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VOLUME 43 : ISSUE 67 THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2 0 0 9 N D S M C O B SE R V E R .CO M

ND admits 1,733 earlyAdmissions office reports second-highest number of applicants in history

University of Notre Dame

By MADELINE BUCKLEYNews W riter

The University w as unsure if the struggling economy would cause a decline in the n u m b e r of ap p li­cants for the Class of 2013, but the O ffice o f U n d e r g ra d u a te Admissions was pleased to receive th e s e c o n d -h ig h e s t n u m b e r of applications in history, sa id Dan S arac in o , a s s is ta n t p ro v o st for Undergraduate Admissions.

However, w hile th e U niversity received about 14,000 applications afte r the reg u la r action deadline p a s s e d a b o u t tw o w e e k s ago , exceeding last year’s number, the economy could be a factor in the decrease in applications from two years ago, Saracino said.

“Very few schools are reporting record num bers,” he said.

Saracino said he attributes part o f th e in c re a se in a p p lica tio n s from last yea r to the decision to u se th e C om m on A p p lic a tio n ,

which allows students to fill out a general application tha t will go to several colleges and universities.

T he A dm issions Office will be reviewing the regular action appli­cations th rough M arch, but they h av e a d m itte d 1 ,7 3 3 s tu d e n ts early action, 200 m ore s tuden ts th an w ere adm itted u n d er early action last year, Saracino said.

“We a re using the sam e s ta n ­dards we used last year, and we

see ADMISSION/page 4

1 , 7 3 3 students admitted early action

r z r z O O average ACT score

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MARY JESSE I Observer Graphic

Students packJACC to cheer on Irish menBy LIZ O ’DONNELLNews W riter

With football season now over and the w in ter sports season in fu ll fo rce , even m o re s tu d e n ts h a v e s h if te d th e i r s u p p o r t of Irish a th le tics from the field to the court.

Led by la s t y e a r ’s Big E a s t P la y e r o f th e Y ear, L u k e H arangody , th e F ig h tin g I rish m en’s basketball team has s ta r t­ed the 2 0 08-2009 se aso n w ith an im pressive 12-4 record.

see BAS KETBALL/page 4

QUENTIN STENGER/The ObserverStudent body president Bob Reish, left, and vice president Grant Schmidt, have a few more initiatives to launch before the end of their term in April.

B yJEN N M ETZNews Editor

S tu d e n t body p re s id e n t Bob R e ish a n d s tu d e n t bo d y v ice p re s id e n t G ra n t S ch m id t h av e q u ite th e a g e n d a to co m p le te b e fo re th e i r te rm e n d s A p ril 1.

O ver W in te r B rea k , th e tw o w e re a t w o rk , m a k in g lis ts o f w h a t th e y h ope to a c co m p lish in th e ir re m a in in g m o n th s in office, in c lu d in g m o re r e s o lu ­tio n s p a s se d in th e th r e e s tu ­d e n t g o v e r n m e n t b o d ie s : C a m p u s L ife C o u n c il (CLC), C o u n c il o f R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s (COR) a n d S tu d e n t S e n a te .

“ If w e g e t a g o o d m a jo r i ty o f th o s e d o n e w e ’ll c o n s id e r o u r s e lv e s s u c c e s s f u l ,” R e ish

sa id .R e is h t o ld T h e O b s e r v e r

COR m e m b e rs a ls o c o m p ile d id e a s f o r w h a t t h e i r g r o u p w ill ta c k le th is s e m e s te r . He s a id m o s t o f th e s u g g e s tio n s w e re n o t p a r t o f th e d u o ’s in i­t ia l c a m p a ig n .

P o te n t i a l to p ic s o f d i s c u s ­sio n in COR in th e u p c o m in g w e e k s i n c l u d e a p o s s i b l e in c re a s e in th e s tu d e n t a c tiv i­tie s fee to p ro v id e fu n d in g fo r a s p r in g c o n c e r t o f l e c t u r e s e r ie s a n d a r e e v a lu a t io n of th e fo o tb a ll t ic k e t lo tte ry p o li­c ie s , sp e c if ic a lly h o m e g a m e t ic k e t e x c h a n g e .

R eish sa id th e s tu d e n t body c a n e x p e c t p r o g re s s u p d a te s f ro m th e n u m e r o u s s tu d e n t

see REISH/page 6

Fitness classes free for weekSample period ends Sunday; RecSports online registration starts today

By KAITLYNN RIELYAssociate News Editor

P ed alin g up h ills an d dow n, o v e r s t r a i g h t a w a y s a n d th ro u g h to th e fin ish , 20 s tu ­d e n ts c o m p le te d th e T o u r de Rock W ednesday.

T h o u g h s n o w c o v e r e d th e g ro u n d o u ts id e a n d te m p e r a ­tu re s s tay ed in th e single d ig ­its, in the b a se m e n t o f Rockne M e m o r ia l G y m , t h e r e w a s m ore sp a n d ex th a n sw e a te rs .

A n g e la G a l la g h e r , a p e d i ­a t r i c s p e e c h th e r a p i s t a t St. J o s e p h M e d ic a l C e n te r in S o u th B e n d by d ay , te a c h e s th r e e cycling c la sse s a t N otre D am e, in c lu d in g th e “Cycle N

see RECSPORTS/page -

Activists share stories to begin MLK celebrationBy ALICIA SMITHNews W riter

S a in t M a ry ’s C ollege Multicultural Services and Student P ro g ra m s h o s te d a d isc u ss io n panel Wednesday in order to begin the celebration of M artin Luther King, Jr. Day.

The panelists’ discussion focused on the im portance of nonviolent protest and community organiza­tions.

T he p a n e lis ts in c lu d ed P au la Crisostomo, who is portrayed in the movie “The Walkout,” opening in M arch 2009, Jo a n n e B land, co- founder and former director of the N ational Voting Rights M useum and Institute in Selma, Ala., Lynn Coleman, Assistant to the Mayor of S o u th B end , an d G ladys

M uhammad, Associate Director of th e S o u th B end H e rita g e Foundation.

M onica Tetzlaff, facilitator and director of the Civil Rights Heritage Center a t Indiana University South Bend (IUSB), led the discussion by asking the panelists questions.

Saint Mary’s Assistant Professor of History, Amanda Littauer, gave a brief presentation about the strug­gles of African A m erican women who fought for civil rights at the start of the program.

Part of the presentation included a showing of he trailer for the film “T h e W a lk o u t,” b a s e d - on Cristomo’s story. In 1986, she led a w a lk o u t in vo lv ing M ex ican - American students in five East Los A ngeles high schools p ro testin g their substandard education.

see MLK/page 4

Reish, Schmidt plan for end of termStudent gov't bodies prepare topics to cover during Spring semester'over Winter Break

JESSICA LEE/The Observer

Judy Conway leads a ‘Flex-n-tone’ c la ss in the Rolfs Sports Recreational Center Tuesday.

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In s id e C o lu m n

Secret life of an ND teen

L ook fo r m e M o n d a y s a t 8 p .m . a n d y o u ’ll find m e p lo p p e d on m y fu to n p a r ­t a k in g in m y e m b a r r a s s in g , b u t c o m ­p le te ly n e c e s s a ry gu ilty p le a s u re : w a tc h ­in g “T h e S e c r e t L ife o f th e A m e r ic a n T e e n a g e r .”

H e re ’s a re c a p for t h o s e o f y o u w h o a r e n ’t a s u n h e a l th ­ily o b se s se d as I am ( T h a t n u m b e r is p r o b a b l y s m a l l e r th a n you th in k ).

T h e sh o w rev o lv es a r o u n d A m y , a p a i n f u l l y n a i v e h ig h s c h o o l f r e s h m a n w h o g e ts k n o c k e d u p o n e tim e a t b a n d cam p . B en, a n e q u a lly n a iv e a n d d o u b ly an n o y in g f re sh m e n , is A m y’s b o y frie n d tu rn e d h u s b a n d , b u t n o t t h e f a t h e r o f A m y ’s b a b y . R ic k y , th e s c h o o l p la y e r , is t h e f a t h e r o f A m y ’s b ab y . He is c u r r e n t ly s le e p in g w ith th e s c h o o l s lu t , A d ria n w h ile d a t in g G ra ce , th e u l t r a - C h r i s t ia n , s w o rn v i rg in -u n t i l - m a r r ia g e c h e e r le a d e r . Oh, th e d ra m a .

“T h e S e c re t L ife” is c o m p le te w ith h o r ­r e n d o u s a c tin g an d h a r d to b e liev e s to ry l in e s . I t is ABC F a m i ly ’s c a r a c c id e n t th a t I ju s t c a n ’t p e e l m y ey e s aw ay from . W ith th e s t a r t o f th e se c o n d se a so n (How d id it m a k e it to s e a s o n tw o ? ) , I h a v e m a d e a lis t o f th e to p five m o s t r id ic u ­lo u s m o m e n ts :

5. W h en G ra c e ’s m e n ta lly h a n d ic a p p e d b r o th e r c a lls a p ro s t i tu te (S tif le r’s m om ) an d h e p ay s h e r $2 0 0 to be h is d a te fo r t h e n i g h t . N o th in g h a p p e n s , d o n ’t w o r ry .. . T h is is o n ly s o m e w h a t r id ic u ­lous b e c a u s e one of th e on ly s c e n e s w ith d e c e n t ac tin g .

4 . W h e n B e n c o n f e s s e s h is lo v e fo r Am y a f te r a b o u t tw o w e e k s o f d a t in g .. . Oh, an d he a lso p ic tu re s h e r in th e h a l l ­w ay s a t sch o o l a f te r sh e d ro p s o u t h o p ­in g it w ill m a k e h e r co m e b a c k .. . H ow sh e d o e s n ’t f in d th is f re a k in g c re e p y is bey o n d m e.

3 . W h e n B e n a n d h i s b e s t f r i e n d , H e n ry a r e o n th e p h o n e w ith H e n r y ’s g ir lf r ie n d try in g to g u e s s w ho sh e f a n ta ­s iz e s a b o u t w h e n s h e f lie s so lo . (T h ey th in k i t ’s S h ia L a b e o u f. T u rn s o u t, i t ’s r e a l ly H en ry .) M e a n w h ile , s h e ’s in th e c a r w ith h e r m om w h ile s h e is h a v in g th i s c o n v e r s a t i o n . . . T h is w a s a t l e a s t a m u s in g , b u t s ti ll a r id ic u lo u s c o n v e r s a ­tio n to be h av in g w ith y o u r b e s t frie n d , y o u r g ir lf r ie n d a n d h e r m om .

2. W h en e v e ry s in g le o n e o f th e h ig h sc h o o l c h a r a c t e r s g o es to g e t fa k e IDs, w h ic h a r e b e in g p r o d u c e d o u t o f a n em p ty c la s s ro o m in th e h ig h sc h o o l by a 1 6 - y e a r - o ld b o y w ith a l is p . E a c h k id g e ts h is o r h e r p ic tu re ta k e n th ro u g h a h o le in a la rg e c a r d b o a r d c u to u t o f th e s a m e N ev a d a d r iv e r ’s lic e n se . It a c tu a lly p a s s e s a s a n ID so th a t Amy a n d B en ca n le g a lly g e t m a r r ie d .. . S orry , ju s t d o e s n ’t h a p p e n , o r a l l o f u s u n d e r c l a s s m e n w o u ld b e b u y in g o u r ow n b e e r fo r th is w e e k e n d .

1. W h e n G ra c e a n d R icky a r e b a k in g c o o k ie s to g e th e r a n d R icky s e d u c tiv e ly licks th e d o u g h off o f G ra c e ’s finger. She t h e n n e r v o u s ly a s k s (o n ABC F a m ily m in d y o u ) , “ D o e s t h i s c o u n t a s o r a l s e x ? ” ... S e rio u sly ?

Sadly , sh e w as , an d so is th is show . B ut if you c a n look p a s t th e a b s o lu te a b s u r d ­ity o f it, I ’ll b e t th a t y o u ’ll so o n b e jo in ­in g m e in m y p a th e tic ad d ic tio n .

T h e v ie w s e x p r e s s e d in th e I n s id e Column are those o f the au th o r a n d not n ecessa r ily those o f The Observer.

C o n ta c t S a r a h M e r v o s h a t sm ervosh@ nd.edu

C o r r e c tio n s

There are three errors in the Jan. 14 edition o f The Observer. D ue to an editing error, the headline “Meeks drops 54 in Kansas rout” is incorrect. Meeks plays for Kentucky. Due to a reporting error, in the article titled “Two for the show,” Christine Sinclair

was said to play for Portland State. She played for The University o f Portland. Due to an editing error in the article titled “Incomplete Irish squad impresses,” Coach Joe Pianes

name was mispelled. T he Observer regrets these errors.

Sarah Mervosh

News Wire Editor

Question o f the Day: W h a t w a s t h e b e s t t h in g y o u r e c e iv e d f o r C h r is t m a s ?

Deepali Doddi Eric Fahrenbach Michael Chieffo Richard Roggeveen Tim Ryan

Second-year law off-campus

“A guitar. ”

freshmanKnott

“Notre Dame sunglasses. ”

ffeshmanSiegfried

“70-degree w eather ”

senior St. Ed’s

“An iPod Touch. ”

freshmanKeenan

“Trans-Siberian Orchestra tickets . "

O ffbeat

Police say NJ man posed as female veterinarian

VINELAND, N .J . — Police say a New Je rse y m a n p o se d a s a fe m a le anim al doctor, ran an ille­g a l v e te r in a r y p r a c t ic e and set up a phony rescue a g e n c y t h a t m a y h a v e d u p e d p e t lo v e rs o u t o f th o u s a n d s o f d o l la r s . V ineland police a r re s te d 26-year-old Daniel C. Tyce on F r id a y a n d c h a r g e d him with practicing m edi­cine w ithout a license. He is being held on $10,000 bail.

Police say he ran a busi­n ess called South Je rsey S m a ll A n im a l R e sc u e ,

falsely identifying him self as Dr. D an ie lle S m ith , a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania veterinary school.

Police say he inoculated p e ts a n d o f fe re d sm a ll anim als for adoption for a fe e . He a lso s o lic i te d d o n a tio n s , c la im in g th e agency w as a n onp ro fit. Authorities say it w as not.

Gun g o e s off in Utah restroom, shatters toilet

CENTERVILLE, U tah — The m an escaped w ith a few cu ts to h is a rm , b u t the toilet m ade out m uch worse.

Police say a m a n ’s gun

fell out of its holster while he p u lle d up h is p a n ts afte r using the bathroom a t a C arl’s Jr. r e s ta u ra n t T u esd ay . T h e g u n f ire d w hen it h it the floor and shattered the commode.

A few sh a rd s of p o rce ­la in c u t th e m a n ’s a rm , and a w om an in an ad ja­c e n t r e s tro o m w ho w as f r ig h te n e d by th e n o ise rep o rted she w as having c h e s t p a in . Both peo p le w ere checked at the scene and released.

No c h a rg e s a r e b e in g Bled.

In fo rm a tio n com piled from the Associated Press.

I n B r ief

U n i v e r s i t y P r e s id e n t E m e r itu s Fr. T h e o d o r e M. H e sb u r g h w ill s p e a k a b o u t h i s f r i e n d s h i p w i th D r. M a rtin L u th e r K ing a n d h is ow n e x p e r ie n c e s in th e civil r ig h ts m o v e m e n t to d a y a t 7 p .m . in t h e A n n e n b e r g A u d it o r iu m o f t h e S n i t e M useum o f Art.

T h is w e e k ’s SUB M o v ie , “ B o d y o f L i e s , ” w ill b e sh o w n to n ig h t a t 10 p.m an d F r id a y a n d S a tr u d a y a t 8 p .m . an d 1 0 :3 0 p .m . in 101 D eB arto lo Hall.

Josh D orfm an, th e fo u n d erand CEO o f V ivavi w ill d e liv ­e r a l e c tu r e t i t l e d “ P e e r in g in to th e G re e n F u tu r e : T h e T r e n d s a n d I n n o v a t i o n s F o rg in a n A b u n d a n t S o c ie ty in B a la n c e w i th N a t u r e ” F r id a y fro m 1 0 :4 0 a .m . to 1 2 : 1 0 p .m . in t h e J o r d a n A u d ito r iu m o f th e M end oza C ollege o f B u s in ess .

T h e S t u d e n t A c t i v i t i e s O ffic e w ill h o s t L ate N ig h t Ic e S k a t in g F r id a y f ro m 9 p .m — 11 a t t h e J o y c e C e n te r F i e l d h o u s e . T h e e v e n t is fr e e to N o tre D am e s tu d e n ts w ith an ID.

“B r ia n B r u s h w o o d :B iza rre M a g ic” show , w h ich w il l t a k e p l a c e S a t u r d a y f r o m 9 p .m . — 11 in W ash in gton H all, is fr e e an d o p en to s tu d e n ts fro m N otre D a m e , S a in t M a r y ’s a n d H oly C ross.

R ecS p orts is o ffe rin g a p r o ­m o tio n c a lle d “Try it , y o u ’ll l ik e it . ” F i tn e s s c la s s e s a r e f re e u n til Sunday.

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The sta tu es of the late Fr. Ned Joyce and University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore M. Hesburgh weren’t spared from this w eek ’s near constant snow­fall.

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Rum R unner's changes namePopular bar leaves the franchise, becomes J& S Pot-of-Gold Bar and Grill

By LIZ HARTERSaint M arys Editor

Students who tried to head out for 75 -cen t w ell d r in k s a t Rum Runner’s last night may have been su rp rise d to find a p la s t ic sign reading J & S Pot-of-Gold Bar and Grill covering the usual tropical- themed sign.

T he B ar an d G rill, o w n ed by Shirley and John W itmer of Niles, M ich., w h ich b e c a m e a R um Runner’s franchise in 2002, is no longer associated with the Raleigh, N.C. based company.

Shortly after the new year, the Witmer’s dropped the brand nam e, in favor o f th e ir legal b u s in e ss nam e, according to a recent article in the South Bend Tribune.

J & S Pot-of-Gold Bar and Grill m anager Casey Constant w as quot­

ed by the Tribune saying the Rum Runner’s franchise “required three to four nights a week of [the duel­ing pianos] to m aintain the fran ­chise name.

However, a t the 236 S. Michigan St. location , the d ueling p ian o s show only took place on weekends while there was occasionally other local entertainm ent scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday nights.

“In a m ajo r m etropolitan a re a you could do that every night. But we see a lot of regulars who go out the same night every week so you need to change it up,” he told the Tribune.

The re s ta u ra n t is still going to h o s t a live p ia n o b a r sh o w on S a tu rd a y an d Sunday, w ith th e en terta in m en t sta rtin g a t 8 p.m . and the doors opening a t 5 p.m., according to the voice m ail m es­sag e rece iv ed w hen ca lling th e location.

It will also continue to offer 75- ce n t well d rin k s on W ednesday nights and Thursday will be $2.50 You-Call-It w ith no cover charge. There will also be karaoke on both nights.

The location’s hours will remain th e sam e: open ing a t 5 p .m . on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and 6 p.m. on Saturday with a clos­ing tone of 2 a.m. The restauran t is c lo sed S u n d ay , M onday an d Tuesday night.

A new Web site is u n d e r con­struction according the voice m es­sage, but anyone interested in the en te r ta in m en t schedule can call the location at (574) 288-5977.

If you’re a diehard Rum Runner’s patron and w ant to genuine fran­chise en terta inm en t, the n ea res t location is in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Contact Liz Harter at eharteO 1 @saintmarys.edu

LIZ HARTER/The Observer

P ot-of-G old Bar and G rill, form erly p art o f th e Rum R unner’s fr a n c h ise , w ill rem ain in th e sa m e lo c a tio n .

Prof. backs Bush on Iran-IsraelSpecial to The Observer

T h e r e p o r t e d d e c is io n o f P resid en t Bush to deny Is ra e l’s req u est for assistance in bom b­ing Iran ian nuclea r facilities w as helpful not only to the stability of the M iddle E as te rn reg ion , but also to the m ain tenance of in te r­national law, accord ing to Mary E lle n O ’C o n n e ll , R o b e r t a n d M arion S hort P ro fesso r o f Law in the N otre Dame Law School.

The New York Times reported on Jan . 10 th a t P residen t Bush h ad den ied a se c re t re q u e s t by Is ra e l la s t y e a r fo r sp ec ia lized bom bs to be used for an a ttack on Ira n ’s m ain nuclea r complex.

“The repo rts say the p residen t acted out of concern th a t bom b­ing would fu rth e r destabilize the Middle E ast,” O’Connell said. “It is im p o r ta n t to n o te th a t such b o m b in g w o u ld a ls o v io la te in te rnational law. The U.S. issue w ith Ira n is over v io la tin g th e Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

“We have been te lling Iran it h a s s e r io u s o b lig a tio n s u n d e r in te rn a tio n a l law. But th e re is no obligation m ore serious than th e p ro h ib it io n on th e u se o f fo rce. S u p p o rtin g th a t ob liga­tion is the su res t w ay to a m ore s tab le Middle East. The p re s i­den t acted wisely,” she conclud­ed.

O’C o n n e ll , a u t h o r o f “T h e P o w e r a n d P u rp o s e o f In te rn a tio n a l Law,” has w ritten a n d le c tu re d on in te rn a tio n a l le g a l r e g u la tio n o f th e u se of fo rce a n d conflic t an d d isp u te re so lu tio n , esp ec ia lly p eace fu l resolution of d isputes p rior to an e s c a la t io n to a rm e d co n flic t. P a r t ic u la r ly in te r e s te d in the possibility o f a classical revival in i n te r n a t io n a l law , sh e h a s b e e n a c tiv e in th e A m e r ic a n Society of In ternational Law, the I n t e r n a t io n a l I n s t i tu t e fo r H u m a n i ta r ia n Law , th e In te rn a tio n a l Law A ssociation , a n d th e C o u n c il on F o re ig n Relations.

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Admissioncontinued from page 1

found th a t the re w ere 200 m ore s tu d e n ts th a t w e w a n te d to adm it,” he said. “We are pleased with the early action applicants."

The average ACT score w as 33 and the average SAT score, com ­po sed o f th e co m b in ed c ritica l re a d in g an d m a th sc o re s , w as 1451, Saracino said. These aver­ages are basically the sam e as the averages for early action last year.

T he s tu d e n ts accep ted u n d e r early action also represent a wide ran g e of ethnic, geographic and socioeconom ic backg rounds, he said.

