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I O L U M E 38 : ISSUE 6 4
M O N D A Y , D E C E M B E R 6, 2 0 0 4
N D S M C O B S E R V E R .C O M
Women's soccer wins national championship
Iris h beat U C L A by 1 p e n a lty kick; f i r s t title since 1995 season
By D AN TAPETILLO
News W riter
CARY, N.C. — Iris h fo rw a rd
K a tie T h o rla k s o n a nn o u n ce d
her intention o f rem ain in g w ith
the Irish on Sept. 24, foregoing
the o pp ortu nity to compete for
Canada at the U nder-19 W orld
Championships in Thailand.
It’s a good thing she stayed.
Notre Dame won the national
c h a m p io n s h ip S u n d a y a f t e r ­
noon d e fe a tin g U C LA 4 -3 in
penalty kicks after playing to a
1-1 tie in 110 minutes, the lone
Irish goal scored by Thorlakson.
A g a in s t
th e
B r u in s ,
T h o rla k s o n scored the gam etying goal on a penalty kick to
send the contest into overtim e.
It was h e r fo u rth goal o f the
NCAA Tournament.
In o v e r tim e , n e ith e r te a m
scored, and the game w ent to a
best-o f-five p e n a lty kicks, the
fir s t tim e e ve r in a w o m e n ’s
n a tio n a l c h a m p io n s h ip game.
Both teams made three o f five,
and the game w ent into sudden
victory.
Irish m id fie ld e r J ill Krivacek
found the back o f the net, and
goalkeeper Erika Bohn stopped
the Bruins to preserve the Irish
win.
It was N otre D am e’s second
n a tio n a l c h a m p io n s h ip ever,
a n d th e f i r s t s in c e 1 99 5.
T h o rla k s o n ’s p e rfo rm a n c e in
the NCAA T ou rna m e nt proved
to be key to the Irish title . And
it was safe to say she was glad
she stayed.
“ It m eans e v e ry th in g to me
because you p la y w ith these
people every day,” Thorlakson,
a H e rm a n n T ro p h y c a nd id ate
said.
Iris h coach Randy W a ld ru m
k n e w in S e p te m b e r w h e n
Thorlakson announced th a t she
w ould stay at Notre Dame th a t
s o m e th in g sp e cia l could h a p ­
pen.
“ T h is is a huge m om en t fo r
o ur p ro gram because it shows
th e c o m m itm e n t o f an e lite
player w illin g to stay and help
w in a national ch am pio nsh ip ,”
he said at the time.
And Thorlakson did ju s t that.
Contact Dan Tapetillo at
jtapetillo@ nd.edu
RICHARD FRIEDMAN/The Observer
After winning against UCLA 4-3 in penalty kicks, members of
the Irish soccer team celebrate their national title Sunday.
Students get early start on job search
M a n y A rts and Letters seniors interviewed
in the business sector d u rin g fa ll semester
By JAN IC E FLYNN
N ews W riter
GEOFF MATTESON/The Observer
Arts and Letters students enter into O’Shaughnessy Hall. Many
are gearing up to start the job search process in the spring.
Despite this fa ll’s strong job
m arket, most Arts and Letters
seniors w ill w ait for the spring
hiring season or opt for service
programs or graduate school as
they have in past years, although
several students w ith business
aspirations have already secured
post-graduate employment.
S tudents w hose in te re s ts
include journalism , public rela­
tions, media, advertising, public
policy and government find 70
percent of their career opportuni­
ties during spring semester and
the e a rly su m m e r m onths,
a c c o rd in g to a sta te m e n t
released by the N o tre Dame
Flasher
approaches
student
Career Center.
However, a greater number of
A rts and Letters students have
interviewed w ith companies in
the business se ctor th is fa ll.
Several have received job offers,
which is a small feat considering
that poor job markets in recent
years have forced companies
such as c o nsu ltin g firm s and
investment banks to lim it recruit­
ment of liberal arts majors.
Interest in service programs
and graduate schools rem ain
high, b u t are n ot necessarily
influenced by the economy.
Every year about 10 percent of
graduates pursue one- or twoyear service program s, w hich
roughly translates into 200 stu-
A young male rid in g a bicycle
exposed himself to a female student
early Friday m orning, the Notre
Dame Security/Police Department
reported in a Grime Alert e-mail.
As the student walked back to her
residence hall, she first observed the
male ride past her with his lower
back exposed. She then noticed that
he appeared to be following her, and
she turned to walk between Farley
Hall and North Dining Hall. At this
point, the suspect rode up to her,
exposed his genital area and made a
see JOBS/page 4
see FLASHER/page 4
By EILEEN DUFFY
News W riter
Procrastination on campus increases as finals approach
A IM , video games and social events provide stu d yin g alternatives
By R IC KY McROSKEY
News W riter
As the sem ester d ra w s to a
close and Notre Dame students
begin to fr e t over finals, m ost
students w ill spend the m a jo rity
o f th e ir tim e doing a whole lot
o f nothing.
W ith the d ark cloud o f finals
descending over campus, now
is the time for students to pre­
pare fo r rigorous tests, to labor
over 12-page papers, to attend
study sessions or, most likely, to
procrastinate.
P rocrastinating — p uttin g o ff
u n til to m o r ro w w h a t can be
done today — has become an
a r t th a t m an y d a b b le in and
some master. The d a ily g rind
of classes and w o rk in g o bliga ­
tio n s le a v e s m a n y w ith th e
desire to kick back, re la x and
w a it u n til to m o rro w . B ut do
Notre Dame students p ro cra sti­
nate?
“ A b so lu te ly,” ju n io r M ich ae l
Beverley said, “ in fact, I ’m pro­
crastinating rig h t now.”
The v ita lity and social atmos­
phere o f campus, evident in the
lounges o f LaFortune, Reckers
and even dorm rooms, can also
serve as a m ajor distraction to
getting w ork done.
When asked w hich places on
ca m p us seem to a ttr a c t p r o ­
crastinators, sophomore Megan
Sw eeney sa id , “ Besides y o u r
own room, a lot o f people go to
L a F o rtu n e ju s t to lo o k lik e
they’re w o rk in g .”
F re s h m a n K e v in C o n ro y
agreed th a t dorm rooms are a
plaguejon study habits.
“ I fin d m y ro o m to be th e
le a s t p ro d u c tiv e p la ce to get
w ork done,” Conroy said.
S e n io r K e lly M a rq u e z said
th a t her biggest distraction was
“ friends stopping by.” Other in ­
dorm distractions th a t students
m e n tio n e d in c lu d e d in s ta n t
m essa gin g frie n d s , w a tc h in g
m ovies or, as Sweeney p u t it,
“ s ittin g a ro u n d d oing n o th in g
JOANNA HAXTON/The Observer
see TIME/page 4
In the spirit of true procrastination, two Notre Dame students
put off homework in order to play a video game in their room.
page 2
The Observer
I n s id e C o l u m n
Q u e s tio n o f t h e D a y : W
M o n d a y, D ecem ber 6, 200 4
♦ PAGE 2
h a t is y o u r f a v o r it e
w a y to p r o c r a s t in a t e ?
Real
student
athletes
Many students w ill sit around in their
dorm rooms today, contemplating a 6-5
football season and wondering what
went wrong. Was the problem Ty, or
was firing him a mistake?
Members of this
year’s O ff Campus
Christie Bolsen
women's interhall
football team, on
the other hand,
Assistant
w ill sit around in
Scene
Editor
their apartments
and houses today
as they pregame
for Club 23, contemplating their 0-5
season and wondering w hat went
wrong. Was the problem the excessive
pregaming, or was not pregaming
enough a mistake?
Some might say that the Off Campus
run for the championship was a m iser­
able failure since they didn’t w in any
games, but those close-minded people
don’t understand the true meaning of
being a senior, which this inspiring
group o f athletes epitomized. It’s not
about w inning — it’s about finding
something else to drink to when you
lose.
“The high point of the season was
probably the second to last game," said
team coaches Nate Raschke and Tim
Breitbach. “W hat’s better than drunk
girls falling all over themselves and
doing cartwheels on the sidelines?”
Even though it became apparent by
midseason that the team’s drinking
habit was taking a toll on its ability to
w in any games, team founder and cap­
tain Lauren Blum seemed more uncon­
cerned than discouraged by the team's
dismal finish.
“ I think that i f we had scored more
points than our opponents we probably
could have won a few games,” Blum
said.
For both coaches, the O ff Campus
football experience was a little different
than traditional interhall football.
“ [Tim and l| played men’s interhall
football and won the championship the
last two years; moving off campus and
coaching this learn was definitely a
hum bling experience. I think it was all
part o f God's plan... I guess He really
wanted to stick it to us, but we’re better
people for it in the long ru n ,” Raschke
said.
The very existence o f this team might
be considered a moral victory for all offcampus seniors. They are maybe the
most unloved demographic in the eyes
of the adm inistration, which shows its
true feelings for those keg-loving hooli­
gans at Turtle Creek and St. Pete St. by
selling their parking lots to Gurley-Leep.
W ith no returning players for next
year, one can only hope that another
enterprising group next year w ill take
time out o f their busy schedules o f beer
pong, Boat Club and finally taking that
last theology requirem ent to carry on
the O ff Campus football legacy.
The moral o f this team’s storied oneyear tradition is that no setback can
dampen the spirits o f an intoxicated
Notre Dame senior.
“ I ’d like to be able to say that we
improved,” Breitbach said, “ but who
are we kidding here, at least we had a
lot o f fun.”
The view s expressed in the In side
Column are those o f the a u th o r and
not necessarily those o f The Observer.
C o n ta c t
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tio ls e n
at
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C o r r e c t io n s
D u e to a re p o rtin g error, T h e O bserver incorrectly
identified the plane n u m b e r N o tre D am e personnel
travelled o n to U tah. T h e correct plane n u m b er
should have read N 575E W . T h e O bserver regrets
this error.
Carolina Surla
Kevin Baker
Lou Apollon
Pat Manning
Linda Kamen
Pat Gallagher
freshman
Lyons
freshman
Keenan
sophomore
Siegfried
sophomore
Siegfried
freshman
Lyons
senior
o ff campus
“I hang out in
“1 p la y ESPN
fo o tb a ll on
“W atching m y
A n im e . "
“ Wait, give me
a fe w m inutes
to th in k about
it . .. ”
“ T alking on IM
w ith frie n d s . ”
“ W ritin g
sonnets to m y
g irlfrie n d . ”
W VFI’s va u lt
a n d liste n to
records. ”
X B o x ."
I n B r ie f
The
L a d ie s
of
N o tre
D a m e /S a in t M a r y ’s w i ll be
sponsoring a UNICEF card and
g ift s ale in th e H e s b u rg h
L ib ra r y concourse fro m 9:30
a.m. u ntil 4:30 p.m.
T h e S a in t M a r y ’s S tu d e n t
A ctivitie s Board w ill be show ­
in g th e m o vie E lf to n ig h t in
C arroll A u dito riu m at 7 p.m.
The N o tre Dam e C o lle g iu m
M u s ic u m w ill p e r fo r m th e ir
C hristm as co nce rt Wednesday
at 8 p.m . in the Reyes Organ
and C horal H all in D eB arto lo
P erform ing Arts Center.
T h e S a in t M a r y ’s W ind
E n s e m b le
and
M o re a u
Chamber Wind Ensemble con­
c e rt w ill be a t 7 :3 0 p .m . on
Thursday in L ittle Theater.
GEOFF MATTESON/The Observer
Students celebrate Christmas a little early by decorating a tree in Zahm Hall’s lobby last
Thursday during the dorm’s Christmas party.
The Empire Brass Christmas
concert w ill be a t 8 p .m . on
Friday in Leighton Concert Hall
o f D eB artolo P e rfo rm in g A rts
C enter. T ic k e ts are a v a ila b le
th ro u g h the D e B a rto lo tic k e t
office.
O ffbeat
Woman auctions father's
ghost on eBay
H O BA R T, In d . — A
w om an ’s e ffo rt to assuage
h e r 6 -ye ar-o ld son’s fears
o f his g ra n d fa th e r’s ghost
by s e llin g it on eBay has
d ra w n m ore th an 34 bids
w ith a top offer o f $78.
M ary Anderson said she
p la c e d
her
f a t h e r ’s
“ ghost"” on the online auc­
tio n s ite a fte r h e r son,
C ollin, said he was a fra id
th e g h o s t w o u ld r e tu r n
som eday. A n d e rs o n s a id
C o llin has a vo id e d g o in g
a n y w h e re in th e h o u se
alone since his grandfather
died last year.
In a d e s c r ip tio n title d
“ T h is
is n ’t
a jo k e , ”
Anderson told C ollin’s story
on eBay:
“ I always thought it was
just norm al kid fears u n til
a few m onths ago he told
me vyhy he was so scared,
lie told me ‘G randpa died
h e re , and he w as m ean.
H is g h o s t is s t ill a ro u n d
here!’”
A n d e rs o n a lso p u t h e r
fa th e r’s m etal w alking cane
up for auction so she would
have something to actually
send the w inning bidder.
Police: Man sets blaze to
delay hearing
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. — A
suspected d ru n k e n d riv e r
T O N IG H T
TODAY
fo un d a w ay to d elay his
c o u r t a p p e a ra n c e : He
torched the building, police
said.
C h r is to p h e r C h ia n e s e ,
26, set the new m un icip al
offices on fire on Nov. 19,
causing at least $300,000
in d a m a g e s , ju s t h o u rs
before he was scheduled to
answ er a felony charge o f
d riv in g w h ile in to x ic a te d ,
village authorities alleged.
C hia ne se, a s tu d e n t a t
the New York C hiropractic
C o lle g e , w as c h a rg e d
Tuesday night.
In fo r m a t io n c o m p ile d
fro m the Associated Press.
W EDNESDAY
TUESDAY
T h e N o tre D am e h o ckey
te a m w i ll ta k e on M ic h ig a n
State F rid a y a t 8 p.m . in the
Joyce Center Fieldhouse.
T he N o tre D am e w o m e n ’s
b a s k e tb a ll te a m w i ll p la y
W a s h in g to n on S a tu rd a y a t
n o o n a t th e Jo yce C e n te r
Arena.
The m en’s basketball team
w ill take on DePaul U niversity
at 5 p.m . at the Joyce Center
Arena.
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M o n d a y, D ecem ber 6, 2 0 0 4
The Observer
ROTC sponsors Field
Day for local children
By JEN R O W LIN G
N e w s W r ite r
The
A ir
F o rc e
ROTC
D e ta c h m e n t’s s q u a d ro n o f the
A rn o ld A ir Society organized a
fie ld day event S aturday fo r the
child re n o f the South Bend com ­
munity.
T he e ve n t, w h ic h has ta k e n
place since 1999, b rin g s N otre
D am e, S a in t M a r y ’s and H oly
C ro ss s tu d e n t c a d e ts fro m
A rn o ld A ir S ociety and v o lu n ­
teers from Silver Wings, a c iv il­
ian national service organization
th a t
w o rk s
closely w ith A rn o ld A ir, to help
w ith the fie ld day event.
F ie ld D a y is a g ig a n tic
C hristm as p a rty fo r u n d e rp riv i­
leged c h ild re n fro m the South
Bend a re a . C h ild r e n ’s g ro u p s
th a t p a rtic ip a te in th is a c tiv ity
include The Boys and G irls Club,
St. M a rg a re t’s House, Center fo r
the Hom eless, The F a m ily and
C hildre n ’s Center, The Robinson
C o m m u n ity C e n te r, M a d is o n
Center and Logan Center.
A s h le y S h e lto n , F ie ld D ay
organizer, said this event helps
kids to enjoy the holidays when
they may o the rw ise have n o th ­
ing to look forw ard to.
“ It’s a chance for the kids, who
m ig h t n o t u s u a lly h a v e th e
o pp ortu nity to do som ething like
th is ,” S h e lto n sa id . “ To re la x
and have fu n fo r a w h o le day
enjoying the C hristm as s p ir it!”
The A rnold A ir Society Cadets
and S ilve r W ings in te ra c t w ith
the ch ild re n in a va rie ty o f a ctiv­
ities. Together they played v a ri­
ous g a m e s, w e n t th r o u g h an
obstacle course, decorated cook­
ies, painted faces and played in
in f la t a b le s . In a d d it io n , th e
N o tre D am e Pom S q u a d a nd
Troop ND perform ed th ro ug h ou t
the day fo r th e c h ild re n . The
day c u lm in a te d w ith p re s e n ts
and a v is it from Santa Claus.
“ I t ’s an am azing service p ro j­
e c t, a n d i t ’s in c r e d ib ly f u n , ”
Shelton said. “ Everyone involved
in p u ttin g i t to g e th e r w o rk e d
e x tr e m e ly h a r d . B u t, I th in k
w e ’ d a ll agree th a t i t ’s to ta lly
w o rth it. A t the end o f the day
w h e n you see h o w h a p p y the
k id s a re , k n o w in g t h a t you
helped p u t those smiles on th e ir
fa c e s , i t r e a lly h its yo u h o w
re w a rd in g ‘Service before S e lf’
lone o f the A ir Force core v a l­
ues] can be.”
S helton said th is is an event
th a t w ill s u r e ly be done th is
year.
“ W ild horses co u ld n ’t keep us
fro m h o ld in g th is a g a in n e x t
year, or any year a fte r th at, fo r
th a t m a tte r ,” S h e lto n s a id . “ I
th in k everyone w ho w o rk e d on
F ie ld
D ay
w o u ld
agree th a t seeing a ll the kids so
happy and know ing we added to
th e ir celebration o f C hristm as is
one o f th e m o s t w o r t h w h ile
things in the w o rld .”
