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Students spend summer servingStudents travel across the globe to serve in internships and non-profit work

Notre Dame students broke outof South Bend this summer towork at internships and serviceprojects around the globe, rang-ing from semi-rural African town-ships to urban New York City.

Junior Sean Hendricks traveledto South Africa through theKellogg Institute to work at theOpen Arms Home for Childrenorphanage for nine weeks.

Hendricks started an internshipprogram for the older residents atthe orphanage, which is home to40 children, allowing them toexplore careers with local busi-nesses.

“They could see the various jobsthey could have one day, whetherin a dairy farm, factory or mar-ket,” he said. “They had no par-ents to teach them about theindustries that exist there andhow to enter them.”

Hendricks said seeing the vastsocio-economic differencesbetween the townships of nativeXhosa people and the largeBritish homesteads, held by 10percent of the country, was diffi-cult.

“You see very wealthy Westernelements and then tribal Africanpeople,” he said. “South Africa isvery unique in that disparity.”

Like Hendricks, junior ConnorWathen spent the majority of hissummer in Africa. Wathen, aSorin College resident, said eachsummer the dorm sends one stu-dent to stay with Holy Crosspriests in Uganda through NotreDame’s International SummerService Learning Program(ISSLP).

During his eight weeks inUganda, Wathen taught math, sci-ence and physical education at St.Jude’s Primary School. He alsoworked at St. Benedict’s Center, aPhoto Courtesy of Sean Hendricks

The orphaned children played soccer with Hendricks during theday when they had free time.

SMC selected as ‘Best in the Midwest’

The Princeton Review onceagain named Saint Mary’sCollege among the “Best inthe Midwest,” a list of topcol leges in the area pub-lished over the summer.

“To be recognized for whatwe do best — educatingwomen, in a rigorous aca-demic environment, to makea difference in the world —is meaningful to theCollege,” Mona Bowe, vice

president for enrol lmentmanagement, said.

The recognit ion is anhonor the College has beenawarded every year sincethe list’s inception nine yearsago.

Saint Mary’s was one of153 schools on the “Best inthe Midwest” list, which waspublished in August. TheMidwest region represents12 states, and the PrincetonReview also l is ts schoolsfrom the Northeast, West

Study abroad students depart-ing for London tomorrow willneed to be conscious of safety ina way that past students ofNotre Dame’s 29-year-old pro-gram have not.

Weeks before Notre Dame stu-dents were scheduled to leavefor their semesters abroad, vio-lent riots spread through partsof London and Birmingham,raising questions about stu-dents’ safety traveling both toand within the city.

The rioting did not affect theWaterloo or Trafalgar Squareareas, where the Notre Damestudent residence and class-room building are located, butstaffs of the London Programand Office of InternationalStudies (OIS) are still taking the

Ex-coachchargedwith felony

The St . Joseph CountyProsecutor’s office filed felonycharges Aug. 16 against for-mer Irish assistant footballcoach Corwin Brown after aseven-hour standoff at hisGranger home earlier thatweek.

Brown was charged withdomestic violence, a Class Dfelony, and two counts of con-finement, according to courtdocuments. The two confine-ment charges are Class C andClass B felonies.

St . Joseph County Pol iceresponded to a cal l fromMelissa Brown, CorwinBrown’s wife, about domesticviolence at the home Aug. 12.Law enforcement arrived atthe home in early afternoonand remained outside the res-idence for nearly seven hours,

see SUMMER/page 6

By NICOLE TOCZAUERNews Writer

By ANNA BOARININews Writer

By MEGAN DOYLENews Editor

see VIOLENCE/page 8

see LONDON/page 6

By SARA FELSENSTEINAssociate News Editor

see BEST/page 6

Photo Courtesy of Sean Hendricks

Junior Sean Hendricks worked with orphans in South Africa and instituted an internship program for older children. During his eight week stay he combined service and travel with his strong love for business.

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QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT WAS YOUR SUMMER ANTHEM?

IN BRIEFToday from 12:30 to 2 p.m.,

new graduate students cancome to the Hesburgh Libraryin room 222 for an orientationto learn about library servicesand collections, and meet withyour subject library. Lightrefreshments will be served.

From 4 to 5 p.m., join PatrickMurphy, the managing directorof cSEND for the PhysicsColloquium: “Research andEducation Oportunities withthe Center for SustainableEnergy at Notre Dame. Theevent will be held at 118Niewland Science Hall.

Campus Ministry is hostingan open house tonight from 6to 8 p.m. Come and meet thestaff and get free food, raffleprizes and giveaways at theColeman-Morse Center

Tonight from 7:30 to 9:30p.m., the Notre DameShakespeare Festival andMainstage Production present“The Merchant of Venice” atthe DeBartolo Performing ArtsCenter. Tickets will costbetween $12 and $20.

Come join your fellow NotreDame, Saint Mary’s and HolyCross College students at theBackyard BBQ, from 9 p.m. tillmidnight. Enjoy free grilledfood as well as cornhole withyour friends. Festivities will beheld on North Quad and arecompletely free.

“Try It You’ll Like It” FREEFitness Classes continues thisweek in the Rolfs SportsRecreation Center. During thisweek, you can test out anyclass for free. If you enjoy it,registration begins Aug. 25 at7:30 a.m.

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OFFBEATWoman, 90, beats backburglars with caneBERLIN — A feisty 90-year-old German woman chasedaway three would-be bur-glars from her rural farm-house with her cane, policesaid Monday.The retired farmer was

moving around her housewith the help of a walkingframe and spotted theintruders — two men andone woman.She grabbed her cane and

started beating the burglarswith it. The trio fled thehouse in a town outsideMuenster.“It was quite courageous ofher,” a police spokeswomansaid. “But on the other handit was also quite dangerous.She was quite fortunate thatnothing serious happened.”

Reindeer herder finds babymammoth in Russia ArcticMOSCOW — A reindeer

herder in Russia’s Arctic hasstumbled on the pre-historicremains of a baby woollymammoth poking out of thepermafrost, local officials saidon Friday.The herder said the carcass

was as perfectly preserved asthe 40,000-year-old mam-moth calf Lyuba discovered inthe same remote region fouryears ago, authorities said,adding that an expedition hadset off hoping to confirm the“sensational” find.“If it is true what is said abouthow it is preserved, this willbe another sensation of globalsignificance,” expeditionleader Natalia Fyodorova saidin a statement on the ArcticYamalo-Nenetsk region’s offi-

cial website.Scientists planned to fly the

mammoth’s remains to theregional capital Salekhard,where it would be stored in acooler to prevent the remainsfrom decomposing.Giant woolly mammoths havebeen extinct since the Earth’slast Ice Age 1.8 million toaround 11,500 years ago.Scientists worldwide were

stunned by the discovery ofLyuba, named after the wife ofthe hunter who discoveredher.Arctic ice kept the extinct

specimen so immaculatelypreserved that although hershaggy coat was gone, herskin and internal organs wereintact.

