the Observer The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s Volume 44 : Issue 77 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2011 ndsmcobserver.com Unrest continues in Egypt; ND students evacuate Professor discusses the Notre Dame students future of Egyptian moved to safe haven government; ‘result of in Istanbul from 30 years of harsh rule’ university in Cairo

By SAM STRYKER Observer Staff Report News Writer Twelve Notre Dame stu- The current political turmoil dents were evacuated from in Egypt is a result of 30 years Cairo to Istanbul Monday of harsh rule under President night, according to a Hosni Mubarak, according to University press release. Emad Shahin, professor of reli- The students, who were gion, conflict and peacebuilding participating in a Notre at Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute. Dame study abroad program “What is going on is a popu- at the American University in lar uprising that is aspiring to Cairo (AUC), were among change Mubarak’s regime that many American citizens has been in power for the past evacuated on charter flights AP An anti-government protester holds a banner in Tharir square in downtown Cairo Monday. Opposition groups see EGYPT/page 5 have called for a million people to take the streets today in protest against President Hosni Mubarak. see UPDATE/page 5 Legacy Square condos Winter storm to strike area not open to students Observer Staff Report The City of South Bend is preparing for the winter storm expected Tuesday and Wednesday and anticipates issuing a Snow Emergency in the next two days, according to a Monday media advisory. One to two inches of snow could accumulate during the day Tuesday in St. Joseph County, with an additional 11 to 12 inches Tuesday JAMES DOAN/The Observer night, according to the A bulldozer covered in snow sits next to the site of the Legacy National Weather Service. DAN JACOBS/The Observer Square condiminiums, which will not be open to students. “In anticipation of the next Jordan Hall of Science sits covered in snow. Another 14 inches round of heavy snow and is predicted to hit campus by Wednesday. planned. ice, the city’s Snow-Control By AMANDA GRAY According to student body Team met this morning with sory stated. residents to plan ahead, News Writer president Catherine Soler, the Police, Fire and South Bend University spokesman exercise caution while driv- condominiums will be finished Community School Dennis Brown said Notre ing, clear sidewalks as While the controversial and marketed to owner-occu- Corporation to finalize, in Dame makes daily weather- quickly as possible and Legacy Square condominium pants, not for lease to students. advance, strategies to deal related closure decisions avoid driving on all main project will continue, its future “The concern [of the commu- with the winter storm around 5 a.m. thoroughfares once snow occupants will not be Notre expected over the next few South Bend Mayor Stephen Dame students, as originally see LEGACY/page 6 days,” the City’s media advi- Luecke asked all South Bend see WEATHER/page 6 DeBartolo Hall home to ‘experimental’ classroom

active learning environment. Cichos of OIT’s Technology Learning Spaces division, the controlling what appears on By CHRISTIAN MYERS Several divisions within the Enhanced Learning Spaces goal is for the room to be as each screen, multiple sets of News Writer Office of Information division designed the room flexible as possible and to keyboards and mice, and a Technology (OIT), the Office of based on recommendations encourage active learning. document camera. A new experimental class- the Registrar, Academic Space from the various groups and “The idea of active learning The computers and screens room, B011 DeBartolo Hall, is Management, the University similar classrooms at schools is that students need to be can be connected in any way redefining the classroom Council of Academic like the Massachusetts participants, not simply peo- — one computer screen can experience, and yes, anyone Technology (UCAT) and the Institute of Technology, the ple who receive information,” be displayed on all viewing can write on the walls. Kaneb Center for Teaching University of Minnesota and Burchett said. screens, each viewing screen Room B011 is the result of and Learning collaborated in the University of Michigan. The room features multiple can display a different com- multiple groups on campus the design and funding of According to Brian viewing screens, eight puter screen, or any arrange- working together to create an B011. Burchett, manager of OIT’s Macintosh computers, a innovative, imaginative and Jason Railton and Tim Technology Enhanced touch-screen control panel for see DEBARTOLO/page 6

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By CARLY LANDON “Since there are other sur- A rising number of influenza today and saw that the H1N1 has “The effectiveness of Tamiflu if News Writer veys that are also going out, cases in the South Bend area has mutated into what the CDC is now pretty limited,” she said. “All it we wanted to make sure we prompted Notre Dame Health calling H3N9 or N3 right now,” does is reduce the duration of the RecSports will release its didn’t bombard the same Services to prepare for a spike in she said. “That’s the kind of flu illness by one to three days.” first Student Voice survey to people and overwhelm the number of visits Notre Dame we expect to see.” Other parts of Indiana have students randomly chosen them,” Dodd-Bell said. students make to St. Liam’s Hall Though mutations occur, telltale demonstrated surges in illness from the University popula- “Once the survey is received in the next few weeks. signs of the flu are the same as and virus activity, said McCaslin, tion in order to obtain feed- by the selected group, stu- Mary Ellen McCaslin, assistant always, she said. demonstrating a back on the RecSports pro- dents will have a week and a director of clinical services, said Students should development in grams and facilities today. half until a reminder is sent Health Services has noticed the be on the lookout “This is a this year’s flu sea- “We’re always interested out to them which will give appearance of influenza strains for fevers, sore self-limiting illness son. in trying to make our pro- them another week and a on campus over the last two t h r o a t s , that will run its In anticipation grams better and it’s really half, so they’ll have a total of weeks. headaches, chills of the next few hard to reach people who three weeks to finish it,” “We do what is called a and fatigue. Once course as all viruses weeks, McCaslin don’t participate,” RecSports Dodd-Bell said. QuickFlu Test and we have had detected, the do.” said Health Fitness Coordinator Shellie Derengoski said this sur- some positives in the last few usual course of Services encour- Dodd-Bell said. “We really vey has been done in univer- weeks,” McCaslin said. “We action may be Mary Ellen McCaslin ages students to wanted to find out from sities across the nation and expect to follow the trends seen in taken to expedite practice flu pre- everyone, or at least a ran- has led to great results. surrounding regions, which indi- the duration of assistant director vention with good dom sample of campus, what “We’re actually one of cate a rise in the incidences of the illness, though Clinical Services hygiene. you like about RecSports, about 100 universities that influenza cases.” there is no instant “The best thing what makes you participate, has participated in this sur- Despite the expected escalation cure for the flu. that anyone can and if you don’t, why don’t vey,” Derengoski said. “It’s a of flu cases, McCaslin said Notre “This is a self-limiting illness do is to sneeze and cough into you?” survey that has been created Dame is in a much better position that will run its course as all your elbow and not into your Dodd-Bell said she hopes for rec programs all over the than last year. viruses do,” McCaslin said. “They hands. Alcohol-based hand rubs the survey will country. The “The H1N1 Swine Flu that we are not effectively treated by are a great way to keep germs help provide company that saw last year is not showing itself antibiotics because it is not a bac- under control, but washing your R e c S p o r t s “First and foremost, it does this this year. It caused a bit of a panic teria, it is a virus.” hands vigorously with soap and with direction is about satisfaction, makes them in the college health sector and McCaslin said treatment — water is still the best way to for improve- so we should learn and then gives the public as well,” she said. except in extreme situations — is reduce germs,” she said. “Stay ment. us not only “People were nervous, but that generally the same. Rest and flu- away from people who are sick if “The ulti- where people are f e e d b a c k outbreak was certainly not what ids, accompanied by Tylenol or possible, and use common sense.” mate goal is to really happy with our about Notre was predicted.” Ibuprofen to control the fever be able to look programs and Dame stu- McCaslin said she predicts allow the illness to run its course. Contact Nicole Toczauer at at the statisti- dents and H1N1 will remain absent, though A new product on the market, [email protected] cal data and facilities.” e m p l o y e e s , make the but also how changes nec- Sally Derengoski we rank rela- essary to director tive to other improve our universities. It RecSports program as should really SDB hosts dessert night soon as possi- give us some ble, “ Dodd- great direc- event by providing the food. hoped students could “expand Bell said. “We can use the tion with our program.” By ALICIA SMITH Each dessert had a place card their learning of other cultures.” survey as statistical evidence The students selected to Associate Saint Mary’s Editor saying where it was from. In Brown said the event has been that certain amenities are take the survey have not addition, Wojtowicz explained held in the past, but this year needed in order to justify only the chance to provide Desserts from around the that descriptions of the origins new desserts were added to cre- why certain expenditures feedback, but also the world were offered at Saint of the desserts as well as recipes ate diversity. are needed down the road.” opportunity to win various Mary’s Student Diversity Board’s were available. This years’ event offered sev- Director of RecSports Sally prizes. (SDB) event “Sugar Makes the “We also added the little infor- eral new desserts including Derengoski said she would Every student who com- World Go ‘Round.” mation sheets, and we have a Pineapple Fool, a dessert from like to see a place where pletes the survey will receive Foods from a variety of coun- recipe on each of them and a lit- Africa, and Krusciki, an Eastern everyone can be satisfied. a free order of breadsticks tries were made available in tle bit of cultural information,” European treat. “First and foremost, it is from Papa John’s and a free Reignbeaux Lounge in Le Mans she said. “So it’s not just here’s According to Wojtowicz, the about satisfaction, so we appetizer from Granite City Hall at 7 p.m. Monday. some food, have fun, goodbye. event allows students to get to should learn about where Food and Brewery in Senior Karolyn Wojtowicz and People can actually now learn know members of SDB while people are really happy with Mishawaka, Dodd-Bell said. junior Christine Brown were how to make something if they enjoying a sweet treat. our programs and facilities There will also be a drawing responsible for planning the do want to go home and make “Events like this kind of raise and where we need improve- to win $500 certificates to event. Wojtowicz serves as it. “ awareness about Student ment,” Derengoski said. Meijer and an iPod touch, SDB’s international student rep- Wojtowicz said she thought Diversity Board and it also The survey will be sent out she said. resentative and admissions the event would help teach stu- makes learning about other cul- to a sample of students commissioner, and Brown works dents about other cultures tures more fun,” she said. selected by Notre Dame’s Contact Carly Landon at with the publicity department through food. Wojtowicz said SDB plans to Department of Institutional [email protected] for the Diverse Student “It’s really cool,” she said. “It host a variety of events in the Leadership Conference (DSLC). allows people to know what coming months including a The event offered students churros are and they really week to draw awareness to dis- desserts from regions such as enjoy them, or they really like abilities and Women’s Africa, Europe, the Caribbean éclairs, and it kind of gives peo- Appreciation Week in February and Asia and served as the first ple an idea as to learn more and DSLC in March. big event of the semester for about other cultures while eat- SDB. ing desserts and have fun.” Contact Alicia Smith at Sodexo helped sponsor the Brown agreed, adding she [email protected]

NEH fellowship success returns

Special to The Observer been second to Notre Dame with thought about Rome. 35 NEH fellowships during that “My book should be of value to Two University of Notre Dame 12-year period, followed by medievalists of every kind professors—historian Thomas Harvard University at 26, because every medievalist F.X. Noble and theologian Eugene Princeton University at 22, and encounters Rome, but no one has Ulrich been awarded National the University of California, had a guidebook for those Endowment for the Humanities Berkeley, at 19. encounters,” Noble says. “There’s (NEH) fellowships for 2011-12. NEH fellowships support really no book that someone can “It’s a big honor,” says Noble, advanced research that con- take off the shelf and say, ‘What chair of the Department of tributes to scholarly knowledge or did medieval people actually think History and former director of the to the general public’s under- about Rome? What did Rome Medieval Institute in the College standing of the humanities. mean to them? What valence did of Arts and Letters. “I’m very Recipients usually produce arti- it possess?’” pleased to continue the line here cles, monographs on specialized The book is not a history of at Notre Dame. We’ve done quite subjects, books on broad topics, Rome, but is meant to provide well with the NEH over the archaeological site reports, trans- insights on the medieval people years.” lations, editions, or other scholar- who expressed such varying opin- Notre Dame has been awarded ly tools. ions about it, Noble says. “I’m 44 NEH fellowships between Noble’s NEH fellowship is for a actually not interested particular- 1999 and 2011 — more than any book called “Rome in the ly in whether anybody was right other university in the country. Medieval Imagination,” which will or wrong but in why they said the The University of Michigan has explore how medieval people things they did.” page 4 The Observer N CAMPUS NEWS Tuessday, February 1, 2011 ND biologists call Group raises funds for Riley hospital