Contact Jen Rowling at
jrowling@ nd.edu
♦ N EVC^S
page 3
History professor receives award
Special to T h e O bserver
H is to ry p ro fe s s o r George
M . M a r s d e n , F r a n c is A .
M c A n a n e y is th e 2 0 0 5
r e c ip ie n t o f th e L o u is v ille
G ra w e m e y e r A w a rd
in
R e lig io n fo r h is b io g ra p h y
o f e a r ly A m e ric a n th e o lo ­
gian Jo na tha n Edw ards.
Given jo in tly by L o u isville
P r e s b y te r ia n T h e o lo g ic a l
S e m in a r y
and
th e
U n iv e rs ity o f L o u is v ille , the
a n n u a l a w a rd in c lu d e s a
cash p riz e o f $200,000.
T it le d
" J o n a th a n
E d w a rd s :
A
L if e , "
M a rs d e n ’s b io g ra p h y " p o r ­
tra y s E d w a rd s as e x e m p li­
fy in g th e te n s io n b e tw e e n
the P u rita n e van ge lica l h e r­
itage and the se cu la r w o rld
and m in d se t th e n em e rg ing
o u t o f the E n lig h te n m e n t,"
s a id a w a r d c o o r d in a t o r
Susan R. G a rre tt, p ro fesso r
o f N ew
T e s ta m e n t a t
L o u is v ille
P r e s b y t e r ia n
T h e o lo g ic a l Sem inary. "T h is
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E d w a r d s ’ e ra s u r fa c e s
to da y as the ongoing s tru g ­
gle betw een e va n g e lica lism
and in te lle c tu a l in q u ir y in
A m e ric a n C h r is tia n ity and
in th e A m e r ic a n p o lit ic a l
process."
A n e x p e rt on th e h is to ry
O f C h ris tia n ity in A m e ric a ,
M a rs d e n h o ld s b a c h e lo r ’s
d e g re e s fr o m H a v e r f o r d
C o lle g e a n d W e s tm in s te r
T h e o lo g ic a l S e m in a ry, and
m a s t e r ’s a n d
d o c to ra l
degrees in A m e ric a n s tu d ­
ies fro m Yale U n ive rsity. He
t a u g h t a t C a lv in C o lle g e
and Duke U n iv e rs ity before
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ta lis m in A m e ric a and th e
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sity e du catio n.
M arsden has received fe l­
lo w s h ip s and a w a rd s fro m
th e N a t io n a l E n d o w m e n t
fo r the LIum anities, the Pew
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In
a d d it io n
to
th e
G ra w e m e y e r
A w a rd ,
M a r s d e n ’s
" J o n a th a n
Edw ards: A L ife ," published
by Y a le U n iv e r s ity P re ss,
w on a B a n c ro ft Prize fro m
C o lu m b ia U n iv e r s ity , th e
M erle C u rti A w a rd fro m the
O rg a n iz a tio n o f A m e ric a n
H is to ria n s , and the A n n ib e l
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Jobs
Time
c o n tin u e d fro m p a g e 1
c o n tin u e d fro m p a g e 1
dents. A rts and Letters stu ­
dents are always the most rep­
resented college, according to
the Center lor Social Concerns.
This year, Teach for America
received 45 applicants from
Notre Dame seniors by the first
deadline, compared w ith 27
last year. Other service p ro ­
grams, including the Alliance
for Catholic Education, expect
a large applicant pool.
I iowever interest in graduate
school has increased over the
past years for Arts and letters
students. This year, 15 percent
of graduates have expressed
intentions to attend graduate
school, up from 11 percent last
year, according to the 2004
Dean’s Report released this fall.
Fall can be daunting for lib­
eral arts seniors as they watch
th e ir business peers secure
post-graduate em ploym ent,
but the Career Center urges
students to be patient.
“ It's an u nfo lding sto ry o f
second sem ester," said Lee
Svetc, Career Center director.
Many companies appealing to
liberal arts students post job
openings in the spring because
they w ant students to begin
working four to six weeks after
the job offer.
“ It turns second semester
into alm ost the second h a lf
k ic k o ff,” Svete said, w h ich
begins w ith on-cam pus and
off-campus career fairs over
winter break.
Like many Arts and Letters
seniors, l.izett M artinez w ill
w eigh several o ptions. She
plans to attend the career fair,
but will likely pursue a teach­
ing service program or attend
law school.
“ I know that a career right
now w ou ld be ju s t to gain
experience," said Martinez, a
p o litic a l science and FTT
major. “ It seems that at this
point, it’s the most convenient
time to do [serviceI, later on it
will be much more difficult to
take time out. ”
M onths o f re se a rch and
preparation paid o ff for Kim
Anderson, an economics and
political science major, one of
the fortunate Arts and Letters
students to have secured a job
with a consulting firm.
While she found that compa­
nies wore open to hiring liberal
arts students, proving she was
qualified was not always an
easy task.
“You could always tell in the
interview who had been liberal
arts majors and who was busi­
ness," she sa id . “ Those
I recruiters | that were Arts and
Letters were slightly less skep­
tical of your ability to do the job
you were being asking to do."
Like
A n d e rso n ,
Kate
Brennan took advantage of the
fall recruitm ent, but realized
the business world was not for
her. A fter several frustrating
weeks o f researching o the r
fields, the senior economics
m ajor is now e xp lo rin g the
non-profit sector.
“ It was good to know I didn’t
w a n t to have th e ir jo b ,”
Brennan said, re fe rrin g to
business recruiters. “Just hav­
ing interviews was really help­
ful to me. I’d probably still be
looking into management and
consulting if I hadn’t gone.
“Now I’m actually excited to
finish all my schoolwork and
start looking into jobs because
1 found a lot out there th a t’s
still pretty cool," she said.
Contact Janice Flynn at
jfiynnl@ nd.edu
w ith a room m ate.”
“ M y fa v o r ite p la ce to p ro ­
c ra s tin a te is m y bed because
i t ’s w arm and soft and it never
judges," Beverley said.
U ltim a te ly , h o w e v e r, d e a d ­
lines approach and students are
faced w ith the u n k in d re a lity
th a t there is schoolw ork to do.
Some th riv e on the p re ssu re ,
w hile others stress.
“ I t ’s n ot stre ssfu l. 1 kind o f
plan on it when it gets down to
the w ire ." Sweeney said.
Flasher
c o n tin u e d fro m p a g e 1
lewd comment.
The victim im m ediately ran to
catch up with a friend who was also
walking back to her residence hall.
The suspect did not follow her and
she did not notice which direction he
rode after this contact.
The suspect is described as a
white male of medium build in his
♦ NEVt^S
M o n d a y, D ecem ber 6, 2004
To M a rq u e z , h o w e v e r, th e
e n c ro a c h m e n t o f d e a d lin e s
caused a little more anxiety.
“ I t ’s always a surprise to me,”
she said.
But w hy exactly do students
p ro c ra s tin a te ? A c c o rd in g to
A ndrew Weis o f the U niversity
Counseling Center, “ Sometimes
s tu d e n ts set im p o s s ib ly h ig h
s ta n d a rd s . O fte n a c a d e m ic
tasks re q u ire m any steps, so
they get fru s tra te d easily and
put o ff sta rtin g those tasks u ntil
the last m inute.”
Also, Weis said p ro c ra s tin a ­
tion can be d etrim e ntal to stu ­
dents for two m ain reasons.
“ F irs t o f a ll, th e re a re the
o b v io u s
a c a d e m ic
conse­
quences," he said. “ And second­
ly, it doesn’t set a good prece­
d e n t fo r w o r k in th e fu tu r e
because p ro c ra s tin a tio n is to l­
erated less in some disciplines."
As a solution to p ro c ra s tin a ­
tion, Weis offered several sug­
gestions.
“ F irst o f all, it ’s im p o rta n t to
set r e a lis tic e x p e c ta tio n s fo r
yo urself," Weis said. “ Look at
w ha t can be done, w hat can be
done w e ll, and concentrate on
that. Also, break things down
so th e y d o n ’ t fe e l so o v e r ­
w helm ing, one step at a lim e .”
For students looking to m an­
age th e ir tim e more effectively,
th e U n iv e r s ity C o u n s e lin g
C enter has w a lk -in counselors
a v a ila b le to g ive a d v ic e and
h e lp s tu d e n ts o rg a n iz e th e ir
schedules. H owever, to m ore
thoroughly assess th e ir in d iv id ­
ual situations, Weis encouraged
students to schedule a first-tim e
appointm ent to discuss org an i­
z a tio n a l s tra te g ie s and p la n ­
ning.
W hether they th riv e on it or
not, m ost students agree p ro ­
crastination holds a dear place
in th e ir hearts.
late 20s to early 30s with a goatee.
He was w earing a dark-colored
hooded sweatshirt and yellow track
pants with two black stripes running
down his legs.
While no similar cases have been
reported since the alert was issued,
all residence hall security staff and
regular patrol officers have been
informed of the incident, said Chuck
Hurley, assistant director of'NDSP.
In addition, an NDSP detective has
been assigned to the case — he will
make contact with the victim and the
South Bend and Mishawaka Police
Departments in an attempt to nab
the suspect.
NDSP investigated five separate
cases o f indecent exposure last
spring that occurred between March
18 and A p ril 18. The cases went
unsolved:
“ There are some s im ila ritie s
[between those cases and this most
recent one],” said Hurley. “ Most
notably, they all took place in the
same area.”
The five cases last spring were
confined to North Quad, and this
case followed suit. Also, one of the
suspects last spring was clad in yel­
low pants.
NDSP rem inds students not to
walk across campus alone during
nighttim e hours. ND Safewalk is
available between the hours of 8:30
p.m. and 2:30 a.m., and students
may request an officer to escort
them home by calling 631-5555.
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B A G H D A D , Ir a q — S u ic id e c a r bom bs
struck Iraqi police and Kurdish m ilitiam en in
Baghdad and n o rth e rn Ira q on S aturday,
k illin g at least 14 people, w ounding dozens,
and again dem onstrating the lethal reach o f
Iraq ’s insurgency ju s t weeks ahead o f crucial
elections.
The U.S. co m m an de r in Ira q , Gen. John
A b iz a id , a ckno w le dg ed th a t the c o u n try ’s
homegrown forces aren’t yet up to the task o f
ensuring secure elections, necessitating the
planned increase in U.S. troops. More than 40
Iraqis have been kille d in the last tw o days
alone.
But U.N. special envoy L a kh d a r B ra h im i
criticized the m ilita ry ’s hardline approach to
the insurgency and said cred ib le elections
cannot be held Jan. 30 u n d e r the c u rre n t
conditions.
Legislature fails to pass changes
KIEV, U kraine — Supporters o f opposition
leader Viktor Yushchenko lost a round to their
foes in parliam ent Saturday, when pro-govern­
m ent lawm akers helped block legal changes
in te n d e d to p re v e n t fra u d in the Dec. 26
repeat o f the country's presidential run off vote.
Buoyed by a momentous Supreme Court ru l­
ing a day earlie r that ordered the new vote,
Yushchenko’s supporters vowed to force p a r­
liament to adopt the legislation by continuing
th e ir m a ra th o n p ro te s t in K ie v ’s c e n tra l
square.
Outgoing President Leonid Kuchma tried to
b rin g European pressure on the opposition,
which he accused o f reneging on its promises.
Kuchma called for a new round o f Europeanmediated talks w ith the opposition on Monday.
N a t io n a l N e w s
Drug kingpin transported to Miami
M IAM I — A founder o f a Colombian drug
cartel that became the w orld’s chief supplier of
cocaine in the 1990s was tra n sp o rte d to a
F lorida ja il S aturday a fte r being e xtradited
from Colombia.
G ilb e rto R odriguez O reju ela , 65, landed
before dawn in a U.S. government plane and
was driven to a downtown Miami ja il. His first
court appearance is set for Monday.
Rodriguez Orejuela is charged, along w ith his
brother, Miguel, w ith running a drug network
responsible fo r producing 80 percent o f the
U.S. cocaine supply in the 1990s. The brothers
have been ja ile d in C olom bia fo r n e a rly a
decade.
Bush defends P akistan’s efforts
W ASHINGTON — P re s id e n t Bush on
Saturday defended Pakistan’s cooperation in
the h u n t fo r Osama bin Laden despite the
inability o f U.S. and Pakistani troops to find the
al-Qaida leader who, Bush once declared, was
wanted dead or alive.
The tr a il has gone cold in the m ore than
th re e ye ars since U.S. fo rce s to p p le d the
Taliban, bin Laden’s patrons in Afghanistan,
after the attacks o f Sept. 11, 2001. Bin Laden,
who masterminded the strikes, is believed to be
hiding in the w ild m ountainous region along
the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Oval Office meeting between Bush and
President Pervez M u sh a rra f came ju s t days
after Pakistan’s army said it was pulling out of
one im p o r ta n t a re a a lo n g th e b o rd e r.
Egypt releases convicted spy
The Israeli was exchangedfo r six Egyptian students, the deal shows warming relations
A ssociated Press
E IL A T — E g y p t on
Sunday
r e le a s e d
an
Is r a e li m an c o n v ic te d o f
s p y in g in e x c h a n g e fo r
I s r a e l ’s r e le a s e o f s ix
E gyptian students, a deal
th a t sig n a le d a w a rm in g
o f re la tio n s b etw e en the
tw o c o u n tr ie s , o ffic ia ls
here said.
A s p a r t o f th e d e a l,
Is r a e l m a y a lso re le a s e
P a le s tin ia n p ris o n e rs in
th e
fu tu re ,
P rim e
M in is t e r A r i e l S h a ro n
said.
E g y p t fr e e d A z z a m
A z z a m , an I s r a e li A ra b
sentenced in 1997 to 15
y e a rs in p ris o n a fte r an
E g yptia n c o u rt convicted
him o f espionage.
A t the tim e, Azzam ran
a te x tile fa c to ry in Egypt
and Is ra e l has denied he
w as an a g e n t. T he case
a g a in s t
A zzam
w as
based, in p a rt, on a lle ga ­
tio ns he used in visib le ink
to tra n s m it in fo rm a tio n .
Is ra e l in tu rn released
s ix E g y p tia n s tu d e n ts
w ho had sneaked in to the
c o u n tr y in A u g u s t a n d
w e re a rre s te d on s u s p i­
cion they trie d to kid n a p
Is ra e li so ld ie rs and co m ­
m andeer a tank.
The tra n s fe r took place
a t th e T a b a c r o s s in g
betw een Isra e l and Egypt.
A fte r Azzam crossed in to
Is r a e l in a v a n , he w as
taken to a nearby a irp o rt
a t the Red Sea re s o rt o f
E ila t , a p p a r e n tly f o r a
flig h t to c e n tra l Israel.
Is ra e li s e c u rity O fficials
w ho accom panied Azzam
said he cried and flashed
a v ic t o r y s ig n as he
em erged from the van.
Azzam was expected to
undergo a m ed ica l check
a t a h o te l in E ila t before
re tu rn in g to his fa m ily in
th e n o r th e r n Is r a e li v i l ­
lage o f M ughar. He b rie fly
spoke to his w ife A m a l by
phone fro m E ilat.
“ Azzam , I c a n ’t believe
i t ’s y o u , ” h is w ife to ld
h im , lo o k in g f a i n t a n d
e m o tio n a l as th e fa m ily
c h e e re d in th e b a c k -
Um Mustafa, mother of Mustafa Mahmoud, one of the six free Egyptian students cap­
tured celebrates with her relatives and neighbours marking the release of her son.
ground.
A z z a m ’s b ro th e r, Ifta n ,
said the fa m ily o nly found
o u t e a r lie r S u n d a y th a t
he w a s a b o u t to be
released.
“ We in v it e th e w h o le
s ta te o f Is r a e l to c e le ­
b r a te w it h u s , ” I f t a n
Azzam to ld Israe l Radio.
Is r a e l’s r e la tio n s w ith
the P alestinians and w ith
Egypt have been s te a d ily
im p ro v in g since the death
la s t m o n th o f P a lestin ian
le a d e r Yasser A ra fa t.
Sharon said in a s ta te ­
m ent Sunday th a t he was
c o n s id e rin g re le a s in g an
u n s p e c ifie d n u m b e r o f
P a le s tin ia n p ris o n e rs as
p a r t o f th e s w a p w ith
E g y p t. M o re th a n 7 ,0 0 0
P a le s tin ia n s a re b e in g
ISTEP testing may move to spring
INDIANAPOLIS — The latest e ffo rt to move
ISTEP testing from the fa ll to the spring is
g a in in g su p p o rt and has a good chance o f
passing the 2005 General Assembly, says a
top Republican in the Indiana Senate.
W ith Republicans now in co n tro l o f both
houses o f the L e g is la tu re , the chances o f
m o v in g the te s t seem m uch b e tte r given
Daniels’ support, said Sen. Teresa Lubbers,
c h a irm a n o f th e S e n a te E d u c a tio n
Committee.
fro m Israel.
However, Egypt expects
to p la y a m a jo r r o le in
I s r a e l ’s p la n n e d w i t h ­
d r a w a l fr o m th e G aza
S trip in 2005. Last week,
E g y p t and Is ra e l agreed
on
d e p lo y in g
750
E g y p tia n tr o o p s on th e
E g yptia n side o f the b o r­
d e r w it h G a za a n d on
P a le s tin ia n s e c u rity o ffi­
c ials b eing sent to Egypt
fo r tra in in g .
Azzam was arrested by
E gypt in N ovem ber 1996.
A t th e tim e , he w as the
d ire c to r o f a te x tile fa c to ­
r y in E g y p t u n d e r j o i n t
Is r a e li- E g y p tia n o w n e r ­
s h ip . T h e case a g a in s t
h im in c lu d e d w o m e n ’s
u n d e rw e a r
a lle g e d ly
soaked in in v is ib le ink.
