about to, he noted. Friday. The six vehic.les drove The Hussians "have without An AP reporter in Igoeti con­ whether Russia was with­ In the village of Achabeti, an off' after soldiers fired on a a doubt failed to live up to firmed Hussian forces had drawing all its forces. AP reporter saw Ossetians disabled armored personnel their obligations," State pulled out from their former In western Georgia, an AP remove chairs, window frames carrier, perhaps not to leave Department spokesman cheekpoints and roadside photographer say troops and and whatever else they could any working equipment Hobert Wood said in positions around the village. armored personnel carriers earry from abandoned behind for the Georgians to Was hi ngto n. "Estab I ishing Located on Georgia's main still deployed at three Russian Georgian houses. seize. checkpoints. buffer zones, are highway between Gori and the positions after nightfall - one Russian emergeney ofTieials A few hours latnr, Gori was definitely not part of the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, on the outskirts of Poti, one at arrived in Achabeti to evacu­ empty of Hussian forces. agreement." · Igoeti had been the Hussians' a crossroads near the Senaki ate elderly Georgians who "We arn in control of' the Georgia's state minister on elosest position to the base and another further were too frail to l'lee. The strnnts of the eity of Gori," reintegration, Temur Georgian capital. north along he road toward Georgians were taken to Gori, Georgian Interior Minister Yakobashvili, told the AP for­ Georgians miiJed around a Abkhazia. where officials were trying to Vano Mnrabishvili said outside mation of a buffer zone out­ checkpoint near Gori for Poti is far from any security get in touch with their rela­ city hall. side South Ossctia "is hours before a crane came to zone envisioned by Western tives. Tlw withdrawal came two absolutely illegal." heft the cement bloeks from governments. Many of the elderly were weeks to the day after thou­ In South Ossetia, Hussian the road and trafiic started to And after a long Hussian col­ happy to be evacuated, having sands of' Russian soldiers troops erected 18 peacekeep­ f'ilter through. A few Russian umn crossed into Abkhazia, been left with rio food or care. roarnd into the former Soviet ing posts in a so-ealled "seeu­ soldiers lingered near the site. Hussian armored vehicles and But some thought it was an republic following an assault rity zone" around its border Russia's invasion and brief troops with blue helmets and effort to deport all Georgians by Georgian forces on the cap- with Georgia. Col. Gen. occupation of uncontested the Hussian initials for from Ossetia. ------~------,

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Duncan's first rector. Eckert Freshman Orientation, Eckert obtained a master's degree in said, along with a team of stu­ Duncan Iberian and Latin American dents recruited by the Office of continued from page 1 Literature last May, and prior Residence Life and Housing. to that was Duncan's things [to fill up the room.]" the rector of hall staff Duncan has three floors, plus St. Edward's lived in a basement. Every wing con­ Hall for three "A lot of people will come O'Neill for tains a social space and a study years. unprepared. They will bring a few days space. The chapel is on the "I'm confi­ a lounge chair and realize before the second floor, a feature shared dent that the contractors only by St. Edward's Hall. excitement of they will need more things turned the Some other highlights opening a {to fill up the room].,, hall over to include "super quads" - two new residence t h e doubles connected by a com­ hall for the University. Jeff Shoup mon area, complete with bay first time in T h e y windows, a bathroom and a 10 years will Director of the Office of moved into shower; whiteboards built into really bring Residnce Life and Housing their rooms the wall outside every room. a the residents I a s t workout facility in the base­ together," he Saturday. ment, an area in the kitchen said. "There cannot help but The hall will be dedicated in where residents can do food be a great and unifying bond." early October, and the resi­ sales and benches in the stair­ Senior Rafael Diaz, who dents will get to meet the wells so people can socialize or spoke to The Observer as he Duncan family, Shoup said. read. was driving from Las Vegas to The building was funded by What the dorm is currently South Bend, said he'd like to 1952 Notre Dame graduate lacking, however, is its own see Duncan take the dragon as Raymond T. Duncan, president identity. Duncan Hall does not its mascot. But, he said, he's of Duncan Oil Inc. and owner yet have its own mascot, signa­ heard people joking that of Silver Oak Cellars in ture event or colors. Duncan should be the Donuts, Oakville, Calif. Shoup, who is in his 20th a reference to the nationwide It will be the University's year at Notre Dame, has seen coffee chain Dunkin' Donuts. 28th dormitory and 15th for previous Diaz, who men. One of the reasons for new dorms studied building the new hall was to go through 'Tm confident that the abroad last reduce crowding in other resi­ the process semester, dence halls, as Notre Dame of forming excitement of opening a hasn't seen was at a 104 percent capacity their own new residence hall for the his new dorm in its residence halls last year. identity. first time in 1 o years will since it was With the addition of more than "It kind of "basically 200 beds, the University was just takes really bring the residents c i n able to take beds out of other shape on its together. ,, derblocks." halls, in dorms like Morrissey, own," he "People Alumni, Zahm and Dillon, as the on-campus population said. Father Tom Eckert have been The resi­ telling me increased by only 20 over last dents will Duncan Hall rector that it's real year. decide as a nice now," he But overcrowding is still a hall what said. problem in women's dorms, their mascot, colors and signa­ Diaz left his former home in and the on campus percent ture event will be, Shoup said. Morrissey in search of a bigger capacity is still at 103, Shoup "That's going to be up to the room, and will be living in one said. Construction on a new, men of the community, and of Duncan's "super quads" currently unnamed women's they are going to bring a lot of with three of his friends. dorm began last March next to different viewpoints," he said. Most of the residents who are the Hammes Notre Dame "There are people from every living in Duncan won their Bookstore, and it is slated to hall on campus that will go into rooms through a lottery system open next August in time for the building, plus there are held last year. Shoup said 350 the 2009-2010 school year, freshmen and there are trans­ people applied for spots in the Shoup said. fer students that were placed 232-bed hall. Seniors make up Notre Dame also has long­ there. That will be totally up to 15 percent of the hall, juniors term plans to build one more them; we won't be a part of and sophomores 25 percent men's and one more women's that. And I think that just each, and freshmen 35 per­ hall. develops as people live togeth­ cent. er." Duncan's six resident assis- Contact Kaitlynn Riely at father Tom Eckert is tants will be running [email protected]

JESSICA LEE AND NICK SIMONSONfThe Observer Clockwise from top right: the interior of the Duncan Hall chapel; the exterior of the Duncan Hall entryway; resident assistant Brian Lan plays pool in the Duncan Hall lounge; a double dorm room in Duncan Hall. · page 12 The Observer + NEWS Saturday, August 23, 2008 Obarna prepares to name VP On the 5th day of Fay,

additional supporters by solicit­ with Hepublican Sen. John Associated Press ing their cell phone numbers McCain. cleanup begins in Fla. WASIIIN<;T<>N- The sus­ and e-mail addresses. Clinton's credentials were pense holding, Barack Obama The Illinois senator has forged in the primaries and cau­ readied an announcement by arranged a joint appearance for cuses where she ran a close sec­ and surveyed a dry street. Associated Press text message Friday of his vice Saturday with his running mate ond to Obama in the battle for Salvatore and his wife presidential running mate from at the state capitol in the nomination. STEINHATCHEE, Fla. - Terry, 59, had been stuck a list suddenly spieed by a dark Springfield, Ill. There was no shortages of As Tropical Storm Fay in the house since Tuesday horse from Texas. llundreds or miles to the west, other speculation, ranging from: finally got on track Friday because water surrounded llillary Hodharn Clinton's carpenters, electricians, sound GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel of to make its way out of their home. prospects rnmained a mystery stage gurus and others trans­ Nebraska, who traveled with Florida, flood-stricken The storm's death toll on a day full of' them, although f'ormed the Pepsi Center in Obama to Iraq and Afghanistan; homeowners got an rose to six in Florida and senior aidos said the Obama Denver into a made-for-televi­ Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, encouraging sign: Muddy nearly 30 overall since it campaign n1wer requested sion convention venue. the 2004 Democratic presiden­ brown water lines began first struck in the financial or other records from Tucked away in one corner tial nominee, or Democratic appearing on the sides of Caribbean. Florida officials her. were thousands of lightweight Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut. homes, a clue that flood­ said four people died in Three days before the party rolled cardboard handles, Edwards is a favorite of House waters were receding. traffic accidents in the gathers in Denver to nominate meant to allow delegates to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who The fickle storm that heavy rain and two others Obama for the fall campaign, wave signs bearing the names of praised his "extraordinary cre­ stuck around for five days drowned in surf kicked up several orticials said Hep. Chet the ticket - once the identity of dentials" on ABC's 'This Week" and carved a dizzying path by the storm. Before the Edwards, whose district Obama's running mate was on Aug. 3 and said: "I hope he that included three sepa­ storm ever blew through indudos Prosident Bush's ranch known. will be the nominee." rate landfalls dumped the state, a man testing in Crawford, Toxas, had made And he wasn't saying. One Democratic official with more than two feet of rain generators as a precaution the list of' finalists. Sens. Joe "Obviously, the most impor­ knowledge of the conversation in some places. But to the also was killed. Biden of Delaware and Evan tant question is: Is this person said Obama told Pelosi recently relief of Floridians, it was Tens of thousands of peo­ Bayh of Indiana were also in the rmtdy to b1~ president?" Obama that she would be pleased with finally expected to veer ple from Melbourne to mix, as wern Govs. Tim Kaine of told "The Early Show" on CBS. the choice. Other Democratic west over the Panhandle Jacksonville to Gainesville Virginia and Kathleen Sebnlius Second, he said, was: "Can this officials said he was on the before leaving for good were still without electrici­ of Kansas - and unknown oth­ person help me govern? Are short list. All spoke on the con­ later this weekend. ty, and residents of ers Obarna had managed to they going to be an effective dition of anonymity because Officials in Melbourne, Florida's storm-stricken keep sncret despito intense partner in creating the kind of they were not authorized to dis­ one of the hardest-hit Atlantic coast faced a scrutiny. economic opportunity here at cuss Obama's selection process. areas on the central weekend of cleanup after "It'll be exeiting news, home and guiding us through Edwards, chairman of the Atlantic coast, carried chest-high flooding. Sebelius told reporters in some dangerous waters interna­ Military Construction and boats down streets where Florida Insurance Kansas. tionally?" Veterans Affairs Appropriations just a day earlier 4 feet of Commissioner Kevin Obama, his secret his own, And, he added: "I want some­ Subcommittee, is a nine-term water made roads look like McCarty said there will wnnt to the gymn for a morning body who is going to be able to moderate Democrat represent­ rivers. Water several feet likely be thousands of flood workout before heading to an challenge my thinking and not ing the GOP-leaning Texas dis­ high remained in some claims from Fay. offiee in Chieago to polish the simply be a 'yes person' when it trict. He is well-known in Texas neighborhoods, but most of "The damage from Fay is convention acceptance speech eomes to policymaking." but does not have a national the area had drained, leav­ a reminder that a tropical he will deliver next Thursday Among those believed in the profile. ing behind a half-inch storm does not have to night. running, Edwards, Biden and Asked about Pelosi's praise, layer of muck and mud. reach a hurrieane level to Obama told rnporters on Bayh fit the mold of running Edwards said in July that he "This is a welcome be dangerous and cause Thursday ho's already made his mate with experience in defense "cannot imagine that many sight," said Hon Salvatore, significant damage," said choiee, and aides have used the or foreign policy - areas in Americans would not consider it 69, who stood in his drive­ Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, prospect of a text-message which Obama performs relative­ a privilege" to be considered a way Friday morning boiling who toured flooded com­ announcement to try and attract ly poorly in the polls compared vice presidential contender. coffee on a propane grill munities this week.

