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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's VOLUME 44: ISSUE 3 THURSDAY. AUGUST 27.2009 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM D'Arcy revisits Obama controversy Tw-o dorms Local bishop addresses president's Commencement speech in Aug. 31 magazine article welcon1e By AARON STEINER questions the future of Catholic News Writer universities and notes "the seri ousness of the present new rectors The discussion continues. moment." Notre Dame was thrust into a D'Arcy released three state By AMANDA GRAY national spotlight last May ments last spring in response News Writer when President Barack Obama the controversy, condemning delivered the Commencement the University's decision, but address on campus, with many also later condemning Howard Hall and Pasquerilla Catholics protesting the invita "unseemly" protests. East will be under new man tion and the decision to award D'Arcy addresses the role of agement this year. Obama an honorary degree. Catholic universities within the Sr. Lucille D'Amelio is the Local Bishop John D' Arcy, church and the responsibilities new rector at Howard Hall, whose diocese includes the of such institutions in the arti while Pasquerilla East is wel University, is again speaking cle. coming Sr. Cindy Broderick. out about the controversy, this In questioning the relation Prior to Notre Dame, time in an article appearing in ship between institutions like D'Amelio worked as a pastoral the Aug. 31 edition of America Notre Dame and the church, he administrator in Michigan. Magazine, a Jesuit publication. again noted his role as a She is an Amityville In the piece, which was pub "teacher" for universities in his AP Dominican from Long Island, lished earlier this week on Local Bishop John D'Arcy speaks out again about Notre Dame's N.Y. Broderick, an Adrian americamagazine.org, D'Arcy see D'ARCY/page 4 Commencement in an Aug. 31 magazine article. Dominican from Michigan, worked the last five years at a high school before coming to Notre Dame. D' Amelio attributes her Eddy Street Collllll.ons nears con1pletion arrival at Notre Dame to divine intervention. "I guess God wanted me By MADELINE BUCKLEY and Real Estate at the here," D'Amelio said. News Ediror University. Another apartment D'Amelio hopes to bring a complex will open in 2010. positive spirit to Howard by Living in an apartment com "The University is very excit drawing on her past experi plex in Eddy Street Commons, ed that after years of collabora ence. The cancer survivor has junior Matt LaFleur often jokes tive planning with the city, with a optimistic outlook on life that he is closer to some cam local residents and with Kite that she said she hopes to pus buildings than his old Reality, that Eddy Street bring to the girls. dorm, O'Neill Hall. Commons is becoming a reali "Move on from toxic situa "We have a perfect view of ty," Hakanen said. tions," D'Amelio said. "Life is Hesburgh Library," said Although not in time for the too short to take on negativi LaFleur, who lives with two home opener on Sept. 5, ty." roommates. "It's funny to think Hakanen said four retail venues However, she realizes that about it, but we are now closer will be ready for business by living with all of these girls to a lot of things on campus." the second home game: The will not be without challenges. The complex, one of the first Follett Notre Dame Bookstore, "When I have to reprimand buildings in the Commons to Chipotle, Outpost Sports and someone it will be the hardest open on Aug. 15, is fill to about Hot Box Pizza. The Bookstore is challenge," D'Amelio said. 70-7 5 percent of its capacity, tentatively set to open Sept. 19, QUENTIN STENGER!The Observer D'Amelio said she made according to Gregory Hakanen, Four businesses in the Eddy Street Commons development director of Asset Management see COMMONS/page 4 are slated to open by the second home football game. see RECTORS/page 6 Printers installed Freshmen adjust to campus life in residence halls After a busy orientation weekend, Class of2013 settles in at ND a.m. when I fmish my paper." By MOLLY MADDEN By SARAH MERVOSH Not only can students send their News Writer News Writer papers or class readings to printer release stations in their dorms, After a jam-packed orientation Students no longer have to trek they can also print their pages to weekend that saw less campus across campus in the frigid cold or the printers in other dorms. wide events and more dorm wait in long lines at Coleman "I can go to Knott and print off specific activities than previous Morse. At least not to use a print there or I can go to Welsh Fam," years, the Class of 2013 can set er, that is. Schmidt said. tle into college life. Over the summer, printers were In order to print from a laptop to "I got to meet a lot of different installed in every undergraduate a dorm printer, students must people at a lot of the different residence hall on campus, Student download a new print utility soft activities at Domerfest," fresh Body President Grant Schmidt ware and configure their comput man Tom Temmerman said. said. er to the printer called ResHalls, "Also, the event was so awk "It's a huge convenience factor," Senate Campus Technology Chair ward that it was really easy to Schmidt said. "From the stu Walker Anderson said. talk to people about the awk dent government end, the reason "It downloads itself. You down wardness of the whole thing." we did it is because people wanted load your install utility,"Anderson Freshmen Orientation, or them. People thought, hey, I'm said. "If you download this, you Frosh-0, occurs each year and is running late to class. I don't want can print to anything." intended to make the transition IAN GAVLICK!The Observer to wait in this line in DeBartolo. I Notre Dame freshmen move into O'Neill Hall on want to be able to print it off at 3 see PRINTERS/page 4 see FROSH-0/page 4 August 21.
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INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT SHOULD RYAN HALL'S NICKNAME/MASCOT BE? Wherein The World Is ... By junior year, college is easy. You know where every building is on campus. You know which classes in your major are likely Erin Scott Katie Weber Juliet Jolly Charlotte Seasly to be easy. You know your major (hopefully). After two years at sophomore senior senior sophomore Notre Dame, there is really no Welsh Family off campus Walsh Welsh Family excuse to not be completely together. "Welsh Fam "The Ryan "Ryan Royalty, "Duncan's Dime Still, on the first day of class, I managed to oversleep for my Wannabes." Rhinos." because they Pieces." first class of the year and sit are beautiful down in the like princesses." wrong class- Madefllle Buckley room for my second class of the year. But as a jun- News Editor ior, I know my roommates well enough not to be surprised when Have an idea for Question of the Day? E-mail [email protected] the recycling bin is overflowing with diet sodas after two days. I know where to get the best cof IN BRIEF fee on campus. (And it's not at Starbucks). Junior year is easy - with one The film "Moon" will be notable exception: It is the year shown today at 6:30 p.m. at nearly everyone interested in the Browning Cinema at The studying abroad leaves campus. DeBartolo Performing Arts According to the Office of Center. Tickets are available Undergraduate admissions, over online at half of the students at Notre performingarts.nd.edu, or by Dame study abroad at some point calling Ticket Office at 574- in their time on campus - a sta 631-2800. tistic the University likes to brag about. RecSports will conduct a While impressive, I never con Swim Lesson Assessment on sidered how much this percent Friday from 6 until 8 p.m. at age, which ranks Notre Dame the the Rockne pool. Make-up third highest of national colleges assessments are scheduled for and universities in sending stu Wednesday, Sept. 2 from 6 dents abroad for a semester, until8 p.m. year or summer, affects my life. I opted not to study abroad for The film "Summer Hours" several different reasons, but will be shown on Friday at almost all of my friends with the 6:30 p.m. in the Browning exception of a few, decided to Cinema at The Debartolo study in France, London, Performing Arts Center. Australia and Mexico. Although I Tickets are available online at am mostly excited for them, I am PAT COVENEYffhe Observer performingarts.nd.edu or by also selfishly resentful that my Campus Ministry hosted an open house in the Coleman-Morse lounge on calling 57 4-631-2800. friends are now scattered across Wednesday evening with free food and prize raffles. different continents during the Notre Dame Women's year that everything at Notre Volleyball will play Denver on Dame is now supposed to be easy Friday at 7 p.m. at the Joyce and familiar. Center Fieldhouse. For ticket But without everyone here, the information, call 574-631- dorm doesn't feel the same and OFFBEAT 7356. campus doesn't feel the same. The year is fragmented, with Man arrested for 22nd officer to believe he might lowered a ladder so it Notre Dame Women's some people leaving for the Fall, drunk driving offense be driving under the influ could climb out. Soccer will play against some for the Spring and some for ESPANOLA, N.M. ence." The bear was discov Loyola-Chicago on Friday at the whole year. Police said a man was Garcia said the suspect ered Tuesday morning 7:30 p.m. at Alumni Field. I have to get used to refraining arrested on Monday for his had to be taken by ambu in the Colorado resort For ticket information, call from sending them random texts 22nd drunken driving lance to Christus St. town of Snowmass. 574-631-7356. when something on campus offense - and his blood Vincent hospital in Santa Officials say it apparent reminds me of them, and I have alcohol content tested Fe, where a blood-alcohol ly was in the park all RecSports will be hosting a to find more people to steal almost five times higher analysis showed a content night, and couldn't get Biathlon at St. Joe's Beach clothes from, since people appar than New Mexico's legal level of .393 percent. New out because of the steep this Saturday at 10 a.m. The ently have to bring their clothes limit. State Police Lt. Eric Mexico's limit for pre concrete sides. competition will feature a half with them abroad. Garcia said an officer sumed intoxication is .08 Workers from the Parks and mile swim and a two mile With so many juniors gone, this pulled up to a car parked percent. Recreation Department low run. The event is free to year will be different. Even along a highway and found ered a long ladder. The bear enter, but registration is nec though I selfishly wish my a 51-year-old man on the Bear gets stuck In skate eventually climbed the essary. friends who are abroad now for ground near his vehicle. park ladder and wandered the Fall semester were here on "He was coherent," SNOWMASS, Colo. -A away. To submit information to be campus, I mostly just wish that Garcia said. "He showed bear that wandered into included in this section of The they all have amazing experi signs of slurred speech, as a sunken skateboard Information compiled Observer, e-mail detailed ences abroad - and I know you might be normal for any park and got stuck was from the Associated information about an event to all will. OWl arrest, which led the rescued when officials Press. obsnews@nd. edu Love you and miss you! And don't forget to send post cards. TODAY TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY The views expressed in the Inside a: Column are those of the author and LLI not necessarily those of The Observer. :::c Contact Madeline Buckley at ~ LLI mbuckley@nd. edu 3: .... cr:: CORRECTIONS (,) e 0 HIGH 77 HIGH 69 HIGH 77 HIGH 68 HIGH 67 HIGH 70 The Observer regards itself as a professional publica ...I tion and strives for the highest standards of journal LOW 60 LOW 60 LOW 58 LOW 57 LOW 48 LOW 45 ism at all times. We do, however, recognize chat we will make mistakes. 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A hospitality village, ticket be in charge of the new initia trying to become like an NFL News Wrirer Underclassmen will also be scanners and public parking on tive. team, but rather trying to apply assigned seniors to act as their the Notre Dame Golf Course are "We heard from people the the best ideas from professional Saint Mary's College installed a peer mentors, she said. some of the additions that will experience could be better," football to Notre Dame's game new advising system for the 2009- "They were training since the be implemented this fall for Seamon said. "Fr. John has a day experience. 2010 school year, helping students beginning of last week," Fleming home football games. continuous improvement model "We can only get better when to make academic and career deci said. "They have been in training The new game-day initiatives for the university that he took people tell us what's going on," sions by asking them questions. sessions for quite some time, originated from from an ad hoc and applied to game-day. We he said. The students answer questions learning all kinds of things, includ committee study that took place are proud of how we are, but Other additions for this fall such as "Who am I?" "What is my ing more about the heritage of last school year, according to a we know we can get better." include the opening of the passion?" "To what am I called?" Saint Mary's College." press release. Seamon said the addition he North End of Notre Dame and "How can I make a positive The ePortfolio System, designed The committee's study ran is most excited about is the Stadium from 10 a.m. until 5 difference in the world?" to discov to give St. Mary's students the from the middle of football sea addition of "Rally on the p.m. for fans to walk down the er more about their hopes for the opportunity to share information son last year to late February Green," a new hospitality vil tunnel and onto the field for future. with their advisors, is still being when the findings were submit lage that will be located on photo opportunities. "On my very first day here, I tested. ted to University President Fr. Irish Green. It will feature live Seamon said they will be ask looked at the possibility of creating Another feature is the Strength John Jenkins. music and kid-friendly enter ing for feedback through the a more robust advising system for Quest Test, which helps students They reviewed a variety of tainment. website gameday.nd.edu as students that included what the discover their aptitudes. Open to data collected throughout the "People will feel it," Seamon well as through a toll-free career center had to offer, but all students, it can be taken in the fall, including campus inter said. "It's something you can't phone number 800-ND1-FANS. started much earlier," Patricia Career Crossings Office. views, community interviews, necessarily describe." Both hardcopy and e-mail sur Fleming, senior vice president and The new system is also designed and tips received from a feed Also new for this season will veys will be available towards dean of faculty, said. to help students find internships. back website. be the implementation of a the end of the season as well. The system will be run as a col "Internships have become very Director of Game-Day communication system to help "This is a continuous process laborative program through the important. Internships can be very Operations Mike Seamon said people provide feedback about that is just beginning," he said. Department of missions, the aca key if they occur in either the soph the goal of the research was to their game-day experiences. "We will be constantly tweaking demic department and the omore or junior summer in helping gather information from as Included is a new text-messag the improvements that we have DepartmentofStudentAJfairs. students to understand how they many sources as possible. ing system that allows fans to already made." "Advising no longer just takes can make a difference in the world Seamon, who is also the contact the University to report place in our Academic Advising and where their passions lie," assistant vice president for unruly conduct. Contact Liz O'Donnell at Office and in the departments. Fleming said. University events and protocol, Seamon said he visited sever- eodonnel @nd.edu Advising, because we we're Students will also have the enlarging our vision of what kinds opportunity to learn how they can of questions students here at Saint work for social justice. Mary's could ask while they are The Career Crossings Office here for their four years, really plans to host a career information needs to have this cooperation session where students and among these three divisions," Indiana employers can meet. Fleming continued. The program is funded by the First-year students have the College, as well as through the Ully option to participate in the First Foundation. Year Faculty Advising Program. This program assigns faculty advi Contact Alicia Smith at sors to freshmen to help them asmithO 1 @saintmarys.edu