S a ra c in o e s t im a te d th a t th e average SAT score for the accept­ed regular action students will be about 20 points lower.

“With early action w e-are m ore selective, m ore cautious,” he said. “Unless a student is clearly adm is­sib le, w e d o n ’t ad m it them , w e defer them , m eaning we will look a t th em aga in w ith the re g u la r action pool.”

How ever, S arac ino sa id th e se averages give only a small glimpse to th e p ro files o f accep ted s tu ­dents. The m ost im portant factor in a d m iss io n to th e U niversity , m ore im portan t than test scores, is academ ic rigor, he said.

“We look to see if th e s tu d e n t has sought but the most dem and­ing co u rse load th a t th e ir high school offers,” he said. “The aver­age num ber of AP courses taken by adm itted students is five.”

S a ra c in o sa id th e u n c e r ta in eco n o m y co u ld a lso a d v e rse ly affect the num ber of accepted stu­

den ts w ho elect to a tten d N otre Dame.

“We a re w o n d e r in g how th e econom y is going to im pact the yield, or the percentage of adm it­ted students who say yes to you,” he sa id . “O ur y ield h a s alw ays b ee n one o f th e h ig h e s t in the country.”

The desirable size for the incom­ing freshm an class is 1,985 s tu ­dents, and the Admissions Office will not accept m ore students than in p ast years in anticipation of a lower yield rate, Saracino said.

“We d o n ’t w a n t to a d m it too m any students and then find out May 1 tha t we have too many stu­dents confirmed,” he said.

The safer course is to put more stu d en ts on th e w aiting list and then adm it them later if the yield is low, Saracino said.

Despite the economy though, the Office of Financial Aid still guaran­te e s th a t th e y w ill m e e t th e dem onstrated need of every s tu ­dent, so the Admissions Office can a s s u re a d m itte d s tu d e n ts th a t their need will be met, which will hopefully keep the yield ra te up, Saracino said.

Saracino said many colleges and universities throughout the coun­try are accepting m ore students as a way to increase the college’s rev­e n u e , b u t N o tre D am e h a s no plans to increase the student body, desp ite the construc tion of new dormitories on campus.

“My u n d ers tan d in g is th a t the additional housing spaces will be used to create m ore com fortable s i tu a t io n s in o th e r re s id e n c e halls,” he said.

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For the re s t of the reg u la r s e a ­son , th e Irish a re se t to face a c h a lle n g in g sc h e d u le o f o p p o ­n en ts inc lud ing m any from the Big East, one of the nation ’s p re ­m iere college basketball confer­ences.

W ith th e te a m ’s ran k in g s tay ­ing consistently in the top 15, the c a m p u s a tm o s p h e re is h y p ed with excitem ent from the te am ’s success.

“Our team is am azing ,” fresh ­m an N a th a n F e ld p a u sc h sa id . “All s tu d e n ts shou ld a tte n d the g am es b e c a u s e it is e sp ec ia lly enjoyable to w atch a good team play.” .

The s tu d e n t section has been packed during each hom e gam e, w ith the eager fans cram m ing in to the Joyce C enter from court- side to the up p er bleachers.

“It’s really exciting to go to the g a m e s ,” W inny Hu sa id . “T he team is doing so w ell.”

Along w ith th e no rm al cheers th a t s tuden ts chan t du ring foot­b a ll g a m e s , an a r r a y o f o th e r cheer tactics a re also involved a t basketball gam es.

“You get a cheer sheet th a t has in fo rm a tio n on p la y e rs on the o th e r te a m ,” F e ld p a u sc h sa id . “It’s usually pretty funny.”

Along w ith the success of this y e a r ’s team , the Irish cu rren tly hold th e longest hom e w inning s tre a k in m e n ’s college b a sk e t­ball (44 gam es), a fact th a t con­tribu tes to high a ttendance a t the gam es.

“It fee ls like m o re a n d m ore studen ts and fans show up each gam e, m aybe to be a p a r t of h is­to r y ,” f r e s h m a n G a r r e t t Campbell said.

C urren tly th e re a re th ree Big E ast team s in the top 10 of the AP Top 25 poll. W hile the Irish w ill f a c e tw o o f th e s e th r e e te a m s on th e ro a d , in c lu d in g first-ranked P ittsburgh, the Irish have quality opponents who will m a k e th e t r e k to th e Jo y c e Center

T h e s e te a m s in c lu d e f if th - ran k ed Connecticut, w ho com es to town on the Jan . 24.

ESPN will b roadcast the UConn gam e on College G am eday from the Joyce C enter beginning a t 11a.m .

W ith se v en re m a in in g h o m e gam es, it ap p ears th a t the a tten ­d a n c e a t th e g a m e s w ill on ly increase.

“The fans a re intense and filled w ith e n e r g y ,” sa id C a m p b e ll, “T he s tu d e n t body is th e re for th e te a m an d e v e ry o n e ’s p r e ­p ared to let them know it.”

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S c u l p t ” c l a s s o f f e r e d W ednesday afte rn o o n .

“ I t ’s th e m o s t e f f e c t iv e w o rk o u t th a t I’ve ev e r d o n e ,” G allag h e r sa id a f te r the h ou r- lo n g c la s s h ad f in ish e d . S he ta u g h t th e cy c lin g c la s s la s t s e m e s t e r fo r th e f i r s t t im e , b u t h a s ta u g h t o th e r f itn e ss c la sse s a t N otre D am e for the p a s t e ig h t y ears .

T h e c la s s , o n e o f o v e r 50 f i t n e s s c l a s s e s o f f e r e d by R ecS ports , took the g ro u p of 20 , m o stly w o m en , up th r e e “m o u n ta in s” in a fo rm e r ra c - q u e tb a ll c o u r t th a t h a s b e e n re n o v a te d w ith fans, a sou n d system and p ic tu re s o f b ik e rs a n d n a t u r e s c e n e s on th e w alls.

R ecS ports h as inv ited N otre D am e s tu d e n ts to sa m p le all th e c o u rse s it o ffe rs for f re e th ro u g h Sunday. S tu d en ts can sign up to ta k e a c lass for the s e m e s t e r s t a r t i n g to d a y a t 7 :30 a.m .

J e n n ie P h illip s , th e a s s i s ­t a n t d ir e c to r fo r F itn e s s an d F itn ess F acilities in th e Office o f R e c re a t io n a l S p o r ts , s a id t h e U n iv e r s i ty h a s o f f e r e d s tu d e n ts fitn ess c la sse s s ince th e m id -1980s.

B e tw e e n M ay 2 0 0 7 a n d A pril 2008 , a b o u t 3 ,000 p e o ­p le p a r t i c i p a t e d in f i t n e s s c lasse s , she sa id .

P eop le com e to th e c la s se s fo r th e q u a lity fa c ilitie s , th e e n th u s ia s tic in s tru c to rs an d a positive en v iro n m en t.

“P e o p le w ill co m e if th e y a r e s e e in g t h a t th e c la s s e s a r e e f f e c t iv e a n d th e y a r e h av in g fu n ,” P hillips sa id .

T h e w e e k lo n g f r e e t r i a l p e r io d g ives peop le a ch a n ce

to e x p e r im e n t w ith c la s s e s l ik e “ Z u m b a ,” “T r ip le T h r e a t ,” “Y oga” an d “C ard io F u n k ,” P hillips said .

T h is s e m e s t e r R e c S p o r ts ad d ed an “A qua D rills” class, w h ich co n s is ts o f ex e rc ise s in th e d e e p e n d o f th e po o l a t R ockne M em orial.

T h e p o p u la r i ty o f f i tn e s s c la s s e s te n d s to in c r e a s e in th e sp rin g , Phillips sa id .

“U su a lly s e c o n d s e m e s t e r w e s e e a g r e a t n u m b e r o f p a r t i c ip a n ts b e c a u s e p e o p le h av e New Y ear’s re so lu tio n s , th e y a r e g e t t i n g r e a d y fo r s p r in g b r e a k a n d you c a n ’t r e a l l y go o u t s i d e . T h e b ig in te r h a l l s p o r ts like fo o tb a ll a re over,” sh e sa id .

T h e m o s t p o p u la r c la s s e s la s t y e a r w ere to n in g c lasses , like “Body S cu lp t” o r “F lex N T one .” Yoga w as also a p o p u ­la r c lass, Phillips sa id .

C la s s e s l ik e “ C y c le N S cu lp t” help s tu d e n ts m a n ag e

s tre s s an d keep up th e ir o v e r­all h e a lth , in c lu d in g m a n a g ­in g w e ig h t , G a l la g h e r s a id . M ost s tu d e n ts a t N otre D am e sp e n d long h o u rs s it t in g a n d study ing , she sa id , an d ta k in g tim e off to w ork o u t h e lp s the b ra in function be tte r.

T h e r e g u la r f i tn e s s s c h e d ­u le b eg in s M onday a n d m o st c lasse s will en d A pril 29. F or th e p a s t five y e a rs , R ecS ports h a s o ffe re d a v a r ie ty o f f re e f i tn e s s c la s s e s d u r in g s tu d y days an d final exam w eek a t t h e e n d o f t h e s e m e s t e r , Phillips sa id .

O n lin e r e g is t r a t io n b e g in s to d a y a t 7 :3 0 a .m . th r o u g h r e c s p o r t s .n d . e d u . V isa a n d M a s te rc a rd a re ac ce p te d , an d ca sh an d ch eck s a re accep ted a t th e R o lfs S p o r t s R e c r e a t i o n a l C e n te r f r o n t desk .

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Vatican secret confessional opens upROME — One of the V atican’s m ost secrecy

sh ro u d e d tr ib u n a ls , w h ich h a n d le s co n fe s­sions of sins so g rave only th e pope can g ra n t abso lu tion , is giving the faithful a peek into its w ork ings for the first tim e in its 830-year history.

The V atican has long lam en ted th a t few er and few er Catholics a re going to confession, th e s a c r a m e n t in w h ic h th e f a i th fu l c a n receive forg iveness if they sincerely confess th e ir sins to a p riest.

To com bat th e d ec line , th e so -ca lled “t r i ­b u n a l of co n sc ien ce” inv ited th e public into the frescoed halls of its im posing 1 6 th -cen tu ­ry p a la z z o fo r a tw o -d a y c o n fe re n c e th a t ended W ednesday.

Venezuela severs ties with IsrealCARACAS, V enezue la — V enezue la b ro k e

o ff d ip lo m a t ic r e l a t i o n s w ith I s r a e l on W ednesday to p ro te s t its m ilita ry offensive in G aza, th e fo re ign m in is try a n n o u n c ed .

T he dec ision by P re s id e n t H ugo C havez’s so c ia lis t g o v e rn m e n t co m es a b o u t a w eek a f te r it expelled th e Is ra e li a m b a ssa d o r in C a ra ca s an d seven em b assy s ta ff m e m b e rs to p r o t e s t th e J e w is h s t a t e 's a c t io n s in Gaza.

V e n e z u e la “h a s d e c id e d to b r e a k o ff d ip lom atic re la tio n s w ith th e s ta te o f Is ra e l g iv e n th e in h u m a n e p e r s e c u t i o n o f th e P a le s t in ia n p e o p le ,” th e fo re ig n m in is try sa id in a s ta te m e n t W ednesday.

I s ra e l la u n c h e d th e offensive on Dec. 27, se ek in g to force th e ru lin g H am as m ilita n t g ro u p to sto p ro ck e t a tta c k s in to so u th e rn I s ra e l . P a le s t in ia n a u th o r i t ie s say s t r ik e s h av e k illed m o re th a n 1 ,0 0 0 o f th e ir p e o ­ple. T h ir te e n Is ra e lis have b ee n k illed , fou r by ro c k e t fire from G aza.

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Obama’s stimulus now $850 billionWASHINGTON — B a ra c k O b a m a ’s e c o ­

nom ic rec o v e ry bill h a s g ro w n to $ 8 5 0 b il­l io n a f t e r n e g o t i a t i o n s w i th h is D em o c ra tic a l lie s in C o n g ress , w h o h av e re w r i t te n so m e o f th e p re s id e n t- e le c t ’s ta x p r o p o s a l s a n d m a y d r iv e th e p r ic e ta g even h igher.

F o r s ta r t e r s , C ap ito l H ill D em o c ra ts a re try in g to u se th e ec o n o m ic re c o v e ry b ill to e x te n d a ta x c u t fo r m id d le - to u p p e r - in c o m e ta x p a y e r s d e s p ite c o n c e rn s from O b a m a ’s t r a n s i t i o n te a m t h a t i t w o n ’t b o o st th e econom y.

Apple CEO takes m edical leaveSEATTLE — A pple Inc. c o - fo u n d e r an d

C hief E xecutive S teve Jo b s sa id W ednesday he is ta k in g a m e d ic a l le a v e u n t i l J u n e , e v e n th o u g h ju s t a w ee k ag o th e c a n c e r s u r v iv o r t r i e d to a s s u r e in v e s to r s a n d e m p lo y e e s h is r e c e n t w e ig h t lo s s w a s ca u se d by an easily tre a ta b le h o rm o n e d efi­ciency.

A pple’s stock d ro p p ed 7 p e rc e n t.Jo b s , 53, sa id in a le tte r la s t w eek th a t he

w ou ld re m a in a t A p p le ’s helm d e sp ite the h o rm o n e p ro b lem , an d th a t he h ad a lre ad y begun a “re la tiv e ly sim ple a n d s tra ig h tfo r ­w a r d ” t r e a t m e n t . B u t in a n e - m a i l to em p loyees W ednesday , Jo b s b a c k tra c k e d .

“D uring the p a s t w eek I have le a rn e d th a t m y h e a lth - re la te d issu es a re m o re com plex th a n I o rig ina lly th o u g h t,” he w ro te .

Local N ew s

Man must serve for decapitationINDIANAPOLIS — A form er racing m echanic

convicted of strangling his es tranged wife and decapitating her to m ake h er body hard to iden­tify m ust serve the 60 years to which he w as sen­te n ce d , th e In d ian a C ourt o f A ppea ls ru led Wednesday.

M ichael G. A lb rech t h ad a p p e a le d a f te r a Marion Superior Court judge refused to reduce his sentence or gran t him a new trial in the 1992 m urder of 31 -year-old Cynthia L. Albrecht. Both Albrechts had been employed by different own­e rs in th e n o w -d e fu n c t C ham p io n sh ip Auto Racing Teams.

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Ceasefire negotiations intensifyDeathtoll exceeds 1,000 as Egypt, Hamas work towards a 10-day ceasefire deal

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CAIRO — Egypt and Hamas are close to a deal for a 10- day cease-fire between Israel and the Palestin ian m ilitant g ro u p in G aza, w h e re th e d e a th to ll from th e Is ra e li o ffen siv e ex c e e d e d 1 ,0 0 0 , officials said Wednesday.

Egyptian and Ham as offi­c ia ls e x p re s s e d o p tim ism tha t an agreem ent for a tem ­porary halt in fighting could be sealed soon and p resen t­ed to Israel. But even if all sides sign on, fu rth e r ta lks w ill be n e e d e d to re so lv e c o n te n tio u s d is p u te s ov er policing G aza’s borders and ensure a longer-term truce.

“W e’re w o rk in g w ith H am as an d w e’re w ork ing w ith th e I s r a e l i s id e . We hope to re a c h an ou tcom e s o o n ,” E g y p tia n F o re ig n Ministry spokesm an Hossam Z ak i to ld th e B r itish Broadcasting Corp.

Nine Israeli hum an rights groups accused the arm y of endangering Gazan civilians and called for a w ar crim es in v e s tig a tio n . T he g ro u p s w rote to Israeli leaders tha t the Gaza cam paign has left c iv ilia n s w ith n o w h e re to flee . F o re ig n M in is try spokesm an Yigal Palm or said Is ra e l su p p o rts freedom of expression, even if an opin­ion “is not based on any solid e v id e n c e an d even if it is tainted with political b ias.”

Guerrillas in Lebanon sent rockets crashing into n o rth ­ern Israel on W ednesday for the second tim e in a w eek, d raw ing an Israeli artille ry b a rra g e and th re a te n in g to drag the Jewish sta te into a second front.

Egyptian and H am as offi­cials held in tensive talks in Cairo. Late Wednesday, Salah a l-B ard aw il, a G aza-b ased Hamas official, stopped short of saying Hamas had accept­ed the Egyptian proposal. He told repo rte rs tha t “we sub ­m itted our points of view” on the p ro p o sed dea l, add ing , “We hope th a t this Egyptian effort will succeed.”

G h az i H am a d , a n o th e r G aza-based H am as official,

to ld th e BBC, “I am o p t i ­m istic now because I th ink the re is no o ther choice for us. ... This kind of agreem ent can be done now, and I think now th e re is good p rogress in Egypt. We hope th a t now Egypt will contact Israel and talk about all issues.”

B ut th e r e w e re s ig n s H am as’ lead e rsh ip -in -e x ile h a d r e s e r v a t io n s . O sam a H am dan, a lead in g H am as official in Beirut, said the re w ere still points Hamas had n o t ag re e d to. “We do no t agree with the initiative as it s ta n d s n o w ,” he to ld Al- Jazeera TV.

T h e c o n t r a d ic to ry c o m ­m ents w ere the latest sign of cracks between Hamas lead­e rs u n d er fire in Gaza and

th e le a d e r s h ip - in - e x i le , w h ich is la rg e ly b a s e d in S y ria an d is se en as m ore h a rd - lin e . H am as officials, h o w ev e r, in s i s t th a t th e m ovem ent is unified, and it w as n o t c le a r if H a m d a n ’s tougher tone was a negotiat­ing tac tic or a sign of d ivi­sion.

Is ra e l launched its offen­sive Dec. 27 to halt years of Palestinian rocket attacks. It has said it will press forward until Hamas halts the rocket fire and receives guaran tees th a t Ham as will stop sm ug­g lin g w e a p o n s in to G aza through the porous Egyptian border.

The offensive has killed at le a s t 1 ,0 1 8 P a le s t in ia n s , about half of them civilians,

including 300 ch ild ren and te e n a g e rs , sa id Dr. M oaiya H a s s a n a in of th e G aza H e a lth M in is try . T he to ll included 68 Palestinians who w e re k ille d o r d ie d of w o u n d s W ednesday . M ore than 4,500 Palestinians have been wounded, m edical offi­cials said. T h irteen Israelis have also been killed, four by rocket fire from Gaza.

Jakob K ellenberger, head o f th e in te r n a t io n a l Red Cross, w elcom ed the th ree - hour daily lulls in the fight­in g s e t by I s r a e l is to le t groups send in aid and assist the wounded in Gaza, but he said m ore tim e was needed.

“You m ust have access at any tim e to people who are w ounded,” he said.

Bin Laden message not seen as threatAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — T he W hite H ouse said W ednesday th a t the rec en t audio­tape believed to ca rry a m essage from O sam a bin Laden reflec ts th e “iso la­t io n ” o f th e a l-Q a id a le a d e r w h o se in fluence over th e te r ro r is t n e tw o rk h as w aned.

“W h e r e v e r h e is , h e ’s in a d e e p ho le ,” Vice P residen t Dick Cheney said in an in terview W ednesday w ith PBS’ “The N ew sH our With Jim L ehrer.” “He d o es n o t h a v e m u ch im p a c t on th e organization as b est we can te ll.”

In a new m essage aim ed a t h a rn e ss ­ing an g e r in the M ideast over the Gaza offensive, bin Laden u rges M uslims to

la u n ch a jih a d , o r holy w ar, a g a in s t Israe l an d co n d em n ed A rab g o v e rn ­m ents as allies of the Jew ish state.

T he a u d io ta p e , p o s te d on Is lam ic m ilita n t W eb s ite s , w as bin L ad e n ’s first since May and cam e nearly th ree w ee k s a f te r I s ra e l s ta r t e d its c a m ­paign ag a in s t G aza’s m ilitan t H am as ru lers.

“It a p p e a rs th is ta p e d em o n s tra te s his isolation and continued a ttem p ts to re m a in r e le v a n t a t a tim e w h en al- Q aida’s ideology, m ission and agenda a re being questioned and challenged th ro u g h o u t th e w o rld ,” sa id G ordon J o h n d r o e , a s p o k e s m a n fo r th e N ational Security Council a t the W hite House.

“T his also looks to be an effo rt to

ra ise m oney as p a r t o f th e ir ongoing p r o p a g a n d a c a m p a ig n . T h e U n ited S tates p rom otes an a lternative, hope­ful ideology w hile continu ing to p a r t­n e r w ith over 90 coun tries to p u rsue t e r r o r i s t s w h e r e v e r th e y a r e , ” Johndroe said.

The al-Q aida lead e r also vowed th a t the te r ro r n e tw ork w ould open “new fro n ts” ag a in s t the U nited S tates and its allies beyond Iraq and A fghanistan. He said P resident-e lect B arack O bam a h a s re c e iv e d a “h eav y in h e r i ta n c e ” from P residen t George W. Bush — two w ars and “the collapse of the econo­my,” w hich bin Laden said will ren d e r the United S tates unable to su sta in a long fight aga in st the m u jahedeen , o r holy w arrio rs .

An explosion from an Israeli airstrike is se e n on th e ou tsk irts of Gaza City on Wednesday. Israel showed no signs of letting up, striking som e 6 0 targets.

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A n o th e r film clip , “B rid g e to F reed o m ,” describ ed the voting rights and segregation in Selma, A la. in th e 1 9 6 0 s. A fric an Americans did not have the right to vote in 1965 in Selma, and faced discrimination.

A fter th e clips, th e p a n e lis ts responded to a series of questions, d e s c r ib in g how th e y b e c a m e involved in nonviolent protests and community organizations.

“As a child, you’ve got to do w hat your parents do,” Bland said. “[My] g randm other joined an organiza­tion called the Dallas County Voters League.”

Crisostomo followed in the foot­steps of h e r parents. Her m other was a community activist.

“She started taking me with her to her club meetings and her P.T.A. m eetin g s, an d th e n she s ta r te d introducing me to people who w ere also active. Pretty soon I was part of a youth group, and in the begin­ning we ju st w anted to do som e­thing to better our community,” she explained.

Coleman grew up in South Bend. Unlike Crisostomo and Bland, his p a re n ts w ere n ev e r involved in activism, but he felt draw n to the career path.

“O ften tim es , you d o n ’t g e t a chance to choose your career. Your career chooses you,” he said.