PAKISTAN Bhutto widower proposed for new president

Afghanistan. ed person, then he is the most eli­ Associated Press That need was rammed home gible person for this post," said ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Thursday by twin Taliban suidde Nabeel Gabol of Zardari's Pakistan largest politkal party on Friday bombings that killed 67 poople at People's Party, which gave the proposnd tho husband of' a.'isassi­ the country's biggest weapons leader unanimous support at a natml loader B•mazir Bhutto to manufacturing complex, just 22 meeting Friday. sueeeed tho ousted Pervez miles from the eapital, Islamabad. Party spokeswoman Sherry Musharraf prnsident. On Friday, seeurity forces killed 16 Hehman said Zardari promi<>ed. to Asif Ali Zardari, who is emerg­ militanl'>, including two suspeetod announce whether to accept the ing &'i tho f'avorite to b•~ eloctod by suidde bombers, in a dash in the nomination within 24 hours. legislators Sept. 6, criticized rostive fhmtier in the northwest, "Now it depends on him Musharraf l'or his long. authoritar­ ollidals said. whether he himself becomes ian ruin but would likoly continun Af'tllr seeking to tame militant (president) or nominates someone the l'ormer gmwral's support for groups in peaee negotiations, the else," Gabol said. the U.S. war against extremist government ha.'i been entangled in A presidency for Zardari - or a h'YOllpS. rneent weeks in increasing fight­ figure under his control - would llow•wer. his I~Pnt would dis­ ing with hard-line Islamic move­ cap an extraordinary transforma­ may many Pakistanis, who view menl'i along the border. Militant tion of Pakistani politics that has him a symbol of' the sleaze that violence began intensifying after removed both of Washington's taintml th11 eountry's last experi­ Musharraf ordered soldiers to most likely allies from the scene. ment with civilian rule in the seize a radical mosque in Zardari only returned to 1990s. lie won the nkkname "Mr. Islamabad during a bloody battle Pakistan from years in exile after I 0 Pemmt" filr alleged corruption in .July 2007. his wife was assassinated in a during his wife's turns as prime According to Associated Press gun-and-bomb attack last Ruling party leader Aslf Ali Zardari, left, speaks during the party's central executive meeting in Islamabad on Friday. minister. reporting, at least 110 militant December. And, with the govPrning eoali­ attacks have been launched on Bhutto, a liberal who courted tion that drove Musharraf to government, military or police tar­ Western governmenl<> and pledged vieted. announced Friday that federal n~sign this week now teetering on gel<> since the mosque siege and a tough line against Islamic mili­ But Musharraf became a politi­ and provincial lawmakers would the verge of' collapse, Zardari's about 20 attacks have targeted tants, had come back two months cal untouchable even for Bhutto elect the new president in simulta­ nomination is not certain. lie is civilians. At least 60 of all those before under a U.S.-encouraged after he imposed emergency rule neous votes Sept. 6. It said candi­ engaged in intense political horse­ attacks were suicide bombings deal with Musharraf expected to so he could remove Supreme dates must me nomination papers trading with thn loader of thP The total violence since July see them share power after Court judges poised to block his Tuesday. other kny party, former prime 2007, which indudes some light­ February parliamentary elections. plan to remain as a civilian ruler. Lieutenants of Sharif have minister Nawaz Sharif, who was a ing not initiated by militants, has Musharraf, who gave up his The turmoil resulted in a sting­ argued that the next president bitter rival of Bhutto. resulted in the deaths of at least dual post of army chief in ing defeat for Musharrafs allies in should hail from one of Pakistan's Sharif had no immediate reac­ 350 soldiers, 120 police, 470 civil­ November to rule as a civilian the February elections and thrust two smallest provinces - tion to Zardari's nomination, but ians and 1,000 militants, based on president, had by then issued a Zardari into an alliance with Baluchistan or North West his party ha'i bmm threatening to AP reporting. controversial order quashing cor­ Sharif united mainly by opposition Frontier. That would exclude bolt from the coalition in a strug­ The 52-year-old Zardari did not ruption charges against Bhutto to the unpopular ex-general. Zardari, who comes from the gle ovor power. immediately accept his party's and her husband. Once Musharraf resigned southern province ofSindh. Many citizens, as well as nomination, but he had done noth­ Zardari has been widely known Monday to head off impeachment, Zardari previously suggested a Pakistan's Western backers, are ing to tamp down the recent cho­ as Mr. 10 Percent since allegations the two biggest parties in the gov­ woman should get the job - urging tho parties to resolve politi­ rus from supporters calling for were raised that he pocketed kick­ ernment have wrangled over how prompting speculation that parlia­ cal L<>sues and turn their attention him to take a post that retains backs on government contracts to restore the fired judges, mentary speaker Fehmida Mirza, to runaway inflation, slowing eco­ many of the powers accumulated during Bhutto's two premierships. whether Musharraf should face who bears an eerie resemblance nomic growth and inexorably ris­ during Musharrafs nine-year rule. He denied the charges, calling prosecution and who should suc­ to his late wife - or even his sis­ ing violence by Islamic militants "If the major political party them fabrications by political ceed him. ter, a minor politician, could step entrenched along the border with believes that he is the most talent- opponents, and he was never con- The election commission up. THE OBSERVER

Saturday, August 23, 2008 IEWPOINT page 13 THE OBSERVER Helpful hints P.C5. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 I'll admit I don't know why each of you doing goodness knows what, you may be a least for this semester, only they have cars EDITOR IN CHIEF came to Notre Dame. And I can't tell you little hungry. And nothing tastes better to escape the Bubble. Chris Hine what to expect, what you will learn in and than greasy stromboli at 2:30a.m. The most important person to get to out of the classroom. All of you will have Unfortunately, it tastes terrible at any · know is your RA, and for purely pragmatic MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER vastly different college experiences, make other time. Something about the moon­ purposes. They can be your best friend or Jay Fitzpatrick Kyle West different memories, light just changes it. your worst enemy, depending on your AssT. MANAGING EDITOR: Katie Kohler live different lives. But +Most buildings on campus are named relationship with them. AssT. MANAGING EDITOR: Deirdre Krasula there is one constant for old, dead white guys. Unfortunately, I just threw out a term that might have thing that will tran­ some of these names can be difficult to confused you: "The Bubble." Notre Dame NEWS EDITORS: Jenn Metz scend your time here. pronounce. To avoid any pronunciation exists as an identity unto itself. We have VIEWPOINT EDITOR: Kara King You go to Notre problems, here is a handy key. our own post office, our own fire depart­ SPORTS EDITOR: Dan Murphy Dame. O'Shaughnessy looks imposing, but don't ment, our own police, etc. Most of what Bill Brink Some of you might worry about how to say it. Just go for you need you can find here on campus. ScENE EDITOR: Analise Lipari think I mean the Spirit O'Shag (as in "The Spy Who Shagged But the Bubble isn't always a good thing. SAINT MARY's EDITOR: Liz Harter of Notre Dame. You Jay Fitzpatrick Me"). Experiencing life off-campus can be a might have heard of There are two buildings named for great experience, but a trickier one. And PHOTO EDITOR: Jessica Lee it, the one that can DeBartolo, but neither is called as such. If partying is just one thing to do off-campus. GRAPHICS EDITOR: Mary Jesse light up the universe. Managing it's a class, you are likely in D-Bart; a Just like any town, South Bend has its fair ADVERTISING MANAGER: Jessica Cortez Notre Dame has dif­ Editor play/concert/artsy-fartsy movie, you will be share of stores, bowling alleys and movie AD DESIGN MANAGER: Kelly Gronli ferent nuances and at DPAC (dee-PACK). theaters. Go to them, have fun off-campus. CONTROLLER: Kyle West idiosyncrasies that you won't find at other There is a mythical place called the Regardless of what you might have universities. Coleman Center or Morse Center. For all heard, not everyone loves Notre Dame, WEB ADMINISTRATOR: Rob Dugas So even if I can't give you any grandiose intents and purposes, they are the and you have to be careful with what you SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR: Alejandro Gerbaud advice, here are some helpful hints for liv­ Siamese Twins known as CoMo. Learn do off-campus. Don't stay home; just be OFFICE MANAGER & GENERAL INFO ing at Notre Dame: that name, because you will likely go there smart. (574) 631-7471 +LaFortune (a.k.a. LaFun or The often. This might not be some earth-shattering FAX (574) 631-6927 Huddle) can be your best friend, depend­ The numbers on many classroom build­ information, but it should make life easier ADVERTISING ing on the time. Say you want lunch, but ings make zero sense. Fortunately there in the next few days. (574) 631-6900 [email protected] don't have time to go to the dining hall. are maps in the buildings. Unfortunately, EDITOR IN CHIEF Subway might be the healthiest option, but you will look like a tool if you use them. Jay Fitzpatrick is a double major in (574) 631-4542 will have the longest lines at mealtime - I There are maps of most classroom build­ History and Arabic Studies. He used to live MANAGING EDITOR guarantee it. ings online. Find them and use them to try in Dillon Hall until moving off-campus. He (574) 631-4541 [email protected] ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR Burger King is quicker, but closes dis­ to save some face. would like to thank Lennie, Jay tar. Wakim, (574) 631-4324 turbingly early at 8 p.m. If you dare ven­ +Get to know the people in your sec­ Healy, Tony, Kevin and Ryan for their BUSINESS OFFICE ture to the basement you will find the most tion, because they are the people you will continued support. He recently got (574) 631-5313 delectable of treats-just not when you see the most often. Most people continue engaged and would like to assure you that NEWS DESK think. to room with people who they lived with or all donations are accepted and appreciat­ (574) 631-5323 [email protected] In the basement lurks Sbarro pizza, near freshman year. ed. Send them to Jay [email protected] VIEWPOINT DESK (574) 631-5303 viewpoiRt.l@nd:edu open until 2 a.m. on weekdays and 4 a.m. But don'tjust know the freshmen. The The views expressed in this column are SPORTS DESK on weekends. And for good reason. If you upperclassmen can help you with profes­ those of the author and not necessarily (574) 631-4543 [email protected] should happen to be awake that late, sors and classes. More importantly, at those of The Observer. SCENE DESK (574) 631-4540 [email protected] SAINT MARY'S DESK smc.l @nd.edu PHOTO DESK (574) 631-8767 [email protected] Play like a champion today SYSTEMS & WEB ADMINISTRATORS (574) 631-8839 Four years ago this week, it was rain­ nal, it speaks the truth: Play like a cham­ Assistant Managing Editor of The THE ing. I was moving onto the third floor into pion today. Your days in college are num­ Observer four years ago, but here I am. I OBSERVER ONLINE one of Saint Mary's smallest quads with bered, unfortunately, so make it count. hope you have similar experiences your www.ndsmcobserver.com limited elevator access and basement Don't wait until you're a senior to realize senior year and can look back on your POLICIES entry. Did I mention it was raining? If all this. Take advantage of all the opportuni­ accomplishments with pride. The Observer is the independent, daily newspaper this wasn't a sign that ties here so college really is the best four Sitting here writing my farewell column published in print and online by the students of the I made the wrong col­ years of your life. I know it's been mine. makes me realize that the reason it's so University of Notre Dame duLac and Saint Mary's lege decision, I didn't Notre Dame, Ind., is a special place. hard to picture myself leaving is because I College. Editorial content, including advertisements, is know what was. I was Sports and nationally-ranking academics still picture myself arriving. Four years is not governed by policies of the administration of either sad to be leaving the aside, Notre Dame and Saint Mary's are too fast to sit back and just go through the institution. The Observer reserves the right to refuse life I knew (in unique because of the students they draw. motions. You have such a unique opportu­ advertisements based on content. Philadelphia) and The proverb goes: "A man is judged by nity here and even though you might not The news is reported as accurately and objectively as possible. Unsigned editorials represent the opinion of uprooting to Indiana, the company he keeps" and for any grad­ be on the football team, your dorm presi­ the majority of the Editor in Chief, Managing Editor, as I'm sure many of uate from either school, the saying is all dent, or in the band, there is something Assistant Managing Editors and department editors. you were (or still are). Katie Kohler the more poignant. The ND/SMC network here for you that will make you happy. Commentaries, letters and columns present the views Fast forward four reaches from coast to coast and if you You just have to find it. Good luck. of the authors and not necessarily those ofThe years. I am sad again. haven't already experienced this for your­ Observer. But sad for another Assistant self, take my word for it. There is a family. Katie Kohler is a senior political Viewpoint space is available to all readers. The free reason. Sad to be Managing There is a connection. There is a shared science major at Saint Mary's. Realizing expression of all opinions through letters is encouraged. beginning my last Editor sense of pride. And the company you that this is indeed her last year of college Letters to the Editor must be signed and must include year at Saint Mary's. keeps here will strengthen this bond. makes her yearn for all the things college, contact information. Sad to be doing everything for the last For all you freshmen, you have four manifesting itself inEZ-Mac and Papa Q!lrstions regardi11g Observer policies shollld be time. To go to my last football game of the years to nurture this relationship. You John's binges as well as recreational directed to Editor in Chi ifChris Hine. season. To celebrate my birthday at have four years to define yourself. And activities such as Guitar Hero and riding a school for the last time (which is August there is no better place to do it than here. bike. Besides her superior dancing skills, PosT OFFICE INFORMATION 26, if you were wondering). To go to my Notre Dame and Saint Mary's students Dave Matthews impressions, color last pep rally; my last Pigtostal; my last are driven, passionate, intelligent and, I coordinated spandex and numerous 'J'hc t)l'lllervcr (USPS 599 2-4000) t, puhli~hal Mo11d11y 1hruufl,b Friday c:xccpr during rl{,Ull :mel v.~uui{Jn periods. A subscription m The Obse-rver L~ $1 110 fm one academic undergraduate classes; my last Observer like to think, a lot of fun. nicknames she has gained over the years, ycoo~r; $55 forol\e\el;le.tt'r. meeting. It truly is the beginning of the Take advantage of the symbiotic rela­ she wants to be remembered by her peers The Oll$t'rvcr j, puhlished at: POSTMASTER 024 South Dimng H:t!l Send o~ddttss ~;orrectloll$ w: end and while many other seniors out tionship between our two schools. Join a for her love of the song "Sandstorm" by Nnue Do:une. IN 46<;~6-0774) The Observer Periodical post:tj:!:C paid .u ~om: llimc P.O. Box 779 there aren't quite ready to admit their club at the other school. Register for an Darude and her sequin-studded wardrobe. o1nd additional mailing offiiX:!l. 024 South Dining Hall nostalgia, I know you feel my pain. elective across the street. Broaden yout Contact her at [email protected] Notre D:~mc. IN 46556-0n? For this very n'lason, my friends and I horizons. My college experience has been The views expressed in this column are have made a commitment to ourselves so enhanced by taking advantage of these those of the author and not necessarily