Information compiled fromthe Associated Press.

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Engineering students travel to build bridges

Photo courtesy of Brittani Russell

The bridge built by seven Notre Dame students connects twoNicaraguan commuities.

A team of seven engineeringstudents traveled to Nicaraguathis summer to build a bridgeconnecting two communities —all in an effort to provide help tolocals and take advantage ofservice projects for engineers atthe University.

“There’s not that many oppor-tunities at Notre Dame to linkservice with engineering, sur-prisingly,” team member andfirst-year graduate studentBrittani Russell said. “This is oneof the only ones.”

The project, which just fin-ished its third year, teams upwith the non-profit organizationBridges to Prosperity to allowcivil engineering students totravel to a third-world countryand build a bridge for an areathat needs it. The group has pre-viously built structures inHonduras and Guatemala.

Russell and the six others par-ticipated in a year-long courseduring which they designed thebridge and fundraised $30,000for the materials and other costs.

The course required two tripsto Nicaragua, one during fallbreak in which the team sur-veyed the site and one after thesemester ended in May to buildthe bridge.

During the first trip, the groupwas not only able to begin plan-ning how they were going tobuild the bridge, but they alsomet with local hardware storesto discuss buying supplies.

“It also gave us a little indica-

tion of how hot it was going tobe,” Russell said. “I never reallyhad an appreciation or under-standing of how much you cansweat.”

The bridge, located in themunicipality of Villa el Carmenbetween the villages of SanDiego and San Bartolo, stretched125 meters across and was 60feet off the ground.

Community members workedalongside the students duringconstruction, Russell said.

“If we come in and build some-thing for them it’s not going tomean the same thing, they’regoing to take it for granted,” shesaid. “Whereas if they help usit’s their bridge, they’ll takemore responsibility and thebridge will last longer.”

However, the local people andcustoms also posed a challengefor the group. Russell said theway construction projects run inHonduras differs greatly fromthose in the U.S.

“One of the representatives [ofBridges to Prosperity] hadordered wood for us, but didn’tget a receipt or contract. He justgave them $1,000 of our money,”she said. “We were tracking thatwood down for two or threeweeks.”

While adjusting to the culturewasn’t difficult for nativeGuatemalan and team memberQuiche Descamps, actuallybuilding the bridge was a chal-lenge.

“Raising the cables took a lotof manpower, and digging underthe midday sun left everyoneexhausted,” Descamps, a senior,said.

Descamps participated in theproject in his home country ofGuatemala in the summer of2010 as well.

“Building the first bridge reallyopened my eyes to the potentialwe as students have t o help,using what we learn in school, soI chose to stick with the projectfor another year,” he said.

Russell agreed the project pro-vides a truly rewarding experi-ence in which the team can seetheir work through, from designto completion and the impact itwill have on the people livingtheir everyday.

“It’s amazing to see how yourwork can benefit other commu-nities,” she said. “I’ve been todeveloping countries before andyou can really see how civilinfrastructure can help.”

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The team included, listed clockwise, Garret Quick, Tony Ayala, Mitch Kochanski, Jon Barry,Quiche Descamps, Megan Smith and Brittani Russell.

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Workers focus on new building construction

When most students move outfor the summer, workers withscaffolding and constructiontools move in to complete reno-vations and repairs across cam-pus.

“Each summer brings a multi-tude of facility modification proj-ects requested by various unitsacross campus,” UniversityArchitect Doug Marsh said.“These, along with traditionally-scheduled repair and mainte-nance projects, comprise most ofthe summer’s work.”

One of the larger projectstackled this summer was refur-bishing the Hesburgh Library’s

Word of Life mosaic, known pop-ularly as “Touchdown Jesus.”

Doug Schlagel, the director ofConstruction and QualityAssurance, saidall of the jointsthat holdtogether thestones makingup the mosaicwere removedand replaced,and the entiretower receivedlight pressurewashing.

“TouchdownJesus” will notneed mainte-nance foranother 15-20 years after thisproject is completed, he said.

The last time the mural wasrefurbished was in the summerof 1994. Current maintenance isexpected to be finished some-

time inSeptember.

Building theCompton FamilyIce Arena was aproject thatstarted last year,continued overthe summer andis on schedulefor completion inOctober. Thearena willbecome the newhome for thehockey team.

“We wanted two things: along-term solution for the needs

of the hockey players and aplace that was accessible andwell utilized by both the campus,local and regional community,”Senior Associate AthleticDirector TomNevala said.

One of themajor differ-ences betweenthis new arenaand the previ-ously usedarena in theJoyce Athleticand ConvocationCenter is twodifferent icerinks. One rinkis even Olympicsize, Marsh said.

“There will bea weight roomin the arena foruse by any var-sity athleticteam, as well ascardio equipment and morehockey specific training,” Nevalasaid.

The Compton Family IceArena will also hold 5,000 seats.

“There will also be morestanding room capability to meet

the demands of the community,”Nevala said. “Student seatingcapacity has also risen from 600to 1,100 seats.”

As students return to campus,they will see anew projectbreaking ground.South of theMendoza Collegeof Business, con-struction of theStayer Center forE x e c u t i v eEducation beganlast month.

According to a2008 Universitypress release,the building’sconstruction isfunded by a $20million gift byRalph Stayer, a1965 Universitygraduate andCEO of

Johnsonville Sausage. Marsh said the construction is

on target for completion in thespring of 2013.

By ANNA BOARININews Writer

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Workers kept busy this summer with campus constructionprojects, including the Compton Family Ice Arena.

Saint Mary’s College welcomes new Board of Trustees

Five new members of theSaint Mary’s Board ofTrustees will join the groupthis year after President CarolAnn Mooney appointed themin the spring.

Student trustee CatherineCleary, a senior, will begin herone-year term as a full votingmember of the Board. Clearysaid she will act as a voice forthe student body.

“I serve on the Board ofTrustees to articulate studentissues and concerns with aclear and open mind,” Clearysaid.

Cleary, who is majoring inwomen’s studies, also servesas an office assistant for the

Belles Against Violence Office(BAVO) and a resident advisor.According to a press release,Cleary s i ts on the StudentA d v i s o r yCouncil for theA m e r i c a nAssociation ofU n i v e r s i t yWomen andwil l p lan the2011 NationalConference forCollege WomenS t u d e n tLeaders.

“I am lookingforward to thechallenges thatserving on theBoard this year will bring andI am honored to be workingwith a group of individualswho are invested in a future

for Saint Mary’s Col lege,”Cleary said. “I believe philoso-pher William James describedthe role of the Board of

Trustees bestwhen he said,‘The best use oflife is to invest itin somethingthat will outliveus.’”

Cleary said astrustees, theyare dedicated toaddressing theissues of the sixCollege divisions— studentaffairs, academ-ic af fairs ,

finance and administration,mission, college relations andenrollment management.