ulous shirts, SMC Dance Dance Marathon, which will take By ASHLEY CHARNLEY Marathon bracelets and Riley place on March 5, Minor said. for plant regulation Saint Mary’s Editor pins,” Minor said. “The hoodies Students interested in participat- are $20, all shirts are $5, the ing can already register. Saint Mary’s Dance Marathon bracelets and pins are $1.” “Pre-registration has already is selling its gear in the Student Minor said the next big event begun and anyone can register at Special to The Observer says that the U.S. Fish and Center Atrium to help raise will be Riley week, which will any time. To get a dancer packet, Wildlife Service should estab- awareness for its main event — a take place from Feb. 14-18. students can e-mail the Dance People are increasingly lish surveillance teams to 12-hour dance-a-thon to raise “Each day there will be various Marathon account,” Minor said. obtaining endangered or monitor online transactions. money for Riley’s Hospital for ways to become involved in The group’s e-mail is threatened plants, often ille- Secondly, the agency should Children in Indianapolis. [Dance Marathon] and also to [email protected] and gally, and moving them out- restrict consumers’ ability to The sale will run Tuesday and raise awareness for the patients registration is $15 for dancers, side their native range, purchase hybrids bred from Wednesday during lunch and and families at Riley,” she said. she said. according to an article pub- endangered species which dinner hours in the Student According to Minor, Monday The events will take place from lished this week in the jour- have serious implications— Center Atrium, said Kelli Minor, will feature an arts and crafts noon to midnight and check-in nal Nature by Patrick Shirey good and bad—for wild popu- Dance Marathon fundraising fair, and Tuesday a miss-a-meal begins at 11 a.m. in the Student and Gary Lamberti in the lations. On a worldwide chair. night, when students can use a Center. Department of Biological scale, exporting and import- Dance Marathon sells gear meal swipe as a donation to Riley. “The event includes games, Sciences at the University of ing countries should ensure emblazoned with the logo “EMX” Wednesday will include door dec- bands, prizes, arts and crafts, as Notre Dame. the enforcement of domestic — the Greek letters for “SMC.” orating and Thursday will be a well as the opportunity to listen to According to their research laws such as the Convention “Currently, we are selling 2009- salon night, with Friday serving Riley families speak,” Minor said. last year, nearly 10 percent on International Trade in 10 EMX hooded sweatshirts, as a campus-wide “Wear Red for of the 753 plants listed as Endangered Species of Wild 2008, 2009 and 2010 Trot for Riley” day, she said. Contact Ashley Charnley at threatened and endangered Fauna and Flora. Tots 5K shirts, red classy and fab- This will be the fourth annual [email protected] under the U.S. Endangered Species Act are being sold — or, at least, advertised — online. Many buyers are hor- ticulturalists who want flow- ers for their gardens. But increasingly, anecdotal evi- dence suggests that online shoppers include individuals and citizen groups involved in ‘assisted colonization’ projects. Here, species or genetic subtypes at risk of extinction are moved to non- native environments in which they might thrive — in the face of climate change, for instance. Some private groups who want to protect the plants, such as the Torreya Guardians, are legally plant- ing seedlings of the Florida torreya outside its current range to aid species conser- vation. However, Shirey urges government agencies to take more of a leadership role to monitor transloca- tions because of the risks associated with introducing new species. The widespread transfer of endangered or threatened plants poses both environmental and economic risks. Shirey and Lamberti cite other studies reporting that damage from invasive plant species costs more than $30 billion in the United States by damaging crops, pastures and ecosystems. One example is the Australian paperbark tree which is a noxious weed in the United States that causes millions of dollars of damage, although its native habitats in Australia are con- sidered threatened due to coastal development. The transfer of plants to new environments can also spread plant pathogens and pests. Shirey and Lamberti warn of the dangers of unchecked species redistribution and urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to better monitor the movement of plants around the world and enforce existing legislation. Shirey says, “Environmental agencies and governing bod- ies must better enforce exist- ing species protection laws, and establish new legal frameworks to monitor and manage this rising tide of species redistribution.” As a first step in enforcing existing legislation, Shirey

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current regime intentionally Mubarak retaining power ly disrupted, but students, releasing prisoners. through violent military sup- parents and OIS staff mem- Egypt “It is the very simple equa- pression of the pro—democrat- Update bers were able to create an continued from page 1 tion of liberty versus security,” ic demonstrators, he said. continued from page 1 effective communications net- Shahin said. “Mubarak’s “The more likely scenario work that was invaluable in three decades,” he said. “He regime tried to create a state of that we will see soon, perhaps arranged by the U.S. State facilitating the evacuation.” has been suppressing freedoms insecurity at the expense of lib- within the next 48 hours, is Department due to ongoing The University announced and ruling the country with an erty so people would wish for that the people themselves will protests in Egypt. its decision to evacuate the iron fist.” security and forget about liber- be able to hang on and stead- Notre Dame is working with students on Sunday. Shahin said the events in ty.” fastly press with their demands State Department officials to ile the students were with- Egypt are similar to those Despite the chaos on the until they succeed in bringing transport the students from out Internet and mobile experienced in Communist streets of Egypt, Shahin said down Mubarak’s regime,” Istanbul to their hometowns, phone connections in Cairo, Europe, at the end of the Cold the people of Egypt have taken Shahin said. Notre Dame or London, the University spokesman Dennis War. it upon themselves to secure Shahin said the political press release stated. Each Brown said Notre Dame com- “I think we are witnessing a districts from violence. implications will not be felt in student will decide whether municated with an AUC liai- movement similar movement to “As a result of the break- Egypt or the Middle East alone, to enroll in courses at Notre son through a landline and the uprising in Eastern Europe down and the spread of anar- but all across the world. Dame’s campus in South used “every connection we against pro—Soviet dictator- chy, the people themselves “The implications would be Bend or at the University’s have to try to expedite the ships,” he said. “It is mainly a have started to organize in tremendous. Egypt is a heavy- London Program for the process” of evacuating the movement that is pro—change order to protect neighborhoods weight in the region,” he said. remainder of the semester, students from Egypt. and seeking to change the and ensure that order and “Internationally, the Europeans based on individual prefer- “We are grateful for the regime from an outdated one security are maintained,” he and the Americans are faced ence and available courses assistance from the American to free and democratic.” said. with a [situation] where the and housing. University in Cairo (AUC) for Unlike the events in Soviet Mubarak has responded to status quo cannot be main- “It has been an incredible the secure environment that Europe, the events in Europe calls from the opposition to tained. They will have to start four—day period,” J. Nicholas they provided our students have been driven by technology relinquish power by taking the formulating a new position Entrikin, Notre Dame’s vice amidst the protests and vio- in order to organize the unprecedented step of appoint- depending on the nature of the president for international- lence in Cairo, and U.S. State motives of change, Shahin said. ing a vice—president, Shahin government.” ization, said in the press Department for their help in The Egyptian government said. Shahin said Egyptians are release. “Staff members of transporting the students to responded to these movements “At the political level, the capable of handling the situa- the Office of International Turkey,” Entrikin said. “We by ordering Internet service Mubarak regime, bowing down tion without international Studies (OIS) have worked understand that the students providers to shut down from to popular pressures, dis- intervention. around the clock to move our are in excellent health and the Internet, the last one com- missed the government,” he “This is an internal issue,” students from Cairo to a safe spirits, and we are delighted plying Monday. said. “He appointed a vice— he said. location outside of Egypt. with the news of their safe Though the protests began as president, something he has Egyptians must handle this Communications were severe- arrival in Istanbul.” a youth movement organized resisted to do for the past 30 issue on their own, Shahin largely through social media years.” said, because the protestor’s Shahin said they have spread Shahin said the past few days desired changes are revolu- to all spectrums of Egyptian have been especially difficult tionary. EGYPT society since Jan. 25. because the current govern- “Egyptians are rising up in “In general, this uprising has ment and those seeking change protest in a revolt,” he said. “I drawn diverse segments of have not been able to make think now it is really a revolu- society from different classes, progress. tion in order to change the Egypt’s military from different backgrounds, “The military stepped in, so three decade long autocratic from different ages, even dif- what we have now is a military and oppressive system and ferent ideological [areas],” he led government that is sup- institute a democratic one.” said. “It has managed to posed to restore order,” he Though Egypt is undergoing promises no force spread from the north to the said. “This has not happened a tumultuous period in its his- south of the country.” because the people were deter- tory, Shahin said people should Shahin said the movement mined to continue their pres- not be shocked by the revolu- against Mubarak’s regime sure and their pro—democracy tionary intents of the protest- means “Liberation” — was of started as peaceful, but was protests. We are having a kind ers. Associated Press an intensifying feeling that the met with brutal force by the of a stalemate.” “It seems chaotic and unsta- uprising was nearing a decisive Egyptian president. This has Egypt is second only to Israel ble, but these events should not CAIRO — Egypt’s military point. caused the situation to esca- in terms of monetary aid come as a surprise,” he said. pledged not to fire on protesters “He only needs a push!” was late, providing many of the vio- received from the United “The burst of democracy is a in a sign that army support for one of the most frequent chants, lent images being broadcast States. However, Shahin said tough process. This is some- President Hosni Mubarak may and a leaflet circulated by some around the world. the position of the American thing most nations have to go be unraveling on the eve of a protesters said it was time for “[This forced] some of the government toward Egypt has through.” major escalation — a push for a the military to choose between demonstrators to target the changed in the past few days. While the country is experi- million people to take to the Mubarak and the people. symbols of suppression in the “The United States position encing a trying series of events, streets Tuesday to demand the The latest gesture by street and in the country,” started to shift,” he said. “As Shahin said he is confident the authoritarian leader’s ouster. Mubarak aimed at defusing the Shahin said. “Some started to events started to unfold, the issues at stake will be resolved More than 10,000 people beat crisis fell flat. His top ally, the burn headquarters of the state position of the United States in a manner that bodes well for drums, played music and chant- United States, roundly rejected party, the National Democratic became much more galvanized the country’s future. ed slogans in Tahrir Square, his announcement of a new Party. These are the fires we around the possibility of seeing “The Egyptian people will be which has become the epicenter government Monday that are seeing on television.” smooth and peaceful transition able to restore stability and of a week of protests demand- dropped his highly unpopular Security police have pulled to a government that would chart a new course of change ing an end to Mubarak’s three interior minister, who heads out of their duties, Shahin said, respond to the democratic and a new democratic future,” decades in power. police forces and has been leading to a state of anarchy aspirations of Egyptians.” he said. With the organizers’ calling widely denounced by the pro- Mubarak hopes will aid him in Shahin there are two possible for a “march of a million peo- testers. retaining power. There have outcomes to the current con- Contact Sam Stryker at ple,” the vibe in the sprawling The crowds in the streets also been accusations of the flict in Egypt. The first involves [email protected] plaza — whose name in Arabic were equally unimpressed. “It’s almost the same govern- ment, as if we are not here, as if we are sheep,” sneered one protester, Khaled Bassyouny, a 30—year—old Internet entre- preneur. He said it was time to escalate the marches. “It has to burn. It has to become ugly. We have to take it to the presiden- tial palace.” Another concession came late Monday, when Vice President Omar Suleiman — appointed by Mubarak only two days earlier — went on state TV to announce the offer of a dialogue with “political forces” for con- stitutional and legislative reforms. Suleiman did not say what the changes would entail or which groups the government would speak with. Opposition forces have long demanded the lifting of restrictions on who is eligible to run for president to allow a real challenge to the ruling party, as well as measures to ensure elections are fair. A presidential election is sched- uled for September . In Washington, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs dis- missed the naming of the new government, saying the situa- tion in Egypt calls for action, not appointments. page 6 The Observer N CAMPUS NEWS Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Tuesday, according to a press the full declaration of snow Weather release. Parking is prohibited emergency where we not on designated snow routes only don’t want people to New book explores continued from page 1 during snow clearance condi- park on snow routes — we tions on snow routes marked don’t want them to drive begins so plows can remove with signs. either,” said Mikki Dobski, snow as quickly as possible. “Hopefully not, but if it director of communications The city will likely declare materializes as bad as pre- and special projects for the American South a snow clearance condition dicted, Wednesday may be City of South Bend. ideologies,” he says, “but the Special to The Observer cost of pluralism has been It’s an unsettling truth, but accommodation and assimila- At the meeting the developer two student houses near you,” sometimes it takes a common tion on behalf of those minority Legacy outlined his future plans for the Stenz told The Observer in enemy to reconcile two warring groups.” project, which do not involve December. “[Where there are parties. This was the case after Mormons gave up what was continued from page 1 student tenants, but rather more than one or two student the U.S. Civil War, when virulent then a central part of their the- owner—occupants. houses] there’s no one there to anti—Mormonism helped unify ology, Mason says. (The Mormon nity] was if they were marketed The project initially began in address it or clean it in the a divided nation, says Patrick Church officially abandoned to students and if the students 2007, when plans were drawn summer. There’s no regular Mason, a research associate polygamy in 1890.) Catholics, would be held to the leases and work lawn mainte- professor at Notre Dame’s Kroc Jews and other religious minori- they had signed,” Soler said. began on nance.” Institute for International Peace ties also made theological She attended a meeting Jan. building. The The Legacy Studies. accommodations as they sought 25 at the Robinson Community zoning for the “The concern was if they Square devel- His new book, “The Mormon to join the mainstream in the Learning Center with developer land was o p m e n t were marketed to Menace: Violence and Anti— United States. Robert Cimala, the Northeast changed from became con- Mormonism in the Postbellum Mason’s book is “a deeply Neighborhood Revitalization Single Family students and if the t r o v e r s i a l South” (Oxford University researched, clearly written Organization (NNRO) and the (SF2) zoning students would be held to when the Press), shows how anti— analysis of an almost unknown Northeast Neighborhood to Planned the leases they had d e v e l o p e r Mormonism was an important aspect of southern and religious Council (NENC). U n i t applied for vehicle for reconciliation history,” writes John Boles, An e—mail was sent this Development signed.” final site plan between North and South. William P. Hobby Professor of week by Cimala to students (PUD) zoning approval and “Mormons were violently per- History at Rice University.”It fills who had signed leases with to allow for Catherine Soler was sent to a secuted — but not because they an important gap in scholarship Legacy Square saying they more freedom Dec. 21 public student body president held different beliefs and read and by so doing illuminates a were no longer held to their in construc- hearing of the the Book of Mormon,” says wide variety of interpretative leases, Soler said. tion and Area Plan Mason.”They were persecuted issues in both fields.” Soler said she became aware design. C o m m i s s i o n because their polygamous prac- “Patrick Mason tells an adven- of the growing problems with The project (APC). Around tices challenged cultural and turous and violent story in this the development through NENC was put on hold due to funding the same time as the meeting, political orthodoxies and were account of Mormon lynchings in meetings. Nick Ruof, student problems, Cimala told The it was discovered Cimala was seen as a threat to Christian civ- the nineteenth—century South,” government chief of staff, is a Observer in December. Work creating leases for students for ilization.” writes Richard Bushman, member of the NENC, and he continued at the start of this housing during the 2011—12 In 1887, at the behest of reli- Gouverneur Morris Professor attends meetings of the council. academic year, and foundations school year. gious reform- Emeritus of “ S t u d e n t were poured The final site plan was denied ers and the History at g o v e r n m e n t while the secondary approval by the APC, R e p u b l i c a n C o l u m b i a has been “Student government d e v e l o p e r s which stated the current plans Party, the U.S. “The United States has University. “His advocating for has been advocating waited for did not meet the original PUD Congress dis- been remarkable in the careful dissec- students in final site zoning for the site. incorporated way it has absorbed tion of these the communi- for students in the approval. At the Dec. 21 meeting, the the Mormon bloody events ty,” Soler said. community,” Bill Stenz, community voiced opinions Church, seiz- different religious leads us deep Soler said president of about the project, and most ing its assets, minority groups with into the south- student gov- the NENC, viewed the project as detrimen- Catherine Soler while south- competing ideologies.” ern mentality ernment used said in tal to the neighborhood. e r n e r s and the con- U n i v e r s i t y student body president D e c e m b e r “This plan is not creative or a t t a c k e d t e n t i o u s contacts to that the NENC innovative,” Dick Nesbaum, Mormons by Patrick Mason images of find out more and NNRO NNRO attorney, said at the way of vigi- associate professor Mormonism in information and talked to stu- were told originally by Cimala December meeting. “It is more lante violence. Kroc Institute America.” dents about the problems. She that Legacy Square would be of the same. This is a negative Catholics, Jews P a t r i c k was invited to the meeting, marketed to young profession- impact on the neighborhood.” and other reli- Mason earned which was held by the develop- als and Notre Dame alumni — gious minori- his Ph.D. in er to answer community ques- not students. Contact Amanda Gray at ties also were victims of violent history from Notre Dame in tions and give a presentation. “No one minds having one or [email protected] attacks during this time, Mason 2005. From 2007 to 2009, he says, but significantly more vio- was assistant professor of histo- lent attacks were leveled against ry and associate director of the corresponding changes were B011 to follow Ireland’s cur- Mormons in the South. Center for American Studies at made over Christmas break. rent economic and political The violence against Mormons the American University in DeBartolo According to Burchett, the crisis. With its open format during this time raises impor- Cairo. At the Kroc Institute, he is continued from page 1 faculty teaching in B011 this and multiple configurations of tant questions about the limits of associate director for research semester completed an appli- computers and displays, B011 religious tolerance and plural- of Contending Modernities, a ment in between. cation process. Each of them is an ideal space to follow ism in a democracy, Mason says. global research initiative All four walls are painted submitted a proposal for how events in Ireland as they “The United States has been focused on the interaction with a dry—erase paint that they would make use of the unfold this spring,” O’Brien remarkable in the way it has among Catholic, Muslim and allows students and faculty to room’s adaptability in their said. absorbed different religious secular people in the modern write anywhere around the respective class. The multimedia writing and minority groups with competing world. room. Also, all of the tables The room is currently being rhetoric course taught by and chairs have wheels, used for an Irish Studies assistant professional special- allowing for a variety of seat- course, multiple foreign lan- ist Erin Dietel—McLaughlin is ing arrangements to make use guage courses, a first year making use of the multiple of the display screens and composition course, a multi- display space and display writing space around the media writing and rhetoric options the room affords. room, Burchett said. course, and a mechanical “The classroom feels much The room can be used in engineering course, among more authentic to my more many different ways, includ- others, Burchett said. There decentralized teaching style ing as a giant white board, all are at least two or three and to the learning process depending on the needs of a classes in the room every day. itself. The students just plain particular class. There is also an opportunity seem to be more engaged, “The point isn’t that we for faculty to request the more lively and more curious want people to use gobs of room once or twice for a spe- in this room,” Dietel— technology. We just want a cific class activity though McLaughlin said. room that allows faculty there class is held in a differ- There will be an open house options, even traditional ent room. in Room B011 in the base- teaching methods,” Burchett Sean O’Brien, assistant pro- ment of DeBartolo Hall on said. fessional specialist in Irish Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. During the fall semester, the Studies, teaches an Irish classes in B011 gave feedback Studies course in B011. Contact Christian Myers at on the room’s features and “We are using the tools in [email protected]