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page 14 IEWPOINT Saturday, August 23, 2008 Campus leaders welcome Class of 2012

Doar Studnnts: On behalf of the faculty and staff at Saint Mary's College, I extend a warm wnleotne to With the beginning of a new academic year, I extend a warm wel­ the Class of ..2012 and to our transfer students. As a graduate of Saint Mary's and now its eome to all new and returning students of the University of Notre 11th president, I care deeply 11bout this special place, and about you, our students. As Dame. In particular, I wish to congratulate a:nd welcf!me our fresh­ Saint Mary's students, "you are following in the footsteps of generations of remarkable, men and transfer students. We are exeited and grateful that you accomplished women, aod, like them, your talents will leave your distinct mark on the are hero, and we will strive to hP~lp you grow during your time at College. Notre Dame. At Saint Mary's we will challenge you. We will help you learn the extent of your capabil­ Make the most of your time here. Be open to engaging new ities and how to use them well. You will receive an excellent Holy Cross education- an friends, thosn who may have very similar.or very different personal education that is committed to the development of the whole person. stories and perspectives. Embrace each classroom experience as As a Catholic college, we eherish intellectual pursuits because they enrich our under­ an opportunity to learn, h!'Jne your talents and share your ideas. If standing of God and God's creation, whieh in turn helps us build and sustain more just you live in a residence hall, explore the multiple ways that you can and equitable communities. We hope one result of your Saint Mary's education is that you contribute as a leader. When you face challenge, know that you are will develop a sense of obligation to the eornmon good and that your life and work will not alone and do not hesitate to seek support from those around rt;Jflect that understanding. you. Finally, in all tbat you do, take a ft1w moments each day for We have a proud 164 year tradition of educating women to make a dif(eri:mce in the personal refl!~Ction to refresh your spirit. . world. Now it is your turn to make history at Saint Mary's College. I look for"ward to One of the primary objectives of Notre Dame, as a Catholic uni­ aceompanying you on this journey. •. versity, is to develop people who will be prepared to make positive contributions to the Church and the world and to confront the Carol Ann Mooney challenges of'.the futuN~. We are ~onfident that you possess ~he tal­ College president ent and desire to make ·meaningful and lasting contributiqns. . Aug. 22 Onee again, weleome to Notre Dame. May you soon eome to feel at home 01~ campu!i. anti to love this place, as" do so many gradu­ ates of past years. I hope to meet you in per.son over the eourse of your time. and throughout that time, I wHI keep you in my prayers. In N

Rev~rend John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. University p~esident Aug. 22 ..

)'Velcome to tJ}e Notre Dame Family. Wheth.er you join us a'S a first-year undergrad-Uate, a transfer s~udent or a new . graduate/professiNlslon of i!tudeilt Affa~rs· is unparallelnd; the9C' offic:.,e·s inclutle • • .Aic.ohol and Dr~g Etli>H~ation, Caffipus. Ministry7 th.+l. Career Center. • • 'thtt Cs>un.:;nlinfo{ Centf:r. th'b .Gend"i~r-Rel-ations Ceuter. Healfh • -~ · ' • • Sprvices, lnte.r'nati<1nal Student Snrvkes and Activities,· · . • "Multicultural Sttidrn't Programs and Sei=vices,.the Off'i1!e of • · HJ~s.idem:<:. Life anclllo,a:~smg: Nl>trc o"ame Security/Police a-nd : • • ~\.ud<~nt Aetit'i.ti~. The staffs. in youc .. residetlcelta!ls ~nd grad nate • rnsiclene<~s Itre present to assist and to su.pport yon in yilur transi- tiilll t~> I if<~ at Notre lhuiw: · . · ~ • • • : .· Although we pmvicle a:variety of servi<~es, we share a common • cl~1sire to do nverytlii.n"u.ve ean to heJ._p faej,litat~ ~our intellectual, spiritun.I and·persol'lal. growth: • ~s a eommunity, WI' draw our strength from the uniqWJ and diver~e gifts offered by each nf you. We hope that all of you will be ·. able to aehieve the goals you set for yourselves.this year. · .I h(Jpe that I will have the .opportunity to come to know as many of you as possible in the months ahead. Until I am able to greet yiJU in perso11, please know that you have my vnry best wishes for a year filled with &II God's blessings.

Father Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C. ·vice president for srudent affairs Aug. 22

Welcome Class of 2012! . On behalf of the Saint Mary's student body, we are excited for you to join our family. We hope that you will lind your special place in Class of 2012, Meet new people every day. Laugh. Laugh this eommunity and allow Saint Mary's to help you dlseover more Welcome to Notre Dame! Hopefully by now hard. Challenge yourself. l~eeome engaged. truths about yourself. · you've been able to unpack, somewhat Seize every opportunity this University This is a remarkable year for Saint Mary's. Along with becoming organize your room and get to know your offers. a part of our community and joining the tradition of excellence of roommate(s). Most likely, you've gotten lost Our job, as members of Student Saint Mary's women, you are the first stude,nts to experience Spes at least onee, seen a ton of new faces and Government, is to serve you and to keep you Uniea llall, our new academie building. We know that you will are probably pretty overwhelmed with this constantly informed of the developments treasure your time here, as alumnae have before you. new situation. All of these things will only and improvements going on around campus. Life at Saint Mary's is about discovering your passions. We last a few days, and in a week, you will Keep an eye out for some pretty amazing encourage you to take advantage of your time both in and out of know this plaee like the back of your hand. • additions and opportunities that we will be elasses. Learn more about eaeh subject than you are required to In a week, your room will look perfect (this .offering throughout the year. Coming up in know- it will help you stay focused and interested. Form new, may only last a few days). In a·week, you the next few weeks, you will have an oppor­ lasting friendships. Try new activities to make the most of your will walk from LaFortune to DeBartolo and tunity to join Freshman Class Council or the experienee. During Student Activities Night on Aug. 28, you will see 10 familiar faces. In a week, this plaee Flex Program. And if you ever have any have the chance to join some of our many clubs and organizations. will become ... home. The beauty of this questions, please let us know. Seriously, if · Everyone here wants to help you adjust to college life and ulti­ campus, the friendliness and availability of there is something that frustmtes you or you mately flourish throughout your time here. If you need anything or professors, the time spent with your class­ have an amazing idea that could make Notre have any questions, you can eontact us at [email protected], or mates and, of course, Fajita Fridays and Dame even better, just email us you ean stop by our office located on the seeond floor of the Wing Night (trust us, make sure you experi­ ([email protected]) and let us know. Student Center, room 225. We cannot wait to meet all of you! enee these) all contribute to the incredible · Good luck and go Irish! environment that you now have the opportu­ Mickey Gruscinski nity to live in for the next four years. The Bob Reish Saint Mary's student body president SAT and ACT are never to be seen again, the Notre Dame student body president Sarah Falvey idea of applications. can be placed aside, and Grant Schmidt Saint Mary's student body vice president the decision between colleges is over. Our Notre Dame student body vice presidem Aug.22 advice to you? Enjoy yourself. Get involved. Aug. 22 ------

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Saturday, August 23, 2008 IEWPOINT page 15 Falling into place

