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Crime and I?fj -X A s ix-part s er ie s on discipline at Notre Dame

Notre Dame rules, regulations stir discontentEditor’s Note: In order to offer

an honest, candid portrayal o f discip line at Notre Dame, The Observer granted anonym ity to several sources who will appear in this series. The Observer fe lt it was essential to include these sources' perspectives in a fair, w ell-rounded report, but they would only speak on the condi­tion o f anonym ity because they fe a r e d repercussions fro m the University.

By MADDIE HANNAAssociate News Editor

T h e r e ’s d y s fu n c t io n in th e Notre Dame family.

A b u z z in g u n d e r c u r r e n t of f r u s t r a t i o n a n d c o n fu s io n regarding the University’s disci­plinary procedures flows from s tu d e n t to s tu d e n t , p u zz l in g administrators.

Sometimes the resen tm ent is

so s trong it colors a s tu d e n t’s entire Notre Dame experience.

“This i s n ’t the Notre Dame that the alumni talk about," said a m ale sen io r who wished to r e m a in a n o n y m o u s . “I d o n ’t want to say it’s absolutely te rr i­ble.

“But had I not gone abroad, done Bengal Bouts or met peo­ple at work, I would have said, *1 w ish I w e n t to a n o t h e r school.’”

Notre Dame’s rules and regu­lations — explicitly outlined in duLac, the University’s official handbook — are simultaneously con ten tious to som e s tu d e n ts and fore ign to o th e rs , w hose only experiences with discipline are second-hand stories spread by word of mouth.

“T h e r e ’s u rb a n legends , or lore, that goes around campus,” A sso c ia te Vice P r e s id e n t of Student Affairs Bill Kirk said.

T here’s also disillusionment, a sentiment shared by a surpris­

ingly large num ber of students that does not always trickle up to th e M ain Build ing , w h e re a d m i n i s t r a t o r s a r e qu ick to praise Notre Dame’s residential community and the support — if also c o n s t ra in t — it p rovides undergraduates.

“I think that students, gener­ally s p e a k in g , r e s p e c t [ the U n iv e rs i ty ’s ru le s ] , an d they u n d e r s t a n d th e m , a n d th ey ch o o se to live on c a m p u s ... We’re chock full. We don’t have any s p a c e in th e r e s id e n c e halls ,” Kirk said. “I think that students like campus life. They enjoy being on cam pus in the residence hall, in pa r t because there’s a sense of order and dis­cipline.”

M any s t u d e n t s do s u p p o r t Notre Dame’s unique residential sy s te m — a foca l p o in t in A dm iss ions Office b ro c h u re s and a campus tour must-men-

see DISCIPLINE/page 9

University reduces seats for studentsN D will allot 3,000 spots at final two pep rallies

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Students attend a 20 0 2 football pep rally in the Joyce Center. New ticketing rules allow for 3 ,0 0 0 student seats at today’s event.

By KATIE PERRYAssistant News Editor

Due to the recen t decline in student attendance, today’s foot­ball pep rally will g u a ra n te e designated seating for approxi­m ately 3,000 s tu d en ts — ju s t half of was allotted for students at the last pep rally.

The new pep rally ticket dis­tribution system, which debuted Nov. 4, allowed for a specific a m o u n t of s tu d e n t s e a ts and required non-students to wait in line to obtain a ticket prior to the event. The number of avail­able general seating tickets was ca lcu la ted by su b tra c t in g the es tim ated num ber of s tudents

from the 10,000 seats available in the Joyce Center for the rally.

Problems arose after the esti­m a te d n u m b e r of s tu d e n t s proved to be a gross overesti­m a te of th e a c tu a l s t u d e n t attendance. Consequently, some Irish fans w ere tu rn e d aw ay despite sections left vacant by s t u d e n t s w ho o p te d no t to attend.

S tudent body vice p res iden t Lizzi Shappell said the decision m ad e th is w eek to m in im ize sea t ing in s tu d en t sections to3,000 was based on attendance a t th e T e n n e s s e e pep rally , which garnered 2,400 students.

“W hile th is [new] n u m b e r

see RALLIES/page 8

Pangborn rector is one of a kindFirst black female dorm leader refers to experience as 'history in the making'

By KATE ANTONACCIAssociate News Editor

K u u k u a Y om ekpea n s w e re d two ca lls w h en she took the job as rector of Pangborn Hall — a call back into working ministry with college students, and a liter­al call from Sister Jean Lenz, a ss is tan t vice p res id en t of student affairs, urging her to complete a rec to r app lica­tion.

Yompke had been working as an e d i to r for C hase M anhattan and was “quite happy” with the 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. na tu re of the job. On the r e c o m m e n d a t io n o f a f r ie n d w ho h ad a t t e n d e d

see RECTOR/page 6

Irish-Navy ties run deepBy KATIE STUHLDREHERNews W riter

Saturday’s home football game against the U.S. Naval Academy will continue one of the longest- running college football rivalries in the nation, one that began in 1927 and initiated a tradition that lives on via annual matchups.

But these two respected institu­tions share much more than a yearly football game.

One look around Notre Dame’s campus will reveal its deep ties to the U.S. Navy.The Rockne M e m o r i a l b e a r s the sea l of the N a v a l Academy — along withthat of West „Point - to PaSe 3c o m m e m o ­rate the great rivalries that exist­

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ed between the three powerhous­es during the Knute Rockne era.

A pa ir of Navy-Notre Dame football tickets is buried in the c o rn e rs to n e of the Rockne Memorial, and the campus power plant still uses two World War II era diesel generators from Navy submarines.

The rivalry dates back to 1913, w hen a fo r tu n a te open ing in Army’s schedule allowed the Irish

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Pangborn rector Kuukua Yomekpe, originally from Ghana, is the first black female to hold a rector position at the University.

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I n s i d e C o l u m n

Advice you should ignore

We all have friends and relatives who give bad advice. I’ve been lucky enough to get some horrible advice over the past few years, and this is some of the worst of it.

“Always expectthe worst case see- „ . „nano, and then you won’t ever be disappointed.”This is sort of like saying, “the glass was half full until you knocked it on the floor and stepped on it.”

Despite the fact that this statement makes logical sense, this is probably the single most pessimistic quip I’ve ever come across, next to things I’ve heard from ex-girlfriends during the breakup process. If someone tells you this, they probably hate you.

“Set really easy goals in life so you always feel accomplished.” This is a guaranteed recipe for deep, clinical depression. It’s kind of like writing things you’ve already done on a to-do list — well, let’s be honest, we all do that. But seriously, how can you ever accomplish anything if everything you want to do is easy?

“Let your life be a study in the path of least resistance.” 1 actually went through a period, circa winter of fresh­man year, where this was pretty much my motto. I slept until four in the after­noon and the only class I went to was volleyball — sort of like Matt Leinart but without the added benefit of hang­ing out with Jessica Simpson. If you come away with anything from this article, let it be abhorrence for sloth.

“Never confuse your GPA with your self-worth. ” I actually agreed with this one until I realized that no on hires people with a 2.6 GPA. So for the per­son who told me this I ask one thing: What is someone worth when they are $70,000 in debt, mowing grass for a living and living with their parents? While I don’t fit this criteria exactly, I must admit that GPA and self-worth may indeed be correlated to some extent.

“Just be yourself and you can never make a bad impression.” OK, I’m sorry but this just isn’t true. 1 know plenty of people that would make the worst impression possible by being theselves. Call me overly critical, but if you gen­uinely want to spend afternoons sitting on the quad, drinking an adult bever­age, while attaching a pornographic magazine to a fishing pole and harass­ing unsuspecting campus visitors when they try to pick it up and you simulta­neously pull it away, laughing and yelling “Pervert!” you probably should­n ’t tell that to — oh, I don’t know — an interviewer. It’s just bad politics.

If you’ve heard any of these before, I’m sorry to conjure up any bad feel­ings you may have. I had to find out that these are BS the hard way, so for anyone who’s a stranger to these awful pieces of advice you are oh-so-very welcome.

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TORONTO — A Canadian bank robber, who politely presents a hold-up note on a re c ip e c a rd , h a s h i t 29 banks in four months, police said on Thursday.

The unidentified m an is th e m ain su sp e c t beh in d two bank heists in Toronto on Wednesday and 27 other robberies in the region since August.

The suspect waits his turn in l ine a n d , once a t the te l le r , q u ie t ly m a k e s his in te n t io n s know n on a recipe card. He has never shown a gun.

The clean-shaven robber, who looks around 30 years old, usually w ears a base­

ball cap and sometimes sun­glasses.

“[The police are] very con­fident something will h a p ­pen shortly,” said Toronto police spokeswoman Wendy Drummond.

“They’re pulling out all the stops here,” she said.

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Jailed m an w in s sc h o o l board election

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The w in n e r of a school board election d id n ’t cam paign , attend forums or even go to any school board meetings before the vote — because

he was in jail.Randy Logan Hale won

831 votes in Tuesday’s elec­tion, securing one of three open seats on the Romoland School District Board in a community about 70 miles north of San Diego.

“T his is w ild , h e 'l l be glad,” said his wife, Penny.

Hale, 40, was returned to prison in September for vio­lating his paro le on 1998 con v ic t io n s for sp o u sa l abuse and drug possession, the California Institution for Men in Chino said, and is due to be released Feb. 15. He declared his candidacy in August.

In fo rm a tio n c o m p iled from the Associated Press.

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Campus anticipates traditional matchupBy MOLLY LAMPINGNews W riter

As a school deeply rooted in the values of t rad it ion , Notre Dame's on-campus atmosphere th is w e e k e n d will be o ne of excitement when the Irish take on Navy as part of the historical rivalry between the two teams, students said.

Not only do Notre Dame and the Midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy have the longest continuous intersectional rivalry in the country — a mark set at 79 games — but the Irish also hold the NCAA record for most consecutive wins against one opponent, with 41 wins in a row versus Navy.

Students said the streak is a main draw for the matchup.

“I just want to keep the streak alive,” f reshm an Clare Heintz said.

Navy’s last win in the series cam e in 1963, when lle ism an Trophy winner Roger Staubach lifted the Midshipmen to victory 35-14 in Notre Dame Stadium.

Although Navy is unranked in all major polls, the Irish are not taking this game lightly — and neither are some students.

“I think that this will be a fun gam e to w a tc h , a s a lw a y s ,” freshman Drew Tuckett said.

Some students said despite the storied rivalry of the two teams, fan e n e rg y will p ro b a b ly be lower than in the case of more

hyped-up games this season.“The Notre Dame/Navy game

brings a lot of tradition to cam­pus, which always makes for a good match-up,” freshman Katie Mclnerney said. “[But] nothing can possibly live up to the USC game as far as excitement goes.”

F re sh m a n Emily P erry said she “cannot wait” to cheer the Irish on to victory Saturday — even if h e r c la s s m a te s d o n ’t share in her excitement.

“Other students are not quite as excited for this [weekend], as the Irish have already taken on all of the ir ra n k ed opponen ts this season,” she said.

Lackluster expecta tions will cause some students to skip the game altogether.

“ I t r a d e d in my t ic k e t and decided not to go because I don’t think that this is even going to be c lo s e ,” f r e s h m a n J e s s ic a Billings said.

Despite the va r ied levels of a n t i c ip a t io n , s t u d e n t s a lso expressed respect for Navy team members as American military personnel.

“The thing th a t I love about the Navy game is that, no matter what happens [on the field], you know they a r e f igh ting for a good c a u s e , ” j u n io r M elissa C h an d le r sa id . “Even though we’re playing [against] them on the field, we are always on their side.”

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Speakers address eating disordersSpecialists, students gather to discuss nutrition and body image

By JA C L Y N N E M A D D E NNews W riter

Eating Disorder Awareness Week came to a close Thursday after several students and fac­ulty members participated in a fishbowl d iscussion en tit led , “360°: Perspectives on Eating D i s o r d e r s ” a t N o r th D in ing Hall.

Valerie S tap les , the ea t ing d i s o r d e r s s p e c ia l i s t a t th e University Counseling Center, addressed the troubles students can encounter when deciding w h e th e r to c o n ­f ro n t a f r ie n d about their eating disorder.

“P eo p le ge t very good at hid­ing t h e i r d i s o r ­der,” Staples said.“However, som e­t im e s th e i r b e h a v i o r becomes so auto­m a t ic t h a t they a r e no t even aw are of what they are doing ... They need to hear that you are really worried about what is going on and th a t you a re noticing a problem.”

S o p h o m o re s p e a k e r E rin Hankins said she he lped he r friends through their disorders even th o u g h sh e c o u ld n ’t always re la te to the ir experi­ences.

“I realized that the one thing

“People g e t ve ry g o o d a t h iding th e ir disorder. ”

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I could do for them was listen,” she said. “It is really hard to help someone through this, but the best thing I know I can do is listen.”

Steve T or to re l lo , a s o p h o ­more, add ressed male issues and said eating disorders a ren’t limited to women.

“This is such a physically fit c am pus an d so m any people are varsity a th le tes ,” he said. “If you go to play shirts versus skins at the Rock, and five guys take the ir sh ir ts off, th ree of them look like He-Man. If you are not physically fit, that can

be very intimidat­in g an d th e n a sort of mentality p e r m e a t e s t h a t you should be in shape yourself.”

H e a t h e r Rakoczy, Director of th e G e n d e r Relations Center, said just because someone may be bu l im ic o r anorexic does not

mean they have the same char­acteristics for their disorder as som eone else with the sam e problem.

“If we assume that every case of eating disorder is exactly the same, that every person experi­en ce an d sy m p to m s a r e the same, then the way we address t h e i r p ro b le m s will be the same,” she said. “Each particu­lar story requires a particular

response and we need to take into careful consider that what we hear in one case in not uni­versal.”

Junior Ali Wishon — organiz­er of the Awareness Week and who suffered from an ea t ing disorder herself — said there is also a lingering problem of eat­ing disorders being the popular punch line to jokes in our socie­ty-

“Every time I hea r someone make a joke or continue to per­petuate the culture of unattain­able beauty, it makes it difficult for me to stay in recovery,” she said. “This is also something we n eed to be co n c e rn e d ab o u t because it m akes people who do have a disorder less likely to sp eak up and adm it to th e ir problem because they feel like they are going to be the butt of the joke.”

S p e a k e r s h o p ed th o s e in a t te n d a n c e would take away valuable information from the discussion.

“I hope that people leave the discussion having learned vital information about eating disor­ders, the contributing factors, how to h e lp a f r ie n d , th e specifics of the Notre Dame cul­ture that make eating disorders so prevalent, and will continue the discussion in the ir dorms [and] w ith f r ie n d s ,” W ishon said.

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Saint Mary's seniors to host 'Navy Dance'By LIZ HARTERNews W riter

The Sisters of the Holy Cross and the United States Navy have long had a close connection, so it was only natural for them con­vince Saint Mary’s to host a party for the midshipmen visiting the a re a for S a tu rday ’s traditional football game.

The relationship stems back to the Civil War, when the Sisters served as naval nurses. Two sis­ters living in the campus convent served in the Navy prior to join­ing the Order.

Sister Rose Anne Schultz, vice president for mission, said the subject of a party was brought up two years ago when Notre Dame played the Naval Academ y at home.

Sister Jean Louise Forkin and Patricia Heiberger — directors of the confirm ation p rog ram for m id sh ip m e n a t th e Naval Academy — contacted Schultz and Assistant Director of Student Activities Francis Bruder to see if the administration and students approved the idea.

“This is not a frivolous thing,” Schu ltz sa id . “This h a s b een p la n n e d an d c o m m u n ic a te d between the schools for a couple of years now.”

The Navy d ru m a n d bugle corps, cheerleaders and glee club will arrive in South Bend today and make up the majority of mid­shipmen attending the dance.

Schultz said while many s tu ­dents from the Naval Academy will be in town for the game, not every m id sh ip m a n is ab le to attend the historical matchup this weekend. Those allowed to travel were chosen based on their aca­demic standing at the Academy.

Senior class president Lauren Condon said everyone was excit­ed when the idea was first pre­sented to the board. The board unanimously approved the event a n d e a g e r ly a n t ic ip a te s the opportunity to host the approxi­mately 200 midshipmen, senior Lynn Sikora said.

S en io r M eghan Daley sa id a l th o u g h she c a n ’t go to the dance, she wishes she could, as she is “a big fan of men in uni­form — for patriotic reasons of course.”

L eeann Godfrey, Jack ie P a u n ic k a a n d M onica Beil p lanned the event, which will take place tonight from 9 p.m. to 12 a .m . in th e S a in t M ary ’s Student Center Lounge.

Though the dance was initially for seniors only, Condon said the first 50 juniors to purchase a $5 ticket to the event can attend.

Tickets are on sale today until 4 p.m. for $3, with the cost increas­ing to $5 when purchased at the door. S tudents a re allowed to bring friends who do not attend Saint Mary’s and dates as long as they too are juniors and seniors in college.

Contact Liz Harter at lharte01@saintmarys.edu

Historyco n t in u ed from page 1

to play th e ir f irst big gam e against a national football giant. Notre Dame’s impressive win led to an annual meeting between the two teams.

In 1926, Rockne’s Irish dropped only one game in an unlikely loss to Carnegie Tech — but Rockne was not present at that game. In s tead , he w as in Chicago watching Navy win the national championship over Army and setting his sights on challenging the new heavyweight.

T h a t sp ring , the Naval Academy invited Rockne to be the keynote speaker at its annual N Club dinner, thus melding the two schools’ desires play each other.

On Oct. 15, 1927, the Irish defeated the defending national champions and took home the Stadium Football Trophy made especially for the highly touted match. The trophy still proudly sits on display in the trophy case in the Rockne Memorial.

In 1930, Notre Dame invited Navy to be its opponent in the game marking the formal dedica­tion of Notre Dame Stadium.

But with the outbreak of World War II, Notre Dame’s football field was used for marching to military drills as often as it w as for marching “onward to victory.” In 1943, enrollment plummeted to the same levels experienced at the he igh t of the G rea t D epression — a 20 p e rc e n t decline since 1940.

The Naval A cadem y w as unable to meet the rising demand for educated officers during the war and established one of the first Naval ROTC (NROTC) pro­

g ram s in the nation at Notre Dame in 1941.

Betw een 1942 and 1946, approximately 12,000 officers completed their training at Notre Dame and se rved overseas . Civilian students agreed to dou­ble-bunk in a lready cram ped dorm rooms to make room for the influx of officer candidates.

The tradition of training naval officers has remained constant over the years at Notre Dame.

“O ther th a n the Naval Academy, Notre Dame has com­missioned more officers in the Navy than any other school,” said Commander Jeff Morris, execu­tive officer of NROTC. “That’s a p roud accom plishm ent and a long legacy of academic and pro­fessional achievement.”

Junior NROTC student Victoria Danielsky said Notre Dame primes officers with campus val­ues.

“Notre Dame has a history of excellence not only with acade­mia and athletics, but of produc­ing Naval Officers with high morals, discipline, intelligence and athleticism,” she said.

Due to the needed help during war years and strong tradition of naval training a t Notre Dame since, the Irish agreed to play Navy every y ea r both team s desired to meet. Even though the c u r re n t overall record favors Notre Dame, and the most recent Navy victory came in 1963, the traditional game remains one of the most anticipated of the sea­son.

“Tradition is very strong at both schools and part of that tradition includes playing football against each other every year, ” Morris said. “T h a t a lone should be enough reason to continue the series.”

Andrew Todd-Smith, former

Notre Dame student and aviation electrician mate E3 airman in the U.S. Navy, said the rivalry is root­ed in respect.

“Lots of current football rival­ries are all about screaming for blood and hating the other team,” he said. “But Notre Dame and Navy are so classy that this can be a fun rivalry based on mutual respect.”

Neither side is afraid of a little friendly competition, however.

When asked which team he would root for on Saturday, Todd- Smith said there was no question — “Irish blood is thicker than seawater.”

“The long-standing military relationship between the Navy and Notre Dame as well as the long rivalry between the two foot­ball team s leads to a m utual r e s p e c t b e tw een th e se two schools closely comparable to the respect we have for other service academies,” said Naval Academy junior Austin Spina, who attend­ed prev ious g am es in Notre Dame Stadium.

NROTC jun io r Patrick Maus went to Navy for the game last year.

“The fans at the Navy game are always great,” he said. “I painted up for both games so far because the Notre Dame-Navy game is always big and our traditions go back so far.”

Come Saturday, ties between the Naval Academy and Notre Dame will be as apparent as ever, as two Notre Dame alumni will fly Navy F/A 18F Super Hornets over Notre Dame Stadium prior to kickoff. Additionally, the Notre Dame and Naval Academy glee clubs will perform a joint concert after the game.

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In t e r n a t i o n a l N e w s

Bombings kill 42 in Iraq restaurantBAGHDAD — B om bers killed 42 people

Thursday at a Baghdad restaurant favored by police and an army recruiting center to the north, while Iraqi troops along the Iranian bor­der found 27 decomposing bodies, unidentified victims of the grisly violence plaguing the coun­try.

In the deadliest bombing in Baghdad since Sept. 19, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a restaurant about 9:45 a.m., when officers usu­ally stop in for breakfast. Police Maj. Falah al- Mohammedawi said 35 officers and civilians died and 25 were wounded.

Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed in an Internet posting that it staged the attack in retaliation for U.S. and Iraqi operations near the Syrian border. Earlier, it claimed responsibility for Wednesday night’s deadly hotel bombings in neighboring Jordan, linking those blasts to the conflict in Iraq.

U.S., Europe agree on Iran issueVIENNA — The United States and Europe

h a v e a g r e e d on a c o m p r o m is e p la n to accept expanded nuclear activities by Iran, hut only if the enrichm ent process — a pos­sible pathway to nuclear arm s — is moved to Russia, se n io r officials and d ip lom ats said Thursday.

If accepted by Iran , the p roposal could end a tug-of-war over w hether to refer the I s la m ic r e p u b l i c to t h e U.N. S e c u r i t y Council for possible sanctions.

The officials and diplomats, who d em an d ­ed anonym ity in exchange for d iscussing the strategy, said the plan would allow Iran to con tinue convert ing raw u ran iu m into the gas t h a t is spun by c e n tr i fu g e s into enriched uranium.

N a t i o n a l N e w s

Conflict arises over cameras in courtWASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices said

T hursday th a t t roubling m em ories of O.J. Simpson's televised murder trial hang over the present-day debate about cameras in courts.

T h ree ju s t ices — S a n d ra Day O’Connor, Anthony M. Kennedy and Stephen Breyer — briefly debated the subject during an American Bar Association event on the importance of law in the United Stales and abroad.

Although Supreme Court justices have long opposed courtroom cameras, there 's a fresh move in Congress to open up proceedings. The House voted Wednesday to give federal judges the power to televise court hearings. And Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter. R-Pa., has introduced legislation that would require the Supreme Court to allow its sessions to be tele­vised in most cases.

Hospital turns down doner organsIRVINE — When Elodie Irvine was diagnosed

with a deadly kidney and liver disease, doctors at UCI Medical Center told her she would have a new liver within six months — possibly a week.

But as months became years, Irvine watched, terrified and helpless, as 10 friends from her hospital-sponsored support group died without getting the transplants they needed.

After four years, Irvine’s kidney specialist became suspicious and advised her to transfer to another hospital, where she got the desperately needed kidney and liver transplants within two months.

L o c a l N e w s

Congressman fights new time planSOUTH BEND — A northern Indiana congress­

man said it would be a mistake for St. Joseph County to be put on Central lime and has asked the U.S. transportation secretary to reject the request.

U.S. Rep. Mark Souder of Fort Wayne said in a letter dated Monday to Norman Minela that the social and economic interests of Elkhart and Kosciusko counties are directly tied to St. Joseph County.

In a move anticipating the DOT’s Nov. 21 time zone hearing in South Bend, area businesses plan to endorse a single regional time zone.

J o r d a n

Anger stirs after terror bombingsThousands gather in the streets of Jordan to condemn militants behind hotel attacks

Associated Press

AMMAN — S a m e e h K h re is h a s s p e n t y e a r s d e m a n d in g ju s t i c e a n d m o re r i g h t s for j a i l e d Islamic extremists. But on Thursday, he joined thou­s a n d s w ho took to the s t r e e t s a c ro s s J o r d a n to c o n d e m n th e m i l i t a n t s b e h in d A m m a n 's t r ip le hotel bombings tha t killed 59 people.

“This is d isgusting. We will n e v e r t o l e r a t e su ch t e r r o r i s m , ” K hre is sa id , m arching with 2,000 o th ­ers in Jordan 's capital.

Burn in hell, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi!” they shouted, denouncing the Jordanian- born leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. A l-Zarqaw i's g roup claimed responsibility for the b lasts bu t later, con­f r o n te d w ith m o u n t in g protests, took the rare step of t ry in g to ju s t i f y th e attacks on Arab civilians.

Honking vehicles, deco­rated with Jordanian flags a n d p o s t e r s of King A b d u l la h II, c ru is e d Amman's streets until late in th e n ig h t . At th e bo m b e d G ra n d H y a t t H ote l , a b o u t 50 p eo p le , including Jo rd a n ia n ch il­d re n h o ld in g liny f lags , p la c e d c a n d le s on a m akeshif t sand m em orial in the driveway.

Officials suspected Iraqi involvement in the attacks. S ecu ri ty forces s n a re d a g roup of Iraqis for q u e s ­tioning and officials said one of the bombers spoke I r a q i - a c c e n t e d A ra b ic before he exploded his sui­cide belt in the Hyatt.

King Abdullah, a s trong U.S. ally, vow ed in a n a t io n a l ly te le v ise d a d d re ss to “p u rsue those criminals and those behind them , and we will get to them wherever they are."

Two A m e r i c a n s w e r e killed and four wounded in the bombings W ednesday evening a t the Hyatt, the Radisson SAS and the Days Inn , S ta te D e p a r tm e n t spokesman Noel Clay said.

AP

A man mourns the death of a relative Thursday after he w as killed in one of the hotel explosions in the Jordanian capital, Amman.

Two of the wounded were hospitalized.

Significantly, the victims a lso in c lu d e d so m e two d o zen P a le s t in ia n s w ith ro o ts in th e W est Bank. Among them was the West Bank 's inte lligence chief, Maj. Gen. Bashir Nafeh, a diplomat and a prominent banker. Many Jo rd an ian s and Palestinians have sup­p o r t e d th e I ra q i i n s u r ­gency, but the hotel bomb­ings could tip Arab senti­ment against al-Zarqawi.

In the West Bank village of Silet a l-T haher , m e m ­bers of the Akhras family m ourned 13 of their re la ­tives killed during a w ed­ding party at the Radisson.

“Oh my God, oh my God. Is it poss ib le th a t A rab s are killing Arabs, Muslims killing Muslims? For what did th e y do t h a t ? " s c r e a m e d 3 5 -y e a r -o ld N a ja h A k h ra s , w ho lost two n ieces in the a t tack . S im i la r t h o u g h t s w e re heard repeatedly through­o u t th e W est B ank a n d Gaza Strip.

Al-Qaida in Iraq, which a p p e a r s to be expan d in g its o p e ra t io n s o u ts ide of I raq , sa id the b o m b in g s pu t the United S ta te s on notice th a t the “backyard c a m p fo r th e C r u s a d e r arm y is now in the range of fire of the holy warriors.

But later Thursday, in an

a p p a re n t response to the p r o t e s t s , a l - Z a r q a w i ’s group took the rare step of t r y in g “ to e x p la in for Muslims part of the reason the holy warriors targeted these dens.”

“L et all know th a t we h a v e s t r u c k only a f t e r beco m in g co n f id e n t t h a t th e y a r e c e n t e r s fo r la u n c h in g w a r on Islam a n d s u p p o r t i n g th e C r u s a d e r s ' p r e s e n c e in Iraq and the Arab peninsu­la and the presence of the J e w s on th e la n d of Palestine,” al-Qaida in Iraq said in an In te rne t s ta te ­m ent, the au then t ic i ty of which could not be imme­diately verified.

GOP leaders postpone budget voteA ssociated Press

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders scuttled a vote Thursday on a $51 billion budget-cut package in the face of a revolt by moderate lawmak­ers over cuts to Medicaid, food stamp and student loan programs.

The episode marked a setback for Republicans on Capitol Hill. They had hoped to use the budget debate to burnish their deficit-cutting c reden­tials with the public and their core political supporters, many of whom are d isappointed with their p a r ty ’s performance on spending.

The decision by GOP leaders came despite a big concession to moderates

Wednesday, when the leaders dropped provisions to open the Arctic National Refuge to oil and gas exploration, as well as a p lan le t t ing s ta te s lift a m o ra to r iu m on oil d ri l l ing off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

But m oderates countered that the spending cuts in the House budget plan were a separate issue from Arctic drilling. The cuts w ere too severe , m odera tes argued, especially when compared with a significantly milder Senate budget plan that passed last week.

Democrats mounted a furious attack on the GOP budget plan for its cuts to social programs and pounded home the message that the overall GOP plan

would increase the deficit when cou­pled with a subsequent tax cut bill.

“The Republican Congress is about to slash more than $50 billion from investments in our children’s future in h e a l th c a r e a n d e d u c a t io n ," sa id Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, chairman of the c a m p a ig n a rm for H ouse D e m o c ra ts . “And yet, b e c a u s e of Republican priorities, they are going to ac tua lly add $20 billion to ou r budget deficit. ... Only in a Republican Congress.”

Republican leaders said the post­ponem ent of the vote was simply a modest setback and that the budget effort would get back on track next week.

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Rectorco n t in u e d from page 1

Notre Dame, Yomekpe put in a partial application for a rector position.

“I had not really thought any­th in g w ould com e of i t , ” she said. “W hen S ister Jean Lenz c a l le d my cell p h o n e in February, I had totally forgotten a b o u t th e a p p l i c a t io n , b u t I agreed to send her my complet­ed application and have a phone interview with her. I was sold once I came to cam pus for my second interview and the rest is history in the making.”

It is history in the making, as she says, because Yomekpe is the f irst b lack fem ale ever to hold the position of r e c to r a t Notre Dame.

“S o m e t im e s s e l f - im p o se d p r e s s u r e s m ak e me ques t io n G o d ’s ca ll to co m e to N o tre Dame; at other times I see the va lue of this position and the poten tia l it has to change the way people see women of color in p o s i t io n s of a u t h o r i t y , ” Yomekpe said.

Originally from Ghana, West Africa, Yomekpe immigrated to the United States in 1996 after completing high school at an all­girls private Catholic boarding school.

“So technically, I guess 1 would be f i r s t g e n e r a t i o n A fr ic a n - A m e r i c a n , ” Y om ekpe sa id . “Most of my nuclear family are currently in Ohio and Texas but I still have quite a large number of my family members in Ghana, am o n g whom is my m a te rn a l grandmother who raised my sis­te r and 1 b ecau se both of my parents worked abroad.”

Since taking her post as rec­tor, Yomepke has felt a constant need to excel in h e r position, s im i la r to how w o m e n m u s t have felt when they were first granted entry into Notre Dame in 1972, she said.

“|l have felt] a need to be the very best so that I can pave the way for other women of color to do this work,” she said.

Y om ekpe sa id sh e is c h a l ­lenged daily, particularly in try­ing to figure out how to support “my black students” by a t tend­ing different cultural events, like African Am erican Mass, while a lso s e r v in g as r e c t o r and a t te n d in g d if fe ren t P a n g b o rn events.

“These are the moments when the job is the most difficult... am I b lack f irs t o r am I a r e c to r first?” she said. “[This is a] re la­tively harmless question, but for a p e r s o n of c o lo r h a v in g to c h o o s e c a n be a g r u e l in g process.”

Yomekpe said it is important for everyone, especially for peo­ple of diverse backgrounds, to s e e t h a t th e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n means what it says and is seri­o u s a b o u t o p e n in g up N otre D ame to everyone — and h e r hiring is one way the University has proved it is serious.

“It is a ra ther significant step to have been invited to join the fam ily h e r e a t N o tre D am e, especially given how people fell a f t e r I f o rm e r I r i sh foo tba ll) Coach [Tyrone] Willingham was let go,” she said, referring to his firing by Notre Dame on Nov. 30, 2004. “What better way to do it t h a n th r o u g h th e r e s id e n c e halls, which are at the very core of the Notre Dame experience?”

The hiring of people of diverse b a c k g ro u n d s com es w ith the cha llenges of m ak ing su re all systems are in place to support the “d iverse n eed s th a t come with this hiring,” she said.

“I would love to see a be tter representation of God’s creation on this campus,” she said. “We

need to ensure tha t we are not just bringing in people of diverse backgrounds to make the cam ­pus look co lo rfu l /d iv e rse bu t that rather, we are changing the way that we — as a campus — think, behave and process, in order to attract and retain these diverse people.”

One f a c to r t h a t m ay h av e deterred other people of diverse backgrounds from applying for a rector position may have been that they didn’t feel supported in the environment a t Notre Dame, she said.

“Personally, I know that Notre Dame would never have been on my radar screen as a woman of color because of its general lack of diverse people. I wasn’t white and I w asn ’t Irish and I d idn’t think there was a place for me h e r e , ” she sa id . “I th in k the image that is projected is what a t t r a c t s o r r e p e l s p e o p l e . ” T he U niversity has m ad e the effort to open its doors to people of diverse backgrounds and to m a k e p e o p le fee l w e lc o m e , Yomepke said.

“We j u s t n e e d to c o n t in u e doing so — loving everyone the way Jesus did, the way God calls us to do,” she said. “If we con­t in u e th is way, th e n we can expect to have more people of diverse backgrounds wanting to

come and be a part of this Notre Dame family, because they truly feel at home here .”

Yomepke said while the re is s trength in the fact tha t n u m ­bers of diverse students at Notre Dame seem to be in c reas in g , one of th e w eaknesses of d iversity e f fo r ts a t Notre Dame is t h a t all events seem to be h a p ­p e n in g a t th e s a m e t im e , th u s “forcing stu­d e n t s to h av e to d e c i d e b e t w e e n l e a r n i n g , say, a b o u t N a t i v e A m e r i c a n h e r i ta g e or entrepreneurship.”

Yomepke hopes more dorm s will begin to hold events in the re s id e n c e ha lls to p ro m o te a casual atmosphere.

“Some students live right next door to a s tuden t of Indian or Filipino heritage but don’t know their names until they see them perform at Asian Allure or Blak

Images. We need to put names and stories to the faces that live right across the hall from us ,” she said.

Yomekpe, the youngest rector a t Notre Dame, said she often gets mistaken for a student.

“I th in k I’m s ta rting to stand out as more and more people r e c o g n i z e t h a t I am ‘t h a t new black rector’ they’ve been h e a r i n g a b o u t ,” she s a i d . Y o m e k p e said she did n o t know a h e a d of t im e , n o r w a s she informed in h e r i n t e r ­

view that there had never been a black female rector before at Notre Dame. Such information, sh e s a id , w o u ld h av e only caused more stress.

“Coming in, I knew there were a limited number of staff, faculty and administrators of color but I never knew that I would be pio­neer ing in this field of re c to r ­

ship,” she said.Yomekpe said she asked ques­

t io n s a b o u t th e s t u d e n t a n d a d m in is t r a to r / f a c u l ty / s ta f f of color r e p r e s e n ta t io n and the r e c r u i t m e n t e f fo r ts of th e University.

Yomekpe said she m ad e an effort to contact people within the University she knew w ere working directly with students of color, like Chandra Johnson, a s so c ia te d i re c to r of c a m p u s ministry and director of cross- c u l tu r a l m in is t ry , Bong Miquiabas, director of in te rna ­t io n a l s t u d e n t s e rv ic e s , Lee David Moss of Student Affairs, and Iris Outlaw, director of mul­ticultural student programs and services.

