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By VICTORIA MORENO News Writer dies at 75 Although the 2012 presidential election is still a year away, primary season is in full swing of cancer as GOP candidates battle for the Republican nomination and the chance to defeat incumbent President Barack Obama. Observer Staff Report American Studies Professor Robert Schmuhl said it is nor- Guillermo O’Donnell, profes- mal to see a number of candi- sor emeritus of political sci- dates battle it out early in the ence and senior fellow of Notre election season, as they try to Dame’s Kellogg Institute for In- win their party’s nomination. ternational “The party that doesn’t occu- S t u d i e s , py the White House usually has AP died Tues- several competing candidates Republican presidential candidates pose before the debate at Oakland University in Auburn day in Bue- at the beginning of the primary Hills, Mich. The debate focused on educational issues. nos Aires and caucus season,” Schmuhl after a long said. “That’s nothing new.” to campaign money,” Schmuhl peared at the top of the GOP of his very good debate perfor- battle with Sixteen candidates have of- said. “For some reason, though, radar after he secured the cov- mances,” Muñoz said. “Wheth- cancer. He ficially declared their intent to about three-quarters of Repub- eted endorsement of the New er he can keep that momentum, was 75. run for the Republican nomi- licans remain lukewarm to- Hampshire Union Leader, a however, with increased media O’Donnell nation. The most recent polls ward him. He needs to do well prominent newspaper. scrutiny given his personal j o i n e d O’Donnell show former governor of Mas- in the early states, or he runs Vincent Muñoz, associate baggage is an open question.” N o t r e sachusetts, Mitt Romney, as the the risk of rejection.” professor of Political Science, Rick Perry, governor of Texas, Dame’s faculty in 1982, ac- current GOP favorite. Other candidates continue to attributed Gingrich’s recent fell out of favor recently after cording to a University press “Mitt Romney has the advan- rise and fall in the polls. Most success to his debate skills. poor debate showings. African release. He was the first aca- tage of having run for the nomi- recently, former Speaker of “Gingrich seems to have mo- demic director of the Kellogg nation in 2008 and ready access the House Newt Gingrich ap- mentum right now on account see PRIMARY/page 5 Institute from 1982 until 1997, playing a crucial role in the In- stitute’s development. An internationally renowned scholar, O’Donnell focused his Research portal open to students, faculty studies on Latin American au- thoritarian regimes, the democratic transitions many of them By JESSICA STOLLER- trends in technology, Rowland which technologies will soon larly useful for faculty trying undergo and the relationship CONRAD said. be obsolete, Rowland said. to identify trends in student en- between modernization and News Writer “When we look at a new tech- “We don’t want to invest in a gagement and learning, Row- democracy. nology [for the University], we technology just because it’s be- land said. Scott Mainwaring, profes- The Gartner Research por- want to see who else is using ing hyped or marketed … we “We look at trends. Are stu- sor of political science and tal, an information technology it,” she said. want to use it because it meets a dents bringing desktops to O’Donnell’s successor as di- research tool, is now accessible Gartner uses worldwide business need,” Rowland said. campus? Not so much. Are rector of the Kellogg Institute, to all students, faculty and staff trends to place existing and “We also don’t want to ignore students bringing laptops to said in a written tribute that on Notre Dame’s campus, said emerging technological tools [new technology] just because campus? Yeah kind of, but al- his colleague is known around Peggy Rowland, senior director in one of five phases on a “hype it doesn’t meet our early expec- most every student has a smart the world for his “intellectual of Customer Support Services cycle,” which graphically mea- tations. So [Gartner] helps us phone,” she said. “Students are creativity” and “path-breaking for the Office of Information sures expected popularity and be selectively aggressive, but into instant communication originality.” Technologies (OIT). utility of technologies over not invest in something that ... email is even too slow for “Throughout his career The main function of the por- time. The “hype cycle” pre- may not pan out.” them.” O’Donnell posed great new tal is to provide information on dicts which technologies will The information provided by the pervasiveness of the latest be important in the future and Gartner Research is particu- see RESEARCH/page 5 see O’DONNELL/page 5 Professor discusses human trafficking Leaders address

By MARISA IATI winter break safety News Writer

To combat human trafficking, By ADRIANA PRATT tanski of the South Bend Police people must first acknowledge Assistant Managing Editor Department (SBPD) said police its existence, anthropology pro- have been working with stu- fessor Carolyn Nordstrom said Keeping students and their dents to prevent crime and have in a lecture Wednesday evening. belongings safe before and had some recent success. Nordstrom warned attendees during winter break are pri- “In the area alone just in the not to think human trafficking orities for student government, past three weeks, midnight pa- only occurs in distant nations. student body president Patrick trol and afternoon patrol actu- “It’s completely global today,” JODI LO/The Observer McCormick said Wednesday at ally have caught two different she said. “This is reality if you’re Anthropology professor Carolyn Nordstrom lectured on the the Community/Campus Advi- guys that we thought had been a kid in a war zone. You’re not importance of combating human trafficking Wednesday. sory Coalition (CCAC) meeting. pretty active in burglaries,” just dodging bullets … you’re “We’re trying to do every- Zultanski said. “We’re doing dodging traffickers.” the Civil War, Nordstrom said. “To say that human traffick- thing we can to make sure stu- what we can to keep them in Modern laws against human But people often incorrectly as- ing is prostitution would be like dents aren’t soft targets,” Mc- jail, finding more cases.” trafficking are built on the anti- sume human trafficking is pros- Cormick said. slavery laws that resulted from titution. see TRAFFICKING/page 5 Detective Sgt. Dominic Zul- see SAFETY/page 5

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Student Senate Producers discuss work in television Senate approves COR By ABI HOVERMAN in Hollywood, one could either do Her career has taken her from News Writer freelance work or take a steadier Los Angeles to New York City and job at a studio, like Fortson. Al- back again, and as a result of Students interested in film and though freelancers have the chance these demands, Ellis said she has merger resolution television must be willing to do to make huge profits, this type of not started a family. whatever it takes to get into the in- work is risky, he said. “You have to do some soul dustry, award-winning producers As for knowing when producers searching to figure out what By MEL FLANAGAN to provide the perspective Kevin Fortson and Antonia Ellis have a hit, both Fortson and Ellis makes you happy,” she said. News Writer of the halls as an aggregate said in a lecture Wednesday eve- said sometimes it takes shooting Ellis also said she was optimis- force, rather than a particular ning. the pilot or even airing the series tic about the status of women in After much debate, Student one as the senators do. “Having hired interns, it’s very before a television show really Hollywood — both in production Senate passed a resolution “We’re not divided by dorm, clear who is a star and who isn’t takes off. and in front of the camera. combining Senate with the grade or gender and we’re one … it shows who’s willing to do the Fortson said he was skeptical of “I’ve never felt from a work Council of Representatives of the very few groups here work,” Ellis said. “If you have to “The Bachelor” after hearing the standpoint that it was harder,” she (COR) at its meeting Wednes- on campus that are looking make coffee or copies, do it.” original pitch. said. “In films and TV there are a day. out for the benefits of all stu- Fortson said it is important for Ellis, who has produced numer- lot of strong women today and I’m In his State of the Union ad- dents,” he said. “The perspec- students to make themselves vis- ous shows including “Royal Pains,” excited about that.” dress prior to the vote, stu- tives we have and the talks ible and reliable as a good worker “Sex in the City” and “Dr. Quinn, Although neither Fortson nor dent body president Pat Mc- we have with presidents on a and a part of a team. Medicine Woman,” got her start Ellis attended Notre Dame, they Cormick said the resolution day-to-day basis add different As senior vice president of pro- in the music industry working on both emphasized the value of a further enables the Student conclusions. It’s a perspective duction for Warner Horizon Televi- music videos during the advent of Notre Dame education. Union to act upon the will of we really need to take care sion (WHTV), Fortson oversees the MT V. Fortson said having a degree the student body. of.” production of many scripted shows She said finding the perfect job is from Notre Dame prepares stu- “The time has come for us McCormick said an HPC co- for cable and reality TV, includ- a confusing process. dents for whatever they want to do. to think of ourselves no lon- chair would also offer the ben- ing “Pretty Little Liars” and “The “I had wished someone had giv- ger as independent organiza- efit of a representative with Bachelor.” en me clues about how to get from Contact Abi Hoverman at tions, but as a united student greater experience in stu- When contemplating a career point A to B,” Ellis said. [email protected] union,” he said. “All the rest dent government. In the past, of our goals for this year are senators were always seniors. dependent on this goal.” Now, almost all senators are The resolution dissolves sophomores or juniors, Mc- COR and adds six new voting Cormick said. Expert examines Catholic marriage members to Senate — the four “It creates a body that tends class presidents, the Club Co- to be younger and has this as ordination Council president their initial or second point By JILLIAN BARWICK customs — the church did not own cess in marriage.” and the off-campus president. of entry into student govern- News Writer marriage.” Dallavalle also showed the audi- Originally, the resolution ment,” he said. “You might As civil structures broke down, the ence a Subaru commercial, which proposed adding the Student have this conclusion that the Sacramental marriage is a rela- Catholic church stepped in to claim depicts an American couple on their Union Board (SUB) manager HPC co-chair might exert un- tively new concept for Catholics, Nan- marriage as it’s own, Dallavalle said. honeymoon — pitching a tent in the and Student Union treasurer due influence on the other cy Dallavalle said in a lecture at Saint “Marriage became one of the pri- woods and having time to them- as voting members as well. senators, but on the other Mary’s on Wednesday. mary ways the Church could act au- selves after being married. However, many senators hand, that might not be a bad Dallavalle, associate professor of thoritative in the public square,” she “What does this video say about pointed out that these posi- thing either.” Religious Studies at Fairfield Univer- said. marriage?” Dallavalle said. “The tions are not voted upon by The co-chair would contrib- sity in Conn., addressed how mar- Dallavalle also said that social pat- Subaru commercial is self-expres- the student body, as the rest ute a more seasoned opinion riage is viewed in today’s society and terns are changing and have been sive and is about the two people on of the positions in Senate are. from the hall perspective than by Catholics in her talk “Are you in? changing for a while now. their honeymoon. This is more of “I’m against non-elected a sophomore senator would be Catholicism and Public Life Today.” “There has been an increase of the American way of viewing mar- representatives having voting able to, McCormick said. “Marriage is clearly in the New about 31 percent of women cohabi- riage and sexuality — more self- rights,” Fisher senator Colin Despite these arguments, Testament, but the notion that sac- tating with someone before they are expressive and separated from the Geils said. “I don’t feel they senators voted to amend the ramental marriage has always been married to that person,” she said. public square.” properly represent the stu- resolution to add an HPC co- viewed as a sacrament is not the “Living together before marriage is dent body.” chair as a non-voting member truth,” she said. “Marriage gener- no longer correlated with failure, but Contact Jillian Barwick at SUB manager Joe Caparros of Senate. ally came from families and local it is seen as a stepping stone to suc- [email protected] said that while policy changes The resolution also real- made in Senate have not af- locates the previous respon- fected SUB a great deal in re- sibilities of COR. Oversight cent years, it is possible they Committee chair Ben Noe said could in the future. the COR Collaboration Fund, “I do represent the interests which allocates funds to or- of the Student Union Board ganizations that are working but I also represent the in- together on an event, will now terests of everyone,” he said. be managed by the Financial “The risk is that if policy does Management Board (FMB). affect SUB more than it has in “We felt this fund would best the past there is a danger for be moved to FMB and chaired SUB to not have a say in any by the Student Union treasur- of that.” er with representatives from Student Union treasurer every organization,” he said. Eric Biro expressed concern “Now the fund will be man- that non-voting members of aged by an actual financial Senate did not have the “right body rather than representa- of agenda,” the ability to bring tives.” resolutions before Senate. A special committee of for- “I think there’s something mer COR members will now be to be said for the person who chosen to approve the Student knows the most about the Union budget, also previously Student Union fiscal policy to managed by COR. lose that right of agenda,” he Further, the resolution said. changes the names of several The senators voted to groups in order to better re- amend the resolution, chang- flect their functions: the Ex- ing the SUB manager and Stu- ecutive Policy Board to the dent Union treasurer to non- Executive Cabinet, commit- voting members while also tees and committee chairs to granting these members the departments and directors right of agenda. and Oversight to Internal Af- The most hotly contested fairs. issue was the question of The resolution was the re- whether to add one of the sult of months of effort by co-chairs of Hall President’s Noe, his committee and the Council (HPC) as a voting subcommittee on constitu- member. tional reform. Pasquerilla East senator “I really think this resolu- Katie Rose said members of tion will help us build a stu- her dorm had raised concern dent government that is truly over an HPC co-chair being indicative of a student union able to vote in Senate. in that the leaders of all the “They already have a lot of organizations will come to- power,” she said. “If we’re try- gether in one meeting,” Noe ing to increase representation said. “And they will all have of the Student Union, well the some say and some vote on residence halls are already what is being said and done in represented by us.” terms of policy.” HPC co-chair Jay Mathes said he and fellow co-chair Contact Mel Flanagan at Billy Wardlaw would be able [email protected]