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was authored in 1967 by make campus more sustain "The only problem that I D'Arcy Catholic educators, led by then able, students have another have been told about is that University President Fr. Printers incentive to print double sided students who are running continued from page 1 Theodore Hesburgh. The docu continued from page 1 - it essentially doublestheir Microsoft Vista Home Edition, ment addressed issues of aca print quota. if it's the 64 bit version of the diocese. demic freedom and the role of A main concern with putting "Two pages printed on one operation system, then the D'Arcy wrote that he was not the Church in leading these printers in every dorm is sus sheet of paper would cost the process to set things up is consulted before the decision to institutions, asserting that they tainability, Anderson said. In same as one page printed on more complicated," Burshett award Obama an honorary "must have a true autonomy order to make printing more one sheet of paper," Burchett said. degree was made. He also said and academic freedom" from more friendly to the environ said. "If you do double sided, Schmidt said the response he was not consulted in 2006 lay or clerical authority. ment, the desktops in comput you should be able to stretch has been positive so far from when University President Fr. Ex Corde Ecclesiae is an er labs, along with Windows [the allotted 1 ,000 sheets] out students he has talked to. John Jenkins decided to allow apostolic constitution written by laptops, now default to double and double your quota. So "People have been pumped," on-campus performances of the Pope John Paul II in 1990 and sided printing and recycling there is a real incentive there he said. "Everyone has said it controversial play "The Vagina was seen by some observers as bins have been placed next to to do double sided printing." was a great resource to have in Monologues" in an academic a repudiation of the Land every dorm computer. Burchett said printers are the dorms." setting. O'Lakes Statement. Though Macintosh laptops have not also going into "sleep mode" Senior Maureen Bauer said "Although he spoke eloquent interpretations vary widely, yet defaulted to double sided when not being used in order she appreciated the new addi ly about the importance of dia some view the document as printing. Mac users must con to save energy. tions to residence halls. logue with the president of the decreasing institutional autono figure their computers to print "We are trying to use power "I think it's helpful, not so United States, the president of my for the sake of increased double sided, Technology savings on the printers to much now when you can walk Notre Dame chose not to dia church authority. Enhanced Learning Spaces reduce energy consumption outside, but when it's snowing logue with his bishop on these On this question - and others Manager Brian Burchett said. when printers are not being you don't have to walk to CoMo two matters, both pastoral and regarding the role of the local "We're working on it. We just used," he said. or DeBartalo to print," she both with serious ramifications bishop and the responsibility of need a little more time to do Overall, there have only been said. "That will be great." for the care of souls, which is universities to bear witness to double sided printing by minor technical difficulties that the core responsibility of the the faith - "rests the future of default," Burchett said. should be solved soon, Contact Sarah Mervosh at local bishop," D'Arcy wrote. Catholic higher education in In addition to helping to Burchett said. [email protected] "The diocesan bishop must this country and so much else," ask whether a Catholic institu D'Arcy wrote. tion compromises its obligation D'Arcy also chided the to give public witness by plac University Board of Trustees for coolest event because before of Lyons said while she felt ing prestige over truth," he their silence on the Obama visit Frosh-0 the run we were puppies and like she didn't get to meet said. controversy, saying that when after the run we were many freshmen outside of her D'Arcy raised a final, "funda the board met one month prior continued from page 1 dawgs," Finan said. dorm, she isn't too concerned. mental" question in the piece to Commencement "they said Stephanie Bonaroti of "The girls I met during about his concerns over the nothing." to college life easier for Howard Hall said the smaller Frosh-0 were all pretty much future of Catholic universities. "I believe that the board ... incoming freshmen by hosting events enabled her to better in my hall but I'm not worried "Where will the great Catholic must take up its responsibility events that help students get know people in her dorm. about it," Palumbo said. "I universities search for a guiding afresh, with appropriate study to know each other and "We had a night where we know the people I'm living light in the years ahead? Will it and prayer," he wrote. "They become familiar with the talked about Howard Hall tra with and I'll get to know the be the Land O'Lakes Statement must also understand the seri campus. ditions and I really felt like I others in class. or Ex Corde Ecclesiae?" he ousness of the present Many freshmen students bonded with the girls in my "When we were in smaller wrote, placing the two docu moment." embraced the Frosh-0 events dorm," she said. groups it was much more of a ments related to roles of that took place within their Bonaroti, however, pressure-free «;lnvironment," Catholic universities in contrast dorms. expressed disappointment she said. "There were so to one another. Contact Aaron Steiner at "We got to actually talk to that she did not have more many of the big events where The Land O'Lakes Statement [email protected] one another at the smaller opportunities to become social interaction was forced events," freshman Kelly acquainted with students that it got tiring." Brakora said. "It was easy to from other dorms. Bonaroti said she feels get conversations going." "When we did do things relief now that orientation is even four months, I don't think Freshman Dan Finan said with other dorms it was over. we would be living here." his favorite orientation event always in a situation where "I felt isolated as a fresh ComiDons But the early deposit was was Alumni's "Dawg Run," you were thrown together men during Frosh-0," continued from page 1 more than worth it. named for the dorm's mascot, and you didn't get to really Bonaroti said. "Now I feel "The amenities are awesome. which gives freshman a know the other people or more part of the school." and the other three, Sept. 18. Everything is top-notch," chance to run around cam really even know their Later in the year, a 24-hour LaFleur said. "We have a gym pus. names," she said. Contact Molly Madden at fitness center, a salon, a bank, and a private theater." "The run was definitely the Freshman Hache! Palumbo [email protected] a breakfast restaurant, Five LaFleur said he generally Guys Burgers and two other describes the theater - a com restaurants - Doc Magrogan's mon area for residents of the Oyster House and Kildare's complex - to his friends as Irish Pub - are expected to similar to Coleman-Morse open. The estimated opening Center lounge but with two 50- Confirmation dates of these venues span inch televisions, a Blu-ray play from late September to er and an Xbox 360. January. "There's also this screen Hakanen said Eddy Street, that's maybe two time the size which has been closed for of the screens in the classrooms about 14 months, is expected to of DeBartolo that lives in the open Monday Aug. 31., allow ceiling," he said. "You can ing foot and motor traffic bring it down to watch DVDs or through the Commons. just TV." "I think it will be a real addi LaFleur said the apartment tion for students living on cam complex's proximity to campus pus," he said. "Most colleges was a major part of the deci and universities have a college sion process to live there. town where you can leave your "The big thing was that I dorm and walk to stores and don't have a car," he said. restaurants. Notre Dame has "There aren't too many options never really had that." if you don't have a set of Hakanen said the Eddy Street wheels, so this is perfect. Commons apartments are not "Now we are just really excit geared toward student housing. ed for all the retail to open up." Some graduate students live in Hakanen said the venues in the complex, but only a handful the Commons are about two of undergraduates are current thirds committed. ly renting. "With an active football sea LaFleur said he and his son and all the people coming roommates put down a deposit for that, I am confident that last October. Kite will be able to lease the "We were far and away one rest of the space in a pretty of the first groups to go talk to short amount of time," he said. Sunday~ August lOt 4-S P.M. them. There was no building Thursday, Sf!!!ptember l. 5:30-6:30 P.M. yet. It was just a hole in the Contact Madeline Buckley at ground," he said. "If we waited [email protected] Sunday, Septemb~r 6, 4~5 P..M.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS Iraq violence puts off plan for setninary Philippines honors White House Chef MANILA, Philippines - For the White House chef, serving homegrown vegetables Muslim family dream to teach both Islam and ways of the West is put on hold straight from the garden is just like prepar ing food in her native Philippines - healthy and simple. Associated Press Filipino-American Cristeta Pasia DETROIT- It took years Comerford, the first woman and first minori for a family of prominent ty to serve as the executive chef in the White American Shiite scholars to House, credited the first lady for making build a specialized semi sure her family eats steamed, organic veg nary that would train etables from the garden Michelle Obama Americans and Europeans planted in April. to lead mosques in the She is one of three to be honored this year West. by the Bank of the Philippines as an out The founders chose a standing Filipino overseas. The honor will be location in their native Iraq, formally awarded on Tuesday. in the holy Shiite city of The naturalized American said that picking Karbala, where the stu food from the garden reminds her of sum dents would have access to mers at her grandmother's house in the many of the best teachers. Philippines' Bulacan province. . Private guards were lined "They like simple meals, they like simple up, a custom curriculum food," she said of the first family. developed and housing secured for the first class of Womens' role in Camorra increases 25 students. The scholars, NAPLES, Italy - Move over, Don Corleone. members of the al-Qazwini Godmothers are rising in the ranks of the family, who trace their Camorra, the Naples' area crime syndicate. roots to the Prophet Women have long played a strong role in Muhammad, felt they were Camorra crime families, muscling, some finally taking concrete steps times murdering, their way to the top. Their toward easing the desper influence stretches back as far as the 1950s ate shortage of Western when a pregnant former beauty queen born imams. dubbed "pupetta" (little doll) shot dead the But violence once again man who had ordered a hit on her husband, erupted in Iraq, and the al and allegedly settled into a life of crime. Qazwinis had to put their Now, as the state steps up its war against dream on hold, dropping the Camorra, rounding up scores of mob their plan to open their sters, the women are increasingly taking school this year. over the helm from their men. "It was extremely disap pointing. I was waiting so long for this program to AP start and unfortunately I Imam Sayed Hassan AH!azwini's family's Imam ai-Sadiq Seminary was orig1nally scheduled NATIONAL NEWS had to call it off personally," to open its doors strictly for Westerners this October, but will have to wait for next year. said Imam Hossein al Gay clergy not widely accepted Qazwini, a Karbala scholar Sheik Hamza Yusuf and among the foremost Shiite it comes to Islamic semi MINNEAPOLIS -Two smaller, more conserva who is the program's Imam Zaid Shakir, two Islamic scholars in Iraq. naries. If we were to have it tive U.S.-based Lutheran denominations are founder and director. respected U.S.-born Muslim Four of his six sons have in Dearborn, for example, expressing disappointment in the Evangelical "Being American citizens or scholars, are planning to led American Islamic insti you don't have the special Lutheran Church in America's decision to open a European citizens, maybe open an Islamic college tutions. Moustafa al ized scholars," Hossein ai wider door to gay clergy. someone will take them as next fall, the first in the U.S. Qazwini is imam of the Qazwini said. The ELCA voted last week to lift a ban that pro ransom. Coming from the They hope it will grow to Islamic Educational Center The idea of sending hibited sexually active gay and lesbian people U.S., from Europe, maybe include a seminary. of Orange County, Calif. Westerners to study in Iraq from serving as ministers. Under the change, people will think they have At their Imam al-Sadiq Hassan al-Qazwini is the is not so far-fetched for congregations will now be allowed to hire homo money." Seminary, the al-Qazwinis imam of the Islamic Center Muslims. sexuals in committed relationships as clergy. As Muslims try to estab hope to teach both the of America in Dearborn, Traveling for study has Before, gays and lesbians had to remain celibate lish communities in the Islamic sciences and the one of America's largest always been part of Islamic to serve as pa..'itors. West, they have been strug cultural traditions of the mosques. learning. Scholars in The 4.7 million-member denomination, which gling with how they can West. Hossein al-Qazwini said it Karbala and Qom, Iran, took the actions in Minneapolis at its biennial educate Western-born "The goal is to train reli was easier for them to start attract Shiite students from meeting,became the largest U.S. Protestant imams to fill a leadership gious leaders who can a school in Karbala than in around the globe. For denomination to take that step. vacuum in local mosques. serve their home countries the U.S. because the costs Sunnis, who comprise the There are no full-fledged so that, eventually, fewer were significantly lower majority of Muslims, stu Union okays contract with pay cuts Muslim seminaries in the mosques in the West will overseas. With instructors dents from around the INDIANAPOLIS - The union represent U.S. for Shiites or Sunnis. have to import imams from drawn from the larger world flock to the promi ing newsroom and other employees at The Hartford Seminary in overseas," said Imam Shiite seminary and nent Al-Azhar University in Indianapolis Star has ratified a two-year Connecticut offers a gradu Hossein al-Qazwini. Karbala University, the al Cairo. contract that includes a 10 percent pay ate program for Muslim The family is well-posi Qazwini's could build a But although Western cut. chaplains who work in the tioned to take on such an much stronger faculty. students at foreign semi The Newspaper Guild Local 34070 says U.S. military and elsewhere. ambitious project. "Karbala is known to have naries are encouraged to its members voted 56-45 on Tuesday in The Zaytuna Institute in Their father, Ayatollah a prestigious seminary. It's dive deep into the local cul favor of the contract, which runs through Berkeley, Calif., led by Mortadha al-Qazwini, is like Yale or Stanford when ture. August 2011 and suspends all merit pay increases. The contract covers about 185 editorial and building services employees. Company officials have said the pay cut is necessary because of the recession. Wind farms cause false weather alerts