Please recycle The Observer. Tuesday, February 1, 2011 The Observer N NATIONAL NEWS page 7 Lawmakers paying price for tough-on-crime laws

tem and ramp up paroles. direction. Lawmakers introduced rections and who was going into Texas, home of the sprawling Associated Press Similar crash prison reductions 26 bills creating new felony our adult prisons and for what red brick complex at Huntsville OKLAHOMA CITY — When are going on from coast to coast. crimes and 19 increasing penal- reasons . you figure out it’s not that has been a symbol of tough Harry Coates campaigned for the Michigan has shuttered 20 cor- ties in 2010, even as the exactly like you thought,” he justice, changed course several Oklahoma state Senate in 2002, rectional facilities and slashed Department of Corrections was said. years ago after being told it he had one approach to crime: spending by nearly 7 percent. forcing guards and other work- Unlike previous years, would need to accommodate “Lock ‘em up and throw away South Carolina expects to reduce ers to take a furlough day each Republican leaders in Oklahoma 17,000 new inmates otherwise. the key.” its inmate numbers by 8 percent month to cut costs caused by ris- now own the problem. The Rather than sending all law- Now, Coates is looking for that by putting drug dealers, burglars ing populations. midterm elections gave the GOP breakers directly to prison, the key. He and other tough-on- and hot check writers into com- Oklahoma’s prison population the governor’s office for the first Lone Star State beefed up fund- crime lawmakers across the munity programs instead of has grown from 22,600 in 2000 time in eight years and increased ing for drug treatment and start- country, faced with steep budget behind bars. Nationwide, the to nearly 26,000 now, and the majorities in both houses of the ed putting more drug offenders, shortfalls, are searching anxious- number of state inmates actually budget from $366 million to Legislature. hot check writers and petty ly for ways to let inmates out of decreased last year for the first $483 million last year. Unless the “I have a little heartburn about thieves on probation. It also is prison faster and keep more time in nearly 40 years. Legislature provides $9 million in reducing penalties,” said Rep. giving more chances to parolees offenders on the street. “There has been a dramatic emergency funding this year, Don Armes, a Republican from who previously were returned to Oklahoma’s preferred answer shift,” said Adam Gelb, a policy prison officials say guards will rural southwestern Oklahoma. prison for technical violations, for crime has collided head-on specialist with the Pew Center on have to take three furlough days But “how do I balance that with like missing required meetings with a budget deficit estimated at the States in Washington, D.C.. a month beginning in March, being able to pay for it?” or falling behind on fines and $600 million, and prison costs “The old question was simply, straining the inmate-to-guard Steele recently joined a delega- fees. that have increased more than how do I demonstrate that I’m ratios that prison officials say are tion of lawmakers, judges and Now, more Texas criminals are 30 percent in the last decade. tough on crime?” Now, it’s “a already the most dangerous legislative staffers who visited on probation, fewer are in For years, lawmakers have much better question: How do I they’ve been in decades. Texas to see how that state has prison, and the system is actually pushed each other to lengthen get taxpayers a better public Accepting that the lock-’em-up reduced its prison costs, trusting under capacity for the first time prison sentences and increase safety return on their corrections days are finally over has been that Texans would do it without in years, said Ana Yanez-Correa, the number of criminals behind dollars?” chastening for some lawmakers, coddling lawbreakers. executive director of the Texas bars. Not now: This week, new Other states are trying alterna- especially conservatives. “I believe there ought to be Criminal Justice Coalition. Republican Speaker of the House tives to prison time. But in no “Truthfully, it’s popular to be consequences for people who “Things have changed drasti- Kris Steele is expected to unveil a state is the philosophical U-turn tough on crime,” said Coates, a break the law, but there ought to cally in Texas,” Yanez-Correa package of proposals that would more abrupt than in Oklahoma, construction company owner be appropriate consequences.” said. “And nobody suffered here divert thousands of nonviolent where last year the Legislature from Seminole. “But when I saw said Steele, a minister from in terms of political backlash.” lawbreakers from the prison sys- was barreling in the opposite what we were spending on cor- Shawnee. In Oklahoma, Steele helped implement a pilot program last year to divert nonviolent female offenders with substance abuse problems into treatment instead of prison, and said he hopes to expand that program this year. Oklahoma currently is the only state in the nation in which the governor must sign every parole, and Steele said he wants to limit the governor’s role in the process to only violent crimes. He also wants to expand eligibility for community sentencing and look at reducing mandatory minimum sentences for low-risk, nonvio- lent offenses. The theory behind this approach is supported by research that shows merely incarcerating young, first-time criminals does little to change their behavior. Department of Corrections offi- cials seem optimistic that new measures will be approved because they have run out of other ways to save money. “We’ve already cut everything internally we could possibly cut,” said DOC director Justin Jones. Mess halls, shops, training rooms and storage units have been filled with bunks to accommo- date inmates. Sex offender treat- ment was ended. Visitation and activities requiring guard super- vision was cut when staff levels dropped to 70 percent of author- ized levels. Experts on national sentencing expect almost every state to adopt the new approach sooner or later — perhaps most this year because of the state fiscal crisis. The Pew Center is now working with policymakers in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Texas and Washington about adjusting sentencing policies. Nationally, states spend an estimated $50 billion each year in locking up criminals — four times the amount spent two decades ago and second only to Medicaid spending — according to the Pew Center. A study released by the group last year shows the amount states spent locking up inmates grew nearly 350 percent from $11 billion in 1987 to $48 billion in 2008. “I got pushback,” said Texas Democrat Sen. John Whitmire, who authored a several reform measures. “But you’ve got to believe in your product, and that is in fact tough on crime. The toughest, most conservative crime package is one that lowers recidivism.” The Observer Viewpoint page 8 Tuesday, February 1, 2011 INSIDE COLUMN It’s the climb Parental It’s scary to think that this is my last I suppose my journey started in high not grow up on the Hawks. Their home ever first column of the semester. We school. For me, it’s a minor miracle that I games were not broadcast on TV until seniors have had a number of these real- am even a student here, as opposed to 2008, well past my formative years. As a advice izations within the past few weeks, and about two hours south. My family raised result, I had very little connection with only then has it really started to hit home me to worship a certain large, engineer- the team up until that point. I had only that, in a few short ing-based, Indiana institution that just so began to truly follow hockey three years There’s only so much you can learn Andy Ziccarelli from a textbook — of which you’ll months, our experi- happens to show up on Notre Dame’s ago, right as the team started their probably remember nothing — so ence here on cam- football schedule every year. Four years resurgence from the bottom of the stand- pus will be over. Last Moment of later, I still have parents from back home ings. Sure enough, in my second year fol- why waste your time? The most use- Inertia ful lessons I’ve learned in life have home football game. asking me how much I have enjoyed my lowing the team, they won a champi- been from my Last time returning time at Purdue. As a high school senior, I onship. I almost felt guilty, as though I parents. In lieu from break. And, would have bet anyone large quantities hadn’t paid my dues. There was no jour- of the upcoming worst of all, last first week of class (it’s all of money that I would not be a Notre ney as a fan, no adventures with the Junior Parents downhill after syllabus week.) Dame student four years later. But here I team. There was no climb, and it seemed Weekend, I fig- Those who have read my columns in am. And not only that, I became a boxer. almost anticlimactic. ured I would pay the past know that I am prone to sponta- How many people get the chance to box Meanwhile, anyone who has talked to them homage neous, reflective rambling from time to in college? Bengal Bouts was certainly me for longer than about 30 seconds and relay some time. And since I am feeling particularly not something I intended on doing when I knows about unhealthy, self-destructive of their best sentimental, this week seemed as good decided to come to Notre Dame, and how obsession with the Chicago Cubs. The advice. as any to look back on just exactly how I I ended up deciding to do it is still Cubs haven’t won a World Series in 103 1.“You Create got to where I am now. In many ways, unclear to me. But it has been maybe the years, and have done absolutely nothing Your Own Adriana Pratt my life is exactly where I thought it most influential experience I have had to earn my support over my lifetime. But Reality” — Dad would be. I’m set to graduate from a during my time here. It has made me for the last 21 summers, I have spent Admittedly, my great university with a degree in Civil tougher, more disciplined and more con- more time than I care to count in front of Associate Engineering. That was always the plan, fident in myself. the TV watching the team. I have forgot- Dad is one of Scene Editor those guys who and it most definitely what I was born to Other things have taken me in direc- ten more random Cubs trivia then most thrives on self- do. tions that I didn’t anticipate, as well. My rational human beings ever learn. And help books and sends my family And while the end result of an engi- research (which I never thought I would because of that, with apologies to my quotes of the day motivating us to do neering degree may have been what I be a part of) has shown me the merits of future wife, the day the Cubs win a big things. Underneath all that was expecting, the path that I took to get academia and has opened me to the idea championship will be one of the best cheesiness though, there really is here must assuredly was not. And that is of getting an advanced degree in engi- days of my life (if it ever happens). It has some quality advice. One thing my one of the best things about life, I have neering (also something I never thought I been a long journey filled with excite- dad has always emphasized is that if come to realize. As morbid as it sounds, would be a part of). And I started writing ment, tears, hope and plenty of heart- we want something, we should go for we’re all headed towards the same place as hobby, just to get my random thoughts break. But the ending will be so much it. We determine our own happiness in life. Eventually, no one reading this onto paper somehow. Never once did I sweeter because of everything Cubs fans and at the end of the day, we answer column will be alive anymore anymore. imagine sharing my thoughts with an have had to endure to get to that point. first and foremost to ourselves. If But the journey that each takes to get audience as wide as Notre Dame’s cam- So if you look around and your life something’s wrong, change it. If you there is what defines your life. College is pus. All of these experiences are not appears to have veered way off course, can’t, change your attitude. not much different. We all come in as reflected on the degree that I am sup- don’t panic. Embrace it. See it as an 2.“You can’t always write the end- wide-eyed freshmen; some have a plan, posed to receive in May, but they are all opportunity. After all, it was a wise man ing you want” — Mom and some don’t. Either way, college takes contributed so much to the journey. who once said, “At the end, it isn’t who Though you do create your own us to classrooms, cities and sketchy off- The best example of the importance of has the most toys, but who tells the best reality, sometimes the situation that campus apartments we could never have a journey I can come up with comes from stories.” surrounds you isn’t exactly what you imagined when we got here and intro- what I know best, and that is the world of would plan for yourself. While we duces us to people with backgrounds sports. This past spring, the Chicago Andy Ziccarelli is a senior majoring in are in control of our own actions, we unfathomably different than our own. No Blackhawks won hockey’s ultimate prize, civil engineering. He can be reached at have to realize everyone makes their one takes a defined path, and that is the Stanley Cup. As a native of [email protected] own decisions and accept that. When where learning truly happens. In the Chicagoland, I was obviously thrilled. But The views expressed in this column are life doesn’t go your way, move on. words of the great contemporary philoso- something about the championship those of the author and not necessarily It’s okay to be hurt, but there’s no pher Miley Cyrus, “it’s the climb.” seemed....empty. I, like most my age, did those of The Observer. need to prolong or indulge in the pain. 3.“Always have a PMA — Positive Mental Attitude” — Dad LETTER TO THE EDITOR As Mom said, you can’t always write the ending to certain chapters of your life, but as Dad said, you can control the protagonist’s attitude. Put the politics aside Life can get difficult, but it’s impor- tant to remember that it’s usually You’ve heard it all before. The usual Commencement speaker Commencement day is what you make of it. Will it be when you just a phase. For every bad day, viewpoint hoopla. The Commencement speaker is too boring or receive your diploma or when you sing the Alma Mater one last there is a whole series of good ones. too controversial. This person shouldn’t be awarded an hon- time? You decide. A positive attitude not only makes orary degree. Why can’t we ever get someone cool? Yada, yada, Mr. Linskey concludes by quoting a Scripture passage out of you feel better, but it also helps you yada. But when I heard that our Commencement speaker was context and deems it self-explanatory. If I wanted to do that, I make better decisions. And with Defense Secretary Gates, the only cabinet member to serve would have pointed to the passage where Jesus says, “Do you those better decisions, you might just under both President Bush and Obama, I thought we would think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you but get that ending you want. avoid this hullabaloo. I was mistaken. Mr. Linskey (“Gates the rather division!” (Lk 12:51). But that is a poor method of argu- 4.“Kill them with kindness” — wrong choice for Commencement speaker,” Jan. 31) has made mentation. Mom things political, once again. No matter who the commencement Biblical hermeneutics aside, I do not have strong feelings In fifth grade, I had a Hermione speaker is, there will always be someone who has a gripe with either way about the choice of Gates as the Commencement Granger complex and was proud it. speaker. I personally feel that the greatest asset a when people made the comparison- Mr. Linskey equates the conferral of an honorary degree to Commencement speaker has to offer is (surprise, surprise) his and mind you, this was before Emma Defense Secretary Gates with “a tacit endorsement of the Bush speech. If the former director of the CIA and Secretary of Watson was hot. One teacher got and Obama administrations’ foreign policies.” What Mr. Linskey Defense can offer unique insight to the Class of 2011, then I irritated with me and my enthusiasm does not note is that the University has conferred honorary have no qualms with conferring on him an honorary degree, for learning was shattered. degrees on all U.S. presidents since Eisenhower. If Mr. Linskey’s regardless of his political views. So let’s keep quiet about I discussed the event with my Mom claim were true, then the University has “tacitly endorsed” all whether or not Gates was a good choice or not until we hear and instead of deriding me for being U.S. foreign policies since the 1950s. Perhaps we should see the him speak on May 22. an annoying know-it-all, she gave conferral of an honorary degree as a sign of respect for our gov- me an important piece of advice I ernment leaders instead of a political judgment. Cornelius Rogers still use today. When someone is Mr. Linskey gripes that Defense Secretary Gates has stolen his senior mean to you, kill them with kind- thunder by becoming the “centerpiece” of the Commencement. Keenan Hall ness. Oh contraire, my friend. The centerpiece of that Jan. 31 Sometimes you make mistakes or hurt people’s feelings or get on the nerves of those around you, however unintentional it might be. Throw OBSERVER POLL QUOTE OF THE DAY them a compliment and not only will you feel better about how you han- Who do you want to win the Super dled the situation, but you might just Bowl? make their day- and simultaneously - Green Bay Packers Submit a Letter “All charming people have confuse the heck out of them. - Pittsburgh Steelers something to conceal, usually their Who do you think will win the total dependence on the to the Editor at appreciation of others.” The views expressed in the Inside Super Bowl? Column are those of the author and - Green Bay Packers www.ndsmcobserver.com Cyril Connolly not necessarily those of The English literary critic and writer Observer. - Pittsburgh Steelers Contact Adriana Pratt at Vote by Thursday at 5 p.m. at [email protected] www.ndsmcobserver.com. The Observer Viewpoint Tuesday, February 1, 2011 page 9 The arsenal of democracy? The propagation of Democracy has expected their government to stand enemy. If a democracy takes hold in cry out for freedom. We mustn’t been the driving force of U.S. foreign firmly behind this movement. One obvi- Egypt it may empower radical elements embrace those who stomp on the values policy since the end of World War I with ous reason for such an expectation of the population that were suppressed dear to our democracy. We cannot con- Woodrow Wilson’s calls for national self- would be our nation’s experience and during Mubarak’s regime, elements tinue to claim that we are the “arsenal” determination around the world. In the values. The government that we swear such as the Muslim Brotherhood. The of democracy if we do not inherently past 10 years alone allegiance to is a government from the Muslim Brotherhood is an Islamic politi- support the ideal. What we must do is we have toppled Elie G. Elian people for the people as a result of a cal movement that has been actively stand for the values that embody our regimes and gov- populist rebellion in the face of oppres- suppressed under Mubarak. The nation. We must be brave enough to ernments in Guest sion. Brotherhood is not considered an ally by support democracy even if the result is Afghanistan and Columnist Despite such obvious reasons, our the U.S. and has been linked to violent not in our favor. We should do this not Iraq and have government was and is ambivalent attacks primarily in Egypt. While not because it is political good for us to do replaced them with about the uprising in Egypt. The Obama considered a terrorist group there are it, but because it is simply right. The democracies. George Bush stated, “[We] administration has stated that it sup- many who fear the result of the group foreign policy of this administration and are committed to a strategic goal of a ports economic and political reforms attaining political power in Egypt. Yet many before it, did not fight to promote free Iraq that is democratic, that can and does not believe the status quo in how does the administration’s ambiva- democracy, they fought to promote a govern itself, defend itself and sustain Egypt is sustainable. However, it is not lence coincide with the long affirmed conditional democracy. We did not fight itself.” The promotion of democracies calling for the “president” of Egypt to democracy promoting foreign policy? for the idea of democracy and the value has been significant to most modern step down, nor has it lauded the The result of the uprising in Egypt has of freedom; we fought for political ambi- presidents and has been part of the jus- Egyptian people’s desire for democracy. outlined the political rhetoric and half- tions. This has become apparent today tification for the sacrifice of American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton stat- hearted values that have plagued this in regards to Egypt. To many Egyptians lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite ed, “We are not advocating any specific policy. We find it necessary to impose we have been flying the banner of this apparently pro-democratic foreign outcome.” Such weak and indecisive democracy with force, but find it con- democracy and freedom with vigor and policy, the Obama administration has rhetoric is intentional and reflects the cerning when democracy arises from determination in Iraq and Afghanistan. failed to promote democratic move- political realities of the situation. Hosni the people. We find it appropriate to When they try to do they same, we do ments in Egypt and has been embar- Mubarak, the “president” of Egypt, is a sacrifice the lives of our troops in the not hoist the banner higher, we ask rassingly ambivalent, infusing the crises very close political ally of the U.S. The name of democracy and freedom, but them to stop. Therefore, we must make with political rhetoric. Is this a depar- US Agency for International also find it appropriate to remain a choice. Either, we must hold the val- ture from America’s promotion of Development reports that during ambivalent while men, women, and ues of freedom and democracy high democracy, or are these policies simply Mubarak’s reign, Egypt has been the children rise against oppression. While unconditionally to all nations, or we political rhetoric? recipient of $28 billion from the United the fears of extremism are justified, do must stop justifying war and the deaths In the past few days we have seen the States. During this time the internation- such fears justify oppression? Our of our soldiers in its name. collapse of two autocratic nations, al community did not consider Egypt to founders feared the powers of “factions” Tunisia and Egypt. With such passion be a valid democracy. hijacking the government and abusing Elie Elian is a sophomore political and drive, the people of Tunisia and The close political ties between the its power. As a result, they did not advo- science and Arabic double major and Egypt braved walls of riot police and United States and Mubarak may explain cate autocracy, they advocated a power has lived 11 years in Beirut, Lebanon. tear gas in the hopes of tasting the free- some of the administration’s ambiva- sharing system within government to You can contact him at [email protected] dom that we take for granted. In the lence, but Obama’s administration fears check power. If we are to be “the great The views expressed in this column face of a populist uprising, in the name something worse than the loss of an ally. arsenal of democracy” as FDR called us, are those of the author and not of democracy, Americans might have They fear replacing that ally with an we mustn’t shy away from those who necessarily those of The Observer.