“I knew there was work to be d o n e , b u t I fe lt t h e r e w e re r e s o u r c e s , e n e rg y a n d e ffo r t b e h in d doing th is w o rk ,” she said.

Yomekpe graduated from Ohio D o m in ic a n U n iv e rs i ty in C o lu m b u s w ith a b a c h e l o r ’s d e g r e e in E n g l ish . She th en ea rn ed h e r M aster’s degree in English L i te ra tu re with som e M a s t e r ’s c r e d i t s in P a s to r a l Counseling from the University of Dayton.

Contact Kate Antonacci at kantonac@nd.edu

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Monk's Notre DameFr. "Monk" Malloy 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

I Play for Notre DameTed Mandell 3:00 pm - 5:00. pmThe Fighting Irish Football EncyclopediaM ichael R. S tee le 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Saturday, November 12Future DomersSharon Bui 9:30 am -1 1 :3 0 amMr. Notre DameJ a s o n Kelly 9:30 am -1 1 :3 0 amNotre Dame vs The KlanTodd Tucker 10:00 am - 12:00 pmAnd Only To DeceiveTasha Alexander 10:00 am - 12:00 pmThe Spirit of Notre DameJim & Jeremy Langford 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

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Bernanke appointment fuels questionsNFW YORK — Trying to fix som eth ing tha t isn’t broken has its risks, and th a t ’s raising concerns about a possible shift at the Federal Reserve over how it tackles inflation.

A s s u m in g th e S e n a te c o n f i r m s Ben B e r n a n k e to r e p l a c e C h a i r m a n A lan Greenspan, the central bank could for the first time in its history adopt a specific target for the inflation rate and then make adjustments to interest rates as a way of trying to keep it in that range

But is that really necessary? It may be tough to see the need now, given that the Fed’s cu r­ren t tactics have kept inflation rem arkab ly tame despite soaring energy costs.

This topic has come under g reat debate in economics circles since Bernanke was tapped la s t m o n th to su cceed G re e n s p a n , w ho is expected to leave the Fed on Jan. 31 after 18- plus years during which there were two stock- m arket collapses and economic recessions as well as numerous other financial crises.

While G reenspan has long pursued a low- inflation policy during his tenure, he has been ag a ins t se tt ing an actual “inflation ta rg e t ,” w h ereb y the Fed disc loses its goal and its forecast for inflation. 11 is view is that the Fed can control inflation without setting a specific ra te that it must then chase, which he believes could ham per its flexibility to act in a time of need.

Medicare halves its payment errorsWASHINGTON — Medicare saved about $9.5

billion this past fiscal year by cutting errors in half, officials said Thursday.

An erro r occurs when Medicare pays for a medically unnecessary service, a provider sub­mits incorrect billings, or there is insufficient documentation to prove the service was neces­s a r y .

Mark McClellan, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, credited com puter da ta bases and the hiring of inde­pendent contractors to review claims. When the agency first began calculating error rates, it routinely reviewed about 6,000 claims for accuracy. That has risen to 160,000 claims.

In some cases, the errors are fraud. But in o ther a rea s , it can be an innocen t mistake, McClellan said.

Yahoo no longer in AOL talksMicrosoft and Google are now top contenders; Google map combine with Comcast

A ssociated Press

NEW YORK — Yahoo Inc. has pulled out of dis­c u s s io n s o v e r b u y ip g a s ta k e in A m erica Online In c . , l e a v in g M ic ro so f t Corp. and Google Inc. as the leading potential suit­ors.

The decision to abandon the talks came after Yahoo c h i e f e x e c u t iv e T e r ry Sem el and c h ie f f inance officer Susan Decker met in late October with Time W arner executives in New York, said Yahoo spokes­woman Joanna Stevens.

Stevens said Yahoo had "politely p a s se d ” on p ro ­posed te rm s and “walked away from any interest in a deal.”

Two people close to the d i s c u s s io n s s a id a key stumbling block was Time W a rn e r In c .’s in s is ten ce t h a t it r e t a i n m a jo r i ty ownership in the AOL unit. They spoke on condition of anonymity because public discussions of any private negotiations were contrary to th e ir c o m p a n ie s ’ poli­cies.

One of the people, famil­i a r w ith T im e W a r n e r ’s position, said one a r range­ment under discussion had c a l le d for Yahoo to pay T im e W a r n e r in s to ck worth $13 billion for an 80 p e r c e n t s t a k e in AOL’s growing content business, w h ic h i n c lu d e s i ts Web sites and the news, music a n d o t h e r s e r v ic e s f e a ­tured on them.

Under that proposal, the person said, Time Warner w ould k eep all o f AOL’s In te rn e t access business, w h ic h is in d e c l in e a s u s e r s a b a n d o n d i a l - u p c o n n e c t io n s for h ig h e r - speed cable and DSL lines.

The Yahoo w ithd raw al, r e p o r t e d e a r l i e r on the Web s i t e o f T h e Wall S t r e e t J o u r n a l , l e a v e s M icrosoft and Google as th e le a d in g c o n te n d e r s , with Google possibly com­bining with Comcast Corp. in a bid.

T h e i n t e r e s t in AOL c o m e s a s th e c o m p a n y

AP

The Yahoo headquarters are shown after new s surfaced Thursday that the company is no longer in contention in talks to partner with AOL.

t r a n s f o r m s i tse lf from a declining “walled g a rd en ” focused on providing dial­up access to a provider of f ree c o n te n t th a t is t a p ­ping the r e c e n t boom in online advertising.

L a te l a s t y e a r , th e Dulles, Va.-based co m p a­ny abandoned its longtime strategy of exclusivity and b e g a n m a k in g i ts r i c h offerings — including con­certs, news, sports and c- mail — available through AOL.com for free, a model Yahoo d ro v e to b e c o m e the Web’s top brand.

The Web porta l side of AOL’s b u s in e s s is w o r th about $11.3 billion, based largely on AOL’s advertis­ing potential, according to m e d ia a n a l y s t M ic h a e l

N a th an so n a t Sanford C. Bernstein

A Google deal with AOL w ou ld give th e I n t e r n e t s e a r c h l e a d e r a w ay to build a portal — and grow its advertising potential — while preserving an exist­ing rela tionship with AOL. More th a n 10 p e rc e n t of G oogle 's r e v e n u e s com e from a p a r t n e r s h i p in which AOL uses Google’s search results and the two com pan ies s h a re ad re v ­enues.

A deal with AOL would be in Microsoft’s interest as it could dam pen com peti­tion from Google and c re ­a te synergies. Microsoft’s MSN on line d ivision and AOL share many business­e s , i n c lu d in g a n o n l in e

portal, in s tan t m essaging s e r v i c e s a n d d i a l - u p access.

There would also be con­siderable overlap between AOL’s a n d Y ahoo’s b u s i ­nesses.

Yahoo, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., is the leading Web des­t in a t io n , acco rd in g to N ie lsen /N etR atings and comScore Media Metrix, as m ore people h ead to the Internet for news, entertain­ment, communications and other services.

Y ahoo s h a r e s ro s e 94 cen ts , o r 2.5 p e rc e n t , to close a t $38.69 Thursday on the Nasdaq. Shares in New Y o r k - b a s e d T im e W a r n e r r o s e 5 c e n t s to close a t $17.71 on the Now York Stock Hxchange.

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NEW YORK — S to c k s r a l l i e d T hu rsd ay a f te r a reco rd T reasu ry auction pushed bond yields lower, r a is in g h o p es th a t in te r e s t r a t e s will follow and allaying fears tha t f o r e i g n i n v e s t o r s w o u ld m o v e away from U.S. debt.

Wall S t re e t w as a lso he lp ed by lower oil prices and sh ee r m om en­tum, as the S tandard & Poor’s 500 passed a price ceiling tha t usually tr iggers selling.

For the most par t , however, the n ew s th a t s e n t s to ck s so a r in g in late af te rnoon was nearly identical to the news tha t sen t stocks s ide ­ways in the morning.

“We w ere sc ra tch in g our h e a d s ,” sa id Brian W illiam son, an equ ity t r a d e r a t T h e B o s to n C o m p a n y Asset M anagem en t, a Mellon s u b ­sidiary.

Falling oil p rices , w hich w ere a dow n w ard force for s tocks in the m o r n i n g a s e n e r g y s t o c k s fe l l , he lp ed se n d s tocks h ig h e r in the af ternoon, with re ta il s tocks r ising as w orr ies abou t co n su m er sp e n d ­ing w ere tem porar i ly forgotten .

The Dow Jo n e s in d u s tr ia l a v e r ­age rose 93.89, or 0.89 percen t , to 10 ,640.10. In late a f te rnoon t r a d ­ing, the index w as up m ore than 100 points.

B r o a d e r s to c k i n d i c a to r s w e re also higher. The S tan d ard & Poor’s 500 index rose 10.31, or 0 .84 p e r ­

cent, to 1 ,230.95, and the Nasdaq c o m p o s i t e i n d e x ro s e 2 0 .8 7 , o r 0 .96 percen t , to 2 ,196.68.

Bond p r ic e s ro se s h a rp ly , w ith the yield on the 10-year T reasu ry no te fa ll ing to 4 .56 p e rc e n t from 4.65 p e rc e n t late Wednesday. The U .S. d o l l a r w a s m ix e d a g a i n s t o t h e r m a j o r c u r r e n c i e s in E u r o p e a n t r a d i n g . G old p r i c e s w ere higher.

T h u r s d a y ’s, a u c t io n of 1 0 -y e a r T reasu ry notes a t t ra c te d a reco rd le v e l o f i n d i r e c t b id s , w h ic h include foreign cen tra l banks. The a u c t i o n c a m e a s a r e l i e f to inves to rs who w ere w o rr ied a f te r two auctions of sh o r te r - te rm bond e a r l i e r th is w eek failed to a t t a c t in tense foreign dem and .

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g r a n t s an a d d i t io n a l 600 to attend the rally, I do not believe we have any way of a ssu r in g that this will be a perfect num ­b e r , ” she sa id . “We h av e no guarantee that this number will be large enough or that we will even have 3,000 students attend the rally.”

Shappell said student govern­m ent is working with adminis­trators to discuss future changes in the 3,000-seat allotment.

“We taking a proactive role to meet with administrators to talk about the new system and make sure that students are a part of further decisions,” she said. “We want to assure that all interest­ed students are able to attend pep ra l l ie s . The key th in g to communicate to students is that if we w a n t th e n u m b e r to increase, we must prove that we c a n m e e t th e s e a t t e n d a n c e numbers.”

Hall P re s id en ts Council Co­chair Dan Zenker said students n e e d to show a d m in is t r a t io n officials th a t they a re “excited about supporting their football team on a weekly basis” — in spite of the opponent or record.

“The Student Activities Office and s tu d en t governm ent have fought hard to preserve as many pep rally sea ts as possible for students,” he said. “We need all s tu d e n ts to uphold the Notre Dame sp ir i t and a t te n d these pep rallies to prove that student support and enthusiasm for our football team doesn’t wane with time.”

Shappell said s tu d e n t p r e s ­ence at the pep rallies is crucial to the event’s success.

“The students a re the life of the pep rally,” she said. “They are the most energetic support­ers of the team and are the most c u r re n t m em bers of the Notre D am e c o m m u n i ty . As r o o m ­m a te s and c la s s m a te s of the players, students should have a protected place at the pep ra l­lies to support their friends.”

The goal to accommodate all s tudents is what initially drove Student Activities to set such a high estimate — 6,000 projected s tu d en ts — for the Tennessee pep rally, Director of S tuden t Activities Brian Coughlin said.

“A g r e a t d e a l of t im e w as s p e n t t ry in g to s e t t l e on the

number of students we believed would a t te n d ,” Coughlin said. “Although everyone recognized tha t in this new process some people would be tu rn ed away due to limited capacity, no one wanted it to be the students.”

Coughlin said “historical da ta” — nam ely n u m b e rs from the Sept. 16 M ichigan S ta te pep rally earlie r this year — were used to make the 6,000-student p r e d ic t io n , w h ich S tu d e n t Activities hoped would enable students who wanted to attend gain entrance.

“U ltim a te ly , I am th e one responsib le for holding to the 6,000 number for student a tten­d ance ,” he said. “1 reg re t this over-estimation, especially as it affected so many fans who had to be turned away even though th e re w as room in the Joyce Center ... [but] the only real dis­appointment is that students did not attend the pep rally to sup­port their team in the numbers we thought they would.”

C ou g h l in sa id th e S tu d e n t A ctiv i t ies Office r e c e iv e d “a great deal of feedback” because of the discrepancy between pro­jected and actual student num ­bers and this newfound input is “a good thing when dealing with such a new process.”

Z e n k e r sa id th e S tu d e n t Activities Office, student govern­m en t and the Hall P res iden ts Council are working with athlet­ic a d m in i s t r a t io n offic ia ls to resolve this issue and arrive at a fair and practical solution.

“We intend to improve com ­munication between all of these groups in an effort to represent students and fans who are eager to enjoy themselves a t the pep rallies,” he said.

Z en k e r , S h a p p e l l a n d Hall Presidents Council Athletics Co- C h a ir J u s t in Doyle m e t w ith Athletics and Facilities adminis­t r a t o r s T h u r s d a y to p ro p o se increased student input on the set number of students allowed into future pep rallies.

“We ta lked abou t continued student input and I believe that we will now be a b le to be a greater part of the conversation about future pep rally changes,” Shappell said. “I canno t com ­ment on what will happen next year; however, we are trying to work with the current system so every interested student has an opportun ity to a t tend the last two pep rallies of this season.”

S h appe ll sa id she h o p es to s ta r t regularly communicating

with ad m in is t ra to rs to assu re “direct student input” in future decisions.

“I am optimistic that we will be part of future conversations,” she said. “We believe tha t s tu ­dent attendance is an essential p a r t of pep rall ies and would like to see the students’ ability to attend protected.”

Coughlin said it should not be tha t difficult to determine how m any students will a ttend pep rallies.

“I have heard the statements tha t it depends on the time of year, the quality of the oppo­nent, or the record of the team — I just don’t buy into them,” he said. “This is our team, playing on our campus, every game is a big game.”'

Shappell could not say w hat would happen if student govern­m en t pushed for m ore tickets only to have students fail to fill the seats again, but said she and her constituents are collaborat­ing with all parties involved to ensure any s tudent who wants to attend future pep rallies has the ability to do so.

“I th in k th e r e a r e a g r e a t num ber of people on this cam ­pus doing the best they can to m ake sure the pep rallies are safe for everyone in attendance, full to capacity, support ive of our team and provide a memo­rable and enjoyable experience for a l l ,” Coughlin said. “With time I believe we will have a safe and effective way for s tu ­dents, alumni, friends and fans to attend pep rallies that accom­plish all of our goals.”

N o n - s tu d e n t s w ho w ish to ob ta in t ickets for to d a y ’s pep rally must line up at Gate 10 of the Joyce Center a t 4:30 p.m. Shappell said the time change will solve last w e e k ’s issue of fans having to make two trips to th e Jo y ce C e n te r — o nce to o b ta in a t i c k e t a n d ag a in to attend the event.

Contact Katie Perry at kperry5@nd.edu

After m ore than 30 y ea rs away from Notre Dame, John Sherry found upon his re tu rn that, while some things have changed , the essence of the U n i v e r s i t y r e m a i n s v e ry m u c h th e s a m e a s i t w a s d u r i n g h is u n d e r g r a d u a t e days.

“ H a v in g b e e n h e r e a s a s t u d e n t , N o tre D a m e h a s a special place in my h e a r t , ” said Sherry, who left N o r t h w e s t e r n U n iv e r s i t y to c o m e h e r e a s t h e H e r r i c k P r o f e s s o r of M a rk e t in g and c h a i r o f t h e m a r k e t i n g d e p a r t m e n t . “T h e a c t u a l p h y s ic a l p l a n t is p ro b a b ly twice as big as it was when I was in school, but the a tm os­phere rem ains the same. I’ve talked to o ther alums on the faculty who have had similar experiences.

“I d o n ’t know how co rny th is sounds , bu t in w alk ing a round here , you feel really grounded. The presence tha t th e p la c e e x e r t s on you is really p a la tab le .”

S h e r r y w a s n ’t lo o k in g to leave N orthw este rn ’s Kellogg School of M an ag em en t , bu t w hen the opportun ity a rose a t h is a l m a m a t e r , he grabbed it.

“I h a d accom plished a lot a t N o r t h w e s t e r n , my y o u n g e s t son w a s h e a d in g off to college (the University of Io w a) , a n d t h e r e w a s a need a t Notre Dam e,” Sherry

said. “So, it seem ed like the timing was r igh t .”

The ha llm ark of the Notre Dame m arketing dep a r tm en t is th e ro le of m a r k e t in g in society, and that, too, played in to S h e r r y ’s d e c i s i o n to accept the University’s offer.

“The m arke ting an d soci­ety aspect here is a good fit for me as an anthropologis t ,” S h e r ry sa id . “It s e e m e d to

m e , I c o u ld m a k e a c o n t r i ­bution.

“ In a d d i t i o n , t h e r e ’s th e i n t e r r e l a t i o n b e t w e e n m a r ­k e t i n g a n d morality , so i t ’s in teresting to be a t a p l a c e w here th a t kind of co n v e rsa t io n

goes on all the t im e .”As a n a n t h r o p o l o g i s t ,

S h e r r y s t u d i e s c o n s u m e r behavior from a slightly dif­fe ren t perspective.

“My ap p ro ach ,” he said, “is based on the d irect p e rsp ec ­tives of c o n su m e rs or m a n ­agers . I li terally go into the m a r k e t p l a c e w i th th e m in hopes of b e t te r u n d e r s ta n d ­ing the m o m en t-b y -m o m en t l iv e d e x p e r i e n c e of peop le ."S herry is the ed itor of two books, “C ontem porary M a r k e t i n g a n d C o n s u m e r B e h a v io r : AnAnthropological Sourcebook” a n d “S e r v i c e s c a p e s : T h e C o n c e p t o f P la c e in C ontem porary M arkets ,” and the co -ed ito r of two o the rs , “A d v a n c e s in C o n s u m e r R esearch” and “Time, Space and the Market: Retroscapes Rising.”

“H aving been here a s a s tu d en t, N otre D am e h a s a sp e c ia l p la ce in m y heart. ”

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lion. And it’s integral to admin­istrators’ vision of Notre Dame.

“You lake the expression ‘We are Notre Dame,’ we take that pretty seriously,” Kirk said. “We a re to g e th e r , one body, very much related to our mission as a Catholic university, we re one body in Christ, the whole idea that we are in this all together ... [The communityl should be life-giving, allows s tu d en ts to succeed academically.

"That's the bottom line.”But for o th e r s tu d e n ts , the

Notre Dame community has dif­ferent connotations.

“ I’d say i t ’s a bunch of hot air,” said a second male senior, w ho a lso w ish e d to r e m a in anonym ous. “Had I know n in advance what would happen ... 1 would have planned on moving off cam pus certainly after two y ea rs , maybe one and a half. You m eet all your buddies by then anyway.”

“This is a raid. Line up”For the first senior, the seeds

of discontent were planted his freshman year with the Jan. 24, 2003 bust of the Boat Club — then a Thursday night bar desti­nation with an any th ing-goes reputation popular with under­ag e N o tre D am e a n d S a in t Mary’s students.

As a first-semester freshman, the sen io r w en t to Boat Club every other Thursday, nights he remembered as “not even to get wasted, but to get off cam pus” and unwind with his friends.

W hen In d ia n a S ta te Excise and South Bend police officers e n te r e d the b a r a n d s t a r t e d writing citations to more than 200 underage students — assist­ed by N o tre D am e Security/Police (NI)SP) officers a rm ed with University directo­ries — the senior’s perceptions

of th e U n iv e rs i ty s t a r t e d to change.

“It leaves a bitter taste in your m o u t h , ” he sa id . “ I t ’s no t because you care for our well­b e in g , b u t b e c a u s e w e ’r e a so u rc e of rev e n u e . You d o n ’t want to help us.”

The sen ior’s complaints stem not from the minor in a tavern and minor in possession of false identification citations issued to him by police, but from the dis­ciplinary m easures pursued by the University following the inci­dent.

He, like dozens of his peers, faced fines and community serv­ice hours from both St. Joseph C oun ty a n d th e Office of R esidence Life and Housing as w e ll a s le g a l fees after Boat Club lev ied l a w s u i t s a g a i n s t m a n y of the cited stu­dents for d a m ­a g e s th e b a r incurred.

“ I t ’s d o u b le j e o p a r d y , ” he sa id . “You do th a t , [cite me] as a private cit­izen. Not as a N o tre D am e student, but as an underage student at a bar.”

T he s e n io r c h o se p r e t r i a l diversion for the citations and se t t led the law su it ou ts ide of court, but the legal conclusion of t h e in c id e n t d id n ' t e n d its impact. The g rea te r issue was how it changed his — and many others’ apprehended in the bar th a t night — a tti tudes toward the University.

“I w a s n ’t ou t d r in k in g a n d driving, w asn’t chugging liquor in the dorms ... I was responsi­ble,” the senior said. “I handled it like an adult and felt like I was treated like a kid.”

That treatment has a negative impact on the closeness of the

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community, he said.“I ju s t feel tha t Notre Dame

wants to foster brotherhood and community spirit [but i t ’s] fos­te r ing a feeling of ju s t tak ing ca re of you rse lf ,” he said. “If NDSP sees you helping a drunk kid b ack [to h is d o rm ] , they won’t jus t cite him, they’ll cite you for th e a lco h o l on y o u r breath. Everyone’s just going to help themselves. We’re living in a microscope.”

The microscope, “the bigger fist com ing down on peo p le ,” becam e overw helm ing for the senior.

“ It m a d e m e w a n t to go abroad. It made me want to get out from under the Dome and be treated like an adult in a for­

eign setting,” he said.

And he d id leave, exchang­in g th e N o tre D am e a t m o s ­phere he associ­a te d w ith h y p o c r is y a n d double jeopardy for the freedom of a y e a r lo n g abroad program junior year.

Now living off- c a m p u s , Boat Club n e a r ly t h r e e y e a r s in th e p a s t , th e

senior said Notre Dame’s situa­tion for students is worsening in terms of both on- and off- cam­pus enforcement.

“You love Notre Dame because of the football, you love [that] when you graduate there’s great alumni, but not because every w e e k e n d you w e re h a v in g a good time, ” he said, rem em ber­ing his initial d isap po in tm en t with in-dorm social re la tions. “W hen you’re not 21 and you w an t to have a social life, i t ’s h a r d to t a k e r i s k s . P lay in g Madden [video games], or p a r ­ties in a crowded, sweaty dorm room with some girl puking ... gets played out after about four

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weeks.“Even in the do rm , th e y ’re

very quick to make an example of students. You make an exam­ple, and everyone lives in fear.”

Kirk said it is natural for stu­d e n t s to d i s a g r e e w ith th e U n iv e r s i ty ’s d i s c ip l in a ry a p p r o a c h — a n d t h a t N o tre D am e does n o t r e g r e t ta k in g s ta n c e s som e s tu d e n t s v e h e ­mently oppose.

“Nobody likes rules and regu­la tions, n ecessa r i ly ... I d o n ’t apologize for that. I don’t think a n y o n e in S tu d e n t A ffa irs w ould ,” Kirk said, “[The rules are] good, appropriate , educa­tional at their core ... The rules don’t exist for any other purpose than to live together in commu­nity.”

However, he d rew a d istinc­tion between students who sim­ply don’t like the rules and stu­dents who have a logical, ration­al problem with their fairness.

“A reasoned a rgum en t as to why something might be over­bearing — that would be appro­priate,” Kirk said.

“You lied to our fa ce”The second male senior was

kicked ou t of his dorm along with his roommate at the end of their sophomore year after what he called a “few small p ranks” escalated into a flurry of accu­sations and denials that left him f e e l in g “c o r n e r e d ” by th e University.

“We were caught red-handed, and we adm itted to th a t ,” the senior said.

But when asked to account for more serious pranks — includ­ing causing w ater damage and egg ing a r e s id e n t a s s i s t a n t ’s door — the two fr iends w ere confused.

“[Hall staff] brought up all this stuff we h ad n ’t heard about ... and sa id , ‘We know i t ’s your buddies. Bring them down and fess u p ,”’ the sen ior said. “At th a t time, I d id n ’t know if my buddies had done it or not. My roommate and I took the stance, ‘W e’re n o t go ing to give ou t names.’”

Five meetings later, the rector told the sen io r and his friend they had three options — move o f f -c a m p u s , move ou t of the dorm or take the ir case to the Office of R es id en ce Life and Housing.

“But they’re going to believe what I say at ResLife,” the sen­ior recalled his rector saying.

After the rector said the two friends could switch to the same

dorm, the senior and his friend decided to pursue that option.

He didn't anticipate the com­plicated p rocess involved and e s p e c ia l ly n o t th e e -m a i l he received from a n o th e r d o rm ’s r e c to r th e n e x t day — “Your rector suggested you don’t live with your roommate.”

“Basically what it came down to is he [my rector] lied to us,” the senior said. “He jumped all over us, asked if we called him a liar ... We’re saying, of course not. But the whole time th ink­ing, You lied to our face.’”

W hile n e i t h e r he n o r his f r i e n d w e r e r e f e r r e d to th e Office of R e s id e n c e Life and Housing, the senior called the way the situation was handled “ridiculous.”

“T h ey a lw a y s s o r t o f ta lk about your brothers in the dorm — [then] to penalize me for not lying and saying my dormmates did s o m e th in g , I w a s k icked across campus,” he said, adding the move did little to encourage h is im m e rs io n in a new hall community.

T didn’t become a part of the new dorm at all. If anything, it encouraged me to go ofT-campus more and party more,” the sen­ior said. T slept at least several nights a week at apartm ents.”

It was probably a side effect u n in ten d ed by the University, the sen io r said. But he d idn 't mind.

“I came here for reasons other than the community lifestyle or whatever they w ant to have in the dorms,” he said.

But for s tu d e n ts like ju n io r S a r a h Ball, t h a t c o m m u n i ty lifestyle is essential to the Notre Dame experience.

“I love my dorm — it’s been like a sorority,” said Ball, who l ives in B re e n -P h i l l ip s . “E veryone’s so far aw ay from their families, but they basically have a family to be with [here], with automatic friends.”

This dorm family is just a part of the bigger Notre Dame family, Ball said.

While to d a y ’s s tu d e n ts may have conflic ting views o f the N o tre D am e e x p e r ie n c e , one thing is certain — recent frus­trations are merely examples of l o n g - s im m e r in g t e n s io n s between the s tuden t body and the University a d m in is t ra t io n r e g a rd in g d isc ip l inary p ro c e ­dures, as the second part of this series will examine.

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Liberia to have Africa's first elected woman presidentFormer finance minister and Harvard graduate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf poised to claim large-scale victory in election

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MONROVIA — A f o rm e r finance m in is ter and H arvard g r a d u a t e c la im e d v ic to ry Thursday in Liberia's presiden­tial election, a win that, if certi­fied, would make her the first e lec ted fem ale leade r ever in Africa.

With 90 .8 p e r c e n t of vo tes counted, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf had received 5 9 .1 percent and former international soccer s tar George We ah 40.9 percent, the National Elections Commission said.

“ It’s c lear th a t the Liberian people have exp ressed confi­dence in m e ,” Johnson-Sirleaf said. “They have elected me to lead the team tha t will bring this reform to the country and that will deliver development.

"We’re going to have a gov­e rn m en t of inclu­sion. We’re going to reach out to the people.”

T h e r e w a s no im m e d ia te w ord from We ah's camp on w h e t h e r he w a s c o n c e d in g defeat in the vote — L ib e r ia ’s f irs t since the end of a1 9 8 9 -2 0 0 3 civil war and subsequent formation of a transitional government.

E ar l ie r , off ic ia ls ca l led for calm amid W eah’s accusations that poll workers stuffed ballot boxes in Johnson-Sirleafs favor, charges her campaign denied.

On Thursday, Weah met with A lan Doss, w ho h e a d s th e 15,000-strong U.N. peacekeep­ing mission in Liberia, and said

“I t ’s c lea r th a t the Liberian p eo p le h ave e x p resse d

confidence in me. ”

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf presidential candidate

he would press his formal com­p la in t w i th th e E le c t io n s Commission.

“We are seeking the advice of the in te rn a t io n a l co m m unity a n d all th e p e o p le t h a t a r e involved to see if everybody can a r r e s t th is s i t u a t i o n , ” W eah s a id . “W hile we are preparing our­selves for the legal side, we a re also asking our people to be very calm.”

W eah’s sup p o r t­e rs inc lude many fo rm e r w a r lo rd s , rebe l leade rs and y o u n g m en who fought in Liberia’s 14-year civil war that killed up to 200,000 people and plunged the country’s 3 million residents into abject poverty.

While international observers w ho m o n i to r e d the poll said p re ­lim inary findings in d ic a te d it w as fair, Doss said the f raud a llegations were being taken seriously.

“Any allegation of an y f r a u d is s e r io u s a n d we don’t want allega­t ions of f ra u d to

mar the election,” he said.Jo h n so n -S ir le a f ’s cam pa ign

vigorously denied the charges.“ I t ’s all l i e s ,” sa id J e m im a

C a u lc r ic k , a top o ff ic ia l of Jo h n so n -S ir lea f’s Unity Party. “They just don’t want a woman to be p res iden t in Africa. But she shall be.”

Max van den Berg, head of a5 0 -m e m b e r E u ro p e a n Union

“They ju s t don't w a n t a w om an to be p re s id e n t in Africa.

But sh e sh a ll be. ”

Jemina Caulcrick Unity Party official

observer mission, said the vote w as “w e l l - a d m in i s t e r e d in a p e a c e fu l , t r a n s p a r e n t a n d orderly manner.”

David Carroll, leading a 28- person team from the Atlanta- based Carter Center, said that while “minor irregularities" had

b e e n n o te d , “n o n e of o u r o b s e r v e r s saw a n y s e r io u s problems.”

Observers from th e E co n o m ic C o m m u n i ty of W est A fr ic a n S ta te s , w h ich played a key role b rokering peace

also deemed the votein Liberia, fair.

Across the country’s bombed- o u t c a p i t a l , l a rg e g ro u p s of e x c i te d L ib e r i a n s s to o d on c rum bling s t r e e t co rn e rs , lis­tening to results as they were a n n o u n c e d on r a d io . Som e argued with each other, shaking fingers and shouting.

The winner will have to gov­ern a country left in ru ins by war, its buildings smashed and nearly one-third of its people in relief camps.

J o h n s o n - S i r l e a f , 67 , h a s a m a s t e r ’s d e g r e e in p u b l ic a d m in is t ra t io n from H a rv a rd U niversity , and h a s he ld top r e g io n a l jo b s a t th e W orld Bank, the United Nations and w ith in th e L ib e r ia n g o v e r n ­ment. Her suppor te rs call her the “Iron Lady,” borrowing the n i c k n a m e of fo r m e r B r i t i sh P r im e M in is te r M a r g a r e t Thatcher.

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Liberian presidential candidate Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf leads ex-soccer star George Weah with more than 90 percent of votes counted.

t u r n e d - p r e s i d e n t C h a r le s Taylor, who many claimed was voted into pow er by a fearful e lec to ra te . Taylor w as forced from power two years ago and lives in exile in Nigeria.

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Elected women in high office a re ra re across Africa. Earlier this year, women were appoint­ed depu ty p re s id e n t o f South Africa and p r im e m in is te r of M o zam b iq u e . L ib e r ia b r ie f ly had an unelected woman presi­den t, Ruth Perry, in the mid- 1990s.

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House halts Alaska oil drillingAssociated Press

Eskimo whale hunters adopt new explosivesAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — For a quar- ter-century, environmentalists h a v e su c c e e d e d in b lock ing efforts to drill for oil in w hat they consider a pristine, cher­ish ed p a tc h of t u n d r a in an Alaska wildlife refuge.

But with sky-high fuel prices and a wider Republican major­ity in Congress, their long fight to keep oil com panies out of the refuge looked to be in trou­ble. Then they got some help f ro m a n u n e x p e c t e d p lace : House Republicans angry over cuts to social programs.

House leaders put off plans Thursday to vote on the budg­et-cutting package because of opposition to issues unrelated to the A laska refuge — deep cuts in Medicaid, food stamps and student loans. The leaders earlier were forced to jettison the A laska drilling provision from the bill after a group of GOP m o d e r a t e s sa id th ey would not vote for the budget if ANWR were included.

D e v e lo p in g th e A rc tic N a t io n a l W ildlife R efuge (ANWR), w h e r e g e o lo g is ts believe 10.4 billion barre ls of oil rest beneath a coastal strip of tundra, has been a top ener­gy priority for President Bush a n d R e p u b l ic a n l e a d e r s in Congress for years. Bush first called for its developm ent in h is 2 0 0 0 p r e s id e n t i a l c a m ­paign.

The House in various forms passed authorization to drill in the refuge five times, but each time the m easu re died in the Senate, where drilling support­ers co u ld n ’t get the 60 votes n e e d e d to o v e rc o m e a f i l i ­buster.

Over th e y ea rs , p ro te c t in g the refuge and its wildlife — c a r ib o u , p o la r b e a r s , m u sk

oxen and tens of thousands of m igra to ry b irds — becam e a cause celebre for environmen­talists and conservationists of all political stripes.

But th e s t r a te g y th is t im e was to push the ANWR m eas­u re t h r o u g h a s p a r t o f th e budget bill, which is not subject to a filibuster. A decade ago a Republican-led Congress used the same tactic to get a drilling provision to the White House, only to h a v e it v e to e d by President Clinton.

Last week, the Senate voted51-48 to e n d o rse a r e q u i r e ­m e n t fo r th e I n t e r io r Departm ent to begin oil lease s a le s in ANWR w ith in two years. The House seem ed on the same path.

E n v iro n m e n ta l i s ts a l re a d y had launched an intense lobby­ing campaign both in the con­gressional districts of moderate R e p u b l ic a n s an d on Capitol Hill.

A l th o u g h th e H ouse h a d passed ANWR legislation five tim es, the env iro n m en ta l is ts believed their best chance to block it this time was not in the Senate, but in the House where GOP m o d e r a te s — u n h a p p y about some of the social p ro ­gram cuts in the bill — were viewed as ready to buck their leaders over ANWR.

The lobbying had its effect.Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash.,

w a s a m o n g tw o d o z e n GOP m o d e ra te s who on T hursday displayed pictures of scores of his constituents who had come to Washington to urge him not to approve ANWR drilling.

“You h av e to l i s te n to th e people you represent,” he said.

Reichert, a former sheriff in S ea t t le , w as am o n g a b o u t a d o z e n GOP la w m a k e r s who favored deficit reduction, but a lso to ld th e H ouse l e a d e r s

they would not vote for the bill if ANWR were included.

Democrats a lready were on record tha t they would unani­mously oppose the budget cuts. So GOP m o d e r a t e s — th o se opposed to the entire bill and others opposed only to ANWR — had more leverage than they ever dreamed.

“Our voice is being listened to now more than it has in the p a s t , ” sa id Rep. S h e rw o o d Boehlert, R-N.Y., a m odera te who has fought ANWR drilling m easu re in the past, but this time also opposed many of the social spending cuts.

Rep. E d w a rd M arkey , D- Mass., one of the House’s most vocal opponents to ANWR oil development, cautioned, how­ever, that it’s too early to cele­brate , especially since a final budget package — if one pass­es the House — will have to be m esh ed with the Sena te bill that includes ANWR drilling.

