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Twelve Notre Dame s tu-dents were evacuated fromCairo to I s tanbul Mondaynight , according to aUniversity press release. The s tudents , who were

part ic ipat ing in a NotreDame study abroad programat the American University inCairo (AUC) , were amongmany American c i t i zensevacuated on charter flights

The City of South Bend isprepar ing for the winterstorm expected Tuesday andWednesday and anticipatesissuing a Snow Emergencyin the next two days ,accord ing to a Mondaymedia advisory.One to two inches of snow

could accumulate during theday Tuesday in St. JosephCounty, with an additional11 to 12 inches Tuesdaynight , accord ing to theNational Weather Service. “In anticipation of the next

round of heavy snow andice, the city’s Snow-ControlTeam met this morning withPolice, Fire and South BendCommuni ty Schoo lCorporation to finalize, inadvance, strategies to dealwi th the winter s tormexpected over the next fewdays,” the City’s media advi-

sory stated.Univers i ty spokesman

Dennis Brown sa id NotreDame makes daily weather-re la ted c losure dec is ionsaround 5 a.m. South Bend Mayor Stephen

Luecke asked all South Bend

res idents to p lan ahead,exercise caution while driv-ing , c lear s idewalks asquick ly as poss ib le andavoid driv ing on al l mainthoroughfares once snow

Legacy Square condosnot open to students

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INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER St. Liam’s prepares for flu page 3 � Roller derby roughs up South Bend page 10 � Women’s basketball faces Syracuse page 20 � Viewpoint page 8

Unrest continues in Egypt; ND students evacuate

The current political turmoilin Egypt is a result of 30 yearsof harsh rule under PresidentHosni Mubarak, according toEmad Shahin, professor of reli-gion, conflict and peacebuildingat Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute.“What is going on is a popu-

lar uprising that is aspiring tochange Mubarak’s regime thathas been in power for the past

AP

An anti-government protester holds a banner in Tharir square in downtown Cairo Monday. Opposition groupshave called for a million people to take the streets today in protest against President Hosni Mubarak.

A new experimental class-room, B011 DeBartolo Hall, isredef in ing the c lassroomexperience, and yes, anyonecan write on the walls. Room B011 is the result of

multiple groups on campusworking together to create aninnovative, imaginative and

active learning environment.Several divisions within theOff ice of InformationTechnology (OIT), the Office ofthe Registrar, Academic SpaceManagement, the UniversityCounci l o f AcademicTechnology (UCAT) and theKaneb Center for Teachingand Learning collaborated inthe design and funding ofB011.Jason Rai l ton and Tim

Cichos of OIT’s TechnologyEnhanced Learning Spacesdivision designed the roombased on recommendationsfrom the various groups andsimilar classrooms at schoolsl ike the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, theUniversity of Minnesota andthe University of Michigan.According to Brian

Burchett, manager of OIT’sTechnology Enhanced

Learning Spaces division, thegoal is for the room to be asf lexible as possible and toencourage active learning.“The idea of active learning

is that students need to beparticipants, not simply peo-ple who receive information,”Burchett said.The room features multiple

v iewing screens, e ightMacintosh computers , atouch-screen control panel for

controlling what appears oneach screen, multiple sets ofkeyboards and mice, and adocument camera. The computers and screens

can be connected in any way— one computer screen canbe displayed on all viewingscreens, each viewing screencan display a different com-puter screen, or any arrange-

By CHRISTIAN MYERSNews Writer

DeBartolo Hall home to ‘experimental’ classroom

see DEBARTOLO/page 6

By SAM STRYKERNews Writer

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A bulldozer covered in snow sits next to the site of the LegacySquare condiminiums, which will not be open to students.

While the controversialLegacy Square condominiumproject will continue, its futureoccupants will not be NotreDame students, as originally

planned.According to student body

president Catherine Soler, thecondominiums will be finishedand marketed to owner-occu-pants, not for lease to students.“The concern [of the commu-

see LEGACY/page 6

Winter storm to strike areaObserver Staff Report

DAN JACOBS/The Observer

Jordan Hall of Science sits covered in snow. Another 14 inchesis predicted to hit campus by Wednesday.

Professor discusses thefuture of Egyptiangovernment; ‘result of30 years of harsh rule’

Notre Dame studentsmoved to safe haven in Istanbul from university in Cairo

Observer Staff Report

see EGYPT/page 5 see UPDATE/page 5

see WEATHER/page 6

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QUESTION OF THE DAY: IF I GAVE YOU AN ELEPHANT, WHERE WOULD YOU HIDE IT?

IN BRIEFRulian Guo will be giving a

seminar titled “High-perform-ance Polymer Membranes inFuel Cells and Gas Separation”today from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m inDeBartolo 129. Guo is a post-doctoral associate in theDepartment of Chemistry’sMacromolecules and InterfacesInstitute at Virginia Tech.

RecSports will be hosting a“Train for Your First 1/2Marathon Workshop” today atRolfs from 5:15 to 6:45 in theRSRC Classroom. This is agreat way to learn tips fortraining and develop a trainingschedule in time for the HolyHalf.

The Career Center’s “WinterCareer and Internship Fair &Diversity Reception” scheduledfor tomorrow from 4 to 8 p.m.has been postponed due toextreme weather conditions.See the Career Center’s websitefor updates on the reschedul-ing.

Reference LibrarianMargaret Porter will present aworkshop called “Find it in theNewspapers” tomorrow from 4to 5:30 p.m. in Room 222 ofHesburgh Library, Porter showshow to efficiently locate currentand historical newspaper arti-cles.

Professor Mark Noll andAssociate Professor BradGregory will present on“Evangelicals and CatholicsTogether? Some Real ProgressBut Some Real Problems Too”tomorrow from 7 to 8 p.m. inthe Oak Room of South DiningHall. Noll and Gregory are fromNotre Dame’s department ofhistory.

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OFFBEATMusician rescues Miamipiano from sandbarMIAMI — A baby grand

piano is gone again from aMiami sandbar after a musi-cian rescued the batteredinstrument for his son.A towing crew took the

piano Thursday. Its appear-ance on the sandbar in earlyJanuary was a mystery until16-year-old NicholasHarrington stepped forwardthis week to say he put itthere as an art project.State wildlife officials had

served the Harringtons withorders to remove it within24 hours. But musician CarlBentulan got there first.Bentulan told The Miami

Herald he plans to eventual-ly put the piano in his livingroom. He said his 10-year-

old son insisted the pianoneeded a home.It was unclear if the

Harringtons will seek cus-tody. But towing companyowner Lynn Mitchell saysmaritime law gives posses-sion to whoever pays to sal-vage something abandonedat sea.

Mexican gangs hurl potinto US using catapults HERMOSILLO, Mexico —

Drug smugglers are usingan ancient invention as anew way to move marijua-na across the border fromMexico to Arizona.The discovery of two “drug

catapults” in the Mexicanstate of Sonora marks thelatest twist in the cat-and-mouse game traffickers play

with authorities.U.S. National Guard troops

operating a remote surveil-lance system at the NacoBorder Patrol Station saythey observed several peoplepreparing a catapult andlaunching packages over thefence late last week.A Mexican army officer

says the 3-yard (3-meter)tall catapult was foundabout 20 yards (20 meters)from the U.S. border on aflatbed towed by a sportsutility vehicle.The officer says the cata-

pult was capable of launch-ing 4.4 pounds (2 kilograms)of marijuana at a time. Hesays soldiers seized 35pounds (16 kilograms) ofpot, the vehicle and the cata-pult.


Men from the Notre Dame boxing team undergo physical conditioning to preparefor the Bengal Bouts Tournament, which raises money for the Holy Cross missionsin Bangladesh.

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Allison Jeter

sophomorePangborn

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Anthony Cheung

sophomoreSorin

“Carroll.”

Brenna Williams

juniorBadin

“The great hallof O’Shag.”

Bri Neblung

sophomoreBadin

“The Pangbornstorage room.”

Liz Pawlak

juniorPangborn

“In the belltower ofMorrissey

because no onewould everthink to look

there.”

Rob Carter

juniorDillon

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RecSports uses surveyto gauge student needs

RecSports will release itsfirst Student Voice survey tostudents randomly chosenfrom the University popula-tion in order to obtain feed-back on the RecSports pro-grams and facilities today.“We’re always interested

in trying to make our pro-grams better and it’s reallyhard to reach people whodon’t participate,” RecSportsFitness Coordinator ShellieDodd-Bell said. “We reallywanted to f ind out fromeveryone, or at least a ran-dom sample of campus, whatyou like about RecSports,what makes you participate,and if you don’t, why don’tyou?”Dodd-Bell said she hopes

the survey willhelp provideR e c S p o r t swith directionfor improve-ment. “The ul t i -

mate goal is tobe able to lookat the statisti-cal data andmake thechanges nec-essary toimprove ourprogram assoon as possi-ble , “ Dodd-Bell said. “We can use thesurvey as statistical evidencethat certain amenities areneeded in order to justifywhy certain expendituresare needed down the road.”Director of RecSports Sally

Derengoski said she wouldlike to see a place whereeveryone can be satisfied. “First and foremost, it is

about sat is fact ion, so weshould learn about wherepeople are really happy withour programs and facilitiesand where we need improve-ment,” Derengoski said.The survey will be sent out

to a sample of s tudentsselected by Notre Dame’sDepartment of Institutional

Research, Dodd-Bell said. “Since there are other sur-

veys that are also going out,we wanted to make sure wedidn’t bombard the samepeople and overwhelmthem,” Dodd-Bel l said.“Once the survey is receivedby the selected group, stu-dents will have a week and ahalf until a reminder is sentout to them which will givethem another week and ahalf, so they’ll have a total ofthree weeks to f inish i t ,”Dodd-Bell said.Derengoski said this sur-

vey has been done in univer-sities across the nation andhas led to great results.“We’re actual ly one of

about 100 universities thathas participated in this sur-vey,” Derengoski said. “It’s asurvey that has been createdfor rec programs all over the

country. Thecompany thatdoes thismakes themand then givesus not onlyf e e d b a c kabout NotreDame stu-dents ande m p l o y e e s ,but also howwe rank rela-t ive to otheruniversities. Itshould reallygive us somegreat direc-

tion with our program.”The students selected to

take the survey have notonly the chance to providefeedback, but also theopportunity to win variousprizes.Every student who com-

pletes the survey will receivea free order of breadsticksfrom Papa John’s and a freeappetizer from Granite CityFood and Brewery inMishawaka, Dodd-Bell said.There will also be a drawingto win $500 certificates toMeijer and an iPod touch,she said.

By CARLY LANDONNews Writer

St. Liam’s prepares for flu

A rising number of influenzacases in the South Bend area hasprompted Notre Dame HealthServices to prepare for a spike inthe number of visits Notre Damestudents make to St. Liam’s Hallin the next few weeks.Mary Ellen McCaslin, assistant

director of clinical services, saidHealth Services has noticed theappearance of influenza strainson campus over the last twoweeks.“We do what is called a

QuickFlu Test and we have hadsome positives in the last fewweeks,” McCaslin said. “Weexpect to follow the trends seen insurrounding regions, which indi-cate a rise in the incidences ofinfluenza cases.”Despite the expected escalation

of flu cases, McCaslin said NotreDame is in a much better positionthan last year.“The H1N1 Swine Flu that we

saw last year is not showing itselfthis year. It caused a bit of a panicin the college health sector andthe public as well,” she said.“People were nervous, but thatoutbreak was certainly not whatwas predicted.”McCaslin said she predicts

H1N1 will remain absent, though

a mutation might reveal itself atsome point.“We were just reviewing infor-

mation from the CDC websitetoday and saw that the H1N1 hasmutated into what the CDC is nowcalling H3N9 or N3 right now,”she said. “That’s the kind of fluwe expect to see.”Though mutations occur, telltale

signs of the flu are the same asalways, she said.Students shouldbe on the lookoutfor fevers, soret h r o a t s ,headaches, chillsand fatigue. Oncedetected, theusual course ofaction may betaken to expeditethe duration ofthe illness, thoughthere is no instantcure for the flu.“This is a self-limiting illness

that will run its course as allviruses do,” McCaslin said. “Theyare not effectively treated byantibiotics because it is not a bac-teria, it is a virus.”McCaslin said treatment —

except in extreme situations — isgenerally the same. Rest and flu-ids, accompanied by Tylenol orIbuprofen to control the feverallow the illness to run its course.A new product on the market,

Tamiflu, is rumored to acceleraterecovery, though McCaslin said itis not markedly better than tradi-tional treatment methods.“The effectiveness of Tamiflu if

pretty limited,” she said. “All itdoes is reduce the duration of theillness by one to three days.”Other parts of Indiana have

demonstrated surges in illnessand virus activity, said McCaslin,

demonstrating adevelopment inthis year’s flu sea-son. In anticipation

of the next fewweeks, McCaslinsaid HealthServices encour-ages students topractice flu pre-vention with goodhygiene.“The best thing

that anyone cando is to sneeze and cough intoyour elbow and not into yourhands. Alcohol-based hand rubsare a great way to keep germsunder control, but washing yourhands vigorously with soap andwater is still the best way toreduce germs,” she said. “Stayaway from people who are sick ifpossible, and use common sense.”

By NICOLE TOCZAUERNews Writer

SDB hosts dessert night

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“First and foremost, itis about satisfaction,so we should learnwhere people are

really happy with ourprograms and

facilities.”

Sally Derengoskidirector

RecSports

“This is a self-limiting illness

that will run itscourse as all viruses

do.”

Mary Ellen McCaslinassistant directorClinical Services

Desserts from around theworld were offered at SaintMary’s Student Diversity Board’s(SDB) event “Sugar Makes theWorld Go ‘Round.” Foods from a variety of coun-

tries were made available inReignbeaux Lounge in Le MansHall at 7 p.m. Monday. Senior Karolyn Wojtowicz and

junior Christine Brown wereresponsible for planning theevent. Wojtowicz serves asSDB’s international student rep-resentative and admissionscommissioner, and Brown workswith the publicity departmentfor the Diverse StudentLeadership Conference (DSLC). The event offered students

desserts from regions such asAfrica, Europe, the Caribbeanand Asia and served as the firstbig event of the semester forSDB.Sodexo helped sponsor the

event by providing the food. Each dessert had a place card

saying where it was from. Inaddition, Wojtowicz explainedthat descriptions of the originsof the desserts as well as recipeswere available.“We also added the little infor-

mation sheets, and we have arecipe on each of them and a lit-tle bit of cultural information,”she said. “So it’s not just here’ssome food, have fun, goodbye.People can actually now learnhow to make something if theydo want to go home and makeit. “Wojtowicz said she thought

the event would help teach stu-dents about other culturesthrough food.“It’s really cool,” she said. “It

allows people to know whatchurros are and they reallyenjoy them, or they really likeéclairs, and it kind of gives peo-ple an idea as to learn moreabout other cultures while eat-ing desserts and have fun.”Brown agreed, adding she

hoped students could “expandtheir learning of other cultures.”Brown said the event has been

held in the past, but this yearnew desserts were added to cre-ate diversity. This years’ event offered sev-

eral new desserts includingPineapple Fool, a dessert fromAfrica, and Krusciki, an EasternEuropean treat.According to Wojtowicz, the

event allows students to get toknow members of SDB whileenjoying a sweet treat.“Events like this kind of raise

awareness about StudentDiversity Board and it alsomakes learning about other cul-tures more fun,” she said. Wojtowicz said SDB plans to

host a variety of events in thecoming months including aweek to draw awareness to dis-abilities and Women’sAppreciation Week in Februaryand DSLC in March.

