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Unions shake Indiana legislationDemocrats and Republicans battle for control of public employees’ labor organizations

Indiana State Democrats’ walk-out of the Statehouse last week ispart of a larger trend in politics,Notre Dame professor JackColwell said.

While many Notre Dame stu-dents are not familiar withIndiana politics, the currentissues are relevant on a nationallevel, said Colwell, adjunct pro-fessor of American Studies at

Notre Dame and political colum-nist for the South Bend Tribune.

“And similar things may wellbe going onin [stu-dents’] ownstates,” hesaid. “Either[it is hap-pening] now,or it willhappen inthe future,because it isa real battle with Republican

governors seeking, among otherthings, to control the publicemployees’ unions, which hadbecome pretty strong.”

Many Republicans blame laborunions for states’ fiscal problems,Colwell said, while Democratsargue that economic issues aremore complex than union power.

“That battle’s going to be goingon in a lot of states,” Colwell said.“And it’s part of the battle goingon in Congress, too.”

Colwell said the walkout inIndiana disrupted what many

believed would be a short legisla-tive session.

“The session of the IndianaGeneral Assembly, I don’t think,was getting much public atten-tion at all,” Colwell said. “But lowand behold, the Democrats in theHouse had different ideas.”

The 40 Democrats in theIndiana House of Representativesdid not have the power to affectthe outcome of Republicans’votes on legislation, but there

Council tickets runtoday for election

The e lect ion commit teeapproved 13 tickets to run forClass Council. Seven ticketsare running for SophomoreClass Council, while Juniorand Senior C lass Counci lshave three t ickets each.Elect ions wi l l take p laceonline today from 8 a.m. to 8p.m.

Sophomore Class CounciluRayven Moore, RomelNicholas, Johnny Romano,Grace Foster

Class unity lies at the heart ofthe platform presented byRayven Moore, Romel Nicholas,Johnny Romano and GraceFoster.

“My ticket’s main focus is toget the entire class involved indecision-making processes andto hold events that everyone canenjoy,” Moore said.

Many of their ideas, includinga class service trip to a disaster

‘YOU ARE NOT ALONE’ RECEPTION

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Student organizations, residence halls, departments and offices created quilt squares as apart of Sexual Assault Awareness Week Friday in the LaFortune Student Center.

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Juniors Nicole Gans andJackie Zupancic earned 37.2percent of the votes to win lastweek’s three-ticket race forStudent GovernmentAssociation (SGA) presidentand vice president at SaintMary’s.

Gans and Zupancic will takeoffice as president and vicepresident, respectively, April 1.

“[The election] was so excit-ing,” Zupancic said. “It wasgreat to see our hard work incampaigning pay off, and to seehow much support we had. Allof the candidates did such agreat job, and everyone wasvery well qualified, so it was avery tough competition.”

Gans and Zupancic said theirmajor goals are those that willdirectly impact the studentbody.

“The major goals of our plat-form were to help Saint Mary’sbecome more ecologicallyfriendly, increase pride in SaintMary’s and help develop bettercommunication of policies andprocedures, such as the allot-ment process,” Zupancic said.

The pair said they want tofocus on both the student bodyand the individual.

“Through each initiative westart, we want to focus on howit will bring the student body-

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Student Affairs is now accept-ing nominations for the DennyMoore Award for Excellence inJournalism. Candidates must beseniors, and can be nominatedby faculty, staff or fellow stu-dents. The nomination form isavaliable online. Deadline isMarch 4.

Leonardo Arriola of thedepartment of political sciencewill lecture Tuesday on“Electoral Violence inDemocratizing States.” The lec-ture will take place at 12:30 p.m.in Room C103 of the HesburghCenter.

Abel Barrera Hernandez,founder and director of theTlachinollan Human RightsCenter of the Montana inGuerrero, Mexico, will lectureTuesday at 4 p.m. The lecture,“Defending the Rights of theIndigenous and Peasant Peoplesin Guerrero, Mexico,” will be inthe Hesburgh Center forInternational Studies.

Prepare for Carnaval withFesta, Danca e Bate-PapoTuesday in LaFortune ballroom6 to 8 p.m. to celebrate theBrazilian tradition.

Professor Emeritus MichaelCrowe of the program of liberalstudies will lecture on SherlockHolmes Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.The lecture, “Ronald Knox andSherlock Holmes: The Origin ofSherlockian Studies,” will be inthe Hesburgh Center forInternational Studies.

Janet Kaplan, the 2011Sandeen Prize winner, will readfrom her book of poetyWednesday at 7:30 p.m. in theHammes Notre DameBookstore.

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Scouts barred from sellingcookies at historic houseSAVANNAH, Ga. — Girl

Scouts are no longer able tosell their famous cookiesoutside the historicSavannah home of thewoman who founded theorganization almost a centu-ry ago.A complaint last year

ended the longtime practiceof selling the cookies on thepublic sidewalk outside thehome of Juliette GordonLow at the busy intersectionof Bull Street andOglethorpe Avenue.Peddling on a public side-walk is a violation of cityordinance. One city alder-man said he thinks the cityshould consider a tempo-rary exception for cookie

season.The city's zoning adminis-

trator, Randolph Scott, saidhe investigated the matterand tried to find a solution.He said he called for a sur-vey, hoping there would besome private space betweenthe home and the sidewalk.He said there wasn't any.Scott said they also looked

at allowing the Scouts to sellfrom a small courtyard onthe side of the house, butfire marshals told the Scoutsthey would block an exitroute. The home is aNational Historic Landmarkopen for tours.

Company to sell an evenmore ‘natural’ ice creamLONDON — Gross or

tasty? A London company is

offering an unusual dessert— ice cream made withhuman breast milk.Trendy London ice cream

parlor The Icecreamists saidits "Baby Gaga" ice creamsold out as soon as itlaunched Friday.The company paid women

who responded to an onlinead to donate their breastmilk. The milk — which thecompany said was screenedin line with blood donorrequirements — is then pas-teurized and churnedtogether with vanilla podsand lemon zest. The dishcomes in a martini glass andsells for 14 pounds ($22.50)each.

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Notre Dame freshman Anastasia Hansen, right, attempts to block a throw from aFlorida opponent during Sunday’s game, which was a part of the Women’s WaterPolo Irish Invitational.

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The eighth floor of the newlybuilt Simon Family Tower of theRiley Hospital for Children inIndianapolis will now have evengreater significance for SaintMary’s students.Room W8118, which serves as

a patient room for the children’shospital, has been dedicated asthe Saint Mary’s room, said KatieFadden, fundraising president ofSaint Mary’s Dance Marathon.“There will be a sign outside of

the room that reads, ‘A gift fromSaint Mary’sCollege DanceMara t hon , ’ ”Fadden said. “Itis quite anhonor to have apatient roomnamed on ourbehalf.”Fadden said

Saint Mary’sD a n c eM a r a t h o nreceived thehonor becauseSaint Mary’sdancers haveraised morethan $320,000 for Riley over thepast six years.“We are so excited to be hon-

ored in this way because it issomething that all of our hardwork and dedication over thepast six years can be remem-bered by,” Becca Guerin, theexternal vice president of thedance marathon, said.According to Guerin, the mem-

bers of the Saint Mary’s DanceMarathon executive board willtravel to Indianapolis in April toreceive the award, see the room,meet with doctors and visit thepatients.She said all members of the

Notre Dame community, not justthe Saint Mary’s students, shouldbe proud.“I think that our Dance

Marathon reflects very highly ofthe Notre Dame communitybecause we are all able to cometogether and raise money forsuch a great cause,” she said. The marathon first began on

campus in 2006, and since then,students havepledged to stayon their feet for12 hours one daya year to raiseawareness andmoney for thehospital.“Riley is

Indiana’s onlychildren’s com-prehensive hospi-tal and is aleader in provid-ing treatmentand research forsick children,”Fadden said.

“Most importantly, they willnever turn a family away fortheir inability to pay for theirchild’s treatment. As a result,over 50 percent of their care isuncompensated.”Fadden, along with fundrais-

ing chair Kelli Minor, said thislack of compensation is why theyurge members of the NotreDame and Saint Mary’s commu-

nity to participate in the eventevery year.“As healthy, happy college stu-

dents having the time of ourlives, I think it is important toparticipate in Dance Marathon,to be able to give back and helpothers who truly need it,”Fadden said.Minor added: “Riley is an

amazing place because, being aChildren’s Miracle Network hos-pital, they give away over 50percent of their services at nocost and never turn away fami-lies due to their financial situa-tions. Dance Marathon at SaintMary’s is important in helpingkeep these services available byproviding funds to the hospital tohelp treat sick children who maynot be able to afford their care.”The Dance Marathon event

will be held Saturday from noonto midnight. According to Minor, this year’s

goal is to improve from lastyear’s $77,000 raised.Saint Mary’s dancers can still

sign up for the event in theStudent Center atrium duringlunch and dinner hours. NotreDame students can registeronline via the pre-professionalsociety website, found atwww.nd.edu/~medinfo/“One of the things I love most

about Dance Marathon is thatparticipants have the time oftheir lives while helping to savelives,” Fadden said.Students, faculty and commu-

nity members are welcome totake part in the event.

The recent ly completedPurcell Pavilion at the JoyceCenter and the two-year-oldInnovat ion Park bui ld ingwere awarded Leadership inEnergy and EnvironmentalDesign (LEED) Gold and Silvercertification, respectively, bythe Uni ted States GreenBui lding Counci l (USGBC),according to a Univers i typress release.“[LEED certif ication pro-

vides] third-party verificationthat a building or communitywas designed and built usings t r a t e g i e saimed atimproving per-f o r m a n c eacross al l themetr ics thatmatter most :energy savings,water efficien-cy, CO2 emis-s ions reduc-tion, improvedindoor envi -r o n m e n t a lqual i ty andstewardship of resources andsensitivity to their impacts,”according to the USGBC’swebsite.“As part of the University’s

goal to ensure that i t sCatholic character informs alli t s endeavors , we seek tominimize the environmentalimpact of new campus build-ings and the act of construct-ing them,” said Doug Marsh,Notre Dame’s associate vicepres ident and Univers i tyarchitect.In addition to the two newly

certified buildings, Stinson-Remick Hall, Geddes Hall andRyan Hall have LEED Goldcertification. The University isalso currently pursuing LEEDcertification for the ComptonFamily Center Ice HockeyArena and Carole SandnerHall, as well as the StayerExecutive Education Center, abui ld ing current ly in theplanning and design stage.“We expect to continue to

embrace the LEED certifica-tion process and seek it for

future new campus bui ld-ings,” Marsh said. “Most ofour design and constructionstaf f in the Of f ice o f theUnivers i ty Archi tect haveearned the d is t inct ion ofLEED Accredi tedProfessionals and continue totrack the ever-evolving LEEDcredit system.”Marsh said the high per-

centage use of regional lymanufactured and harvestedconstruction materials, rapid-ly renewable materials andbuilding materials made fromrecycled content, the diver-sion of construction wastefrom landfills and the highlyef f ic ient energy systems

helped thePurcell Pavilionand InnovationPark building toreceive theLEED certifica-tion.The LEED cer-

t i f icat ion pro-gram promotesa whole-bui ld-ing approach tosus ta inab i l i t y,which necessi-tates the incor-

poration of collective factorsinto a building’s design andconstruction.“ I t i s a fu l ly integrated

process that begins with theinitial site planning for eachbuilding, continues throughthe detai led design phase,and carries through construc-t ion and a post-occupancysurvey of building occupants,”Marsh said. “Everyone on thedesign and construction team— architects, engineers, con-struction managers — mustall work together to achievethe goals established by theLEED credit system.”Notre Dame’s receipt of the

LEED certification for thesebuildings and its ongoing par-ticipation in the rigorous cer-tification process reflects theUniversity’s environmentalstewardship and its leader-ship and innovation in regardto sustainability issues, Marshsaid.

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Buildings awardedLEED certification

SMC honored with Riley room

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“We expect to continue to embracethe LEED certificationprocess and seek itfor future new

campus buildings.”

Doug Marshassociate vice president

“One of the things Ilove most about Dance

Marathon is that participants have thetime of their lives

while helping to savelives.”

Katie Faddenpresident

Dance Marathon

Let’s save the trees.Please recycle.

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Innovation Park was awarded Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design (LEED) Silver certification.

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were enough of them to breakthe quorum, Colwell said. Byfleeing to Illinois last week, theyprevented the Indiana Housefrom holding a vote.“They did the only thing they

could do,” Colwell said. “Theywanted to kill some of the pro-posals.”Since House Democrats fled

the state, Republicans havedeclared a right-to-work billdead. The bill would have cut thepower of labor unions. But afterRepublicans gave up on the bill,Colwell said House Democratsdid not return to Indianabecause they are hoping forother, similar victories. TheDemocrats originally wanted tokill at least 10 proposed bills, hesaid.“So the Democrats are trying

to get some more of those killed,”Colwell said. “But I think themain thing they wanted to dowas get public attention to whatwas happening.”The Republicans’ other pro-

posals involve union labor andRepublican Gov. Mitch Daniels’proposed education reform pack-age, Colwell said. WhileRepublicans may compromise onother issues, Colwell said theeducation reform package isextremely important to Daniels,

who may run in the 2012 presi-dential election. “He wanted a smooth, quick

legislative session so he couldthen tell about his achievementsand go to Iowa and NewHampshire and wherever hedecides to go to present his pres-idential possibilities,” Colwellsaid. “This does kind of throw amonkey wrench into that.”Democrats and Republicans

will eventually reach a compro-mise, but Colwell said the cur-rent walkout has already lastedlonger than other, similar dis-agreements. Both Democrats and

Republicans have staged walk-outs in the past, but Colwell saidit is unusual for a walkout to lastmore than a few days withoutreaching a compromise.Democrats walked out of theIndiana Statehouse Feb. 21 andhave not yet returned.Indiana’s current political cli-

mate is also an example ofincreasing partisanship aroundthe country, Colwell said.“I think it says that if anybody

thought that both parties weregoing to get a message from thelast election that they should bemore cooperative and not sodivisive, they didn’t get that mes-sage,” he said. “It’s more divisivethan ever. They aren’t movingtoward compromise at all.”