UWIRE LETTER TO THE EDITOR Effects of Arab Welcome to world riots on Israel ‘real life’ Demonstrations all across Egypt have erupted foreign policy that could affect the ongoing peace against the government. In Lebanon, protestors process between Israel and Palestine. As to how Friday’s article, (“#isthisreallife”, Jan. 28), have flooded the streets calling for a new govern- this new policy is going to affect the situation, I was an incredible embarrassment to me as a ment and Tunisia remains in a political turmoil. don’t know. One thing is for sure though: Israel will Notre Dame student. I am amazed that such a Arabs across the Middle East are taking things with no longer depend on full cooperation from the simple thing as shoveling the tiny amount of their own hands asking for Egyptian end. Now that Israel is dealing with mil- sidewalk associated with one’s house could be freedom of choice. And free- Nuseir Yassin lions of Arabs instead of handful leaders, it must such a big deal. Furthermore, the self-cen- dom they shall get, but what step back and weigh its actions accordingly. teredness shown in the article is astounding. will be the cost of freedom to Harvard Overthrowing any Arab government in the Middle The city ordinance that requires snow the Arab-Israeli conflict? Political Review East is dangerous for the status quo. Now, I realize removal within 24 hours is not because the It is no mystery that the that democracy in Egypt and any other Middle residents of South Bend do not know how stagnant waters of the Arab Eastern country is necessary. However, people often to shovel their sidewalks, nor is it so world have become violent. Countless antigovern- should be extremely careful with their new foreign that people can take “leisurely strolls” around ment protestors are rising and calling for a demo- policy choices, as this could lead to more Middle town. It is a safety issue which is meant to cratic system that would offer them better living Eastern conflicts. War is never the answer for the protect both residents and the men and conditions. With more than 25% of the Egyptian Palestinian-Israeli conflict. We’ve seen many of women who deliver mail to the people of the population under the poverty line, drastic reforms them take place in the Middle East, and unfortu- South Bend community. Snow that is not are much needed. nately, Palestinians suffer more with every war. As cleared from sidewalks will melt during the However, economic incentives are not the only riots continue, we must practice self-restraint and motives behind such protests. The political agenda wisely choose our next steps when it comes to for- day and refreeze at night, quickly forming a of Arab presidents has been met with nationwide eign policies. layer of ice if left for even a couple of days. disapproval. To be more precise, many Arabs, Despite all of the risks mentioned above, I support Here under the South Bend permacloud, lake- Egyptians especially, want to cut ties with Israel an Arab world free of greedy dictators. I used to be effect weather makes snow even more prone and help out their Palestinian brethren by opening ashamed of my Arab roots because we were many to turn into ice. up the borders and voiding the Israeli peace treaty. led by few. We were intelligent, yet we specialized It is time that people wake up from the illu- Husni Mubarak has ignored such requests for the in demeaning manual labor. We were consumers, sion that the city of South Bend is here to sake of political and economic stability with Israel. but tomorrow we’ll be innovators. serve the students of Notre Dame. When you He realized that adhering to the nation’s request by This year, I am proud to be an Arab. live off-campus, you are a part of the South confronting Israel could potentially backfire and Bend community. Although enforcing this overthrow his government. He submitted to foreign- This column first appeared in the Jan. 30 edition ordinance in South Bend may be recent, most made pressure and to his own personal interests. of the Harvard Political Review, serving Harvard cities in America that regularly get snow have Now that riots are ubiquitous in Cairo, Mubarak’s University. an ordinance like this (including West 29.35 year-long trek is nearing its end (see my The views expressed in this column are those of Lafayette, where Boilermakers who live off- prior blog post). In addition to building a better the author and not necessarily those of The campus have only six hours to clear their economy, Egyptians will be constructing a different Observer. sidewalks). Maybe the next time you want to go to Club Fever, you should spend the ten minutes it takes to shovel your sidewalk and think about what it means to be a contribut- Write a Letter to the Editor and win a pony. ing member of society instead. Robert Ring www.ndsmcobserver.com sophomore Siegfried Hall Jan. 30 The Observer Scene page 10 Tuesday, February 1, 2011