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your-nose’ election — with both stant coverage of personal Bend for break, local commu- major parties having standard scandals, debate slip-ups and Safety nity officials suggested leaving Primary bearers about whom there’s political indifference, both blinds closed, valuable posses- little excitement.” Schmuhl and Muñoz said it continued from page 1 sions locked in bedrooms and continued from page 1 Since the Civil War, incum- was too soon to make predic- house alarms on to prevent bent presidents have been re- tions. As the holiday season hits theft. Ruszkowski suggested American businessman Her- elected 73 percent of the time. “I don’t think most voters its stride and parties abound putting timers on lights and man Cain is deciding whether Those who have lost, however, have actually started to pay before finals, Zultanski said to televisions to give the illusion or not to stay in the race amid have shared Obama’s lower attention to the GOP candi- watch out for unknown people that residents are around. sexual harassment allegations. than 50 percent approval rat- dates yet,” Muñoz said. “The who claim they are cleaning up “People think, ‘Oh my gosh. Michelle Bachman, the Tea ing 13 months prior to the elec- Republicans have already had yards after parties or shoveling Somebody’s home,’ because Party candidate, U.S. Rep. Ron tion, a New York Times analy- six different figures at the top driveways. there’s a TV on,” Ruszkowski Paul of Texas, former U.S. Am- sis on Gallup polls reported in of one poll over the course of “What they’re actually do- said. “Believe it or not, that’s bassador to China Jon Hunst- January. this year.” ing is they’re just casing places more huge than it isn’t.” man and others are having “Incumbents usually have an The last three midterm elec- out,” Zultanski said. “You’re Ruszkowski also recom- trouble gaining enough sup- advantage, but the economic tions were change elections, going to see it now especially mended students ask friends port to become the frontrunner realities could offset incum- which makes this primary because of the cold months af- or neighbors to shovel their in the race. bency for Obama,” Schmuhl season even more significant, ter parties, that doors are left sidewalks and driveways over “Republicans are passionate said. Schmuhl said. unlocked because friends leave break to make it look like peo- about defeating Barack Obama, With jobs and economic “It’s a volatile and unsettled and people go to bed. ple are home. but there isn’t the same pas- growth as two main issues in time, and many Americans “You have the people coming “While you’re gone, if you sionate intensity in support of the 2012 election, less than a think our politics are bro- over to clean up the yards and can make arrangements to a particular GOP candidate to third of voters think a second ken and in need of repair,” the cups and what they’re do- have your sidewalk or driveway do it,” Schmuhl said. “Whether Obama term will help improve Schmuhl said. ing is they’re actually knocking plowed or shoveled to give at that develops after the pri- the state of the nation, an Octo- on the door to see if anybody least the appearance that some- maries and caucuses is a key ber Quinnipiac poll showed. Contact Victoria Moreno at comes to the door and that’s body is still there … it looks question. It could be a ‘hold- Despite news outlets’ con- [email protected] when you’re going to have a like somebody’s staying there,” lot of your thefts — when they Ruszkowski said. “I know it walk in and steal the laptops, seems trivial, but believe it or People are seen as more dis- The solution to the problem right when people are sleeping not, that’s a big issue.” posable now than they were lies in questioning norms, Nor- on the couch.” McCormick thanked the po- Trafficking before the Civil War, a problem dstrom said. If a situation arises where lice officials for their sugges- that contributes to human traf- “Do you all have a sense of the unknown persons knock on tions and noted how valuable continued from page 1 ficking, Nordstrom said. layers of undocumented farm students’ doors or offer to clean their support has been. “We are exceptionally critical work in the United States? Most their yards, Zultanksi suggest- “We’re just so grateful on the saying the slaves on plantations of people who had slaves during of us don’t and we don’t ask be- ed calling police officers to pa- student side for the partnership before the Civil War chose to be the slave era,” Nordstrom said. cause our lives are a little bit trol the area to prevent poten- that has been built in the sense slaves that got paid for it and “We are exceptionally critical of easier because of it,” Nordstrom tial theft. that we can be partners in the were prostitutes,” she said. scholars who justify that. A lot said. Zultanski also suggested not- effort to try to keep the commu- Human trafficking is rooted has been written about [modern Nordstrom said the first step ing the serial numbers on per- nity safe,” McCormick said. in the desire of businesspeople human trafficking]. How will we is discussing human trafficking sonal belongings so police of- Notre Dame will also provide to increase profits at any cost, be seen by the future?” and sharing stories. ficers can track them if stolen. free storage options for stu- Nordstrom said. It is cheaper to Despite the issue’s complexity, “If you saw one person in your Officer Scott Ruszkowski, dents who want to leave their force people to work than to pay Nordstrom said she is optimistic life that was trafficked, wouldn’t also with the SBPD, said that valuable possessions on cam- wages. that people can combat human you feel good about that, turn- even just marking belongings pus over break, McCormick “Sovereignty is largely built on trafficking. ing it in to a cop,” Nordstrom with the last four digits of a said. the backs of trafficked people,” “The underlying theme is the asked. “And if we all did that, it phone number in permanent “[NDSP’s] Sergeant Keri Shi- Nordstrom said. “When you’re idea of individual responsibility,” would probably almost be over. marker could help police track bata is coordinating that, so a country coming out of a war, she said. “One-third of all traf- “It’s so hard to look at the un- and recover the items. He also we’re going to be in touch with trying to develop, to make some ficking victims that have been derbelly, but I really think we suggested taking pictures of the students before the break kind of mark in the world, you found and helped have just been have to … I don’t think we can the items with camera phones. just making recommendations need one thing more than any- [the result of] individuals that have dignity unless we’re will- “You can show it to the officer just to let people know that thing else. You need hard cur- went out and did something. ing to see what’s really going on when he or she arrives to take there is actually a safe room rency … The more money you Almost all major change in the in our world. We can’t pretend a report and then it gives Domi- available on campus free of make, the more you win the world starts with individual ac- it’s not there anymore.” nic and the other burglary guys charge,” McCormick said. game, the more you can become tion, not with formal legislation something to look at,” Rusz- a player on the international … Just simply seeing [trafficking Contact Marisa Iati at kowski said. Contact Adriana Pratt at scene.” victims] is the answer.” [email protected] Once students leave South [email protected]

of his extraordinary gifts was recognizing new questions O’Donnell and new problems that had not hitherto been addressed.” continued from page 1 Mainwaring said O’Donnell was passionate about learning theoretical questions about how democracies could best tremendously important devel- function in the modern world. opments in the contemporary “He stands as one of the most world,” Mainwaring said. “He important thinkers about de- was a deeply learned person mocracy and dictatorships in who always drew upon the an- the history of political science,” tecedent scholarship, yet one Mainwaring said.