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Senior Gabby Tate models a scarf during Pangborn Hall’s fourth annual Project Pink fashionshow. The event supports the South Bend S-O-S Rape Crisis Center.

Summit encourages green purchases

Project Pink claims the runway

Last year, Pangborn raisedover $700 for South Bend’s S-O-S Rape Crisis Center with itsProject Pink event, and rectorSr. Mary Donnelly was hopefulthis year’s event would be evenmore successful.“Last year we raised a little

over $700,” she said.“Hopefully we can hit that orbeyond. At the rate funding isbeing cut, everything we cando helps.”The fourth annual Project

Pink was held Friday atLegends. The commissionersof the event, sophomoreKathleen Kastenholz and sen-ior Rebecca Palacios, said theyhave been planning the eventsince before Christmas. Palacios said the event has

evolved since Pangborn adopt-ed it four years ago.“It started as a vintage fash-

ion show with a retro theme,”she said. “We wanted a morediverse selection of items, sowe adopted a new theme.”The event raised money for

the Center by having a silent

auction to bid on articles ofclothing in the fashion show,raffling items and sellingProject Pink sunglasses and T-shirts. Many of the silent auc-tion and raffle items weredonated, including a gift cer-tificate to local boutiqueInspire Me and a pair of pinkCrocs from Notre Dame SportsMarketing.In keeping with the retro

theme of the fashion show,Kastenholz began shopping forpink clothes at consignmentshops and vintage stores; someof the clothes were also donat-ed. It was Kastenholz who alsocome up with this year’s tagline: “Pink isn’t just a color, it’san attitude.”“I saw it on a sign and

thought it was perfect,” shesaid.Project Pink used to also

have an event where partici-pants could donate their hairfor making wigs, however,Pangborn has since teamed upwith “The Bald and theBeautiful,” a campus wideevent for cancer research.When planning the fashion

show, Palacios was able tobring her experience from an

internship in event planning.Both girls were also responsi-ble for coordinating modelsand helping the girls puttogether outfits with the donat-ed clothes. The models wereall volunteers from Pangborn.“I was in the show last year

and it was really fun and areally great cause, that’s why Iapplied for commissioner,”Kastenholz said.Both commissioners also

were apart of planning promfashion shows at their highschools and said that experi-ence was helpful in planningProject Pink. “The Center has so many

different services and they areall free of charge,” Kastenholzsaid. “The money we raised tobe donated will be used whereit can.”The event was not just about

the fashion show —BlackMagic, a magic and com-edy show featuring juniorEugene Staples and seniorEras Noel, performed, as wellas Halftime, a campus a capel-la group.

By ANNA BOARININews Writer

Contact Anna Boarini [email protected]

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Top: Senior Rebecca Palacios models on the runway in Legends.Bottom: Senior Kelly Foster models a vintage dress. Commisionersbought clothing at consignment shops and collected donations.

The consumer’s impact onthe market for sustainableproducts was discussed at“Purchasing Power,” thefourth annual Green Summitpresented by the Office ofSustainability, on Friday. The summit began with a

“marketplace,” in which par-ticipants were given four dif-ferent options of t-shirts,notebooks and cell phonesand asked to choose which ofthe four options they wouldmost likely buy in a store. Executive Vice President

John Affleck-Graves thenw e l c o m e dattendees. “I challenge

you to live upto the previoussummits,” hesaid.He said the

University ism a k i n gprogress andmentioned the Energy Studiesprogram in engineering,improvements in recyclingprograms and tray-less daysas successful ideas that have

come from past summits. Affleck-Graves stressed the

importance of the entireNotre Dame community in theeffort to make Notre Damegreener. “It affects all of us,” he said.

“Students, staff and facultyare the only way we will makeprogress on this front. It’severyone doing their bit.”Rob Kelly, director of

Procurement Services, alsospoke at the summit, describ-ing Notre Dame’s attempts topurchase green products. “If a change is economically

feasible, that’s where we wantto be,” Kelly said. He said Notre Dame is now

looking to makeprinting andprinting equip-ment more sus-tainable. “We have to

find a balancebetween price,quality and sus-tainability,” hesaid. “At NotreDame we aren’tready to transi-

tion to using brown paper.”Jenny Mish, a professor at

the Mendoza College ofBusiness, spoke to partici-pants about the difficulties of

being a green consumer in themarketplace and how to makeour purchases most effectiveas individual consumers. “Sustainability recognizes

that we need to live in a waythat doesn’t compromisefuture generations,” she said. She said individuals can

make a difference by onlyconsuming only our share ofthe world’s resources and nomore. “If every person in the

world consumed the wayAmericans did, we wouldneed three worlds,” she said.Participants were then

given the opportunity to dis-cuss sustainability and themarketplace in small groups.Members were especiallyinterested in how productsreceived “green” labels andhow many toxins werealready present in their bod-ies. All the speakers stressed

that the move toward sustain-ability is a long process andmust be accomplished over along period of time. “Notre Dame is dedicated to

this initiative,” Affleck-Gravessaid.

Contact Rebecca Moriarty [email protected]

By REBECCA MORIARTYNews Writer

“We have to find abalance betweenprice, quality and sustainability.”

Rob Kellydirector

Procurement Services

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area somewhere in the U.S.,focus on helping others. Mooresaid he intends to work withyounger children in the SouthBend school district.“We’re thinking of maybe

building a jungle gym or play-ground area that can be donat-ed from the Class of 2014,” hesaid.The ticket also hopes to plan a

class trip over fall or springbreak and prayer services at theGrotto during finals.

uClare Yarka, BrandonNwannunu, Kara Cronin, CalvinBeldenClare Yarka, Brandon

Nwannunu, Kara Cronin andCalvin Belden hope to unite thesophomore class by ensuringthe class’s diverse interests arerepresented in the class council.“We want to be able to appeal

to everyone on campus andbuild equality, unity and oppor-tunity,” Nwannunu said.The ticket plans to broaden

the range of internship and jobopportunities for students of allmajors. Nwannunu said theywould examine inconsistenciesbetween male and female dormswith regards to social gather-ings.“Girls always say, ‘We’re so

envious of guy dorms becauseyou all get away with every-thing,’” Nwannunu said. “We’regoing to make a push for moreequal treatment there.”The ticket’s other ideas

include forming partnershipswith local businesses and plan-ning class retreats to cities suchas Washington, D.C., Chicagoand New York.

uTom Catalano, Erica Smith,Jon Savakus, Rachel KalinoskiThe goal of Tom Catalano’s

ticket to foster class unity, hesaid.“We want class-wide events,”

he said. “We want people toknow each other in our class.”Catalano is running with Erica

Smith, Jon Savakus and RachelKalinoski to represent the Classof 2014.Catalano said his ticket hopes

to plan events such as a classdance to bring the class togeth-er. He said the dance wouldhopefully be a formal, but possi-bly an SYR for the entire class. “We also want to have open

hours twice a month where anysophomore can come and giveus suggestions,” he said.Beyond social events, Catalano

said he wants to establish aclass fundraising event focusedon one cause, though his ticketis still open for suggestions onwhat that cause might be.The Catalano ticket is not cur-

rently involved in student gov-ernment, according to Catalano.All were involved in studentgovernment in high school.

uColey Konkey, Princely Muro,Kelsey Repine, Lauren KatenColey Konkey said the four

students running on her ticketcome from different back-grounds with different ideas tobetter the student body.“We want to improve campus,

and help make it and SouthBend a better place,” she said.Konkey is running with

Princely Muro, Kelsey Repineand Lauren Katen. According toKonkey, none of them have beeninvolved with student govern-ment before running in thiselection.“We are thinking of a seasonal

class social event, like a tailgatein the fall, which really helpsyou meet new people in yourclass,” she said. “We’re alsothinking about a ‘Snow Ball’ forwinter and a spring carnival.”Konkey said she also wants a

fundraiser event for the class of2014.“Dorms have one signature

event [benefiting a charity],” shesaid. “We want a signatureevent for the class to have year-ly.”Other possible projects are

Domer Dollars for Eddy St. busi-nesses, more Huddle optionsand Grab and Go meal flexibili-ty, she said.

uNicole Michels, Pat Bedard,Adam Talbot, ElizabethLinnemanstonsNicole Michels, Pat Bedard,

Adam Talbot and ElizabethLinnemanstons plan to bringtheir diverse interests andapproachability to their seats onthe Sophomore Class Council ifelected. “Our ticket is a diverse ticket

as far as interests go, as we rep-resent many different aspects ofour student body,” Michels said.“We encompass people in varsi-ty athletics, music, ROTC andstudent government, all factorswhich I think allow us to easilyconnect to members of ourclass.”

Some of the major activitiesMichels’ ticket hopes to make areality if elected include a classspirit week, class Mass, a cam-pus-wide game of Humans vs.Zombies and a life-sized replica-tion of Candyland on a quad.Michels said all members of

her ticket are personable, easy-going people who will listen toconcerns brought up by mem-bers of the Class of 2014. “We want to create a united

class, address the needs articu-lated by the class and mostimportantly, bring peopletogether to form a strongerNotre Dame community,”Michels said.

uAnthony Krenselewski, LizzieHelpling, Jackie Picache,Alesandra MendozaAnthony Krenselewski, Lizzie

Helpling, Jackie Picache andAlesandra Mendoza hope tobring the experience they allgained as members of theFreshman Class Council to theSophomore Class Council.“We realized one of the major

flaws in student government thisyear was the lack of communi-cation between class councils,”Krenselewski said. “If elected,we will focus on repairing that,as we feel it would make a bigdifference for not only studentgovernment, but for the entirestudent body.”To fix the communication

problem, Krenselewski said histicket will use a website,Facebook page, open town hall-style meetings and an optionaltext messaging service to reachout to members of the Class of2014.Krenselewski said his ticket

hope to put other activites intoaction next year, including tripsto off-campus locations, includ-ing Chicago and Cedar Point, aswell as a class ski trip.Krenselewski and his running

mates want to create a greatersense of class unity. With “dressup days” on the 14th of everymonth, a day in which all sopho-mores would wear the samecolor, Krenselewski said sopho-mores would feel a strong com-munity atmosphere. “We want to create events for

the Class of 2014 that are big-ger, better and more attendedthan this year’s events,”Krenselewski said.

uNicholas Schill ing, PaulDiGiovanni, Mary Clare Rigali,Margaret PreussNicholas Schilling said his

ticket seeks to overcome classcommunication and unity issues,if elected to the SophomoreClass Council.‘Domerfest 2.0’ is one of the

major events Schilling and histicket hope to plan in the com-ing school year.“At the beginning of the year,

none of us really knew oneanother,” Schilling said. “Wethink holding another Domerfestfor sophomores will be exponen-tially more fun than theDomerfest held during freshmanorientation.”Schilling said his ticket’s expe-

rience on Freshman ClassCouncil will be integral to nextyear’s Sophomore Class Councilworking well.Other activities planned for

next year include spending left-over funds from this year’sFreshman Class Council on aclass ski trip to a resort inMichigan and a class-wide‘assassins’ fundraiser.Schilling also hopes to create

and sell “glowsaries,” glow-in-the-dark rosaries to be used atclass trips of the Grotto.“We feel that we will give the

Sophomore Class Council a dif-ferent personality,” he said.“Which will lead to the creationof more events, making next

year more enjoyable for allsophomores.”

Junior Class CounciluKevin Doher ty, MeganRodts, Kim Neary, Nolan WelshKevin Doherty, Megan Rodts,

Kim Neary, and Nolan Welshplan to use their experiencewithin student government toleave a legacy for the Class of2013, Doherty said. Doherty said the group antici-

pates this year’s firstDomecoming to expand into acampus-wide series of events. “We envision Domecoming

eventually evolving into aschool-wide spirit week andHomecoming Dance, and nextyear we plan to take stepstoward this goal by involvingother classes in the dance,” hesaid. The candidates hope for an

enjoyable year and a moreclose-knit class through greatervariety in class apparel, a juniorretreat, a class Facebook pageand Twitter feed, and a“Margaritaville” event duringthe spring, which Doherty saidthe ticket is particularly excitedfor. Doherty said the ticket stands

out because of its candidates’experience. “We feel that our combined

experience give us an advantagewhen it comes to workingaround red tape and producinggreat results for our class nextyear,” he said.

uFrancie Crowell, Brandon Vo,Kaitlyn Cole, Aaron StumpfAs their campaign slogan

implies, sophomores FrancieCrowell, Brandon Vo, KaitlynCole and Aaron Stumpf hope tobring a “fresh perspective” tothe Junior Class Council.The candidates identify three

categories of projects for nextyear, should they be elected:uniting the junior class, givingback to the community andhelping juniors prepare for theirfuture, Crowell said.All of Crowell’s ticket has hall

council experience in theirrespective dorms. Crowell saidher lack of previous studentgovernment experience willprove to be an asset in repre-senting the average Notre Damejunior.“We think we come from a

more diverse background, nothaving already been part of thatsystem,” she said. “So we’llmore easily be able to portraywhat the students want.”

uMike Weiss, JulianneCrimmins, Mike Kress, SeanHannonMike Weiss, Julianne

Crimmins, Mike Kress and SeanHannon hope to combine newideas with past experience topreside over next year’s JuniorClass Council.Weiss emphasized community

outreach, a wider variety ofclass apparel and class trips to aCubs game and Cedar Point assome of his ticket’s plans fornext year.Several years of working in

student government has givenhim an ability to set realisticand achievable goals, Weisssaid. The rest of his ticket hassimilar experience.“Not only do we have new

ideas, but with our experiencewe can definitely execute them,”Weiss said.