“It w o u ld be a p r e m a t u r e e x a l t a t i o n ” to c e l e b r a t e . “Today is j u s t a t e m p o r a r y detour,” said Markey, adding that he’s certain the GOP lead­ership will put pressure on its m o d e r a t e s to c h a n g e th e i r mind about ANWR.

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, said T hursday he was d isap ­p o in te d t h a t th e H ouse dropped the refuge language, but is not giving up the fight. “I’m not ever going to quit try­ing to ge t it d o n e ,” he sa id when asked about opening the refuge to oil development.

“I th ink the bill u lt im ate ly will have ANWR in i t , ” sa id Rep. Richard Pombo, R-Calif., a staunch pro-drilling lawmaker who is chairman of the House Resources Committee tha t has jurisdiction over the issue.

Environmentalists were cau­tiously optimistic.

ANCHORAGE, A la sk a — E sk im o w h a le h u n t e r s a re sw itch in g from 1 9 th -c e n tu ry b lack pow der to an explosive considered more humane.

During a traditional bowhead whale hunt, a hunter in a wood­en-ribbed boat hurls a harpoon with a b lack -pow der g ren ad e attached to it. The grenade pene­trates near the whale’s blow hole and explodes, killing the animal.

The Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission began researching new weaponry after an interna­t io n a l w h a l in g agen cy two d e c a d e s ago ordered tha t more h u m a n e m e th o d s be d e v e lo p ed for killing bowheads.

The an sw er was penthrite , a World War I-era explosive used in demolition th a t e x p e r t s say kills more quickly, does no t spoil the ta s te of the m eat , and is safer for har- pooners, too.

Eugene Brower, a Barrow whaling captain who is chairman of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission’s weapons im p ro v e m e n t p ro g ra m , has s tarted training Alaska Natives to use the new grenade. He said c a p ta in s from the v illages of Kaktovik, Nuiqisit and Barrow have converted to penthrite for the spring and fall hunts.

“They love i t ,” he said. “I t’s four times the strength of black powder. With black powder, the meat has a gas taste.”

Penthrite kills by causing an explosion that shocks the whale’s cen tra l nervous system. Black

p o w d er , w h ich w as u se d by Yankee w h a le rs in the 1800s, generally kills by causing bleed­ing.

Also, it sometimes takes multi­ple strikes with black powder to kill a whale, during which the hun te rs in their wooden boats are in danger from the thrashing b o w h e a d , a sp ec ie s t h a t can m e a su re 50 feet or m ore and weigh up to 100 tons.

R e s e a rc h e rs say t h a t b lack powder generally takes 60 min­u tes to kill a bowhead whale , while penthrite takes only about 15 minutes.

The search for more humane weaponry led the A laska c o m m is ­s ion to a Norwegian veteri­n a r i a n who had produced a c a n ­n o n - f i r e d penthrite grenade for w h a le r s in J a p a n an d Norway.

T he N a t iona l Marine Fisheries Serv ice a n d the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Agency contributed funding for the necessary research and test­ing.

Patricia Forkhan, president of Humane Society International, said her group maintains that no whaling is humane.

“But A la sk a N a t iv es h av e w orked a long tim e to w a rd a more humane and efficient hunt, and we’ve been supportive,” she said. “If pen th r i te is working, that’s good.”

A la sk a N a tives h a v e b e e n allowed to hunt whales for sub­s is tence since 1977 u n d e r an international agreement.

“A la sk a N a tive s h a ve w ork ed a long

tim e to w a rd a m ore hum ane a n d

efficien t hunt. ”

Patricia Forkham president

Humane Society International

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Possible foie gras ban divides Chicago polsAssociated Press s ty le h o t d o g s w i th a l l th e

Sleepy students suffer in schoolWell-rested children remember lessons more easily, scientists say

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WASHINGTON — Staying up an hour or two past bedtim e makes it far harder for kids to le a rn , say sc ie n t is ts who deprived youngste rs of sleep and tested whether their teach­ers could tell the difference.

They could.If parents want their children

to thrive academically, “Getting them to s leep on tim e is as im portan t as ge tting them to school on time,” said psycholo­gist Gahan Fallone, who con­ducted the research at Brown Medical School.

The study, unveiled Thursday a t an A m erican Medical A ssoc ia t ion sc ien ce w r i te r s m ee t in g , w as c o n d u c te d on healthy children who had no evidence of sleep- or learning- related disorders.

Difficulty paying attention was among the problems the sleepy youngsters faced — raising the question of whether sleep depri­vation could prove even worse for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.

Fallone now is studying that q u es t io n , and su s p e c ts th a t sleep problems “could hit chil­d ren with ADHD as a double whammy.”

Sleep e x p e r t s have, long w arned that Americans of all ages don’t get enough shuteye. Sleep is important for health, bringing a range of benefits that, as Shakespeare put it, “knits up

the raveled sleave of care.” Not getting enough is linked to a host o f p ro b lem s , from -car crashes as drivers doze off to crippled memory and inhibited creativity.

But exactly how much sleep correlates with school perform­ance is hard to prove.

So Brown researchers set out to test whether teachers could detect problems with attention a n d le a rn in g w hen ch i ld ren s tayed up late — even if the teachers had no idea how much sleep their students actually got.

They recruited 74 6- to 12- year-olds from Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts for the three-week study.

For one week, the youngsters w en t to bed and woke up at their usual times. They already were fairly good sleepers, get­ting nine to 9.5 hours of sleep a night.

A n o th e r w eek , they w ere assigned to spend no fewer than 10 hours in bed a night. And another week, they were kept up later than usual: First- and second-graders were in bed no more than eight hours and the older children no more than 6.5 hours.

In addition to parents’ reports, the youngste rs w ore motion- d e te c t in g w r is t m o n ito rs to ensure compliance.

T each ers w e r e n ’t told how m uch the c h i ld re n s lep t or which week they stayed up late, but rated the students on a vari­

ety of perform ance m easures each week.

The teachers reported signifi­cantly more academic problems during the week of sleep depri­vation, the study, which will bo published in the journal Sleep in December, concluded.

Students who got eight hours of sleep or less a night were more forgetful, had the most trouble learning new lessons, and had the most problems pay­ing attention, reported Fallone, now at the Forest Institute of P ro fess iona l Psychology in Springfield, Mo.

Sleep has long been a concern of educators.

C onsider: P o t te r -B u rn sE le m e n ta ry School in Pawtucket, R.I., sends notes to p a r e n t s r e m in d in g th em to make sure students get enough sleep prior to the school’s yearly achievement testing. Principal John Haidemenos considers it important enough to include in the school’s monthly newslet­ters, too.

“Definitely there is an impact on students’ performance if they come to school tired,” he said.

But the findings may change phys ic ian p ra c t ic e , sa id Dr. R egina B en jam in , a family physician in Bayou La Batre, Ala., who reviewed the data at the Thursday’s AMA meeting.

“1 don’t ask about sleep” when evaluating academically strug­gling students, she noted. “I’m going to start.”

CHICAGO — In the city once known as the w or ld ’s s lau g h ­te rh o u se , r e s t a u r a n t s , po liti­c i a n s a n d a n i m a l r i g h t s activists a re worked up over a goose liver delicacy.

A proposed ban on foie gras h a s d iv id e d C h i c a g o ’s f in e res tau ran ts and stirred a two­p r o n g e d d e b a t e : w h e t h e r i t is h u m a n e to fo rc e - f e e d g e e s e a n d ducks to p lump up t h e i r l i v e r s , a n d w he the r politicians s h o u ld be t e l l i n g d i n e r s w h a t th e y can and cannot eat.

“O u r l a w s a r e r e f l e c t i o n o f o u r culture, and in our culture it’s not acceptable to to rture small a n i m a l s , ” s a id A ld e r m a n J o s e p h M o o re , w h o s e p r o ­posed o rd inance would affect a t l e a s t 19 r e s t a u r a n t s in Chicago, by one count.

C h ic a g o w a s o n c e “ hog butcher for the w orld ,” as the poet Carl Sandburg so fam ous­ly put it. The vast Union Stock Y a rd s w e r e t h e s e t t i n g fo r Upton S in c la i r ’s m u c k ra k in g n o v e l “T h e J u n g l e , ” a b o u t conditions in tu rn -of-the-cen- tury m eatpacking plants.

While tha t e ra is long gone, C hicago is s t i l l very m u ch a c i ty o f c a r n i v o r e s , w i th i ts s teak h o u ses and its Chicago-

trimmings.“I never though t this would

happen in my lifetime. It feels so politically d riven ,” said Rick Tramonto, the chef and owner o f th e f o u r - s t a r r e s t a u r a n t Tru. “W e’re the m ea tp ack in g p a r t of the country. We’re the M id w e s t . W e r e f a r m i n g s ta tes. It’s s trange to me that

this is h a p p e n ­ing.”

A City Council c o m m i t t e e a p p r o v e d th e o r d in a n c e la s t m onth , and the fu ll c o u n c i l could vote this m o n t h . But M ayor R ichard M. D a le y h a s

m ade it c lear he does not like th e id e a o f b a n n in g c e r t a in f o o d s , g r u m b l i n g , “ P r e t t y soon, you c a n ’t d r ink .”

Rich and buttery, foie gras, p ro n o u n c e d fwah-GRAII and French for “fat liver,” often is served sliced and pan-seared , f req u en t ly with f ru it o r a top g r e e n s o r a c u t o f s t e a k or veal.

To fatten the liver of w a te r ­fowl, a tu b e is in s e r te d into the ir th roa ts twice a day and p a r t i a l l y c o o k e d c o r n is pum ped down the esophagus. Only th ree foie g ra s fa rm s — tw o in New York an d one in C a l i fo rn ia — o p e r a t e in the United States.

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Banned party makes inroads in parliamentA ssociated Press

CAIRO — Egypt’s ruling party secured the most seats in the first stage of parliamentary balloting, b u t th e b a n n e d Muslim Brotherhood made its m ark as well, sending 42 candidates to run-off elections.

Run-offs will be n e e d e d for a b o u t 80 p e rc e n t of th e 164 s e a t s , m a k in g it too soon to g a u g e th e o u tco m e of W ednesday’s first s tage of the three-part vote, seen as a test of P r e s id e n t H osni M u b a r a k ’s pledges of electoral reform.

According to official but incom­p le te r e s u l t s a n n o u n c e d Thursday by the election commit­te e , th e ru l in g N a t io n a l Democratic Party won 24 seats a n d th e M uslim B ro th e rh o o d took th ree . Final resu lts were expected Friday.

The opposition said there were widespread irregularities a t the polls, which were hailed by offi­cial state media as Egypt’s freest balloting in decades.

“T h u g s a r e in co n tro l , low turnout and outrageous forging incidents,” complained a head­line in al-W afd n e w sp a p e r , mouthpiece of the liberal party of the same name.

The s ta te -o w n e d A l-Ahram countered: “The most free parlia­ment elections in 50 years.” Al- Gomhuria, another government paper, proclaimed: “Egyptians chose democracy, not slogans.”

On Wednesday, 1,635 cand i­dates in eight provinces and 82 constituencies competed for 164 seats.

The large num ber of run-offs did not necessarily reflect the strength of the opposition, how­ever, as many of the 1,300 inde­pendent run-off candidates are loyal to the ruling party.

Ruling party winners included H ousing M inis ter M oham m ed I b ra h im S u le im a n , F in a n c e Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali and other key party figures. The party will have 113 candidates in the run-off.

National Democratic Party can­didate and former state security

officer Yehia W ahdan won the seat of Ayman Nour, the Al-Ghad party leader. Nour became the country’s best-known opposition figure when he was detained on forgery charges earlier this year; he w as the key c h a l le n g e r to Mubarak in Septem ber’s p resi­dential election.

N our s to le th e s e a t from Wahdan five years ago, and the National Democratic Party led a tough cam p a ig n to o u s t him. D uring c o u n t in g W ed n esd ay n ight, Nour accused police of intimidating people not to vote for him and said his opponent's c a m p a ig n b r ib e d v o te r s a n d stuffed ballot boxes.

The other three decided seats went to candidates supported by the Muslim B ro th e rh o o d , the Islamic movement that was given surprising government leeway to field 51 candidates in the first round and ru n a s trong c a m ­paign.

“The group’s performance was distinguished and good in all con­stituencies, but of course the vio­lations that took place prevented us from w inning m ore s e a t s ,” said deputy Brotherhood leader Mohammed Habib.

He alleged th a t governm ent authorit ies had expelled some candidates’ representatives from polling s ta t io n s an d rep laced some ballot boxes.

The Brotherhood has 15 seats in the outgoing 455 seat parlia­ment and fielded 150 candidates overall.

The O pposit ion F ro n t , an alliance of 10 political parties and m o v e m e n ts , did no t w in any seats in the first round. Five of its 90 candidates are in run-offs.

The results revealed the weak­ness of traditional opposition par­t ies , even a f te r th ey u n i ted against M ubarak’s party, which has been in power since 1979.

The Brotherhood did score a victory on the eve of the e lec­tions, w hen an adm inis tra tive court ruled its controversial cam­paign slogan, “Islam is the solu­tion,” did not contradict Egypt’s constitution — which specifies Islam as the state's religion.

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UNITED NATIONS — A U.N. a p p e a ls body ru led th a t the only employee to be fired over the Iraq oil-for-food scanda l did not violate staff rules and should be re in s ta te d with a p u b l ic a p o lo g y f ro m S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l Kofi A n n a n , a c c o r d in g to d o c u ­ments disclosed Thursday.

T h e J o i n t D i s c ip l i n a r y C o m m i t t e e c o n c lu d e d t h a t Joseph Stephanides was fired mostly because of the public scrutiny from an investigation tha t found the $64 billion p ro ­g ra m w a s p o o r ly m a n a g e d and corrupt.

The ruling, obtained by The A s s o c ia te d P r e s s , s a id th e th r e e - ju d g e p a n e l “s y m p a ­th iz e d w ith th e a p p l i c a n t ’s a rg u m e n t th a t he was being made the ‘sacrificial lam b’ in this m a t te r so as to give the im pression to the world tha t concre te and decisive action was being taken .”

The com m ittee is an in te r ­nal review body composed of U.N. s ta f f w h e re em ployees p u n ished by the world body can file appeals.

A n n a n is n o t r e q u i r e d to a c c e p t th e ru l in g , b u t will face p re s s u re to ac t upon it from w ithin the U.N. system and s ta f f w ho believe c r i t i ­c ism o v e r th e o i l - fo r - fo o d scanda l was largely a sm ea r c a m p a i g n by th e U n i te d Nations’ critics.

The ruling will be a new jolt to the s ec re ta ry -g en e ra l and the U.N. as they try to move on from the oil-for-food scan­d a l a n d o t h e r p r o b l e m s —

including sex abuse by peace­keepers and claims of sexual h a r a s s m e n t by th e f o r m e r U.N. r e f u g e e c h i e f — t h a t have m ad e th is y e a r one of th e w o r s t c h a p t e r s in th e world body’s 60-year history.

S t e p h a n i d e s , w h o w a s accused of divulging bidding information related to an oil- for-food c o n tra c t to Britain, h a d a r g u e d h e w a s a c t in g u n d e r th e in s t r u c t io n s of a U.N. S ecu r i ty Council s a n c ­tions committee.

T h e 6 0 - y e a r - o ld C y p r io t na tional had been scheduled to r e t i r e fo u r m o n th s a f te r Annan fired him.

“T h is r e c o m m e n d a t i o n enables me to have an honor­able re tirem ent which I really feel g ra te fu l for, n o th in g is m o re im p o r ta n t th a n t h i s , ” Stephanides told AP.

If Annan does not act on the decision by Monday, 30 days a f t e r th e ru l in g w a s m a d e , S te p h a n id e s c a n d e m a n d a copy a n d go d i rec t ly to the n ex t a p p e a ls body, the U.N. A dm in is tra t iv e T ribuna l . Its decisions are binding.

A senior U.N. official said a response was im m inent even though Annan was on a trip to the Middle East. The official, w ho sp o k e on c o n d i t io n of anonymity because the ruling w a s n o t y e t p u b l i c , s a id A nnan’s advisers were recon­sidering w hether the punish­ment was too severe.

The c o m m it te e c o n c lu d ed t h a t th e o r d e r to d i s m is s S t e p h a n i d e s be r e s c i n d e d , tha t he be paid any salary he missed and tha t he be allowed to retire. It also ruled that he

be paid the equivalent of two y e a r s n e t b a s e s a l a r y — w h ic h h e s a id w a s a b o u t $ 9 8 ,0 0 0 — b e c a u s e o f th e dam age to his rights, r e p u ta ­tion and image.

Finally, A nnan m u s t w r i te him a public apology.

Annan fired Stephanides on May 31, four months after the U.N.-backed probe of the p ro­gram , led by fo rm er Federal R e s e rv e C h a i r m a n P a u l Volcker, accused him of ta in t­ing the bidding process over a c o n t r a c t to i n s p e c t g o o d s going into Iraq.

T h e c o m m i t t e e s a id S tephan ides favored Britain- b a s e d L lo y d ’s R e g i s t e r I n s p e c t io n L td ., e n l i s t i n g Britain’s help and sharing bid information over the contract in 1996 . L loyd’s e v e n tu a l ly won the contract. Stephanides c la im s th a t the p rocess was politicized from the start.

T h e r u l i n g a g r e e d t h a t A n n a n d i d n ’t g ive e n o u g h weight to the oil-for-food p ro ­g ram ’s complexity and “highly politicized n a tu r e ,” by which th e U.N. S e c u r i t y C o u n c i l w a n te d to s p r e a d c o n t r a c ts a m o n g v a r i o u s m e m b e r states.

On S t e p h a n i d e s ’ r e q u e s t , Volcker reopened his investi­gation into S tephan ides over th e s u m m e r . But V o lc k e r ’s team reaffirmed its findings in a final report in late October.

The ru ling sw ept aside the findings of both Volcker’s $35 million investigation and con­cu rr ing opinions by the U.N. Office of H u m an R e so u rc e s M a n a g e m e n t a n d Office of Legal Affairs.

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LIMA — Peru said Thursday it was withdrawing its am bassa­d o r from J a p a n to p ro te s t Tokyo’s response to Peruvian a t te m p ts to e x trad i te former President Alberto Fujimori, first from Tokyo and now from Chile.

The move came a day after J a p a n e s e d ip lo m a ts visited Fujimori a t the police training academ y w h ere he has been held since he was detained on an international arrest warrant a f te r a rr iv ing in Santiago on Sunday.

The Peruvian Foreign Ministry, in a statement that was e-mailed to th e Associated Press, said Lima was “terminating the func­tions of Peru’s Ambassador to Japan Luis Macchiavello.”

A ministry official told AP that the am b assad o r’s w ithdraw al represented a strong protest but stopped short of breaking diplo­matic re la t ions over J a p a n ’s refusa l to ex trad i te Fujimori before his arrest in Chile. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensi­tive na tu re of the diplomatic action.

Fujimori, a son of Japanese immigrants, governed Peru from1990-2000 befo re flee ing to Japan amid a corruption scan­dal. He faces nearly two dozen criminal charges, ranging from alleged corruption and abuse of power to sanctioning a paramili­tary death squad.

Fujimori said before going to Chile that he planned to launch a political comeback in his home country, which is holding elec­tions in April.

I le is recognized by Japan as a

citizen and citing that fact, Tokyo had declined to extradite him to Peru, which has no extradition treaty with Japan.

Peru’s Foreign Minister Oscar M a u r tu r a sa id he had m et Tuesday with the chief of Japan’s diplomatic mission. Ambassador Hitohiro Ishida, and reiterated that Fujimori entered Chile last w eekend using his P e ruv ian passport and that “Japan lacks authority to inter­vene in the extra­dition process that Peru is pursuing with Chilean authorities.”

M a u r tu ra said he also expressed “th e P e ru v ian government’s dis­pleasure over the s lo w n ess and de lay th a tJapanese officials exhibited with respect to the requests for extra­dition that the Peruvian govern­ment formulated without obtain­ing a reply.”

lie noted that in comparison, Chilean officials acted quickly to detain Fujimori early Monday in Santiago, citing an 1932 extradi­tion treaty between the South American neighbors.

Officials at Japan’s Fmbassy in Lima said they had no immedi­ate comment. In Tokyo, Japan’s Foreign Ministry officials were not immediately available for comment early Friday.

Three Japanese Embassy offi­cia ls m e t with Fujim ori on Wednesday to assess his health and to check the conditions at th e police t ra in in g acad em y w here he has been held since arriving in Chile on Sunday, Vice

Chile m u st h an d over Fijumori. ”

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Fore ign M in is te r Y asuh isa Shiozaki said Thursday in Tokyo.

Shiozaki said Fujimori is “in good health and seemed satis­fied with his treatment, includ­ing meals.” but expressed con­cerns abou t the safety of his family, who accompanied him to Chile.

Meanwhile, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos said T hursday th a t Fujimori will have a fair

extradition trial, perhaps trying to dispel the growing signs of irritation in the Chilean gov­e r n m e n t over Fujimori’s arrival.

Lagos c o m ­p la ined e a r l i e r that Japan did not a lert Chile of the former ruler’s trip an d sa id J a p a n

must explain why it considers Fujimori to be a Japanese citi­zen.

In Lima, a b o u t 500 t r a d e union workers marched to the Chilean Embassy on Thursday to demand Fujimori’s speedy extra­dition. The p ro tes te rs played d rum s and chanted “Yes, the killer can be booted out!” and “Do not forget, do not forgive!”

“Chile m u s t h a n d over Fujimori,” union leader Mario H uam an told The Associated Press as other protesters wear­ing Fujimori costumes danced in fron t of the e m b a ssy ga tes . Police guarded the embassy, but no v io lence or a r r e s t s w e re reported.

Residents of victims of repres­sion under Fujimori also gath­ered in Chile to follow the extra­dition trial.

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PARIS — P re s id e n t J acq u es Chirac for the first time directly addressed the inequalities and discrimination that have fueled tw o w e e k s of r io t in g a c ro s s F rance , saying T hursday th a t the co u n try h a s “u n d e n ia b le problems” in its poor neighbor­hoods.

Violence co n t in u e d to slow under state-of-emergency meas­ures and heavy policing, with far fewer skirmishes and fewer cars burned. Police, meanwhile, sus­pen d ed e igh t officers, two of th e m su s p e c te d of b e a t in g a man detained during the riots.

“T h in g s a r e calm ing,” Interior M in is te r N icolas S a rk o zy sa id on F r a n c e - 2 t e l e v i ­s ion . “ But t h a t d o e s n ’t m e a n it won't restart.”

Chirac had kept largely silent about F r a n c e ’s w o rs t u n r e s t s in c e the 1968 u p r is in g by s t u d e n t s an d workers, speaking publicly ab o u t the crisis only once in a brief address focused on security measures.

But on Thursday, he said that once o rder is restored, France will have to “d raw the conse­quences of this crisis, and do so with a lot of courage and lucidi­ty.”

“T here is a need to respond strongly and rapidly to the unde­niable problems faced by many r e s id e n ts of u n d e rp r iv i le g e d n e ig h b o rh o o d s a ro u n d ou r cities,” he said at a news confer­ence held with Spain’s visiting prime minister.

“Whatever our origins, we are all the children of the Republic, and we can all expect the same rights,” Chirac said.

But he also pointed a finger at p a r e n t s , s a y in g “too m an y m inors ” have jo in ed the v io­lence, some “pushed to the fore by their elders. ”

“W h atever our origins, w e a re a ll the ch ildren o f the Republic, a n d w e can a ll expect the

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Jacques Chirac French President

T h e u n r e s t s t a r t e d a m o n g youths in Clichy-sous-Bois angry over the acc idental e lec trocu­tions of two te e n a g e rs , but it rapidly grew into a nationwide wave of arson and nightly clash­es between rioters arm ed with firebombs and police retaliating with tear gas.

The crisis has led to a collec­tive s o u l - s e a r c h in g a b o u t F rance’s failure to integrate its African and Muslim minorities. Anger about high unemployment and discrimination has fanned frustra tion am ong the French- b o rn c h i ld re n of im m ig ra n ts from former colonies.

One 20-year-old who grew up n e a r P a r i s in C lichy-sous-Bois sa id he had s to p p e d look ing for a jo b and jo in e d the r a m ­page.

“Maybe I burn t c a rs . I know i t ’s no t very n ice of me but, to be hon­e s t , I am h ap p y that things heated up everywhere to le t e v e ry b o d y

know that we are sick of it.” said Ahmed Zbeul, hanging around a courthouse Thursday to support friends on trial for theft.

Sarkozy, the interior minister, said fear was the worst factor in the troubled areas , and vowed to dismantle gangs and bands of d ru g t r a f f ic k e rs t h a t he sa id make up a liny minority but ruin life for everyone else.

"If we get rid of those poison­ing the lives of others, we will have taken a first step, ” he told France-2.

The governm ent has taken a tough s ta n c e on r io te rs , with Sarkozy saying previously tha t local authorities were instructed to deport foreigners convicted of involvement.

The an ti- rac ism group SOS- Racisme said it filed a complaint over the order with the Council of State, France’s highest admin­istrative body.

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Notre Dame seems to have a penchant for tickets and the com­plicated distribution processes that go with them.

Student attendance at football games — both home and away — and men’s basketball games is already tangled up in compli­cated ticketing schemes. Now the University has made the mis­take of adding pep rallies to the mix.

The newest process requires the non-student public to have tickets to enter the Joyce Center for pep rallies. This decision grew out of Notre Dame’s desire to avoid forcing fans to wait inlong lines to see the pep rallies, only to turn them away at thepaeked-to-capacity JACC’s door — an admirable sentiment.

But distributing tickets means the pep rally organizers need to save seats for students, which is where problems arise. How many seats should be allocated for stu­dents?

For the Tennessee pep rally last week, the Student Activities Office valiantly argued in favor of allocating the most seats possible for students and succeeded in convincing organizers to allow for 6,000 stu­dents. Unfortunately, only about 2,400 students attended, and sections of the JACC stood empty, leading organizers to cut stu­dent seats to 3,000 for tonight’s Navy pep rally and for the Nov. 18 Syracuse pep rally, the last of the year.

While no estimate will be perfect, a reduction this severe increases the likelihood that students could be turned away from the Joyce Center — a situation that could turn ugly fast.

What’s most puzzling, however, is that none of the organizers involved in setting the estimate of student seats seems to recog­nize that student attendance is bound to fluctuate due to various im possiblc-to-control factors — time of year, quality of opponent, the football team’s performance and so on. Students are more apt to attend the first and last pep rallies of the year and the pep rally for the highest-ranked opponent of the season. The other pep ral­lies will most likely have lower attendance.

And if organizers choose to overlook those factors in favor of

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aiming to keep student attendance at a certain number — say,6,000 — they need to make changes to the pep rallies themselves.

For the public, a pep rally is a novel event. If a fan from out of town only has tickets to one football game per year, he or she will probably only see one pep rally. So this attendee probably won’t mind waiting in line, then waiting inside the JACC, then seeing the hour-long pep rally at which the football team is only present for half an hour.

But students see things differently. Six pep rallies a year, for which dorms show up more than an hour early, become tiring. Students do not want to stand in the bleachers for an hour and a half, then wait another half an hour after the start of the pep rally

to see what they’re really there to see — the foot­ball team, the featured speakers and the hand. Pep rallies are supposed to lire up the student body, and all the waiting around takes away from much of that goal.

In previous decades, pep rallies were short and sweet — pack in the students, march out the band and the team, and less than an hour later, everybody went home excited for the football game. But the drawn-out pep rallies of today — especially the often painfully unfunny student speakers — do not accom­plish that goal. If Notre Dame expects 6,000 students to attend every pep rally, it should trim down its pep rally programming to the core elements — band, coach, players, featured speakers — that have excited students for years.

The most prudent course of action on the part of the organizers would be to return to the ticket-less admission system. There should be a willingness to risk turning away people at the door rather than leave whole sections of the JACC empty — and the JACC would always be filled regardless of how many students arrived.

But if Notre Dame would like to stick with iLs tickets — as histo­ry has shown it is wont to do — then an effort needs to be made to tailor the pep rallies more to what students want to cheer for.

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It is most befitting tha t the midship­men from the United States Naval Academy clash with Notre Dame on the gridiron during this Veteran’s Day weekend. Since it is a time of in te rn a ­tional conflict, the football festivities tha t salute this na t ion’s w arriors will be more poignant on campus. Nothing we civilians do can mean as much to the men and women serving in the military than to g u aran tee th a t our political leaders are fair in the ir adm inis­tra tion and deploy­m ent of those who protect us. That thought should be with us during our celebrations.

Throughout the week the cable te le­vision stations have presen ted several classic w ar movies in honor of our vet­erans. In one of those black and white films, a single spoken line u t tered by a World War II soldier has distinguished itself above the others and seems to ring true for every war. After men in his platoon commit an atrocity, a s e r ­geant asks his captain, “How can you be a good soldier in a ro tten w a r? ”

All w ars a re “ro t ten ” in every con­ceivable aspect. Mortal beings are asked to perform immortal tasks

beyond hum an limits, endure un im ag­inable conditions tha t under normal societal s tandards would not be accep t­able for our pets and witness immoral brutality tha t most refuse to discuss when they re tu rn home. One cannot comprehend the affects of w ar on its military personnel and the affected civilian population until one has walked in a w a r r io r ’s boots.

The personal n igh tm ares of those who fight in every w ar come from dif­fering conditions but a re similar in their debilitating grip on our veterans. In the recen t television miniseries, “Band of B ro thers ,” the platoon leader faced his n igh tm are when he crossed the height of a Holland dike and quick­ly encountered an u narm ed German soldier, alone and no older than six­teen. The American instinctively raised his rifle and shot the youth dead. Throughout the movie the American relived his nightm are, each time look­ing deeper into the eyes of the German youth.

Any m odern day w ar ve teran will tell you tha t the th ree smells of w ar are rotting flesh, fuel and burn ing rubber. Most ve terans cannot free themselves from various rem inders of w ar when they re tu rn home. As h a rd as it is to block the ir horro rs from memory, the World War II veteran will rem em ber the unpreceden ted num ber of dead com rades and civilians tha t m ounted daily in tha t g rea t struggle. Korean

War veterans will recall the massive arm ies supplied by the Chinese tha t overwhelmingly advanced as though their num bers would never diminish. The Vietnam War veteran will rem em ­ber the cruel mutilations enacted upon his American b ro th e rs ’ bodies as a p e r ­sonal m essage of hate from the enemy.

This writer first wore an Air Force uniform as a Notre Dame freshm an during the height of the Vietnam W ar’s unpopularity. My family has a long line of veterans who have fought both at the front line and behind the lines as well as been captured by the enemy. Nobody knows better the need to p re ­vent w ar than one who has been in uniform.

Today, too many who have never worn a uniform try to advance posi­tions tha t foster conflict ra th e r than prevent it. It is the duty of every American to question why we are engaged in conflict, to question where we are fighting and to question when the w ar will end. It is not harmful to those in uniform to ask the ha rd ques­tions th a t will remove them from h a r m ’s way.

We owe it to those serving today to protect them by holding those in charge of our governm ent to fair and truthful s tandards of deployment. Too m any of the National Guard — those who are supposed to be pa r t time, local servants — are serving full time on the front lines. As a result, some of these

part- t im ers have acted “ro t ten ” with prisoners or war.

We owe it to those serving today to keep them acting as good soldiers by upholding the highest s tandards of freedom as the ir model. We cannot stand as the beacon of hope if we to r ­ture prisoners. We cannot be the model of democracy if we refuse to state our opposition to to r tu re in legislative ini­tiatives or give prisoners the ir day in court. We cannot continue to be the envy of the world if we have no moral authority to pass on to our troops.

Finally, we owe it to those serving today to honor the reasons why they have volunteered to serve. They enlist­ed to protect and be a symbol of our na tion’s g rea tes t attr ibutes. It is h e a r t ­breaking after the ir deaths to watch them honored as fallen heroes without knowing tha t the purpose of their m is­sions are as lofty as their sacrifices.For if their missions have little p u r ­pose, if they have little sense and no exit s trategies, the w ar in which they fight will be the most “ro t te n ” of all.

Gary Caruso, Notre Dame ’73, is a political s tra teg is t who served as a leg­isla tive and public a ffa irs director in President C lin ton’s adm inistra tion . His column appears every o ther Friday. He can be contacted at hottline@ aol.com

The view s expressed in th is column are those o f the au thor and not neces­sarily those o f The Observer.

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Notre Dame-Navy: More than football tradition

The midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy come to Notre Dame Saturday for the 79th consecutive meeting between the football teams of Navy and Notre Dame. Although Notre Dame has dominated the series for the last 41 years, the history and tradition of the two in te r­twined schools makes the game special.

During World War II, enrollment at Notre Dame fell drastically. Students left in droves to serve in the war. On campus, women began to fill the jobs once held by student males. Many of the male students remaining on campus were ineligible to serve due to medical deferments.

The Navy needed a place to train more men for war; and Notre Dame, financially strapped, needed assistance. Notre Dame offered Navy a place to train men. Thousands of young men came to Notre Dame for officer training in class­rooms, drills on the quadrangle and mass m eet­ings in the theater and dining hall.

A neighbor’s father proudly proclaimed himself a Notre Dame alumnus when I was a student at Notre Dame. When he brought out his “year­book,” 1 couldn’t believe the pictures of hundreds of blue uniformed men in formations behind the familiar buildings of Notre Dame. He had been an “officer candidate” a t Notre Dame during World War II and not a Notre Dame student at all. But he was just as proud of his time at Notre Dame as any graduate.

Years later, at a Navy change of command, a th ree-s tar admiral was introduced as the new leader of an important and prestigious Navy command. He rose and introduced himself by saying, “I was a m em ber of the 1963 Naval Academy football team: the last team to beat Notre Dame.”

Thirty years after that athletic struggle, the admiral w asn ’t thinking about his own promo­tion and his own new job. First he wanted to remind us of a great game of triumph with his team m ates. He brought us back to a great s trug­gle and victory over almost insurmountable odds.

That game in 1963, which Navy won by a score of 35-14, marked one of the crowning achieve­ments in Roger Staubach’s Heisman Trophy win­ning season. That same year, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and Martin Luther

King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream ” speech. But some people still rem em ber the Notre Dame vs. Navy game.

Long before the 1963 game, even before World War II, people recognized the unique relation­ship between Notre Dame and the service acade­mies. In the 1927 Navy-Notre Dame game pro­gram, Rev. Mathew Walsh, president of Notre Dame, wrote:

“Notre Dame, Army, and Navy make an ideal group for a football triangle. Their students live on campus, they draw their student body from all parts of the country ... The outcome of our games with the Navy and with the Army is not so impor­tant as that the best feeling of sport and good-fel­lowship always prevail. We are indeed happy to have Navy on our schedule: we trust it will con­tinue so long and so amiably as to become a part of our best loved traditions.”

One might add to Father Walsh’s comparison a few other things. Notre Dame and Navy football teams are known to pray together. Both teams are known for never giving up. They always fight hard, even when considered underdogs. This team reputation is a reflection of the spirit and culture evidenced every day on the campus of Notre Dame and at the Naval Academy. At these institutions, ethics, moral courage and character still matter. People have a way of conducting themselves with honor and distinction at the Naval Academy and at Notre Dame. At these schools, people learn how to conduct themselves in life — in a way some just call “classy.”

At Notre Dame, above one door of Sacred Heart, one can find the words “God, Country, Notre Dame.” At West Point and at the Naval Academy, one frequently hears words like “Duty, Honor, Country.” The message is the same.

At both the Naval Academy and Notre Dame one finds deep commitment to our nation and to service. The culture of Notre Dame and Navy sets these places apart, making this football game worth playing and worth watching every year.