Bush downplays Thompson's warnings
A ssociated Press
Lo c a l N ew s
held by Israel.
The swap came several
days a fte r E gypt’s foreign
m in is te r and in te llig e n c e
c h ie f m et w ith Sharon in
J e ru s a le m . E a r lie r th is
w eek, E gyptian President
H o s n i M u b a ra k p ra is e d
S h a ro n ,
s a y in g
P a le s tin ia n s s h o u ld be
a b le to s t r ik e a p e a c e
d e a l w it h th e I s r a e li
leader.
M u b a r a k ’ s c o m m e n ts
m a r k e d a s ig n if ic a n t
w a rm in g o f tie s a fte r an
e x te n d e d fr o s ty p e r io d
d u r in g m o re th a n fo u r
y e a rs
of
I s r a e liP alestin ian fig h tin g .
S h o r tly a fte r th e o u t ­
b re a k o f th e c o n flic t in
2 0 0 0 , E g ypt had w ith ­
d r a w n its a m b a s s a d o r
WASHINGTON — P re sid en t Bush
played down on Saturday a stark w arn­
ing from his resigning health chief that
the n a tio n ’s food s u p p ly is la rg e ly
unprotected from terror attack.
Bush said th a t the g overnm ent is
doing w hat it can to safeguard the pub­
lic fro m th re a ts , b u t m u ch w o rk
remains.
“We’re a large country, with all kinds
o f avenues w he re som ebody could
in flict h arm ,” said Bush, asked about
the issue after an Oval Office meeting
w ith P a k is ta n i P re s id e n t Pervez
M u s h a rra f. “ W e’ve m ade a lo t o f
progress in protecting our country, and
there’s more work to be done, and this
adm inistration is comm itted to doing
it.”
Health and Human Services Secretary
Tom m y Thom pson said in a speech
Friday announcing his coming depar­
ture from the Bush Cabinet that he w or­
ries “ every single night” about a possi­
ble terror attack on the food supply.
Despite dramatic increases in inspec­
tio n s o f food im p o rts , o nly “ a very
m inute am o un t” o f food is tested at
ports and airports, Thompson said.
“ For the life o f me, I cannot under­
sta nd w h y the te r r o r is ts have n ot
attacked our food supply because it is so
easy to do,” Thompson said. “We are
importing a lot o f food from the Middle
East, and it would be easy to tamper
w ith that.”
Asked to respond to Thompson’s com­
ments, Bush neither criticized them nor
im plied th a t the food supply is safer
than Thompson asserted.
Bush asked fo r Congress’ help to
boost domestic security, urg in g la w ­
makers to confirm quicldy his choice to
take over leadership of the Homeland
Security Department. On Friday, Bush
nom inated fo rm e r New York Police
C hie f B e rnie K e rik to succeed Tom
Ridge, who announced his resignation
Tuesday from the department created
to oversee the nation's protection from
attack.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — W a lt D isney
W orld, revam ping its admissions policy fo r the
firs t tim e in at least two decades, is offering
low er prices fo r longer stays b ut ra isin g the
price of single-day tickets by 9 percent.
The pretax price o f a one-day ticke t to a sin­
gle p a rk w ill ris e $5 to $ 5 9 .7 5 w h e n the
changes go into e ffe ct Jan. 2 and a w e e k ’s
admission w ill cost $199 _ $28.43 a day.
For children ages 3-9, prices range from $48
for a day to $160 for a week.
The system c u rre n tly in use gives visito rs
only two choices when it comes to the length
of th e ir stay: one- or four-day passes.
D isne y’s “ M agic Y our W ay” package also
offers a la carte alternatives, such as a “ Park
Hopper,” allow ing guests to roam among the
fo u r them e parks fo r $35 in a d d itio n to the
regular admission fee.
“ T he No. 1 re q u e s t a t o u r tic k e t booths
today w hen a guest comes up and is buying a
one-day ticke t is, they w an t to hop to another
p a rk ,” W alt Disney W orld president A1 Weiss
said Wednesday.
A m e ric a n G re e tin g s cuts jo b s
CLEVELAND — Am erican Greetings Corp. said
Thursday it is elim inating 300 jobs to cut costs.
The company said about 175 of the job cuts w ill
occur at its Cleveland headquarters, which has
2.000 employees. Am erican Greetings has about
20.000 employees overall.
The company announced the cuts a fte r the
New York Stock Exchange closing. On Thursday,
American Greetings shares were up 45 cents, to
$27.39.
Chief Executive Officer Zev Weiss said the cuts
were consistent w ith other cost-cutting meas­
ures.
“The decision to eliminate positions is a difficult
one, but an action th a t is necessary given the
business challenges we face,” he said.
American Greetings earned $6.9 m illion, or 10
cents per share, on sales of $391.9 m illion in the
second quarter o f its fiscal year that ended Aug.
31, the m ost re ce n t q u a rte r re p o rte d . T h a t
reversed a $9.7 m illio n loss, or 15 cents per
share, in the same q u a rte r last year.
Associated Press
MIDDLEBURY, Va. — It
bothers Juanita Swedenburg
that many of her customers
are crim inals in the eyes of
the law.
Swedenburg sells premium
h a n d c ra fte d w in e s m ade
from grapes she grows on
her 130-acre farm in north­
ern Virginia, and after nearly
20 years in business she has
developed a loyal following.
B u t i f a c u s to m e r fro m
M a ry la n d
crosses
th e
Potomac River into Virginia,
buys a case o f Swedenburg
Estate Vineyards w ine and
takes it home, he is breaking
Maryland law regulating the
sale and shipm ent o f alco­
holic beverages.
“ It seems to be restraint of
trade, seems to be against a
basic tenet of the economy,”
S w e d e n b u rg sa id . “ I f we
could only buy things made
in Virginia, we’d all be eating
ju s t peanuts and tomatoes
and drinking wine.”
T h is w eek, the U.S.
Suprem e C ou rt is to h ea r
argum ents in three cases,
in c lu d in g
one
by
S w e de nb urg , on w h e th e r
such laws are an unconstitu­
tio na l b a rrie r to interstate
com m erce o r are a llow ed
under the 21st Amendment,
w hich repealed P rohibition
b u t le ft states w ith broad
powers to regulate alcohol.
Jeremy Benson, executive
director of Free the Grapes, a
coalition of wineries and con­
sum ers th a t advocates fo r
le g a l d ire c t s h ip m e n ts o f
wine, said the various states’
widely disparate laws make
it difficult for consumers and
w in e rie s to kn ow w h a t is
legal.
“ I t ’s a lm o s t lik e y o u ’ re
e x p o rtin g to 49 d iffe r e n t
countries,” Benson said.
Swedenburg and her late
husband, Wayne, were wine
enthusiasts throughout their
c a re e r in the F o re ig n
Service, serving in the Far
East, Middle East and Africa.
When they retired in 1980,
they bought land in Loudoun
County, about 40 miles west
o f W ashington. They fir s t
raised cattle, then decided a
w inery m ight be more prof-
u a n i t a s w e a e n n u r g d i s p l a y s o n e or n e r p r o a u c x s in n e r w i n e r y in
M id dleburg, Va. The Supreme C ourt will hear her case on out of s ta te sales.
itable — Thomas Jefferson
had likened Virginia’s soil to
that found in France — and
set out m aking cabernets,
chardonnays and other dry,
traditional wines.
Vintner was a perfect sec­
ond career for Swedenburg,
who is now in her late 70s,
despite the hard work.
“ I had been a ll over the
world. I didn’t need to go on
a bunch of cruises,” she said.
“ I’d already done the travel.
I’d already done the cocktail
parties.”
Swedenburg began ship­
p in g w ine to custom ers in
o th e r states w ho perhaps
had tried her wines during a
v is it to V ir g in ia , b u t she
stopped after learning that
out-of-state deliveries were
illegal in many states.
The sta te s th a t e m p lo y
restrictive measures argue
th a t such law s h elp keep
alcohol out o f the hands of
minors.
Opponents say th a t con­
cern can be addressed by
requiring an adult to sign for
a shipment.
B u t John F itz p a tr ic k , a
spokesman for the Wine and
S p irits W h o le s a le rs o f
Am erica, said it is not rea­
sonable to expect delivery
companies and truck drivers
to be law enforcers.
And w h ile m inors m ig ht
not necessarily be interested
in purchasing Swedenburg’s
c a b e rn e t
s a u v ig n o n ,
F itz p a tric k cited a re c e n t
case in w hich an underage
student at Virginia Tech was
able to buy a bsinthe — a
liqueur that is illegal in the
U n ite d States — on the
Internet.
“As a society we need to be
thinking about ways to make
it harder for children to get
a lc o h o l,
not
e a s ie r,”
Fitzpatrick said.
Swedenburg got help from
Clint Bolick, a wine aficiona­
do and c o -fo u n d e r o f the
Institute for Justice, a liber­
tarian law firm that seeks to
advance property rights and
economic liberty.
“ W hen I found out w hat
kind of work he does, 1 said
Boy, do I have a case fo r
you,” ’ Swedenburg said.
T he y fo u g h t a la w th a t
allows New York state resi­
dents to get w ine shipped
from vintners in th a t state,
b u t n o t fro m o u t-o f-s ta te
sources lik e S w edenburg,
and won a lower court deci­
sion.
Surge in sales of SUVs up to $24 million
Associated Press
DALLAS — Sales o f s p o rt u tility
v e h ic le s ju m p e d
56 p e r c e n t
b e tw e e n 1 9 9 7 a n d 2 0 0 2 , a n e w
g o v e rn m e n t re p o rt says, re s u ltin g
in one SUV fo r every e ig h t licensed
d riv e rs .
SUVs also drove m ore m iles th an
ever before — 315 b illio n m ile s in
2002, up 100 b illio n m ile s in five
y e a r s , a c c o r d in g to th e r e p o r t
re lea se d T h u rs d a y by the Census
Bureau.
“ The h ea dline news o u t o f th is is
th a t th e re are now over 24 m illio n
SUVs ... u p fr o m 15 m i l l i o n ” in
1997, said Census B ureau D ire c to r
Louis K in can no n.
“ T h a t's an im p ressive change. ...
I t ’s im p o r ta n t th e w a y th a t i t is
ch a n g in g the m akeup o f the v e h i­
cle in v e n to ry o f th is c o u n try .”
T he 56 p e rc e n t g ro w th in SUV
r e g is t r a tio n s a c tu a lly m a rk e d a
s h a rp d ro p fro m th e 81 p e rc e n t
g ro w th o f the previous five years,
a c c o rd in g to th e Census B u re a u .
K in c a n n o n s a id t h a t p r o b a b ly
re fle c te d a degree o f m a rk e t s a tu ­
ra tio n .
A lo n g w ith 2 4 .2 m illio n SUVs,
A m e ric a n s r e g is te re d 38 m illio n
p ic k u p s in 2 0 0 2 , m a k in g th e
n a tio n ’s vehicle fle e t m uch large r.
N o t s u r p r is in g ly , th e b ig g e s t
sta te s — C a lifo rn ia and Texas —
h a d th e m o s t SUVs. S a les g re w
fa s te s t in Tennessee, G eorgia and
In d ia n a .
K in c a n n o n re le a s e d th e r e p o r t
on SUVs, tru c k s and m in iv a n s a t a
n e w s c o n fe r e n c e a t a L in c o ln M e rc u ry d e a le r in D allas. SUV c r it ­
ics sa id th e lo c a tio n o f th e event
a m o u n te d to a ta c it e n d o rs e m e n t
o f la rg e , in e ffic ie n t vehicles.
“ I t ’s d is tu r b in g th a t a top Bush
a d m in is tra tio n o ffic ia l w ou ld cele­
b ra te o u r o il a d d ic tio n by h e lp in g
t o u t SU V s a le s , ” s a id D a n ie l
Becker, a S ie rra Club analyst.
K in ca n n o n said he looks fo r v is u ­
a lly in te re s tin g lo ca le s to relea se
C ensus r e p o r ts , c itin g re c e n t
exam ples o f a day care ce n te r and
W o rld W ar II m e m o ria l.
The Census B u re a u r e p o r t co v ­
ered a p e rio d w hen gasoline prices
w ere c o m p a ra tiv e ly low.
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In retrospect, invading Iraq was clearly
the most irresponsible decision o f U.S. for­
eign policy-makers in recent history. The
consequences of this action are severe;
thousands upon thousands o f lives have
been lost, taxpayers
w ill be paying for the
Michael
w ar for generations to
Poffenberger
come, the reach of ter­
rorist networks has
S a y W hy N ot
expanded, and the
development of the
international rule o f law has regressed half
a century.
A research report recently published by
The Lancet, a leading academic journal for
public health, pegs the number of civilian
deaths in Iraq to be approximately
100,000. Researchers used Iraqi household
surveys to determine the change in mortal­
ity rates once the w ar began, and then cal­
culated the net effects of the spike in
deaths. They estimate that a m ajority of
the innocent life lost was due to American
bom bing campaigns.
This report has serious implications for
the prospects for success in the reconstruc­
tion o f Iraq. Think about it: the United
States — already haled by Iraqis for its
imperialist tendencies and unjust support
for Israel — entered into a sovereign
nation, destroyed its infrastructure and
killed 1()(),()()() civilians. Now, the United
States expects to gain the support of all
Iraqis, deeming those who do not agree to
be “terrorists.” Is this going to “win the
hearts and minds” of Iraqis and others in
the Middle East?
The w ar w ill not gain international sup­
port for American policy or even for the
brand o f “ democracy” that the US is
attempting to export. Instead, it has exac­
erbated global divisions and increased
anti-American sentiment. By most expert
accounts, the reach of terrorist networks
has expanded and America is less secure
now than before.
Simply stated, the consequences of this
war for America and the reality on the
ground in Iraq demonstrate that the per­
spective o f the Bush Administration is
demented, often displaying a blind follow­
ing of ideology and a total disregard for
pragmatic considerations.
This is not a partisan observation. In
1998, following the first Gulf War,
President George H.W. Bush and his
national security advisor published an a rti­
cle in Time explaining why they did not
invade Iraq to remove Hussein, w riting
that “ Extending the w ar into Iraq would
have incurred incalculable human and
political costs. We would have been forced
to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq.
The coalition would instantly have col­
lapsed, the Arabs deserting in anger and
other allies pulling out as well. Exceeding
the UN’s mandate would have destroyed
the precedent of international response to
aggression we hoped to establish. Had we
gone the invasion route, the US could still
be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile
land.”
The costs o f this occupation to American
taxpayers have been astronomical. Thus
far, Americans have paid 150 billion dollars
for the takeover of Iraq, and that number
grows each day. If you perceive the U.S.
invasion to have been one to serve humani­
tarian purposes, think about how many
more effective ways there are to save lives
with that much money. According to the
National Priorities Project, the money spent
in Iraq could also have fully-funded all
global campaigns against AIDS for the next
14 years or provided basic immunizations
for every living child for the next 50 years.
Furthermore, the debt run up from this
war w ill cripple the future of our nation’s
ability to carry out basic social services.
Finally, the precedent set by this w ar
turns back the clock on the international
rule of law. International laws present
accountability and order for an otherwise
anarchic global system, and are the only
hope for the construction o f a less violent
global future. Ironically, it is exactly the vio­
lation of these norms that the United States
used as an excuse to illegally invade Iraq.
The ripple effects from this w ar w ill be
observable in the actions o f other nation
states who choose to follow the lead o f the
United States.
In hindsight, what are we left with from
the invasion o f Iraq? We are left with an
administration in power that purposefully
misled the American people to serve ideo­
logical interests. We are left with a sadden­
ing loss of human life, an astronomical
debt, the expansion of terrorism and a
weakening o f the international rule of law.
These consequences almost certainly out­
weigh any potential for positive gains from
the war, even i f democratic elections in
Iraq are successful.
This reality should further bring us to
question the use o f systematic violence to
serve any political purposes, especially in
this day and age. Diplomacy and economic
means o f pressuring nations to conform to
international law are becoming more and
more successful. Following Just War principles-especially in regards to the mandate
that w ar be only a last resort-is perhaps no
longer possible.
Hopefully, Americans will learn these les­
sons from the w ar in Iraq and prevent such
reckless irresponsibility in the future.
Otherwise, any hopes for reaching a sus­
tainable global peace are lost. Should we
be aiming for anything else?
Michael Poffenberger is a senior anthro­
pology and peace studies major. He can be
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Pro-Life Feminist Sally Winn to campus Wednesday. In spite o f a
low and almost exclusively female turn out Winn gave a powerful
presentation on the history o f American feminism, reminding us
that our feminist foremothers, women like Susan B. Anthony,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Mary Wollstonecraft, were w ithout
exception pro-woman and pro-life. These radical suffragists
fought for a truly feminist society in which the basic rights o f all
human beings were upheld.
In the tradition o f pro-life feminism, Winn urged her audience
to acknowledge that abortion is not a solution but rather a symp­
tom o f a social disease that sees women as defective males who
persist on getting pregnant despite the inconvenience to bosses,
boyfriends, neighbors and friends.
This system does not take seriously the fertility of women, nor
does it offer them real reproductive choices. Rather, it forces
them to adopt a (necessarily not pregnant) male-model for their
lives; coercing them into surgery, so that their condition can be
cured, when they are not sick. Society has failed women. In par­
ticular, college age women, as one in five abortions is performed
on a college student. Women are too often asked to choose
between their offspring, their education or job, and their selfrespect. What kind of choices are these?
Clearly we need to reform society, giving real choices and real
support to men and women facing unplanned pregnancies, and
we need to begin here at Notre Dame. Being pro-life should be
about more than restricting access to abortion, ft should be about
creating a community that is welcome to women and children.
What is the womb if not the first and most generous welfare
state?
