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Sexual Assault Awareness Week kicks off

Green Summit to focus on food

Sexual assaults are amongthe most terrible of humanexperiences, and people of allcommunit ies have a moralobligation to work to preventthem from happening, saidElizabeth Moriarty, assistantdirector for the GenderRelations Center.Sexual Assault Awareness

Week, which began yesterday,is an opportunity for survivorsto speak out and begin to heal,while also increasing aware-ness within a broader audi-ence, she said.The weeklong series of

events kicked off with a postercampaign. Today, an eventtitled “Take Back the Night”will seek to “literally break

the silence surrounding theviolence of sexual assault withvoices of prayer, chanting andthe sharing of stories,”Moriarty said.“‘Take Back the Night’ is

unique for us because we startwith a prayer service, some-thing not every college or uni-versity can do,” Moriarty said.“We start the march aroundcampus at the Log Chapel thisyear, and we’re able as a reli-gious institution to ask pub-licly questions about how topray about this.”Laura Lauck, a “Take Back

the Night” student organizer,said, “The week’s purpose isto bring about awareness ofthis issue on campus andworldwide, but it also servesto bring people together towork towards heal ing andchange.”

Moriarty said she hopes theawareness week will be bene-ficial.

“A few years ago, our officedid some intense focus groupresearch and found that stu-dents real ly appreciatedawareness weeks becausethey had lots of ways to beinvolved or only involved inone specific way,” Moriartysaid. “It really brings more ofa public presence to the topicand provides an opportunity toeducate, both for those direct-ly af fected or those withfriends or family who needtheir support.”Moriarty said one in four

women will be a survivor of anattempted or completed sexu-al assault by the time they fin-ish college.

By MEGAN HEMLERNews Writer

see ASSAULT/page 4

Today ’s th i rd annua lGreen Summit will highlightthe sustainable efforts madeon Notre Dame’s campus,o f f e r ing par t i c ipan t s thechance to host roundtablediscussion.The even t w i l l be he ld

f rom 4 t o 6 p .m . i n theMonogram Room in theJoyce Center. “The Summit i s a great

opportunity to bring togeth-

er undergraduates, gradu-ate students, staff and fac-u l t y t o deve lop a sharedvision of how we can makeNotre Dame a more sustain-ab le campus , ” Educat ionand Outreach Coordinatorf rom the O f f i c e o fSustainability Rachel Novicksaid. The theme this year is the

Footprint of Food, Novicksaid. The theme will be rep-resented in the roundtabled iscuss ion por t ion o f theSummit.“This year there will be a

tw i s t , ” she sa id .“Participants will have 15minutes to discuss a topic attheir table, then we’ll ring abell and it will be time toswitch tables and topics.”The f our t op i c s i n the

rotation are food and cl i-mate, local food, sustain-ab le sea food and f oodwaste.Sen io r Co l l een Ke l l y,

i n t e rn w i th the O f f i c e o fSustainability and Presidentof GreeND, said the event

By AMANDA GRAYNews Writer

see SUMMIT/page 4

Art exhibit analyzes Eric Gill’s work

Three students brought aBritish artist’s work across thepond to the Library SpecialCollections Room. The exhibit,which opens today, wasorganized under the directionof Professor John Sherman,who taught a special class lastsemester to analyze worksfrom the Department of RareBooks and Special Collections’Eric Gill Collection.Sherman said Gill was

responsible for designing theGill San font type and sculpt-ing the Stations of the Cross atWestminster Cathedral inaddition to other artistic pur-suits. Senior Juliana Hoffelder

and sophomores MicahlynAllen and Kelly Fallon gath-ered materials from the col-lection for the exhibit, titled

Notre Dame juniors spentthe past three days with theirparents experiencing every-thing that the University hasto offer during the annualJunior Parents Weekend.Now that the weekend of

food, events and bonding hasconcluded, juniors can s i tback and reflect on the expe-riences and memories thatthey shared with their parentsover the course of the week-end. “Junior Parents Weekend

was nice because there was alot of stuff to do,” junior RyanBahniuk said. “Everyoneseemed to really participate inthe events and were really

excited about it.”The weekend had several

events for the juniors andtheir parents to attend,including the Opening GalaFriday, the President’s DinnerSaturday and various dormand college events where par-ents could have a more per-sonal experience with theUniversity of Notre Dame andwith their children. “Junior Parents Weekend is

really organized and is betterthan your parents just comingup on a random weekend,”junior Michael Bohnert said.“I was able to show my par-ents what I’ve done and myaccomplishments in a morepersonal way than just telling Photo Courtesy of John Sherman

Sophomore Micahlyn Allen uses a printing press from the Guild ofSaint Joseph and Saint Dominic for the “All Art is Propaganda” exhibit.

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JPW allows parents toexperience campus life

By MOLLY MADDENNews Writer

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Irish football coach Brian Kelly speaks at the JPW brunchSunday, the concluding event of the weekend.

see JPW/page 6

By KATLYN SMITHNews Writer

At the Junior Parents’ Weekend MassSaturday, Fr. Tom Eckert said in his homilythat we should enjoy all of the meaningfulconversations that the weekend wouldbring. That comment

struck me, becauseover JPW I did indeedhave some fascinat-ing conversationswith friends, familyand faculty members.And when I say fasci-nating, I mean awk-ward, inappropriateor overall just morti-fying. And I’m leav-ing out the onewhere my dad and Idiscussed certainmedical procedures I may or may not needin the future. Some examples, in chronological order.� On the phone with my mom Friday

afternoon:Mom: “So are you going to drink mar-

garitas with us at the Mexican restau-rant?” Me: “No, those things are pure sugar.” Mom: “Okay, I guess we’ll just have to do

tequila shots.”� That evening at the Gala, in line for

the bar: Dad: “With your new haircut you look a

little older.” Me: “A friend told me 19.” Dad: “I wouldn’t go that far.”� At a reception for theology majors

Saturday, talking with a theology professorwhom I had just met:Professor: “What are you planning to do

after you graduate?” Me: “Well, I work for The Observer, and

if I can find a job in journalism I would loveto do that.” Professor: “That’s a great way to be poor

for the rest of your life.”� Still at the theology reception: Me: “There is nothing in this life I can get

with a 4.0 that I can’t get with a 3.5.” Dad: “How about on the Dean’s List?”� At Mass, towards the end of the Sign

of Peace:My mom leans past me towards a junior

two seats to my right. Me: “What are you doing?” Mom: “I wanted to shake his hand. He’s

cute.”� At the President’s Dinner:A friend from high school runs into my

dad and comes over to say hello.Friend: “I found your Dad in the bath-

room.” Mom: “Were you just hanging out in

there?” In a way, conversations like this are at

the core of JPW, a chance for parents todiscover just what their kids are up to. Formost of us, the Notre Dame experienceinvolves drinking alcohol (legally andresponsibly, of course), obsessing overgrades and careers, convincing bouncersthat our birthday really was 21 years agoand attempting to pick up cute co-eds atMass, among many other things. My parents really got down to the bot-

tom of things, and I’m glad they did. If theydon’t disown me for writing this — whichmy mom threatened to do — I’d love forthem to come back for more conversa-tions.Just preferably not about my friends’

bathroom habits.

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QUESTION OF THE DAY: IF YOU COULD BE ANY DISNEY CHARACTER, WHO WOULD YOU BE?

IN BRIEFThe third annual campus-

wide sustainability planningsession for students, staff andfaculty, Green Summit III,“The Footprint of Food,” willtake place today from 4 p.m.to 6 p.m. in the MonogramRoom in the Joyce Center.

A lecture entitled “NationalSocial ism in Phi losophy:Being, History, Technologyand Exterminat ion inHeidegger’s Work” will begiven today by EmmanuelFaye. It will take place from4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in theEck Vis i tors CenterAuditorium.

A lecture, "Computation,Aesthet ics , and theContemporary Baroque,"will take place today from4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in 104Bond Hall.

The chi ldren’s book,”AColor of His Own,” by LeoLionni, will be read at theHammes Notre DameBookstore tomorrow at 11a.m. and 1 p.m.

A seminar,”Prospects forPeace in Israel-Palestine,”will take place tomorrow at 4p.m. in the Dooley Room ofthe LaFortune StudentCenter.

A lecture entitled “A Waron Terror by Any OtherName: What Has ObamaChanged?” will take placetomorrow from 4:15 p.m. to5:45 p.m. in Room C103 inthe Hesburgh Center forInternational Studies.

To submit information to beincluded in this section ofThe Observer, e-mail detailedinformation about an event toobsnews@nd.edu

OFFBEATNepal’s shortest man insearch of world recordKATMANDU, Nepal — A

man who is only 22 inches(56 centimeters) tall left hishome country of Nepal onSunday in a quest to berecognized as the world’sshortest man. KhagendraThapa Magar is travelingto Europe to campaign forthe Guinness World Recordtitle. He applied to London-based group for a place inthe record book in October,soon after turning 18, butsaid he has not receivedany response.Magar’s family initially

filed a claim when he was14, but it was rejected

because he was not anadult and there was achance he might grow.They say doctors in

Nepal have not been ableto explain why Magar is sosmall.

Police say student willinglyhad his buttocks brandedBRECKENRIDGE, Colo. —

Breckenridge authoritiessaid a Texas ChristianUniversity student who suf-fered burns when his peersbranded his buttocks par-ticipated in the act willinglyand no charges will befiled.Authorities said Thursday

they made the decision not

to pursue charges afterreviewing statements fromAmon Carter IV and adozen TCU students. TheSummit Daily News report-ed that Carter had Greeksymbols from his fraternityand a sorority branded onhis buttocks Jan. 8 during atrip to Breckenridge andneeded surgery after suf-fering second-and third-degree burns.Investigators said what

happened was not part of afraternity initiation becauseCarter was already a groupmember.

Information compiledfrom the Associated Press.

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Students bless their parents at the Junior Parents Weekend brunch. The blessingwas led by University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh. The brunch wasone of many events that juniors and their parents attended this weekend.

Laura Myers

AssistantSports Editor

“Winnie thePooh ... Oh,bother.”

Neil O’Dougherty

freshmanKeenan

“The LittleMermaid. Haveyou seen Prince

Eric?”

JoLynn Williams

sophomoreHoly Cross

“Meg, from‘Hercules,’

because she’sgot attitude anda backbone.”

Tara Doyle

freshmanMcCandless

“Cinderella.She’s a blondebombshell, just

like me.”

Anna Vaughn

freshmanRegina

“Mulan. Gentleas a forest, buta fire, within.”

Ali Buckley

freshmanMcCandless

“Jasminebecause I too love

adventures.”

Tori Spencer

freshmanLeMans Hall

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Conference to discuss human development

The second annual HumanDevelopment Conference willbring students from all over thecountry and world together todiscuss the best ways toaddress global development andaid. The conference’s theme will

be “People, Power andPragmatism: The Future ofDevelopment in Our ChangingWorld” and will take place onFeb. 26 and 27. “We all really have a passion

to bring change to the world, tomake a difference,” senior andco-chair of the conferenceBarbara Vi Ho said. “I remem-ber … someone saying, ‘It’s notenough to have a heart. Youhave to have a heart that sees.’We have to understand the con-texts of the situations that we’reentering, the people and theculture that we’re trying towork with.“I think the conference is the

center of that,” she said.The conference will feature

research from 43 differentcountries, Jeremy Tamargo,senior and publicity managerfor the conference, said.“It’s a student-led conference,

with a committee of studentmembers,” Tamargo said.The conference is in tune with

the mission of the University,Andrew Seelaus, senior and co-chair for the conference, said.“If you look at the mission of

the University, it’s totally in linewith [the conference],” Seelaus

said. “There’s definitely aninterest on campus.”In addition to there being

interest on campus, Tamargosaid the conference fills a need. “Catholic social tradition

teaches us that solidarity andpreferential option for thepoor,” he said. “As long asthere’s a need for development,there’s a need for this confer-ence and the need to keep stu-dents engaged.“They shouldn’t just be in the

classroom, but taking thatscholarship out of the class-room and applying it withaction, creating social change.” The conference’s focus is

broad enough to incorporatestudents from every major, Hosaid.“Because it is a multi-discipli-

nary conference, it provides avenue for people of all differentdisciplines to present how theythink they can make a changein the world,” Seelaus said.With the broad focus, Ho said

she hopes students will begin tosee development in a differentlight.“I would hope that it would

open their eyes to seeinghuman development as involv-ing so many different fields,” Hosaid. Tamargo said big organiza-

tions should not be the onlyones doing development work. “It starts with your own

agency and taking action,”Tamargo said. “That’s the start-ing point.”Seelaus said he hopes the

conference will be an opportu-nity to show that students are

taking action.“[University President Fr.