By ALICIA SMITHAssociate Saint Mary’s Editor

Contact Alicia Smith [email protected]

NEH fellowship success returns

Two University of Notre Dameprofessors—historian ThomasF.X. Noble and theologian EugeneUlrich been awarded NationalEndowment for the Humanities(NEH) fellowships for 2011-12.“It’s a big honor,” says Noble,

chair of the Department ofHistory and former director of theMedieval Institute in the Collegeof Arts and Letters. “I’m verypleased to continue the line hereat Notre Dame. We’ve done quitewell with the NEH over theyears.”Notre Dame has been awarded

44 NEH fellowships between1999 and 2011 — more than anyother university in the country.The University of Michigan has

been second to Notre Dame with35 NEH fellowships during that12-year period, followed byHarvard University at 26,Princeton University at 22, andthe University of California,Berkeley, at 19.NEH fellowships support

advanced research that con-tributes to scholarly knowledge orto the general public’s under-standing of the humanities.Recipients usually produce arti-cles, monographs on specializedsubjects, books on broad topics,archaeological site reports, trans-lations, editions, or other scholar-ly tools.Noble’s NEH fellowship is for a

book called “Rome in theMedieval Imagination,” which willexplore how medieval people

thought about Rome.“My book should be of value to

medievalists of every kindbecause every medievalistencounters Rome, but no one hashad a guidebook for thoseencounters,” Noble says. “There’sreally no book that someone cantake off the shelf and say, ‘Whatdid medieval people actually thinkabout Rome? What did Romemean to them? What valence didit possess?’”The book is not a history of

Rome, but is meant to provideinsights on the medieval peoplewho expressed such varying opin-ions about it, Noble says. “I’mactually not interested particular-ly in whether anybody was rightor wrong but in why they said thethings they did.”

Special to The Observer

People are increas ing lyobta in ing endangered orthreatened plants, often ille-gally, and moving them out-s ide the ir nat ive range ,according to an article pub-lished this week in the jour-nal Nature by Patrick Shireyand Gary Lambert i in theDepartment o f B io log ica lSciences at the University ofNotre Dame.According to their research

last year, nearly 10 percentof the 753 plants l isted asthreatened and endangeredunder the U.S. EndangeredSpecies Act are being sold —or, a t leas t , adver t i sed —online. Many buyers are hor-ticulturalists who want flow-ers for their gardens. Butincreasingly, anecdotal evi-dence suggests that onlineshoppers include individualsand citizen groups involvedin ‘ass i s ted co lon izat ion ’pro jects . Here , spec ies orgenetic subtypes at risk ofextinction are moved to non-native environments in whichthey might thrive — in theface of climate change, forinstance.Some private groups who

want to protect the plants,such as the TorreyaGuardians, are legally plant-ing seedlings of the Floridatorreya outside its currentrange to aid species conser-vat ion . However, Sh ireyurges government agenciesto take more of a leadershiprole to monitor transloca-t ions because of the r isksassociated with introducingnew species. The widespreadtransfer of endangered orthreatened plants poses bothenvironmental and economicrisks.Shirey and Lamberti cite

other studies reporting thatdamage from invasive plantspecies costs more than $30billion in the United States bydamaging crops , pasturesand ecosystems. One exampleis the Australian paperbarktree which is a noxious weedin the Uni ted S ta tes thatcauses millions of dollars ofdamage, although its nativehabitats in Australia are con-s idered threatened due tocoas ta l deve lopment . Thetrans fer o f p lants to newenv ironments can a l sospread plant pathogens andpests.Shirey and Lamberti warn

of the dangers of uncheckedspecies redistr ibut ion andurge the U .S . F i sh andWi ld l i fe Serv ice to be t termoni tor the movement o fplants around the world andenforce existing legislation.Shirey says, “Environmentalagencies and governing bod-ies must better enforce exist-ing species protection laws,and es tab l i sh new lega lframeworks to monitor andmanage this r is ing t ide ofspecies redistribution.”As a first step in enforcing

existing legislation, Shirey

says that the U.S. Fish andWildlife Service should estab-l i sh survei l lance teams tomonitor online transactions.Secondly, the agency shouldrestrict consumers’ ability topurchase hybrids bred fromendangered species whichhave serious implications—good and bad—for wild popu-la t ions . On a wor ldwidescale, exporting and import-ing countries should ensurethe enforcement of domesticlaws such as the Conventionon In ternat iona l Trade inEndangered Species of WildFauna and Flora.

The Observer � CAMPUS NEWSpage 4 Tuessday, February 1, 2011

Saint Mary’s Dance Marathonis selling its gear in the StudentCenter Atrium to help raiseawareness for its main event — a12-hour dance-a-thon to raisemoney for Riley’s Hospital forChildren in Indianapolis. The sale will run Tuesday and

Wednesday during lunch anddinner hours in the StudentCenter Atrium, said Kelli Minor,Dance Marathon fundraisingchair.Dance Marathon sells gear

emblazoned with the logo “EMX”— the Greek letters for “SMC.”“Currently, we are selling 2009-

10 EMX hooded sweatshirts,2008, 2009 and 2010 Trot forTots 5K shirts, red classy and fab-

ulous shirts, SMC DanceMarathon bracelets and Rileypins,” Minor said. “The hoodiesare $20, all shirts are $5, thebracelets and pins are $1.”Minor said the next big event

will be Riley week, which willtake place from Feb. 14-18. “Each day there will be various

ways to become involved in[Dance Marathon] and also toraise awareness for the patientsand families at Riley,” she said. According to Minor, Monday

will feature an arts and craftsfair, and Tuesday a miss-a-mealnight, when students can use ameal swipe as a donation to Riley.Wednesday will include door dec-orating and Thursday will be asalon night, with Friday servingas a campus-wide “Wear Red forRiley” day, she said. This will be the fourth annual

Dance Marathon, which will takeplace on March 5, Minor said.Students interested in participat-ing can already register. “Pre-registration has already

begun and anyone can register atany time. To get a dancer packet,students can e-mail the DanceMarathon account,” Minor said.The group’s e-mail is

[email protected] andregistration is $15 for dancers,she said.The events will take place from

noon to midnight and check-inbegins at 11 a.m. in the StudentCenter.“The event includes games,

bands, prizes, arts and crafts, aswell as the opportunity to listen toRiley families speak,” Minor said.

By ASHLEY CHARNLEYSaint Mary’s Editor

ND biologists callfor plant regulationSpecial to The Observer

Group raises funds for Riley hospital

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three decades,” he said. “Hehas been suppressing freedomsand ruling the country with aniron fist.”Shahin said the events in

Egypt are similar to thoseexperienced in CommunistEurope, at the end of the ColdWar.“I think we are witnessing a

movement similar movement tothe uprising in Eastern Europeagainst pro—Soviet dictator-ships,” he said. “It is mainly amovement that is pro—changeand seeking to change theregime from an outdated oneto free and democratic.”Unlike the events in Soviet

Europe, the events in Europehave been driven by technologyin order to organize themotives of change, Shahin said.The Egyptian governmentresponded to these movementsby ordering Internet serviceproviders to shut down fromthe Internet, the last one com-plying Monday.Though the protests began as

a youth movement organizedlargely through social mediaShahin said they have spreadto all spectrums of Egyptiansociety since Jan. 25.“In general, this uprising has

drawn diverse segments ofsociety from different classes,from different backgrounds,from different ages, even dif-ferent ideological [areas],” hesaid. “It has managed tospread from the north to thesouth of the country.”Shahin said the movement

against Mubarak’s regimestarted as peaceful, but wasmet with brutal force by theEgyptian president. This hascaused the situation to esca-late, providing many of the vio-lent images being broadcastaround the world.“[This forced] some of the

demonstrators to target thesymbols of suppression in thestreet and in the country,”Shahin said. “Some started toburn headquarters of the stateparty, the National DemocraticParty. These are the fires weare seeing on television.”Security police have pulled

out of their duties, Shahin said,leading to a state of anarchyMubarak hopes will aid him inretaining power. There havealso been accusations of the

current regime intentionallyreleasing prisoners.“It is the very simple equa-

tion of liberty versus security,”Shahin said. “Mubarak’sregime tried to create a state ofinsecurity at the expense of lib-erty so people would wish forsecurity and forget about liber-ty.”Despite the chaos on the

streets of Egypt, Shahin saidthe people of Egypt have takenit upon themselves to securedistricts from violence.“As a result of the break-

down and the spread of anar-chy, the people themselveshave started to organize inorder to protect neighborhoodsand ensure that order andsecurity are maintained,” hesaid.Mubarak has responded to

calls from the opposition torelinquish power by taking theunprecedented step of appoint-ing a vice—president, Shahinsaid.“At the political level, the

Mubarak regime, bowing downto popular pressures, dis-missed the government,” hesaid. “He appointed a vice—president, something he hasresisted to do for the past 30years.”Shahin said the past few days

have been especially difficultbecause the current govern-ment and those seeking changehave not been able to makeprogress.“The military stepped in, so

what we have now is a militaryled government that is sup-posed to restore order,” hesaid. “This has not happenedbecause the people were deter-mined to continue their pres-sure and their pro—democracyprotests. We are having a kindof a stalemate.”Egypt is second only to Israel

in terms of monetary aidreceived from the UnitedStates. However, Shahin saidthe position of the Americangovernment toward Egypt haschanged in the past few days.“The United States position

started to shift,” he said. “Asevents started to unfold, theposition of the United Statesbecame much more galvanizedaround the possibility of seeingsmooth and peaceful transitionto a government that wouldrespond to the democraticaspirations of Egyptians.”Shahin there are two possible

outcomes to the current con-flict in Egypt. The first involves

Mubarak retaining powerthrough violent military sup-pression of the pro—democrat-ic demonstrators, he said.“The more likely scenario

that we will see soon, perhapswithin the next 48 hours, isthat the people themselves willbe able to hang on and stead-fastly press with their demandsuntil they succeed in bringingdown Mubarak’s regime,”Shahin said.Shahin said the political

implications will not be felt inEgypt or the Middle East alone,but all across the world.“The implications would be

tremendous. Egypt is a heavy-weight in the region,” he said.“Internationally, the Europeansand the Americans are facedwith a [situation] where thestatus quo cannot be main-tained. They will have to startformulating a new positiondepending on the nature of thegovernment.”Shahin said Egyptians are

capable of handling the situa-tion without internationalintervention. “This is an internal issue,”

he said.Egyptians must handle this

issue on their own, Shahinsaid, because the protestor’sdesired changes are revolu-tionary.“Egyptians are rising up in

protest in a revolt,” he said. “Ithink now it is really a revolu-tion in order to change thethree decade long autocraticand oppressive system andinstitute a democratic one.”Though Egypt is undergoing

a tumultuous period in its his-tory, Shahin said people shouldnot be shocked by the revolu-tionary intents of the protest-ers.“It seems chaotic and unsta-

ble, but these events should notcome as a surprise,” he said.“The burst of democracy is atough process. This is some-thing most nations have to gothrough.”While the country is experi-

encing a trying series of events,Shahin said he is confident theissues at stake will be resolvedin a manner that bodes well forthe country’s future. “The Egyptian people will be

able to restore stability andchart a new course of changeand a new democratic future,”he said.

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arranged by the U.S. StateDepartment due to ongoingprotests in Egypt. Notre Dame is working with

State Department officials totransport the students fromIstanbul to their hometowns,Notre Dame or London, thepress release stated. Eachstudent will decide whetherto enroll in courses at NotreDame’s campus in SouthBend or at the University’sLondon Program for theremainder of the semester,based on individual prefer-ence and available coursesand housing. “It has been an incredible

four—day period,” J. NicholasEntrikin, Notre Dame’s vicepresident for international-izat ion , sa id in the pressrelease. “Staff members ofthe Off ice of InternationalStudies (OIS) have workedaround the clock to move ourstudents from Cairo to a safelocat ion outs ide o f Egypt .Communications were severe-

ly disrupted, but students,parents and OIS staff mem-bers were able to create aneffective communications net-work that was invaluable infacilitating the evacuation.”The University announced

its decision to evacuate thestudents on Sunday.ile the students were with-

out Internet and mobi lephone connections in Cairo,University spokesman DennisBrown said Notre Dame com-municated with an AUC liai-son through a landline andused “every connection wehave to try to expedite theprocess” of evacuating thestudents from Egypt. “We are gratefu l for the

assistance from the AmericanUniversity in Cairo (AUC) forthe secure environment thatthey provided our studentsamidst the protests and vio-lence in Cairo, and U.S. StateDepartment for their help intransporting the students toTurkey,” Entrikin said. “Weunderstand that the studentsare in excellent health andspirits, and we are delightedwith the news of their safearrival in Istanbul.”

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Egypt’s militarypromises no force

CAIRO — Egypt’s militarypledged not to fire on protestersin a sign that army support forPresident Hosni Mubarak maybe unraveling on the eve of amajor escalation — a push for amillion people to take to thestreets Tuesday to demand theauthoritarian leader’s ouster.More than 10,000 people beat

drums, played music and chant-ed slogans in Tahrir Square,which has become the epicenterof a week of protests demand-ing an end to Mubarak’s threedecades in power.With the organizers’ calling

for a “march of a million peo-ple,” the vibe in the sprawlingplaza — whose name in Arabic

means “Liberation” — was ofan intensifying feeling that theuprising was nearing a decisivepoint.“He only needs a push!” was

one of the most frequent chants,and a leaflet circulated by someprotesters said it was time forthe military to choose betweenMubarak and the people.The latest gesture by

Mubarak aimed at defusing thecrisis fell flat. His top ally, theUnited States, roundly rejectedhis announcement of a newgovernment Monday thatdropped his highly unpopularinterior minister, who headspolice forces and has beenwidely denounced by the pro-testers.The crowds in the streets

were equally unimpressed.“It’s almost the same govern-

ment, as if we are not here, as ifwe are sheep,” sneered oneprotester, Khaled Bassyouny, a30—year—old Internet entre-preneur. He said it was time toescalate the marches. “It has toburn. It has to become ugly. Wehave to take it to the presiden-tial palace.”Another concession came late

Monday, when Vice PresidentOmar Suleiman — appointed byMubarak only two days earlier— went on state TV toannounce the offer of a dialoguewith “political forces” for con-stitutional and legislativereforms.Suleiman did not say what the

changes would entail or whichgroups the government wouldspeak with. Opposition forceshave long demanded the liftingof restrictions on who is eligibleto run for president to allow areal challenge to the rulingparty, as well as measures toensure elections are fair. Apresidential election is sched-uled for September .In Washington, White House

spokesman Robert Gibbs dis-missed the naming of the newgovernment, saying the situa-tion in Egypt calls for action,not appointments.

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nity] was if they were marketedto students and if the studentswould be held to the leasesthey had signed,” Soler said.She attended a meeting Jan.