Our culture w ill not be a truly life affirm ing one until it fully
supports those who choose to parent, offering them access to
daycare at work and school, maternal health coverage, time off
for delivery and shame-free emotional and financial support.
There is a considerable state interest in enacting pro-family poli­
cy that includes all families, not only financially secure husbands
and wives. Arguments that this kind o f policy encourages promis­
cuity have allowed the perfect to become the enemy o f the good,
and historically have been more oppressive to feminine sexuality
than preventative o f unplanned pregnancies.
The current antagonism is politically paralyzing. The Rev. Jerry
Falwell’s renaming of NOW, the National Organization of Women,
as the “ National Order of Witches’” is hateful to women. However
NOW’s contention that abortion is “ the most fundamental rig ht”
of women, is not only narrow-minded, it is capitulation to p atriar­
chal and laissez-faire capitalistic norms — literally the antithesis
o f feminism.
Abortion hurts women. Partisan bickering doesn’t seem to help
them. Maybe a truly feminist society could.
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L e t t e r s t o t h e E d it o r
Administration has
mismanaged football team
The administration has failed the stu­
dent body, the alumni and, most im por­
tantly, our classmates on the football
team that chose to play at Notre Dame
over a variety of other schools. Coach
Tyrone Willingham was a man of deep
integrity and honor that, absent the
blowout losses of this year, was progress­
ing in his reconstruction of the Notre
Dame football program. The offense had
showed Hashes o f brilliance this year, but
this was not enough for the older alumni,
and certain elements of the student body,
who demanded that Notre Dame win
now.
Thus, we fired Willingham w ith the
obvious goal of hiring Urban Meyer, a for­
mer Notre Dame special teams/wide
receiver coach and famed rebuilder of
programs, and yet we messed this oppor­
tunity up as well. Meyer w ill instead be
replacing Ron Zook as the head coach at
the University o f Florida. Why? There are
two reasons.
The first was that he was concerned
about the academic standards at Notre
Dame and our inability to win unless they
were lowered, which the administration
refused to do. Tony Rice, the quarterback
of our last national championship team,
was also Notre Dame’s first Proposition
48 admit, and he graduated from Notre
Dame with a degree in Psychology. The
school frequently admitted individuals
with lower GPAs and SAT scores than
their classmates under Lou Holtz, and
since this policy has changed, we have
watched the gradual decay o f our football
program. By shrinking the pool o f players
that we can recruit w ith our high aca­
demic standards, the administration is
restraining the football program from
recruiting players that instead are going
to our opponents, such as USC, Tennessee
and ironically, Florida.
In addition to refusing to lower our aca­
demic standards, the University allegedly
offered Meyer considerably less money
than the University of Florida. This truly ■
boggles my mind. As a Floridian, one of
us is acutely aware of the fiscal crisis
. ongoing on the institutions of higher edu­
cation in my state, and yet it was able t o '
offer more money to Meyer than Notre
Dame did, a school w ith an endowment of
well over $2.6 billion. Notre Dame is cur­
rently paying off the millions o f dollars in
buyouts to two of our former coaches,
and the administration refused to go the
extra mile in hiring the new one?
The mismanagement of the football
team, a group of individuals that repre­
sent our University in the national spot­
light and has to contend with long hours
of practice in addition to the rigorous
coursework at Notre Dame, is inexcus­
able. The shameful manner in which
Coach Willingham was fired, in addition
to the failed attempt to hire the coach we
had identified as the man that would
allow us to have a true “ Return to Glory”
is indicative o f the poor stewardship of
the football team under University
President Father Malloy, and a bad omen
for the direction the football team w ill
take under University President-elect,
Father John Jenkins.
Brian Lange
Owen McGovern
M ark Meisner
juniors
K eough hall
Dec. 3
Notre Dame has
not lost its way
1 love college football. More specifi­
cally, I love Notre Dame football. But if
someone w here to ask w h a t m y
favorite th ing about Notre Dame was,
it w ould be not be football. Sure, it is
som ething th a t brings th a t campus,
alum ni, friends and fam ily
together on Saturday a fte r­
noons in the fa ll. But is this
the essence o f Notre
Dame? I don’t th in k so.
T hat is w hy I have been
very upset by the reac­
tion to the firin g o f
head coach Tyrone
W illingham .
Many people, both
here in The Observer,
on ESPN and n u m e r­
ous other m edia o u t­
lets, have said they
are disappointed by
the decision, th a t the
decision proves that
Notre Dame is ju s t
another “ football facto­
ry,” and th a t the decision
tarnished the Golden
Dome. People have w ritte n
th a t N otre Dame w ill never
be the same again.
I ce rta inly was shocked on
Tuesday upon hearing the news, and I
personally really liked W illingham , as
a great representative o f the
University. W hile I may not have
agreed th a t this was the rig h t th in g to
do o r the rig h t tim e to do it, I never
thought th a t th is decision had any
bearing on w h a t N otre Dame stands
for. A ll o f these people act like football
defines w h a t a school is. Maybe it
does at a football factory. It shouldn’t
and 1 don’t th in k it does at Notre
Dame.
When 1 th in k o f N otre Dame, I
th in k o f the incredible educa­
tion I received, the great
teachers and m entors, life ­
long friends, the absolutely
b ea u tifu l campus, Mass at
the Basilica, studying
abroad, p raying at the
G rotto, the am azing sup­
p ort n e tw o rk — I could
ju s t go on and on. This
is N otre Dame. Okay,
some o f the leaders at
Notre Dame decided
th a t W illingham w asn’t
the coach they wanted
for our fo otba ll team. We
a ll w a n t to w in and I
don’t th ink th a t this
makes us bad people.
W hether or not this broke
w ith tra d itio n , w hether or
not we all agree th a t it gave
him a fa ir chance, none o f this
takes the trtfly am azing nature o f
N otre Dame away from us. Those
things are w h a t make Notre Dame
special.
H eidi Ketvertis
alum na
Class o f 2000
D ec. 3
Writing classics and
happy endings
Next year I ’m due to sta rt w o rk on my doctoral thesis, so needless to say I’ve
decided to sta rt smoking.
Smoking is im p o rta n t fo r graduate students p artly because it provides a regular
excuse to leave the library, but also because a thesis takes at least two years to
complete and you need frequent doses o f carcinogenic pleasure to restore the
ka rm ic imbalance created by th a t much delayed gratification.
There are o f course other techniques available fo r m aking the
Peter Wicks
arduous task o f dissertating more manageable. One tobacco-free
m ethod fo r relieving stress is to fantasize about tenure, taking
Englishman
solace in dreams o f a ll the things one could do w ith a guaran­
Abroad
teed job fo r life. Popular tenure fantasies include attending fac­
ulty meetings w earing a dressing gown, playing “ Eye o f the
T ige r” at the sta rt o f every lecture, or finally coming out to one’s colleagues as a
Republican. My own tenure fantasy is to w rite a novel.
I should say rig h t away th a t my novel w ill not be a daring w o rk o f postm odernist
fiction, densely-packed w ith allusions to everything from Homer through to
Quentin Tarantino. It w ill not feature a chapter in w hich the p layfully erudite n a r­
ra to r digresses w ith a m editation on the existential significance o f quantum
physics cribbed from Stephen H aw king’s B rie f H istory o f Time. There w ill be no
cameo appearance by a character w ith the same name as the author, nor any
other b lu rrin g o f the line between fact and fiction. The novel w ill not hold a m irro r
up to society. It w ill not — not even remotely, not in any w ay — be an u nflinchingly
honest analysis o f the way we live now.
I am going to w rite a H arlequin romance novel, complete w ith heaving bosoms,
ripped bodices and a happy ending.
Part o f my m otivation is the childish pleasure I get from the idea th a t one day I
m ight be a tenured professor w ith a faculty bio th a t includes the line “ Peter’s pre­
vious books include W ittgenstein’s M oral Philosophy (4 vols.) and The Isle of
Forbidden Passion.” But the tru th is I wanted to w rite a romance novel even
before I decided I wanted to be an academic, ever since I discovered th a t th ere ’s a
k it.
To get the H arlequin n ove l-w ritin g k it you used to have to w rite to them , but now
everything an aspiring rom ance novelist needs to know can be found on th e ir w eb­
site.
Before looking at the guide fo r w rite rs, I decided to survey the catalogue to
check out the com petition. H arlequin has a tru ly bew ildering am ount o f titles. The
website provides a book m atcher to help customers identify the novels th a t w ill
best suit there needs, using pull-dow n menus to select th e ir preferred tim e period,
type o f hero, heroine and theme (options range from “ hero to the rescue” to the
apparently self-explanatory “ baby” ). Since you can only select one option fo r each
category the hero can be roya lty or a bad boy but, frustratingly, not both. For those
who don’t w ant th e ir romance to be set here in the United States there are a range
o f exotic locations offered, including France, Italy and — inexplicably — Canada.
I am not, 1 adm it, a likely candidate fo r a romance novelist. For one th ing I am a
man and romance fiction is w ritte n almost exclusively by and fo r women,
H arlequin describes its e lf as a purveyor o f “ w om en’s fictio n .” Also, I ’m not e ntirely
sure w hat a bodice is. But w ith some expert guidance I was confident th a t these
obstacles could be overcome, so I clicked on a lin k prom isingly entitled “ learn to
w rite ” .
F irst I came across a Q&A fo r prospective w rite rs. The tone was m arkedly defen­
sive. It was noted th a t the general public fails to give rom ance novels the respect
they deserve. The notion th a t w ritin g these books is easy was considered and firm ­
ly rejected.
Reassured as to the respectability o f my avocation, I tu rn ed to the w rite r ’s tips,
w hich suggested th a t I “ use commas between compound sentences join ed by con­
ju n ctio n s.” A conjunction — I have this on good a uth ority — is “ a jo in in g word,
such as and, but, or and because.” There was also a helpful section explaining the
difference between “ its ” and “ i t ’s,” although I find th a t I have forgotten the details.
I t ’s a mistake to th in k o f romance fiction as second or even th ird rate literature.
It’s not bad lite ra tu re ; i t ’s something else, w ith d ifferent crite ria o f success. Part of
the a rt o f lite ra ry w ritin g is to give characters depth and life, but a Harlequin hero
— w hether he’s a playboy, a sheik or a bodyguard — m ust be as two-dim ensional
as a pin-up poster.
People sometimes argue about w hether love at firs t sight is possible. I th in k i t ’s
not ju s t possible, i t ’s easy. Anyone can fall in love w ith someone across a crowded
room, because the unknow n represents the possibility o f perfection. And so it is
w ith a rom antic hero; give him eyes like dark stars, a physique rem iniscent o f a
variety o f pow erful fauna, a scar in an intim ate location gained playing polo or
some other suitably exotic sport, and stop there. Leave it to the reader not to fill in
the gaps, b ut to enjoy the speculation.
There is a love th a t comes after knowledge — you see it in the best m arriages —
but it is not the s tu ff o f fantasy.
Peter Wicks is a graduate student in the Philosophy Department. He can be con­
tacted at [email protected].
The views expressed in this column are those o f the a uth or and not necessarily
those o f The Observer.
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M onday, December 6, 2004
'Volume One' is a
rare glimpse into
Dylan
By BECCA SAUNDERS
Assistant Scene Editor
The form er editorT in-chief o f rrencr
rered a stroke to m e brainstem , writ<
ingmemoir. He ispaplw & ed except t
the garden. It was ju s t too p e rfe c t.”
O v e ra ll, “ C h ro n icle s, Volum e One” is in t e r ­
e s tin g , b u t n o t im m e n s e ly e n te r t a in in g . It
becomes clea r th ro u g h o u t the novel th a t Dylan
w ro te th is book as he w ro te fo lk songs: to te ll
the s to ry w ith c a re fu lly chosen w o rd s . F o lk
songs are n o t c a tc h y o r even g e n e ra lly ve ry
shocking, and the same rin gs tru e fo r D yla n ’s
m em oir. As one reads, the slow and d e ta ile d
pace o f D y la n ’s w ritin g becomes a b it w ea rin g
at tim es, b u t g e n e ra lly a m ore re v e la to ry sec­
ond h a lf m akes up fo r th e s lo w -m o v in g and
o v e rly d eta ile d n a tu re o f the fir s t h a lf o f the
m e m o ir. M uch o f w h a t D ylan w rite s sounds
like w ould be song ly ric s .
From a b s tra c t lines like,
“ A song is lik e a d ream ,
and you have to m ake it
come tru e ,” to b e a u tifu l­
ly d e s c r ip tiv e lin e s , “ A
b liz z a rd was k id n a p p in g
th e c ity , lif e s p in n in g
Bob D ylan
a ro u n d on a d ra b c a n ­
vas. Icy and c o ld .” Dylan
dives into his opinions on Roosevelt, d e scrib ing
how he th ou gh t Roosevelt could have “ stepped
o u t o f a fo lk b a lla d ” and m u c h m o re . T he
m em oir is b e a u tifu lly w ritte n , but the language
can get a b it bogged down in im agery at tim es.
A lth o u g h D y la n does n o t g ive an e n tir e ly
re v e a lin g a c c o u n t o f h is life , th e r e a d e r is
a llo w e d glim pse s in to his m in d and d re am s,
o fte n s e e m in g ly in a d v e r te n tly . S p e a k in g o f
Picasso, th e d re a m s o f th e y o u n g D yla n are
re v e a le d , “ Picasso a t s e v e n ty -n in e ye ars old
had ju s t m a rrie d his th irty -fiv e -y e a r-o ld m odel.
W ow . P ica sso w a s n ’t ju s t lo a fin g a b o u t on
c ro w d e d s id e w a lk s . L ife h a d n ’t flo w e d p a s t
him yet. Picasso had fra c tu re d the a r t w o rld
and cracked it w ide open. He was re v o lu tio n ­
ary. I w anted to be lik e th a t.”
Dylan plays dow n his d esire to be g re a t at
points, b u t it is c le a r th a t he realizes w h a t he
has done to A m e ric a n m usic in g e n e ra l. His
m e m o ir gives in s ig h t in to the m in d o f a man
w ho has seen g re a t change and saw it com ing
befo re it even got here. The language o f the
b o o k is b e a u tifu l, a n d th e m a n h im s e lf is
in trig u in g . “ C hronicles, Volum e One” is a m ust
read fo r any D ylan fan, b ut even fo r those who
a re n 't it is an in te re s tin g jo u rn e y though the
last h a lf o f the tw e n tie th c e n tu ry in A m e rica ,
led by a to u r-g u id e w ho has had a p a rt in a
good deal o f the d e v e lo p m e n t o f A m e ric a a t
th a t tim e and even now.
W hen m ost o f his fans heard th a t Bob Dylan,
one o f the m ost p riv a te fam ous men o f today
and recent history, was w ritin g a m em oir, they
expected to fin a lly get a glim pse into the in t i­
m ate life o f one o f the g reatest s o n g w rite rs o f
a ll tim e . These e x p e c ta tio n s are le t dow n in
D y la n ’s re c e n t m e m o ir, “ C h ro n ic le s , Volum e
O n e .” H o w e ve r, D y la n fa ns s h o u ld n o t lose
h e a rt at th is announcem ent, because although
the in tim a te d e ta ils o f his
l if e
a re
e x c lu d e d ,
“ C h ro n ic le s , V olum e One”
gives re a d e rs in s ig h t in to
th e
g re a t
m in d
th a t
changed the face o f m usic
in A m erica.
E s s e n tia lly d iv id e d in to
Author;
th r e e p a r t s , o r e ra s o f
D y la n ’s lif e , th e m e m o ir
b e g in s w it h D y la n d e s c r ib in g h is l if e in
Greenw ich V illage in Now York. He d etails his
stru g g le to play in in c re a s in g ly b e tte r know n
a nd b e tte r a tte n d e d b a rs and c lu b s as he
stayed on the couches o f va rio u s frie n d s and
acquaintances. The young Dylan comes across
as in tro v e rte d and d e e p ly in q u is itiv e . Pages
are d ed ica te d to d e s c rib in g the books D ylan
read at th a t tim e and the m usic he listened to.
M any ch aracte rs are in tro d u ce d , b ut few are
expo un de d upon to a g re a t e x te n t. The fir s t
p a rt o f the m e m o ir is ra th e r slow, b ut in te re s t­
ing in th a t the p re -s o n g w ritin g Dylan is in tr o ­
duced and becomes a b it m ore understood. He
is a young man w ho sees no need to p erfo rm
his own m usic w hen th ere are so m any te rr ific
fo lk songs th a t he can develop and play w ith a
new tw is t a ll his own. D ylan is h a rd-he ad e d,
te llin g one re c o rd e xecu tive th a t he came to
New Y ork by ju m p in g on a fr e ig h t tr a in and
had a previous jo b as a bakery tru c k d rive r, a ll
o f w h ic h is u n tru e . Bob D ylan is a man w ho
does not care w h a t people believe is tru e , and
the fir s t section o f “ C hron icles, Volum e One”
makes th is exceedingly clear.
D y la n ’s h o m e a n d lif e in W o o d s to c k is
e x p lo re d th ro u g h o u t w h a t is e s s e n tia lly the
second se ction o f “ C h ro n ic le s , Volum e O ne.”
W oodstock was a place w here Dylan moved to
live the A m e rican h om e-life, not w a n tin g to be
tra c k e d a nd b o th e re d by fa n s w ho w a n te d
D ylan to p la y “ P ro p h e t, M essiah, S a v io r" fo r
Contact Becca Saunders at
th e ir v a rio u s causes. A lth o u g h the re tre a t to
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W oodstock is essentially a ttrib u te d to a desire
to liv e th e f a m ily li f e , h is
fa m ily is o n ly v a g u e ly m e n ­
tio ne d; he h a rd ly even drops
th e n a m e s o f h is d if f e r e n t
w ives o r c h ild re n th ro u g h o u t
the e n tire ty o f the m em oir.