LOCAL NEWS Associated Press weather service received a frantic than any other state, also has the warning from an emergency work most wind power capacity. Indiana to recieve swine flu vaccine SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -Wind farms er who had access to Doppler Dave Zaff, science and operations INDIANAPOLIS - State health officials have been blamed for disrupting radar images. officer with the National Weather expect to receive an initial shipment of at the lives of birds, bats and, most The alert was quickly called off Service office in Buffalo, N.Y., least 838,000 doses of swine flu vaccine recently, the land-bound sage in Kansas and meteorologists describes the wind farms 20 to 35 by late October with additional dosages grouse. calmed the emergency worker miles to the southeast as "more of expected to arrive weekly, they've told Now the weather forecaster? down, but with enough wind tur a pimple or a blotch on your face" local health officers. The massive spinning blades bines going up last year to power that 99 percent of the time will not Indiana is set to receive about 2 percent affixed to towers 200 feet high can more than 6 million homes and a pose a problem. of the nation's production of the vaccine, appear on Doppler radar like a vio major push toward alternative But what about those busy, high based on population. If total production lent storm or even a tornado. energy, more false alerts seem stress periods when a meteorolo reaches the 195 million doses the govern The phenomenon has affected inevitable. gist is tasked with making quick ment has ordered by December, Indiana's several National Weather Service New installations are concentrat decisions as storms grow violent? share would be more than 4 million doses, radar sites in different parts the ed, understandably in windy states In a worse-case scenario, a fore enough for about a third of Indiana's pop country, even leading to a false tor like Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, caster could disregard a real storm ulation of 6.38 million people. Most peo nado alert near Dodge City, Colorado and Iowa, all part of for turbine interference, but, more ple are expected to need two doses given Kansas, in the heart of Tornado Tornado Alley. likely, would err on the side of cau three weeks apart. Alley. In Des Moines, Iowa, the Texas, which has more tornadoes tion, Zaff said. r page 6 The Observer + NEWS Thursday, August 27, 2009 ''I'm trying to get to know as many girls as possible on all Rectors different levels," Broderick Teen-lit books pron1ote self-esteen1 continued from page 1 said. "There's just one of me. I wish I could multiply myself." boy protagonist. Zadoff, 42, pounds) and talented star in the Associated Press good memories with Freshman The new rectors share simi said he was obese growing up community theater scene in her Orientation, including winning lar goals. Like never before, teen lit is like his 15-year-old Andrew tiny border town of Chester, her own rubber duck at trivia "God called me to Notre alive with plus-size characters Zansky. Ariz., where she grows frus night in the Oak Dame to send who take on their sehool tor "I was not just overweight. I trated with the life path of her Room. women into menters and get the guy, soak was struggling with an eating equally large father. Then she "The Frosh-0 leadership," ing up self-esteem as football disorder. I got larger and larger heads to Hollywood to make it team was D'Amelio said. heroes and big-girl models. over time. No amount of dieting as an actor, contending for the great!" she said. 'Tm trying to get to "My gifts and While fat may not be the new would fix the problem for me. I first time with eompetition from Sr. Cindy know as many girls my experience vampire, the uptick comes at would lose weight and then the size zeros. Broderick, OP, as possible on all in my life led just the right time for young gain it all back," Zadoff said. After some ups and downs, f r o m different levels." me this way." readers. Childhood obesity is Out of his struggle came his she gets the hunk while staying Pasquerilla Broderick epic while a large, loud and acclaimed adult memoir in true to herself. East, said she models her proud fat acceptance move 2007, "Hungry: Lessons "Too many books have the had a positive Cindy Broderick goals after the ment advoeates good health at Learned on the Journey from girls as overweight, then they Freshman P.E. rector University's any size over doomed diets, Fat to Thin." go to fat camp or they become Orientation and teachings. food obsessions and body The upeoming book, his first the beautiful person by dieting, move-in experi- "I want to shame. for young readers, features by losing weight," Purtill said. ence. build a commu In titles that include "Looks," Andrew, a high sehoul sopho "There always seemed to be ''I'm surprised nity, and help "Models Don't Eat Chocolate more who weighs 306.4 this losing weight element that at how smooth move-in went," instill the Holy Cross eare Cookies" and "This Book Isn't pounds. lie dreads squeezing was key to their happiness. l Broderick said. "During staff ism," Broderick said. "I want Fat, It's Fabulous," young peo into his classroom desk and just wanted my characters to training, we spent a lot of time to educate the heart and ple with meat on their bones rubs oil' the very public size 48 be representative of a lot of together. This mind." are front and center in at least lettering on the outer waist of people out there." extra time Both want to two dozen new books out sinee Levi's he can barely zip. lie Skyanne Fisher, a book blog helped when it stress the idea of last year, rather than the usual lusts for an insider's life and ger and 14-year-old of size in came to work "home" in the ugly-duckling best friend or makes it as a jock, only to read the small northeastern ing together." "God called me to dorms. neighbor. Many of the stories just his priorities. Pennsylvania town of Broderiek is Notre Dame to send "This is home, conelude without significant "When I was in my sopho Wyalusing, said she's a Vee fan also adjusting women into it is comfortable weight loss, a huge break more year in high sehool, the for precisely those reasons. well to her new and fun to be through for some young fans. coaeh eame up to me and asked "It was one of the books that I schedule. leadership. " here," D'Amelio "There weren't many charac me if I had ever considered really connected to - I loved ''I'm more of said. "We'll ters I could relate to when I playing football," Zadoff said. how she made her own way, a night person Lucille D' Amelio always be wel was younger," said Elizabeth "At the time I was insulted. I had friends and got the boy anyway," Howard rector coming and just Sterling, an 18-year-old nursing knew he was just asking me without forcing herself to lose Broderick said. be there [for the student who writes a blog bfJeause I was big, so I said no. weight," she said. "It IS possible "I think I'm girls]." called Diary of a Fat Teenager. Andrew says yes. As a result, to be happy as you are." adjusting well. "They can 'The message that would eome his life path takes a radical In addition to Vee, there's "I was ready come in here across to my young insecure turn. I wrote the book to kind of eighth-grader Celeste Harris, for a change," Broderick said. and feel safe," Broderick said. brain would be, 'In order to do explore how would my life had happy living in oversized hood "I had a good friend at work "Not just security safe - they what they do, you need to look been dill"erent if I had said yes ies under her middle school's that went to Notre Dame who can let their guard down and like them."' instead of no." social radar until a meddling said I'd be perfect." be honored and loved because Allen Zadoff's September In C. Leigh Purtill's "All About aunt enters her in the Miss One of the biggest chal of who they are." release "Food, Girls and Other Vee," bold and bright 18-year HuskyPeach Modeling lenges is dealing with the size Things I Can't Have" relies on old Veroniea May also says yes Challenge in Erin Dionne's of her dorm, Broderick said. Contact Amanda Gray at wit and cutting dialogue to tell - to life, love and adventure. 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The word "layaway" had The worries about a weak Associated Press popular in Portland more than double the interest Christmas come amid a back NEW YOHK- To gauge con among U.S. searchers in August to-school season that the sumers' strain, look no further 2009 than it bad in August National Hetail Federation than the rows and rows of plas 2008, according to Google expects will see families cut 8 Associated Press "It's inspiring," said Naomi tic bags awaiting layaway pay Insights for Search. percent of spending from last Coplin, one of the chicken ments at Kmart. They arc filled Hetailers that don't ofl'er lay year. POHTLAND - North Williams watchers as she looked around with back-to-school basics - away are seeing financially Tracey Y. Chandler of Hocky Avenue is a street with a sound at the setup just off North not just T-shirts and jeans but strapped shoppers keep buying Mount, N.C., started using lay track like most any other in the Williams Avenue. notebooks, magie markers and smaller amounts and using away at the local Kmart last neighborhoods of Portland. The yard looked like a water pencils. more cash than credit to pay. Christmas as the economy There's the swishing of bikes, color painting. Greens and reds It is unheard of for layaway "It just tells you that con soured and again this past sum the rustling of leaves, the and yellows and pinks folded in rooms to be so packed at back sumers hav1~ no money - even mer to furnish her 8-year-old whirring of motors. on each other. Sunflowers taller to-school time and for the pack that $30 backpack is something daughter's bedroom. But then there's something than the visitors shot up from ages to include relatively cheap they can't all'ord," said C. Britt Last weekend, she put aside else under those familiar notes: the tilled ground. Haised beds school supplies. Beemer, chairman of America's $150 worth of back-to-school a tiny warble of clucks coming offered up produce. Bees and A record number of shoppers, Hesearch group. clothes at Sears stores. from a chicken coop set in a butterflies shot through the air, shut off from credit and short Layaway has its roots in the "The job market is too unsta front yard. using wildflowers as landing on cash, are relying on Kmart's Great Depression. It became ble to take on additional debt," Newspapers across the coun pads. And at the center of the layaway program to pay for all passe in the past two decades said Chandler. She and her hus try have been splashing urban garden was one of Portland's of their kids' school needs, said with the rise of credit cards. band both work as teachers' and suburban chicken-keeping most impressive coops. Tom Aiello, a spokesman for But the recession and finan assistants, and she fears they across their front pages. It's the The structure wound through Kmart's parent Sears Holdings cial crisis have caused banks to could be casualties of budget latest thing, they say. But in the yard in the shape of a "V." Corp. Layaway allows shoppers raise rates, pare credit limits cuts. Portland, it's old hat. For the There was a roost, a run, a to pay over time, interest- free, and close accounts. For some Sears Holdings brought back past few years, chicken-keeping tower for lounging and a sign and pick up their merchandise consumers, layaway is the best layaway to its namesake has found its place here. out front in the shape of an egg. when it's paid in full. option to budget for purchases. department stores last holiday It seems odd at first; a back "Hens for Obama," it read. "It's a sight. In the past, we Buying a little at a time and season after a two-decade hia ground beat added to the wrong On that warm Sunday, Coplin, would see layaway start to pick other signs of stress are casting tus. This year, the company also song. But if you listen as you 49, had come to this coop on a up around Halloween" as peo a dark cloud over the holiday is copying old-fashioned walk along the streets, it's a mission. ple get a jump start for season, which accounts for as Christmas club bank accounts chorus that starts to sound ''I'm hoping by the time we're Christmas, said David Travis, much as 40 percent of annual to help its Kmart and Sears cus familiar. done this morning, she's con manager of a Kmart store in sales for many retailers. tomers save for gifts. Portland Mayor Sam Adams vinced," she said with a nod at Conover, N.C. Many economists expect to Competitors have been slow has two hens. Spots in chicken her friend, Barb Wayson. Burlington Coat Factory see another holiday season of to follow, which may give stores raising classes fill up nearly as Coplin already has her own Warehouse Corp. said its lay sales declines, on top of last like Sears who have them an fast as the nurseries in North chickens and Wayson, her old away business is stronger than year's Christmas period, the edge. Portland can plan them. high school pal, has been a year ago. And e weakest in several decades. Wal-Mart discontinued the Hatcheries have trouble keep mulling over getting some of Layaway.com, which offers That's raising more doubts practice in 2006, except for jew ing up with demand. Hesidents her own. "I kind of pride myself online layaway services for about an economic recovery elry, citing rising costs and dedicate blogs to their chickens. on being an environmentalist," about 1 ,000 merchants, has because consumer spending falling demand. TJX Cos., which And late last month, hun Wayson said. The hens would seen its business double from accounl'i for 70 percent of eco offers layaway in some of its dreds of people turned out for be one more step toward sus the same time last year. nomic activity. Marshalls and T.J. Maxx stores the Sixth Annual Tour de Coop, tainability. They'd eat leftover Customers are setting aside Kmart's Travis predicts this and nearly all of its A.J. Wright a self-guided tour of 26 chicken scraps and offer up some fertil even $25 calculators and $30 Christmas will be a "record-set locations, declined to comment coops. izer and fresh eggs. backpacks. ting" layaway season. on its layaway business.
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half rebound. ures - marked the end of a Beetles pose threat Associated Press It all adds up to an yearlong recession. WASHINGTON improving picture ahead of But the development, Turnabouts in European and an economic summit next along with recent news that Asian economies, along with month in Pittsburgh of the other major economies had in Yukon Territory recent gains in the U.S., are world's top 20 industrial and resumed economic growth raising hopes that that the developing economies. or were stabilizing, did not impress investors as global researcher from the University of worldwide recession is It is the third such meeting Associated Press drawing to a close. That's of all the major economic stock markets sank and then Northern British Columbia. "If not to say the coast is clear. players, after one convened zigzagged amid fears by jit HAINES JUNCTION - A veil of the bark beetles kill the trees, The brightening outlook in by former President George tery international investors smoke settled over the forest in you'll have lots of dead, dry wood Europe and Asia and the W. Bush in November in that the recoveries were not the shadow of the St. Elias that will create a really, really improvement in U.S. credit Washington, and one held sustainable. Mountains, in a wilderness hot fire, and then sometimes you markets and indicators earlier this year in London. In the United States, the whose spruce trees stood tall and don't get trees regenerating on reflect heavy government It is the first to be held gross domestic product con gray, a deathly gray even in the the site." stimulus spending. Many recently as economies tracted at a 1 percent pace greenest heart of a Yukon sum Dominoes may already be analysts question whether appear to be improving. in the April-June quarter, mer. falling in western North America. the top economies can sus But until American con after plunging 6.4 percent in "As far as the eye can see, it's From Colorado to Washington tain recoveries after stimu sumers begin spending the January-March quarter, all infested," forester Rob Legare state, an unprecedented, years lus measures and easy-cred again, and so long as jobs the worst in 27 years, and said, looking out over the thick long epidemic of mountain pine it policies have run their are still being lost, the dura fell by 5.4 percent in the woods of the Alsek River valley. beetle has killed 2.6 million course - and in the absence bility of any recovery is fourth quarter of 2008. Beetles and fire, twin plagues, hectares (6.5 million acres) of of significant new consumer questionable. Major retail The latest statistics sug are consuming northern forests forest. The insect has struck spending, especially among ers reported this week that gested the recession is in its in what scientists say is a pre even more devastatingly to the Americans. U.S. consumers are continu final stages, and some econ view of the future, in a century north, in British Columbia, "It's not clear that these ing to rein in spending on all omists believe it may have growing warmer, as the land where clouds of beetles have laid economies can continue to but basics. already ended. grows drier, trees grow weaker waste to 14 million hectares (35 move forward without stim Despite slight recent Still, economists are mixed and pests, abetted by milder win million acres) - twice the area ulus," said Mark Zandi, chief improvements in many U.S. on the pace of recovery. ters, grow stronger. of Ireland. It is expected to kill 80 economist for Moody's economic statistics, many Many barriers clearly stand Dying, burning forests would percent of the Canadian Economy.com. "And that's in consumers haven't seen a in the way of a quick then only add to the warming. province's lodgepole pines before part why stock markets change in their lives. rebound. It's here in the sub-Arctic and it's finished. across the globe are nerv So many jobs have been Noting China's fast bounce Arctic - in Alaska, across Farther north, in the Yukon, ous." lost - nearly seven million - it posted more than 6 Siberia, in northernmost Europe, the pine beetle isn't endemic - It will be difficult for other since the recession began in percent growth in the first and in the Yukon and elsewhere yet. Here it's the spruce bark countries to pull out of December 2007 - that the half of 2009 - Peter Morici, in northern Canada - that beetle that has eaten its way recession until the U.S., still unemployment rate will a business economist at the Earth's climate is changing most through 400,000 hectares (1 mil one quarter of the world remain high long after the University of Maryland and rapidly. While average tempera lion acres) of woodland, and economy, starts growing, he economy begins to rebound. a critic of Obarna's econom tures globally rose 0. 