John] Jenkins talks about mak-ing [Notre Dame] a preeminentresearch institution in the coun-try, and I think this is justanother great venue for us toshowcase that, both graduateand undergraduate studentresearch,” Seelaus said.Lacey Haussamen, advisor

from one of the conference’ssponsors, the Ford FamilyProgram, said she sees the con-ference as an opportunity forstudents to participate in anacademic forum.“One thing I think is so special

about this conference is that itgives students a chance to real-ly participate in an academicconference,” Haussamen said.“It gives them an opportunity topresent their research, particu-larly undergraduates whohaven’t had that experiencebefore.”Tony Pohlen, also an advisor

from the Ford Program, saidthe different viewpoints offeredat the conference help breedingenuity in thinking.“Maybe one third of the pre-

senters are Notre Dame stu-dents, but the others come fromuniversities from across thecountry and internationally,”Pohlen said. “It brings togetherstudents that have had theseamazing experiences aroundthe world to present their work,but also to discuss their view-points.”The conference will involve

students from other universitiesas well, Seelaus said.“We’ve got people coming in

from various colleges, and ifthose people have a slightly dif-ferent perspective to humandevelopment that maybe is bet-ter in one realm while we arebetter in another realm, if wecan put that together, we canmake things happen,” Seelaussaid.“This is one event that the

Ford Program is sponsoringthat really allows students to beengaged in that discussion [ofdevelopment],” Pohlen said.“It’s not just faculty giving lec-tures. It’s not simple coursesthat we’re introducing.“It’s students really engaged

in development issues con-

tributing to the thinking and thesolving of those problems thataffect people around theworld.”Registration ends tonight and

can be completed at online atthe Kellogg Institute forInternational Studies Web site,but people are invited to attendeven if they do not register.The event will be held at the

Hesburgh Center forInternational Studies, with thereception and dinner in theMonogram Room of the JoyceCenter.

Photo courtesy of Andrew Seelaus

Human Development Conference Committee members pose fora picture. The conference will take place Feb. 26 and 27.

By AMANDA GRAYNews Writer

Contact Amanda Gray atagray3@nd.edu

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“All Art is Propaganda.” Eachstudent also wrote an essay,published for the exhibit cata-log.Sherman, who has been

involved with the collection for15 years, saidthe class offereda uniqueresearch oppor-tunity.“They are

writing theirown sake andforming theseopinions them-s e l v e s , ”Sherman said.“For some stu-dents, that’s adifferent experi-ence. You areusually trying tolearn what somebody elsethinks.”Hoffelder said through the

exhibit, she hoped studentswould gain “a respect for thetype of research we did andhow it’s an alternative, collabo-

rative approach to a topic.” The class included a weeklong

trip to London where studentsgrasped Eric’s Gill influence onart, design and catholic socialteaching. According to the exhibit’s cat-

alog, Gill began his career inLondon. In 1907, he moved toDitchling, England, where hehelped establish the Guild ofSaint Joseph and Saint Dominic,

a Catholic com-munity of sculp-tors, writers andother artists.Fallon, who

examined thecollection froman art historian’sperspective, saidthe trip comple-mented herstudy at NotreDame.“Before the

trip, it was diffi-cult to grasphow influential

he had been,” Fallon said. “Butonce we were in London and inDitchling and meeting peoplewho were descendants of theguild, it really made the wholeproject come alive and madethe collection seem extremely

relevant.”Gill’s work extended into mul-

tiple facets of the community. Inaddition to designing fonts andsculpting Stations of the Cross,he constructed war memorials.The Catholic Worker Movementlater used his drawings andimages in theirp u b l i c a t i o n s ,Sherman said.Allen said Gill’s

religious andsecular workswere not alwaysdistinct.“A lot of his

work was con-t r o v e r s i a lbecause he tend-ed to put reli-gious implica-tions in his secu-lar work, and hewas never afraidto push the enve-lope,” Allen said.S h e r m a n

hoped viewers ofthe exhibit wouldappreciate this adherence to abelief system. “I think one of the examples

of the Guild is that, no matterwhat your profession, you don’thave to have a boundary

between how you live your lifeand how you work and how youpray,” Sherman said. “You don’tneed to compartmentalize.” The Guild’s integration of

their beliefs into their art ledthe students to choose theexhibit’s title, “All Art is

Propaganda , ”from a 1934essay by Gill. “Some people

feel that art isnot about theirlives,” Shermansaid. “He feltthat art neededto be engaged inthe lives of peo-ple and makinga difference.”Ruth Cribb,

one of the schol-ars the studentsmet with inLondon anddescendant of aGuild member,will present herEric Gill

research and comment on theexhibit March 3 in the SpecialCollections Reading Room.

Contact Katlyn Smith atksmith33@nd.edu

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has grown beyond the depart-ment level.“With the growth and work

of the Office of Sustainabilityand other green groups oncampus, it seemed like a natu-ral fit to remake the Summitinto a more educationalevent,” Kelly said. “Given thegreat work of ND FoodServices, it will be an opportu-nity to showcase their workand also engage the rest ofthe Notre Dame community,”she said. “This event wi l lhopefully build on the successof the past by granting stu-dents, faculty, administratorsand staff an opportunity totalk about living in sustain-able ways.”Novick said she hopes par-

ticipants take away that eat-ing in a sustainable way isn’tdifficult.“One of the easiest ways

people can lighten their envi-ronmental footprint is by mak-ing more conscious choices

about what they eat,” Novicksaid. “Also, they don’t have tobecome a vegan or eat a pure-ly local diet in order to eat ina more eco-fr iendly way.There are lots of small stepsthey can take that make a bigdifference.”Kelly said this year’s event

shows how far Notre Damehas come in sustainability. “The two previous green

summits produced a laundrylist of things for the Universityand the Office of Sustainabilityto work on or investigate,”Kelly said. “I think we havebecome a campus where beinggreen is more understood andaccepted.”In addit ion to the Green

Summit, the Off ice ofSustainability will host manyupcoming events, Novick said.In particular, these events,l ike a Green Comedy Nightperformed by the HumorArtists, and an EnvironmentalMass at the Grotto will centeron Earth Week, takes placeApril 18 to April 23.

“The idea is that this isn’tjust a women’s issue, thisaffects our whole communi-ty, whether you realize it ornot. Many people do in factknow someone who hasbeen touched by this, theyjust don’t realize it,” shesaid.Moriarty emphasized that

student concerns are a toppriori ty, and the eventschedule was made flexibleto reflect what students arelooking for at that time. Other events throughout

the week include a screen-ing of “The Accused,” co-sponsored by the AthleticDepartment, as well as var-ious resource tables withinformation and petitions,all in an effort to promotesolidarity and reject sexualviolence.The week culminates in

what Moriarty called, “ourbiggest event,” which is the“Time to Heal” dinner atLegends Friday night. Lastyear’s dinner drew 220attendees, Moriarty said.“We’ve real ized that

Notre Dame is smallenough that we can have anawareness week thataffects the whole campus,not just a section of it,” shesaid. “When we’re made aware

of an injust ice we areobliged to object to it …When you see people withinthe community really rally-ing around those who havebeen directly affected, it’s apowerful experience. Notonly does the individualbecome transformed, butthe community as well.”

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SMC puts on ‘CSI: Live’ show for children

Complete with a smoke machineand special effects lighting, childrenwere given a hands-on learningexperience with CSI: Live.The show was recommended for

children ages 8 and over and waspresented Friday in the O’LaughlinAuditorium at Saint Mary’s College.The show offered kids an experi-ence where theycould “enter thefascinating worldof crime sceneinvest igat ionsthrough an excit-ing, interactivejourney led by ourCSI team,” accord-ing to promotionalfliers. The show led

the audiencethrough the inves-tigation of a crime scene. ActorsTheresa Noon and Bear Schaalplayed the two crime scene investi-gators, Sydney Mathis and David

Hart.The crime: A magician picks an

audience member to participate in atrick that results in foul play. Mathisand Hart are called to investigatethe scene, and ask the young audi-ence to assist. “I think the kids enjoyed the show.

They really got into it. When theyasked for volunteers they werejumping up and down and jumpingon seats,” sophomore JordanBartrom, who attended the per-

formance, said. When called on

stage, kids weregiven special gog-gles, hats and CSIcoats so theyappeared to bepart of the inves-tigative team. During the per-

formance, Hartand Mathias gavehelpful pointers forsolving crimes and

uncovering clues within a crimescene. “A witness statement is one of the

most important elements in finding

suspects,” Mathias said during theperformance.Though only some members of

the audience were called on stage,the entire audiencewas utilized forpar t i c i pa t i on .Audience mem-bers were asked tostand, shout outanswers and wereasked to clap andcheer for the per-son who was themost-likely suspect.“I think the audi-

ence enjoyed itbecause it was sohands-on and theycould participate init. And it wassomething cool. They were helpingto solve a crime,” Bartrom said. Mathias and Hart also demon-

strated many different techniquesfor investigating a crime. Hartexplained that by using luminol, achemical substance that is used byforensic investigators to detectblood, and a black light, traces ofblood can be identified.

The investigating team alsodemonstrated the use of an air-powered cannon. Hart and Mathiasput a flashlight in the cannon and

shot it through apiece of wood andthen through awatermelon. Throughout the

performance, theaudience was ableto watch a largescreen that was onstage to see mes-sages from thecrime lab. Thescreen also pre-sented quizzes andgave instantreplays of some ofthe experiments

that Mathias and Hart performed. At the end of the performance,

the suspect who committed thecrime was caught and Hart andMathias displayed the evidence thatthey had found while working at thecrime scene.

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Contact Alicia Smith atasmith01@saintmarys.edu

“I think the audienceliked it because it

was so hands-on andthey could participate

in it.”

Jordan Bartromsophomore

“They are writingtheir own take and

forming these opinions themselves.For some students,that’s a differentexperiece. You areusually trying to

learn what sombodyelse thinks.”

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“I think the kidsenjoyed the show.They really got intoit. When they askedfor volunteers they

were jumping up anddown on seats.”

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FUNCHAL — Rescue work-ers in Madeira dug throughheaps of mud, boulders anddebris Sunday, searching forvictims buried by floods andmudslides that have killed atleast 42 people on the popu-lar Portuguese island.Residents looking for miss-

ing loved ones were directedby local authorities to theresort’s international airport,where a makeshift morguehas been set up.Social services spokesman

Francisco Jardim Ramos saidnot all the bodies had beenidentified. The center isequipped with psychiatric,psychological and socialcounseling services, he said.More than 120 other peo-

ple were injured and anunknown number were miss-ing, possibly swept away orsmothered, authorities said,adding the death could stillrise. Of 248 people who wereforced to flee their homes fortemporary shelters, 85 havebeen allowed to return home,Ramos said.Late Sunday, a spokes-

woman for the BritishForeign office confirmed thata British national had died,but declined to give furtherdetails. The spokeswomanspoke on condition ofanonymity in line withdepartment policy.The Foreign Office also

said a small number ofBritons had been hospitalizedon Madeira. The island ispopular with British tourists,who for centuries haveregarded wines made inMadeira as a luxury product.The worst storm to hit

Madeira since 1993 lashedthe south of the AtlanticOcean island, including thecapital, Funchal, Saturday,turning some streets into tor-rents of mud, water androlling debris.“We heard a very loud

noise, like rolling thunder,the ground shook and thenwe realized it was watercoming down,” said SimonBurgbage, of Britain.Madeira is the main island,

with a population of around250,000, of a Portuguese

archipelago of the samename in the Atlantic Oceanjust over 300 miles off thewest coast of Africa.The flash floods were so

powerful they carved pathsdown mountains and rippedthrough the city, churningunder some bridges andtearing others down.Residents caught in the tor-rent clung to railings to avoidbeing swept away. Cars weretossed about by the force ofthe water; the battered shellsof overturned vehicles lit-tered the streets.“It was horrible, there

were cars on rooftops, therewere vans and trucks thathad fallen and been totallycrushed,” said Germantourist Andreas Hoisser.The raging water swept a

fire truck downstream, slam-ming it into a tree.

Funchal residents and visi-tors must now contend with alack of fresh water untildestroyed infrastructure isrepaired, the head of waterservices said.“One of the main conduits

of the city, which is upstreamof most of the public distribu-tion systems, has simply dis-appeared,” said Pimenta deFranca.The death toll “will likely

increase, given the circum-stances of this flood,” Ramossaid, adding there were“great difficulties” with com-munications on the islandsince phone lines wereripped out by the deluge.“People are scared, some

have lost loved ones andthings are very complicatedbecause of that,” saidMadeira-born Luisa Jardin.Firefighters used pumping

equipment to try to drain anunderground parking garageat a downtown departmentstore close to where theheaviest floodwatersdescended. Local authoritiesfeared shoppers may havebeen trapped below groundby the deluge.“The store is totally

destroyed, damaged, full ofslurry,” said owner JoaoAndrade.A medical team backed up

by divers and rescue expertsarrived Sunday aboard a C-130 transport plane at thearchipelago, 550 milessouthwest of Lisbon. Theplane was also carryingtelecommunications equip-ment. Once telephone com-munications are restored itwill be easier to discover whois missing, Ramos said.

AP

Firefighters leave the parking lot of a shopping center where they were searching forpossible victims of floods and mudslides in downtown Funchal, Madeira Islands Sunday.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Growingslightly more optimistic, NASA pressedahead with a Sunday night landing forspace shuttle Endeavour, even thoughpoor weather on both coasts threat-ened to scuttle any touchdownattempts.Endeavour and its crew of six are

returning from the International SpaceStation, which was hit by computertrouble that triggered temporary com-munication blackouts Sunday.In an unusual double weather

whammy for NASA, rain and cloudswere expected at both Kennedy SpaceCenter and Edwards Air Force Base in

California, the backup landing site.“We’re going to play it by ear,” said

flight director Norm Knight, who hadthe final say on where and when toend Endeavour’s two-week mission.“It’s going to go down to the wire.”Late Sunday afternoon, Knight told

the flight controllers that he’s seenworse forecasts and urged them not tobe too depressed about the situation.Toward that end, he ordered that theradar weather images be strickenfrom the screens at Mission Control.By nightfall, optimism was growing

ever so slightly. The rain seemed to bestaying away from Kennedy, and theclouds were thin and broken.“Let’s keep our fingers crossed,” said

shuttle commander George Zamka.While the weather was expected to

worsen at Kennedy on Monday night,drastic improvement was on the hori-zon for Edwards. NASA was gratefulfor at least that, considering the third-string backup site, White Sands MissileRange in New Mexico, was alsoexpected to have dismal weatherMonday.Endeavour could remain in orbit

until Tuesday, if necessary.Zamka and his crew delivered and

installed a new room and big bay win-dow at the space station. The success-ful construction job marked the virtualcompletion of the 11-year-old orbitingoutpost.