Senior Class CounciluAnne Huntington, MikeOliver, Brittni Alexander, TylerHarmsenAnne Huntington, Mike Oliver,

Brittni Alexander and TylerHarmsen’s plan for next year’sgraduating class centers on funactivities and memorable expe-riences, Huntington said.

“Our vision of Senior ClassCouncil is to make biggerevents, partnering with otheroffices on campus such as theCareer Center, to get as manyseniors as possible to partici-pate,” she said. The “Save the Best for Last”

platform consists of unique pro-gramming for the Class of 2012,such as a “Beginning of theEnd” networking barbeque witha beer garden, “Night in Napa”wine tasting, new class appareland monthly senior masses. In addition to a variety of fun

events throughout the year,Huntington said the ticket planson making the end of the yearespecially memorable for thegraduating seniors. “We also have some exciting

new ideas for Senior Week, suchas ‘Reminiscing from theRooftop,’ which would be achampagne toast from the roofof Eddy Street Commons,” shesaid.

uRocky Stroud, Jessica Choi,Chris Chung, Ali UngerRocky Stroud, Jessica Choi,

Chris Chung and Ali Unger hopeto strengthen the sense of unityamong members of the seniorclass through their focus on the“little things,” Stroud said. “What we have noticed is that

class councils throw a couplebig events that a lot of people goto,” Stroud said. “What we wantto do is have a lot more littleevents that maybe not everyonegoes to, but you have moreoptions.” Some of these events include a

“Tour of Religions,” giving sen-iors the opportunity to experi-ence the different faiths repre-sented on campus, senior classbar crawls for students of legalage and improved apparel,Stroud said. None of the students on this

ticket has been part of classcouncil before, but they decidedto run together after being apart of a physics study group. “We wanted to use our talents

to give back to the seniors andmake new events that otherpeople would be interested in,”Stroud said.

uParker King, Ben German,Alicia Elliott, Brinya BjorkParker King, Ben German,

Alicia Elliott and Brinya Bjorkhope to use their extensiveexperience in campus leader-ship to help seniors accomplishthe “Notre Dame Bucket List,”King said. “It’s our last year on campus,

and we want to make it awe-some,” King said. Some of these Bucket List

events include a meeting withUniversity President EmeritusFr. Theodore Hesburgh and adinner in the press box, Kingsaid.This ticket would also like to

establish a career developmentcommittee to prepare seniorsfor work post-graduation,German said.“We want to work with the

Alumni Association to try andhelp seniors build some profes-sional contacts before theygraduate,” German said.All of the members of this

ticket have served on classcouncils in the past so they arefamiliar with the process ofplanning and executing events,German said.“We have a good blend of

experience,” German said. “Weknow what kind of events peo-ple would enjoy.”

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together and how it affects eachindividual person,” Zupancic said. Gans said the coming weeks

will include training from the cur-rent SGA president and vice pres-ident, seniors Rachael Chesleyand Laura Smith, to gain someperspective before entering office. “[Zupancic] and I will be shad-

owing and meeting with [Chesley]and [Smith] to learn more abouttheir individual roles and respon-sibilities,” Gans said. “We will alsobe talking and meeting with cur-rent board members to get feed-back on what they thought aboutthe past year, and any changesthey would make.”In their campaign, Gans and

Zupancic said they wanted toimprove technology on campus,continue the current renovationof Le Mans Hall basement, bettercommunication between studentsand their government, and

increase community involvement,according to the ticket’s website. Even though there will only be

a little over a month left once theytake office, Zupancic said the twodo have a couple of goals theywould like to seeaccomplished bythe end of theacademic year. “We would like

to see at leastone printer inone dorm, whichis what the cur-rent administra-tion is workingon accomplishingbefore turnover,”Zupancic said.“It would begreat to continueworking on thatuntil the end ofthe school year.” Additionally, they hope to con-

tinue work on Le Mans Hallbasement until May. During the summer months,

Gans said the two will prepare

for another SGA retreat that wasstarted by Chesley and Smithand get organized for the comingacademic year. “[Zupancic] and I hope to

become as prepared and organ-ized as possibleover the summerby having all ofour plans laid outin completedetail,” Ganssaid. Overall, the two

said they areexcited to enteroffice. “We are

extremely hon-ored to be servingthe Saint Mary’sstudent body andwe hope that thestudents view usas a resource for

support, guidance and informa-tion,” Zupancic said.

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Juniors Nicole Gans, right, and Jackie Zupancic won last week’s race for Saint Mary’sStudent Government Association president and vice president.

MADISON, Wis. — Theoccupation of the WisconsinCapitol by protesters fightingefforts to strip public work-ers of union bargainingrights carried on Sundayafter police decided not toforcibly remove demonstra-tors and end a nearly two-week-long sit-in.Roughly three hours after

a deadl ine to vacate thebuilding had passed and aspolice officers continued tolook on quietly, protest coor-dinator Erika Wolf took to amicrophone and announced:“There’s really awesomelygood news — that we’regoing to be able to stay heretonight.”A cheer went up from the

several hundred protesterswho had ignored a requestfrom the state agency thatoversees the Capitol to leaveby 4 p.m. so that the normal-ly immaculate building couldget a thorough cleaning.“If you want to leave — it’s

total ly cool , because thedoors will be open around 8a.m.” on Monday, said Wolf,25, who works with theUnited Council of Universityof Wisconsin Students.But many said they would

stay and again sleep insidethe Capitol, which protestershave filled with chants, cat-calls and song since theirdemonstration began on Feb.15.“It was a victory for peace.

It was a victory for democra-cy,” said Kara Randall, 46, amassage therapist fromMiddleton who had alreadyspent f ive nights at theCapitol.Demonstrators began

camping out inside theCapitol two weeks ago in aneffort to fight legislation pro-posed by Wisconsin’s newRepublican governor, ScottWalker, that would str ipmost of the state’s publicemployees of the right to col-lectively bargain.Labor leaders and

Democratic lawmakers saythe bill is intended to under-

mine the unions and weakena key base of DemocraticParty voters.Walker argues the

Republican-backed measurewould help close a projected$3.6 bi l l ion deficit in the2011-13 budget, and thatfreeing local governmentsfrom having to collectivelybargain with public employ-ee unions would give themthe flexibility needed to dealwith forthcoming budgetcuts.Wisconsin Capitol Police

Chief Charles Tubbs saiddemonstrators who hadoccupied all three floors ofthe Capitol would have torelocate to the ground floorovernight. Anyone who leftthe bui lding was barredfrom returning until Mondaymorning, although police didallow union officials to bringfood into the building for theprotesters.No demonstrators would

be arrested as long as theycontinue to obey the law,Tubbs said. By late evening,the air smelled of pizza andlemon-scented disinfectantas demonstrators quietly atedinner and several janitorsworked around them toclean the Capitol’s marblefloors.“People here have acted

lawfully and responsibly,”Tubbs said. “There’s no rea-son to consider arrests.”Walker’s spokesman

declined late Sunday to com-ment on the police decisionto keep the Capitol open tothe demonstrators. In aninterview earlier in the dayon NBC’s “Meet the Press,”Walker said the lengthyprotests haven’t eroded hisresolve to push forward withhis legislative agenda.“Year after year, governors

and legis lators before ushave kicked the can downthe road,” Walker said. “Wecan’t do that. We’re broke.I t ’s about t ime someonestood up and told the truthin our state and said here’sour problem, here’s the solu-tion and let’s do this.”Walker’s proposal stalled

in the state Senate when its14 Democratic lawmakersfled the state for Il l inois,leaving the legislative bodyone vote short of a quorum.The Democrat ic senatorshave vowed to stay awayfrom Wisconsin for as longas it takes.One of the Democrats, Sen.

Lena Taylor, tweeted hersupport to the protesterswho remained: “Thank youfor exercis ing your 1stamend right - I’m glad myactions give you opportunityto stand/sit /express your-self!”Sue Knetsch, 53, of

Waupaca, said she stayedaway from the Capitolthroughout the nearly twoweeks of protests, but thatshe brought her 21-year-oldson, Taylor, to the Capitol onSunday as a lesson indemocracy.“I just want him to know

you can do something — hisgenerat ion is walkingaround passively saying, ‘Itdoesn’t matter, ’” saidKnetsch, who said she hadbeen arrested at age 17while protesting the VietnamWar. “This is awesome. I’m alittle nostalgic.”

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Elie Wiesel tells the story of a justman who goes into a city and screamscontinually, trying to get the people inthe city to changetheir ways for thebetter. At first thepeople take noticeof this new sight,but finally they callhim naive; theyignore him. Hecontinues toscream; he contin-ues to fight. Achild asks him,“Sir, no one is lis-tening to you, whyare you still fight-ing?” “At first, Iwanted to change these people,” saysthe just man, “but now when you hearme scream, it is so that I do not letthem change me.”Now let’s move this story to South

Bend in a place called the University ofNotre Dame. Members of the CampusLabor Action Project have been callingon Notre Dame to divest from HEI, ahotel and resort company which has inthe past faced allegations of abuses ofworker rights, including staff cuts,eliminating job functions, ignoringbreaks mandated by state-law, lowwages and limiting work supplies. HEIis being investigated by the NationalLabor Relations Board — an independ-ent federal agency with the power toprotect the rights of workers — oncharges including making retaliatoryreductions in workers’ schedules, pro-hibiting workers from posting pro-union materials on bulletin boards, con-ducting unlawful surveillance of work-ers and interrogating workers abouttheir actions, instructing workers not to

communicate with the public abouttheir working conditions and suspend-ing a worker in Irvine in retaliation forengaging in pro-union activity protectedby the National Labor Relations Act.While the University has not yet actedon the calls to action by its studentswho continue to fight for the rights ofworkers, perhaps they will listen nowthat Brown University has spoken onthe issue.Brown responded to a recommenda-

tion from the Advisory Committee onCorporate Responsibility in InvestmentPolicy (ACCRIP) within BrownUniversity which stated: “After thought-ful deliberations, ACCRIP concludedthat while HEI had not been foundguilty of violations of the labor code, apersistent pattern of allegations involv-ing the company’s treatment of workersand interference with their efforts tounionize, combined with repeated set-tlements ... raised serious questionswhether Brown’s continued associationwith HEI would be consistent with theethical principles governing the univer-sity’s investments. ACCRIP has recom-mended, therefore, that BrownUniversity should refrain from reinvest-ing in HEI until the Corporation is confi-dent that HEI adheres to our high stan-dards regarding respectful and humanetreatment of workers, and that workersat HEI-operated hotels are able to seekunion representation without fear ofintimidation.” Brown, a member of theIvy League and a top-20 national uni-versity, has decided not to reinvest withHEI once their current 10-year invest-ment that was begun in 2006 is over.The significance of Brown’s decision

is that it lends credence to committedstudents who have been working atYale, Princeton, Harvard, Penn,Chicago, Vanderbilt and Notre Dame tohelp their institutions align necessary

investment with ethical practice. Likethe just man, these students have con-tinued to scream, but unlike in the storyof the just man someone is finally lis-tening. Brown did not dismiss the opin-ions of the students. Brown took whatthey had to say under consideration byits advisory committee who had beenpressured again and again by the stu-dents, faculty and staff, encouragingthem to reexamine their investments.The Notre Dame students fighting for

the rights of HEI workers believe thatCatholic Social Teaching should requireNotre Dame to divest from HEI. CatholicSocial Teaching provides for the protec-tion of the dignity of workers.Therefore, it provides for the protectionof the rights of workers to be paid a liv-ing wage, to organize and join unions.When there are people or entities fight-ing for basic human rights, it is usuallybest to listen — whether it is to the IvyLeague Brown University, or to theworkers themselves who report unfairworking conditions, or to the groupslike United Students AgainstSweatshops or Campus Labor ActionProject, or even to individual students.We all should listen to Catholic SocialTeaching. Brown’s decision should be afurther impetus for Notre Dame to thor-oughly investigate the status of itsinvestments. There is no doubt that thiswill take effort on the part of NotreDame — managing a university’s invest-ments is complicated. But followingCatholic Social Teaching is not a sacri-fice, it is an investment.

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What are you doing this summer? Ihave no idea where I’ll be or whatI’ll be doing, and it’s giving memidterm-level anxiety. Most adults Iknow — and even some of my pro-fessors — don’tsee this as aproblem. One ofmy former pro-fessors recentlysuggested I sellMexican blanketson the side of theroad — he waskidding, but itsounded farmore appealingthan filling outyet anotherinternship appli-cation.But I’m in

Mendoza, and itseems like the usual list of NotreDame conversation starters aboutyour dorm, hometown, major andwhether you’re a double, triple orquintuple legacy, has been expandedto include a dreaded question:“What are your summer plans?

ISSLP in Uganda? Goldman analyst?Congressional page? Oh, you’re life-guarding? I guess we can still befriends.”From what I’ve heard, it seems like

years ago, internships happened thesummer before senior year. Now, itseems like high school sophomoresare expected to work 90-hour weeksat a hedge fund. What’s changed?It might just be another conse-

quence of the increasing competi-tiveness of the academic and busi-ness worlds. Or maybe we’re all justspastic.Either way, somehow our dads

managed to avoid chronic unemploy-ment without doing cancer researchover their college summers.I’m a pretty think-in-the-now type

of person. Or rather, I like to put offany future-related decisions until,well, the future. Ask anyone whoknows me — I submitted my majorchoice about an hour before thedeadline and I accepted admission toNotre Dame with two days to spare.So the concept of finding the time toget an externship for this summer(so I can have a chance at an intern-ship next summer, so I can have achance at a full-time job the nextyear) is completely overwhelming.And let’s be real: What skill set

could I, or most sophomores, possi-bly bring to any bank, law firm oradvertising agency? Half of us justlearned what a cash flow is. Eitherthere is some serious on-the-jobtraining or students with internshipoffers can look forward to 10 weeksof coffee-fetching and envelope-stuffing (maybe with some sprinklesof financial modeling).Don’t get me wrong. I think getting

your foot into the metaphoricalcareer door early can’t be a badthing. I just wonder how much earli-er the pressure’s going to start hit-ting Notre Dame students ten yearsfrom now. What I do know is, I’mbuying my future children WallStreet Journal subscriptions in-utero. I have to go troll Go Irish.Make sure your tots bring their A-game to pre-K.