74 degrees even more in neighboring said. Many out-of-work ic-recovery plans, said: Celsius (1.3 degrees Fahrenheit) Alaska, in a 15-year-old epidem Arter a frightening free Americans have lost unem "China has a $400 billion in the past century, the far north ic unmatched in its longevity and fall across Europe in late ployment and severance stimulus package, and its experienced warming at twice extent. 2008, France and Germany, benefits and are depleting economy is firing on all that rate or greater. "It's a fingerprint of climate the continent's two largest their savings. Others are cylinders. President Obama In Russia's frigid east, some change," Aynslie Ogden, senior economies, reported recent saving more and spending has an $800 billion stimulus average temperatures have risen researcher for the Yukon Forest ly that they had grown less, still shaken from the but prospects for the U.S. more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Management Branch, said in slightly in the second quar worst economic downturn economic recovery are frag degrees Fahrenheit), with mid Whitehorse, the territorial capi ter of 2009. Other major since the Great Depression. ile." winter mercury spiking even tal. "The intensity and severity European countries reported "This is going to be the Other economists are higher. And "eight of the last 10 and magnitude of the infestation they were still struggling, mother of all jobless recov guardedly optimistic. And summers have been extreme is outside the normal." but with generally improved eries," said Allen Sinai, chief Lawrence Summers, the top wildfire seasons in Siberia," Hiking through the wild and figures over late 2008 and global economist for White House economic American researcher Amber J. beetle-ravaged Alsek valley, earlier this year. Decision Economics, a con adviser, predicts "a substan Soja pointed out by telephone Legare, the Yukon agency's for China, Japan, Hong Kong, sulting firm. tial return to normalcy" in from central Siberia. est health expert, explained how Singapore and South Korea Japan, the world's second the coming months. Along with shrinking the polar the 7.5-millimeter (quarter-inchl have also reported rebounds largest economy, grew 0. 9 While acknowledging "we ice cap and thawing permafrost, insect does its damage. as government stimulus percent in the second quar have a long way to go," he scientists say, the warming of the "Usually the female bores into efforts across the globe have ter, or April to June, com notes that most forecasts for Arctic threatens to turn boreal the tree first, followed by the begun to show results. pared with the prior quarter GOP growth in the second forest - the vast cover of spruce, male, and then they mate and Hussia. among the hardest as export sales picked up half of the year are now pos pine and other conifers blanket they both excavate a main egg hit of major economies as oil after the country's deepest itive. ing these high latitudes - into gallery which runs parallel to the prices slumped and many slump since World War II, "It is reasonable to say less of a crucial "sink" absorbing wood grain," he said. foreign investors fled the the Japanese government that we are in a very differ carbon dioxide and more of a The hatched larvae, just country, appeared to be sta reported earlier this week. ent place than we were six source, as megatons of that beneath the outer bark. then bilizing. It was the latest major econ months ago; that the sense greenhouse gas rise from dead, feed via perpendicular galleries Meanwhile, in the United omy to report upbeat sec of free-fall. of vertical burning and decaying wood. they bore around the tree, cut States. the Federal Reserve ond-quarter results. deeline, has been con American forest ecologist Scott ting off nutrients moving through said the world's largest Japan's return to growth tained," he told a recent Green worries about a "domino the phloem and killing the plant. economy appeared to be - thanks to a 6.3 percent economic forum. effect." Its needles turn reddish. later "leveling out" and many uptick in exports along with Most economists and ana "These things may occur gray, and eventually wind top flconomists see a second- government stimulus meas- lysts seem to agree. simultaneously," said the ples the dead wood.
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Stephanie Kilpatrick Christopher Lasch Bill Lyon Vossler U.S. social critic U.S. author THE OBSERVER Thursday, August 27, 2009 IEWPOINT page 11 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR U-WIRE Wrongful Praise Boycott Berkeley classes In what began as a joyful and Irishmen, including one elected mem prayerful celebration to begin the ber of her own Parliament, starve to taught by 'torture school year, I was on the verge of death as they protested the poor con tears with my blood boiling as Provost ditions of prison and lack of classifi Thomas Burish spoke about former cation as political prisoners. She let a British Prime Minister Margaret member of her own government die m.em.o' lavvyer Thatcher during the Opening Mass. without intervening! During the celebration of a mass, a So, despite Notre Dame being I add my voice to the growing cho tionallaw. terrible woman was glorified and was known as a school with many stu rus of UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and The Bush administration did not somehow tied in to a speech praising dents of Irish background, and alumni who are outraged by UC prosecute Yoo, and the Obama admin Our Mother. Our provost spoke of her despite having arguably the best Irish Berkeley law professor John Yoo's Istration has so far balked at doing twisting of the law in memos to pro so. Appealing to academic freedom as a great woman, while a simple studies program in this country, our mote torture and tenure protections, the dean of reflection of her time as Prime Provost praised not just only one of and other abus Kenneth the Boalt Hall School of Law refuses Minister shows otherwise. the most hated figures of Irish repub es of })OWer. to fire Yoo, even though faculty regu She opposed human rights in her licans in recent history, but one of the Yoo has blood Worthy lations allow dismissal of a professor own country, vying against the rights most hated politicians in the world's on his hands. He whose actions damage the universi may not have University of ty's reputation; Yoo's actions certain and power of trade and labor unions. recent history. (There are no less then directly tortured ly have done so. Tenure was meant to She sacrificed justice and reasonable 42 Facebook groups planning parties California at people himself, Berkelety protect freedom of expression, not living for the working class majority for when Thatcher dies.) Such a con but as research criminal acts. of Britain for the "sake of the econo troversial figure should not be on genocide and Daily Until Yoo is prosecuted for his war my." Unemployment rates soared praised anywhere, especially in the other atrocities Californian crimes and dismissed from his presti while she was in office and she sin sacred sanctuary of a heavily popu shows, legal gious faculty position, I call on his fel apologists such low faculty members to censure him glehandedly crippled the entire econ lated Catholic Mass. Provost Thomas as he and others for his work in the torture memos. omy in Scotland. Burish surely could have spoke about surrounding the tOJ? of the chain of I call on law students to boycott his This speech became utterly laugh many other key figures for Darners to command play a cntical role in carry classes to send him and the campus able and more disgusting as Burish draw inspiration from as they begin ing out such acts. the clear message that his cynical told her story and identified her turn the school year! Through this work, Yoo has not only manipulation orthe law (with the the ing point in life when her young pen participated in actual instances of ory that "it's legal by definition if the torture (however remotely); he has president does It") and his role in pal died when she was a "na"ive" girl. Eugene O'Driscoll also made it more dangerous for mili enabling torture are unacceptable to Burish himself must have been naive sophomore tary personnel and other Americans the UC Berkeley community. To those in believing this. This is the same Duncan Hall traveling overseas. That, in addition law students who feel they must take Thatcher who cold-bloodedly let 10 Aug. 25 to valuing human rights, is why mili his classes, I urge you to vigorously tary leaders and lawyers reject Yoo's challenge Yoo's legal interpretations. position on torture. The use of torture And, I call on all community members by the U.S. has also probably made it to join in the active protests of Yoo's easier to recruit terrorists against us. continued presence m the law school. EDITORIAL CARTOON The well-J:mblicized shoddmess of These acts would signal to the Yoo's work m the "torture memos" is world that Berkeley does not condone a symptom of scholarship brought torture and those who promote it; into tlie service of ideology (Yoo's suc they would reverse some of the dis cessor quickly nullified tliem due to grace that Yoo has brought on this WE «AN OUT the weakness of their legal reason community. ing). Personally, I see Yoo and his OF SAFETY NET. .. warmongering ilk in the Bush admin This column first ran in the Aug. 25 istration not as strong, brave leaders edition of The Daily Californian, the CATCHf (as they likely envision themselves), daily newspaper serving the but rather as frightened cowards University of California at Berkeley unable or unwilling to defend this The views expressed in this column nation without resorting to inhumane are those of the author and not practices and violations of interna- necessarily those of The Observer. Keep students infortned w-ithout creating HlNl panic When the H1N1 virus, more com what risky. The vaccine will not have monly called swine flu, first ap.Peared been tested as thoroughly as other in April, there was an internatiOnal drugs, due to time constraints. We do outpouring of concern and fear. Talk not want 2009 to be remembered the of liundreds of thousands of deaths same way as 1918, when one-third of flooded the air- the world's population suffered from waves and front the flu. pages, and Editorial Board Besides the apparent reason to take emergency action to save hves, there is another rooms grew University of motive to avoid slowing down the crowdeo as Alabama economy yet again. With the interna patients with a tional commumty in the midst of a sore throat The Crimson recession, a worldwide flu pandemic feared the White would cost billions of dollars at a worst. The most inopportune time. Centers for At this point, the best prevention Disease Control and Prevention strategies are the same tactics used reported the number of doctor's visits to prevent an infectious disease, for flu-like illnesses more than dou namely hand washing. The CDC also bled the week the warnings came out. says tliose with confirmed cases of flu But swine flu has not been nearly should stay away from others. Please, as catastrophic as the tabloids - take their advice. and, in this particular set of circum In a fast-moving crisis or potential stances, the mainstream media crisis, the least beneficial action is to predicted. To date, there have been panic. University administrators seem Help us less than 500 deaths in the United to have made a concerted effort to States from swine flu, far less than avoid exactly that. It is our hope that the Armageddon-like figures some the University will continue its forth news outlets projected. While inci right, rapid communication with the Send inquiries to Michelle at dence rates for flu have been atypi commumty about the effects of the cally elevated, they are declining. flu. Indeed, less than one in five flu tests We also hope you'll wash your for the week ending Aug. 8 yielded a hands and cover your mouth and positive result. Compared to a few nose. We will. weeks ago, when two in five flu tests were positive. This column first ran in the Aug. 20 Later this year, a swine flu vaccine edition of The Crimson White, the will come out as a part of the govern daily newspaper serving the ment's strategy to contain the ois University ofAlabama. ease. The American strategy of pur The views expressed in this column chasing 600 million doses, about two are those of the author and not per person, for $8 billion is some- necessarily those of The Observer. THE OBSERVER page 12 CENE Thursday, August 27, 2009 nr>t.onti<>l to rank as one pop tune SecreL'i, m "Eyes As poetic lyrics: By ALEXANDRA KILPATRICK alternative albums of the year. bass line and displays some of Candles" for an '80's pop tune until "And you said it was like fire around Assistant Scene Editor The electronic band formed in Pas.'iion Pit's insightJul yet accessible the distinctive falsetto of lead singer the brim/Burning solid burning thin Cambridge, Mass., m 2007 and con lyrics: "Let thL'i be our lit1lc secret I No Angelakos comes in, a'i the song is a the burning rim/ ... /You were one Don't be surprised if you begin sists of members Michael Angelakos one needs to know we're softer melody than the others and inch from the edge of this bed/1 hearing people talk about Passion Pit, on lead vocals and keyboards, Ian feclingii-Iigher and higher and higher/ combines hand clapping, synth-piano dragged you back a sleepyhead." an mdie electronic band on the rise Hultquist on keyboards and guitar, . . . /But I feel alive and I feel it in and a soft drum beat for the intro . While the components of who has been compared to MGMT Ayad Al Adhamy on synth and sam me/Up and up I keep on Nonetheless, the band includes many "Sleepyhead" may not sound ideal, but certainly has the creativity, genius ples, Jeff Apruzzese on bass and Nate climbing/Higher and higher and electronic sound effects more charac the combination of these qualities and charm to create its own distinct Donmoyer on drums. The group higher ... " They double up on the teri'itic of the year 2009, letting its manages to work in its favor: sound. With the high-pitched and mixes electronic synth pop with a "higher and higher" part of the eho audience know that yes, they are ~iill "Manners" may borrow much of passionate falsetto of the lead vocals, disc,o sound and dissonant hooks to rus, involving an elementary school in the correct era. "Swimming in the its sound from '80's pop and indie munchkin-like backup vocals, create a sub-genre of indie rock one choir m the mix. The kiddie choir Flood" has a much slower beat and a rock, but "Oash" magazine has a dif insightful yet concise, relatable and might refer to as dance rock or elec may be considered behind the curve smoother sound, adding variety to ferent take on the LP, saying that: "At fairly accessible lyrics, exuberant tro pop, makllig the band appealing but certainly makes the band more the album. its most adventurous, "Manners" upbeat '80's sound and the electronic to '80's pop, mdie rock, disco, elec endearing to its fans. "Fold<; in Your Hands" brings the sounds like little else - a pop record sound effects and intriguing instru tronic and modern pop fans alike. "Moth's Wmgs," a more subdued locus back to the dance floor and has that exists in a world of its own, carv mentation to back it up, Passion Pit's "Manners" opens with the key- track, has a more grandiose atmos synth riff'> that might remind one of ing a sub-genre niche which only fits debut album "Manners" has the board-ridden "Make Light," which pheric sound aklli to U2 and includes French alternative band Phoenix, their expansive, tonally decadent may not be more ar.oustic instruments as well as who similarly borrows much of their material." the strongest synth-piano chords. The album's lin.i sound from '80's pop. "To Kingdom Not only does Passion Pit know Manners track on the single, "The Reeling," is a great Come" has more of a '80's rock how to produce a well-orchestrated album but party-ready dance number and sound, complete with guitar, drums creative album, but they also know Passion Pit still has the proves to its fans that underneath and horns, which are part of the how to deliver energetic, well lively drums, Pa'ision Pit's upbeat optimistic sound wide array of im.trumental resources received live perlormances and have Released by: Frenchkiss Records warm synth often lies a darker message: "Now I that Angelakos utilizes throughout opened for such bands as Death Cab Best Tracks: "Little Secrets," 'The Reeling," effects and pray that somebody will quickly the album. for Cutie and Girl Talk. The electro keyboard come and kidnap