NATIONAL NEWS

Man arrested in shooting deathsINDIANAPOLIS — Police say a 63-year-old

man has been arrested in the shooting deaths oftwo women whose bodies were found in theirIndianapolis home.According to Sgt. Paul Thompson, the bodies

of 61-year-old Linda Nickle and 24-year-oldElizabeth Newcomer were found around 5 p.m.Saturday.Thompson says Elwin Hart has been arrested

in the slayings and is in police custody.Thompson says he does not yet have an attorney.Police were called to the scene after a person

who was checking on the home found the bod-ies.

LOCAL NEWS

Compiled from The Observer’s wire services

World & NationMonday, February 22, 2010 page 5

Worst storm since 1993 leaves more than 120 injured, countless missing

Paraguay leader visits soccer starMEXICO CITY — Paraguayan President

Fernando Lugo says soccer star SalvadorCabanas is hopeful, talking and exercising.The Paraguayan striker, who plays for

Mexico’s Club America, is recovering after beingshot in the head Jan. 25 at a Mexico City bar.Lugo says he found Cabanas very lucid and

with “a lot of hope” during their talk at the hos-pital Sunday.Lugo, who is in Mexico for the Rio Group sum-

mit, showed off an America T-shirt that Cabanassigned. Lugo says the player is exercising on astationary bike.Cabanas had been expected to lead

Paraguay’s national team at the World Cup inSouth Africa this summer.

Obama statue returns to public viewJAKARTA, Indonesia — A statue of Barack

Obama as a boy was placed late Sunday nightat the Jakarta elementary school the U.S.president once attended, after its display in apublic park prompted backlash in theIndonesia capital.The replacement of the bronze statue a

week after it disappeared from public viewwas a low-key event officiated by the school’sprincipal and three local education officials.Scores of proud students had been among thecrowd of 500 watching when Jakarta’s mayorunveiled the statue in the nearby park inDecember.The likeness based on a childhood photo-

graph shows a 10-year-old Obama smiling at abutterfly perched on his outstretched thumb.

Associated Press

Associated Press

Floods, mudslides kill 42 people

Shuttle landing on schedule despite weather

Archaeologists find octagonal houseBLUFFTON, S.C. — South Carolina archae-

ologists believe they might have unearthedthe first octagonal house in the UnitedStates.The ruins were found last fall on the banks

of the May River in the southern coastaltown of Bluffton. A letter written in 1796 bya visitor mentions the octagonal house andhelps date the structure.Archaeologists Heather Cline and Mary

Socci say the 900-square-foot house wasowned by Scottish immigrant WilliamMcKimmy and was built about 1790.That would mean the home predates

Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest. Thathome was built in the 1820s nearLynchburg, Va., and is considered to be thefirst octagonal house in the U.S.

ATF charges 2 men in church fireTYLER, Texas — Federal authorities say

two men have been charged with settingan east Texas church on fire and are sus-pected in a string of similar blazes thisyear.Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms

and Explosives spokesman Tom Crowleysays 19-year-old Jason Robert Bourqueand 21-year-old Daniel George McAllisterwere charged Sunday with felony arson inconnection with a fire last month at achurch in Smith County in east Texas.Crowley says the men are suspected of

intentionally setting other fires in eastTexas, where 10 churches have burnedsince Jan. 1. Authorities suspect a fire at achurch in the central Texas town ofTemple was also arson.

PORTUGAL

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Gov’t. develops Great Lakes rescue planTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. —

The Obama administrationhas developed a f ive-yearblueprint for rescuing theGreat Lakes , a sprawl ingecosystem plagued by toxiccontaminat ion, shr inkingwildlife habitat and invasivespecies.The plan envisions spend-

ing more than $2.2 billionfor long-awai ted repairsafter a century of damage tothe lakes, which hold 20 per-cent o f the wor ld ’s f reshwater. The Associated Pressobtained a copy of the docu-ment, which Lisa Jackson,head of the EnvironmentalProtect ion Agency, wasreleasing at a news confer-ence Sunday in Washington.“We’re committed to creat-

ing a new standard of carethat wi l l leave the GreatLakes bet ter for the nextgeneration,” Jackson said ina statement.Among the goals is a “zero

to lerance po l icy” towardfuture invasions by foreignspecies, including the Asiancarp, a huge, ravenous fishthat has overrun portions ofthe Mississippi River systemand is threatening to enterLake Michigan.Others include cleanup of

the reg ion’s most heav i lypolluted sites, restoring wet-lands and other crucial habi-ta t , and improv ing waterqual i ty in shal low areas ,where runoff from cities andfarms has led to unsightlyalgae blooms and beach clos-

ings.Also promised is a strategy

for monitoring the ecosys-tem’s health and holding fed-eral agencies accountablefor carrying out the plan.During his 2008 campaign,

Pres ident Barack Obamapledged $5 b i l l ion over adecade toward fulf i l l ing aGreat Lakes cleanup wish listdeveloped by a coalition ofagenc ies , sc ient i s ts andactivists.Congress las t year

approved his request for afirst installment of $475 mil-l ion . The newly re leasedplan assumes yearly appro-priations of the same amountthrough 2014, except for the$300 million Obama request-ed this month in his 2011budget.The 41-page plan sets out

ecological targets and specif-ic actions to be taken by 16federal agenc ies workingwith state, local and tribalgovernments and pr ivategroups.Among the goals it hopes

to achieve by 2014: finishingwork at five toxic hot spotsthat have languished onc leanup l i s ts for twodecades; a 40 percent reduc-t ion in the rate at whichinvasive species are discov-ered in the lakes; measura-ble decreases in phosphorusrunof f ; and protect ion o fnear ly 100,000 wet landacres.I t a lso wi l l he lp save

spec ies such as the lakesturgeon, a prehistoric fishthat can reach 8 feet long

and 200 pounds but i sendangered because of over-harvest ing and habi tatdegradation. The plan prom-ises to provide 25,000 youngsturgeon for stocking pro-grams.Officials said the plan —

combined with enforcementof exist ing environmentalrules and the creation of newones where needed — wouldhelp make Great Lakes fishsafe to eat, their waters suit-able for drinking and swim-ming, and their native plantsand animals thriving.The lakes provide drinking

water to more than 30 mil-lion people and are the back-bone of a regional economydependent on tourism, out-door recreat ion, shippingand manufacturing.“We now have a go lden

opportunity, even a once-in-a- l i fe t ime opportuni ty, tomake huge progress ,”Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle,co-chairman of the Councilof Great Lakes Governors,said in a telephone interviewSaturday. “We’ve been talk-ing about th is for a longtime. Now the federal gov-ernment is putting some realresources behind it.”Jeff Skelding, director of

the Heal ing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition, whichrepresents environmentalgroups across the region,praised the plan’s commit-ment to long-range fundingfor the restoration but saidCongress should boostObama’s 2011 spendingrequest to $475 million.

them scores.”Junior Jackie Merola also

said Junior Parent’s Weekendwas more personal andal lowed herparents to meetpeople directlyinvolved in hereducation.“The weekend

allowed my par-ents opportuni-t ies that theywouldn’t have ifthey just cameup to visit anyother week-end,” she said.“We went to anevent at theCol lege ofScience and myparents got to meet my advi-sor, which is something theywouldn’t nor-mally be able todo.”Bohnert said

Junior ParentsWeekend is alsoa chance forstudents tomeet theirfr iends’ par-ents. “I t ’s real ly

wonderful tomeet the par-ents of yourfr iends,” hesaid. “You getto know moreabout yourfr iends — the stuf f theywouldn’t tell you personally.It’s great to meet the peoplewho are responsible for the

way your friends turned out.”Merola agreed that having

events that involved interac-tions between the juniors andtheir parents created memo-rable experiences thatbrought the class together. “On Sunday we got to go to

the brunch and me and myparents real lyenjoyed that,”she said. “I twas great tohave the entireClass of 2011and their par-ents all in oneplace.”While the jun-

iors said theyenjoyed theoff icial eventsthat theU n i v e r s i t yplanned for theweekend, manystudents and

their parents spent qualitytime together in less tradition-

al ways.Junior Erin

Semler saidhaving moresocial experi-ences with herparents duringJunior ParentsW e e k e n dal lowed herparents to havea greaterinsight into herl i fe outs ide ofthe classroom.“My parents

now have a bet-ter perspectiveof what college

life is like,” she said.

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“This weekendallowed my parentsopportunities that

they wouldn’t have ifthey just came up to

visit any other weekend.”

Jackie Merolajunior

“On Sunday we got togo to the brunch andmy parents reallyenjoyed that. It wasgreat to have the

entire Class of 2011and their

parents all in oneplace.”

Jackie Merolajunior

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IN BRIEF

PORT-AU-PRINCE —Jordanie Pinquie Rebecaleans forward and guides apiece of suit-jacket wool andits silky lining into a sewingmachine, where — bat! bat!bat! — they’re bound togeth-er to be hemmed.If she does this for eight

hours, she will earn $3.09.Her boss will ship the pin-striped suit she helped maketo the United States, tariff-free. There a shopper willbuy it from JoS. A. BankClothiers for $550.In the quest to rebuild

Haiti, the international com-munity and business leadersare dusting off a pre-quakeplan to expand its low-wagegarment assembly industryas a linchpin of recovery.President Barack Obama’sadministration is on board,encouraging U.S. retailers toobtain from Haiti at least 1percent of the clothes theysell.But will that save a reeling

country whose economymust be built from scratch?Few Haitians have steady

incomes, and unemploymentis unmeasurable; before thequake it was estimated atbetween 60 and 80 percent.In cities, most scrape by sell-ing in the streets, doing oddjobs or relying on remit-tances from abroad thatmake up a quarter of Haiti’s$7 billion gross domesticproduct.Garments are central to

the economic growth plancommissioned by U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last year, a 19-pagereport written by OxfordUniversity economics profes-sor Paul Collier and promot-ed by former President BillClinton as special envoy tothe impoverished nation.They say the sector could

quickly produce hundreds ofthousands of jobs thankschiefly to two things: anexisting preferential tradedeal with the nearby UnitedStates, and cheap Haitianlabor.The deal is the Haiti

Hemispheric Opportunitythrough Partnership

Encouragement Act, or“HOPE II.” Passed by theU.S. Congress in 2008, it letsHaiti export textiles duty-free to the U.S. for a decade.Last year, $513 millionworth of Haitian-madeapparel, the bulk of exports,was shipped with labelsincluding Hanes and NewBalance. Factory profit mar-gins average about 22 per-cent, according toWashington-based NathanAssociates Inc.The cheap labor is

Jordanie Pinquie Rebeca,and others like her.During a recent shift at

the South Korean-ownedfactory where she works sixdays a week, employeessoftly sang a Creole hymnbeneath the hot fluorescentlights: “Lord, take my hand.Bring me through.”

It was HOPE II that per-suaded the bosses to movetheir Dominican plant andrename it DKDR Haiti SA.Nearly all the 1,200 peoplestill working there after thequake make the new “out-sourcing” minimum wage of125 gourdes a day, about$3.09 — approximately thesame as the minimum wagein 1984 and worth less thanhalf its previous purchasingpower.Pay was even lower last

year when lawmakersraised the country’s mini-mum from $1.72 a day toalmost $5 in response toprotests. But owners com-plained, and President RenePreval refused to enact thelaw. A compromise allowednon-garment workers toreceive the higher mini-mum, but stuck factory

workers with the “outsourc-ing” wage.DKDR complied but cut

production-based incentives,according to general manag-er Chun Ho Lee. Producing600 pieces in a day used toyield a worker a bonus of$2.47. Now it’s worth $1.23.All sides agree that gar-

ment-industry wages are toolow to feed, clothe andhouse workers and theirfamilies. Even factory own-ers acknowledge that reality— though they deny runningsweatshops and say thebusinesses have an impor-tant role.“It’s not enough to make a

decent living, but it’s the firststep” toward economicrecovery, said GeorgeSassine, president of theAssociation of Industries ofHaiti.

AP

Women work at the DKDR Haiti garment assembly factory in Port-au-Prince on Feb. 19.International and business leaders are preparing to expand Haiti’s garment industry.

U.S.-backed expansion of garment industry could help rebuild nation’s economy

Associated Press

Leaders consider recovery plans

Lufthansa seeks to avoid strikeBERLIN — Lufthansa sought Sunday to head

off a massive strike by its pilots but posted alter-native flight schedules and activated hot lineswarning travelers to brace for major disruptionsand delays.A day before more than 4,000 pilots for

Germany’s largest airline planned to walk offtheir jobs for four days in an effort to gainincreased job security, the likelihood of reachinga compromise appeared slim.Lufthansa AG spokesman Klaus Walther said

in a statement the airline was willing to return tounconditional talks with the Cockpit pilots union.“If the Cockpit Union is willing to renounce its

conditions and unreasonable and illegaldemands ... then we could swiftly come to anagreement,” Walther said in a statement.There was no immediate comment from the

union, which has called on pilots flying forLufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo and its low-budgetsubsidiary, Germanwings, to walk off the job atmidnight and not return until midnightThursday.Thousands could be affected by the strike,

which is posed to disrupt international anddomestic travel, as Lufthansa scrambles torebook passengers on other flights or, withinGermany, trains.Earlier Sunday, Lufthansa board member

Stefan Lauer told the Frankfurter AllgemeineSonntagszeitung the airline was prepared toguarantee the jobs of its pilots for two years ifthey returned to negotiations. That does notappear to be enough for the pilots, who say theairline is increasingly relying on foreign pilotswho fly for less.