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The other sideI am a member of the elite group

known as Notre Dame Alumni, alongwith my grandfather, father and twobrothers. I have an amazing, loving andsupportive family and a group of closefriends who Iwouldn’t trade forthe world. I am asecond year doc-toral student inNew Hampshireand have neverbeen happier. But things were notalways this way. While attending NotreDame, I suffered from severe depres-sion and anxiety and I engaged in self-mutilation, anorexia and bulimia. I alsobecame an alcoholic, and I always willbe. Although my last drink was onNovember 10, 2006, my next one couldeasily be tomorrow if I become compla-cent. My sobriety must always remainmy top priority, and those closest to meunderstand that.I began my Notre Dame career in the

fall of 2000 and graduated in the springof 2009. I participated in every self-destructive behavior imaginable duringmy career at Notre Dame and burntalmost every bridge I built. I’ve hurt myfamily, friends and many people I didn’tknow numerous times. My early yearsat Notre Dame were peppered withRes-Life visits, legal problems, timeaway from the University, arrests, boutsof depression, countless instances ofacting out and feelings of hopelessnessand loneliness I wouldn’t wish on my

worst enemy. Most days were focusedon spreading my own misery. I consid-ered a successful day one where Iruined someone else’s. I was a menaceand I loved every minute of it. I wouldsmile at others’ misfortunes and mosteverything I said was a lie, especially tothose closest to me. I cheated on mygirlfriend on a weekly basis andlaughed about it the next day. I hatedeverything about myself and frequentlywished for a natural disaster or acci-dent to end it all for me. I knew I wastoo much of a coward to commit sui-cide.Alcoholism, depression and other

mental disorders are prevalent on col-lege campuses today, and Notre Dameis no exception. Our “Notre Dame bub-ble” may be picturesque but many stu-dents are suffering. There are alco-holics, cutters, anorexics, bulimics, stu-dents suffering from mild, moderate orsevere depression and even suicidalstudents on campus right now and Iwant to say to those experiencing dis-tress, you are not alone. We need to beaware of these issues and make agreater effort to identify and help thoseneeding assistance. More student spon-sored groups should be available thatoffer peer support in a safe and confi-dential environment. We also need toeducate the student body about mentaldisorders and addiction so they aren’ttaboo topics. The reality is that theseissues exist and affect many of thosearound us.

If you feel alcohol is the root of yourproblems, whether it is in classes, rela-tionships, or other aspects of your life,you have to reach out and ask for help.I thought my mandatory alcohol educa-tion classes were a joke and lied onevery questionnaire I received aboutmy drinking habits. Change, even posi-tive change, was always a scaryprospect for me. I was comfortablebeing miserable, angry and depressedand I knew these feelings well. I washappy in my own unhappiness. Do notbe scared of getting better. I was. It is afrightening experience because youdive right into the depths of yourunhappiness, insecurities and self-hatred, but this is the only way to getbetter.Ask for help. Talk to a favorite profes-

sor, rector, dean, friend, relative, priestor sister and they can help you oraccompany you in finding the properassistance you require. Not only didProfessor McKenna and Dean Preachersupport and guide my academic careerbut they also showed care and concernfor me as a person during my rehabili-tation. I am blessed to have two life-long friends and I love them both. Youdon’t have to go through this alone.I have been sober for over four years

and am getting a doctorate in clinicalpsychology. The past ten years have ledme to a future career as a therapistwhere I will be able to use my first-hand experiences, knowledge andinsight to help those in need. I often tell

people I’m thankful for being an alco-holic because I never would have foundmy true calling as a ClinicalPsychologist if I never had these diffi-culties. I also firmly believe that, with-out going through this journey, I neverwould have reached a level of such hap-piness and inner peace. I was fortunateto experience my final year at NotreDame sober, with an appreciation forlife and with feelings of self-love that Ihad never felt. Notre Dame is truly oneof the most beautiful places I have everseen and we are all blessed to be a partof this great university. I experiencedNotre Dame at my lowest and my high-est and, no matter how bad things mayseem, they don’t have to stay that way.Rehabilitation and recovery are thehardest things you will ever do but theinner peace and self-love attained ispriceless. You must be honest withyourself, ask for help, and be willing todo the hard work; trust me, it’s worthit. As with all recovery, mine is anongoing process and will take a life-long commitment — one I’m happy tomake. There is light at the end of thedark tunnel many of you or your friendsare traveling through and if I can getthere, so can you.

Cullen Hardy is a graduate of the classof 2009. He can be reached [email protected] views expressed in this column are

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Monday evening at Saint Mary’s College, I climbed thestairs of Carroll Auditorium’s stage in teetering, leopardprint wedges. With a pink golfball clutched in my handto ease my nerves, I gritted my teeth, gave one last hairtoss and praised God I did not trip. I then looked outinto the audience of nearly 150 strangers and friendsand took a deep breath. My hands shook and my voicecrackled as I began speaking about my journey throughan illness which almost claimed my life.Speaking publically about my battle with anorexia

was not something I ever intended to do. Until recently,I vowed I would always keep the matter private to avoidthe eating disorder from defining my identity. Themajority of society has little insight into these bafflingillnesses, but one thing is clear: As we have neglected totalk openly about eating disorders, the number of suf-ferers has risen to an estimated 25 million in Americaalone. So I tossed my preference for privacy out of mythird-floor window in hopes that it would be enough tohelp even just one person in even the smallest of ways.I was apprehensive as to how the audience would

react. But in the days following the event, I have beenmet with more words of gratitude and encouragementthan I could have ever imagined. The response hasbeen overwhelmingly positive and has really and trulywarmed my heart. I wish I had a guestbook so I couldsend personal thank you notes to each and every one ofyou.I am lucky, and very grateful, to have survived. My life

has resumed with color, meaning and yes, food. Butthroughout this entire journey, I have never felt asuplifted as I do now. So to the very special people whofilled the room on Monday night and/or shared words ofencouragement, know your support and kindness havemade a huge difference in my life. It has reaffirmedwhy I chose to share my story in the first place andmade me feel more committed to my recovery. I hopemy initiative will spark further conversation withregards to eating disorder awareness in this communityin the time to come.Thank you from every nook and cranny of my heart.

Christina Grassosenior

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The National Commission on the BP DeepwaterHorizon Oil Spill recommended this month that Congressraise the current $75 million liability cap for oil compa-nies, but did not offer a specific proposal or dollaramount.The liability cap limits the

amount oil companies are legallyobligated to pay those who fileclaims against them after envi-ronmental disasters. Once thecost exceeds the cap, taxpayerdollars fund the recovery.A bill that aimed to remove the $75 million cap passed

in the House of Representatives last summer, but negoti-ations regarding a new cap killed the bill in the Senate.Industry allies have argued that removing the cap wouldmake it impossible for smaller companies to afford theinsurance required to drill offshore.But if a company can’t afford to clean up its own

potential mess, it shouldn’t be encouraged to make onein the first place. Any liability cap, no matter how high,is an insult to the people who feel the harshest effects ofan oil spill.According to MSNBC, estimates of the total cost for

cleanup and claims in last year’s Deepwater Horizon dis-aster reached $70 billion. Frank Glaviano, former vicepresident of Shell Exploration and Production, said toMSNBC that no amount of money will be able to repairthe damage that was done by the spill.According to restorethegulf.gov, the Deepwater

Horizon well gushed an estimated 62,000 barrels of oilper day into the Gulf of Mexico at the height of the spill,leaking approximately 4.9 million barrels overall.President Barack Obama described the disaster as theworst the country has faced.BP set up a $20 billion claims escrow fund. However,

the national commission released a report this monthsaying that many claimants are dissatisfied with theamounts of their payments. Others received no pay-ments at all after dealing with the messy claims process.Fishing and tourism bring more than $120 billion to

the area surrounding the Gulf each year, according toMSNBC, and fishing operations were shut down formonths during and after the spill. Oil touched 650 milesof coastal land, according to the National ResourcesDefense Council. The environmental and economic dam-age is still being tallied.Additionally, marine toxicologist Riki Ott estimated

that 4 to 5 million residents had been exposed to dan-gerous amounts of oil, according to Bridge the Gulf, a

group supporting environmental justice in the Gulf.When a spill halts business, transforms industries,

impacts the environment and alters human health, theoil company at fault should pay every legitimate claim,even if it goes belly up.The cap discourages companies from investing in safe-

ty innovations, which might cost more than the capitself.Sure, if the cap were removed, smaller companies may

be discouraged. Higher insurance costs might eventuallydrive up the price of gas or force companies to move outof the Gulf completely for fear of drilling in risky areas.But the countless animals that suffered from suffoca-

tion, hypothermia, pneumonia, drowning, starvation,cancer, chemical burns, ulcers, digestive tract bleeding,infection, diarrhea, kidney damage, liver damage, ane-mia, intestinal disorders and painful deaths would likelyapprove of unlimited liability’s side effects.The scary part is that 27,000 wells are currently aban-

doned and unchecked in the Gulf of Mexico, according tothe Associated Press. Many have been abandoned sincethe ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s.BP alone has abandoned 600 wells.According to the AP, tens of thousands may be badly

sealed, because they were drilled before strict regula-tions or the operating companies violated rules.After wells are abandoned, no one checks for leaks.

Environmental Protection Agency data shows that 17percent of wells on land had been improperly plugged. Ifthat percentage is synonymous offshore, 4,600 wells inthe Gulf could be defectively plugged.Shoddy plugs, age, corrosion and natural changes

below the sea level can cause a well to fail. Petroleumengineer John Getty said to the AP that abandoned wellsmay eventually leak after decades of aging.Since 1978, poor cement jobs have been cited 34 times

in accident and incident reports on offshore wells,according to an AP review.Oil companies are taking risks to make enormous prof-

it. They should be held limitlessly accountable for mis-takes that could harm an entire region for generations.Those who can’t afford the responsibility that comeswith putting an entire ecosystem in harm’s way shouldnot consider going into such a dangerous business.

This column first appeared in the Feb. 21 edition ofThe Oracle, the daily publication serving the Universityof South Florida.The views expressed in this column are those of the

author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Oil companies responsible

Lydia Harvey

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William Paul Young, authorof the best-selling spiritualnovel “The Shack,” will speakat Notre Dame Tuesday at 7p.m. in the Eck Visitors CenterAuditorium. Since its publica-tion in 2007, “The Shack” hassold nearly 14 million copiesin print and remained No. 1on the New York TimesBestseller list for 49 weeks.“The Shack” went largely

unnoticed for a year after itspublication, but in the sum-mer of 2008 it debuted atopthe Times’ paperback fictionlist. “The Shack” can attributeits success to promotion inchurches and on Christian-themed websites and publica-tions. The book has enjoyedinternational acclaim and hasbeen translated into manylanguages, including Spanish,German and Croatian.“The Shack” explores a

father’s spiritual journey ashe tries to understand hisyoungest daughter’s abduc-tion and murder. The father,Mack, goes to a shack for aweekend and encountersmanifestations of God theFather, Jesus Christ and theHoly Spirit. “‘The Shack’ points people

back to the Bible and ulti-mately to the love of God forus all,” said senior FeliciaAguirre, chair of the LiteraryFestival. “I wanted to bring William

Young to ND because I feellike he’s an important writerfor our generation,” Aguirresaid. “‘The Shack’ was a bookthat inspired millions. I foundit fascinating that people ofdifferent ages and of differentfaiths could read and talkabout this book together. Itreally takes the idea of God,and specifically the HolyTrinity, to a very understand-able, relatable level. I thinkmany people, and particularlyNotre Dame students, havesimilar experiences with ‘TheShack’ as I did, and from themoment I got involved withthe Literary Festival, I knewWilliam Young was a speakerI wanted to invite.”“The Shack” has sparked

conversations about Godaround the world, and therehave been many criticismsand responses to the book.While some evangelists havecondemned the book, othertheologians have respondedsympathetically to the por-

trayal of God. TheologianRandal Rauser responds tomany critics’ objections andexplores several of the book’scontroversial issues in hisbook, “Finding God in theShack.”Copies of “The Shack” will

be available for purchase atthe Hammes Notre DameBookstore, and a dessertreception and book signingwill follow Young’s speech.The event is a part of NotreDame Literary Festival.The Notre Dame Literary

Festival began in 1967 as thedream of J. Richard Rossi.Rossi organized a symposiumof literary scholars to cele-brate the life and works ofWilliam Faulkner. TheFestival gained support, andthe following year JosephHeller, author of “Catch 22,”and Ralph Ellison, author of“Invisible Man,” attended thefestival. Throughout its 44-year his-

tory, the festival has takenmany forms. While in someyears all of the events occurduring one week, this year,Aguirre said she wanted to“spread our speakers out overthe course of the entire schoolyear so that students whowanted to attend multiple fes-tival events would have moretime.”The Notre Dame Literary