A series of missteps -that's proba­ There are a lot of things that I defi­ many many things that were wrong golf course, but trust me, there's a bly the best way to describe my life at nitely didn't plan for. Here are just a with it. And while analyzing poetry in barbed wire fence on the other side. Notre Dame so far. few unforeseen events, if you will, that depth may not interest a lot of people, And the time you could have taken to For a lot of you, life under the golden have gotten me to where I am today: it doesn't hurt to be able to pound out walk around the golf course is about dome is a dream come true, a chance First - I lived in a quad in Badin a five page paper in an hour. the same amount of time it will take to spend four years Hall my freshman year (that's the And probably my biggest concern - you to get a tangled shirt out of the at a school that building with the porch across from I always knew that I wanted to go fence. you've worked as CoMo, and yes people live there) with abroad, and I thought ihat meant I guess what I'm really getting at is long as you can three girls from the Midwest, and going in the spring and not missing that in your four years here a lot of remember to get being from Long Island, I was a little football season. It just so happens that ·stuff is going to happen, and there will into, well, that was­ taken aback. I was paranoid beyond I ended up going to London in the fall, be moments to freak out, but just keep n't the case for me belief that I would have nothing in and while I missed Notre Dame foot­ in the corner of your mind that you're three years ago. common with people who live over 800 ball, I had a totally different football at a school where you will meet people Figuring out my miles from me. I just moved into an experience that was life changing (and to help you out along the way and path at Notre Dame Deirdre Krasula apartment with one of those girls this no I'm not talking about futbol). I somehow things seem to work out, was never a struc- week - note to myself three years ended up interning at the NFL i"n ·that's just Notre Dame, maybe it has tured route; really ago, the Midwest is not a foreign coun­ London, yes American football, for the something to do with the luck of the it was more a series Assistant try though it may have seemed like it Giants-Dolphins game. I got to inter­ Irish. of events that just Managing at the time. view players in the locker room and sortofhappenedto Editor Second - I started out as an unde­ watch a 16-ft robot of Jason Taylor Deirdre Krasula is a senior Finance fall into place. So clared Arts and Letters major then walk around Trafalgar Square. I trad­ and English major at Notre Dame. She for those of you have stepp~d on this switched to the business school the ed the chance to see the Irish go 3-9 hopes to get a job in journalism in campus, a little weary if you've made beginning of my sophomore. Right for a chance to see the future Super Nowheresville, USA come May, until the right choice, my advice to you is now, I'm working on a double Finance Bowl Champions play in the pouring then she plans on salvaging her final this: don't worry, Notre Dame is one of and English major (yes, I know it does­ rain at one of the best stadiums in the college moments, putting of school the those places that even when things n't make sense, but in the long run I'm world. work to watch meaningless TV and are going wrong, in the end, every­ hoping that it will work out). Those are just a few steps along the praying that the Irish can at least thing falls into place. · Regardl,ess, I plan to go into journal­ way that at the time seemed like I was make it 4-8 this year. She can likely be I stepped onto campus with no clue ism (fingers-crossed) at the end of the veering off course in the completely found in the corner of party singing of what I wanted to major in or what I year, and while it may seem that my wrong direction, but looking back I'm along to Miley Cyrus and outdated 80s wanted to find out, I just sort of hap­ majors have nothing to do with jour­ happy with where I've landed. And songs with a few friends at hand~ If pened into things, and looking back, I nalism, I've learned a lot from both. while those three things were momen­ you have any new song suggestions wouldn't have it any other way. There My finance background came in handy tous and somewhat life changing I · she can be contacted at have been a lot of moments when I felt this summer when I was siUing in learned a lot of smaller things along· dkrasula@nd. edu lost, I made a lot of mistakes, but a lot meetings for the Metropolitan Transit the way. Like it may seem that the cor­ The views expressed in this column of those mistakes turned out to be a • Authority attempting to figure out ner of Angela and 31 is a lot closer if are those of the author and not blessing in disguise. their budgef and ju.st a few of the· you just take a short cut across the necessarily those of The Observer. Welcome to the bubble

Welcome to the bubble. . Just let me worry about homework just like yon.. . th.ough, is when you finally venture ;ff It's a term that tends fo circulitte and football tick!')ts. Now that you're here, that unknown campus and into that mysterious land around this campus - the ''Notre • Like. you, I'd like to consider myself promise is within your grasp. The known as Michiana.-You can't pop the Dame bubble," that funny, invisible · well schooled in the cultflral side of beautiful thing about the "bubble" is bubble unless you try. I dare you to membrane that keeps us in and keeps life, both high ari'd low. Even if I only that there's a lot of. good stuff inside. drop the fear of the unknown, and see the world out. We know one Lou Reed song ("Satellite of And the only way you'll maRe more of this cprner of the world. Go to enjoy the safety of LovfJ," actually. Okay, it was in an absolutely, 100 percent sure that you the Morris Performing Arts Center. our dorm rooms episode of "Gilmore Girls." Don't judge.. never experience it is if you stay Find a local farmer's market online and dining halls. me), I was psyched when Sony BMG inside your dorm room, the classroom, and go there. See an art show. Settle It's a magical sent a copy of his greatest hits to The and your basic routine. : in at Fiddler's Hearth and listen to world, Hobbes­ Observer office. I'm currently trying to I dare you to get out. Irish music over your fish and chips.· why would we read Henry James's The Portrait of a Not to get out of campus, meaning to Don:t be afraid. Just do. leave? Lady, without missing an episode of leave- we're psyched to have you, We wonder sometimes about how to The term "Notre "Project Runway." I know the differ­ and we won't let you go for the rest of build relationships between Notre ence between "coloratura" and , your life. No, I dare you to get off of Dame and Saint Mary's students and Dame bubble" is Analise Lipari chronically over­ "recitative," as well as the difference your new futon, close your door, lock the greater South Bend community. I used, but it holds between Miley Cyrus and Selena it behind you, and walk away for a suggest you start small. Buy tickets. some truth. There's Scene Editor Gomez. My own blend of nerdiness, few hours. Visit the Snite Museum, See things. Get up and get out. a tendency here sure, but I doubt I'm alone in being a and not just for class. Attend a lecture Pop the bubble- I dare you. (and as a big, bad senior, I can testify nerd around here. by a visiting scholar on a subject you to its pervasiveness) to avoid ventur­ When I was in high school, my mom aren't studying. Domers, go to Saint Analise Lipari [li-PEAR-ee, in case ing too far outside of our fair brick used to tell me that I'd love college. At Mary's. Visit the pasta bar at you were wondering] is a senior and cinderblock walls. The bubble is the time, I was reading the Canterbury Dalloway's, and see more shows at English major who lives in Howard just as much a mental roadblock as it Tales in AP. English, and my art class­ Moreau than the Keenan Review. Dig Hall. She hails from beautiful New might be a physical one. It's easy to es taught me about Auguste Renoir into those pockets and scrounge Hampshire, the greatest state in the make excuses - no car, no money, or and Jackson Pollack. I'd always ask together fifteen bucks to see world­ Union, and dares you to visit northern no need to get off the futon and enter her why she thought I was so college­ class entertainment at the DeBartolo New England (in addition to the other the outside world. bound. To my mom - and probably to Performing Arts Center. When else in amazing things you'll do in your Besides, we're intelligent human a lot of your parents - college held all your life will performers like the well-educated lives). Just don't go to beings with sophistication and smarts. kinds of yet-unknown promise for our Soweto Gospel Choir and the London Vermont. They're kind of weird. We take our fashion tips from "In burgeoning minds. We could study Philharmonic fall into your lap? There Contact Analise Lipari at Style," not "Seventeen." We laugh at what we liked, indulge our interests, are multiple theater companies on alipari@nd. edu Wes Anderson movies that our parents and explore our futures. I couldn't campus with different shows each The views expressed in this column don't understand. So long, Rihanna, wait to take classes the subjects I semester - go see them. are those of the author and not hello, MGMT. I've got enough 'culture.' loved. I wanted to be a college kid, Where things get really adventurous, necessarily those of The Observer.

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OLYMPICS Investigation continues on Chinese gymnasts IOC says no proof so far, asks International Gymnastics Federation to review documents of five athletes