me/Oh no, oh For the new album, the band mas pop band perlormed at Lollapalooza "Sleepyhead" riffs, and no/And everyday I lie awake and tered "Sleepyhead," which had been this summer with good reviews, falsetto to pray to God today's the day/Oh no, oh the indie band's first hit from their proving that they eould excel in a fes create a no." Much like "Uttle Secrets," the 2008 debut EP, "Chunk of Change." tival setting. dance able message i'i delivered with help from The result is a song complete with rock atmos an elementary seh(X>l choir, contrast overly di'iSOnant synth riffs, hypere phere. ing darker themes with a sense of motional and high-pitched lead Contact Alexandra Kilpatrick at The synth youthfulness and innocence. vocms, munchklli-like backup vocals [email protected] wearable. This trend would Boudoir being a symbol of fash By MARTHA KARAM include frills, sheer coatings ion, but seems to contrast the Scene Writer over bikini tops as blouses and straight, fitted cuts of the other more than an appropriate trends. I hardly know the difference amount of skin showing. "Smart Investments" is between fashion and style. Style Considering the autumn weath apparently the androgynous is easy, because everyone is er and the modesty of students, answer to "forties and fabu born with the affinity to a dis this likely is not going to be hit lous." Men's clothing on women tinct style. Fashion, on the ting Notre Dame. For this is not all that uncommon with other hand, changes too much trend, the takeaway may be the "boyfriend jeans" and one-size for most college students to be color scheme of pale and cream too-large V-necks, but some able to be alert to trends and colors. designers for this trend take it a the only way most Notre Dame "Forties and Fabulous" is step further suggesting that students would constantly be on Joan Crawford. Big hats. Big women take on full-tailored top of "what's hot in Bryant shoulders. Long pencil skirts. suits made for men. Fall 2008 Park" is if it were as convenient Fur. This will probably end up emphasized curves with as "what's hot in llammes." manifested as pencil skirts tapered waists. Tapered waists For the summer of 2009, becoming popularized among will never be unfashionable, Vogue searched music festivals college students and more dar but for this season many such as Lollapalooza and All ing hats. Big, tight curls may designers placed suit jackets Points West Festival and it become more mainstream, a and unfitted blazers, lessening became clear that the "hippier change i"rom natural, broken the appearance of a defined than thou" feature on curls that had been popular last waist. style.com, Vogue online, defined season. Consistencies within the six Summer 2009 fashion. The site "Party like it's 1983" is trends: big shoulders, leather, now claims that autumn 2009 defined by the look that only glittery clothing and black. can be summed up into these David Bowie would consider a Just because a fashion maga cutesy names for trends: party in 1983. Think less side zine says something "should" "Biker Brigade" is straightfor ponytail and leg warmers, more be popular does not guarantee ward biker gear. Exactly what leather, patterns, futuristic that it will be. To the average you think of when you think of buckles and sequins. See: girl, these trends may sound how the fashion industry would "Walking on the Moon" video by ridiculous and far-fetched. pinch the style - black leather, The Dream ft. Kanye West. Seeing as how fashion maga black denim, big zippers, all fit "Ruehe Hour" means that zines expect drastic change ted tightly. Biker jackets and draping will become the alter twice a year, it is certain that if even biker boots were featured native to A-line skirts. This given time, these trends will in Spring/Summer 2009 collec trend seems to have already look ridiculous and far-fetched tions, so this trend may be gained popularity with many even to the designers who pop dying out more quickly than it designers featuring "tulip ularized them. will rush in. skirts" last season. Huche also "Boudoir Crossing" for lack of falls under the idea of 1940s Contact Martha Karam at fashion infiltrating and of the definitive description, is un- [email protected] ------ THE OBSERVER Thursday, August 27, 2009 CENE page 13 By SHANE STEINBERG soldiers led by the ruthless Lt. revolutionary status to this film Scene Wrirer Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) who are like there was with "Pulp sent into France as Raine says, Fiction." Instead, Tarantino has It's wildly audacious, merrily "For one thing, and one thing made a film that is as uniquely insensitive, insane and, at times, only: Killing Nazis." The lot of "Tarantino" as could be, while so over-the-top that it's safe to them are feared throughout the somehow being as weirdly non say that it'll alienate half of its ranks of the S.S., for tales of their trademark Tarantino as he's ever audience. But gosh darn it, it's methods of execution strike fear been. downright glorious; a grand into the heart of even Hitler him Watch closely and you '11 know spectacle of a film that could only self. it's his brainchild, but watch clos come from a master of cinema at Known only as "The Basterds," er and you'll notice his flare for his very best. we find them rampaging through dialogue has changed, and if Quentin Tarantino's much France, bashing skulls in with there was any Hollywood in him anticipated revenge thriller baseball bats, cutting off dead at all, it's been put aside for the veiled as a war-picture, Nazi scalps for sport, shooting duration of the film's runtime. "Inglourious Basterds" is a near first and never stopping to ask There are no Royale with ly indescribable manifestation of any questions and, in rare cheese-like conversations or cinematic storytelling. instances of compassion, carving round-table discussions like in Using his keen eye for dia swastikas onto the foreheads of the opening scene in "Reservoir logue, flexing his love for gore their prisoners. Their actions, so Dogs," and there are no rules and tension-filled action and barbarically outlandish and here, or Hollywood boundaries. somehow managing to walk the cringe-inducing, would be so It has a style all to its own, a line between quirky comical wrong, if only, as the audience nearly unexplainable style that genius and dark, sensitive story sits in awe and watches with can best be described as a telling, Tarantino sticks to his wide eyes, it didn't feel so right. strangely refreshing breath of guns and brings to life a story Tarantino ingeniously weaves fresh air. that is uniquely his, and could the storyline of the Basterds with Some will be annoyed, and only be as successful as it is that of Shoshanna Dreyfus, a others enthralled by just how under his bold vision. young Jewish woman who wit whacked out and immoral Payback is the name of the nesses the murder of her entire Tarantino's Nazi-killing machine game in this revisionist fantasy of family at the hands of Nazi of a film is. Some will find it over a World War II film. And pay Colonel Hans Landa (Christopher long and choppy at times, so back has never been so sweet. Waltz, who rightfully won best much so that the quirks, as plen Set in Nazi-occupied France, actor at the Cannes Film Festival tiful as they are, will lose their "Inglourious Basterds" is the tale for this role), who stumbles upon charm. But for those who have of a group of Jewish-American a chance at ultimate revenge on enough patience and resilience the Nazis. The owner of a local to just take this as seriously as it's cinema, she is presented with meant to be taken, this a rare joy the opportunity to host a pre ride of a film that's so enjoyable, lnglourious Basterds miere of a new film from you just can't help but grin from Germany's premier director, to ear-to-ear once the credits roll. which many high-rankiQg It isn't "Pulp Fiction" and it's no Directed by: Quentin Tarantino members of Nazi command masterpiece per se, but it may Starring: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael will attend. And thus she plots just be the most swaggeringly Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Bruhl, her revenge just as the fun, weirdly delightful film to Basterds go about theirs. grace the silver screen in years. lil Schweiger, Melanie Laurent The film is awash in refer They're basterds, the whole ences to old cinema - every bunch of them, and it's so glori thing from the carefully crafted ous, we just can't help but love soundtrack, to the set locations, 'em. to elements of the dialogue - all pay homage to old cinema, which is a new trick in Contact Shane Steinberg at Tarantino's bag. There's no [email protected] DMB pays tribute to late ban.d m m er with a new album ANDREA ARCHER I Observer Graphic By JOEY KUHN an accidental and tragic dynamite explosion blew Cavallo, whose credits include Green Day and earth must be so messy and unfair, as in the Assisranr Scene Ediror open a cave of diamonds. Alanis Morissette. Then Butch Taylor, the band's album's first single, "Funny the Way It Is": "Funny The band's seventh studio album was released keyboardist since 2001, announced that he would the way it is, ifyou think about i110ne kid walks 10 Have you ever been working on a project when on June 2. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 leave the group on May 27. But the biggest blow miles to school another's dropping out" life suddenly blasted you with the unexpected, and music chart, the fifth consecutive DMB album to came on Aug. 19, when saxophonist LeRoi Moore "Big Whiskey" is also pervaded by religious lan after that crucial moment the project took on a do so. Among hardcore DMB fans, though, the died from complications to iqjrnies sustained in an guage and imagery that is more explicit than in whole different meaning? That's what happened fuvorites have usually been ''Under the Table and A1V accident any other of DMB's previous albums; in 'TIIlle to the Dave Matihews Band during the recording Dreaming," "G-ash," and "Before These Crowded Instead of scrapping the album they had just Bomb," Matthews wails "Baby when I get home1 of their latest album, "Big Whiskey and the Streets." started working on, Dave Matthews and crew want to believe in Jesus" in some of his most GrooGrux King." They were mining for coal, but These, the band's first three albums, have instead pulled together and created possibly their impassioned singing on the album acquired almost canonical status; most cohesive and emotionally intense album yet Throughout "Big Whiskey," the lyrics evoke the they are sometimes referred to as "Big Whiskey" is a swampy mix of joy, grie( love, tension between a desire to transcend and the ten Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King 'The Big Three." Holding them pain, drLIDkenness, God and deafu. First and fore dency to be dragged back to the earth by our own up as the standard, everything most, it is a tribute to Moore (GrooGrux was humanity. Elements of fimk, African beats, New Dave Matthews Band that Dave Matthews Band has Moore's nickname). Many of the lyrics reflect on Orleans jazz and rock give the music a raucous, released since has seemed to full mortality; some even explicitly point to Moore's earthy sound at times, balanced out by the airs of Released by: RCA a little short - LIDtil now. Critics, death, as in "Why I Am": "And when my story strings and fluttering saxophone on lighter tracks. Best Tracks: 'Why I Am," "Dive In," "Seven," casual listeners and diehard fans ends it's gonna end with bimiHeaven or hell, fm The album really rLIDS the gamut of emotions alike have received "Big going down with the GrooGrux King." Not every depicted in the chaotic scene of a New Orleans "Spaceman," "Funny the Way It Is" Whiskey" as a new masterpiece. song relates to Moore's passing away, but even parade on its cover. But wherever Dave Matthews A lot happened in the four straightforward love ballads here are tinged with Band take us on "Big Whiskey," they take us with years intervening between the an air of impending futality. the surer and sometimes heavier step of a band band's last studio album, "Stand Don't get the wrong idea, though; the album that has perfected its sound and reached full Up," and "Big Whiskey." On never despairs or admits defeat to deafu. Instead, maturity, though not without a cost We can only March 6, 2008, it was revealed Matthews preaches acceptance of mortality and wonder where they will go from here. that the band was working on a carnal reality. At the same time, without condon new album with producer Rob ing or condemning, he questions why things on Contact Joey Kuhn at jkuhnl @nd.edu ,- : page 14 The Observer + CLASSIFIEDS Thursday, August 27, 2009 ==~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~==~=== MLB Huff's six innings lead Indians over Royals Hunter extends hitting streak to 12 games with two-run homer as Saunders gets the victory over Detroit The Royals got a run in the ssociated Press first inning on Mark Teahen's KANSAS CITY, Mo. sacrifice fly, another in the ,noozing on the way to the third on a bloop double by ballpark, David Huff was jolt Miguel Olivo. ed by a crash. A car had lost Asdrubal Cabrera had a control in the rain and slid run-scoring fielder's choice into the side of the team bus, in the first for Cleveland. a startling wake-up call for Shin-Soo Choo added some the Cleveland rookie. excitement with a run-scor Once Huff got to the field: ing double to left-center in crickets, just as he likes it. the third, a play that ended The left-hander threw six with Carroll getting thrown solid innings Wednesday, out by three steps at the bouncing back from a bad plate. Sizemore scampered outing and helping the home on a wild pitch in the Indians to a 4-2 victory over fifth and LaPorta homered in the Kansas City Royals. the sixth, drawing cheers All that buzz from Zack from a handful of fans and Greinke's 15-strikeout per not much else. formance the night before? In between? Lots of lazy Gone thanks to whisper-quiet popups, routine grounders, a stadium and a pitcher who few strikeouts, the occasional prefers groundouts to pun grounder through the infield. chouts. Boring? Maybe a little, espe ''I'm not going to go out and cially after what Greinke did strike out a bunch of guys," the night before, but it said Huff, 6-3 on the road. worked. ''I'm going to be the guy who "It was different, but it's tries to get ground-ball outs, the big leagues and you have a bunch of double plays. For handle any atmosphere me, strikeouts are boring. I you're in," Wedge said. "It like a quick ballgame. I like doesn't matter. You still have guys to ground out in one to raise your level of play." pitch, two pitches." Huff started off his day with Grady Sizemore reached a jolt, one of nine Indians base four times after a day players on the bus when it off, scoring in the first, third was hit by a car on the way and fifth innings to put to the stadium. No one was Cleveland up 3-2. Jamey hurt. Carroll, Cleveland's No. 2 hit On the field, the lefty didn't AP ter, had two of his three hits let the Royals get the barrel Royals catcher Miguel Olivo tags out Cleveland's Jamey Carroll at home in the third inning on hit-and-runs to move on too many pitches, induc Wednesday. The Indians scored one run In the third and won 4-2. Sizemore around the bases ing plenty of soft grounders same afternoon. just trying to find our way, said. "My arm was free, and I and Matt LaPorta hit his sec and sleepy fly balls. Huff And as usual around the but we were able to capital just let it go .... I look back ond homer of the season off allowed two runs and seven Angels, Torii Hunter had ize on their mistakes." on (the struggles) and say I Luke Hochevar (6-7) to give hits after lasting just 3 1-3 something to do with every Hunter's first-inning shot should have done this a little Huff all the support he need innings his last start. positive development. off Edwin Jackson (10-6), his earlier, but it's my fault. ed. "It always helps when guys Hunter hit an early two-run 18th of the season, provided Hopefully if it ever happens Kerry Wood worked a per are swinging at pitches," Huff homer, Saunders pitched five a valuable cushion for again, I'll step up and say fect ninth for his 16th save in said. "It's one of those things effective innings in his return Saunders, who looked good something." 