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Foster similarities

As someone who strongly believes in the importance of s tu ­dent discussion, I would like to point out a few things th a t tend to get ignored.

We are on a college campus. There a re different opinions. People respond differently to everything. While it is beneficial to point out re levant issues, it is not beneficial to bera te the individual people who decide to write in about these issues. A well-outlined and intelligent a rgum ent is far more convincing then is a “Joe is wrong because I firmly believe Joe is w rong” type response.

For the conservatives out there, consider the opportunity to learn about things such as The Vagina Monologues, pro-choice groups and religious criticism your opportunity to effectively a rm yourself for life after college in the rea l world. You don’t have to accept things you don ’t believe in, but understanding them will m ake you m ore effective in combating them.

For the liberals out there , don’t consider every conservative sta tem ent an attack on our liberty. You have an im portant job — opening up this cam pus to new and possibly g roundbreak ­ing discussion on gender, politics and religion. Don’t ruin your role by spending your time conservative-bashing.

We work on' a system of checks and balances. Despite p e r ­sonal abhorrence for one side of the a rgum ent or the other, each side would cease to exist if the other did.

Just rem em ber tha t w hat will make some people laugh will inevitably make others annoyed. Some like yellow, some like green. Some are Democrats, some a re Republicans. W hatever you do you will inevitably annoy someone. We’re not working for unanimity, but we are looking for common ground. Try to foster our similarities ra th e r than ignore them and discuss our differences ra th e r than having shouting matches across a wall.

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'D esign for Living' brings British humor statesideBy LIZ BYRUMAssistant Scene Editor

As s t u d e n t s a n d s t a f f e n t e r th e P h i lb in S tu d io T hea tre this weekend, they will notice the a tm o sp h e re has been transform ed to the look a n d fee l o f a 1 9 3 0 s n i g h t c l u b . N o t r e D a m e ’s D e p a r t m e n t o f F i lm , Television and T hea tre has begun its first week of p e r ­formances of Noel Coward’s w i t ty co m ed y , D es ig n for Living.

This lively show m ade its d e b u t in 1 9 3 3 in G r e a t Britain, and has rem ained a s t a p l e o f B r i t i s h t h e a t r e b e c a u s e o f i t s t i m e l e s s t h e m e s o f m o ra l i ty , m a r ­riage and the possibility of d e f y in g c o n v e n t io n a n d refusing to conform to soci­ety.

Design for Living focuses around the lives of a trio of upper-class bohemians who a l s o s h a r e an i n t e n s e l y c lo se f r ie n d s h ip . T he two males, Otto, a painter, and Leo, a playwright, both adore t h e i r f e m a le c o u n t e r p a r t , Gilda, an in te r io r d ec o ra to r . T h r o u g h a s e r i e s o f f a i le d a ttem pts a t conventional m a r ­riage, Gilda comes to the rea l­ization tha t she might not have to c h o o s e b e t w e e n th e tw o most im portan t m en in h e r life af te r all. At the suggestion of Leo and Otto, th e th re e s o m e goes on to c r e a t e th e i r own unique life design.

When choosing the play they will pu t into p ro d u c t io n , the D epartm ent of Film, Television and Thea tre looks at many dif­ferent aspects of the perform ­ance process. The departm ent is a lw ays seek ing in p u t from s tu d en ts on potentia l p ro d u c ­tion id e a s , w hich the faculty then come together to discuss. T h e f a c to r s in v o lv ed in th e selection of Design for Living inc luded which faculty m e m ­ber will direct, the num ber of s tu d en ts th a t can be involved with the p roduction , the type of perfo rm ance necessary and the level of t ra in in g th a t can be i n c o r p o r a t e d in to th e process . The FTT produc tion

and o ther comedic p ro d u c ­tions in which he has p e r ­fo rm e d , G irts h ig h l ig h te d th e f a c t t h a t t h e B r i t i s h often have a very d ifferent b ra n d of hum o r th a n w ha t m o s t A m e r ic a n a u d ie n c e s a re used to.

“It is more wit than laugh- ou t- lo u d s lap s t ic k ,” Girts said. “You have to em brace the wit and trust your au d i­ence to be sm ar t .”

Vassel, a ju n io r political science major, performed in his first FTT production two years ago, and has continued to be inv o lv ed w ith th e d e p a r t m e n t s in c e . He describes his character, Leo, as the most dramatic of the t h r e e m a in c h a r a c t e r s in Design for Living. As the first friend left behind in the play,

“Leo is also the one who does the most to get every­one back to g e th e r a g a in ,” Vassel said.

S arah Loveland describes h e r c h a r a c t e r , G ilda , as “a r t i s t i c a n d bold for h e r t im e .” She is u n c o n c e rn e d with w hat people think, and

s t r e tc h e s the limits of 1930s society. So far, the experience of w ork ing on Design for Living h a s b e e n a p o s i t iv e o ne of Loveland.

“Siiri, our director, has been wonderful; really giving us free­dom to try new things, and at the sam e time pushing us fa r ­ther than we thought we could go,” she said.

With a g re a t com pilation of peo p le w o rk in g on th is s u c ­cessful play, as well as a close location, multiple shows and a rea so n ab le ticket price, there is no reason why a Notre Dame student shou ldn’t make a visit to DPAC to s e e D es ig n for Living.

“The less you kno w b efo re you come, the better. If you can walk in with zero expectations, then you will have the most fun going on the ride,” Girts said.

Show t im e s for D esign for L iv ing c a n be fo u n d on th e D e B a r to lo C e n te r fo r th e P e r f o r m i n g A r t s W eb s i t e , www.perform ingarts .nd.edu.

Contact Liz Byrum at ebyrum@nd.edu

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In Design for Living, Gilda, played by Sarah Loveland, left, is being courted by tw o men, one of whom is Otto, played by Michael Girts. The play originally premiered in Britain and is making its way to the U.S.

of Design for Living is be ing d i r e c t e d by S i i r i S c o t t , an A s s i s t a n t P r o f e s s i o n a l Specialist for the departm ent.

Besides the th ree main roles in Design for Living, which are p e r f o r m e d by P a t r ic k V a s s e l ( L e o ) ,M i c h a e l Girts (Otto) a n d S a r a h L o v e l a n d (Gilda), the play has at l e a s t 10 o t h e r c a s t m e m b e r s , i n c l u d i n g L u k e Cieslewicz, w h o p la y s the p a r t of E r n e s t .Cieslewicz’s c h a r a c t e r a p p e a r s significant­ly in b o th th e f i r s t a n d f in a l a c t o f th e

play, and, according to Vassel, m akes a comical exit tow ards the end of the play. Apart from th e a c t o r s in v o lv e d , m a n y other s tuden ts play im portan t p r o d u c t i o n r o l e s w o r k in g

Otto, left, played battle for the love

by Michael Girts, and Leo, played of the sam e woman in Design for

b e h in d th e s c e n e s a s c r e w m embers.

G i r t s , w h o is a f i r s t - y e a r g rad u a te s tuden t studying for his MBA, is a new a rr iv a l on the Notre Dame thea tre scene.

He s t u d ­ied t h e ­a t r e as o n e of h i s majors in u n d e r ­g ra d u a te s c h o o l , a n d r e c e iv e d in fo rm a - t i o n about the p r o d u c ­t io n j u s t in time to l a k e p a r t . W h e n a s k e d about the d i f f e r ­e n c e s b e t w e e n D e s i g n for Living

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by Patrick Vassel, Living.

Toyo Grill's unique menu serves up a fresh tasteBy JESSICA STOLLERScene Critic

Sushi is not an expected find in a city 700 m iles from the nea re s t ocean, bu t take a trip down Edison Road past Movies 14 and th e re lies Toyo Grill. The r e s ta u r a n t spec ia lizes in providing an enticing a r ray of the raw delicacy and is located only m inutes away from c am ­pus.

Upon a r r iv a l a t the r e s t a u ­ran t, it is a p p a ren t tha t p a rk ­ing space is limited in the busy shopping cen ter w here Toyo is located. After opening the first e n t r y door , a l i t , g la s s c a se sh ow cas ing the sush i options for the evening can be viewed. This can be intimidating for a first-time sushi explorer, but it

is very helpful to view some of the options before actually sit­ting down with a menu.

The first noticeable e lem ent in the dining a re a is the small, i n t i m a t e a t m o s p h e r e . T h e smaller size allows for conver­sa t io n s w ith f r ie n d s w i th o u t t h e b u s t l e a n d b a c k g r o u n d noise of a la rg e r r e s t a u r a n t . However, if a large party plans to dine at Toyo Grill, a r ra n g e ­m e n ts a h e a d of tim e m ay be necessa ry . An LCD te lev is ion screen is available for viewing a t the front of the r e s ta u ra n t — Animal P lanet seem s to be t h e c h a n n e l o f c h o ic e . T h e a tm o sp h e re rece ives a ra t in g of four out of five sporks.

Service a t Toyo Grill can be a bit con fus ing from the s ta r t . There is no podium for a se a t­ing host or hostess, yet no sign

d irec ts v isitors to s e a t th e m ­selves. Luckily, a helpful w ait­e r o r w a i t re ss is availab le to s e a t any p u z z le d c u s to m e r s tha t may enter. The wait staff is helpful, and willing to make suggestions to anyone who has n e v e r b e f o r e e a t e n s u s h i . Some appetizers arrived after the meal, which was also a bit c o n fu s in g . H o w e v e r s e rv ic e w as fairly p ro m p t and a t t e n ­tive. The service a t Toyo Grill receives four sporks.

Many op tions a re ava ilab le w h e n d in in g a t Toyo. W hile sushi is the ir main ad v e r t ise ­m e n t , s e le c t io n s from t r a d i ­t io n a l J a p a n e s e and K o rean fare are also available. A large s e l e c t i o n o f a p p e t i z e r s is o f fe red , and th e s e p r e - m e a l a ttractions are a g rea t way to b e g in w h e n t a k i n g t im e to

d e c id e on a m a in c o u r s e or sushi option. Of the appetizers, p e r s o n a l r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s include the deep-fried shrim p d u m p l in g s a n d th e g r e e n onions w rapped in beef slices. T h e s h r i m p d u m p l i n g s a r e served with a c itrus-seasoned soy sa u c e t h a t is the p e r fec t accent to a ra th e r mild-tasting d u m p l in g . G r e e n o n io n s w rapped in beef slices ptovide an unexpected barbecue flavor th a t is s u re to be an in s ta n t favorite.

Main c o u rse op tions ra n g e from different types of noodles to m eat and vegetable com bi­n a t io n d i s h e s . T h e m e n u is d ive rse and co n ta in s enough choices for even the most sin­ce re skep tic s of n o n -w e s te rn c u is in e to find an en jo y ab le m eal. If a t te m p t in g sush i for

th e f i r s t t im e , r e c o m m e n d a ­t io n s in c lu d e th e C a l i fo rn ia maki or any other option rec ­om m ended by the server. The s u s h i r o l l s w e r e d e l i c io u s . However, they were very diffi­cult to ea t for those who a re inexperienced in the a r t of e a t­ing with chopsticks. The food receives a total of four out of five sporks.

Toyo G rill is an e x c e l l e n t p lace to d ine for an y c a su a l occasion , and is a w onderfu l w ay to find som e g r e a t food and to avoid long lines a t la rg ­e r r e s t a u r a n t s on th e w e e k ­ends. Three and a half sporks is t h e c o m p o s i t e r a t i n g fo r Toyo Grill, which is definitely worth a trip off-campus to try.

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Repeating as champion not such an easy task

Bobby Griffin

History is not on their side.Notre Dame will begin defense

of its 2004 National Championship tonight when it hosts Valparaiso. If the Irish win back-to-back titles, they will be the first Notre Dame team to do so since m en’s fencing did it in the late 1970s, and only the second teamsince a guy ------------------------nam ed Leahy A ssocia te did it 1946 and Spo rts Editor 1947.

Think about that. For all of Notre Dame’s storied athletic history, only two teams in the last 58 years have managed to win two consecutive champi­onships — and for good reason. It’s hard.

College programs are faced with the reality that players come and go every year. The experienced athletes on the field one year are the inexperienced law students in the classroom the next.

The window of success is n a r ­row. Universities realistically have two years with a specific group of players before there is a turnover.

“By the time it seems like you really get everybody playing on the same page they g raduate,” Irish coach Randy Waldrum said. “That’s why its so vital to get the depth in your program

that we’ve been fortunate to have the last two or three years.”

Consider the 2005 North Carolina basketball team. Sean May, Raymond Felton and Rashad McCants came in as freshmen and struggled. After two years of coaching and development they won a title in their junior year.

What happened next? The Tar Heels are not ranked in the pre ­season polls after their top six players graduated or left for the NBA.

Twenty years ago it was easier for teams to win multiple titles in women’s soccer. North Carolina won nine straight from 1986 through 1994. But women’s soccer only became an NCAA championship sport in 1982 and many universities did not support it right away.

“I think the thing with Carolina is ... they really were the first team 20 years ago to put money into women’s athlet­ics, and particularly women’s soccer,” Waldrum said.

North Carolina — while still dominant — is not the only con­tender anymore because of the parity that now exists. The most a school can do now is build a program. These college dynas­ties no longer exist.

“Now you’ve got so many teams that can win it, and you’re not going to see that kind of run again,” Waldrum said.

But that doesn’t m ean the Irish do not at least have a shot at winning one more.

Freshman Kerri Hanks has 62 points (24 goals and 14 assists) and senior Katie Thorlakson has 60 points (16 goals and 28 assists) this season.

Fifth-year senior Candace Chapman has anchored a defense that has left goaltender Erika Bohn as a spectator for most of the season.

“I really haven’t had to do that much in the games so I’m just trying to stay focused if I do have to make one big save,” Bohn said.

And, perhaps most important­ly, the Irish are peaking at the right time. Coming off a 5-0 Big East championship win over Connecticut, Notre Dame has won its previous 10 games, outscoring its opponents 46-1.

Not since a Sept. 30 loss at Marquette — a team the Irish beat 3-0 Nov. 4 in the Big East semifinals — have the Irish trailed in a game.

It will be difficult, but if there is a group to become the first women’s soccer team to win consecutive championships that is not Michael Jordan’s alma mater, this could be the one.

“We know what its like to lose early ... and we know what it feels like to win,” Bohn said. “So we want to get that feeling back again.”

The opinions expressed in this column are those o f the author and not necessarily those o f The Observer.

Contact Bobby Griffin at rgriffi3@nd.edu

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Irish defender Christie Shaner dribbles during Notre Dam e’s 5-0 win over Connecticut in the Big East championship Nov. 6 .

PORTLAND QUADRANTS o u t h B e n d , I n d i a n a L i n c o l n , N e b r a s k a

No. 2 Notre Dame (19-2-0)The Irish won their 10th consecutive game

in the Big East final over Connecticut.

Valparaiso (12-7-1)The Crusaders set a school record with 12

victories this season.

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Michigan State (11-5-5)Michigan State lost in the Big Ten semifinals, but is unbeaten (2-0-2) after a loss this season.

Bowling Green (14-6-2)Bowling Green is 1 -7-1 all-time against

Michigan State.

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No. 1 Portland (18-0-1)The Pilots were ranked No. 1 in all four

final regular season polls.

Iowa State (11-6-3):

The Cyclones' 0-3-1 conference record is the best in school history.

FRIDAY 2 P.M.

Nebraska (13-7-1)Nebraska is making its 10th consecutive

NCAA tournament appearance.

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Yale (13-3-1)The Bulldogs won their first outright

Ivy League title in school history.

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tournament win.

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No. 3 Duke (13-5-1)The Blue Devils have allowed only 11

goals in 19 matches this season.

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Arizona (9-7-3)Arizona midfielder Mallory Miller is the

PAC-10 player of the year.

(14-6-1)The Utns won the Mountain West

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Weber State (14-4-1)The Wildcats have won 13 of their last 14

games entering the NCAA tournament.

No. 4 Brigham Young (15-2-3)Ten Brigham Young players have scored

five or more points this season.

Friday, November 11, 2005 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSI DER page 3

Forward thinkingIrish trio ofCinalli, Hanks and Thorlakson has opponents on the defensive

By KEN FOWLERSports W riter

A year ago, Katie Thorlakson had the b u rd e n of p roduc ing m o s t o f th e I r i s h o f fe n s e , Amanda Cinalli was still learn­ing the ro p es as a f r e s h m a n and Kerri Hanks w as playing for the United States in in terna­tional com petit ion in s tead of leading the Irish with 24 goals in 21 games.

Even so, Notre Dame dom i­nated in the NCAA tournament last season and beat UCLA, 2-1 in penalty kicks, in a thrilling championship match.

This year, the trio of forwards is in full swing together, devas­tating opponents with the high­est-scoring offense in the coun­try h e a d in g into the t o u r n a ­ment. They have led the Irish on the team ’s curren t 10-game w in n in g s t r e a k , o u t s c o r in g opponents 46-1.

“ I th in k r ig h t n o w we re peaking," Cinalli said. “I think we’re doing real well right now. Everything’s clicking and every­one’s having a blast.”

Cinalli is the lowest profiled of Notre Dame’s top three for­wards, but head coach Handy W aldrum says she m ak es an in c o m p a ra b le im p a c t on the team.

“Amanda Cinalli, who a lot of people don’t talk about, she’s a g rea t player. And sh e ’s one of th o s e p la y e r s w ho c a n h u r t you , t o o , ” W a ld ru m sa id . “W e’ve go t a lo t o f th o s e w e a p o n s if we c a n j u s t g e t them clicking at the right time.”

The other weapons Waldrum referenced are Thorlakson and Hanks.

T h a t duo b e c a m e j u s t th e fourth tandem of teammates to break 60 points each in a sea­son S u n d a y d u r in g N o tre D a m e ’s 5 -0 Big E a s t Championship victory over No. 15 Connecticut.

“Me and Hanks, ac tually a t the b e g in n in g of the y e a r dec ided we w a n te d to s h o o t fo r 130 points by the end of th e y e a r , ”Thorlakson said.

W ith 24 g o a ls a n d 14 a s s i s t s ,H a n k s h a s 62 p o in ts , a n d T h o r l a k s o n ’s 16 goals and 28 assists give her 60 p o in ts . H a n k s sa id th e duo knows they a r e a p p ro a c h in g the benchmark.

“Obviously we set that target a n d we w a n t to r e a c h it between us,” Hanks said. “But what we’ve accomplished right now is unbelievable.”

Reaching their goalsCinalli, who has seven goals

and 15 assists on the season, said she doesn’t focus on indi­v id u a l s t a t i s t i c a l t a r g e t s as much as team achievements.

“One of my goals is a team goal and i t ’s to win a n o th e r national championship,” Cinalli sa id . “ I g u e s s you cou ld say tha t every day I’ve been striv­ing just to work really hard in p r a c t i c e a n d c h a l l e n g e my te a m m a te s , and they a lw ays challenge me.”

W orking for th a t team goal has produced one of the most prolific front lines in NCAA his­tory for the Irish this year. In j u s t 21 gam es , Notre D am e’s

“E very th in g ’s clicking a n d

e v e ry o n e ’s having a b last. ”

Amanda Cinalli Irish forward

three top forwards have com­bined for 151 points (47G-57A), a clip of 7.4 points per game.

T h o r la k s o n e s p e c ia l ly h a s used the diversity of the Irish a t tack to h e r adv an tag e . She h a s c o m b in e d w ith C ina ll i , H a n k s a n d h e r o t h e r t e a m ­m ates for a nation-leading 28 assists this year.

The trio has taken 231 shots in th o se g a m e s , m a k in g the c o m b in a t io n th e c o u n t r y ’s m o s t f e a r e d o f fen s iv e m o n s te r . T h e i r shot total is nearly 140 more than all I r i s h o p p o n e n t s combined against Notre Dame in the 2005 season.

In fact, with 122 shots in her fresh­m a n s e a s o n ,Hanks has taken 30 more shots th i s y e a r t h a n a ll o f N o tre Dame’s opponents have against the Irish defense.

H anks c re d i te d T h o r lak so n and Cinalli with th a t prolific total.

“My teammates put me in the chances that I have to take the shots,” Hanks said. “Sometimes the chances I get are just tap- ins. ... Most of all it’s my team ­m a te s t h a t h e lp m e g e t my chances.”

T h o r l a k s o n s a id N o tre D a m e ’s o v e r w h e lm in g s h o t advan tage is, in large pa r t , a result of the defensive work of the Irish forwards.

“We have a pressure offense, so a lot of our attacks are actu­ally when the defense is trying to get the ball ou t an d w hen th e y ’re o ff -b a la n c e and th a t provides us with more opportu­nities to keep the ball in their end,” she said.

Going for twoThe Irish hope to m a in ta in

t h a t d e c id e d s h o t s - t a k e n a d v a n t a g e in th e NCAA T o u rn a m e n t w hen they m ee t

Valparaiso in the f i r s t r o u n d of their title defense tonight a t Alumni Field.

Cinalli said she k n o w s t h e r e is a d d e d p r e s s u r e when a team tries to r e p e a t as national ch a m p i­ons bu t said she

has full faith in the Irish.“ I th in k o u r t e a m h a s th e

composure and talent to w ith­stand that p ressure ,” she said. “W e’re to ta lly con f id en t th a t w e ’ll m ake it all the way this year.”

To make it all the way to the College Cup (soccer’s version of th e F in a l F o u r ) in C o llege S ta t io n , Tex., th e I r ish m u s t take every opponent seriously a n d use th e i r e x p e r ie n c e to b e a t t e a m s w h o h a v e no t played as many big games.

Thorlakson and Cinalli each p layed in all six to u r n a m e n t gam es las t y ea r while Hanks competed for the United States in international competition.

Thorlakson, a member of the C anad ian na tional team , said Hanks’ participation on nation­al team s gives h e r a com peti­tive advantage over her defend­ers, despite h e r lack of NCAA playoff experience.

“She’s ju s t ... a na tu ra l goal scorer,” the senior from British C o lu m b ia s a i d . “S h e ’s b e e n

“This year, i t ’s w id e open — e v e r y b o d y ’s

scoring. ”

Katie Thorlakson Irish forward

playing international soccer for a long time. With tha t experi­e n c e s h e ’s go in g to be a b it more mature on the ball.”

Hanks said her international e x p e r i e n c e will h e lp in th e excited environment of tourna­ment matches.

“I think it helps out a lot,” she said. “In te rn a t io n a l level and college level a re two different types of things but it does help

g e t t i n g to k n o w d i f f e r e n t styles and differ­ent players.”

W a ld ru m sa id N o tre D a m e ’s t h r e e - p r o n g e d a t t a c k p r e v e n t s d e f e n s e s from fo cu s in g on j u s t T h o r la k s o n , th e two-time Big East o ffens ive p la y e r

of the year, to shut down during games.

“I th ink hav ing [Hanks and Cinalli| just makes it that much m o re d i f f ic u l t fo r t e a m s b e c a u se you ju s t c a n ’t pu t a focus on Katie,” he said. “You just can’t do it.”

“Everybody’s scoring”T h o r l a k s o n sa id N o tre

Dame’s offense this year is be t­ter than last yea r’s.

“This year, i t ’s wide open - everbody’s scoring ,” she said. “O bv io u s ly w i th 151 p o in ts between three people it’s hard to key on one person. ”

Thorlakson said the develop­m en t of Cinalli and Hanks as offensive stars has taken much of the offensive burden off her s h o u l d e r s f ro m a y e a r ag o , especially as the returning s tar on th e d e f e n d in g n a t io n a l champions.

“I’m looking forw ard to the to u rn am en t — noth ing on my shoulders,” she said.

T hough te a m s r isk leav ing C ina ll i a n d H a n k s o p e n for s h o t s w h e n th e y fo cu s on T h o r l a k s o n , W a ld ru m sa id Notre D am e’s opponents often concentra te their attention on the senior.

“I’m am azed all the time at Thorlakson because she contin­ues to just get marked, she con­t in u e s to be th e t a r g e t , you know everybody’s trying to stop h e r and she ju s t continues to f ind w a y s to g e t p o i n t s , ” Waldrum said. “Goals, assists, whatever it takes.”

In 2004, T horlakson scored o r a s s i s t e d on 18 of N o tre Dame’s 22 goals in the postsea­so n , i n c lu d in g a g o a l o r an assist in each of the team ’s six NCAA tournam ent victories.

W a ld ru m sa id he d o e s n ’t expect tha t kind of dominating p e r fo rm a n c e from any of his players this time, only because the Irish have too many offen­sive weapons to keep the others from finding the net.

“Last year, [Thorlakson] felt a lot of pressure to have to be the one to come th rough for us. I d o n ’t know if any one of our weapons will have [a perform ­a n c e l ike T h o r l a k s o n ’s in 2004],” he said.

With 151 po in ts sp re a d out be tw een th ree p layers during Notre D am e’s 19-2-0 re g u la r s e a s o n p lu s Big E a s t T o u r n a m e n t , c o n t in u in g the s t r a te g y of a d ive rse offense might be best for the Irish.

Contact Ken Fowler at kfowlerl@nd.edu

TIM SULLIVAN/The Observer

Irish forward Kerri Hanks receives a pass during Notre Dam e’s4-1 win over Florida on Sept. 2.

DUSTIN MENNELLA/The Observer

Notre Dame forward Amanda Cinalli jukes Connecticut defender Karlyn Miselis during the 5 0 Irish win in the Big East title game on Nov. 6.

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Notre Dame forward Katie Thorlakson drives the ball downfield during a 6-0 Irish shutout of Maryland on Sept. 4 .

The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER Friday, November 11, 2005

Back to backCandace Chapman's return to defense has the Irish on pace for another NCAA title

Photos by DUSTIN MENNELLA/The Observer

Irish senior has made a successful transition from offense this year

By KEN FOWLERSports W riter

W h en N o tre D am e w on six s t r a i g h t NCAA T o u r n a m e n t games a year ago to claim the2 0 0 4 C ollege C up, C a n d a c e Chapman was a central p a r t of the Irish attack.

W ith le s s t h a n 18 m in u te s r e m a i n i n g in N o t r e D a m e ’s semifinal m atch against Santa C la ra , C h a p m a n s c o r e d th e on ly g o a l o f t h e g a m e a f t e r executing a flawless give-and- go with Katie Thorlakson.

B o th T h o r l a k s o n a n d Chapm an are m em bers of the C an ad ian n a t io n a l te am , and both a re in their final seasons a t Notre Dame.

As th e I r i s h b e g in t h e i r n a t i o n a l t i t l e d e f e n s e t h i s w e e k e n d w i th a m a t c h a g a i n s t V a l p a r a i s o ,T h o r l a k s o n is once again a t for­w a r d , b u t th e f i f th -y e a r s e n io r C h ap m an will be back in h e r n a tu ­ra l p os i t ion w ith t h e I r i s h a s a defender, lead ing a u n i t t h a t h a s s u r r e n d e r e d ju s t 10 goals in 21 games.

C h a p m a n , a t e a m c a p t a i n a n d vocal le ad e r , sa id N otre D a m e ’s c o m f o r t le v e l on d e f e n s e h a s s k y r o c k e t e d th ro u g h o u t the co u rse of the2005 campaign.

“I th ink com m unication and ju s t ge tt ing com fortab le with w h e re e v e ry o n e ’s p lay in g [is key to the defense],” Chapman

said . “We moved it a ro u n d a lo t in th e b e g in n in g [of th e season] and now people pretty much know w here to be .”

T hat comfort level has been most ap p aren t in Notre D ame’s 10 games since a 4-1 upset at th e h a n d s o f Marquette.

The defense has h e ld I r i s h o p p o ­nen ts to ju s t one goal in a span of 906 m inutes cov­e r i n g th o s e 10 g a m e s , a n d opposing offenses h a v e m a n a g e d j u s t 15 s h o ts on goal.

Along with j u n ­iors Kim Lorenzen and Christie S h a n e r an d f re s h m a n C arr ie Dew, C h ap m an an d th e Irish defense have hounded oppos­ing forwards all year and p re ­v e n te d t e a m s f ro m g e t t i n g good looks at the goal.

Thorlakson said she and the res t of the Irish offensive play­

ers feel confident w h e n th e y ’ look b a c k to s e e Chapm an leading th e d e f e n s iv e effort.

“ F o r m e p e r ­sonally, she plays on ou r C anad ian t e a m a n d I look up to h e r a lo t ,” T h o r la k s o n sa id o f C h a p m a n . “S h e ’s ju s t like a ro ck b ack th e re .

She puts a lot of confidence in the players ... in front of her .”

T h a t confidence h a s grow n over th e p a s t few m o n th s as the defense has shu t out nine of its last 10 opponents.

I r i s h h e a d c o a c h R a n d y W ald ru m a t t r ib u te s m uch of the defense’s recent success to the reem erg en ce of C hapm an as a p rem ie r back in the col­lege game.

“I th ink s h e ’s kind of found her rhy thm aga in as the ou t­side back,” W aldrum said after Notre D am e’s 5-0 throttling of Connecticut Nov. 6 in the Big E as t C ham pionsh ip . “P laying her up front last year, it took

he r a while to get to th e p o in t where sh e ’s flying up and down the line again ... and s h e ’s rea lly been d o in g t h a t a lo t for us the last few w eeks.”

C h a p m a n s a id th e t r a n s i t i o n was not too diffi­c u l t fo r h e r b e c a u s e sh e

played on the Irish defense in 2001 and 2002 before sitting out the 2003 season, recover­ing from ACL surgery.

“ I p la y e d d e fe n s e my f i r s t tw o y e a r s h e r e . T h e y on ly changed that [last year] when I went up fron t,” Chapman said.

In th e c o n fe re n c e c h a m p i ­onship game, Chapman led the I r i s h d e f e n s e in th e s e c o n d h a l f as C o n n e c t ic u t t r i e d to m o u n t an offensive a t tack to cut into the Notre Dame lead. E ach tim e they th o u g h t they h ad an opening, however, the Huskies found Chapman racing o v e r to r e d i r e c t c r o s s e s o r block shots from the wings.

After w itn ess in g four yea rs of such d o m in a t in g p e r f o r m ­a n c e s , W a ld r u m s a id he e x p e c t s to s e e C h a p m a n ’s nam e as a cen tra l pa r t of the future of w om en’s soccer.

“I think s h e ’ll be one of the fu tu r e s t a r s o f th e w o m e n ’s gam e,” he said.

“In te rn a t io n a l ly s h e ’s going to be o n e o f t h e s t a r s l ik e w e ’re h e a r in g a b o u t the Mia Hamms and those kinds. She’s ju s t so composed and sh e ’s just such a w eapon coming out of the back.”

T h o u g h W a ld r u m s a id he

was glad to have Chapman on the back line again, he thinks sh e c a n c o n t r i b u t e to th e offense as well as the defense.

“S h e ’s j u s t su ch a w e a p o n coming out of the back defen­sively,” he said. “She can keep you from playing because sh e ’s a th le t ic and fast an d s h e ’s a good ta c k ie r of th e ba ll , bu t she c rea tes a lot for us offen­sively.”

Chapm an’ statistics this year give c r e d e n c e to W a ld r u m ’s assessment. She has two goals a n d n in e a s s i s t s o u t o f th e d e f e n s e , by f a r th e h ig h e s t points total on the team from the back line.

C h a p m a n s a id w h e n sh e

b e g in s h e r f in a l NCAA T o u r n a m e n t w i th t h e I r i s h tonight in hopes of leading the t e a m to b a c k - to - b a c k t i t le s , s h e w il l n o t lo o k p a s t V a lp a ra iso , even th o u g h h e r e x p e c ta t io n s for th e t o u r n a ­m ent are much g rea te r th an a first-round victory.

“G o in g in a s d e f e n d i n g national champions, you know how easy it is to get knocked o u t , so you t a k e i t o n e a t a t im e ,” she said. “[But] I think we should be confident going into the tou rnam en t. We have a g reat te am .”

Contact Ken Fowler at kfowlerl@nd.edu

by the numbersG oals sc o red by Notre D am e in its p rev ious 10 g a m e s , all of th em v ic to ries.

G oal s c o re d by N otre D a m e ’s o p p o n e n ts in th e p a s t 10 g a m e s .

S h o ts p e r g a m e N o tre D am e is a v e r a g in g th is s e a s o n . O pponents a re only averag ing 4 .4 sh o ts per con test.

^ ^ G oals sc o red by Notre D am e th is s e a s o n . Irish oppo n en tshave only m an ag ed 92 sh o ts on the year.

W ins by Notre D am e in NCAA tournam ent play. The Irish a re 32-10- all-tim e in the NCAAs, including national titles in 1995 and 2004. 3 2

Q Q Q W inning p e rcen tag e by Notre D am e in NCAA tournam e0 » y O g a m e s a t Alumni Field.

122Shots by Irish forward Kerri Hanks in 21 g am es in 2005. Hanks alone h as outshot Irish opponents by 30.

T eam s in NCAA to u rn a m e n t h isto ry w ith m o re th a n one national cham pionsh ip — Notre D am e and North C arolina.

“S h e ’s ju s t like a rock back there. S h e p u ts a lot o f confidence in the

p l a y e r s ... in fro n t o f her. ”

Katie Thorlakson Irish forward

“S h e ’s ju s t so com posed a n d

s h e ’s ju s t such a w eapon com ing out

o f the back. ’’

Randy Waldrum Irish coach

Left, Irish defender Candace Chapman com pletes a throw-in during Notre Dame’s 5-0 victory over Connecticut in the Big East Championship game on Nov. 6. Middle, Chapman (8) celebrates the conference title with Irish team m ates including midfielder Jen Buczkowski (9). Right, Chapman jostles for position during the win over the Huskies.

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A brand new twist on greed and ambition

The Saint Mary’s production of Shakespeare’s M acbeth brings a new tw ist to the c la ssic ta le of greed. In this version, the ca st is entirely played by women.

By REBEC CA CAVEScene W riter

William S h a k e s p e a r e ’s M acbeth , a v io lent s to ry of g reed and am bit ion , has been uniquely brought to life by an en tire ly fem ale cas t a t Sain t Mary's. From the dark, gloomy set to the b eau ­tiful costumes and rich acting, the play is a captivating and enterta in ing expe­rience.

Mark A bram -C openhaver’s d irecting brings together a s trong female ensem ­ble and a unique stage design to offer a d i f f e r e n t p e r s p e c t i v e on Shakespeare’s work.

"It was the shortest of Shakespea re ’s traged ies and allows the aud ience to b e c o m e in v o lv e d w i th th e s t o r y , ” Abram-Copenhaver said.

He hoped the audience would leave “intrigued and excited” about the play­w r ig h t a n d h is w o rk . A b r a m - Copen h av e r ex p la ined he dec ided to work with an all-female cast not ju s t for the novelty of it, but also to create a p roduction th a t b ro u g h t to life the many different layers of the tale.

“M acbeth is a m ora l i ty p lay a b o u t g r e e d a n d a m b i t i o n , ” A b r a m - Copenhaver said. “It needs to make the audience look at the dark side of greed and violence.”

By using a female cast he hopes the au d ien ce has new reac t io n s to these everyday occurrences.

The acting th roughou t the play was s u p e rb . The e n t i r e c a s t m a in ta in e d c o n t r o l o v e r t h e d i f f i c u l t Shakespearian language and the words flowed easily and n a tu ra l ly d ra w in g th e a u d i e n c e in. A s h le ig h S to c h e l turned in a perform ance so convincing as Macbeth many in the audience for­got she was a woman and were en tire ­ly taken in by her portrayal of the to r­tured man.