nant" over persistent ques­ Associated Press tions about their daughters' BELliN(;- China was asked ages. to providn additional docu­ "It's not just me. The par­ nwnts proving that fivn of the ents of our athletes are all six mnmbnrs of its gold modal very indignant," Lu said. wornnn's gymnastics team "They have faced groundless worn old enough to compote suspieion. Why aren't they in the B1djing Olympies, in believed'? Why are their ehil­ hopes of ending persistent dren suspected? Their par­ qunstions about the girls' ents are very angry." agns. In an interview with The Tho lntnrnalional Olympic Assoeiated Press, Lu said Committnn said Friday there Asian gymnasts are naturally· is slill no proof anyonn ehnat­ smaller than their American nd. but it asked gymnasties and European rivals. officials to investigate "what "At this competition, the have been a number of ques­ Japanese gymnasts were just tions and apparent discrep­ as small as the Chinese," he andns," spokeswoman Giselle said. "Chinese competitors Davies said. The have for years all been small. International Gymnastics It is not just this time. It is a Fnderation asked China to question of race. European submit documents that will and American athletes are all further substantiate the ages powerful, very robust. But of lin Kexin. Yang Yilin, Jiang Chinese athletes cannot be Yuyuan, Deng Linlin and Li like that. They are by nature Shanshan. that small." The federation said it would He said the governing body AP forward its conclusions to the of gymnastics was given addi­ The Chinese gymnastics team poses with their gold medals Friday. Five of the six members of the IOC. If it finds evidenee that tional documents Thursday women's team are under investi~ion by the IOC and AG for competing under the minimum age of 16. thn gymnasts were underage, night to try to dispel lingering - it eould affnct four of China's questions. Those documents are not offieial. It i:;; possible good of the competition, the dent of USA Gymnastics: six medals. In addition .to the· ineluded He's current and that all news on the Internet integrity of the competition "USA Gymnastics has always team gold and He's gold on former passport,- ID card and is accurate?" and the good of all the ath­ believed this issue needed to uneven bars, family resi- The federation has said letes." be addressed by the FIG and . Yang won dence permit. repeatedly that a passport is The Chinese women won six IOC. An investigation would bronze medals Lu said the the "accepted proof of a gym- medals, including the. team help bring closure to the in the all- documents all nast's eligibility," and that gold and He's gold on uneven issue and remove any cloud around and "We believe the matter say she was China's gymnasts have pre­ bars. Media reports includ.e a of· speculation from this com­ bars. will be put to rest... on born in 1992, sented ones that show they Nov. 3 .:;tory by the "Chinese petition." "It is in the which would are age eligible. The IOC also government's news agency, Age falsification has been a ·interests ·or all the eligibility. The • have made her checked the girls' passports Xinhua, that suggest lie is problem in gymnastics since. concerned, not information we have eligible to com- and deemed them valid only 14. Asked again earlier the ·1980s after the minim urn least the ath- seems satisfactory in pete. Gymnasts. · before the games began. this ~eek about her age after age was raised from 14 to. 15 letes them- must Curn 16 Neither the IOC nor the FIG winning the uneven bars title, to protect young athletes selves, to terms of the ~orrect· .during the gave details on what new· beating American Nastia from serious injuries. The resolve fhis• documents." orympic year information prompted it to L\ukin in a tiebreak, she said: minimum age was raised to issue once and to be eligiQ)e. ttct no\Y. three days· after the "I was born in 1992, and its current 16 in 1997. for al1." the FIG Giselle Davies ·"Surely it's ·gymnastics competition I'm 16 years old now," He Younger gymnasts are consid­ said in a !?tate­ not possible ended. said. "The FIG has proved ered to have an advantage ment. IQC spokeswoman that these doc- "With some 'questions still • that. If I'm under 16, I could­ because they are more flexi­ So far, how­ uments • are remaining, we asked the fed­ n't have been competing ble and are likely to have an ever, all the still not suffi-. eration to taKe a closer look," here." .• • · easier time doing the tough information the . dent proof of· Davies said. Earlier this month, the AP skills th.e sport requires. They Chinese gymnastics federa­ her birthdate?" Lu asked. The U.S. Olympic found registration lists previ­ also aren't as likely to have a tion has presented supports "The passports were issued Committee said it sent a let-· ously posted on the Web site history of injuries or fear of its in~istence that its athletes by the Chinese Foreign ter to the IOC and the FIG on of the General Administration failure. wore old enough to compete. Ministry. The identity card Friday, asking that the matter of Sport of China that showed North Korea was barred "We believe the matter will was issued by China's be resolved. both He and Yang were too . from the 1993 world champi­ be put to rest and there's no Ministry of Public Security. If "We certainly believe that young to compete. He was onships after FIG officials dis­ question ... on the eligibility," these valid documents are not it's important for the IOC and born Jan. 1, 1994, according covered Kim Gwang Suk, the Davies said. "The information enough to clarify this prob- the international federation to the 2005, 2006 and 2007 gold medalist on uneven bars wn have received seems satis­ lem, then what will you to review the issue and hope­ registration lists. Yang was in 1991, was listed as 15 for factory in terms of the eorrect believe? fully lay it to rest because the born Aug. 26, 1993, accord­ three years in a row. documentation - including "The Chinese government questions surrounding the ing to the 2004, 2005 and Romania admitted in 2002 birth certificates." and the Chinese athletes must age of some of the athletes 2006 registration lists. In the that several gymnasts' ages With the games wrapping be respected," he added. have been out there for quite 2007 registration list, howev­ had been falsified, including ... up Sunday, the IOC wants to The coach dismissed a while and it's unfair to er, her birthday has changed Olympic medalists Gina quickly end any lingering Chinese media reports and them and unfair to the other to Aug. 26, 1992. Gogean and Alexandra doubts about underage com­ online records that suggested athletes to continue to "We played fair at this Marinescu. petitors. that He, Yang and a third linger," USOC chief executive Olympic Games," Liukin 's Even China's own Yang Yun, No one would be happier to team member, Jiang Yuyuan, Jim Scherr said. father and coach, Valeri, said a double bronze medalist in finally have closure on the might be as young as 14. "So we have sent a letter to after they arrived back in the Sydney, said during an inter­ eontroversy than the gym­ "If you trust every Web site the IOC and to the interna­ United States. " ... If some­ view aired on state broad­ nasts' parents. but not a government. .. ," he tiona! federation asking them body cheated, shame on caster China Central China coach Lu Shanzan said. "There are so many Web to review the matter and see them." Television that she was 14 said the parents are "indig- sites, so much hearsay. These if they can't resolve it for the Added Steve Penny, presi- during the 2000 Games.

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SMC CROSS COUNTRY Belles hope youth can replace Gray

some new faces to lead a team By KATE GRABAREK that includes four freshmen. SportS Writer "Unfortunately our No. 2, Sam Wieczorek, (rom last year Saint Mary's will look to con­ is stjll recovering from an tinue its upswing as a program after-season injury, so we'll be without the most decorated looking for people to step up in runner in school history. many areas," Bauters said. Megan Gray became the first ''I'm looking forward to seeing Belles runner to qualify for the how our freshman can con­ NCAA championships and was tribute to the team. Next, I named a first-team all-MIAA think there are some sopho­ selection - accomplishing mores and juniors that are still each feat in both her junior discovering their potential - and senior seasons. Catie Salyer, Clare McVey ... the "The team is definitely miss­ list goes on of sophomores that ing Megan," Belles coach have so much more in them." Jackie Bauters said. "It's The Belles will have six sen­ always hard when someone as iors this season, including talented and influential as returning captains Caitlin Megan graduates, but this Brodmerkel and Alicen Miller. should be a great year for us Saint Mary's will also host to develop our younger talent two events- the season-open­ Master something a little easier, and maximize the potential in ing Alumnae event on Aug. 30 our upperclassmen." and the MIAA Jamboree on like your personal finances. Last year's standout fresh­ Sept. 26. man, Samantha Wieczorek, is Wells Fargo knows that college can be a challenging time. That's why we have a wide currently out with a knee Contact Kate Grabarek at range of tools to help you along the way, from checking and savings to a College Combo" injury so Bauters will look for kgrabaO [email protected] specifically designed to help you be financially successful. And best of all, you'll get someone 5 to answer your questions and help you make sense of it all. Why wait for someday? M Stop by Wells Fargo, visit wellsfargo.com/student or calll-800-WFB-OPEN (1-800-932-6736) today. OLYMPICS

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1325 sq.ft.- 1925 sq.ft. AP Cuba's Alexei Bell is hit by a ball as he slides into second base Maintenance-Free living during an attempted steal in Friday's 10-2 victory over the U.S. Korea (8-0), and the U.S. (5-3) Community Clubhouse Associated Press will face Japan for bronze in BEIJING- The U.S. baseball the first game of the day. South Heated Swimming Pool team will find no gold in Korea past Japan 6-2 in Beijing. And Cuba is back in a Friday's first semifinal. Fitness Center place it knows so well - play­ After the final out, the ing for another Olympic title. Cubans celebrated mildly on Alexei Bell hit a three-run the mound. The Cuban team homer in the eighth to put the includes Antonio Castro, the East on Edison Rd. towards Grape Rd., punctuation mark on the team doctor and son. of the Cross over Main St. at the Varsity Club, Cubans' 10-2 rout of the country's former president. Turn right on Park Pl. United States on Friday night. Cuba finished runner-up to He raised his hand to signal the U.S. in 2000 at the Sydney The community is located on the right side of the road. No. 1 while rounding the Olympics before winning again bases, then Ariel Pestano four years later in Athens. added his own three-run shot Winning gold in China might [email protected] or 574-247-0770 three batters later to seal it. mean even more to the island, Alfredo Despaigne hit his considering baseball will come stonebridgecondos. net second homer against the off the Olympic program for Americans this tournament the 2012 London Games and and Frederich Cepeda also might not be back. connected. Wukesong Stadium was Anything less than gold will nearly full save for a few open be considered a failure for the seats in the outfield bleachers. Cubans, who have won three of Cuba's fans chanted of "Let's the previous four Olympic tour­ go Cuba!" in Chinese, standing naments since baseball to clap and wave their coun­ became a medal sport in 1992. try's flag. They even had their Cuba (7 -1) will play Saturday share of supporters from night against unbeaten South China. page 22 The Observer + SPORTS Saturday, August 23, 2008

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SMC SOCCER OLYMPICS Belles vvelcollle nevv Clay wins decathlon gold head coach, players Athlete becomes first American to win the event since Atlanta games Crabbe, former assistant coach at Columbus Associated Press State University, has high hopes for SMC BEIJING - Bryan Clay sat on the track, then plopped ultimately play for a berth in on his back, chest heaving. By ALEX BARKER the NCAA Tournament." The American's head was Sports Writer Before being hired at Saint resting a couple of feet Mary's, Crabbe served as the beyond the finish line he When Saint Mary's returns assistant coach at Columbus had just crossed as the to the field this season, their State University for three Olympic decathlon gold sideline will feature some seasons. During his tenure medalist. new faces. with the Cougars, he helped Four years r.ft.er se·ttJ! •1!{ Ryan Crabbe will take over guide them to consecutive for silver at the Summer the reins of the program this Peach Belt tournament Games, Clay finished with season, replacing Caryn championships in 2006 and 8,791 points to win the 10- MacKenzie as the Belles' 2007. In addition to their discipline event. new head coach. Crabbe will post-season success, Andrei Krauchanka of become the first full-time Columbus State won their Belarus took the silver with soccer coach at Saint Mary's. conference's regular season 8,551, and Leone! Suarez of "I think this is a great time title during all three seasons Cuba was third with 8,527. for Saint Mary's soccer," he was there. Roman Sebrle of the AP Crabbe said. Crabbe is Czech Republic, the 2004 Bryan Clay takes a victory lap after winning the decathlon in "Having a full- looking for­ Olympic and 2005 world Beijing Friday. Clay scored a total of 8791 points to take gold. time coach ward to this champion, finished sixth. means having a opportunity The 5-foot-11, 185-pound In his three events during his opening height in the full-time "I think this is a great of becoming Clay is the first American Friday's daytime session, pole vault and did not fin­ resource. It time for Saint Mary's a first-time to win the decathlon since Clay was second-fastest in ish. shows an even soccer." head coach. Dan O'Brien at the 1996 the 110 meter hurdles at He missed three times at greater commit­ "In terms of Atlanta Olympics. 13.93 seconds, set an 15-5 (4.70 meters), spoiling ment to the stu­ transitioning The event began Olympic best in the discus a chance for the United dent-athletes on Ryan Crabbe from assis­ Thursday morning in the at 176 feet, 5 inches (53. 79 States to win two medals in behalf of the col­ Belles coach tant to head rain and finished on a meters), then cleared 16- the decathlon for the first lege." coach, there muggy night at the Bird's 43/4 (5.00 meters) in the time since Milt Campbell Crabbe will is certainly a Nest with the javelin and pole vault, tied for second­ and Rafer Johnson went 1- have a strong I a r g e 1,500 meters. best in the competition. 2 at the 1956 Melbourne nucleus of 12 veterans and increase in responsibility Already holding a com­ Trey Hardee, NCAA cham­ Games. 12 newcomers to work with both on and off the field. I fortable lead, Clay was able pion for Texas in 2005 and Clay led the decathlon this season as he attempts to am excited about the oppor­ to take it relatively easy in runner-up to Clay at this overall standings since improve on last year's 7-5-5 tunity because I feel like the the event-ending 1,500, fin­ year's U.S. trials, was a winning the first event, the record and fifth-place finish experience gained from my ishing in 5 minutes, 6.59 close fourth through seven 100 meters, in a driving in the MIAA. last program has prepared seconds. events but failed to clear rain. "My immediate goal will be me for this chance," he said. bringing together our team Saint Mary's is coming off of returning players and new their fourth winning season players. Finding out their in the past five years and strengths and weaknesses will be returning their two and evaluating them as play­ top scorers from 2007, Ukranian's medal stripped ers will be the number one Senior forward Lauren priority heading into the sea­ Hinton and Junior midfielder Thursday, and her medal was committee was ordered to son." he said. "Long term, Katy Durkin. 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OLYMPICS Redeem Team defeats Argentina in semifinals Carmela Anthony scores 21; United States wins 101-81, rnoves on to face Spain in the gold-medal game