By TROY MATHEW event. The majority of the crowd was jammer from passing them. the sport propels them to keep pro- Scene Writer new to the sport as well, so the South Illegal conduct includes elbowing, moting it. When asked about the Bend Roller Girls were thoroughly pre- tripping, clothes lining and basically appeal of roller derby, Hoyt highlight- Roller derby features competitors pared for our demographic. any move seen in the popular movie ed the theatrical nature of the sport, with nicknames such as T.N.Tina, After explanations on the back of the “Whip It,” as a roller derby referee which dates back to the sport’s inven- Thrashanova, Captain Beefstock and program, along with a slow-mo pointed out. tion in the 1960s. Schmitt Talker. They navigate a nar- demonstration round with the players, “It definitely serves as a type of row track on roller skates, all while we felt prepared to enjoy the match. About the League escapism. The costumes and nick- wearing “helmets, elbow pads, knee For the unacquainted reader, here’s a Started in March 2010, the South names sort of represent our alter- pads, wrist guards, mouthpieces and rundown of the rules and game play: Bend Roller Girls are a non-profit egos,” Hoyt said. not much else.” Intrigued yet? Each of the two teams plays five organization. Most roller derby Hoyt, known also as Smooth Hundreds of people in the South Bend players at a time. These teams are leagues are philanthropically involved, Criminals team member “Hoytie Toity,” area are. comprised of four blockers and a jam- and co-founder Shannon Hoyt plans to can attest to the serious dedication The South Bend Roller Girls, South mer. The eight total blockers form move in the same direc- roller derby players possess for their Bend’s first and only women’s roller what is called a pack, and start moving tion. sport. They practice two to three times derby league, held an inaugural exhi- along the track when the first whis- “The proceeds from per week, for around two hours each bition game last Thursday at the USA tle blows. Following behind the first event are session. Conditioning on skates, as Skate Center in Mishawaka. My friends the pack is each going to our organi- well as various other exercises, com- and I arrived to a packed house and team’s jam- zation, so that soon prise the league’s average workout. made our way to the “suicide seating,” m e r . we’ll be at the level “Even though we like to have fun the ominously named trackside seats. where we will be with our clothes and names, we want The lack of barrier between us able to give back people to take us seriously as athletes and the track, and the to charities that and competitors,” Hoyt said. minimum age are important to As serious athletes, the roller derby requirement of 18 for us,” Hoyt said in participants face the constant threat of entry made us some- an interview injury. Tailbones and knees are the what cautious, but we with The most commonly affected, as competi- ended up leaving the Observer. tors often face heavy impact with the match unscathed. The Hoyt men- wooden track surface. Although sever- anticipation culminated tioned pos- al officials, both on and off skates, reg- in a visually arresting, sessing an early ulate game play, rough play still highly entertaining match, interest in the sport and ensues. Size differences in players can in which the Smooth arousing local interest for the be a definite cause for concern. Criminals handily defeated league on Facebook. “One of our players is 6-foot-2, and the Pretty Young Things in T h e “One day I posted about starting a her normal elbow position is right in an interleague match. j a m m e r ’ s roller derby league in my Facebook my face,” Hoyt mentioned. Enthusiastic announcers, a responsibility is to status, and the response was over- Despite the players’ imposing physi- well-displayed scoreboard, make it through the pack whelming,” Hoyt remembers. cal presence and gear emblazoned disco balls and pregame successfully, without committing Hoyt’s networking certainly paid off, with slogans such as “I Hit Girls,” they Michael Jackson tunes made for any penalties. The first jammer as tickets for the South Bend Roller are an incredibly welcoming group, a hugely enjoyable experience. through the pack becomes the “lead Girls’ first official event were in high and really enjoy having a lively crowd Competitors with lively attire and clev- jammer.” Once the lead jammer has demand. Spectators for the exhibition present. erly intimidating nicknames were also made it through the pack, the scoring match filled the USA Skate Center’s When attending a future event of the the source of much spectacle. laps begin. The jammer earns one parking lot and spilled into several South Bend Roller Girls, be sure to However, it was the lively, high scoring point for each opposing player she neighboring lots. Generating such fer- keep your eyes open for familiar faces gameplay and shows of athleticism laps. The lead jammer can call off the vor and enthusiasm in a new organiza- amongst the competitors. Known as that were truly the main show. Cringe- round whenever she wants, or let the tion means a lot to Hoyt. “Aris-throttle,” a certain Notre Dame inducing falls coupled with close prox- round run for the full two minutes. “I read in Newsweek that South Bend philosophy professor has been known imity to the court equaled two or so After the round runs out of time or is was a dying city, and that really both- to don the skates and pads. hours of pure enthrallment. stopped, the players make any substi- ered me,” said Hoyt. To learn more about the South Bend tutions and line up for another round. The event’s turnout speaks to the Roller Girls and their upcoming events, About the Sport The game is composed of two 30- contrary, however, as dozens of people find them on Facebook or visit south- Having never been exposed to roller minute halves. were lined outside the facility, waiting bendrollergirls.com derby before, my friends and I pre- The track gets chaotic, as each team in line for tickets to last Thursday’s pared to be utterly confused while is trying to simultaneously block for events. Contact Troy Mathew at watching the league’s first official their jammer and stop the opposing Hoyt and her co-founders’ love for [email protected]

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By ADRIANA PRATT … That’s where the experience kicks in. I think, ‘What do I really Associate Scene Editor need in this situation? I can proba- For the folk of heart, dreams bly get through this,’” Crawford came true this weekend when the said. North Carolinian band the Avett That was not the only surprise Brothers graced South Bend with a Crawford received. During the performance. The Avett Brothers sound check, he was also told that landed at the Morris Performing he would be performing a solo that Arts Center on the last leg of their night January tour this Saturday and “There’s never time to prepare. I By CHRISTOPHER COLLUM against the production than the were met with enthusiasm, appre- never know when I’m going to be Scene Writer musicians most likely. Drummer Matt ciation and an abundance of plaid. called upon but that’s an example Aveiro shines through in particular, Even from the worst seats in the of me kind of playing my role on For its first album in about two and especially on album highlight house, the performance was exqui- the team,” he said. “For me, doing a half years, Cold War Kids selected “Bulldozer” — the one track on which site. The acoustics and energy it that way is great because I don’t Jacquire King to sit behind the boards Willett manages to momentarily recall travelled across and through the do it every night and therefore as its producer. This choice should tell his former sense of urgency. hearts of the thousands amassed. whenever I do it, there’s the heart a little bit about the direction in which Despite the negatives, there are Feet were stomping, voices were palpitations and the adrenaline the band is presumably headed. some very likeable moments on this warbling and bodies were swaying kicks in. I think it’s great because King’s most recent successes have record. The chorus of “Finally Begin” as the Avett Brothers transitioned it keeps it very real.” been the pair of Kings of Leon albums sounds made to play over the season from tune to tune. In spite of the nerves, Crawford “Only by the Night” and “Come finale of next season’s biggest new sit- Opening act David Mayfield kept his cool on stage and Around Sundown,” both of which com. Album closer, “Flying Upside Parade started off the night with a impressed the audience with a sported a well-burnished studio sheen Down”, sounds like a more cluttered lively performance that prepared light and easy performance of complete with “arena-ready” hooks version of something off Coldplay’s the theatre for what was to come “Letter to a Pretty Girl.” His turn that skyrocketed Kings of Leon into “Vida La Vida,” and, as previously as the Avett Brothers graced the as a singer made obvious one of superstardom. mentioned, the last two minutes of stage around 9 p.m. the characteristics that sets the Likewise, King’s only previous foray “Bulldozer” really shines. That song Brothers Scott (banjo) and Seth Avett Brothers apart. They are a into the loosely-defined world of will certainly have the listener hum- (guitar) took turns alternating on multitalented group who don’t “indie rock” — a term fairly applied ming along as Willett sings, “I can feel vocals while upright bassist Bob limit themselves to a conventional to Cold War Kids — was Modest your arms around me / Pull me closer Crawford and cellist Joe Kwon musical approach. Mouse’s 2004 album “Good News for / Hold me tightly.” strummed along. Performing in With a conglomeration of songs People Who Love Bad News,” an Despite this, some songs are just South Bend was a great experi- including jigs that sound like Ben album that gave Modest Mouse a big bad — there’s no other way to put it. ence, Crawford told the Observer Folds (“Kickdrum Heart”), ballads hit in “Float On” and probably lost “Sensitive Kid” and “Cold Toes on the in an interview Monday. reminiscent of Johnny Cash and legions of hardcore fans with its Cold Floor” are both pretty obvious “It was a wonderful night. tunes that defy any sort of catego- refined, seemingly diluted sound. duds. However, “Mine Is Yours” is not Everybody was very warm and ry, the Avett Brothers are a unique Choice of producer: a nefarious omen a bad record overall. It’s a somewhat welcoming. A pleasant surprise,” presence. Their infectious banjo, for “Mine Is Yours?” Possibly. mediocre record, but not a bad one. A Crawford said. piano, guitar, cello, drums and The album opens with the sparse first-time listener to the band might The Avett Brothers wasted no bass concoctions draw you in and twirlings of the title track, which fea- find the album rather enjoyable. Any time making a commitment to keep you guessing. tures little besides synthesizer and fans hoping for a return to the sound their audience, opening their con- Not only are the songs impres- Nathan Willett’s voice at first before of the band’s debut “Robbers and cert with a performance of the sive, but the dancing itself makes broadening into the predictably Cowards” must look elsewhere, simple country ballad “January the concert worth the ticket price. catchy chorus as Willett proclaims, unfortunately. Wedding.” Screams of delight met Legs have not moved in such jerky “What’s mine is yours” repeatedly. If “Mine Is Yours” will undoubtedly them as they recalled their bad spirited motions like those of Scott The song seems to be some kind of be recognized as one singular thing, it decisions with a lighthearted ren- and Seth Avett since the days of tale of youthful love, but the lyrics are is that it is the record that truly has dition of “Shame.” Two songs later Forrest Gump. The brothers so ambiguous that it’s difficult to say the potential to give the band some they reinforced their decision to be jumped and kicked around — and for sure. This lyrical ambiguity, and at kind of mainstream breakthrough. A something and then to go be it somehow kept enough breath to times downright mediocrity, is preva- little wiser single choice and maybe with “Head Full of Doubt.” sing— while Crawford and Kwon lent throughout the album. another tour supporting Death Cab The college kids in the audience strummed along to their hearts’ So far, not so bad though. The song for Cutie and Cold War Kids should cheered the band on with extra content. is predictable, yes, but not so much in find its place in what’s left of the enthusiasm as Seth and Scott listed The night closed with a perform- a bad way as in a “well-written pop mainstream rock scene before too the booze blunders they incurred ance of their biggest hit, “I and song” kind of way. long. with “When I Drink.” Saying things Love and You.” Then sadly the Second track and first single they don’t mean to say, feeling band said their goodbyes. “Louder Than Ever,” however, Contact Christopher Collum at things when they shouldn’t really Though the Avett Brothers left demonstrates what is amiss on this [email protected] care and doing things they didn’t South Bend, fans can still expect record. Where he once sounded spon- want to do topped the list of mis- more to come. The band doesn’t taneous, even dangerous, Willett now takes. Songs like these further seem too concerned about the simply sounds extremely suave and ‘Mine is Yours’ solidified the Avett Brothers’ rele- direction it’s headed but has faith self-impressed. Gone is the fitful (if vance as a band for our genera- it will go where it needs to go — borrowed) urgency of the band’s 2005 Cold War Kids tion. including to its next album, breakthrough single “Hospital Beds,” The evening was full of surpris- expected to be released in the next replaced instead by some kind of stu- Label: Downtown Records es, even for the bandmates them- year. dio bastardization of Bono and maybe Best Tracks: “Bulldozer”, “Skip selves. When Crawford walked out “That stuff will just come when it Win Butler of Arcade Fire fame. on stage Saturday night, the moni- comes. We haven’t been able to The band does its best, however, as the Charades” and “Mine is tor came out to tell him that for see this road unfold before it’s musically, this record sounds like any Yours” some reason his whole mix had unfolded for the past decade and number of solid 90s pop-rock records. been erased. Crawford took the we don’t expect to be able to see it Counting Crows’ “August and news in stride and the show went now,” Crawford said. Everything After” and Goo Goo Dolls’ on. “Dizzy Up the Girl” come to mind in “We’ve played all kinds of places Contact Adriana Pratt at particular. While a little bit heavy on and been in all kinds of situations [email protected] reverb at times, that is more a strike

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN Djokovic establishes himself as one of the world’s elite

play on a big stage.” tion: he won 11 of his 14 serv- Associated Press Murray, trying to become the ice games, Murray only six of MELBOURNE, Australia — first British man to win a 13. Murray’s second serve was For a few years now, Novak Grand Slam singles title since pounded by Djokovic — Murray Djokovic has been known as a Fred Perry in 1936, saw all won just 16 of 51 points, 31 top-10 player with a difficult those facets of Djokovic’s game percent, on his second serve. name to pronounce and a repu- in the final. Murray and Djokovic, each tation as a bit of a jokester. Just two months after leading 23 and born a week apart, are Funny quips on the court, a Serbia to its first Davis Cup, good friends and often practice favorite in the locker room, Djokovic completely dominated together. At the coin flip before and, oh yes, those hilarious Murray to hand the Scottish- the match, Djokovic smiled YouTube imitations of other born player his third straight broadly for photos while players’ serving mannerisms. major final loss in straight sets. Murray looked fidgety and On Sunday, the comedian He’s 0 for 9 in major finals. nervous. came up with another impres- “When I got ahead in some “I understand how he feels, sive punch line, winning the games, even in just points, he it’s his third final and he didn’t second major championship of was sticking up lobs that were get the title,” Djokovic said. “As his career. He trounced Andy landing on the baseline, pass- I said on the court, I really Murray 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 to take his ing shots that were on the have big respect for him and second Australian Open title, line,” Murray said. “I broke his his game, because I think he extending Britain’s near 75- serve twice in the third set and has everything it takes to year drought in men’s singles still lost 6-3.” become a Grand Slam champi- Grand Slams. Murray said he might take a on.” Djokovic’s first major came break from the game for a Trailing 5-4 in the opening here in 2008. And after throw- while. set, Murray double-faulted to ing his racket, shirt and shoes “Right now I am disappoint- start the 10th game. He chal- into an adoring crowd Sunday ed,” he said. “I’ve been away lenged the final point of the set night at Rod Laver Arena, he since the week after the tour when he thought his forehand AP let it be known he’s a different finals. It’s a long time. I’m look- stayed in on the backline, but Novak Djokovic throws his shoes into the crowd following his guy than when he won three ing forward to getting back to Djokovic walked away with the win over Andy Murray in the Australian Open Final on Sunday. years ago. seeing friends, family, my dog, set in 59 minutes. “I feel like a more experi- doing all the normal stuff I like “Maybe there was a turning when you are a set up and you didn’t feature defending cham- enced player,” Djokovic said doing. point in the whole match, that are getting to the second set pion Roger Federer or Rafael with the trophy sitting next to “I want to spend time with 5-4 game,” Djokovic said. “I and really going for the shots.” Nadal, who was trying to win him. “Physically, I’m stronger, my girlfriend, chill out and get was a bit fortunate. I kind of Djokovic leads the head-to- his fourth straight Grand Slam I’m faster. Mentally, I’m more away from the court.” anticipated well and read his head series 5-3, ending a but got beaten in the quarterfi- motivated on the court. I know The match ended in 2 hours, intentions and played some three-match winning streak for nals, Djokovic said it was too how to react in certain 39 minutes, and the statistics great shots and great moments. Murray. early to include his name or moments, and I know how to underlined Djokovic’s domina- It is a big advantage mentally Despite having a final that Murray’s among them.