in technology and business trends. Research “The University libraries are going to be in partnership with continued from page 1 OIT in supporting Gartner,” she said. “The research librarians Because of this trend, Gart- will be helping faculty and stu- ner is researching educational dents do the actual research on technologies that focus on using the Gartner website.” smartphones and media tablets Rowland said a few admin- for mobile learning, Rowland istrative departments at Notre said. Dame have already used re- “A flexible environment is the search from Gartner to select [current] trend,” she said. “The useful and cost-effective ana- traditional rows of desks and lytical investment tools. seats don’t interest [students] “This [portal] is a great op- anymore.” portunity for faculty, staff and The newly acquired Univer- students to have access to this sity-wide license also allows much data and information students to directly access data right at their fingertips without from the Gartner Research por- having to do the individual re- tal. search themselves,” she said. Rowland said students could access the portal through Insi- Contact Jessica Stoller- Conrad at deND for independent research [email protected] page 6 The Observer | ndsmcobserver.com Thursday, December 1, 2011

Inside Column Advent: the lonely season Mad Hatter As is well known, our human story, Surely this last piece — the longing haunting word “lonely” — with all its from a faith perspective, begins in — must be present in us, or God would Adventine connotations of separation, There are generally two opinions Eden, where we enjoyed perfect rela- not have had the need for those nasty longing, homelessness. No, when Jesus regarding Louisiana State head football tionship with God, one another, and cherubim with the flaming, swinging needs simply to rest and rejuvenate, he coach Les Miles. The first is that he is a all of Creation. A snake and an apple sword. Perhaps God knew that we normally withdraws with his disciples, complete fool whose teams are either too later, however, all would spend our lives — sometimes and they rest and rejuvenate. talented to lose or they win despite him. had been lost. The Fr. Lou DelFra tenaciously and heroically, sometimes So, I wonder if Luke is being very The second opinion opening story of lukewarmly and dejectedly — trying to deliberate about his word choice when is on the complete the human drama Faithpoint return. he says, “And Jesus often withdrew to opposite end of the ends with the dra- Advent is a season when we, among lonely places to pray.” If Luke is being spectrum — that matic final lines of other things, bring to conscious light deliberate, then I wonder if Jesus is not Miles is a great, if not Genesis 3: this deep, and sometimes deeply bur- engaging in a spiritual act of Advent in elite, football coach. “So the Lord God banished them ied — because it’s painful — reality: such moments. That is to say, I wonder I personally believe from the Garden of Eden ... And after that we are not one, that we are not at if he is not momentarily withdrawing you are a complete God drove them out, God placed on peace, that our world is not at peace. to lonely places precisely so that he fool if you do not hold the east side of the Garden, cherubim We are alienated, but we deeply, deeply can feel lonely — not so that he will the second opinion. and a flaming sword swinging back long not to be. become depressed and gloomy, for Miles, aptly nick- Walker Carey and forth, to guard the way back to the How did Jesus in his life acknowl- which the Gospels give no evidence, named “The Mad Tree of Life.” edge our fundamental separation from but so that he can stay in touch with Hatter,” had big shoes Sports Writer It is that penultimate phrase — “to what makes us whole? One passage one of our most basic human reali- to fill when he ar- guard the way back” — that most dis- that draws me powerfully is Luke 5:16. ties (especially before his death and rived in Baton Rouge. He was tabbed to turbs me. In fact, it makes me wince; it It reads simply, “Jesus often withdrew resurrection): that we are cut off from replace Nick Saban who left LSU for the is such a terrible, definitive separation. to lonely places to pray.” For someone home, that we are separated, that we Miami Dolphins after leading the Tigers God not only casts Adam and Eve out who reveled in the company of others are alienated from God, from others, to the 2003 national championship, the from their home, but also closes the and was fully immersed in a life of ac- from Creation. Doing so perhaps made school’s first since 1958. Miles arrived way back. tive service, it’s a curious line. Why the Jesus even more attuned to human after a successful four years as the head So, if this is our story of origin, then need to spend time, “often” in “lonely suffering, and even more compas- coach at Oklahoma State. The LSU faith- what is the human condition, based on places?” sionate and zealous in his ministry to ful saw results immediately when Miles’ such a story? It becomes one of “sepa- I have usually, conveniently, misread those in need. first Tiger squad finished 11-2 and won ration,” “homelessness,” “alienation.” this line, choosing a more comfortable If we don’t have times and seasons the Chick-fil-A Bowl. His second team Ours is a life of “wandering” and reading than perhaps is warranted. I when we get in touch with this un- finished with an identical 11-2 mark, but “seeking,” of longing for what we once usually have interpreted this line to comfortable, agitating reality — that this time earned a bid to the Sugar Bowl, had, of longing for our home — yearn- mean, “And Jesus would frequently get we are separated and long to be whole where the Tigers demoralized Notre ing for right relationship with God, so tired by his service that he needed again — we actually become less hu- Dame 41-14. with one another, with Creation — a to withdraw from time to time in order man. Advent, if we are to take it on In 2007, the Tigers finally won the SEC recovery of what we have lost. to re-energize.” There are, however, its own merits and not skip right to title and defeated Ohio State in the BCS If the Church has been accused from many times when Jesus needs to do Christmas, is the season to allow this national championship, giving Miles his time to time of repressing our deepest precisely this, and Luke phrases those constantly throbbing reality, and our first title. While that season is undoubt- desires, she certainly must be acquit- withdrawals differently, without that corresponding longing for right rela- edly memorable, my favorite memory of ted in regards to Advent. If one of the stark phrase “lonely places.” The most tionship, its full expression. Miles — and of all of college football — fundamental truths about our human conspicuous is after the feeding of from that season came on the day of the reality is the end of Genesis 3 — “and the 5000, an obviously draining event This week’s column is written by Fr. SEC championship game. God banished them from Eden and after which Jesus would have needed a Lou DelFra, CSC, Director of Pastoral Life That morning, ESPN analyst Kirk guarded the way back” — then at the break. Luke says there, in 9:10, “After for ACE and member of Campus Ministry. Herbstreit wrongly reported that Miles core of our existence is separation, they had fed the crowds, Jesus took his He can be reached at [email protected] had accepted an offer to succeed Lloyd alienation, homelessness. But there disciples with him, and they with- The views expressed in this column are Carr as Michigan’s head coach. Stunned is also the longing to overcome these drew by themselves to a town called those of the author and not necessarily by this report, Miles called a last-minute realities. Bethsaida.” There’s no mention of that those of The Observer. press conference to clear up any confu- sion. The entire conference was quite humorous, but my favorite part was that Editorial Cartoon he finished by saying, “Thank you very much. Have a great day.” After that press conference, the entire college football world began to focus more closely on all the intricacies of Miles. From his unusual, mind-boggling quotes, to his affinity for fake field goals and punts, and finally to his habit of eating the field’s grass on game days. While it seemed like everyone was focusing on everything but his coaching, “The Mad Hatter” just kept winning. From 2008- 2010, his teams won 28 games including two bowl games. Miles also continued to excel on the recruiting trail, continually compiling nationally ranked classes, yet everyone focused on what zany thing he was going to say that week. This season, before LSU took on Ala- bama, the always-quotable Miles said, “I want my players focused. I don’t want the distraction of not being focused to be a distraction.” While America attempted to wrap its head around that, Miles led his team to an overtime victory. The Tigers remain undefeated at 12-0 going into the SEC championship game this Saturday. If they win, they will certainly earn another BCS championship game. I do not believe that Miles is bothered by the extra attention at all. I actually think he enjoys it. Who wouldn’t? He’s proven to be a fun-loving, interesting, Quote of the day Quote of the day likeable guy who also wins a lot of football games. I think it would be absolutely egregious to call Miles a fool. The “The key to realizing a dream man obviously knows what he is doing “A good conscience is a is to focus not on success when it comes to coaching football, and I continual Christmas.” but significance — and then believe he will be remembered as one of even the small steps and little the more under-appreciated coaches in Benjamin Franklin victories along your path will college football history. U.S. author, diplomat & inventor take on greater meaning.”

Contact Walker Carey at Oprah Winfrey [email protected] U.S. actress & former The views expressed in the Inside television talk show host Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer. Thursday, December 1, 2011 The Observer | ndsmcobserver.com page 7 The social soundtrack