M u h a m m a d a lso g re w up in South Bend, but saw the violence against the Civil Rights movement on television growing up.

“My fa th e r, h e b ro u g h t us to

South Bend because he didn’t want us to grow up under the Jim Crow Laws,” she said. “1 rem em ber dur­in g th e ‘6 0 s w h e n th ey w e re m arching with Dr. M artin Luther King [...] when they w ere putting the w ater hoses on people. I got so angry [...] I w anted to knock the television set on to the floor”

H er fa th e r tau g h t M uham m ad that violence w as not the answer.

“My father began to tell me, ‘You can’t beat them like that. You’ve go to turn the other cheek.’ I learned the non-violent social change.”

B lan d to ld th e a u d ie n c e th e activists w ere fighting for a differ­ent kind of freedom.

“Abraham Lincoln had signed a paper that said we w ere free, and we w ere not on the plantation any­more. There w ere other things that we still didn’t have, that tha t paper that he signed didn’t bring. I had th a t u n derstand ing as early as I can rem em ber,” she said.

Panelists challenged students to graduate and prom ote nonviolent protests. Crisostomo also encour­aged students to talk to everyone around them,

“We w ere talking to everyone. We were taking our dem ands and on a road show. We w ere every­w here talking to people.”

The panelists agreed tha t their actions have had an impact on the world today.

“O bam a,” Bland said, “lie and Hilary | Clinton | are poster children for the history that I live. I’m very, very proud tha t one of them was elected. I’m even m ore proud that it w as him.”

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g o v e r n m e n t c o m m itte e s , a s w ell as u p d a te s fro m th e ad - h o c c o m m i t t e e c r e a t e d by U n iversity P re s id e n t Fr. Jo h n J e n k in s e a r l i e r in th e y e a r . R e ish is th e s tu d e n t r e p r e ­s e n t a t i v e on t h a t c o m m i t ­te e .

I s s u e s t h a t w ill b e ra is e d in u p c o m in g CLC m e e tin g s i n c l u d e th e p o s s i b l e i m p l e m e n t a ­tio n o f a Good S a m a r i t a n P o lic y a t th e U niversity .

“W e ’ve g o t ­t e n a d v i c e f ro m o t h e r u n i v e r s i t y p r e s i d e n t s o n th e p o l i c y ,” R eish sa id .

T h e CLC w ill a lso w o rk to e s ta b l i s h c l e a r e r r u le s a n d g u id e lin e s fo r s tu d e n ts liv ing o ff c a m p u s , Reish sa id .

D isco u n t b o o k le ts for b u s i­n e s s e s in t h e S o u th B e n d a r e a , on e o f th e p a i r ’s c a m ­p a ig n p la t f o rm s , h a v e b e e n o r d e r e d a n d s h o u ld a r r i v e th is w ee k , S ch m id t sa id .

S t u d e n t g o v e r n m e n t o r d e r e d 8 0 0 d is c o u n t b o o k ­l e t s , b u t h a s y e t to d e c id e h o w to s e l l o r d i s t r i b u t e th e m to s t u d e n t s , S c h m id t sa id .

R e is h s a id tw o m o r e in s t a l lm e n ts o f th e p o p u la r “L as t L e c tu r e ” s e r ie s a r e in th e w o rk s , w ith o n e t e n t a ­tiv e ly p la n n e d fo r F e b ru a ry . T he d a te s a n d s p e a k e rs will b e a n n o u n c e d l a t e r in th e se m e s te r .

O ver S p rin g B rea k , s tu d e n t g o v e rn m e n t p la n s to is su e a s e c o n d s tu d e n t c e n s u s a f te r

t h e s u c c e s s o f t h e i r s u r v e y s e n t o u t to s tu ­d e n t s o v e r F a ll B r e a k , R e is h sa id . T h is tim e , h o w e v e r , q u e s ­t i o n s w ill b e m o re e x te n s iv e , a n d th e r e s u l t s w il l b e l e f t to th e n e x t a d m in ­i s t r a to r s o f s tu ­d e n t g o v e r n ­m e n t.

An i s s u e m a n y s t u d e n t s h a v e e x p r e s s e d

c o n c e rn ^ o v e r , R eish s a id , is th a t o f o f f-c a m p u s sa fe ty . A s tu d e n t g o v e r n m e n t a d -h o c c o m m itte e w ill a d d r e s s th e to p ic in th e com in g se m e s te r , w i th h o p e s to c l a r i f y th e le g a l i t i e s p e r t a in in g to off- c a m p u s living.

“A lo t o f s tu d e n ts a re o ften m is in fo rm e d a b o u t th e le g a l­i t ie s a b o u t o f f -c a m p u s p a r ­t ie s a n d o f f-c a m p u s l iv in g ,” R eish sa id .

S ch m id t to ld T he O b se rv e r t h e i r m a in g o a l is r a i s i n g a w a re n e s s a b o u t th e law s of th e s ta te o f In d ia n a an d th e C ity o f S o u th B e n d , a s w ell

a s U n iv e r s i t y r e g u l a t i o n s o u tlin e d in “d u L ac : A G uide to S tu d e n t L ife .”

P lan s fo r th e r e a liz a tio n of o n e o f R e is h ’s p ro je c ts — a c o l lo q u iu m w ith o th e r c o l ­le g e a n d u n iv e r s i ty s tu d e n t g o v e r n m e n ts — a r e in th e w o rk s f o r a l a t e M a rc h o r ea r ly A p ril ev e n t.

He sa id m an y o th e r s tu d e n t g o v e rn m e n ts h a v e e x p re s se d in t e r e s t in c o m in g to N o tre D a m e to “f o rg e a r e l a t i o n ­s h i p ” b u t R e is h s a id h e is s t i l l w o r k i n g w i th t h e sp ec ific s o f th e c o n fe re n c e .

S o m e R e is h -S c h m id t c a m ­p a ig n p ro m is e s , lik e a c o m ­p le te o n l in e s y l l a b u s d a t a ­b a s e , w e re too a m b itio u s to co m p le te in on ly on e te rm .

“W e h o p e to le a v e A p ril 1 w i th a f i rm o u t l i n e o f th e o n lin e sy lla b u s d a ta b a s e . We re a liz e d it w o u ld ta k e m u c h lo n g e r t im e t h a n j u s t o n e y e a r to d e v e lo p a s u s t a i n ­ab le , o n lin e d a ta b a s e ,” R eish sa id .

A n o th e r in it ia t iv e th a t w ill be le ft to th e ir s u c c e s s o rs is p la n s fo r a n I n t e r n a t i o n a l S h o w c a s e , t h a t w i l l m o s t lik e ly be p u t t o g e th e r n e x t f a l l . T h e S h o w c a s e w o u ld o f f e r s t u d e n t c l u b s th e o p p o r t u n i t y to p e r f o r m to g e th e r in on e v en u e .

S ch m id t to ld T h e O b se rv e r a n u m b e r o f g r o u p s h a v e a lre a d y c o m m itte d to p a r t i c i ­p a tin g in th e ev e n t.

Contact Jenn Metz at jmetz@nd.edu

“A lot o f s tuden ts are often m isinform ed about the legalities about off-campus

parties and off-campus living. ”

Bob Reish student body president

Damage in Gaza totals $1.4 billion after Israel attacksA ssociated Press

W E S T BA N K — I s r a e l ’s f i e r c e a s s a u l t o n G a z a ’s H a m a s r u l e r s h a s d e s tro y e d a t le a s t $ 1 .4 b illio n w o rth o f b u ild in g s , ro a d s , p ip e s , p o w e r lin e s an d o th e r in f r a s t r u c tu re in a lre a d y im p o v e r ish e d t e r r i ­to r y , P a l e s t i n i a n s u r v e y o r s e s tim a te .

A ra b a n d W e s te rn c o u n tr ie s w ill be c a lle d on to foo t m uch o f th e b ill to re b u ild — w hich P a l e s t i n i a n e c o n o m is t s s a y co u ld ta k e five y e a rs o r m o re .

T h e I s r a e l i m i l i ta ry s a y s it h a s b o m b e d o v e r 2 ,5 0 0 H a m a s - l in k e d t a r g e t s s in c e D ec . 2 7 , in c lu d in g 2 5 0 t u n ­n e ls th e m il i ta n t g ro u p u se d to sm u g g le in a rm s as w ell as l a r g e a m o u n t s o f w e a p o n s to c k p ile s a n d ro c k e t la u n c h ­e r sq u a d s .

E ven w ith th e I s ra e li o ffe n ­s iv e g o in g fu ll t h r o t t l e , th e i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o m m u n i ty is s ta r t in g to ta c k le th e fo rm id a ­b le p o s t w a r c h a l l e n g e . E u ro p e ’s to p fo u r f u n d ra is e r s f o r t h e P a l e s t i n i a n s — th e f o re ig n m in i s t e r s o f F r a n c e a n d N o rw a y , t h e E u r o p e a n U nion e x te r n a l r e la t io n s co m ­m i s s i o n e r a n d th e i n t e r n a ­t io n a l M id e a s t e n v o y — a r e m e e tin g in P a r is on T h u rs d a y to d is c u s s G a z a ’s r e c o n s t r u c ­t i o n a n d t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f h o ld in g a n ew d o n o rs ’ c o n fe r ­en c e .

T h e l a s t o n e , h e l d in D e c e m b e r 2 0 0 7 a t a t im e o f r e n e w e d M id e a s t p e a c e h o p e s , s e c u r e d p r o m is e s o f $ 7 .7 b i l l io n in a id th r o u g h 2 0 1 0 . H o w e v e r , d o n o r s m a y h a v e a t o u g h e r t im e c o n ­t r i b u t i n g l a r g e s u m s in th e c u r r e n t g lo b a l f in a n c ia l c r is is .

A n o th e r c o n c e rn is w h e th e r a c e a s e - f i r e d e a l w ill lif t th e b lo c k a d e I s r a e l a n d E g y p t im p o sed on G aza a f te r H am a s

s e i z e d t h e c o a s t a l s t r i p in J u n e 2 0 0 7 a n d o u s t e d th e f o r c e s o f P a l e s t i n i a n P r e s id e n t M a h m o u d A b b a s , w h o n o w c o n t r o l s o n ly th e W est B ank .

“You c a n n o t r e b u i ld G a z a w i th o u t o p e n b o r d e r s , ” s a id T o r W e n n e s l a n d , t h e to p N o r w e g ia n d ip lo m a t in th e P a le s tin ia n te r r i to r ie s .

Yet e n d in g G a z a 's lockdow n will r e q u ir e c o m p ro m ise s th a t se e m e d im p o ss ib le b e fo re the Is ra e l i o ffensive .

H a m a s w ill h a v e to r e l i n ­q u ish so m e c o n tro l by a llo w ­in g a b u f fe r fo rc e to d e p lo y on th e c ro s s in g s , m o s t lik e ly i n t e r n a t i o n a l m o n i t o r s , A b b a s ’ tro o p s o r b o th .

G a t e k e e p e r s E g y p t a n d I s r a e l s a y t h e r e ’s n o w a y th e y ’ll a g r e e to g ive H a m a s , v ie w e d a s a v io le n t I r a n i a n p ro x y , a f in a l s a y o v e r w h o a n d w h a t e n t e r s a n d le a v e s G a z a . B u t i f t h e y a c c e p t a n ew b o r d e r re g im e w ith m o n ­i to r s , t h a t w o u ld in e v i ta b ly s t r e n g t h e n th e I s la m ic m il i­t a n t s ’ ru le o v e r G aza.

In a n y a r r a n g e m e n t , r iv a ls A b b a s a n d H a m a s w ill h a v e to find a w ay to w o rk jo in tly , n o t j u s t to ru n th e c ro s s in g s b u t to o v e rse e r e c o n s tru c tio n p r o je c ts . T h e tw o h a v e b e e n u n a b l e to c o m e u p w i th a p o w e r - s h a r in g fo rm u la s in c e H am a s d e fe a te d A b b a s ’ F a ta h m o v e m e n t in 2 0 0 6 p a r l ia m e n t e le c tio n s .

W o r k in g o u t s u c h u n d e r ­s t a n d i n g s w i l l t a k e t im e , so m e th in g G a z a ’s 1 .4 m illio n p eo p le m ay n o t h av e .

I s r a e l s a y s H a m a s is u s in g c i v i l i a n s a s h u m a n s h i e ld s a n d h i d i n g i t s w e a p o n s in c i v i l i a n a r e a s . B u t t h e h u m a n ita r ia n c r is is is b e c o m ­in g m o re p re s s in g ev e ry day, a c c o r d i n g to t h e U .N . a n d h u m a n r ig h ts g ro u p s .

T e n s o f t h o u s a n d s h a v e b e e n d is p la c e d a n d th e v a s t m a jo r ity o f G azan s d e p e n d on fo o d h a n d o u t s . P o w e r c u t s a r e w id e s p r e a d a n d a t l e a s t2 5 0 .0 0 0 G a z a n s h a v e b e e n w i t h o u t e l e c t r i c i t y s in c e I s ra e l la u n c h e d its o ffe n s iv e , a im e d a t h a ltin g H am a s ro c k ­e t f ire a t s o u th e rn Is ra e l .

S e w a g e l e v e l s a r e r i s i n g p re c a r io u s ly in r ic k e ty r e s e r ­v o i r s . W ith n e a r l y 4 ,0 0 0 w o u n d e d , a lo n g w ith a b o u t1 .0 0 0 k i l l e d , h o s p i t a l s a r e i n c r e a s i n g l y o v e r w h e l m e d a n d th e h e a l th sy s tem is c lose to c o lla p se , a id g ro u p s w a rn . T h i r t e e n I s r a e l i s a l s o h a v e b e e n k illed .

I s r a e l h a s a l lo w e d in c o n ­

v o y s o f s u p p ly t r u c k s m o s t d ay s d u r in g th e o ffensive , b u t a id w o r k e r s s a y t h a t ’s n o t e n o u g h to a lle v ia te th e c r is is .

E v e n b e f o r e t h e f i g h t in g , t h e b l o c k a d e w a s p u s h i n g G aza c lose to th e edge .

U n e m p lo y m en t h a d r is e n to n e a r ly 5 0 p e r c e n t , w ith a n I s ra e l i e x p o r t b a n fo rc in g v ir ­t u a l l y a l l o f G a z a ’s 3 ,9 0 0 m a n u fa c tu r e r s to s h u t dow n , t h e U .N . s a id in D e c e m b e r . C a sh w a s s c a r c e b e c a u s e o f r e s t r i c t i o n s o n b r i n g i n g in b a n k n o t e s , 8 0 p e r c e n t o f d r in k in g w a te r w a s s u b s t a n ­d a r d , e le c tr ic i ty in te r m i t te n t an d te n s o f m illio n s o f g a llo n s o f s e w a g e w e r e d i s c h a r g e d in to t h e s e a e v e r y d a y

b e c a u s e o f in s u f f ic ie n t t r e a t ­m e n t fa c ilitie s .

“ I t w a s b a d b e f o r e , i t ’s w o rs e now , a n d i t ’s n o t g e t ­tin g an y b e t te r ,” sa id M axw ell G ay la rd , th e U.N. h u m a n i ta r i ­an a f fa ir s c o o rd in a to r fo r th e P a l e s t i n i a n t e r r i t o r i e s . “ C i v i l i a n s a r e b e a r i n g t h e b r u n t o f th i s d e s t r u c t io n o f h o m e s a n d in f r a s t r u c tu r e .”

G a y la rd s a id th a t o n c e th e sh o o tin g s to p s , U.N. c re w s in G aza cou ld q u ick ly fix p r e s s ­ing p ro b le m s , su c h a s d is t r ib ­u t in g m o re food a n d r e p a i r ­in g s o m e p o w e r a n d w a t e r l in e s . H o w e v e r , l a r g e r p r o j ­e c t s w o u ld b e h a r d e r to a c c o m p lish if a c c e s s to G aza is r e s tr ic te d , h e sa id .

Palestinians sit on the rubble of a destroyed building Wednesday. Violence in Gaza has led to billions of dollars in dam age to buildings, water pipes, roads and other structures.

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s e a s o n in 4 0 y e a r s , r e t a i l e r s f a c e m o r e s a le s d e c lin e s in th e m o n th s a h e a d a s th e r e c e s s io n d e e p e n s , jo b lo s s e s m o u n t a n d c o n s u m e rs r e t r e n c h fu r th e r .

R e t a i l s a l e s p l u n g e d 2 .7 p e r c e n t in D ec em b e r, a r e c o rd s ix th s t r a ig h t m o n th ly fa ll, a n d th e f ir s t a n n u a l d ro p on g o v e rn ­m e n t r e c o r d s d a t i n g to 1 9 9 2 , t h e C o m m e rc e D e p a r tm e n t s a id W e d n e s d a y . L as t m o n th ’s w e a k n e s s — m o re th a n d o u ­b le w h a t e c o n o m is ts h a d e x p e c te d — h a s e x t e n d e d in to th e n e w y e a r w i th b a n k ­ru p tc y f ilin g s , s to r e c lo s in g s a n d m o re la y ­offs.

“ C o n s u m e r s a r e in d e e p h i b e r n a t i o n , a n d th e r e is no s ig n th a t th e y w ill w a k e up th is s p r in g o r th a t th e r e ta i l o u tlo o k w ill p ic k u p a n y t i m e s o o n , ” s a i d C. B r i t t B e em er, c h a i r m a n o f A m e r ic a ’s R e s e a rc h G r o u p , a c o n s u m e r r e s e a r c h f i r m in C h a rle s to n , S.C.

Oil prices rise to $39 a barrel in AsiaSINGAPORE — Oil p rices rose to n e a r $39 a

b a r r e l W e d n e s d a y in A s ia a f t e r F e d e r a l Reserve C hairm an Ben B ernanke said a s tim u ­lu s p a c k a g e cou ld h e lp re v ita liz e th e a ilin g U.S. economy.

Light, sw eet crude for F eb ru a ry delivery w as up 94 cen ts to $38.72 a b a r re l by m idday in S in g ap o re in e le c tro n ic tr a d in g on th e N ew York M ercantile Exchange. The co n tra c t rose overn igh t 19 cen ts to se ttle a t $37.78.

B ern an k e sa id T uesday th a t a $700 billion financia l rescu e p ro g ra m being d iscussed by C o n g re ss w as n e e d e d to c o m b a t th e w o rs t financia l crisis to h it th e U.S. an d th e globdl econom y since the 1930s. The stim ulus p ac k ­age “could provide a significant boost to eco­nom ic activity,” he said.

T ra d e r s sa id low v o lu m e s in e a r ly A sian trad in g also helped sp u r volatility.

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Madoff continues to avoid jailtimePlea negotiations loom while police must take measures to protect investor's life

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Bernard Madoff, who confessed to stealing $50 billion last month, arrives at Federal Court in New York, Wednesday.

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NEW YORK — B e rn a rd Madoff re tu rn ed to court in a b u l le tp r o o f v e s t W ednesday and won ano th ­e r round in his fight to stay out of jail. But a la rg e r issue lo o m e d o v e r th e c o u r t : negotiations for a po tential p lea deal.

Bail f ig h ts su c h a s th is u su a lly c a r ry m o tiv a tio n s tha t a re never sta ted on the court record , and the secu­r i t i e s f ra u d c a s e a g a in s t M adoff a p p e a rs laden w ith them .

E x p erts say p ro se c u to rs m a y w a n t h im in j a i l to increase p ressu re on him to cooperate o r to reach a plea deal m ore quickly. Or they m igh t w a n t to p u n ish him for not cooperating enough, w h ile y ie ld in g to p u b lic p ressu re to m ake an exam ­ple out of M adoff during the nation’s econom ic troubles.

“L ike an y d e f e n d a n t , a p e rs o n w ho is a l re a d y in (p rison) h a s m uch g re a te r incentive to resolve it than som eone on re lease who is looking a t a significant term if co n v ic ted ,” sa id M ichael Garcia, the U.S. A ttorney in M anhattan until days before M adoffs arrest.

Madoff has becom e one of th e m o s t v ilif ie d m e n in A m erica since he confessed to s te a lin g $50 billion la st m onth in w h a t m ay be the la rg e s t Ponzi schem e ever. T h e s c a n d a l h a s to u c h e d every co rn e r o f th e w orld , w ip in g o u t life f o r tu n e s , d e c im a tin g c h a r i t ie s an d a p p a r e n t ly p u s h in g o n e investor to com m it suicide.

Investors a re furious tha t h e h a s b e e n a l lo w e d to rem ain on free on bail while b e in g a c c u s e d o f su c h a sw eeping fraud.

So angry th a t au th o rities h a v e ta k e n m e a s u r e s to p r o te c t M a d o ff’s life . He arrived in court w earing the b u l le tp r o o f v e s t a n d h is ap a rtm en t is also equipped w ith a p a n ic b u t to n th a t allows him to notify security g u a rd s of a n y th in g s u s p i­cious.

He is also u nder the con­

s ta n t w a tc h o f a rm e d g u a rd s an d video s u rv e il­lance in case he tries to flee.

M adoff did no t sp e a k or show m uch em otion during th e h e a r in g , a l th o u g h he privately conferred w ith his law yers. He left the c o u rt­h o u s e a n d r e tu r n e d to house a r re s t in his $7 m il­lion U pper E ast Side p e n t­house a fte r a judge upheld an e a r l i e r r u l in g th a t Madoff can rem ain on bail.

J u d g e L a w re n c e M. M cK enna did ta k e M adoff law yer Ira Sorkin up on his offer to provide an invento­ry of any v a lu ab le s in the h o m e s o f M ad o ff a n d h is wife in M ontauk, N.Y., Palm

Beach, Fla., and F rance. It m u st be f in ish e d 'w ith in a week.

P r o s e c u to r s h a v e b e e n m a k in g a s t r o n g p u s h to have Madoff jailed for m ail­ing m ore than $1 million in jew elry to relatives and two close friends over the holi­d a y s . A s s i s t a n t U.S. A tto rn e y M a rc L itt s a id W ednesday the gifts a re fu r­th e r proof th a t Madoff “can ­not be trusted un d er any set of conditions sho rt of deten ­tion .”

Litt no ted th e re w ere no restric tions on Madoff”s visi­to rs , cell p h o n e u se , com ­p u te r use, e-m ails and tex- ting.

“The m eans of com m uni­cating in the m odern world a re end less an d th e re ’s no r e s tr ic t io n s on an y of i t , ” Litt said.