A sh le y P e l t i e r ’s p e r f o r m a n c e a s Macduff, the loyal friend of the king who is driven to revenge when his fam ­ily is m u r d e r e d , w a s m o v in g a n d s trong . Crystal S ch au f’s pe rfo rm an ce as th e P o r t e r w a s a s h o w s t e a l i n g touch and provided comic relief. Her

i n t e r a c t i o n w ith th e a u d ie n c e w a s hilarious and added a touch of gaiety to the dark play.

Other notable performances included the witches, who were frightening and mystical, s tanding seven feet tall. The e n se m b le w ork of the Cast w as also exceptional.

Fight scenes w ere highly believable a n d e x t r e m e ly v io le n t . T h e a c to r s trained everyday for a week with Kevin Asselin, a professional stage light chore­ographer, and then three times a week for a month. The action in the play is extremely violent and at times gory.

The simple se t consists of mainly a g re a t hall door and sev e ra l m ovable parts. The dark and ominous feel of the s e t fits p e rfec t ly w ith the th e m e s of death and doom. The unique part of the set is that it allows the audience m em ­bers to sit d irec tly on s tage . A bram - Copenhaver also chose to cut two-thirds of the seats in Little Theater.

“Little Theater rarely sells out and the empty spaces are distracting to the audi­ence. By having less seats the audience members are closer to the action giving th e m a b e t t e r e x p e r i e n c e , ” A b ra m - Copenhaver said.

He also noted tha t it was an “educa­tional and un ique ex per ience for the actors.”

The performers in the play also agreed the small atmosphere was beneficial.

“I feel the a u d ie n c e r e a c t io n s to a g rea te r ex ten t because the ac tors are able to see the actual emotions on the faces of th e a u d ie n c e ,” sa id A ngela Sauer, who played Lady Macbeth.

“The atmosphere gave me more ener­gy and helped me s tay in c h a ra c te r ,” Peltier said.

Both agreed that it was great learning experience as actors. The set did pro­vide a unique experience for the audi­e n c e , b u t w a s a t t im e s f r u s t r a t i n g because the audience members blocked action on stage.

Overall the p ro d u c t io n of M acbeth w a s an in t r ig u in g , f r ig h te n in g an d enterta in ing theatrical experience.

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White Sox not interested in acquiring MannyVocal Red Sox slugger wants out o f BostonAssociated Press

INDIAN W ELLS, C alif . — K e n n y W i l l ia m s w a s a s k e d w h e t h e r M a n n y R a m i r e z w o u ld be a go o d fit fo r th e Chicago White Sox.

“He’s not th a t kind of guy,” th e g e n e r a l m a n a g e r o f th e World Series ch am p io n s said Thursday. “We have a certa in kind of chemistry.”

Point m ade . Boston will not be dealing Ramirez to Chicago.

While he had 45 hom ers and 144 RBIs for the Red Sox last season , there ap p ea rs to be a l im ite d m a r k e t for R am irez , w ho a sk ed Boston to explore t r a d e o p t io n s b e c a u s e h e ’s uncomfortable living there.

N ew P h i l a d e l p h i a GM P a t Gillick said th e re ’s no room for the 33-year-old Ramirez in the P h i l l i e s ’ o u tf ie ld , w h ich h a s Bobby Abreu in r ight and Pat Burrell in left.

“ O u r c o r n e r s a r e p r e t t y g o o d ,” Gillick sa id . “In h igh school he played center, but I d o n ’t think he can play center anym ore .”

Last July, th e Red Sox and N ew Y ork M ets h e ld t r a d e talks about Ramirez, and both s id e s a g r e e d th e y d i d n ’t get v e ry fa r . T h e Los A n g e le s Angels, who w an t a power h it­ter, could be a match. Perhaps Ramirez would w an t to re tu rn to the C leveland Ind ians , his form er team.

Ramirez is owed $57 million d u r in g th e n e x t th r e e y e a r s a n d h a s t h e r i g h t to b lo c k trades , so the Red Sox and his agent pledged to work togeth­er.

General m anagers completed the formal pa r t of their m ee t­ings Thursday , delay ing until t h e i r D e c e m b e r m e e t i n g in Dallas a decision on w h e th e r to m o v e b a c k th e a m a t e u r draft until late June.

Jimmie Lee Solomon, execu­tive vice p resident for baseball opera tions in the commission­e r ’s office, said com m issioner Bud Selig w as a s k e d d u r in g W ednesday’s sessions w hether he expected any change in the designated hitter rule, which is used in the A m erican League but not in the National.

“He said for the foreseeable future w e’ll be doing the same th in g we h av e b e e n d o in g ,” Solomon said.

D u r in g th e w e e k , GMs b a n d ie d a b o u t big n a m e s for p o s s i b l e d e a l s , i n c l u d i n g Ramirez, Florida first basem an Carlos Delgado, Texas second b asem an Alfonso Soriano and Tampa Bay closer Danys Baez. Y a n k e e s g e n e r a l m a n a g e r B r i a n C a s h m a n s a id t e a m s always a re in terested in r igh t­h a n d e r Chien-Ming Wang and s e c o n d b a s e m a n R o b in s o n Cano, rookies who perfo rm ed w e ll l a s t s e a s o n w i th low salaries.

“T h a t ’s w h a t N o v e m b e r , December and Jan u a ry a re for, exploration of the possibilities of big ideas, big trades, t r a n s ­formations of ro s te rs ,” Red Sox p resident Larry Lucchino said.

S ta r t in g Friday, m o re th a n 175 free agents will be able to n e g o t i a t e c o n t r a c t s w i th a ll teams. The m arke t could go up significantly for relief pitchers, w h o a p p e a r to be c o v e te d .

W h ile c l o s e r s s u c h a s Billy Wagner and B.J. Ryan figure to get big money, th e re ’s likely to be a trickle-down to setup men such as left-hander Scott Eyre a n d r i g h t - h a n d e r B obby Howry.

“Everybody n eed s p itching. T h e r e ’s no t a lot of p i tc h e r s o u t t h e r e , ” Gillick sa id . “So supply and dem and .”

Because of the re la tive lack of depth in the free-agent m a r ­ket, many team s are exploring trades first.

“ P e o p le a r e b e in g v e ry aggressive and getting right to the point as to w hat they a re willing to do a n d w h a t th e y ’re no t willing to d o , ” W i l l ia m s said.

W h i le th eY ankees a re s e e k ­ing a cen ter fielder a n d s e t u p m e n , t h e i r im m e d i a t e goal is to re -s ig n left f ie lder Hideki Matsui, whose contract

says he m ust be put on uncon­ditional r e lea se w aivers if he

d o e s n ’t a g re e to a n e w d e a l by Tuesday.

“We’ve got to the 1 5 th to t ry to ge t s o m e th in g d o n e , ” Cashman said.

“ In t h e m e a n ­time, I’m gathering all the information a b o u t w h a t th e

available players on the trade m a r k e t a n d th e f r e e - a g e n t

m a r k e t a r e . W e’ll p r io r i t i z e those. In the event on Nov. 16 we don ’t have Hideki Matsui, it will be ano ther avenue to p u r ­sue .”

Mets general m an ag er Omar Minaya said he p lanned to be aggressive and probably would s t a r t m a k i n g o f f e r s to f r e e a g e n t s F r id a y . He s a id it is l ikely New York w o n ’t t r a d e Mike Cameron.

“If I had to guess righ t now, I see him as my right fielder,” he said.

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Rays prepare for the futureNFL

Former star lineman killed by a falling treeTampa Bay looks to

develop young talent and keep its veteransAssociated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, F la . — Piece by piece, the Tampa Bay Devil R ays a r e la y in g th e foundation for w hat new own­ership expects to be a bright future.

Center fielder Rocco Baldelli s igned a lo n g - te rm c o n tra c t Thursday that guaran tees him $9 m illion over th r e e y e a r s and could be w orth $32 mil­lion for six sea so n s , a move r e f l e c t i n g p r i n c i p a l o w n e r S t u a r t S t e r n b e r g ’s c o m m it ­m ent to keep a promising core of young talent together.

“He and Carl Crawford re p ­re s e n t two p re m ie r build ing b locks of the o rg a n iz a t io n ,” t e a m p r e s i d e n t M att Silverman said.

Last April, Crawford signed

a s im i la r s ix -y ea r dea l th a t could be w o r th up to $32 .5 million. Baldelli’s co n trac t is d e s ig n ed to keep th e young outfielders in the same lineup well into w ha t the last-place Devil Rays expect to be a d r a ­matic tu rnaround on the field.

The 24-year-old Baldelli is viewed as one of the keys to th e f u tu r e , even th o u g h he missed last season with knee a n d e lb o w i n ju r i e s . He h i t .289 with 11 hom ers and 78 RBls as a rookie in 2003 and b a t te d .280 w ith 16 h o m ers the following year.

The sp eed y c e n te r f ie ld e r tore a knee ligament playing with his y o u n g e r b ro th e r in the backyard of th e ir Rhode Island home in October 2004. He was on the verge of rejoin­ing the Devil Rays las t su m ­mer when he tore a ligament in his right elbow and had to undergo Tommy John surgery.

Silverman said team doctors e x a m in e d Baldelli and gave him a “clean bill of health .”

“T hat news, combined with Rocco’s g rea t work ethic and ded ica tion to his r e h a b i l i t a ­tion, gave us the confidence to m a k e th is d e a l , ” S i lv e rm a n said.

B a lde ll i n e g o t i a te d te r m s w ithou t he lp from an agent, m e e t in g s e v e ra l t im e s w ith e x e c u t iv e vice p r e s id e n t of b a seb a l l o p e ra t io n s A ndrew Friedman. Baldelli had agent Casey Close rev iew the con ­trac t language.

B aldelli s a id he w a s n ’t as in te re s ted in m axim izing his earning potential as he was in remaining with Tampa Bay.

“I d idn ’t sign this deal ju s t to g e t a d e a l d o n e . I d id it b e c a u se I like th e d irec t io n th e o rg a n iz a t io n is g o in g ,” Baldelli said. “I w an t to be a pa r t of this team going on to build a winning tradition.”

His deal guaran tees him $2 million next year, $750,000 in 2007 and $2.25 million 2008, b u t i f h e h a s 6 0 0 p l a t e a p p e a r a n c e s n e x t y e a r h is 2007 sa la ry goes up to $2.5 m illion a n d his 2008 sa la ry increases to $4.5 million.

Tampa Bay has a $6 million option for 2009 with a $4 mil­lion buyout. If the Devil Rays exercise that, they get an $8 million option for 2010 and a $9 m il l ion o p t io n for 2011 tha t must be exercised togeth­er. Those options ca rry a $2 million buyout.

Former Houston Astros gen­e r a l m a n a g e r G e r ry H u n s i c k e r w a s h i r e d l a s t week to work with Friedman, who has final say on baseball moves.

The next step likely will be the hiring of a manager, with Friedm an expected to choose b e tw een Los Angeles Angels bench coach Joe Maddon and in cum ben t Devil Rays bench coach John McLaren.

F o r m e r N ew York M ets m anager Bobby Valentine was also a finalist. However, h e ’s been conside red a long shot from th e s t a r t b e c a u s e th e Devil Rays a r e n o t likely to spend , th e m ill ions it m ig h t take to pry him away from his c u r r e n t jo b w i th J a p a n League champion Chiba Lotte.

Steve Courson was a vocal o p p o n en t o f steroids in the leagueAssociated Press

PITTSBURGH — Steve Churson, the form er offensive l in e m a n for th e P i t t s b u r g h Steelers who developed a heart problem after becoming one of th e f i r s t NFL p la y e r s to ac k n o w le d g e u s in g s te ro id s , w as k illed T h u r s d a y w h en a tree he was cutting fell on him.

C o u rso n , 50 , w a s u s in g a chain saw to cut down a dead 44-foot tall tree with a circum­ference of 5 feet when it fell on him, according to s ta te police. The accident happened a ro u n d 1 p.m. a t his home in Henry Clay T o w n sh ip ,Fayette County.

Messages left for the county coroner were not immedi­ately returned.

Pastor Lois Van O rd e n , w ho w a s w ith C o u r s o n ’s m o th e r , E lizabeth , a t h e r Gettysburg , Pa., home, said the family had no immediate comment.

Courson made the Steelers in 1978 as a free agent guard from South Carolina. He started more than half of the Steelers’ games before he was traded to Tampa Bay in 1984, where he played a n o t h e r two s e a s o n s b e fo re b e in g w a iv ed . He e n d e d his c a re e r after the 1985 season, having played on the S teelers’ S u p e r Bowl c h a m p io n s h ip teams in 1978 and 1979.

In a s ta tem en t, the Steelers said:

"We are saddened to learn of the sudden and untimely death of Steve Courson. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family and friends during this extreme­ly difficult time.

"Steve was an integral m em ­ber of our last two Super Bowl c h a m p io n s h ip t e a m s , a n d returned to the Pittsburgh area

after he re t i red from football. Steve battled back from health prob lem s in re c e n t yea rs and s e e m e d to h a v e m a d e a full recovery."

Courson was an early outspo­ken opponent of s teroid use in the NFL, though he had used them himself and blamed them on a h e a r t con d i t io n he said placed him on a transp lan t list for four years. He credited diet and exercise with reversing the condition.

He w e n t p u b l ic w i th h is steroid use in 1985 and was cut by Tampa Bay the next season. He a lso c r i t i c i z e d th e NFL’s steroid testing program , which began a year after he retired.

"It’s as m uch d rug abuse to t a k e s t e r o id s as h e r o i n o rcocaine," Courson sa id in 1990 . "When m ost peo­ple im ag ine d rug a b u s e r s , t h e i r t h o u g h t s a r e of s t r e e t people liv­ing in the gutter. Realistically, these people can’t afford drugs, but profes­

sional athletes and middle and upper class teenagers can."

Courson testified about steroid use before Congress last spring.

Earlier this year, Saints coach J im H a s le t t c la im e d th e Steelers’ use of the drugs during Super Bowl championship se a ­so n s in th e 1 9 7 0 s b r o u g h t steroids into vogue around the NFL _ even though s tar players such as Jack Lambert and Jack Ham were strongly opposed to drug use.

"To say that anabolic steroids didn’t play a role in the Steelers’ success would be a falsehood," Courson said in 1990. "But this isn’t a Steelers problem. It’s a league-wide problem. ... No one ever told me not to use or take s te ro id s , o r s u g g e s te d I w as killing myself.”

C o u rso n w a s a n a t iv e of G et ty sb u rg , an d p layed from 1973 to 1977 at South Carolina, w h e r e he s a id he f i r s t u se d steroids at age 18.

APGerry H unsicker, new Tampa Bay Devil Rays Senior V ice President of Baseball Operations, ta lks to reporters on Nov. 3 about the team ’s plans for its players next year.

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Warner ready to lead injury-riddled CardinalsAssociated Press

DETROIT — T h e A r iz o n a Cardinals and the Detroit Lions waited until midweek to choose a starting quarterback.

Kurt W arner got the nod tor the Card inals in s tead of Josh MeCown, and Joey Harrington c lu n g o n to th e jo b o v e r a banged-up Jeff Garcia.

Regardless of who takes the snaps for the Lions (3-5) and Arizona (2-6) Sunday in Detroit, focusing on the q u a r te rb a c k s for the hapless teams only over­looks the glaring problems each have.

“We h av e so m a n y o t h e r is su e s to be a good foo tb a l l te a m ,” Arizona coach Dennis Green said. “I think our q u a r ­terback play is OK, but a lot of other players are not OK.”

Damien Woody said the same is true in Detroit.

“The easiest thing to do is to point to the quarterback, espe­cially when the position is in flux.” the guard said. “A lot of things are going wrong with our team. It’s not just the q u a r te r ­back.”

Offensive line is perhaps the No. 1 concern for both Dfetroit and Arizona.

Kevin Jones ran for 87 yards in Week 1 for the Lions in a win o v e r G re e n Bay, a n d h a s n ’t reached that total since because he’s usually dodging defenders in the backfield. As a team, the C a rd in a ls h av e no t had 100 yards rushing in a game with M arcel Shipp and rookie J .J . Arrington sharing carries.

In ju r ie s have d e p le te d the C ard ina ls and Lions, e rod ing their small margin of error.

R e c e iv e r A n q u a n B old in , defensive end Bertrand Berry,

nose tackle Russell Davis and rookie cornerback Antrel Rolle a r e a m o n g th e key p la y e r s missing from Arizona’s lineup. The Lions have missed starting c o r n e r b a c k s l i r e ’ Bly and Fernando Bryant, receivers Roy W illiam s and Kevin Jo h n so n a n d d e fe n s iv e ta c k le S h a u n Rogers because of injuries.

D e t ro i t m ig h t be w i th o u t rookie receiver Mike Williams this week, but expects to get a boost from Roy Williams and Charles Rogers on offense and Shaun R o g e rs ondefense.

C har les Rogers w a s e l ig ib le to p lay la s t w eek a f t e r s e rv in g a four-game suspen­sion for violating th e NFL’s s u b ­stance abuse poli­cy, but he didn’t even travel to M inneso ta b e c a u se he had a poor week of practice.

“I’m ju s t thinking about this w e e k . L as t w eek w a s la s t w eek ,” Rogers bristled. “It’s a new week, we’ll see what hap­pens.

“I’m excited to got back, and do the things I do best.”

The slight might have jolted the second overall pick from 2003, b ecau se on W ednesday he w as sp r in ting and m aking s h a r p c u ts d u r in g p r a c t i c e . Each time Rogers made a play, his team m ates made an effort to encourage him.

D e t ro i t d e s p e r a t e l y n e e d s R o g e rs to t u r n h is c a r e e r around because he was the first of three straight receivers draft­ed by Detroit in the first round — a first since the NFL and AFL merged drafts in 1967.

'I'm excited to get back, and do the things I do best. ”

Charles Rodgers Lions wide receiver

Rogers has played ju s t nine games in th ree years, missing most of two seasons with collar­bone injuries, and has scored only once since ca tch in g two touchdowns against Arizona in his professional debut.

Roy Williams has also been slowed by in juries in his two seasons, and by some miscom- m un ica t io n with coach Steve M a r iu c c i a b o u t h is i n ju r e d quadriceps in last w eek ’s loss against the Vikings.

“Hopefully , I’ll p lay m o re th a n t h r e e p l a y s , ” Williams said.

Rookie Mike W il l ia m s , h a m ­p e r e d by a few ailments, has not sc o re d s ince the opener.

G reen said the Lions have s trug ­

gled on offense because the ir t r io of y o u n g r e c e i v e r s h a s barely played together.

“Those guys have size, they can go get the ball, they can stretch the field,” he said.

The Cardinals h a v e n ’t made m an y good m o v es o v e r th e y ea rs , bu t they m ade a good choice with the third pick over­all in 2004.

Receiver Larry Fitzgerald led A r iz o n a , a n d w a s se c o n d among rookies, with 58 recep­tions and eight TDs last season, lie is among NFL leaders with 52 r e c e p t io n s a n d h a s 713 yards receiving and four TDs.

Fitzgerald said h e ’s not con­cerned his play will be all for naught on a bad team the rest of this season, and in the years to come.

“ 1 d o n ’t h a v e t h a t k ind of stinking thinking,” he said.

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NFL

Davis and Martin refuse to give in to old age'A ssociated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — T here’s a long-stand ing theory th a t a running back’s road goes uphill once he turns 30.

S t e p h e n D avis a n d C u r t i s Martin are both out to disprove tha t notion. The two aging ru n ­n in g b a c k s s q u a r e off th is S unday when M artin and the New York Je ts (2-6) travel to p lay Davis and the C a ro l in a Panthers (6-2).

Despite hitting that perceived 30-year-old plateau — Davis is 31, Martin is 32 — both backs are doing their best to stave off the effects of Father Time.

“I d o n ’t believe in being 30 and y o u ’re over,” Davis said. “But [Martin] is having a great year, and I’m having a pre t ty good year. The thing is every­b o d y a lw a y s c o u n t s us guys ou t , b u t we j u s t keep on ticking.”

Davis, who had m a jo r k nee s u r ­ge ry la s t se a so n t h a t m a n yb e l ie v e d w ou ld e n d h is c a r e e r , h e a d s in to th e g a m e w ith 11 touchdowns rush­ing, third best in the NFL. Yes, th e r e s t o f h is n u m b e r s a r e dow n th is sea so n a t ju s t 406 yards rushing so far.

But he’s playing in an offense t h a t is c lick ing beh in d Steve Sm ith , who le a d s the NFL in every major statistical receiving category.

Martin’s numbers are also off his n o rm a l pace , a t j u s t 533 y a rd s ru sh ing and five to u ch ­d o w n s a n d a c a r e e r - lo w 3.4 yards per carry.

But h e ’s been battling through a sore right knee all season and a slew of injuries tha t have dec­i m a te d h is o f fen s iv e l in e — le a v in g him w ith j u s t o ne star ter playing in the same spot as opening day.

It’s troubling for Martin, who won the NFL rushing title last season with 1,697 yards. But he insists the 30-year-old theory can be beat.

“I think it depends on the guy ... [but] the o lder I’ve gotten, the better I’ve done,” he said. “I th ink th a t a lot of times, th a t does o c c u r w ith the a v e ra g e guy. I th ink guys like myself, Stephen Davis and a lot of other backs, a ren ’t normal or average and that is what has allowed us to con tinue and excel beyond the age of 30.

“I feel that the older I get, the better I should get. Last year, I was 31 and we led the league in rushing.”

Still, no m a tte r w here Davis a n d M a r t in go, th e y c a n ’t e sc a p e q u es t io n s a b o u t th e ir age and people who believe that time is quickly running out on their careers.

Even their coaches put some stock into the age barrier.

“T h is is de f in i te ly a young m a n ’s game, there is no doubt a b o u t t h a t , ” C a ro l in a co ach John Fox said. “But I am not sure 30 is ancient yet with any position. There have been guys dispel that at really every posi­t io n th e r e is on th e foo tb a l l field.”

Je ts coach Herm an Edwards s a id he s a w th e t h e o r y fall apar t firsthand when he was a c o a c h in K a n s a s City a n d Marcus Allen joined the Chiefs in the latter years of his career.

“People said the sam e thing a b o u t him w h e n we got him

“I don’t believe in being 3 0 and you ’re over.”

Stephen Davis Carolina running back

from the Raiders, and he ended up having a great career for us th e r e ,” E dw ards said. “T here are guys who are like that and you never question it when you are around them.

“I think some people always question the age of a running back, and , for the m ost p a r t , they a re r ig h t b ecau se th e re are so many runners and their legs, when you get to that n um ­ber, th e y g e n e r a l ly d w in d le away. These two guys are defi­nitely an exception to the rule.”

Martin will have his work cut out for him this Sunday against the Panthers, have been impos­sible to run on during their cu r­r e n t f iv e -g a m e w in n in g . C a ro l in a r a n k s f i r s t in r u n defense, allowing just 74 yards per game, and has only given up five touchdowns rushing on

the year.And no r u n n e r

s in c e R o n n ie Brown in Week 3 has gone for more th a n 100 y a r d s against them.

“I th ink th e y ’re p ro b a b ly o n e of the best defenses in th e N F L ,” M artin said . “I t ’s going to be diffi­

cult to run, but you can ’t take th a t into c o n s id e ra t io n w h en you a re a ru n n in g back . You have to plan on going out there and doing your job as best as you can and see what happens when the game is over.”

The Panthers believe Martin will be one of the better backs t h e y ’ll face th is s e a so n , and look back a t the last time he p la y e d th e m as i n s p i r a t io n : Martin ran for 159 yards and c a u g h t s e v e n p a s s e s fo r 39 yards in a 2001 Jets victory.

“He w as h a rd to tack le , he was ju s t rea l slippery,” defen­sive end Mike Rucker said. “You could get your h ands on him, but the nex t th ing you know, h e ’s gone.

“ I r e m e m b e r ta lk in g a b o u t tha t after the game, how slip­pery he was.

“So we know now that when we get a hold of him, we have to grab him tight and squeeze tight and have more than one person there to help.”

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NHL

Flyers soaring through beginning of seasonForsberg is 'reluctant

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VOORHEES, N .J . — P e te r F orsberg avoids the spotlight the way ho dekes defensomon and goaltenders.

W ayne G re tz k y w a s “T h e Great One" and Sidney Crosby h as been d u b b e d “T he Next O n e .” F o r s b e r g ? He d o e s n ’t w a n t a n ic k n a m e — “T h e Natural" fits, but th a t ’s taken.

A r e lu c t a n t s u p e r s t a r who prefers to be one of the guys, F o r s b e r g c a r e s m o re a b o u t w in n in g t h a n in d iv id u a l achievements.

With an im press ive re su m e t h a t in c lu d e s tw o c h a m p i ­o n sh ip s and an MVP trophy, the 32-year-old Forsberg came to the Philadelphia Flyers with high expectations. He’s certa in ­ly lived up to the hype early on.

“P e t e r ’s a sp e c ia l p l a y e r , ” F ly e rs c o a c h Ken H itchcock said. “He’s the complete pack­age. He’s a competitive player with a high level of skill.”

F o r s b e r g is a r a r e p la y e r w ho c a n b e a t t e a m s w ith a f inesse style or p u n ish them with a physical app roach . He led th e NHL w ith 24 a s s i s t s th r o u g h th e f i r s t 13 g a m e s , and also had four goals, giving him an average of 2.2 points per game.

F o r s b e rg is such a p rec ise passer he probably could turn an enforcer into a prolific scor­er. l i e ’s so unselfish with the puck tha t sometimes he needs a rem inder to shoot it himself.

“l ie ’s looking for me all the time, even when I’m not open,” forward Simon Gagne said. “I told him on the bench to think

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abou t h im self som etim es and ju s t shoot it. It’s amazing what Peter can do with the puck. ”

Forsberg’s top highlight pass so far came in Philadelphia’s 4- 3 c o m e b a c k v ic to ry o v e r Boston on Tuesday night. He was skating toward the bench, stopped, spun around and sent a 6 0 - fo o t l a s e r to Jo n i Pitkanen, who took the puck in fu ll s t r i d e , s t r e a k e d in a n d scored the tying goal with 23.4 seconds left to force overtime.

“T h a t w a s u n b e l i e v a b l e , ” Hitchcock said.

Through the F lyers’ first 13 g am es , G agne h a d a leag u e - high 16 goals and F o rsb e rg ’s o th e r l inem ate , Mike Knuble, had eight. Gagne’s career best is 33 goals, and h e ’s a lread y j u s t a b o u t h a l f w a y to t h a t m ark early in the season.

“H e ’s e v e r y t h i n g t h a t th e Philly fan s can a p p r e c i a t e , ” Knuble said. “He is everything tha t was advertised. He’s doing it every night now. He’s one of those gifted, gifted players.”

Forsberg, of course, spreads the credit.

“The guys I’ve p layed with are usually grea t goal scorers ,” he sa id . “Simon is a n a tu ra l goal scorer. Mike has a g rea t sho t, too. I know if I ge t the puck to them around the net, they have a great shot of scor­ing.

“M aybe I 'm b e in g s m a r t because the guy I’m passing to h as a b e t te r ch a n c e to score than I do. I’ve always done it th a t way. I always try to look for a pass. Coming around the n e t , you t ry to c h a n g e th e angle of the goalie."

Forsberg signed a two-year, $11.5 million contract with the F ly e r s in A u g u s t , l e a v in g Colorado after nine years with the Avalanche and one season in Q u e b e c . His a r r i v a l in Philade lph ia m ad e the Flyers e a r ly f a v o r i t e s to w in th e Stanley Cup, and significantly in c re a se d fan in te r e s t in the team.

Forsberg was the final addi­tion during an active offseason for the Flyers.

Team comes from topple Islanders by one goalAssociated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Pa tr ick S h a r p p ic k e d th e p e r f e c t t im e to sh o w his o f fens ive side.

S h a r p s c o r e d tw o g o a ls , i n c l u d i n g t h e t i e b r e a k e r e a r l y in t h e t h i r d p e r io d , an d the P h ilade lph ia Flyers o v e rcam e a two-goal deficit to b e a t t h e N ew Y ork I s l a n d e r s 3 -2 T h u r s d a y nigh t for th e ir fifth s t ra ig h t victory.

S h a r p ’s p e r f o r m a n c e — w ith h e lp f ro m l i n e m a t e s J e f f C a r t e r a n d B r i a n S a v a g e — c a m e w h e n th e F ly e r s ’ h ig h -sc o r in g line of S im o n G a g n e , P e t e r F o rsb e rg , and Mike K nuble h a d a r a r e off n ig h t . T h a t tr io w as b lanked a f te r co m ­b i n i n g fo r 67 p o i n t s in P h i l a d e l p h i a ’s p r e v io u s 13 gam es.

“ O u r l in e i s n ’t looking to s c o r e g o a l s e v e r y n i g h t , ”S h a r p s a i d .“ B u t on a n i g h t w h e n Fors and Gags h a d a r o u g h n i g h t , w e could chip in .”

G a g n e h a d s c o r e d s e v e n g o a ls in th e p r e v io u s fo u r g a m e s . F o r s b e r g le a d s the NHL with 24 ass is ts , in c lu d ­in g 12 in th e p r e v io u s six gam es.

“ I j u s t t ry to go o u t a n d p lay h a r d ,” said S harp , who h e l p e d l e a d t h e P h i l a d e l p h i a P h a n t o m s to t h e C a l d e r C up c h a m p i ­onship in the AHL las t s e a ­s o n . “ I ’m n o t l o o k i n g to n e c e s s a r i l y go o u t a n d s c o re tw o g o a ls , b u t w h en y o u do t h e l i t t l e t h i n g s r ight, th ings go you r way.”

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S h a r p p u t P h i l a d e l p h i a a h e a d 3-2 w ith a s lap sho t f rom the r ig h t circle. He cu t th e F ly e r s ’ e a r ly d e f ic i t in h a l f 3 :3 5 in to th e s e c o n d period w hen he fired a sho t from a lm ost the s am e spot.

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“We k in d o f w e n t b r a i n d ead for 10 seco n d s in a 2- 2 g a m e ,” S tir l ing exp la ined .

T h e I s l a n d e r s s c o r e d tw ic e in a 3 7 - s e c o n d s p a n in the f irs t period.

W ith N ew Y ork s k a t i n g w i th a 5 - o n -3 a d v a n t a g e , S a t a n to o k a c e n te r in g p ass f r o m A le x e i Y a s h in a n d o n e - t i m e d a s h o t p a s t N i i t t y m a k i a t 14:39.

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f ro m j u s t i n s i d e th e b lu e line a t 15:16 with the puck b o u n c i n g o f f F l y e r s d e f e n s e m a n Jo n i P i tk a n e n and into the net.

N i i t t y m a k i , m a k i n g h i s f i r s t s t a r t s i n c e a l l o w i n g seven goals in an 8-6 loss a t C a r o l i n a on O ct. 2 8 , w a s s e n s a t i o n a l e a r l y . He s to p p e d M ark P a r r i s h on a b re a k a w a y and then tu rn e d aw ay Ja so n B lake’s re b o u n d a t te m p t in the o pen ing m in ­u t e s . L a t e r , h e m a d e a sp raw lin g save on P a r r i s h ’s c lose-in a t tem p t.

F l y e r s c o a c h K en Hitchcock said P h ilade lph ia e a s i ly c o u ld ’ve b e e n dow n 5 -0 if n o t fo r N i i t t y m a k i ’s f i rs t-pe r iod effort.

“You j u s t w a n t to p la y well and re b o u n d well a f te r a b a d g a m e , ” N i i t t y m a k i s a i d . “ S o m e t i m e s a t e a m d o e s n ’t play th a t well and a g o a l ie h a s to s te p up. If a p layer m a k e s a m is take , the g o a l i e h a s to s t o p | t h e shot]. And it goes the o th e r w ay a r o u n d .”

S h a rp sa id “th e re w e re a lot o f q u e s t io n s ” a b o u t how N i i t t y m a k i w a s g o i n g to b o u n c e b a c k a f t e r t h e C aro lina gam e.

“But he w as on top of his g a m e t o n i g h t a n d he w il l only get b e t te r ,” S harp said .

Je f f C a r te r tied it 2-2 with 3 :0 7 l e f t in t h e s e c o n d . I s l a n d e r s g o a l t e n d e r Rick D i P i e t r o s t o p p e d II.J .U m b e r g e r ’s b r e a k a w a y bu t c o u l d n ’t c o n t r o l t h ere b o u n d . C a r te r flipped th e p u c k in o f f d e f e n s e m a n Alexei Zhitnik.

“ T h i s w a s o n e o f t h o s e g a m e s t h a t w e d i d n ’t d e s e r v e to l o s e , ” D iP ie t ro sa id . “They took it to a n o th ­er level in the second p e r i ­od. We needed to have th a t k i l l e r i n s t i n c t a n d p u t te a m s aw ay .”

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NBA

Wade's 25 points lead Heat past Yao's RocketsBrand and the Clippers win again for the team's best start in two decades

A ssociated Press

MIAMI — T hey w e re t i r e d from six games in nine nights, f ru s tra ted with the ir play and on the cusp of falling two games u n d e r .500.

So Dwyane Wade decided to spark the Miami Heat.

W ade h a d 25 p o in ts , e ig h t rebounds and seven assists — plus gave a fourth-quarter pep talk as Miami rallied from a late e igh t-poin t deficit to bea t the H o u s to n R o c k e ts 8 8 -8 4 on Thursday night.

“Didn’t want to lose. Tired of losing. A in ’t used to lo s in g ,” Wade said. “We’ve got a good team. And when we were down e ight, I told Udonis IHasleml and those guys tha t w e ’re not losing this game, so do whatev­er w e’ve got to do to win this game.And we came out with great focus.”

Jason Williams h ad e ig h t of his13 p o in ts in a decisive late run for Miami, which also got 13 points a n d n in e r e b o u n d s f rom M ourning and 12 points from Gary Payton.

“I don’t know if I’m 100 pe r­c e n t co m fo r ta b le yet p lay ing with these guys,” Williams said. “But each game, I just try to get better.”

Yao Ming had 24 points and14 reb o u n d s for Houston, but sco red only two points in the g a m e ’s f in a l 2 0 :0 4 . D e rek A n d e r s o n s c o r e d 20 p o in ts , S t ro m i le Sw ift h a d 12 a n d J u w a n H o w a rd 11 fo r th e Rockets, w ho’ve dropped three of four to open the season and play their next four on the road.

“The talk has got to change,” Yao said. “We need to do it for ourse lves — talk the ta lk and walk the walk.”

The win gave Heat coach Stan Van Gundy a 3-2 lead in the sib­ling series against his brother, the R o ck e ts ’ Je f f Van Gundy. N e i th e r b r o t h e r h a d h is full complement of superstars: The

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M iam i t r a i l e d 7 1 -6 3 w ith 10:17 remaining, but erased the deficit with a 20-6 run over the next 9:05. Williams scored eight of those points, and his 3-point­er with 2:16 left gave the Heat an 81-77 lead. Mourning hit a ju m p e r with 1:12 left to push the m arg in to six, and Miami held on.

“I th o u g h t we su ck ed it up and played very, very hard . ... That has to be the model for us in te rm s of how to finish the game,” Stan Van Gundy said.

T he H e a t s u rv iv e d m an y stretches of offensive ineptitude. Miami h ad two p o in ts in the

g a m e ’s f i rs t 3:42, then went scoreless for 3:26 later in the half, 2:32 to open the second half and 4 :03 l a t e r in th e third.

H o u s to n s c o re d only six p o in ts in the final 5:13 of the third, but somehow

added a point to its lead over tha t s tre tch and took a 64-60 edge into the fourth. And when David Wesley, who hadn’t taken a shot in his first 13 minutes, hit his f i r s t two a t t e m p ts of the fourth, the Rockets held the ir eight-point lead.

But Miami m ad e nine of its final 16 sho ts from th e floor, and escaped.

