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The Independent Newspaper Serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's OLUME 43: ISSUE 74 · MONDAY, JANAURY 26,2009 NDSMCOBSERVER.COM ~college Gameday' draws fans, students to JACC Approximately 4,500 people fill Joyce Center to cheer on Irish against Connecticut; ESPN hosts pre-game show on campus
By SAM WERNER News Writer
Eight hours before tip-off of Saturday night's basketball game against Connecticut, an estimated 4,500 people filled the Joyce Center to witness ESPN's morning pre game show "College Gameday." School officials estimated 3, 700 students, many of whom had camped out the night before in the Joyce Center Fieldhouse, attended the event.
~ ~ ' ··-~ ' :~- "It was a real exciting experience that showcased the school well," VANESSA GEMPISffhe Observer junior Dallas Frey said. "The VANESSA GEMPISffhe Observer ESPN announcers Rece Davis, Hubert Davis, Digger Phelps and Enthusiastic Irish fans hold up signs during the College Bobby Knight discus college basketball news in the Joyce Center. see GAMEDAYipage 3 Gameday show Saturday. The Irish fell to UConn 69-61. rompete in Midwest tourney College seminarians. By BECKY HOGAN "All the seminaries we play to perform News Writer against are from the Midwest region ... and it's really great Eleven seminarians from to have meals and socials Old College and Moreau together with other seminari Monologues Seminary took a trip this ans," Palmer said. "It's g,reat weekend to Mundelein to have brotherhood with SMC shows fifth Seminary, north of Chicago, other [seminarians] and just to compete in the eigth annu fun to play some basketball. annual production al basketball tournament We are there to compete but between nine Midwest semi to have fun as well." naries called the "Mundelein The 11 seminarians along By ALICIA SMITH Seminary Shootout." with their supporters left for News Writer The team won three out of the tournament Friday and four games, and ended up competed Friday and winning the consolation Saturday. For the fifth year in a row, bracket of the tournament. Palmer said the team usu Saint Mary's College will Sophomore and seminarian ally includes seminarians present "SMC Monologues," candidate Mike Palmer said both from Old College and a production based off Eve the weekend is not just about Moreau Seminary, but this Photo Courtesy of Mike Palmer Ensler's "Vagina basketball, but is also a The Moreau Seminary team forms a prayer circle at center court Monologues," but containing chance to get to know other see SEMINARY/page 4 following its semifinal win in the Mundelien Seminary Shootout. stories written by Saint Mary's students. Ensler's production brings women's sexuality to the forefront, and the "SMC Monologues" intend to do Oub attracts tnetnbers, the same. Art exhibit features "Students have wanted to facilitate discussion about topics relevant to women's frnters entrepreneurship sexuality because of the six faculty members many students' commitment to the goal of raising aware Society has grown from five to 150 Sandra Ginter, Sheilah Wilson, ness about issues related to By MEGAN LONEY and Marcia Rickard. sexual assault," said students from all majors, backgrounds News Writer Rickard is not a professional Catherine Pittman, Saint artist. Her art is based on the Mary's psychology professor founded by Notre Dame senior Although the art galler1es in experience she gained while on and advisor to the SMC By ALYSSA MORONES and club co-president Mark the Moreau Art Center and the a trip to Sri Lanka with other Monologues. News Writer Bennett during his sophomore Student Center at Saint Mary's faculty members during a cease Each story is submitted year. usually feature art by profes fire in 2004. anonymously, and could be When Notre Dame junior His first step was to write a sional, contemporary artists or "We visited women's groups, about anything from sexuali political science major Jaime 32-page mission statement. students throughout .the course orphanages, schools, etc. in both ty to what it means to be a Urquijo, attended his first "It was a little raw," Be1mett of the academic year, faculty rebel and government territory," Saint Mary's woman. EntreprPneurship Society meet said, "and not all of it worked." members get the chance to show Rickard said. 'There is heavy in "At Saint Mary's College, ing as a freshman, the club was In spite of the club's initial their talent once every four fighting in Sri Lanka now and we encourage women to comprised of barely more than rough start, Bennett continued years. news reports are sketchy, but speak up, to write, to be five students. Just two years to recruit talented and passion The faculty art exhibit will be clearly there are many killed bold and adventurous and later, club meetings have an ate students to help realize his exhibited in the Sister Rosaire and many refugees - probably that's what the "SMC average attendance of over 150 dreams for the club's future. and Little Theatre Galleries until some women that we met. My Monologues" is all about," students and the club continues "Entrepreneurial leadership Feb. 27. piece in the show is for them." Pittman said. to work to bring in more stu is a noble pursuit," Bennett This exhibition features work Unlike Rickard, Harrington The "SMC Monologues" dents of all majors. said. "It can change lives and from six members of the art has been an artist for as long as allow Saint Mary's women to Notre Dame's department: Julie Tourtillotte, Entrepreneurship Society was see CLUB/page 6 Bill Sandusky, Kelly Harrington, see ART I page 4 see COLLEGE/page 3 page 2 The Observer+ PAGE 2 Monday, January 26, 2009
INSIDE COLUMN QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE X-GAMES EVENT, AND wHY? Yo-YoMaand the Fun List
I checked Yo-Yo Ma off my list a week ago, but now I've got to put him back on. One of the many perks of witnessing the Eric Owens Jimmy Champlin Ryan Belock Kim Weisenberger Jonathan Perez swearing-in of the 44th president last Tuesday was getting to see the world renown cellist play live in a quartet. sophomore senior sophomore freshman freshman The sounds of Ma's Dillon Sorin Alumni Howard Fisher cello, of Itzhak Perlman's violin, Kaitlynn Riely "/ like skiing "Tobagganing, "Half-pipe "Snowboarding, "/like the Gabriela Montero's " piano and Anthony because the because it's the skiing because because the nordic skiing. Associate News tricks are cool. " McGill's clarinet float Editor wipeouts are every man of the aerial ed from the U. S. sweet." sport." acrobatics. " Capitol building to my spot standing across the Reflecting Pool last Tuesday. The John Williams piece, "Air and Simple Gifts," was the most beautiful com position I had ever heard live. Or so I thought. Two days after I returned from Washington, the New York Times published a story revealing that the elegant notes I had heard were not traveling from the strings of IN BRIEF Yo-Yo Ma's cello to my ears. Due to forecasts of cold weather on the The Most Re-verend day of the inauguration, the quartet had Archbishop Angelo Amato will made a recording of their performance two give a lecture titled days earlier at the Marine Barracks in "Cathoiocism and Secularism Washington. They decided to use the record in Contemporary Europe"today ing on the day of the ceremony because the at 7:30 p.m. in the Hesburgh musicians feared intonation problems and Center Auditorium. cracked instruments or strings. The quartet played along with the record The Winter Career and ing, but only those near them could hear the Internship Fair will be held live music. Wednesday from 4 - 8 p.m. in I heard only the recording. So Yo-Yo Ma the Joyce Center Fieldhouse. goes back on my list, the inventory of fun The event is free and open to things I want to do before I die. students from Notre Dame, Checking off Yo-Yo Ma would have been Saint Mary's and Holy Cross. huge. He's performing at a concert hall near my hometown in March, but tickets are Student government and the already sold out. So he'll probably be on the Off Campus Council are hosting ... list for a while: an information session u See Yo-Yo Ma perform. Live. Wednesday on alcohol, partying u Scuba dive and the law l"rom 8-9:15 p.m. in u Run a marathon. room 101 of DeBartolo Hall. u Complete a crossword puzzle. Without The event is free. using the Internet. u Do a triathlon. The Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical u Write a book. Engineering Honorary u Beat the Graduate School team at Late A cameraman takes in the scene at ESPN College GameDay Saturday in the Fraternity is sponsoring a blood Night Olympics water polo. Joyce Center. Thousands of people turned out to get their 15 minutes of fame drive Thursday from 10 a.m. to u Swim with dolphins. and watch the Irish take on the Huskies. 4:30 p.m. in room 217 of u Call into Delilah's radio show with a true Cushing Hall. story of love and loss and a song request. u Be an extra in a movie. The film "Baghdad High" will u Hike the Great Wall of China. be screened Friday at 9:30 p.m. u Live in a foreign country. OFFBEAT in the Browning Cinema of the u Plant/maintain a garden. DeBartolo Performing Arts u Sew something that I could plausibly Boy, 14, impersonates Jackson said the ruse she failed to return a Center. This is a free but tick wear. policeman on patrol was discovered only library book. eted event. Call the Ticket u Go to an inaugural ball. A real one. CHICAGO - A 14- after the boy's patrol Thirty-nine-year-old Office at 574-631-2800 to u Surf. year-old aspiring police with an actual offic;er Shelly Koontz was reserve tickets. u Have a cocktail with Maureen Dowd. officer donned a uni ended Saturday. Officers arrested Thursday night u Go to Australia's Outback form, walked into a noticed his uniform on a fifth -degree theft RecSports and the u Celebrate New Year's in Times Square Chicago police station lacked a star that is part charge. She is accused of Department of Athletics will u See the pyramids in Egypt. and managed to get an of the regulation uni keeping "The Freedom host Late Night Olympics XXIII u Win trivia night at Legends. assignment - patroling form. Writers Diary," which Saturday from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. u Visit the Oval Office. in a squad car for five Police said they were she checked out from Sunday. Events will be held in u Meet the Dancing Matt guy from the hours before he was investigating how the the public library in the Joyce Center (through YouTube videos. detected, police said deception went unde nearby Jesup in April. Gate 3) and Rolfs Aquatic u Win an organized ping pong competi- Sunday. tected for so long in Police say the book - Center. Money raised will go to tion. The boy did not have a what they described as a which is about a high St. Joe County Special u Bike to work. gun, never issued any serious security breach. school teacher's effort to Olympics. u Beat my brother at chess. tickets and didn't drive inspire students to write u Tan. the squad car, Deputy Woman arrested for -is valued at $13.95. To submit information to be u Be someone's Missed Connection on Superintendent Daniel overdue book included in this section of The Craigslist. Dugan said. INDEPENDENCE, Iowa Information compiled Observer, e-mail detailed infor u Finish a work night at The Observer Assistant - An Iowa woman has from the Associated been arrested because mation about an event to before midnight. Superintendent James Press. obsnews@nd. edu
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to the campus community," Pittman said. Ganteday College One goal of the mono continued from page 1 continued from page 1 logues is to provide a chance for women to share turnout by the student body was private issues, and discover definitely the most surprising share their experiences. that many others have part for me." - Students are shared some Students began filing into the able not only of these expe Joyce arena from the Fieldhouse to write a "For the last four riences. at 9 a.m., and the general public story to be years, women on our "Sometimes it was admitted at 10 a.m. presented in is difficult for Numerous ESPN personalities the perform campus have created women to commented on the size and ance, but are and performed our share their enthusiasm of the Notre Dame also able to own monologues. It is a concerns, and student body. Students also said VANESSA GEMPISffhe Observer portray the as a result, they could feel the excitement in A crowded student section cheers on the men's basketball team characters in powerful approach to women often the air. Saturday in their game against University of Connecticut. the mono addressing the topic of believe they "We have great school spirit, logues. women's are alone in probably the best in the country, "It was fun having Digger 46, and the fans were certainly Pittman said. sexuality." their ques but maybe some people on the [Phelps] pumping everyone up," fighting for 46," Frey said. "In the tions or con basketball side didn't know that," Hummon said. Towards the end of the show, a S M C cerns," Frey sitid. "And I think that The student body also respond Notre Dame student was given Monologues,' Catherine Pittman Pittman said. myself and a lot of Notre Dame ed to the analysts' on-air com the chance to win $17,500 from we ask SMC psychology professor " W h e n students took pride in the fact ments. When one of them sug State Farm on a half-court shot. women who women take that we looked good and we had gested that North Carolina for Unfortunately, the shot fell short are members the risk to so many people out there for the ward Tyler