Festival includes four eventsthis year. George Saundersand Craig Nova have alreadyspoken, and AudreyNiffenegger, author of “TheTime Traveler’s Wife,” willspeak at Notre Dame April 13.If you are a fan of “TheShack,” or if you enjoy novelsdiscussing spirituality andfaith, then join the NotreDame Literary Festival onTuesday at 7 p.m. in the EckVisitors Center Auditorium forYoung’s speech and reception.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — KyleKuric scored 12 points ,including two big baskets inovert ime, to lead No. 16Louisv i l le past No. 4Pittsburgh 62-59 on Sunday.Kuric had a potential game-

winning layup blocked at theend of regulation, but atonedby hitting a 3-pointer early inthe extra session then addingthe clinching dunk with lessthan a second on the clock.Then th ings got a l i t t le

bizarre.The clock didn’t stop after

the basket , which put theCardinals up 62-57, and thehorn sounded. SomeLouisville cheerleaders on thebaseline raced onto the floor,with one male cheerleadergrabbing the ball and tossingit in the air.Officials called Louisville for

a delay of game technical fouland put .5 seconds back onthe clock. Pitt’s Ashton Gibbsknocked down two freethrows and the Panthers hadone last chance to t ie, butGibbs couldn’t get off a des-peration heave in time.Peyton S iva led the

Cardinals (22-7, 11-5 BigEast) with 14 points and MikeMarra added 11 off the benchfor Louisv i l le , whichremained unbeaten at home

in conference p lay andknocked off a top-five teamfor the second time this sea-son.Gi lbert Brown scored 20

points and Brad Wanamakerhad 13 points, 12 reboundsand s ix ass is ts for thePanthers (25-4, 13-3), but Pittturned it over three times andmissed all three of its fieldgoal attempts in overtime.The most painful miss came

with about 5 seconds to gowhen Wanamaker passed upa 3-pointer with the Pantherstrailing by three and tried tohit Brown under the basketinstead. The ball rolled outand Louisv i l le ’s TerrenceJennings came away with it.Jennings hit Siva with an

outlet pass, who fed Kuric forthe dunk.Gibbs’ final heave was a fit-

ting end to a tough day — hefinished with 14 points on 3-of-11 shooting.The Cardinals played the

nation’s best rebounding teameven on the glass. Pitt, whoseplus-11 rebounding margin istops in the country, outre-bounded the Cardinals by justone, 39-38.Still, the Panthers had their

chances thanks toWanamaker, who did a littlebit of everything. He hit threebig shots in the second half asPitt erased a 12-point deficit

to tie the game three times inthe final 3:37.The last one, a confident

18-footer, knotted the game at56 with 17.1 to play.Siva drove the lane but his

shot was swatted out o fbounds by Gary McGhee. TheCardinals ran a back screenfor Kuric, who hit a game-winning layup againstMarquette from the same spotJan. 15.Not this time. Wanamaker

swal lowed i t and sent thegame to overtime.Kuric hardly looked both-

ered. He calmly drilled a 3-pointer on Louisville’s secondpossession of the extra peri-od, and the Panthers sel f -destructed.Brown was cal led for a

charge, then Siva swiped thebal l from Travon Woodal l .Officials called McGhee fortraveling on Pittsburgh’s nexttrip, allowing the Cardinals tocontinue to drain the clock.Pitt’s second loss in its last

three games means thePanthers have just a one-game lead over Notre Dameheading into the final week ofthe season. The Pantherstravel to South Flor ida onWednesday and close the sea-son at home against Villanovaon March 5.P i t t wi l l need to f in ish

ahead of the Ir ish in the

standings to win the t i t le .Notre Dame beat the Panthers56-51 on Jan. 24.Louisv i l le held i ts own

against the bigger, strongerPanthers from the outset. TheCardinals extended theirmatchup zone in an effort toget Gibbs out of rhythm, andit worked.He missed a l l f ive o f h is

field goal attempts in the firsthalf. Then again, his team-mates weren’t much better.Pittsburgh went more than 10minutes without a basket asLouisville built a 24-12 lead.Wanamaker ended the

drought with a runner, andfor a br ie f moment , thePanthers woke up. Theyclosed to within 26-22 on ajumper from Brown, butMarra responded with a 3-pointer and Siva added a pairof free throws just before thehorn to give Louisville a 31-22 lead at the break. Thenine-point deficit was the sec-ond-largest for the Panthersthis season, behind a 12-pointhole they faced in a loss toTennessee back in December.Wanamaker almost led the

Panthers all the way back.Almost.

CINCINNATI — Don’t getKemba Walker riled.Walker scored 11 of his 16

points in the second half, aftera courtside fan took to taunt-ing him, and 14th-rankedConnecticut snapped out of itsslump by beating Cincinnati67-59 on Sunday.The Huskies (21-7, 9-7 Big

East) were coming off back-to-back losses, including an over-time defeat at Marquette onThursday without coach JimCalhoun. The 68-year-oldcoach was with his family inNew Hampshire after thedeath of his sister-in-law.UConn hadn’t dropped three

in a row all season and cameout with a little extra determi-nation against Cincinnati (22-7, 9-7), which was on a hotstreak.The Huskies led for all but

29 seconds.“We basically had to act like

we had something to prove,”said Shabazz Napier, who had11 points and six assists. “Wegot a lead and kept on goingwith it.”Walker, who leads the con-

ference in scoring at 23 pointsper game, had only nine whena fan sitting courtside startedtaunting him. Walker madethree consecutive baskets thatbuilt Connecticut’s lead to 11points, then smiled at the fanas he went down the court.“I missed a shot and he said,

‘Chris Paul wouldn’t miss thatshot,’” Walker said, referringto the New Orleans guard.“That’s all right. I came downand made the next one. It wasfun.”Jeremy Lamb added 17 for

the Huskies, who went 10 of19 from behind the 3-pointarc. Cincinnati set its defense

to deny Walker, leaving open-ings on the perimeter.“They were so worried

about me, the other guys wereable to get shots and they tookit to them,” Walker said.Yancy Gates had 14 points

for Cincinnati, which has lostthree of i ts last four homegames. The Bearcats had wontheir last three overall, includ-ing victories over Louisvilleand Georgetown that put themin position to make the NCAAtournament for the first timesince Bob Huggins was coach.Their guards couldn’t keep

up with the inspired Walkerand company.“Our guards got as out-

played as you possibly couldtoday,” coach Mick Croninsaid.Walker got rolling against

the league’s stingiest defensewhen a fan s i t t ing in thecourtside seats started taunt-

ing him in the second half.Walker made a 3-pointer fromthe top of the key a few sec-onds later, turned and smiledat the fan as he ran down thecourt. He had a steal for afast-break score, then madeanother jumper for a 56-45lead and said something to thefan, who wouldn’t taunt himagain.I t was a rough week for

Calhoun, who took responsi-bility Friday for recruiting vio-lations. The school was put onthree years’ probation, lostscholarships and receivedrecruit ing restr ict ions.Calhoun got a three-game sus-pension that he will serve atthe start of the 2011-12 BigEast season.Calhoun referred to the

emotional week and praisedhis young players for comingthrough.“I’ve had some very good

teams over the last fewyears,” Calhoun said. “This isone of my favorite teams of alltime.”The Huskies appeared to be

in trouble when Walker pickedup his third foul with 16:37 togo and Cashmere Wrightmade both free throws for a33-32 lead, Cincinnati’s onlyone in the game. It didn’t lastlong.The 3 got UConn back

ahead. Roscoe Smith andNapier made shots frombehind the arc during a 12-2run that gave the Huskiestheir biggest lead, 47-37, with12:18 to go. Then Walkermade his three consecutiveshots to put UConn in controlthe rest of the way.The long-range shooting was

quite out of character.Connecticut ranks 12th in theBig East, making 33.5 percentof its 3-point attempts.

AP

Louisville coach Rick Pitino and the No. 16 Cardinals defeatedNo. 4 Pittsburgh in overtime in Louisville, Ky., on Sunday.

Calhoun returns as Huskies beat Cincinnati

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Thomas leads No. 2 Buckeyes past HoosiersCOLUMBUS, Ohio — A lot of

things were going Indiana’sway before a native son did inthe Hoosiers.Deshaun Thomas, last year’s

Indiana Mr. Basketball, cameout of a slump with 22 pointsto lead No. 2 Ohio State pastIndiana 82-61 on Sunday.Thomas scored al l the

points during a 14-3 first-halfrun that spanned 3:36 andturned the game into a rout.He had managed just 13points in his last seven games.“After I hit my first two 3s, I

fe l t k ind of warm,” saidThomas, a 6-foot-6 freshmanwho’s prepared to pump upshots the minute he jumps outof bed. “I felt kind of comfort-able.”Thomas, who Indiana coach

Tom Crean had tr ied torecruit after he had verballycommitted to Ohio State, wasthe story for the Buckeyes inthe first half. He gave them al i f t a f ter s tarters JaredSullinger, David Lighty andDallas Lauderdale got in earlyfoul trouble.“Deshaun came in and gave

us a tremendous boost,” OhioState coach Thad Matta said.“He hit a couple of shots and Itold him during a timeout thatI liked him making shots but Ithought he was really playinghard on defense as well. Thatwas a big focus coming into

this game.”Thomas finished his career

at Fort Wayne’s Bishop LuersHigh School with 3,018 points,third most among all Indianaschoolboys behind DamonBailey and Marion Pierce.Indiana, which hasn’t beat-

en a Top 25 team on the roadin more than nine years, led8-7 after Derek Elston scis-sored through the lane for alayup at the 16:35 mark, butdidn’t score again for almost8 minutes until Elston scoredagain on a short jumper.Then Thomas took over, hit-

ting two foul shots and swish-ing back-to-back 3-pointers.He took an assist pass fromLauderdale for another buck-et ins ide, then spun in areverse layup and ended therun with another reversemove off glass.“He was hitting open shots.

Give credit to him,” Creansaid. “He made big plays. He’sone of the all-t ime leadingscorers in the his tory ofIndiana, so he can score. Andtoday it was his day and wedidn’t do a good enough job ofguarding him.”The Buckeyes led 38-23 at

the half, with Thomas totaling16 points on 6-of-7 shootingfrom the field, his only misscoming on a shot behind thearc.Indiana never ser iously

threatened again.Even though Thomas has

seen only sparse playing timethe past few weeks, his team-mates know he can light it up.He’s been known to str ingtogether 3s when he gets“warm.”“We see i t every day in

practice,” said David Lighty,who had 11 points for theBuckeyes (27-2, 14-2 BigTen). “Once he gets it going,there’s really no way to stophim — just try to keep it outof his hands.”Thomas speaks of his scor-

ing ability as if it’s a powerthat overtakes him.“It’s a God-given gift,” he

said. “I just did what I had todo.”Wil l iam Buford added 15

points and Jon Diebler had 11for the Buckeyes, l ikely toascend to No. 1 next weekafter top-ranked Duke lost atVirginia Tech on Saturdaynight . The defeat wasIndiana’s sixth in a row toOhio State.Matta didn’t shy away from

talk about being No. 1.“Honestly, i t ’s just some-

thing that comes along withit,” he said. “The one thingI’ve always said — I think Isaid it in October when youguys asked me about ourranking — is that we reallywant to be there in the end.”Sullinger, leading Ohio State

in scoring (17.8) and rebound-ing (9.9), was limited to fivepoints and seven rebounds in

just 13 minutes.The v ictory helped Ohio

State maintain a one-gamelead in the Big Ten with twogames remaining — at PennState on Tuesday night andhome against Wisconsin onSunday. It was Wisconsin thathung the f irs t loss on theBuckeyes on Feb. 12 inMadison.Verdel l Jones I I I had 14

points for the Hoosiers (12-17,3-13), who have lost six in arow and remain the only BigTen team without a road winthis season (0-10). They wereplaying consecutive gamesagainst top-10 teams for thefirst time since 2004 after los-ing to No. 8 Purdue on

Wednesday night, 72-61.Crean’s temper flared when

Matta spoke to the officials atthe end of the hal f . Creanmade sure he also joined theconversation.“I don’t do i t and I don’t

think coaches should get afree conference with the offi-cials at halft ime,” he said.“That’s happened to us, noth-ing was done about it, and Iwasn’t going to stand backand not be a part of that .Whether it’s gamesmanship,whatever it is, it ’s the waythat it is. The half is over. Theofficials are supposed to beleaving the floor, as are theteams, and that didn’t hap-pen.”

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Ohio State’s Deshaun Thomas goes up for a layup against Indianaduring the Buckeyes’ 82-61 victory over the Hoosiers Sunday.