B u t d e fe n s e la w y e r I ra Sorkin accused the govern­m e n t o f e n g a g in g in “inflam m atory rheto ric and h y p e r b o le ,” s a y in g h e is already under such extrem e restrictions th a t it would be impossible for him to flee or send m ore valuables.

The defense and prosecu­tio n have b ee n w ag ing an in c re a s in g ly b i t t e r b a t t le o v e r th e b a i l p a c k a g e — partially a resu lt of Madoff’s p erceived lack of co o p e ra ­tion.

Economy off to weak start in '09Associated Press

WASHINGTON — T he U.S. eco n o ­my s ta r te d th e new y ea r on w eak er f o o t in g a s r e c e s s i o n - s h o c k e d A m ericans re tre n c h e d fu rth e r, fo rc ­ing r e ta i le r s to r in g up few er sa les an d fac to ries to cu t back production .

T he F e d e ra l R e se rv e ’s new s n a p ­sh o t o f b u s in e ss co n d itio n s n a t io n ­w ide, re le a se d W ednesday, suggested th e c o u n try ’s econom ic p ic tu re h as d a rk e n ed over the la s t tw o m onths. T he outlook a p p e a rs equally dim.

“O verall econom ic ac tiv ity c o n tin ­u ed to w e a k e n a c ro ss a lm o st all of th e F ed era l R eserv e 's d is tr ic ts ,” the re p o rt concluded.

To h e lp b ra c e th e eco n o m y , F ed C hairm an Ben B ern an k e an d his col­leag u es have signaled th a t they will leave a key in te re s t r a te a t reco rd - low levels for som e tim e.

In a n u n p r e c e d e n t e d m o v e l a s t m o n th , th e F ed r a tc h e te d dow n its ra te to hover be tw een zero and 0.25 p e rc en t. T he Fed will keep ra te s in th a t r a n g e a t i ts n e x t m e e tin g on Jan . 27-28 an d p robab ly for m uch — if no t all — of th is year, econom ists p red ic t. The Fed also h as p ledged to u se o th e r u n c o n v e n tio n a l to o ls to revive the economy.

The rec ess io n , w hich ju s t e n te re d its second year, a lread y is the longest in a q u a r te r - c e n tu r y an d a p p e a r s lik e ly to b e th e lo n g e s t d o w n tu rn since W orld W ar II.

M ost re ta ile rs re p o r te d “g en e ra lly n eg a tiv e” holiday sa les and a re c a u ­tio u s a b o u t s a le s p ro s p e c ts in th e m onths ah ead , acco rd ing to the Fed re p o rt based on in fo rm ation co llect­ed betw een la te N ovem ber and Jan . 5.

“ M an y r e t a i l e r s in th e

P h ila d e lp h ia , A tla n ta , K a n sa s City an d D allas d is tric ts expected con tin ­ued w eak n ess or sluggish sa le s ,” the r e p o r t s a id . “ E x p e c ta t io n s w e r e m ixed in th e C leveland d is tric t, and re ta ile rs in th e Boston d is tric t w ere w atchfu l. ”

This w eek a lone , reg io n a l d e p a r t­m en t s to re cha in G ottschalks Inc. pu t itse lf up for sa le and sa id it had filed to reo rg an iz e in a C hap ter 11 b a n k ­r u p tc y , d i s c o u n t c lo th in g c h a in Goody’s Fam ily C lothing also filed for C h a p te r 11 b a n k ru p tc y p ro te c tio n , an d luxury d e p a r tm e n t s to re re ta ile r N e im an M a rc u s G roup Inc . sa id it w as cu tting ab o u t 375 jobs.

“M any re ta ile rs becam e convinced th e G r in c h d id in d e e d s t e a l C h r is tm a s ,” C h a rle s P lo sse r, p r e s i­d en t of th e F ed era l R eserve B ank of P h i l a d e lp h ia , s a id in a s p e e c h W ednesday.

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S om etim es the s im p lest so lu tion is d ifficult to e m b ra ce or u n d e rs ta n d , espec ia lly w hen crow n ing a college foo tball n a tio n a l cham pion . F or m ore th a n h a lf a cen tu ry , an elite g ro u p of college football co ach es and jo u r ­n a lis ts “se le c te d ” th e cham pions th ro u g h the AP,UP1 o r C oaches polls. Yet f re ­quen tly they , could no t ag re e a t s e a so n ’s end.R arely did th e top tw o ra n k e d te am s play each o th e r on New Y ear’s Day.T he system w as re p le te w ith reg io n a l p re ju d ices , c lo sed -m inded tra d itio n s an d excuses.

M ost eg reg iously though , d ese rv in g ' te a m s w ere w illfully s ligh ted . Such w ere the 1968, 1969 and 1973 u n d e ­fea ted P en n S ta te team s. Only a f te r y e a rs an d enough sp o rts w rite rs lav ­ish in g im perv ioushess on to Penn S ta te , did u n d e fe a te d Joe R aterno te am s finally tra n s la te into cham pionsh ip s. Ironically , in D ecem ber 1973, th e top six ran k e d te am s w ere u n b e a te n a lth o u g h h a lf o f th em had a tie on th e ir rec o rd s . S ports w rite rs th e n , like th e ir c o u n te rp a r ts today, in cessan tly ex p la in ed aw ay th e ir p re ju d ices w ith th e sub jective excuse — low er ran k e d te am s like u n d e fe a te d P enn S ta te p layed a w e a k e r schedu le .

N otre D am e h a s fallen on both sides o f th o se m ed ia excuses. In s tr ic t a d h e re n c e to trad itio n in 1966, the Irish w on th e ch am p io n sh ip over an equa lly ta len ted M ichigan S ta te w hom they p layed to a tie in h e a d - to -h e a d com petition . M ore th a n tw o d ecad es la te r, N otre D am e su ffe red tw ice on th e in c o n sis te n t ap p lica tio n of the sam e s ta n d a rd . In 1989, v o te rs used th e h e a d - to -h e a d loss to M iam i to logi­cally n am e the H u rric an e s n a tio n a l cham pions . Yet, u n d e r the Bowl C om petition system in 1993, bo th

m a jo r polls listed a one-loss N otre D am e team beh ind a team they had b ea te n , a one-loss F lo rid a S ta le team . .Voters w an te d to give Coach Bobby Bow den his f irs t n a tio n a l c h a m p i­onsh ip u sing r id icu lo u s excuses like “FSU only lost by a touchdow n an d on N otre D am e’s fie ld .”

E ven tually th a t o u td a ted and closed th in k in g gave w ay to m o re eq u itab le effo rts w ith in th e c u r re n t Bowl C ham pionsh ip Series. A new se lec tion p rocess could only be b e tte r if few er vo te rs and m ore co m p u ta tio n s se lec ted the k ing o f foo tball. It k ep t the bowl system in ta c t, b u t still does no t alw ays d e te rm in e th e ch am p io n th ro u g h play on th e field. Now is the tim e for the BCS to m orph into the BCP — Bowl C ham pionsh ip Playoff.

Som e p ropose co n tin u in g the bowl se rie s b u t ad d in g a “p lus o n e ” final gam e. O thers su g g e st a s tra ig h t p layoff system like w ith the 2 4 -team Division II system , won th is y ea r by the M inneso ta D ulu th Bulldogs. T he plus one ap p ro a ch a lone is a lack ing so lu ­tion w hile the Division II sch ed u le is o v erb earin g . T he so lu tion is a p layoff hybrid th a t e lev a tes th re e bow ls on a ro ta tin g b asis an d pits th e top four te am s a g a in s t ea ch o th e r w ith the plus one ch am p io n sh ip gam e played a w eek a f te r New Y ear’s Day.

This year, im ag ine the Rose and S u g ar Bowls ho st a sem ifinal round th a t p ro d u ce s tw o te am s vying for the ch am p io n sh ip a w eek la te r in the O range Bowl. Bowl p a rtic ip a tio n w ould be u p g rad e d and ex p an d ed . F our te am s w ould now play h ea d -to -h e a d to d e te rm in e a cham pion . T his seaso n , h a lf of th e top e ig h t ran k e d te am s w ith one o r less losses could p a rtic ip a te .T he goal to em ploy is to ex p an d p a r tic ­ipation b efo re ch am p io n sh ip play in the le a s t d isru p tiv e m an n er. The BCP accom plishes th a t objective.

T he new BCP could also co rre c t c u r ­r e n t defic iencies. F irst, un d efea ted te am s like Boise S ta te o r U tah w ith a so -ca lled “le s s e r” sc h ed u les m igh t play the fou rth ran k e d team in D ecem ber to

d e te rm in e th e fo u rth p lace se ed in the playoff. No u n d e fe a te d te am shou ld su ffe r the ind ign ity of b eing perce ived as less th a n w orthy, espec ia lly w hen they w in every gam e of th e ir seaso n .

Secondly, the BCP shou ld re q u ire th a t a co n fe ren ce p re se n t only one e li­gible te am fo r th e top fo u r ra n k in g s a t se a so n ’s end . T h a t way, four s e p a ra te co n fe ren ces an d /o r in d e p en d e n t te am s could p a r tic ip a te in the tw o-w eek p lay ­off. W ho ca n c o n tra d ic t the a s se rtio n th a t given th is y e a r ’s bow l re su lts , the PAC 10 m ay h av e had the s tro n g e s t co n fe ren ce an d best team w ith USC by New Y ear’s Day? Im agine th e ex c ite ­m e n t an d ca lib e r o f a F lorida-USC spectacle .

N othing in th is new BCP p ro p o sa l le ssen s th e ex isting system ex cep t th a t tw o few er te am s w ould play in a bowl since the final tw o slo ts w ou ld be d e te rm in e d in o th e r bow ls a w eek before the ch am p io n sh ip gam e. It is m ore likely th a t a team such as N otre D am e w ith a 6-6 rec o rd th is y ea r w ould no t be inv ited to a bow l un less a n o th e r bow l w as e s tab lish ed . T h a t is hard ly a co n s id era tio n w hen d e te rm in ­ing w ho p lays in a ch am p io n sh ip p lay ­off.

Now, th e u n iv ers ity p re s id e n ts and bow l sp o n so rs n eed to w eigh the b e n e ­fits of a BCP. S end ing the top four te am s in to a p layoff is fa ir an d lu c ra ­tive w ith m o re bow ls p a rtic ip a tin g in the ch am p io n sh ip , m ore te am s vying to p lay for th e ch am p io n sh ip an d a m ore defin itive w ay of c ro w n in g th e c h a m p i­on, The BCP is so sim ple, even an a c a ­dem ic can u n d e rs ta n d its benefits .

Gary Caruso, Notre Dame '73, is a com m unications stra teg ist who served as a legislative and public a ffairs director in P resident C linton’s adm inistration. His column appears every other Friday. He can be contacted atGaryJCaruso@ alumni.nd.edu

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Diversity needed in metalD ear Mr. M iller,Y our a r tic le in W e d n e sd a y ’s O b se rv e r (“A

sim p le p le a ,” Ja n . 14) p iq u e d m y in te re s t . You se e , like y o u r fr ie n d P au l, I, too , am a n avid lis te n e r o f heav y m e ta l. A nd w h ile I a g re e th a t th e re is a c a n c e r g ro w in g on th e m u sic in d u stry , y o u r c h a ra c te r iz a tio n o f it is w ho lly in a c c u ra te .

You cla im th a t th e m usic in d u s try h a s m a n u fa c tu re d g e n re s in o rd e r to se ll t e r r i ­ble m usic to ea s ily m a lle a b le m usic fans. W hile th is m ay be t ru e , one of th e p r im a ry law s of eco n o m ics is th a t o f supp ly an d d e m a n d . L is te n e rs w ou ld n o t be b u y in g th is “g a r b a g e ,” a s you so su b tly r e fe r re d to it, if th e re w e re n o t a d e m a n d fo r it. H aw th o rn e H eigh ts w ou ld n o t w rite so n g s like Ohio Is F o r L overs (a rg u a b ly th e w o rs t m u sica l ab o rtio n ev e r fo isted up o n in n o c e n t ra d io lis te n e rs ) w ere it n o t fo r th e fac t th a t th e re a re th o u s a n d s o f b la c k -w e a r in g , M ySpace- u tiliz ing , p o e try - re a d in g Tim B u r to n - im ita t­ing em o fans.

My seco n d p o in t is th is: you say th a t “g e n re -f ic a tio n ” is a r tif ic ia l. It m ay be in som e m a in s tre a m m u sic , b u t c e r ta in ly n o t in m e ta l. T he re a so n th e re a re so m an y m e ta l g e n re s is b e c a u s e of th e s ty le ’s r ic h h is to ry an d d iv e rg e n t m u s ic a l p a th s . A w ell- v e rse d ja z z lis te n e r ca n te ll you th e d if fe r­en ce b e tw e e n early , m id d le a n d la te -p e r io d Jo h n C o ltra n e re c o rd s , a n d c a n d isc u ss th e p a r t ic u la r s o f th e su b tle m u s ic a l a r r a n g e ­m e n ts on M iles D av is’ “K ind of B lu e .”

L ikew ise, a n e d u c a te d m e ta lh e a d ca n d is ­co u rse a t le n g th on th e v a r ia tio n s in sty le

b e tw e e n C a n n ib a l C o rp se ’s e a r ly “Tom b of th e M u tila te d ” a n d th e m o re r e c e n t (and su c c in c tly titled ) “K ill.” T he w o rs t ex a m p le s o f in d u s try -b a s e d “g e n re -f ic a tio n ” in m e ta l a r e in s ig n if ic a n t c o m p a re d to th e rev o ltin g q u a litie s o f A m eric an Idol an d any given so n g on pop ra d io s ta tio n s .

At th e very w o rs t, y o u ’ll h e a r peo p le a t c o n c e r ts d isc u ss in g w h e th e r a b a n d is d e a th c o re o r d e a th m e ta l, o r p e rh a p s y o u ’ll find a s tic k e r on a CD th a t d e m a n d s you p u rc h a s e it if you like “S layer, Lam b o f God a n d M a sto d o n !” C o m p are th is to th e la s t 20 y e a rs o f pop ra d io , w h ich h av e la rg e ly b ee n b a s e d upon b a n d s sa y in g , “Hey, re m e m b e r th a t N irv a n a so n g w ith th e fou r ch o rd s? L e t’s do th a t fo r 12 t r a c k s !”

In co n c lu s io n , d e a r sir, if you w a n t an e x a m p le o f “g e n re - f ic a tio n ,” a v e r t y o u r eyes from m e ta l a n d s ta re in to th e d eep , d a rk re c e s s e s of th e pop an d r a p m usic in d u s tr ie s . Oh, a n d as fo r m e ta l b e in g the “m o st an n o y in g fo rm o f m usic o u t th e r e ,” 1 su b m it to you ev e ry A kon so n g ev e r w ritte n , w h ich you can f re q u e n tly h e a r b e in g b la re d a t 4 a .m . o u t o f th e do rm room n e x t to m ine .

Now I’ll go b ac k to lis te n in g to T he D illinger E scap e P lan (m a th c o re — yes, i t ’s a g e n re ) , O peth (p ro g re ss iv e d e a th m e ta l) a n d D e c a p ita te d ( tec h n ic a l d e a th m e ta l).

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B usiness of the Y ear Award from the M ichiana C hap ter o f the Society for H um an R esource M anagem ent (SHRM). T hose in the adm in is­tra tiv e offices, the Office of H um an R esources, Bob M cQuade an d m em b ers of th e N otre D am e fam ily a round the w orld had rea so n to ce leb ra te .

C elebration ... we ce leb ra te the victory for ou r University as a good business, and “am ong o th e r th ings, its s ta ff developm ent an d education p rogram s, h ea lth ca re b e n e ­fits.” For this, N otre D am e has re a so n to be p ro u d an d to ce leb ra te .

However, for ju s t one m om ent, we m ust rem em ber, accord ing to Pope Pius XI, “in th e firs t p lace , the w orker m u st be paid a w age sufficient to su p p o rt h im [her] an d his [her] fam ily.” Beyond h ea lth ca re , beyond s ta ff developm ent, Pius XI te lls us, first, th e w o rk er m ust be able to su p p o rt h im self/herse lf and h is /h er family. H ence, w hen w o rk e rs w ork m opping floors in office buildings dow ntow n by day an d a t som e build ing on ou r cam pus by n igh t ju s t to ea t, they a re no t ea rn in g enough from th e ir w ork a t ou r U niversity alone to su p p o rt a family. W hen m o thers bare ly spend a w aking m om ent w ith th e ir ch ild ren because they w ork the night sh ift in o u r academ ic buildings and spend the day s tan d in g in lines w ith food stam ps and sleep ing w hen they can, we a re not paying a tten tion to the w o rk e r as a

person .Pope John Paul II d em an d s (m aking th is not

an op tional choice), “We m u st pay m ore a t te n ­tion to the one w ho w orks th a t to w h a t th e w o rk e r does. The se lf-rea lization of the h u m a n p erson is th e m e asu re of w h a t is r ig h t an d w ro n g .” The question rem a in s th en — does h ea lth ca re (while n ecessa ry an d im p o r­tan t) m ake up for th e lack of a w age sufficient for living a dignified life — does s ta ff develop­m en t fill in the gaps w h ere food stam ps and poor living conditions can n o t qu ite reach ?

H ence, C ongratu la tions N otre D am e, for being the B usiness o f th e Year o f 2008, w e a re qu ite p ro u d of you. It is o u r p ray e r an d hope to the God of the pow erfu l an d of those w ho have no t yet rea lized th e pow er w ith in th e m ­selves th a t in the com ing y ea r you m ight see w h a t those w o rk e rs you em ploy actually live th ro u g h and experience on a daily basis o u t­side of you r g ran d build ings, floors perfectly ca rp e te d and w alls fresh ly p a in ted before accep ting such an honor.

We a re ND, an d a re called to a h ig h e r s ta n ­d a rd th a n this.W e m ay no t se ttle for less than ou r b es t w hen th e quality an d dignity of h u m an lives a re a t stake.

Alicia Quirosjunior

o ff campus Jan. 14

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File sharing helps more than it hurts

The thousands of students who illegally download music off the In ternet should be feeling a little m ore secure. T hat’s because last month, the Recording Industries Association of Am erica — a trade group rep re ­senting the m ajor recording labels in the music industry — announced an end to its relentless cam paign of filing expensive lawsuits against college students who engage in online file-sharing. Since 2003, the RIAA has specifically targeted college students because we are unlikely to fight the charges in court and will instead settle out of court for $3,000 per case.

After dozens of lawsuits brought the RIAA bad press, including cases w here the organization w as found to be suing m inors, the deceased, and even people w ithout com puters, the RIAA has finally changed its tune and is now asking individual In ternet service providers to do the policing them ­selves. But ju s t because the RIAA is done ripping off college students doesn’t m ean we should forget th a t file-sharing is still illegal. It’s still pos­sible to get in trouble with In ternet service providers because they have the power to slow or stop In ternet access for those who are downloading.

And th a t’s a problem because file-sharing shouldn’t be illegal, anyway.It’s an easy philosophical argum ent. Stealing music over the Internet

ju st isn’t really stealing. Music is only inform ation, and inform ation can ’t be stolen in such a way th a t the original inform ation is no longer avail­able. If you take the disc — the physical disc tha t the inform ation is on — then you’ve stolen because the ow ner no longer has access to th a t specif­ic disk.

But ju st downloading a song online isn’t technically stealing because you haven’t prevented anyone else from accessing th a t inform ation. W hat you did w as essentially produce a copy — a copy th a t is the sam e as the original in every single way, but is still available to everyone else.

In response to this line of thinking com es a deluge of criticism th a t all boil dow n to this fear: the artists a re n ’t getting credit for their music and they w on’t be able to m ake a living anym ore, resulting in the dem ise of the industry. But this fear is unfounded. Despite w hat the RIAA claims, record sales a re not diminishing substantially because of illegal dow n­loads. The RIAA contends th a t every illegally downloaded song is lost rev­enue, bu t ju s t because you downloaded a song doesn’t m ean you would have purchased it. A 2004 study conducted by econom ists entitled “The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales” concluded th a t “downloads have an effect on sales which is statistically indistinguishable from zero.”

It m ay even be true th a t file-sharing is good for the music industry. The online com munity is a g rea t place for new artists to gain exposure. You m ay not be willing to buy a CD by a band you’ve never h ea rd of, but you’d be m ore likely to download it and listen to it — and then m aybe you’ll recom m end this band to a friend who will buy the CD or go to the b an d ’s concert. You m ight even buy a T-shirt.

Aside from the possible benefits of file-sharing, ano ther good indication th a t downloading shouldn’t be illegal is th a t so m any people a re doing it and very few people think it’s w rong. The vast majority of American soci­ety does not break laws, and if m any people a re breaking them it p roba­bly m eans the laws are flawed, not the people. A study conducted by the Solutions Research Group in 2006 found tha t only 38 percent considered downloading a copyrighted song to be a “very serious offense.” Are the people who responded to the survey ju s t im m oral thieves? Not really. In the sam e study, 78 percen t of people surveyed said tha t taking a CD from a store w ithout paying w as a very serious offense. Fifty-nine percent con­sidered parking in a fire lane to be very serious. So it’s not tha t people are law breakers, it’s ju st th a t laws against file-sharing are mostly pointless.

With the RIAA backing off college students, it may be tem pting to forget about the legal status of file-sharing. Though few er lawsuits is a welcome change, th e re ’s no reason th a t anyone should be punished for download­ing, even w ith a punishm ent as trivial as a slowed In ternet connection.

Punishing illegal downloading ju s t isn’t necessary at all, because far from stealing, file-sharers are actually giving m usicians some positive press — and th a t’s m ore than can be said for the RIAA.

This column first appeared in the Jan. 13 edition o fThe Michigan Daily, the daily paper o f the University o f Michigan.

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

Robert Soave

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MARY JESSE I Observer Graphic

By ANALISE LIPARIScene Editor

J a n u a r y ’s o ffe rin g s a t th e D eB arto lo P e r f o r m in g A r ts C e n te r a r e o ff to a s trong s ta r t ton igh t a t 7 w hen the David D orfm an D ance opens a th ree -n ig h t run o f its l a te s t p ro g ra m , “u n d e r g r o u n d .” F irs t p e rfo rm e d a t th e 2006 A m erican D a n c e F e s t iv a l , “ u n d e r ­g ro u n d ” ta k e s its cu e s from the tu rb u len ce of 1960s poli­tics.