The other new members of

the Board are all Saint Mary’sor Notre Dame graduates.Wil l iam Cushwa, GretchenFl icker, Patr ic ia WiednerPurcell and David Taiclet willalso join the Board this year.

Cushwa, a 1959 graduate ofNotre Dame, was vice presi-dent of planning and assistanttreasurer for CommercialIntertech Corporation until hisret irement in 1996, therelease stated. Since then,Cushwa has been involved inthe South Bend community,working with the South BendSymphony Orchestra and NDDowntown.

Fl icker graduated fromSaint Mary’s with a degree inmathematics and businessadministrat ion in 1993.Currently, she serves as vicepresident of Inst i tut ional

Services for Dimensional FundAdvisors in Santa Monica,Calif.

Purcell, a 1969 Saint Mary’salumna, received her degreein special educat ion. Sheserved on the MadelevaSociety Steering Committeeand as a MadelevaRepresentative of the ReunionGift Campaign.

Taiclet earned a bachelor’sdegree in finance from theUniversity of Notre Dame in1985. He currently serves asthe president of the GourmetFood Group of 1-800-Flowers.com, Inc.

The College also re-electedfive members of the Board tothree-year terms.

By CAITLIN HOUSLEYSaint Mary’s Editor

Contact Caitlin Housley [email protected]

“I serve on the Boardof Trustees to

articulate studentissues and concernswith a clear and open

mind.”

Catherine Clearystudent trustee

senior

“We wanted twothings: a long-term

solution for the needsof hockey players and

a place that wasaccessible and wellutilized by both thecampus, local and

regional community.”

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“Each summer bringsa multitude of facilitymodification projectsrequested by variousunits across campus.”

Tom Nevalasenior associate athletic

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Prime Minister David Cameron talks to Acting Borough Police Commander Superintendent JoOakley in Croydon, South London after the London riots, which took place in early August.

nearby clinic. “We woke up at 6:30 a.m., had

toast for breakfast, would walk 20minutes to school and beginteaching at 8:30 a.m.,” he said.“We’d walk home for lunch andthen take a bus to work at theclinic until it closed.”

The area Wathen stayed in,while semi-urban, was still rural.

“People grow their own food,and our dinners — chicken andgoats — were running around theyard,” he said. “It was reallygreen since we were at the sourceof the Nile and the corner of LakeVictoria.”

Adjusting to the region was eas-ier because of the hospitality of itspeople, Wathen said. The native’sattitude taught him the most dur-ing his stay.

“You don’t need a lot of thingsto be happy. They were apprecia-tive for what they had and wereextremely happy we were there,”Wathen said. “It put a lot of thingsinto perspective.”

Senior David Ulery traveled toKolkata, India, as part of aneight-week ISSLP. Ulery volun-teered with the Missionaries ofCharity religious order, foundedby Mother Teresa.

He taught orphans like a 10-year-old boy named Binoy, whowas able to recognize Englishwords and read sentences by theend of Ulery’s time there.

“We would teach for maybe twohours a day. The other four orfive hours we’d interact with theother boys who had differentmental and physical abilities,”Ulery said. “We would playgames, do physical therapy ordance. We had some fun danceparties.”

While the progress made withBinoy was rewarding, Ulerystruggled with the poverty he sawon the streets.

“Poverty is very real — suffer-ing, starvation and death hap-

pens. They need help becausepeople leave them alone in theworld,” he said. “In India, a lot ofthem are abandoned.”

Junior Ellen Carroll dealt with adifferent form of suffering duringher internship at the YonkersBranch of the Westchester CountyDistrict Attorney’s Office in NewYork City. The most challengingpart of the job, rather than theactual work, was handling thesubject matter of domestic vio-lence and abuse, she said.

“I hadn’t realized many of thevictims were repeat cases. Awoman would be with a man 10years, press him for charges andtake it back,” she said. “The casewould be dropped and wouldoften just happen again.”

However, successfully endingvictims’ abuse under the lawmade this work worthwhile, shesaid. Carroll said her observa-tions, both good and bad, havehelped direct her future plans.

“I learned I wasn’t qualified yetto save all of these victims ofcrime, but I felt like I got a betteridea of what I want to do,” shesaid. “I might want to work for ajudge next summer, so slightlymore fast-paced, or intern withthe FBI or CIA.”

All agreed their experienceshave helped them decide whatpaths they might pursue in thefuture.

For Hendricks, this might meanreturning to South Africa to expe-rience more of the Xhosa culture.Wathen and Ulery said they foundpassion in providing medical aidto countries with a severe short-age of doctors.

Ulery said attitude and open-mindedness are paramount toeffectively serving, as well asgaining the most out of the expe-rience.

“You have to be excited aboutwhat you’re doing and fill yourservice with enthusiasm. Theenergy you put in equals whatyou get back from it,” he said.

Contact Nicole Toczauer [email protected]

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necessary safety precautions. “The safety of the students andthe assurance of a rich aca-demic and cultural experienceduring their study abroad ses-sion are our top priorities,” J.Nicholas Entrikin, vice presi-dent and associate provost forinternationalization, said in astatement.

London Program staff willalso discuss emergency proto-cols with students when theyarrive in London for orienta-tion, Entrikin said.

He said students set to spendfall semester in London were“fully advised” about addedsecurity measures, and thatmembers of the LondonProgram staff were in contactwith the students as they madetheir preparations to goabroad.

“Students were informed thatUniversity of Notre Dame offi-cials were closely monitoringthe situation, which remainedstable in the vicinity of theLondon Centre and ConwayHall,” London ProgramDirector Greg Kucich said.

Junior Meredith Kugar, whowill study abroad in Londonthis semester, said her firstreaction to the riots was one ofconcern.

“I just was kind of … hopingthat it wasn’t too close to theND flats or school buildings inLondon and that it wouldn’tseriously affect the program atall,” she said.

But junior Maria Ricaurte,

who is also headed to London,said the immediate contactfrom Notre Dame was reassur-ing.

“We got an email from theschool saying our location was-n’t near the majority of [theriots],” she said. “They reallyemphasized that the security inthe flats we’d be staying at isreally reliable.”

Kucich said emergency proto-cols will be developed as need-ed to keep London Programstudents safe.

“We are also prepared totransmit police updates on anydeveloping civil disturbancerapidly to students, providingsecurity advice through textmessages and emails,” he said.

Conway Hall, the student res-idence in the Waterloo area, iscurrently staffed by securitypersonnel 24 hours a day, everyday of the week. Security per-sonnel will also man theLondon Program’s classroombuilding in Trafalgar Square atall hours for the foreseeablefeature, Entrikin said.

“The London Program has anexcellent system for monitoringdevelopments throughout thegreater London area,” he said.

Kucich said the riots will alsobe discussed in an academicsetting.

“The complex social, eco-nomic, and political forcesbehind the unrest will becomean important area of culturalstudy,” he said.

Junior Ben Foley said he isnot very concerned about safe-ty, since the program’s class-room building and residencebuilding are both in safe areasof Central London.