WNBA Taurasi denies wrongdoing after drug test

Taurasi is regarded by many my career. I’ll take this and “This will be resolved well in due to narcolepsy, shift-work Associated Press as one of the best women’s move forward. advance of 2012,” Jacobs said. sleep disorder or sleep apnea, CHINO, Calif. — Diana players in the world. She was “I went from being really “My understanding is that we according to drug manufactur- Taurasi insists she did nothing the first prominent WNBA angry to wondering, ‘Why me?’ have the right of appeal to the ers. wrong. player to test positive for a I won’t let it bring me down,” sport of arbitration body in Jacobs said he’s handled The former Connecticut banned substance. she said. Turkey. That could take a cou- about 75 athlete drug cases, women’s basketball star says Taurasi said she intends to Taurasi’s contract was termi- ple of months. All the appeals including those of Floyd Landis she hadn’t even heard of the return to the WNBA when the nated by the Turkish club should be done by the end of and Marion Jones. He’s ques- banned stimulant modafinil season begins in June. The Fenerbahce this month after this year.” tioning the lab’s handling of until she found out she had Phoenix guard has led the both her A and B samples test- Taurasi said she was at her Taurasi’s sample and pointed tested positive for it. And no league in scoring the last four ed positive. The Turkish feder- home in Turkey, on her couch, out that it had been suspended matter what those results seasons and signed a multiyear ation still hasn’t announced a when the Fenerbahce general by WADA. showed, Taurasi is adamant extension with the Mercury punishment — the organization manager handed her the paper WADA spokesman Catherine that she never used perform- last August. was awaiting a response from stating that she had tested pos- Coley wrote in an e-mail to the ance-enhancing drugs. The 28-year-old also plans to Taurasi. Her lawyer, Howard itive for modafinil. AP that the organization won’t “I’ve never needed anything play for the U.S. team and Jacobs, said it was delivered Taurasi said the news comment until the case is to help me. Only thing that I’m coach Geno Auriemma in the Monday. Despite reports of shocked her. resolved “in order to protect guilty of is taking too many 2012 Olympics. She’s already Taurasi’s positive test surfacing “I had never heard of it and the integrity of the proceed- jump shots,” she told The helped the Americans win the last month, Jacobs only couldn’t pronounce it,” she ings.” Associated Press by telephone last two gold medals. Taurasi received the official report said. “I had to Google it to find For Taurasi’s part, her Sunday night from her parents’ has talked to Auriemma, who from the federation on out the side effects. I never lawyers noted she passed a home in Chino, Calif. coached her in college, at Wednesday. have come in contact with it.” polygraph test and that the In her first interview since length since she tested positive. Taurasi faces a ban of up to The drug has been involved Turkish lab was suspended by testing positive in December He said he’ll stand by her. two years and said she will in several major doping cases, WADA for three months in for modafinil, Taurasi and her “My goal has been to play appeal any suspension. The including that of American 2009. The player’s legal team lawyer blamed the Turkish lab basketball,” she said. “Things International Olympic sprinter Kelli White, and is on also contends that the lab has where the sample was ana- have come up in my life, but Committee bars any athlete the World Anti-Doping failed to properly identify lyzed. that’s life for you. ... This one given a doping penalty of six Agency’s list of banned sub- modafinil and that there are “There’s no way I’ve ever was an unexpected one. I’ve months or more from compet- stances. Modafinil is used to questions about the chain of taken anything,” she said. been doing the right thing for ing in the next games. counter excessive sleepiness custody for Taurasi’s test.

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NFL NFL prepares for heightened security at Super Bowl

into the building. It will be a The league and the govern- Associated Press good, tight area, a well-man- ment also used the opportu- DALLAS — At this year’s aged area.” nity of Monday’s security Super Bowl, even people For the second straight news conference to reintro- stuck outside the stadium year, Homeland Security duce one of the core post- will get a pat-down from a Secretary Janet Napolitano Sept. 11 messages: “If you security guard. visited the host city to tour see something, say some- The 5,000 fans paying $200 the Super Bowl stadium and thing.” Signs saying that, and to watch the game on big review the NFL’s security urging people to call 911 if screens outside massive plans. The federal govern- they see suspicious activities, Cowboys Stadium will be ment designates the Super have been posted around the subjected to the same securi- Bowl as a Level One security stadium and the Dallas area. ty searches as the 100,000- event, which makes more “Time and time again, we plus who will watch the money and resources avail- see how that kind of vigi- game inside on Sunday. able to secure the area. lance pays off,” Napolitano The six-figure attendance Temporary flight restrictions said, recalling last year’s number pres- will be put in failed bomb threat in Times ents the most place across Square. unique chal- a wide swath Last Friday, a parking lot lenge the NFL “We want to err on the of airspace at Cowboys Stadium was faces at this, side of caution and we surrounding evacuated when a suspicious the 10th Super the stadium. package was found, but it Bowl since the want citizens, T h e N F L , turned out to be harmless. Sept. 11, 2001, regardless of how silly m e a n w h i l e , “We want to err on the side t e r r o r i s t it may be, to say spends about of caution and we want citi- $6 million a zens, regardless of how silly attacks. something.” For the first year on the it may be, to say something,” AP time, the NFL S u p e r B o w l said Theron Bowman, police NFL vice president of security Milt Alerich speaks at a press will set up a Milt Alerich s e c u r i t y chief in the Dallas suburb of conference Monday announcing security measures for the Super Bowl. party plaza out- NFL VP of Security effort on top Arlington, home of Cowboys side the stadi- of what local Stadium. “If it doesn’t feel — Ahlerich urged fans to be and they will be.” um for people and federal right, doesn’t look right, we patient while they wait in Security planning has who can’t get g o v e r n m e n t want them to report it.” what are expected to be long become more complex since tickets for the game but still spends. The league has hired The NFL released its list of security lines. the terrorist attacks. want to be close to the more than 1,200 employees banned items inside the sta- “The thing that’s surprised “We’re a lot better at it action. from private security compa- dium, including camera and us over the years is how now,” Ahlerich said. “The “They’ll be contained,” said nies to augment support binocular cases, coolers, much cooperation we get expectations and the tem- Milt Ahlerich, the NFL’s vice from military and law backpacks and noisemakers. from the fans,” he said. plate we follow, it’s well president of security. “We enforcement. More than 60 With the crowd expected to “They’ll put up with standing defined. We know it. wouldn’t call their security government agencies con- break the Super Bowl atten- in line, a little bit of incon- Sometimes, it’s hard to do it situation special, other than tribute to the Super Bowl dance record of 103,985 — venience, to be safe. As long but we know what we have that those folks can’t come effort. set in 1980 at the Rose Bowl as they’re treated equally, to do.” page 14 The Observer N SPORTS Tuesday, February 1, 2011

NFL NFL AP names Polamalu Pouncey not yet ruled out league’s top defender Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Maurkice Pouncey still has a Polamalu is the most versa- shot at playing in the Super Associated Press tile defensive back he’s ever Bowl. DALLAS — Now that the worked with. And LeBeau Steelers coach Mike Tomlin voters have chosen Troy has been involved with the would not rule out his Pro Polamalu over Clay NFL for about a half-century Bowl rookie center Monday, Matthews for The Associated and is in the Hall of Fame. despite Pouncey having a high Press 2010 NFL Defensive “I know Troy is going to do left ankle sprain. Pouncey Player of the Year award, the right things,” LeBeau needed crutches to walk down the two stars can prove their said. the steps from the team’s char- worth against each other on Matthews did plenty of ter flight in Dallas, and wore a the field. things correctly in only his bulky walking boot on his left In the Super Bowl. second pro season, enough foot. Pittsburgh safety Polamalu to make the All-Pro team “We’ve been very aggressive received 17 votes Monday thanks to 60 tackles, 13½ in terms of treating it,” Tomlin from a nationwide panel of sacks (fourth in league), an said. “We’ve even been putting 50 media members who interception return for a it in hard casts and so forth. cover the league, edging touchdown and, like Just trying to do everything in Green Bay linebacker Polamalu, a penchant for our power to give him the best Matthews by a hair — two delivering decisive plays. opportunity to participate. I votes. “Game-changing plays,” don’t know what his chances Despite missing two Steelers linebacker LaMarr are at this point.” games, in which Pittsburgh Woodley said with emphasis. Pouncey injured his ankle in went 1-1, Polamalu became “I mean, you look at all the Pittsburgh’s 24-19 victory over the sixth Steeler to win the plays Troy’s made — game- the New York Jets in the AFC AP award. He had seven inter- changing plays. ... So many championship last Sunday. He Steelers coach Mike Tomlin speaks to the media Monday after ceptions this season along game-changing plays to go did not practice at all last arriving in Dallas. His team will play in Super Bowl XLV Sunday. with 63 tackles, but made out there and help win foot- week, and Tomlin said Pouncey his mark with big plays. In a ball games. Things that he is “not on a running clock” lost out to Pouncey for the job being in there for this Super late-season (does), not only until Wednesday — the team’s in training camp, would fill in Bowl. And I mean that.” v i c t o r y a t in the secondary first practice before the Super if necessary. Legursky is a for- Legursky came in for B a l t i m o r e , “With all due respect, I — coming up, Bowl. mer undrafted free agent from Pouncey after the first-round his leaping tackling backs “We will remain hopeful,” Marshall who was on the pick out of Florida went down t a c k l e honestly think Troy in the backfield. Tomlin said. Steelers’ practice squad during early in the game against the f o r c e d a Polamalu is probably Troy does it all.” According to media reports, their last Super Bowl win two Jets, and quarterback Ben fumble that the greatest player Matthews said Pouncey also has a broken years ago. Roethlisberger fumbled an s e t u p t h e it would have bone in the ankle — a report “I don’t think it’s going to exchange that resulted in a w i n n i n g I’ve ever played with been a “unique Tomlin would neither confirm affect us at all personally safety. Still, Tomlin echoed touchdown. or ever seen play in honor” to win in nor deny. because we have a lot of guys Adams’ confidence in That victo- person.” his second year. “I’m sure it could be charac- on this team, let alone the Legursky, who started four ry catapult- His goal, he terized as that,” Tomlin said offensive line, that can come games at right guard earlier e d t h e said, is to vaguely. “I’m sure I’ve got up and step up if one of the this season when starter Trai Steelers to Santonio Holmes become “world something floating around in starters come down,” offensive Essex went down with an t h e A F C Jets wide receiver champions.” my ankle. The issue that’s tackle Flozell Adams said. “So I injury. North title. A d d e d keeping him from participating have no shadow of a doubt that “We’re comfortable if we N o w, t h e y M a t t h e w s : is the high ankle sprain.” Doug will do just as good a job have to go in that direction,” are in the Super Bowl for “Despite defensive player of Backup Doug Legursky, who — if not better than Pouncey — Tomlin said. the third time in six seasons, the year, I get the chance to where they face Matthews play Sunday for the world and the Packers. championship.” “I don’t imagine their Considered the lesser of game plan changing over three linebackers drafted in one player,” Polamalu said. the first round in 2009 from “We don’t single out any- Southern California, body. Anything we achieve Matthews has had the here is done as a team, as a biggest impact of that trio. whole.” Yes, Brian Cushing was the Added Steelers linebacker league’s top defensive rookie James Harrison, who fin- in ‘09, but he tailed off in ished third in the balloting 2010 while Matthews was with eight votes and won the surging. award two years ago: “Troy Matthews’ sensational sea- brings this defense from a son came while facing con- ‘C’ defense to an ‘A’ defense. sistent double-teaming. He’s someone that you have “You really just attack it,” to account for in the second- said Matthews, whose father ary.” and grandfather played in So much so that one oppo- the league and whose uncle, nent called the eighth-year Bruce, is a Hall of Fame pro the NFL’s top player, offensive lineman. “I think regardless of position. last year, obviously, was “With all due respect, I about winning the one-on- honestly think Troy one battles. Towards the Polamalu is probably the playoffs, that’s when I saw greatest player I’ve ever the increase and it’s kind of played with or even seen continued. ... So you deal play in person,” gushed Jets with it, you try and beat one, receiver Santonio Holmes, then another, and get to the who was the MVP of quarterback.” Pittsburgh’s 2009 Super Polamalu and Matthews Bowl win over Arizona. take their competition to “Everybody has their one Dallas Cowboys Stadium on person they think is the Sunday. They already are greatest player. In my eyes, I considered marketing adver- think he’s the greatest play- saries, with Polamalu’s jer- er I’ve ever played with.” sey the top seller in the Polamalu has had better league, and both vying for statistical years than 2010, hirsute superiority. including the 2008 champi- “Well, I can guarantee you onship season and in 2005, my hair’s more expensive,” when he had a career-high Polamalu said. 91 tackles and three sacks Also receiving votes for AP as the Steelers won the title. Defensive Player of the Year He hasn’t had any season were Chicago end Julius where he made more big Peppers with six and line- plays than in 2010. backer Brian Urlacher with That fit perfectly with two; and Baltimore safety Ed defensive coordinator Dick Reed and nose tackle Haloti LeBeau’s claim that Ngata, one each. Tuesday, February 1, 2011 The Observer N SPORTS page 15

NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL Georgetown tops Louisville at home, 62-59