T he th ir d and e a s ily m ost
e n t e r t a in in g
s e c tio n
of
“ C h r o n ic le s , V o lu m e O n e ”
c o v e rs D y la n ’s jo u r n e y o f
w o r k in g
w it h
p ro d u c e r
D aniel Lanois, recom m ended
to D y la n by U2 le a d s in g e r
Bono. Set in New O rleans, the
t h i r d s e c tio n r e v e a ls B ob
Dylan as m ore sa tisfied w ith
the m eaning o f his songs. The
book ties up w ith a v is it back
to th e y o u n g D y la n in th e
e a r ly 1 9 6 0 ’s in G re e n w ic h
V illa g e , r e a liz in g th a t “ The
fo lk m u s ic sce ne had been
Photos courtesy of www.bobdylanimages.8k.com
lik e a paradise th a t I had to
leave, like Adam had to leave
This picture was taken of a young Bob Dylan in 1 9 6 2 .
“ Chronicles, Volume O n e”
tions o f his ife and memories are inspiring a n d '
pven though,he is deprived#!- life's W g s t io t
lingering in a b a th tu t/c r ruffling- his child's hair":
ewrcs&es,m ore moments o f gratitude fo r th e lr
ived than bitterness a t th e life he now enc ures
iris Van
Nine Stories
ky J.D . Salinger
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Video games for
new and old fans
By MARK BEMENDERFER
Scene W r ite r
“Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 ”
Fans o f th e s h o w c a n f i n a l l y r e jo ic e , as
“ Dragon B a ll Z: B u do ka i 3” has fin a lly gotten
the d e fin itive game it deserves. W ith over 40
characters from the show, and countless items
to unlock, this is any anim e fa n ’s dream come
true.
The gam eplay runs very s im ila rly to the p re v i­
ous Budokai games on the m arket. You choose
one ch aracte r from the Dragon Ball Z universe
to fig h t another. The controls are p re tty in tu ­
itiv e , w ith one b u tto n being reserved each fo r
punch, kick and block.
U nlike the o th e r fig h tin g games on the m a r­
ket, “ Dragon B all Z: Budokai 3” is quite easy for
the average gam er to p ick up and play. W hile
o the r fig h tin g games re q u ire a s k illfu l hand to
p u ll o ff the su p e r m oves, th is one has moves
th a t can be pulled o ff by even the most casual
gamer. This means th a t everyone w ill be able to
use even the flashiest moves, pleasing everyone.
However, th is also means th a t the game can
be easily played by sim ply m ashing the buttons
on the controller. This may tu rn o ff serious fans
o f fig h tin g gam es, w h ic h could be a m istake .
A lthough the super moves are in trin s ic a lly easy
to accom plish, th ere is a w e a lth o f a b ilitie s in
the game th a t w ere absent fro m the previous
ones.
N ew to the se ries is the a b ility to te le p o rt,
both offensively and defensively. P erform ing this
m ove r e q u ir e s t im in g , g iv in g e x p e rie n c e d
gamers an edge over newcom ers. I f used exces­
sively, this move tires out the character, leaving
him vulnerable to attack.
A nother new addition to the series is the d ra g ­
on ru sh . Less a p p re c ia te d th a n th e p re vio u s
a dd itio n, this technique relies m ore upon luck
than skill to successfully p u ll off. It am ounts to
pressing a b utton , and hoping th a t yo ur oppo­
nent does not press the same b utton . A lesser
addition to the series, b u t one th a t does prove to
be useful in story mode.
T he s in g le p la y e r m ode is w h e re a lo t o f
gamers w ill spend th e ir tim e, as th a t is where
the m a jo rity o f the characters, and stages, are
unlocked. Dubbed the Dragon U niverse, eleven
o f the show 's m ain c h a ra c te rs can be played
through unique storylines th a t fo llo w the show
fa ir ly a cc u ra te ly . I t ’s good fo r new com e rs to
experience the show fo r the firs t tim e, and fans
to relive th e ir favorite moments.
Part of w h a t makes this an exceptional fig h t­
ing game is the previously m entioned va riety of
characters. W ith the cast ran gin g from Goku to
Broly, and the a lm igh ty Omega Shenron, it cov­
ers all o f the TV shows th a t w ere released. Any
fan o f anime, or cartoons in general, w ill appre­
ciate the sheer va rie ty th a t has been tossed into
this game.
Overall, this game is one o f the m ost fun fig h t­
ers in the m a rk e t. W h ile it m ay n o t have the
deepest fig h tin g engine, it is a large im p ro v e ­
m ent from the previous versions, and is w o rth a
look by old and newcom ers alike. Grade: A
“Goldeneye: Rouge Agent"
The average college stu d e n t grew up w ith a
Nintendo 64 around, e ithe r in his or her house,
or a frie n d ’s. When asked about th e ir collection,
the M a rio games are often m en tion ed , as are
th e Z e ld a . B u t th e gam e th a t w as in a lm o s t
everyone’s collection was “ Goldeneye.”
W h a t m any consider to be the d e fin in g firs t
p e rso n s h o o te r, “ G o ld e n e y e ” w as th e a c tio n
game o f choice fo r someone w ith a N intendo 64.
W ith a com pelling single p layer mode, and a fun
m ultiplayer, it was one o f the top selling games
fo r the N64.
Now, many years later, the firs t d ire c t sequel
has a rriv e d . However, it is a sequel in name
only. F o llo w in g in th e v e in o f the p re v io u s
gam e, “ Goldeneye: Rouge A g e n t” is a ll a bo ut
a ction . Those lo o k in g fo r a deeper gam e w ill
w a n t to ch e c k o u t “ H a lo 2 ,” o r “ K illz o n e .”
“ G oldeneye: Rouge A g e n t” is a b o u t n o n -sto p
action from s ta rt to finish.
The title “ Rogue Agent” comes to bear in the
storyline. Shocking as it may be, this is the firs t
Bond game th a t doesn’t a ctua lly sta r Bond. The
fam ous 007 is o n ly in the gam e fo r the f ir s t
m inute or so o f gameplay, as the player assumes
the role o f agent Goldeneye.
A fte r being blam ed fo r the sim ulated death o f
a fam ous in d iv id u a l in Bond h is to ry and p e r­
fo rm in g in to le ra b le acts, A g e n t G oldeneye is
kicked from M I-6 to become a free agent. He is
quickly picked up by G oldfinger to w o rk fo r the
other side o f the law.
F ollow in g the in te re s tin g beginning however,
the game slides into a state o f te d iu m , as the
p la y e r fig h ts w h a t a p p e a rs to be an endless
arm y o f clones. L ittle va rie ty has been included
w ith in the game. To compensate, E lectronic A rts
has made the game very short. This game could
be finished in one study day, leaving you the rest
to focus on m ore im p o rta n t tasks.
W h a t is p ro b a b ly m ost d is a p p o in tin g is th a t
the fact you are a bad guy is never capitalized
on. The o p p ortu nity to fig h t Bond never arises,
along w ith any o the r im p o rta n t fig ure in Bond
h is to ry . A c tu a lly , the a b ility to fig h t anyone
im p o rta n t only happens tw ice in the game, w ith
the re st being fille d w ith the a fo re m e n tio n e d
clones.
However, the o rig in a l’s m ain area o f longevity
was the m ultipla yer. So the question arises, does
this one meet the o rig in a l’s expectations? The
answ er is yes and no.
The o rig in a l had o u ts ta n d ­
ing m u ltip la y e r w ith a va riety
o f p e o p le to p la y as. T h e
sequel both b uilds upon that,
a n d s u b tr a c ts a t th e sam e
tim e . Gone is the v a rie ty o f
c h a ra c te rs , c a u s in g fa n s o f
“ Oddjob” to weep everywhere.
They are replaced w ith s lig h t­
ly b e tte r a re n a s to fig h t in
w ith n e w ly in tro d u c e d death
traps, w hich add some hum or
to the m ultiplayer.
O verall, a solid and yet la ck­
ing game. Fans w ill be disap­
p o in te d i f th e y have p la y e d
a n y th in g sin ce th e o rig in a l,
such as “ H alo ” or “ K illz o n e .”
A t le a s t th e m u ltip la y e r has
been balanced m ore than the
p r e v io u s , so i f yo u w e re a
diehard fan, you m ay w an t to
check this out. Grade: C+
Photos courtesy ot www.aaiiygame.net
“Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 ” can be played by both experienced
and casual players alike.
Contact M a rk Bemenderfer at
[email protected]
3d in g from ti
Scene s ta ff
b q M a r k 'T w a in
bq Donna Tartt
'T h e se c re t Hisboru follow s Ktchand happen, zt
C alitornja colleegs stud en t w ho enrolls in a New
Eng and college and p in s an elite gro u p o t daasics
atuaents. He slow lij Breaks into tn e ir tig itiy kni^
^and, learns ab out tneiir secrets and is'socn e,ujltu b
association. T h e g ro u p bad s ta ^ d a bacchana d u r
ingwhicn they killed a man w hilain a trance, and the
tensions w ithin th e g o u p grow graver and ten ser as
:he stq ru p ro ce sse s and th e secrets increase. The
hook d ^ ( s w ith appropnatelu Greek themes p t
death, betraual and Fate, and czp be enibyed by ant
one: even w im pu ta background in the da isie s.
— Recommended b y (VIolQ G rifh'n
page 12
The Observer
M o n d a y, D ecem ber 6, 2004
♦ CLASSIFIEDS
M e n ’s B a s k e t b a l l
Offense must match defense's solid performance
ANN ARBOR, M ich.— The
scoreboard read Michigan 27,
Notre Dame 16.
Three minutes, 36 seconds
remained in the first half.
Thus far, the
Irish had six
field goals.
They also had
four traveling
violations.
Michigan
had just
scored on its
first posses­
M a tt Lozar
sion out o f the
TV timeout,
but something
had changed
Sports Writer
in this Notre
Dame team.
It finally looked like the team
everyone had been waiting to see
through the first three-plus games
o f the regular season.
In the next 3:36, the Irish dou­
bled their field goal total from six
to 12, and when Chris Thomas
dropped in his only field goal of
the game with one second left in
the half, all o f a sudden the Irish
and Wolverines were tied at 30.
Three minutes o f impressive
basketball erased 17 minutes o f
bad basketball.
The Irish came out of the locker
room with that same attitude.
Riding the suddenly rejuvenated
Torin Francis, 3-pointers from
Colin Falls and a couple o f shots
from Dennis Latimore, they built
a 51-41 load.
Then w ith 11:30 remaining in
i
the game, that attitude seemed to
go away.
It wasn’t an instant drop-off, but
for the rest o f the game, the Irish
had four field goals.
For those scoring at home, com­
bining the first 17:30 with the last
11:30 and the Irish got 10 field
goals in 29 minutes o f basketball.
In the other 11 minutes, they had
14 field goals.
This is a team in transition. The
defense throughout the entire 40
minutes, minus a few lapses here
and there, was as good as it’s
been under a Mike Brey-coached
team in South Bend. That off-sea­
son dedication w ill payoff as the
season progresses.
In all o f that work, the Irish lost
their offense.
As surprising as that sounds,
the numbers don’t lie.
They average 63.25 points per
game, shooting 40.1 percent from
the field and connecting on 30.7
from behind the arc.
Those stats show there’s a prob­
lem.
“ I think we’re a little behind
where we expected to be offen­
sively,” Irish guard Chris Quinn
said. “ In the preseason with the
guys we have on this team, we
didn’t anticipate scoring to be one
o f our problems. We focused a lot
on the defensive end and I think
it’s showing that. We concentrated
a lot on defense.
“ With a tough team like
Michigan, you think if you hold
them to 61 points, you are going
to win the game.”
During that opening stretch, the
Irish looked like a team that had­
n’t played for eight days and was
playing its first road game of the
season.
Despite the abysmal offensive
start, the Irish persevered and
used their defense to give them­
selves a golden opportunity to
become 4-0 and pick up a non­
conference win that would have
looked great on their resume
come March. Last year, a young
Notre Dame team would have
willed on the road, but that expe­
rience from last season allowed
them to have a chance to win at
Crisler Arena.
For all the things they did
wrong, the Irish learned a lot
about themselves Saturday.
“ Just that we can come in here
and play on the road and control
the game. When il comes down to
the wire, we have to close the
door on the game,” Latimore said.
“ Hopefully we can do that in
Indiana.”
The Irish can take what they
learned in Ann A rbor to
Bloomington.
That’s easier said than done.
Look up the year 1973 in the
Notre Dame-lndiana series to find
out why — that’s the last year the
Irish have won on the road in the
series.
The views expressed in this col­
umn are those o f the author and
not necessarily those ofThe
Observer. Contact M att Lozar at
[email protected].
CHUY BENITEZ/The Observer
Chris Thomas a ttem p ts a layup at Saturday's gam e against
Michigan. Despite a strong defensive effort, the Irish lost 61-60.
Bowl committee announces Irish will take on Oregon State
Baer anticipates a
challenging matchup
versus Beavers
By JUSTIN SCHUVER
A sso cia te Sports E d ito r
. The In sig h t Bow l com m ittee
announced Sunday th a t N otre
Dame (6-5) w ould face Oregon
State (6-5) in the In sigh t Bowl
on Dec. 28 in Tempe, A riz.
“ P la y in g O re g o n S tate is a
tre m e n d o u s o p p o r tu n ity and
C
c h a lle n g e f o r o u r fo o t b a ll
C onference, behind C a lifo rn ia
team ” Iris h in te rim head coach
and Southern C alifornia.
Kent Baer said.
T ypically
“ O reg on S tate
b ase d on th e
“P la y in g Oregon
h as
bee n
a
bow l h ie ra rc h y ,
p o w e r in th e
State is a trem endous the Insight Bowl
P a c -1 0 th e la s t
r e c e iv e s
th e
o p p o rtu n ity a n d
s e v e ra l y e a rs ,
highest re m a in ­
challenge f o r our
and th ey have a
ing Pac-10 team
lo t o f ta le n t.
a fte r th e Rose,
fo o tb a ll team. ”
W e ’ re
lo o k in g
H oliday and Sun
fo r w a r d to th e
Bowls are filled .
Kent Baer
When the new
c h a lle n g e
of
Irish interim coach
playing th em .”
BCS r a n k in g s
T h e B e a v e rs
cam e
out
finished tied w ith A rizona State
Sunday, however, Texas moved
fo r t h i r d
in th e P a c -1 0
ahead o f C a lifo rn ia and to ok
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Lost Boys of Sudan (2003)
9 0 minutes
Saturday, December 11
7 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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"This tidy and fascinating docum entary follows the
p lig h t o f tw o young A frican refugees transplanted to
the U.S. to make a better life ."
- Elvis M itchell, N E W YORK TIMES
"It m ight help you understand an unfam iliar face
w a lkin g tow a rd you on the street, and that's a great
accom plishm ent for any film ."
- M ich ae l Booth, DENVER POST
Empire Brass Christmas Concert
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Sponsored b y N o tre Dame Federal C re d it Union
Friday, December 10 a t 8 p.m.
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Start your h o lid ay season a t the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center w ith a Christmas C oncert by The Empire
Brass in the Leighton C oncert Hall. These fabulous musicians w ill p lay some fam iliar h o lid a y favorites as
w e ll as some music from Christmases past. There w ill even be a sing-a-long. The Empire Brass enjoys an
international reputation as N orth Am erica's finest brass quintet, renow ned for its b rillia n t virtuosity and the
unparalleled diversity o f its repertoire.
Lost Boys o f Sudan is a feature-length docum entary
that follows tw o Sudanese refugees on an e xtrao rdi­
nary journey from A fric a to A m erica. O rp h a n e d as
young boys in one of A frica's cruelest civil wars,
Peter Dut and Santino Chuor survived lion attacks
and m ilitia gunfire to reach a refugee cam p in
Kenya along with thousands o f other children.
From there, remarkably, they w ere chosen to come
to Am erica. Safe at last from physical danger
and hunger, a w o rld a w a y from home, they find
themselves confronted w ith the abundance and
alienation o f contem porary A m erican suburbia.
Tickets $ 4 4 , $ 3 5 facu lty/staff, $1 5 all students
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A CONCERT TO GIVE FOR CHRISTMAS
LIVE AT THE MORRIS
ND Collegium Musicum
The Chieftains
St. Petersburg State Ballet Theatre
W ednesday, December 8 at 8 p.m.
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Reyes O rg a n and C horal Hall
Free and open to the public
Sunday, January 3 0 at 8 p.m.
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perform ing Romeo a n d Juliet
at the M orris Performing Arts Center
Thursday, January 13 at 8 p.m.
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N D Collegium M usicum performs music for the
Christmas season. The Collegium is a small vocal
ensemble specializing in sacred and secular music
from the M ed ie val, Renaissance, and Baroque eras.
Concerts that are free and open to
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be obtained by calling or visiting
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Leighton C oncert H all
The first w o rd in Irish M usic is the Chieftains. In
1 9 8 9 the Republic o f Ireland ap po inte d them the
o fficia l musical am bassadors for Ireland. They
have exported Irish music to every corner of the
w o rld and fin a lly they come to N o tre Dome. Their
appe aran ce is far overdue. There are a lot o f
groups w ho p lay tra d itio n a l C eltic music, but they
all ow e a great debt to the Chieftains w ho paved
the w a y for them. There are few concert experi­
ences as com pletely fulfilling as an evening spent
in their com pany.
A timeless love story danced by one o f the lead­
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choreographed by Serge Vikulov to the beautiful
score by Sergei Prokofiev.