Our soundscape has been drastically pany from Stockholm, Sweden, named fit their needs, and as time progresses for those users to effectively build their altered. There has been a sea of change Spotify was launched. Their goal was and people move through different own community around it. People will in the way we collect, create, listen to to provide instant access to the world’s phases of their lives, the music moves now go to Spotify to explore new types and share music. A decade ago, the music. For three years they were the with them. The collection of an 80-year of music while simultaneously engaging rampant piracy of music descended dominating subscription service in old man greatly differs from that of a with their friends on Facebook. Every upon the Internet. Europe, offering a “freemium” payment teenager, not just in scope and style of song a user listens to will be codified With the growth Blake J. Graham model, where a small percentage of music but even down to the media that into Last.fm’s massive index, which of technology their users pays for premium services sound is stored on. People desire con- will not only provide the information of enabling peer- Erudite in order to offset the cost driven by nection with sound — be it emotional, what was listened to when, but the ser- to-peer sharing, Techno-Lust their free users. In addition to pre- analytical, rational, intimate or intel- vice will also passively use that data to as soon as one mium accounts with more features and lectual. There has even been a resur- provide recommendations. The technol- inspired individual higher bitrate music Spotify placed gence in the collection of vinyl LPs as a ogy isn’t individually new, but it is the had the audacity to put a song, album radio-esque ads into the the free users’ reaction against the perceived desen- amalgamation of social connectivity, or discography on the Internet, all had streams to help pay for licensing. By sitivity in digital music. Some people professional reviews, trend analytics access to it. The technology was too November of 2010, Spotify had over 10 would rather deal in the pure audio and digital recommendations under one new for there to be direct moral codes million users, 2.5 million of whom were waveforms produced by a stylus tracing platform that make the development so around it; people knew that if they paying for the service. On July 14, 2011, the grooves of a record and amplified significant. wanted music, they could search, click Spotify launched in the United States, to volume a la Faraday’s law of induc- The past, present and future of music and it would be theirs — tucked safely becoming the most promising subscription. There is pride and community in are wholly personal and magnificently in their library. Apple made a bet with tion music service to American users. the connections between collector and democratic. We all want to be explor- the iTunes Store that people would On Sept. 22, 2011, Spotify teamed up collection, and that is something very ers who delve into lands of mysterious want to pay for their music so long as with Facebook’s OpenGraph platform difficult to replicate in a space as elec- sounds and return with gems of music acquiring it was as frictionless as in to allow users’ music preferences and trically sterile as the web. to return to our collections. We all want the models presented by the pirate tastes to be shared instantly with the As of Nov. 30, 2011, Spotify is chang- to share our treasures and discover- giants Napster, KaZaA and Limewire. Facebook network. Since announcing ing that. They are changing from a ies with those around us. Services like The iTunes 99 cents per song model their integration with Facebook, Spotify music distribution service to a mu- Rhapsody, eMusic, Pandora and iTunes worked for a time, then it fell apart. has taken off in America with an over- sic distribution platform. Spotify has got us to where we are today. But it’s Complaints were lobbied: the sound whelmingly viral nature. opened up its services to developers time for the giants of social to take quality wasn’t high enough, the pre- Spotify is not the only company offer- who can now tap into their musical over. It’s time for life to be infused into views weren’t long enough, the selec- ing social, digitally on-demand music environment. The result will be mas- digital music. It’s time for us to take tion not broad enough. Piracy still ran experiences. Other players include Mog sive democratization of on-demand our music back. rampant, and no insular group seemed and Rdio (both also feature Facebook digital music. At its launch, Spotify has to have the clout to fight it. To best pi- OpenGraph integration). There are announced internal applications devel- Blake J. Graham is a freshman. He can racy, an attempt had to be made to out- some complaints against the services oped by Pitchfork, Last.fm, Billboard, be reached on Twitter @BlakeGraham or at maneuver the benefits of stealing music though, namely the ownership of music. Fuse, The Guardian, Rolling Stone and [email protected] while still promoting music, musicians The collection of music is a highly Tune Wiki among others. Their bet The views expressed in this column are and the music industry. personal activity. People strive to create is on people buying into the services those of the author and not necessarily that In October of 2008, an Internet com- the most comprehensive collection to provided and founded on Spotify and of The Observer.

Letters to the Editor Aiden Project This Saturday, Knott Hall and Circle Riley. Plus, the live music and free food Sustainability strategy K will be hosting the 6th Annual should ensure that SDH is the place to Aiden Project — the largest on-campus, be this Saturday. So save the date, bring single-day service event. The Aiden your friends and help brighten the days Despite the characterization of the (total, not per square foot) by 2020 and Project, named after former Juggerknott and warm the nights of the kids battling University’s new carbon emissions goals Yale by 43 percent, while also setting a and cancer survivor Aiden Fitzgerald, this terrible disease. as “ambitious” by the Observer and target of getting 25 percent of its energy affords students the opportunity to Buy a T-shirt! They’re 15 dollars, and “aggressive” by the campus Director from renewable sources. While Princ- make colorful fleece blankets and create proceeds go to Riley Children’s Hospital. of Sustainability, the plan announced eton is within months of completing a encouraging cards for children under- on Nov. 29 is not one of which Notre large solar array to provide 5.5 percent going cancer treatment at Riley Chil- Brian Metz Dame should be proud. A decade ago of its energy needs right now, the Notre dren’s Hospital in Indianapolis, the site Co-President the Sustainability Strategy might have Dame administration said “it doesn’t of Aiden’s cancer battle. Knott Hall been moderately progressive in higher make sense for us to invest heavily in Come out to the East Wing of South Nov. 30 education circles. Now, compared to the solar or in wind.” We remain wedded Dining Hall this Saturday, Dec. 3, from plans of leading universities doing their indefinitely to coal, which puts roughly 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. It only takes Mike O’Brien parts to address global warming, it two times more carbon into the air than a few minutes of your time to make a Co-President looks more quaint than visionary. gas, while Cornell and Duke aban- blanket and write a note, and it will Knott Hall The first thing to note about our doned coal earlier this year, and Brown mean the world to the young patients at Nov. 30 plan is that it makes no commitment to switched from oil to gas. reducing carbon emissions absolutely, The new Sustainability Strat- “dramatically” or otherwise. It merely egy should be subjected to a careful, promises greater efficiency, not a campus-wide discussion and then smaller footprint. The 2030 goal of cut- reformulated to reflect Notre Dame No quick fix for poverty ting emissions by 50 percent per square at its best. We need to be leaders, not foot (something Georgetown University foot-draggers, in addressing climate commits to do by 2020) may or may not change. In his eloquent inaugural ad- Mr. Myers, of poverty after watching the videos is result in significant reductions given dress, Father Jenkins urged that we Although I certainly appreciate the preposterous. If hungry, how would they Notre Dame’s rate of growth. Keeping strive to make Notre Dame a “healing, sentiment of your piece (“Changing the be able to concentrate and learn from our plan “really flexible” means avoid- unifying, enlightening force for a world world through education,” Nov. 26), the videos? (I can’t focus in class if I’ve ing commitment. deeply in need,” enlarging our vision so I find the suggestion that the “poor missed a Grab-and-Go; I can’t imagine Where we aim to cut emissions by that no one in the future might “say that inhabitants in Africa, Asia, and South trying to learn philosophy, engineering 70 percent — again, per square foot — we dreamed too small.” The current America” should “bootstrap themselves or mathematics if I had been famished schools ranging from Cornell to Weber plan for slowing carbon emissions is too out of poverty” fairly offensive. for months or years.) If shelterless, how State University in Utah have commit- small. Most of the world’s poor do not suffer would they bathe in order to prepare for ted to carbon neutrality by that date. from entrenched, structurally-rooted an interview? And where would they Others have set that target much ear- John Sitter inequities because they lack access find suitable clothes at that? lier: Montana by 2020, Duke by 2024, Professor of Literature to cutting edge technology or to the Your piece assumes that if people have Florida by 2025. Brown has committed English Department knowledge that could somehow enable the right knowledge and just try hard to cut carbon emissions 42 percent Nov. 30 them to transform their circumstances. enough, they will be able to bootstrap Sadly, it seems poverty in many cases is themselves into the same socioeconomic linked to lack of access to the very basic situation that we have had the privi- necessities of life (food, water, shelter, lege of being born into. Frankly, that etc.) that underpin all others. just isn’t true — in the United States or I also feel your piece assumes a sort of elsewhere. I love the idea of ND spear- intrinsic ignorance in people in Africa, heading a new age of enlightenment and Asia, and South America that is danger- democratizing access to education, but ously paternalistic. Imagine a scheme let’s not be naïve about a quick fix to a that provided the homeless of our very deeply complex problem. own South Bend (who apparently don’t have any “bootstrapping” to do) ac- Melissa Wrapp cess to a computer and online videos of senior our classes. The idea that they would Cavanaugh Hall somehow be able to lift themselves out Nov. 30 page 8 The Observer | ndsmcobserver.com Thursday, December 1, 2011

By MAIJA GUSTIN one but three of your favorite characters — Un- Scene Editor cle Dursley (Richard Griffiths), Madame Maxima (Frances de la Tour) and Helen McCrory (Nar- “Hugo” probably isn’t the movie you’re expect- cissa Malfoy). Jude Law wins hearts in his small ing based on the trailers you’ve seen. Yes, it is role as Hugo’s father while Christopher Lee plays Martin Scorsese’s first foray into 3D filmmaking. a charming bookseller. Michael Stuhlbarg fills Yes, it is a family-friendly tale of an orphaned boy “Hugo’s” final hole as Rene Tabard, a film histo- trying to unlock a secret he believes his father rian with the secrets to Melies’ past. left him. Yes, Borat plays an incompetent train “Hugo” is not only Scorsese’s first 3D film, it station security guard. is his first real family movie as well. He rejects But did you know that “Hugo” is, along with all much of the dark and twisted material that has these things, a love letter to early filmmaking and driven his recent films for a movie that is all the wonders of cinema for the people of the early about growing up, finding a sense of belonging 20th century? Ben Kingsley plays the pioneering and keeping childhood imagination and wonder French filmmaker Georges Melies, known for alive. It is a visually stunning film, one that’s col- making early fantasy films in the vein of Jules or palette and Parisian backdrop come alive with Verne novels, the most famous of which is “A Trip the subtly stunning 3D camerawork. to the Moon.” His works, all silent and all made Regardless of your familiarity with Scorse- in the years before WWI, are considered classics se’s work, with early film or with clockwork (a today, movies that truly explored, exploited and prominent presence in the film), “Hugo” is a truly reveled in the possibilities of the new medium. cheerful movie perfect for kids of all ages during Whatever you may think of silent films, don’t let this holiday season. It certainly doesn’t need to this keep you away from “Hugo.” If you’re a movie be seen in 3D, but this is one film where it might buff, you will be enchanted by Scorsese’s ode to just be worth it — not for visual shock, but for a the magic of making and seeing movies. But even beauty and depth of image that the master film- if the mere thought of a silent film makes your maker captured perfectly. eyes begin to close, the infectiousness of Scors- ese’s storytelling will still likely enthrall you. Contact Maija Gustin at [email protected] “Hugo” captures what it was that made movies so amazing to the people of the earlier 20th century, people who thought moving images were just about the most miraculous thing they’d ever seen. Through this, you will inevitably be re- “Hugo” minded why you venture to the movies yourself — to be amazed, to be sucked into a story, to see the impossible become possible and to see reflec- Produced by: Martin Scorsese tions of the world you’d never imagined. Starring: Ben Kingsley, Sasha “Hugo” is, though, still a movie about a boy trying to find his place and his identity in a world Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, that seems to have abandoned him. Newcomer Asa Butterfield — recently tapped to play Ender Chloe Grace Moretz, Ray Wiggin in a film adaptation of the other famous futuristic, post-apocalyptic, children-forced-to- Winstone, Emily Mortimer, Jude do-terrible-things book, “Ender’s Game” — gives Hugo hopeless longing for a family coupled with Law wisdom beyond his years that inevitably saves the cynical Melies from his own personal destruction. Chloe Moretz, who always seems to transcend her age as well, seems a little distracted trying to maintain a British accent, but is charming and a perfect companion to Hugo nonetheless. Sasha Baron Cohen is ridiculous as always, but provides comic relief and a little heart when he connects with the always-serene Emily Mortimer. For “Harry Potter” fans, “Hugo” features not LAUREN KALINSKI | Graphics Credit Thursday, December 1, 2011 The Observer | ndsmcobserver.com page 9