Gas prices drop across nationCAMARILLO, Calif. — The average price of

regular gasoline in the United States is down3.29 cents over a two-week period to $2.63.That’s according to the national Lundberg

Survey of fuel prices released Sunday.Analyst Trilby Lundberg says the average

price for a gallon of mid-grade was $2.77.Premium was at $2.88.Among cities surveyed, Cheyenne, Wyo., had

the lowest average price at $2.32 a gallon forregular. Honolulu was the highest at $3.33.In California, the average price for a gallon

of regular was $2.87.

HOUSTON — Schlumberger Ltd., theworld’s biggest oilfield services compa-ny, has agreed to purchase fellowindustry player Smith InternationalInc. for about $11 billion in stock in amove to diversify its product offeringsand better compete with rivalHalliburton Co.The deal, announced Sunday, boosts

Schlumberger’s portfolio just as busi-ness is beginning to recover. Smith,based in Houston, makes drilling tools,bits and other products for the oil andgas industries.Schlumberger, which has main

offices in Paris, Houston and TheHague, Netherlands, slumped during

the global recession that weakenedenergy demand and discourageddrilling operations around the world.But prices have since rebounded, andthe company said in its most recentearnings report in January that itsbusiness will benefit as recoveringcountries burn more fuel.Under terms of the transaction,

Smith stockholders will receive 0.6966of a Schlumberger share for eachshare held. Based on Schlumberger’sclosing stock price Friday of $63.90,that values Smith shares at $44.51each. Based on Smith’s 247.4 millionshares outstanding, the all-stock pur-chase is worth $11.01 billion.The deal values Smith shares at a 25

percent premium to their closing price

Thursday before reports of the compa-nies’ merger talks sent Smith’s sharessoaring. Smith CEO John Yearwoodsaid the acquisition, which has beenunanimously approved by both compa-nies’ boards, is good for shareholders.BMO Capital Markets analyst Alan

Laws has said the purchase would fillin the few gaps Schlumberger has in itsportfolio by adding Smith’s leadingpositions in fluids and drill bit technol-ogy. In a note to clients Friday as spec-ulation about a possible deal swirled,Laws said the acquisition would beefup Schlumberger’s domestic U.S. oper-ations with “mainstream services thatare in high demand.” He expectsSmith’s Wilson distribution businesswill be spun out after the deal closes.

Associated Press

Oil services company buys competitor

HAITI

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What do you eat every day, and whereis it from? Farmers in England reportedthat students who visit their farmsassume carrots grow on trees and getconfused when presented with the factthat beef and milkcome from the sameanimal.Let’s connect our-

selves to what in thepast five years hasbeen the societal par-allel to the technicalgreen revolutionthat gave the worldthe capacity to sup-port seven billionpeople. AsAmericans, wemicro-eat ratherthan macro-eat.Countless Web sites and productsdivulge calories, fat, protein, vitamins,etc. in most foods that are sold in stores,but try searching where the ingredientsof those products come from and only afew recent documentaries show up.What are we eating?Let’s go through just one lunch. We’ll

call the outcome your “foodprint.” (Trysaying that with a German accent, itmakes the joke funnier.)You make a sandwich of wheat bread

— made from wheat from Indiana andyeast made from molasses, which wasmade from sugar cane grown in Brazilon former tropical forest land, poor innutrients and only temporarily farmableafter the forest’s clearing.Your chicken likely came from North

Carolina on a chicken farm where thou-sands of other chickens lived for 81days in the same crowded chickenhouse, fed antibiotics and Vitamin D-rich feed that allows the chickens to livelonger. Before the 20th-century chick-ens struggled to live in less sunny timesof the year, they were a seasonal food.Your tomato came from South Florida,

picked by migrant workers — a dispen-sable workforce for agricultural compa-nies, for these people have hardly anyrights in America. Your banana cameon a diesel tanker from Ecudaor, youreggs in your chocolate-chip cookie weretrucked in refrigeration from Iowa.Food comes from all over, and scoresand scores of people are involved in theproduction processes.A recent Swedish study in the journal

Ecological Economics calculates theenergy it takes for food to grow and getto your plate versus the energy you getfrom eating it. For every food item, theycalculated the to-your-plate energythrough considering fertilization, soildegradation, clearing for farms, fuel toharvest/plant the food and to get it tomarket, as well as the energy neededfor you to bring the food home, store itand cook it. These scientists found thatone serving of beef takes 9.4 megajoulesto get to your dinner plate, yet when itarrives, it provides you with only 0.8megajoules (191 calories). Chicken getsyou the same amount of calories foronly half the energy investment, whilepotatoes provide in nutritional energymore than 50 percent of the energy ittakes to grow and transport them.A similar study from Great Britain

concluded that the energy invested inproducing and transporting one week’sworth of food for one person is roughlyfive times greater than the amount ofenergy the eater gets from the food.About one-sixth of that input is homestorage and another one-sixth is homecooking. Thus, eating more uncookedfresh foods or not relying heavily on thefridge could significantly decrease theenergy used to get your food to you.And after you figure out where all

that food came from, how your bananaswere shipped from Ecuador to SanDiego on a giant tanker then trucked2,100 miles to South Bend, Ind., thinkabout how many times you failed toactually eat that food. You left yourbanana in the room or your bag, andthen decided the brownish-green,unseasonable and unappetizing curve ofa fruit should be thrown out. We throwout food that traveled upwards of 5,000miles to get to us because we don’t feellike eating it, and thereby not only con-tribute to landfill issues, but also wastewater.Water waste is intricately tied to food

waste because of the amount of wateragriculture demands. Dr. EmersonNafziger at the University of Illinois esti-mates that growing one acre of corneven in the fertile Midwest needs250,000 gallons of water.At World Water week in Stockholm

this past year, scientists calculated thatAmerica wastes about 30 percent of itsproduced food, worth approximately$48.3 billion. That much food waste

equates to about 40 trillion liters (10.5trillion gallons) of water waste, whichcould provide water for 500 millionhouseholds — roughly five times thenumber of households in America.Wasting food becomes a human rights

issue.Wasting food wastes water. We can

fundraise to build wells in Africa as longas we want, but not finishing your mealwastes far more water and money thanwe contribute to foreign nations. Thefact remains that we cannot merely shipour water to them, but the pollutionfrom our agricultural runoff causesother issues for poor Central Americannations. Our wasted food contributes toagricultural runoff that creates nitro-gen-rich dead zones in our oceans andbrain development problems in our chil-dren.When we waste food we waste oil.

The oil itself causes air pollution in theform of CO2, smog and particulate mat-ter, while the lust for it — so that wecan get our kiwi and Argentinean beefpromptly — causes wars and kills citi-zens of nations all over the world.Throwing away out-of-season produce

causes a higher demand for that pro-duce. Thus, more under-paid andunder-valued workers are exploited asmigrant workers by huge agriculturalindustries.Eating mindfully can significantly

expedite aid many of the world’s humanrights issues. If we know what is in sea-son, where our food came from andhow it got there, we appreciate it in adifferent way. Only then do we finishour food, take what we can eat and notwaste the massive efforts of people, ani-mals and the earth that it took for thefood to get to us to support our verylives. Wasting less food can help theearth and the people on it who are suf-fering not by transferring the food tothem per se, but by minimizing thestrains of its production. Think aboutthat next time you throw away half yourmeal in the dining hall.

Jackie Mirandola Mullen is a seniorhistory and German major. She encourages you to pick a favorite crop(hers is the potato). You can reach herat jmirando@nd.eduThe views expressed in this column

are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Sourcing food to save water

JackieMirandolaMullen

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in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.”

Charles BaudelaireFrench poet

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JPW misunderstandingI would like to tender my apology to the entire junior class

who attended the JPW brunch this weekend. Through a mis-understanding on my part, I arrived too late to offer theinvocation that I had been invited to give. I consider it agreat honor to have been invited. It was an inexcusableoversight to arrive late, for which I apologize, particularly toAnne Reser and Zach Reuvers, who worked hard to makethe weekend and the brunch a lovely, successful event. Ithank University President Fr. John Jenkins for graciouslystepping in to fill the gap much more ably than I could everdo. Nonetheless, I herein offer my unread, but heartfeltprayer for the juniors and their parents:Gracious God, we are grateful for the presence of these

loving parents who came to share in and experience ourcommunity of learning and faith at Our Lady’s University thisweekend. We who are blessed to walk alongside their chil-

dren in their journey of faith seeking understanding thankthem for their sacrifices and their trust in us to lead themalong the paths of scholarship and love of God and his Son,Jesus Christ. May we continue to be true to our mission tofoster in the young people in our care the disciplined habitsof mind, body and spirit that characterize educated, skilledand free human beings. Let us live in peace, speak the truth,give thanks each day. Let us respect the earth and her crea-tures, live simply and be of service to others. Let us be guid-ed by our faith and not our fear. Let us go lightly on ourpaths, walking in the way of God.

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ND workers alwaysbehind the Joneses

First of all, thank you Mr. Easleyfor your “Words of wisdom” (Feb.18), but I would have expected a lit-tle more wisdom and a little lessignorance from a student that comesinto contact with building and foodservice employees every day. Allowme to explain a few things about lifeyou may have missed.1. Life is hard. For many people,

higher education is not a possibility.Everyone has been dealt a differenthand in life and not everyone is asfortunate to go to Notre Dame asyou. Fact.2. You say most people have a

spouse or family member to helpsupport them when times “get hard,”but what you fail to see is whenyou’re making almost $4 under theliving wage, times are always hard.3. You say someone working for a

place for more than a decade shouldmake “a bit more than $9”? Only abit? I would hope that someone whohas worked at a place for more thana decade would receive a substantialamount more after a decade of serv-ice than when they first started.4. Yes, we live in a free society, but

let me tell you something: There is alot more freedom for some thanthere is for others. Working morethan one job per day puts physical,emotional and familial strains onpeople. In this economy, most people

cannot afford to quit their jobs sim-ply because it is not their passion.I’m sure it is no one’s passion toclean Mark Easley’s hair off theshower wall, but sure enough, Mark,I’m sure your Keenan Hall shower isclean when you need to use it.5. Night school and community col-

lege cost a lot of money. Sure, theydon’t cost as much as a Saint Mary’sor Notre Dame education, but whenyou are already making almost $4under the living wage, you don’tthinking about saving for a nightschool education, you think aboutwhat food you are going to put onthe table for your family. Gettingpaid a fair wage is not taking ahandout from the University, it isgetting paid fairly for a fair day’swork.6. Some people do enjoy their work

and believe they do their work at afair wage. These are the people thatare making a fair, living wage.The building and food service

employees make our lives easierevery day. Providing them with a liv-ing wage would be the least we coulddo to show our gratitude for the hardwork that they do.

Colleen Lowryjunior

LeMans HallFeb. 18

Reconsider Innsbruck decisionDear Fellow Innsbruckers and Notre

Dame Office of International Studies(OIS) Administrators,As a former school administrator, I can

understand that in difficult economictimes, with the endowment going downin value and staff salaries and studenttuitions rising, all programs at theUniversity are under a fiscal microscope.Faced with similar situations in the pub-lic school setting, I generally opted forthe elimination of extracurricular activi-ties in order to maintain a solid academ-ic program.At the university level, however, the

question will always be what constitutesa “solid academic program?” Put anoth-er way, what constitutes a solid liberal

arts education? For me personally, theeducation I received in one year inInnsbruck (1966-67 — yes, the year Araand Notre Dame were national champi-ons) was not only solid and challengingacademically, given my level of compe-tency in German, but also “liberal” andliberating in the finest tradition of theliberal arts.Viewing the Pieta, for example, in per-

son at St. Peter’s in Rome was far differ-ent and far more rewarding than view-ing slides of the Pieta presented in anauditorium on campus at Notre Dameduring art appreciation class.The Notre Dame founding fathers of

the Innsbruck and Angers programs gotit right. Put Notre Dame students in uni-

versity towns similar in size and compo-sition (conservative, Catholic) to NotreDame, allow every student with at least abasic understanding of the foreign lan-guage to attend, keep the cost of attend-ing nearly equal to the yearly cost ofattending Notre Dame, provide NotreDame priests (Fr. Broestle, in our case)or University professors to run the pro-grams on site and the building blocks ofa successful program would be in place.Thanks in no small part to the compe-

tency in German I developed inInnsbruck, I eventually met and marrieda wonderful German girl from Stuttgartnearly 40 years ago. As a result of ourmarriage I have had the unique opportu-nity to make the acquaintance of many

German-speaking people in Switzerland,Germany, Austria and even Hungary(Donauschwaben). To this day, however,when visiting Europe I still feel most athome in “meinem zweiten HeimatslandOesterreich.”Please consider — or reconsider, OIS

administrators — the impact certain pro-grams may have on the lives of your stu-dents. Not everything can be measuredin successful careers or in dollars andcents. Some things can only be measuredby the heart and by common sense.