Tickets $ 1 5 - $ 3 8
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5-10-1
around the dial
C ollege B a sk e tb a ll
Virginia at Iowa State 7 p.m., ESPN2
NFL
C ow boys at Seahaw ks 9 p.m., ABC
NBA
Bobcats at Kings 10:30 p.m., FSN2
Pistons at M avericks 8:30 p.m., NBATV
AP
Auburn's Carnell Williams, top, is upended by Tennessee's Corey Larkins, bottom, in the Southeastern Conference
football championship game in Atlanta on Saturday. Auburn will play in the Sugar Bowl, not the championship bowl.
Undefeated Auburn denied berth in Orange Bowl
Associated Press
Now A uburn knows w hat
it feels lik e to be the odd
team out.
S outhern C a lifo rn ia and
Oklahoma finished atop the
fin a l B ow l C h a m p io n sh ip
S eries s ta n d in g s S unday
a n d w i l l m e e t in th e
Orange Bowl on Jan. 4 in a
title game th a t m ig h t n ot
p ro d u c e a u n a n im o u s
national champion.
A u b u rn , w h ic h fin is h e d
12-0 ju s t lik e the T rojans
and Sooners, finished th ird
in the BCS p o in ts system
th a t
r e lie s
on
T he
A s s o c ia te d
P ress and
coaches polls, plus com put­
er ra tin g s . So th e T ig e rs
w i ll h ave to s e ttle fo r a
Sugar Bow l b e rth against
V irgin ia Tech on Jan. 3.
“ It ’s not a perfect system,
and i f i t was w e ’ d a ll be
h a p p y to d a y ,” A u b u r n
coach T om m y T u b e rv ille
said d u rin g ABC ’s b ro a d ­
ca st o f th e BCS p a irin g s
announcement.
USC finished w ith .9770
in th e s ta n d in g s , and
O k la h o m a h ad .9 6 8 1 .
A uburn, th ird much o f the
season,
h ad
.9 3 3 1 .
Oklahom a’s strong com put­
e r r a n k in g s k e p t th e
S o o n e rs a h e a d o f th e
T ig e rs in the BCS s ta n d ­
ings, w hile USC held on to
f i r s t p la c e th a n k s to its
strong showing in the polls.
Last season, USC was left
out o f the BCS title game,
despite being No. 1 in both
the AP and coaches polls at
the end o f the regular sea­
son. In s te a d , O k la h o m a
p la y e d LSU in the S u ga r
B o w l, even th o u g h th e
Sooners lost the Big 12 title
game.
When all the bowls were
finished, LSU won the BCS
c h a m p io n s h ip , and USC
was No. 1 in the fin a l AP
poll.
In an attem pt to avoid a
r e p e a t, th e BCS s c a le d
back its fo rm u la th is sea­
son, m a k in g i t fa r m o re
re lia n t on the human polls.
B u t a n o th e r p ro b le m
arose, o f course: F or the
f i r s t tim e s in c e th e BCS
was im plem ented in 1998,
there w ere more than two
u n b e a te n te a m s fro m
m ajor conferences.
A t le a s t A u b u rn is in a
top b o w l. C a lifo rn ia was
le f t o u t a lto g e th e r a fte r
Texas passed the G olden
B e a rs a nd m o v e d in to
fo u r th in th e fin a l BCS
standings. The Longhorns
(10-1) w ill play Big Ten co­
champion M ichigan (9-2) in
the Rose Bowl.
U ta h (1 1 -0 ) o f f ic ia lly
became the firs t team from
a non-BCS c o n fe re n c e to
receive a bid to one o f the
fo u r $ 14 m illio n b o w l
gam es, e a rn in g a spot in
the Fiesta Bowl.
I n B r ie f
Spain bejats United States to
win Davis Cup
SEVILLE, Spain — A ndy R oddick
s e a rc h e d o u t C a rlo s M o ya in th e
th r o n g o f ju m p in g , s c re a m in g
S panish te n n is p la y e rs , h o p in g to
shake hands.
Moya had ju s t beaten Roddick 6-2,
7 -6 (1 ), 7 -6 (5) S u n d a y to c lin c h
Spain’s second Davis Cup title — and
e xten d the U.S. te a m ’s d ro u g h t in
tennis’ top team competition.
“ W h e n s o m e o n e a c c o m p lis h e s
something like the Spanish team did
today, you have to respect th a t and
give them th e ir due c re d it,” Roddick
said. “ They did a great jo b .”
Holding back tears, Moya ran over
and re a ch e d up th ro u g h a r a il to
g re e t P rin c e F e lip e , h e ir to th e
S p a n is h th r o n e , a nd h is w ife ,
Princess Letizia.
“ T h e D a v is Cup is m y d r e a m ,”
M oya sa id . “ I c a n ’t ask fo r m o re .
T here is n o th in g b ig ge r th an w h a t
I’ve lived today.”
H is v ic to ry o v e r R o d d ic k on the
s lo w , re d c la y th a t d u lls th e
A m erican’s pow erful serves and fore­
hands p ut Spain up 3-1 in the bestof-five series.
U.S. captain P atrick McEnroe was
counting on getting tw o wins in sin­
gles from Roddick, who won the 2003
U.S. Open and finished th a t year atop
the rankings. Spain figured to have
the edge, because o f the surface and
the d ru m -th u m p in g d in o f 2 7,2 00
red-and-yellow -clad fans at Olympic
Stadium.
NBA says it won’t seek tem­
porary restraining order
NEW YORK — The NBA inform ed
the players’ union Sunday it w ill not
seek a te m p o ra ry re s tra in in g o rd er
in federal court, clearing the way for
a grievance hearing over suspensions
for the Pacers-Pistons braw l.
A rb itra to r Roger Kaplan w ill p re ­
side over the hearing Thursday and
F rid a y a t a M a n h a tta n law o ffic e .
S u s p e n d e d p la y e rs R on A r te s t,
J e rm a in e O’ N e a l a nd S te p h e n
J a c k s o n a re e x p e c te d to a tte n d .
A rte s t was sidelined fo r the season,
Jackson fo r 30 games, and O’Neal for
25 fo r fig htin g w ith fans Nov. 19.
The NBA has a lready filed a la w ­
su it in U.S. D istrict Court challenging
K aplan’s a u th o rity to hear the g rie v­
ance, and the league was expected to
tr y M onday to p re v e n t the h e a rin g
from going forw ard.
But in phone calls Sunday between
a tto r n e y s fo r th e tw o s id e s , th e
league told the union it would not be
seeking a restra in ing order.
“ O u r p o s itio n h a s n ’t c h a n g e d .
We’ve started a proceeding in federal
c o u rt, and it w ill re m a in p e n d in g
w h ile we see w h a t the a r b it r a to r
d o e s ,” N BA d e p u ty c o m m is s io n e r
Russ Granik said.
The union categorized the league’s
decision as a s ig n ific a n t change o f
course. “ Our goal all along has been
to secure a hearing on the m erits o f
the case as soon as possible. Now, the
last im pedim ent from that happening
has been removed,” union spokesman
Dan Wasserman said.
M onday, D ecem ber 6, 2 0 0 4
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♦ SPORTS
SM C B a s k e tb a ll
M e n ’s B a s k e t b a l l
Wolverines upend Irish 61-60 Belles fall to Olivet
By PAT LEONARD
Associate Sports Editor
ANN ARBOR, M ich . — The
crowd at Crisler Arena was at a
whisper with 11 minutes remain­
ing Saturday.
By the e ig h t-m in u te m a rk, it
was at a roar.
No. 20/19 N otre Dame r e lin ­
quished a 1 0 -p o in t lea d and
M ichigan guard D aniel H orton
scored all 15 of his points in the
second half as the Irish fell to the
host Wolverines (4-3, 0-0 in the
Big Ten), 61-60.
“ Where you’re disappointed is
in game situations,” Irish coach
Mike Brey said. “ But I like how
our team played in a tough atmos­
phere today, and I think it’s some­
thing we can really build on.”
Notre Dame (3-1, 0-0 in the Big
East) shot under 40 percent and
made costly mistakes down the
stretch, the most notable coming
when the Irish had a 60-58 lead.
Horton stripped Irish guard Chris
Quinn from behind and streaked
down the court for a lay-up and
was fo ule d w ith 20 seconds
remaining.
N otre Dame fo rw a rd Dennis
L a tim o re (18 p o in ts, 7 - f o r - l 3
shooting) committed the foul that
gave Horton the free th ro w and
Michigan the one-point lead.
“ We ju s t had lit t le la p s e s ,”
Thomas said. “We can’t give up a
three-point play at the end o f the
game. We’ve got to have a hard
foul. We’ve got to protect the ball.
We’ve got to get open. We’ve got
to run our play.”
The Irish called a tim eout and
gave L a tim o re a chance to
redeem himself, drawing a play to
give him the ball on the low block.
But Michigan forced Irish guard
Chris Thomas to take a fade-away
ju m p shot th a t m issed o ff the
backboard. N otre Dam e’s fin a l
possession — a full-court race by
T ho m as w ith fo u r seconds
remaining — was thwarted when
Michigan forw ard Brent Petway
blocked Thomas’ shot to end the
game.
“We didn’t get into our play well
[and] we should have called a
timeout,” Thomas said. “ But those
things happen. 1 thought fo r the
most part our team played really
w e ll and ju s t game s itu a tio n s
down the last couple minutes real­
ly h u r t us. A lo t o f th a t was
Michigan though, too, defending
us. You’ve got to give them some
credit.”
L a tim o re and F ra n c is (12
points, 5-for-6 shooting) were the
only two Notre Dame players in
d o u b le fig u re s . T hom as and
Q uinn, the s ta rtin g Irish backcourt, combined to shoot 3-for-24
from the field.
Thomas finished w ith two points
in Notre Dame’s first regular sea­
son match-up with Michigan since
January 16, 1993, when the Irish
lost 70-55, also in Ann Arbor.
“The one thing [Thomas] did do,
[though] I know you go back to his
shooting, he controlled the whole
tempo fo r us today,” Brey said.
“ He really quarterbacked a heck
of a game. He got eight rebounds,
ten assists. He ju s t d istributed,
and then he had to guard Horton
and [Dion] Harris a lot. Sometimes
you don’t have legs.”
Notre Dame used a 2-3 zone to
hold Michigan to 11 points in the
opening nine minutes of the sec­
ond half. Latimore converted off a
Thomas assist w ith 11:30 left in
the second h a lf to give N otre
Dame a 51-41 lead, their largest
o f the game.
But M ichigan adjusted to the
zone and Notre Dame switched
back to m an -to -m a n , a llo w in g
H orton to score 11 points w ith
Thomas guarding him in the final
11 minutes to secure the Michigan
victory.
“ A lo t o f tim es as coaches —
and c e rta in ly the coach in the
other locker room is one o f the
best — a lot of times you want to
change up or sw itch [defenses]
because maybe you’re th in k in g
the team is trying to get prepared
fo r that last defense,” Michigan
head coach Tommy Amaker said.
“ I know w e’ve done that, and it
has worked. I’m not saying that
th e w ay we p la yed dow n the
stretch was because they w ent
man, but it had a lot to do w ith
some big-time hustle plays.”
M ic h ig a n p o in t g u a rd D ion
Harris scored 10 points and fo r­
ward Ron Coleman finishe
w ith 11 points off the bench.
The Irish and Wolverines were
tied 30-30 at halftime after Notre
Dame closed out the fin al 3:36
w ith a 14-3 run.
Game notes
♦ Brey and Amaker were assis­
ta n t coaches to ge th er at Duke
from 1987-95. Both helped the
Blue D evils to b a c k -to -b a c k
national titles in 1991 and 1992.
♦ M ichigan sw ingm an Lester
Abram underwent surgery on his
left shoulder Sunday and w ill miss
the rest of the season. Abram was
Michigan’s leading scorer last sea­
son and played nine minutes on
Saturday. W o lverine s’ fo rw a rd
Graham Brown, who scored eight
points in the M ichigan win, w ill
miss four to six weeks following
hernia surgery.
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despite early lead
s h o ts in s te a d o f t a k in g it
rig h t at th e m .”
S a in t M a r y ’s s tru g g le d to
f in d an a n s w e r fo r O liv e t
g u a rd s K a r i S e a rle s and
E m ily Fix a ll game. Searles,
th e C om ets’ le a d in g scorer,
s c o re d 17 p o in ts , and F ix
add ed 20 o f h e r ow n. A m y
Brackenwagen had 13 points,
six rebounds and six assists
fo r O livet in h e r fir s t career
start.
S e n io r f o r w a r d
E m ily
Creachbaum led the Belles in
the lo s in g e ffo rt, scoring 14
p o in ts a n d g r a b b in g fiv e
re b o u n d s . C e n te r M au re e n
B ush a d d e d 12 p o in ts and
five rebounds.
D esp ite th e d is a p p o in tin g
defeat, Saint M a ry ’s can take
some positives fro m the per­
fo rm a n c e . T h e B e lle s d is ­
played g re a t depth, w ith ten
d if f e r e n t p la y e r s lo g g in g
m in u te s . F re s h m e n A llis o n
K e s s le r a n d B e rn a d e tte
B ro d e ric k p la y e d v e ry w e ll
o ff the bench, s c o rin g eight
and nine points, respectively.
T h e B e lle s m u s t be c o n ­
cerned w ith th e ir in a b ility to
close o u t g a m e s, h ow eve r.
For the second s tra ig h t con­
test, S aint M a ry ’s gave away
a big e arly lead.
“ It is d e fin ite ly a m otivating
fa c to r th a t we w ill use in the
fu tu re ,” Boyce said. “ T ha t is
som ething th a t we w ill w ork
on — the m e n ta lity th a t you
have to stay w ith it the entire
gam e.”
S a in t M a r y ’s w i ll lo o k to
tu rn things around this week
w ith h o m e g a m e s a g a in s t
Anderson and Tri-State.
“ T h e n e x t th r e e d ays o f
practice are going to be re a l­
ly im p o r t a n t , ” Boyce sa id .
“ We k n o w th a t we need to
w in b o th gam es th is w ee k
b e fo re C h ris tm a s b re a k to
g e t us b a c k on th e r ig h t
tra c k .”
By KEVIN BRENNAN
Sports W riter
S a in t M a r y ’s w a tc h e d
another lead slip away in the
second h a lf on Saturday. The
B e lle s led fo r m u c h o f th e
gam e, b u t w e re b a d ly o u t­
p la y e d d o w n th e s tr e t c h ,
fa llin g 79-69 to Olivet.
S a in t M a r y ’s s ta r te d th e
game o ff hot, m a in ta in in g a
d o u b le -d ig it lead fo r m ost o f
the opening period thanks to
e x c e lle n t s h o o tin g . In th e
fir s t h a lf, the team s h o t 59
p e rc e n t fro m the flo o r and
connected on 60 p e rc e n t o f
its 3 -p oin t attem pts.
W ith 2:11 le ft before h a lftim e , fr e s h m a n f o r w a r d
B e rn a d e tte B ro d e ric k h it a
ju m p e r to give the B elles a
3 9 -2 8 le a d . T h e C o m e ts
surged at the end o f the half,
though, going on an 8-2 run.
Saint M a ry ’s entered h a lftim e
leading 41-36.
O liv e t c o n tin u e d its h o t
play at the b e g in nin g o f the
second h a lf. C om et g u a rd s
K a ri S earles and E m ily F ix
h it consecutive three pointers
to p ut O livet up 42-41 fo r its
firs t lead o f the game.
T h e B e lle s a n d C o m e ts
stayed close and traded leads
fo r m ost o f the second p e ri­
od. S ophom ore p o in t g u a rd
B ridg et Lipke connected on a
ju m p e r w ith 4:37 le ft in the
game to give Saint M a ry ’s a
65-64 advantage.
This w ould prove to be the
Belles’ last lead o f the game,
though. The Comets im m e d i­
a te ly responded w ith a bas­
k e t fr o m fr e s h m a n g u a rd
A m y B ra c k e n w a g e n . T he
score sp arked a 15-4 O live t
run th a t ended the game.
“ I th in k th a t in the second
h a lf, in s te a d o f ta k in g it to
th e m
a nd r e a lly
b e in g
aggressive, we became a l i t ­
tle m ore te n t a tiv e ,” s e n io r
guard K atie Boyce said. “ We
w e re s e t t lin g fo r o u ts id e
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♦ SPORTS
NCAA
W o m e n ’s S w im m in g
Team finishes 5th in weekend meet
Perry-Eaton takes
f ir s t place in d iv in g
at Georgia In v ite
By KATE GALES
Sports W riter
It was a tale o f two cities for
the No. 21 Ir is h w o m e n th is
w e e k e n d as th e te a m s p lit
b e tw e e n th e N o tre D am e
In v ita tio n a l and the U niversity
o f G e orgia In v ita tio n a l in the
heart o f the South.
At
th e
N o tre
D am e
I n v it a t io n a l, M e g h a n P e rry Eaton took home the top prize
in diving, w ith only three divers
and one sw im m er competing.
T h e Ir is h fin is h e d f if t h a t
G eorgia w ith 272 points, w ith
the host No. 1 Bulldogs taking
firs t o ve ra ll w ith 1,288 points.
Coach Bailey Weathers chose to
take the m a jo rity o f his team to
Athens, Ga., because o f superi­
or com petition.
“ T h e w o m e n ’s te a m s th a t
came to Georgia are kind o f a
d iffe r e n t le ve l (th a n those at
the N otre Dame In v ita tio n a l],”
he said. “ G eorgia is p ro b a b ly
the best te am in the c o u n try
r ig h t n o w ... i t ’s good fo r o u r
teams to see those kids.”
No. 8 C a lifo rn ia , M in ne so ta
and No. 22 F lo rid a State took
lu s t, second and th ird , respec­
tively, in the w om en’s com peti­
tion.
I r is h s w im m e rs p u t up 16
to p-20 fin ish e s a t the Georgia
m eet's fin a l day w ith a stron g
show ing in a variety o f areas.