21 chances, giving Cleveland where you throw something to the rotation and Los after a 2 1/2 -week regimen Kendry Morales and Chone its eighth win in 12 series off-speed, they think it's fast Angeles snapped its three- of massage, electrotherapy Figgins added run-scoring since the All-Star break. ball and hopefully they just game skid with a victory over and a cortisone shot to get hits for the Angels, who The Royals couldn't follow roll it over." the Detroit Tigers on some life back in his sore avoided being swept at home up the excitement from Hochevar had a second Wednesday. shoulder. for the first time since June Greinke's performance the decent outing on the heels of Hunter, who extended his "I think that early home 2007 and prevented Detroit's night before. four shaky ones, working hitting streak to 12 games, run helped Joe relax," Angels first road sweep of the Angels Kansas City scored two through traffic to allow three claims he threw a tantrum manager Mike Scioscia said. since August 1993. runs in the first three innings earned runs and seven hits in over his AL West-leading "That's certainly the most Manufacturing runs with off Huff (8-7), but didn't get a 6 1-3 innings. The right-han team's slump of five losses in consistent velocity I've seen their usual mix of hits, walks runner past second base der lost his chance to end a six games. The Angels' club- all year from Joe." and sharp baserunning, Los after that. Billy Butler had six-game winless streak with house leader has a hit in Saunders (10-7) was cool in Angeles capitalized on three hits for the Royals, who the wild pitch-Kansas City's every game since returning the 97 -degree Orange County Jackson's high leg kick to have baseball's worst home majors-leading 73rd-that from a month on the disabled heat while making his first steal five bases, matching a record (26-41) after losing allowed Sizemore to score list last week, and he reached start since Aug. 7, after season high. five of six at Kauffman and the slider LaPorta hit out ,base three times as Los which he went on the dis "They got a couple of runs Stadium. to put the Indians up 4-2. Angeles managed to remain abled list. early with the home run, "It's a frustrating year," "That was a terrible pitch the only major league team The left-hander had strug then they got two bleeders to Royals manager Trey Hillman to LaPorta," Hochevar said without four straight losses gled for over a month before get another run on me," said said. "Losses are tough to let after throwing a career-high this season. his DL stint, but the Angels' Jackson, who yielded eight go of." 116 pitches. "I was just hoping the guys opening day starter allowed hits and four walks in 6 1-3 Most of the game was non were upset, because I was four hits while striking out innings during his first loss descript, as might be expect Angels 4, Tigers 2 upset," Hunter said. "We six. in seven starts since July 19. ed of two teams with little Joe Saunders and the Los have a pretty good team. 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"In this day and The Seahawks, who being a tough runner that's 9 Purdue 319 Associated Press age in the NFL, everything released running back T.J. durable. He doesn't take 10 LSU 291 RENTON, Wash. is pretty much two backs. Duckett to pave the way for losses," Mora said. "When 11 North Carolina 257 Edgerrin James signed I'm not here to compete James, signed him to sup we watched him on film, 12 Duke 254 with Seattle in an effort to with Julius, I'm here to port Jones. he still looked like that 13 Pepperdine 238 revitalize his career while complement him, to come ''I'm just going to take it guy." 14 Georgia 193 the Seahawks are just des in here and work together. day by day and let the James also is 31, an age 15 Arkansas 190 perate to improve a run I just want to win." coaches decide how they at which running backs are 16 Denver 176 ning game that ranked James is the league's feel I'm coming along," historically on the decline. 17 Louisville 171 near the bottom in the NFL active leading rusher and James said. ''I'm not going "You have to consider his 18 San Jose State 140 last season. is 11th on the NFL rushing to try to force nothing. I'm age. It's irresponsible if you 19 Kent State 103 James, who agreed to a list with 12,121 yards. But just going to try to do don't," Mora said. "We 20 Arizona 98 free-agent contract he was benched for the everything I can do." talked about it at length. Tuesday, said Wednesday first time in his career last Coach Jim Mora said that The fact is he's going to be that he's not in Seattle to season by Arizona. when considering James a complementary back to compete with starter Julius His resurgence during he watched videos of his Julius. Julius is going to be Golf World/NIKE Menfs Jones but to work with the playoffs gave Arizona last four games last season, our workhorse, our lead him. the running game it had including the Super Bowl, dog. To be able to get a guy Division I Coaches Poll "It's a cool situation to lacked and sparked the in which he had 33 yards of Edgerrin's caliber, his come in and play with team to James' only Super in a 27-23 loss to personality and pedigree to Julius," James said Bowl. The Cardinals Pittsburgh. come in here and do what team Wednesday after his first released him earlier this "That's what we based it he's going to do is bonus 1 TexasA&JW practice with the year. on, that and his history of for us." 2 Arkansas 3 Georgia 4 Michigan 5 Arizona State IN BRIEF 6 Southern California Louisville quarterback Pacers' Dunleavy to return Vols' Bryce Brown not 7 Washington Burke named starter sooner than expected punished by NCAA 8 Oklahoma Slate LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Pacers KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee 9 TCU coach Steve Kragthorpe has named guard Mike Dunleavy says he could freshman tailback Bryce Brown will 10 Georgia Tech junior Justin Burke the starter for return from a severe knee injury not be punished as the result of an 11 UCF ,:,:::·\W''"'. the season opener against Indiana earlier than expected. NCAA investigation into his eligibility, 12 Tennessee State on Sept. 5. Dunleavy says he can do every coach Lane Kiffm said Wednesday. 13 San Diego 14 Duke Kragthorpe said Burke's consis thing except have physical contact, "I think that that's a heck of a deal 15 Alabama tency during training camp earned and he expects that to change with by the NCAA to get it done right and him the nod over Adam Froman in weeks. Pacers coach Jim O'Brien get it done with a sense of urgency, and Zack Stoudt. has said he didn't expect Dunleavy so we're very grateful for that," Kiffm Burke sat out last season after to be available until at least said. transferring from North Carolina January 2010. The NCAA was reviewing whether State. Kragthorpe said Burke's He had surgery in March to money was improperly raised for around the dial intelligence and ability to grasp the remove a bone spur from the patel Brown to visit colleges and collegiate offense quickly helped him win the la tendon on his right knee. football camps during his sophomore job. But Dunleavy is back on the court year of high school. Tennessee was NFL Froman, a junior college transfer, running. Though there is work not recruiting him at the time. had been Burke's strongest compe ahead, he says he's "at a good place Kilfm said the NCAA was consider Miami at Tampa Bay tition but has been slowed by a right now." ing a four-game suspension and a 8 p.m., FOX shoulder injury over the last week "If it goes pretty well, yeah, I hefty fine as punishment initially, but that forced him to miss last could be back pretty early in the continued to review the case until New England at Washington Saturday's scrimmage. season," Dunleavy said. "There's deciding to drop it. 8 p.m., CBS The start will be Burke's first still a lot of time for that to hap The coach said he spoke with since his senior year at Lexington pen." NCAA officials and Brown wrote a Catholic, where he threw for a His teammates say they like what letter to the organization arguing his then-record 62 touchdowns. they've seen. case. page 16 The Observer + SPORTS Thursday, August 27, 2009 NFL Sanchez wins QB Have you thought about teaching Religion and becoming a Catechist? job over Clemens for-8 for 43 yards and had an *Do you enjoy working with Associated Press interception-his first pass of FLORHAM PARK, N.J.- The the game-returned for a children or adolescents? future is now for the new face touchdown. of the New York Jets, Mark "I think it's not about just Sanchez. one game and I think that *Can you give one-two hours of Sanchez was selected as the defense, I'm not making team's starting quarterback . excuses here, but they're a your time each week? by coach Rex Ryan on great group," Sanchez said. Wednesday, making him the "They make veteran quarter first rookie slated to open a backs look silly out there. It *Do you welcome the challenge to season under center for the wasn't my best game, that's Jets. for sure. Do I need to articulate and share your faith 1 "This comes with a lot of improve? Absolutely." responsibility," a beaming Meanwhile, Clemens was 5- Sanchez said. "As happy as I for-1 0 for 60 yards and a *Would you like to be a valuable as am, I know score, but also that this is just had an inter set to a local parish? the beginning ception and I'm just "I know this is just the returned for a excited, really beginning and I'm just TO. Entering excited, to get his fourth sea to play with excited, really excited, son with the such great to get to play with such Jets after players." being a sec great players. " Important lnfo~mation Meeting: The fifth ond-round overall draft pick in 2006, Wednesday, September 2 pick out of Mark Sanchez also had a 5:30~6:30p.m. Southern Jets quarterback solid but California beat unspectacular Room 330 Coleman-Morse Center out Kellen camp, but Clemens for threw 12 Call John or Sylvia Dillon at 631-7163 the job and will make his reg interceptions compared to the ular-season debut at Houston rookie's five during practices. on Sept. 13. ''I'm disappointed overall "This is something I've because I think I left some C-M always wanted to do and plays out there that I Campus Ministry dreams are coming true now," should've made, both in prac Sanchez said. "It's a special tice and in the games," opportunity." Clemens said. "It's Mark's job Ryan, who made the and I'll support him moving announcement after practice, forward." said early in training camp It was the third quarter he'd like to make a decision back competition for Clemens, on a starter by the Jets' third once considered the team's preseason game. future QB, but he lost out to "I think Mark gives us the Chad Pennington in 2006, best opportunity to win," Ryan Favre last summer and now said, "and I think that's what I Sanchez. owe this franchise." "Each competition is differ The Jets' next preseason ent," Clemens said, "but it game is Saturday night never feels good to be the guy against the Giants. who'll be holding the clip Sanchez replaces Brett board on Sept. 13." Favre as the starter after gen Clemens, a free agent after erally showing poise and solid this season, said he believes decision-making skills during he can start in the NFL training camp. whether it's in New York or Ryan met with Sanchez and elsewhere. Clemens on Wednesday morn "It's a bump in the road," he ing and told them of his said. "It's not the end of the choice. road." ''I'm glad the decision was The Jets traded up in the made earlier rather than draft to acquire the fifth over later," said Clemens, who all pick from Cleveland and added he former coach thought the Eric Mangini. competition was Just a few fair. "It's Mark's job and weeks later, the The last time a I'll suporrt him Jets signed ZZ Top Dan Tepfer South Bend Robin Williams rookie started a Sanchez to a season for the moving forward." five-year deal Blues/Rock Concert Solo Piano Concert Symphony Concert Comedian franchise was in that could be with Sulentic Brothers at Palais Royale 'Triumphant Beginnings't National Tour worth up to 1960, when Dick Kellen Clemens Wednesday, Sept 9 Sunday, Sept. 13 Saturday, Sept 26 Thursday, Oct. 1 Jamieson qu ar Jets quarterback $60 million, terbacked the including $28 then-Titans. Joe million gum·an Namath didn't teed. UP£()mino Sh()WS start until the third game of Sanchez was already being his rookie season in 1965. touted as the new face of the Matt Hobinson was the last franchise and it appeared it rookie quarterback to start a was his job to lose after that. game for the Jets in 1977. Clemens didn't help his cause "I feel very comfortable and by being just as good as the confident in my decision," rookie, but not elearly better Ryan said. than him. Sanchez won't have an easy It was expected if the com welcome to the NFL, though, petition was close, the organi facing a tough Texans defense zation would move forward in the opener, followed by with Sanchez. home games against New Ryan made it clear after the England and Tennessee. team drafted Sanchez that he Sanchez struggled early in wouldn't be afraid to start a his start at Baltimore in a pre rookie quarterback, particu season game Monday night, larly after watching Joe but threw a touchdown pass Fiacco lead the Ravens to the to Leon Washington to cap his AFC championship last sea- final series. Sanchez was 3- son. ------ Thursday, August 27, 2009 The Observer + SPORTS page 17 NBA MLB Ricky Rubio retnains Players' union gains ruling vvith DKV Joventut Court rules against federal prosecutors; list and samples to be destroyed The Timberwolves can only Associated Press Associated Press contribute $500,000 toward SAN FRANCISCO - A fed MINNEAPOLIS the buyout under the NBA's eral appeals court ruled Minnesota Timberwolves collective bargaining agree Wednesday that agents had president David Kahn disput ment, meaning Rubio would no right to seize baseball's ed a Spanish report be responsible for paying the anonymous drug-testing Wednesday that point guard balance himself. Rubio is results from 2003, an infa Ricky Rubio will be staying in understandably hesitant to mous list that tarnished Spain for another two years. start his NBA career some America's pastime and some The Spanish Web site $7.5 million in the hole. of its biggest stars. Marca.com reported earlier Kahn has traveled to Spain The decision by the 9th in the day that Regal in hopes of negotiating the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Barcelona had reached a number down, but so far has is a victory for the players' buyout agreement with been unsuccessful in those union, which has argued for Rubio's team, DKV Joventut efforts. years to have the results of for $5.3 million. The report He has said on more than the 104 players who alleged said Rubio would sign a six one occasion that the rebuild ly tested positive for per year deal with the team that ing Wolves will be fine wait formance-enhancing drugs in included an affordable buy ing a year, or two in the 2003 returned. out in 2011 that would allow worse-case scenario, for "This was an obvious case him to come to the NBA. Rubio to come to the United of deliberate overreaching by But Kahn issued a state States to play. the government in an effort ment saying no deal has been More time in Europe would to seize data as to which it reached. allow the 18-year-old to lacked probable cause," "Based on the information I develop against some of the Chief Judge Alex Kozinski have attained today, no team best players overseas in an wrote in the 9-2 decision. in any league has reached a environment many scouts say Barring a last-ditch appeal deal with DKV Joventut con is superior competitively to to the U.S. Supreme Court, cerning Ricky's buyout, which that of the NCAA. the test results and samples must be accomplished before Coming to the NBA this sea will be destroyed, and prose Ricky is released from his son would allow the baby cutors cannot use the infor contract with DKV Joventut," faced Rubio to take advan mation. Union lawyers said Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz, right, admitted the statement read. tage of increased endorse the government returned the to using steroids during his career in mid-August. That means that Rubio's ment opportunities in the evidence shortly after earlier a significant test of the gov committing a crime," union saga will continue as the United States while helping trial court rulings. ernment's search and seizure leader Don Fehr and union Wolves and new coach Kurt the revenue-starved The panel said federal powers in the digital age, general counsel Michael Rambis get closer to training Timberwolves sell tickets to a agents trampled on players' and issued guidelines for Weiner said in a statement. camp. fan base that hasn't seen a protections against unrea investigators to follow in "We are very gratified by this The Timberwolves selected team make the playoffs since sonable searches and future raids that included decision, and hope that this Rubio with the fifth pick in 2004. seizures, though the ruling submitting computers to will finally bring this long lit the June draft, knowing full If Rubio does not come to came too late to spare play independent computer igation to a close." well of the sticky buyout situ Minnesota this season, the ers linked to the list, includ experts for sorting of data. Peters declined to say ation with DKV Joventut. Timberwolves are covered. ing Yankees star Alex The ruling vastly curtailed whether he asked a federal Rubio is under contract for They took Jonny Flynn, Rodriguez and Red Sox slug the federal government's judge to look into leaks from another two years with another point guard, with the ger David Ortiz, who admit performance-enhancing drug the list. Joventut, a deal that includes sixth overall pick right ted they were on it. investigation. Federal prose "If the government hadn't an $8 million buyout. behind Rubio. Ortiz