“As we explore more ofLondon we should be a littlemore careful, I think,” Foleysaid.

Ricaurte agreed that as stu-dents begin to venture out ofCentral London, they should bemore cautious and aware oftheir surroundings.

“As we start traveling thesuburbs of London, we’re defi-nitely going to take more pre-cautions,” she said.

The London Program and OISstaffs will continue to monitorcircumstances in London, aswell as any U.S. StateDepartment information abouttravel to and within the UnitedKingdom, Entrikin said.

As staffs monitor the situa-tion in London, Kucich said anyappropriate changes will bemade, if necessary, to theLondon Program.

“The University of NotreDame is committed to provid-ing a rich educational experi-ence for students in Londonwhile taking all appropriatemeasures to provide a safe liv-ing and learning environment,”he said.

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and Southeast. “We are very pleased to

once again be includedamong the PrincetonReview’s ‘Best in theMidwest , ’” Carol AnnMooney, president of SaintMary’s College, said. “Ourcommitment to an excellentintel lectual and academicexperience for our students isunwavering. Our graduatesare our best recruiters. Theiraccomplishments speak vol-umes about the quality of theeducational experience theyreceived here.”

The College has stayed onthe list because it has held tothe mission set forth at theschool ’s founding by theSisters of the Holy Cross in1844, Bowe said.

“This is an academic com-munity where women developtheir talents and prepare tomake a di f ference in theworld,” Bowe said. “SaintMary’s College promotes alife of intellectual vigor, aes-thetic appreciation, religious

sensibility and social respon-sibility.”

Bowe said the College isalways glad to be included onl ists such as “Best in theMidwest,” but in this elec-tronic era, The PrincetonReview is not the only placeprospect ive students andtheir parents look when con-sidering higher education.

“At one point in time, therewere only a handful ofreviewers and their reviewscarried a lot of weight,” shesaid. “Now, there are collegesearch engines like Zinch andCappex that aid students intheir quest.”

Although the PrincetonReview is one of manysources that create collegeand university lists and rat-ings, it is still a recognitionthat the College, its students,faculty and alumnae areproud of, she said.

“I think the designation isaffirmation to students thatthey are at an academicexcellent school,” Bowe said.“It’s a source of pride for allof us.”

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reports. Melissa Brown told police at

the scene that her husbandbecame upset with her earlierin the day and threatened herwhile he had a handgun in hispocket. Police reports statewhen she tried to flee, CorwinBrown refused to let her

leave. The family’s three chil-dren fled from the home aspolice arrived on the scene,but police said Melissa Brownwas still in the home at thetime. The children were unin-jured.

A SWAT team negot iatedwith Corwin Brown during thestandoff because he wasarmed with a weapon.

According to the report ,Corwin Brown struggled withhis wife when she tr ied to

take the handgun from him,and the weapon accidentallydischarged. Corwin Brownallowed his wife to leave, thereport stated. She sufferedminor bruising and swellingon her forehead.

Officers continued to negoti-ate with the former defensivecoordinator during the seven-hour standoff, and the reportstated several gunshotwounds were heard beforeCorwin Brown exi ted the

home after 7 p.m. He sufferedfrom a self-inflicted wound inhis side, police said.

Corwin Brown was treatedat Memorial Hospital for hiswound and is currently beingheld in a secured medicalfac i l i ty, according to St .Joseph County police. A courtdate has not been set toaddress his charges.

Brown was a member of theNotre Dame football staff from2007 to 2009. He then served

as a defensive backs coachwith the New England Patriotsduring the 2010 season, buthe was relieved of his dutieson the team in February.

“Corwin’s many friends atNotre Dame have him, Melissaand their chi ldren in ourprayers during this difficulttime,” University spokesmanDennis Brown said.

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Libyan rebels kill loyalist troops in Tripoli, invade city center

TRIPOLI — Hundreds ofLibyan rebels stormedMoammar Gadhafi’s compoundTuesday, charging wildlythrough the symbolic heart ofthe crumbling regime as theykilled loyalist troops, lootedarmories and knocked the headoff a statue of the besieged dic-tator. But they found no sign ofthe man himself.

The storming of Bab al-Aziziya, long the nexus ofGadhafi’s power, marked theeffective collapse of his 42-year-old regime. But withGadhafi and his powerful sonsstill unaccounted for — andgunbattles flaring across thenervous city — the fighterscannot declare victory.

Hours after the battle erupt-ed, a pro-Gadhafi TV channelquoted the Libyan leader assaying he retreated from hisTripoli compound in a “tactical

move” after 64 NATO airstrikesturned it to rubble. Al-Rai TVsaid Wednesday it would airthe comments in full andreported an excerpt in whichGadhafi vowed his forces wouldresist “the aggression with allstrength” until either victory ordeath.

His government’s chiefspokesman also managed toget word out in a phone inter-view with the same station,promising “we will be back totake Tripoli back.”

The rebel force entered thecompound after fighting forfive hours with Gadhafi loyal-ists outside, using mortars,heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. They killed someof those who defended thecompound and hauled off thou-sands of rif les, crates ofweapons and trucks with gunsmounted on the back in a fren-zy of looting.

“We’re looking for Gadhafi

now. We have to find him now,”said Sohaib Nefati, a rebel sit-ting against a wall with aKalashnikov rifle.

Abdel-Aziz Shafiya, a 19-year-old rebel dressed in cam-ouflage with a rocket-propelledgrenade slung over one shoul-der and a Kalashnikov over theother, said the rebels believedGadhafi was inside the com-pound but hiding underground.

“Wasn’t he the one whocalled us rats? Now he is therat underground,” he said.

Shafiya said he felt “anexplosion of joy” to be standinginside Gadhafi’s stronghold inthe capital after a lightning-quick rebel advance. He hadleft the rebel-held western cityof Misrata just two days earlier.

“I lost friends and relativesand now I can walk intoGadhafi’s house,” Shafiya said,choking up with emotion.“Many of my friends have diedand now all of that meant

something.”Tripoli’s new rebel military

chief, Abdel-Hakim Belhaj, saidat nightfall that a small area ofthe vast compound was stillunder the control of regimefighters and heavy shootingwas heard across Tripolitoward midnight.

The atmosphere in the com-pound was a mix of joyful cele-bration and tension. The airwas thick with smoke from thebattles, and the boom of mor-tars and the crackle of gunfirewas constant. Rebels chanted“Allahu akbar” or “God isgreat” and on loudspeakersthey cried: “Al-Hamdullilah,”or “Thank God.”

As the fighters stormed in,they captured a guard at thegates and threw him to theground, slamming rifle buttsinto his back. A hostile crowdgathered around, punching andkicking him until one rebelstepped in, stood over him and

kept the crowd at bay. Insidethe walls, a few bodies ofGadhafi fighters — one with agaping head wound from agunshot — were sprawled onthe ground.