Carnwlo Anthony and LeBron face Argentina in this round. Associated Press James were part of those Now Argentina's time has bronze busts. and vowed they passed. The Americans want Bt·:LJINC- Ttw climb back to would !nave China with gold. their spot back. thn top is rwarly cornplPtP. On11 Anthony scornd 21 points and The U.S. lmtd was already 1 0 morn win and U.S. haskntball is James add<~d 15, B in the sec­ points when Ginobili, who came goldon again. ond half. in leading tho tournament with Tlw Anwricans nndnd llwir Luis Scola scored 28 points 20.3 points per game, went strnak of f'inal four l'lops and for Argentina, which did not down in a play away from the Argnntina's hopns of an relinquish its title without a ball, limped to the sideline and 0 ly m pic go Id- m Pd al rP JH1a t. light. Ev1m without Ginobili for took ofT his lcf't sneaker after starting fast and f'inishing the linal thn1e and a half quar­ rninjuring the same ankle that strong in a I 0 1-H I semif'inal tnrs, thn Argentines cut a 21- slowed him so badly in the victory Friday. point lead into single digits and Western Conference finals. All that is Inn is what tlw U.S. frustrated the Americans with The Amerkans extended the playPrs canw for: a gold nwdal. tlwir physical play, but they did lead to 21-4 and were up by 21 Tho Unitnd Statns swrnd 21 not have 1mough depth or fire­ early in tiHl second quarter. But of' tlw first 25 points, got a big power without their best play­ they went ice cold against hrnak wtwn Arg1111tina star Hr. Argentina's zone, eommitted Manu (;inobili rPinjurPd his loft Lithuania and Argentina will some silly fouls that gave away ankln. and surgPd into its first nwnt Sunday for thH bronze. free points at the line, and saw gold-nwdal gamP in Pight Spain beat Lithuania IJ 1-86 in the lead trimmed all the way ynars. the first smnifinal. down to 46-40 on a basket by Tlwl'l~ is still 40 minutns to Wh1m the Americans fell from Scola in the final minute of the go, but this U.S. tnam looks tlw top of world baskHtball, it half. good as gold. All tlw Anwrkans was Argentina as much as any­ James was not with his team­ havn to do now is bPat Spain, one who took their place - and mates when the starting linH­ who thny dobbPrnd hy 37 hasterwd their fall. The ups were announced. having to points in pool play, on Sunday Argentirws, with Ginobili's llair sprint out from the back after to win tlwir first gold in a and Scola's force, won gold in his name was called. Then he major intnrnational PVPnt sineo 2004 and silver in the 2002 was curiously absent in the tlw 2000 Olyrn pies. world championships, beating first half. managing only two What followPd was a frustrat­ tho United States in both tour­ points. ing and mnbarrassing strntch naments. The victory in lie scored five quick ones in in whic~h thny could not even Indianapolis was the first time the third quarter, teaming with make thn podium in thP 2002 a U.S. team lost with NBA play­ Dwight Howard to help the world championships, then Prs. Americans break it open again. managed only bronze rnndals They knocked ofl' the Anthony got mixed up in some al'tnr losing in the semis of thn Amnricans again four years ago ehippy play with Scola and AP 2004 Athnns Games and 2006 in the semis, and Bryant said Andres Nocioni, but kept his United States forward Chris Bosh, 12, puts up a shot against worlds. two nights ago he wanted to poise and seored eight points in Argentina's Carlos De~fino during the semifinal game Friday.

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NO VOLLEYBALL Preseason hopes high despite last season's results Big East coaches 'have not been in the gym' with Irish; team won't have superstars but will be balanced

the Irish ranked fourth behind Brown likes the underdog to make up, but we will count­ By JARED ]EDICK depth across the floor. Louisville, St. John's and role, preferring the opportu­ er it with a very balanced and "I do not think we are going Sports Writer Cincinnati in the Big East pre­ nity to move up the standings deep team," Brown said. to have any superstars," season coaches poll. Brown than having to worry about Senior middle blocker Brown said. "We are going to Coming off one of the most said this ranking is more sliding down. Jus tine Stremick be balanced disappointing years in head indicative of last "It can be a and junior out- and deep." coach Debbie Brown's tenure, year's results, a motivating fac­ side hitter The new the Irish volleyball team is 15-13 record tor," Brown Serinity Phillips "The team is really mantra for the "We are expecting a looking for vast improvement and a second­ said. "We need were both voted disciplined and put team this year and a quick turnaround in the round exit from lot more from to play well and to the preseason that Brown all they have into upcoming season. the Big East ourselves. Las year move up in all-Big East stresses is bal­ "We are expecting a lot tournament, order to change squad this year, academics. They are ance and was by far our worst more from ourselves this and not of the their thoughts." improving on more serious about depth. Brown year," Brown said. "Last year team's current finish since I have The Irish will their second­ wants to get their academics than was by far our worst finish make-up. been here. We need to have a tough team all Big East contributions since I have been here. We "That ranking time filling the honors last year. their volleyball.'' from everyone. need to improve tremendous- is about where improve shoes of gradu­ Even with Joining the . y. " we deserve to tremendously." ated players these accolades team will be a The team has no shortage of be based on Adrianna going to individ­ Debbie Brown couple promis­ expectations' and goals this how we finished Stasiuk and ual players, . Irish coach ing freshman Debbie Brown year, Brown said. up last season," Ashley Tarutis, Brown said she looking to "We want to win the Big Brown said. Irish coach but Brown doesn't think make some of East and advance signi!icantly "But those believes she they will have any players those contributions. Setter in the NCAA tournament," coaches have has the team to that stand out from the rest of Beth Wildermuth, defensive Brown said. not been in the gym with us do it. the team. Instead she wants a specialist Frenchy Silva, mid­ Standing in their way is an this summer and they do not "The loss of two players like more collective feel to the dle blocker Megan Barnicle, impressive Big East field, with know where we are at." Adrianna and Ashley is hard team, stressing balance and and outside hitter Kristen Dealy are mixing well into the team in their first season. "The freshmen are all doing outstanding," Brown said. "So far they are fitting in well with the team and responding to coaching. I expect them to do a lot of contributing in the upcoming season." This combination of experi­ enced upperclassmen and new freshman who can make an impact early will con­ tribute to Brown's mantra of balance and depth. The Irish also excel off the court in the classroom, as they received The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award. To earn this award, the Irish had to score over a 3.30 cumulative team grade­ point-average on a 4.0 scale. The Irish blew this away with a 3.44 cumulative team GPA over the last year. "The team is really disci­ plined and put all they have into their academics," Brown said. "They are more serious about their academics than THANK YOU NOTRE DAME STUDENTS! their volleyball." This discipline both on and off the court will be key if the Irish are to reclaim the top ..... for generously donating items to the year-end spot in the Big East.

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NO WOMEN'S BASKETBALL With Allen gone, Irish need others to step up Talented freshmen class, returning weapons will help fill the gap left by the starting guard and leading scorer

team with 47 percent). ment (ACL) against "Melissa Lechlitner will be through the 2014-15 season. By JAY FITZPATRICK Bruszewski and Williamson Pittsburgh on Feb. 10. Peters the starting point guard. I McGraw has taken the Irish Sports Writer will anchor the front-court scored 9.0 points per game am confident in her; she is a to 13 consecutive NCAA for the Irish again this sea- and led the team with 45 great leader from the point Tournaments and 15 overall When guard Charel Allen s o n blocks last sea- guard position," McGraw in her previous 21 years at graduated from Notre Dame Bruszewski fin­ son. said. the helm. in the s p ring, she I e ft a ished last sea- "When you lose your McGraw said McGraw said the team's "It is an honor to represent seemingly gaping hole in the son as the starting point guard Peters' rehab goals this year remain the Notre Dame," McGraw said. Irish program. Allen's name team's Most and your leading for her knee same, even with losing Allen "I feel like I'm still in my is littered throughout the Improved was going well and Gaines. first years with my emotions Irish record book, and she Player, as voted scorer, it leaves a lot and that she "We went to the Sweet 16 and my passion for coach­ will go down as one of the on by her team­ of holes. That leaves started run­ last year and we want to get ing." best all-around players in mates, and a lot of opportunities ning again a back," she said. "We would +Irish assistant coach Irish history, with 1,566 scored in dou­ couple weeks also like to do well in the Big Jonathan Tsipis was promot­ points, 656 rebounds, 239 ble figures in for the freshmen . " ago. East, which is something we ed to associate head coach assists and 206 steals in her two of the "She is right did not do last year." earlier this summer. Tsipis earner. team's three Muffet McGraw on schedule," In the 2008 Big East tour­ will continue to coach the But Allen isn't the only N C A A Irish coach McGraw said. nament, the Irish came in as Irish wing players and is also major personnel loss for the Tournament "We expect her the No. 3-seed, but fell in the the team's recruiting coordi­ Irish for the 2008-09 cam­ games. to be ready for second round to Pittsburgh nator. paign. Point guard Tulyah One key component return­ the first day of practice." 64-53. "He has made major contri­ Cainns also graduated, ing this year for the Irish is Although McGraw said she butions to the program and mnaning both positions in sophomore forward does not know who specifi­ Notes: is indispensable to me," the starting Irish backcourt Devereaux Peters, who cally will pick up the scoring +McGraw received a con­ McGraw said. will need replacement. missed half of last season slack, she said she is confi­ tract extension at the end or Despite thnse two key loss­ recovering from an tear in dent in Gaines' replacement last season, guaranteeing her Contact Jay Fitzpatrick at es, Irish coach Muf'fet her anterior cruciate liga- at the point. a place at Notre Dame [email protected] McGraw is confident that her team 1:an reload quickly for another strong performance in the upcoming season. "When you lose your ~tart­ ing point guard and your leading scorer, it leaves a lot of holes," she said. "That leaves a lot or opportunities !'or the freshmen." McGraw's rookies this sea­ son mark another strong recruiting class for the Irish coach. In the last 12 years, only Notre Dame, Connecticut and Tennessee have had a Top 25 recruiting I me elass every season. Notre Dame added four players this year: guards Natalie Novosel and Fraderica Miller and for­ nts wards Kellie Watson and Erica Solomon. The freshmen, with an average height of just over 6 feet, add a significant amount of height to the ros­ ter, but McGraw said she will not drastically change her For your convenience, the following gameplan for the season. Another advantage the Student Service Offices will bE~ open freshman class brings to the squad is its versatility. under the "Golden Dome" McGraw said Watson, who is listed as a forward, played guard and forward in high school, ineluding some time at the point. Solomon will add depth to the post, along with junior center Erica Williamson and sophomore fo ·ward Beeca Bruszewski. ,_ dt the freshmen alone can't account for all of the points this season. McGraw said she expects the veterans to 1:ontinun to eontribute this season. "We an1 going to need a lot of pe~~plo ,doing ~ little bit Student Accounts 100 Main Building morn, Md.raw satd. Spneifically in the back­ Financial Aid 115 Main Building court, McGraw said she will look !'or junior Ashley Barlow Student Employment 115 Main Building and senior Lindsay Schrader to eontinun scoring like they Undergraduate Admissions 220 Main Building did last year. Tlw two were sneond and third as seorers Residence Life and Housing 305 Main Building for the Irish last season with 12.1 points pnr game and 10.3 points per game, rnspnetivnly. McGraw also said she Regular business hours are 8:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. Monday through Friday. expnets sophomore guard Brittany Mallory to bf1 the team's long-distance threat again. Tho 5-foot-1 0 guard shot 3H.2 percent from 3- point distance in conference­ play last season - t!H-l team's second best shooter from that range. (Allen led the ------