Bob Woodrickalumnus

Class of 1969Feb. 4

Reality checkThank you, Mr. Easley (“Words of wis-

dom,” Feb. 18) for your enlighteninginsights to the facts of life. While you shedsome light on the value of hard work, youhave missed some very important points.Yeah, life is hard. The difficulties of

day-to-day life can’t be ignored. And,unfortunately, some people have ittougher than others. At the same time,don’t we, as members of the human pop-ulation, have a responsibility to do whatwe can to improve this world, thus mak-ing life easier for our fellow humans?Human civilization is marked by a contin-uous progress towards a better life. Thisis why, as you mentioned, many peoplehave family members helping them outthrough tough situations. This isn’talways enough, though, and I’m surprisedsomeone can be so naïve as to think suchhelp is always sufficient. Shouldn’t thisuniversity, one of the least hardest-hit bythe recession and one of the richest in thenation (fact), allocate some of its vastresources to better the lives of some of itshardest-working employees?Oh, but wait, you say this is a University

“handout”? You argue that people could

go to night school or community college,making a personal sacrifice, to get aheadin life. But what if they can’t affordtuition? What if they are already workingas much as they can, letting students likeus enjoy the life we have on campus, andcan’t afford to make any more sacrificeslike an extra “shift job?” Surprisingly,some people actually like to go home andspend time with their families. A raise inbuilding and food service workers’ wagesisn’t a handout; it’s just fair compensationfor the job they’re doing.Now, I am in no way judging the lives of

the fine workers at this university. I’msure many of them lead fulfilling lives andare happy with their jobs. The thing is,there are still people struggling day-to-day out in the world, who can’t alwaystake advantage of the opportunities ofwhich you speak. It’s just unfortunatethat their needs and hard work go unno-ticed.

Michael Kressfreshman

Zahm HallFeb. 18

Welcome to capitalismDear Mr. Nowak (“Words of social jus-

tice,” Feb. 19) and Mr. McHugh (“No‘words of wisdom,’” Feb. 19),University employees are not coerced

into maintaining their current jobs. Iftheir services were more valuable thantheir current wages indicate, then theywould surely quit their current work infavor of more lucrative salaries else-where.The University has no legal or moral

obligation to pay employees any morethan market price. To suggest that it isimmoral to refrain from overpayingone’s employees is akin to condemningone who does not offer charitable pay-ment to a seller beyond their askingprice, as this would seem an equivalentgesture of generosity. Surely, this is aridiculous proposition, as is any propo-sition that holds the University respon-sible for the welfare of the lower class,

or any individual responsible for thewelfare of another, for that matter.This is not an issue of Catholic virtue

or right vs. left philosophy, but simplythe realities of capitalism, to which weare all subject. If you would personallylike to donate money to Universityemployees out of your own pocket thenI’m sure you will have no trouble find-ing takers. You may then petition yourown employer for higher wages to fundyour other philanthropic pursuits andsee the reaction with which yourrequest is met. However, such projectsare not to be demanded of theUniversity or anyone else, even with ill-conceived appeals to morality.

Alex Andrefreshman

Stanford HallFeb. 19

EDITORIAL CARTOON

Get some real experienceTo Mark Easley (“Words of wisdom,”

Feb. 18),As a holder of a four-year degree

from a prestigious (I hope) university, Icompletely disagree with your “advice”to working people. I don’t know howmuch experience you have in a 9-to-5,but especially now, it’s a struggle toget by even with a degree and a goodjob. It’s even harder when your jobinvolves cleaning up after spoiled col-

lege kids and holds no appeal whatso-ever. To quote you, “It is very preten-tious to think you know what is bestfor others.” I hope you get some real-world wisdom before you criticize peo-ple who are working hard for a living.

John-Paul Wittalumnus

Class of 2009Feb. 18

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MARY CECILIA MITSCH I Observer Graphic

Scene had a chance to interview the actors and direc-tor behind the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center’s mostrecent student production, “Natural Selection.” Scenewas fortunate enough to pick the brains of the thespi-ans behind the play, including direc-tor, Tim Hardy, a visiting professorwho’s been here before as part of theActors From The London Stage, EddieVelasquez, a senior theatre majorwho plays Zhao, and KevinBarsaloux, a sophomore theatremajor who plays Henry Carson.

What’s the most exciting part of“Natural Selection?”Tim Hardy: It’s entertaining. It’s acomedy. It’s America in the future,where we’re totally dependent upon gizmos and noth-ing is real anymore. It’s what happens when we go toofar in that direction.Kevin Barsaloux: The most exciting part for me hasbeen working with so many talented people. Everyoneinvolved has been fantastic and every aspect of theshow is coming together in a great way. Also, EricCoble, the playwright, is coming to the Friday perform-ance, so that’s really exciting. What kind of show is it?TH: I am from Britain, and this is a totally American

piece, but comedy is international and I’ve loved itbecause it has entirely American rhythms, which Ithink we’ve found. It is very un-English, in the writingand delivery of it.KB: To demonstrate that, my character is a wimpynerdy guy who’s really into Native American historyand legend which is why he has his job: head of theNative American Tribal Pavilion at Wonder World’s

Culture Fiesta.

What challenges have you faced?KB: One of the challenges has beengetting used to the clothes of thefuture and doingquick changes tak-ing the clothesfrom my belt,which is like a360-degree fannypack. Yes the cos-tumes are awe-

some, and I totally hope this iswhere fashion trends are goingbecause you never really knowwhen you’ll need a safari jacket.Eddie Velasquez: The first time wetried using the food [on stage], we were all extremelynervous about how the scene would play out, and weended up making a mess but having a blast.

What’s the most interesting aspect of this perform-ance?

TH: I’ve just enjoyed getting nine terrific actors and let-ting them lose.EV: There are many extremely ridiculous momentsonstage, as the whole play is an absolute riot. Perhapsthe most ridiculous involves eating, but I don’t want togive the scene away.KB: Two words: Sloppy Joes.

What do you want to audience to go away thinking?KB: Mmmm, the guy who played Henry Carson, I won-der if he’s single.’ Really though, I think it’s kind ofepitomized by what the character Zhao says during theplay. The main point I guess would be, ‘Study the past.

Move toward the future.’EV: I would like the audience to leavewith a sense of enjoyment but also with arealization of the strong messages of theshow. Eric Coble has written the play asa commentary on current Americanideals, and the audience stands to gainpositively from the moral of the play.

What would you tell people interestedin seeing the show?TH: (kidding): It’s about sex, drugs androck and roll.

KB: Anything I could say here is overshadowed by thesheer hilarity of the show, which is why everyoneshould come see it.

By STEPHANIE DePREZAssistant Scene Editor

There are manyextremely ridiculous

moments onstage, as thewhole play is anabsolute riot.

Eddie VelasquezStudent Actor

Anything I could say hereis overshadowed by the

sheer hilarity of the show,which is why everyoneshould come see it.Kevin BarsalouxStudent Actor

Contact Stephanie DePrez at sdeprez@nd.edu

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Premiering this Tuesday at DeBartolo Performing ArtsCenter, “Natural Selection,” by playwright Eric Coble isan absurdist play, which is guaranteed to make theaudience laugh, and reflect on their modern lives.Performed by Notre Dame students and directed by

Tim Hardy, “Natural Selection” takes place in the futurewhere everyone eats microwave food, posts on blogsinstead of engaging in actual conversation, wears tightsparkly leggings and has an entire wardrobe in theirfanny packs. In this time setting, there is the CulturalFiesta Theme Park where all things “cultural” are dis-played — including Native Americans. When theirNative American “stock” begins to run low, however,curator Henry Carson (sophomore Kevin Barsaloux)decides to go into the desert and bring back anotherspecimen of this rare breed. Unfortunately, his preciousfind turns out to be part Nicaraguan with Chino-Brazilian ancestry. Paid to pretend to be a genuineNavajo, the adventures begin as the world starts toseemingly revolt against the technological taming whichhas been overruling nature. And so “natural selection”begins ... and may the fittest survive.The absurdity of the scenario we are presented with,

complemented by the costumes and the dialogue, drawsthe viewer into a reality not so far from our own — but

given an extra satirical twist. Nowadays, many familiesalready eat only microwave food and to some people,blogging is the new in-person conversation. When themain character’s child is at a virtualschool, playing the clarinet in his vir-tual band, we might feel a sneakingsuspicion that in a not too distantfuture this might be our family. It’s arealization that gives us no otheroption than to laugh. And indeed,“Natural Selection” is a highly comi-cal play that has a plot that is sure tomake the audience toss their headsback in laughter, if not feel a touchof sadness or even concern for thepath our lives seem to be taking.Scenes such as the interaction of

Carson with his wife, or his familywith the half-native he captures, areinteresting to watch as Coble adaptsour current modern life with what is, to a certainextent, a prediction of the future. “Natural Selection” isreminiscent of Aldous Huxley’s classic “Brave NewWorld,” having the same comic appeal rooted in thefear for a lonely future, where robotic attitudes compro-mise intrapersonal interactions and “culture parks” arepresented as a wild form of entertainment, although thenumber of authentic “indigenous peoples” is nowscarce. What is frightening to realize, and what

“Natural Selection” highlights, is that these people, whoare more and more rare to encounter, are the ones whocarry our culture — thus being placed in a Cultural

Theme Park. Technology is overridingour lives and our culture, leaving us cul-tureless. What happens when thislifestyle culminates is what the play dab-bles in and what makes it such a suc-cess.The play will be performed in the

Regis Philbin Studio Theatre, a blackbox theatre, where the ceiling, the wallsand the chairs are black, highlightingthe contrast with the white minimalistscenario. The only props are a couple oftables, chairs and futuristic laptops. Thecharacters change clothes on stage,adding or removing a jacket, tie orapron from their handy fanny packs.Extensively rehearsed and anxiously

anticipated, “Natural Selection” is not to be missed.“Natural Selection,” presented by the Department of

Film, Television and Theatre, will premiere tomorrow at7:30 p.m. and run through Sunday. Tickets are availableonline and at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center boxoffice. They are $10 for students, $12 for faculty andstaff, and $15 for the general public.

Contact Stephanie DePrez at sdeprez@nd.edu

By STEPHANIE DePREZAssistant Scene Editor

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NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL

No. 19 Pitt hands No. 3 Nova second loss in a rowLeuer blocks a shot in final seconds as Wisconsin defeats Northwestern; Turner aids Ohio State’s victory over MSU

PITTSBURGH — No. 19Pit tsburgh control led thetempo and the of fensiverebounding to hand No. 3Villanova it second consecu-tive loss.Ashton Gibbs scored 21

points, Gilbert Brown added16 and Gary McGhee’s 10rebounds led the Panthers tothe upset of the Wildcats 70-65 on Sunday.The first meeting between

the two teams sinceVil lanova’s dramatic NCAAtournament win last yearturned out to be another typi-cal , physical Big Eastmatchup. Last season, starguard Scottie Reynolds’ last-second dash to the basketgave the Wildcats a 78-76 winto send them to the Final Four.No last-second heroics on

Sunday for Reynolds, who fin-ished with 20 points.“I wanted to win that game

for the players that left lastyear,” said Pit t guardJermaine Dixon, one of onlytwo seniors on this year’ssquad. “I felt bad for losingthat game and I felt responsi-ble and I definitely wanted towin that game for them.”This time, the Panthers (21-

6, 10-4) built up enough of acushion to hold up against theWildcats (22-4, 11-3), who lostback-to-back games for thefirst time in two seasons andfell a game back of Big Eastleader Syracuse.“I think the good thing about

our team is that they under-stand how to move on to the

next game,” Villanova coachJay Wright said. “When wewere winning, that’s what wetold them. It’s what we alwaystalk about.”Villanova was expected to

contend for the Big East titlefrom the start of this season.For Pitt its successful seasonis a surprise given all the tal-ent it lost from last season’steam, including big manDeJuan Blair.But Pitt’s third victory over a

top five opponent this season—the Panthers have also beat-en the Orange and WestVirginia —has coach JamieDixon’s team brimming withconfidence.Pitt pulled into a tie for third

in the Big East with WestVirginia, two games behindSyracuse.“We stepped closer to win-

ning the Big East regular sea-son,” Jermaine Dixon said.“Last year, we put it past usnow that this game is over,and that’s just a step to us get-ting the Big East regular sea-son.”Reynolds spent most of the

first half on the bench withtwo fouls and had to fend offharassing defense from thePanthers, including Dixon,much of the afternoon.Brown’s thunderous dunk off

a baseline move with 1:29 leftgave the Panthers (21-6, 10-4Big East) a six-point lead.

Wisconsin 70, Northwestern 63With some shaky free throw

shooting down the stretch,Jon Leuer showed that he stillisn’t all the way back from a

broken wrist that caused himto miss a big chunk of the BigTen season.But his critical blocked shot

in the c los ing seconds ofSunday’s narrow victory overNorthwestern shows howimportant the big man can befor No. 14 Wisconsin.With the Badgers leading by

three, Leuer jumped to blocka layup at tempt by theWildcats’ Michael Thompsonwith 11 seconds remaining.Jason Bohannon and TrevonHughes each sank a pair offree throws from there, allow-ing Wisconsin to escape witha win.“The block was just trying

to make up for all those freethrows I missed,” Leuer said.“I don’t know what I wasthinking there.”Bohannon scored 17 points

to lead the Badgers (20-7, 10-5 Big Ten), who were comingoff a loss at Minnesota andhad lost two of their last threegames coming into Sunday.John Shurna scored 26 for

the Wildcats (17-10, 6-9), whonarrowly missed a chance atan impressive road win andhave lost three of their lastfour.“I think we came together,”

Shurna said. “ I t ’s k ind oftough to say after a loss wedid well. I think it shows thecaliber of guys we are. I thinkwe could’ve just laid an egglike how we’ve been doinglately, but I think we stayedstrong.”