Several young men wrenchedthe head from a statue ofGadhafi and kicked it around.One lifted it above his headwhile his jubilant comradesdanced and yelled around him.Fighters with long beardshugged each other and flashedthe “V’’ for victory sign. Otherscarried injured rebels to ambu-lances.

A fighter climbed atop theiconic statue of a huge goldenfist clenching a model of anAmerican warplane and shothis machine gun in the air incelebration. The statue standsoutside a building that wasonce Gadhafi’s home, pre-served with the pockmarks ofan American bombing in 1986as a symbol of his defiance.

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Va.’s quake shakesU.S. capital, NYC

MINERAL, Va. — The mostpowerful earthquake to strikethe East Coast in 67 yearsshook buildings and rattlednerves from South Carolina toMaine on Tuesday. Frightenedoffice workers spilled into thestreets in New York, and partsof the White House, Capitoland Pentagon were evacuated.

There were no immediatereports of deaths, but fire offi-cials in Washington said therewere at least some injuries.

The National Cathedral saidits central tower and three ofits four corner spires weredamaged, but the White Housesaid advisers had toldPresident Barack Obama therewere no reports of major dam-age to the nation’s infrastruc-ture, including airports andnuclear facilities.

The U.S. Geological Surveysaid the quake registeredmagnitude 5.8 and was cen-tered 40 miles northwest ofRichmond, Va.

Two nuclear reactors at theNorth Anna Power Station, inthe same county as the epi-center, were automaticallytaken off line by safety sys-tems, said Roger Hannah, aspokesman for the U.S.Nuclear RegulatoryCommission.

The earthquake came lessthan three weeks before the10th anniversary of the Sept.11 attacks, and in bothWashington and New York itimmediately triggered fears ofsomething more sinister thana natural disaster.

At the Pentagon, a low rum-bling built until the buildingitself was shaking, and peopleran into the corridors of thecomplex. The shaking contin-ued there, to shouts of“Evacuate! Evacuate!”

The Park Service closed allmonuments and memorials on

the National Mall, and ceilingtiles fell at Reagan NationalAirport outside Washington.All flights there were put onhold.

In lower Manhattan, the 26-story federal courthouse,blocks from ground zero of theSept. 11 attacks, began sway-ing, and hundreds of peoplestreamed out of the building.

The New York police com-missioner, Raymond Kelly, wasin a meeting with top deputiesplanning security for theupcoming anniversary whenthe shaking started. Workersin the Empire State Buildingspilled into the streets, somehaving descended dozens offlights of stairs.

“I thought we’d been hit byan airplane,” said one worker,Marty Wiesner.

Another, Adrian Ollivierre,an accountant, was in hisoffice on the 60th floor whenthe quake struck: “I thought Iwas having maybe a heartattack, and I saw everybodyrunning. I think what it is, isthe paranoia that happensfrom 9/11, and that’s why I’mstill out here — because, I’msorry, I’m not playing with mylife.”

New York District AttorneyCyrus R. Vance was starting anews conference about thedismissal of the sexual assaultcase against DominiqueStrauss-Kahn, the formerhead of the InternationalMonetary Fund, when theshaking began. Reporters andaides began rushing out thedoor until it became clear itwas subsiding.

On Wall Street, the floor ofthe New York Stock Exchangedid not shake, officials said,but the Dow Jones industrialaverage sank 60 points soonafter the quake struck. TheDow began rising again a half-hour later and finished theday up 322 points.

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East Coast preparesfor Hurricane Irene

MIAMI — Tropical StormIrene is moving toward theLeeward I s lands and theCaribbean Sea, with forecast-ers i s su ing warn ings forPuer to R ico , the U .S . andBri t ish Virgin Is lands andnumerous other islands.

The Nat iona l Hurr icaneCenter reported at 2 a .m.EDT Sunday that the stormwas about 120 mi les (195kilometers) southeast of theCaribbean island of Antigua,wi th maximum sus ta inedwinds of 50 mph (85 kph). Itwas moving west at 22 mph(35 kph).

The center said Irene couldstrengthen some in the com-ing 48 hours and become ahurricane by Monday.

In addition to Puerto Ricoand the Virgin Islands, tropi-ca l s torm warnings havebeen i ssued for Vieques ,Culebra, Saba, St. Eustatius,S t . Maart in , Domin ica ,Barbuda, S t . K i t t s , Nev is ,Ant igua , Angui l la andMontserrat.

A tropical storm watch hasbeen i ssued for the southcoas t o f the Domin icanRepublic, from the Haiti bor-der to Cabo Engano.

Forecas ters sa id I renewould pass through theLeeward I s lands ear lySunday and then move intothe northeastern CaribbeanSea. It is expected Sundayafternoon to bring tropicalstorm conditions, including 4to 7 inches of rain, to PuertoRico and the Virgin Islands.

Hurricane conditions arepossible over the DominicanRepubl ic by la te Monday.Tropical storm-force windsextended outward up to 130miles (215 kilometers), main-ly to the north and east of thecenter of Irene, forecasterssaid.

The hurricane center said astorm surge was expected toraise water levels 1 to 3 feetabove normal t ide leve l salong coastlines in the imme-diate warning area and thesurge would be accompaniedby large and dangerouswaves.

Associated Press

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This issue marks the second issue inThe Observer’s 45th year. Yes, TheObserver is older than many of yourparents. You would think by now wewould be a polished, well-oiled opera-tion.

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As we strive toimprove bit-by-bit, you’llsee somechanges thisyear. You might notice a few intoday’s paper. You will probablynotice many more in Monday’s editionwhen we complete a transition fromone layout software to another. ComeJanuary, perhaps there will be even afew more tweaks for you.

For each noticeable difference inprint, big or small, there will be threeor four online. In fact, as soon asSteve Jobs and Apple give us the go-ahead, all of you iPhone users candownload The Observer’s mobile app,complete with restaurant reviews forlocal eateries. Ideally, Mr. Jobs willsign off on it Wednesday, possiblyThursday. Don’t worry Android users- I am one of you, and the Androidversion will be out within 7 to 10days.

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Robert Sam Anson and Stephen M.Feldhaus founded The Observer in1966-67 to fill the void left by “TheVoice.” They did so because studentswanted, if not needed, a constantsource of campus information.Throughout the past 45 years as thecampus’ only independent, student-run, daily newspaper, providing thatinformation to the student body hasremained our primary goal. We wantto be the first and best source for allthings Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it onecannot be friends with anyone else

in the world.”

Eleanor RooseveltU.S. diplomat & reformer

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“If you don’t make mistakes, you’renot working on hard enough prob-

lems. And that’s a big mistake.”

Frank WilczekU.S. physicist

EDITORIAL CARTOON

Murder and medical ethicsI spent last fall as a teaching assistant in

Medical Ethics. I was responsible for lead-ing two discussion sections every Friday.My students taught me a great deal —though not what I expected.