said he didn't care cutors had maintained they unconstitutionally seized this about the ruling, adding it wanted the names to investi in the first place, there won't help him almost a gate the players' drug wouldn't have been any month after his name was sources, which could have leaks," Peters said. NFL leaked. kept alive a massive investi The list's genesis goes back Atlanta star Chipper Jones gation started by a six years, to the time when agreed. Dumpster-diving agent. an agreement between MLB "It doesn't matter now," Instead, Wednesday's rul and the players' association Cutler prepares Jones said. "The names are ing means investigators are on drug policing was just already out there in the gen barred from accessing any being implemented. eral public. We've already names except for the 10 In 2003, baseball conduct got a number out there. It's players listed on a 2004 ed survey drug testing-with for Denver return not going to be over until it's search warrant. The names out penalties. Each player all out there." of those 10 have never been provided a urine sample and became irreparable. Kozinski said the players' released, but the government an additional follow-up five Associated Press The genesis of their dis union had good reason to said they had ties to the Bay to-seven days later. Up to ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Now agreement came when Cutler want to keep the list under Area Laboratory Co 240 players could be selected that they've been separated for learned McDaniels had talked wraps. Operative. randomly for additional test five months, Bears quarter to the Patriots about acquiring "The risk to the players BALCO founder Victor ing. back Jay Cutler has high quarterback Matt Cassel in a associated with disclosure, Conte has long been critical Two companies were praise for Broncos rookie three-way trade that would and with that the ability of of the actions of the govern- involved, Comprehensive coach Josh McDaniels, whom have sent him to Tampa Bay. the Players ment, especial Drug Testing Inc. of Long he'll see in a preseason game Cassel was dealt to Kansas City Association to ly then-lead Beach, Calif., and Quest at lnvesco Field this weekend. instead, but in subsequent con obtain volun "We've already got a investigator Diagnostics Inc. of Teterboro, Cutler says in the brief time versations, Cutler couldn't get tary compli Jeff Novitzky. N.J., and samples were he spent with McDaniels he assurances from the 33-year ance with drug number out there. It's "I have said marked with codes to keep could tell Bill Belichick's latest old rookie coach that his name testing from its not going to be over that Novitzky track as they were disciple was an offensive mas wouldn't come up again in members in until it's all out has been using processed. termind. Cutler said the trade talks. So he asked out. the future, is there.,, illegal tactics The union has said it had Broncos are in good hands Cutler said he doesn't want very high," the and not follow begun steps to destroy the with McDaniels and quarter to rehash the details of their judge wrote. ing the law results, but learned a federal back Kyle Orton. ugly divorce, but feels both "Indeed, some Chipper Jones since the day grand jury subpoena had "He's going to be a good sides are happier now that players appear Braves third baseman of the BALCO been issued for some of the coach." Cutler told Denver they're apart. to have already raid," Conte test results and records as reporters in a conference call "I think both sides would suffered this said. "He part of the BALCO investiga Wednesday. "I think their change certain things and go very harm as a result of the seems to just make up his tion. That halted the destruc offense is going to be fine. I about it a different way, but I government's seizure." own rules as he goes along." tion. think Kyle's going to be fine. think both sides are happy The government seized the U.S. attorney spokesman After months of wrangling, (McDaniels) is an offensive now and we're moving on." samples and records in April Jack Gillund in San Francisco federal agents got a search mind. Cutler said of the way his stint 2004 from baseball's drug said the government was warrant and seized samples "Just the brief amount of in Denver came to an acrimo testing companies as part of reviewing its options, which from a Quest lab in Las Vegas time I was able to spend with nious end. the BALCO investigation into could include an appeal to and records from COT in him. he's impressive. He Cutler said he's not exactly Barry Bonds and others. The the U.S. Supreme Court. Long Beach on April 8. knows a lot about offenses, he hyped for his return to the list of 104 players said to Players' association lawyer 2004-records the appeals knows a lot about getting guys Mile High City, where he's still have tested positive, attached Elliot Peters said the union court now says never should open and scoring points, as trying to sell his multimillion to a grand jury subpoena, was happy with the ruling have taken. everyone's seen when he was dollar home. has been part of a five-year but still angry that names of "There's nothing we can do in New England, so I think "It's a preseason game, legal fight, with the players' several players allegedly on about it," said Atlanta Braves they're going to be fine." we've got to keep that in per union trying to force the gov the list have been leaked to first baseman Adam The Broncos traded Cutler to spective," Cutler said, suggest ernment to return what fed journalists. LaRoche. "They're out there. Chicago for Orton and three ing the Bears' real focus is on eral agents took during "Anyone who leaks infor It's over with. I don't know if draft picks in April after their opener against Green Bay raids. mation purporting to contain they can try to make it right Cutler's rift with McDaniels next month. Kozinski said the case was those 2003 test results is or not." ------ page 18 Thursday, August 27, 2009 cy? •-- •• -.• •- ,., •u lfw\ l' I J(t~ (I' ltmllt i '"' :\{~li ~- I )*·u 1n iW¥;-*_"'K' , •-PALIJ~'I'''U''r -··- - \Qijll_ #'4'l!i ---· -u~, c· ,t•, .s.*~-~~-,,~~• A\ll$;1~~'~ 4~:•a~7Hi l~ ~·\i•l luti~.t ~~tt~lr•:~ .1.\II•J\* I ~·t~tH... } ,, t·*t·ill ~f•~~~* (~;unJit~\ '~~~~;~t•n. I If; If ti ~ -- 1M ( ,-• -_. w--. _%1 1 -- _ ·_i J~ ~- • 1. -·~--~··**·- ~ ~r. --_ • ji~n:~; ~~~-*' •• -_ • t -~ :h :t 1· -,.. ~ , • *· ¥ 1)~-+t~tt\~* Sk.":~l•'l*iU%.:M:I~itt (t~~lliu~·ln~:f( ('*~-~! t•ll- I, 4ft 1 £_·: .&_ t/ J_·--.:- - ->t_ fi""ii~. [/# 4 t r------ Thursday, August 27, 2009 The Observer + SPORTS page 19 MLB Pettitte's strong start carries Yankees to victory Ninth-inning home run carries Red Sox past Chicago; Phillies win in extra innings thanks to Howard's bomb 49 2-3 innings without allowing Sox. Hall of Farner Jimmie Foxx Associated Press a homer. He promptly fanned had eight. NEW YORK - Jorge Posada Elvis Andrus, the veteran left All-Star Tim Wakefield hit a three-run homer, Andy bander's seventh strikeout of pitched seven strong innings in Pettitte finally gave New York a the game, and the Yankees his return from the disabled quality pitching performance, tacked on five runs in the bot list, but the 43-year-old knuck and the free-swinging Yankees tom half of the inning to put it leballer was deprived of a win romped to a 9-2 victory over the out of reach. when Jayson Nix homered off Texas Rangers on Wednesday Derek Holland (7 -8) allowed reliever Ramon Ramirez to night. six runs on seven hits in six make it 2-2 in the eighth. Derek Jeter and Mark plus innings in another poor Daniel Bard (1-1) earned his Teixeira each drove in a pair of outing against New York. The first career victory with 1 1-3 runs, and Jerry Hairston Jr. 22-year-old left-bander had innings of scoreless relief. added a solo homer for the been 3-0 with a 1.29 ERA in his Tony Pena (1-2) struck out Yankees. last three starts, but has Kevin Youkilis to start the ninth, The highest-scoring team in allowed 12 runs in two starts then gave up Ortiz's homer. baseball has put up at least against the Yankees this season. Ortiz, who hit a solo homer in eight runs in four of its last five A-Rod nearly cost New York the second, stopped to clap his games. in the first, when his error on a hands once and then circled the Helped by a slew of double routine grounder helped the bases before he was greeted at plays, Pettitte ( 11-6) allowed load the bases with one out. home plate by his teammates. two runs and f'ive hits over Pettitte bailed him out by get Alex Gonzalez also homered seven innings to win his third ting a double-play, and for Boston, which beat Chicago straight decision. The crisp per Hodriguez reciprocated the for the third straight time and formance came after New York favor by leading off the second dropped the White Sox (63-64) pitchers had surrendered 39 with a single. Hideki Matsui fol below .500 for the first time runs on 52 hits over the last lowed with a base hit, and since June 28. four games, including a 10-9 Posada drove a 1-1 pitch over The Hed Sox opened the game loss to the Rangers in the series the center-field wall for his 17th with a tribute to U.S. Sen. opener. homer of the season. Edward Kennedy, honoring a It was Pettitte's 189th win in The Yankees added on a run lifelong fan whose family was as pinstripes, tying Lefty Gomez in the fourth on Hairston's much a part of Boston history for third on the franchise list homer, which could have done as the team itself. and trailing only Hall of Famers more damage had Hobinson Kennedy, who died Tuesday Whitey Ford (236) and Red Cano not been picked off first night after a long bout with Hulling (231). moments earlier. It was brain cancer, threw out the cer About the only thing that Hairston's lOth of the season emonial first pitch on opening AP seemed to slow down the and second since joining the day 97 years after his grandfa Yankees' pitcher Andy Pettitte throws a pitch against the Yankees were some fluke Yankees in a trade with the ther, Boston mayor John Rangers on Wednesday. Pettitte threw seven innings. bounces. Cincinnati Reds. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald chris Alex Rodriguez came up hob Already trailing 9-2, the tened the ballpark that is now blew yet another lead and the Hamels was 0-3 with a 6.75 bling after fouling a ball off his Rangers loaded the bases off the oldest in the major leagues. division-leading Phillies ERA in August, but repeatedly leg in the seventh, but remained Brian Bruney) in the eighth, but A lone Air Force bugler bounced back from one of their shut down Pirates threats in his in the game at third base for Rodriguez started his third 5-4- played "Taps" as both teams toughest losses all season to best start since shutting out the another half inning. Then in the 3 double-play of the game and lined up on the baselines - a beat the Pittsburgh Pirates on Dodgers on live hits on June 4. eighth, Posada took a foul ball the fourth turned by the tradition usually reserved for Wednesday night. Hamels struck out Maholm to off his gloved hand behind the Yankees to wipe out another playoff games or opening day. The Phillies, winning their leave the bases full in the plate and immediately began would-be rally. The somber beginning and 13th in 16 games, led 1-0 going fourth, then retired Delwyn shaking it. He was seen by a the raucous ending provided into the ninth but the Pirates Young and Garrett Jones in suc trainer after wandering out Red Sox 3, White Sox 2 emotional bookends to a game tied it on their first pinch-hit cession to end the seventh after near the mound, and was even David Ortiz curled his second that marked the return of homer of the season, by pinch-hitter Honny Cedeno dou tually replaced by Jose Molina. homer of the game around the Wakefield, who was selected for Brandon Moss against Hyan bled and McCutchen walked. David Murphy homered and Pesky Pole to break a ninth his first All-Star game but has Madson. The Pirates, losing for only drove in both runs for the inning tie and give the Boston n't pitched since the midseason Philadelphia didn't use closer the second time in eight games, Hangers, who are desperately Red Sox a victory over the break because of a lower back Brad Lidge after he surren left nine on base and were 0 for trying to keep pace in the play Chicago White Sox on injury. dered rookie Andrew 7 with runners in scoring posi ofT chase. Wednesday night. Wakefield was activated from McCutchen's game-ending, two tion. Murphy's solo shot in the sev It was Ortiz's 10th career the disabled list before the run homer that finished off the With the Phillies riding a big enth got the Hangers within 4-2 game-ending homer and a fran game, and the first sign his Pirates' 6-4 comeback victory lead in the NL East and the and snapped Pettitte's streak of chise-record ninth with the Red knuckleball was active was on Tuesday. Pirates in last place in the NL when his first pitch squirted Madson's fifth blown save in Central, there was a 50-50 mix away from new catcher Victor nine opportunities cost Cole among the 17.403 in the stands Martinez. Hamels his first victory since - with as many Phillies fans He gave up his only run in the July 28 after the left-bander wearing red as there were first when Gordon Beckham pitched shutout ball for the first Pirates fans in gold and black. reached on an end-of-the-bat time in 2 1/2 months, repeated single and Paul Konerko tripled. ly working out of trouble while Padres 12, Braves 5 Wakefield allowed just one ball throwing 123 pitches over eight San Diego stunned Atlanta out of the infield until A.J. innings. with a six-run sixth inning, and Pierzynski doubled off the Despite allowing the homer, Kevin Kouzmanoff finished ofT Green Monster with two outs in Madson t5-4) pitched the linal the Braves with a two-run the sixth. two innings for the victory. homer that sent the Padres to a Gavin Floyd nearly matched The Pirates' bullpen has its 12-5 rout Wednesday night. Wakelield, but he allowed two own problems, and the Phillies The last-place Padres won solo homers among his live hits, took advantage in the 1Oth. their second straight ovm· tlw walking one and striking out Reliever Steven Jackson (2-3) Braves, whose playoff hopes four in six innings. lie put run walked Jimmy Hollins and have taken a big blow during ners on first and second with Shane Victorino singled beforn two sparsely attended games at one out in the sixth, but he got left-bander Phil Dumatrait, Turner Field. Youkilis on a fly ball to center pitching for only the third time On Thursday, San Diego will and struck out Ortiz to keep it a since sitting out more than a go for its first series sweep one-run game. year following shoulder surgery, since taking three games from Chicago put runners on lirst was brought in to face the left the Chicago Cubs on May 22-24. and second in the seventh. but handed-hitting Howard. Coming on· a 12-inning win in Alexei Hamirez popped out to Howard promptly hit the series opener, the Padres shortstop and Wakefield left Dumatrait's first pitch into the failed to score in the top of the with a 2-1 lead and to a big right-field seats for his 35th first after loading the bases ovation from the crowd - and homer and the Phillies' league with no outs, then fell behind handshakes in the dugout. leading 180th. Long before, when Brian McCann hit a three Nix tied it in the eighth, and Chase Utley gave the Phillies a run homer ofT Tim Stauffer (2- Chicago had a runner on third 1-0 lead with his 27th homer, a 6) in the bottom half of the when Bard relieved Hamirez two-out drive in the first that inning. and struck out Jim Thome with was their only run in seven A three-run lead looked pretty a 101 mph fastball to end the innings against Pirates left-ban safe against the Padres, the inning. der Paul Maholm. lowest-scoring team in the NL. Maholm, coming off his first After escaping that early jam, Phillies 4, Pirates 1 win in seven weeks, was sharp Kenshin Kawakami (6-1 0) Ryan Iloward hit a three-run er than 1-Iamels most of the breezed through the next four White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin catches a fly ball off of home run in the 10th inning game except for one mistake - innings, allowing only two Casey Kotchman's bat during the seventh inning Wednesday. after Philadelphia's bullpen Utley's homer on an 0-1 pitch. baserunners. ------ page 20 The Observer + SPORTS Thursday, August 27, 2009 there is no such thing as a 'per didn't quite know what I was starter if Clausen goes down. more season with the Irish. fect game' for a quarterback, doing from a mental stand "You've got to prepare that Sharpley's main role the next Positions Clausen came close against point," he said in a press con way with Dayne," Powlus said. two weeks will be to imitate continued from page 24 Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl last ference Tuesday. "You know, "When you're in the role Nevada's Colin Kaepernick in December, completing 22 of 26 it's night and day even from Dayne's in, you're a snap practice in preparation for first two years with the passes for 401 yards and five last year." away." Notre Dame's season opener Bulldogs. touchdowns, with no intercep