Ohio State 74, Michigan State 67Ohio State’s Evan Turner

was dealing with a head coldand flulike symptoms when hearrived at Michigan State fora crucial Big Ten road game.He left town feeling much

better af ter the Buckeyesearned a victory Sunday.Turner had a strong second

half and f inished with 20points and 10 rebounds totighten the conference stand-ings. The No. 9 Buckeyes (21-7, 11-4) and No. 11 Spartans(21-7, 11-4) are tied for sec-ond place in the Big Ten, ahalf-game behind Purdue.Turner rested in the bleach-

ers whi le the rest of theBuckeyes took shooting prac-tice Saturday night. Turnergot a plateful of food —thendidn’t eat it — Sunday morn-ing.“He did a tremendous job of

batt l ing through i t ,” OhioState coach Thad Matta saidof his star, who leads the BigTen in scoring and rebound-ing. “You have to give him alot of credit for how he

played. I thought he was a lit-tle bit off there at the begin-ning. He had some greatlooks. But there were nolegs.”Turner scored 16 points in

the second half.Wil l iam Buford had 17

points and 10 rebounds forthe Buckeyes, who squan-dered a 14-point second-halflead before rallying for thevictory.Durrell Summers scored 16

points for Michigan State,including seven straight togive the Spartans a 62-61 leadwith 4:05 remaining.Buford hit two free throws

to put the Buckeyes back ontop 63-62. Turner’s jumpergave Ohio State a 65-62 leadwith 2:55 left.Jon Diebler hit a 3-pointer

with 1:45 lef t to put theBuckeyes ahead 68-62.Michigan State couldn’t rallyback, dropping a home gamethat leaves it needing a strongfinish to repeat as conferencechampions.“Disappointed would be a

fool ish word r ight now,”Michigan State coach TomIzzo said. “ I t ’s more thanthat.”Michigan State’s Kalin Lucas

went 0 for 5 from the floorand scored just one point inthe first half before finishingwith nine points in the game.Raymar Morgan had ninepoints and 14 rebounds.The Buckeyes stayed in the

Big Ten race by winning onthe road against a much deep-er team. Ohio State used justsix players Sunday.

The Buckeyes quieted theBreslin Center crowd with abig run midway through thefirst half to grab a 23-12 lead.Buford had nine points in thefirst 12 minutes, while DallasLauderdale had three dunksoff half-court sets.Turner made only one of his

first eight shots and scoredjust four points in the firsthal f . But his teammateshelped out and the Buckeyestook a 39-26 halftime lead.“It showed we can score,”

Turner said of the solid teameffort. “It’s not just me. It’s allthe guys. They made a lot ofgood plays.”Ohio State outrebounded

Michigan State 41-38.The Spartans made just 9 of

27 shots in the first half, whilecommitting nine turnovers.Michigan State protected theball better and shot better inthe second half, but the dam-age had been done.“We fought back, but it’s the

same story,” said MichiganState’s Draymond Green, whofinished with 11 points. “Theymade plays down the stretch.We didn’t.”Michigan State has the week

off before traveling to Purduefor a Feb. 28 matchup. Thatgame was going to be huge forMichigan State’s title hopesregardless of what happenedagainst the Buckeyes.“Our situation was really

going to be the same,” Izzosaid. “We have to beat Purduedown there, either way.”Ohio State plays at Penn

State and then hosts Michiganlater this week.

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Pittsburgh’s Gilbert Brown runs into Villanova’s Taylor King duringthe second half of Pittsburgh’s victory Sunday.

AP

Michigan State’s Draymond Green attempts to block Ohio State’sDavid Lighty’s shot during Ohio State’s win Sunday.

PGA

AP

Tiger Woods publicly apologizes for his infidelity in a press conference Friday. It was the golfer’s first public appearancesince he became the source of controversy in late November. The golfer spoke for more than 13 minutes to the media.

NEW YORK — Across themedia landscape, timestopped for 13 1/2 minutesFriday as Tiger Woodsemerged from the shadowswith a much-awaited, tight-ly packaged video apologyfor his sexual escapades.Dozens of broadcast net-

works, cable news outletsand online streams carriedhis scripted statement live,allowing a global audienceto see and hear from Woodsfor the first time since hispublic image went into freefall nearly three monthsago.Viewers by the millions

paused to watch and listenas the golf great spoke fromthe clubhouse at the TPC

Sawgrass, home of the PGATour, in Ponte Vedra, Fla.Meanwhile, news anchors,TV pundits and morningshow hosts sat ready topounce with their reviews.ABC’s George Stephan-

opoulos called the speech“one of the most remark-able public apologies everby a public figure.”“He (Tiger) left nothing on

the table,” Stephanopoulossaid. “This is a man whohas thought a lot aboutwhat he did.”Rick Cerone, former New

York Yankees public rela-tions director, disagreed.“What I saw was arrogance.... It was basically aninfomercial,” he said onCNN.“I think he was very gen-

uine in his responses andhis statement,” Debert Cook,publisher of AfricanAmerican Golfer’s Digest,said on BBC News 24 televi-sion in London. “I think weare entering a whole newera spiritually and emotion-ally for Tiger Woods.There’s always going to bethe doubters out there but Ithink we have to take him athis word and watch hisactions.”CBS’ David Feherty, who

has covered Woods on thecircuit, said, “I have neverseen him appear so vulnera-ble. ... I was very impressedwith what he said.”“The vast number of peo-

ple just want their TigerWoods back,” Feherty said.Covering Woods’ appear-

ance were networks as far-flung as the Golf Channeland business network CNBC(which had a digital count-down clock on the screenbeforehand and dubbedWoods’ remarks his “MediaCulpa”).It was unusual for such a

broad swath of TV outlets tohand several minutes ofprecious airtime to any pub-lic figure with a message topeddle, no questions asked.On the other hand, Woods’

message was short, dramat-ic and — no matter if youbought his remorse or not— gripping when hedeclared, “I was unfaithful, Ihad affairs, I cheated. WhatI did is not acceptable, and Iam the only person toblame.”

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Damon completes physical,prepares to join TigersLAKELAND, Fla. — A person familiar

with the negotiations says JohnnyDamon has completed his physical withthe Detroit Tigers, clearing the way forthe team to finalize a one-year contractwith the outfielder.The person spoke Sunday to The

Associated Press on condition ofanonymity because the deal hadn’t beenannounced.Another person familiar with the situ-

ation said Saturday night that the Tigersand Damon agreed on an $8 million,one-year deal, subject to a physical.The 36-year-old Damon would bring

another left-handed bat to the Tigers’lineup besides switch-hitter CarlosGuillen. Guillen and Damon would likelyalternate between left field and desig-nated hitter, but manager Jim Leylandsays Guillen would be his everyday hit-ter out of the No. 5 slot. Leyland said hetold Guillen last fall that he would bethe full-time left fielder.

Mayor of Rome announcesplans to build baseball stadiumLAUSANNE, Switzerland — Baseball

is about to have a permanent home inRome.Mayor Gianni Alemanno announced

plans Sunday to donate a parcel of landfor a new, baseball-specific stadiumthat can host international events. Itwill be built in Tor Vergata, an areasouth of the city where there’s a cam-pus for the University of Rome.“Rome doesn’t have a baseball stadi-

um that can host international eventsand as a mayor, I felt I had to fill thisdeficiency,” Alemanno said in a state-ment issued following an executivemeeting of the International BaseballFederation.The meeting was the first under the

direction of IBAF president RiccardoFraccari, who hopes to expand thegame on a global basis after it wasremoved from the Summer Olympics.“I am positive baseball has a great

potential in Rome,” Alemanno said.

Mauer enters spring trainingwithout contract extensionFORT MYERS, Fla. — American League

MVP Joe Mauer reported to spring train-ing for the Minnesota Twins on Sundaywithout a contract extension in place.He hasn’t talked specifics about the

negotiations all offseason and said thatwon’t change now that spring training isbeginning.“I’m not going to get into that,” the

catcher said. “It would just open up acan of worms.”Mauer is entering the final year of his

deal and the Twins are trying to get along-term extension done before the reg-ular season begins. The Twins have alsorefused to publicly discuss the process.He won his third AL batting crown last

year for his hometown team and helpedlead the Twins to the AL Central title.Mauer said he expected to field a lot of

questions about contract negotiationsfrom the local and national media andthat he would handle them the sameway.

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OLYMPICS

Miller makes comeback for Olympic victoryWHISTLER, British Columbia —

Bode Miller finally won his elusivegold medal, using a blisteringslalom run Sunday to complete oneof the most unlikely Olympic come-backs ever.Four years after bombing out

amid lofty expectations at the TurinGames and a year after practicallywalking away from the sport,Miller won the super-combined forhis third medal in as many eventsat Vancouver.Seventh after the morning down-

hill run, Miller skied the third-fastest afternoon slalom leg for atwo-run time of 2 minutes, 44.92seconds — a comfortable 0.33ahead of Ivica Kostelic of Croatia,who matched his silver medal atTurin. Silvan Zurbriggen ofSwitzerland claimed bronze, 0.40back.For a guy who has insisted that

medals aren’t important, this oneclearly was special.“The way I executed, the way I

skied, is something I’ll be proud ofthe rest of my life,” Miller said.“I skied with 100 percent heart

— I didn’t hold anything back. …It’s just awesome. There’s nothingelse to say.”Having skipped summer training

while he debated retiring, Millernearly didn’t have enough energyto hold on as he came over thefinal pitch of the slalom course.“My legs started feeling really

wobbly,” he said. “I didn’t even feellike I was looking at the gate any-more.”

Miller has also won a silver and abronze at the Vancouver Games —a sharp contrast from his no-medalperformance in Turin.Miller said he was running on

“fumes” following his first tworaces, the downhill and the super-G.“I felt awesome about it,” he

said. “But still, it’s incredibly emo-tionally exhausting to do it likethat.“I’ve got one leg that’s injured

and another leg that’s on my boatalready,” he added, looking for-ward to his postseason vacation.Miller and Kostelic were 1-2

when downhill leader Aksel LundSvindal came down, and when thebig Norwegian failed to completehis slalom leg, Miller had the goldmedal that had eluded him sincehe burst onto the scene at SaltLake City in 2002.“I figured they both had really

good runs, so I couldn’t hold back,”Svindal said. “I had to attack it if Ihad any chance to get that gold.”Miller was faster than Svindal on

the upper section of the downhillrun, but acknowledged a series ofmistakes on the lower part. Still,having begun his career as aslalom specialist, he wasn’t count-ing himself out and charged all theway down in the second leg.Miller increased his lead at both

checkpoints in the slalom. He skiedfluidly on the top, then started toget bounced up in the air as hetried to maintain his speed on thequicker gates in the lower section,just barely making one gate afteranother.

He dropped some speed beforethe finish but maintaining enoughto beat Kostelic.Miller called the second half of

his slalom run “a joke.”“I don’t know how I got those last

15 gates through the finish,” hesaid. “It was literally just willpower,because my legs were completelyshot.”The last of Miller’s five World

Cup slalom wins came more thanfive years ago, and he has beensearching since then to rediscoverhis form in the discipline.This run should satisfy him.Miller let out a big smile upon

crossing the finish line and stuckout his tongue while the crowdroared its approval.“Slalom in my mind is the tough-

est event,” Miller said. “When youski slalom well, it’s the best eventthere is. When you ski it poorly, it’sthe worst event there is.”What’s more, Miller managed to

survive a slalom course set byKostelic’s father and coach, Ante,who is known for his tricky sets.“I think slalom skiers for sure

wouldn’t have a great chance if theslalom course was simple,” IvicaKostelic said. “The setting wasquite demanding, but not asdemanding as it could be. Butdemanding enough so that theslalom skiers could make up time.”Along with his father, Kostelic

shared the moment with older sis-ter Janica, who won the combinedat the past two Olympics, thenretired.“We’ve been together all of our

lives,” Ivica Kostelic said. “I think

it’s fair that we share this momenttogether as well. Dad’s course cer-tainly helped.”Carlo Janka of Switzerland fin-

ished fourth and Ted Ligety, theAmerican who won the traditionalcombined in Turin, finished fifthdespite posting the fastest slalomrun.When Ligety won four years ago,

the combined used the traditionalformat of one downhill run andtwo slalom legs. With only oneslalom run now, the new format

doesn’t favor Ligety as much, andhe had too much ground to makeup after placing 15th in the down-hill.Still, Ligety was pleased to have

Miller replace him as Olympicchampion — adding to his fourworld championship golds in fourdifferent disciplines.“He’s been really motivated,”

Ligety said. “It’s cool to really seehim win an Olympic gold. That’swhat’s been missing from hisresume.”

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U.S. gold medalist skier Bode Miller celebrates his olympic victoryin the super-combined event in Whistler, B.C., Sunday

JUPITER, Fla. — For the firsttime in several springs, AlbertPujols has peace of mind.Reconstructive elbow surgery nolonger hangs over his head.Last year’s unanimous NL MVP

had a half-dozen bone spursremoved from his chronicallytroublesome right elbow duringoffseason surgery. When heawoke, doctors told him it waslikely he’ll never have to under-go reconstructive surgery. Thathad been a possibility since2003.Pre- and postoperative consul-

tation with Dr. James Andrews

and Dr. George Paletta, the teamphysician, eased any worries.“I told Dr. Paletta and Dr.

Andrews ‘If you go in there andyou see something different fromthe test, go ahead and get itdone,’” Pujols said Sunday.“They didn’t. It’s good news tohear Dr. Andrews tell me thatprobably you will never have toworry about having the TommyJohn (surgery).”The three-time MVP, however,

is getting tired talking about acontract extension.Pujols has a year remaining on

a seven-year, $100 million con-tract, plus the Cardinals have anoption for 2011. The 30-year-oldPujols has consistently saidthere’s no hurry for a new deal.