Black, w hite an d sh a d es of g ra y in A m e r ic a n a c tiv ism in sp ired the com pany to take to th e s t a g e w ith “u n d e r ­g ro u n d ,” w h ich is now to u r ­ing n a tio n a lly . T he p ro g ra m e x p lo r e s th e c o n te x t a n d a c t iv i t i e s o f th e W e a th e r U n d e rg ro u n d w ith an e n e r ­g e tic , ro c k -h e a v y sc o re a n d e x u b e r a n t c h o r e o g r a p h y . “U n d erg ro u n d ,” th ro u g h th e m ed ium of d a n c e , s e e k s to a s k q u e s t io n s a b o u t w h e re th e lin e s b lu r b e tw e e n ac tiv ism and te rro rism . Does an idealized political end justify violent m eans? The New York T im es h as called th e p ro g ram “a brave , a m b itio u s d e p a r tu r e fro m th e n o r m ,” an d it is su re to excite and in trigue au d i­e n c e s in th e D ecio M a in s ta g e T h e a tre tonight.

“U n d erg ro u n d ” will engage a varie ty of m edia th ro u g h o u t the perfo rm ance . With

a s c o re by J o n a th a n B e p le r , a v id e o design by Jacob P inholster (whose cred its include “W icked” and “S p am alo t”), and freq u en t use of in teg rated text, d ialogue a n d p r o t e s t fo o ta g e , “ u n d e r g r o u n d ” reflects th e com pany’s love of cross-d isc i­plinary, collaborative perfo rm ance art.

S urprisingly, th ese d iverg ing e lem en ts w ork to g e th er to form a cohesive whole. “[They] d o n ’t feel like a rtsy indu lgences,”

Jo y G oodw in w ro te in th e N ew Y ork S u n a f t e r th e N ovem ber 2006 p rem iere of “u n d e r g r o u n d ” a t th e Brooklyn A cadem y of Music. “T h e y fe e l l ik e b u i ld in g blocks of a lean , highly vis­ceral th ea trica l experience .”

In a s ta te m en t on the com ­p a n y ’s W eb s i te , D o rfm a n r e c a l l s b e in g a y o u n g t e e n a g e r d u r in g th e W eather U nderg round ’s high p ro file s e r ie s o f r io ts , th e “Days o f R age” in Chicago.

A lthough I w as only 13 ,” he says, “too y o u n g to be p ro te s t in g in th e C hicago s tre e ts , I re m e m b e r being aw ed by th e audacity of the W eatherm en .”

It is in the legacy of the group, how ever — in its “princip les, an d also in its foibles an d its r e g re ts ” —th a t D orfm an finds the in s p i r a t io n fo r “u n d e r g r o u n d . ” “ [T he p rogram ] will explore the inside w orld of po litica l ac tiv ism , ask in g th e questions: w hen can activism becom e te rro rism ... a n d is c o n d o n e d o r e n d o r s e d

killing/destruction ever ju stified ?”The show ’s ru n a t the Decio M ainstage

will a lso fe a tu re a “ta lk b a c k ” se ss io n with David Dorfm an afte r each p erfo rm ­ance. A udiences m em b ers will have the c h a n c e to s p e a k to D o rfm a n h im s e lf abou t the substance and style of “u n d e r­g r o u n d ” in w hat will likely be a q u es tio n - a n d - a n s w e r form at.

D a v i d D o r f m a n D an ce w ill no d o u b t c h a l ­lenge , en g ag e , and

F o u n d e d in 1 9 6 9 , th eW e a t h e r U n d e r g r o u n d w a s a na c tiv is t- tu rn e d - te r ro r is t o ffshoo t o f the S tu d en ts for a D em ocratic Society. The W eatherm en, w ho took th e ir nam e from a l in e in th e B ob D y la n s o n g “S u b te rran ean Homesick Blues,” a re best know n for a series of bom bings and riots th a t lasted until the mid 1970s.

T h e g ro u p r e s u r f a c e d in th e m e d ia r e c e n t ly a f t e r a c o n n e c t io n b e tw e e n t h e n - p r e s i d e n t i a l c a n d id a t e B a ra c k O b am a a n d W illiam A yers, a fo u n d in g m em ber, g a rn e re d m ed ia atten tion .

T h e B ro w n in g C in em a a lso re c e n tly a i r e d tw o f ilm s r e l a t e d to th e

W e a th e rm e n : th e 2 0 0 2 d o c u m e n ta ry “T h e W e a th e r U n d e rg ro u n d ,” a n d th e 2008 film “Chicago 10.” A udiences look­ing for m ore b ack g ro u n d on th e m ove­m en t can w atch e ith e r film to p re p a re for the David D orfm an Dance perfo rm ance .

David D orfm an D ance is a New York- b ased dance com ­p a n y w h ic h h a s p e r f o r m e d t h r o u g h o u t E u ro p e a n d th e A m e r ic a s . In th e com pany’s tw enty- fo u r y e a r h isto ry , it h a s p r o d u c e d b o th a r t is t ic p r o ­d u c t io n s , in c lu d ­in g 2 0 0 4 ’s“Im p e n d in g Jo y ,” a n d c o m m u n ity - b ased dance p ro j­e c ts b o th in N ew

York City and nationw ide.P erform ances begin ton igh t a t 7 p.m . in

the Decio M ainstage T h ea tre . T h ere a re a lso sh o w s on F r id a y a t 7 p .m ., a n d S atu rday a t 2 p.m. an d 7:30 p.m . Tickets cost $40 for g en e ra l adm ission , $32 for faculty and staff, $30 for sen io rs an d $15 for all studen ts. C ontact the box office a t the DeBartolo P erform ing A rts C enter at perfo rm ingarts .nd .edu for m ore in fo rm a­tion.

Contact Analise Lipari at alipari@nd.edu

David Dorfman Dance

“underground” Tonight 7 p.m.

Decio M ainstage Theatre

With a score by Jonathan Bepler, a video design by Jacob Pinholster

(whose credits include “W icked” and “Spam alo t”), and freg u en t use o f

integrated text, dialogue and protest footage, “underground” reflects the com pany’s love o f cross-disciplinary,

collaborative performance art.

MARY JESSE I Observer Graphic

By STEPH A N IE DePREZAssistant Scene Editor

It is an honorable thing to celebrate base­ball season. My room m ate avidly celebrates hockey season. We all gleefully (if not nerv­ously) aw ait football season. But this, my fr ie n d s , is th e g r e a te s t s e a so n o f all. Basketball season? Oh, no! It’s aw ards sea­son! This fabulous time of year comes around every January — the glorious reprieve from the w inter doldrums of post-Christmas time. While others are taking down holly and pack­ing up lights, Hollywood is rolling out (lie red c a r p e t a n d sh o p p in g fo r d ia m o n d s . Competition to win everything from an Oscar to Best D ressed is in the air, and it is the grandest of spectator sports.

A w ards season begins w ith the Golden Globes, kicking off the festivities in early January. They usually do a pretty good job of predicting the heavy hitters of the Hollywood Super Bowl held the last Sunday in February, the Academy Awards. In between we have the SAGs, the aw ards given by the Screen Actors Guild. H ere’s a breakdow n of each aw ards ceremonies.

The Golden Globes are awards given out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, or HFPA. Hence all the w inners thanking the “Hollywood Foreign P ress .” But w ho are these m ad m en (and women)? They are a group of about 90 journalists who are based out of southern California and write about — you guessed it — movies and television. They attend all the usual press conferences and screenings surrounding the promotion of a picture. At the end of the year they get togeth­er and vote on the best of the best from televi­sion and motion pictures and host the Golden Globe Awards, which is basically just a big tel­evised charity dinner. The HFPA is mostly funded by the Golden Globes, and they donate the m oney from the cerem ony to various entertainm ent related charities. The lesson here? If a bunch of people with the power to control the critical reception of your film tell you they w ant to host their own aw ards show, you go with it.

The Screen Actors Guild is the union for Actors who, well, do screen work (as opposed to stage), which ranges from movies to video games. They are the actor’s counterpoint to the lovely association of writers who halted Hollywood last year with a strike and left us

lacking a Golden Globes ceremony. Uke the W riter’s Guild of Am erica (WGA), SAG has been threatening to go on strike for pretty much the same reasons as WGA did last year, with in te rnet rights and com pensation for new electronic and alternative forms of distri­bution of their films. So far there has been no strike, but SAG is not yet content, and with good reason. Keep your eyes on these guys and let’s pray it gets resolved nicely so we w on’t have another bleak season of never- ending reruns.

The SAG a w a rd s a re voted on by over100,000 members. This is, for all intents and purpose, the most democratic aw ards cere­mony. It is for actors by actors. It includes funky little c a te g o r ie s like B est S tu n t Ensemble. It also has my personally favorite categories: Best Comedy Series Ensem ble, Best Drama Series Ensemble and Best Motion Picture Cast. These air Sunday, January 25th.

Then comes the Big One, the Mother Load of Cinema Awards: the Oscars! Hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, these awards are historically the most signifi­cant and the ones people dream of winning. This is the only ceremony with its own broad­cast of the nominee announcem ents, which

will be Jan . 22 a t 8:30a.m . The Academ y Awards will be held February 22.

The Academy w as founded in 1927 by a bunch of Hollywood big wigs, and has about6 ,000 m em b ers of p ro d u ce rs , d irec to rs , actors, art directors and cinematographers. These guys are the cream of the crop in the cinema world and have a legacy longer than the HFPA or SAG, and therefore com m and the most respect when they decide to dole out awards. Their aw ards are strictly motion pic­ture oriented, so sorry, Tina, you can’t pick up anything here. Unless of course they invent a category called We Thought Tina Fey Needed Another Award, which is always possible. But the real question is, why are they called the Oscars? Well, legend has it M argaret Herrick, Executive Secretary of the Academy back in the day, saw one of the first statuettes and said it reminded her of her Uncle Oscar.

So there you have it, aw ards season enthu­siasts. Go forth, now, and watch knowledge­ably, root fiercely and bask delightedly in all the glitz and glamour of the next two months.

Contact Stephanie DePrez at sdeprez@nd.edu

Thursday, January 15, 2009

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I Let the Right One in (2 0 0 8 ), 6 :30 p.m., |Browning Cinema

If you arc a fan of “Twilight,” this movie might 1 [just be the thing to satisfy your craving for another I 1 vampire-human love story. Edward Cullen. In this I I film,12-year-old Oskar is the victim of incessant I I bullying from his intimidating and condescending I I peers, but that all changes once he befriends fellow j 112-year-old Eli who has been stuck as a pre-teen I I for many more years than normal. With the arrival 1 I of Eli also comes the arrival of suspicious disap-J [pearances and gruesome murders, an indicator of I w hat might come when she eventually steps up to J I defend Oskar. Be prepared to find yourself on an I I em otional rollercoaster as you contem plate the I I complex friendship these two children have formed J land the decisions they make as they figure out life’s I [difficulties and their own blossoming love. Tickets J [are $6, $5 faculty/staff and $3 for all students.

[Body of Lies, 8 :0 0 and 1 0 :3 0 p.m., 1 0 1 IDebartolo

Looking for a fast pace th riller w ith tw ists [ la n d tu r n s ? C heck o u t th e la te s t film by I [ a w a r d w in n in g d i r e c to r R id le y S c o tiJ (Gladiator; A m erican Gangster, Black I lawk [

[Dow n), “Body of L ies.” T he film p its CIAl [operative Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio)I [a g a in s t h is h a n d le r Ed H offm an (R usse ll) |C row e) w hen Hoffm an goes beh ind F e rr is ’ [b ac k on a c o u n te r - te r ro r is t o p e ra tio n in i [ J o rd a n n e a r ly g e t t in g F e r r is k illed a n d ! [s tra in in g the o p e ra tiv e ’s re la tio n sh ip w ith ) [ th e h e a d o f th e J o r d a n ia n G e n e r a l : [ in te l l ig e n c e D e p a r tm e n t , H an i S a la a m j [(M ark Strong). Things get tense w hen F erris j [ fa lls in lo v e w ith a J o r d a n ia n h o s p i t a l : [nu rse , A isha (Golshifteh F arahan i), and s h e | [is kidnapped. Tickets a re $3.

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Philip Seymour Hoffman, a chameleon of sorts) [whose recent roles have ranged from a blunt case! I officer and division chief for the CIA in “Charlie [ I Wilson’s W ar” to a possibly homosexual priest in i

“Doubt,” steals the show as a theater director in! “Synecdoche, New York.” The movie’s tide plays|

[w ith w ords by rhym ing with the location of the! [movie, Schenectady, New York. Director, Cadeni [Cotard (Hoffinan) runs into a midlife crisis w hen) [his wife leaves him, his relationship with a new s [interest falls apart and his health deteriorates. To I [move past these negative barriers he changes loca-| [tion and pours his soul into the production of his I [theater masterpiece. Audiences will w ant to both) [laugh and cry in this tragicomedy that tails the life) [of a m an dealing with the everyday battles of life.

Tickets are $6, $5 faculty/staff and $3 for all stu-[ I dents.

[Sherlock Holmes the Final Adventure, [3 :00 p.m., Elkhart Civic Theatre

A perform ance full of danger, hum or and a j [good dose of surprise that will keep audiences) [intrigued as they follow the story of the fam ous[ [fic tional d e tec tive S herlock H olm es’s fina l) [adventure. When the King of Bohemia is about) [to be blackmailed by the famous opera singer) [Irene Adler, Holmes and his trusty sidekick) [Doctor Watson jum p into the mix solving crim es) lan d simultaneously trying to win hearts as they) [get mixed up in this mess of a case. Explore, dis ) I cover and laugh with these two well-loved char ) jacters at the Elkhart Civic Theatre this weekend) [in an adaptation that promises nothing less than) j a good dose of quality entertainment.

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Hall DishBy MICHELLE FORDICEAssistant Scene Editor

W elcom e back! Yes, i t’s tim e to p u t o u r no ses to th e g r in d s to n e aga in an d c a rry on w ith the re s t o f th e y e a r . S o o n th e w o rk is g o in g to b e p i l in g u p lik e th e snow ou tside , so m ake su re you u se y o u r m e a ls to ta k e a r e a l b rea k from the day.

S choo l c a n be s t r e s s fu l ; it is im p o r ta n t to ta k e a n h o u r fo r d in n e r , e n jo y t im e w ith y o u r f r ie n d s , an d ta k e a d v a n ta g e of th e c h a n c e to e a t s o m e th in g ta s ty . E n d e a v o r to m a k e s u r e y o u r m e a ls a r e n ’t ju s t a n o th e r ta s k in th e d a y b u t s o m e th in g you ca n en joy . A nd a s a lw a y s , D ining Hall Dish is h e re to help.

This w ee k ’s rec ipes:

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T his is a n easy w ay to diversify y o u r t r ip to th e M e x ic a n b a r . P o p u larized by th e ev e r p re se n t T aco Bell c h a in , d o u b le -d e c k e r t a c o s a r e a f a i r l y s u c c e s s f u l a tte m p t to ja z z up th e tr ie d an d t r u e e n t r e e . T h a n k s to C h a rlie V o g e lh e im fo r s u b m i t t in g th is idea.

1. H ea d to th e M e x ica n b a r an d se lec t a taco she ll an d one of th e sm all flou r to r tilla s .

2. Fill it up w ith you r favorite in g r e d i e n t s : b e e f o r c h ic k e n , c h e e s e , l e t tu c e , to m a to , s a l s a an d b ea n s . If you w a n t to m ake it a b it h ea lth ie r, try u sing b ea n s from th e s a la d b a r r a th e r th a n th e r e f r ie d b e a n s ( th o u g h th e y a re p re tty delicious.).

3. S p r e a d a t h in l a y e r o f re fried b ea n s on to the to rtilla .

4 . W ra p th e to r t i l l a a r o u n d the taco shell. F or a n o th e r tw ist, ad d c h e d d a r ch eese on top of the

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s a l a d is f e a t u r e d o n a lo t o f m en u s in re s ta u ra n ts . H e re ’s one you c a n p u ll o ff in th e d in in g hall.

T h a n k s to C h a rlie V ogelheim for in sp irin g th is rec ip e an d c re ­a tin g the d ressing .

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After delay, Pitt holds on to No. 1 at homeSpartans survive scare from upset-minded N ittany Lions; Duke overcomes poor shooting to beat Georgia Tech

AP

Pittsburgh's Tyrell Biggs goes up for a layup in front of of South Florida's Moboiaji Ajayi in the first half of the Panthers’s 75-63 win Wednesday

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PITTSBURGH — The gam e sta rt­ed late — and, for the second time in fou r days, so did to p -ra n k ed Pittsburgh.

Tyrell Biggs w as P itt’s lead ing scorer the first tim e in his career w ith 16 points, and the Panthers struggled early for the second time in as m any gam es since reaching No. 1 before pulling away to beat South Florida 75-62 on Wednesday night.

“T ea m s a r e go in g to p lay us tough,” said point guard Levance Fields, who had 11 points and 13 assists. “Everybody expects us to win by 20 or 30 points, but the (Big E ast) c o n fe re n c e ju s t is n ’t like that.”.

Sam Young scored 14 points and DeJuan Blair had 13 points and 18 rebounds to help Pittsburgh (16-0, 4-0) achieve the third-best sta rt in school history. The 1927-28 team w ent 21-0 and coach Jam ie Dixon’s 2003-04 team w as 18-0 during his first season.

The s ta r t w as delayed 20 m in­u te s by a ru sh -h o u r snow sto rm th a t clogged city streets and caused South Florida’s bus and the gam e officials to arrive la te. Dixon got within two blocks of the Petersen Events Center, sa t for 30 m inutes and finally parked because of the standstill traffic.

“We looked a little laid back — no m ore of them (late starts),” Blair sa id , sm iling. “You’ve got to get h e re on tim e or som ething. They cam e ou t shooting good and our defense w as sluggish.”

The Panthers did m uch the same thing against St. John’s on Sunday, lead ing 41-36 a t halftim e before going on to win 90-67.

W ith B lair co n s tan tly h e lp in g them get second-chance points, the P anthers shot 29-of-59 (49.2 p e r­cent) — 10-of-18 (55.6 percen t) from 3-point range after they came in shooting 34.1 percent. Blair, the nation’s leading offensive rebound­

er, has 50 rebounds in his last three games — an average of m ore than 16 per game.

“I’ve been w aiting for us to get th a t going, the 3-point shooting,” Dixon said. “W e’re not going to lead the nation in it, but w e’re get­ting better.”

Dominique Jones and Augustus Gilchrist scored 22 points each and Chris H ow ard h a d 13 for South Florida (6-10, 1-3), which repeat­edly had trouble getting more than one shot on any possession, while being outrebounded 37-23.

The Bulls, playing a No. 1 team for the third time in school history, might have gotten a burst of confi­dence from an 80-58 win at DePaul on Saturday — only the ir second Big East road win. But they could­n ’t sustain several comebacks and finally fell behind by as many as 17.

“They taught a lesson in how to rebound,” coach Stan Heath said. “We w ould get a defensive stop, you’d think we w ere in good shape, but Blair would go get it.”

S o u th F lo r id a ’s o th e r g am es against No. 1 team s w ere a 75-39 loss to North Carolina on Dec. 12, 1 9 8 1 , a n d a n 8 9 -7 2 lo ss to Cincinnati on Jan . 29, 2000. The Bulls have lost 24 consecutive road gam es against ranked teams.

P itt p lays its n e x t five gam es against team s tha t are or recently w ere nationally ran k ed , s ta rting Saturday a t No. 20 Louisville. The P a n th e rs d id n ’t f ig u re to h av e m u c h tro u b le a g a in s t S o u th Florida, which is 8-46 in Big East play, 2-25 on the road.

But the Bulls hit a succession of off-balance and tough-angle shots to rally from deficits of 7-0, 16-7 and 30-22 to keep the gam e close, and trailed only 41-39 early in the second half — causing a few nerv­ous fans in the late-arriving crowd of 12,508 to w onder when the real Panthers would show up.

T hat happened w hen Pitt w ent on a 15-4 ru n to stretch a 47-44 lead into a m ore comfortable 62-48

advan tage w ith 8:51 rem ain ing . Fields hit a 3-pointer w ith 15:18 rem ain ing to m ake it 50-44 and Biggs s c o re d a h e a d o f B rad W anam aker’s 3-pointer tha t gave Pitt its first double-digit lead at 55- 44. Young’s 3 pushed it to 60-47.

Biggs’ career high was 19 points last season, but he w asn’t the lead­ing scorer in that game.

“Is that right?” Biggs, a 6-foot-8 senior, said of his first team-leading performance. “Well, that’s good.”

Among those finally reaching the a ren a w as Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes, a fo rm er Ohio State player who sat in the student section and wore an “Oakland Zoo” T-shirt, like the 1,500 students who ring the courtside section for each game.

Michigan State 78, Penn State 73

Two of the Big Ten’s best young p o in t g u a rd s d u e le d dow n th e stretch of a tight game.

In the end, Michigan State’s Kalin Lucas stepped up at the free throw line to stave off a furious comeback by P en n S ta te a n d c o u n te rp a r t Talor Battle.

Lucas w ent 6-of-8 from the line in the final 2 minutes and Raymar M organ scored 17 points as the sev en th -ran k ed S p artan s nearly gave up a 17-po in t lead befo re holding on for a victory Wednesday night.

“W e h a d o u r h a n d s fu ll ,” M ichigan S ta te coach Tom Izzo said. “We w ere lucky to win. ”

G oran S uton ad d ed 13 po in ts and 14 rebounds for the Spartans (14-2, 4-0 Big Ten), who won their 10th straigh t and are off to their best conference s ta rt since 1977- 78.

Down by 17 points w ith 13:39 left, Penn State (13-5,2-3) mounted a furious comeback, getting within 71-70 with 1:30 left after an off- balance 3 from Battle.

He fell to the court as the shot w ent through the hoop, whipping the crowd into a frenzied chorus of “Let’s go State!”

“That run may not have been as possible without those guys cheer­ing us on, giving us that little extra boost,” said Battle, who credited the m ore athletic Spartans for tir­ing Penn State out early.

“We had them right there on the ropes,” Battle said.

But the N ittany Lions cou ldn ’t break through as Lucas, who fin­ished with 15 points, hit four free throws after Battle’s 3.