Silent Night, Silent Auction “Crazy, Stupid, Love” Atlas Sound concert Carols service LaFortune Ballroom DeBartolo 101 Legends of Notre Dame Basilica of the Sacred Heart 7 p.m. 8 and 10:30 p.m. Nightclub 7:15 p.m. Free $3 Doors open at 9:30 p.m. Free Free with ND/SMC/HC ID The Pyros of Pasquerilla Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, The Notre Dame Liturgi- East put together an impres- Julianne Moore, Emma Stone Bradford Cox, of the band cal Choir, Women’s Liturgi- sive night of food and prizes and Kevin Bacon round out Deerhunter, comes to Notre cal Choir, Folk Choir, Hand- to celebrate the Christmas this star-studded cast. Af- Dame as his solo act, Atlas bell Choir and Basilica Schola season. All proceeds from the ter his wife leaves him, Cal Sound. He released four com- join together at the Basilica event go to the American Can- Weaver (Carell) mopes around plete albums as Atlas Sound to present a night of Christ- cer Society. It’s the perfect op- bars subjecting every woman last year alone. “Parallax,” mas tunes, sung to warm the portunity to snag a gift bas- in sight to his sob story. He is released in early November, is heart and celebrate the season ket for your friend or simply taken under the wing of Jacob Cox’s seventh full album and of Advent. It’s the perfect way support a good cause. Jimmy Palmer (Gosling), a 20-some- plays with many of the same to begin December and relax Johns will be served and door thing lothario, who re-fashions themes his older albums ex- before the stress of finals truly prizes will be available at this Cal into a ladies man and explore, but with small bits of sets in, especially if you love holiday event. pectedly, hijinks ensue. risk thrown in. Christmas music.

By COURTNEY COX After Cal discovers his wife Associate Scene Editor Emily (Julianne Moore) cheat- ed on him with a coworker, Da- From honing his comedic vid Lindhagen (Kevin Bacon), chops in “Crazy, Stupid, Love” he can focus on little else. to his super-dramatic and Jacob takes pity on him and largely silent turn in the in- helps Cal shop for younger die thriller “Drive,” Ryan Gos- looking clothes, hit the gym ling owned this year. The only and learn the smoothest ways people who seemed to disagree to pick up women. were the editors at People Mag- Cal uses his awkward appeal azine. to woo Kate (Marisa Tomei), a Instead of choosing the schoolteacher he meets at the charming Gosling for the title bar one night. Tomei shines in of “Sexiest Man Alive,” People some of the most bizarre scenes opted for Bradley Cooper and of the film and is perfect as the certainly met some backlash slightly unstable Kate. against their decision. In the meantime, Jacob Protestors wearing Ryan meets Hannah (Emma Stone), Gosling masks gathered outside a girl he describes as “a game the People offices in opposition changer” and tries to pursue. to the decision. According to “Crazy, Stupid, Love” isn’t Gawker, their battle cry was a completely stereotypical ro- “Bradley Cooper is just fine, but mantic comedy. In fact, it truly Ryan Gosling is divine.” takes you by surprise at several Even George Clooney weighed different points. in on the issue, joking on “Ex- Each member of the star- tra” that his “Ides of March” studded cast carries their costar asked Clooney for tips on weight and none fall flat or how to win the award. seem useless to the plot. The This weekend, SUB presents clear standout, however, is Gos- “Crazy, Stupid, Love,” which ling. His portrayal of Jacob is makes it that much easier for the reason women believe they students to check out Gosling can change the “bad boy.” He’s at his most attractive and de- charming and smart, but in a termine whether or not he de- mysterious and reserved way. served the title. Catch Gosling in “Crazy, Stu- In the film, Gosling plays Ja- pid, Love” this Thursday, Fri- cob Palmer, a womanizer who day and Saturday in DeBartolo befriends recent divorcee Cal 101. Weaver (Steve Carell) after he watches him mope at the same Contact Courtney Cox at bar night after night. [email protected] LAUREN KALINSKI | Graphics Credit page 10 | ndsmcobserver.com The Observer u Classifieds Thursday, December 1, 2011

Sports Authority NFL MLB making changes Tucker embraces opportunity to limit tobacco abuse Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jack- sonville Jaguars interim coach Tony Gwynn’s bat could ball players, but they can Mel Tucker spent part of the sea- light up a stadium. His all share the experience of son using crutches and an elec- .338 career batting aver- tobacco. tric scooter. Nowadays, he has age and 3,141 hits speak for It’s also baseball’s old- recovered enough from a torn the first-ballot MLB Hall of est tradition, one that will quadriceps muscle to be limp- Famer all be harder to break than ing around. on their judging safe or out by the His defense has been even own. naked eye. more banged up. But Last week, Major League The Jaguars (3-8) have three it was Baseball took the first defensive starters on injured Gwynn’s steps to removing to- reserve, including both start- smile that bacco’s presence from TV ing cornerbacks, and have been could light sets and stadiums in the without several other key play- up the only labor agreement that ers on that side of the ball in re- Padres hasn’t grabbed national cent weeks. There’s hasn’t been dugout, a headlines this year. a noticeable drop-off, a credit to full cheek- Chris Masoud Under the new agree- what Tucker has accomplished to-cheek ment between the MLB and in his first season in control of grin fans, Assistant the Players Association the unit. teammates Managing effective in 2012, players, In short, Tucker has con- and family Editor managers and coaches will vinced the Jaguars he is one members no longer be able to carry of the NFL’s young, ascending found in- a tobacco package in their coaches. What he does over the fectious. uniforms at games or any next five games, beginning Mon- It’s a smile Gwynn al- time fans are in the ball- day night against reeling San Di- most lost for good in the park. Moreover, they will ego, will determine whether he fall of 2010 when doctors be prohibited from using will replace fired coach Jack Del found a malignant tumor smokeless tobacco during Rio on a permanent basis. AP in the salivary gland of his televised interviews, at “I think Mel has been one of Jaguars interim coach Mel Tucker addresses the media Tuesday. right cheek. While doctors autograph signings and at the bright spots of our football Tucker replaced Jack Del Rio, who was fired by the team the same day. refused to confirm smoke- events where they inter- team this year, taking charge less tobacco had caused act with fans or represent of the defense and calling the down anyone on the back end. and fundamentals. They play the tumor, Gwynn refused their ball clubs. defensive plays,” owner Wayne The turnaround wasn’t all hard, they’re relentless, they play to believe anything other It’s a start, but it’s not Weaver said. “I was very explicit Tucker’s doing. through the echo of the whistle than a lifetime of chewing good enough. All other with Mel that it’s an interim po- The Jaguars spent more than and those are things we believe in tobacco had caused the oral levels of organized base- sition, that at the end of the sea- $100 million in free agency to and those are things we empha- cancer. ball have banned tobacco son we’re going to conduct ... a upgrade a defense that ranked size every day, and you get what Gwynn may be the sport’s from use at games and on very extensive coaching search 28th in the league last season and you emphasize.” most high profile victim camera. The newly signed to make sure that we bring in allowed a franchise record 419 Tucker, 39, began his coaching of smokeless tobacco, but agreement, which lasts un- someone that can help us really points. They signed Posluszny, career as a a graduate assistant baseball and tobacco have til 2016, is the necessary build this franchise and return fellow linebacker Clint Session, at Michigan State under Nick Sa- been inextricably linked bridge between a tradition to what we expect — into a win- defensive end Matt Roth, corner- ban in 1997. He coached defensive since the game’s incep- that has overstayed its ning franchise. back Drew Coleman and safety backs at Miami (Ohio), LSU and tion in the 1840s. The term welcome and the complete “I did assure Mel that he Dewan Landry. They also traded Ohio State before moving to the “bullpen” was even coined eradication of tobacco would have an opportunity to for safety Dwight Lowery. NFL with the Cleveland Browns after the Blackwell Tobacco from the game. be interviewed for the job, and I Tucker had little time to get in 2005. He was Cleveland’s sec- Company unveiled a new So, for the first time think he certainly deserves that them to gel, but he made it work ondary coach for three years be- brand of tobacco called since Bud Selig added the and he’s earned that.” better than anyone expected. fore getting promoted to defensive “Bull Durham.” wild card to the playoffs, I Tucker’s promotion was wel- Jacksonville’s defense has held coordinator. Video cameramen do their applaud you Major League comed news in Jacksonville’s seven of its 11 opponents under Having never been a head best to avoid the clips of Baseball. The players locker room on an otherwise 300 yards, giving the offensively coach, Tucker doesn’t plan on get- brownish-tar spewing out of won’t like it at first, but tough day Tuesday, with players challenged team a chance to ting overly involved with the of- the mouths of professional they have five years to fig- praising him for his attention to win every game. The unit, which fense. athletes, but it is nearly ure out a way to cope with detail and his no-nonsense at- ranks fourth in the league in to- After all, the last time he impossible to avoid through- the change. titude. tal defense, has forced at least stepped out of his realm, he pain- out a full baseball game. But it’s not about them, “What you see with him and one turnover in five consecu- fully injured his leg while play- From the bulging Skoal tins and it never was. It’s what he says, that’s him,” line- tive games. Recently, they have fully fielding punts in practice. in back pockets to shots of about the high school backer Paul Posluszny said. remained stout despite losing Nonetheless, he knows this is a the dugout floor coated in ball player that chewed “He’s very true to that. He Rashean Mathis, Derek Cox and big opportunity. tobacco spit, fans and kids his way through practice doesn’t try to put on a show or Session for the season, and play- “I’m always motivated to do the are needlessly exposed. and games. It’s about the an act of anything like that. He’s ing without Roth and fellow de- best that I can, and right now, my It has been handed down college student who can’t very true with the way he pres- fensive linemen Terrance Knigh- focus is on these next five weeks to from generation to gen- take a shower or com- ents himself and the things that ton and Aaron Kampman. do everything that I possibly can eration. It’s a connection plete a homework assign- he says.” “Good players make a good to get this team prepared to play,” between the past and the ment without throwing in Del Rio hired Tucker as his de- coach,” Tucker said. “I believe in Tucker said. “There’s a certain present, from Cooperstown a lip. It’s about the oral fensive coordinator in 2009, but keeping it simple, simple enough brand of football that we need to legends to current home- cancer victim who wishes Del Rio mostly handled the calls where we can line up and play show out there. It’s relentless, it’s town heroes. Jerseys, rules his smile could light up a during Tucker’s first two years. fast and we can be relentless and attention to detail, it’s high effort, and franchises change, but crowd again. That changed in January, when we can be aggressive. But we it’s high energy, it’s high impact. chewing tobacco has been Weaver told Del Rio to give play- have enough where we can be Those are things that we’re going a constant from the begin- Contact Chris Masoud at calling duties. confident in regards to covering to work on. ning. [email protected] The defense hasn’t been the whatever we need to cover, what- “In terms of my future as a It’s a connection across The views expressed same since. ever offenses throw at us, multi- head coach, that’s for another day. cultures. Players from Latin in this Sports Authority The unit was one of the worst ple sets, things like that. ... Only time will tell what oppor- America and across the column are those of the in the league the last two sea- “The thing that you’ll see when tunities I will have in the future, globe may not speak the author and not necessarily sons, failing to pressure quar- you watch our defense is that but I am confident and comfort- same language as American those of The Observer. terbacks and struggling to slow they play with great technique able where I am right now.”