“ I th in k our depth was a p re t­
ty big stren gth,” W eathers said.
“ M ic h ig a n S ta te and F lo rid a
S ta te a n d C a l- B e rk le y w e re
pre tty rested, so th a t was hard
fo r us, b u t in g e n e ra l I th in k
H o p k in s fin is h e d 1 9 th a t
ju s t our depth was good.”
2:07.76, Kelly Battle took 23rd
Chistel Bouvron finished sixth
at 2:12.81 and Kiley Gooch fin ­
w ith a tim e o f 2 :0 2 .6 9 in the
is h e d d ir e c tly b e h in d h e r a t
200-yard b u tte rfly “ A ” final and
24th w ith a tim e o f 2:14.42.
eighth in the 100-yard b utterfly
In her second season w ith the
A fin a l. She com peted fo r her
Iris h , sophom ore A bby S trang
n a tive S in ga po re in the 2004
is s w im m in g her w ay in to the
A th e n s O lym p ic s in the 200re c o rd b o o ks as one o f th e
fa s te s t d ista n ce s w im m e rs in
yard event, fin ish in g 32nd this
summer.
the te am ’s history. H er tim e o f
Jessica Stevens also com pet­
1 7 :0 6 .2 8 w as g oo d f o r th e
ed in tw o A finals, ta king sixth
event’s seventh-place finish and
in the 2 0 0 -y a rd b re a s ts tro k e
established her as the e ig hthw ith a tim e o f 2:18.34 a fte r ta k ­
fastest ITeestyler in school his­
ing seventh in F rid a y ’s 2,000to ry . B a rto n to ok 1 2 th in the
yard ind ivid ua l medley event.
race w ith 17:24.75 and Georgia
The B final o f the 200 breast­ Steenberge brought home 18th
stroke featured both senior co­ w ith 18:13.66.
c a p ta in s K e lli B a r to n and
Notre Dame was w e ll re p re ­
Georgia Healey. B arton posted
sented in the 2 0 0 -y a rd b a c k ­
a se aso n -b e st 2 :2 0 .9 8 fo r an
s tro k e . A nn B a rto n to o k 11th
1 lth - p la c e fin is h
w ith 2:03.72, fo l­
and H e a le y f o l ­
low ed by K ris te n
low ed h e r w ith a
Peter’s 13th-place
1 2 th -p la c e fin is h
to u ch a t 2:04.06.
7 th in k w e ’re
and a n o th e r seaC aroline Johnson
w here we need lo
s o n -b e s t tim e o f
b ro u g h t
h om e
6 e ."
2 :2 1 .0 5 .
K a tie
16 th a t 2 :0 7 .2 6 ,
E lle n
Johnson
Hopkins took 19th
to o k
1 8 th
at
in the C fin al w ith
Bailey Weathers
2 :0 4 .0 2
and
a c o lle g ia te -b e s t
Irish coach
tim e o f 2 :2 4 .6 8
N o e m ie
B ra n d
and
ju n io r
placed 24th w ith
C o u rtn e y C h o u ra
a tim e 2:1 0 .5 8 .
w as close b e h in d h e r in 21st
Gooch finished 26th w ith a tim e
p la c e w ith a s e a s o n -b e s t
o f 2:09.35.
2:24.85.
The Iris h w ill next see com ­
“ We had a lo t o f [sw im m ers’] p e titiv e
w a te r s
in
th e
best tim es, so th a t was re a lly
Caribbean as they take p a rt in
nice,” W eathers said.
the New Y e ar’s In v ita tio n a l at
The personal best times con­ St. Lucia. W eathers is confident
tin u e d
fo r th e 4 0 0 -y a rd
in his team ’s a b ility to continu­
fr e e s ty le r e la y te a m , w h ic h
a lly im prove this year.
“ I th in k w e’re w here we need
brought home its low est tim e o f
the fa ll season. The foursom e o f to be,” Weathers said. .” “ We’ll
Caroline Johnson, Katie Guida, ju s t continue to w o rk on tech­
E lle n J o h n s o n a n d R ebecca
nique s tu ff and everything.”
Grove finished tenth in 3:29.39.
In the C final o f the 200-yard
Contact Kate Gales at
b utterfly, three Irish swim m ers
[email protected]
s w a m to to p - 2 5 fin is h e s .
M e n ’s S w im m in g
Irish claim Invitational title
By RAM A G O T T U M U K K A L A
Sports W riter
As the rest o f the students on
cam pus b ra ce th em selve s fo r
finals week, the men’s swim team
faced a final exam o f its own this
weekend.
T u rn in g in a d om inating p e r­
fo rm a nce a t the a n n ua l N otre
Dame In v ita tio n a l, a three-day
c h a m p io n s h ip -s ty le m eet th a t
closed out the team’s fall semes­
te r cam paign, the No. 21 Irish
seized the top spot w ith 2,709.5
points, m ore than 1,000 points
more than the next closest com­
petitor, West Virginia.
“We knew we had to go in there
early and assert our dominance,”
senior captain Matt Bertke said.
Sophomore Tim Kcgelman per­
form ed b rillia n tly fo r the Irish,
setting two pool and meet records
and posting several NCAA qualifi­
cation tim es d u rin g the m eet’s
events. Kegelman won the 100yard b u tte rfly in 48.11 seconds
on Friday, good enough fo r an
NCAA “ B” q ua lifica tion . He fo l­
low e d up the p e rfo rm a n c e by
posting a time o f 1:47.53 in the
2 0 0 -y a rd b u tte rfly , also good
e n o u g h fo r a m ee t and pool
record. On Thursday, Kegelman
posted a NCAA “ B ” q u a lify in g
tim e in the 200-yard individual
medley.
“ [Tim Kegelman] got up there
and ju s t had some a m a z in g
sw im s,” Bertke said. “ He broke
tw o re c o rd s w h ile s w im m in g
some extrem ely fast tim es th a t
people haven’t done before on
our team. Anytime anybody steps
up and has some big swims, it
can be a rallying point for the rest
o f the team.”
Senior F rank K ra kow ski also
performed well for the Irish, w in ­
ning the 100-yard freestyle with a
tim e o f 45.72 and h e lp in g the
400-yard freestyle relay close out
th e m e e t w ith a v ic to ry .
K ra k o w s k i, K egelm an, sopho­
more Louis Cavadini and ju n io r
Tim Randolph took first place in
the 400-yard freestyle race, post­
ing a time o f 3:01.75.
Other first-p lace finishers fo r
the Iris h in S a tu rd a y ’s events
included sophomore Chris Zeches
in the 1,650 freestyle (15:42.65)
and ju n io r Doug Bauman in the
200-yard backstroke (1:49.53).
Baum an also notched a w in in
the 100-yard backstroke earlier
in the meet.
“ I was impressed by how we
had so many guys who were rest­
ed — and guys who w eren't rest­
ed — that stepped up and really
had some great sw im s,” Bertke
said.
The Irish divers also performed
w e ll at the m eet, as freshm an
Sam Stoner finished firs t in the
M o n d a y, D ecem ber 6, 20 0 4
one-m eter board com petitions.
S to n e r to o k f ir s t place w ith
273.80 points. Sophomore Scott
Coyle matched his efforts won the
th re e -m e te r event, h elping the
Irish rack up valuable points from
the diving competitions.
F o o tb a ll
Florida signs Meyer
as new head coach
M eyer said the
o p p o rtu n ity was too
good to pass up
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U rban M eye r’s dream jo b . It
ju s t isn’t the one he’s taking.
M e y e r s a id S a tu rd a y th e
p ro fe s s io n a l and fin a n c ia l
o pp o rtu n ity presented to him
by F lo r id a w as too good to
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“ This was a fam ily decision
th a t w as m ade p r io r to the
o th e r s itu a tio n ,” M eyer said
Saturday after the fifth-ranked
Utes practiced.
F lo r id a a th le tic d ir e c t o r
Jeremy Foley said Saturday in
Gainesville, Fla., th a t M eyer’s
contract was for seven years,
$14 m illion.
“ He’s got a presence,” Foley
said. “ You w a lk in to a room
and you can tell he has a little
something about him . ”
M e y e r s a id he m e t w ith
N otre Dame a th le tic d ire c to r
K e v in W h ite on T h u rs d a y
n ig h t a fte r W h ite a nd th e
school’s new president flew to
Salt Lake City. But Meyer said
the meeting was out o f respect
for the school where he spent
live seasons as an assistant.
“ I heard people say it was
y o u r d re a m jo b . It s till is ,”
Meyer said. “ It ju s t so happens
I have th re e c h ild r e n a t a
[y o u n g ] age and a s itu a tio n
that was w ell into effect before
th a t one w as even on th e
radar.”
M e y e r to ld h is p la y e rs
before practice Saturday that
he was taking the Florida job,
co nfirm in g w hat they already
k n e w . By g o in g 1 0 -2 in
M eyer’s firs t season and 11-0
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A n d F lo r id a , w h ic h fir e d
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a p p a re n tly the fir s t in lin e .
Foley is looking good after lu r ­
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m ore th a n th re e games in a
season in his fo ur years as a
head coach. The G ators had
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Shanahan
w hen
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H ockey
ND
Irish swept by Michigan this weekend
Team drops NCAA
match to Badgers
By JUSTIN SCHUVER
Associate Sports Editor
Oh w ha t a- difference a year
makes.
Notre Dame (3-8-4, 2-7-3 in
the CCHA) sim p ly did n ot look
lik e it belonged on the same
rin k w ith No. 5 M ichigan (114 -1 , 9 - 1 - 0 ) th is w e e k e n d ,
f a llin g by d e c is io n s o f 6-1
F rid a y in Ann A rb o r and 8-0
Saturday at the Joyce Center.
Last season, the Iris h sw e p t
M ichigan at the Joyce Center
by scores o f 4-1 and 5-2.
“ T h a t w as to u g h n ig h t a t
th e o ffic e in e v e ry s in g le
w ay,” Iris h head coach Dave
Poulin said a fte r the 8-0 loss
Saturday. “ It was d isa p p o in t­
ing, d iffic u lt, unexpected from
our p o in t.”
T he s h u to u t S a tu rd a y was
th e w o r s t loss by a P o u lin co a c h e d te a m a t th e Joyce
Center in N otre Dame history.
T he la s t tim e th a t th e Ir is h
lost at home by eight or m ore
goals was an 11-1 d ru b b in g
by F e rris S tate on Dec. 21,
1988.
P o u lin to o k o v e r h ea d
coaching duties in the 199596 season.
“ We h a v e no e x c u s e s ,”
Poulin said. “ We d id n ’t go out
and execute in any p a rt o f the
game. It was to a m an, I can’t
t e ll yo u o f a n y b o d y w h o
played w e ll — we had some
guys who played hard — b ut
we d id n ’t play w ell to a m an .”
There w ere few positives fo r
th e Ir is h th is w e e ke n d . The
Iris h sw itche d goalies in the
m id d le o f b oth gam es, w ith
David B ro w n s ta rtin g F rid a y
before g ivin g way to M organ
Cey a fte r Brow n allow ed fo u r
goals on 11 shots.
Cey b e g a n in' th e n e t
Saturday, b ut was replaced by
B ro w n a fte r a llo w in g th re e
goals on 20 shots in the firs t
period.
“ T h a t’s tw o s tra ig h t n ig hts
[w e ’ve had to sw itch goalies]
and n e ith e r w as r e a lly too
sh a rp ,” Poulin said. “ T h e y’re
b a ttlin g to play and you w an t
someone to stand up and grab
it. We knew going in th a t we
w o u ld h a v e to h a v e good
g o a lte n d in g in o r d e r to be
su c c e s s fu l, b u t these losses
don’t come down to goaltend­
ing alone.
“ T h e r e ’s 20 g u ys in th a t
locker room and every one is
responsible.”
The Iris h penalty k ill, w hich
has c h a ra c te ris tic a lly been a
s tre n g th u n d e r P o u lin , was
abysm al
a g a in s t
th e
W o lv e r in e s . N o tre D am e
a llo w e d
M ic h ig a n s e ve n
pow er play goals on 16 pow er
plays, in clu d in g a 5-for-9 clip
in S aturday’s shutout.
N o tre D a m e ’s p o w e r p la y
w asn’t much better, w ith the
Iris h sco rin g ju s t once in 19
o p p o r t u n it ie s in th e tw o
games.
“ We allowed five pow er play
goals to n ig h t, and th a t’s ju s t
n o t g o in g to g e t i t d o n e ,”
Poulin said.
The Iris h fe ll b e h in d e a rly
F rid a y , w ith M ic h ig a n ’s T.J.
H e n s ic k a n d E r ic W e r n e r
each scoring goals to p u t the
W o lv e r in e s up 2 -0 . N o tre
Dame w o u ld cut th a t lead in
h a lf on the pow er play at the
15:55 m a rk o f the firs t period.
I r is h fo r w a r d T .J. J in d r a
took a shot from the le ft faceo ff c irc le th a t was d efle cted
on th e w a y in , b u t M ic h a e l
B a rtle tt was th ere to p ick up
the reb ou nd and slap a shot
p a s t M ic h ig a n g o a lie A1
M ontoya. B a r tle tt’s ta lly was
his fir s t goal o f the season,
and it w ould be the last goal
the Iris h w o u ld score on the
weekend.
The W olverine s scored tw o
goals in each o f the la s t tw o
p e r io d s o f F r id a y n ig h t ’s
game to come aw ay w ith the
6 -1
v ic to r y .
B ra n d o n
K a le n ie c k i, C ha d K o la r ik ,
M ila n G a jic a n d B r a n d o n
Rogers each found the back o f
the net.
S a tu rd ay w a s n ’t m uch b e t­
te r fo r N o tre D am e, as th e
W o lv e rin e s to o k a 3 -0 lea d
a fte r th e f ir s t p e rio d w h ile
o u ts h o o tin g th e I r is h 2 0 -8 .
H ensick, K o la rik and W e rne r
each scored goals on Cey —
w ith K o la rik and W erner each
c o lle c tin g on the p o w e r play
— to p u t the Iris h d ow n big
a fte r one period.
Brow n d id n ’t fare m uch bet­
ter, a llo w in g five goals on 22
shots in the next tw o periods
w h ile N otre Dame w ould only
m uste r a to ta l o f e ig h t shots
on goal in the last 40 m inutes
o f the game.
K e v in P o r te r a n d J e ff
T a m b e llin i each s c o re d tw o
g o a ls a g a in s t B r o w n a n d
Jason Ryznar scored one.
The Iris h w ill try to bounce
b a c k th is w e e k e n d as th e y
face M ichigan State in a no th ­
e r h o m e -a n d -h o m e s e rie s .
N o tre
D am e
fa c e s
th e
Spartans a t the Joyce Center
F rid a y a t 8 :0 5 p .m . a nd in
East Lansing S aturday at 7:05
p.m.
Contact Justin Schuver at
[email protected]
V o lle y b a ll
gam es c o m b in e d and w e re
fo rc e d in to 33 e r r o r s by
Sports W riter
Wisconsin.
H e n ic a n w a s one o f th e
Notre Dame’s season came to
b rig h t spots fo r the Iris h , like
an a b r u p t end S a tu rd a y as
she has been all season, as the
W isconsin sw ept the Iris h 36l i b e r o ’s 13 d ig s gave h e r a
34, 30-16, 30-16 in the second
school-record 553 fo r the year.
ro u n d o f the NCAA v o lle y b a ll
However, the accom plishm ent
tournam ent.
did not ease the pain of defeat.
The Iris h avenged an e a rly
“ T h a t’s ju s t so m e th in g th a t
se aso n lo ss to V a lp a ra is o
goes w ith [playing the gam e],”
Friday in the firs t round, beat­ she said. “ I t ’s a nice pay o ff but
in g the C rusaders 3 0-21 , 20i t ’s n ot w h a t I focus on. I ju s t
30, 3 0 -2 8 , 3 0 -2 0 , s e ttin g up
w an t to w in games.”
Saturday’s showdown w ith the
F rid a y ’s w in over Valparaiso
Badgers.
gave the Ir is h reve n g e a fte r
Team ca p ta in Meg H enican
lo s in g in fiv e gam es to th e
w as d is a p p o in te d a fte r th e
Crusaders at the Joyce Center
on September 7.
Iris h lost in the second round
I t a lso h e lp e d N o tre Dame
o f the NCAAs fo r the second
advance to the second round of
tim e in three years.
the NCAA to u rn a m e n t fo r the
“ We d id n ’t get all o f our goals
1 0th tim e in the past 13 sea­
a c c o m p lis h e d ,” she s a id . “ I
wish we could have done a lit ­ sons.
H e n ic a n ’s 27 digs w ere the
tle better.”
The Iris h led by a score o f most ever for an Irish player in
the NCAA to u rn a ­
29-23 in the fir s t
m e n t,
p a s s in g
g am e b u t c o u ld
N ic o le
C o a te s ’
not convert on 10
We d id n 't get a ll
m a r k o f_ 2 6 set
consecutive game
o u r goals
against Minnesota
p o in ts
a g a in s t
in the round of 16
accom plished. ”
Wisconsin. Outside
back in 1993.
h it t e r
M a r ia
M id d le b lo c k e r
C arlin i finished o ff
M eg Henican
L a u re n B re w s te r
th e
a m a z in g
Irish captain
b u o y e d an Ir is h
Badger com eback
defense th a t held
when she spiked a
the Crusaders to a
k i l l th r o u g h th e
h ittin g percentage o f .191. The
N o tre D am e d e fe n s e fo r
W isconsin’s firs t tw o point lead j u n io r m a tc h e d h e r seasonhigh w ith eleven blocks w hile
o f the game and the game one
s e n io r E m ily Loom is had ten
w in.
blocks in her last victory in an
T h e 3 6 -3 4 t a lly w as th e
Irish uniform .
longest NCAA game the Iris h
B rew ster also led the team in
have been a p a rt o f since ra lly
h ittin g against Valparaiso w ith
scoring began in 2001.
a percentage o f .306. An all-Big
W isconsin’s defense flustered
East firs t team perform er, she
the Iris h offense, especially in
w ill lead an Iris h squad n ext
gam e one. T he B a dg e rs had
s e a s o n th a t lo se s o n ly one
15.5 blocks fo r the m atch, w ith
s ta rte r from this ye ar’s team in
10 o f th ose c o m in g in gam e
Loomis.
o ne . M id d le b lo c k e r S h e ila
“ I have huge expectations for
S h aw had e ig h t b lo c k s as
n e x t s e a s o n ,” H e n ic a n sa id .