25 at the Robinson CommunityLearning Center with developerRobert Cimala, the NortheastNeighborhood RevitalizationOrganization (NNRO) and theNortheast NeighborhoodCouncil (NENC). An e—mail was sent this

week by Cimala to studentswho had signed leases withLegacy Square saying theywere no longer held to theirleases, Soler said.Soler said she became aware

of the growing problems withthe development through NENCmeetings. Nick Ruof, studentgovernment chief of staff, is amember of the NENC, and heattends meetings of the council.“ S t u d e n t

gove rnmen thas beenadvocating forstudents inthe communi-ty,” Soler said.Soler said

student gov-ernment usedU n i v e r s i t ycontacts tofind out moreinformation and talked to stu-dents about the problems. Shewas invited to the meeting,which was held by the develop-er to answer community ques-tions and give a presentation.

At the meeting the developeroutlined his future plans for theproject, which do not involvestudent tenants, but ratherowner—occupants.The project initially began in

2007, when plans were drawnand workbegan onbuilding. Thezoning for theland waschanged fromSingle Family(SF2) zoningto PlannedU n i tDevelopment(PUD) zoningto allow formore freedomin construc-tion anddesign. The project

was put on hold due to fundingproblems, Cimala told TheObserver in December. Workcontinued at the start of thisacademic year, and foundations

were pouredwhile thed e v e l o p e r swaited forfinal siteapproval.Bill Stenz,

president ofthe NENC,said inD e c e m b e rthat the NENCand NNRO

were told originally by Cimalathat Legacy Square would bemarketed to young profession-als and Notre Dame alumni —not students. “No one minds having one or

two student houses near you,”Stenz told The Observer inDecember. “[Where there aremore than one or two studenthouses] there’s no one there toaddress it or clean it in thesummer. There’s no regular

lawn mainte-nance.”The Legacy

Square devel-o p m e n tbecame con-t r o v e r s i a lwhen thed e v e l o p e rapplied forfinal site planapproval andwas sent to aDec. 21 publichearing of theArea PlanCommiss i on(APC). Around

the same time as the meeting,it was discovered Cimala wascreating leases for students forhousing during the 2011—12school year. The final site plan was denied

secondary approval by the APC,which stated the current plansdid not meet the original PUDzoning for the site. At the Dec. 21 meeting, the

community voiced opinionsabout the project, and mostviewed the project as detrimen-tal to the neighborhood. “This plan is not creative or

innovative,” Dick Nesbaum,NNRO attorney, said at theDecember meeting. “It is moreof the same. This is a negativeimpact on the neighborhood.”

begins so plows can removesnow as quickly as possible.The city will likely declare

a snow clearance condition

Tuesday, according to a pressrelease. Parking is prohibitedon designated snow routesduring snow clearance condi-tions on snow routes markedwith signs.“Hopefu l ly not , but i f i t

materializes as bad as pre-dicted, Wednesday may be

the full declaration of snowemergency where we noton ly don ’t want peop le topark on snow routes — wedon’t want them to dr iveeither,” said Mikki Dobski,director of communicationsand special projects for theCity of South Bend.

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ment in between. All four walls are painted

with a dry—erase paint thatallows students and faculty towrite anywhere around theroom. Also, all of the tablesand chairs have wheels ,allowing for a variety of seat-ing arrangements to make useof the display screens andwrit ing space around theroom, Burchett said.The room can be used in

many different ways, includ-ing as a giant white board, alldepending on the needs of aparticular class.“The point isn’t that we

want people to use gobs oftechnology. We just want aroom that a l lows facul tyopt ions, even tradi t ionalteaching methods,” Burchettsaid.During the fall semester, the

classes in B011 gave feedbackon the room’s features and

corresponding changes weremade over Christmas break. According to Burchett, the

faculty teaching in B011 thissemester completed an appli-cation process. Each of themsubmitted a proposal for howthey would make use of theroom’s adaptability in theirrespective class.The room is currently being

used for an Ir ish Studiescourse, multiple foreign lan-guage courses, a first yearcomposition course, a multi-media writing and rhetoriccourse, and a mechanicalengineering course, amongothers, Burchett said. Thereare at least two or threeclasses in the room every day. There is also an opportunity

for facul ty to request theroom once or twice for a spe-c i f ic c lass act iv i ty thoughthere class is held in a differ-ent room.Sean O’Brien, assistant pro-

fessional specialist in IrishStudies , teaches an Ir ishStudies course in B011. “We are using the tools in

B011 to follow Ireland’s cur-rent economic and politicalcrisis. With its open formatand multiple configurations ofcomputers and displays, B011is an ideal space to fol lowevents in Ire land as theyunfold this spring,” O’Briensaid.The multimedia writing and

rhetor ic course taught byassistant professional special-ist Erin Dietel—McLaughlin ismaking use of the multipledisplay space and displayoptions the room affords.“The classroom feels much

more authentic to my moredecentralized teaching styleand to the learning processitself. The students just plainseem to be more engaged,more lively and more curiousin this room,” Diete l—McLaughlin said.There will be an open house

in Room B011 in the base-ment of DeBartolo Hal l onFriday from 2 to 5 p.m.

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students and if the students would be held to

the leases they hadsigned.”

Catherine Solerstudent body president

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New book exploresAmerican SouthIt’s an unsettling truth, but

sometimes it takes a commonenemy to reconcile two warringparties. This was the case afterthe U.S. Civil War, when virulentanti—Mormonism helped unifya divided nation, says PatrickMason, a research associateprofessor at Notre Dame’s KrocInstitute for International PeaceStudies.His new book, “The Mormon

Menace: Violence and Anti—Mormonism in the PostbellumSouth” (Oxford UniversityPress), shows how anti—Mormonism was an importantvehicle for reconciliationbetween North and South.“Mormons were violently per-

secuted — but not because theyheld different beliefs and readthe Book of Mormon,” saysMason.”They were persecutedbecause their polygamous prac-tices challenged cultural andpolitical orthodoxies and wereseen as a threat to Christian civ-ilization.”In 1887, at the behest of reli-

gious reform-ers and theR epub l i c a nParty, the U.S.Congress dis-incorporatedthe MormonChurch, seiz-ing its assets,while south-e r n e r sa t t a c k e dMormons byway of vigi-lante violence.Catholics, Jewsand other reli-gious minori-ties also were victims of violentattacks during this time, Masonsays, but significantly more vio-lent attacks were leveled againstMormons in the South.The violence against Mormons

during this time raises impor-tant questions about the limits ofreligious tolerance and plural-ism in a democracy, Mason says.“The United States has been

remarkable in the way it hasabsorbed different religiousminority groups with competing

ideologies,” he says, “but thecost of pluralism has beenaccommodation and assimila-tion on behalf of those minoritygroups.”Mormons gave up what was

then a central part of their the-ology, Mason says. (The MormonChurch officially abandonedpolygamy in 1890.) Catholics,Jews and other religious minori-ties also made theologicalaccommodations as they soughtto join the mainstream in theUnited States.Mason’s book is “a deeply

researched, clearly writtenanalysis of an almost unknownaspect of southern and religioushistory,” writes John Boles,William P. Hobby Professor ofHistory at Rice University.”It fillsan important gap in scholarshipand by so doing illuminates awide variety of interpretativeissues in both fields.”“Patrick Mason tells an adven-

turous and violent story in thisaccount of Mormon lynchings inthe nineteenth—century South,”writes Richard Bushman,Gouverneur Morris Professor

Emeritus ofHistory atC o l u m b i aUniversity. “Hiscareful dissec-tion of thesebloody eventsleads us deepinto the south-ern mentalityand the con-t e n t i o u simages ofMormonism inAmerica.”P a t r i c k

Mason earnedhis Ph.D. in

history from Notre Dame in2005. From 2007 to 2009, hewas assistant professor of histo-ry and associate director of theCenter for American Studies atthe American University inCairo. At the Kroc Institute, he isassociate director for researchof Contending Modernities, aglobal research initiativefocused on the interactionamong Catholic, Muslim andsecular people in the modernworld.

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“Student government has been advocating for students in the

community,”

Catherine Solerstudent body president

“The United States hasbeen remarkable in the

way it has absorbeddifferent religious

minority groups withcompeting ideologies.”

Patrick Masonassociate professor

Kroc Institute

OKLAHOMA CITY — WhenHarry Coates campaigned for theOklahoma state Senate in 2002,he had one approach to crime:“Lock ‘em up and throw awaythe key.”Now, Coates is looking for that

key. He and other tough-on-crime lawmakers across thecountry, faced with steep budgetshortfalls, are searching anxious-ly for ways to let inmates out ofprison faster and keep moreoffenders on the street.Oklahoma’s preferred answer

for crime has collided head-onwith a budget deficit estimated at$600 million, and prison coststhat have increased more than30 percent in the last decade.For years, lawmakers havepushed each other to lengthenprison sentences and increasethe number of criminals behindbars. Not now: This week, newRepublican Speaker of the HouseKris Steele is expected to unveil apackage of proposals that woulddivert thousands of nonviolentlawbreakers from the prison sys-

tem and ramp up paroles.Similar crash prison reductions

are going on from coast to coast.Michigan has shuttered 20 cor-rectional facilities and slashedspending by nearly 7 percent.South Carolina expects to reduceits inmate numbers by 8 percentby putting drug dealers, burglarsand hot check writers into com-munity programs instead ofbehind bars. Nationwide, thenumber of state inmates actuallydecreased last year for the firsttime in nearly 40 years.“There has been a dramatic

shift,” said Adam Gelb, a policyspecialist with the Pew Center onthe States in Washington, D.C..“The old question was simply,how do I demonstrate that I’mtough on crime?” Now, it’s “amuch better question: How do Iget taxpayers a better publicsafety return on their correctionsdollars?”Other states are trying alterna-

tives to prison time. But in nostate is the philosophical U-turnmore abrupt than in Oklahoma,where last year the Legislaturewas barreling in the opposite

direction. Lawmakers introduced26 bills creating new felonycrimes and 19 increasing penal-ties in 2010, even as theDepartment of Corrections wasforcing guards and other work-ers to take a furlough day eachmonth to cut costs caused by ris-ing populations.Oklahoma’s prison population

has grown from 22,600 in 2000to nearly 26,000 now, and thebudget from $366 million to$483 million last year. Unless theLegislature provides $9 million inemergency funding this year,prison officials say guards willhave to take three furlough daysa month beginning in March,straining the inmate-to-guardratios that prison officials say arealready the most dangerousthey’ve been in decades.Accepting that the lock-’em-up

days are finally over has beenchastening for some lawmakers,especially conservatives.“Truthfully, it’s popular to be

tough on crime,” said Coates, aconstruction company ownerfrom Seminole. “But when I sawwhat we were spending on cor-

rections and who was going intoour adult prisons and for whatreasons . you figure out it’s notexactly like you thought,” hesaid.Unlike previous years,

Republican leaders in Oklahomanow own the problem. Themidterm elections gave the GOPthe governor’s office for the firsttime in eight years and increasedmajorities in both houses of theLegislature.“I have a little heartburn about

reducing penalties,” said Rep.Don Armes, a Republican fromrural southwestern Oklahoma.But “how do I balance that withbeing able to pay for it?”Steele recently joined a delega-

tion of lawmakers, judges andlegislative staffers who visitedTexas to see how that state hasreduced its prison costs, trustingthat Texans would do it withoutcoddling lawbreakers.“I believe there ought to be

consequences for people whobreak the law, but there ought tobe appropriate consequences.”said Steele, a minister fromShawnee.

Texas, home of the sprawlingred brick complex at Huntsvillethat has been a symbol of toughjustice, changed course severalyears ago after being told itwould need to accommodate17,000 new inmates otherwise.Rather than sending all law-breakers directly to prison, theLone Star State beefed up fund-ing for drug treatment and start-ed putting more drug offenders,hot check writers and pettythieves on probation. It also isgiving more chances to paroleeswho previously were returned toprison for technical violations,like missing required meetingsor falling behind on fines andfees.Now, more Texas criminals are

on probation, fewer are inprison, and the system is actuallyunder capacity for the first timein years, said Ana Yanez-Correa,executive director of the TexasCriminal Justice Coalition.“Things have changed drasti-

cally in Texas,” Yanez-Correasaid. “And nobody suffered herein terms of political backlash.”In Oklahoma, Steele helped

implement a pilot program lastyear to divert nonviolent femaleoffenders with substance abuseproblems into treatment insteadof prison, and said he hopes toexpand that program this year.Oklahoma currently is the onlystate in the nation in which thegovernor must sign every parole,and Steele said he wants to limitthe governor’s role in the processto only violent crimes. He alsowants to expand eligibility forcommunity sentencing and lookat reducing mandatory minimumsentences for low-risk, nonvio-lent offenses.The theory behind this

approach is supported byresearch that shows merelyincarcerating young, first-timecriminals does little to changetheir behavior.Department of Corrections offi-

cials seem optimistic that newmeasures will be approvedbecause they have run out ofother ways to save money.“We’ve already cut everythinginternally we could possibly cut,”said DOC director Justin Jones.Mess halls, shops, training roomsand storage units have beenfilled with bunks to accommo-date inmates. Sex offender treat-ment was ended. Visitation andactivities requiring guard super-vision was cut when staff levelsdropped to 70 percent of author-ized levels.Experts on national sentencing

expect almost every state toadopt the new approach sooneror later — perhaps most thisyear because of the state fiscalcrisis. The Pew Center is nowworking with policymakers inAlabama, Arkansas, Illinois,Indiana, Michigan, NorthCarolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Texasand Washington about adjustingsentencing policies. Nationally,states spend an estimated $50billion each year in locking upcriminals — four times theamount spent two decades agoand second only to Medicaidspending — according to the PewCenter. A study released by thegroup last year shows theamount states spent locking upinmates grew nearly 350 percentfrom $11 billion in 1987 to $48billion in 2008.“I got pushback,” said Texas

Democrat Sen. John Whitmire,who authored a several reformmeasures. “But you’ve got tobelieve in your product, and thatis in fact tough on crime. Thetoughest, most conservativecrime package is one that lowersrecidivism.”

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It’s the climbIt’s scary to think that this is my last

ever first column of the semester. Weseniors have had a number of these real-izations within the past few weeks, andonly then has it really started to hit homethat, in a few shortmonths, our experi-ence here on cam-pus will be over. Lasthome football game.Last time returningfrom break. And,worst of all, last first week of class (it’s alldownhill after syllabus week.)Those who have read my columns in

the past know that I am prone to sponta-neous, reflective rambling from time totime. And since I am feeling particularlysentimental, this week seemed as goodas any to look back on just exactly how Igot to where I am now. In many ways,my life is exactly where I thought itwould be. I’m set to graduate from agreat university with a degree in CivilEngineering. That was always the plan,and it most definitely what I was born todo.And while the end result of an engi-

neering degree may have been what Iwas expecting, the path that I took to gethere must assuredly was not. And that isone of the best things about life, I havecome to realize. As morbid as it sounds,we’re all headed towards the same placein life. Eventually, no one reading thiscolumn will be alive anymore anymore.But the journey that each takes to getthere is what defines your life. College isnot much different. We all come in aswide-eyed freshmen; some have a plan,and some don’t. Either way, college takesus to classrooms, cities and sketchy off-campus apartments we could never haveimagined when we got here and intro-duces us to people with backgroundsunfathomably different than our own. Noone takes a defined path, and that iswhere learning truly happens. In thewords of the great contemporary philoso-pher Miley Cyrus, “it’s the climb.”