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MEN'S GOLF NFL Golfers return fron1 Union head Upshaw dies

Ireland ready for fall NFL Players Association said seven-year contract was final­ Associated Press Thursday. His wife Terri and ly worked out in 1993, bring­ NEW YORK- Gene Upshaw sons Eugene Jr., Justin and ing in a new age of free at Tralee, two of the most was a punishing blocker who Daniel were by his side. agency and salary caps. By MICHAEL BLASCO demanding courses in the world. intimidated opponents on the NFLPA president and That will go down as Sports Writer Several weeks before accom­ field. Off it, his power was Tennessee Titans center Kevin Upshaw's legacy because it panying the golfers on their trip, greater. Mawae said Upshaw was brought prosperity to both A leg up on the competition Kubinski agreed to terms on a A Hall of Fame guard for the diagnosed Sunday after he fell union members and owners, never hurts, and the Notre multi-year extension with the Oakland Raiders, Upshaw ill and his wife took him to the leaving many of today's play­ Dame men's golf team got a big University. Kubinski, in his died Wednesday at age 63 hospital. ers appreciating Upshaw as a one on its recent trip. fourth year with the Irish, has from pancreatic cancer, an ill­ In the wake of his death, labor leader without knowing Nine returning members of the guided the program to consecu­ ness he only learned about many of those who had made much about his playing Notre Dame men's golf team tive Big East Conference titles in Sunday. His death cut short a him the focal point for their career. Brandon Moore, the came back to 2005 and 2006, 25-year, post-playing career complaints over pension and New York Jets player repre­ South Bend last as well as the as union boss in which he led health benefits for retired sentative was 2 years old Saturday after a "When I was hired, I top three single NFL players to riches that players softened the rhetoric when Upshaw retired and said week-long trip to said that coaching at season scoring would have been almost and spoke of their respect for simply: "From what I hear, he Ireland. The Irish averages in unimaginable when he was a Upshaw. was a pretty good player." spent the week in Notre Dame was a Notre Dame his­ rookie in 1967. As a player, the seven-time What Upshaw did for Moore, Killarney, Co. dream come true. tory. "The Raider organization, Pro Bowler was one of the and his counterparts is make Kerry, a pictur­ This is where I want ''I'm absolute­ the National Football League, best ever, elected to the Hall them money - the salary cap esque town in ly thrilled to be and the world have lost a of Fame in 1987, the first time for this season is $116 million southern Ireland to be, and it couldn't continuing what great man," Raiders founder he was eligible. and the players are making famous for the be at a better time ... we've started to AI Davis said. "He is as promi­ That also was the year close to 60 percent of the 32 links-style golf the future looks very build here at nent a sportsman as the world Upshaw led the second play­ teams' total revenues, as courses in the Notre Dame," has known." ers' strike in five years, a specified in the 2006 labor area. The team, bright." Kubinski said. The unexpected nature of short walkout that led to the agreement. The players will accompanied by "When I was Upshaw's death shocked peo­ embarrassing spectacle of be paid $4.5 billion this year, coaches Jim Jim Kubinski hired, I said that ple throughout the NFL. This games with replacement play­ according to owners. Kubinski and Irish coach coaching at was a towering man who ers, or "scab football" as it That sum led the owners to Steve Colnitis, as Notre Dame was played 15 years - all for an was jokingly called at the opt out in May from the col­ well as several a dream come Oakland team that reached time. lective bargaining agreement, guests, played several matches true. This is where I want to be, the Super Bowl three times By 1989, while the union meaning that if no new deal is at the local clubs. and it couldn't be at a better and won twice. was pressing in court for a reached, there will be an Head coach Kubinski kept a time. Our program has made Upshaw died Wednesday settlement, the league imple­ uncapped year in 2010, the daily blog during the trip. In his great strides and, given our night at his home near mented a limited form of free­ season before the contract is concluding remarks, he offers a returning roster and recruiting California's Lake Tahoe, the dom, called Plan B. A new, expected to expire. warm opinion of his stay in efforts, the future looks very Ireland. bright." "It was an incredible week in A graduate of Springfield T.T.R.R.C. & P.C.C. so many ways," Kubinski wrote. College, Kubinski came to the "We ate well, stayed comfort­ Irish in January 2005 after two ably, were treated exceptionally seasons as an assistant at Duke well and played some of the University. In 2007, Golf greatest courses in the world. Magazine listed Kubinski among We were truly blessed to have the top 100 golf instructors in experienced a week of golf in the United States. Ireland ... lit] will surely become "It's a special place and a spe­ a lifelong memory." cial time," Kubinski said. "''ll Despite rainy and blustery continue to play whatever small weather, Notre Dame golfers role I can in building on those outscored the locals on their things [that improve the pro­ own courses, posting a 6-1 gram]." record against the Waterville Notre Dame formally begins and Tralee Junior Clubs. The its fall campaign at the USF golfers often battled heavy Olympic Club Intercollegiate winds, which occasionally Tournament on September 8th, reached 40 miles per hour on at the Olympic Club in Daly City, the unforgiving links courses. Calif. Junior Doug Fortner had a par­ ticularly memorable trip, shoot­ Contact Michael Blasco at ing a 67 at Ballybunion and a 70 [email protected]

In addition to the pair of cap­ tains, Waldrum said seniors like Friday September 5. 2008 • 7:30 pm Fresh01en Kerri Hanks, Rebecca Mendoza continued from page 32 and Kerry Inglis provide vital leadership for a team with so Saint Patrick·s Park to face national powers Santa many first-year players. ~~ Clara. North Carolina and Duke "I think we have a great core in early-season contests. group of senior leadership," ~ South Bend. Indiana "We're very excited. We've bit- Waldrum said. 1 ten ofT a big, big schedule," But the coach knows that it will Tickets on sale now at the Morris Box Office. charge by phone 574/235-9190, Waldrum said. not be easy for or online www.morriscenter.org. filso at all Titkvtmaster locations. Despite the his club to Charge by phone 574/272-7979 or www.tickvtmaster.com. daunting "I think we have a match last matehups, year's success. $25.00 advancef$30.00 day of show Waldrum said his great core group of For that reason, rto lawn chairs or coolers - bring a blanket. This is a no smoking show. team's upperclass­ senior leadership. " he said the Irish Pacific Coast Concerts Pacific Coast Concerts men provide the must concen­ Irish with the Randy Waldrum trate on just one leadership needed opponent at a for a grueling sea­ Irish coach time. son. Seniors "We're taking Carrie Dew and the approach of, Leon Brittany Bock have been voted game-by-game, trying to win," captains. Waldrum said. "We take that Russel "They am two good selections," approach every year and it's Waldrum said of Dew and Bock. worked out for us most of the Thursday Sczptember 25 "They are both key players for us time." 7:00 pm • Club Fever who are also hardworking and Sooth Bend. Indiana committed. They're just what Contact Fran Tolan at ~kll gum EDDIE SHAW Er WOlF GfiHG you'd want out of your captains." [email protected] Sunday fiagast 24, 2008 •7:30pm Morris Performing Arts Cvnm Sooth Bvnd, lndiolliJ Ti