W isconsin held Notre Dame to
“ We have a to n o f re tu rn e rs
a -.015 h ittin g percentage fo r
and h a v in g a n o th e r y e a r o f
the match.
A fte r the m a ra th o n Game 1 experience w ill be huge.”
the Irish couldn’t keep up w ith
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c o n tin u e d fro m p a g e 20
myself but I called for it. With
the big crowd, the other players
probably couldn’t hear it. It was
ju s t a miscom munication.”
The Irish then looked fo r sev­
e ra l o p p o r tu n itie s to tie the
score. The o p p o rtu n ity fin a lly
cam e o ff a c o n tro v e rs ia l c a ll
made during the 73rd minute of
p la y. K a tie T h o rla k s o n ra n
tow ards the ball as she neared
th e to p o f th e box and was
knocked down by UCLA defender
M ary C a ste la n e lli. T h o rla kso n
fell w ithin the box and was given
a p e n a lly s h o t. H ow e ver,
Castelanelli placed a hand on the
b a ll outside o f the box p rio r to
the penalty, w hich w ould have
resulted in a free kick from that
spot. Instead, a penalty kick was
c a lle d and T h o rla k s o n to o k
advantage by placing the ball in
the back left corner o f the net for
the 1-1 tie.
“ I did n ’t even know all o f w hat
happened I w ith the controversial
call I," T h o rla kso n said. “ I ju s t
k n e w | the p e n a lty s h o t] was
going in, I didn’t have any doubt
in my m ind.”
A fte r the goal by Thorlakson,
UCLA continued to play aggres­
siv e ly and re ce ive d a p e n a lty
Team
co ntin ue d from p a g e 20
Erika Bohn to step up. She
blocked a potential game-win­
ning penalty kick from the
Bruins with 5:09 remaining.
After the tremendous save by
Bohn, it was forward Candace
Chapman’s turn.
She kicked a ball inches away
from entering the goal, prevent­
ing UCIA’s dream o f a national
title.
After showing impressive
teamwork to pull the team back
into contention o f the victory, the
deciding factor came down to
penalty kicks.
However, after Thorlakson
failed to convert the first
attempted penalty kick into a
goal, the Irish did not break­
down.
Instead, they relied upon
Sarah I lalpenny, a player who
only totaled 108 minutes of play­
ing time this season. Her last
appearance was Nov. 12 in the
first round of the NCAA tourna­
ment against Eastern Illinois.
She didn’t falter, hitting her
penalty kick.
But it wasn’t just Halpenny,
either.
It took goals from Jen
Buczkowski, Annie Schefter and
Jill Krivacek to secure the win in
addition to the six saves Bohn
made throughout the contest,
including two saved penalty
shots.
But it wasn’t just the unselfish
kick d u rin g the 85th m inute of
play when Irish senior defender
Melissa Tancredi was called for
th e
fo u l
a fte r
tr ip p in g
Castelanelli inside the box.
The Bruins Kendal Billingsley
sent the penalty kick to the rig ht
side o f the goal, b ut Bohn was
th e re to b lo c k the b a ll fro m
entering the net for her second
save o f the game. However, the
ball was sent past the rig ht end
lin e , s e ttin g up a c o rn e r k ic k
from the Bruins.
The Bruins nearly look advan­
ta g e o f th e o p p o r tu n ity and
almost scored their second goal
o f th e g a m e , b e fo re s e n io r
Candace Chapman, on the goal
line, kicked the ball to the rig ht
end line, setting up another cor­
ner kick for UCLA. However, the
Bruins once again missed their
chance for the lead in the closing
minutes o f regulation.
“ [After Bohn blocked the shot]
I knew we were going to win the
g am e,” C hapm an said. “ [A fte r
the corner kick] I was ju s t in the
rig ht spot at the rig h t tim e.”
A fter regulation ended in a 1-1
tie, the two teams were unable to
score after two 10-minute over­
times. The game went to penalty
kicks and required a best-of-five
penalty shots for the victory.
T h o rla kso n was the fir s t fo r
the Iris h to a tte m p t a p en alty
kick. Her shot was blocked by a
play o f Sunday’s final that
brought Notre Dame the nation­
al title.
This team relied upon every
individual every game through­
out the entire season.
In the first game o f the season
against Baylor, the Irish expect­
ed big things from their veter­
ans. However, it was freshman
forward Amanda Cinalli who
proved to be pivotal in the win
with two goals and an assist.
The team even depended
upon Tancredi, the Big East
defender ofthe year, to score the
game-winning shot against No.
11 Arizona State.
It wasn’t always the players
who could earn the end-of-theseason awards or scored the
game-winning shots.
Irish coach Randy Waldrum
has stressed throughout the sea­
son the importance o f unsung
heroes such as Annie Schefter,
Kim Lorenzen and Claire
Gallerano, who are all necessary
components to a championshipwinning program.
After a season o f continuous
dedication and unselfish play,
the Irish finally earned their ulti­
mate goal o f claiming the
national title.
And just like they had the
entire season, it wasn’t just one
player who made it happen.
The opinions expressed in this
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and not necessarily those o f The
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Valerie Henderson. The B ruins
then sent Caitlin Ursini for their
firs t attem pt at a penalty shot.
U rs in i c a p ita liz e d g iv in g th e
B ru in s a 1-0 le a d in p e n a lty
kicks.
Sarah Halpenny was the next
p la y e r to a tte m p t a shot. This
game was only her sixth appear­
ance for Notro Dame this season
and her second th ro ug h ou t the
tournament. She took advantage
o f the opportunity by scoring the
first goal fo r the Irish and tying
penally kicks at one apiece.
“We let the players decide the
o rd er, ” Wald rum said. “ Sarah
Halpenny ju s t stepped in cold.”
The n e x t B ru in s p la y e r was
B ry n n M cG rath w ho sent h e r
shot wide right o f the goal, leav­
ing the score 1-1.
Ir is h
m id fie ld e r
Jen
Buczkowski then stepped in and
scored fo r the 2-1 advantage.
I ler goal was followed by a miss
from the Bruins Kim Devine —
B ohn’s fifth save o f the game.
Annie Schefter was the next Irish
player to score a penalty shot ,
giving the Irish a 3-1 advantage.
H er goal was fo llo w e d by the
B ru in s J ill Oakes to m ake the
score 3-2.
The fifth Irish player to take a
penalty shot was Christie Shaner
who failed to convert her oppor­
tunity into a goal. UCLA followed
w ith a goal from the Danesha
Adam s, evening the score 3-3,
after the five shots for each team
were taken. The game then went
into sudden death.
The sixth penalty shot was the
difference in the game, and the
NCAA
C h a m p io n s h ip ,
as
K riv a c e k k n o c k e d h e r s h o t
th rough and Bohn was able to
make the save on Greco for her
sixth, and most im portant, save
A fte r the w in , the Iris h cele­
brated their emotional victory.
“ I’m not an emotional person,”
T h o rla k s o n s a id . “ B u t I ju s t
started crying.”
Notre Dame 1, Santa Clara 0
D espite s e n d in g No. 1 seed
North Carolina home in the third
round o f the NCAA tournam ent,
Santa Clara could not come up
w ith an answer fo r Notre Dame
(24-1-1) d u rin g the sem i-finals
Friday afternoon.
Despite facing a first h a lf stalem ale a ga in st Santa C lara, the
Iris h look advantage o f a key
opportunity w ith only 18 minutes
re m a in in g in the second h a lf.
S e n io r C andace
C ha pm a n
worked the ball towards the net
as she s e n t the b a ll to K a tie
Thorlakson rig h t above the box.
T h o rla k s o n then sent the ball
back to Chapman who was sur­
prised to have the ball sent back
to her.
“ I w a s n ’t e xp e ctin g to get it
back,” Chapman said.
A fte r ta k in g a second to get
control o f the ball, she sent the
ball to the right o f the goal past
Broncos goalkeeper Julie Ryder.
As the game began coming to a
close, Sqnta Clara could not take
a d v a n ta g e o f its la te gam e
opportunities including a header
made by Leslie Osborne durin g
the closing minutes o f the game.
Osborne tried to knock the ball
towards the left side o f the goal
for Irish goalkeeper Erika Bohn
to grab to end the NCAA tourna­
ment run for the Broncos.
“ We put away zero o f our dan­
g e ro u s chances and th e y p u t
away one o f theirs,” Santa Clara
coach J e rry S m ith said. “ And
that was the difference.”
Notes:
♦ The, Irish had fo ur players
nam ed to the A ll-T o u rn a m e n t
Team.
♦ F orw ard Katie T horlakson
was named the most outstanding
offensive player and goalkeeper
Erica Bohn was named the most
outstanding defensive player.
♦ A ls o n am ed to th e te am
w e re M e lis s a T a n c re d i and
Candace Chapm an. UCLA had
five m embers on the team, and
Princeton and Santa Clara each
had one honoree.
Defense
This season, Gunnarsdottir has
been a tru e in s p ira tio n fo r the
team — chosen as a co-captain for
the 2004 season.
H er team m ates a ttrib u te the
honor to her talent and dedication
she has given to the program the
last three seasons.
“ She is such a great defender
and one I would not w ant to go
against [as a forward],” senior cocaptain Mary Boland said. “ She
has a tremendous work ethic and
she is a person who doesn’t have
to say a lot because her actions
speaks so loudly. She is the perfect
teammate.”
What has also made this season
special for G unnarsdottir is her
parents watching her play in the
United States for the first time as
she claimed the national title.
“She has had such a great year
as she finishes her year as a cap­
ta in , I kn o w th ey have to be
extremely proud of her,” Waldrum
said. “ It couldn’t have happened to
a b etter kid to be fin ish ing her
career out this way.”
continued from p a g e 20
She suffered a broken w rist her
ju n io r year. Despite these misfor­
tunes, it’s been these injuries that
have inspired her to compete to
her full potential this season.
“ When you're on the sideline,
you w a n t to p la y so b a d ,”
Gunnarsdottir said. “ So when you
get the chance, you appreciate it
more and it is a lot more fun, so
you play much harder.”
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N D W o m e n ’s S o c c e r
National champs!
Iris h w in second
national title ; defeat
U C L A 4-3 on extra
penalty kicks
Entire team plays a
role in championship
season fo r Notre Dame
By D A N T AP ETILLO
Sports W riter
CARY, N.C. — Notre Dame won
its se con d n a tio n a l c h a m p i­
o n s h ip in w o m e n ’s so cce r
Sunday in sudden victory penal­
ty kicks over UCIA, after playing
to a 1-1 tie at the end o f regula­
tion and double overtime.
N otre Dame secured the 4-3
penalty kick victo ry a fte r Irish
m id fie ld e r J ill K riva ce k made
the deciding kick and Irish goal­
k e e p e r E rik a Bohn d e fle cte d
U C LA’s L in d s e y G re c o ’s sh o t
wide to secure the Irish win.
"| l he win w ill | sink in a little
later and how exciting the final
w as,” W a ldrum said, “ It had a
little hit o f everything in it.”
Despite a scoreless firs t half,
the Irish nearly cost themselves
th eir chances o f a national title
e a rly in th e second a fte r an
own-goal was scored during the
h is t m inute o f play. Bruins fo r­
ward Crystal James sent a leap
pass beyond the m id field point
towards the Irish goal. Irish sen­
ior Gudrun Gunnarsdottir looked
to have control o f the ball as she
sent the ball back to Bohn. She
came out charging tow ards the
ball, but it w ent rig h t past her
a nd in to the g o a l, g iv in g the
Bruins the 1-0 lead.
"It was ju s t a iniscommunication,” Bohn said. “The ball came
through as I came out to clear it
The Irish celebrated
their f ir s t national
championship since
1995, defeating
U C L A 4-3 on
penalties after a 1-1
tie in regulation.
♦
PHOTOS BY
RICK
FRIEDMAN
see CHAMPS/page 18
CARY, N.C. — Sure they had
national player o f the year candi­
dates. Sure, they had two players
who were asked to play for their
respective countries. But there
were no
“stars” on this
Notre Dame
team.
Sunday’s
final against
UCIA was to
be the culmi­
nation of an
entire season
of selfless play.
Dan Tapetillo
During the
NCAA final,
Sports Writer
the Irish found
themselves
trailing the Bruins 1-0 with 22
minutes remaining in regulation.
The tally was scored off an owngoal, a UCIA goal scored by Notre
Dame.
Did the Irish panic? No.
Did the team rely solely upon
Hermann Trophy player-of-lheyear candidates Katie Thorlakson
and Melissa Tancredi to pull them
out? No.
It took 90 minutes o f regulation
and two overtimes o f selfless play,
four penalty kick goals and a
bench ready to step up at any
given time, but the Irish got the 11,4-3 penalty kick win. And with
it came a national title.
To begin the Irish comeback,
Thorlakson took advantage o f a
penalty kick to tie the score 1-1.
The team then looked to goalie
see TEAM/page 18
Despite mishap, Gunnarsdottir and Irish 'D' stay strong
By D AN T AP ETILLO
Sports W riter
CARY, N.C. — UCLA’s C rystal
James sent the ball up field toward
the Iris h goal. As Iris h ce n tra l
defender G udrun G unnarsdottir
looked to c o n tro l the b all, she
kicked it lightly in the direction of
the Irish goal, where keeper Erika
Bohn awaited. But the kick sailed
wide o f Bohn and rig h t into the
goal, giving UCIA the lead with 22
minutes remaining in the national
championship game.
A t the tim e , G u n n a rs d o ttir
k— lo o ke d to be the g oa t fo r the
p o te n tia lly devastating national
cham pionship loss fo r the Irish,
However, lost in it all was the out­
C/3
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s
Sr
standing play o f the Irish defense
n o t o n ly th is season, b u t on
Sunday as well.
D u rin g S u n d a y’s w in , N o tre
Dame only allowed six shots on
goal and none found the net.
Kim Lorenzen, Melissa Tancredi
and C h ristie Shaner may have
received most of the attention this
season, but without Gunnarsdottir,
this defense would not have been
as effective as it was.
I ler talent stems from her inter­
n a tio n a l experience o f p la ying
with the Icelandic National Team.
Prior to joining the Irish four years
ago, G unnarsdottir had already
competed against players such as
Mia 11a,mm and developed a keen
sense o f the s p o rt th a t is not
always found from American play­
ers.
“ Soccer in America is a lot more
physical,” Gunnarsdottir said. “ In
Europe it is more about making
the plays. So I ’ve been able to
learn a lot on how to play both
styles.”
A fte r tra in in g a ga in st w o rld
c o m p e titio n
w ith
Ic e la n d ,
Gunnarsdottir wanted to challenge
herself with the physical and more
aggressive play o f college soccer.
When deciding upon which college
to play for, Notre Dame was the
clear choice.
"I wanted to play harder games
and go to a good s c h o o l,”
Gunnarsdottir said. “They organ­
ize very well here, they help you
w ith school and you get better at
your soccer. That is very important
to me.”
It was important as well for Irish
coach Randy W aldrum to find a
player w ith years o f experience
against high-level competition.
“When [the coaching staff] saw
her play with her national team, I
liked her technical abilities. Her
level was higher and much more
athletic than most o f her team ­
mates, Waldrum said. “ Here in the
States, we are more athletic and
she had a m ixture of both. She had
so many games under her belt and
I th o u g h t th a t experience was
going to really help us, especially
at the tim e we were re c ru itin g
her.”
G unnarsdottir’s m a tu rity level
also set her apart from most col­
lege freshmen.
“ She had a m aturity about her
and th a t only comes from a kid
willing to move thousands of miles
away to live |in the United States]
and play soccer,” W aldrum said.
“She was ready.”
Gunnarsdottir quickly made an
impact for the Irish her freshman
year as she made 17 appearances,
in c lu d in g fo u r starts at ce ntral
defender.
I lowever, she suffered a string of
injuries her sophomore and junior
years th a t lim ite d her p la ying
time.
Gunnarsdottir only competed in
seven games her sophomore year
after enduring a stress fracture
and a season-ending ankle injury.
see DEFENSE/page 18
HOCKEY
No. 5 Michigan
sweeps Irish
ND VOLLEYBALL
Wisconsin knocks
ND out of NCAAs
MEN S SWIMMING
No. 21 Irish win
Notre Dame Invite
WOMEN'S SWIMMING
Team places fifth
at Georgia Invite
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Michigan 61,
Notre Dame 60
SMC BASKETBALL
Olivet 79,
Saint Mary’s 69
N o tre D am e fe ll by
scores of 6-1 and 8-0 to
the W o lve rin e s th is
weekend.
The Iris h fe ll to the
Badgers in three games
in a s e co n d -ro u n d
N C A A matchup.
The
m en's
team
turned in a dom inating
performance on the way
to the victory.
The Irish had 16 top20 finishes on the last
day o f the m eet in
Athens, Ga.
Notre Dame let a late
lead s lip aw ay as the
Iris h lo s t th e ir fir s t
game of the season.
The Belles blew a fivep o in t halftim e lead on
the way to their loss to
the Comets.
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