After our discus-sions, I worried that,in teaching my stu-dents certain moraldebates — in pre-senting without eval-uation, for example,the very best pro-lifeand pro-choicearguments — I hadcorrupted my stu-dents, had injectedenough uncertaintyinto their principlessuch that, at a criticalmoment, they woulddo precisely the wrong thing; whereas, if Ihad just left them to their naïveté, thewrong thing would have struck them asunthinkable. That the decisions we debated— abortion, euthanasia and so on — areoften made in confusing and deeply trau-matic circumstances only compounded myworry.

Imagine for a moment that the debates inMedical Ethics really have the importancethat we tell our students they do. Imagine,for example, that abortion really is murder— and thus, that it is evil to seek it. Andconsider one of my students — young, pas-sionate, and impressionable: her parents,simple but principled, taught her that abor-tion is an abomination, the murder of achild, before sending her off to college tolearn the ways of the world. She is a biolo-gy major and will one day go to medicalschool — and so she registers for MedicalEthics, where she hears any number ofpro-choice arguments that her parents hadnever taught her. These arguments shakeher confidence: she remembers the princi-ples that she learned as a child, but she nolonger knows just what to believe — not,anyway, in her heart of hearts.

And now imagine that, in medical school,she becomes pregnant herself. She is, pre-dictably, very alone and very afraid — andis, therefore, sorely tempted to abort herchild. It is now that the arguments that she

learned in Medical Ethics are at their mostdangerous, for they can serve only toweaken her resolve: if the best philoso-phers cannot agree that it is wrong, shethinks, who can blame her for choosingabortion? After all, she heard some prettyconvincing arguments that it is her right!And so she murders her child — somethingshe would not have done had I not taughther so well.

Imagine, on the contrary, that abortion isa human right — that it is evil to withholdit. And consider another of my students —young, passionate, and impressionable: herparents, simple yet principled, taught herthat abortion is a godsend, that it is theright of every woman, before sending heroff to college to learn the ways of the world.She is a biology major and will one day goto medical school — and so she registersfor Medical Ethics, where she hears anynumber of pro-life arguments that her par-ents had never taught her. These argu-ments shake her confidence: she remem-bers the principles that she learned as achild, but she no longer knows just what tobelieve — not, anyway, in her heart ofhearts.

And now imagine that, as a doctor, she isasked by her patient to authorize an abor-tion. She is, predictably, full of apprehen-sion — and is, therefore, sorely tempted todeny her patient. It is now that the argu-ments that she learned in Medical Ethicsare at their most dangerous, for they canserve only to weaken her resolve: if thebest philosophers cannot agree that it ispermissible, she thinks, who can blame herfor withholding abortion? After all, sheheard some pretty convincing argumentsthat it is murder! And so she violates thehuman rights of her patient — somethingshe would not have done had I not taughther so well.

Perhaps neither of these situations isparticularly plausible. But more plausible, Ithink, is a third: imagine again that abor-tion is murder and that my first studentavoids pregnancy in medical school. Shebecomes an obstetrician and spends acareer delivering healthy babies to happyparents. Only intermittently do those par-ents ask her, instead, to abort their chil-dren. When they ask this of her, she first

remembers the principles that she learnedas a child — but she then remembers themany arguments that I taught her. Sheremembers that she is a doctor, a womanof the world, and that whatever seems tobe black and white is always, in the end,many shades of gray. Surely, she thinks,abortion cannot be as bad as they say: it isdistasteful, certainly, but hardly evil. It is athing to be done and forgotten.

And so she kills. Not often, and not glad-ly. But she kills nonetheless. And the bloodthat spills is, at least partly, on my hands.

This, then, is my fear. When I voiced it toa fellow graduate student, he reassured methat our students do not listen to us any-way. Which may well be true. But it is bet-ter not to take the chance if the stakes areas high as we take them to be — if, forexample, abortion really is murder.

Consider a parallel case: we teach ourchildren, before we send them off to col-lege, that murder is wrong. We wouldnever allow them to take, much lessdemand that they take, a course that wouldseriously question this — that would, so tospeak, look at both sides of the murderdebate. What would be the point? Even ifsaid course did not manipulate them intothe pro-death camp, presenting that campas though it were a legitimate option — asthough intelligent and responsible studentssometimes concluded that murder is per-missible, or even a human right — couldonly serve to weaken their resolve: if thebest philosophers cannot agree that mur-der is wrong, they might think in a momentof rage, who can blame them for murder-ing? After all, they heard some pretty con-vincing arguments that it is fine!

An education in virtue requires theassumption that certain options areunthinkable — the assumption, in otherwords, that they aren’t options at all. Topresent them to our students as thoughthey are is to fail as teachers.

It was this, my failure, that my studentstaught me. I hope that this column willserve to thank them.

Daniel John Sportiello is in his fourthyear in the philosophy Ph.D. program.Listen to his radio show on WVFI. He canbe reached at [email protected].

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Department ofEducation gets it right

Our View: The Department ofEducation has stepped up enforce-ment of its sexual assault policies foruniversities. It’s about time.In April, the Department of

Education’s Office of Civil Rights senta letter to uni-versity officialsacross the coun-try, clarifyingthe require-ments of current gender non-dis-crimination laws in respect to uni-versities’ sexual assault policies. Thisletter did not change the existing pol-icy; it simply explained exactly howthey expected the policy to beapplied. Some universities scrambledto make changes to bring their agingsexual assault policies in line withthese expectations.The points in this letter, and the

policy changes inspired by them,have since come under fire. The effi-cacy and fairness of the Departmentof Education’s policy is the subjectfor another debate. A debate thatmust be had, yes, but not by cri-tiquing the department for finallyenforcing its own requirements.Sexual assault is an epidemic. The

headlines have been filled with inci-dents of sexual assault at respecteduniversities, controversial because ofthe slowness and impotency of theadministrative response under poli-cies too long unchanged. Nearly 20percent of women and 6 percent ofmen will be victims of sexual assaultduring their time at college, accord-ing to a federally funded researchorganization, the National CriminalJustice Reference Service. Forwomen, that’s nearly one in four.On top of that, sexual assaults are

vastly under-reported nationwide,according to the research and evalu-

ation arm of the Department ofJustice. And the World HealthOrganization has reported that vic-tims are significantly more likely tosuffer academically, to experiencedepression and post-traumatic stressdisorder, to abuse alcohol and drugsand to contemplate suicide.In light of the seriousness of this

trend, it’s contemptible that theDepartment of Education has gone solong without such a clarification andrenewed enforcement. Universitiesare doing the long-overdue rightthing, and it’s unfortunate that com-mentators have taken this as anopportunity to attack those universi-ties and the department.These policies require universities

to inform victims of their rights andto educate faculty, staff and studentsabout prevention and reporting. Theymandate that the system be in place,and readily accessible, for pursuingadministrative proceedings againstaccused attackers. These are incredi-bly important features, and ones thatshould not be taken for granted. Ifthere are problems with specific fea-tures of the policy, surely we can findbetter ways to discuss them than bytaking aim at the entire list of essen-tial and beneficial requirements.We’re proud of U. Oklahoma’s

recent changes to the statute of limi-tations on sexual assault. It’s a movethat strengthens the university’soverall sexual assault policy andshows OU’s commitment to prevent-ing sexual violence. It’s about timethe rest of the nation’s universitiescaught up.