“We’re not paid to try h a rd ,” J e f f Van G undy sa id . “T h a t should be a given. We’re paid to produce.”

Wade led all scorers with 15 first-half points, 12 in the last 5:14 to help Miami take a 48-44 lead.

Clippers 1 0 2 , Hawks 95The Los Angeles Clippers have

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“T he sky is th e l im it r ig h t now ,” sa id Sam Cassell, who added 21 points as the Pacific Division-leading Clippers moved to 5-1 for the first time since the 1985-86 season.

Asked if he was surprised by the s trong s ta r t , Cassell said: “I’ve been saying it all year. It’s not surprising me.”

The Hawks, meanwhile, have lost their first five games for the first time since the 2000-01 sea­son, when they started 0-7.

The Hawks stayed close but didn’t lead after the first qua r­ter.

“I th o u g h t we w e re on the verge, but a loss is a loss,” said Jo e J o h n s o n , w ho led th e Hawks with 24 points and set a season high with 10 rebounds.

J o h n s o n sa id th e H aw ks “don’t know how to win.”

“I t ’s to u g h r i g h t n o w ,” Johnson said. “We’re in a nasty funk. Somehow, someway, we have to find a way to get a vic­tory.”

Coach Mike Dunleavy said his Clippers were wary of overlook­ing the Hawks, especially after a lso b e a t i n g A t l a n t a 9 2 -7 7 Saturday in Los Angeles.

“I w as really w orr ied about this game, obviously, playing a t e a m th a t h a s n o t w on y e t , ” D unleavy sa id . “ I kn ew they w e re go ing to com e ou t and play ha rd . They gave a g re a t e ffo rt and the lo n g e r you let them stay around, hang around, the more confidence builds, the

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Heat guard Dwyane Wade, top, tries to take the ball away from R ock ets guard Derek Anderson during th e first half of th e Heat’s 88-84 victory Thursday.

more opportunity they have to win.” .

Added Dunleavy: “T hey’re a young team but I expected us to win because we have more tal­ent than they do.”

Corey Maggette, playing in his second g am e since r e tu rn in g from a strained left hamstring, added 17 points in only 25 min­utes.

The Hawks w ere held to 41 percent shooting from the field, in c lu d in g l - f o r - 9 on 3 -p o in t attempts. The Clippers made 48 percent of their shots.

A tlan ta ’s Zaza Pachulia also h ad a doub le -d o u b le with 16 p o in ts , 13 r e b o u n d s a n d a t e a m - l e a d i n g s ix a s s i s t s . A1 Harrington added 14 points and rookie Marvin Williams had 12.

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Carpenter awarded '05 NL Cy YoungAssociated Press

NEW YORK — C hris Carpenter was ready to call it quits.

Toiling in Double-A two years ago, trying to work his way back from shoulder surgery, he pitched a game in T ennessee ju s t before th e A ll -S ta r b r e a k and c o u ld n ’t even play ca tch afterward because his right arm hurt so much.

C a rp e n te r knew s o m e ­th in g w as w ro n g a g a in , even th ough the doc to rs d idn’t think so. He h a d n ’t seen his infant son in about a month, and all he wanted

w a s go h o m e to New Ham pshire with his wife, Alyson.

“I ’ll n e v e r fo rg e t the n ig h t we s a t h e r e un ti l a b o u t 3 o ’c lock in th e morning crying and talking a b o u t my c a r e e r , ” C a r p e n te r sa id . “1 w as ready to be done. And she d id n ’t th ink I w as, th a t I would re g re t it if I d idn ’t ta k e th a t one m ore s tep and try to come back again. And th e n e x t th in g you know, I got my second su r­g e ry a n d h e r e we a r e today. And 1 know that if it wasn’t for her I wouldn’t be here.”

All th a t h a rd work and

p a t i e n c e w a s r e w a r d e d w hen C a rp e n te r won the NL Cy Young A w ard on Thursday.

After going 21-5 with a 2.83 ERA for the St. Louis Cardinals, he received 19 of 32 first-place votes and finished with 132 points in ballo ting by the Baseball W r i t e r s ’ A sso c ia t io n of America.

He beat out Florida lefty Dontrelle Willis, becoming the first Cardinals pitcher to claim the h o n o r since Hall of Earner Bob Gibson in 1970.

“1 c a n ’t believe I w o n ,” C a rp e n te r sa id . “My son did a little d ance for me

and my wife gave me a big hug. Willis, who was 22-10 with a 2.63 ERA, was listed first on 11 ballots, second on 18 and third on three for 112 points. Seven-time winner Roger Clemens got the o th e r two f irs t-p lace votes and came in a distant third at age 43.

T h e R o ck e t led th e m ajo rs with a 1.87 ERA, but a lack of run support from his NL c h a m p io n H o u s to n A s tro s l im i te d Clemens to a 13-8 record, w h ich s u r e ly c o s t h im votes.

W illis w a s all c la s s in sh ru g g in g off any d i s a p ­pointment.

I n B rief

Palmeiro avoids prosecu­tion for perjuryWASHINGTON — B a s e b a l l s t a r Rafael Palm eiro will not be p ro se ­cuted on perjury charges after law­m a k e rs said T h u rsd a y th e re i s n ’t enough ev idence to prove he lied w hen he told Congress u n d e r oath tha t he had “never used steroids” — six w eeks befo re fa il ing a s te ro id test.

The investigation did not conclude w h e t h e r th e f o r m e r B a l t im o re Orioles s lu g g e r had ac tu a l ly ever used p e r fo rm a n c e -e n h a n c in g s u b ­stances prior to his testimony before th e H o u se G o v e r n m e n t R efo rm Committee.

“We couldn’t find any evidence of steroid use prior to his testimony,” Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., said in releasing a 44-page report. “T h a t’s not a finding of innocence, but it’s a finding tha t we could not substanti­ate perjury.”

At issue was Palmeiro’s s ta tem ent at a March 17 hearing: “I have never

used steroids. Period. ” On May 4, he failed a Major League Baseball drug test, coming up positive for an a n a ­bolic steroid.Tyson questioned after

incident with cameramanSAO PAULO, Brazil — Mike Tyson

w a s q u e s t i o n e d by p o l ic e e a r ly Thursday after a television c am era ­m a n a c c u s e d th e f o r m e r h e a v y ­weight champion of assau lting him outside a nightclub.

T yson c o u ld fa c e c h a r g e s of assault and destruction of property, police spokeswoman Kelly Pinheiro s a id . A c o u r t h e a r i n g h a s b e e n scheduled for Friday, but Tyson can s e n d a r e p r e s e n ta t i v e a n d is not required to appear.

Carlos Eduardo da Silva, a c a m ­eram an with the Brazilian television n e tw o r k SBT, to ld p o l ic e Tyson pushed him and threw his cam era to the g ro u n d ou ts ide the club, then rem oved a videotape and put it in his pocket.

Police said Tyson acknow ledged

d a m a g in g th e c a m e r a bu t den ied p u s h in g S ilva . He w a s l a t e r r e le a s e d . T he 3 9 -y ea r-o ld Tyson held a news conference Wednesday ask ing the Brazilian m ed ia not to approach him at night.Tiger yields lead at HSBC

Champions CompetitionSHANGHAI, China — Tiger Woods

buried his last tee shot in a bunker and finished with a bogey, giving up a share of the first-round lead at the HSBC Champions on Thursday.

Paul Lawrie, the 1999 British Open w inner, E n g lan d ’s Nick D ougherty and Australian Peter O’Malley were tied for the lead a t 8 -u n d e r 64 in Asia’s richest golf tournament.

Woods was one stroke back at, 7- under at Sheshan International Golf Club, with David Howell, Robert-Jan D e rk s e n of th e N e t h e r l a n d s an d South Korea’s K.J. Choi.

The European Tour is opening its season with this $5 million to u rn a ­ment, which is sanc tioned by four tours.

Chris Carpenter’s dominating performance throughout the 2 0 0 5 season earned him the National League Cy Young Award Thursday, the first for the Cardinals since 1 9 7 0 .

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Philadelphia E agles quarterback Donovan McNabb an sw ers q u e stio n s about Terrell O w ens during a p ress c o n fe r e n c e Thursday. McNabb said the Eagles were ready to move on.

TDs this season.O w ens h a d 47 c a t c h e s for

763 yards and six TDs in seven games.

“With him on the field, we do re m a rk a b le th in g s ,” McNabb s a id . “We c o u ld h a v e s e t reco rd s . T h a t w as som eth ing th a t I looked forward to doing, winning Super Bowls together. But it ju s t con tinued to go in the wrong direction.”

Now McNabb says h e ’s ready to lead even m ore by example, ac t as the cap ta in of the ship and s t e e r th e E ag les to w a rd th e p layoffs . His t e a m m a t e s seem ready to jum p aboard .

“I don’t care who we bring in here or w hat players we have, everything goes through h im ,” Dawkins said.

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“I t’s hard to lose a guy like [Owens]. ”

Donovan McNabb Eagles quarterback

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PHILADELPHIA — W hen a door to the aud ito rium of the E ag le s p r a c t ic e facility s u d ­d e n ly f lew o p e n , a s t a r t l e d Donovan McNabb could have b een e x c u se d for th in k in g it w as som e fam il ia r hot a i r — not a brisk wind — th a t was the culprit.

“S o m e b o d y ’s t ry in g to ge t b a c k in h e r e , ” a s m i l in g McNabb said Thursday.

W hile s u p e r n a t u r a l t e r r o r l ikely w o n ’t be a d d e d to the l e n g th y l i s t o f w a y s T e r r e l l Owens torm ented the Eagles, a mellow McNabb w as relieved and ready to put the T O. e ra behind him.

S p eak in g for th e f i rs t t im e s in c e O w ens w a s b o o te d off the team for his constant criti­cism of the Eagles — specifi­cally McNabb — the Pro Bowl q u a r te rb a c k said the team is ready to focus only on football and not the d is t ra c t io n s th a t h a v e s w i r l e d s in c e s h o r t l y after the Super Bowl.

“ I t ’s u n f o r tu n a t e w h a t the end r e s u l t w as w ith him not being able to get on the foot­ball field with us, but you have to m o v e o n , ” M cN ab b sa id . “Some things in life th a t you’re a par t of ju s t don ’t go as well as you w an t them to .”

Certainly Owens’ tum ultuous s t in t in P h ilade lph ia w as one of them.

While Owens w as M cNabb’s favorite rece iver on the field, Owens m ad e McNabb his top ta rge t off it, firing one often puzzling c r i t i c i s m a f t e r a n o t h e r t o w a r d th e q u a r t e r b a c k u n t i l it c o s t h im his roster spot.

O w e n s s t a r t e d th e f r i c t i o n in A p r i l w h e n he to o k a s h o t a t McNabb, saying he “w a s n ’t t h e guy w h o go t t i r e d in the S u p e r B ow l,” then called him a “hypocrite” during training camp and f in i s h e d it off by sa y in g the Eagles would be better off with Green Bay’s Brett Favre.

W hat a set list.M cN abb p u b l ic ly took th e

high road, trying to diffuse the s i tua t ion with humor, though he w arned Owens to keep his n a m e o u t of h is m o u th . Apparently, Owens w a s n ’t lis­tening or d idn’t care.

“You’ve never heard me say a n y t h i n g b ad a b o u t h i m , ” M cNabb sa id . “You’ve n e v e r h e a r d m e say a n y th in g b ad about the situation. I ju s t con­tinued to put th a t behind me and tried to move on .”

Now the only one truly moving on is Owens.

S a fe ty B r ia n Dawkins, who tried to ac t as a m ed ia ­t o r b e t w e e n th e two, called Owens a good t e a m m a te a n d h a r d w o r k e r who simply let his outlandish c o m m e n t s o v e r s h a d o w his clutch catches.

“Those a re things you d o n ’t u n d e r s t a n d a n d c a n ’t sw eep under the rug ,” Dawkins said.

Owens d idn’t play in Sunday n i g h t ’s 1 7 -1 0 lo ss a t W ash ing ton , and will re m a in s u s p e n d e d for t h r e e m o r e games without pay. After that, the Eagles p lan to deac tiva te him for the rest of the season.

Owens, thrown off the Eagles on M o n d ay , h a d 20 t o u c h ­d o w n s in 21 r e g u la r - s e a s o n games with Philadelphia.

Coach Andy Reid — who dis­m issed Owens b e c a u se of “a large num ber of situations tha t accum ulated over a long per i­od o f t i m e ” — s a i d a l l t h e

a t te n t io n w as t i r ­ing bu t th e re was “ no e x c u s e ” for the way the Eagles have slumped to a 4-4 record.

A contrite Owens pleaded for ano th ­e r c h a n c e in a p u b l ic a p o lo g y T u e sd a y , b u t th e t e a m w a sunm oved . O w en s’ a g e n t , D re wR o s e n h a u s , s a id he wants his client to play im m ediate­ly-

Rosenhaus stole the spotlight a f t e r O w e n s w a s f i n i s h e d , d e f lec t in g u n fa v o ra b le q u e s ­tions an d p e r fo rm in g like an over-top- ringm aster in an out-

“I t’s unfortunate what the end result was with [Owens] not being able to

get on the football fie ld with us, but you have to move

on.”

Donovan McNabb Eagles quarterback

of-control circus.“I th o u g h t it w as a s in ce re

a p o lo g y ,” M cN ab b s a id . “ I t h o u g h t it w a s u n f o r t u n a t e a f te r the apo logy w h a t h ap - petied after that. T ha t maybe could have been solved early in the week. T h a t ’s over, th a t ’s the past. We’re moving on.”

When asked if he got into a f ig h t w i th O w e n s , M cN ab b c o u ld n ’t r e s is t pok ing fun a t Rosenhaus.

“Next question!” a s m i l in g , b u g ­e y e d M cN ab b y e l l e d in to t h e mike.

W hile p re v io u s M cN ab b c o n t r o ­v e r s i e s h a v e b ro u g h t op in ions f ro m e v e r y o n e

f ro m J e s s e J a c k s o n to Rush Limbaugh, this time consum er advocate Ralph Nader is ju m p ­in g in , w r i t i n g a l e t t e r to Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and NFL c o m m i s s i o n e r P a u l Tagliabue that asks to rescind Owens’ suspension.

Nader has a better chance of w inn ing his nex t p res iden tia l bid.

Still, losing the All-Pro wide- o u t p u t s m o r e p r e s s u r e on M cN ab b a n d an o t h e r w i s e lackluster receiving corps.

“If h e ’s not the best, h e ’s def­in ite ly one or two of th e top r e c e i v e r s o f t h e g a m e , ” McNabb said. “It’s hard to lose a guy like th a t .”

McNabb’s top two targets are no w G reg Lewis a n d Reggie Brown. The two combined for 45 catches, 543 yards and two

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N C A A F ootball

Young does it all for Longhorns

Texas quarterback Vince Young, left, tries to break free from the grip of Baylor linebacker Jamaal Harper on a third-quarter run Saturday in Texas’ 62-0 rout of Baylor.

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Saban prepares to face an old mentorju n io r quarterback

makes No. 2 Texas click with his movesAssociated Press

AUSTIN, T exas — F o u r th down, 18 yards to go.

With tim e run n in g out and T e x a s t r a i l i n g a t K a n sa s , Longhorns qu ar te rb ack Vince Young rolled to his right, faked a pass and then took off.

Breaking a tackle — his left a n k le w as in th e g ra s p of Jayhawks linebacker Nick Beid — Young covered 22 yards for a first down in w hat becam e the gam e-w in n in g drive last November.

L o n g h o rn s c o ach Mack Brown calls it the most impor­ta n t play in T ex as’ 16-gam e w inn ing s t r e a k th a t has the seco n d -ran k ed Longhorns in the thick of the national title chase.

“ I t ’s a p lay t h a t ’s a lm o s t u n h e a rd o f ,” Brown said . “I thought it was one of the great plays in Texas football history because it led to a Rose Bowl game that gave us a chance to win on the national scene and put us in the position we a re today.”

Texas (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) and K a n sa s (5-4 , 2-4) m e e tSaturday in a rematch that has conjured up a week’s worth of memories of Young’s dramatic play, J a y h a w k s coach Mark M an g in o ’s p o s t -g a m e t i r a d e and the what-ifs had Texas lost.

Texas might not have gotten the ball for its final drive if not for an offensive pass in terfer­ence penalty on Charles Gordon of K ansas with a little m ore than 2 minutes to play.

Mangino was critical of offi­cials and seem ed to suggest they wanted Texas to win so it could bring a BCS windfall into the league.

"You know w h a t th is is all about, don’t you? BCS,” he said at the time. “That’s what made the difference in a call in front of their bench. Dollar signs.”

lie was publicly reprimanded by the Big 12 and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.

But without Young’s big play, Texas loses and never reaches the Rose Bowl, where he ca r­ried the team to another d r a ­m atic v ic tory over M ichigan with 190 yards rush ing , 180 passing and five total to u c h ­downs.

Brown credits the Rose Bowl win over Michigan with giving his team the boost it needed to be one of th e n a t io n a l t i t le favorites this year. It also thrust Young into the Heisman Trophy race.

Given all t h a t ’s h a p p e n e d since, it’s easy to overlook just how close the Jayhawks came to spoiling everything.

“If I make that play, we win th e g a m e ,” sa id Reid , w ho lead s the J a y h a w k s with 85 ta c k le s th is s e a s o n b u t acknow ledges he still th inks abou t the one th a t got away. “I’ve thought about this game a thousand times since last year.

“It s t ings to th ink a b o u t it right now, but luckily we have a chance to go down there and do something about it.”

The Longhorns were pushing fo r a b e r th in th e Bowl Championship Series bu t ran into serious problems against a Jayhawks team that led 23-20 with just over a minute to play.

Young, who seems so calm in pressure situations, admits he w a s n e rv o u s . He h a d b een sacked for an eight-yard loss on f i r s t dow n an d th r e w two incomplete passes.

“1 w as n e rv o u s th a t p lay because I didn’t know what to do,” Young said. “I knew they w ere going to drop back real deep and protect the deep pass. I put it upon myself to use my legs.

“I was nervous because our season was in jeopardy. After we b ro k e the h u d d le , I w as th in k in g a b o u t w h a t I w as going to do to get a first down. It was crazy, but it saved our season.”

And it created a year’s worth of n igh tm ares for Reid. After his scram ble, Young hit Tony Jeffery for 21 y a rd s and the w in n in g to u ch d o w n with 11 seconds left.

Kansas, which had fought so h a rd , w as denied one of the biggest wins in school history.

“ It w a s a g a m e t h a t we should have won,” linebacker Kevin Kane said. “We were just a couple p lays sh o r t . It ju s t m ak es you th ink w h a t could have been done differently, but th a t’s in the past. We have to worry about this week. ”

C oaching m a tch u p looms large in battle o f 'Fins and Patriots

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MIAMI — As he m unches on lunch, Bill Belichick talks on the phone with the cheerfulness of som eone ea ting a glass s a n d ­wich.

T he s u b je c t is S u n d a y ’s matchup against Nick Saban, his protege and friend of 23 years. They’ll face each other for the first time when Belichick’s New England Patriots play the Miami Dolphins.

“I w o u ld n ’t call it f u n ,” Belichick says between bites. “I look at it more as a challenge. Fun would be playing golf.”

They’re tightly wound, these two, stern workaholics who rank am o n g th e i r s p o r t ’s m ost respected coaches. If it helped th e m w in , th ey re a l ly w ould chew glass.

And it’s against their nature to let friendship get in the way of a gam e. T he ir re la t io n sh ip has changed since Saban became the Dolphins’ coach last Christmas.

“We don’t talk as much as we used to, especially about football, because it is competitive in that we are in the same division and kind of on rival team s,” Saban says.

Even with both clubs s t ru g ­gling, the stakes Sunday will be substantial. Injury-plagued New E ng lan d (4-4), seeking its fourth Super Bowl title in five y e a r s , w as drubbed Monday n ig h t byIndianapolis, but rem ains atop the AFC East.

T he D olphins (3-5) can claim a s h a r e of f i rs t place with a win, even though they’ve lost four of their past five games.

“I am not f rus tra ted ,” Saban says. “We are not allowed to be frustrated here. If me being frus­t r a te d will help us get better, then 1 will be frustrated. But I am not frustrated.”

How a b o u t you, Bill? Frustrated?

“I don’t really care what hap­pened last week or two weeks ago or last yea r or two y ears ago,” Belichick responds. “None of that really makes any differ­ence. It’s all about the challenge this week.”

Which sounds like something Saban would say.

He and Belichick first met in 1982 , w h e n S ab an and Belichick’s father, Steve, were on the staff a t Navy. The younger Belichick became a head coach in 1991 w ith th e C leve land

B row ns an d h i re d S a b a n as defensive coordinator.

They spent four years together on a staff that also included Kirk F e re n tz , now h e a d coach a t Iowa; F resno S ta le coach Pat Hill; Dolphins director of football op e ra t io n s Scott O’Brien: and J im B a tes , f o rm e r D o lph ins defensive coordinator and inter­im head coach.

“Bill’s still a mentor of mine,” says Saban , a t 54 six m onths older than Belichick. “Bill is a really good guy as well as being an outstanding coach — maybe a s good a s I’ve e v e r b een around. And I’ve learned more f rom him than from anybody else.”

Belichick re turns the compli­ment.

“I’ve had the privilege to work with a lot of coaches through my ca re e r , and none b e t te r th an Nick,” he says. “I consider him a great coach and a great friend. I certainly appreciate everything he has ever done for me, which has been a lot. ”

In t ry in g to re b u i ld the Dolphins, who last year endured the ir first losing season since 1988, Saban is attempting to fol­low the example of Belichick, the first coach to win three Super Bowl titles in four years.

Both c o a c h e s a r e fo rm e r d e fen s iv e c o o r d in a to r s who s t r e s s o rg a n iz a t io n and h a rd work.

“The talk has always been that N ick’s a B elich ick d is c ip le ,” Miami d e fen s iv e e n d J a s o n

Taylor says. “I hope he is, so we can get t h r e e r in g s like they’ve got.”

Since jo in ing the D o lph ins , S a b a n say s he an d Belichick have spo­ken only a couple of t im e s . T h e two coaches regret that they both w ork in

the AFC East, rather than in dif­ferent divisions.

“You’re in com petit ion with tha t team 365 days a year, not j u s t one S u n d a y a s e a s o n . ” Belichick says. “It makes it a lit­tle tougher to have as close a re lationship you would have if you were som ew here else. But we understand that.”

Says Saban: “Hopefully when we’re sitting on a log someday on the side of the hill, what happens in this circumstance won’t affect our personal relationship.”

Players on both teams are well aw are that Sunday’s game ca r­r ies special m ean in g for both coaches.

“1 guess Nick and Bill are great friends. ” Taylor says. "I’ve got guys on teams 1 play against that I hang out with in the offseason. But for 60 minutes you’re going at it. You can love the guy and still want to kick his butt.”

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Belles prepare for six-kilometer Great Lakes RegionalThree seniors ready fo r Saturday's fin a l collegiate competition

B y K E N FO W L E RSports W riter

I t’s the last race of the se a ­so n , a n d th e B e lle s w a n t to close the season with their best perform ance of the year.

T h re e S a in t M a ry ’s s e n io rs w il l f in i s h the ir c a ree rs S a t u r d a y a t Voice o fA m e r i c a P a r k in th e NCAA D iv­i s io n IIIG r e a t L ak es Regional and five o t h e r s h o p e to en d t h e i r s e a s o n w i th p e r s o n a l r e c o r d s b e fo re co m in g b a c k next year.

“Typica lly a t R eg iona ls we

h a v e n ’t e v e r h a d p e r s o n a l r e c o r d s ,” jun io r Becky Feauto said. “But I would like to break my [personal best] 6-K time of this year.”

F e a u t o a n d B e l le s s e n io r S a r a O tto a r e th e o n ly tw o Belles who partic ipated in the m ee t last yea r and will again Saturday.

Feauto finished the six-kilo- m e t e r c o u r s e in 2 4 :5 7 , a n d Otto crossed the finish line in 26:00.

T h e i r 6-K t im e s f ro m th e MIAA C h a m p io n s h ip s tw o w e e k s ago in d ic a te th ey a re both likely to improve d ra s t i ­cally th e i r t im es from a yea r ago.

O tto f in i s h e d t h a t r a c e in 24:15, ju s t two seconds ahead of Feauto.

The jun io r w ants to do even better than that.

“24 [minutes] is a good goal to shoot for,” Feauto said.

Otto, Jess Eaton and Megan O’Neil a re the Belles th ree sen­io rs w h o w ill be r u n n i n g in their final meet.

Eaton said all w e re excited and hoped to run their best in their last collegiate meet.

Two weeks after head coach J a c k i e B a u t e r s s a w th e B e lle s tu rn in their best- eve r finish a t the MIAA C h a m p io n ­ship, she said the t e a m h o p e s to im p r o v e on i ts p erfo rm ance from a y e a r ago, w hen S a in t M a r y ’s placed No. 22.

“I’d like to see at R e g io n a ls e v e r y ­body do as well as l a s t w e e k if n o t be tter [than in the MIAA C h a m p io n ­ships] because th a t ’s the kind o f s h a p e they shou ld be i n , ” she said. “And I would like to see th a t t r an s la te to us doing b e t t e r in the reg io n th a n we did last year. ”

Freshm an Grace Fey said she expects the team to do exactly what its coach said.

“ 1 th in k e v e r y o n e on th e team is going to improve this weekend,” she said, citing ru n ­n e r s ’ im p ro v em en ts th r o u g h ­

out the year.Feauto said she

hoped the Belles’ i m p r o v e m e n t s would put them in a b e t t e r pos ition to t r a c k d o w n upper-tier confer­e n c e foes in th e race.

“I think, we can take on Alma and s t a y w i thK a la m a z o o ,” she said.

Last season, the B e l le s f in i s h e d one p la c e a h e a d

of Alma in the Regionals.Bauters said she changed the

team ’s practice routine slightly as the season came to an end a n d th e l o n g e r m e e t s approached.

“We’ve ju s t been doing quick­e r s tuff th is w e e k ,” she said. “Just faster turnover.”

That routine, she said, keeps the runners fresh and strong.

T h e B elles will s e n d e ig h t r u n n e r s to th e m e e t , w h e re s e v e n will c o m p e te a n d five will count tow ards the t e a m ’s total.

F reshm an Alicen Miller said B a u te r s h a s g iven h e r t e a m good a d v ic e g o in g in to th e meet.

“She told us to run hard and r u n o u r b e s t to h a v e f u n , ” M iller sa id . “I t ’s good to ge t this under our belt and get the experience behind us .”

F e a u to a g re e d , n o t in g th a t Regionals is the only true trav ­el m eet for the team during the course of the season.

“R eg iona ls is all a b o u t the e x p e r i e n c e b e c a u s e i t ’s o u r only overnight,” she said.

The Belles hope to make the most of the opportunity a t race t im e. They tak e off from the s t a r t i n g l in e a t 11 a .m . Saturday.

Contact Ken Fowler at kfowlerl@nd.edu

Otto

“I’d like to see at Regionals

everybody do as well if not better

[than in the MIAA Championships]

because th a t’s the kind o f shape they

should be in. ”

Jackie Bauters Belles coach

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Reinvigorated team is ready for final preseason scrimmageFirst-year coach Steve Bender says the Belles are a new group after a tough warmup last week w ith Bethel College

By T IM K AISERSports W riter

S a in t M a r y ’s w il l t a k e on Lake Michigan College tonight in its second scrim m age of the p r e s e a s o n a n d f in a l tu n e u p b e f o r e t h e r e g u l a r s e a s o n begins a t the Hanover Tip-Off Classic next weekend.

A w eek a f te r fac ing Bethel College at the Angela Athletic Center, the Belles a re hoping to get on the right t rack with a road victory before the ir offi­cial games start.

S a i n t M a r y ’s o u t s c o r e d Bethel in the last of the sc r im ­m a g e ’s t h r e e p e r i o d s a n d h o p es to use the m o m e n tu m

from the end of th a t m eeting to help in tonight’s m atchup.

“O u r fo c u s is to s e e how m u c h w e ’ve im p ro v e d from Bethel,” First-year Saint Mary’s head coach Steve Bender said. “T h e y e x p o s e d a lo t o f o u r w eaknesses .”

The Belles worked on condi­t i o n i n g a n d e x e c u t i o n all w eek , a n d B e n d e r s a id th ey a r e e s s e n t ia l ly a w h o le new team , complete with new play­ers.

This week the Belles will be p laying w ith a full sq u ad , as th ree p layers missing from last w eek ’s sc rim m age will r e tu rn to th e te a m . F o rw a rd B enya Broderick will r e tu r n ton ight a f t e r r e c o v e r i n g f ro m an

in ju r y , E r in N e w so m h a s joined the team after the com ­p le t io n of th e c r o s s - c o u n t r y sea so n a n d Shelly Bender will also be p la y in g a f t e r f in ­ishing out the vol­leyball season.

Bender described th i s w e e k ’s p r a c ­tice as “o u t s t a n d ­in g ” a n d sa id th e t e a m is r e a d y to g e t o u t on t h e court and play.

“W e ’ve s o m e a long w ay”, he said.“ F in a l ly , e v e r y o n e is h e r e , which helps. ... [Now] we can gel as a unit instead of playing as ju s t a bunch of p a r ts .”

Highlighting the new feel to the team , Bender said tha t “a lot of p la y e rs ” will s tan d out

for the Belles this season.

“We h av e a lot of depth, which is k e y ,” h e s a id . “But we also have g r e a t l e a d e r s h ip from our two cap ­ta ins .”

B e n d e r c r e d i t s c a p t a in s B r id g e t Boyce and Bridget Lipke w ith k e e p ­in g th e t e a m

focused d u r in g the t rans i t ion to a new coach.

“They rea lly held the team together,” he said.

He also said the s trengths of the team are his p layers’ a th ­letic ability and the num ber of quality players tha t a re on the roster.

“O u r a t h l e t i c i s m a n d th e d ep th th a t we have will help us ex tend p re s s u re on te a m s throughout the g am e ,” he said.

Bender said the Belles were e x h a u s te d by th e end of th e B e th e l s c r im m a g e , b u t t h a t with th is w e e k ’s cond it ion ing and the addition of th ree new g irls to the sq u a d , he th in k s they will be ab le to k eep up the intensity all game.

Tip-off tonight is a t 7 p.m.

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Steve Bender Belles coach

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No. 8 Irish look to regroup against Big East foesBy T O M D O R W A R TSports W riter

Som etim es a team on a roll n eed s a loss to refocus or to rejuvenate.

T he No. 8 Irish, w hose 15- ina lch w in n in g -s t re a k en d ed Nov. 6 a t P i t t s b u r g h , w ould m uch r a t h e r have k e p t w in ­ning.

Still, the five-game loss might have lit a fire for Notre Dame head ing into the critical final weekend of the Big East regular season. The Irish face Villanova (20-8, 7-4 Big East) Saturday at 10 a.m. and Bulgers (10-15, 5-7 Big E as t) S u n d a y a t 2 p .m ., both at the Joyce Center.

“I think that loss was obvious­ly h a r d , ” s e n io r L a u re n Brewster said of the loss to Pitt. “We were all really frus tra ted a fterw ards. W hat w e’re really trying to work on right now is c o m in g to g e t h e r a s a t e a m . We’re really trying to work on that.”

Coach Debbie Brown agreed with her All-Big East player.

“Everyone was really d isap ­pointed,” Brown said. “I guess we’re doing all that we can to make sure that doesn’t happen aga in , especia lly ge tting in a s ituation w here you’re on the ro ad , and y o u ’re up 2-0 and just figuring out a way to finish it.

“I think the main thing is just

to try to get back and work out, get some confidence back and focus back and feel good about w h a t we c a n do a s a t e a m again.”

B rew ster said the team has re focused and is ju m p in g for the opportunity, this weekend, to ea rn the top seed for next week’s conference tournament.

“W e’re e x c i t e d , ” sh e sa id . “S a tu rd a y we have Villanova f irs t , and I th in k t h a t w e 'v e kind of learned that you have to he cautious about everyone and respect every opponent. We’re really looking forward to it. We haven’t won the Big East yet, so w e ’re e x c i te d to h a v e th is opportunity.”

The season, 24 matches long th u s far, com es dow n to th is weekend.

This weekend, the Irish con­trol their own destiny. In fact, from here on out, they control their own destiny.

“We talked about what w e’re w ork ing to w ard s all s e a s o n ,” Brewster said.

As for h a v in g th e s e c o n d - lo n g e s t w in n in g s t r e a k in school history snapped, Brown sa id sh e w a s n ’t too w o r r ie d a b o u t it. She w a s n ’t ex ac t ly keeping track. Instead, she and her team took every match as just any other crucial competi­tion.

“To be quite honest, we never talked about it,” Brown said. “I honestly don’t think it was real­

ly a thought of the team about, ‘Oh, OK, w e ’re on th is h u g e w inning s t r e a k . ’ I think every time we went into a match we just felt like that we could com­pete and play well and win. It never even came up in a con­versation. I honestly don’t even know what it was — 13, 14? It was never a part of our thought process.”

W hether they thought about

the streak or not, the Irish are, at least, now without the pres­s u r e of k e e p in g it go in g . T hey ’re w ithou t the ta rg e t of being a team with 15 s tra igh t w in s , a t e a m t h a t e v e r y o n e w ants to bea t in o rd e r to end such a streak.

Now, hopefully. Brown says, her team has learned.

“Sometimes it could be said that you learn more from a loss

th a n a w in , an d I th in k th a t rem ains to be seen ,” she said. “We’ve gotten back in the gym and p rac t iced a little bit. We need to figure [things] out and play really well again, too. At this point, I’m for sure not glad tha t we lost. Certainly my hope is that it will make us better."

Contact Tom Dorwart at tdorwart@nd.edu

M e n ’s S w im m in g

Surging Irish hope for first-ever win at Michigan StateChallenging Spartans team hosts No. 18 N D

By JACK T H O R N T O NSports W riter

Road meets always present a level of un fam il ia r i ty , bu t tonight's match in East Lansing will provide Notre Dame with a lew more unique opportunities than usual, both for individuals and the. team as a whole.

“From what I understand, we as a program have never beaten [Michigan State] in the ir pool before, so we’re looking to go in there and get a win for the first t im e ." c o -c a p ta in P a tr ic k Holloman said.

The timing seems just right for the fall of Sparta. The Irish come in ranked No. 18 in the country, with a 2-1 record in dual meets.

The team is also running on

the momentum of its d ram atic 122-121 win over Pittsburgh — Notre D ame’s first-ever win at the Panthers’ home pool.

Still, as evidenced at least once th is fall, a v ic to ry over the Panthers is no sure sign of a win over M ichigan S ta te . The S p a r ta n s (1-2) have d ro p p ed the ir last two m eets bu t have done so against the stiff competi­tion of Purdue and Northwestern. Now they look to right their ship, and they hold homo-pool advan­tage against the Irish.

The match will be the last in a string of three consecutive road meets for Notre Dame that start­ed with the t e a m ’s own encounter with Purdue on Oct. 29.

“It’s tough being away from home. It’s not just physically tir­ing but it’s also a mental thing,” so p h o m o re Jay V anden Berg said. “It’s kind of tough not swim­ming in your home pool — that's

just something you like to do.” The Charles McCaffree pool

has only six lanes, meaning the Irish will have one fewer entry in each event than the normal four.

“In order to win a tough match on the road, you have to bring everything you have with you. You have to bring energy, tech­nique, training, motivation, disci­pline, crowd and noise ,” Irish head coach Tim Welsh said. “Wo always want to swim well on the road and one of the goals for the season is to win tough meets on the road.”

In other words, this win would be huge.