Hansbrough might be of the hoop. of the Saint Mary's College share their experiences, Saturday-morning show." the toughest player in college Students said that Gameday's community to share their they are often surprised at Junior Doug Hummon said basketball, the crowed responded presence on campus only ampli own expe- the number Saturday's festivities made the with boos and a chant of fied the excitement for what was riences," of people day feel more like a home foot "Harangody," in support of Notre already a big-time match-up. she said. "We want the issues who have ball game than basketball game. Dame center Luke Harangody. "It increased the atmosphere "For the discussed in the SMC had similar "It was electric, really," he said. Fans were also allowed to by getting people exciting earlier last four experiences "The atmosphere was great. I've make signs to hold up behind the in the day and really building it ye.ars, Monologues to be or who want never seen that kind of support hosts during the show. Some up and hyping it up as much as women on current, compelling and to provide outside offootball." signs were pro-Irish, such as _one possible," Frey said. "Even 20 to our cam of concern to the support and When the show started at 11 that said "McAlarney's Shooting 25 minutes before tip-off when pus have campus community." concern." a.m., hosts Rece Davis, Bob School Open for Business," but we were chanting 'Let's go, Irish', created Women Knight, Jay Bilas, Hubert Davis many were anti-Connecticut. _one it seemed like we were at a fever and per interested in and former Irish basketball coach such sign said, "Thabeet = Gody's pitch and ready to go." formed our Catherine Pittman performing Digger Phelps discussed college Pre-dinner Snack," in reference Even though the Irish lost, 69- own mono SMC psychology professor the SMC basketball news from around the to Connecticut center Hasheem 61, in Saturday night's game, stu logues. It is Monologues country and previewed Thabeet, who months ago said dents said they would still look a powerful • can contact Saturday's slate of games. The that Harangody was "not that back on the Gameday experience approach to addressing the Becki Faunce at crowd cheered for Phelps and tough." with fond memories. topic of women's sexuality." rfa uncO 1 @saintmarys. edu. booed the Duke graduate Bilas Frey said his favorite sign was "I mean it does matter that we New monologues are sub The performance will be who earlier in the week said the one that said "Fighting for 46," lost," sophomore Kelly Pierson mitted each year for the held in February, ~tlthough Joyce was not an intimidating which referred to the Irish home said. "But I'll still remember it as performance. no specific date had been venue to play in as an opposing winning streak that ended at 45 a good experience." "We want the issues dis set yet. team. Phelps also played the part on Saturday night. cussed in the SMC of cheerleader, revving up the "Even though it ended at 45, I Contact Sam Werner at Monologues to be current, Contact Alicia Smith at crowd starting several cheers. think our team was fighting for [email protected] compelling and of concern [email protected]
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Abc:Jt DeJoitte Deloitte r~fer~ to OnE! or mme- oi DHioittl? Tou fibers, drawing, video and Se01inary silkscreen. has had her art Art exhibited on campus. This continued from page 1 continued from page 1 year, Tourtillottc is exhibiting prints that combine silksereen year there were 10 players she can remember. Her series with digital inkjets that were from Old College and only of acrylie paintings is titled inspired by Wallace Stevens' one from Moreau Seminary. "Motherhood: A Heality poem, "13 Ways of Looking at " ... this year we had lost Cheek." Her paintings, a result a Blackbird." many of our older players to of a Saint Mary's Faculty Sandusky and Wilson are the ordination or ministry, so Researeh Gr·ant Harrington other two members of the fac every player except one on received in 2007, represent the ulty exhibited in the gallery. this year's team was from Old fears and vul- Sandusky's art is College," he said. nerabilities in two . disci The team's only loss was its that mothers "It is my hope that plines, both second game against St. experience. painting and Meinrad Seminary from St. "My main my work expresses printmaking. Meinrad, Ind., which bumped message, I experiences that are Wilson's part of the Moreau Seminary team to suppose, is universal even if not the exhibit dis the consolation bracket. that it is okay plays her pho Palmer said that having a for mothers to spoken of, and tography. young team this year made it feel and therefore, acceptable Another facul more difficult to compete express emo in the everyday ty art exhibition against other teams in the tions other is opening tournament. than content physical and tomorrow in "This year we knew it was Photo Courtesy of Mike Palmer edness and emotional life of a Hammes Gallery going to be hard because our Sophomore Thomas Haan, left, runs the offense for the Moreau joy in raising mom. titled "My team was pretty much all Seminary against Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in its final game. children," Tomorrow land undergrads, and a lot of the Harrington is an Empty teams had graduate seminar ings, and bring a few more Palmer said the seminari said. "It is my Kelly Harrington Space," that fea ians," Palmer seminarians on ans practiced in preparation hope that my SMC art professor tures artwork said. the team. Our for the tournament in the work express- created by The Moreau "Next year we overall goal is months leading up to the es experiences Krista Hoefle. Seminary Team definitely hope to to play better, com petition. that are universal even if not There are three disciplines dis defeated the but still have "Usually we start practicing spoken of, and therefore, played in this exhibit: Immaculate improve our fun," he said. a couple months in advance acceptable in the everyday Sculpture-Installation, Video, Heart of Mary standings, and bring The Moreau ... we practice at Moreau physical and mnotionallife of a and Electronic Media. Seminary from afew more Seminary team Seminary gym," he said. mom." "During my research leave, I Peoria. Ill. in its has competed Palmer said the team's Ginter is another member of investigated electronic meth final round, seminarians on our in the tourna starting lineup included jun the faculty whose art is fea ods of making sound, light, winning the team." ment since it ior Kevin Wack, senior tured in the exhibition. video, and programmatically consolation •began eight Thomas Haan, junior Tim "My work deals with the based objects," Hoefle said, "so braeket. years ago, and Mouton, sophomore Bob ideas of youth, growth and the a predominate number of Mike Palmer Last year, the won the tour Dunsmuir and graduate sem bonds that surface from both," pieces in my exhibition feature Moreau sophomore nament in inarian Nick Senz. Ginter said. Symbolic color and some technological component. Seminary team 2002, 2003 and Moreau seminarian Mike form suggosts play, but also The two galleries are free placed second 2004. Seidl coached this year's seriousness, hinting at inno and open to the public until in the Seminary Shootout The host of the tournament, team. cence, but also a sterile oddi February 27. overall, Palmer said. the Mundelein Seminary ty." "Next year we definitely Lakers, won this year's Contact Becky Hogan at This is not the first time Julie Contact Megan Loney at hope to improve our stand- shootout overall. [email protected] Tourtillolle, who teaches mloneyO 1 @saintmarys.edu St.Thotnas Aquinas ~t\ l. Jenk; Faith, Inquiry ~o ~s &Community ~-~ J • President and ~ Professor of Philosophy, • University of Notre· Dame • Author of !(nowledge and Faith in Thomas Aquinas -t%1- SAINT Saint Mary's College • Notre Dan1e, Indiana MARY'S College Student Center Lounge COLLEGE Wednesday, January 28 at 7:00P.M. NOTRE DAME, IN 17lis Symposium is sponsored by the Ioyce McMahon Hank saintmarys.edu Free and open to the public Aquinas Chair in Catholic Theology. ORLD & NATION Monday, January 26, 2009 CoMPILED FROM THE O:ssERVER's WIRE SERVICES page 5 INTERNATIONAL NEWS Drugs found in Indian stream Blagojevich will not participate in trial PATANCHERU - When researchers ana lyzed vials of treated wastewater taken from Illinois governor is aware of impending conviction but refuses to resign a plant where about 90 Indian drug factories dump their residues, they were shocked. Enough of a single, powerful antibiotic was Associated Press being spewed into one stream each day to treat every person in a city of 90,000. SPRINGFIELD - If there's And it wasn't just ciprofloxacin being such a thing as a "normal" detected. The supposedly cleaned water was impeachment trial, the one a floating medicine cabinet - a soup of 21 that starts Monday in Illinois different active pharmaceutical ingredients, doesn't qualifY. used in generics for treatment of hyperten The defendant, Gov. Rod sion. heart disease, chronic liver ailments, Blagojevich, won't partici depression, gonorrhea, ulcers and other ail pate. He'll be talking to ments. Half of the drugs measured at the Whoopi Goldberg and Larry highest levels of pharmaceuticals ever King instead of facing the detected in the environment, researchers state Senate. And while the say. Democrat acknowledges his conviction is certain, he Ten killed in Turkish avalanche refuses to resign. ANKARA - An avalanche slammed into a Blagojevich (pronounced group of Turkish hikers on a trip to a remote blah:GOY'-uh-vich) com mountain plateau on Sunday, dragging them more plains that the trial rules are than 1,640 feet (500 meters) into a valley and fatal unfair, but he and his lawyers ly burying 10. didn't try to influence the The members of a skiing and mountaineering rules as they were written or club were taking part in an annual winter sports afterward. celebration on 7,200-foot (2,200-meter) Mount After weeks of near-silence, Zigana. Seventeen were hiking single-file when the Blagojevich has begun an avalanche swept into them. energetic public relations "We looked up and there was nowhere to run. campaign, comparing himself The snow took us and dragged us along," 61-year to the hero of a Frank Capra old Kasim Keles told reporters from his hospital movie and a cowboy being bed. lynched for a crime he didn't "The snow dragged me down into a valley before commit. it stopped," Keles said. "My right hand was stuck He told NBC's "Today" that beneath me, with my left hand I cleared my face; I when he was arrested on fed began to breathe and called for help."Hamas eral corruption charges, he seized control of Gaza from Fatah by force in took solace from thinking of 2007 and Fatah set up a rival Palestinian gov- other jailed leaders - Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi. He also said his 5-year-old daughter, Annie, has asked NATIONAL NEWS whether he'll still be gover nor on her birthday in April. AP Pennsylvania fires destroy 15 homes "If I were a betting man, I'd llinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, carrying a biography of Winston Churchill, leaves his · COATESVILLE - The latest in a string of say I probably won't be," home in Chicago on Sunday. The governor's trial starts today. suspicious fires in this Philadelphia suburb Blagojevich said, according to tore through a block of row houses, damag a transcript released Sunday. ring to "View" co-host. "This man mystifies me," state," Pagani said. "Whether ing 15 homes, leaving several dozen people "I think the fix is in and ... Legal experts see little ben said Ann Lousin, a professor you like it or not, when a gov homeless and prompting city officials to they've decided essentially to efit to Blagojevich from boy at Chicago's John Marshall ernor is in this kind of situa declare a state of emergency. do a hanging without even a cotting the trial while refus Law School. tion, everything grinds to a At least 30 arsons have been reported fair trial." ing to resign. The decision The governor's decision to halt. There's only one issue since the beginning of 2008, about half of The full "Today" interview means he'll still be leaving cling to office also surprises the capitol building can deal them in the last three weeks. Police said the will air Monday, the same office soon, but only after Dean Pagani, former chief of with, and that's impeach blazes may be part of a gang initiation, but day the impeachment trial proceedings guaranteed to staff to Connecticut Gov. John ment." there was no clear information who was starts and Blagojevich is put him in a bad light. Rowland, who resigned in Resignation might even committing the crimes or why. scheduled to appear on Senators, and thus the pub 2004 rather than be help Blagojevich with jurors The latest fire was reported late Saturday "Good Morning, America," lic, will hear details of the impeached. in any future criminal trial, at the rear of one house and quickly spread "The View" and "Larry King criminal charges against The stain of being convict said one expert. to adjacent homes in the Chester County Live. " Blagojevich. They're likely to ed and removed from office "If I were his lawyer, I community. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., hear recordings that alleged would be far greater for would say, 'Why don't you "This is an arson, no question about it," said Sunday that Blagojevich ly reveal the governor talking Blagojevich than the stain of make yourself a little less City Manager Harry Walker said Sunday. should be defending himself about signing legislation in resigning, Pagani said. A res offensive to people? Why not at the trial because the extra exchange for campaign con ignation would allow make yourself a little more Portland Mayor refuses to resign media attention won't tributions. And in addition to Blagojevich to claim he sympathetic?"' said Leonard PORTLAND- The mayor of Portland, Ore., impress the state senators simply removing Blagojevich, stepped aside for the good of Cavise, a law professor at told city commissioners Sunday he will not who will be judging him. the Senate could vote to bar the state, not because he was DePaul University. resign despite calls for him to do so after he "Barbara Walters is not on him from ever again holding judged unfit to hold office. Yet Blagojevich says that's admitted he lied and asked a teenager to lie his jury," Durbin said, refer- public office in Illinois. "It's unfortunate for the not an option. about their sexual relationship. Mayor Sam Adams publicly apologized this past week for lying early in his campaign about the relationship with an 18-year-old ISRAEL man in 2005. City Comissioner Randy Leonard told The Associated Press that Adams left him a phone message Sunday morning saying he Gaza campaign seen as temporary sua:ess had decided to remain in office. past eight years. Thousands have or a year, it's good. If it brings us 10 Associated Press exploded in this town of 20,000, trau years, it's great. But we never forget LOCAL NEWS matizing residents and damaging many that Gaza will always be our neighbor, SDEROT - Sderot's open-air market houses and businesses. Six people have and as long as Hamas is in control Man run over by his own truck is bustling for the first time in a month, been killed and a few dozen wounded. there, we will be in danger," said David GREENTOWN - Indiana State Police say a thanks to newfound quiet following The satisfaction here with the Israeli Buskila, the town's mayor. rural Greentown man died after he was run Israel's punishing offensive in the Gaza military's performance is coupled with Hagit Didi, a mother of three, left over by his own unoccupied truck. Strip. the despair of continuing to live in the Sderot six months ago because of the Police say 78-year-old Bradley L. Tate had Many residents of this rocket-scarred shadow of violence. People see the rocket fire, relocating to the nearby parked his pickup truck in his driveway town say they see the operation against recent offensive as a corrective after town of Netivot - only to find herself about 50 miles north of Indianapolis and Hamas as a long-overdue military suc the inconclusive, frustrating war in danger there when the range of crossed the road to get his mail Saturday cess - but also believe the good times against Hezbollah guerrillas in 2006, Hamas rockets increased. afternoon. will be short-lived. and a stirring example of national "There won't be quiet here for long. The unoccupied truck then rolled back "There is no victory here, only quiet," unity. How can you defeat people like this?" ward across the road toward Tate. Police say said Eli Asayag, 55. But they also see it as a successful she said. Her 8-year-old son has grown he tried to stop the truck, but it rolled over Sderot is less than a mile from Gaza, round in a match many expect will up with the rockets and has never slept him and dragged him about 15 feet before a frequent target for the homemade continue indefinitely. anywhere but with her in her bed, Didi coming to rest in a field. rockets from militants there over the "If this brings us a half-year of quiet said. page 6 The Observer + NEWS Monday, January 26, 2009 here who compPte better than I do," Ortenzio said. "It's that eom petitive atmosphere that drove me Lawmakers: casinos can help budgets continued from page 1 to become a part of this dub." Along with various projects, the c:mnge the world." club's leaders arranged CEO din Associated Press of gambling initiatives are 23 others have casinos on lie does not like to refer to it as a ners and keynote speakers to noteworthy in volume and Native American reservations, business club. Instead, the club present the society with a short ATLANTA - A tell-tale sign ambition - a sign that the which generally do not pay aims to instill in its member an presentation and allow for ques America's chips are down: industry aims to capitalize on taxes to states. e !1trepreneurial mentality. tions. One of these speakers was States are increasingly turning states' badly bruised But while advocates argue "We try to encourage non-busi Tom Suddes, a Notre Dame alum to gambling to plug budget economies. that casinos will help attract ness majors to join," Urquijo said. nus who has founded 19 compa holes. "From the gambling indus jobs and revitalize downtrod "We're looking for a diverse group nies and raL'ied over a billion dol Proposals to allow or expand try's point of view, this is their den areas, religious groups and of students with very different lars for non-profit organizations. slots or casinos are percolating big chance," said Earl Grinols, other critics fear gambling has ideas and backgrounds. Anybody "We hope that these presenta in at least 14 states, tempting an economies professor at a disproportionately negative c rn be an entrepreneur." tions are inspiring," Bennett said. legislators and governors at a Baylor University who special impact on lower-income peo The club's leaders are looking to "They show the students that the time when many must deeide izes in gambling. ple, and does not provide long surpass Stanford and Oxford's people who accomplish remark between cutting services and Ohio's casino advocates, term economic growth. Entrepreneurial Societies, both of able things are normal people who raising taxes. including lobbyists working for They point to research that '"'hich have more than 3,000 lived a very similar lifestyle to Gambling has hard-core Penn National Gambling Inc., shows casinos attract crime, members. them in college." detractors in every state, but are pushing a variety of large foster gambling addiction prob "We can learn from Oxford and The club's leaders hope to give when the budget-balancing scale development projects. In lems and divert money from Stanford, even just their recruiting students experiences they would alternatives lawmakers must Georgia, a developer working other businesses. structure," said sophomore n't usually have - to give them consider include reducing edu with Dover Downs Inc., wants "We've got gambling in 48 Dominic Fanelli, who is in charge the chance to meet people and cation funding or lifting sales to transform a blighted section states, and you'd think if it of recruitment for the club. make contacts and, by allowing taxes, resistance is easier to of downtown Atlanta with a 29- worked, you wouldn't have Fanelli and other club members students of varying majors to work overcome, political analysts story hotel that would attract budget problems or education continue to recruit new members together, to expose them to new said. tourists with more than 5,500 problems," said Tom Gray, a with their "road show," where perspectives. "Who wouldn't be interested video lottery terminals. field director for they present the Entrepreneurship "Really our biggest locus is edu if you're a politician who needs The developer pitching the StopPredatoryGambling.org. Society to various Notre Dame lec- cation," Urquijo said. "Giving stu to fund programs'?" said Bo $450 million Atlanta project, Many of the gambling pro 1ure classes. dent<; the opportunity to work in Bernhard, director of research Dan O'Leary, estimates $300 posals seek to expand footholds The club currently undertakes groups and ~ith South Bend at the International Gaming million a year in revenues in states that already allow lim tetween 40 and 50 projects and entrepreneurs. Institute at the University of would be funneled to the state, ited gambling. events per year. These inelude Co-presidents Bennett and Nevada, Las Vegas- a govern helping to pay for a popular Kentucky's House speaker social entrepreneurial projects, Urquijo knew their efforts had ment-funded program. lottory-funded seholarship that had proposed allowing video such as their consulting and serv paid off when Notre Dame's While gambling has not been provides in-state college tuition gambling terminals at the iee projects, where club members Entrepreneurship Society was immune from the recession, it for students with "B" averages. state's racetracks, and legisla give their opinions and advice to offered membership to the has held up relatively well Even Hawaii, which along tors in New Hampshire, New lJcal entrepreneurs. This gives Entreprelliance, the premier inter compared with states' other with Utah is onn of two states York and Texas are seeing pro students the opportunity to get collegiate entrepreneurship net revenue streams, such as without a lottery or other form posals this year to allow similar basic hands on experience. work whose other members income and sales taxes. This of legalized gambling, may con gambling terminals at their The society is hoping to launch a include Brown, Columbia, and helps explain why past industry sider a change. Aides to Gov. tracks. Casino advocates plan national magazine called "Type Harvard. growth spurts have been pre Linda Lingle, long an opponent to push for casino-style gam F" "That's whm1 we knew we'd ceded by eeonomie downturns, of gambling, say she is open to bling in hurricane-ravaged "This would be used as a tool for arrived," Bennett said. "It was the experts said. discussing it as a way to dose Galveston, Texas, as well. ~ tudents to write and share their elite asking us to join them." For example, Hhode Island the state's growing budget gap. Lawmakers in other states perspective and would be a valu Bennett and Urquijo hope that opmwd the country's tirst raco Gambling propotwnts are are talking about reversing able tool for employers who want through the Entreproneurship tra(~k casino in 1992, and four quick to tout its bells and whis hard-fought crusades to tighten 1o know about our generation," Society, they can convey their states soon followed. More tles: a $54 billion annual indus restrictions on gambling. Bennett said. sense of idealist entrepreneurship. recently, states faced with sag try that employs more than Nine years after South Club members are given a "We're working very hard to ging rovenues during the 2001 350,000 people, with most Carolina lawmakers outlawed chance to participate in Case Bowl, instill the same vision in others," recession joined multistate lot state gambling revenues com video poker, state Sen. Robert where groups research and give a Urquijo said, "to pass it along to teries such as Powerball and ing from lotteries, racetracks Ford is fighting to make it legal presentation on a certain compa- the next group of leaders." gave more )noway to NativP and betting devices such as slot again. Since July, lawmakers • ny. Freshman Kevin Ortenzio was American tribes seeking to and video poker machines. have cut roughly $1 billion one of this year's participants. Contact Alyssa Morones at expand their easinos. Twelve states reap tax money from the state's budget to "There are talented students [email protected] Analysts say the latest round from full-fledged casinos, and address revenue shortfalls. ------THE OBSERVER Monday, January 26, 2009 USINESS page 7 MARKET RECAP Stocks Lobbyists skirt Obama's earmark ban Dow Jones 8,077.56 -45.24 Interest groups finding ways to avoid ban, continue giving money to projects Up: Same: Down: Composite Volume: Associated Press 1,671 95 1,421 1,533,779,905 WASHINGTON President Barack Obama's AMEX ban on earmarks in the NASDAQ 1 1477}9 ... ·•-41.58 $825 billion economic stim ulus bill doesn't mean inter NYSE 5119S;.ll)$;;; -i~9~:;3.l;. est groups, lobbyists and S&P 500 831.95 -12.74 lawmakers won't be able to NIKKEI (Tokyo) 7,690;~;1 +2$.1\91 funnel money to pet proj FTSE 100 (London) 4,052.47 -7.65 ects. They're just working around it - and perhaps COMPANY %CHANGE $GAIN PRICE inadvertently making the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) -+0.44 +0.36 83.11 process more secretive. The projects run the GEN ELECTRIC CO (GE) -10.76 -1.45 12.03 gamut: a Metrolink station BK OF AMERICA (BAC) +9.28 +0.53 6.24 that needs building in CITIGROUP INC (C) +11.58 +0.36 3.47 Placentia, Calif.; .a stretch of beach in Sandy Hook, N.J., Treasuries that could really use some 10-YEAR NOTE + 1.08 +0.0280 2.6220 more sand; a water park in Miami. 