“It’s getting to the point thatit’s getting irritating to talk aboutmy contract,” Pujols said. “Let’swait until something happens,and then we’re going to have allthe answers and you can throwevery question you want.“As of right now, man, I don’t

want to talk about it because I’mso sick and tired of everybodytalking about my contract orwriting about my contract everytime,” he said.Pujols said he’s not about to

walk into the offices of chairmanBill DeWitt Jr. or general manag-er John Mozeliak to talk about acontract.“That’s why I have my agent,

and things are going to workout,” Pujols said.Pujols and Matt Holliday both

hit the field for the first time onSunday, two days ahead of thefirst full-squad workout. That’speace of mind for manager TonyLa Russa, who joked, “We gotbetter today, didn’t we?”Pujols brought his family,

including two-week-old sonEzra, anxious to swap snowy St.Louis for mid-70s temperaturesat the team’s spring trainingcomplex in south Florida.Holliday showed up not to

knock off rust but to hit theground running.“I come in ready to get after

it,” Holliday said. “The first at-bat of the first game, I’ll beexpecting results. It’s probablynot a good idea but I’m here tocompete.”Both players had sessions with

new hitting instructor MarkMcGwire, and were eager towork with the former home runking. Holliday already had agood idea of McGwire’s approachafter he and fifth-place hitterRyan Ludwick spent two dayswith Big Mac in Austin, Texas,last month.Pujols was a rookie in 2001,

McGwire’s last season, and saidhe might have been too shy ortoo reluctant to invade the veter-ans’ space that year.

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ND TRACK & FIELD

Men win Indoor BigEast championship

With five individual titlesand 15 all-Big East selections,the Irish men claimed the2010 Indoor Big East champi-onship this weekend for thefourth time in eight seasons.The women’s squad also madean impressive showing, finish-ing sixth.In a dominating perform-

ance on the men’s side, sopho-more Johnathan Shawel wonthe 1,000-meter run, seniorEric Quick won the triplejump, sophomore JackHoward won the 800 meters,junior Justin Schneider wonthe heptathlon and seniorMatt Schipper won the polevault. The Irish earned 146.50points, finishing 42.50 pointsabove the next closest team.For the women, senior

Joanna Schultz earned all-BigEast accolades and won the400-meter dash. Three otherathletes earned all-conferencehonors as well.

Other standout performersincluded sophomore JordanCarlson and senior DanielClark in the men’s mile, fin-ishing second and thirdrespectively; both earned all-conference honors in theprocess. Senior Blake Choplin fin-

ished second in the men’s1,000, while Denes Veres alsoearned points for the Irish andBig East honors, finishing sec-ond in the men’s shot put. Themen’s 4 x 800-meter relay fin-ished second and earned all-Big East honors.Up next for the Irish is the

final qualifying meet for theindoor season, the AlexWilson Invitational at NotreDame on March 5-6. The Irishwill look to add to the alreadylengthy list of NCAAChampionship qualifiers inthat meet. Schultz, Howardand Matt and Kevin Schipperare among the Irish who havealready qualified.

MEN’S TENNIS

ND loses one-point match

By MATT ROBISONSports Writer

Contact Matt Robison at mrobison@nd.edu

The Irish dropped a toughmatch Saturday against No. 25Washington by a score of 4-3.The Huskies were the seventh

ranked team the Irish havefaced in eight dual matches thisseason. It was the fourth matchthis season decided by a one-point margin.

“Our match with Washingtonwas a disappointment in thatwe had hoped we were capableof going out there and win-ning,” Irish coach BobbyBayliss said. “We got strongefforts from Dan Stahl, DavidAnderson and Sam Keeton intheir singles wins, but fell shortin the other three. Our bestchance to win came at No. 2singles as Stephen Havens losta tie-breaker to drop the firstset and lost some momentumafter that.”The Irish fell behind early

after being swept in doubles. Junior Tyler Davis and sopho-

more Casey Watt teamed up atNo. 1 doubles for the Irish andfell by a score of 8-1 to KyleMcMorrow and Jeevan

Nedunchezhiyan.Junior Stephen Havens and

sophomore Niall Fitzgerald fellat No. 2 doubles for the Irish 8-4 to Derek Drabble and MartinKildahl, while juniors DavidAnderson and Dan Stahl fell atNo. 3 doubles by a score of 8-3.“The disappointment for me

has been our doubles play oflate,” Bayliss said. “We startedthe season strongly there, buthave not been very effectiverecently. We are really going tolook at our combinations thisweek to see if some adjust-ments are necessary.”No. 51 Nedunchezhiyan was

able to defeat Watt at No. 1 sin-gles to give Washington a 2-0lead early in the match.No. 101 Stahl was able to cut

the lead in half with a win overDrabble at No. 3 singles.No. 105 Irish freshman Blas

Moros was defeated at No. 5singles by Tobi Obeanus by ascore of 6-3, 6-3 to pullWashington within a win onany court to clinch the match.The winning point came from

McMorrow for Washington ashe won over No. 123 Havens atNo. 2 singles 7-6 (2), 6-3.Anderson came through after

the match was decided at No. 4singles to improve his record to4-1 in dual matches this seasonfor the Irish.“David Anderson has come

on strong for us as the seasonhas progressed,” Bayliss said.“He has added good all courtskills and can finish at the net,something that was problemat-ic for him as a freshman. Hehas a big first serve, penetrat-ing ground strokes and coun-ters better than he did even ayear ago. More than anythinghe has a real presence on thecourt and great determina-tion.”Sophomore Sam Keeton

clinched another win for theIrish at No. 6 singles over AlexRosinski in three sets to givethe Irish their third victory onthe day.The Irish will return home

this weekend to host threematches at the Eck TennisPavilion, beginning withMichigan State Saturday at 3p.m. The Irish will then host adoubleheader Sunday againstWisconsin and Toledo.

By KATE GRABAREKSports Writer

Contact Kate Grabarek at kgraba02@saintmarys.edu

MLB

Pujols ready for new seasonAssociated Press

Saint Mary’s defeated con-ference foe Albion 62-47 forthe f i r s t t ime s i nceFebruary 2007 and did soby a comfortable margin asthe Belles closed out theirregular season with a roadvictory, clinching the thirdseed in the conference tour-nament.The Britons jumped out to

an early 11-3 advantage dueto Saint Mary’s poor shoot-ing from the field early inthe game. However, aboutfive minutes into the game,the Belles hit their first fieldgoal and reeled off a 10-0run to take the lead. Albiont i ed the s core aga in , bu tBe l l e s s ophomore guardMaggie Ronan scored two ofher eight points, putting theBelles in front — where theywould stay the rest of thegame . Sa in t Mary ’ss t r e t ched i t s l ead t o a smuch as 10, but the Britonscontinued to fight back, cut-t ing the lead at the inter-mission to 26-23. Coming out of the break,

Saint Mary’s methodical lybut quickly built up the leadwi th a 9-2 run out o f thegate, regaining a 10-pointlead and keeping at leastthat margin for the rest ofthe game.The offensive production

was spread widely acrossthe Be l l e s ’ p l aye r s .Sophomore forward JessicaCenta had a solid all-aroundperformance, posting a statl i ne o f 16 po in t s , e i gh trebounds, two assists and ab locked sho t . Sophomoreforward Kelley Murphy had10 points, while senior for-ward Anna Kammrath hadn ine po in t s and l ed a l lrebounders with 14 boards.Sophomore guard Pa t s yMahoney ch ipped in n inepoints as well.Albion shot only 30 per-

cent from the field after itsho t s t a r t t hanks t o t heBelles’ stifling defense.Wi th the v i c t o ry, Sa in t

Mary’s earned the third spotin the MIAA tournament .The Be l l e s w i l l ho s t arematch of this game whenA lb i on v i s i t s Tuesday a t7 :30 p .m . i n t he Ange laAthletic Facility.

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SMC BASKETBALL

Belles earnNo. 3 seedwith victoryBy ALLAN JOSEPHSports Writer

Contact Allan Jospeh atajoseph2@nd.edu

MEN’S SWIMMING

Irish fall at conference meet to Louisville

A f t e r t a k i n g h ome t h elast two Big East champi-onships, the Ir ish sett ledfor second after Louisvillep r e v a i l e d S a t u r d a y a tTrees Pool in P i t tsburgh.Louisvi l le f inished with ascore of 808 points. NotreDame f i n i s h ed w i t h 758p o i n t s , a h e a d o fPittsburgh with 535. Though h i s team re l in -

q u i s h e d t h e t i t l e , I r i s hc o a c h T im We l s h wa simpressed with the team’sperformance.“We a r e v e r y p l e a s e d

with how the guys raced,”Welsh said. “There were alot of season and lifetimebes t t imes pos ted a t themeet. There’s a lot of fightin the Fighting Irish.”The Card ina l s bounced

back from a tough defeat

i n 2009 a t t h e hand s o ft h e I r i s h i n wh i c h t h e yl o s t on t he l a s t r e l a y o fthe championships.“The meet last year was

d e c i d e d o nthe very las trace , ” We l shsaid. “There’sd e f i n i t e l ybeen a r iva l -r y these l a s tt h r e e y e a r sa t t h e B i gEast meet.”T h e I r i s h

we r e p r o -pe l l ed to thesecond-p lacef in i sh on thes t reng th o f s evera l b r i l -l iant indiv idual per form-ance s . Team l e ade r andsenior John Lytle finisheds e c o n d i n t h e 1 0 0 - y a r df r e e s t y l e w i t h a t ime o f43 .56 seconds , l o s ing t oC i n c i n n a t i ’s J o s hS c hn e i d e r, wh o p u t

t o g e t h e r a p h e n omena lme e t t h a t s aw h im s e tmultiple Big East records.Freshman Bill Bass addeda k e y sw im i n t h e 2 0 0 -

yard ind iv id-ual medley onT h u r s d a y ,s e t t i n g aN o t r e D amer e c o r d o f1 : 4 6 . 4 4 e nr o u t e t o asecond-p lacef i n i s h . T h eopening relayo f t h e me e ts aw s e n i o r sLytle, AndrewH o f f m a n ,

MacKen z i e L eB l an c a ndj un i o r S t e v en B ru s t a kehome a f i rs t -p lace f in ishin the 800 freestyle relay,n a r r ow l y m i s s i n g t h eschool record with a timeof 6:28.48.“ B i l l B a s s ’s r a c e wa s

excel lent , and John Lyt le

posted one of the fastesttimes in the nation in hisevent , ” Welsh sa id . “Ourrelay in the 800 freestylewas also one of the fastestt ime s i n t h e na t i on t h i syear.”With the championships

behind them, the Irish willnow look f o rward to therest of the swim schedule.“ T h e B i g E a s t m e e t i s

over, but the compet i t ives e a s on i s n o t f i n i s h ed , ”Welsh said. “Primarily, wewi l l look for a chance tocompe te i n t he Na t i ona lchampionships. Not every-one w i l l ge t a chance tod o t h a t , b u t t h e p e o p l ew i t h t he be s t t imes w i l lcompete.”The Irish will be back in

act ion on March 4 at theAu s t i n G r a n d P r i x i nTexas.

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“There were a lot ofseason and lifetimebest times posted atthe meet. There’s a lot

of fight in theFighting Irish.”

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end for us,” Schrage said.“But when you have a veter-an lineup, offensively, youusually come out swingingthe bats pretty well early onbecause that is all you do inpractice, hit in the cage.”Ironically, the Irish did not

use a single home run in thebiggest rout of the weekend,the 19-3 onslaught Sunday.Martin had four RBIs off oftwo hits, and freshman out-f ie lder Charl ie Marksonknocked in three more runs,also off of two hits.“The biggest thing was we

executed a lot of our gameplan as far as moving run-ners, doing hit-and-runs, andhitting fly balls with guys onthird, doing a really nice jobin situations,” Schrage saidof Sunday’s offensive out-burst.After barely missing the

NCAA Tournament last sea-son, winning these first threegames was crucial to theIrish, but Schrage said theteam never focuses on morethan one game.“[Winning the first three] is

a lot as far as momentum forus,” he said. “The biggestthing we’ve been focused onis taking one game each day.I know i t is a c l iché, butwe’ve talked about it withour guys. … They took each

day separately, and therewasn’t any carryover.”Schrage said Notre Dame

hopes that some of themomentum from this week-end will carry over for itsupcoming games in Floridaagainst I l l inois and OhioState.

“It was real important forus to get off to a good start,”Schrage said. “Next weekendwe have a big chal lengegoing up against Ohio State,a team that is top-20.”

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Irish senior first baseman Casey Martin takes a swing in agame last April. Martin had seven RBIs this weekend.

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tus. “I’m really happy for our

guys and it’s a terrific accom-plishment,” he said. “But let’ssee where Duke finishes andwhere we finish. … It’s thefirst game of the year, all it

means is that we’re 1-0 andwe’re thrilled to be 1-0.”The Irish wil l face Penn

State next Saturday at 1 p.m.in the Loftus Sports Center,looking to continue a regular-season winning streak datingback to an April 5, 2008 one-goal loss to Denver.