“It’s not a revenge factor as much as a measure of improve­m en t . We w a n t to im prove enough so that we can win those tough m a tc h e s on the r o a d , ” Welsh said.

In preparation for the Big East Championship at the end of the season, Welsh will be racing sev­

eral of his swimmers in different events for the first time all sea­son.

“At the Big East Championship at the end of season, most people will have three individual events, so we want to find out who they are , find out who might be on our relays this season ,” Welsh said.

Players are allowed to swim in only two individual events during the regular season, but the limit is r a i s e d to t h r e e for the February Big East.

“Generally we’d like people to be able to swim three events so we cou ld g e t m o re p o in t s , ” Heffeman said.

One of the swimmers who the Irish will try to get a third event is Vanden Berg. Vanden Berg has destroyed the competition in his two d istance events (500-yard freestyle and 1,000 freestyle), winning both races in every dual meet this year.

“lie ’s kicking butt,” Heffeman said of Vanden Berg. “Our dis­tance core in general has been huge in helping us win the meets, but Jay in pa r t icu la r has been doing really well and h e ’s ju s t been working really hard in the pool and in the meets.”

Vanden Berg's la test victory hopefully set the tone for the Big East Championship.

“If you look at the 1000-yard freestyle against Pitt, lit was I his best time of the season. But also two of I the Panther swimmers] went 1 and 2 in the Big East last year, so it was an important win for him and just an indicator of how well Jay is doing,” Welsh said.

W elsh and th e Ir ish hope Vanden Berg’s dom inance will help the team to its first win in East Lansing tonight.

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Irish will try to run easily on SaturdayPiane expects teamm fhoul much pressure, Piane

t o e a r n a n a t - l a r g e said his team wil1 try to relax, . ° and no t ge t c au g h t up in the

blCl i t i t d o e S n t W i n fast s tart that is inevitable in arace expected to feature more than 200 competitors.

“We w a n t to ru n c o n s e rv a ­tively,” he said. “Frankly, we want to run with as little effort as possible and still qualify.”

Teams often worry about col­lisions in ra c e s with fields as

large as the region­als, but Piane said th e c o u r s e in B lo o m in g to n is w e ll e q u ip p e d to hold so many ru n ­ners.

“We’ve run there in th e p a s t , ” he s a id . “ I t ’s a v e ry fa ir co u rse a n d it will h a n d le [ the large field.1"

The course is not known for its fast

times, however. It features sev­eral hills, spread throughout all eight kilometers.

The Irish will send an experi­e n c e d l in e u p in to th e m e e t . Seniors Tim Moore, Kaleb Van Ort, Sean O’Donnell and Vinny A m b r ic o , a n d j u n i o r K u r t Benninger all ran in this meet last year.

“People a re not in t im ida ted by th e fa c t t h a t they a re runn ing in such an impor­tan t m eet with a huge field," Piane said.

At the end of a long cross country s e a s o n , f a t ig u e can play a factor, but Piane said his team, which h as ­

n ’t competed since the Big East Championships on Oct. 28, will be well rested for the Regionals.

“They had a wonderful week of tra in ing last week, and this w eek h a s b e e n s o r t of dow n time,” he said. “We’re ready.”

If the Irish qualify, they will c o m p e te Nov. 21 in T e r r e H a u te , I n d ia n a in th e NCAA Championships.

By C H R IS K H O R E YSports W riter

With the regular meet season behind them , the No. 5 Notre Dame men’s cross country team is ready to take the f i r s t o ff ic ia l s te p towards a possible n a t io n a l c h a m p i ­o n s h ip a tS a t u r d a y ’s G re a t L ak es R eg io n a l M ee t a t I n d i a n a U n iv e r s i ty inBloomington.

Irish head coach Joe Piane said the t e a m ’s goa l is to f in ish in th e top tw o o u t of 35 schools in the meet, though he is not overly concerned with the t e a m ’s f in i s h in th e r a c e . P lacing in the top two would earn the Irish an automatic bid to th e NCAA C h a m p io n sh ip s Nov. 21, bu t Notre Dame can still earn a spot in the field with an at-large selection.

Piane said he is confident the No. 5 Irish will ea rn a spot in th e C h a m p io n ­s h ip s w i th th e quality opponents they have b ea ten in th e r e g u l a r meet season.

“[At la rgesl are chosen ... basical­ly [based on] who y o u ’ve d e f e a te d t h a t h a s q u a l i ­f i e d , ” h e s a id .“For example, let’s say we got t h i r d in o u r r e g io n , bu t G eorge tow n , P rov idence and Arizona get automatic bids. We w o u ld p r o b a b ly g e t a bid, b e c a u s e w e ’ve b e a te n th o se schools.”

At No. 5 nationally, the Irish have little concern to qualify, as the NCAA selects 13 schools to complement 18 teams that earn a s p o t in th e NCAA Championships with a top-two finish in one of nine regional

“They had a wonderful week of training last week, and this week has been sort o f down

time. We’re ready."

Joe Piane Irish coach

“Frankly, we want to run with as little

effort as possible and still qualify."

Joe Piane Irish coach

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After w inning the Big East Championship, the No. 4 Notre Dame w om en’s cross country team set its sights on a higher goal: a national championship.

The Irish will take their first s t e p to w a r d s t h a t goal S a tu r d a y in B lo o m in g to n , In d ia n a a t th e G re a t Lakes Regional Meet.

Notre Dame needs a top-two finish to g u a ra n te e a spot in the N ational C ham pionsh ips but can also earn an at-large selection.

While Irish head coach Tim Connelly said he is confident ab o u t the t e a m ’s ch a n c e s to finish in the top two, he said tha t the Great Lakes is one of the nation’s toughest regions, f e a t u r i n g s e v e r a l h ig h ly - ranked teams.

“Realistically there could be five or six te a m s | from the G re a t L akes R eg iona l] t h a t cou ld go to th e NCAAs,” Connelly said.

“Michigan’s ranked th ird in the country. Pitt was third in the Big East. Butler is ranked in the top 20 in the country. In d ia n a and M ichigan S ta te are each ranked in the top 30. It’s a pretty strong region.”

Despite the stiff competition, Connelly said his team is not intimidated by the field.

“W e’ve r e a l ly f a c e d good competition all year,” he said. “Our kids are not going to be overwhelmed running against good people in the NCAAs. I d o n ’t think being in a s trong region hurts us. In fact, it can only help us.”

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Notre Dame’s Stephanie Madia stays ahead of the pack during her victory in the 50th annual Notre Dame Invitational on Sept. 30 . The Irish com pete in the Great Lakes Regional Saturday.

A m e r ic a n s Molly H u d d le , S te p h a n ie M adia and Sunni Olding.

Talented f resh m an Ramsey K avan , who e a r n e d All-Big East honors this year, will also compete.

Huddle, Madia, Olding and Kavan have formed an intimi­dating top four this year, but th e Ir ish have s t r u g g le d a t times to find a fifth and final scoring runner capable of stay­ing close to the foursome.

In the Big East meet, junior K a t ie D eR usso w a s N o tre D ame’s fifth runner, finishing No. 16 o v e ra l l , on ly e ig h t p laces behind Kavan. Senior Jean Marinangeli finished just behind De Russo at No. 18.

Connelly said he hopes the days of the disappointing fifth runner are over for the Irish.

“I thought at the Big East, we had six kids run really really w ell , ” he s a id . “I th in k i t ’s going to keep getting better as our girls gain more and more confidence . On S a tu rd a y we hope to h ave sev en r u n n e r s run really really well.”

Elizabeth Webster, who fin­ished 32nd at the Big East, will try to be that seventh runner.

If the Irish qualify for the NCAA T o u rn am en t , they will compete again Nov. 21 in Terre Haute, Ind.

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Irish look for first home win of season todayN otre D am e's new coach hopes to lead team over G ophersBy G R EG A R B O G A S TSports W riter

The w om en’s swim m ing and d iv ing te a m will a t t e m p t to g e l bo th i ts f i r s t h o m e win and its first single m eet win of t h e C a r r i e N ixon e r a th i s F r id ay w h e n th e M in n e s o ta Gophers come to visit.

Notre Dame en te rs the m eet coming off its first win of the s e a so n , a 1 3 8 -105 d e fe a t of I’ittsburgh. The meet was the sw im m in g t e a m ’s s t r o n g e s t e f fo r t o f the s e a s o n as they won 7 ou t of 13 even ts . The r e s u l t p u sh e d N otre D a m e ’s reco rd to 1-2 on th e season . M i n n e s o ta c o m e s to S o u th Bend off a close loss to No. 21

University of North Carolina. Despite the loss, M inneso ta ’s re co rd for the season s ta n d s a t an im p re s s iv e 4 -2 m a rk . The Irish, howev­er, a r e n o t c o n ­c e r n e d w ith the d i f f e r e n c e in records.

“ I t h i n k th e t e a m fe e l s t h a t ou r reco rd d o e s ­n ’t r e f l e c t h o w go o d w e a r e , ” said jun io r sw im ­m e r Ju lia Quinn.“ E v e r y w e e k w e ' r e g o in g o u t t r y i n g to p r o v e to t h e c o u n t r y t h a t w e ’re a top-20 te a m .”

Q uinn , who t r a n s f e r r e d to Notre D ame from M innesota, is v e ry f a m i l i a r w i th th e G o p h e r team and know s the I r ish will be fa c in g a tough test this week.

“T h e y h a v e an e x c e l l e n t f r e s h m a n c la s s t h a t th e y ' l l

7 think the team fee ls that our record doesn’t

reflect how good we are. ”

Julia Quinn Irish swimmer

probably rely heavily on ,” she said. “T hey’ve all been sw im ­ming very well lately.”

T h e I r i s h s h o u ld be w e ll- p r e p a r e d fo r F r id a y ’s m ee t as Nixon p u t th e m through an ex tra d ifficult w eek o f p r a c t ic e lea d in g up to th is m ee t . W ith n e x t w e e k r e s e r v e d m o r e fo r f in e t u n i n g e v e r y t h i n g b e f o r e N o t r e D a m e ’s o w n

I n v i t a t i o n a l M eet , th e I r ish have put all the ir efforts into tra in ing this week.

The m eet, originally s c h e d ­u le d fo r 5 p .m . to d a y , h a s been rescheduled to 2 p.m. a t the R olf’s A qu a t ic C e n te r a t Notre Dame.

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A backstroke swim m er w aits for th e w h istle at th e Dennis Starks relays on Oct. 7. The Irish took first with 2 4 0 points.

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t h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r u s i n g bo th h e r a rm an d h e r legs.

The offense h a s b een w o rk ­in g h a r d a l l w e e k lo n g in p rac t ice to put in p lace a new o f f e n s iv e a t t a c k . T h e t e a m seem s confident it will pu t up th e p o in t s it n e e d s to c o m ­pe te w ith the heavily favored C av an au g h team .

T h e C h a o s h a v e h a d n o p ro b le m s so far this y e a r on e i t h e r s id e of th e ball . Lisa R u f f e r a n d th e C a v a n a u g h o f f e n s e h a v e b e e n a b l e to s p re a d the ball in im pressive fshion.

“We definitely like to utilize all of ou r rece ivers . They a re all a w e so m e ,” Ruffer said.

But even the offensive effi­c i e n c y is o v e r s h a d o w e d by t h e c o n s i s t e n t l y a i r t i g h t d e f e n s e o f t h e C h a o s . T h e t e a m h a s a l lo w e d a to ta l of six po in ts the e n t i r e sea so n . The only score cam e in a 13- 6 win over Lyons, w hich was the c loses t m arg in of victory t h e C h a o s p o s t e d a l l y e a r long.

W ith s c o r e s l ik e 6 -6 , 6 -0 and 7-6, the W easels a re no s l o u c h e s on d e f e n s e e i th e r . T he t e a m a llow s few er th a n 10 po in ts a gam e on ave rag e a nd h a s p itched two sh u to u ts

this season .“Our defense has got us out

o f a lo t o f t o u g h s p o t s a n d h e l p e d u s w in a lo t o f b ig g a m e s , ” c a p t a i n J u l i e Pu tnam said.

“ I t h i n k o u r c h a n c e s a r e g o o d d e s p i t e b e i n g th e u n d e r d o g s , ” P u t n a m s a i d . “Our team has a lot of sp ir i t a n d p r id e , a n d we a r e j u s t g o i n g to g iv e i t a l l w e ’ve go t .”

T h e C a v a n a u g h t e a m is confident, bu t definitely i s n ’t tak ing the W easels lightly.

“We c a n ’t go in e x p e c t in g a n y t h i n g , b e c a u s e on a n y g iv e n d a y , a n y t e a m c a n w in ,” Ruffer said.

The t e a m ’s le a d e rs a re t ry ­ing h a rd to t r e a t the gam e as any no rm a l contest , bu t with a c h a n c e to t a k e a n u n d e ­f e a t e d r e c o r d in to t h e S ta d iu m , th e t a s k is e a s i e r said th a n done.

W alsh vs. PangbornThe Wild W om en of W alsh

w il l t r y to m a k e i t to t h e finals for the second s t ra ig h t y e a r th is w eek en d , bu t have a to u g h o p p o n e n t h o p in g to s to p t h e m in t h e i r t r a c k s . W a lsh m u s t t a k e d o w n th e speedy Pangborn Phoxes this S u n d a y a t 2 p .m . fo r a c h a n c e to defend its t i t le in Notre D ame Stadium .

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Pangborn quarterback Katie Mooney hands off to a running back in Pangborn s semifinal victory on Nov. 6.

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The Phoxes’ backfield co m ­b ination of q u a r te rb a c k Katie M ooney a n d r u n n i n g b a c k s B r y n n J o h n s o n a n d T r i s h C o n n e ly h a v e p r o v e d to be a lm ost uns to p p ab le th is year, p u t t i n g u p a s m a n y a s 34 points in a single game.

In last w e e k e n d ’s q u a r te r f i ­na l m a tc h u p , Mooney th r e w tw o p a s s in g to u c h d o w n s to h e r f a v o r i t e t a r g e t , K a t ie R iem ersm a, in a 12-6 victory o v e r t h e W e ls h F a m i ly W h i r l w i n d s . J o h n s o n h a s b e e n a b le to u se h e r sp e e d all yea r long to rack up d o u ­b le d i g i t s in t o u c h d o w n s , i n c l u d i n g a 7 8 - y a r d s p r i n t aga in Breen-Phillips.

P a n g b o r n ’s v e r s a t i l i t y m ak es the Phoxes a d a n g e r ­ous team .

“O ur o f fe n se is a d a p t a b l e — we can pass or run , which h a s a l lo w e d us to be r e a l ly f le x ib le th i s y e a r , ” c a p t a i n Katie M urray said.

W alsh will t r y to s to p th e m u l t i - f a c e te d Phoxes w ith a d e fe n se t h a t p u ts it in good p o s i t io n to w in g a m e s . T he W ild W o m e n b o a s t f o u r s h u t o u t s , th e l a s t o f w h ic h cam e in a 7-0 win last w e e k ­end ag a ins t the Lewis Chicks in the first ro u n d of the p lay­offs.

The Wild W omen a re exc it­ed a t the p rospec t of see ing a n ew o p p o n e n t . They hope it will give the ir offense a little e x t r a he lp w ith the e le m e n t of su rp r ise .

J u l i e C a m p b e l l l e a d s th e t e a m in i n t e r c e p t i o n s a n d h as been a s t ro n g link on the sold defensive team .

C a p ta in M ary E l len B o t ta s a i d i n t e r c e p t i o n s l ik e C am pbell’s a re crucia l in the cou rse of a game.

“ I’ve b e e n re a l ly p ro u d of o u r defense all yea r for com ­in g u p w i th b ig s t o p s a n d f o rc in g t u r n o v e r s w h e n we need th e m ,” Botta said.

W alsh m ay be th e d e f e n d ­ing cham pions , bu t Pangborn is ju s t as ex p e r ien ced in the b ig g a m e s . L a s t y e a r t h e P h o x e s ’ s e a s o n e n d e d on a

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“T h a t left us a little b i t te r and unsa tis f ied , we know this is o u r o p p o r tu n i ty to m a k e u p f o r i t , ” M u r r a y s a i d . “T h e r e a r e 25 w o m e n w ho c a n t h i n k o f n o t h i n g e l s e righ t now .”

The W alsh t e a m a lso fee ls confident going into S u n d ay ’s gam e.

“We k n o w w e c a n do it b e c a u s e we w e re t h e r e la s t y ea r ,” Botta said.

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A Walsh player carries the ball upheld during the team ’s win in the quarterfinals on Nov. 6. The Wild Women are defending champions.

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The wom en’s basketball team gathers before tipoff against Ferris S ta te on Thursday. The team won 94-45 before a home crowd.

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areas.“We h ave to block ou t an d

we have to reb o u n d ,” McGraw said . “T h a t ’s going to be our em phasis this week."

T he B ulldogs h a d a 22-21 edge in rebounds at halftime, desp ite t ra i l ing on the sc o re ­b o a rd 41-24 . The Irish bu ilt the lead with an effective full court press tha t caused many of Ferr is S ta te ’s 31 tu rnovers for the game.

“ I t h o u g h t o u r p r e s s w a s s u c c e s s f u l in m a k in g th e m tu rn the ball o v e r ,” McGraw said. “Also I thought our zone w as p re t ty good. O ur-m an-to

m a n w a s a l i t t l e w e a k though.”

I r ish g u a rd Tulyah G aines, who re c o rd e d th re e s tea ls in th e g a m e , s a id m a n y o f th e turnovers were caused by h u s ­tling Irish defenders.

“I j u s t try to ge t ou t t h e r e and play a sc rap game and try to steal the ball,” Gaines, said.

Duffy and Gaines took turns p la y in g p o in t g u a r d fo r th e I r i s h . M cG raw p r a i s e d b o th p layers’ versatility.

“ I th o u g h t we h a d a lot o f good s p u r t s , ” M cG raw sa id . “T u ly a h d e f e n s i v e l y m a d e things happen for us, she ran th e b a l l w ell . W h e n e v e r we n eed ed a baske t , Megan w as there to m ake the baske t .”

Duffy said p lay ing shooting guard with Gaines a t the point h e lp e d h e r f ind o p e n s h o ts , which led to h e r com ing ju s t on e p o in t shy of h e r c a r e e r high of 25 points.

“With Tulyah a t the point it takes a lot of p ressu re off me, e s p e c i a l l y o f fe n s iv e ly , ” sh e said.

S ch ra d e r , a f r e s h m a n , w as the second-lead ing sco re r for th e I r ish in only h e r second collegiate game. McGraw said h e r quick ad justm ent was due to h e r s o l id f u n d a m e n t a l s coming out of high school.

“ I w o u ld n ’t say I w a s s u r ­prised [with S ch rad e r’s contri­b u t i o n ] , ” M c G ra w s a id . “Before the year I told her we w an ted h e r to play the sam e way she did in high school.”

S c h ra d e r ad m it te d she still has room to grow, however.

“I definitely have to do more off the ball stuff,” she said. “I think I can do OK stuff when 1 have the ball in my hands, but cu tt ing and rolling and r e a d ­ing w ha t the defense is doing is so m e th in g I h ave to w ork on.”

McGraw said she is still con­ce rn e d w ith f ind ing a n o th e r c o n s is te n t s c o re r a f te r Duffy and Schrader.

“Now we have to find a third s c o r e r , ” M cG raw s a id . “ I t ’s p ro b a b ly go in g to be a p o s t player."

Center Melissa D Amico was th e t h i r d - l e a d in g s c o r e r for th e I r i s h T h u r s d a y w i th 16 points.

Notre Dame got off to a fast s ta r t Thursday, rac ing out to a 28-9 lead midway through the first half. The Bulldogs m a n ­aged to outscore the Irish 15- 13 fo r th e r e s t o f th e h a l f , however, largely with second- chance baskets.

After ha lf t im e, Notre Dame ju m p e d a h e a d quickly, going on a 35-8 run to take a 76-32 l e a d . F ro m t h e r e th e I r i s h coasted, allowing only 21 sec­ond points while scoring 55 of their own.

The big lead gave McGraw a chance to use h e r bench, as 11 I r i s h p l a y e r s s a w a c t i o n Thursday.

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free throws to only six for the B u l ld o g s . N o tre D am e c o n ­nec ted on 27, o r 75 p e rcen t , while Ferris State hit four, or 66 percent.

♦ Ir ish f r e s h m a n fo rw a rd Chandrica Smith did not play T h u r s d a y for a c a d e m ic r e a ­sons.

“She missed some academ ic obligations, so she missed the game. She’ll be back in p ra c ­tice tom orrow ,” McGraw said.

♦ Notre Dame will open the regu la r season Nov. 18 against No. 19 Michigan a t the Joyce Center. The W olverines have w on tw o e x h i b i t i o n g a m e s , against Athletes in Action Ohio Legends.______________________

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Irish defender Noah Babin Is ch eck ed aga in st th e g la ss in Thursday’s 9-4 drubbing of Bowling Green.

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t io n is f o r , ” I r i s h f o r w a r d Torin Francis said. “To work on th in g s t h a t you n e e d to w o rk on to p r e p a r e y o u rse lf for the sea so n .”

F ra n c is p layed well o f fe n ­sively a g a in s t Lewis. He fin­ished with eight points on 3- of-6 s h o o t in g , w h i le f a c in g double team s for much of the gam e.

B rey s t a r t e d C hris Q u inn , Colin F a l ls , R u sse l l C a r te r , Rob Kurz and F ranc is in the f irst exhibition of the season.

“T h a t group has been really c o n s i s t e n t a n d s o l id , ” Brey said.

Brey an tic ipa tes going with the sam e lineup to begin the g a m e t o n i g h t a g a i n s t t h e H aw ks, bu t will ro ta te p lay ­ers and ex p e r im en t with dif­f e r e n t l in e u p s m uch like he did la s t week.

“You’re still s e a rc h in g and l o o k i n g a t s o m e c o m b i n a ­t i o n s , a n d w h o p l a y s w i th who b e s t ,” Brey said.

“T here will be m ore moving p a r t s t h i s y e a r t h a n e v e r b e fo re . H aving sa id th a t , a t some poin t you do have to be com m itted to m inu tes in c e r ­ta in a re a s , and when you do th a t it m eans you ’re going to be d e c o m m it te d to a guy or tw o .”

N o t r e D a m e w e n t to a sm a lle r lineup aga ins t Lewis, u s in g Q u in n a n d f r e s h m a n p o in t g u a rd Kyle M cAlarney in th e s a m e b a c k c o u r t se t . The Ir ish will no t have th a t op tion Friday, as M cAlarney will be sidelined w ith a sore back.

“H e’s an im pac t guy for u s ,” Brey sa id . “T h a t r e a r r a n g e s so m e th in g s th i s w e e k , b u t we a re going to try to get the b a c k s p a s m t h i n g c a l m e d dow n .”

N o t r e D a m e w il l s e e t h e r e t u r n o f f o r w a r d R ick C orne tt in s tead . C orne tt was out with a sore left ankle last Thursday.

The Irish played well d e fen ­sively a g a in s t Lewis d esp i te the ir offensive s truggles. Led by F r a n c i s ’ n i n e b l o c k e d shots, Notre Dame limited its o p p o n e n t to 17-of-56 s h o o t ­ing.

“I though t we w ere in very g o o d p o s i t i o n t h e o t h e r n ig h t ,” Brey said . “We did a good job con tinua lly d e fe n d ­ing .”

L a s t s e a s o n , N o t r e D a m e d e f e a t e d Q u in c y 8 0 - 6 1 on Nov. 10, 2004. Quinn led the I r i s h w i th 25 p o in t s in th e g a m e on 8 - o f - l l s h o o t in g , inc lu d in g 5-of-8 from th re e - poin t range .

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s ta n d in g p e r fo rm a n c e s from Matt Amado (1 goal, 1 assist), Erik Condra (3 assists) and T.J. J indra (1 goal, 1 assist). Most notable was junior center Josh Sciba, who tallied th ree goals in the Irish victory. It was the first Notre Dame hat trick since Aaron Gill scored three in the 2004 CCHA Super Six 6-5 loss to Ohio State.

“If a n y b o d y can g e t th r e e goals in a game for us, includ­ing our entire team, is a good thing,” Jackson said of Sciba’s pe rfo rm an ce . “I’m happy for Josh. He’s been one of our most consistent players in the early stages of the season, so th a t ’s positive.”

The Irish b roke a 4-2 lead wide open soon after the start of the th ird period , and they did it with style.

Assistant captain Mike Walsh broke down the r igh t side of the ice into the Bowling Green zone and blew past the Falcon defender to the outside before cutting to the front of the net and backhanding the puck over sp ra w le d ou t Fa lcon k e e p e r Jimmy Spratt (19 saves).

The goal came 4:56 into the period and put the Irish advan­tage at 5-2. And th a t ’s when the floodgates opened.

J indra flipped the puck over

Spratt while being pulled down from behind on a breakaway, and then was followed up with a Sciba breakaw ay goal off a b o u n c e p a s s u p th e b o a r d s from Erik Condra to put Notre Dame in the driver’s seat at 7- 2 .

In the remaining 10 minutes bo th te a m s la n d e d p u n ch es , s c o r in g tw o g o a ls a p ie c e . B ow ling G r e e n ’s J o n a t h a n Matsumoto scored to lead off th e l a s t - m in u te f lu r ry . But N o tre D am e r a l l i e d for two straight goals from Noah Babin and Christian Hanson.

The Falcons closed it out at 9-4 with Matsumoto’s second of the game.

“I t ’s all bus iness from now o n ,” W alsh sa id of w h a t the Irish take out of the huge victo­ry. “It feels good to score nine g o a ls . I c a n ’t r e m e m b e r if w e’ve scored nine goals since I’ve b een h e re , bu t we w a n t another one tomorrow.”

The Irish used the power play to perfection in the la tter half of the first to gain on an early deficit. Bowling Green left wing Derek Whitmore was whistled for a five-minute checking from behind major and a game mis­conduc t a t 14:54 of the f irst period, giving Notre Dame an extended man advantage.

Sciba w a s te d little t im e in c a p i ta l iz in g on th e F a lc o n ’s mistake and tied the game at 1- 1 on a shot :36 into the power play. Mark Van Guilder assisted

on the play, as did Condra.Notre Dame continued with

its advantage after the goal — a major penalty is unable to be wiped away by a score — and did away with the frustra tion th a t h a s p lagued the specia l team s unit to date so far this season with a well-placed Tim Wallace shot.

T he I r ish p o w e r p lay u n i t cyc led th e p u c k a r o u n d th e Bowling Green defenders with­in the ir zone and worked the puck to Brock Sheahan on the point. Sheahan found a wide- open Wallace on top of the left circle and fed the senior right winger the disc. Wallace sealed the deal as he slid a shot along the ice b e tw een the left post a n d F a lc o n s k e e p e r J im m y S p ra t t ’s r ight pad for the 2-1 Irish lead at 18:58.

Sc iba s t ru c k a g a in for his second of the night and Notre D am e’s th i rd - s t r a ig h t pow er play goal at 8:57 of the second stanza off a crisp Condra pass. Condra controlled low near the Falcons’ ne t and found Sciba open on the r ight side. Sciba one-timed and Spratt made the stop, only to allow a rebound that the Irish center roofed on a backhand for the goal.

N otre D am e op en ed up its largest lead of the regular sea­son only 24 seconds later when Amado sen t a rebound home after an initial shot by defense­man Noah Babin was deflected by J in d ra onto S p ra t t to give the Ir ish a c o m m a n d in g 4-1 lead.

“I w a s re a l ly p le a se d w ith their effort tonight for the most p a r t , ” J a c k s o n sa id . “T h e re was a lot of positives from the game. I’m glad th a t we came o u t as w ell a s we did. They played h a rd an d they p layed sm art.”

Bowling Green closed the gap to 4-2 on a scramble in front of P e a rc e t h a t F a lc o n s ’ c e n te r M a ts u m o to d ro v e h o m e a t 11 :5 0 of th e s e c o n d f r a m e . Matsumoto corralled the puck in front of Pearce in the midst of an Irish penalty kill, deked to the left post, and shoveled it in for the goal.

The Falcons struck first on a 2-on-l rush 9:21 into the first period. Four Irish skaters got stuck deep in the Falcons’ zone when a 4-on-2 backfired and the Irish coughed up the puck. Bowling Green a t tack e r Brett Pilkington fired a wrister over Pearce’s right shoulder for the goal.

Ir ish goalie J o rd a n P ea rce made 20 saves on the game.

“He m ade the saves he had to, and he made a couple that w e re r e a l ly g o o d ,” J a c k s o n said.

The nine-goal victory is the first time the Irish have scored t h a t m a n y g o a ls in a g a m e since a 9-5 win over W estern Michigan on Nov. 20, 1998. The Irish face the Falcons again at 7:35 p.m. tonight a t the Joyce Center.

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By C H R IS K H O R E YSports W riter

M e g a n D uffy s c o r e d 24 p o in ts an d Lindsay S c h ra d e r added 19 as the No. 15 Notre D a m e w o m e n ’s b a s k e t b a l l team crushed an overm atched F e r r i s S t a t e t e a m 9 6 -4 5 T hursday at the Joyce Center.

Ir ish coach Muffet McGraw s a id d e s p i t e t h e l o p s id e d score, the team did not live up to h e r expectations in several

see VICTORY/page 37

H o ckey

Sciba notches hat trick in 9-4 victory

KIRSTEN HOELMER/The Observer

Notre D am e’s Victor O reskovich, left, and Christian Hanson fight for p ossession in Thursday’s win over Bowling Green.

By KYLE CASSILYSports W riter

I r i s h h e a d c o a c h J e f f Jackson walked into the locker room after Notre D ame’s 9-4 drubbing of Bowling Green on T h u r s d a y n ig h t a n d le t h is team have it.

Most teams would be ecstat­ic ove r t r o u n c in g a q u a l i ty opponent like the Falcons, but not this Irish squad — and not under Jackson’s watch.

“I got m ad at them ,” Jackson said of his post-game speech. “I thought we were real sloppy in the last 10 minutes of the

game. We took some penalties we shouldn’t have taken, and we turned the puck over. This group has got to learn how to win.”

Jackson pra ised aspec ts of his t e a m ’s game, notably the special teams area, a sore spot for th e I r i s h th u s far . But T h u r s d a y w a s a d i f f e r e n t s to ry , a s th e y s c o r e d fo u r power play goals but struggled s l ig h t ly on th e p e n a l ty kill a f te r allowing two in with a man down.

The Irish were solid up and dow n th e l in eu p , w ith ou t-

see HOCKEY/page 38

Irish face Division II QuincyOffensive production is main part o f Brey's gameplanfor tonight

By BOBBY GRIFFINAssociate Sports Editor

N o t r e D a m e w il l lo o k to im p ro v e its s c o r in g p r o d u c ­tion w hen it plays Division II Quincy to n ig h t a t th e Joyce Center, Irish coach Mike Brey s a id W e d ­nesday.

“I’d like to s e e u s be b e t te r offen­sively, to get off to a b e t ­t e r s t a r t , ”B re y s a id .“T h a t h a s b e e n th e focus since last F riday.”

N o t r e D a m e s h o t j u s t 36 p e rc e n t from the field in its 5 9 - 4 0 w in o v e r L e w is University Nov. 3.

T h e o f f e n s iv e p r o d u c t i o n will s t a r t w i th C h r is Q uinn an d Colin Falls — w ho sh o t 4-of-14 an d 3-of-10, r e s p e c ­tively, a g a in s t Lewis. Q uinn f in is h e d a s th e h ig h s c o r e r for the I r ish w ith 14 po in ts , d e s p i t e s t a r t i n g off 2 - o f - l l from the field.

Notre Dame was 9-of-36 in the first ha lf as a team .

“T h a t ’s w h a t for the exhibi-

see QUINCY/page 38

W o m e n ’s I n terhall F ootball P layoffs

Chaos, Walsh hope to return to StadiumBy DAN MURPHYSports W riter

T h e r e ’s only one obstac le l e f t r e m a i n i n g b e t w e e n C a v a n a u g h a n d a t r i p to N o t re D am e S ta d iu m . T he u n d e f e a t e d C h a o s s q u a d h a s f low n th r o u g h its f i rs t s e v e n g a m e s u n s c a t h e d , b lo w in g m o s t o f i ts o p p o ­n en ts out of the water.

T h e ir o p p o n en t Sunday at 1 p . m . , f i f t h - r a n k e dP a s q u e r i l l a W e s t , n e e d e d o v e r t i m e to g e t p a s t

McGlinn into the sem ifinals . The 6-0 victory w as a lm ost e x p e c t e d f ro m th e P u r p l e W e a se ls , w ho h a v e p la y e d in tigh t gam es all y e a r long.

P a sq u e r i l la W est f in ished th e s e a s o n w i th tw o w in s and two ties. The team will n e e d a n o t h e r b ig g a m e from its defense , which has given the W easels a chance in e a c h o f t h e i r g a m e s . Q u a r t e r b a c k C a r a D a v ie s has also been able to come u p w i t h c l u t c h s c o r i n g

see CHAOS/page 36

F ootball

ND to continue Navy seriesBy M IK E G IL L O O NSports Editor

N otre D am e a n d Navy will extend their historic series for at least another 10 years, accord­ing to a sta tem ent released on the Notre Dame athletic Web site und.com Thursday.

The contract between the Irish a n d M id sh ip m e n w a s s e t to expire after their 2006 matchup, but the schools have agreed to an extension th a t en su res the se ries — curren tly in its 79th consecutive year — will continue into the 2016 season.

T he s q u a d s will face e a c h other in several different loca­

tions , as nex t y e a r ’s g a m e is scheduled for Baltimore and the 2012 contest will be played in Dublin, Ireland.

Representatives of both un i­versities were pleased with the agreement.

“I am pleased we have been able to continue the series which is a highlight for our student- a th le te s and fans every fa l l ,” Navy a th le t ic s d i r e c to r Chet Gladchuk said. “Two institutions of s im ilar values rek ind ling a lengthy and well-respected rela­tionship m ake this gam e sp e ­cial.”

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Crystan Erwin, left, looks for an open p ass Thursday desp ite being closely defended by a Ferris S ta te player. Senior Megan Duffy runs the offense with a confident hand.

page 2 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER Friday, November 11, 2005

Navy rivalry more than footballIt’s m ore than ju s t a foot­

ball game.By now we all know th a t

Notre Dame has beaten Navy th e p a s t 41 y e a r s . We all know th a t none o th e r th an R o g e r S t a u b a c h was the last Midshipmen quarte rback to b e a t th e Irish.

But w h a t we s o m e ­times forget Heather Van is t h a t t h e HoegardenN avy-N o tre ---------------------—Dame gam e Sports Writer is a lw a y s a b o u t m oreth a n f o o tb a l l . I t ’s a b o u t p r id e . I t ’s a b o u t p a s s io n . Most of all, it’s about respect — a re s p e c t for w h a t each s c h o o l h a s d o n e fo r th e other.

On th e h e e l s o f F r a n k Leahy’s 1943 national cham ­pionship season, World War II had escalated , and Leahy left to serve in the Navy.

The w ar took many young m e n f ro m t h e n - a l l - m a l e N o t r e D a m e , p r e s e n t i n g f in a n c ia l p ro b le m s for th e University as its en ro llm en t d ro p p e d d ra m a t ic a l ly . But with the w ar came a need for m o re t r a in e d o ff icers th a n th e N av a l A c a d e m y c o u ld provide. So they instituted a p r o g r a m in w h ic h U n iv e r s i t i e s a c r o s s th e n a t io n b e c a m e a p lace for

young men to receive a col­le g e e d u c a t i o n a s w ell a s officer training. Notre Dame was one of these sites.