13-WEEK BILL -10.00 -0.010 0.09 There are tltousands of 30-YEAR BOND +2.52 +0.0820 3.3320 projects like those that once 5-YEAR NOTE +0.99 +0.0160 1.6320 would have been gotten money upfront but now are Commodities lef't to scramble for dollars LIGHT CRUDE ($/bbl.) +2.80 46.47 at the back end of the process as "ready to go" +37.00 895.80 GOLD ($/Troy oz.) jobs eligible for the stimulus PORK BELLIES (cents/lb.) -1.25 80.75 plan. The result, as The Exchange Rates Associated Press learned in YEN 88.7800 interviews with more than a EURO 1.2982 dozen lawmakers, lobbyists and state and local officials, CANADIAN DOLLAR 1.2383 is a shadowy lobbying effort BRITISH POUND 1.3781 that may make it difficult to discern how hundreds of billions in federal money will be parceled out. '"No earmarks' isn't a AP BRIEF game-ender," said Peter Keith Ashdown, chief investigator of the watchdog group "Taxpayers For Common IN Buffa, former mayor of Sense," stands in the doorway at the group's office in Washington on Friday. Costa Mesa, Calif. "It just Governors seek con~ons from unions means there's a different cials, governors and state earned the congressional the earmarks system COLUMBUS - Governors across the nation way of going about making and local agencies that will spending committees a new acknowledge that specifYing are seeking significant concessions from pub sure the funding is there." choose the projects. nickname: "The Favor projects upfront offers some lic employee unions in hopes of h_elping to bal It won't be in legislative "Somebody's going to ear Factory." measure of transparency. ance their teetering budgets during the eco language that overtly sets mark it somewhere," said Obama, who campaigned "We hate earmarks, but at nomic downturn. aside money for them. Howard Marlowe, a consult promising a more transpar least it's a way of tracking From Maryland to California, Ohio to That's the infamous practice ant for a coalition working ent and accountable gov where influence is had," Hawaii, governors have asked or ordered state known as earmarking, to preserve beaches. ernment, is advocating a said Keith Ashdown of the workers to accept furloughs, salary reduc which Obama and Lobbyists are hard at system that will eventually watchdog group Taxpayers tions, truncated workweeks or benefit cuts. Democratic congressional work figuring out ways to let the public track exactly for Common Sense. "There They say the concessions are a better alterna leaders have agreed to nix grab a share of the money. where stimulus money goes is a challenge now that proj tive to further job losses in the face of record for the massive stimulus fortheir clients, but the new through an Internet-pow ects will be added behind breaking unemployment. package, expected to come rules mean they're doing so ered search engine. In addi closed doors without a Unions argue their members shouldn't be up for a House vote this indirectly - and sometimes tion, Democratic lawmakers paper trail." singled out and are even more vital in hard week. in ways that are impossible have devised an elaborate Indeed, some lawmakers times - securing neighborhoods and prisons, Instead, the money will be to track. oversight system, including hearing from local groups educating children and providing social servic doled out according to Congressional earmarks a new board to review how say they're doing their own es to growing numbers of citizens. arcane formulas spelled out have had a bad name since the money is spent. lobbying of governors and In hard-hit Ohio, Democratic Gov. Ted in the bill and in some cases the 2004 scandal that sent But none of that will hap state and local officials who Strickland has been a friend of the unions. But based on the decisions of superlobbyist Jack pen until after the bill could have say-so over the as the state's budget woes have intensified, he Obama administration offi- Abramoff to prison and becomes law. Even critics of funds. is asking unionized state employees to consid er a 5 percent pay cut, a 35-hour workweek and the elimination of paid personal days and holidays, to save the state hundreds of millions of dollars. Gambling used to stimulate economy Hudson River plane hit a soft body WASHINGTON - A visual inspection of the Associated Press Bernhard, director of research at expand their casinos. battered, dented left engine of the US Airways the International Gaming Institute Analysts say the latest round of jetliner that ditched in the Hudson River found ATLANTA - A tell-tale sign at the University of Nevada, Las gambling initiatives are noteworthy no evidence of organic matter, but there are America's chips are down: States Vegas- a government-funded pro · in volume and ambition - a sign signs the plane hit a soft body, federal investiga are increasingly turning to gam gram. that the industry aims to capitalize tors say. bling to plug budget holes. While gambling has not been on states' badly bruised economies. This engine and the right engine, which Proposals to allow or expand immune from the recession, it has "From the gambling industry's remained attached to the Airbus A-320 after the slots or casinos are percolating in held up relatively well compared point of view, this is their big Jan. 15 ditching, will be shipped to their manu at least 14 states, tempting legisla with states' oth~r revenue streams, chance," said Earl Grinols, an eco facturer, CFM International, in Cincinnati for tors and governors at a time when such as income and sales taxes. nomics professor at Baylor thorough examination by safety board investiga many must decide between cutting This helps explain why past indus University who specializes in gam tors. Both engines will be completely torn down services and raising taxes. try growth spurts have been pre bling. to examine damage, and advanced equipment Gambling has hard-core detrac ceded by economic downturns, Ohio's casino advocates, includ will be used to search for organic material not tors in every state, but when the experts said. ing lobbyists working for Penn apparent during visual inspection. budget-balancing alternatives law For example, Rhode Island National Gambling Inc., are push The pilot reported the plane hit a flock of birds makers must consider include opened the country's first race ing a variety of large-scale devel shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport reducing education funding or lift track casino in 1992, and four opment projects. In Georgia, a which shut down both his jets. ing sales taxes, resistance is easier states soon followed. More recent developer working with Dover National Transportation Safety Board investi to overcome, political analysts ly, states faced with sagging rev Downs Inc., wants to transform a gators said Saturday they visually examined the said. enues during the 2001 recession blighted section of· downtown left engine after it was finally pulled 65 feet from "Who wouldn't be interested if joined multistate lotteries such as Atlanta with a 29-story hotel that the river bottom but saw no evidence of organic you're a politician who needs to Powerball and gave more leeway to would attract tourists with more material. fund programs?" said Bo Native American tribes seeking to than 5,500 video lottery terminals. THE OBSERVER page 8 IEWPOINT Monday, January 26, 2009 THE OBSERVER Does post-partisanShip mean P.O. Box 779, Notre Dame, IN 46556 024 South Dining Hall, Notre Dame, lN 46SS6 EDITOR IN CHIEF the end of liberal arts? 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Being at heart a timid young in which he worries about "the dangers of providing unrepentant terrorists with civilian tri man, overly susceptible to peer pressure, I am naturally inclined to als." censor myself on a great number of just such socially unacceptable 1 cannot imagine that he has been reading objective journalism if he actually believes a subjects. Further. my reputation as an easygoing man-about-town statement like that. Under the Constitution. all citizens are granted the right of habeas corpus, with a weakness for the fairer sex is at stake. Why compromise my which means the right to a fair trial. This was said by Thomas Jefferson to be "[one of the] carefully constructed persona by revealing myself to have thoughts essential principles of our government." And yet, since the beginning of the "War on Terror," and interests deeper than getting drunk and hooking up with girls on we have denied this right to assumed enemy combatants. There is no proof needed to .i_mprison the weekends? these individuals and they do not have the right to an attorney or trial. Unfortunately, a letter one Nathan Furtado wrote to The Observer Mr. Furtado-, if you are so sure that everyone in Guantanamo Bay is guilty of terrorism, why has so offended the part of my brain that is responsible for thinking are you unwilling to grant them a trial to which we as citizens have the right? Surely the that I cannot help revealing myself to have political opinions. I know courts will prove them guilty as well. The truth is that while a number of the prisoners in that expressing such opinions is about as attractive to girls as a Gitmo are terrorists, others are not. Many are only guilty of being Arab and in the wrong place piece of spinach lodged between the front teeth. Therefore, I must at the wrong time. I think it would be disingenuous for us to call America "the land of the free" respectfully request that any hot girls, or girls in which I have a if we were to continue to leave the freedom of these individuals up to the discretion of an prurient interest, stop reading this letter. Immediately. anonymous few. Mr. Furtado, the indirect denial of the existence of innocents at "The dangers" that Furtado associates with extending our rights to those we hold captive in • Guantanamo by speaking of the "unrepentant terrorists" lodged Cuba pale in comparison to the dang~rs that will arise if we do not, such as the risk of dishon there represents more spin than the most biased liberal media outlet oring the document that gives our country integrity and moral grounding. In his inaugural could possibly offer. Unless you've been living under a rock, you can address, President Obama stated that "we reject as false the choice between our safety and not be unaware that: a) Guantanamo has innocents, and b) we've our ideals," which he corroborated by signing the order to close Guantanamo Bay. I hope that been torturing them. And unlike controversies over whether the tax Mr. Furtado may also see that those two objectives do not have to be mutually exclusive. rate on the top tax bracket should be 35 percent or 39.6 percent, the question of whether or not torturing a few innocent people is okay is Lucy Geglio not open to debate. By the way, the reason people call Barack · sophomore Obama a socialist? He favors 39.6 percent. And what exactly are Farley Hall "the dangers of providing unrepentant terrorists with civilian tri Jan.'23 als"? Even the Nazis got habeas corpus. No matter which way you slice it, holding terrorists publicly accountable for their crimes is a hell of a lot better than torturing them. I find it hard to believe that we find ourselves in such a state of emergency that we can cavalierly dispense with the basic civil rights Our big-eyed, bushy-tailed in the Constitution; I haven't exactly seen any bombs dropping over the Sears Tower or the Dome. And before you tell me that it was the Bush administration's hard-line stance on torture that has prevented further terrorist attacks, I fail to see why people who are not afraid of death would be deterred by the threat of a little waterboarding, a few electrified nipple clamps, or (gasp!) watching books get flushed The winter months are well upon the students of Notre Dame. Snow falls incessantly, faces . down toilets. disappear under mounds of scarves and campus squirrels run rampant. Some of my peers The real partisans here, Mr. Furtado, are not the law professors have suggested that the squirrels are simply poor, lost students; mutated victims of punish who applauded the closing of what represents at the very least the ment via mysterious experiments in the depths of the radiation building. Some more astute sci worst publicity the US has received since Vietnam. They are people ence majors, however, can see the root of the problem: a classic case of an ecosystem imbal like you who, through spin and distortion, handwave away or out ance. Overrun with noisy, hormonal class-goers, the squirrels have turned to violent revolt in right deny cold, sober facts like the existence of tortured innocents an attempt to reclaim their ground. Joggers are attacked, muffins are stolen and nuts are in Guantanamo, global warming and evolution. Married to their the thrown in the path of innocent wanderers in these daily acts of aggression. Some more desper ories of the way the world should work, they fail to take into account ate members of the squirrel cause have resorted to suicide missions, hurling themselves the way the world does work; and the sorry state of our economy beneath the wheels of unsuspecting bicyclists. These acts of aggression are alarming and can and reputation at home and abroad is what we have to show for it. not stand. As a strictly entrepreneurial strategy, I know that souvenir squirrels would sell That's the end of my rant. I implore. my harder-partying peers, who faster than monogrammed Snuggies. I fear, however, that such an exploitation of a group of find themselves unencumbered with the baggage of an intellectual creatures would only further disrupt their communities and increase their anger. life when chatting up the carefully bronzed women of this campus, The best and only solution to our problem is to work with nature, not against it. Students: not to judge me too harshly; and I sincerely hope that the girls can Take action now to amend the DuLac dorm room pet clause to include not only "non-~arnivo overlook my transgression of propriety and continue to see me as an rous fish," but "locally displaced squirrel refugees" as well. Squirrels need homes, too. easygoing, devil-may-care sex object. Kirsten Adam Brooks Smith freshman sophomore Welsh Family Hall Stanford Hall Jan. 22 Jan. 24 EDITORIAL CARTOON ~------·------~-~ .. ~.------ THE OBSERVER page 10 CENE Monday, January 26, 2009 "The Wrestler" was snubbed too. The director, SZThfON RVZNER Darren Aronofsky ("Requiem for a Dream," "The , Sceile Writer Fm.mtain,") took a chance easting Miekey Rourke. It wasn't going to be the box office smash it could ' The nominations for this year's Academy have been if Nicholas Cage had remained in the Awards emerged last week and it seem<> that the role, but it was meant to be a comeback film for criticism sUITounding the selections is significant the motivated and talented Mickey Rourke. It ly more present than in recent years past. Best was a labor oflovc and tllis is obvious, but appllf Picture nominations went to many deserving ently not obvious to the academy, which only ·~.