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ND SOFTBALL

Irish break losing streakwith three quick wins

Though the bad weatherforced a cancellation of its lastgame, it didn’t hinder NotreDame’s ability to win gamesthis weekend and end theteam’s four-game losing streakat the Mizuno Classic inHattiesburg, Miss. “We played really well

together as a team, offensivelyand defensively, and it wasnice to see the potential thatwe do have,” Irish assistantcoach Kris Ganeff said. “Weweren’t perfect but we playedwell enough to get the wins,and ultimately, that’s what’smost important.”The Irish began the weekend

Saturday with a 1-0 victoryover Louisiana Tech.The one Notre Dame run of

the game came in the thirdinning when junior infielderKatie Fleury’s hard shotbrought junior SadiePitzenberger around from sec-ond base. Starting pitcher jun-ior Jody Valdivia shut out Techwhile striking out 13.“The pitching really stepped

up this weekend,” Ganeff said“Valdivia set the tone for us.”Saturday night, the Irish

handed Southern Mississippi(6-1) its first loss of the seasonon its home field in the form ofa 7-6 defeat.“We came out ready to go

which was nice to see becauseSouthern Mississippi had beenplaying well and beating goodteams,” Ganeff said. “Our girlscame out with a bang andstarted putting the runs upearly and put the other girls ontheir toes.”The Irish started off strong

in the first three innings, goingup 7-0, but gave up six runs inthe fourth inning. Luckily, theIrish were able to hold off theGolden Eagles.“The difference between this

weekend and last weekendwas we weren’t in a mustscore position,” Ganeff said.“We were able to put runs upbefore they were able to. Wereally focused this weekend,looking forward, not back-wards.”Sunday, the Irish beat

Stephen F. Austin State 3-0 forthe team’s and Valdivia’s thirdwin of the three total gamesNotre Dame played this week-end. Senior infielder Christine Lux

had a two-run home run in thetop of the sixth inning. TheIrish scored again soon whensenior catcher Alexia Clay hit atriple, then went home on awild throw from Stephen F.Austin State’s pitcher. “Offensively, we were strug-

gling against the left-handedpitcher that kept mixing upher pitches,” Ganeff said. “Butright before the sixth inning,we figured out a plan and wetold the team what we expect-ed in order to make an adjust-ment which they made, and wecould score runs right away.”The Irish got into a tight spot

at the end of the seventhinning with the bases loaded,no outs, and the winning runat the plate. After oneLadyjack foul out, andValdivia’s final two strikeoutsof the game, the Irish wereable to win for the third andfinal t ime at the MizunoClassic.

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Irish junior infielder Katie Fleury takes a swing in a 2009 game.Notre Dame won three games over the weekend.

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cited his squad’s exhaustive listof injuries as the prime reasonNotre Dame has faded as theCCHA season draws to a close.“I think part of it is still a depth

issue,” Jackson said. “We lost[senior center] Kevin Deeth earlyin Friday night, our best faceoffguy, and it leads to fatigue whenwe’re playing a short bench. Ithink that hurt us Saturdaynight.”The Irish sprinted to a 3-1 lead

over the Falcons at BGSU IceArena Friday on goals fromfreshman wing Kyle Palmieri,senior wing Ryan Thang andjunior defenseman Joe Lavin.

Bowling Green answered withthree straight goals in a five-minute span in the third periodto scrape out a 4-3 win overfreshman goalkeeper MikeJohnson. “I thought we played well the

first two periods,” Jackson said.“We couldn’t sustain it. It’s beenchallenging in that regard for usthroughout the season. Injuriesbreak up your continuity witheverything.”Notre Dame gained a 1-0 lead

over the Falcons Saturday nightwith Palmieri’s eighth goal of theseason in the opening seconds ofthe second period. BowlingGreen outshot the Irish 14-6 inthe third, notching the equalizerin the process. A scoreless over-time forced a shootout, with sen-ior Falcon forward Tomas

Petruska beating Johnson for thewin.Notre Dame is winless over the

last four games, effectively drop-ping the team out of contentionfor a decent finish in the CCHA.The Irish will host Michigan in ahome-and-home series nextweek in their season finale, hop-ing to put together somemomentum before the confer-ence tournament in March.“I’m glad we’ve got one more

home game,” Jackson said. “It’sgoing to be a special game forour senior class againstMichigan. We have to put our-selves in a good position for thetournament. We have to go intothe playoffs playing well.”

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of sophomore Kristy Frillingand senior Kali Krisik. PartnersShannon Mathews and fresh-man Chrissie McGaffigan wontheir doubles match, as did sen-iors Cosmina Ciobanu andColleen Rielley. After losing the doubles point

twice this season, the Irish havespent a large amount of theirtime in practice working onmaking sure that they had agood shot at getting both dou-bles points this weekend.“We switched the combina-

tions of the second and firstdoubles teams and the kidsplayed well together,”Louderback said. “We havebeen struggling and working ondoubles a lot, but switching the

teams around really helped us.”In the singles competition

against Illinois, No. 23 Frillingbeat the Illini’s No. 85 RachaelWhite. Victories fromMcGaffigan, Krisik and Ciobanurounded out the score to 5-2. “We had a tougher match

against Illinois, and we played alittle tentatively as we weredown and had to come back”Louderback said. “Though welost a few of the first sets, thekids hung in there and compet-ed well in the end.”The hype associated with

beating Illinois carried over intoSunday.“It was one of the few times

we’ve competed as an under-dog,” Louderback said. The three doubles teams

repeated their sweep againstthe Wildcats for the first pointof the highly contested match. In singles competition,

Frilling beat Northwestern’s No.12 first singles player MariaMosolova who defeated Frillingduring the fall 2009 portion ofthe season. Mathews andChrissie McGaffigan eachdefeated their nationallyranked opponents, No. 29Samantha Murray and No. 108Kate Turvy, respectively, toclinch the Irish win Sunday.Senior Cosmina Ciobanu addeda fifth point to Notre Dame’sfinal score. “We have a great rivalry with

Northwestern,” Louderbacksaid. “Especially after they wonthe National IndoorTournament last weekend, ourkids felt like it was a goodopportunity for us. They alwaysplay a good, fair and cleanmatch.”

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consecutive game with an ankleinjury. Schrader did not play ineither the St. John’s orGeorgetown defeats.“We really missed Lindsay

Schrader,” McGraw said. “That’sbeen a problem this week withboth games. She is our leadingrebounder, and we got out-rebounded. We’ve gotten out-rebounded two games in a row.She is also our go-to player whenwe need a bucket. That has beena problem that no one has beenable to step up into her role andrebound more.”Schrader is the team’s third

leading scorer with 11.3 pointsper game and top rebounder with7.3 rebounds per game. McGrawwas hopeful that Schrader will beable to play Tuesday againstMarquette, but said her status isstill uncertain.In the absence of Schrader, the

Irish (22-3, 10-3 Big East) werenot able to get production out oftheir big players, as junior for-wards Becca Bruszewski andDevereaux Peters failed to pick upthe slack in the paint. Bruszewskiplayed only 13 minutes andscored four points, while Petersplayed 17 minutes with twopoints. Neither player had arebound.“Devereux did not have her best

game, so I decided to play some-one else, and Becca was in foultrouble,” McGraw said.With the lack of production from

the frontcourt, the Irish gave up19 offensive rebounds to theHoyas (22-4, 11-2) in comparisonto only eight of their own. The bright spot in the game was

senior captain Ashley Barlow, who

led the team with 21 points, eightrebounds and three assists. longwith Barlow, McGraw was pleasedwith the game senior center EricaWilliamson gave her. Williamsonhad only eight points and fourrebounds, but McGraw consideredthat great production based onthe amount of time she was on thefloor. “I was really happy with Erica

Williamson, that was more min-utes than she usually plays,”McGraw said. “She played thebest. She was able to score, andshe had four rebounds, and in 16minutes that is pretty good.”The turnover differential was

also an area of concern for NotreDame, as it lost that battle 21-10.This stat was of particular con-cern to McGraw, as she pridesherself on her team’s ability tocontrol the ball.“We didn’t take care of the ball

as we could have against thepress,” McGraw said. “Their tran-sition baskets off of our turnoverswere a big difference in thegame.”When asked about her team’s

inability to cause turnovers,McGraw was at a loss.“I don’t know what happened in

that regard. I was disappointed inthat too,” McGraw said. “Weplayed pretty good half-courtdefense, but we weren’t able toforce any turnovers.”Looking to the future, McGraw

hopes that the team will be able tobounce back against Marquette(14-12, 5-8). “It will just be good to be home,”

McGraw said. “We need to haveour home crowd back, we reallydo.”The Irish tip off against

Marquette at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

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With a 76-66 loss atGeorgetown Saturday, NotreDame’s second defeat in a row,the No. 4 Irish fell to fourth in theBig East, behind the No. 14Hoyas.Irish coach Muffet McGraw said

she saw a perfect storm of cir-cumstances coming together lastweek to cause to the Irish tostumble for one of the few timesthis season.“It’s a combination of things: we

are playing good teams, we aregoing on the road and we don’thave our go-to player,” McGrawsaid. “But we still could have wonboth games, but these are cer-tainly not the best circumstancesfor us in a tough week.”McGraw attributed much of the

team’s recent losses to theabsence of senior guard LindsaySchrader, who missed her second

The Irish must be thinkingthey’re trapped in the movie“Groundhog Day,” because theykeep playing the same gameagain and again.Notre Dame tallied a loss and a

shootout loss in a road weekendseries against Bowling Green,with the Irish letting late leadsslip away in each game. Therough weekend drops NotreDame to 12-14-7 overall and 8-11-6-2 in the CCHA, 10th in theconference.An inability to hold onto late

leads has been a repeated themefor Notre Dame that led to theteam’s foothold in the CCHA ero-sion. Irish coach Jeff Jackson

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MEN’S LACROSSE

Irish upset second-ranked Duke to kickstart season in style

In a program first, the No. 9Irish beat a top-two teamSaturday with an 11-7 victoryover second-ranked Duke inthe season opener.The Irish seized the lead —

which they would not relin-quish — just over three min-utes into the game on a goal bysenior attack Colin Igoe.Midway through the first quar-

ter, freshman midfielder SteveMurphy scored his first colle-giate goal, in his first colle-giate game. Duke got on theboard with 4:29 left in the firstquarter. It was the first of fourgoals in the frenetic end of thefirst quarter. The Irish led 4-2 at the first

intermission and extendedtheir lead to four halfwaythrough the second quarter.The Blue Devils, however, con-tinued to press and scoredthree times in a 30-second

span to cut the Notre Dameadvantage to 6-5 at halftime.The third quarter was back-

and-forth, but the Irish neverlost the upper hand, taking a9-7 lead into the final session.Notre Dame would score twicemore in the fourth quarter toice the victory.Notre Dame was led offen-

sively by a hat trick from jun-ior midfielder ZachBrenneman, as well as two-goal efforts from Igoe, Murphyand senior attack Neal Hicks.

Despite the offensive produc-tion from the Irish, Irish coachKevin Corrigan said he wasmost impressed by the defen-sive efforts.“We were playing without

Sam Barnes defensively, but allthree [of the defenders play-ing] did a great job,” Corrigansaid. “Our short stick defensivemidfielders were also reallygood, and our goalie playedterrific.”Senior goalie Scott Rodgers

had a 15-save performance.

Despite the landmark victory,Corrigan said the Irish willcontinue to look forward.“It’s the first game — we can

get better in every single areaof the game,” he said. “Not tobelittle what we did, but just tosay there’s st i l l a lot ofprogress to be made.”Corrigan also said it is too

early to put too much stock inone victory, regardless of theBlue Devils’ powerhouse sta-

By ALLAN JOSEPHSports Writer

A different kind of streakND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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Senior guard Ashley Barlow defends the ball during Notre Dame’s 90-66 victory over DePaulon Feb. 14. The Irish have suffered two losses since that victory.

Irish drop their secondin a row on the roadBy JARED JEDICKSports Writer

HOCKEY

Notre Dame drops two moreBy MICHAEL BLASCOSports Writer

see CCHA/page 18

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Freshman wing Kyle Palmieri takes the puck up the ice during NotreDame’s 3-2 victory over Nebraska-Omaha on Jan. 30.

BASEBALL

Martin leads the wayin opening three wins

see HOYAS/page 18

ND upsetstop-rankedWildcats

For the first time in programhistory, Notre Dame beat thetop-ranked team in the country.No. 17 Notre Dame followed a 5-2 victory over Illinois Saturdaywith a 5-2 upset of No. 1Northwestern Sunday.The Wildcats won the ITA

National Kick-off Tournamentlast weekend, an event forwhich the Irish failed to qualify.“When we were preparing for

this weekend, the kids wereupset with their ranking, notqualifying for the NationalIndoor Tournament and they feltlike they needed to get some oftheir respect back,” Irish coachJay Louderback said. “The kidscame back and fought hard.”Against the Illini, the Irish first

won the doubles point with thehelp of the No. 8 doubles pairing

see UPSET/page 18

see DUKE/page 17

Notre Dame last won itsfirst three games of the sea-son in 2004. This weekendthe Irish did just that, by acombined score of 39-10.Notre Dame topped

Mississippi Valley State threetimes in three days, startingFriday, by scores of 12-4, 8-3and 19-3, respectively. Thesuccess on the tr ip toMississippi started with thedefense and the pitching,Irish coach Dave Schragesaid.“What was nice about [the

weekend] is we were able tothrow a lot of guys,” Schrage

said. “That is always impor-tant early on. … Thestrength of our club is thedepth of our pitching staff.”While the pitching was

stalwart in all three games,Notre Dame’s strength lay ini ts of fensive f irepower.Senior first baseman CaseyMartin notched seven RBIson the weekend, with ahome run in each of the firsttwo games. Martin openedhis season with a 4-for-5performance Friday, and fel-low seniors Ryne Intlekoferand lef t f ie lder RyanConnolly also sent balls overthe fence.“Casey had a great week-

By MOLLY SAMMONSports Writer

By DOUGLAS FARMERSports Writer

see SCHRAGE/page 17

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