Both Battle and Lucas are light­ning-quick sophomore guards who can blow by defenders and create open shots for teamm ates. They’re two of the top scoring guards in the Big Ten.

Jam elle Cornley led the Nittany Lions with a career-high 26 points, while Battle finished with 20.

But Lucas had a little m ore help, with four Spartans scoring in dou­ble figures.

In typical Michigan State fashion,

th e S p artan s also ou trebounded Penn State 41-24. They controlled the lane, especially during a 26-8 run over the last 11:10 of the first half, w hich included a 7 -m inute field goal drought for Penn State.

The Spartans seemingly couldn’t miss, getting easy drives and hitting open ju m p e rs in tak ing a 42-29 halftime lead. The lead climbed to 55-38 after Durrell Sum m ers’ free throw with 13:39 left in the game.

“We stopped defending, I guess,” Battle said. “Coach (Ed DeChellis) was livid at us at halftime.”

DeChellis w as a little m ore sub­dued after the game.

“I d o n ’t know w h a t w o rd we used, but I ju st w asn’t happy with ou r defense in the first half,” he said. “I thought we w ere playing against them instead of them play­ing against us.”

P en n S ta te p la y e d d re a d fu l spurts of interior defense midway through the game before clamping down in the second half, setting up the tense closing minutes between Lucas and Battle.

Battle hit a jum per to close the deficit to four with 3:33 left.

T hen he d a r te d in to th e lan e before hitting Cornley for an open layup to ge t w ith in 69 -67 w ith about 2:30 left.

Izzo said his team suffered from offensive lulls, and got frustrated by Battle down the stretch.

“Yeah, I’m disappoin ted w e’re still not finishing,” Izzo said. “We have to do a better job of finishing.”

The loss snapped Penn S ta te ’s se v e n -g a m e w in n in g s t r e a k a t home against Big Ten opponents.

Duke 70, Georgia Tech 56Duke picked the right opponent

to have a miserable night shooting.

G e ra ld H e n d e rso n a n d Kyle Singler scored 19 points each and the third-ranked Blue Devils over­came their worst shooting gam e of the season in their seventh straight victory, pulling away for a win over sloppy Georgia Tech on W ednesday night.

Duke (15-1, 3-0 A tlantic Coast Conference) w as just 23-of-59 from the field, a 39-percent perform ance th a t would have been enough to get them beat on many nights. Not this one.

Georgia Tech (9-7, 0-3) turned it over 18 tim es, w en t only 7-of-19 from the free throw line and start­ed with th ree straight ACC losses for the secSnd straight season.

Lewis Clinch hit a 3-pointer that pulled the Yellow Jacke ts w ithin 46-41 w ith ju s t over 8 m in u tes rem a in in g . B ut Jo n S cheyer h it tw ice from beyond th e a rc an d H e n d e rso n a lso sw ish e d a 3, stretching the m arg in far beyond co m eb a ck ra n g e fo r a te a m of G eorgia T ech’s lim ited offensive skills.

Zachery Peacock, with 13 points, w as the only player in double fig­u res for the Yellow Jackets, who w ere a little m ore accurate from th e field (41 p ercen t) th a n they were from the line (37 percent).

Duke’s previous w orst shooting effort w as a 41 p e rc e n t ag a in s t Virginia Tech on Jan . 4. But the Blue Devils, who also started dis­mally a t the line, hit enough free throw s down the s tre tch to bury the Yellow Jackets.

G eorgia Tech su rp ris in g ly led through most of the first half, build­ing its largest lead w hen Peacock laid it in off a nifty pass from Lewis Clinch to m ake it 23-15 about 12 minutes into the game.

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Duke's David McClure and Georgia Tech's Nick Foreman battle for a rebound during the second half of Duke’s.70-56 win Wednesday.

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1 Pittsburgh 773 12 Duke 729 23 Wake Forest 725 44 Connecticut 660 55 Oklahoma 617 66 North Carolina 611 37 UClA 576 78 Syracuse 560 99 Clemson 528 1110 Michigan State 503 1211 Texas 421 712 Georgetown 365 1013 NOTRE DAME 363 1314 Marquette 353 1515 Arizona State 328 1616 Xavier 279 1817 Minnesota 262 1918 Butler 256 2019 Purdue 182 1420 Louisville 173 2121 Baylor 159 2322 Villanova 110 1723 California 109 NR24 Michigan 78 NR25 St. Mary’s (CA) 62 NR

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1 Connecticut 775 12 North Carolina 744 23 Oklahoma 701 34 NOTRE DAME 656 45 Baylor 638 56 Texas A&M 600 67 ' Stanford 580 78 Auburn 559 89 California 517 910 Duke 516 1011 Louisville 498 1212 Virginia 415 1413 Ohio State 378 1714 Kansas State 340 1815 Tennessee 333 1116 Maryland 326 1517 Texas 292 1218 Vanderbilt 229 2419 Florida 203 1920 Iowa State 180 2521 South Dakota State 133 2322 Oklahoma State 95 2123 Rutgers 75 1624 Xavier 54 NR25 Georgia Tech 46 22

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Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford drops back to pass during the first quarter of the Sooners’ win over Missouri in the Big 1 2 Championship game. The Heisman trophy winner announced that he will return for his junior year.

Bradford staying at OklahomaAssociated Press

NORM AN, O k la . — H e ism a n T ro p h y w in n e r Sam Bradford w asn ’t ready to give up the life of a col­le g e q u a r te r b a c k — n o t w ithout a national cham pi­onship.

T h e th i r d - y e a r s o p h o ­m o re q u a r t e r b a c k w ill r e tu r n to O k lah o m a n e x t s e a s o n , p a s s in g on a c h a n c e to be a h ig h NFL draft pick.

“ I ’ve d r e a m e d a b o u t playing a t O klahom a since I w as little, an d m y th ree years here have been p rob ­ably th ree of the b est years of my life, and I really feel th a t th e re ’s no need to cut th is e x p e r ie n c e s h o r t , ”

B radfo rd sa id W ednesday a t a new s conference.

“I’m re a lly look ing fo r ­w ard to com ing back and c o m p e tin g fo r a f o u r th s t r a ig h t B ig 12 c h a m p i­onship and an o th er oppor­tunity a t a national cham ­pionship.”

H is r e tu r n a lso m e a n s ano ther shot a t a H eism an T rophy. A rch ie G riffin of Ohio S tate is the only play­e r to w in tw o H e ism an s . F lo rid a q u a r te rb a c k Tim Tebow , th e 20 0 7 w in n er, f in is h e d th i r d b e h in d B rad fo rd in th e H eism an voting this season.

F o r th e f i r s t t im e , th e to p - th re e v o te -g e tte rs for th e H e ism an T rophy w ill r e tu rn to college football.

T eb o w a n n o u n c e d h is in te n t io n s S u n d a y a n d T e x a s q u a r t e r b a c k C olt McCoy sa id h e ’d be b ac k for h is sen io r season long before the Longhorns w on the F iesta Bowl.

B rad fo rd led th e na tio n w ith 50 touchdow n passes an d a q u a r te rb a c k ra tin g of 180 .8 . He likely w ould have been one of the first q u a r t e r b a c k s ta k e n in April’s draft.

I n s te a d , B ra d fo rd w ill ta k e a n o t h e r r u n a t a n a t io n a l c h a m p io n s h ip w ith O k la h o m a . T h e re c o rd -b re a k in g q u a r te r ­back led the Sooners to the BCS c h a m p io n s h ip g am e th is se aso n , b u t th ey lost 24-14 to Florida.

“Obviously it’s frustra ting to e n d w ith a lo ss an d I w an t to com e back and fin­is h m y c a r e e r th e r ig h t w ay: on a w in ,” B radford said. “I w ould ̂ a y it had a little bit of an influence on m y d e c is io n , b u t I re a lly tried to keep th a t out of my m in d b e c a u s e th a t cou ld h a v e l im ite d m y s e lf to m a k in g th e b e s t dec ision for m e.”

B rad fo rd also le t it slip th a t t ig h t e n d J e r m a in e G re s h a m a n d o f fe n s iv e l in e m a n T re n t W illia m s also dec id ed n o t to e n te r the d ra f t early . D efensive ta c k le G era ld McCoy h as also said h e ’ll be back for a n o th e r s e a s o n w ith th e Sooners.

In B riefJury sides with Burress on damage to borrowed car

LEBANON, Pa. — A Pennsylvania ju ry has sided w ith Plaxico B urress in a d ispu te over how m uch the New York G iants s ta r should pay in d am ­a g e s fo r a c a r h e b o r ro w e d th a t ended up getting im pounded by New York City police.

A ju r y in L e b a n o n C o u n ty civ il c o u r t d e c id e d W e d n e s d a y t h a t B u rre ss ow es $ 1 ,7 0 0 in d a m a g e s , fa r less th a n the $19,000 sought by th e d e a le r w ho lo a n e d th e c a r to B urress.

B u r r e s s d e c l in e d to c o m m e n t a f te rw a rd a n d w a s fo llo w ed by a sm all c ro w d o f fan s se ek in g a u to ­g raphs.

B u r re s s te s t if ie d th a t h is a g e n t a r r a n g e d fo r th e C h e v ro le t A valanche in 2005. B urress disputed th a t he had ag reed to m ake p e rso n ­al ap p e a ran c es for the dealersh ip .

New York police la te r im pounded the tru ck afte r it w as connected to a shooting incident.

M ets’ Santana unsu re if h e ’ll p itc h in WBC_ NEW YORK — J o h a n S a n ta n a is unsure w hether h e ’ll be able to pitch in the W orld Baseball Classic follow­ing offseason knee surgery.

The tw o-tim e Cy Young Award w in­n e r said W ednesday h e ’d love to play for h is n a tiv e V enezuela in M arch , b u t th e N ew York M ets will d e te r ­m ine w h e th e r to c le a r h im for th e WBC.

A fter a b r illia n t f irs t season w ith the M ets, S an tan a had arth roscop ic surgery Oct. 1 on to rn cartilage in his left knee. He said he feels good and he m ight rep o rt about a w eek early to New York’s sp ring tra in in g cam p in Port St. Lucie, Fla., next m onth.

Several Mets s ta rs a re expected to ta k e p a r t in the . W BC, in c lu d in g D avid W rig h t, Jo se R eyes, C a rlo s B e ltran , C arlos D elgado, F rancisco R o d r ig u e z a n d r e l i e v e r P e d ro Feliciano.

V enezuela’s first gam e in the WBC is M arch 7 against Italy in Toronto.

Irvin ca lm ly ch a ts w ith gunm an about C ow boys

DALLAS — H all o f F am e receiver M ichael Irvin says he calm ly cha tted w ith a g u n m a n in a n o th e r veh icle a f te r th e a rm e d p a s se n g e r tu rn e d out to be a D allas Cowboys fan.

Irvin, w ho w as no t h a rm e d , says he w as “very a fra id .”

A D allas police re p o r t says Irv in w as stopped a t a red ligh t M onday n ig h t w h e n tw o m e n in a t r u c k pulled up nex t to him .

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APPatriots vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli holds the Vince Lombardi trophy during New England’s 2005 Super Bowl parade.

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APCardinals receiver Anquan Boldin catches p asses during practice Wednesday. Boldin may play in Saturday’s NFC Championship.

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In a d d i ­t i o n , t h e C h i e f s a r e a b o u t $ 3 2 m i l l i o n u n d e r t h e s a l a r y c a p , e x t r a m o n e y t h a t w i l l c o m e in h a n d y b e c a u s e KC o w n s t h e o v e r a l l N o .3 p ic k in th e d ra f t . B e s id e s th a t , th e r e a r e a n u m b e r of p r o m i s i n g y o u n g p l a y e r s w ho E d w a rd s w a s c o u n tin g on a s th e fo u n d a t io n o f h is r e b u i ld in g p ro je c t .

P io l i , t h e s o n - i n - l a w o f M ia m i D o lp h in s b o s s B ill P a r c e l ls , h a s b e e n h o n o r e d m a n y t im e s fo r h is c o n t r i ­b u t i o n s to t h e P a t r i o t s ’ t h r e e S u p e r B ow l c h a m p i ­o n sh ip s . W ith P io li w o rk in g w ith B e lic h ic k , th e P a tr io ts u s e d a n e f fe c tiv e m ix - a n d - m a tc h o f t r a d e s , f re e a g e n t s ig n i n g s a n d d r a f t s e l e c ­t i o n s to d o m i n a t e t h e le a g u e . In 2 0 0 7 , s ix p la y e r s d r a f t e d b y P io l i a n d B e l i c h i c k m a d e t h e P r o Bow l.

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p e r s o n n e l e x e c u t iv e in th e N FL , a n d w e lo o k f o r w a r d to h is l e a d e r s h i p in b u i ld ­in g a c h a m p io n s h ip o r g a n i ­z a t io n .”

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m i n i n g a l l p o s s i b l e r e s o u r c e s to h e l p c o a c h B e l i c h i c k a n d h is s ta f f f i e l d t h e p l a y e r s n e e d e d to w in c o n s i s ­t e n t l y . H e h a s p l a y e d a n i m p o r ­t a n t r o le in b u i l d i n g a c h a m p i ­o n s h i p t r a ­d i t i o n w i th p la y e r s t h a t

I am p r o u d to c a ll P a t r io t s . ” P io li’s NFL c a r e e r s t a r t e d

w h e n B e l ic h ic k h i r e d h im a s a p ro p e r s o n n e l a s s i s ta n t f o r t h e B r o w n s in 1 9 9 2 . B e lic h ic k th e n b r o u g h t h im to N e w E n g l a n d s h o r t l y a f te r h e b e c a m e h e a d c o a c h o f th e P a tr io ts .

F r o m 2 0 0 0 - 0 8 , t h e P a t r i o t s w e r e a n N F L -b e s t 1 0 2 -4 2 in th e r e g u l a r s e a ­so n a n d r a n g u p 14 p la y o ff w in s .

“ To s u m u p in w o r d s e v e r y t h i n g S c o t t P io li h a s m e a n t to th i s o r g a n iz a t io n a n d to m e p e r s o n a l ly w o u ld b e d if f ic u lt , i f n o t im p o s s i ­b le ,” s a id B e lic h ic k . “F ro m th e d a y 1 m e t h im , h e h a s d e m o n s t r a te d a p a s s io n fo r fo o tb a l l a n d r e s p e c t fo r th e g a m e t h a t i s s e c o n d to n o n e .”

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E d w a r d s ’ s t a tu s . T h a t m a y h a v e b e e n a p o in t o f d is c u s ­s io n b e tw e e n P io li a n d H u n t w h e n th e y n e g o t ia te d th e i r d e a l. H u n t s ig n e d o ff on th e r e b u i l d i n g p r o j e c t t h a t E d w a rd s la u n c h e d th is y e a r a n d s a id in t r a i n i n g c a m p h e k n e w i t w o u l d b e a p a in fu l p ro c e s s e a r ly on .

A n d i t c e r t a i n l y w a s . B e s e t by in ju r y , i n c lu d in g s e a s o n - e n d i n g m i s h a p s to t h e to p tw o q u a r t e r b a c k s , t h e C h i e f s b e a t o n ly O a k la n d a n d D e n v e r a n d s e t a n u m b e r o f t e a m r e c o r d s fo r d e fe n s iv e f u t i l i ­ty. T h e ir 10 s a c k s w e re an N F L -low s in c e th e s t a t w a s k e p t b e g in n in g in 1 9 8 1 .

Y et, w h e n h e a n n o u n c e d th e r e s ig n a t io n on D ec . 15 o f p r e s id e n t , CEO a n d g e n ­e r a l m a n a g e r P e t e r s o n , H u n t s a i d h e t h o u g h t E d w a rd s w a s th e b e s t m a n f o r t h e C h i e f s p r o g r a m g o in g f o rw a r d . B u t h e a lso s a id th e n e w g e n e r a l m a n ­a g e r w o u ld h a v e “ s i g n i f i ­c a n t i n p u t ” in to t h e f i n a l d e c is io n .

E d w a r d s ’ f i r s t s e a s o n in K a n s a s C ity w a s a h it . T h e C h i e f s w e n t 9 - 7 in 2 0 0 6 a n d c a p tu r e d th e la s t w ild ­c a r d p l a y o f f s p o t . T h e y w e r e r o u t e d b yI n d ia n a p o l i s , b u t E d w a r d s w a s j u s t t h e f i f t h m a n to ta k e tw o d if f e r e n t te a m s to th e p o s t s e a s o n in h is f i r s t y e a r ; h e a lso d id it in 2001 w ith th e J e ts .

H e w a n te d to b e g in d i s ­m a n tl in g a n a g in g te a m a n d s t a r t r e b u i l d i n g t h a t n e x t s e a s o n , b u t r a n in to o p p o s i­tio n f ro m a f ro n t o ffice th a t f e l t t h e r e w a s e n o u g h le f t fo r a n o th e r p la y o ff r u n . B u t a f t e r a n e n c o u r a g i n g 4 -3 s t a r t , a g e a n d in e f f e c t iv e ­n e s s a t s e v e r a l k e y p o s i ­t io n s b e g a n c r e a t in g p r o b ­l e m s . T h e C h i e f s e n d e d 2 0 0 7 on a n in e -g a m e lo s in g s t r e a k . T h e n H u n t a g r e e d it w a s t im e to t e a r i t d o w n a n d r e b u i ld .

N ow P io li ta k e s c h a r g e of th o s e e f fo r ts .

TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona receiv­e r A n q u a n B oldin p ra c t ic e d Wednesday, and says he will play in S u n d ay ’s NFC ch am p io n sh ip g am e a g a in s t th e P h ila d e lp h ia Eagles.

B o ld in , w ho w ith L a rry Fitzgerald forms arguably the best receiving tandem in football, said a trip to a Dallas ch iroprac to r has greatly improved his strained left ham string. The injury kept Boldin out of the Cardinals’ 33-13 victory at Carolina in Saturday’s divisional playoff game.

“I’ll be out there Sunday,” he said after practice.

Boldin said he w as able to partic­ipate in all phases of practice, but in shorter spurts than normal.

He said he expected to be “real effective” in w h a t w ould be the biggest game of his career.

“I d o n ’t se e th e re b e in g an y problem s, no hindrances or any­thing like th a t,” Boldin said. “I’ll just be myself and resum e my reg­ular role.”

Coach Ken W hisenhunt held out final judgm ent on Boldin’s status until he sees how the receiver does as the w eek progresses , b u t the coach w as optimistic.

“If he continues to progress like we think he is, I have no doubts he would play,” W hisenhunt said.

Boldin injured his ham string on a 71-yard touchdow n pass from Kurt W arner in the second quarter of Arizona’s 30-24 wild card playoff victory over Atlanta. He tested the h a m s tr in g b e fo re th e C a ro lin a g am e a n d sa id h e w o u ld h av e played if the team ’s m edical staff had let him.

“Would it have been the sm artest th ing in th e w orld? No,” Boldin said, “but tha t’s ju st me wanting to be on the field.”

Boldin said the ham string prob­lem turned out to be related to a hip injury th a t sidelined him for three gam es last season.

“I th o u g h t it w as ju s t a h a m ­string b u t the way th a t my body re sp o n d e d to ld m e th a t it w as something different,” Boldin said.

He flew to Dallas on Monday for t r e a tm e n t fro m c h iro p r a c to r R o b e rt P a rk e r , w h o se p a tie n ts include Boldin’s form er team m ate E m m itt S m ith . As B oldin explained, the earlier injury affect­ed the muscles around the hip and even tua lly led to th e h am str in g problem.

“M u sc les s h u t off, m u sc le s a ro u n d it w o rk ed e x tra h a r d ,” Boldin said. “...Correcting tha t and getting everything flowing the way it’s supposed to helped out a lot. He told m e once he se t it stra igh t it would be fine.”

B oldin sa id he w o u ld do “as m uch as they allow me to” in p rac­tice this week.

“We’re just playing it by ear right now,” he said. “We’re going to be sm art about it because the ultimate goal is to play on Sunday.”

He scoffed at any suggested that his participation would be limited.

“If I’m out th e re ,” Boldin said, “I’m out there.”

B oldin c a u g h t 89 p a s s e s fo r 1,038 yards and 11 touchdowns in the regular season, despite missing four gam es with injuries.

His facial bones w ere fractured on a brutal hit from the New York Jets’ Eric Smith on Sept. 28. Smith was fined $50,000 and suspended a g am e b e c a u s e o f th e h it, although Boldin th a t it w as “ju s t football.”

B oldin h a d se v en p la te s an d m ore than 40 screw s inserted to repair the dam age. Still, he missed only two games.

S uch e x p e r ie n c e s m a k e h im grateful to be back.

“I’m thankful for every day I step out on the field,” he said. “I’ve had a num ber of injuries that probably could have been career ending, but I’ve been given a second chance. Every tim e I step o u t I th ink of that.”

He also cherishes another shot at the Eagles, because he felt he did­n ’t play well in Philadelphia’s 48-20 T h a n k sg iv in g n ig h t r o u t o f Arizona.

“I t ’s r a r e you g e t a se co n d chance a t anything,” Boldin said, “so I’ll m ake the most of it Sunday.”

“Scott is a great evaluator o f talent ...H e has p layed an im portant

role in building a championship tradition with players that I am proud to call Patriots. ”

Robert Kraft Patriots owner

page 16 The Observer ♦ SPORTS Thursday, January 15, 2009

ND W om en’s Swimming

No sophomore slump for MaxwellNCAA F o o tb a ll

Pitt's McCoy will enter '09 NFL draft

Associated Press

By MEAGHAN VESELIKSports W riter

S w im m in g a g a in s t th e to p c o m p e titio n in th e c o u n try is n o th in g n e w fo r so p h o m o re S a m a n th a M axw ell, w ho h a s p ic k e d u p r i g h t w h e r e s h e le ft o ff a t th e e n d o f h e r s te l­la r f re s h m a n se aso n .

A s e a s o n a f te r s e t t in g th e Big E a s t r e c o rd in th e 2 0 0 - y a rd b r e a s ts t r o k e a n d sw im ­m in g in five e v e n ts a t th e Big E a s t C h a m p io n sh ip , M axw ell h a s le d th e I r i s h w i th h e r t im e s in th e 1 0 0 a n d 2 0 0 - y a r d b r e a s t s t r o k e , a n d h a s b e c o m e a c e n t r a l f a c to r on t h e 2 0 0 a n d 4 0 0 - m e d l e y re la y s .