··· films, aJbeit films that everyone expected to gar nominated Hourke for best actor but left the film ner .nominations. Films such as "Milk" or and director out of eontention. The academy also ",;''tlrt'¥1·· "Frost/Nixon" could be nominated for Osca.rs sim managed to over look the films musical merits, ply because of their trailers, historical dran1as, whieh are found in the original song by Bruce great performances, and successful directors. Springsteen written for the film. · What the academy needs is to reinvigorate the "Gran Torino," Clint Eastwood's latest attempt film fan, to reform the interest in movies that was also obviously a labor of love for the seems to be on a decline. actor/directo1·. Despite a weak supporting cast, In spite of its flaws, "Benjamin Button" was put Eastwood was able to carry ilie ii.Im, and he was together extremely well. The artistic aspect of the both entertaining 1md crafted an emotional tale of . film was excellent, and the technology used to gang violence and family. He did not receive any make Brad Pitt age in reverse was stunning. nominations for his memorable performanc~ "Benjamin Button" was also the most nominated despitd the popularity among fans and critics film, and it gained nominations in evecy major alike. category. Instead of stroking the collective ego of As there are many snubs, there are also the academy community they should reward the charming revelations and perhaps even hope for films that teach, the actors that emote, directors the Academy within some of their other nomina who look outside of the standard awards scope tions. Robert Downey Jr., controversially played and produce a film that is unique, memorable, an· actor who changed the color of his skin to· and challenges the audience. "Slumdog effectively portray a black Vietnam War officer. . Millionaire" and "Milk" are the only films that It's both entertaining and enlightening that were nominated this year that brought something Downey garnered a nomination for this very silly different R!ld new to the table. The remaining role. Though the nomination is nothing more nominees are a film about the holocaust, 'The ilian a novelty, it shows that perhaps the acade Reader," a love story drama, "Benjamin Button," my isn't simply a collection of out of touch and a historical drama, "Frost/Nixon." No doubt retirees. all films of quality, but not films of substance, or The academy needs to branch m~t. It needs to ot'lasting significance. reward those who innovate, those who craft with The films that left out of any contention were love, and iliose for who are simply joyful in fulfill "The Dark Knight," "The Wrestler," and "Gran ing their film industry dreams. The purpose of a Torino." Take "The Dark Knight," a film iliat was film should not be to collect various awards. A taken very seriously publicly, was hailed by crit film should be madfl to entertain. to be enjoyed, ics, and, above all, surpassed every expectation to teach and to provide the artists of tllis world and elevated the superhero genre. Still, there with a way to share their talent. The Academy were no nominations for the dire Monday, January 26, 2009 CENE page 11 but has the disadvantage of being forgotten in the rush. By MICHELLE FORDICE As David Frost, he has to contain Frost's natural extrava Assistant Scene Editor gance in a way that is both true and relatable to the "FrosVNixon" deserves its Oscar nomination for Best audience, and does so successfully. "Frost/Nixon" is also Picture. The Academy Awards have for the most part a quiet commentary on. how we view history, especially become associated with rewarding 'serious' films, but for those of us who weren't alive in the 1970s to see the "FrosVNixon" delivers on all levels, producing not only initial interviews. It is a ftlm based off of a play based on an introspective into a particular moment in time, but . a set of interviews between two people doing their best . also some wonderful performances; entertaining charac to spin the results in their favor. Peter Morgan, who ters, and an understated commentary on how we view . wrote the original play and adapted it for mm. has made history. "FrosVNixon'' tells the story of the 1977 inter a career out of capturing the spirit of historical events, views between David rrost (Michael Sheen) and even if they are not wholly accurate. Writing the scripts ·; President Nixon (Frank Langella). Frost is a mostly disre for films su~h as "The Queen," "The Last King of . ~"""""'-""' · spected British talk show host who tempts Nixon into his Scotland," "The Other Boleyn Girl," and "The Deal," he . first post-Watergate interview with a $600,000 appear- has learned to packaged and dramatize real life events. ;;.,,ilfj.i¥•J.• ance fee. He pays this out of his own pocket; since the Throughout the film, the characters talk about how the networks didn't trust him to -take on Nixon, famous for audience will perceive the interviews and how important his stonewalling and political savvy, without supervision. is that the people involved not only understand the histo . ; Frost and his team of researchers seek to draw the apol- ry o( what actually happened, but how to use television .,;'f ogy out of Nixon that never came after his resignation as and the power of the perfect close-up. It's a. statement of ,x·~ • president. Nixon is hoping to recover and reestablish how history is captured and produced for us to consume . ,_. himself on the political scene. The film focuses in on at many levels. · these two men, capturing their strengths and their inse curities. Nixon is painted as a man who is intelligent and genuinely concerned, but arrogant and incapable at FrosVNixon interacting socially with people. Frost, on the other hand, is a !>'Ocial butterfly and ladies man who can't quite leap the hurdle and become respected. In a way, this inter Directed by: Ron Howard view is the last chance for both men. The actors excelled Starring : Frank Langella, Michael in their roles, ·which they first developed for the stage play, also titled "FrosVNixon." Frank Langella, now nom Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell, inated for Best Actor, is amazing as Nixon, capturing not only the man's physical characteristics but his personali- Matthew Madadyen, Oliver Platt • ty. Langella has the challenging task of portraying this smart, confident man at the lowest moment in his life, adrift and unsure of what to do with himself. Depending on taste, American audiences will recognize Michael Sheen from either "The Queen" or the Underworld series. Michael Sheen is both blessed and cursed to frequently be placed next to dynamite actors, like Langella and Helen Mirren. He excels in his roles, Contact Michelle Fordice at [email protected]. LJ-71i~.J?!!~.~JIM'-_s; ~~it ~ar~ ~ · themselves, although the BBQ sauce brought redemptive flavor to the ;, ~!eL~~,r~ES dish. The nachos with guacamole and salsa were fine but forgettable - only for those in a nachos mood. The kitchen stepped itself up a bit for • , . ·· Three years ago, a good friend of mine was given a gift certificate for the entrees: a pulled pork sandwich with Cajun BBQ and the Ryne J \Between the Buns, just east of campus on 23. Besides "I can't believe Sandburger (ha, ha). The sandwich delivered, with big pieces of tender · you've never been there," I hadn't heard much of the sports bar closest pork and a soft hoa~e bun. My b~ggest pet peeve about Cajun flavoringtc tto campus. We watched away games from our futons, our parents IS when cooks add JUSt pepper (give the culture some credit!), but this. took us to Rocco's and Parisi's, and three years went by without Location: was avoided in a runny but otherwise well-done BBQ sauce. using the gift certificate. In Spring 2008, my friend left Notre S th The burger, with sauteed onions, mushrooms, Monterey Jack . 1803 d' ~'·Dame with a diploma and the still-unused gift certificate. But last OU and cheddar cheeses, was big enough and good enough to . week, I finally paid Between the Buns an overdue visit, and I found Bend Ave. count as a solid sports bar burger. It won't win any awards, out exactly why a gift certificate is great for a student looking for a Prices: but it won't disappoint many customers. The fries weren't straightforward sports bar. M d l quite hot enough, but still managed to please. My (new} friend and I were quickly seated at the worst seat in ° erate Y I admit that although I have decent experience with coclklrtg whole place -.a badly lit corner booth. Our complaints were Cheap and dining, I am definitely a novice critic. I was reminded ""'"e•na1c.-av quelled with the discovery of our booth's flat-screen 10 words or this by last week's blunder- ordering dessert. I figured if I ,.·TV, solving the problem of watching Tigers-Royals games once and less: was going to be writing a review, I should sample all courses, _ for all. Really, the only game on TV was a rerun of the last night's and the chocolate cake seemed simple enough. l could tell that Blues-Blackhawks game. Technically, we could have watched Step Sports bar, our waitress was joking when she said it would go well with , by Step reruns, but I was already under fire from our waitress for solid beer, but I had no idea how serious her sarcasm was. I knew I ,asking way too many questions for a non-critic, sports bar-goer. standard would either be pleasantly surprised, or reinforce an already !Our seating area was not too crowded, besides the walls of pen- evident rule. There was nothing wrong with the dish, but suf- .·,..., .. _ fnants, jerseys and memorabilia, with enough pictures to keep any fare, fice it to say that I ate dessert at a sports bar so you don't - sport." die-hards interested and satisfied. excellent to. Our waitress easily convinced us to take advantage of the night's specials . Despite its few shortcomings. the restaurant's best feature isw drink special: $3 Miller, Coors and Killian's on Thursday nights. I that it supplies the regular bar food that it promises. The manyr .;should mention that the deal is misleading; $3 got us each an enor- Overall: 2.5/4 daily food and drink specials will please everyone at least some! . lmous 32-ounce mug of beer, volumetrically giving even the 'Backer of the time. It would be reasonable for two people to eat a full j ~;.;1a run for it.<; monP.y. In fact, a lot of things at Between the Buns reminded dinner with drinks for $30, as long as they find an agreeable special. J Yjme of the Linebacker: a smattering of townie clientele, excellent daily Odds are that anyone going to Between the Buns knows and will geL fl• specials, easygoing, local employees, and even an 80's rock soundtrack to what they want out of the sports bar, and the various specials and enter- .. boot. tainment arc an added bonus to the consistent fare. We started with nachos and the 'most popular appetizer, chicken strip- with "Original" Barbecue sauce. These starters were nothing spe and I was more impressed by the nachos' chicken than the strips ContactJ.J. Rees at [email protected]. page 12 The Observer + CLASSIFIEDS Monday, January 26, 2009 NBA ~Celtics rout struggling Mavericks to extend -win streak Los Angeles back to full strength with return of Farmar, get easy victory over Western Conference foe San Antonio and 14 assists for the Celtics, Associated Press who shot 65 percent in the first BOSTON - Paul Pierce, half; their 74 first-half points ·eached over and gave Kevin were a season high for them Garnett a hearty slap on the and the most allowed in any Jack as they laughed off the half for Dallas. The Mavericks :mggestion that now, with virtu were wrapping up a four-game, lily everything going right, seven-day road trip with a mati would be a good time to buy a nee against the defending lottery ticket. champs, and they looked like it. "I've got a lottery ticket "I don't know if that's the already," Pierce said after toughest scenario you could watching Garnett score 23 have, but it's close," Hivers said. points and help shut down Dirk "And we were just making Nowitzki to lead Boston to its everything." eighth straight win, 124-100 But coach Rick Carlisle said over the Dallas Mavericks. he thought his players were "That's my man. I knew him ready. when he had a jean jacket." "I thought they were really Reserve Eddie House also looking forward to the game," scored 23 - including seven 3- he said. "Boston was great, and pointers - and Ray Allen we needed to be better. We scored 20 of his 23 points in the haven't come across a team first half as the Celtics opened a that plays this effective defen 27-point lead and coasted to sively." their sixth straight double-digit Boston led by 15 after one victory. quarter by 12 with 9:10 left in Since a 2-7 slump that was the second before scoring 15 the worst of the new Big Three straight points - and 21 of 26 era, the defending NBA champi - to take a 64-33 lead. ons have won eight in a row by Dallas cut the deficit back to an average of 16.2 points - 27 points and Nowitzki was almost two points a game better going up for a layup when than their margin of victory in House stripped him of the ball the franchise-record 19-game under the basket and started a winning streak earlier this sea fast break that ended with Allen son. feeding Garnett for a crowd Boston's Eddie House, right, looks for an opening around around Dallas's James Singleton and "I just think we're