This article originally ran in theAug. 23 edition of the OklahomaDaily, serving the University ofOklahoma.

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Subsidized studentloans must stay

The facts: On Aug. 2, the Senategave the final approval to raise thenational debt limit by $2.4 trillion.The rise of the debt ceiling prevent-ed a sudden jump in student loaninterest rates, but lawmakers con-sidered othermeasures,includingremoving sub-sidized stu-dent loans.Our opinion: The raising of the

debt ceiling and its potential conse-quences will be detrimental to stu-dents with financial aid or thosealready accruing massive studentloans.The increase of the debt ceiling

was a controversial compromisethat prevented a federal default butopened the door to further econom-ic issues. One segment affected bythe raise is federal and bank loans— particularly student loans. Thespecific effects to University studentloans as a result of the debt ceilingare uncertain but deeply troubling,and lawmakers should make sure tomaintain subsidized student loansthroughout the debt crisis.Tuition rose by 6.5 percent this

academic year, and several reduc-tions have already been made toavailable student financial aid.Paying for college has become anincreasingly difficult task even forthose deemed able to pay withoutfinancial aid or student loans.Student loans traditionally took

the form of subsidized loans, mean-ing that students could take loanswithout interest during the timethat they were in school.Lawmakers are now consideringrevoking subsidized student loans,which would mean that students

would have to pay interest whilestill in school.With the mounting unemployment

rate, it is difficult for students toget adequately paying jobs while inschool unless they qualify for pro-grams such as work-study. Thecomplication is that students willnot qualify for work-study or otherforms of financial aid if they beginaccruing income above a certainrate.This means that students will have

to balance loans with interests, jobswith menial pay, the constant threatof losing financial aid, rising tuitionand textbook costs, full-time stu-dent status and an ever-mountingdebt upon graduation.The raised debt ceiling also means

the government will be less likely tosupport banks providing studentloans, which means that banks willbe far more selective about theirloans. Currently, when students areunable to pay back student loans ontime, banks receive their moneyfrom the government and studentsmust then reimburse the govern-ment. If the government fails toback banks, they will be far morereluctant to hand out loans.All of these consequences suggest

that students’ futures will be nega-tively impacted if lawmakers doaway with subsidized loans. Withthe current debt crisis it isinevitable that certain cuts andrevisions will have to be made to avariety of programs. However, theavailability of subsidized studentloans is a component of financialaid that should not be altered.

This article originally ran in the Aug.23 edition of the Technician, servingNorth Carolina State University.

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B1 Block PartyThe annual B1 Block Party opened its doors to

Notre Dame, Saint Mary's and Holy Cross stu-dents for the first time two years ago and hasproven to be the perfect way to open a newschool year. Held in the B1 parking lot, theLegends-sponsored concert begins at 5:30 p.m.this Saturday. Last year, Guster wowed thecrowd. In the latest installment, popular discjockey and mash-up artist Girl Talk will takethe stage to get the students-only crowdjumping. With free food, a host of activitiesand live music all night long, the B1 BlockParty is sure to get the year started in style.

Football SeasonIt's been far too long since the 2010 foot-

ball season. In an exciting year of football,Brian Kelly changed the face of the Fighting Irish.Notre Dame took down rival USC on their home turfand the student body stormed the field after defeatingNo. 15 Utah in the last home game of the season.

On Saturday, Sept. 3, the No. 16 Irish return to thestadium against South Florida to kick off an excitingyear of football. The season’s schedule features both

old rivalries and fresh opponents and will be

marked by the first home night gameat Notre Dame Stadium in over 20 years when theIrish take on USC.

Women’s SoccerLast season was a good time to be a Notre Dame

women's soccer fan. The Irish took down the unde-feated Stanford team in the College Cup final to winthe championship. This year, the No. 1 Irish return todefend their title and have already defeated Wisconsinin their home opener. Head out to Alumni Stadiumthis season to watch themplow through thecompetition.

HockeyNotre Dame hockey

has a new home thisyear at the ComptonFamily Ice Arena.Hockey games are freefor students and knownfor an atmosphere ofchanting, cheering andlively crowds. The Irishmade it to the Final Fourlast year but wereknocked out by MinnesotaDuluth. Check out the new

stadium as the No. 4 Irish look for a comeback thisyear.

DPAC’s Midnight MoviesIn an impressive

line-

up offilms at theDeBartolo Performing Arts Centerthis year, perhaps the most exciting is the MidnightMovies series. This film series, as the title wouldsuggest, offers cult classics andnew favorites at midnight in theBrowning Cinema. Highlights willinclude the famous-comedians-

before-they-were-famous classic"Wet Hot American Summer,"David Guest mockumentary "ThisIs Spinal Tap," cult comedy favorite"Monty Python and the Holy Grail"and the movie that college studentstend to love, "Superbad." Thesemovies are scattered throughout thesemester and tickets are only $3 forstudents.

Blue Man GroupSouth Bend is about to get one of the

hottest tickets in town next spring whenBlue Man Group hits the MorrisPerforming Arts Center. The popular livemusic show, featuring those bald, blue men andtheir makeshift instruments will be in downtownSouth Bend for a weekend in April. Tickets go onsale for the five performances Monday Aug. 29,so be sure to get your tickets — they will likelygo fast.

Dorm EventsA year at Notre Dame isn't complete without

participating in some of campus’ beloved dormevents. While some may be cheesy and others

just plain absurd,they are always funand a great way tospend a day bond-ing with your fel-low students.

SYRsAnother Notre

Dame tradition, be sureto grab that specialsomeone and drag themto your dorm dance —be it the classy DomeDance or your favoritethemed event. Or youcan take the nameseriously and "set-upyour roommate" to get

a good laugh or see if sparks fly.

Legends TriviaLegends Trivia is beloved by many, but overlooked

by many more. Every Thursday night, head toLegends at 9 p.m. for some trivia that will surely testeven your Notre Dame education. Grab a group offriends and compete for prizes, from cash to T-shirts.For those of legal age, Legends also has drink specialsto accompany the rowdy trivia crowd. But don't belate — trivia always fills up fast.

Senior Marshmallow FightThis year, the highlight of the Irish football season

will hopefully be an impressive record and a strongpresence, and an even stronger possession of the ballon the field. But just in case that doesn't excite youenough, don't forget that the last home game, whichwill be against Boston College, features the infamoussenior marshmallow fight. Watch the seniors venttheir job-hunting frustration by pelting marshmallowsat one another during halftime. And this year, there isan extra reason to look forward to this historic tradi-tion — peruse your local grocery store and you'll seethey now sell bags of jumbo marshmallows that are atleast twice the size of reg-

ular ones. Play agame with yourfriends and seewho can catch themost stray marsh-mallows in his orher mouth.