I suppose my journey started in highschool. For me, it’s a minor miracle that Iam even a student here, as opposed toabout two hours south. My family raisedme to worship a certain large, engineer-ing-based, Indiana institution that just sohappens to show up on Notre Dame’sfootball schedule every year. Four yearslater, I still have parents from back homeasking me how much I have enjoyed mytime at Purdue. As a high school senior, Iwould have bet anyone large quantitiesof money that I would not be a NotreDame student four years later. But here Iam. And not only that, I became a boxer.How many people get the chance to boxin college? Bengal Bouts was certainlynot something I intended on doing when Idecided to come to Notre Dame, and howI ended up deciding to do it is stillunclear to me. But it has been maybe themost influential experience I have hadduring my time here. It has made metougher, more disciplined and more con-fident in myself.Other things have taken me in direc-

tions that I didn’t anticipate, as well. Myresearch (which I never thought I wouldbe a part of) has shown me the merits ofacademia and has opened me to the ideaof getting an advanced degree in engi-neering (also something I never thought Iwould be a part of). And I started writingas hobby, just to get my random thoughtsonto paper somehow. Never once did Iimagine sharing my thoughts with anaudience as wide as Notre Dame’s cam-pus. All of these experiences are notreflected on the degree that I am sup-posed to receive in May, but they are allcontributed so much to the journey.The best example of the importance of

a journey I can come up with comes fromwhat I know best, and that is the world ofsports. This past spring, the ChicagoBlackhawks won hockey’s ultimate prize,the Stanley Cup. As a native ofChicagoland, I was obviously thrilled. Butsomething about the championshipseemed....empty. I, like most my age, did

not grow up on the Hawks. Their homegames were not broadcast on TV until2008, well past my formative years. As aresult, I had very little connection withthe team up until that point. I had onlybegan to truly follow hockey three yearsago, right as the team started theirresurgence from the bottom of the stand-ings. Sure enough, in my second year fol-lowing the team, they won a champi-onship. I almost felt guilty, as though Ihadn’t paid my dues. There was no jour-ney as a fan, no adventures with theteam. There was no climb, and it seemedalmost anticlimactic.Meanwhile, anyone who has talked to

me for longer than about 30 secondsknows about unhealthy, self-destructiveobsession with the Chicago Cubs. TheCubs haven’t won a World Series in 103years, and have done absolutely nothingto earn my support over my lifetime. Butfor the last 21 summers, I have spentmore time than I care to count in front ofthe TV watching the team. I have forgot-ten more random Cubs trivia then mostrational human beings ever learn. Andbecause of that, with apologies to myfuture wife, the day the Cubs win achampionship will be one of the bestdays of my life (if it ever happens). It hasbeen a long journey filled with excite-ment, tears, hope and plenty of heart-break. But the ending will be so muchsweeter because of everything Cubs fanshave had to endure to get to that point.So if you look around and your life

appears to have veered way off course,don’t panic. Embrace it. See it as anopportunity. After all, it was a wise manwho once said, “At the end, it isn’t whohas the most toys, but who tells the beststories.”

Andy Ziccarelli is a senior majoring incivil engineering. He can be reached [email protected] views expressed in this column are

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There’s only so much you can learnfrom a textbook — of which you’llprobably remember nothing — sowhy waste your time? The most use-ful lessons I’ve learned in life havebeen from myparents. In lieuof the upcomingJunior ParentsWeekend, I fig-ured I would paythem homageand relay someof their bestadvice.1.“You Create

Your OwnReality” — DadAdmittedly, my

Dad is one ofthose guys whothrives on self-help books and sends my familyquotes of the day motivating us to dobig things. Underneath all thatcheesiness though, there really issome quality advice. One thing mydad has always emphasized is that ifwe want something, we should go forit. We determine our own happinessand at the end of the day, we answerfirst and foremost to ourselves. Ifsomething’s wrong, change it. If youcan’t, change your attitude.2.“You can’t always write the end-

ing you want” — MomThough you do create your own

reality, sometimes the situation thatsurrounds you isn’t exactly what youwould plan for yourself. While weare in control of our own actions, wehave to realize everyone makes theirown decisions and accept that. Whenlife doesn’t go your way, move on.It’s okay to be hurt, but there’s noneed to prolong or indulge in thepain.3.“Always have a PMA — Positive

Mental Attitude” — DadAs Mom said, you can’t always

write the ending to certain chaptersof your life, but as Dad said, you cancontrol the protagonist’s attitude.Life can get difficult, but it’s impor-tant to remember that it’s usuallyjust a phase. For every bad day,there is a whole series of good ones.A positive attitude not only makesyou feel better, but it also helps youmake better decisions. And withthose better decisions, you might justget that ending you want.4.“Kill them with kindness” —

MomIn fifth grade, I had a Hermione

Granger complex and was proudwhen people made the comparison-and mind you, this was before EmmaWatson was hot. One teacher gotirritated with me and my enthusiasmfor learning was shattered.I discussed the event with my Mom

and instead of deriding me for beingan annoying know-it-all, she gaveme an important piece of advice Istill use today. When someone ismean to you, kill them with kind-ness.Sometimes you make mistakes or

hurt people’s feelings or get on thenerves of those around you, howeverunintentional it might be. Throwthem a compliment and not only willyou feel better about how you han-dled the situation, but you might justmake their day- and simultaneouslyconfuse the heck out of them.

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Put the politics asideYou’ve heard it all before. The usual Commencement speaker

viewpoint hoopla. The Commencement speaker is too boring ortoo controversial. This person shouldn’t be awarded an hon-orary degree. Why can’t we ever get someone cool? Yada, yada,yada. But when I heard that our Commencement speaker wasDefense Secretary Gates, the only cabinet member to serveunder both President Bush and Obama, I thought we wouldavoid this hullabaloo. I was mistaken. Mr. Linskey (“Gates thewrong choice for Commencement speaker,” Jan. 31) has madethings political, once again. No matter who the commencementspeaker is, there will always be someone who has a gripe withit.Mr. Linskey equates the conferral of an honorary degree to

Defense Secretary Gates with “a tacit endorsement of the Bushand Obama administrations’ foreign policies.” What Mr. Linskeydoes not note is that the University has conferred honorarydegrees on all U.S. presidents since Eisenhower. If Mr. Linskey’sclaim were true, then the University has “tacitly endorsed” allU.S. foreign policies since the 1950s. Perhaps we should see theconferral of an honorary degree as a sign of respect for our gov-ernment leaders instead of a political judgment.Mr. Linskey gripes that Defense Secretary Gates has stolen his

thunder by becoming the “centerpiece” of the Commencement.Oh contraire, my friend. The centerpiece of that

Commencement day is what you make of it. Will it be when youreceive your diploma or when you sing the Alma Mater one lasttime? You decide.Mr. Linskey concludes by quoting a Scripture passage out of

context and deems it self-explanatory. If I wanted to do that, Iwould have pointed to the passage where Jesus says, “Do youthink I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you butrather division!” (Lk 12:51). But that is a poor method of argu-mentation.Biblical hermeneutics aside, I do not have strong feelings

either way about the choice of Gates as the Commencementspeaker. I personally feel that the greatest asset aCommencement speaker has to offer is (surprise, surprise) hisspeech. If the former director of the CIA and Secretary ofDefense can offer unique insight to the Class of 2011, then Ihave no qualms with conferring on him an honorary degree,regardless of his political views. So let’s keep quiet aboutwhether or not Gates was a good choice or not until we hearhim speak on May 22.

Cornelius Rogerssenior

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Effects of Arab world riots on Israel

Demonstrations all across Egypt have eruptedagainst the government. In Lebanon, protestorshave flooded the streets calling for a new govern-ment and Tunisia remains in a political turmoil.Arabs across the Middle East are taking things withtheir own hands asking forfreedom of choice. And free-dom they shall get, but whatwill be the cost of freedom tothe Arab-Israeli conflict?It is no mystery that thestagnant waters of the Arabworld have become violent. Countless antigovern-ment protestors are rising and calling for a demo-cratic system that would offer them better livingconditions. With more than 25% of the Egyptianpopulation under the poverty line, drastic reformsare much needed.However, economic incentives are not the onlymotives behind such protests. The political agendaof Arab presidents has been met with nationwidedisapproval. To be more precise, many Arabs,Egyptians especially, want to cut ties with Israeland help out their Palestinian brethren by openingup the borders and voiding the Israeli peace treaty.Husni Mubarak has ignored such requests for thesake of political and economic stability with Israel.He realized that adhering to the nation’s request byconfronting Israel could potentially backfire andoverthrow his government. He submitted to foreign-made pressure and to his own personal interests.Now that riots are ubiquitous in Cairo, Mubarak’s29.35 year-long trek is nearing its end (see myprior blog post). In addition to building a bettereconomy, Egyptians will be constructing a different

foreign policy that could affect the ongoing peaceprocess between Israel and Palestine. As to howthis new policy is going to affect the situation, Idon’t know. One thing is for sure though: Israel willno longer depend on full cooperation from theEgyptian end. Now that Israel is dealing with mil-lions of Arabs instead of handful leaders, it muststep back and weigh its actions accordingly.Overthrowing any Arab government in the Middle

East is dangerous for the status quo. Now, I realizethat democracy in Egypt and any other MiddleEastern country is necessary. However, peopleshould be extremely careful with their new foreignpolicy choices, as this could lead to more MiddleEastern conflicts. War is never the answer for thePalestinian-Israeli conflict. We’ve seen many ofthem take place in the Middle East, and unfortu-nately, Palestinians suffer more with every war. Asriots continue, we must practice self-restraint andwisely choose our next steps when it comes to for-eign policies.Despite all of the risks mentioned above, I support

an Arab world free of greedy dictators. I used to beashamed of my Arab roots because we were manyled by few. We were intelligent, yet we specializedin demeaning manual labor. We were consumers,but tomorrow we’ll be innovators.This year, I am proud to be an Arab.

This column first appeared in the Jan. 30 editionof the Harvard Political Review, serving HarvardUniversity.The views expressed in this column are those of

the author and not necessarily those of TheObserver.

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Friday’s article, (“#isthisreallife”, Jan. 28),was an incredible embarrassment to me as aNotre Dame student. I am amazed that such asimple thing as shoveling the tiny amount ofsidewalk associated with one’s house could besuch a big deal. Furthermore, the self-cen-teredness shown in the article is astounding.The city ordinance that requires snowremoval within 24 hours is not because theresidents of South Bend do not know howoften to shovel their sidewalks, nor is it sothat people can take “leisurely strolls” aroundtown. It is a safety issue which is meant toprotect both residents and the men andwomen who deliver mail to the people of theSouth Bend community. Snow that is notcleared from sidewalks will melt during theday and refreeze at night, quickly forming alayer of ice if left for even a couple of days.Here under the South Bend permacloud, lake-effect weather makes snow even more proneto turn into ice.It is time that people wake up from the illu-sion that the city of South Bend is here toserve the students of Notre Dame. When youlive off-campus, you are a part of the SouthBend community. Although enforcing thisordinance in South Bend may be recent, mostcities in America that regularly get snow havean ordinance like this (including WestLafayette, where Boilermakers who live off-campus have only six hours to clear theirsidewalks). Maybe the next time you want togo to Club Fever, you should spend the tenminutes it takes to shovel your sidewalk andthink about what it means to be a contribut-ing member of society instead.

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Welcome to‘real life’

The arsenal of democracy?The propagation of Democracy hasbeen the driving force of U.S. foreignpolicy since the end of World War I withWoodrow Wilson’s calls for national self-determination around the world. In thepast 10 years alonewe have toppledregimes and gov-ernments inAfghanistan andIraq and havereplaced them withdemocracies. George Bush stated, “[We]are committed to a strategic goal of afree Iraq that is democratic, that cangovern itself, defend itself and sustainitself.” The promotion of democracieshas been significant to most modernpresidents and has been part of the jus-tification for the sacrifice of Americanlives in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despitethis apparently pro-democratic foreignpolicy, the Obama administration hasfailed to promote democratic move-ments in Egypt and has been embar-rassingly ambivalent, infusing the criseswith political rhetoric. Is this a depar-ture from America’s promotion ofdemocracy, or are these policies simplypolitical rhetoric?In the past few days we have seen thecollapse of two autocratic nations,Tunisia and Egypt. With such passionand drive, the people of Tunisia andEgypt braved walls of riot police andtear gas in the hopes of tasting the free-dom that we take for granted. In theface of a populist uprising, in the nameof democracy, Americans might have

expected their government to standfirmly behind this movement. One obvi-ous reason for such an expectationwould be our nation’s experience andvalues. The government that we swearallegiance to is a government from thepeople for the people as a result of apopulist rebellion in the face of oppres-sion.Despite such obvious reasons, our

government was and is ambivalentabout the uprising in Egypt. The Obamaadministration has stated that it sup-ports economic and political reformsand does not believe the status quo inEgypt is sustainable. However, it is notcalling for the “president” of Egypt tostep down, nor has it lauded theEgyptian people’s desire for democracy.Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton stat-ed, “We are not advocating any specificoutcome.” Such weak and indecisiverhetoric is intentional and reflects thepolitical realities of the situation. HosniMubarak, the “president” of Egypt, is avery close political ally of the U.S. TheUS Agency for InternationalDevelopment reports that duringMubarak’s reign, Egypt has been therecipient of $28 billion from the UnitedStates. During this time the internation-al community did not consider Egypt tobe a valid democracy.The close political ties between the

United States and Mubarak may explainsome of the administration’s ambiva-lence, but Obama’s administration fearssomething worse than the loss of an ally.They fear replacing that ally with an

enemy. If a democracy takes hold inEgypt it may empower radical elementsof the population that were suppressedduring Mubarak’s regime, elementssuch as the Muslim Brotherhood. TheMuslim Brotherhood is an Islamic politi-cal movement that has been activelysuppressed under Mubarak. TheBrotherhood is not considered an ally bythe U.S. and has been linked to violentattacks primarily in Egypt. While notconsidered a terrorist group there aremany who fear the result of the groupattaining political power in Egypt. Yethow does the administration’s ambiva-lence coincide with the long affirmeddemocracy promoting foreign policy?The result of the uprising in Egypt has

outlined the political rhetoric and half-hearted values that have plagued thispolicy. We find it necessary to imposedemocracy with force, but find it con-cerning when democracy arises fromthe people. We find it appropriate tosacrifice the lives of our troops in thename of democracy and freedom, butalso find it appropriate to remainambivalent while men, women, andchildren rise against oppression. Whilethe fears of extremism are justified, dosuch fears justify oppression? Ourfounders feared the powers of “factions”hijacking the government and abusingits power. As a result, they did not advo-cate autocracy, they advocated a powersharing system within government tocheck power. If we are to be “the greatarsenal of democracy” as FDR called us,we mustn’t shy away from those who

cry out for freedom. We mustn’tembrace those who stomp on the valuesdear to our democracy. We cannot con-tinue to claim that we are the “arsenal”of democracy if we do not inherentlysupport the ideal. What we must do isstand for the values that embody ournation. We must be brave enough tosupport democracy even if the result isnot in our favor. We should do this notbecause it is political good for us to doit, but because it is simply right. Theforeign policy of this administration andmany before it, did not fight to promotedemocracy, they fought to promote aconditional democracy. We did not fightfor the idea of democracy and the valueof freedom; we fought for political ambi-tions. This has become apparent todayin regards to Egypt. To many Egyptianswe have been flying the banner ofdemocracy and freedom with vigor anddetermination in Iraq and Afghanistan.When they try to do they same, we donot hoist the banner higher, we askthem to stop. Therefore, we must makea choice. Either, we must hold the val-ues of freedom and democracy highunconditionally to all nations, or wemust stop justifying war and the deathsof our soldiers in its name.