playing pleasing alley-oop. Matt Carroll, center, in the second half of the Celtics' 124-100 win over the Mavericks Sunday. together," Celtics coach Doc The Celtics hit 100 points with Rivers said. "In the 19-game 50 seconds left in the third a mismatch. high and Andrew Bynum had list, but he wasn't sure he'd winning streak, we were win quarter. Garnett and Paul The win was the fourth 15 points and 11 rebounds for play the third-year pro. ning games but in my opinion Pierce, who scored eight points, straight and 14th in 17 games the Lakers. Gasol was the only "I ·was in his ear the whole we weren't playing Celtics bas came out with 3:17 left in the for the Lakers (35-8), whose Los Angeles starter to play in time on the bench," Farmar ketball the way we established third quarter, and all of the .814 winning percentage is the the final period. said with a smile. "He would last year." Boston starters sat out the best in the NBA although the "A lot. Big," coach Phil have had to deal with that the Jason Terry scored 27 for the fourth quarter. defending champion Boston Jackson replied when asked whole game." Mavericks, who have won just The fourth quarter got chippy Celtics (37 -9) lead them by a how important Parmar's return Farmar entered the game late three of their last nine games. with one double-technical on. half-game in the overall stand was to the Lakers. "It helps us a in the first quarter and played Nowitzki had 18, but the Dallas Leon Powe and James ings by virtue of their 124-100 lot. Jordan obviously has attrib almost seven minutes in his first 7-footer shot 4-for-17 from the Singleton, and another that was victory over Dallas earlier utes- the speed and the quick action since Dec. 19. He field and had the ignominy of called on the Mavericks bench. Sunday. · ness. Those are things that we returned late in the third period having his shot blocked by the Although TV cameras focused Backup point guard Jordan missed, that tempo change in and played another 101/2 min 6-foot-1 House in the second on owner Mark Cuban, who was Farmar returned after missing our game." utes. quarter. complaining, the technical was 18 games because of an injured Farmar wasn't expected to Tony Parker had 19 points House made seven of his first apparently against assistant left knee, and scored 14 points. play until Tuesday night against and six assists and Tim Duncan nine tries from 3-point range coach Mario Elie. I,uke Walton played in his third Charlotte or during the Lakers' added 15 points and eight and finished 7 -for-11, prompt game after missing nine with an upcoming five-game road trip rebounds for the Spurs (29-14), ing his teammates to campaign Lakers 99, Spurs 85 injured foot, and Lamar Odom that begins Friday night in who lost for just the fourth time for him to be invited to the 3- After a month of playing (knee) and Sasha Vujacic (back Minnesota. in 18 games. Neither played in point shooting contest at the short-handed, the Los Angeles spasms) were also sidelined for "I've been feeling better for the fourth quarter. All-Star game. Lakers are back to full strength. brief periods. about a week now," he said. "I "We didn't play very smart in "I think he needs to go," If Sunday is an accurate indica "We missed him a lot. He still had to go through a process the first half. gave them 15 min Pierce said, though Allen was 4- tion, that means trouble for makes our second unit go, he's to make sure I was OK. No pain, utes of bonus and ended up for-5 from 3-point range and is every other NBA team. the motor," Bryant said of no swelling - it felt normal. I being down six," Spurs coach second in the league with 112 Kobe Bryant scored 22 points Farmar, who shot 5-of-7 includ have been watching these guys Gregg Popovich said. "That was 3-pointers made. "He (House) is before sitting out the fourth ing 2-of-3 from 3-point range. play and I expect to be playing the tale of the first half: just too one of the quickest triggers in quarter, Pau Gasol added 16 "Now that he's back, everybody like this all the time. That's how many mental mistakes, foul the league, as well as one of the points, five rebounds and four falls into their natural positions I am; I work hard and I'm dis wise. In the second half, we most accurate. It would be nice assists, and the Lakers beat the and we are back clicking on all appointed when it doesn't hap spotted them two quick 3s with to have a representative of the San Antonio Spurs in a matchup cylinders." pen." bad rotations and never caught team, if Ray doesn't do it." of the Western Conference's Reserve Trevor Ariza scored Jackson said before the game up after that. The game was Rajon Rondo had 13 points best teams that turned out to be 17 points to match his season that Farmar was on the active over at that point." The Observer accepts classifieds every business day from 8 a.m. to 3 f.m. at the Notre Dame office, 024 South Dining Hall. Deadline for next-day classifieds is 3 p.m. AI classifieds must be prepaid. CLASSIFIEDS The charge is 5 cents per character per day, including all spaces. 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THE OBSERVER'S WIRE SERVICES page 13 MLB Division I Women's Basketball AP Top 25 team points record 1 Connecticut 1125 11-0 2 North Carolina 1080 1H 3 Oklahoma 1013 14-2 4 Duke 958 15·1 5 Baylor 948 15-1 6 Auburn 895 18-0 1 Louisville 867 18·1 8 California 780 14-2 9 TexasA&M 745 14-2 10 Tennessee 686 14·3 11 Stanford 673 13·4 12 Maryland 622 15·3 13 NOTRE DAME 601 15·2 14 Texas 553 14·3 15 Florida 445 17-2 16 Virginia 442 14·3 17 Vanderbilt 407 14·4 18 Kansas State 366 15-1 19 Ohio State 361 14·3 20 Maris! 205 17-1 21 Rutgers 182 10·5 22 Florida State 143 16·4 23 New Mexico 106 14-2 23 Oklahoma State 101 12~4 25 Pittsburgh 75 12·4 Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Preseason Rankings team points AP 1 Oregon 132 New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman, left, talks with then-Yankees manager Joe Torre during batting practice. 2 Arizona Slate 130 Torre takes some harsh swings Alex Rodriguez, Cashman, and the Yankees in a due out early next month. 3 Arkansas 129 at book 4 Florida 126 5 Florida Stale 104 6 · TexasA&M 102 · ·7 Texas 82 Torre takes swings at Yanks 8 LSU 79 9. louisville 73 Associated Press the Yankees from J 996- Feb. 3 and is being pub manager and won four 10 BYU 71 2007 before taking over lished by Doubleday. It World Series titles from 11 Kentucky 69 NEW YORK - Joe the Los Angeles Dodgers is not a first-person· 1996-2000. But he was 12 Texas Tech 67 Torre takes some harsh last season, also says he account but instead a offered a one-year con 13 UN! 65 swings at Alex was betrayed by third-person narrative tract with a pay cut 14 Baylor 59 Rodriguez, Brian Cashman, New York's by Verducci based on after the 2007 season, 15 Nebraska 56 longtime general man dozens of interviews following New York's . 16 South Carolina 55 Cashman and the New with Yankees players third straight first 17 Michigan 54 York Yankees in a book ager, the Daily News 18 Kansas Slate 52 due out early next reported on its Web site. and employees, round playoff exit. 19 Arizona 51 month, according to Torre had a hot-and ESPN .com reported, cit Torre turned down the 20 Georgia 49 New York newspaper cold rt:llationship with ing an unidentified proposal, saying he felt 21 GeorgetowtJ 48 reports. Yankees ownership, source. insulted by the offer of 22 Boise State 47 "The Yankee Years" including George In the book, Torre also bonuses based on post 23 Missouri 42 reveals that Rodriguez Steinbrenner, but says Steinbrenner season performance. He 24 UCLA 41 was called "A-Fraud" by Cashman was thought to learned the manager soon agreed to a three 25 Stanford 40 his teammates and the be a consistent ally. The had prostate cancer year contract with the star slugger developed GM did not immediately (during spring training Dodgers and led them to an obsession with short return a phone message 1999) before Torre even the NL championship stop Derek Jeter, the from The Associated had a chance to inform series last year before New York Post and the Press. him. they were eliminated by Women's USFCA College Daily News reported The book, co-authored Torre guided the the Philadelphia Fencing Coaches' Poll Sunday. by Sports Illustrated's Yankees to the postsea Phillies, who went on to Torre, who managed Tom Verducci, is due out son in all 12 years as win the World Series. team points 1 Penn State 10 IN BRIEF 2 NOTRE DAME 9. Seton Hall stuns No. Federer throu2h to Mathew wins Brazil Cup 3 Ohio Slate 8 12 Georgetown 65-60 Aussie quarterfinals tournament by 5 strokes 4 Columbia-Barnard 7 NEWARK, N.J.- Seton Hall celebrat MELBOURNE, Australia- Two sets RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil- Catriona 5 Harvard 6 ed its first Big East victory of the season down. A 6-foot-5 Tomas Berdych rip Matthew, the 39-year-old Scot five 6 Northwestern 5 on the same day it honored its team ping forehand winners and powerful months pregnant with her second 7 Princeton 4 that almost won it all 20 years ago. serves down at him, keeping him on child, won the inaugural HSBC LPGA 8 Temple 3 "We talked for a couple of days with the defensive. Brazil Cup by five shots over Kristy 9 Penn 2 10 Duke 1 the kids about carving a piece of the pie Roger Federer's campaign to equal McPherson of the United States on for themselves," Pirates coach Bobby Pete Sampras' record 14 Grand Slam Sunday. Gonzalez said of the hoopla surround singles titles was in serious jeopardy Matthew had a 3-under 69 on the ing the return of the 1988-89 team that in the fourth round Sunday at the second day of the 36-hole exhibition lost to Michigan in overtime in the Australian Open. tournament to finish at 6-under 138 at national championship game. "We felt On the court where women's No. 1 the ltanhanga Golf Club. McPherson we could get one." Jelena Jankovic was knocked out in was 1-under after shooting a 72. around the dial They did by gutting out a 65-60 victo the day's opening match and No. 3 "When you play well you don't feel ry over No. 12 Georgetown on Sunday Dinara Safina had to save match tired," Matthew said. "Maybe tomor NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL to snap a six-game losing streak. points before advancing, Federer also row I will feel it a bit." "We scratched and clawed and appeared in trouble. She started her final round with a Louisville at Connecticut fought and made it a blood-and-guts Not in his mind. birdie at the first hole and a bogey on 7:30 p.m., ESPN2 possession game. We were desperate "I wasn't thinking of losing, that's the second, but built her lead with for it and pulled it out," Gonzale:z; said. for sure," Federer said after reaching birdies on Nos. 5, 6 and 14. 'The '89 team brought some magic to the quarterfinals with a 4-6, 6-7 (4), McPherson had four birdies and NCAA Men's Basketball the building and gave us a great atmos 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 win. "The finish line was four bogeys in her round, with two of phere." still very far for Tomas. I knew that. the bogeys coming on par-5s. Oklahoma at Oklahoma State The reunion certainly didn't bring "He pushed me to the limit. You've Angela Park finished third in front of 9:00 p.m., ESPN any long-range shooting success to got to hang in there, there's no other her home fans after a 7 5 left her nine either team. solution." shots back. page 14 The Observer + SPORTS Monday, January 26, 2009 'NOMEN'S SWIMMING ND .TRACK & FIELD Irish complete sweep at· Men, women win at home fourth, and freshmen Mitchell ing individual performances By DOUGLAS FARMER Gormley's throw earned him on the team this year. There ~3halllrock Invitational Sports Writer fifth, with distances of 16.93 are great athletes. We have a meters and 16.78 meters, real balanced team and it will In their first scored meet of respectively. be exciting to go to the Big Squad defeats three teams on senzor day the year, both Notre Dame The Irish men qualified four East Championships and see track teams scored 181 individuals in the 1600-meter what we can do as a team." Farrell also held off a tough points, and both took first run as senior Dan Clark fin The Irish women were led • By NATHANIEL LEE field in the 200 free and won place. The other schools ished second with a time of by a brilliant performance by Sports Writer with a touch at 1:51.39. men's and women's teams 4:07.63. Freshmen Jordan junior Joanna Schultz. National swimmer of the also posted identical marks as Carlson crossed the line right Schultz took third in the 60- In commanding fashion week, Samantha Maxwell Michigan State took second, behind him in third with a meters, first in the 200- Notre Dame took full advan conlinued her. individual suc Wisconsin third and time of 4:08.63. meters, and first in the 400- l.age of swimming at home to cess at the Invite. In the 100 Marquette placed fourth. The Irish men middle dis meters, qualifying in both the !; weep Michigan State , breast, a speedy finish gave Friday's Notre Dame tance runners performed just 200-meters and the 400- Denver and West Virginia this Maxwell the win over Invitational saw many Irish as well, qualifying four run meters. weekend at the fourth annual Denver's Emily Kuhr in athletes qualify for the Big ners. Freshmen Jordan Senior Mary Saxer contin :;hamrock Invitational. Wins 1:03.13. She also opened up ~st Championships in less Rincon won the 400-meter ued her strong season as she •)f 259.5-106.5, 233-131 and a quick lead in the 200 than a month. dash with a time of 47.65 and followed her qualifying pole ~65.5-97.5, respectively breast and continued to pull In the men's 800-meter