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MLB Boston announces Valentine as new manager

Associated Press ter eight years in which he be acknowledged when they guided the Red Sox to two do things properly. Discipline BOSTON — Players eating World Series titles but also and rules and things like fried chicken and drinking the biggest September col- that — it’s just about right beer in the clubhouse dur- lapse in baseball history. and wrong.” ing games. If it didn’t bother The first job for the former Francona admitted he lost Bobby Valentine as a base- Mets and Rangers manager: his players near the end of ball lifer, it would certainly reversing a culture in which a tenure during which he offend his sensibilities as players ate takeout fried counted on them to police a self-proclaimed gourmet chicken and drank beer in themselves and never said chef. the clubhouse during games anything negative about “He won’t let that happen. instead of sitting on the them in public. When Valen- There’s no way he’s going to bench with their teammates. tine was in New York, he did let that happen,” said Tommy “You give loyalty, you’ll get not hesitate to criticize his Lasorda, Valentine’s manag- it back. You give love, you’ll players and bickered with er in the mi- get it back,” them, his boss and the me- nor leagues Lasorda said dia. and a mentor Wednesday Former Mets general man- who encour- “Discipline is not 30 in a tele- ager Omar Minaya said Val- aged him to whacks with a whip these phone inter- entine is every bit a players’ try for the days. I think everyone view with manager but one who insists Red Sox job. likes discipline. I think The Associ- on accountability. “There’s ated Press. “Bobby is not going to be times — in everyone likes structure. “And that’s the guy who’s cracking the all phases Everyone likes to be the way it whip. I can tell you that right of life — acknowledged when has to be.” now,” said Minaya, who was when you’ve they do things properly. At a news in the Rangers and Mets front got to kick Discipline and rules and conference offices when Valentine man- them in the things like that — it’s just the day he aged there. “He’s going to be (rear) when about right and wrong.” formally in- a players’ manager, but he’s they need it, terviewed for going to command respect. ... and there’s Bobby Valentine the job, Val- I think what Bobby’s going to times when entine said try to do is demand that play- you need to Red Sox manager he learned a ers be professional.” hug them if lot about dis- The Red Sox topped the AL they need it. cipline while East for much of the summer Your liveli- managing in and had a nine-game lead in hood depends on those guys. Japan. Although the players the wild-card race that they You’ve got to have them in there are more respectful squandered by going 7-20 in the right frame of mind, to of authority and less likely September, missing the play- be loyal to the organization, to step out of line, he said, offs for the second straight to put forth all the effort that they also appreciated hav- season. Francona left before they have.” ing clearly defined rules so he could be fired, saying the Boston announced Val- they knew where their limits clubhouse needed a different AP entine as its new manager were. voice. Red Sox Manager Bobby Valentine answers questions from reporters Wednesday, and he will be “Discipline is not 30 And, boy, is Valentine ever following his interview for the vacant Boston manager job Nov. 21. introduced by the Red Sox at whacks with a whip these different. a Fenway Park news confer- days,” Valentine said. “I A restaurateur who claims two-time minor-league MVP; “These last two years have ence on Thursday evening. think everyone likes disci- to have invented the wrap the son-in-law of former ma- been good for Bobby. It gave The 61-year-old replaces pline. I think everyone likes sandwich; a high school star jor leaguer Ralph Branca; the him a chance to get back and Terry Francona, who left af- structure. Everyone likes to in football and baseball; a manager of the NL pennant- become familiar with all the winning New York Mets and players in the major leagues. Japanese champion Chiba That will help him,” Branca Lotte Marines; the director said. “Boston is a challenge, of health and public safety in but when has he not liked Stamford, Conn.; purveyor of challenges?” an athletic training facility; A native of Connecticut and a successful TV analyst. a former roommate of Bill And he might even be most Buckner’s, Valentine was the famous for returning to the most intriguing candidate for dugout wearing a fake mus- the Red Sox job on a list that tache and sunglasses after included Gene Lamont, Dale being ejected from a game in Sveum, Torey Lovullo, Pete 1999; Major League Baseball Mackanin and Sandy Alomar fined him $5,000 and sus- Jr. After his name surfaced, pended him for three games. he was endorsed for the job Valentine’s personality not only by Lasorda but by certainly is large. Steve Phillips, the Mets GM And his resume is long. who bickered with Valentine But it has one major gap: and eventually fired him; He’s never won a World Se- Bush has also expressed a ries. fondness for his former skip- “It drives all of us that per. do this for a living,” Mina- Minaya said Valentine’s ya said. “If you don’t win a outsized personality will be World Series and you’re a a plus in Boston, where fans competitor, it drives you.” still are stewing over last Valentine managed the year’s collapse. Texas Rangers from 1985-92, “All year they’re going to when he was fired by then- be reminded of what hap- owner and future U.S. Presi- pened in ‘11, and Bobby will dent George W. Bush. His be able to take the attention last big league managerial on himself,” said Minaya, job was with the Mets, from whose Mets missed the play- 1996-02, where he guided offs on the last day of the sea- the Mets to consecutive wild- son after leading the division card berths and a trip to the in both 2007 and ‘08. “We 2000 World Series. lived it. There’s no doubt that Two years later, they fin- all year long the Red Sox are ished last and Valentine was going to be reminded of last fired, leaving him with a year. I think Bobby’s going to 1,117-1,072 record. He has be a positive force in getting never finished in first place people to focus on ‘12.” in 15 major league seasons. The Red Sox certainly hope But Valentine went to Japan so. and managed Chiba Lotte to At about the same time Val- a championship in 2005. He entine was landing in New has been working as an ana- York on his way back from lyst for ESPN, where he has a goodwill trip to Japan, the said Red Sox pitcher Josh Red Sox sent reporters an Beckett should work faster advisory that select tickets and left fielder Carl Crawford for 2012 will go on sale next should close his stance. week. page 12 | ndsmcobserver.com The Observer u Sports Thursday, December 1, 2011