Elie Elian is a sophomore political science and Arabic double major andhas lived 11 years in Beirut, Lebanon.You can contact him at [email protected] views expressed in this column

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Roller derby features competitorswith nicknames such as T.N.Tina,Thrashanova, Captain Beefstock andSchmitt Talker. They navigate a nar-row track on roller skates, all whilewearing “helmets, elbow pads, kneepads, wrist guards, mouthpieces andnot much else.” Intrigued yet?Hundreds of people in the South Bendarea are.The South Bend Roller Girls, South

Bend’s first and only women’s rollerderby league, held an inaugural exhi-bition game last Thursday at the USASkate Center in Mishawaka. My friendsand I arrived to a packed house andmade our way to the “suicide seating,”the ominously named trackside seats.The lack of barrier between usand the track, and theminimum agerequirement of 18 forentry made us some-what cautious, but weended up leaving thematch unscathed. Theanticipation culminatedin a visually arrest ing,highly entertaining match,in which the SmoothCriminals handily defeatedthe Pretty Young Things inan interleague match. Enthusiastic announcers, a

well-displayed scoreboard,disco bal ls and pregameMichael Jackson tunes made fora hugely enjoyable experience.Competitors with lively attire and clev-erly intimidating nicknames were alsothe source of much spectacle.However, it was the lively, high scoringgameplay and shows of athleticismthat were truly the main show. Cringe-inducing falls coupled with close prox-imity to the court equaled two or sohours of pure enthrallment.

About the SportHaving never been exposed to roller

derby before, my friends and I pre-pared to be utterly confused whilewatching the league’s first official

event. The majority of the crowd wasnew to the sport as well, so the SouthBend Roller Girls were thoroughly pre-pared for our demographic.After explanations on the back of the

program, along with a s low-modemonstration round with the players,we felt prepared to enjoy the match.For the unacquainted reader, here’s arundown of the rules and game play:Each of the two teams plays five

players at a time. These teams arecomprised of four blockers and a jam-mer. The eight total blockers formwhat is called a pack, and start movingalong the track when the first whis-tle blows. Following behindthe pack is eachteam’s jam-m e r .

T h ej a m m e r ’ s

responsibility is tomake it through the pack

successfully, without committingany penalt ies. The f irst jammerthrough the pack becomes the “leadjammer.” Once the lead jammer hasmade it through the pack, the scoringlaps begin. The jammer earns onepoint for each opposing player shelaps. The lead jammer can call off theround whenever she wants, or let theround run for the full two minutes.After the round runs out of time or isstopped, the players make any substi-tutions and line up for another round.The game is composed of two 30-minute halves. The track gets chaotic, as each team

is trying to simultaneously block fortheir jammer and stop the opposing

jammer from passing them. Illegal conduct includes elbowing,

tripping, clothes lining and basicallyany move seen in the popular movie“Whip It,” as a roller derby refereepointed out.

About the LeagueStarted in March 2010, the South

Bend Roller Girls are a non-profitorganization. Most rol ler derbyleagues are philanthropically involved,and co-founder Shannon Hoyt plans to

move in the same direc-tion. “The proceeds fromthe f irst event aregoing to our organi-zation, so that soonwe’ll be at the levelwhere we will beable to give backto charities thatare important tous,” Hoyt said inan interviewwith TheObserver. Hoyt men-t ioned pos-

sessing an earlyinterest in the sport and

arousing local interest for theleague on Facebook.“One day I posted about starting a

roller derby league in my Facebookstatus, and the response was over-whelming,” Hoyt remembers.Hoyt’s networking certainly paid off,

as tickets for the South Bend RollerGirls’ first official event were in highdemand. Spectators for the exhibitionmatch filled the USA Skate Center’sparking lot and spilled into severalneighboring lots. Generating such fer-vor and enthusiasm in a new organiza-tion means a lot to Hoyt.“I read in Newsweek that South Bend

was a dying city, and that really both-ered me,” said Hoyt. The event’s turnout speaks to the

contrary, however, as dozens of peoplewere lined outside the facility, waitingin line for tickets to last Thursday’sevents. Hoyt and her co-founders’ love for

the sport propels them to keep pro-moting i t . When asked about theappeal of roller derby, Hoyt highlight-ed the theatrical nature of the sport,which dates back to the sport’s inven-tion in the 1960s. “It definitely serves as a type of

escapism. The costumes and nick-names sort of represent our alter-egos,” Hoyt said. Hoyt, known also as Smooth

Criminals team member “Hoytie Toity,”can attest to the serious dedicationroller derby players possess for theirsport. They practice two to three timesper week, for around two hours eachsession. Conditioning on skates, aswell as various other exercises, com-prise the league’s average workout. “Even though we like to have fun

with our clothes and names, we wantpeople to take us seriously as athletesand competitors,” Hoyt said. As serious athletes, the roller derby

participants face the constant threat ofinjury. Tailbones and knees are themost commonly affected, as competi-tors often face heavy impact with thewooden track surface. Although sever-al officials, both on and off skates, reg-ulate game play, rough play st i l lensues. Size differences in players canbe a definite cause for concern. “One of our players is 6-foot-2, and

her normal elbow position is right inmy face,” Hoyt mentioned. Despite the players’ imposing physi-

cal presence and gear emblazonedwith slogans such as “I Hit Girls,” theyare an incredibly welcoming group,and really enjoy having a lively crowdpresent. When attending a future event of the

South Bend Roller Girls, be sure tokeep your eyes open for familiar facesamongst the competitors. Known as“Aris-throttle,” a certain Notre Damephilosophy professor has been knownto don the skates and pads. To learn more about the South Bend

Roller Girls and their upcoming events,find them on Facebook or visit south-bendrollergirls.com

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For its first album in about two anda half years, Cold War Kids selectedJacquire King to sit behind the boardsas its producer. This choice should tella little bit about the direction in whichthe band is presumably headed.King’s most recent successes havebeen the pair of Kings of Leon albums“Only by the Night” and “ComeAround Sundown,” both of whichsported a well-burnished studio sheencomplete with “arena-ready” hooksthat skyrocketed Kings of Leon intosuperstardom.Likewise, King’s only previous foray

into the loosely-defined world of“indie rock” — a term fairly appliedto Cold War Kids — was ModestMouse’s 2004 album “Good News forPeople Who Love Bad News,” analbum that gave Modest Mouse a bighit in “Float On” and probably lostlegions of hardcore fans with itsrefined, seemingly diluted sound.Choice of producer: a nefarious omenfor “Mine Is Yours?” Possibly.The album opens with the sparse

twirlings of the title track, which fea-tures little besides synthesizer andNathan Willett’s voice at first beforebroadening into the predictablycatchy chorus as Willett proclaims,“What’s mine is yours” repeatedly.The song seems to be some kind oftale of youthful love, but the lyrics areso ambiguous that it’s difficult to sayfor sure. This lyrical ambiguity, and attimes downright mediocrity, is preva-lent throughout the album.So far, not so bad though. The song

is predictable, yes, but not so much ina bad way as in a “well-written popsong” kind of way.Second track and first single

“Louder Than Ever,” however,demonstrates what is amiss on thisrecord. Where he once sounded spon-taneous, even dangerous, Willett nowsimply sounds extremely suave andself-impressed. Gone is the fitful (ifborrowed) urgency of the band’s 2005breakthrough single “Hospital Beds,”replaced instead by some kind of stu-dio bastardization of Bono and maybeWin Butler of Arcade Fire fame. The band does its best, however, as

musically, this record sounds like anynumber of solid 90s pop-rock records.Counting Crows’ “August andEverything After” and Goo Goo Dolls’“Dizzy Up the Girl” come to mind inparticular. While a little bit heavy onreverb at times, that is more a strike

against the production than themusicians most likely. Drummer MattAveiro shines through in particular,especially on album highlight“Bulldozer” — the one track on whichWillett manages to momentarily recallhis former sense of urgency.Despite the negatives, there are

some very likeable moments on thisrecord. The chorus of “Finally Begin”sounds made to play over the seasonfinale of next season’s biggest new sit-com. Album closer, “Flying UpsideDown”, sounds like a more clutteredversion of something off Coldplay’s“Vida La Vida,” and, as previouslymentioned, the last two minutes of“Bulldozer” really shines. That songwill certainly have the listener hum-ming along as Willett sings, “I can feelyour arms around me / Pull me closer/ Hold me tightly.”Despite this, some songs are just

bad — there’s no other way to put it.“Sensitive Kid” and “Cold Toes on theCold Floor” are both pretty obviousduds. However, “Mine Is Yours” is nota bad record overall. It’s a somewhatmediocre record, but not a bad one. Afirst-time listener to the band mightfind the album rather enjoyable. Anyfans hoping for a return to the soundof the band’s debut “Robbers andCowards” must look elsewhere,unfortunately. If “Mine Is Yours” will undoubtedly

be recognized as one singular thing, itis that it is the record that truly hasthe potential to give the band somekind of mainstream breakthrough. Alittle wiser single choice and maybeanother tour supporting Death Cabfor Cutie and Cold War Kids shouldfind its place in what’s left of themainstream rock scene before toolong.

By CHRISTOPHER COLLUMScene Writer

For the folk of heart, dreamscame true this weekend when theNorth Carolinian band the AvettBrothers graced South Bend with aperformance. The Avett Brotherslanded at the Morris PerformingArts Center on the last leg of theirJanuary tour this Saturday andwere met with enthusiasm, appre-ciation and an abundance of plaid.Even from the worst seats in the

house, the performance was exqui-s i te . The acoust ics and energytravelled across and through thehearts of the thousands amassed.Feet were stomping, voices werewarbling and bodies were swayingas the Avett Brothers transitionedfrom tune to tune.Opening act David Mayf ie ld

Parade started off the night with alively performance that preparedthe theatre for what was to comeas the Avett Brothers graced thestage around 9 p.m.Brothers Scott (banjo) and Seth

(guitar) took turns alternating onvocals while upright bassist BobCrawford and cel l ist Joe Kwonstrummed along. Performing inSouth Bend was a great experi-ence, Crawford told the Observerin an interview Monday.“ I t was a wonderful n ight .

Everybody was very warm andwelcoming. A pleasant surprise,”Crawford said.The Avett Brothers wasted no

t ime making a commitment totheir audience, opening their con-cert with a performance of thesimple country ballad “JanuaryWedding.” Screams of delight metthem as they recalled their baddecisions with a lighthearted ren-dition of “Shame.” Two songs laterthey reinforced their decision to besomething and then to go be itwith “Head Full of Doubt.”The college kids in the audience

cheered the band on with extraenthusiasm as Seth and Scott listedthe booze blunders they incurredwith “When I Drink.” Saying thingsthey don’t mean to say, feelingthings when they shouldn’t reallycare and doing things they didn’twant to do topped the list of mis-takes. Songs l ike these furthersolidified the Avett Brothers’ rele-vance as a band for our genera-tion. The evening was full of surpris-

es, even for the bandmates them-selves. When Crawford walked outon stage Saturday night, the moni-tor came out to tell him that forsome reason his whole mix hadbeen erased. Crawford took thenews in stride and the show wenton.“We’ve played all kinds of places

and been in all kinds of situations

… That’s where the experiencekicks in. I think, ‘What do I reallyneed in this situation? I can proba-bly get through this,’” Crawfordsaid. That was not the only surprise

Crawford received. During thesound check, he was also told thathe would be performing a solo thatnight“There’s never time to prepare. I

never know when I’m going to becalled upon but that’s an exampleof me kind of playing my role onthe team,” he said. “For me, doingit that way is great because I don’tdo it every night and thereforewhenever I do it, there’s the heartpalpitations and the adrenalinekicks in. I think it’s great becauseit keeps it very real.” In spite of the nerves, Crawford

kept h is cool on s tage andimpressed the audience with al ight and easy performance of“Letter to a Pretty Girl.” His turnas a singer made obvious one ofthe characteristics that sets theAvett Brothers apart. They are amult i ta lented group who don’tlimit themselves to a conventionalmusical approach.With a conglomeration of songs

including jigs that sound like BenFolds (“Kickdrum Heart”), balladsreminiscent of Johnny Cash andtunes that defy any sort of catego-ry, the Avett Brothers are a uniquepresence. Their infectious banjo,piano, guitar, cello, drums andbass concoctions draw you in andkeep you guessing.Not only are the songs impres-

sive, but the dancing itself makesthe concert worth the ticket price.Legs have not moved in such jerkyspirited motions like those of Scottand Seth Avett since the days ofForrest Gump. The brothersjumped and kicked around — andsomehow kept enough breath tosing— while Crawford and Kwonstrummed along to their hearts’content. The night closed with a perform-

ance of their biggest hit, “I andLove and You.” Then sadly theband said their goodbyes.Though the Avett Brothers left

South Bend, fans can still expectmore to come. The band doesn’tseem too concerned about thedirection it’s headed but has faithit will go where it needs to go —including to i ts next a lbum,expected to be released in the nextyear.“That stuff will just come when it

comes. We haven’t been able tosee this road unfold before it ’sunfolded for the past decade andwe don’t expect to be able to see itnow,” Crawford said.