Alex Korenstra finished sixth vaults of last week with a ·aised the No. 24 Irish to an away for one more win. race, five Irish qualified for in 49.69. Senior Bill Buzaid strong performance in the werall record of 6-2 for the Sophomore Heidi Grossman the Big East Championships, and junior Balazs Molnar took long jump. Her second place :lual meet season. and junior Natalie Stitt took led by junior Jack Howard, third and fourth in the 500- jump of 5.57 meters earned "We had three good schools the top two spots in the one who finished third in the race meters, in times of 1:03.45 her a slot at the Big East coming into the Rolfs Aquatic meter dive with scores of with a time of 1:50.84, and and 1:04.58, respectively. Championships as well. center this weekend," Irish 280.70 and 273.20. junior Jim Notwell, finishing The all around success for The Irish teams look to con coach Brian Barnes said. "In "We are getting into the fourth in 1:51.99. the Irish men's team promises tinue with sueh building sue the end. we ' time of the sea Five more Notre Dame ath a bright future. cess next week at the Indiana were tough, son when details letes qualified for the confer "The meet showed we really Helays. and that was become more ence Championships in the arn a complete team this the differ "In the end we were and more impor men's weight throw. year," Buzaid said. ''I'm not Contact Douglas Farmer at ence." tough, and that was tant with the Sophomore Greg Davis took saying there aren't outstand- dfarmer 1 @nd.edu Notre Dame championship started strong the difference. " run. It is impor with an tant to focus in impressive Brian Barnes the individuals NFL win in the Irish coach as parts of the 200 medley whole," Barnes Helay, win- said. "Hight now ning in coaching each Bro-wns hire Kokinis as ne-w GM 1:43.91 Junior Maggie girl individually will lead to Behrens Jed the crew along the most successful postsea Associated Press t h e B r o w n s ' o p e rat i o n s Jets. with sophomores Samantha son possible." department i·n 1 9 91 , was Determined to match a Maxwell, Kellyn Kuhlke and The team's four seniors, CLEVELAND - Baltimore hand-picked by Mangini, coach and GM who ean work Amywren Miller. Lucy Hirt, Claire Hutchinson, pro personnel director who recommended him dur well together after the "The relays performed very Christina Riggins and Casey George Kokinis has been ing his first interview with Homeo Crennel-Phil Savage well this weekend, especially Wagner, were honored by hired as Cleveland's general Browns owner Randy Lerner relationship failed, Lerner is the medleys," Barnes said. "It their teammates with the manager, reuniting him with on Dee. 30. Mangini took teaming up a pair of friends is a good indicator that we dominating wins in their last new Browns eoach and close over as Cleveland's coach on who shared an apartment are having multiple outstand ever home meet. friend Eric Mangini. Jan. 7, just one week after when they first broke into ing individual performances." "It was important for the Kokinis, who began his he was !'ired following three the league and have Building on the team's ear team to help our seniors out NFL career as an intern in -seasons with the New York remained tight. lier success, sophomore Katie with these wins," Barnes Casey edged out Michigan said. "For the seniors it was State's Becca Ebner in the emotional having their last 100 fly for a win in 56.19. home meet, but they didn't The standout sophomore and let it affect the way they defending Big East champion treated the competition." B u d s t r 0 n g e in the 200 fly won that event The Irish are now focused as well in commanding fash on their final dual meet at ion, holding off the field after Michigan on Feb. 7. The meet a fast start for a time of will be the final tune-up for 2:03.00. Notre Dame's swimmers and In the 800 free relay, divers before· the difficult Sophomore Lauren Sylvester task of winning their 13th swam the Irish to an early consecutive Big East lead. Junior Zeina Shanata Championship in Indianapolis and freshman Amy Feb. 18-21. Prestinario held the lead for junior Megan Farrell to close Contact Nathaniel Lee at out the victory in 7:30.04. [email protected] w a n t t 0 b e t t e r u n H 0 w a b 0 u t y 0 u r s A r e y 0 u n t e r e s t e y 0 u r s e I f u n a b I e t I 0 0 k n g f 0 r s 0 m e ! f s 0 y 0 u r e n 0 t p r 0 j e c t n t h e F a m c 0 u p I e s w t h t e e n s t 0 c a I I D r J :U a s c h 0 r J a c k e B a u t e r s a r e m a t f c p t I I I I I I - I I I page 16 The Observer + SPORTS Monday, January 26, 2009 IVIEN'S TENNIS fENCING Irish win one, lose one in Virginia Squads post two Casey [Watt] and Stephen hold on falling by a final of By KATE GRABAREK [Havens] needed to be more 8-7 (9-7). ~ports Writer aggressive and get to the net "Michael Shabaz hits as more often, so we need to clean a ball as you see any wins each in NY The No. 30 Irish earned a provide them patterns to where," Bayliss said. ~· -0 victory over the Tribe of facilitate this for them." "Sanam Singh is also a great By CHRIS MASOUD wins on the day in the epee. William and Mary on For the second straight ball striker. Throw in Huston Older sister Kelley Hurley and Sports Writer ~;aturday, and then dropped match, Keeton Barrick's Ewa Nelip each posted 3-0 a 7-0 decision against No. 5 started at No. 5 serve-and marks, while Hayley Reese led Virginia on Sunday. singles, while "We could not have volley game Making good on his promise the women in the foil. After dropping their season Fitzgerald made played any harder and you earlier in the week that the The fencers carried momen opener last Sunday to his dual-match and we certainly left have a very team would be ready for its tum from Saturday's impressive Pepperdine, the Irish were season debut for strong intercollegiate opener, head performance into the NYU able to bounce back on the Irish winning everything out .on the returning coach Janusz Bednarski and Invitational. Saturday and earn their first in a tiebreaker court." nucleus with the Irish fencing team emerged The women's team finished ''ictory of the season. third set. which to victorious at the St. John's Sunday with a record of 3-2 "I think our guys are han The Irish swept Bobby Bayliss contend." University Duals and the New and an overall record of 5-2 dling the loss to Pepperdine the doubles At No. 1 York University Invitational. against an impressive field. as well as can be expected," point, when No. Irish coach singles The men and women fencers The lady fighters were Jrish coach Bobby Bayliss 37 Helgeson, and Helgeson combined to post a 4-0 record anchored by sophomore Eileen Baid. "We could not have Tyler Davis, defeated the No. matched up against Inglot as they opened their seasons at Hassett and senior Adrienne played any harder and we 52 team in the nation. who is ranked No. 43. After the SJU Duals in Jamaica, New Nott, posting 10 sabre wins and ~~ertainly left everything out Havens and Watt teamed up falling behind early, York. The No.1 Irish men rolled eight foil wins respectively. 'm the court. Certainly we at No. 2 doubles for their vic Helgeson was never able to past No. 4 Columbia 17-10, fol Competing against the best ..vere in a position to win it in tory, and Fitzgerald and recover falling 4-6, 7-5, 10- lowed by a deeisive victory over squads in the country, the 1 couple of matches, but that sophomore Matt Johnson 7. No. 9 St. John's 18-9. men's team lived up to its pre lS the nature of competitive earned the doubles sweep at No. 24 Singh was able to The Irish were equally suc season ranking by finishing 5-0 ;;ports." three doubles. defeat Havens at No. 2 sin cessful on the women's side as on the day for a perfect 7-0 A year ago, the Irish In Sunday's match that gles 6-1, 6-0, while No. 112 the No. 2 women cruised by No. start to the season. dropped their match to began with doubles, Johnson Stahl fell to No. 11 Shabaz by 4 Columbia-Barnard 18-9, Crossing sabers against NYU William and Mary. Bayliss and Fitzgerald dropped their a score of 6-1, 6-2. before defeating St. John's by a (21-6), No.3 Ohio State (15-12), noted that this was not one No. 3 doubles match to Lee Watt was faced with No. 68 margin of 18-9. Stevens Tech (22-5), Columbia of the team's best matches. Singer and Drew Courtney by Barrick at No. 4 singles los Led by freshman foiler Enzo (15-12), and Yale (23-4), the However, a year later the a score of 8-2. ing 6-4, 6-2. No. 109 Singer Castellani, who amassed five young core once again carried team looked dominant earn Virginia was able to claim defeated Fitzgerald and No. victories in his Irish debut, the the men to victory. ing singles wins from, senior the doubles point with a vic 5 singles, while sophomore men's win over St. John's was Continuing his hot streak, Brett Helgeson, sophomores tory by its No. 3 ranked dou David Anderson dropped his the 1,200th in program history. Zuck led the way for the men Stephen Havens and Dan bles team of Sanam Singh match at No. 6 singles by the Senior Bill Thanhouser and with a 9-1 mark on the day in Stahl and freshmen Casey and Huston Barrick over same score. sophomore Avery Zuck each the men's sabre. Sophomores Watt, Sam Keeton and Niall Helgeson and Davis by a The Irish will next play went 2-0 in the sabre division Jacob Osborne and Andrew Fitzgerald. score of 8-4. host to No. 11 Florida State as they piloted the Irish to a 6-3 Seroff each had seven wins in "Each of our guys had Havens and Watt took an on Wednesday. mark in the weapon. the epee weapon. some shortcomings which early 3-2 lead over No. 27 Highly touted freshman are correctable," Bayliss Dominic Inglot and Michael Contact Kate Grabarek at Courtney Hurley kicked ol'f her Contact Chris Masoud at said. "For example, both Shabaz, but were not able to kgrabaO 1 @stmarys.edu Notre Dame career with six [email protected] 2008-2009 TERRENCE R. KEELEY VISITING VATICAN LECTURE SPONSORED BY THE NANOVIC INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES Catholicism and Secularism in Contemporary Europe ARCHBISHOP ANGELO AMATO, S.D.B. PREFECT OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2009 7:30PM, HESBURGH CENTER AUDITORIUM l**:lUNIVERSITY OF WNOTREDAME http: II nan ovi c. nd. ed u ------Monday, January 26, 2009 The Observer + SPORTS page 17 on Saturday prior to its wins in six events .. In the first thrilling win in the grand event of the night, the Irish Sha01rock finale. Wood fought off Denver team of Lyttle, Hoffman, senior continued from page 20 senior Daniel Vollmer in the Danny Lutkus, and junior David final lap of the 100 backstroke Anderson took first place hon for that. But it only got that far, to seal the win with a time of ors in the 200 freestyle relay. because everybody stepped up 50.94. Lyttle finished first once again big time, which made this a Sophomore Andrew Deters in the 50 freestyle with a time giant step for our team." also found himself in a close of 20.86 while freshman Kevin Coach Welsh was pleased race in the 1650 freestyle, Rahill finished second with a with the team's defeating season best time of 21.06. strong effort, Denver fresh Notre Dame continued its which he viewed man Clayton string of impressive diving per as excellent "... We couldn't Myers by eight formances, as senior Michael preparation for imagine a better tenths of a sec Bulfin, sophomore Eric Lex, the Big East preparation Jot ond in a race and junior Caleb· Dunnichay Conference where the top finished in .the top three spots. Championships a conference two finishers Bulfin broke his own school in February. championship. " came in nearly record on the one-meter board "In terms of 20 seconds in his final dive at home. preparation, we Tim Welsh ahead of the rest Notre Dame returns to action Wed, Jan 281 Thurs, Jan 291 Fri, Jan 30 told the team Irish coach of the field. with a friendly swim against that we couldn't Sophomore S11int Mary's and Olivet on Washington Hall I 7:30 p.m. imagine a better Michael Sullivan February 7 at the Rolfs Aquatic preparation for a conference had Notre Dame's fourth win of Center. Full Price $20 I Faculty/Staff $18 I Students $12 championship than to have a the day, finishing over two sec three-session meet over every onds ahead of the field in the Contact Mike Gotimer at 574-631-2800 I www.performingarts.nd.edu event in the conference cham 200 backstroke, while Wood [email protected] pionship come down to the last and sophomore Christopher event. So we think win, win, Wills finished third and fourth, win all the way along." respectively. Notre Dame recorded three In Friday night's opening ses additional first place finishes sion, the Irish recorded three are seen as tougher teams to beat like Hope and Calvin, but Trine we go into every game with the continued from page 20 attitude that w~ need to play our best in order to win, regardless Olivet on Saturday to improve to of the team we're put up 5-4. against." With 7:47 left in the first half Saint Mary's opened its confer senior Katie Rashid hit a tie ence schedule with a win over breaking layup to put the Belles Trine in December and since on top for good. Going into the then have only lost to Albion in locker room at MIAAplay. the half the While the Belles main Belles can't get tained a 36-31 "Some teams are seen their revenge lead. as tougher to beat like against Albion The Thunder Hope and Calvin, but we u n t i I fought go into every game with Valentine's throughout the Day, they will second half but the attitude that we begin looking were never need to play our best in ahnad to this ablo to pull order to win, regardless week's games, within a basket that includes of the Belles. of the we're up against." Calvin, and Junior Anna their aHh Kammrath Muffet McGraw rivals in the proved to be a Irish coach conference big force down Hope College. the stretch Hopf1 is cur scoring 1 0 of her 13 points in rently ranked eighth in the Div. the second half to put Trine III standings with a record of 12- away. 1, their only loss coming to the Freshman Patsy Mahoney also Belles back on Jan. 3. pulled her weight chipping in The Belles put their two-game Mishawaka • 4810 Grape Rd. with 12 points. winnings streak against Calvin Seniors Erin Newsom and on the line Wednesday night, fol 574.271.1330 Nicole Beier led all scorers with lowed by a showdown with Hope fifteen points each. on Saturday. "I think we see all the confer ence teams as big rivals," Contact Katelyn Grabarek at Newsom said. "Some schools kgrabaO 1 @saintmarys.edu LEPRECHAUN LEGION ....