Georgetown’s career scoring off upset wins of top 10 Associated Press list. teams on Saturday — WASHINGTON — Chris Terrence Jennings scored Georgetown over Villanova Wright scored a season-high 18 points for the Cardinals and Louisville over 24 points, and No. 13 (17-5, 6-3), who dropped Connecticut — and appar- Georgetown overcame a into a tie for third in the Big ently 48 hours wasn’t long major dose of Big East ugly East. Siva committed a enough for either team to Monday night to get its fifth career-high eight turnovers recover. The teams combined straight win, blowing an 11- in 29 minutes and scored to commit 12 turnovers point second-half lead before five points on 1-for-5 shoot- before they could score a pulling out a 62-59 victory ing from the field. combined 12 points. The over No. 15 Louisville. A falling-down layup by Hoyas shot 31 percent in the Wright, who was held Wright tied the game at 55 first half, the Cardinals 26 scoreless in the Hoyas’ win with 2:55 to play, and, after percent. at then-No. 8 Villanova on a missed Louisville shot, Clark missed all six of his Saturday, went 8 for 8 from Hollis Thompson hit a 3- shots in the game, and the free throw line, includ- pointer with 2:01 remaining Louisville’s Preston Knowles ing making two with 4.4 sec- to give the Hoyas a 58-55 was 3 for 14, but no one was onds left that forced the lead. The Cardinals missed more off-kilter than Siva, Cardinals to attempt a 3- three shots on their next who had seven turnovers in pointer to tie. Peyton Siva, possession but chased down just 13 first-half minutes. who had perhaps his worst the rebound each time until Siva had never committed collegiate game, dribbled Siva was fouled in the lane. more than five turnovers in down the court and missed He made both free throws to his 52 career games at from the top of the key at cut the lead to one with 49 Louisville, and many of them the horn. seconds to go. on Monday were embarrass- The Hoyas (17-5, 6-4) won Jason Clark made two free ing unforced errors, includ- a game that featured 32 throws with 25 seconds left ing a bad pass out of bounds turnovers — 16 for each to restore the three-point that followed a timeout by team — but their winning lead. With the clock winding coach Rick Pitino. streak has them in the top down, Siva opted not to take The way the game was AP half of the conference stand- a contested 3-pointer and going, Georgetown’s 22-18 Louisville forward Terrence Jennings blocks the shot of Georgetown ings after a 1-4 start. instead passed to Jennings halftime lead looked insur- guard Austin Freeman. The Hoyas won the Big East contest, 62-59. Austin Freeman, who was for an easy dunk to make it mountable, and indeed that averaging 24.3 points during 60-59 with 5.9 seconds to seemed to be the case for a ignited a 15-4 Louisville run. minutes to play. the Hoyas’ winning streak, go. while. The Hoyas had a 10-2 Suddenly, it was Pitino made a change in was held to 13 points and That forced Louisville to run early in the second half. Georgetown’s turn to commit the lineup, giving Kuric his committed six turnovers. He foul immediately, and Wright The lead was 43-32 when turnovers, and a steal by the first start since Jan. 5, had his streak of 23 consec- made both shots for the 3-pointers from Siva (his Cardinals in the backcourt ahead of Stephan Van utive free throws end, but he game’s final points. first points of the game), led to a layup that tied the Treese. Kuric finished with did move into the top 10 on Both schools were coming Chris Smith and Kyle Kuric game at 47 with about 8 nine points.

NBA Cavs drop 21st consecutive game in 117-90 loss at Miami

side seats. owns the all-time NBA losing- Associated Press Quietly, Cleveland started streak record, a 24-game slide MIAMI — Once again, LeBron putting together good stretch that spanned from March to James helped the Cleveland after good stretch, getting with- November 1982. Cavaliers reach a milestone in in 70-67 in the third quarter. At this rate, that mark might the NBA standings. Was this going to be the be erased in a week. First to 40 wins one year. night? “We just keep fighting. That’s First to 40 losses the next. Not a chance. all you can do,” Cavaliers coach Dwyane Wade scored 26 of James had nine points in a Byron Scott said before the his 34 points in the first half, 19-5 run to close the third game. “You’ve got two choices, James finished with 24 points quarter, Miami’s lead was 89- either you’re going to fight or and eight assists and the Miami 72 entering the fourth, and it you’re going to lay down. I Heat beat the Cavaliers for the turned into a romp from there. don’t think we have any guys third time since the two-time The Heat (34-14) moved with- that will just lay down. We MVP changed cities, winning in 2½ games of Boston for the don’t on the coaching staff. So 117-90 Monday night to hand best record in the Eastern we’re just going to keep fight- Cleveland its 21st straight loss Conference. Zydrunas Ilgauskas ing and keep working every — as many as it dropped in the had 12 points and a season- day.” entire 2009-10 regular season. high 14 rebounds against his Last Feb. 4, the Cavaliers Cleveland (8-40) is now two former team, Eddie House also beat Miami 102-86, moving to losses shy of tying the single- scored 12 and Chris Bosh an NBA-best 40-11 at the time. season NBA futility streak added 10 points for Miami. The Cavs finished last season record shared by the 1995-96 For Cleveland, Antawn 61-21, two games better than Vancouver Grizzlies and 1997- Jamison finished with 21 points anyone in the league. 98 Denver Nuggets. Overall, the and 10 rebounds. Manny Harris This year? They’re better Cavaliers have lost 31 of 32 scored 20 points and J.J. than no one. The next chance AP games, along with 24 straight Hickson added 14. The to snap the skein is Wednesday Heat guard LeBron James is defended by Anthony Parker of the on the road. Cavaliers were outrebounded against Indiana. Cleveland is at Cavaliers. Miami won the game, 117-90, to improve to 34-14. “I have nothing bad to say 49-39. Memphis on Friday, back home about the players that I left and Wade hit 10 of his first 12 to face Portland on Saturday, said. “I felt like I was making think that’s how both teams the team,” James said before shots, the third straight game then goes to Dallas next the right choice for me as an look at it.” the game. “I wish the organiza- for him with a sizzling start. Monday. individual and for my career.” It wasn’t just James who tion the best. And I wish the James had 15 in the first half, Lose them all, and that’ll be Monday’s game was the third played the role of superstar fans, more than anything, the including a highlight-caliber 25 in a row — the blight of time Miami and Cleveland have who dealt a team a significant best because we had a lot of dunk over Christian Eyenga blights in NBA history. met since James switched uni- blow by moving elsewhere last great years together.” and Hickson that gave Miami a James sees no reason to enjoy forms. Unlike the first two, it summer, of course. Without They might be hard-pressed 61-44 lead. Cleveland’s epic struggles. And almost seemed like a regular Bosh, the Toronto Raptors have to remember those now. And although it was a one- it doesn’t give him a sense of game instead of having a circus now lost 12 straight, its longest This game had a few possession game midway vindication, either. atmosphere. slide since the season before moments of hope for the through the third quarter, the The way he sees it, “The first two were kind of James, Bosh and Wade were all Cavaliers. They were down by outcome never truly seemed in Cleveland’s descent does noth- crazy, but now both teams went part of the same draft class. 19 in the first half, when Wade doubt. ing to prove that he made the their separate ways,” Scott In Miami, that threesome just was almost unguardable for Cleveland’s franchise — right choice in joining up with said. “Obviously they’re doing keeps on clicking. stretches — one of his dunks, which reached great heights Wade and Bosh in South extremely well and we have “I’m happy that at this point off a pass from James, was so with James for seven years, Florida. been hit with the unbelievable in the season, we’re playing spectacular that rap moguls and has fallen to the bottom of “It didn’t matter for me if the injury bug and all kind of other some good ball, whether it’s Sean “Diddy” Combs and Rick the NBA less than seven Cavs were going to have a suc- stuff that has happened. I think against the Cavs or whatever,” Ross leaped from their court- months after he left — already cessful season or not,” James it is just a game right now and I James said. page 16 The Observer u SPORTS Tuesday, February 1, 2011

CLUB SPORTS NFL Women’s hockey Rodgers, Packers arrive in Texas

Associated Press splits in Illinois IRVING, Texas — Now that the Packers have arrived in North Texas for the Super and Wheaton’s strong shooters Bowl, Aaron Rodgers has put Special to The Observer were able to get the Thunder his team’s Twitter-driven Notre Dame traveled to back in the game. The final mini-controversy to rest. Hoffman Estates, Ill., Friday score was 11-8. “I think, obviously, this was evening, where a hard-fought The Irish finished their day made a bigger issue than it battle against the Flash ended Saturday with a scrimmage was,” Rodgers said shortly in a 3-1 victory. against Lindenwood University. after his team settled in at its Notre Dame started the game The Irish were led by sopho- hotel. “There was nothing firing on all cylinders. Midway more Laura McCoy, whose going on in Green Bay last through the first period, senior strength in the two-meter posi- week, so this little thing blew captain Gillian Allsup scored tion kept the Irish in the game. up bigger than we ever off a pass from sophomore Senior Liz Casazza led Notre thought it would.” defenseman Mara Catlaw. The Dame’s stellar defense with six Rodgers hopes that’s the Irish capitalized on a hooking steals. last word in a week filled with penalty and added to their lead The Irish are looking forward bickering about hurt feelings AP with a power-play goal from to next weekend when they of injured teammates who Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers fields questions about his team’s Junior Margot DeBot. DeBot will compete in an invitation at tweeted to complain when it Super Bowl matchup with the Packers at a Monday press conference. finished a behind the net feed Lindenwood University in St. looked like they weren’t being from Catlaw to put the Irish up Charles, Mo. included in this week’s team and our coaches. But at the shortage of Super Bowl expe- 2-0. Junior Brinya Bjork fin- photo. It’s the kind of minor end of the day, this is about rience, the Packers have two ished off the Irish scoring with Skiing issue that can suddenly beating the Pittsburgh players who have been on los- a third-period unassisted goal Notre Dame’s ski club become a big deal when a Steelers.” ing teams, Charles Woodson to put the game out of reach opened its season this weekend team is in the spotlight First they’ll have to figure and Ryan Pickett. Fullback for the Flash. with strong performances from preparing for the Super Bowl. out how they want to deal John Kuhn earned a Super The Notre Dame defense both squads. Led by Justine Packers coach Mike with the weather. They’ve left Bowl ring as a member of the played strong with an excellent Murnane’s first-place overall McCarthy will try to steer the Wisconsin but can’t seem to Steelers’ practice squad. game from junior newcomer finish, and freshman Hilary team clear of such potential shake free from winter. McCarthy doesn’t think Lauren Miller. Sophomore Rolfs’ runner-up performance, distractions the rest of the With icy conditions predict- experience will be a factor goalie Stacey Collins made 24 the squad claimed first place. week. ed in the Dallas area, after the game kicks off. saves in goal and allowed just Seniors Tom and Chris “Our players were really McCarthy said he will consid- “The advantage Pittsburgh one shot past her. Knoedler took sixth and sev- excited to get down here er taking the team indoors for has over us in my opinion is On Saturday evening, the enth, respectively, in leading today, just visiting with a practice but first wants to get today through Saturday,” team faced off against the the men to a second-place number of them one-on-one,” a look at the indoor practice McCarthy said. “So we’ll con- Flash once again. The Hoffman team finish in the sanctioned McCarthy said. “They’re facility available to him. tinue to work and educate our Estates team got off to an early MCSA event. excited about the process “We discussed it earlier in football team. They are a ded- lead when Donna Cucuau Erin McNeil finished second leading up to the game. Like a the week,” McCarthy said. icated and focused bunch so scored 20 seconds into the and Pat Lane ninth, as the lot of us, we wish the game “With the weather and the I’m not really concerned game. Cucuau struck again women’s and men’s snow- was already here. We don’t indoor facility and the surface about it.” late in the second period as the boarders finished second and want to take away this experi- and so forth, we’ll probably McCarthy has picked other Irish struggled to clear their fifth overall, respectively, in ence. I told them to be very make that decision sometime coaches’ brains for advice own zone. After having dug their events. realistic, be practical. Enjoy later tomorrow.” about preparing for a Super themselves an early hole, the it, it’s unique, an opportunity Then they’ll have to find a Bowl, but he can’t draw on Irish refused to give up and Squash to be in front of the media way to bridge their inexperi- any personal experience. This played very strongly in the Notre Dame competed at the every day. It will be a great ence gap. will be his first trip to the third period. Northwestern Round Robin experience for our players While the Steelers have no game — even as a spectator. A tripping call sent Kris over the weekend of Jan. 22- Keely to the penalty box and 23. The squad played four put the Irish on the power play. matches, beating the Junior Kristin Hepburn won University of Illinois- the faceoff to Allsup, who sent Springfield. 6-3, but losing to the puck back to Catlaw. Northwestern, 9-0, Washington Several screens in front University St. Louis, 7-2, and allowed for Catlaw to finish the the University of Illinois, 8-1. puck into the lower left corner. The 10-man squad was led Minutes later, freshman coach by freshman T.J. Sarda, who E.J. Borg called a timeout to stepped up to No. 1 this week strategize. The Irish pulled and competed well against the their goalie, but were unable best that other schools had to to capitalize and gave up an offer. Freshman No. 2 Paul empty net goal with two sec- Mickan continued to elevate onds remaining in the game, his game, with a win against which the Flash won 3-1. UIS and a hard-fought loss Notre Dame will return to against UIUC. Sophomore No. action this weekend, when the 3 Mike Todisco and senior No. Irish host the Brew-City Blades 5 Kenneth Schlax showed for a weekend series at the determination in a pair of five- Joyce Ice Arena. The Irish set marathons against UIS. women will play on Friday at 7 Junior Matt Sushinsky, back p.m. and again on Saturday at from studying abroad in 10 a.m. Australia, returned without missing a beat at No. 4. Women’s Water Polo Freshman Clayton Smith, No. The Irish kicked off their 6, showed promise for the season on Saturday with a future in his matches, going 1- tough loss to varsity program 3 on the day. Freshman Chris Wheaton College. The Irish Sander, No. 7, helped secure scored early with an advantage the victory over UIS. Freshmen goal by senior Ali Durkin but No. 8 Luke Pardue and No. were outscored 6-3 by the 9/10 Casey O’Meilia earned vic- Thunder in the first half. tories over Washington and The Irish came back strong UIUC, respectively. Senior No. in the third quarter and were 8/9 Karen Riedl enjoyed her able to tie the game at 7-7 with opportunity to play squash this the help of sophomore Victoria weekend, as she is busy every Anglin and juniors Maisie other weekend with women’s O’Malley and Erin Gibson. ice hockey. The club is priming However, the Irish weren’t able for nationals at Harvard in to hold onto their momentum February. Follow us @NDObsSports Tuesday, February 1, 2011 The Observer N SPORTS page 17