N a t i o n a l l y r a n k e d w h i le s w im m in g f o r h e r h ig h s c h o o l ’s s w im t e a m in C h an d le r, A riz ., M axw ell w as a fo u r-tim e re g io n a l c h a m p i­o n a s w e l l a s a J u n i o r N a tio n a l re c o rd h o ld e r in th e 5 0 - y a r d b r e a s t s t r o k e , a n d e a r n e d A ll-A m eric an h o n o rs in e a c h o f h e r f o u r h ig h sch o o l se a so n .

In h e r f re s h m a n se a so n a t N o tre D am e , M a x w e ll’s t a l ­e n t q u ic k ly b e c a m e e v id e n t to h e r c o a c h e s a n d t e a m ­m a te s , s w im m in g in th e in t h e 1 0 0 a n d 2 0 0 - b r e a s t - s t r o k e , t h e 2 0 0 a n d 4 0 0 - m ed ley re la y s , as w ell a s th e 2 0 0 - m e te r in d iv id u a l m ed ly (IM).

“ F i r s t o f f , [ b e in g on th e te a m ] h a s p ro v id e d m e w ith a g r o u p o f q u a l i t y t e a m ­m a t e s t h a t I c a n n o t o n ly t r a i n w i t h , b u t b e c lo s e f r ie n d s w ith o u ts id e o f th e a t h l e t i c s c e n e , ” M a x w e ll sa id . “It h a s a lso p u t a lo t of s t r u c t u r e a n d s u p p o r t in to m y ro u t in e th a t I w o u ld n o t o th e rw ise h a v e .”

L a s t s e a s o n , M a x w e ll e a r n e d th e c h a n c e to sw im a ll five o f h e r e v e n ts in th e B ig E a s t C h a m p i o n s h i p s , w h e r e s h e w o n t h e 2 0 0 - b r e a s ts t r o k e w h ile s e t t in g a le a g u e a n d sc h o o l re c o rd of 2 : 1 2 . 7 6 . H e r 1 0 0 - y a r d b r e a s t s t r o k e w o n s e c o n d p la c e w ith a 1 :0 1 .6 8 , e a r n ­in g h e r a s e c o n d s c h o o l re c o rd , a n d h e lp e d h e r te a m p la c e se c o n d in th e 200 m e d ­le y r e l a y w i th a t im e o f 1 :4 8 .8 4 , b r e a k i n g a t h i r d Irish re c o rd . H er re ig n over th e p o o l c o n t in u e d a s s h e r e c e i v e d a n in v i t e to th e NCAA c h a m p io n s h ip s , w h e re s h e p la c e d 3 0 th o v e r a l l in th e 1 0 0 -b re a s t w ith a tim e of 1 :0 2 .3 6

M axw ell h a s a lso m a d e an im p a c t o u ts id e o f th e N o tre D am e s p o r ts c o m m u n ity , as sh e sw am th e 100 a n d 200- b r e a s t s t r o k e in t h e U .S . O lym pic T ria ls .

“S w im m in g in th e s e la rg e m e e ts h a s b e e n re a lly f u n ,” M a x w e ll s a id . “ O b v io u s ly , th e s e m e e ts b r in g th e b e s t c o m p e t i t io n a v a i l a b l e , b u t

th e y a lso b r in g g re a t o p p o r ­tu n it ie s fo r sw im m e rs to r e p ­r e s e n t t h e i rp r o g ra m s . W hen you go to m e e t s l ik e N CA A s a n d O lym pic T r ia ls , p e o p le ta k e n o tic e o f w h e re you a re from a n d its a w e so m e to be ab le to r e p r e s e n t N o tre D am e in la rg e r sc a le m e e ts .”

“S am is ju s t like an y o th e r s u c c e s s f u l a t h l e t e , ” I r i s h c o a c h B r i a n B a r n e s s a i d . “She is a v e ry h a rd w o rk e r .”

M a x w e l l ’s lo v e o f s w im ­m in g s ta r te d a t a y o ung age , an d g rew as sh e did.

“ My p a r e n t s p u t m e in s w im m in g b e c a u s e I w a s aw fu l a t ev e ry o th e r s p o r t I t r i e d ,” M axw ell sa id . “W hen I s t a r t e d sw im m in g I h a te d i t , a n d m y p a r e n t s h a d to b r ib e m e j u s t to f in is h o n e la p w i th o u t s to p p in g . As 1 g re w o ld e r a n d b e t te r l i t t le by lit tle th e s p o r t ju s t s o r t of s tu c k . I e n jo y e d th e c h a l ­le n g e o f try in g to m ove up to t h e n e x t b ig m e e t o r g e t a n o th e r q u a lify in g t im e .”

M a x w e ll’s p a r e n ts w e r e n ’t th e on ly o n e s to e n c o u r a g e h e r to p u rs u e h e r a b ilitie s in th e pool. She re c a lls a coach f ro m h o m e , D a v e T a i t , a s b e in g th e m o s t i n f lu e n t i a l p e r s o n in h e r s w im m in g c a re e r , a n d w ho fu lfilled th e ro le as h e r m e n to r as w ell as co ach .

“W hen I w as yo u n g er, D ave r e a l l y s t e p p e d u p a n d b e c a m e an aw e so m e c o a c h ,” M ax w ell sa id . “T h ro u g h th e y e a rs w e w o rk e d very closely to g e th e r as I le a rn e d how to be a b e t te r sw im m e r a n d he l e a r n e d h o w to f o s t e r a g r o w in g te a m a n d h e lp i t s s w im m e rs c ro p th e i r t a le n t a n d b e s u c c e s s f u l . T h e th in g s h e t a u g h t m e n e v e r s to p p e d in th e p oo l, a n d h e h e lp e d m e le a rn life le sso n s a s w e ll a lo n g th e w ay. T h is k e p t m e w a n t i n g to sw im a n d w a n t i n g to b e b e t t e r o u ts id e of th e pool as w e ll .”

S w im m in g m a y n o t h a v e b e e n M a x w e l l ’s f a v o r i t e s p o r t a t f i r s t , b u t n o w th e th o u g h t o f life w i th o u t it is s t r a n g e f o r h e r to t h i n k ab o u t.

“ L ife w i t h o u t s w im m in g w o u ld b e w e i r d , ” M a x w e ll s a id . “T h e s p o r t ta k e s a lo t o f c o m m itm e n t an d if 1 w a s ­n ’t sw im m in g , I w o u ld h av e all o f a su d d e n h av e a lo t of e x t r a t i m e . I ’m n o t s u r e w h a t I w o u ld d o w i th i t e x c e p t m a y b e s le e p .”

A t le a s t fo r now , M axw ell p la n s o n s t i c k in g w ith h e r sp o r t. N ot only d o es sh e love th e s p o r t itse lf , b u t a lso say s h e r c o a c h a n d t e a m m a t e s a re w h a t m a k e g e ttin g in th e pool ev e ry day w o rth it.

“B rian B a rn e s h a s s te p p e d in to t h i s p r o g r a m a n d b r o u g h t a lo t o f e x p e r t i s e a n d c o m m i tm e n t t h a t th i s te a m is re a lly g ra te fu l for. It h a s n ’t e v e n b e e n a n e n t i r e

s e a s o n , b u t i t is a p p a r e n t th a t he is d e d ic a te d to h e lp ­in g th e g i r l s on o u r t e a m r e a c h th e i r g o a ls a n d sw im f a s t , ” s h e s a i d . “ W h a t is a w e s o m e a b o u t B r ia n a n d h is r e l a t i o n s h i p w i th th e g ir ls on o u r te a m is th a t he k n o w s w h a t i t t a k e s to g e t th e b e s t o u t o f e a c h p e rso n in d iv id u a lly a n d t ru ly c a r e s a b o u t t h e i r s u c c e s s . T h e g ir ls on th e te a m a lso m ake s w im m in g fo r N o tre D a m e g re a t. T hey a re so s u p p o r t­iv e a n d w o rk h a r d to n o t o n ly p u s h th e m s e l v e s b u t p u sh th e i r te a m m a te s to be b e tte r . ”

In h e r s o p h o m o re s e a s o n , M axw ell h a s sh o w n no s igns o f slo w in g dow n . In th e Ohio S t a t e I n v i t a t i o n a l in D e c e m b e r , s h e b r o k e h e r o w n s c h o o l r e c o r d s in th e 1 0 0 a n d 2 0 0 - b r e a s t s t r o k e , p o s tin g tim es of 1 :0 1 .5 7 and 2 :1 2 .4 6 , resp ec tiv e ly .

M a x w e ll h a s p r o v e d t h a t sh e is a fo rc e th a t c o m p e ti­to r s sh o u ld look o u t fo r th is s e a s o n , a n d in f u t u r e s e a ­so n s on th e I r is h te a m . S he h a s sw u m a g a in s t th e b e s t, a n d on ly h o p e s to im p ro v e . H e r g o a l s f o r t h e s e a s o n r e f l e c t h e r c o m m itm e n t to h e r sp o r t, a n d to h e r te a m .

“My g o a ls fo r th is s e a s o n a re to go to th e NCAA c h a m ­p io n s h ip s a n d r e a l ly t r y to m a k e an im p a c t th e r e . L ast y e a r I c o m p e te d b u t d id n ’t m ak e it b a c k fo r an y seco n d sw im s. T h is y e a r I w ould like to b e m o re c o m p e t i t iv e a t th a t m e e t a n d m a k e it b ac k to th e fin a ls h e a ts a t n ig h t.”

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PITTSBURGH — Record-setting Pittsburgh runn ing back LeSean McCoy is passing up his final two seasons of eligibility to en ter the NFL draft.

McCoy b roke se v e ra l of Tony D o rse tt’s schools re c o rd s w hile le a d in g th e P a n th e rs to a 9 -4 record and into the Sun Bowl.

M cCoy to ld c o a c h D ave W a n n s te d t o f h is d ec is ion in a phone call W ednesday. The two m et last Friday, but a teary-eyed McCoy couldn’t make up his mind. He d e lay e d th e d ec is io n ag a in Monday.

“I have frequently played both choices in my mind. I have consid­ered my alternatives and I have p ray e d ,” McCoy said in a s ta te ­m ent issued by the school. “I have m ade my final decision and will forego my junior season.”

NFL scouts project the 5-foot- 11, 210-pound McCoy as a la te first-round to early second-round pick.

Losing McCoy is a major setback to Pitt, w hich p layed in its first bowl gam e and had its first w in­ning record in four seasons large­ly because of his runn ing and a strong defense.

“W hen you have exceptionally gifted players, you realize the NFL can be a rea lity so o n e r r a th e r than la ter,” said W annstedt, the form er Bears and Dolphins coach. “C ertain ly th a t is th e case w ith LeSean and we w orked to m ake su re he h ad all the in form ation needed to make the best decision about his pro prospects.”

McCoy rushed for 1,488 yards

and 21 touchdow ns this season , an d 2 ,816 yards and 35 TDs in two seasons, or m ore yardage and touchdowns than form er Heisman Trophy w inner Dorsett had in his first two Pitt seasons.

This season, McCoy’s top gam es included 183 yards against W est Virginia, 169 against Notre Dame, 156 against Navy and 149 against Syracuse.

McCoy had 331 y a rd s in tw o gam es against the M ountaineers, including 148 in Pitt’s 13-9 upset w in in 2 0 0 7 th a t k e p t W est Virginia out of the BCS title game.

“One of my goals in coming here w as to help m y te am m ate s an d c o a c h e s b r in g P itt b a c k to its rightful place am ong the prom i­n en t team s in college foo tball,” McCoy said.

In late November, McCoy said he would re tu rn to Pitt because he fe lt h e n e e d e d m o re tim e to m ature and had m ore to accom ­plish in college.

McCoy changed his m ind follow­in g a 3 -0 bow l g a m e lo ss to Oregon State on Dec. 31, ap p a r­ently afte r talking to form er Pitt receiver Larry F itzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals, am ong others. F itz g e ra ld , a fo rm e r H e ism an T rophy ru n n e r-u p , also left P itt after two seasons.

Pitt’s staff believes McCoy began leaning tow ard leaving w hen he got away from his team m ates and coaches and re tu rned to his home in H a r r is b u rg , P a. T he te a m ’s poor perform ance — the lowest- scoring bowl in 50 years — appar­ently did not influence his deci­sion. He ra n for 85 yards in the loss.

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It w a s I n d ia n a ’s f i r s t o v e r ­tim e w in in five tr ie s th is s e a ­son.

M u rp h y ’s seco n d 3 -p o in te r o f th e e x t r a p e r i o d p u t th e P a c e r s u p 1 0 3 - 9 8 w i th j u s t u n d e r 2 m in u tes to play.

D e t r o i t ’s A n to n io M cD yess m a d e a la y u p to c u t i t 1 0 3 - 100, b u t F o rd cam e b ac k w ith a ju m p e r th a t b o u n ce d se v e ra l t im e s b e f o r e g o in g in w i th 3 8 .5 s e c o n d s le f t to m a k e it 105-100 . T he P ace rs m a d e five o f s e v e n f r e e th r o w s in th e final 30 seconds.

T he P a c e rs led 78 -77 in th e fo u rth q u a r te r b e fo re D e tro it’s A rro n Afflalo m a d e a 3 -po in t- er, th e n a lay u p to give D etro it an 82-78 lead .

D e t r o i t le d 9 2 - 8 7 b e f o r e I n d i a n a ’s J a r r e t t J a c k m a d e b a c k - t o - b a c k m i d - r a n g e ju m p e rs to cu t D e tro it’s le a d to one a t 92-91 w ith ju s t ov er 2 m in u tes left in reg u la tio n .

W ith D e tro it le a d in g 9 3 -9 1 , J a c k d ro v e to th e b a s k e t a n d m issed a layup . He th o u g h t he w as fou led , a n d w a s is su e d a te c h n ic a l fou l fo r a rg u in g th e

n o - c a l l . D e t r o i t ’s T a y s h a u n P r in c e m is s e d th e t e c h n ic a l f r e e th r o w , b u t D e t r o i t re ta in e d p o sse ss io n b e c a u se of th e te ch n ic a l. Iv erso n m issed a lo n g j u m p e r , b u t P r in c e r e b o u n d e d . P r in c e m is s e d a j u m p e r , a n d I n d i a n a ’s J e f f F o s te r re b o u n d e d w ith 11 s e c ­o n d s l e f t to g iv e I n d i a n a a c h a n ce tq tie o r w in.

G ra n g e r h it th e ty ing ju m p e r from n e a r th e f re e - th ro w line , o v e r P r in c e w ith 3 .9 se c o n d s l e f t . D e t r o i t ’s R i c h a r d H a m i l to n m is s e d a n o p e n ju m p e r from th e le ft b ase lin e , b u t t h e b a l l w e n t o u t o f b o u n d s off a n In d ia n a p lay er, a n d D e tro it s e t u p fo r a fin a l c h a n c e w ith 0 .7 se c o n d s le ft. W allace th re w up an aw k w ard s h o t t h a t m is s e d e v e ry th in g , a n d th e g a m e w e n t to o v e r ­tim e.

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Q u e n tin R ic h a rd s o n a d d e d 26 p o in ts fo r th e K nicks, w ho h av e p iled up th e p o in ts in th e f i r s t th r e e m e e tin g s w ith th e W iz a rd s th is s e a s o n a n d ca n c o m p le te a s e a s o n s w e e p by g r a b b in g th e b a c k e n d o f a h o m e -a n d -h o m e s e r ie s F rid a y in W ash ing ton .

C hris D uhon fin ish ed w ith 17 p o in ts an d n in e a s s is ts fo r th e K n ic k s , w h o a v e r a g e d 1 1 8 p o in ts in th e ir tw o e a r l ie r v ic ­to r i e s o v e r W a s h in g to n a n d w e re e v e n b e t te r W ednesday . But th e y cou ld n ev e r sh a k e th e W iz a rd s u n t i l th e f in a l m in ­

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Lee, am ong th e leag u e le a d ­e r s in r e b o u n d in g a n d f ie ld g o a l p e r c e n t a g e , a d d e d s ix a s s is ts . He w a s co m in g o ff a 2 4 -p o in t p e r f o r m a n c e in th e K n ic k s ’ s u r p r i s in g v ic to ry a t N ew O rlean s on M onday.

W a s h i n g t o n ’s N ic k Y o u n g sc o re d 33 p o in ts , e s ta b lish in g a c a r e e r h ig h fo r th e t h i r d tim e in fou r g am es , a n d C aron B u tle r a d d e d 25. M ike J a m e s h ad 20 po in ts , b u t th e W izards s tu m b le d w h e n h e h a d to leave w ith five fouls.

T h e in ju ry -p la g u e d W iza rd s h a v e b e e n w i t h o u t G i lb e r t A re n a s an d B re n d a n H ayw ard a ll s e a s o n a n d th e n r e c e n t ly lo st D eS haw n S tevenson (back) a n d E ta n T h o m a s ( to rn l ig a ­m e n t in h is l e f t k n e e ) . B u t t h a t ’s m e a n t m o r e t im e fo r Young, w ho w as 13-of-17.

T h e K nicks w e re o p e n in g a s tre tc h w h e re 10 of 13 gam es a re a t hom e, b u t th e y ’d b e t te r g e t th e w in s e a r ly . T h e l a s t th re e g am es, all th e f irs t w eek o f n e x t m o n th a t M a d is o n S q u a r e G a r d e n , a r e a g a in s t th e L a k e r s , C le v e la n d a n d B oston.

B o th t e a m s h a d im p r o v e d d e f e n s iv e ly la te ly , b u t w e r e b ac k to th e ir old b a d h a b its in th is one. T he W izard s sh o t 61 p e r c e n t a n d th e K n ick s 5 9 .5 p e rc e n t in th e f irs t half, w h ich e n d e d w ith N ew York le a d in g 6 7 -6 6 b e h in d 21 p o in ts fro m H arrin g to n .

W ash in g to n m a d e e ig h t o f its f irs t 12 sh o ts , N ew York s t a r t ­ed 8 -o f-1 3 , a n d th e W iz a rd s w e r e a h e a d 2 0 - 1 8 w i th th e

APKnicks forward David Lee g o e s up for a dunk during New York’s 1 2 8 -1 2 2 win over Washington Wednesday.

f i r s t q u a r t e r n o t e v e n h a l f o v e r . T h e K n ic k s le d 3 6 - 3 0 a f te r H a r r in g to n b a n k e d in a 3 -p o in te r as tim e ex p ired .

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D a e q u an Cook h it six 3 -p o in t- e r s e n r o u te to a c a re e r -h ig h24 p o in ts , a n d D w yane W ade o v e rc a m e a 5 -fo r-2 0 sh o o tin g n ig h t w ith 17 p o in ts a n d 13 a s s is ts in th e M iam i H e a t’s w in o v er th e M ilw au k ee B ucks on W ednesday n igh t.

T he H ea t im p ro v ed to 3-2 on a s e v e n - g a m e t r i p e v e n a s W ade s tru g g le d , s ta r t in g 0 -for- 6 from th e field , b u t c o n tr ib u t­ing by d is tr ib u tin g th e ball.

I t lo o k e d to b e e a s y e v e n w i t h o u t t h e N B A ’s l e a d i n g sc o re r ad d in g his 29.1 av e ra g e w h en th e H ea t to o k a n 84 -7 4 le a d w ith 1 0 :5 7 to p lay . B u t th e B ucks cam e b ac k th a n k s to25 p o in ts by Luke R id n o u r an d 16 by M ichael Redd.

R id n o u r’s b a s k e t cu t it to 97- 93 w ith 2:09 to p lay an d W ade m is s e d h is f in a l f o u r s h o t s w ith R edd, a fellow O lym pian, h o u n d in g him .

R edd a d d e d a p u tb a c k b a s ­k e t to m a k e it 9 7 -9 5 , b u t the

B u c k s s q u a n d e r e d s e v e r a l o p p o rtu n itie s to tie , f irs t w hen R ich ard Je ffe rso n , w ho h a d 15 p o i n t s , t h r e w a p a s s a w a y th e n w as b lo ck ed on th e e n s u ­in g p o s s e s s i o n by S h a w n M arion .

C ook , m e a n w h i le , w e n t 4 - fo r-4 from th e f re e - th ro w line in th e fina l 21 se co n d s to give th e H e a t a 1 0 2 -9 9 le a d w ith6.9 seco n d s left.

B ucks ro o k ie Jo e A lexander, w ho h a d h it a lay u p m o m en ts e a r l ie r to fin ish w ith 13 po in ts , s h o t a n a i r b a l l a 3 - p o in t a t te m p t a n d th e H e a t r a n off th e f in a l f ra c tio n o f a se co n d fo r th e victory.

M a r io n f i n i s h e d w i th 14 p o i n t s a n d 1 0 r e b o u n d s . M iam i also got 21 p o in ts from ro o k ie M ichael B easley a n d 18 p o in ts f ro m U d o n is H a s le m . A n d r e w B o g u t s c o r e d 12 p o in ts a n d h a d 11 r e b o u n d s fo r th e B ucks.

W ad e, r e v e r e d in th is to w n b e c a u s e o f h is ro le in ta k in g M a rq u e tte to th e NCAA F in a l F o u r in 200 3 , cou ld h av e g o t­te n p le n ty o f g e a r f ro m th e B u c k s ’ p r o s h o p s , w h ic h s to c k e d N o. 3 H e a t j e r s e y s , socks a n d o th e r m e m o rab ilia .

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ru n to g e th e r in p rac tice , a long w ith tw o o th e r u p p e rc la ssm en .

“O ur g ro u p is rea lly co m p eti­t i v e , ” R in c o n s a id . “W e a l l p r a c t i c e t o g e t h e r a n d p u s h e a ch o th e r.”

T he fou r m e t d u rin g R incon’s visit to cam p u s la s t sp ring , an d h e sa id th e y m a d e th e t r a n s i ­tion to co llege e a s ie r fo r him .

R in co n s a id th e 4 0 0 - m e te r ra c e is one o f th e m ost g ru e l­ing ev en ts in track .

“You c a n ’t p ace y o u rse lf like y o u do fo r th e 8 0 0 , a n d you c a n ’t b u rn off the firs t 2 0 0 ,” he sa id . “It r e a lly ta k e s s tr e n g th an d sp e ed an d e n d u ra n c e an d e v e r y t h i n g , so i t ’s p r e t t y to u g h .”

J u s t lik e w h e n h e r u n s th e e v e n t , R in c o n is d e te r m in e d n o t to fade too ea rly in the s e a ­son.