------ page 18 The Observer + SPORTS Monday, January 26, 2009 points in two minutes helped the game close. The Irish did an win streak. All the ingredients the Wildcats extend their lead admirable job of containing a • were on the table - good r~ova to eight, but the Irish started Snapped bigger, quicker Connecticut defensive play, a rabid crowd - continued from page 20 another. run, capped by a continued from page 20 team for most of the game. but one was missing: the dagger Lechlitner 3-pointer, to make The Huskies shot just 40 per three-pointer. In the past, such 4· 2 in the Big East, and has lost the score 49-48 with 2:56 going to salvage a victory like it cent from the floor. runs included a basket like this two of its last three games. remaining . did when Luke Harangody stole "Forty percent field goal per from guard Kyle· McAlarney or Villanova improved to 11-8 and . But Notre Dame didn't score the ball in the waning moments centage defense - that gave us forward Ryan Ayers, baskets 3-2 in conference play and beat again. Kurz made a layup and of regulation in an overtime win a chance," that would pu~ it> first ranked team of the sea two free throws, the Irish over Providence. After Walker's Brey said. "We Notre Dame son. couldn't convert an offensive basket there was just a chilling were hanging "I had some great looks ahead, keep Wildcats senior forward rebound into points and silence, a silence almost as cold around the that I think if I had the fans on Laura Kurz led the Wildcats Lechlitner turned the ball over as Notre Dame was from the whole time, knocked them down their feet and "ith 16 points and was one of down five with 28 seconds left. field. that gave us a cause opposing four Wildcats Getty sank two The Irish shot just 25-for-76 chance. would've definitely coached to call to hit four 3- foul shots to (32.9 percent) for the night. Jamming up changed the climate of a timeout. On point shots in extend the Take away Harangody's 10-for- the lane, help the game." Saturday, the t 1e game. "That's disapp.ointing lead to seven 23, 24-point performance and ing our big opportunities Senior for that we missed eight and seal the Tyrone Nash's four field goals guys coming were there, ward Lisa free throws, especially game. when the game was practically down, giving Kyle McAiarney the shots just Karcic and "I always over, and Notre Dame shot just up jump Irish senior didn't fall. junior guard when it's such a small feel like we 11-for-49 (22.4 percent). shots." "I had some Maria Getty margin of victory." got a great Irish coach Mike Brey said But Notre great looks each had shot and we Connecticut's tall, physical pres Dame's offense, or lack thereof, that I think if I had knocked eight points. missed it," ence in the form of 7 -foot-3 proved to be the difference, Muffet McGraw them down would've definitely Junior McGraw said Hasheem Thabeet and Jeff especially during a second half changed the climate of the ~;uard Ashley Irish coach of the offen- Adrien, who finished with 12 stretch where the Irish failed to game," McAlarney said. Barlow sive rebound. points and 19 rebounds, forced score a field goal for 6:34. A McAlarney finished the game ~cored 11 "You have no Notre Dame to rely on its shoot Luke Zeller jumper snapped the 3-for-15 from the field, Ayers points and senior guard control over whether the ball ing, which wasn't there drought with 2:20 left in the was 1-for-10. Forward Zach lindsay Schrader had nine, but goes in or not. The control is Saturday. And when a team game, but by then Notre Dame Hillesland finished 1-for-5 for the Irish offense largely fell flat the hard work you do to get it. shoots like the Irish did was too far behind to mount a two points. Saturday. The team shot 32.7 What deflated us was they went Saturday, they stand little significant comeback. Notre Dame has no time for percent from field goal range down to the other end and got chance of "I thought sulking, as it tips off against (and 25 percent in the first half) a layup." beating the we got some Marquette tonight at 7 p.m. The and made only 63.6 percent of Both Lechlitner and sopho Huskies. clean, really Golden Eagles are undefeated its free throws. more forward Becca "Defensively "I thought we got some good jump in Big East play and have basi "Free throws are mostly con Bruszewski got in foul trouble they're tricky shot looks," cally the same team that defeat eentration and focus," McGraw in the second half. Lechlitner because the clean, really good Brey said. "It ed Notre Dame in two of three 1;aid. "That's was called for big guy back jump-shot looks." was hard to matchups last season. disappointing her fourth there kind of get anything in Jerome Dyson led all :hat we foul with 6:49 changes the paint Connecticut scorers with 15 Mike Brey missed eight "! always feel like we left in the things," Brey against them. points. Thabeet finished with free throws, game, and said, referring Irish coach That's no dif- nine points, 11 rebounds and especially got a great shot and we Bruszewski to Thabeet. ferent than five blocked shots. when it's such missed it. " played with "You're mov- anybody in this a small mar four fouls ing a little bit league playing Note: gin of victo Muffet McGraw since the 9:22 differently with him in there." them, when you have to live + Brey said in his post-game ry." mark. Harangody was Notre Dame's outside that paint, you really do press conference that he'd like Villanova, Irish coach Notre Dame one constant on the offensive have to shoot it well. When to use both Nash, who finished in contrast, trailed by two end. In addition to his 24 we've beaten them with that with eight points in two min made 9-of-11 halfway points, Harangody had 15 size, we shot the hell out of the utes, and Carleton Scott a little foul shots. through the rebounds, battling against ball, but tonight we needed more against Marquette. He Schrader shot 3-of-11 from first half, but two 3-pointers Thabeet in the low post. some more." also said a starting lineup the field and no Irish player and a jumper extended Harangody found ways to score A number of times in the sec change is not out of the ques made more than three field Villanova's lead to 21-11 with against Thabeet, whether by ond half, Notre Dame was on tion for tonight's game. goals. Freshman forward Erica 7:38 left in the half. Notre reverse layup, hook shots or the verge of putting together a Solomon did grab a career-high Dame started scoring again in stepping outside to hit two 3s. large run to take the lead, as it Contact Chris Hine at 10 rebounds in addition to her the final five minutes of the Notre Dame's defense kept had so many times during the [email protected] five points. half, when junior center Erica This game marked Notre Williamson sank two layup and Dame's lowest point total of the Barlow hit two free throws. The Winter Career a_nd Internship Fair is quickly approaching! Come get some last season. Its previous low was Karcic and Kurz, however, 62, in wins over LSU and wouldn't let the Irish close the minute tips about securing an internship position, and advice to make the Purdue. gap, and a string of fouls Notre Dame put together a 9- against Notre Dame in the final experience meaningful. 0 run to pull within a point of minutes squashed any hopes of the Wildcats, who never trailed, a run. Notre Dame trailed 30- and made the score 38-37 20 at the break. Villanova with 8:54 remaining in the game. Villanova senior Contact Bill Brink at guard Siobhan O'Connor's six [email protected] How to Land and Maximize Your .x.-ra. ~~~-rr:;n~ r Thanks to a generous gift from the Albert Ravarino tiunily, the Italian Studies Program Manager at General Mills is pleao;ed to announce the year 2009 annual competition for travel in support of summer research and foreign study in Italy. Grants will be made in amounts not to exceed $3.000, and will not nonnally cover all expenses. 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A sudden hush came over at the top of the MIAA tu e crowd at the Joyce Center Conference. a~; the basket all but confirmed The win keeps Saint Mary's the sobering fact that Notre tied for first place in the confer Dame's 45-game home winning ence with Hope also having one sueak was about to end loss. S1turday. "In this league you can't over A few minutes later, look anyone," Belles coach Jen Connecticut left Notre Dame Henley said. "Records and with a 69-61 win. standings never truly indicate There was no late run as the strength of a team." here wiS'to save last year's The loss dropped Trine to 4-5 game against Pittsburgh, and in conference play, which puts u o quick-thinking play was them in sixth place in the con IAN GAVLICK!fhe Observer ference after Adrian defeated Connecticut junor Jerome Dyson skies over Irish guard Tory Jackson for two of his 15 see SNAPPED/page. 18 points in the Huskies' 69-61 win over Notre Dame Saturday night in the Joyce Center. see TRINE/page 17 -======1'10 WOMEN'S TENNIS Irish start season right with big win over the Buckeyes come any initial mental blocks. think we will only improve as 3, 6-2. Krisik did so as well Kristin Rafael," Tefft said. By DOUGLAS FARMER The match opened with dou the semester continues." with scores of 6-2, 7-5. "She won fairly easily at four, Sports Writer bles play. The nation's number The Irish split the two Sophomore Kristin Hafael won so I was really excited about one-ranked doubles pair, Notre remaining doubles matches handily in the four-spot, 6-1, that. If we get her winning A good start to a season does Dame's own senior Kelcy Tefft with the Buckeyes. Junior 6-3. consistently it will really help not insure a good finish, but it and freshmen Kristy Frilling, Colleen Riellcy and freshmen Tefft prevailed 6-1, 6-3, and our team as a whole." docs bode well. In their season won 8-3. The pair has only Shannon Matthews earned an finally Frilling fought to a 7-5, The 1-0 Irish now have a opener on Sunday, No. 17 been playing together since 8-2 victory, while Juniors 3-6, 1-0 (10-6) triumph. week off before they travel to Notre Dame defeated No. 32 this fall, yet obviously show Cosmina Ciobanu and Kali The sole Buckeyes point take on Pepperdine on Ohio State 6-1 at Ohio State. great promise. Krisik suffered an 8-6 defeat. came as Hielley was defeated Saturday. The Irish wanted to open the "The two of us gelled really As for the singles, the Irish by Ohio State's Angela season with a victory to build well from the beginning," Tefft performed very well across the DiPastina 6-2, 6-3. Contact Doug Farmer at some momentum and to over- said. ''I'm excited bee a use I· board. Matthews won easily, 6- "J was really excited for dfarmer 1 @nd.edu NO WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MEN'S SWIMMING Villanova pulls off upset ND doubfes vvin total 3-point shooting leads in final meet at home underdog Wildcats after the final session on past favored ND team Seniors lead the way Saturday night. Although the Irish defeated By BILL BRINK as team sweeps at the both the Spartans and Sports Editor Shamrock Invitational Mountaineers by more than 90 points, the Irish needed four victories in their last two ses Villanova's three 3-pointers in By MIKE GOTIMER the flrst four minutes established sions to seal a 10 point win a trend: the Wildcats ·would Sports Writer over Denver. The clincher came shoot threes until they were when the Notre Dame relay stopped. The Notre Dame men's swim team of senior Jeff Wood, jun They kept making them, and ming and diving team doubled iors John Lyttle and Andrew their long-range shooting upset its win total for the season with Hoffman, and sophomore No. 13 Notre Dame, 55-48, a sweep in the Shamrock Joshua Nosal finished first in Saturday at The Pavilion in Invitational at the Holfs Aquatic the 400 freestyle relay, out Villanova, Pa. Villanova shot 37 Center this weekend. touching Denver by just over percent from 3-point range and The Irish improved to 6-6 on half a second. finished with 10 threes in the the season with wins over "What we've been looking for game. Denver, Miehigan State and all season is a meet where we "That's their game," Notre West Virginia. could take a giant step and Dame coach Muffet McGraw The wins wore a big lift for these three sessions have said. "I actually thought we did a the Notre Dame squad, which helped us do that. We talked decent job holding them to 55 had yet to earn a win in 2009 during today's break about how points." . entering the weekend. the meet would come down to Notre Dame dropped to 15-3, IAN GAVLICK!fhe Observer "The meet tonight was the last relay, so we prepared Irish senior Ashley Barlow pulls up for a jump shot in extremely good for the team," - see NOVA/page 18 Notre Dame's 70-67 win over St. John's Jan. 17 at home. Irish coach Tim Welsh said see SHAMROCK/page 17