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AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Djokovic establishes himself as one of the world’s elite

MELBOURNE, Australia —For a few years now, NovakDjokovic has been known as atop-10 player with a difficultname to pronounce and a repu-tation as a bit of a jokester.Funny quips on the court, a

favorite in the locker room,and, oh yes, those hilariousYouTube imitations of otherplayers’ serving mannerisms.On Sunday, the comedian

came up with another impres-sive punch line, winning thesecond major championship ofhis career. He trounced AndyMurray 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 to take hissecond Australian Open title,extending Britain’s near 75-year drought in men’s singlesGrand Slams.Djokovic’s first major came

here in 2008. And after throw-ing his racket, shirt and shoesinto an adoring crowd Sundaynight at Rod Laver Arena, helet it be known he’s a differentguy than when he won threeyears ago.“I feel like a more experi-

enced player,” Djokovic saidwith the trophy sitting next tohim. “Physically, I’m stronger,I’m faster. Mentally, I’m moremotivated on the court. I knowhow to react in certainmoments, and I know how to

play on a big stage.”Murray, trying to become the

first British man to win aGrand Slam singles title sinceFred Perry in 1936, saw allthose facets of Djokovic’s gamein the final.Just two months after leading

Serbia to its first Davis Cup,Djokovic completely dominatedMurray to hand the Scottish-born player his third straightmajor final loss in straight sets.He’s 0 for 9 in major finals.“When I got ahead in some

games, even in just points, hewas sticking up lobs that werelanding on the baseline, pass-ing shots that were on theline,” Murray said. “I broke hisserve twice in the third set andstill lost 6-3.”Murray said he might take a

break from the game for awhile.“Right now I am disappoint-

ed,” he said. “I’ve been awaysince the week after the tourfinals. It’s a long time. I’m look-ing forward to getting back toseeing friends, family, my dog,doing all the normal stuff I likedoing.“I want to spend time with

my girlfriend, chill out and getaway from the court.”The match ended in 2 hours,

39 minutes, and the statisticsunderlined Djokovic’s domina-

tion: he won 11 of his 14 serv-ice games, Murray only six of13. Murray’s second serve waspounded by Djokovic — Murraywon just 16 of 51 points, 31percent, on his second serve.Murray and Djokovic, each

23 and born a week apart, aregood friends and often practicetogether. At the coin flip beforethe match, Djokovic smiledbroadly for photos whileMurray looked fidgety andnervous.“I understand how he feels,

it’s his third final and he didn’tget the title,” Djokovic said. “AsI said on the court, I reallyhave big respect for him andhis game, because I think hehas everything it takes tobecome a Grand Slam champi-on.”Trailing 5-4 in the opening

set, Murray double-faulted tostart the 10th game. He chal-lenged the final point of the setwhen he thought his forehandstayed in on the backline, butDjokovic walked away with theset in 59 minutes.“Maybe there was a turning

point in the whole match, that5-4 game,” Djokovic said. “Iwas a bit fortunate. I kind ofanticipated well and read hisintentions and played somegreat shots and great moments.It is a big advantage mentally

when you are a set up and youare getting to the second setand really going for the shots.”Djokovic leads the head-to-

head series 5-3, ending athree-match winning streak forMurray.Despite having a final that

didn’t feature defending cham-pion Roger Federer or RafaelNadal, who was trying to winhis fourth straight Grand Slambut got beaten in the quarterfi-nals, Djokovic said it was tooearly to include his name orMurray’s among them.

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Taurasi denies wrongdoing after drug test

CHINO, Calif . — DianaTaurasi insists she did nothingwrong.The former Connecticut

women’s basketball star saysshe hadn’t even heard of thebanned stimulant modafiniluntil she found out she hadtested positive for it. And nomatter what those resultsshowed, Taurasi is adamantthat she never used perform-ance-enhancing drugs.“I’ve never needed anything

to help me. Only thing that I’mguilty of is taking too manyjump shots,” she told TheAssociated Press by telephoneSunday night from her parents’home in Chino, Calif.In her first interview since

testing positive in Decemberfor modafinil, Taurasi and herlawyer blamed the Turkish labwhere the sample was ana-lyzed.“There’s no way I’ve ever

taken anything,” she said.

Taurasi is regarded by manyas one of the best women’splayers in the world. She wasthe first prominent WNBAplayer to test positive for abanned substance.Taurasi said she intends to

return to the WNBA when theseason begins in June. ThePhoenix guard has led theleague in scoring the last fourseasons and signed a multiyearextension with the Mercurylast August.The 28-year-old also plans to

play for the U.S. team andcoach Geno Auriemma in the2012 Olympics. She’s alreadyhelped the Americans win thelast two gold medals. Taurasihas talked to Auriemma, whocoached her in college, atlength since she tested positive.He said he’ll stand by her.“My goal has been to play

basketball,” she said. “Thingshave come up in my life, butthat’s life for you. ... This onewas an unexpected one. I’vebeen doing the right thing for

my career. I’ll take this andmove forward.“I went from being really

angry to wondering, ‘Why me?’I won’t let it bring me down,”she said.Taurasi’s contract was termi-

nated by the Turkish clubFenerbahce this month afterboth her A and B samples test-ed positive. The Turkish feder-ation still hasn’t announced apunishment — the organizationwas awaiting a response fromTaurasi. Her lawyer, HowardJacobs, said it was deliveredMonday. Despite reports ofTaurasi’s positive test surfacinglast month, Jacobs onlyreceived the official reportfrom the federation onWednesday.Taurasi faces a ban of up to

two years and said she willappeal any suspension. TheInternational OlympicCommittee bars any athletegiven a doping penalty of sixmonths or more from compet-ing in the next games.

“This will be resolved well inadvance of 2012,” Jacobs said.“My understanding is that wehave the right of appeal to thesport of arbitration body inTurkey. That could take a cou-ple of months. All the appealsshould be done by the end ofthis year.”Taurasi said she was at her

home in Turkey, on her couch,when the Fenerbahce generalmanager handed her the paperstating that she had tested pos-itive for modafinil.Taurasi said the news

shocked her.“I had never heard of it and

couldn’t pronounce it,” shesaid. “I had to Google it to findout the side effects. I neverhave come in contact with it.”The drug has been involved

in several major doping cases,including that of Americansprinter Kelli White, and is onthe World Anti-DopingAgency’s list of banned sub-stances. Modafinil is used tocounter excessive sleepiness

due to narcolepsy, shift-worksleep disorder or sleep apnea,according to drug manufactur-ers.Jacobs said he’s handled

about 75 athlete drug cases,including those of Floyd Landisand Marion Jones. He’s ques-tioning the lab’s handling ofTaurasi’s sample and pointedout that it had been suspendedby WADA.WADA spokesman Catherine

Coley wrote in an e-mail to theAP that the organization won’tcomment until the case isresolved “in order to protectthe integrity of the proceed-ings.”For Taurasi’s part, her

lawyers noted she passed apolygraph test and that theTurkish lab was suspended byWADA for three months in2009. The player’s legal teamalso contends that the lab hasfailed to properly identifymodafinil and that there arequestions about the chain ofcustody for Taurasi’s test.

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DALLAS — At this year’sSuper Bowl , even peop les tuck outs ide the s tadiumwill get a pat-down from asecurity guard.The 5,000 fans paying $200

to watch the game on b igscreens ou ts ide mass iveCowboys S tad ium wi l l besubjected to the same securi-ty searches as the 100,000-p lus who wi l l watch thegame inside on Sunday.The six-figure attendance

number pres -en ts the mos tun ique cha l -l enge the NFLfaces a t th i s ,the 10th SuperBowl since theSept. 11, 2001,t e r r o r i s tattacks.For the f i r s t

t ime , the NFLwi l l se t up aparty plaza out-s ide the stadi-um for peop lewho can ’t ge ttickets for the game but stillwant to be c lose to theaction.“They’ll be contained,” said

Milt Ahlerich, the NFL’s vicepresident of securi ty. “Wewouldn’t call their securitysituation special, other thanthat those folks can’t come

into the building. It will be agood, tight area, a well-man-aged area.”For the second s t ra igh t

year, Homeland Secur i t ySecretary Janet Napolitanovisited the host city to tourthe Super Bowl stadium andrev iew the NFL’s secur i t yplans. The federal govern-ment designates the SuperBowl as a Level One securityevent , wh ich makes moremoney and resources avail-ab le to secure the area .Temporary flight restrictions

will be put inplace acrossa wide swatho f a i r spacesurround ingthe stadium.The NFL ,

m e a nwh i l e ,spends about$6 mi l l i on ayear on theSuper Bowls e c u r i t yeffort on topof what localand federa lg o v e r nmen t

spends. The league has hiredmore than 1,200 employeesfrom private security compa-n ies to augment suppor tf rom mi l i tary and lawenforcement. More than 60government agencies con-tr ibute to the Super Bowleffort.

The league and the govern-ment also used the opportu-n i t y o f Monday ’s secur i t ynews conference to reintro-duce one of the core post-Sept. 11 messages: “If yousee someth ing , say some-thing.” Signs saying that, andurging people to call 911 ifthey see suspicious activities,have been posted around thestadium and the Dallas area.“Time and time again, we

see how that k ind of v ig i -lance pays off,” Napolitanosa id , reca l l ing las t year ’sfailed bomb threat in TimesSquare.Last Friday, a parking lot

a t Cowboys S tad ium wasevacuated when a suspiciouspackage was found, but i tturned out to be harmless.“We want to err on the side

of caution and we want citi-zens, regardless of how sillyit may be, to say something,”said Theron Bowman, policechief in the Dallas suburb ofArlington, home of CowboysStadium. “If it doesn’t feelright, doesn’t look right, wewant them to report it.”The NFL released its list of

banned items inside the sta-dium, including camera andb inocu lar cases , coo lers ,backpacks and noisemakers.With the crowd expected tobreak the Super Bowl atten-dance record of 103,985 —set in 1980 at the Rose Bowl

— Ahlerich urged fans to bepat ient whi le they wait inwhat are expected to be longsecurity lines.“The thing that’s surprised

us over the years i s howmuch coopera t ion we ge tf rom the fans , ” he sa id .“They’ll put up with standingin line, a little bit of incon-venience, to be safe. As longas they’re treated equally,

and they will be.”Secur i t y p lann ing has

become more complex sincethe terrorist attacks.“We’re a lo t be t ter a t i t

now,” Ahler ich sa id . “Theexpectat ions and the tem-p la te we fo l l ow, i t ’s we l lde f ined . We know i t .Sometimes, it’s hard to do itbut we know what we haveto do.”

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Associated Press

AP

NFL vice president of security Milt Alerich speaks at a pressconference Monday announcing security measures for the Super Bowl.

“We want to err on theside of caution and we

want citizens,regardless of how silly

it may be, to saysomething.”

Milt AlerichNFL VP of Security

NFL

FORT WORTH, Texas —Maurkice Pouncey still has ashot at playing in the SuperBowl.Steelers coach Mike Tomlin

would not rule out his ProBowl rookie center Monday,despite Pouncey having a highleft ankle sprain. Pounceyneeded crutches to walk downthe steps from the team’s char-ter flight in Dallas, and wore abulky walking boot on his leftfoot.“We’ve been very aggressive

in terms of treating it,” Tomlinsaid. “We’ve even been puttingit in hard casts and so forth.Just trying to do everything inour power to give him the bestopportunity to participate. Idon’t know what his chancesare at this point.”Pouncey injured his ankle in

Pittsburgh’s 24-19 victory overthe New York Jets in the AFCchampionship last Sunday. Hedid not practice at all lastweek, and Tomlin said Pounceyis “not on a running clock”until Wednesday — the team’sfirst practice before the SuperBowl.“We will remain hopeful,”

Tomlin said.According to media reports,

Pouncey also has a brokenbone in the ankle — a reportTomlin would neither confirmnor deny.“I’m sure it could be charac-

terized as that,” Tomlin saidvaguely. “I’m sure I’ve gotsomething floating around inmy ankle. The issue that’skeeping him from participatingis the high ankle sprain.”Backup Doug Legursky, who

lost out to Pouncey for the jobin training camp, would fill inif necessary. Legursky is a for-mer undrafted free agent fromMarshall who was on theSteelers’ practice squad duringtheir last Super Bowl win twoyears ago.“I don’t think it’s going to

affect us at all personallybecause we have a lot of guyson this team, let alone theoffensive line, that can comeup and step up if one of thestarters come down,” offensivetackle Flozell Adams said. “So Ihave no shadow of a doubt thatDoug will do just as good a job— if not better than Pouncey —

being in there for this SuperBowl. And I mean that.”Legursky came in for

Pouncey after the first-roundpick out of Florida went downearly in the game against theJets, and quarterback BenRoethlisberger fumbled anexchange that resulted in asafety. Still, Tomlin echoedAdams’ confidence inLegursky, who started fourgames at right guard earlierthis season when starter TraiEssex went down with aninjury.“We’re comfortable if we

have to go in that direction,”Tomlin said.

DALLAS — Now that thevo ter s have chosen TroyPo lama lu over C layMatthews for The AssociatedPress 2010 NFL DefensivePlayer of the Year award,the two stars can prove theirworth against each other onthe field.In the Super Bowl.Pittsburgh safety Polamalu

received 17 votes Mondayfrom a nationwide panel of50 med ia members whocover the l eague , edg ingGreen Bay l i nebackerMatthews by a hair — twovotes.Desp i t e m i s s ing two

games, in which Pittsburghwent 1-1, Polamalu becamethe sixth Steeler to win theaward. He had seven inter-ceptions this season alongwith 63 tackles, but madehis mark with big plays. In ala te - seasonv i c to ry a tB a l t i m o r e ,h i s l eap ingt a c k l efo rced afumble thatse t up thew i n n i n gtouchdown.That victo-

ry catapult-ed theS tee l e r s t othe AFCNor th t i t l e .Now, theyare in the Super Bowl forthe third time in six seasons,where they face Matthewsand the Packers.“ I don ’t imag ine the i r

game p lan chang ing overone player,” Polamalu said.“We don’t s ing le out any-body. Anything we achievehere is done as a team, as awhole.”Added Steelers linebacker

James Harr i son , who f in -ished third in the ballotingwith eight votes and won theaward two years ago: “Troybrings this defense from a‘C’ defense to an ‘A’ defense.He’s someone that you haveto account for in the second-ary.”So much so that one oppo-

nent called the eighth-yearpro the NFL’s t op p layer,regardless of position.“Wi th a l l due respec t , I

hones t l y th ink TroyPo lama lu i s p robab ly thegrea tes t p layer I ’ ve everp layed w i th or even seenplay in person,” gushed Jetsreceiver Santonio Holmes,who was the MVP o fP i t t sburgh ’s 2009 SuperBowl w in over Ar i zona .“Everybody has the i r oneperson they th ink i s thegreatest player. In my eyes, Ithink he’s the greatest play-er I’ve ever played with.”Polamalu has had better

statistical years than 2010,including the 2008 champi-onship season and in 2005,when he had a career-high91 tackles and three sacksas the Steelers won the title.He hasn’t had any seasonwhere he made more b igplays than in 2010.Tha t f i t per f ec t l y w i th

defensive coordinator DickLeBeau ’s c l a im tha t

Polamalu is the most versa-tile defensive back he’s everworked wi th . And LeBeauhas been involved with theNFL for about a half-centuryand is in the Hall of Fame.“I know Troy is going to do

the r ight th ings ,” LeBeausaid.Mat thews d id p l en ty o f

things correctly in only hissecond pro season, enoughto make the A l l -Pro teamthanks to 60 tackles , 13½sacks (fourth in league), anin tercep t i on re turn f o r atouchdown and , l i kePo lamalu , a penchant fordelivering decisive plays.“Game-chang ing p lays , ”

Steelers linebacker LaMarrWoodley said with emphasis.“I mean, you look at all theplays Troy’s made — game-changing plays. ... So manygame-changing plays to goout there and help win foot-ball games. Things that he

(does), not onlyin the secondary— coming up ,tack l ing backsin the backfield.Troy does it all.”Matthews said

i t wou ld havebeen a “uniquehonor” to win inhis second year.H i s goa l , hesa id , i s t obecome “wor ldchampions.”A d d e d

M a t t h e w s :“Despite defensive player ofthe year, I get the chance toplay Sunday for the worldchampionship.”Considered the lesser o f

three linebackers drafted inthe first round in 2009 fromSouthern Ca l i f o rn ia ,Mat thews has had thebiggest impact of that trio.Yes, Brian Cushing was theleague’s top defensive rookiein ‘09, but he tailed off in2010 whi le Matthews wassurging.Matthews’ sensational sea-

son came while facing con-sistent double-teaming.“You really just attack it,”

said Matthews, whose fatherand grandfather played inthe league and whose uncle,Bruce , i s a Ha l l o f Fameoffensive lineman. “I thinklas t year, obv ious l y, wasabout winning the one-on-one ba t t l e s . Towards theplayoffs, that’s when I sawthe increase and it’s kind ofcont inued. . . . So you dealwith it, you try and beat one,then another, and get to thequarterback.”Po lama lu and Mat thews

take the i r compet i t i on t oDallas Cowboys Stadium onSunday. They a l ready areconsidered marketing adver-saries, with Polamalu’s jer-sey the t op se l l e r i n theleague, and both vying forhirsute superiority.“Well, I can guarantee you

my hair’s more expensive,”Polamalu said.Also receiving votes for AP

Defensive Player of the Yearwere Ch i cago end Ju l iusPeppers with six and l ine-backer Brian Urlacher withtwo; and Baltimore safety EdReed and nose tackle HalotiNgata, one each.