NFL NHL Johnson fined $10,000 Bruins continue dominant play for excessive celebration Associated Press TORONTO — Milan Lucic Associated Press into hot water immediately after scored twice and David Kre- putting Buffalo up 14-7 by catch- jci added a goal and two assists ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo ing a 5-yard touchdown pass with for the Boston Bruins, who beat Bills receiver Stevie Johnson has a little over two minutes left in the the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on been fined $10,000 by the NFL for second quarter of a 28-24 loss at Wednesday night for their 12th mimicking shooting himself in the the Jets on Sunday. win in 13 games. thigh during a touchdown celebra- Using his hands as pistols, John- The defending Stanley Cup tion last weekend that mocked New son pretended to shoot himself in champions rebounded from a York Jets receiver Plaxico Burress. the thigh, a move that was directed slow start this season and went A person familiar with the at Burress, who wound up serving 12-0-1 in November, marking league’s disciplinary action in- 20 months in prison for shooting the first time since January 1969 formed The Associated Press of himself in a New York City night- that the Bruins went an entire the fine on Wednesday. The person club in 2008. month without a regulation loss. spoke on the condition of anonymi- Johnson didn’t stop there. He Tim Thomas made 34 saves ty because the league has not made then imitated a jet in flight before and earned his ninth consecu- an announcement. crashing to the turf. That proved tive win. Johnson declined to confirm particularly costly, because he was Zdeno Chara, Benoit Pouliot whether he had been punished flagged 15 yards for going to the and Brad Marchand also scored AP except to say he had an overnight ground. for Boston (15-7-1), which hasn’t Bruins left wing Milan Lucic scores a third period goal during courier envelope from the NFL The Bills blew a squib kick on lost in regulation since Oct. 29 at Boston’s 6-3 win over Toronto on Wednesday. waiting for him at his locker when the next kickoff, leading to the Jets Montreal. he arrived for practice. Johnson left capitalizing on a short field to tie Mikhail Grabovski, Joffrey Lu- first goal at 7:29, taking a per- The game didn’t slow down in the envelope unopened because he the score a little over a minute later. pul and Matt Frattin had goals fect cross-ice pass from Clarke the second period. Krejci gave expected to find inside formal noti- Johnson said he was unaware he for Toronto (14-9-2). MacArthur and beating Thomas the Bruins a 2-1 lead at 3:33 by fication of his fine. would be penalized, and added he The Maple Leafs pushed the with a backhander on the rush. going hard to the net and knock- Johnson said he was done dis- regrets making fun of Burress and Bruins to their limit in the first It was his sixth goal of the sea- ing home a rebound off the rush. cussing the celebration — and the has apologized to the Jets player. of a home-and-home series be- son. Kessel then found Lupul on a national criticism he received as a He also said he plans to stop per- tween teams near the top of the Jonas Gustavsson was strong 2-on-1 break to get Toronto even result of it — and is instead focus- forming touchdown celebrations. Eastern Conference standings. early in goal for the Maple Leafs at 7:00. ing on looking forward to helping This isn’t the first time Johnson They will face off again in Bos- but was beaten after Boston’s Even Chara’s goal that made it the Bills (5-6) end a four-game has been fined for his over-exuber- ton on Saturday night. extended 5-on-3 power play. 3-2 at 15:30 came off the rush. slump on Sunday when they host ance. This game lived up to the hype The Bruins used crisp cross-ice The big defenseman stepped up the Tennessee Titans (6-5). Last year, he shelled out a com- as the quick skating teams took passes to take apart the Leafs’ and beat Gustavsson short side “If I do, I get fined. But we’ve got bined $15,000 after twice being turns mounting rushes during penalty-killers, and Lucic roofed with a heavy wrist shot the To- to move on,” he said. “It’s the Ten- fined by the NFL. He was fined the first period, in which the a shot from the side of the net ronto goalie should have had. nessee Titans. I’m not really wor- $10,000 for falling back to the Bruins held a slight edge in pos- at 15:08 as the first penalty ex- Pouliot put Boston ahead 4-2 ried about a fine right now. It’s part ground after pretending to shoot session and shots, 17-16. pired. early in the third period, and of the game. People get fined. But off a rifle — mimicking what the But the game was tied 1-1, Shortly after, NHL scoring Frattin responded less than we’ve still got a football game on Patriots’ Minutemen do following with each team scoring on a leader Phil Kessel was sent in on three minutes later to get Toron- Sunday.” a New England score — in a 38-30 power play. a breakaway but couldn’t beat to back within a goal. The Maple The Bills’ leading receiver got loss at New England on Sept. 26. Grabovski netted Toronto’s Thomas with a deke. Leafs couldn’t get any closer. Thursday, December 1, 2011 The Observer u Sports ndsmcobserver.com | page 13

SMC Swimming & Diving SMC Basketball Belles look to bounce SMC drops first conference game back at invitational Observer Staff Report Saint Mary’s lost at in-state rival Trine in a close 67-59 By JOE WIRTH strong swims. We know we can contest Wednesday night. Sports Writer always count on them for motiva- The Belles (2-5, 0-1 MIAA) tion.” struggled shooting from the After Saint Mary’s lost 137-66 Benishek said this meet will floor as they suffered a loss at Valparaiso on Nov. 5, Belles help the Belles prepare for the in their conference-opener. coach Mark Benishek said the MIAA conference championship Saint Mary’s did not hit its first team would focus on peaking held Feb. 15 to18. shot from the floor until 8:34 for the Nov. 18 and 19 Wabash “There will be plenty of talent into the first half. The shoot- Woehnker Invitational and this at Calvin,” Benishek said. “This ing drought forced the Belles week’s Calvin Invitational. De- meet is the same format as the to play from behind the rest of spite the Belles’ conference the game. disappointing championship Saint Mary’s fought back sixth-place fin- and it will give though, as the lead was cut to ish at Wabash, us a good idea eight points with nine minutes they still have “This meet is the biggest of how to pre- left in the first half. Despite the an opportunity competition all season. pare.” rally, the Thunder (5-0, 1-0) to bounce back A good separated themselves from the with a strong It has three-quarters of showing could Belles. Trine put together an COURTNEY ECKERLE/The Observer performance our conference and has also serve as 11-2 run near the end of the Junior guard Kayla Wolter surveys the court during the Belles’ at Calvin. a number of fast Division a springboard half and went up 33-19. season-opening 66-63 victory over Wheaton on Nov. 15. “It’s the II schools that we will for a success- Early in the second half, the middle of the be competing against.” ful second half Belles cut the lead in half to percent from the floor, while of freshmen in guard Grace season and it is of the season. seven points, but soon after- Saint Mary’s made just 31 per- Wheeler and forward Morgan a good oppor- Mark Benishek “This meet ward, the Thunder extended cent of its shots. Senior guard Henry. Alma may have a losing tunity for us to Belles coach is the biggest the margin to 10. Senior for- Patsy Mahoney and sophomore record, but that is largely due gauge where competition ward Jessica Centa gave a guard Shanlynn Bias each led to a strong schedule featuring we are as far all season,” spark to Saint Mary’s late in the Belles in scoring with 10 a number of schools in higher as speed and Benishek said. the half, narrowing the lead to points apiece. divisions as well as national- conditioning,” “It has three- five points. This weekend, the Belles will ranked teams intended to im- Benishek said. quarters of our The Belles outshot the Thun- look to even up their conference prove its quality of play. The Belles have had strong conference and has a number of der 65-43 and also had 10 less record when they face Alma (1- Saint Mary’s will host Alma swims from their upperclassmen fast Division II schools that we turnovers, but Trine shot 56 4, 1-0). Alma is led by a pair on Saturday at 3 p.m. all year, and Benishek said that will be competing against.” trend must continue if they are The Calvin Invitational will going to have a successful meet. begin today and continue all day “Our senior leadership has Friday and Saturday. The compe- enough talent to close the define Notre Dame’s season, been a strong point all year. [Se- tition will take place at the Ven- Indoor gap and reclaim their perch one of its most anticipated niors] Katie Donovan, Megan ema Aquatic Center on the cam- on top of the conference this meets every year is the Meyo Price and Audrey Dalrymple pus of Calvin College in Grand continued from page 16 year. Invitational. The Irish host have all had strong performanc- Rapids, Mich. “We definitely can [chal- the Invitational at the Lof- es,” Benishek said. “Their se- biggest meets on the sched- lenge UConn tus Sports nior leadership has been great Contact Joe Wirth at ule. Now that’s not to say and win the Center on and they have backed it up with [email protected] that we don’t care about how Big East], Feb. 3 and we do in the other meets, but sure,” he “We definitely can 4, and the our main focus is preparing said. “We just [challenge UConn and win presti- for the Big East and always had a couple the Big East], sure. We gious event team is prepared. being in the hunt to win it of bad breaks had just had a couple of b r i n g s Iowa “This meet plays a major role and then getting people to or we would bad breaks or we would some of in our season. Because it’s a the NCAAs.” have won last have won last year twice. the na- continued from page 16 bigger meet, we’re making big- Last year, the Irish came year twice. tion’s best ger preparations, just as you up just short of that goal in We’re a very We’re a very good team athletes end,” Welsh said. “We race to would for an exam,” Welsh said. both the indoor and outdoor good team this year. We have good and per- determine how our conference “We’re getting half our grade seasons. After Connecticut this year. We kids everywhere.” for m a nc e s squad will be formed, and this is this weekend, so we’re prepar- edged second-place Notre have good to South the last chance for guys to earn ing.” Dame by less than five points kids every- Joe Piane Bend. a spot on that team. There’s a The Irish will look for im- at the indoor Big East cham- where.” Irish coach “ O u r lot of excitement about how this provement when they take to pionship, the Huskies won And while Meyo In- weekend could develop.” the pool Friday in Iowa City. by just eight points in the the confer- vitational With excitement and pressure spring. But with the depth he ence and is always mounting around the Iowa Invi- Contact Jonathan Warren at sees on the team this year, national very, very tational, Welsh is confident his [email protected] Piane believes the Irish have championships may be what good,” Piane said. “We have teams from all over the country here, and probably the premier race there is the Invi- tational Mile. Historically, we always see somebody under four minutes. That’s where Rae ran 3:59 last year.” Piane may have a solid idea of who his top performers will be this year, but he is also excited to see other athletes take the next step and turn in elite seasons. Their first chance to hit the track will be Friday at the Blue and Gold Meet. “We have quite a few [athletes who may step up to lead the team this year],” Piane said. “Randall Babb is a senior for us, and he’s a very good middle-distance [run- ner]. [Sophomore] Logan Renwick did a very good job for us last year in the long jump and triple jump and [senior] Andy Hills will do a very good job for us, as well. We’ve got some good freshmen in as well, so we’re going to be very good from top to bottom.” The Blue and Gold Meet takes place Friday at 5 p.m. at the Loftus Sports Center.