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mix in a very short amount of . .. time. Frozen Fresh Start Blanton is a cornerback who continued from page 32 continued from page 32 could benefit from the absence of junior Darrin Walls, who is not finished, I think that they got Since he was thinner than the with the team for the semester. a taste of what it's like to coaching staff wanted him as a Blanton is out of Butler High play in the Frozen Four and senior in high school, he under­ School from Matthews, N.C., who get so close," Irish coach Jeff went a series of off-season work­ has speed and instinctual ball Jackson said. "Now they've outs that helped him bulk up and skills that have seen him break up got to go through the work of add over 20 pounds of muscle. a number of plays in fall practice trying to get back there With his added strength and thus far. again." size, Rudolph could be used in At 6-foot-1, he is rangy and has The road to Washington, goal line situations, or even on size to compete with bigger wide­ D.C., where this year's short third downs when a reliable outs. Additionally, and like a true Frozen Four will be held, pass-catcher is essential. For this cornerback, Blanton brings some begins Oct. 11, when the reason, Weis is looking forward to attitude. Irish travel to face Denver in seeing him on the field. "He has shown very good cover the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame ''I'm very, very, very high on skills," Weis said of Blanton. "And Game. After a pair of home Kyle Rudolph," Weis said. "I a cockiness that a corner needs to non-conference showdowns mean, the kid is 255, but he's just be able to get on tl10 field. l-Ie's not with Sacred Heart on Oct. 17- grown into 255. He still looks skin­ afraid of anyone and he's willing 18, Notre Dame opens up its ny at 255 because he's so big. But to tell anyone in the whole free CCHA slate with two home his straight-line speed, he gets world that's willing to listen. He's games against perennial down the field in a hurry and he's a chirper." power Miami (Ohio) on Oct. got great ball skills." Filer and Fleming are a potent 24-25. Robinson comes in after being linebacking duo out of the Chicago But the game likely to be with the squad for a semester as area, and played for rival high circled on the calendars of an early enrollee. An offensive schools. Berning attended St. Rita most Irish fans? At Boston guard from Elkhorn Secondary High School, while Filer went to College on Nov. 7 - the School in Nebraska, Robinson's Mount Carmel High School. national title rematch. large frame and quick hands com­ Although Filer projects more as "Any time you're slated to bined with explosive upper body an inside linebacker and Fleming play one of the top teams, it's strength could have him find the is better suited to play outside, going to be an exciting game, field early and often. When cou­ they both posses excellent physi­ but the fact that we finished pled with the struggles of the cal traits. Filer is 6-foot-3 and has last season against them, I'm offensive line and the lack of proven to be very strong and sure our guys will have a lit­ WU YUE!The Observer depth along the unit, he could quick. tle more incentive in that Calle Ridderwall and Kevin Deeth celebrate a goal during Notre Dame's contribute early this season. "Let's say he has so much ath­ game," Jackson said. 4-11oss to Boston College in last year's national championship game. Notre Dame's offensive line leticism that even if he's not in the "They're going to be one of coach, John Latina, likes how two-deep at this point, before it's the top teams in the country a dangerous tou·rnament nosed defenseman Brock Robinson has developed in his all said and done, you are hoping again. It'll be a big game just team. Sheahan, Notre Dame looks first semester with the team. that he is," Weis said. "He knows from a rivalry factor." "At the end of the season poised to build on the "I think he has a great attitude," he has some work to do but there Jackson said leading scorer we had four or five guys who unprecedented success of the Latina said. "I think football is are few guys that are that athlet­ Erik Condra. had to have past two seasons. really important to him and obvi­ ic." who missed surgery and "The things that made us ously he's talented. Even though Fleming looks to be in a similar the NCAA "When you ,re playing fairly substan­ successful [in the NCAA he's going to make some mistakes mold of sophomore teammate Tournament with the intensity tial injuries," Tournament] against along the way as a young guy, he Kerry Neal. Both players excel at after injuring level that we did in Jackson said. Michigan, Michigan State and does a good job of not making the rushing the passer and are com­ his knee in the "When you're New Hampshire, we've got to same mistake over and I think fortable starting in either a stand­ CCliA play­ theNCM playing with remember what kind of price that shows a lot of maturity on a ing position or in a three-point offs, and Tournament, you get the intensity we paid to get to that point," player's part and it also shows stance. Along with this similarity, Christian banged up, and that,s level that we Jackson said. "If we assume how important it i<> to him." both players have built up a Hanson, who did in the NCAA things will just fall in place, On defense, there are a handful strong rapport. was hurt in kind of price that Tournament, that's not how it works. of freshman that could also see "Oh, me and Fleming are real the title game, you ,ve got to pay to you get banged We're going to have to play some serious playing time as well close," Neal said. "We get along will both be get back there. ,, up, and that's with that same kind of pas­ in Ethan Johnson and Robert real well. We sit in the meeting ready for the the kind of sion we played with in the Blanton and linebackers Steve room next to each other and I try beginning of price that NCAA Tournament just to get Filer and Darius Fleming. to help him out with some things the season. Jeff Jackson you've got to back there again." Johnson is a defensive end out that he asks me of. He's got some T h o s e Irish coach pay to get back of Lincoln High School in Portland, real physical gifts. He's got great injuries, there." Sam Werner contributed to Ore., who is already a physical speed. The other day in practice, Jackson said, Despite losing this report. presence. Johnson missed his sen­ he caught up to Armando [Allen] were a by-product of the two of its strongest leaders ior season due to a sprained knee and brought him down." aggressive, relentless style of from a year ago in captain Contact Matt Gamber at in the first contest of the season. play that made the Irish such Mark Van Guilder and hard- [email protected] Despite the setback, Johnson Note: tried to stay in shape and came Sophomore tight end Mike into fall camp in excellent shape, Ragone had surgery to repair a ready to contribute. At 6-foot-4, torn anterior cruciate ligament will fall into the hands of a tal­ he's got that advantage over 275 pounds, he remains quick off (ACL) and is expected to miss the ented but inexperienced bevy the other players," Clark said. the line. entire season. Soccer of upperclassmen. "He's someone who should be "I wouldn't say he's been a continued from page 32 "No question Joe leaves big looking for some serious time." pleasant surprise," Weis said. "But Contact Lorenzo Reyes at shoes to fill, but you can do it With injuries in the back line he has definitely put himself in the [email protected] luck." in a variety of ways," Clark that may force midfielder Not downplaying this year's said. "It can be one person Michael Thomas to play central team, Clark also said that he scoring a lot of goals or a lot of defender, King could see major believes the 2008 Irish, like the people scoring a few goals. I minutes from the start, similar with UCLA. teams of the past two seasons, think we have the potential." to sophomore Matt Armstrong, All this is designed to test the •. > are talented enough to com­ In addition to the upperclass­ who started every game as a Ireland Irish - a veteran squad with a pete for the national title. men, Clark will be looking to freshman. continued from page 32 chance to make a run deep in If Notre Dame is to break integrate another talented The rest of the incoming the NCAA Tournament this year through and freshman class includes talent across all regardless of who started, both - as much as possible before reach the pro­ class - one positions. Midfielder/forward saw upwards of 20 minutes per the postseason rolls around. gram's first ever "I honestly feel that, ranked No. 12 Michael Rose and midfielder game. Ayers netted 24 points in But after this season, the Irish Final Four, the if needed, every one by College Adam Mena figure to join King the win over Ireland, including a will lose four seniors to gradua­ one major ques­ Soccer News. in the attack. Competing for game-winning dunk. Junior tion - McAlarney, Zeller, tion mark that of the freshmen could Comprised of minutes on the defense will be Jonathan Peoples served as the Hillesland and Ayers, and Brey will have to be step in and play. ,, seven fresh­ Aaron Maund, Sean McGrath backup guard to spell did not sign any recruits last answered is who men, the class and Chris Sutton. Keeper Will McA!arney and Jackson while 6- season. will put the ball is led by mid­ Walsh will give Clark another foot-11 senior Luke Zeller will He did, however, land two in the back of the Bobby Clark . fielder option in net. While Clark be called upon to replace the sought-after transfers - Scott net. After three Irish coach Brendan King, admitted that competition for height on Notre Dame's defense Martin from Purdue and Ben highly successful a member of playing time would be tough, that left with Kurz. Hansbrough from Mississippi seasons the 2007 U.S. he gave his incoming freshmen Once Notre Dame begins non­ State. including a Hermann Trophy U-17 World Cup team as well a vote of confidence. conference play this season, it'll Martin, who will have three win in 2006 - forward Joseph as a two-time NSCAA All­ "I honestly feel that, if need­ face a tougher slate than it did years of eligibility remaining Lapira has moved on to a pro­ American. After enrolling at ed, every one of the freshmen last year. Last season, Notre after sitting out this season, is a fessional soccer in Norway. Notre Dame last spring, King could step in and play," Clark Dame's lone major non-confer­ 6-foot-8 forward who averaged Over the past two seasons, looks ready to contribute right said. ence win came against Kansas 8.5 points per game for a 25-9 Lapira has accounted for 38 away. State. This year, Notre Dame will Boilermakers club. Hansbrough, percent of Notre Dame's goals, "We were lucky enough to Contact Greg Arbogast at play in the Maui Invitational, a 6-foot-3 shooting guard, will and replacing that production get him in here in January, so [email protected] with the prospect of facing North have two years of eligibility Carolina - who will likely begin remaining after this season and the season ranked No. 1 -in averaged 10.5 points last year the finals. And in February, the for Mississippi State. Irish will take a break from Big East play to head out to Los Contact Chris Hine at Angeles to renew their rivalry [email protected] page 30 The Observer + PAID ADVERTISEMENT Saturday, August 23, 2008

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FooTBALL HOCKEY Let's try this again NDlooking for Frozen Young talent, more experience provide a positive outlook after 3-9 season

7-on- Ts. The result<; have the Irish By LORENZO REYES Four repeat coaching stalr exdted. Sports Writer "The li~edbaek on Michael Floyd from Jimmy !Clausen] has been By MATT GAMBER Despite Notre Dame's diurham-llall. is a 6-loot-3 wider ing a lot of emotion." seven freshmen, led by U.S. receiver with reliable hands and Rudolph was ranked the No. 1 Under-18 teammates Patrick consistent speed. He was ranked tight end in the nation on Gauland and Sean Lorenz and tlw 16th-best prospect in the nation Seout.eom and hails from Elder the Irish are among the nation's by Scout.eorn and largely consid­ lligh School from Cindnnati, Ohio. favorites to return to the Frozen ernd the best football player in th11 The first feature that strikes an Four. state of Minnesota. observer is his height - he's 6-foot- "I think that seeing the response from how last season Harlier this summer, Floyd had 6. IAN GAVLICK!fhe Observer the opportunity to work out with his Sophomore tailback Robert Hughes sheds a tackler during nnw teammates and partidpate in see FRESH START/page 29 this spring's Blue-Gold Game. see FROZEN FOUR/page 29

MEN'S BASKETBALL Irish have high aspirations after returning all but one player

that finished 25-8, ineluding Big Currently, the team is taking mores Tyrone Nash and Carleton McAlarney, the Irish return jun­ By CHRIS HINE East player of the year Luke an international trip to Ireland Scott have seen signilieant min­ ior point guard Tory .Jaekson, an Sports Writer llarangody and lirst-team Big as part of' the Emerald Hoops utes as they eompete to fill the excllllent rebounder given his 5- East selection Kyle MeAlarney. Tour. The trip has given Brey a void in the rotation left by the foot-11 height, who averaged This year, them's no sneaking Many analysts have consistently chance to get his team together graduation of' Rob Kurz. eight points, 5.1 rebounds and up on anyone. ranked the Irish among the top- in the gym earlier than normal Through Notre Dame's first 5.8 assists. Sharpshooter Hyan Two years ago, Notre Dame 1 0 tmtms in the country in the and try some different lineup three games on the tour, Seott Ayers and versatile forward was picked to finish 11th in the 2008-09 preseason polls. combinations. has averaged 11.3 points, while Zaeh llillesland also return. The Big East; the Irish finished To get his team ready to face So far on the trip, the Irish Nash has averaged live points two split starting duties last sea­ fourth. Last year, they were such high expeetations, coaeh have pieked up where they left per game. The box seore was son - Ayers started most of' the picked ninth and linished tied Mike Brey has changed the way off in terms of offensive produc­ not available for Notre Dame's first half of the year before for second. his team approaches its off-sea­ tion - scoring 90-plus points in fourth game, a 90-88 win over Hillesland took over - but But this season, the Irish son and non-eonferenee sehed­ their four victories. Ireland. n~turn four starters from a team ule. It's also the first time sopho- Aside from llarangody and see IRELAND/page 29

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By GREG ARBOGAST slate will test squad Sports Writer Waldrum said Kansas City Early 1990s Bull'alo Bills? Not By FRAN TOLAN natives Molly Campbell and Ellen quitl~. But after two eonseeutive Associate Sports Editor Jantseh should also put in mean­ Elite I<:ight exits, Notre Dame ingfu I minutes for the Irish. eoach Bobby Clark and his team After reaching the national Campbell and Jantseh both hail have hit a roadblock in the pro­ semifinals last year, Notre Dame from St. Teresa's, the same high gram's progrnssion towards its will have to overcome a diflieult sehool that sophomore Lauren lirst. ever Final Four. schedule to duplieate that sue­ Fowlkes attended. Last season, Last year, the Irish beat eess. But the Irish have the per­ Fowlkes stepped in as a fresh­ Oakland and upsPt No. 10 Santa sonnel to do it. man to help anchor Notre Clara bnl'on~ an overtime loss to Nine freshmen join a staeked Dame's defense. Waldrum said eventual national champion team that made it to the College he hopes that Campbell and Wake Forest. In 2006, Notre Cup before falling to Florida .Jantseh can have the same type Damn upended lllinois-Chieago State a year ago. of impact. and defending national champi­ "We've got a very good group The eoaeh said that several on Maryland before falling at )of freshmen) eoming in," Irish other freshmen will also have the Virginia. I>t~spite the setbaeks, eoaeh Handy Waldrum said. opportunity to earn playing time. Clark isn't worried about his "Four or five of them might step "We have a very, very good team's psyche. in and play a lot right away." group ... Some of the other "I just want the team to play Among the neweomers, for­ [freshmen) could slide right in for at their full potential," Clark ward Melissa llenderson adds to us in the future as they get a little said. "I always say that it was the plethora of talent on Notre more experienee." my poorest team at Stan ford Dame's roster. The freshmen will be intro­ that went to tlw national cham­ "In most recruiting eircles, duced to top-tier competition r- pionship. You nnnd a little bit of' JESSICA LEE/The Observer 1 she's the player of the year," right away as the Irish are slated I Junior midfielder Michael Thomas heads the ball during Waldrum said of Henderson, a see SOCCER/page 29 Notre Dame's scoreless draw with Mexico on April 25. fellow Texan. see FRESHMEN/page 27 I ~ '