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AP names Polamaluleague’s top defenderAssociated Press

“With all due respect, Ihonestly think Troy

Polamalu is probablythe greatest player

I’ve ever played withor ever seen play in

person.”

Santonio HolmesJets wide receiver

NFL

Associated Press

Pouncey not yet ruled out

AP

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin speaks to the media Monday afterarriving in Dallas. His team will play in Super Bowl XLV Sunday.

MIAMI — Once again, LeBronJames helped the ClevelandCavaliers reach a milestone inthe NBA standings.First to 40 wins one year.First to 40 losses the next.Dwyane Wade scored 26 of

his 34 points in the first half,James finished with 24 pointsand eight assists and the MiamiHeat beat the Cavaliers for thethird time since the two-timeMVP changed cities, winning117-90 Monday night to handCleveland its 21st straight loss— as many as it dropped in theentire 2009-10 regular season.Cleveland (8-40) is now two

losses shy of tying the single-season NBA futility streakrecord shared by the 1995-96Vancouver Grizzlies and 1997-98 Denver Nuggets. Overall, theCavaliers have lost 31 of 32games, along with 24 straighton the road.“I have nothing bad to say

about the players that I left andthe team,” James said beforethe game. “I wish the organiza-tion the best. And I wish thefans, more than anything, thebest because we had a lot ofgreat years together.”They might be hard-pressed

to remember those now.This game had a few

moments of hope for theCavaliers. They were down by19 in the first half, when Wadewas almost unguardable forstretches — one of his dunks,off a pass from James, was sospectacular that rap mogulsSean “Diddy” Combs and RickRoss leaped from their court-

side seats.Quietly, Cleveland started

putting together good stretchafter good stretch, getting with-in 70-67 in the third quarter.Was this going to be the

night?Not a chance.James had nine points in a

19-5 run to close the thirdquarter, Miami’s lead was 89-72 entering the fourth, and itturned into a romp from there.The Heat (34-14) moved with-

in 2½ games of Boston for thebest record in the EasternConference. Zydrunas Ilgauskashad 12 points and a season-high 14 rebounds against hisformer team, Eddie House alsoscored 12 and Chris Boshadded 10 points for Miami.For Cleveland, Antawn

Jamison finished with 21 pointsand 10 rebounds. Manny Harrisscored 20 points and J.J.Hickson added 14. TheCavaliers were outrebounded49-39.Wade hit 10 of his first 12

shots, the third straight gamefor him with a sizzling start.James had 15 in the first half,including a highlight-caliberdunk over Christian Eyengaand Hickson that gave Miami a61-44 lead.And although it was a one-

possession game midwaythrough the third quarter, theoutcome never truly seemed indoubt.Cleveland’s franchise —

which reached great heightswith James for seven years,and has fallen to the bottom ofthe NBA less than sevenmonths after he left — already

owns the all-time NBA losing-streak record, a 24-game slidethat spanned from March toNovember 1982.At this rate, that mark might

be erased in a week.“We just keep fighting. That’s

all you can do,” Cavaliers coachByron Scott said before thegame. “You’ve got two choices,either you’re going to fight oryou’re going to lay down. Idon’t think we have any guysthat will just lay down. Wedon’t on the coaching staff. Sowe’re just going to keep fight-ing and keep working everyday.”Last Feb. 4, the Cavaliers

beat Miami 102-86, moving toan NBA-best 40-11 at the time.The Cavs finished last season61-21, two games better thananyone in the league.This year? They’re better

than no one. The next chanceto snap the skein is Wednesdayagainst Indiana. Cleveland is atMemphis on Friday, back hometo face Portland on Saturday,then goes to Dallas nextMonday.Lose them all, and that’ll be

25 in a row — the blight ofblights in NBA history.James sees no reason to enjoy

Cleveland’s epic struggles. Andit doesn’t give him a sense ofvindication, either.The way he sees it,

Cleveland’s descent does noth-ing to prove that he made theright choice in joining up withWade and Bosh in SouthFlorida.“It didn’t matter for me if the

Cavs were going to have a suc-cessful season or not,” James

said. “I felt like I was makingthe right choice for me as anindividual and for my career.”Monday’s game was the third

time Miami and Cleveland havemet since James switched uni-forms. Unlike the first two, italmost seemed like a regulargame instead of having a circusatmosphere.“The first two were kind of

crazy, but now both teams wenttheir separate ways,” Scottsaid. “Obviously they’re doingextremely well and we havebeen hit with the unbelievableinjury bug and all kind of otherstuff that has happened. I thinkit is just a game right now and I

think that’s how both teamslook at it.”It wasn’t just James who

played the role of superstarwho dealt a team a significantblow by moving elsewhere lastsummer, of course. WithoutBosh, the Toronto Raptors havenow lost 12 straight, its longestslide since the season beforeJames, Bosh and Wade were allpart of the same draft class.In Miami, that threesome just

keeps on clicking.“I’m happy that at this point

in the season, we’re playingsome good ball, whether it’sagainst the Cavs or whatever,”James said.

WASHINGTON — Chr i sWright scored a season-high24 po in t s , and No . 13George town overcame amajor dose of Big East uglyMonday night to get its fifthstraight win, blowing an 11-point second-half lead beforepulling out a 62-59 victoryover No. 15 Louisville.Wr igh t , who was he ld

scoreless in the Hoyas’ winat then-No. 8 Vil lanova onSaturday, went 8 for 8 fromthe free throw line, includ-ing making two with 4.4 sec-onds l e f t tha t f o rced theCard ina l s to a t tempt a 3 -pointer to tie. Peyton Siva,who had perhaps his worstco l l eg ia te game, dr ibb leddown the court and missedfrom the top of the key atthe horn.The Hoyas (17-5, 6-4) won

a game tha t f ea tured 32turnovers — 16 f o r eachteam — but the ir winningstreak has them in the tophalf of the conference stand-ings after a 1-4 start.Austin Freeman, who was

averaging 24.3 points duringthe Hoyas’ winning streak,was held to 13 points andcommitted six turnovers. Hehad his streak of 23 consec-utive free throws end, but hedid move into the top 10 on

Georgetown’s career scoringlist.Terrence Jennings scored

18 points for the Cardinals(17 -5 , 6 -3 ) , who droppedinto a tie for third in the BigEas t . S i va commi t t ed acareer-high eight turnoversin 29 minutes and scoredfive points on 1-for-5 shoot-ing from the field.A fa l l ing -down layup by

Wright tied the game at 55with 2:55 to play, and, aftera mi s sed Lou i sv i l l e sho t ,Ho l l i s Thompson h i t a 3 -pointer with 2:01 remainingto g ive the Hoyas a 58-55lead. The Cardinals missedthree sho t s on the i r nex tpossession but chased downthe rebound each time untilSiva was fouled in the lane.He made both free throws tocut the lead to one with 49seconds to go.Jason Clark made two free

throws with 25 seconds leftto res tore the three-pointlead. With the clock windingdown, Siva opted not to takea contested 3-pointer andinstead passed to Jenningsfor an easy dunk to make it60-59 with 5.9 seconds togo.That forced Louisvi l le to

foul immediately, and Wrightmade bo th sho t s f o r thegame’s final points.Both schools were coming

o f f upse t w ins o f t op 10teams on Sa turday —Georgetown over Vil lanovaand Lou i sv i l l e overConnect icut — and appar-ently 48 hours wasn’t longenough for e i ther team torecover. The teams combinedto commi t 12 turnoversbe fore they cou ld score acombined 12 po in t s . TheHoyas shot 31 percent in thefirst half, the Cardinals 26percent.Clark missed all six of his

sho t s in the game , andLouisville’s Preston Knowleswas 3 for 14, but no one wasmore o f f -k i l ter than S iva ,who had seven turnovers injust 13 f irs t -hal f minutes .S iva had never committedmore than five turnovers inh i s 52 career games a tLouisville, and many of themon Monday were embarrass-ing unforced errors, includ-ing a bad pass out of boundsthat fol lowed a t imeout bycoach Rick Pitino.The way the game was

going, Georgetown’s 22-18halftime lead looked insur-mountable, and indeed thatseemed to be the case for awhile. The Hoyas had a 10-2run early in the second half.The lead was 43-32 when

3-po in ter s f rom S i va (h i sf i r s t po in t s o f the game) ,Chris Smith and Kyle Kuric

ignited a 15-4 Louisville run.Sudden ly, i t wasGeorgetown’s turn to committurnovers, and a steal by theCardinals in the backcourtled to a layup that tied thegame a t 47 w i th abou t 8

minutes to play.P i t ino made a change in

the lineup, giving Kuric hisf i r s t s ta r t s ince Jan . 5 ,ahead o f S t ephan VanTreese. Kuric finished withnine points.


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Georgetown tops Louisville at home, 62-59

AP

Louisville forward Terrence Jennings blocks the shot of Georgetownguard Austin Freeman. The Hoyas won the Big East contest, 62-59.

NBA

Cavs drop 21st consecutive game in 117-90 loss at MiamiAssociated Press

AP

Heat guard LeBron James is defended by Anthony Parker of theCavaliers. Miami won the game, 117-90, to improve to 34-14.

Notre Dame traveled toHoffman Estates, Ill., Fridayevening, where a hard-foughtbattle against the Flash endedin a 3-1 victory. Notre Dame started the game

firing on all cylinders. Midwaythrough the first period, seniorcaptain Gillian Allsup scoredoff a pass from sophomoredefenseman Mara Catlaw. TheIrish capitalized on a hookingpenalty and added to their leadwith a power-play goal fromJunior Margot DeBot. DeBotfinished a behind the net feedfrom Catlaw to put the Irish up2-0. Junior Brinya Bjork fin-ished off the Irish scoring witha third-period unassisted goalto put the game out of reachfor the Flash. The Notre Dame defense

played strong with an excellentgame from junior newcomerLauren Miller. Sophomoregoalie Stacey Collins made 24saves in goal and allowed justone shot past her.On Saturday evening, the

team faced off against theFlash once again. The HoffmanEstates team got off to an earlylead when Donna Cucuauscored 20 seconds into thegame. Cucuau struck againlate in the second period as theIrish struggled to clear theirown zone. After having dugthemselves an early hole, theIrish refused to give up andplayed very strongly in thethird period. A tripping call sent Kris

Keely to the penalty box andput the Irish on the power play.Junior Kristin Hepburn wonthe faceoff to Allsup, who sentthe puck back to Catlaw.Several screens in frontallowed for Catlaw to finish thepuck into the lower left corner.Minutes later, freshman coachE.J. Borg called a timeout tostrategize. The Irish pulledtheir goalie, but were unableto capitalize and gave up anempty net goal with two sec-onds remaining in the game,which the Flash won 3-1.Notre Dame will return to

action this weekend, when theIrish host the Brew-City Bladesfor a weekend series at theJoyce Ice Arena. The Irishwomen will play on Friday at 7p.m. and again on Saturday at10 a.m.

Women’s Water PoloThe Irish kicked off their

season on Saturday with atough loss to varsity programWheaton College. The Irishscored early with an advantagegoal by senior Ali Durkin butwere outscored 6-3 by theThunder in the first half. The Irish came back strong

in the third quarter and wereable to tie the game at 7-7 withthe help of sophomore VictoriaAnglin and juniors MaisieO’Malley and Erin Gibson.However, the Irish weren’t ableto hold onto their momentum

and Wheaton’s strong shooterswere able to get the Thunderback in the game. The finalscore was 11-8.The Irish finished their day

Saturday with a scrimmageagainst Lindenwood University.The Irish were led by sopho-more Laura McCoy, whosestrength in the two-meter posi-tion kept the Irish in the game.Senior Liz Casazza led NotreDame’s stellar defense with sixsteals. The Irish are looking forward

to next weekend when theywill compete in an invitation atLindenwood University in St.Charles, Mo.

SkiingNotre Dame’s ski club

opened its season this weekendwith strong performances fromboth squads. Led by JustineMurnane’s first-place overallfinish, and freshman HilaryRolfs’ runner-up performance,the squad claimed first place.Seniors Tom and Chris

Knoedler took sixth and sev-enth, respectively, in leadingthe men to a second-placeteam finish in the sanctionedMCSA event.Erin McNeil finished second

and Pat Lane ninth, as thewomen’s and men’s snow-boarders finished second andfifth overall, respectively, intheir events.

SquashNotre Dame competed at the

Northwestern Round Robinover the weekend of Jan. 22-23. The squad played fourmatches, beating theUniversity of I l l inois-Springfield. 6-3, but losing toNorthwestern, 9-0, WashingtonUniversity St. Louis, 7-2, andthe University of Illinois, 8-1.The 10-man squad was led

by freshman T.J. Sarda, whostepped up to No. 1 this weekand competed well against thebest that other schools had tooffer. Freshman No. 2 PaulMickan continued to elevatehis game, with a win againstUIS and a hard-fought lossagainst UIUC. Sophomore No.3 Mike Todisco and senior No.5 Kenneth Schlax showeddetermination in a pair of five-set marathons against UIS.Junior Matt Sushinsky, backfrom studying abroad inAustralia, returned withoutmissing a beat at No. 4. Freshman Clayton Smith, No.

6, showed promise for thefuture in his matches, going 1-3 on the day. Freshman ChrisSander, No. 7, helped securethe victory over UIS. FreshmenNo. 8 Luke Pardue and No.9/10 Casey O’Meilia earned vic-tories over Washington andUIUC, respectively. Senior No.8/9 Karen Riedl enjoyed heropportunity to play squash thisweekend, as she is busy everyother weekend with women’sice hockey. The club is primingfor nationals at Harvard inFebruary.