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Shields in Mexico City. Lee, a Lee former O’Neill resident, served as a sparring partner to former continued from page 16 welterweight champion Kermit Cintròn. Lee said the learning dina. But the Mendoza School experience was crucial to his of Business product said he growth as a fighter. doesn’t put too much thought “I [was] in Mexico for two into whom or where he is fight- weeks with [Cintròn]. Anytime ing, focusing instead on his own you are in the ring with a for- technique and patient approach mer world champion, it’s pretty to each match. special,” Lee said. “I have just “I’m just going to fight who learned so much and it is all they put in front of me,” Lee about learning different things said. “I have taken some time and putting it all together.” to work on different things with But Lee said he still remem- former world champions and bers and is motivated by his trainers, but the key for me is to blue-and-gold roots, which form stay patient and pile up wins. I much of the young phenom’s na- just need to stick to what I do tional fan base. best, regardless of who I am “I really appreciate all of the fighting. It’s all about being pa- support from everyone on cam- tient and getting better.” pus,” Lee said. “[All my support- On Sept. 16, Lee hosted the ers from Notre Dame] mean so first professional fight held at much to me. There are those Notre Dame, where he thrilled tough days in training, but the capacity crowd at the Pur- when I think of all the support, cell Pavilion with a victory by it is really uplifting and encour- unanimous decision over Ja- aging and keeps me tuned in to cob Stiers. All proceeds from what I am doing.” “Fight Like a Champion” went Lee’s fight with Medina at to the Ara Parseghian Medical Madison Square Garden will air Research Foundation and the live on HBO pay-per-view Satur- Robinson Community Learning day night with the main event Center in South Bend. between Cotto and Margarito Less than two months later, taking place at 9 p.m. Lee found himself far from the Joyce Center, training with re- Contact Andrew Gastelum at nowned boxing trainer Ronnie [email protected]

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down in concentration defen- Grant sively. We could never get four stops in a row and a lot of that continued from page 16 is probably youth, and that’s something we have to keep com- Bulldogs (5-0) held the Irish to ing back to and working on be- 29.2 percent shooting from the cause we’ve got a long way to go floor before the break. to be good enough to win a game Junior forward Jack Cooley on the road against a team like was shutout in the first half and this.” finished the game with six points Harris recorded a double- and a team-high six rebounds. double for the Bulldogs, scoring The Irish temporarily cut 11 points and grabbing 15 re- the lead to single-digits with bounds. Fifth-year center Rob- 15 minutes to go in the second ert Sacre led all Bulldog scorers half. Junior forward Tom Knight with 15. scored in transition on an assist With fifth-year forward and from junior guard Joey Brooks. captain Tim Abromaitis out for Grant then stole the inbound the season with an ACL injury, pass and fed Knight for another senior guard Scott Martin relay-up which cut the lead to nine. mains the lone captain for the But Bulldogs junior forward Irish. Martin scored just one Elias Harris made a lay-up, was point on 0-for-6 shooting against fouled and made the free throw the Bulldogs and turned the ball to give Gonzaga a double-digit over twice. lead again, one they never relin- Notre Dame will take the quished. court again in Washington, D.C., “I was proud of our group that on Sunday against Maryland. we could close it a little bit and The Irish and Terrapins will tip- get it to single-digits,” Brey said. off at 4:45 p.m. “We talked about trying to get it to single-digits but they made Contact Eric Prister at big shots and we would break [email protected] Thursday, December 1, 2011 The Observer u Today ndsmcobserver.com | page 15

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Men’s Basketball Bulldog blowout, from start to finish

By ERIC PRISTER the season. Senior Sports Writer “For Eric, it’s tough being the guy and handling the ball,” Brey The hostile environment of said. “We didn’t work very hard the McCarthy Athletic Center to get open for him, but he’s got was too much for Notre Dame on to be better with it and that’s Wednesday. The Irish turned the part of the evolution of being the ball over 11 times in the first 12 quarterback.” minutes against No. 18 Gonzaga Sophomore guard Jerian on their way to a 73-53 loss. Grant led all scorers with 16 “They really defended us and points, but turned the ball over we could never get comfortable,” four times and had just three as- Irish coach Mike Brey said in a sists. postgame radio interview with The Irish (5-3) stayed close for und.com. “And I was disappoint- the first seven minutes of the ed because we were flustered on game until Gonzaga went on a the road. A lot of that was Gon- 13-2 run, taking a 17-point lead. zaga’s defense. For us to handle Freshman guard Pat Connaugh- the ball like that … you’re just ton hit two three-pointers in digging out of a hole. Their de- the last six minutes of the half, fense made us very uncomfort- which cut the lead to 13 heading able and we hurried things.” into the locker room. Connaugh- Sophomore guard Eric Atkins, ton finished the game with 11 who led the Big East last season points off the bench. in assist-to-turnover ratio, had Notre Dame finished the first five of his six turnovers and only half with 13 turnovers, already one assist in the first half. Notre over its 10.4-per-game average Dame’s leading scorer coming heading into the contest, and re- into the contest, Atkins shot just corded just two assists. The DILLON WEISNER/The Observer 2-for-9 from the floor, scoring Sophomore guard Jerian Grant dribbles past a Delaware State defender during Notre Dame’s 93- six points, his lowest output of see GRANT/page 14 69 victory Nov. 21. The Irish lost 73-53 at Gonzaga on Wednesday.

Men’s Swimming & Diving Irish prepare to face elite competition at Iowa Invitational

By JONATHAN WARREN take this exam to see how well Iowa is at home and we’ve had lot of improvement.” will also bring momentum to Sports Writer we did this fall.” very close meets with Denver The Irish are coming off a dis- Iowa City after having won both The Irish will face strong over the years.” appointing 191-109 loss to con- the one-meter and three-meter The Irish travel to Iowa City competition from No. 1 Michi- In the midst of strong compe- ference rival No. 16 Louisville diving events against Louisville. for the Iowa Invitational this gan and No. 10 Iowa, as well tition, Welsh said he will look for and hope to perform at a higher Freshman Jimmy McEldrew is weekend to participate in what as Denver, Wisconsin-Green individual improvement rather level this weekend. becoming a team leader after will be the biggest meet of their Bay and Wisconsin-Milwaukee. than focus on final standings Sophomore Frank Dyer will grabbing second place in the season thus far. Michigan defeated the Irish 174- early in the season. try to continue his streak of 1,000-yard freestyle and 200- “When this meet’s over, it’s 119 earlier this season. “What we need is for our guys first-place finishes at every yard backstroke against the like halftime for our season,” “This is elite competition — to swim very well,” Welsh said. meet this year, which includes Cardinals. Irish coach Tim Welsh said. very, very elite,” Welsh said. “If “We don’t look at it as a duel wins in the 50-yard and 500- “To be honest, we need quite a “You carry what you did in the you look at national rankings, with other teams, but as how yard freestyle races against the few guys to break out this week first half into the second half. we’re talking teams at the very much we have improved this se- Cardinals. It’s like a final exam for us. We’ll top. The Big Ten is always good. mester, and we’re hoping for a Freshman diver Michael Kreft see IOWA/page 13

Boxing Men’s Track & Field Lee excited for upcoming fight Blue and Gold meet

By ANDREW GASTELUM Sports Writer kicks off indoor season At 24 years old, Mike Lee has fought in front of crowds at By JACK HEFFERON pretty good athletes.” Cowboys Stadium and Manda- Sports Writer Those returning athletes lay Bay in Las Vegas. But now, are some of the nation’s the 2009 Notre Dame graduate Coming off a success- best performers from last has what he calls the experi- ful cross country season year, including several All- ence of a lifetime in front of that featured a berth at the Americans and Big East him — straight from Madison NCAA championship meet, champions. Three-quarters Square Garden. Irish coach Joe Piane and of last year’s All-American “Growing up watching fights Notre Dame will rejoin the distance medley relay team at the Garden, it’s going to be full complement of track return in senior John Shaw- pretty amazing to be there,” and field athletes when they el, junior Jeremy Rae and Lee said. “It’s the experience of begin their indoor cam- sophomore Patrick Feeney. a lifetime without a doubt. It’s paign Friday by hosting the Senior pole vaulter Kevin always a boxer’s dream to fight Blue and Gold Meet. Schipper won the Big East there, so it will be pretty sur- PAT COVENEY/The Observer The Irish enter the year last season. With these types real.” Mike Lee, left, throws a punch at Jacob Stiers during Lee’s with what may be their of athletes, Notre Dame Lee (7-0-0, 4 KO’s) will con- unanimous four-round decision Sept. 16 at Purcell Pavilion. deepest team in a while, hopes to turn in strong per- tinue his young fighting career but that’s not the only thing formances at its two biggest on the undercard of the super doesn’t intimidate Lee. all the pressure because it lets that has Piane feeling warm meets of the season. welterweight title fight Satur- “I don’t really get nervous with me focus on what I need to do.” about the upcoming season. “Our goals always are to day between Miguel Cotto and all of the hype and the lights on Just two and a half years re- “It’s wonderful indoors do well in the Big East meet, Antonio Margarito. The former the big stage. I really embrace moved from a cap and gown, because the weather’s al- win there and then to do Bengal Bouts champion will it,” Lee said. “My whole mindset Lee will face a seven-year pro- ways perfect in here,” he well at the NCAAs,” Piane face Allen Medina (9-19-1, 1 KO) is pretty focused: less nerves, fessional boxing veteran in Me said. “We have the biggest said. “Those are our two in a six-round bout from “the more fighting. I think it is a good indoor track in the coun- Mecca of Boxing,” a venue that thing that I don’t get rattled by see LEE/page 14 try and, boy, we have some see INDOOR/page 13