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NFL

Lockout causes rookies challenges

INDIANAPOLIS — Floridadefensive back Ahmad Blackwould prefer to focus on foot-ball.Instead, he’s getting a crash

course in labor negotiations,lockout rules, even the possibleimplementation of a rookie wagescale.These new obstacles are

threatening to make the transi-tion from college football to theNFL more complicated thanusual, even if the players don’twant to admit it.“Hey, it’s better than doing it

for free,” Black said Sunday atthe NFL’s annual scouting com-bine. “I’m going to get a little bitof something (in a contract).”Black, like most of the 329

draft prospects in Indianapolisthis weekend, is trying to stayaway from the discussion thathas overshadowed one of theleague’s biggest and busiest off-season events.Normally, the discussion in

Indy centers on 40-yard dashtimes and bench press repeti-tions.This year, the showcase has

expanded to multiple venues.There’s been a steady stream ofmeetings in hotel hallways, atthe convention center, even atthe Colts’ complex. Everyonefrom owners to coaches toagents have been briefed aboutnegotiations that could avert thelooming lockout, which couldbegin Friday.And the potential draft picks

find themselves caught in themiddle.If the expected lockout begins,

teams will be prohibited from

communicating with veterans ornegotiating player contracts.Free agency will be put on holdand teams cannot cut playersfrom their current rosters.Rookies, however, will still

have their regularly scheduledpro days, still be able to inter-view with team officials and stillget picked in April’s draft.That’s when the landscape

changes for the rookies.They will not be able to negoti-

ate deals until a new CBA is inplace, and, perhaps more impor-tantly, will not be allowed to getplaybooks, go through the usualminicamps or the team’s offsea-son workouts.Some analysts suggest it’s

enough to make this a lost draftclass. NFL officials disagree.“It’s difficult being a rookie as

it is,” Kansas City Chiefs generalmanager Scott Pioli said. “I thinkit’s really up to the individual.They’re all at different points,but they’re going to have todevelop. If it’s going to be anissue, though, it’s going to be anissue for everybody.”That’s not necessarily what the

players want to hear.“I don’t think it would set us

back,” Miami cornerbackDeMarcus Van Dyke said. “Itwould make us hungrier whenwe get into camp. It will proba-bly cut down all the long con-tracts and just get guys rightinto camp.”But it could affect how much

of an impact the rookies makenext season.Without a playbook and mini-

camps, the learning curve likelywill get steeper. And history hasshown how tough it can be.Rob Morris, the Colts’ first-

round pick in 2000, often saidhis rookie holdout stunted hisdevelopment. Former Ohio Staterunning back Maurice Clarettdidn’t even make the Denverroster after missing two collegeseasons, and former SouthernCalifornia receiver MikeWilliams, another former first-round pick, had only 44 catchesin his first three NFL seasonsafter sitting out the 2004 season.The players in Indy want to

avoid those mistakes.“It’s always a setback because

you want to be able to learn asmuch as you can and get thatjump on everybody,” UCLA safe-ty Rahim Moore said. “I hopethere’s a minicamp so I can getthe playbook and learn as fast asI can. If you try to rely on atraining camp, it can be a badthing.”There’s even a possibility that

the league’s first work stoppagesince 1987 could lead to con-densed training camps, the can-cellation of games or, as unlikelyas it seems, the loss of an entireseason.“At the end of the day, those

guys are going to have to comeup with an agreement becauseyou can’t cancel the game offootball forever,” said LSU’sPatrick Peterson, currently pro-jected as the draft’s top-ratedcornerback.The other big issue will be

contracts.If the owners get the rookie

wage scale they want, the daysof record-breaking rookie con-tracts will be history. Last year’stop overall pick, Sam Bradford,signed a six-year deal worth $78million with $50 million guaran-teed.

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Anthony, Knicks rally from 15-point deficit to stun HeatMIAMI — With the game on

the line, LeBron James got pastCarmelo Anthony.Not Amare Stoudemire, howev-

er.And just like that, the New

York Knicks — with defense, noless — knocked off the MiamiHeat. Chauncey Billups made the go-

ahead 3-pointer with 1:01 left,Stoudemire blocked James’layup try with 7 seconds remain-ing to protect a one-point lead,and the Knicks finished with a13-2 run to beat the Heat 91-86on Sunday night. “The bigger the game, the big-

ger the stage, the bigger theyplay,” Knicks coach MikeD’Antoni said.Anthony scored 29 points and

Stoudemire added 16 points and10 rebounds. Billups had 16points for the Knicks, who ralliedfrom a 15-point, first-half deficitand improved to 2-1 since themegatrade with Denver that dra-matically changed their roster. “These games like this are

fun,” Anthony said. “It brings thebest out of everybody.”James scored 27 for Miami,

which had won seven straight athome. Chris Bosh added 20points and 12 rebounds, andDwyane Wade finished with only12 points for the Heat - who had20 turnovers, matching thefourth-most forced by New Yorkthis season. “We will have our break-

through,” Heat coach Erik

Spoelstra said. “And as painfulas this is right now, there will bea time that we break throughand we’re able to execute andwin a game like this against aquality opponent going down thestretch. What you hope is thatthe pain of a game like this res-onates enough to make achange.” With New York up by one, Bill

Walker turned the ball over with12.7 seconds left when he wasunable to handle an inboundspass, and Miami had its chance. James drove on Anthony down

the left side of the lane, butStoudemire swatted the two-timereigning MVP’s try away.“I watched it the whole way,”

Stoudemire said. “I knew whathe was going to do.”Said James: “I felt like I got

enough room around ‘Melo ...and he just got a piece of it.”James had another chance, but

his potentially tiebreaking 3-pointer missed with 2 secondsleft, and the Knicks leaped in cel-ebration.Miami is now tied with Chicago

in the loss column, each with 17in the tight race in the East. TheHeat do have three more wins,but fell a half-game behindBoston for the top spot in theconference. And it was there for the Heat’s

taking, after holding an 84-78lead with 3:05 left.New York, as it had all night,

came back quickly.A 9-2 run over the next 3 min-

utes, capped by Billups’ 3-pointerover Wade’s outstretched arm

with 1:01 left, gave the Knicks an85-84 edge — and few people inthe sellout crowd remained seat-ed at that point. “Mr. Big Shot” lived up to his

name, again. James said beforethe game that he found it comi-cal that some may have consid-ered Billups to be an ancillarypart of the Knicks-Nuggets deal. Down the stretch, Billups took

over.“It’s a shot that I like to shoot,”

Billups said. “It’s kind of a farshot, but it’s in my range and Iknocked it down.”Billups added a steal on the

next Miami possession and set upShawne Williams for two freethrows and an 87-84 lead. Jamesanswered with two free throws,getting the Heat within oneagain, but Stoudemire’s blockkept them at bay. “I don’t think we played badly,”

Bosh said. “I think we controlledthe whole game. ... We had con-trol of the game. We just didn’texecute down the stretch.” Mike Miller scored 10 for

Miami. Walker had 10 for theKnicks, who won despite shoot-ing 39 percent.“There’s a reason we keep los-

ing these close games,” Wadesaid. “So we’ve got to figure itout.”It was the fourth and final reg-

ular-season meeting for theKnicks and Heat, and Wadecould only point to one reasonwhy Sunday night seemed so dif-ferent. “Melo,” he said before the

game.

True, but the scene was any-thing but mellow.Predictably, it was a double-

feature of sorts - part showdown,part show.Knicks superfan Spike Lee was

having a conversation withLandry Fields during pregamewarmups. Actor Michael ClarkeDuncan and soccer star ThierryHenry had prime seats, tennisstar Venus Williams appearedand Miami’s notoriously late-set-tling crowd was in place in plen-ty of time to lustily boo NewYork’s starters as they wereintroduced.

“The atmosphere was crazy,”Knicks guard Anthony Cartersaid.Oh, there was a game, too.Shawne Williams blocked Erick

Dampier down low 2 minutesinto the game. No problem -James simply knocked the ballaway from Stoudemire, thenthrew a no-look, backward-over-his-head pass to Dampier for adunk. A minute later, Jamesdribbled behind his back to getclear of Billups, slapped the ballto Wade, then received an alley-oop pass back and slammed itwith his left hand.

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Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony drives to the basket duringNew York’s 91-86 win over Miami Sunday.

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the Broncos up 2-1 at 14:40 markin the second period. Johnsonwas unable to corral the puck inthe crease, and it popped out toCampbell at the right edge of thegoal. With Johnson out of posi-tion, Campbell coolly lifted thepuck into the net.Despite being down, Irish soph-

omore Billy Maday said the teamdidn’t lose focus.“I think we were for the most

part pretty calm,” Maday said.“We’ve been down beforethroughout the season, had somepretty significant comebacks. Ithink our experience in thatdepartment helped with our com-posure, and I think we were stillconfident on the bench that some-body would step up.”At 4:07 of the third period, Irish

freshman Jeff Costello made anice individual play down theright side of the ice, shifted thepuck to his forehand, and firedthe puck over Kuhn’s shoulder toeven the game at 2.“We’ve shown that we can

come back this season two orthree times, and it was just amatter of being patient and nottrying to force the issue,” Irishcoach Jeff Jackson said.With just over six minutes left

in the game, Western Michigan’sMatt Tennyson was sent to thebox for high sticking. With timeticking down on the power play,Maday fired a shot into a crowdin front of the net. The puckdeflected off Lee’s skate and into

the net. The officials reviewed theplay, but ruled that Lee did notkick the puck and the Irish took a3-2 lead with 4:57 left in thegame. Maday said the Irish knewthey had to take advantage oftheir chance on the power play.“I think we went out with the

mentality that we were just goingto shoot pucks and get a goal anyway we could, so that was kind ofmy philosophy there,” he said. “Ilooked up, saw Anders was tiedup with a guy in front, figuredhe’s probably going to win morebattles than not with his bigframe, so luckily it went off hisskate and we got a goal out of it.”Jackson said Lee was effective

at using his body to createchances down low.“One of the biggest things about

being in that position is having nofear,” Jackson said. “You’ve got tobe smart to get good body posi-tion, but you can’t have any fearbecause you’re going to get hitthere.”From there the Irish held off

Western Michigan’s attack toclaim a 3-2 win and move withina game of the CCHA regular sea-son crown.A championship wasn’t in the

cards, though. A slow start forNotre Dame and a stagnantoffense spelled doom for the Irish,leading to a 2-0 loss to WesternMichigan on Saturday, snappingan eight game unbeaten streak.The Irish tried to rally late, but

could not muster any goalsagainst the Broncos. The loss,combined with Michigan’s 5-0win over Northern Michigan,allowed the Wolverines toleapfrog the Irish for the CCHA

crown.Irish freshman goalie Steven

Summerhays, replacing Friday’sstarter sophomore Mike Johnson,kept the Irish in the contest earlywith a flurry of saves on twoWestern Michigan power playsduring the first nine minutes.But the Broncos took the lead

with 10:09 left in the period, afterIan Slater stole the puck behindthe Irish net and slipped it pastSummerhays. Less than two min-utes later, Trevor Elias put theBroncos up 2-0 after winning arace to the puck in the offensivezone and beating Summerhaystop shelf.The Irish’s woes continued as

the period progressed, when jun-ior right wing Billy Maday wasassessed a five-minute majorpenalty and a game misconductfor checking from behind. Theejection forced Irish coach JeffJackson to adjust his lines andNotre Dame was outshot 15-6after the first twenty minutes.“It’s tough to get down 2-0 early

in the game,” Irish senior leftwing Calle Ridderwall said.“When everyone starts feelingyou’re down a little bit, you start[attempting to make plays] thatmaybe aren’t there.”The slow start prompted

Jackson to put in Johnson for thesecond and third periods, in anattempt to spark some life into histeam.“I thought [Summerhays] held

us in there,” Jackson said. “Thescore could have potentially been4-0. The coaches sometimesmake goalie changes to changethe focus of their team. It hadnothing to do with his perform-

ance.”The Irish appeared to score

three minutes into the secondperiod, but the goal was wavedoff after officials ruled freshmancenter Anders Lee batted thepuck into the goal with a highstick. With less than two minutesin the period, the Irish seemed toscore again, but the officialsdenied the goal once more, blow-ing the whistle before the puckcrossed the line.“I don’t have the same view [as

the officials],” Jackson said. “Ican’t see from the overhead per-spective. There were so manyconferences going on the ice, Idon’t think anybody knew.”With 30 seconds left in the

game, a likely Irish goal was pre-vented when a WMU defensemanknocked the net out of position

just before the puck went in. TheIrish were awarded a penaltyshot, but freshman center T.J.Tynan was denied by Jerry Kuhn,effectively ending any chance at acomeback.Though the Irish could not win

the regular season conferencechampionship, Jackson said theteam was still looking forward tothe CCHA Tournament and poten-tially the NCAA Tournament.“I felt bad for our guys tonight,”

Jackson said. “This senior classdeserved to finish [the regularseason] on a positive note, but asI told them, this is a three-leggedrace, and we’re just through thefirst leg and we did pretty well.”

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Freshman center Bryan Rust dekes around a defender in a 2-0 lossto Western Michigan Saturday at the Joyce Center.

SMC TENNIS

Belles drop one match,grab win in Cleveland

Saint Mary’s fell to CaseWestern despite a tough efforton Saturday but bounced backwith a resounding win over JohnCarroll Sunday to end theirweekend in Cleveland with suc-cess.The Belles (1-2) entered their

first match of the weekendknowing that they were in for achallenge against the Spartans(4-2), specifically their doublestandem of Erika Lim and EmilyPham.“[Case Western] was a very

tough team,” Belles coach DaleCampbell said. “They had anationally ranked No. 1 doublesteam and some very skilled play-ers. They played very wellstrategically, too.”The Spartans prevailed 7-2,

sweeping the doubles matchesand claiming the top four singlesspots as well. Despite the largemargin of victory, the Bellesturned in several strong per-formances. Senior Mary ThereseLee stepped up in a tiebreakerlate to win No. 5 singles 6-3, 1-6,10-8, and freshman KathleenKlauer won in straight sets atNo. 6 singles, 6-2, 6-3. “We definitely took some posi-

tives out of our match onSaturday,” Campbell said. “Ourdoubles game improved a lotand we were in a lot of singlesmatches against a quality oppo-nent, so we felt good going for-ward.”Saint Mary’s then turned their

sights to the Blue Streaks.Despite having very little rest,the Belles dominated through-out, and emerged with an 8-1

victory, their first of the season.The team swept all six singlesmatches, and displayed theirimprovement in doubles play,winning two of those threematches as well. Several Bellesturned in solid performances,from the dominance of seniorKate Grabarek, who lost just twogames in a 6-0, 6-2 win, to theclutch play of senior JessicaKosinski who overcame a oneset deficit to win in a tiebreaker,3-6, 6-4, 10-7. Klauer hadanother nice match as well,breaking serve late in the secondset to pull off a dramatic 7-6, 7-5win.“We kept getting better in our

double games. We’re gettingmore aggressive, which is good,and our teamwork is getting alot better as well,” Campbellsaid.With the majority of the season

still to come, Saint Mary’s willhope to build on this newfoundmomentum and find even moresuccess. With their home openeragainst Saint Mary’s (MN) over aweek away, the Belles will usethe next week for some practiceand much needed rest.“We’re looking forward to a bit

of a break,” Campbell said. “Wehave to work on some of thestrategy and nuances of the sin-gles game, and how to adjustthat in the middle of a match.We’ve also had some injuriesthat need some time to heal up.[Senior captain] Franca Pelusowas one of our best players lastyear, and we’re looking forwardto getting her back. We just needto keep improving.”