Clausen said one aspect that Powlus added that while against the Wolfpack Sept. 5. Clausen, though, still has tions. Not only did Clausen set has helped him improve his Dayne may not be as mentally While Sharpley may not exactly work to do to match Stafford, records in virtually every Irish game from a mental aspect was mature as Clausen in terms of match Kaepernick 's running who was picked number one bowl game category for quar working with Irish head coach his knowledge of the offense, ability, Powlus said Sharpley overall in the NFL Draft in terbacks, but he also engi Charlie Weis breaking down the coaching staff would make was doing well so far. April. Irish quarterbacks coach neered the end of Notre Dame's game film. sure that he would be able to "[Sharpley]'s athletic, moves Ron Powlus said that he didn't infamous bowl losing streak. "I like going in the film compete if put in a game situa around a lot, he throws well. have any specific goals in mind It may seem a long way room," Clausen said. "Watching tion. He is going to do a really good for Clausen in terms of statis removed from the quarterback a lot of film and getting the "They're at different develop job helping prepare our tics, but was pleased with his who came in during the fourth game plan ready to go." mental stages, so the meetings defense." progress thus far. quarter of a blowout loss to Backing up Clausen will be certainly go a little differently," No matter who's under cen "I think he's where we hoped Georgia Tech in 2007. Even sophomore Dayne Crist, who Powlus said. "But the goal is to ter, though, Powlus said the he'd be," Powlus said. "I have from the beginning of last sea didn't see any game action last get Dayne ready to go play." goal remains the same. full confidence in Jimmy's son, when the offense sputtered year in order to preserve a The third quarterback in line "Jimmy's goal- our goal knowledge in our offense." against San Diego State, potential fifth year. This year, is fifth-year senior Evan is to get [wins]." One thing Clausen has going Clausen says he can feel a dif Weis said Crist will be prepar Sharpley, who only decided for him heading into 2009 is ference. ing the same way Clausen does, over the summer to postpone Contact Sam Werner at offseason momentum. While "The last couple of years, I and will be ready to be the his baseball career for one [email protected] MLB Ho"Well' s wild pitch caps Toronto rally over Ta111pa Bay pitch that bounced high and llallion was knocked backward Toronto's comeback cost son, Blue Jays rookie left-bander Associated Press away from catcher Gregg Zaun, when Travis Snider swung and Kazmir his filth win in six starts. Rzepczynski didn't allow a hit TORONTO - Marco Scutaro allowing Scutaro to score without missed at a two-strike pitch that Kazmir allowed one run and four until Pat Burrell's two-out single scored the winning run on a wild a play. seemed to cross up Rays cateher hits in six innings. He walked one in the sixth. Already struggling pitch after Rays closer J.P. It was Howell's seventh blown Zaun, slamming straight into and struck out a season-high 10. with a high pitch count, the rook Howell loaded the bases with save. l-lallion. Trainers and medical It's the 17th time in his career ie's shutout bid ended on the three walks, and the Toronto Brandon League (2-5) worked staff rushed to Hallion's side and Kazmir has fanned at least 10. very next batter when Gabe Blue Jays rallied to beat Tampa one inning for the win. waved a cart onto the field. Hays reliever Huss Springer Kapler homered into the left field Bay 3-2 on Wednesday night in a It was a tough night to be a Hallion eventually stood up and pitehed the seventh and Grant bullpen, his fifth. game in which two umpires were home plate umpire. Crew chief walked off without assistance. Balfour started the eighth but Hzepezynski allowed two runs injured. Jerry Crawford took a foul ball After a 21-minute delay, the was replaced by Howell with two and three hits in six innings. He Rod Barajas hit a tying pinch off his face mask and left after game resumed with Hallion at outs and runners at first and walked a season-high five and hit homer off Howell (6-4) with two innings while his replace third base. First base umpire third. Howell got out of it by struck out seven. one out in the ninth. After walk ment, Tom Hallion, was struck in Brian O'Nora moved behind the striking out Snider. Toronto cut the deficit in half in ing three and with rookie Randy the chest by a pitch from Rays plate and Scott Barry moved Seeking to win consecutive the bottom half on an HBI double Ruiz up, Howell uncorked a wild lefty Scott Kazmir in the sixth. from third to first. starts for the first time this sea- by Jose Bautista. MASSES FOR OFF-CAMPUS STUDENTS Once again this year, Notre Dame Security Police will permit off. campus students to drive onto Campus on Sunday night in order to be able to attend Mass in their former residence halls. The Bookstore lot will be open for students attending Mass in nearby residence halls. Little Flower Parish, which is located next door to or near some new student residencest invites students to join them for a Parish Fair on Sunday, August 30, after all the Masses (8:00am, 9:30am. 11 :30 am). The parish has a strong social justice and service(·M··· • . orientation .. ------ Thursday, August 27, 2009 The Observer + ADVERTISEMENT page 21 ·H··~E . :·-: .. T . . WRITERS ' . : . . ··B·w··.···· . .~E····...... ···c~;········ . . . : • . .= : .· . s· . . ~· : . . Y...... ·.... . E:·R·. WA,NTED ~· ...· .. ~· •~.··· · ... ·.·· .~: : ...·· .. I I - I Ph·oto ph~t•r'S ar,~ p~lid. l'asl e·,;IM~rienree is h.;;;~l:~:•ful.. c:onla~t. 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"They're going to make said than done. But both cap Tournament, but it would nice ule," Clark said. said. "It's eight the team. We may get a little tains established the confer to go further," Clark said. ''I'm "Last year we from the freshmen, in a row, but spice, a little sugar, from the ence championship as a clear not hiding that, and the boys played the but anything from you're not going freshmen, but anything from goal for the season. feel the same way. It's obviously third-toughest them is a bonus." to get there just them is a bonus." "We need to come out and a goal of ours to make it to the schedule, and because it's [the Notre Dame will open its reg prove ourselves again," Final Four, but why not a this year we'll ninth season]. ular season against Michigan Nicholas said. "We're really National Championship? This be right there Bobby Clark Getting there is Tuesday with the Irish's final looking to re-name ourselves in group is more than capable of again. We play a Irish coach a good season. A game at Old Alumni Stadium. the Big East, to win the title for it." really good great season, The New Alumni Stadium will sure. We want to get back on Notre Dame looked sharp in schedule, but you have to get host its first match on Sept. 11 track with the winning tradition an exhibition win over No. 9 that's what you want to do. You to the Final Four." when Notre Dame takes on at Notre Dame." Northwestern Monday, but the want that to prepare you for the Adding to the hype for Notre Seattle. Irish have a long, difficult sea [NCAA Tournament]." Dame is one of the nation's Contact Laura Myers at son ahead of them. After In spite of all the high hopes strongest freshman classes. Contact Michael Blasco at [email protected] Tuesday's season opener for the Irish season, Clark has Clark put together a solid [email protected] n't keep her from running be called on to step up and con have an outstanding freshman completely, really compro tribute for Notre Dame this sea class that will impact us immedi Ferguson mised her training and in the Tennis son. Bayliss noted that he had a ately and return nine of our top continued from page 24 end kept her from accomplish continued from page 24 good season last year, but that he 10 singles players from a year ing what she had hoped to too needs to improve his net play ago. Last year we showed the "We would like to have a accomplish." replace Helgeson in the No. 1 in order to realize his full poten ability to beat top 10 teams like good showing at the NCAA Despite last season's set spot, will be the biggest returning tial. Texas A&M and Illinois, but lost meet, where the past three back, Ferguson and the rest of talent for Notre Dame. Havens Junior Dan Stahl proved to be a seven 4-3 matches to teams that years we have just been trying the team have a full schedule was 10-15 last season playing in good find for the Irish last season we were in a position to beat. to make it there," Ferguson that hopefully will yield new the No. 2 singles spot. playing at the No. 3 singles posi That is what happens to teams said. records and new personal "On paper that will be the tion after moving up the lineup. that start five out of six players In her junior season, bests. biggest challenge facing us this "Stahl showed flashes of bril who are freshmen and sopho Ferguson finished in the top "Like Lindsey, I think that year ... to find someone capable of liance last year, but again at a mores." fifteen at both the Big East the rest of the team is very productivity [in the No. 1 singles mid-lineup level," Bayliss said. Bayliss noted that both Bias Conference meet and the motivated and excited for the position]. Last year, Havens at "He takes the ball very early and Moros and Michael Moore have NCAA Great Lakes Regional year of running," Connelly times played like that player, but needs to get in and finish better at had success in Futures events and and placed first at the said. "They know that we have he needs to demonstrate the the net as well as to improve his Junior Nationals respectively National Catholic Invitational. we were a good team last match-to-match consistency that serve in order to play higher." throughout the summer. "The biggest key for her to year, now it's time to see if we was missing a year ago," Bayliss While the Irish come into the sea The Irish will kick off their fall be able to get to that next level can be a great team, which is said. "Certainly he has the ball son with a deep lineup Bayliss season when they compete in the will be to stay healthy," the expectation here at Notre striking ability to win at the top. knows that filling the void left by Illini Invitational in mid Connelly said. "Last spring she Dame. Adding a stronger presence at the Helgeson will not be easy. September. was really fit and running net will give him a chance to see "If we have success in our great, then she suffered a Contact Molly Sammon at just how good he can become." upper lineup we can be a top 15 Contact Kate Grabarek at fluke injury that, while it did- [email protected] Sophomore Casey Watt will also team this year," Bayliss said. "We kgrabaO 1 @saintmarys.edu BetV\'een Religion ancJ Literature: f'."'eaning~ '\/'ulneralJility an LLR() 40107. 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THE OBSERVER Thursday, August 27, 2009 PORTS page 24 ND VOLLEYBALL Senior leaders prepare for final chance at Big East title "It's a now or never kind of Because of her injury, Kaelin Sciacca. ers," she said. "We want to By LAURA MYERS attitude," Nicholas said. "We're could do nothing but watch "I learned to be able to ana prove that we can come togeth Sports Writer all pumped about it. We're play while Notre Dame fell to lyze the game, and I think that er and win at the next level. ing with a chip on our shoulder Louisville in the semifinals of helped me out last year," Kaelin And this is our last chance to do Notre Dame has won nine to go out there and get it done." the Big East tournament in said. "I'm not one to think it. .. conference titles in its 15 years The seniors came to Notre 2007. about strategy or technical The Irish have also fallen as a member of the Big East - Dame in 2006 as a recruiting "It was definitely tough to sit stuff, so I think being out helped short of making the NCAA play but no current players can class named one of the best in on the sideline and not con me think about different shots." offs the past two years after attest to these victories. the nation by Volleyball tribute on the court," she said. In 2008, Notre Dame once earning an at-large bid in 2006, The Irish captured their last Magazine. But key injuries and However, she credits the again lost to Louisville in the when the current seniors were Big East crown in 2005, when a couple heartbreaking losses injury with helping her to learn Big East tournament, this time freshmen. captains Christina Kaelin and have stopped the Irish from liv the technical aspects of the in the final round. "It was a valuable experience Jamel Nicholas, as well as the ing up to their potential. game, which she used to her Kaelin said the seniors are to be there," Nicholas said. "We four other seniors on the team, "We've come so close, but so advantage last season when she especially ready to make a run can tell the younger girls what were no more than recruits. But far we haven't been able to led the team in several cate at the conference again this needs to be done. It's definitely the women still have one more come away with a big champi gories and earned a second season. a goal to get back there." chance, and the captains onship," said Kaelin, who sat team all-Big East honor along "We definitely want to prove The surest way to make the agreed that they plan to make out her sophomore season with fellow senior Serinity ourselves, that we weren't just the most of it. because of a torn labrum. Phillips and junior Kellie highly touted high school play- see SENIORS/page 22 FooTBALL MEN'S TENNIS Take three NDreloads .(Smarter' Clausen for NCAA poised for breakout By SAM WERNER toun1ey bid Associate Sports Editor While the quarterback posi By KATE GRABAREK tion may not have the uncer Sports Writer tainty of some other spots on the field - linebacker, for After the graduation of Brett example - it still holds just as Helgeson, the Irish are looking to many questions as Jimmy build on last season's success with Clausen prepares for his third up-and-coming talent. season under center for the "Brett Helgeson brought a level Irish. of experience that no one on our Clausen finished last season current team will have. He was a with 3,172 passing yards, 25 known nationally elite player and touchdown passes and 17 we certainly benefitted from his interceptions, giving him talent and experience," Irish career totals of 4.426 yards coach Bobby Bayliss said. "This with 32 touchdowns and 23 group does not have a player of interceptions. Optimists are his achievements returning, but quick to point out that those that does not mean that someone numbers are better than for will not be able to be productive at mer Georgia quarterback No. 1 singles." Matthew Stafford had in his IAN Observer Junior Stephen Havens, likely to Junior quarterback Jimmy Clausen throws a pass in a 21-13 victory over San Diego State see CLAUSEN/page 20 Sept. 6, 2008. see TENNIS/page 22 ND CROSS COUNTRY MEN'S SOCCER Ferguson has high Team eyes postseason run hopes for Irish in '09 By MICHAEL BLASCO Sports Writer the gun." By MOLLY SAMMON Ferguson, who boasts a per The Irish have reached the Sports Writer sonal best mile time of 4:50, NCAA Tournament a pro and the rest of the girls have gram-record eight consecu Senior cross country star been working hard with previ tive years, but the team has Lindsey Ferguson has a per ously dictated training sched just two quarterfinals sonal goal that extends past the ules during the past summer appearances to show for expectations of her team going months. their efforts. This year, Notre into the 2009 season. "Our coach and weight train Dame has set the bar a little "It is the last time I am ever er sends us a training schedule higher - an NCAA champi going to run cross country, so I for the entire summer, so I just onship. would like to go out with a follow that to stay in shape," The No. 12 Irish, who have bang," Ferguson said. Ferguson said. claimed Big East regular sea Ferguson has an excellent This season consists of three son titles in each of the last chance of being named a 2009 major events for both the men's three years, were bounced NCAA All-American and antici and women's teams. The Irish from the NCAA tournament pates training all season to be will compete in the Big East in the second round in 2008 one of the 40 athletes to garner Championship meet, the NCAA after consecutive quarterfi the title of All-American in the Great Lakes regional competi nals appearances in 200(, NCAA meet. tion, and hope to qualify as and 2007. Ninth-year Irish "As a runner, the best word many runners as possible for coach Bobby Clark, while not that I can use to describe her is the NCAA Nationals meet in belittling his team's impres tough," Irish coach, Tim Terre Haute, Ind. in late sive streak of Tournament Connelly said. "She is one of November. appearances, said he thinks IAN those people who goes out and Junior Jeb Brovsky dribbles toward the goal in a 2-1 victory over runs as hard as she can from see FERGUSON/page 22 see SOCCER/page 22 Dartmouth on Sept. 5, 2008.