high ranking coming out of high school and the contribu- USTA Recruit tions he has made during his continued from page 20 continued from page 20 freshman year, the future is bright for Andrews. were named the girls 18-U dou- for us because of the academ- “He will play an integral bles champions at the USTA ic and athletic fit that he role in singles and doubles Winter National Championships, brings to Notre Dame.” moving forward,” Sachire where they entered the tourna- The freshman picked up his said. “He is one of our most ment as the No. 8 seed. first career victories in his important players.” Sabacinski lost her first match collegiate debut Sept. 17 at For someone as accustomed of the season against Marisa the Illinois Invitational. The to winning as Andrews, the Lambropoulos of Illinois, then wins were a testament to the step up in leadership means gained momentum last weekend hard work that Andrews has ending the season with a against Yale’s Kim Szokol and put in since stepping on cam- championship — just like last Arkansas’ Valentina Starkova. pus for the first time less than year — is the only acceptable She was one of the strongest a year ago. option. This time, however, it players for the team in both “He has not disappointed at would come at the Big East matches, recording two-set victo- all,” Sachire said. “He has a Championships and NCAA ries against the Bulldogs’ and great attitude and work ethic. tournament. Razorbacks’ No. 6 singles play- He’s going to keep improving ers. and getting better.” Contact Andrew Owens at With doubles partner Kristen PAT COVENEY/The Observer With the combination of the [email protected] Rafael, a senior, Sabacinski has Senior Kristen Rafael prepares to serve in the Eck Classic. Rafael gone 1-3, defeating only the No. has been paired with freshman Julie Sabacinski as doubles partners. 3 doubles pair from Yale. Louderback said that Sabacinski Junior Kristy Frilling said that Kellner, to do big things for the will be featured heavily in both all the freshmen have the poten- team. singles and doubles competition tial to fill the place that last “Everyone just kind of got into throughout the season. year’s seniors left behind. the groove of things [against “The two freshman, Jennifer “It’ll be important for the Illinois],” she said. “They are Kellner and Julie Sabacinski, are freshmen to step up,” Frilling only going to continue to improve going to be in our singles and said. “Every match is important throughout the season. “ doubles line up. They’re going to and we have a tough schedule Sabacinski, Kellner and the have to get used to duel match- and we travel a lot. We have to rest of the Irish will be back in es,” Louderback said. “It’s defi- make sure we’re really ready to action this Saturday against nitely a different atmosphere and compete.” North Carolina in Chapel Hill, as they go along I think they’ll do Frilling was impressed with N.C. really well. I think they should fit Sabacinski’s performance in the in well. We had a couple of big first week of competition and is Contact Katie Heit at holes to fill.” looking to her, along with [email protected]

JAMES DOAN/The Observer Junior Casey Watt serves in a match against Louisville. Watt has helped freshman Greg Andrews develop this season.

NBA Lopez, Harris lead New Jersey to win

also supposed to be sent to New Associated Press Jersey in the deal, had 17 of his NEWARK, N.J. — Brook 19 points in the second half. Lopez scored 27 points and Nene added 16. Devin Harris had a career-high New Jersey never trailed 18 assists as the Nets gave after the opening minutes and Carmelo Anthony an indication led by as many as 18 points in why he might want to play for the first half. New Jersey with a 115-99 vic- However, Melo wouldn’t get tory over the Denver Nuggets the Nuggets go away and on Monday night. Harris, who was the major part The game was the first in the Nets deal to the Nuggets, between the teams since Nets wouldn’t let Denver get over owner Mikhail Prokhorov told the hump in its comeback. his team to halt extended trade Trailing 82-69 with 2:36 left talks with Denver for Anthony a in the third quarter, Anthony little less than two weeks ago, hit a jumper to ignite a 9-3 run saying the drawn-out negotia- that featured six of Billups’ 11 tions were hurting his team. points in the quarter. The Nets (15-34) are 5-3 The lead shrunk and it looked since the talks ended, but as if it was down to 85-81 when Anthony gave the fans who J.R. Smith hit a 3-pointer at the jeered and cheered him at dif- buzzer, but it was reviewed and ferent times a clear indication waved off because the shot left why he is so valued, scoring 37 his hand a split second too late. points — two shy of his season Denver managed to cut the high — to keep his team in the lead to four points three times game. in the fourth quarter, the last at Travis Outlaw scored 13 of 96-92 on a drive and jam by his 20 points in a big first quar- Nene with 7:43 to play. ter for the Nets and Anthony Harris then drove for a layup Morrow, who was part of the to ignite an 8-1 run that ended Please recycle The Observer. three-team, 15-player deal for with six free throws, one cour- Anthony that included Detroit, tesy of a technical against added 18. Kris Humphries had Billups, who was miffed a foul 15 and nine rebounds for New wasn’t called when he was Jersey, which shot 53.2 percent stripped for his seventh from the field, hitting 9 of 15 3- turnover. pointers. Denver never got close after Chauncey Billups, who was that. page 18 The Observer N SPORTS Tuesday, February 1, 2011

but have done a nice job with our 3-point defense.” Syracuse The improvements to the continued from page 20 3-point defense were evident in the 58-43 win over The Orange enter the con- Villanova on Saturday. The test on a three-game winning Wildcats made just two of streak but will face a tough their 16 attempts from task in extending that streak beyond the arc. at the Purcell Pavilion. The The matchup with I r i s h h a v e Syracuse will been victori- likely be an ous in five important lit- consecutive mus test for games since “The team is adjusting t h e I r i s h t h e h e a r t - defense as the breaking 79- really well. We’re Big East and 7 6 l o s s t o playing very well NCAA tourna- Connecticut at lately.” m e n t s a r e home Jan. 8. a r o u n d t h e Recent cir- c o r n e r . c u m s t a n c e s Muffett McGraw Syracuse fea- have cut the Irish head coach t u r e s f o u r Irish rotation players aver- short in recent aging in dou- weeks, as two ble figures, led players have b y s e n i o r had to leave the team for guard Erica Morrow, who various reasons, but McGraw will test the Notre Dame said that has created an guard rotation. opportunity for other players The game will tip off at 7 to grow leading up to the p.m. at the Purcell Pavilion NCAA tournament. as both teams aim to notch a “The team is adjusting key Big East win. really well,” McGraw said. DAN JACOBS/The Observer “We’re playing very well Contact Andrew Owens at Junior Natalie Novosel attempts a free throw earlier this season against Connecticut. The Irish lost lately. We’re looking inside [email protected] the game against the Huskies, 79-76. more for our post players. [Freshman forward] Natalie Achonwa is playing really well, so we have seven play- ers in the rotation as of late.” The Irish defense has led the team during the five- game winning streak, as they have not allowed more than 60 points in any of those contests. That strong defen- sive play will need to contin- ue as Notre Dame enters the final month of the regular season. “We’re continually trying to get better,” McGraw said. “We’ve been sloppy at times,

Duals continued from page 20 ence championships.” Sophomore Ellie Watson anchored the final leg of the race with a team-high time of 55 sec- onds. In addition, Watson shined in individual events, earning two first place finishes in the 500 freestyle and 1000 freestyle and third place in the 200 individual medley (IM). Junior Audrey Dalrymple also led the way with first place in the 200 breaststroke and 200 IM. Dalrymple nearly won the 100 breaststroke but finished second to Hope swimmer Sarah Krueger by a mere 0.34 seconds. Benishek described both Watson and Dalrymple as “strong leaders in the water” and believes that they both possess strong chances at earning bids to the NCAA Division III Championships in March. Sophomore Katie Griffin also contributed to the winning effort with first place in the 100-yard butterfly, while junior Megan Price took second in the 200 and 500 freestyle events. However, Saint Mary’s will swim in the MIAA Championships without two solid contributors in sophomores Liz Litke and Liz Palmer, who are both studying abroad this semes- ter. The Belles now have nearly three weeks to prepare for the MIAA Championships held on February 17-19, which will be held at Jenison High School, southwest of Grand Rapids, Mich.

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ND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SMC SWIMMING Looking ahead Belles earn first win in Irish host Syracuse in Big East matchup at Purcell over a year By ANDREW OWENS Sports Writer By MATT UNGER Sports Writer The Irish have faced adversity throughout the The Belles earned their first season and lost key players dual-meet win in more than a of late, but one thing has year Saturday — and by the remained constant: the team slimmest of margins. Just 1.15 continues to win. seconds separated the Belles No. 8 Notre Dame (18-4, 7- from their closest competitors in 1 Big East) is set to begin the meet’s final relay to provide a the second half of a crucial thrilling conclusion to the event. Big East season tonight as it In the three-team meet in plays host to Syracuse (16-4, Holland, Mich., Saint Mary’s beat 4-3). One of the main chal- Alma College 137-126 but lost to lenges for the Irish will be Hope College, 142-106. stopping the strong play of Having struggled in dual-meet the Orange post game. relay races all season, the Belles “They’re a really good saved their best performance for team,” Irish coach Muffet last in the 400-meter free relay, McGraw said. “They have a finishing with a time of 3:51.09. strong inside and 3-point “[The relay races] were an combination. They also rank amazing swim by both of our third in the country in relay teams,” Belles coach Mark rebounding margin, so that Benishek said. “It couldn’t have will be a good challenge for come at a better time to lift our us.” SARAH O’CONNOR/The Observer spirits heading into the confer- Junior Natalie Novosel looks to pass to teammate Devereaux Peters in a game against St. see SYRACUSE/page 18 John’s last week. The Irish won 69-36. Notre Dame faces Syracuse tonight at Purcell Pavilion. see DUALS/page 18

SMC BASKETBALL Centa leads Belles in scoring as team wins road game

By LAURA COLETTI Saint Mary’s regained the lead the second half, and held a dou- led the Belles in scoring, matching team which makes us harder to Sports Writer and built it to 14 with three min- ble-digit lead with under 15 min- her career-high with 18 points. defend.” utes remaining, but Alma closed utes remaining in the second half. Junior guard Maggie Ronan Ronan earned her second con- Saint Mary’s rode a balanced out the half on a scoring tear, and They controlled the rest of the added 16 points, while senior secutive MIAA Co-Player of the scoring attack and timely defen- the Belles headed to the locker game and maintained the lead to guard Pasty Mahoney chipped in Week honors for her performance sive stops to an 82-72 win over room with a 39-36 advantage. scratch out the win. with 10. Junior forward Kelley on Saturday as well as in last Alma on Saturday in a key confer- Belles coach Jenn Henley said “I think our team did a great job Murphy recorded her seventh Wednesday’s game against Olivet. ence road game. that she wasn’t too worried about in their transition offense against double-double of the season with “I think she [Ronan] did a pretty After exchanging baskets for Alma’s run at the end of the half. Alma,” Henley said. “We were 15 points and 11 rebounds. good job for us,” Henley said. the first six minutes, the Belles “Basketball is a game of runs,” able to get out and attack the bas- Henley said she was pleased to “Overall, our entire team played (14-6, 7-4 MIAA) snapped a tie Henley said. “But we did talk ket pretty consistently during the see many of her players post big very well last week.” with a 5-0 scoring run to take a about making some adjustments game. We still need to continue numbers. Saint Mary’s returns home on 13-8 lead. The Scots (1-18, 0-10) to get out on their shooters and do improving on our team defense — “The balanced scoring attack is Tuesday to play No. 3 Hope. answered with an 8-2 run of their a better job of rebounding at both we gave up too many points on what every coach wants to see,” own to take the lead with 11 min- ends.” Saturday.” Henley said. “We have a lot of dif- Contact Laura Coletti at utes remaining in the first half. The Belles came out strong in Junior forward Jessica Centa ferent ways we can score as a [email protected]

ND WOMEN’S TENNIS MEN’S TENNIS Sabacinski impresses Irish Freshman Andrews By KATIE HEIT makes early impact Sports Writer

On a team loaded with nation- By ANDREW OWENS Andrews has contributed in both singles and doubles for ally established tennis players, Sports Writer freshman Julie Sabacinski is Notre Dame in his rookie already making a name for her- campaign. Most recently, he Throughout his tennis and junior Casey Watt picked self in her inaugural campaign career, all Greg Andrews has with the Irish. Sabacinski handi- up the lone Irish victory in a done is win. He doesn’t know 4-1 loss to No. 16 Illinois. ly defeated her last two oppo- how to do anything else. nents as Irish coach Jay Only a year ago, Andrews The true freshman from was fresh off a state champi- Louderback’s squad begins its Richland, Mich., has easily spring season. onship as the No. 1 singles transitioned from one of the player at Gull Lake High The Florida native joined the best prospects in the nation team this year straight off the School. He also was a mem- into a team leader for the ber of the National Honor four-time Florida state champion Irish and an up-and-coming tennis team at American Society and excelled in the threat in the Big East. classroom. Heritage High School. She was “He’s an awesome player,” the No. 9 recruit out of her home “Greg was in the top-10 of associate head coach Ryan his class in the entire country state and was one of the top-50 Sachire said. “When we recruits in the 2010 graduating and the best player coming recruited him we knew he out of the Midwest,” Sachire class. Last February, she and was the total package — a doubles partner Britney Sanders PAT COVENEY/The Observer said. “He made a lot of sense Freshman Julie Sabacinski hits a backhand at the Eck Classic great high school student and see USTA/page 17 earlier this season. tennis player.” see RECRUIT/page 17