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Rodgers, Packers arrive in Texas

IRVING, Texas — Now thatthe Packers have arrived inNorth Texas for the SuperBowl, Aaron Rodgers has puthis team’s Twitter-drivenmini-controversy to rest.“I think, obviously, this was

made a bigger issue than itwas,” Rodgers said shortlyafter his team settled in at itshotel. “There was nothinggoing on in Green Bay lastweek, so this little thing blewup bigger than we everthought it would.”Rodgers hopes that’s the

last word in a week filled withbickering about hurt feelingsof injured teammates whotweeted to complain when itlooked like they weren’t beingincluded in this week’s teamphoto. It’s the kind of minorissue that can suddenlybecome a big deal when ateam is in the spotl ightpreparing for the Super Bowl.Packers coach Mike

McCarthy will try to steer theteam clear of such potentialdistractions the rest of theweek.“Our players were really

excited to get down heretoday, just visit ing with anumber of them one-on-one,”McCarthy said. “They’reexcited about the processleading up to the game. Like alot of us, we wish the gamewas already here. We don’twant to take away this experi-ence. I told them to be veryrealistic, be practical. Enjoyit, it’s unique, an opportunityto be in front of the mediaevery day. It will be a greatexperience for our players

and our coaches. But at theend of the day, this is aboutbeating the PittsburghSteelers.”First they’ll have to figure

out how they want to dealwith the weather. They’ve leftWisconsin but can’t seem toshake free from winter.With icy conditions predict-

ed in the Dallas area,McCarthy said he will consid-er taking the team indoors forpractice but first wants to geta look at the indoor practicefacility available to him.“We discussed it earlier in

the week,” McCarthy said.“With the weather and theindoor facility and the surfaceand so forth, we’ll probablymake that decision sometimelater tomorrow.”Then they’ll have to find a

way to bridge their inexperi-ence gap.While the Steelers have no

shortage of Super Bowl expe-rience, the Packers have twoplayers who have been on los-ing teams, Charles Woodsonand Ryan Pickett. FullbackJohn Kuhn earned a SuperBowl ring as a member of theSteelers’ practice squad.McCarthy doesn’t think

experience will be a factorafter the game kicks off.“The advantage Pittsburgh

has over us in my opinion istoday through Saturday,”McCarthy said. “So we’ll con-tinue to work and educate ourfootball team. They are a ded-icated and focused bunch soI’m not really concernedabout it.”McCarthy has picked other

coaches’ brains for adviceabout preparing for a SuperBowl, but he can’t draw onany personal experience. Thiswill be his first trip to thegame — even as a spectator.

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for us because of the academ-ic and athletic f it that hebrings to Notre Dame.”The freshman picked up his

first career victories in hiscollegiate debut Sept. 17 atthe Illinois Invitational. Thewins were a testament to thehard work that Andrews hasput in since stepping on cam-pus for the first time less thana year ago.“He has not disappointed at

all,” Sachire said. “He has agreat attitude and work ethic.He’s going to keep improvingand getting better.”With the combination of the

high ranking coming out ofhigh school and the contribu-tions he has made during hisfreshman year, the future isbright for Andrews.“He will play an integral

role in singles and doublesmoving forward,” Sachiresaid. “He is one of our mostimportant players.”For someone as accustomed

to winning as Andrews, thestep up in leadership meansending the season with achampionship — just like lastyear — is the only acceptableoption. This time, however, itwould come at the Big EastChampionships and NCAAtournament.

NEWARK, N.J. — BrookLopez scored 27 points andDevin Harris had a career-high18 assists as the Nets gaveCarmelo Anthony an indicationwhy he might want to play forNew Jersey with a 115-99 vic-tory over the Denver Nuggetson Monday night.The game was the first

between the teams since Netsowner Mikhail Prokhorov toldhis team to halt extended tradetalks with Denver for Anthony alittle less than two weeks ago,saying the drawn-out negotia-tions were hurting his team.The Nets (15-34) are 5-3

since the talks ended, butAnthony gave the fans whojeered and cheered him at dif-ferent times a clear indicationwhy he is so valued, scoring 37points — two shy of his seasonhigh — to keep his team in thegame.Travis Outlaw scored 13 of

his 20 points in a big first quar-ter for the Nets and AnthonyMorrow, who was part of thethree-team, 15-player deal forAnthony that included Detroit,added 18. Kris Humphries had15 and nine rebounds for NewJersey, which shot 53.2 percentfrom the field, hitting 9 of 15 3-pointers.Chauncey Billups, who was

also supposed to be sent to NewJersey in the deal, had 17 of his19 points in the second half.Nene added 16.New Jersey never trailed

after the opening minutes andled by as many as 18 points inthe first half.However, Melo wouldn’t get

the Nuggets go away andHarris, who was the major partin the Nets deal to the Nuggets,wouldn’t let Denver get overthe hump in its comeback.Trailing 82-69 with 2:36 left

in the third quarter, Anthonyhit a jumper to ignite a 9-3 runthat featured six of Billups’ 11points in the quarter.The lead shrunk and it looked

as if it was down to 85-81 whenJ.R. Smith hit a 3-pointer at thebuzzer, but it was reviewed andwaved off because the shot lefthis hand a split second too late.Denver managed to cut the

lead to four points three timesin the fourth quarter, the last at96-92 on a drive and jam byNene with 7:43 to play.Harris then drove for a layup

to ignite an 8-1 run that endedwith six free throws, one cour-tesy of a technical againstBillups, who was miffed a foulwasn’t called when he wasstripped for his seventhturnover.Denver never got close after

that.

were named the girls 18-U dou-bles champions at the USTAWinter National Championships,where they entered the tourna-ment as the No. 8 seed. Sabacinski lost her first match

of the season against MarisaLambropoulos of Illinois, thengained momentum last weekendagainst Yale’s Kim Szokol andArkansas’ Valentina Starkova.She was one of the strongestplayers for the team in bothmatches, recording two-set victo-ries against the Bulldogs’ andRazorbacks’ No. 6 singles play-ers.With doubles partner Kristen

Rafael, a senior, Sabacinski hasgone 1-3, defeating only the No.3 doubles pair from Yale.Louderback said that Sabacinskiwill be featured heavily in bothsingles and doubles competitionthroughout the season.“The two freshman, Jennifer

Kellner and Julie Sabacinski, aregoing to be in our singles anddoubles line up. They’re going tohave to get used to duel match-es,” Louderback said. “It’s defi-nitely a different atmosphere andas they go along I think they’ll doreally well. I think they should fitin well. We had a couple of bigholes to fill.”

Junior Kristy Frilling said thatall the freshmen have the poten-tial to fill the place that lastyear’s seniors left behind. “It’ll be important for the

freshmen to step up,” Frillingsaid. “Every match is importantand we have a tough scheduleand we travel a lot. We have tomake sure we’re really ready tocompete.”Frilling was impressed with

Sabacinski’s performance in thefirst week of competition and islooking to her, along with

Kellner, to do big things for theteam.“Everyone just kind of got into

the groove of things [againstIllinois],” she said. “They areonly going to continue to improvethroughout the season. “Sabacinski, Kellner and the

rest of the Irish will be back inaction this Saturday againstNorth Carolina in Chapel Hill,N.C.


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The Orange enter the con-test on a three-game winningstreak but will face a toughtask in extending that streakat the Purcell Pavilion. TheI r i sh havebeen v i c tor i -ous in f i vec o n s e c u t i v egames s incethe hear t -break ing 79-76 l oss toConnecticut athome Jan. 8.Recent c i r -

c u m s t a n c e shave cu t theIrish rotationshort in recentweeks, as twop layers havehad to leave the team forvarious reasons, but McGrawsa id tha t has c rea ted anopportunity for other playersto grow leading up to theNCAA tournament.“The team i s ad jus t ing

really well ,” McGraw said.“We ’re p lay ing very we l llately. We’re looking insidemore for our post players.[Freshman forward] NatalieAchonwa is p laying real lywell, so we have seven play-ers in the ro ta t i on as o flate.”The Irish defense has led

the team dur ing the f i ve -game winning streak, as theyhave not allowed more than60 po in t s in any o f thosecontests. That strong defen-sive play will need to contin-ue as Notre Dame enters thefinal month of the regularseason.“We’re continually trying

to get better,” McGraw said.“We’ve been sloppy at times,

bu t have done a n i ce j obwith our 3-point defense.”The improvements to the

3-point defense were evidentin the 58-43 w in overVillanova on Saturday. TheWildcats made just two ofthe i r 16 a t tempts f rombeyond the arc.The matchup wi th

Syracuse wi l ll i ke l y be animportant l i t-mus tes t f o rthe I r i shdefense as theB ig Eas t andNCAA tourna-ments arearound thec o r n e r .Syracuse fea-tures f ourplayers aver-aging in dou-ble figures, ledby sen ior

guard Er ica Morrow, whowi l l t e s t the No tre Dameguard rotation.The game will tip off at 7

p.m. at the Purcell Pavilionas both teams aim to notch akey Big East win.

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Junior Natalie Novosel attempts a free throw earlier this season against Connecticut. The Irish lostthe game against the Huskies, 79-76.

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“The team is adjustingreally well. We’replaying very well

lately.”

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ence championships.”Sophomore Ellie Watson

anchored the final leg of the racewith a team-high time of 55 sec-onds. In addition, Watson shinedin individual events, earning twofirst place finishes in the 500freestyle and 1000 freestyle andthird place in the 200 individualmedley (IM).Junior Audrey Dalrymple also

led the way with first place in the200 breaststroke and 200 IM.Dalrymple nearly won the 100breaststroke but finished secondto Hope swimmer Sarah Kruegerby a mere 0.34 seconds.Benishek described both

Watson and Dalrymple as “strongleaders in the water” andbelieves that they both possessstrong chances at earning bids tothe NCAA Division IIIChampionships in March.Sophomore Katie Griffin also

contributed to the winning effortwith first place in the 100-yardbutterfly, while junior MeganPrice took second in the 200 and500 freestyle events.However, Saint Mary’s will

swim in the MIAAChampionships without two solidcontributors in sophomores LizLitke and Liz Palmer, who areboth studying abroad this semes-ter.The Belles now have nearly

three weeks to prepare for theMIAA Championships held onFebruary 17-19, which will beheld at Jenison High School,southwest of Grand Rapids, Mich.

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Throughout his tenniscareer, all Greg Andrews hasdone is win. He doesn’t knowhow to do anything else.The true freshman from

Richland, Mich., has easilytransitioned from one of thebest prospects in the nationinto a team leader for theIrish and an up-and-comingthreat in the Big East.“He’s an awesome player,”

associate head coach RyanSachire said. “When werecruited him we knew hewas the total package — agreat high school student andtennis player.”

Andrews has contributed inboth singles and doubles forNotre Dame in his rookiecampaign. Most recently, heand junior Casey Watt pickedup the lone Irish victory in a4-1 loss to No. 16 Illinois.Only a year ago, Andrews

was fresh off a state champi-onship as the No. 1 singlesplayer at Gull Lake HighSchool. He also was a mem-ber of the National HonorSociety and excelled in theclassroom.“Greg was in the top-10 of

his class in the entire countryand the best player comingout of the Midwest,” Sachiresaid. “He made a lot of sense

The Belles earned their firstdual-meet win in more than ayear Saturday — and by theslimmest of margins. Just 1.15seconds separated the Bellesfrom their closest competitors inthe meet’s final relay to provide athrilling conclusion to the event. In the three-team meet in

Holland, Mich., Saint Mary’s beatAlma College 137-126 but lost toHope College, 142-106.Having struggled in dual-meet

relay races all season, the Bellessaved their best performance forlast in the 400-meter free relay,finishing with a time of 3:51.09. “[The relay races] were an

amazing swim by both of ourrelay teams,” Belles coach MarkBenishek said. “It couldn’t havecome at a better time to lift ourspirits heading into the confer-

On a team loaded with nation-ally established tennis players,freshman Julie Sabacinski isalready making a name for her-self in her inaugural campaignwith the Irish. Sabacinski handi-ly defeated her last two oppo-nents as Irish coach JayLouderback’s squad begins itsspring season.The Florida native joined the

team this year straight off thefour-time Florida state championtennis team at AmericanHeritage High School. She wasthe No. 9 recruit out of her homestate and was one of the top-50recruits in the 2010 graduatingclass. Last February, she anddoubles partner Britney Sanders

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Junior Natalie Novosel looks to pass to teammate Devereaux Peters in a game against St.John’s last week. The Irish won 69-36. Notre Dame faces Syracuse tonight at Purcell Pavilion.

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Sabacinski impresses IrishBy KATIE HEITSports Writer

see USTA/page 17

MEN’S TENNIS

Freshman Andrewsmakes early impact

Belles earnfirst win inover a yearBy MATT UNGERSports Writer

SMC SWIMMING

see DUALS/page 18

Irish host Syracuse in BigEast matchup at Purcell

see RECRUIT/page 17

The I r i sh have facedadvers i t y throughout theseason and lost key playersof late , but one thing hasremained constant: the teamcontinues to win.No. 8 Notre Dame (18-4, 7-

1 Big East) is set to beginthe second half of a crucialBig East season tonight as itplays host to Syracuse (16-4,4-3). One of the main chal-lenges for the Irish will bestopping the strong play ofthe Orange post game.“They ’ re a rea l l y good

team,” Ir ish coach MuffetMcGraw said. “They have as trong ins ide and 3-po intcombination. They also rankth i rd in the country inrebounding margin, so thatwill be a good challenge forus.”

By ANDREW OWENSSports Writer

see SYRACUSE/page 18

PAT COVENEY/The Observer

Freshman Julie Sabacinski hits a backhand at the Eck Classicearlier this season.

Saint Mary’s rode a balancedscoring attack and timely defen-sive stops to an 82-72 win overAlma on Saturday in a key confer-ence road game.After exchanging baskets for

the first six minutes, the Belles(14-6, 7-4 MIAA) snapped a tiewith a 5-0 scoring run to take a13-8 lead. The Scots (1-18, 0-10)answered with an 8-2 run of theirown to take the lead with 11 min-utes remaining in the first half.

Saint Mary’s regained the leadand built it to 14 with three min-utes remaining, but Alma closedout the half on a scoring tear, andthe Belles headed to the lockerroom with a 39-36 advantage.Belles coach Jenn Henley said

that she wasn’t too worried aboutAlma’s run at the end of the half. “Basketball is a game of runs,”

Henley said. “But we did talkabout making some adjustmentsto get out on their shooters and doa better job of rebounding at bothends.”The Belles came out strong in

the second half, and held a dou-ble-digit lead with under 15 min-utes remaining in the second half.They controlled the rest of thegame and maintained the lead toscratch out the win. “I think our team did a great job

in their transition offense againstAlma,” Henley said. “We wereable to get out and attack the bas-ket pretty consistently during thegame. We still need to continueimproving on our team defense —we gave up too many points onSaturday.”Junior forward Jessica Centa

led the Belles in scoring, matchingher career-high with 18 points.Junior guard Maggie Ronanadded 16 points, while seniorguard Pasty Mahoney chipped inwith 10. Junior forward KelleyMurphy recorded her seventhdouble-double of the season with15 points and 11 rebounds.Henley said she was pleased tosee many of her players post bignumbers.“The balanced scoring attack is

what every coach wants to see,”Henley said. “We have a lot of dif-ferent ways we can score as a

team which makes us harder todefend.”Ronan earned her second con-

secutive MIAA Co-Player of theWeek honors for her performanceon Saturday as well as in lastWednesday’s game against Olivet.“I think she [Ronan] did a pretty

good job for us,” Henley said.“Overall, our entire team playedvery well last week.”Saint Mary’s returns home on

Tuesday to play No. 3 Hope.

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