A nd so N o t re D a m e ’s e n ro l lm e n t in c re a s e d , and the school survived through the war. As a result of Navy’s gesture to keep Notre Dame a f lo a t d u r in g th e w ar , th e I r i s h a g r e e d to p lay th e M idshipmen on the football field annually for as long as Navy wanted. The two teams had first met in 1927.

E ven w h e n I r i s h c o a c h Charlie Weis, a 1978 Notre Dame graduate , was at Notre Dam e, he se n se d a re sp e c t for the Naval Academy.

“I k n o w o n e th in g , th e ac a d e m ies w ere som eth in g tha t we always revered in a different light than any other opponent,” Weis said. “They were like their own separa te entity. And I th ink th a t you get a Catch 22 here because you have an opponent on the one h a n d th a t you w a n t to b e a t b ad ly . On th e o t h e r hand , the respec t factor for the young m en th a t y o u ’re going against is higher than a n y o n e e l s e y o u ’re g o in g a g a in s t b e c a u s e you know th a t th e y ’ve chosen a p a th t h a t w h e n t h e i r c o l le g e careers are over, they’re not going to go play in the NFL, they’re not going to go take some cush job, they’re going to go rep resen t our country. It’s a different mentality alto­gether.”

T h e f a c t r e m a i n s — th e Navy-Notre Dame is special.

Notre Dame has full-pads in t r a m u ra l football, j u s t as N avy h a s f u l l - p a d s s p r i n t f o o tb a l l . N o t r e D am e is r e v e r e d for i ts a c a d e m ic s and Catholic identity and its ability to ba lance th a t with a th le t ic excellence. Navy is r e v e r e d for th e m e n a n d women that make a commit­m ent to serve the ir country, a l l w h i le m a i n t a i n i n g Division-I athletic programs.

“We understand that these a r e d e d ic a te d Navy m e n , ” I r ish r u n n in g b ack D ar iu s Walker said. “These a re the guys that are fighting for the c o u n t ry . We h a v e m u c h r e s p e c t for th e se guys and the things they are doing out th e re . For them , football is kind of like a leisure activity. I t ’s one of those fun th ings th e y do, so t h e y ’r e r e a l ly p lay in g for th e love of the gam e.”

And among all of this, what abou t football? W hat abou t th e 79 c o n s e c u t iv e y e a r s Navy and Notre Dame have battled on the gridiron?

Well, every year Navy gets closer to getting a win.

In 2002, it was Notre Dame qu ar te rb ack Carlyle Holiday who s te p p e d up a n d m ad e tw o p la y s w i th t h e I r i s h down eight late in the game. He first hit Omar Jenkins to se t up the tying touchdow n an d th e n h it Jen k in s aga in fo r a 6 7 - y a r d to u c h d o w n

pass with 2:08 rem aining to give Notre Dame a 30-23 win against Navy, who was 1-8 at the time.

Two years ago it was Irish kicker D.J. F itzpatr ick’s 40- y a r d f ie ld go a l a s t im e e x p i r e d t h a t a l lo w e d th e I r i s h to e s c a p e 2 7 -2 4 a t home.

L as t y e a r , N o tre D am e finally beat Navy by a larger m a r g in , 2 7 -9 , d e a l in g th e Midshipmen their first loss of the season.

A nd so th e N a v y -N o tre D am e r iv a l r y h a s b e c o m e less of Notre Dame bea ting up on Navy as it h a s b een some close games.

But in 2003, even as Irish fans w e re ju m p in g up and d o w n w i th e x c i t e m e n t as F i tz p a t r ic k ’s kick f lu t te red th ro u g h the u p r ig h ts , they soon ca lm ed down as Navy le f t N o t r e D am e S ta d iu m th rough the tunnel on the ir end of the stadium.

“U-S-A, U-S-A,” the student s e c t io n c h a n t e d a s th e Midshipmen ran through the tunnel.

And why?Because Notre Dame-Navy

is about so much more than just football.

The opinions expressed in this column are those o f the au thor a n d not necessar i ly t h o s e o f T h e O bserver . C o n ta c t H e a th e r Van H o e g a r d e n a thvanhoeg@n d. edu.

game hype

Charlie Weis Irish head coach

“I t’s a different

mentality, not of power but of a speed-

driven offense. ”

“I’m not looking at what happened the previous 4 1

games. I’m only looking at this

game. ”

Maurice Stovall Irish quarterback

"It would be tough for us to

play Notre Dame if we

played them in the parking

lot of K-Mart. ”

Derek Landri Irish defensive

tackle“Every time we play Navy they

play with all their heart.

Those guys are the type of

guys who go on an d ... sacrifice their lives for our country. ”

Paul Johnson Midshipmen head coach

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Senior wideout Maurice Stovall has coaches, teammates — and him self— 'singing' praises

Widely received

GEOFF MATTESON/The Observer

Irish receiver Maurice Stovall celebrates after a second quarter touchdown Saturday against T ennessee.

By PAT LEONARDSports W riter

When Notre Dame proclaimed its ‘Return to Glory’ three sea ­sons ago, Maurice Stovall — a f r e s h m a n — in v o lu n ta r i ly b e c a m e the face o f the c a m ­paign.

S p o r ts I l lu s t r a te d t h r e w a photo of S tova ll’s touchdow n catch against Michigan State on its front cover. Everyone in the country could identify the tall wide receiver from Philadelphia.

The hypo around the program grew. The profile of Stovall grew even la rg e r — he had been a f i r s t - t e a m USA Today All- American in high school. And then, with no warning and only a silly SI cu rse to b lam e, the Irish and Stovall both sank off the national radar.

For three seasons, Stovall was a prominent player in an unpro­ductive offense, catching just six total touchdowns, lie swears the cover photo had nothing to do with his performance.

“It didn’t put any pressure on me at a l l ,” Stovall said. “You c a n ’t a llow s tu f f like t h a t to affect you.”

No m atter now. In his senior season, Stovall has morphed into a tough, lean receiver who can pose m ism a tch es and exploit defensive backs with his 6-foot-5 frame. And don’t let the sudden p ro d u c t io n fool you. S tovall insists the player he is now has been in South Bend all along.

“I don’t think you can just have every th ing really th row n into one season ,” Stovall said. “It’s basically a build up of maturity from your freshman year. And ... because of the changing of our program , [you’re] given m ore opportunity to show case your skills and your ta len ts and be able to do that consistently on a basis with the type of offense that we have.”

Maybe th a t e x p la in s why Stovall is on pace to catch more passes this season (63) than he did in his first th re e s ea so n s combined (61). Maybe it explains why h e ’s c a u g h t th e s a m e amount of touchdowns through e ight gam es (six) th a t he did from 2002 to 2004.

Or maybe it has nothing to do with football.

Through the grapevine"Mo” is old school. His team ­

mates toll him, and he knows it.The description doesn’t fit his

personality, though, as much as it fits his musical tastes. But then maybe again it does descr ibe S tovall’s persona li ty since, as

r u n n in g back D ar iu s W alk e r puts it, “Off the field and even on the field. Mo is a singer.”

S tova ll c o n s ta n t ly k e e p s a tune, and not only in his head. The sen io r rece iv e r takes his vocals and his smooth attitude from the show er to the locker room to the practice field, rang­ing in musical tastes from Barry W hile to M arvin Gaye to the Temptations and beyond.

“He’ll throw on ... all sorts of things from back in the day,” Walker said.

I t’s th is la id -b ack a t t i tu d e , combined with a resilient work ethic, that makes Stovall a well- liked and respected member of the Irish squad.

Since playing at Archbishop Carroll in Philadelphia, Stovall said he has always brought the same attitude to football and to life — he h as fun and w orks hard.

“Every time we see him, h e ’s s ing ing ,” W alker said. “Every t im e w e ’re a t p r a c t i c e , h e ’s singing. And it really helps to sort of create a calm atmosphere for us. It’s not so serious all the time.

“It’s really good to be able to le t go a little b i t a n d to play around a little bit in the huddle. Even som etim es in the gam es he’ll joke around. ”

But once the huddle has bro­ken th is s e a s o n , S tovall has reversed roles, wiping the smiles one-by-one off opposing defend­ers’ faces.

The se n io r r e c e iv e r h a s 42 catches in eight games for 666 total yards, an average of 15.9 yards per catch, second only to

Jeff Samardzija (17.2). Stovall’s 83.2 ya rd s per gam e average also establishes him as an imme­diate th rea t to upcoming oppo­nents.

But catching more passes was only h a l f th e b a t t le . S tovall climbed back not only into a reg­ular rhythm — he always played significant minutes — but into a complete receiver.

A firm stanceSamardzija broke two records

in N otre D a m e ’s win a g a in s t Tennessee last Saturday. Strong sa fe ty Tom Zbikowski scored two r e t u r n to u c h d o w n s . But Irish coach Charlie Weis had only one favorite individual per­fo rm ance a f te r rev iew ing the game tape.

“The guy I was pleased with the most was actually Maurice Stovall,” Weis said at his Sunday press conference. “He only had a couple catches on the game and one for a to u ch d o w n , bu t he made several critical blocks in this game and ended up leading us to h a v in g p ro d u c t io n . Som etim es we single ou t s ta t guys r a t h e r th a n th in g s th a t happen in a game that help us win. ”

At two tu rn ing points in the win over the Volunteers, Stovall made key blocks to free up big plays for Notre Dame.

Stovall m ade the final block tha t sprung light end Anthony Fasano for Notre D am e’s first touchdow n of the contest . He also he lped pave the way for Samardzija on a 73-yard com­pletion down to the Tennessee 2- yard line.

And Walker said Stovall’s role in those plays must not go unno­ticed.

“The receiver’s block is ... not only im portant for me, but it’s important for the other receivers as they’re running their routes,” Walker said. “In order for a play to work and in order for it to be a big play, I think the receivers have to get the blocks.

“W henever you see me r u n ­ning down the sideline or (tight end Anthony| Fasano runn ing down the sideline, tha t m eans one of the receivers made their block.”

Stovall’s example on the field has caused players like Walker to view him as a leader. And the p ro d u c t io n — be it c a tc h in g passes or planting defenders on their backs — could have NFL scouts licking their chops for a proven 6-foot-5 threat.

Stovall, though, said his focus rem ains a t Notre Dame — for now.

“I think about [the NFL] some­times but not a lot,” he said. “I’m just basically trying to enjoy the res t of my college season with my teammates, this great facility here, this campus and then we'll take it from there.”

A lighter optionStovall’s su d d en re su rg en ce

has provoked numerous conjec­tu re s on its o r ig in . Some, as Stovall suggested, credit Weis’ p ro lif ic o ffense . Some c re d i t q u a r te rb ack Brady Quinn. But Stovall is sick of hearing how his weight affects his play following the w e ll-d o cu m en ted s tory of Weis telling Stovall to drop a few p o u n d s a t th e b e g in n in g of spring practice.

“My w eigh t loss has been a factor in my change of play, but th a t ’s not every th ing ,” Stovall said. “That’s not it. I think a lot of people think that the reason I’m doing so well is just because of my weight. It’s not that at all.

It’s a buildup of things mentally, physically and emotionally.”

He has proven that he, as an e x p e r ie n c e d se n io r , c a n use those emotions to benefit himself and the Irish on the field.

"When you see a p layer like that, it really rubs off on every­body else,” Walker said.

But so m e o f th e e m o t io n sneaks out in the form of song, and W alker is not as quick to throw praise Stovall’s way.

“He thinks he’s a good singer. H e’s an a l r ig h t s in g e r in my opinion, but he really thinks he’s a good singer,” the running back said. “You know how those guys are when they really think they can do something? They sort of overdo it.”

But after shrugging off early c a r e e r s e tb a c k s , Stovall now easily d isp a tch es of any c r i t i ­cism.

“No, 1 don’t think I’m a good singer,” Stovall said, a wink all but implied. “My teammates do.”

Contact Pat Leonard at pleonard@nd.edu

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Increase in Notre D am e’s total offensive yards per gam e from last y ear 's total. This is the second best im prove­m ent in the country, behind No. 1 Southern California.

Notre Dam e’s BCS rank. The Irish were ranked No. 14 before their win over Tennessee.

Points Navy scored in the first quarter in Saturday’s 49-21 victory O Qover Tulane. It w as the m ost points Navy scored in a first quarter ^ Qsince Nov. 22, 2003.

) X Number of Navy rushing touchdow ns scored this sea so n , com pared ^ U to the team ’s four passing scores.

Consecutive sellou ts at Notre Dame Stadium . The first 130 cam e w hen the Stadium sea ted 59,075 people. 18441 Consecutive gam es Notre Dame has beaten Navy, the longest streak

in the nation.PAMELA LOCK/The Observer

S to v a ll d iv e s for a Brady Quinn p a s s S a tu rd ay a g a in s t T ennessee. The senior had tw o ca tch es and a touchdown.

PAMELA LOCK/The Observer

Stovall hauls in a Brady Quinn p ass for his sixth touchdown of the season Saturday in the 4 1 -2 1 against T ennessee.

page 4 The Observer ♦ IRISH INSIDER Friday, November 11, 2005

Noire DameFighting Irish

Record: 6-2 AP: 7

Coaches: 7C harlie W eis

first s e a s o n at Notre D am e

c a r e e r record :6-2

at Notre Dame:6-2

a g a in s t Navy: 0-0

Charlie Weis head coach

R o s t e r

No. Pos. Ht. Wt. YR1 D.J. H ord WR 6-1 198 FR3 D arius W alker RB 5-11 200 SO4 A nthony Vernaglia

Rhem a M cKnigntDB 6-3 221 SO

5 WR 6-1 215 SR6 Ray H erring DB 6-0 199 FR7 D arrin Bragg WR 6-1 192 SO8 Jun io r Jabbie RB 6-0 188 SO9 Tom Zbikowski DB 5-11 203 JR10 Brady Q uinn QB 6-4 231 JR11 David G rim es WR 6-0 170 FR12 M arty M ooney QB 6-2 207 SR13 Evan Sharpley

David WolkeQB 6-2 207 FR

14 QB 6-2 196 SO15 Leo Ferrine DB 6-0 186 SO16 Rashon Pow ers-N eal RB 6-3 238 SR17 Geoffrey Price P 6-3 186 JR17 Dan Gorski QB 6-3 196 FR18 C hinedum N d u k w e DB 6-2 219 JR19 D.J. Fitzpatrick K /P 6-2 206 SR20 Terrail Lam bert DB 5-11 188 SO21 M aurice Stovall WR 6-5 222 SR22 A m brose W ooden CB 5-11 197 JR23 C hase A nastasio WR 6-2 203 JR23 W. D avid W illiams DB 5-10 170 SO24 Brandon Erickson WR 6-0 178 SO25 N ate Schiccatano DL 6-2 237 SR26 W ade lam s DB 5-9 188 SO26 Travis T hom as RB 6-0 215 JR27 David Bruton DB 6-2 187 FR27 John Lyons RB 6-1 205 JR28 Kyle M cCarthy DB 6-0 189 FR29 LaBrose H edgem on

M ike R ichardsonDB 5-9 190 JR

30 DB 5-11 193 SR31 Jake C arney DB 6-0 187 SR32 Jeff Jenkins RB 6-0 232 SR32 Alvin R eynolds Jr. DB 5-10 180 SO33 Justin H oskins RB 5-10 186 SO34 Tom mie Lee DB 6-2 200 JR35 A shley M cConnell

Tim KenneyRB 6-0 247 JR

35 DB 6-0 180 JR36 B randon H arris DB 6-0 198 SR37 M att M itchell DB 5-8 187 SR38 N ick Possley WR 6-1 183 SO39 Brandon H oyte LB 6-0 236 SR40 M aurice C rum , Jr. LB 6-0 220 SO41 Scott Sm ith LB 6-3 234 FR42 Kevin W ashington LB 6-1 231 FR43 A nthony Salvador

A saph Schw app Carl Gioia

LB 6-2 233 SR44 RB 6-0 250 FR45 K 5-10 183 JR45 Rich W hitney DB 6-2 213 JR46 Corey M ays

M itchell Thom asLB 6-1 234 SR

47 LB 6-3 240 JR48 Steve Q uinn LB 6-2 220 JR49 M att A ugustyn

D an SantucciFB 6-3 220 JR

50 OL 6-4 290 SR52 Joe Brockington LB 6-1 212 JR53 Joseph Boland LB 6-2 242 SR54 David Fitzgerald OL 6-4 293 SR56 N ick Borseti LB 6-4 238 JR57 D w ight Stephenson

A bdel BandaDL 6-2 252 JR

58 LB 6-1 220 s o59 Jam es Bent OL 6-2 265 SR60 Casey C ullen DL 6-1 238 JR61 J.J. Jansen LS 6-3 242 SO62 Scott Raridon OL 6-7 304 SR63 Jeff Tisak OL 6-3 305 FR66 Derek Landri DL 6-3 263 SR68 Ryan H arris

N eilK ennedy Jam es Bonelli

OL 6-5 288 JR69 DL 5-11 260 SR71 OL 6-5 280 SR72 Paul D uncan OL 6-7 292 FR73 M ark LeVoir OL 6-7 311 SR74 D an Stevenson OL 6-6 292 SR75 C hris Fram e DL 6-5 268 SR76 Bob M orton OL 6-4 292 SR77 Michael Turkovich OL 6-6 290 FR78 John Sullivan OL 6-4 298 JR79 Brian M attes OL 6-6 285 SR81 Rob W oods WR 6-2 208 SR82 M att Shelton WR 64) 172 SR83 Jeff Sam ardzija WR 6-5 216 JR84 M ichael O 'H ara WR 5-10 180 SR85 Joey Hiben

M ike TalericoTE 6-4 253 FR

86 TE 6-5 245 SO87 M arcus Freem an TE 6-3 245 SR88 A nthony Fasano TE 6-5 255 SR89 Jo h n Carlson TE 6-5 255 SR90 Brian Beidatsch DL 6-3 294 SR91 C raig C ardillo K 6-0 174 JR92 Derrell H and DL 6-3 301 FR93 Dan C hervanick DL 6-1 259 SR94 Justin Brown DL 6-3 247 SO95 Victor A biam iri DL 6-4 260 JR96 Bobby Renkes K 6-0 195 JR96 Pat K untz DL 6-2 267 FR98 Trevor Laws DL 6-1 293 JR99 Ronald Talley DL 6-4 261 SO

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NOTRE DAME 2 0 0 5 Schedule

Sept, 3 a t Pittsburgh - W

Sept. 10 a t Michigan - W

Sept. 17 MICHIGAN ST. - L

Sept. 24 a t Washington - W

Oct. 1 a t Purdue - W

Oct. 15 USC - L

Oct. 22 BYU-W

Nov. 5 TENNESSEE

Nov. 12 NAVY

Nov. 19 SYRACUSE

Nov. 26 a t Stanford

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Weis is having a better s t a r t to his coach ing career than most pundits expected, as the Irish are 6-2 this season and ranked No. 7 nationally. He calls the plays for a Notre Dame offense that has racked up 38.2 points per game and averages 334.4 passing yards per contest.

Quinn has captained the Irish offense into the top 10 and has tossed a school- record 23 scoring passes on the season . He has thrown touchdown passes in each of the p a s t 13 gam es for Notre Dame. The third-year starter has 299 attempts this season with just four interceptions.

After a ho t s ta r t th a t included four consecutive 100-yard games, Walker has slowed recently. He ran for just 62 yards last week against Tennessee. Fullback Rashon Powers- Neal has six TDs on the season but has not played since Oct. 1 at Purdue due to undisclosed reasons.

Quinn has teamed with Maurice Stovall and Jeff Samardzija to put together one of the best statistical seasons in Irish history. Stovall nabbed four TDs in Notre Dame’s 49-23 win over BYU on Oct. 22 while Samardzija has caught at least one touchdow n in every game this season.

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Paul Johnson has led Navy to 18 w ins in the past two seasons after the p ro g r a m h a d j u s t two w inning seasons in the previous 20 years. He led Navy to a 34-19 win over New Mexico in last year’s Emerald Bowl and is 25- 19 in his four y ea rs in Annapolis.

S en io r L am ar Owens ow ns th r e e 1 0 0-ya rd rushing games this season in Navy’s option offense. He h as ra c k e d up 585 y a rd s ru sh ing and 936 passing yards with four touchdowns in 2005 while le ad in g Navy to a 5-3 r e c o rd an d the cusp of bowl eligibility.

Navy is allowing 159.4 rushing yards per game a n d h av e given up 15 to u ch d o w n s on the ground this season. Nose guard Larry Cylc is only 265 pounds bu t has 25 tack le s and ta l l ied a forced fumble. Linebacker Rob Caldwell leads Navy with 96 tackles.

Navy has recorded nine interceptions in 2005 and surrenders an average of 182.2 passing yards per game. Outside linebackers David Mahoney and Tyler Tidwell have combined for 12 sacks this season. The secondary is young with th r e e ju n io r s an d one sophomore starting.

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i> a chance at a BCS bowl in 2005. Weis’ play-calling will be tested by Johnson’s ability to motivate his underdog team.

Quinn is having one of the g re a te s t s ta t is t ica l seasons in Irish history, racking up 23 TD passes. O w ens is a se n io r , a tough ru n n e r and m ust be cred ited for lead ing Navy to a w in n in g record. Quinn’s accurate arm and leadership gives him the edge.

N o tre D am e h a s no t dominated on the ground in the past several games. But its size and athletic a d v a n ta g e o v e r Navy sh o u ld m a k e r u n n in g successfully possible on Saturday. Darius Walker and Travis Thom as will be a tough duo to stop for the Navy defensive line.

Notre Dame is one of the best passing teams in the coun try while the Midshipmen defensive backs are young and short — no starting cornerback is over 6-feet tall. Quinn has a 23 touchdowns and only four interceptions. Navy should have its h a n d s full with Stovall and Samardzija.

Irish experts

Pat LeonardManaging Editor

Notre Dame has scored fewer than 30 points only one time this season. That statement will hold t ru e following the gam e w ith the Midshipmen on Saturday.

• Navy presents a unique opponent and throws the Irish defense a curveball, but Notre Dame will run the ball right back at Navy, control the clock and win running away.

FINAL SCORE: Notre Dame 4 5 Navy 17

Heather Van Hoegarden

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This isn’t the year that Navy ends its 41-game losing streak to Notre Dame. The Irish will over­power the Midshipmen up front and Darius Walker and Travis Thomas will have a field day. Navy’s offense will give the Irish a hard time at first, but Notre Dame’s size and speed will be too much. After Saturday, the Irish will be one game closer to that BCS bid.

FINAL SCORE: Notre Dame 3 1 Navy 1 0

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NAVY 2005 Schedule

Sept. 3 at Maryland - L

Sept. 10 STANFORD - L

Oct. 1 at Duke - W

Oct. 8 AIR FORCE - W

Oct. 15 KENT STATE - W

Oct. 22 at Rice - W

Oct. 29 at Rutgers - L

Nov. 5 TULANE- W

Nov. 12 at Notre Dame

Nov. 19 TEMPLE

Dec. 3 vs. Army

M id sh ipm en R ushing M id sh ipm en Passing S p e c ia l T e a m s I ntang ibles

The injury of defensive end Chris Frome hasn 't hurt the Irish rush defense too much as ends Justin Brown and Ronald Talley have filled in nicely. Notre Dame has held opponents to 117.8 yards per game on the g round and 13 rushing touchdowns this season.

The Irish secondary is the least experienced of any unit on the team and is s u r r e n d e r in g 291.6 yards per game through the a ir th is season . C orn e rb ack A m brose Wooden and safety Tom Zbikowski each made an in te rcep t io n ag a in s t T ennessee la s t week.

Zbikowski is currently third in the nation in punt returns with an average of 19.7 yards per return. He had a 60-yard return for a score against USC and brought back a punt 78 yards for a touchdown last week against Tennessee. Fitzpatrick is 9-11 on field goals for the season.

Notre Dame is confident af ter beating w ha t was supposed to be the second to u g h e s t te am on its schedule in last week’s 41- 21 win over Tennessee. The Irish offense is hot and the squad needs to win th e s e a s o n ’s final three games, two at home, for a possible BCS spot.

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Navy is currently No. 2 nationally in rushing offense, with 281.6 yards per game. But no player on the roster is averaging over 100 yards per contest as Owens leads the team with a 73.1 yard aver­age. Six players have tallied over 100 total rushing yards this season, as Navy has 28 TDs on the ground.

Navy has th ro w n 10 in te rcep t io n s in 2005, compared to just four TDs. Owens has completed 53.9 percent of his passes while averaging 117.9 yards per gam e. Ju n io r rece ive r Ja so n Tomlinson leads Navy with 22 catches for 418 yards and one score this season.

Tomlinson has returned nine punts this year for just a 7-yard average but Karl Whittaker has excelled at returning kicks as he has 15 re tu rn s for a 25.2 yard average. Kicker Joey Bullen hasn’t missed an extra point on 32 attempts this season while converting 7-of-10 field goal tries.

Navy will qualify for its th ird consecutive bowl with one more win this season. The Midshipmen a r e d i s c ip l in e d and would love to stop Notre D a m e ’s 4 1 -g a m e win s t r e a k o v e r th e Academy, especially with an u p s e t of th e No. 7 ranked Irish on the road.

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Navy throws rarely but does average 19.2 yards per reception. The Notre Dame secondary is not the best unit on the team, but Irish co rnerbacks Mike Richardson and Ambrose Wooden are improving. If the Irish avoid ge tt ing fooled by a p lay-action pass, they should be fine.

Zbikowski is a threat to sco re on every r e tu rn . But W hittaker is also a key component of Navy’s u p s e t bid. A sp ec ia l teams touchdown could keep the Midshipmen in the game. Fitzpatrick hit the game-winner the last lime Navy came to South Bend.

Notre Dame is eager to r e t u r n to its f i r s t BCS bow l s in ce 2001 and must beat Navy to have a

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Navy would love to spoil Notre Dame’s fun Saturday. But it’s just not going to happen. Even if Jeff Samardzija shrinks by five inches before kickoff, he’ll still be taller than any of Navy’s starting secondary. Brady Quinn won’t need to play long past halftime and the Irish will get the first of three final wins they need if they plan on having a shot at the BCS.

FINAL SCORE: Notre Dame 5 2 Navy 10

Matt PuglisiAssociate

Sports Editor

Considering every th ing Notre Dame has accomplished thus far in Weis’ first year at the reins — and with a BCS bowl in their grasp— the Irish will have little trouble tacking on yet another game to a historic 41-game unbeaten s t reak aga ins t Navy. After a couple slow weeks, the Irish ground game rebounds, and Quinn continues to rack up stunning numbers..

FINAL SCORE: Notre Dame 44 Navy 2 4

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Navy coach Paul Johnson is know n for his ability to beat teams with the option, and his approach will be no dif­fe re n t a g a in s t Notre Dame. The ru n - f i r s t M idsh ipm en a v e ra g e 283 rushing yards per game — second in the country behind Minn­esota (291). Last week a g a in s t Tulane , Navy ran for 418 yards.

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Irish defense has task of stopping optionN otre D am e tackles Law s and L andri aim to silence N a vy

By M IK E G IL L O O NSports Editor

D e sp i te a 5-3 r e c o r d a n d c lo se p ro x im i ty to i ts th i rd consecutive bowl a p p ea ran ce , Navy e n te rs S a tu rd a y ’s gam e a t Notre Dame as a 24-point underdog.

W h ile low o u t s i d e e x p e c ta t io n s a r e d u e in p a r t to Notre D a m e ’ s o f f e n s i v e s u c c e s s ( m o r e t h a n 38 points per g a m e ) , th e y

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also a c c o u n t for Navy’s lack o f s iz e a lo n g th e o f f e n s iv e line.

N a v y ’s s t a r t i n g t a c k l e s , g u a rd s and c e n te r w eigh an average of 270 pounds. Notre D am e’s offensive line, on the o t h e r h a n d , is led by 3 1 1 - p o u n d r i g h t t a c k l e M a rk L eV oir a n d a v e r a g e s 295 pounds per player.

T h e I r i s h d e f e n s i v e l in e a v e ra g e s 271 p o u n d s , w hile th e M id sh ip m en f ro n t t h r e e on d e f e n s e a v e r a g e 2 6 0 pounds. And Navy coach Paul Johnson ind ica ted th a t a v e r ­a g e m a y o v e r s h a d o w e v e n lower num bers .

“ L et m e j u s t t e l l y o u , ” J o h n s o n sa id . “O ur s t a r t i n g o f f e n s iv e g u a r d [A n t r o n Harper] weighs 232 pounds. I d o n ’t t h i n k t h a t ’s a b ig s e c re t .”

H arper is listed on the Navy

a t h l e t i c s w e b s i t e a s 2 4 9 pounds, but Johnson m ade his po in t — the M idshipm en a re significantly sm alle r than the I r i s h . N o tre D a m e q u a r t e r ­b a c k B ra d y Q u in n is l i s t e d on t h e t e a m ’s a t h l e t i c s W eb s i t e a t 231 pounds, only one p o u n d l i g h t e r than Harper.

W h e t h e r i t s b een a b o u t size or not. Navy has s t ru g g led in the past to m ain ta in a so l id r u s h i n g g a m e a g a i n s t Notre Dame.

T h e M id sh i p m e n r a n 61 t im e s fo r 2 1 6 y a r d s in l a s t se a so n ’s 27-9 Irish win at The M eadowlands (N.J.), an a v e r ­age of 3.5 yards p e r c a r r y a n d below their 2004 s e a s o n a v e r a g e o f 2 8 9 .5 y a r d s p e r game.

D e s p i t e th e p h y s i c a l m i s ­m a tc h e s on th e o f f e n s iv e l in e ,Johnson looks at t h e g a m eagains t the Irish as an o p p or tun i­ty for his team.

“We j u s t have to get ready and go p l a y , ”J o h n s o n s a id .“We p r o b a b l y w o u ld n ’t b e a t anybody if we w e n t o ff h e ig h t a n d w e ig h t and speed . Having said th a t , i t ’s m u l t i p l i e d by 10 th i s w eek .”

But the s ize d if fe re n t ia l is not ju s t for the offensive line. N o t r e D a m e r e c e i v e r s J e f f

“I t’s a new year, a new team. Last

yea r’s last year, but hopefully I can

repeat what I d id ... and be

consistent. "

Derek Landri Irish defensive tackle

“They’re very quick and strong for their size. I think both o f

their major attributes are their quickness and their

ability to make a place . "

Brian Beidatsch Irish defensive tack le

S a m a r d z i j a a n d M a u r i c e Stovall a re both 6-foot-5 and have com bined for 93 r e c e p ­tions and 18 touchdow ns this season . M eanwhile Navy’s two

s ta r t in g co rner- b a c k s , G re g T h r a s h e r a n d K e e n a n L i t t l e , a re 5-foot-8 and 5 - f o o t - 1 1 , respectively.

“ [T h e I r i s h I a r e s o l i d , ” J o h n s o n s a i d . “ If you look a t t h e i r f o o tb a l l team , they w ere p r o b a b l y all high school all- A m e r i c a n s .

T hey d id n ' t j u s t go dow n to Podunk High School and take s o m e b o d y t h a t n o b o d y w a s recru it ing and all of a sudden

c o a c h t h e m u p .”

T h o u g h Navy m a y be p h y s i ­c a l ly s m a l l e r , J o h n s o n b e l i e v e s h i s s q u a d w il l be focused ag a in s t Notre Dame. He s a i d th eM i d s h i p m e n have been look­ing f o r w a r d to the m a tchup for a while.

“T h a t ’s why a lo t o f t h e s e g u y s c a m e to s c h o o l | a t

Navy],” Jo h n so n sa id . “They w an ted to play Division I foot­ball, and this was the o p p o r­tunity they had and they need to m ake the most of i t .”

ContactM ike Gilloon at mgilloon@nd.edu

Navy attacks with small, quick O-lineIrish line outw eighs opponent by 25 lbsBy M IK E G IL L O O NSports Editor

Notre Dame faced one of the most prolific scoring offenses in co llege fo o tb a l l in i ts g a m e a g a i n s t No. 1 S o u th e r n California on Oct. 15. But its most unique challenge this sea­son m ig h t co m e S a tu r d a y against Navy.

T he M id sh ip m e n o p t io n offense has posed problems for opposing defenses this season. Navy is No. 2 in the nation in ru sh ing with 282.6 ya rds per game. But Notre Dame’s rush de fense is only s u r r e n d e r in g 117 .8 y a rd s p e r c o n te s t th is season.

Irish defensive tackles Derek Landri and Trevor Laws have helped the Irish hold opponents to 3.8 yards per carry and 13 touchdowns on the ground.

Landri has 25 total tackles in 2005, including a sack and five tack les for loss. Laws has 21 ta c k le s on the s e a s o n , h ig h ­lighted by a sack of USC q u a r­t e r b a c k M att L e in a r t in th e fourth quarter of a 34-31 Irish loss to the Trojans.

As anchors of the middle of the Notre Dame defensive line, the duo believes they will need their best efforts to stop Navy and quarterback Lamar Owens and an option offense ra re ly

seen anym ore in college foot­ball.

Backup Notre Dame defensive tack le B rian B e id a tsch , who ro tates with Laws and Landri, is confident in his te am m ates ’ abili ty to con ta in the option.

“T h e y ’re d e f i ­nitely two talented g u y s ,” B e id a tsc h said. “They’re very qu ick and s t ro n g for t h e i r s ize . I think both of their m a jo r a t t r i b u t e s a r e t h e i r q u i c k ­n e s s a n d th e i r ability to m ake a play.”

T h e duo bo th c a m e to N o tre D am e w ith lofty accolades out of high school.

Landri was listed as the No. 1 l in e m a n on th e P a r a d e All America team as well as being named the California state play­er of the year in 2001 as a line­man at De La Salle High School.

L aw s w e n t 1 4 2 -5 in h is wrestling career a t Apple Valley High School in Minnesota and was ranked No. 1 in the nation a t heavyw eigh t. He w as also named a first-team football all- American by ESPN.com.

Beidatsch th inks L aw s’ and L andri’s ath letic backgrounds will be key w h en fac in g the small and quick Navy offensive lineman.

“They can play the run but at the same time they can be very

“We ju s t have to get ready and go play. We probably

wouldn’t beat anybody if we went

off height and weight and speed. ’’

Paul Johnson Navy head coach

dangerous in the passing game I by] get) ting] a sack,” Beidatsch said. “They are just a headache for offensive linemen.”

L a n d r i c e r t a in ly w a s a headache for Navy during last

season’s win.He recorded six

tackles, including o n e s a c k , and also scooped up a fum ble recovery w h ile le a d in g a N o tre D am e d e fe n s e t h a t s a c k e d Navy q u a r te rb ack s six t im e s in a 27 -9 Irish win a t The Meadowlands.

Law s n o tc h e d two tackles in the game last season,

a m a tc h u p in w h ich Navy crossed midfield only once du r­ing the first half. The Irish were able to hold star Navy running back Kyle Eckel to 102 yards on the ground.

Still, this is a different season and Notre Dame says it is p re ­pared for a hungry Navy squad that needs only one more win to clinch a bowl berth, as well as to s n a p a 4 1 - g a m e w in le s s streak against the Irish.

“It’s a new year, a new team ,” Landri said. “Last y e a r ’s las t year, but hopefully I can repeat w h a t 1 did ... and be co n s is ­tent.”

Contact Mike Gilloon at mgilloon@nd.edu

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Irish defensive tackle Derek Landri walks off the field after Notre Dame’s 41-21 victory of Tennessee.

M idshipm en w ide receiver M ick Yokitis d ives tow ards th e football in a 3 1 -2 1 lo ss to R utgers on Oct. 2 9 .

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