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give the Irish a 3-1 advantageentering halftime.The Nittany Lions scored

once more in the third quarterbefore the Irish slammed thedoor shut in the fourth. ForNotre Dame, defense was key,as the team forced sixteenturnovers and generally stifledPenn State’s offense.Sophomore goalie John Kemprecorded 8 saves in the game.“I think we knew what they

were going to try to do onoffense,” Irving said. “It wasjust a really great defensiveeffort from everyone on ourteam.”Corrigan appreciates the job

his defense did in denying PennState of scoring opportunities.

“Penn State was very patientoffensively,” he said, “waitingfor what they wanted but theyjust weren’t getting many goodlooks at it, and when they did,John Kemp came up big.”With the win, the Irish

improve their record in themonth of February to 19-3under Corrigan. Having bene-fited from their previous expe-riences with strong starts, theIrish are sure to not let theirguard down only two gamesinto the season.“We really understand from

last year that every game mat-ters,” Irving said. “It’s not justthe games in the [beginning or]end that matter, but the gamesin the middle of the season arejust as important, so everygame is important.”

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MEN’S TENNIS

Irish go 1-2 over weekend

In one of the oldest and mostcompetitive annual tourna-ments in the nation, the Irishwere able to cruise to victoryFriday before dropping theirmatches on Saturday andSunday.No. 26 Notre Dame (8-6) won

the opening match of the Blue-Gray National Tennis Classic inMontgomery, Ala., over PennState, 4-0. The doubles team ofjunior Casey Watt and fresh-man Greg Andrews picked upanother important victory forthe Irish. With an unfinishedmatch Saturday and a victoryover Texas Tech yesterday, theduo continued their unbeatenstreak, which dates back toJan. 23, when the two lost toNo. 1 Virginia’s 3-doublesteam, 8-6.“They’re both really good

players,” Irish associate headcoach Ryan Sachire said. “Onlythe best teams in the countryput out the talent level we are

at that position. They havegood chemistry with eachother.”Watt anchored the singles

lineup as well, picking up a 6-2, 6-2 victory at the No. 1 posi-tion over the Nittany Lions’Eddie Bourchier.“We played well at every

position against Penn State,”Sachire said.On Saturday afternoon, the

Irish dropped a 4-0 decision toNo. 21 Pepperdine. The Wavesswept the top three singlespoints, as Watt earned a raredefeat against sophomoreSebastian Fanselow, the 21st-ranked player in the country.Pepperdine was also able to

win at Notre Dame’s strongestposition – its doubles teams.Although the No. 3 doublesmatch was halted before itscompletion, the Wave won atNo. 1 and No. 2 doubles, 9-8(7-4) and 8-4, respectively.“We need to get the top of the

lineup playing better,” Sachiresaid. “Tennis is a team sport,with seven points on the line in

each match. It’s all aboutworking as a seven-cylinderengine, and we haven’t beenfiring on the same page everymatch.”On the final day of the tour-

nament, the competition didnot get any weaker, as the Irishlost 4-0 to No. 17 Texas Tech.Once again, the top three

Notre Dame singles playerswere swept in straight sets.The reliable Watt-Andrews duopicked up an important win atNo. 3 doubles, 8-6, but it wasnot enough to hold off the RedRaiders.“Casey has taken over a lot

with volleys and his athleti-cism,” Sachire said. “Greg hitsa hard ball, so they set eachother up pretty well.”The Irish have the week off

before hosting Texas A&M andBig Ten schools Northwesternand Illinois in a five-day stretchstarting Friday at the EckTennis Pavilion.

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Junior Casey Watt tosses the ball for a serve during Notre Dame’s 7-0 win over Toledo Feb. 6 in theEck Tennis Center. The Irish went 1-2 in the Blue Gray Classic in Montgomery, Ala., this weekend.

ND drops two of threeto Seattle on the road

BASEBALL

After opening the season bytaking two out of three games inthe Big East/Big Ten Challengelast weekend, Notre Dame took astep backward by dropping twoof three to Seattle over the week-end.Senior pitcher Brian Dupra

blanked the Redhawks in sixshutout innings, as the Irishpicked up a 5-0 win on Friday.Seattle bounced back on Saturdayto sweep the Irish in a double-header by scores of 1-0 and 7-2.Dupra struck out a career-high

11 batters and scattered just fourhits in the series opener, pickingup the win to improve to 1-1 onthe year and give Notre Dame (3-3) its third consecutive win.Although the Irish only musteredsix hits on the day, none weremore important than the back-to-back two out hits from sopho-more catcher Joe Hudson andfreshman first baseman TreyMancini in the eighth inning.Hudson belted a two-run double,while Mancini scorched a two-run home run, his second of theseason.Although the Irish offense pro-

vided clutch support in the open-er, it did not fare as well onSaturday, squandering top pitch-ing performances from seniorright-handers Cole Johnson andTodd Miller. The Irish could onlymuster two runs on seven hitsduring Saturday’s doubleheader,dropping the twinbill despitequality start from Johnson andMiller.Locked in a pitcher’s duel with

Redhawks’ right-hander BrandonKizer, Johnson yielded just onerun and one walk over seven andone-third shutout innings, buttook the loss to move to 1-1 onthe season. Kizer kept NotreDame off balance over eightshutout innings, striking out two

without issuing a single walk inthe 1-0 Irish loss.Notre Dame jumped to a 2-0

lead in the nightcap thanks to RBIsingles from Mancini and senioroutfielder Herman Petzold in thetop of the first inning, but theIrish did not record another basehit for the remaining eightframes. Redhawks’ righty SeafthHowe set down the final 16 bat-ters faced in the game, as Seattle(4-3) retired the final 19 NotreDame batters in order.While the Irish were unable to

salvage the series with a win onSaturday, several freshmen havestepped into important roles forcoach Mik Aoki’s squad. In addi-tion to Mancini’s bat in the heartof the lineup, freshmen hurlersAnthony McIver, Sean Fitzgeraldand Dan Slania earned valuablein-game experience this week-end.Earlier this season, Aoki said

that each would play a significantrole in the success of the Irishpitching staff.“I think [Fitzgerald] and Slaney

and McIver are very much guysthat will factor into it, and pitchreally big and significant inningsfor us,” Aoki said on Feb. 21. “Ithink McIver in particular mightstart some of those midweekgames once we start playingthem.”Although the Irish offense has

not found its midseason form yet,the offense typically lags thepitching early in the season, espe-cially for teams that practice in acold-weather environments andare limited to the batting cages.Nevertheless, Aoki said hebelieved his team is ready forconference play.“If we needed to, could we open

up in the Big East this week orthe week after? Yeah, I think wecould,” Aoki said.

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Notre Dame with one specificgoal in mind.“We wanted to put basketball

on the map here at theUniversity. That’s what it wasall about,” he said. “Then I gothere and realized, it’s going totake some work.”Carr made quick work once

he took the court his sopho-more season — freshmen wereineligible to play varsity sportsat the time by NCAA regula-tions. The Washington, D.C.,native scored 20 or more pointsin 70 of his 74 career games.His performance in the NCAA

tournament highlighted his jun-ior season. In the first round,Carr poured in his record-set-ting tally of 61 to top OhioUniversity, 112-82.“The last shot, to break the

record, it hit the back of therim, went straight up in the air,and came straight back down,”Carr said of his performance,which will undoubtedly be citedin three weeks when this year’sNCAA tournament begins. “Ijust put my hands up and saidthat’s it.”An urging from Irish coach

John Dee to pick up his defen-

sive performance actuallysparked Carr’s offensive out-burst.“The only other thing I

remember, there was a guynamed John Canine — he madehis first six shots,” Carr said.“Coach Dee came to me andsaid, ‘Look, are you going toplay defense tonight or just sitthere and watch him burn youup?’ … The rest is history fromthat point on.”Three of the top-five all-time

scoring performances in NCAAtournament history belong toCarr, as he averaged 52.7points per game in the 1970tournament.Despite his tournament suc-

cess, Carr said he always pre-ferred to play on Notre Dame’shome floor.“Some of those games, you

almost felt like another powerwas here,” he said. “When I seeplayers from other schools whoplayed here, they say theyalways felt there was an extrasomething in this building thatthey just couldn’t beat … Everytime I took the floor, it wasunbelievable.”That “extra something”

helped the Irish top No. 1 UCLAin January 1971, Carr’s senioryear. Carr poured in 46 ofNotre Dame’s 89 points thatday.

“TheUCLA game … was just off thecharts,” he said. “The studentbody was unbelievable.”Carr’s numbers remain the

benchmark for Irish players,something senior forwardCarleton Scott is aware of —especially since the number onhis back, 34 — is now in therafters beneath Carr’s name.“It’s an honor to wear his

number … He’s a great playerto have come through here andhe’s a great guy,” Scott saidafter Notre Dame’s victorySaturday. “Hopefully I canchannel some of his AustinCarr.”Carr said the fact that he now

inspires athletes like Scottmakes him most proud.“I’m sort of at a loss for

words because all I did wasplay basketball,” he said. “Tome, it’s just hard for me to havethe opportunity to have otheryoung men who come to thisschool look at me in that light. Iguess that’s what I’m trying tosay — this will be an honor thatI will always cherish, and I willl ive up to it until my dyingdays.“I guess we did put basketball

on the map.”

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ND WOMEN’S TENNIS

ND sweeps Blue-Gray Classic

The No. 19 Irish dominatedth is weekend at the Blue-Gray Classic, earning threebig wins against some of thetop teams in the country. The strong showing in both

doubles and s ing les p laysecured 4-0 wins over bothVirginia and Utah to go alongwith a 4-1 defeat over No. 23Oklahoma. The No. 2 doubles team of

sophomore Chr iss ieMcGaf f igan and seniorKristen Rafael secured theirfirst two wins of the season,defeat ing Oklahoma’sWhitney Ritchie and MariaKalashnikova and Utah’sEvgenia Kryuchkova and LexiProvancha. The doubles team of juniors

Kristy Frilling and ShannonMatthews extended their win-ning streak to four with theirdefeat o f Oklahoma’s topranked duo, Ana-MariaConstant inescu and Al iceRadu. “Our doubles was key this

weekend as we won all threedoubles points,” Frilling said.“Hopefully we can keep upthis momentum for the rest ofthe season.” In singles action, Frilling

managed to secure the win-ning point against both Utah

and Oklahoma, wi th herdefeat of Utah’s AnastasiaPut i l ina and Oklahoma’sConstantinescu. She is now10-0 on the season.Matthews, ranked 43rd,

won a tough match againstUtah’s Kryuchkova, defeatedher in three sets. McGaffigan was able to beat

Oklahoma’s MariaKalashinokova, successfullyending her five match losingstreak. Freshman Jennifer Kellner

secured her s ixth straights ing les win againstOklahoma, and also earned a

pair o f doubles wins wi thpartner Julie Sabacinski.Frilling was proud of her

team throughout the tourna-ment. “We all played really well

this weekend,” Frilling said.“We p layed three toughmatches and were happy tocome out with a win. It wasgood for us to get somematches outdoors and playtalented teams.”The Irish will hit the courts

again Friday against Indiana.

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Senior Kristen Rafael returns a backhand during a match againstWisconsin Feb. 13 in the Eck Tennis Center.

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ND SOFTBALL

Undefeated Irishsweep in Carolina

Unfamiliar opponents wereno match for the experi-enced Irish (9-0) as the teamreturned from SouthCarolina still undefeated andin possession of the NotreDame softball record for beststart to a season. No. 35 Notre Dame cruised

to a pair of shutouts on thefirst day of the non-confer-ence Cougar Classic, takingdown host Col lege ofCharleston 2-0 and IowaState 1-0. In the first gamesenior pitcher Jody Valdiviastruck out 11 batters, whilefreshman pitcher LauraWinter contributed eight ofher own against Iowa. Against Charleston, scoring

came from sophomore AmyBuntin — who was drivenhome on a Winter sacrifice— and junior AlexaMaldonado, who scored off asingle from senior captainHeather Johnson. Later inthe day, Buntin stepped upagain to bring home seniorKatie Fleury in the fourth.Though the first day left

the Irish win streak intact,the team was anything butcomplacent and looked toimprove offensively to finishout the weekend.“We didn’t score as much

in the first two games as wecould have so I know wewanted to try to get on theupswing,” senior catcherAlexia Clay said. “In the firsttwo games we didn’t reallygo upward but for the week-end overall we’re definitelygoing in a posit ive direc-tion.”That positive momentum

got going on Sunday as theIrish kicked off their firstcontest against Marist with aMaldonado double thatresulted in a run of f aJohnson single. The Irishproduced seven runs onseven hits in the secondinning, an impressive team

effort that put the game outof reach for the Red Foxes.With 13 hits on the day anda two-run fifth inning thatenacted the mercy rule,Notre Dame emerged with adominant 10-1 victory.Rushed play in the final

game of the weekend againstLiberty College resulted inseven Ir ish errors and acloser margin of victory forthe team at 6-4.“Certain people just got

ahead of themselves so thatwas what happened,” Claysaid. “There were a coupleof key plays when we weremoving too quickly but wejust needed to pace our-selves.”Last week’s Big East Player

of the Week, Maldonado wasonce again a major compo-nent for the Irish this week-end, standing out mostprominently in the Libertygame when she led all play-ers with two runs and threestolen bases. The junior hasbeen vi tal to the team’soffensive success thus far.“Personally I’ve been able

to stay out of my head,”Maldonado said. “I haven’tbeen thinking too muchwhich is always better for anathlete. I ’ve been feel ingconfident.”It was the final close win

that gave the team therecord for best season start,a record that was previouslyset during the 2001 season.With some tough matchupsahead next weekend, head-lined by a showdown withtop-ranked Alabama, theIrish are staying positive.“We’ve been working a lot

on team unity and I feel likeit’s paying off on the field,”Maldonado said. “We need tostay consistent. And we justneed to go out and playNotre Dame softball becauseif we do that we can stay inany game against any team.”