“I w a n t to w in th e Big E ast in th e 4 0 0 ,” h e s a id . “I t ’s lofty , a n d it w ill be tough , b u t th a t ’s w h a t I ’ve b e e n s e t on s in c e I got h e re .”

Rincon did n o t beg in ru n n in g un til h is fre sh m a n y e a r o f high s c h o o l , b u t i t s o o n b e c a m e

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re b o u n d in g te a m . W e’ve b ee n com peten t an d w e h av e n ’t been b ea te n up th e re too m u ch .”

T hen cam e Louisville, w ho pu t up 19 second-chance points and o u t-re b o u n d e d the Irish 48-43 in an 87-73 C ard inals overtim e w in Monday.

“ I th in k w e h e ld o u r o w n t h e r e , ” B rey s a id . “W e d id n ’t o u t- re b o u n d th e m , b u t it w as kind of a draw . But it d idn ’t b ea t us. T he offensive bo ard b e a t us a t S t. J o h n ’s a n d O hio S ta te . T h e r e ’s tw o lo sses w h e re th a t w as really the cu lp rit of it a ll.”

L ouisv ille g ra b b e d 16 o ffe n ­sive b o a rd s , b u t som e of those c a m e a s a r e s u l t o f lo n g r e b o u n d s f ro m m is s e d ju m p shots. Twice in the second half, N otre D am e w as try ing to build on a s m a ll le a d , b u t lo n g re b o u n d s h e lp ed se t up th re e - po in te rs from A ndre McGee and J e r r y S m ith t h a t c u t in to th e Irish advan tage.

“Som etim es you do the job to b e in p o s itio n to re b o u n d th e b ask e tb a ll an d you d o n ’t ge t a good b o u n ce ,” Brey sa id . “And then you’ve got to scram ble out and m a tch up an d do the best you can. W e’ve m ade a living off o f o f fe n s iv e r e b o u n d th r e e s . W h en it h a p p e n s to u s , I ca n re la te . Hopefully, it d o esn ’t h a p ­pen too m uch .”

H arangody said th e re ’s still no excuse for allow ing these types of b oards to get away.

“ I t ’s n o t b a d lu c k . W e s t i l l need to g rab loose balls because th a t’s going to be the difference b ecause a couple of those loose balls they g rab b ed and then hit som e th re e s ,” H arangody said.

I-Iillesland added : “You’ve got to focus on every play an d it can b e to u g h b e c a u s e s o m e tim e s y o u ’re n a tu ra l in s t in c t on th e p e rim e te r is w hen a guy pu ts up a sh o t in s tea d of b lock ing him out you w an t to go in w here you th in k th e a c tio n ’s go ing to be, w h ic h is in s id e . B u t a lo t o f tim es a ball will com e ou t an d th o s e c a n b e b a c k b r e a k i n g plays on the ro ad w hen a team c a n g e t a n o ffen s iv e r e b o u n d and knock dow n a th re e .”

One c o n s ta n t on th e b o a rd s this y ea r for the Irish h as been H arangody, w h e th e r h e ’s g ra b ­b in g lo n g o r s h o r t r e b o u n d s ,

c le a r th a t he w ould be ab le to ru n a t the college level.

“My c o a c h e s in h ig h sch o o l r e a l ly p r e p a r e d m e , s t a r t in g ju n io r y ea r, to go to th e n e x t le v e l,” h e sa id . “T h a t’s all we rea lly ta lk ed a b o u t.”

A lth o u g h h e w e n t to h ig h s c h o o l in L as V eg a s , R in c o n g rew up in a so u th w e st su b u rb of Chicago an d h is fam ily lives in L a P o r te , In d . B e c a u s e o f t h a t , h e h a s b e e n a N o tr e D am e fan h is e n tire life.

“ I g r e w u p w a tc h in g th e g a m e s ,” h e s a id . “My fam ily h a s h a d s e a s o n t ic k e ts s in c e l ik e th e ‘4 0 s . I ’ve g o n e to gam es since I w as five.”

It w as easy, th e n , to ag re e to c o m e r u n fo r th e I r i s h , a n d R incon sa id h e ’s glad he did.

“I’ve a lw ays w an te d to com e to N o tre D a m e ,” h e s a id . “ I love it. My d o rm ’s a lot o f fun, w e all have a good tim e. I ju s t l ik e th e c o m m u n i ty h e r e a t N otre D am e. I t’s rea lly h igh on schoo l sp ir it, a n d I re a lly like t h a t . I w o u ld n ’t w a n t to b e an y w h e re e lse .”

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offensive or defensive.“T h e r e b o u n d in g n u m b e r s

th a t he has a re staggering given th a t h e ’s p la y in g a g a in s t NBA bodies,” Brey said. “Our league h as NBA bodies. O ther leagues d o n ’t so I th in k i t ’s im pressive w h a t h e ’s d o in g on th e b a c k ­b o a r d a g a in s t t h a t k in d o f length and ath letic ability.”

C o m ing u p S a tu rd a y , N o tre D am e will likely n ee d a n o th e r s tro n g e ffo rt from H aran g o d y and the re s t o f the Irish, as they take on a Syracuse team th a t ’s th i r d in th e c o n f e r e n c e in r e b o u n d in g m a rg in th a n k s to P aul H a rris (8 .3 re b o u n d s p e r gam e) and A rinze O nuaku (7.8). T h a t d u o g av e N o tre D am e a handfu l a t the Joyce C enter last s e a so n , o u t- re b o u n d in g N otre Dam e 51-33.

“H ere w e go ag a in S a tu rd a y w ith a big fron t line. Can we do i t ? ” B rey s a id . “W e’ve g o t to rebound out of zone, w e’ve got to r e b o u n d o u t o f m a n . O ur g u a rd s have to help us. W hen we do th a t , w e a lw ays h av e a chance to w in .”

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Verduccicontinued from page 20

ea rn in g his d eg ree from Seton Hall in 1980 . T he new coach w a s n o t a v a i la b le fo r c o m ­m ent, bu t is expected to speak w ith th e m e d ia a lo n g w ith o th e r new Irish co ach es once all vacancies a re filled.

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BO STON — P a u l P ie r c e b ro u g h t th e B oston C eltics to th e m id p o in t o f th e s e a s o n w ith th e ir th ird s t r a ig h t w in a n d w ith h o p e t h a t t h e y ’ve reg a in ed the rh y thm th a t p ro ­duced a 27-2 s ta rt .

P ierce shook off a cold firs t h a l f a n d s c o re d 18 p o in ts in th e th ird q u a r te r by going 5- for-5 on 3 -po in te rs to lead the Celtics a 118-86 w in over the N ew J e r s e y N e ts on W ednesday night.

T he c u r re n t s tre a k follows a2-7 s lu m p an d im p ro v e d th e C e lt ic s ’ r e c o rd to 3 2 -9 , tw o few er w ins th a n they had m id­w ay th rough last seaso n w hen they fin ish e d 6 6 -1 6 a n d w on the NBA cham pionsh ip .

“I th o u g h t w e h ad a re a lly b ig b u m p in th e ro a d th e s e la s t couple of w eeks w ith co n ­s is ten cy ,” P ierce sa id , “so m e ­th in g w e d id n ’t h a v e a y e a r ago. M aybe it’s so m e th in g we needed to give us a g u t check.

“W h e n y o u go th r o u g h som eth ing like th a t, you really find ou t w h a t kind of team you a re .”

On W e d n esd ay , th e C e ltics w ere the kind of team th a t got off to the b est 29 -gam e s ta r t in NBA h is to ry a s th e y p o s te d th e ir th ird m ost lopsided w in of th e season . “

“T hey kicked us rea l good ,” N ets c o a c h L a w re n c e F ra n k said . “W hen ta len t w orks h a rd l ik e t h a t , y o u g e t e m b a r ­r a s s e d .”

P ie rc e led B o s to n w ith 22 points two n igh ts a f te r ge tting a se a so n -h ig h 39 in an o v e r­tim e w in o v e r T o ro n to . T h e N ets also w on in overtim e th a t

th e p rocess o f in terv iew ing for a defensive line coach an d an offensive co o rd in a to r. F o rm er c o o r d in a to r M ike H ay w o o d an n o u n ced the day before the H aw ai’i Bowl th a t he w ould be le av in g to ta k e o v er as h ea d coach a t Miami (Ohio).

H ayw ood co a ch e d th e Irish fo r f iv e s e a s o n s a n d a ls o p lay ed fo r th e b lu e -a fld -g o ld du rin g the m id-1980s.

“ I tell guys all the tim e w hat

night, b ea tin g O klahom a City.B ut th e only tie W ednesday

w a s 0 -0 . A nd N ew J e r s e y ’s only le a d w a s 13-11 on a 3- p o in te r by B obby S im m o n s . R ay A lle n th e n g av e B o s to n th e le a d fo r g o o d w ith a 3- p o in te r t h a t m a d e it 1 4 -1 3 w ith 5:56 left in the firs t q u a r ­ter.

“Even w hen you ’re w inning, if y o u ’re n o t p lay in g w ell, o r righ t, for a coach i t ’s no t th a t en jo y ab le ,” Boston coach Doc Rivers sa id . “If you keep doing th a t , w h e n you n e e d to p lay well, you w on’t. But I do th ink w e ’r e t u r n i n g in th e r ig h t d irec tio n .”

T he Celtics led 51-41 a t half- tim e an d opened th e ir b iggest m a rg in , 1 1 2 -7 9 , on a b a s k e t by P atrick O’B ryant w ith 3:21 rem ain ing .

K ev in G a r n e t t s c o r e d 20 points for the Celtics.

T h e N ets w ere led by Devin H a r r is w ith 17 p o in ts , w h ile K eyon D o o lin g a n d ro o k ie s R y a n A n d e r s o n a n d B ro o k Lopez had 13 each . A nderson m ad e his se c o n d co n sec u tiv e s t a r t in p la c e o f in ju r e d Yi J ia n lia n a f te r s i t t in g o u t th e prev ious four gam es.

“We re a lly le t th em co n tro l th e m o m e n tu m in th e th i r d q u a r t e r , ” A n d e r s o n s a id . “T h ey a r e a g r e a t d e fe n s iv e te a m (an d ) d e fin ite ly a l te re d o u r sh o ts .”

P ierce w en t ju s t 2-for-9 and h a d fo u r p o in ts in th e f i r s t h a lf. B ut N ew J e r s e y ’s V ince C a r te r w as even w o rse — 1- fo r-9 w ith fo u r p o in ts in th e h a l f . C a r t e r l im p e d o f f th e c o u r t w ith a s p r a in e d "right ank le w ith 7:09 left in the first q u a r te r b u t r e tu r n e d 5 m in ­

a g re a t opportun ity it is to be a Double Domer, ” h e said . “Not

m any guys have the o p p o rtu n i­ty to w alk th ro u g h th e tu n n e l for n ine y ears a t N otre D am e.”

Jappy Oliver sp en t four y ears as a coach in South B end an d a n n o u n c e d la s t w ee k th a t he w o u ld b e le a v in g to p u r s u e o th e r coaching opportun ities.

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u te s la te r . He f in is h e d w ith fou r p o in ts on l-o f -1 0 s h o o t­ing.

The Celtics quickly s tre tch e d th e ir 10-poin t halftim e le ad by sc o rin g th e f irs t sev en p o in ts o f th e th ird q u a r te r an d 13 of the firs t 15.

W ith th e sco re 58-41 , P ierce m ade his f irs t 3 -p o in te r o f the q u a r t e r , R a jo n R o n d o h i t a b ask e t an d P ierce sa n k a free th ro w . H is o th e r 3 - p o in te r s p u t B oston a h e a d 6 9 -4 9 , 74- 53, 81-58 an d 84-58.

“I d o n ’t g e t d isc o u ra g e d by m i s s e s , ” P ie r c e s a id o f h is firs t-h a lf p rob lem s. “W hen we sw u n g th e b a l l (in th e th i r d q u a r te r) I w as w ide open and stay ed agg ressive . I th o u g h t I w a s a l i t t le t e n ta t iv e in th e first h a lf.”

B osto n led 8 8 -6 0 a f te r th e th ird period an d P ierce re s te d th ro u g h o u t th e fou rth .

Both te am s w ere m issing big m e n . Yi is e x p e c te d to m is s four to six w eeks w ith a b r o ­ken finger a n d B oston c e n te r K en d ric k P e rk in s s a t o u t h is t h i r d s t r a i g h t g a m e w ith a s o r e l e f t s h o u l d e r b u t is expected to re tu rn nex t w eek.

T h e N e ts s t a y e d c lo s e th r o u g h o u t th e f i r s t q u a r te r th en lost th e ir shoo ting touch by m issing th e ir f irs t 10 sho ts o f th e s e c o n d . T h a t h e lp e d B o s to n s t r e t c h a 3 0 -2 3 le a d a f t e r o n e q u a r t e r to 4 1 -2 5 before H arris h it a layup w ith 5:40 left in the period .

T h e te a m s m e e t a g a in on S a tu rd ay n igh t a t N ew Jersey.

“We d id n ’t h a v e to o m u c h fight,” H arris sa id . “W e’ve still got a lo t o f w o rk to do a n d I lo o k f o r w a r d to th e n e x t g am e.”

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Team signs Frank Verducci as new offensive line coachBy DAN MURPHYSports Editor

Notre Dame announced yester­day th a t veteran F rank Verducci w ill be ta k in g over as th e n ew offensive line coach for the Irish.

Verducci, who has coached for several colleges and NFL team s in the past 27 years, will replace for­m er line coach John Latina who resigned after four years with the Irish.

Verducci com es to South Bend from the Cleveland Browns w here

he served as an assistant offensive coach for two years under Romeo C r e n n e 1.C rennel and I r is h c o a ch C harlie Weis k n o w e a c h o th e r w ell f ro m th e i r days as coor­dinators with th e N ew England Patriots.

“F rank provides an excellen t background on both the offensive line and run gam e in general from

two perspectives, having coached several years in professional foot­ball and a t the Div. I level," Weis said.

Verducci has been in the NFL for the past decade with the Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys and the Buffalo Bills before jo in in g the B ro w n s. D u rin g th a t tim e he w orked prim arily w ith offensive linemen and tight ends.

He h as also coached a t m any m a jo r co lleg e p ro g ra m s , m o st notably the ten years he spent at Iowa before leaving for the NFL. In th a t time, the Iowa offense aver­

aged 170 ru sh y ard s p e r gam e, inc lud ing th re e se aso n s d u rin g w hich the Ilaw keyes ru sh ed for over 200 yards per game.

N o tre D am e is h o p e fu l th a t Verducci can rejuvenate an Irish run gam e that has been dorm ant in the past few years. This season, the team averaged only 109 yards per gam e. In 2007, th a t num ber d ip p e d do w n to 75 y a rd s p e r game, which was 115th out of 119 FBS schools.

Along with help in the trenches, Verducci is also expected to help on the recru iting trail. He w as a

recruiting coordinator during p art of his ca ree r with the Hawkeyes and is known for roping in big tal­ented players.

“In addition, the nam e Verducci in New Jersey high school football is legendary as both his father and uncle w ere coaching icons," Weis said. “This should aid our recruit­ing efforts in New Jersey and in the Northeast."

Verducci grew up in New Jersey a n d p la y e d fu llb a c k a t U.S. M erchant Marine Academy before

see VERDUCCI/page 18

Verducci

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On the reboundIrish work to improve under the boards against league foesBy CHRIS HINESports W riter

W h e n R ob K u rz g r a d u a te d l a s t s p r in g , he to o k h is 7 .3 re b o u n d s p e r g am e w ith him . K urz, along w ith fo rw ard Luke H a r a n g o d y , h e lp e d th e I r is h a tta in th e fo u rth -b e s t re b o u n d ­ing m arg in in conference play.

L a s t s e a s o n , th e I r is h o u t ­re b o u n d e d Big E ast o p p o n en ts by ju s t o v e r th r e e b o a rd s p e r gam e. This season , N otre Dam e is te n th in the league.

S in ce K u rz ’s d e p a r tu r e , th e Irish h av e tr ie d to re p la c e h is p re s e n c e on th e g la ss a t b o th e n d s o f th e floor, bu t a t tim es, they have strugg led desp ite hav­in g th e l e a g u e ’s le a d in g re b o u n d e r in H aran g o d y (14 .0 p e r Big East gam e).

T he Irish lost two gam es th is s e a s o n th a t c o u ld h a v e b e e n avoided w ith b e tte r rebound ing p erfo rm ances — a 71-65 loss to

*St. J o h n ’s a n d a 67 -6 2 loss to Ohio S ta te . In e a c h g am e, the Irish w ere o u t-re b o u n d ed , an d d u g th e m se lv e s in to a ho le by a l lo w in g c r u c ia l o f fe n s iv e b o a rd s a t p iv o ta l m o m e n ts in th e second half.

“[The loss to] St. Jo h n 's w as j u s t n o t p a y in g a t t e n t io n to d e ta ils ,” sen io r Zach H illesland sa id . “T he reb o u n d in g w as the big th ing th e re . They got to the offensive b o ard s a lot and they got a lot of confidence because of th a t.”

A fter the St. Jo h n ’s loss, Notre D a m e r e c o m m i t t e d i t s e l f to r e b o u n d in g a n d s a w so m e im p ro v e m e n t. T h e I r is h w e n t t o e - t o - to e o n th e g la s s w ith G e o rg e to w n in a w in a t th e Jo y c e C e n te r a n d d e m o lish e d S e to n H a ll o n th e b o a r d s in an o th e r victory.

“I m ean , w e’re never going to be a team w here you go, ‘W e’re p lus-10 in a Big E ast gam e.’ We ju s t c a n ’t m ake it be som ething t h a t s h r e d s u s ," I r i s h c o a c h Mike Brey sa id . “F or th e m ost p a r t since I’ve been here , w e’ve j u s t n o t b e e n th is c r u s h in g

see BOARDS/page 18

M e n ’s T rack

Rincon excels in first season at Notre DameM i d d l e - d i s t a n c e runner has two winsBy LAURA MYERSSports W riter

Jo rd a n Rincon is off to a fast s ta r t — an d m iddle, an d finish.

T h e I r is h f re s h m a n m id d le - d i s t a n c e r u n n e r h a s w o n a n e v e n t a t b o th o f t h e t e a m ’s m ee ts so far, o u tru n n in g se v e r­al o f h is u p p e rc la ssm a n te a m ­m ates .

“ I ’m h a p p y w ith th e e a r ly su c c e ss ,” R incon said . “I d id n ’t rea lly ex p ec t it, b u t I’m rea lly c o m p e t i t iv e a n d I ’m a s o r e loser. I d o n ’t like to lose. I push

m yself a t p ra c tic e all th e tim e. I m e a n , I k n e w I co u ld com e h e re and com pete , w hich is all I w an te d to d o .”

At th e Blue an d Gold M eet on Dec. 5, R incon easily w on the m e n ’s 4 0 0 - m e te r r a c e w ith a t im e o f 4 8 .3 4 , a fu ll s e c o n d - a n d - a - h a l f b e t t e r t h a n th e m a rk n e e d e d to qualify for the Big E ast C ham pionships.

R incon fo llow ed th a t w ith a c lo s e w in in th e 6 0 0 - m e t e r co n te s t S a tu rd ay a t the In d ian a O pener. He d efea ted Irish se n ­io r Billy B uzaid by .4 seco n d s to ta k e th e to p sp o t. B u z a id fin ish ed second .

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S a i n t M a r y ’s d r o p p e d a le a g u e c o n te s t fo r th e f i r s t tim e W e d n esd ay n ig h t as th e h o s t B e l le s f e l l 7 7 - 7 2 to A lbion.

S a in t M a ry ’s w e n t on a n1 1 -1 r u n m id w a y t h r o u g h th e se co n d h a lf to ta k e a 48- 47 lead . B ut th e B elles co u ld n o t m a in ta in th e a d v a n ta g e . A lb io n to o k th e le a d on its n e x t p o sse s s io n an d d id n o t tr a i l fo r th e r e m a in d e r o f th e gam e.

W ith th e lo s s , th e B e lle s fe ll to 8 -7 o v e ra ll, in c lu d in g a 6-1 m a rk in MIAA ac tio n . T h e B r i t s , m e a n w h i l e , im p ro v e d to 8 -6 o v e ra ll a n d

3-3 a g a in s t c o n fe re n c e o p p o ­n e n ts .

A lb io n b u i l t a n in e - p o in t l e a d l a t e in t h e f i r s t h a l f a f t e r g o in g on a 1 4 -4 r u n . B u t t h e B e l l e s a n s w e r e d sh o r tly b e fo re h a lftim e .

S e n i o r s M e g h a n C o n a ty a n d E rin N ew som b o th c o n ­v e r te d la y u p s b e fo re i n t e r ­m is s io n to c u t t h e A lb io n le a d to six .

B ut th e B rits ca m e o u t f ir ­ing a l te r h a lflim e an d took a c o m m a n d in g 4 6 - 3 7 a d v a n ­ta g e .

N ew som led th e B elles w ith 18 p o i n t s a n d e i g h t r e b o u n d s . F re s h m a n g u a r d P a t s y M a h o n e y a d d e d 16 p o in ts on 6 -o f -9 f ie ld g o a l

s h o o t i n g b u t i t w a s n o t en o u g h .

A lb ion h a d a b ig a d v a n ta g e f ro m th e f o u l l in e a s th e y m a d e 20 f re e th ro w s to th e B e l le s ’ 12 . T h e B r i ts m a d e 8 3 .3 p e r c e n t o f t h e i r a t te m p ts from th e lin e w h ile S a in t M a ry ’s c o n v e r te d j u s t 60 p e rc e n t.

A lo n g w i th N e w s o m a n d M ahoney , s e n io r N icole B e ie r a n d f re sh m a n K elley M urphy s c o re d in d o u b le f ig u re s fo r S a in t M a ry ’s.

T h e B e lle s r e m a in a h a l f ­g am e a h e a d of H ope fo r f irs t p la ce in th e MIAA s ta n d in g s , a n d w i l l lo o k to r e b o u n d n e x t W e d n e s d a y w h e n th e y tra v e l to ta k e on K alam azoo .

IAN GAVLICK/The Observer

Irish junior forward Luke Harangody pulls down a rebound in Notre D am e’s 8 8 -7 9 win over S eto n Hall Saturday. The Irish are ten th in th e Big East in rebounding margin.