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second half.”Down as much as 11 with 2:55

left in the first half, the Irishscored the last six points of theperiod, including a buzzer-beatingthree-pointer by Abromaitis to cutthe Pirates’ lead to three goinginto the break.“I think everybody was so ready

to play, that sometimes you get tooup for a game,” Hansbrough said.“You go out there, and peoplearen’t moving and people aren’tflowing because you’re so ready toplay that you kind of lose yourfocus a little bit.”After Seton Hall senior forward

Jeff Robinson made a layup, wasfouled and made his free throw onthe first possession of the secondhalf, the Irish went on a 13-0 fromwhich they never looked back.“I think we had our worst first

half of the year, but I think thathappens,” Hansbrough said. “It’snot about how you start but howyou finish sometimes and wecame out in the second half reallyfocused, and it showed.“I think [the problem] was our

offensive flow, because when wedid start flowing, we started to getlayups at the bucket, three-point-ers, rebounds, and I thought wejust found a way to win tonight.”Robinson and fellow senior

Jeremy Hazell led the Pirates inscoring with 16 points and 14points, respectively. Seton Hallshot just 30 percent from the floorand 26 percent in the second half.“The second half I thought we

were better defensively and moreefficient offensively,” Brey said. “Inthe first half, I didn’t think we didenough tough stuff defensively,and maybe that’s because we did-n’t make some shots and hung ourhead a little. We were very fortu-nate to only be down three at half.We kind of found our identity inthe last 20 minutes, and that’s agreat win for us, because humannature is human nature throughthe course of five months, so I’mproud of us that we maybelearned a lesson a little inexpen-sively.”The win over Seton Hall makes

Notre Dame a perfect 16-0 at thePurcell Pavilion this season withone home game left, tonight’s con-test against No. 14 Villanova.Despite the possibility of finishingthe season undefeated at home,Hansbrough said he does notwant to think about it.“It would mean a lot to us, but

hey, we haven’t done it yet, so wecan’t even talk about it yet,” hesaid.The Irish and Wildcats will tip-

off tonight at 7 p.m. The game willbe broadcast on ESPN.

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ND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

The No. 8 Ir ish enteredSaturday’s game againstCincinnat i with nervousexcitement and a bit of emo-tion, but an explosive 21-0run to start the second halfgave Notre Dame a 66-48win on Senior Day, in for-ward Becca Bruszewski ’sf inal game at Purcel lPavilion. “We were a l i t t le g iddy,

almost, before the game,”Irish coach Muffet McGrawsaid. “Senior Day for Becca,everybody had a little bit ofemotion and they wanted todo well for her. But I thinkwe didn’t have the same typeof focus that we normallydo.”However, Bruszewski still

said the game, overall, was“great.”“It was def initely some-

thing I always dreaded as anunderclassmen to see theseniors go,” she said. Bruszewski’s classmates

Devereaux Peters andBri t tany Mal lory are alsosenior starters for the Irish(24-5, 13-2 Big East) , butboth have another year ofeligibility. Bruszewski made sure to

make the day special with 12points . Peters chipped inwith 12 points and 10rebounds while junior guardNatal ie Novosel had 11points.“I thought [Peters] came

out and had a really goodgame,” McGraw said. “Sheplayed well and I think shecarried us through the game,

you know, in the first halfwith her defense and herrebounding and her scoring.”Sophomore guard Skylar

Diggins also finished with 12points after giving up herstarting position to walk-onsenior forward Mary Forr.When McGraw announcedthat Forr would start, shedidn’t know whose spot shewould take. Both Peters andMallory were quick to offertheir spots, but Diggins hadanother idea. “Everybody was willing to

give up their spot for her.Then Skylar came up to meafter practice and said ‘Youhave to start the seniors.[Peters] is a senior and sheneeds to start and I’ll comeoff of the bench.’ That kindof was the attitude with thewhole team, and I thoughtwas great. It was great forMary. It was Becca’s day, butI thought i t was great forMary to be out there. I thinkshe got a thr i l l being astarter.”Forr f in ished with two

points and two rebounds in15 minutes of action. Bruszewski d idn’t mind

sharing her day with Forr,but McGraw couldn’t helpbut s ingle out whatBruszewski has brought tothe Irish team. “I think her contribution

over four years has been out-standing. But her contribu-tion this year from a leader-ship perspect ive has sur-passed everyone’s expecta-tions. I think she has takenthis team and really set thetone the ent ire year,”McGraw said. “She is the

most amazing competitor Ithink I have ever coached.She will never ever quit. Shejust doesn’t have that wordin her vocabulary and theteam feeds off of that.”The Ir ish fed of f o f

Bruszewski ’s energySaturday, with six playerscoming off the bench for 11points and 10 rebounds.Sophomore guard Kai laTurner had nine of those 11points with three 3-pointersin the second half. Notre Dame entered the

half up only eight points, 28-20, but started the secondhalf with a 21-0 run thatgave the Irish the boost theyneeded. “We wanted to get back to

our defense and intensity,”McGraw said about thechanges after the break. “Iwas disappointed, and Ithink they were, too. So wejust talked about what weneeded to do, and they wentout and did it.”The Irish will have to do it

again tonight when theytravel to Chicago to face No.7 DePaul to c lose the BigEast regular season anddetermine which team willbe the No. 2 seed in the BigEast tournament. The BlueDemons (25-5, 12-3) arecoming off of a 60-53 loss toNo. 24 Marquette onSaturday night and have fall-en to Notre Dame the lastfour t imes the two teamshave met. The Irish will face the Blue

Demons tonight at 9 p.m.

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ND rides strong secondhalf to win over Dukes

After a sluggish first half onSunday, the Irish found theiroffense in the second frame andrallied past a determinedDuquesne squad. Trailing 7-4 at halftime, No.

10/11 Notre Dame finishedstrong for the 12-10 victory insnowy Pittsburgh. Originallyscheduled for Saturday, thegame was pushed back due toinclement weather. The delayseemed to affect the Irish early,as they struggled to find the netagainst a Dukes team that wascontent to keep the game at aslow pace.“They were outplaying us and

we just weren’t smooth offen-sively in the first half,” Irishcoach Tracy Coyne said. “Thegreat teams find a way to win,though. In general we weren’ton our ‘A’ game, but we guttedit out.”With the excitement of play-

ing at home against a nationallyranked foe, Duquesne pos-sessed an energy that the Irishdidn’t seem to match until thesecond half. However, somehalftime adjustments from thecoaches allowed the game toplayed more on Notre Dame’sterms.“Their goalie was just holding

the ball, so we had to makesome changes,” Coyne said.“We adjusted our transitiondefense in the second half toforce them to do some things.”The Dukes used a style of play

designed to limit the transitionattack of Notre Dame. Coynewas quick to praise the effortsof her counterpart MichaelScerbo as his game planworked well for the first half. “It was a real slow-down

game,” she said. “They weren’ttrying to beat us in transition.They were well coached. They

are very organized, with a goodsystem and a staff that’s beenthere a while.”The Dukes took an 8-5 lead

early in the second half, but theIrish responded with fourstraight goals. Notre Dame tooka 9-8 lead on a goal from seniormidfielder Shaylyn Blaney withjust over 21 minutes to play.Blaney finished the game withthree goals. The Dukes tied thegame at 9 with 13:38 to play,but senior midfielder KaitlinKeena gave the Irish a lead theywouldn’t relinquish three min-utes later off an assist fromBlaney. Although the Irish eventually

prevailed, Coyne said the Irishwould likely see this slow-downtactic more often this season.Coyne says that her squad’sathleticism causes opponents toprepare for the Irish using amore deliberate approach toattacking.“Tactically, people are trying

to take us out of our game,” shesaid. “They know they can’tnecessarily beat us with athleti-cism, so they slow the gamedown.”In addition to the planning

and execution of Duquesne, theweek of practice leading up toSunday’s game may have pre-vented the Irish from startingquickly out of the gates. Coynesaid the absence of many play-ers from full practice preventedthe team from running theirusual rotations.“We kind of took it easy in

practice this week,” Coyne said.“We had a lot of people notpracticing so there were someodd number combinations.”Notre Dame has the week off

before hosting Ohio StateMarch 10 at Arlotta Stadium,weather permitting.

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Top: Senior Tim Abromaitis shoots a free throw during Notre Dame’s 60-48 win over Seton HallSaturday. Bottom left: Austin Carr, right, receives an award from Director of Athletics JackSwarbrick. Bottom right: Carr’s No. 34 hangs in the rafters.

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On a night honoring NotreDame’s all-time leading scorer,the Irish struggled to put theball in the hoop. But 43 com-bined points from seniors BenHansbrough and TimAbromaitis pushed them to a60-48 win over Seton HallSaturday at the PurcellPavilion.“We had Austin [Carr] in the

locker room, and I told himthat I don’t think I’ve ever hadmore pressure for one game,”Irish coach Mike Brey said.“When we bring him back toput him up there, I really feltthat I better win this game or Iwon’t hear the end of it for therest of my career. So we founda way to get out of there witha win.”The Irish shot only 40 per-

cent from the floor and 64percent from the free-throwline against the Pirates, scor-ing 15 fewer points than their75 points per game average.“We never really got into a

flow offensively,” Hansbroughsaid. “As bad as we weredefensively, they didn’t reallyscore on us a lot. But we neverreally got into a solid flowexcept for some spurts in the

The numbers and accoladesspeak for themselves: 34.6points per game in his career,1971 National Player of theYear, an NCAA tournament-record 61 points in a game,another NCAA tournament-record 41.3 points per game inseven tournament games, thefirst overall pick in the 1971NBA Draft.The number on Irish legend

Austin Carr’s jersey entered thePurcell Pavilion Ring of HonorSaturday, and the lower con-course of the Pavilion waschristened the Austin CarrConcourse.“When we decided as a part

of the renovation of PurcellPavilion to institute a ring ofhonor, Austin Carr was the log-ical first choice, the personwhose name immediately cameto mind,” Notre Dame directorof athletics Jack Swarbrick saidSaturday afternoon. “It isimportant to us that [all Irishbasketball players] know thatthe players’ concourse at NotreDame is named after the great-est player to ever play here —Austin Carr.”Carr, the most prolific scorer inIrish history, said he came to

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Despite a number of missedoffensive opportunities, theIrish turned in an impressivedefensive performance their6-2 win over Penn State,extending their winningstreak over the Nittany Lionsto nine.No. 4 Notre Dame (2-0) out-

lasted a Penn State (1-1) teamthat was powered by anexceptional performancefrom freshman goalie AustinKaut, who recorded 15 saveson the day.“Their goalie played really

well,” senior captain AndrewIrving said.To compound the difficulties

which Kaut’s performancepresented, the Irish struggledfor most of the game to con-trol their shots and to put theball on net. “[Kaut] made some very

nice saves,” Irish head coachKevin Corrigan said. “We didnot do a good job of puttingaway a lot of opportunitieswe created, and the combina-tion was enough to keep us ina tough spot for the better

part of the day.”While they undoubtedly

hurt themselves with a num-ber of errant shots, the Irishmore than made up for itwith pure quantity of shots,out-shooting the NittanyLions 41-19. This persistencepaid off eventually, as theIrish netted three goals in thefinal quarter while holdingPenn State scoreless to securethe win. “Going into the fourth quar-

ter we said … we’re doingeverything but putting theball into the back of the net,”Corrigan said. “Luckily wewere able to make some ofthose plays in the fourthquarter.”In the first half, Notre Dame

jumped on the board firstwith junior attack NicholasBeattie’s early goal beforePenn State tied it up with agoal from their extra manunit following a Notre Damepenalty. Senior captain ZachBrenneman put the Irish backon top with his goal as thefirst quarter winded down,and sophomore Ryan Foleyadded a goal of his own to

After a gutty 3-2 win atWestern Michigan Friday, theIrish were just one win awayfrom a CCHA regular season title,an unexpected result for a seasonthat began with so many questionmarks. It wasn’t to be, though, asNotre Dame fell 2-0 to theBroncos at home Saturday onSenior Night.With Michigan’s sweep of

Northern Michigan over theweekend, the Wolverines passedthe Irish to claim the conferenceregular season title by just twopoints.The Irish erased a 2-1 third-

period deficit Friday to pick uptheir first win at Lawson IceArena since 2007. FreshmanAnders Lee scored two goals,including the game-winner andsophomore goalie Mike Johnsonstopped 16 of 18 Bronco shots topick up his 16th win of the sea-son.Notre Dame got on the board

quickly against the Broncos,jumping out to a 1-0 lead just1:31 into the game. Juniordefenseman Sean Lorenz rippeda shot from the high slot and Leebattled down low to deflect thepuck past Western Michigan

goalie Jerry Kuhn.Western Michigan’s Max

Campbell tied it up at 10:09 of thefirst. After winning the puck in atie up with Irish senior defense-man Joe Lavin at the Notre Dame

blueline, Campbell generated a 3-on-1 break and fired a wrist shotpast Johnson.Campbell scored again to put

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Sophomore left wing Nick Larson fires a slapshot in a 2-0home loss to Western Michigan Saturday.

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Austin Carr inductedinto Ring of Honor

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