Urban OutfittersEddy Street

has steadilygrown andimproved sincestores startedmoving in afew years ago.Now the streetis set to get alittle trendier

when UrbanOutfitters moves in. There seems to

be no downside to being in close proximity to theclothing giant, except maybe for your wallet.

Brothers Barand Grill

Brothers is a staple at many college campuses, likethe University of Wisconsin and Indiana University.Now the popular bar is settling in at Eddy Street. Setto open in October, Brothers is sure to join O'Rourke'sas a new fixture for Notre Dame students looking for afun night out.

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Well dearest fashionistas, it’s thattime of the year again. And as wetearfully say goodbye to summerwith its intoxicating adventures andturn ourminds to thegoals andambitions wehave set forour upcomingsemester, oneimportantquestion stillremains: Whatare we goingto wear?

Like anyother youngwomen ofambition and sophistication, we haveeach evolved over the summer. Wehave learned new languages, trav-eled to far off non-English speakingcountries where we found fashionaccessories the key to bartering fora coveted bottle of water (longstory involving large hand gestures,Oscar-worthy acting and loudbohemian prints ... inquire at yourown peril). We’ve created bonfireson the beach, gotten fabulous tansand plumbed our emotional depthsto discover the mature womaninside our girlish figures.

Some of us are saying farewell toour old selves and Bonjour to thenew psyche we aim to create in thecollege environment. Others arekeeping their designer selves, whilethose of us in our last year arealready dreaming of the haute cou-ture wardrobe we know to be part ofour destiny aftergraduation(Darling Dior-J’arrive!!). Weneed back-to-school fashionchoices thatbroadcast oursummer accom-plishments onvisual loud-speakers whilestill leading usto conquer ourown personalRubicon in style.

Back in the1940s,KatharineHepburn made herown rules inHollywood by challenging the estab-lishment in pants instead of the tra-ditional pencil skirt. Recently, ourEuropean counterparts have takenthis female power-dressing to a newextreme by putting pants into aTechnicolor setting of which evenScarlett O’Hara would be proud. It isthis fashion choice that promises tounite summer and school: fellow

fashion followers, I give you thebright pant!

Fitted, straight leg pants are a nec-essary part of a finished wardrobe.There is nothing more visually unap-pealing than observing a pair ofpants that does not fit its ownerproperly. Pants should never be toobaggy or too tight, too long or tooshort. Just as the fit through the hiparea is crucially important, so is thelength of the pant, which can eitherelongate your leg or abbreviate it.The classic trouser leg should end atthe top of your ankle bone, whetheryou wear them with flats or heels.

For the petite among us, this elon-gates our gams, while the alreadystatuesque remain in their goddess-like atmosphere. Do not be afraid to

take yourpants to a tal-ented tailorfor a goodhemming (I,myself, am ahuge fan ofthe lovelyseamstress atour very ownSt. Michael’sLaundry).Frayed edgesand streetblackenedpant ends willonly frightenthose dressesand blousesneighboringyour pants inthat sacredcloset space.

In terms of color, the brighterthe better. Italy has always beena fan of bright red (even onmen), while trendy Londonersproclaim their groove in brightblues. The Spanish love classicsunset colors: orange, goldenyellows and even green. Pairyour bright pants with a classicoxford shirt to mellow the effect,or a wild print to call the spiritsof bohemia to you. Use thepants’ color as a springboard foraccessory matching: pair brightred pants with gold sandals anda gold bag, green pants withblack sandals and your fabulous

school satchel. Think of your bright pants as a

visual remembrance of summerthat has evolved into your academicarmor. As you step into that class-room, you’ll have your own source ofinspirational light.

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One of Shakespeare ’s manyfamous p lays , the provocat ivecomedy “The Merchant of Venice,”comes to l i fe on Notre Dame’scampus at the Notre DameShakespeare Festival.

“The Merchant of Venice” fol-lows Venetian merchant Bassanioon h is quest for the hand ofPortia, a wealthy heiress. Whenplans go awry and money prob-lems surface, betrayal and blindanger face off against a cry forcompassion and a clever younglawyer in disguise. Known for itscontroversial anti-Semitic themes,the play also deals with the powerof love and a search for accept-ance.

The impressive acting, tremen-dous set, breathtaking sceneryand co lor fu l costumes createShakespeare’s tale anew for a 21stcentury audience. Director DavidBell’s adaption of “The Merchantof Venice” challenges the audienceto determine what i smost impor-t a n t :vengeance,m e r c y ,understand-ing, belong-ing , loya l tyor love.

The p layshowcases ani m p r e s s i v earray of NotreDame ta lent .Film, Televisionand Theater fac-u l ty membersMarcus Stephensand RichardDonnelly designedthe set and cos-tumes, respective-ly. Young Companyinterns include AlexGoldklang, responsi-ble for original musicand music direction,and Brian Davenport, a member ofthe cast. The cast includes equityactors , community actors andYoung Company actors alike.

This year’s Shakespeare Festivalalso included performances by theYoung Company. Young Companymembers, made up of studentsfrom Notre Dame and SaintMary’s, receive training in voiceand speech, stage combat, produc-tion management and set and cos-tume construction. They workwith nationally and internationallyrenowned profess ionals in theMainstage production as well as a

showspecially produced for them.

This year, Young Company per-formed “As You Like It” in theFestival. These free, outdoor per-formances began in mid-July at

locations all around theSouth Bend community.The final performancewas Monday in front ofthe Golden Dome.

The ShakespeareFestival also includesShakeScenes, one ofthe most popularevents. ShakeScenesconsists of collectedscenes fromS h a k e s p e a r e ’ sworks per formedby actors from thecommunity. Theselocal actors puttheir unique spinon the works in1 0 - m i n u t escenes. Throughthis uniquecompany, areaactors and

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INDIANAPOLIS — PeytonManning’s goals remain thesame. It’s the Colts’ short-termfocus that has changed.

Instead of using the presea-son to fine-tune their high-scoring offense, they are stillwaiting for Manning to gethealthy enough to make a dif-ference — and perhaps makeIndianapolis’ Super Bowl hopescome true.

“You understand why it ’sbeing hyped up, but it’s so faraway it doesn’t even it feel likeit’s this year yet,” said kickerAdam Vinatieri, who alreadyowns four Super Bowl rings.

The muted reaction insideIndy’s locker room is under-standable given the team’srecent run of success. It haswon seven of the last eight AFCSouth tit les, t ied the NFLrecord with nine straight play-off appearances, but usesSuper Bowl victories as themeasuring stick.

This year, with Indianapolishosting its first Super Bowl, thecity’s expectations havechanged. Fans are no longerdiscussing the 4½-month lock-out that put the big game injeopardy and would ratherdebate whether the Colts canbecome the first team to playthe Super Bowl in its home sta-dium.

“They would love it,” defen-sive captain Gary Brackettsaid.

Getting there was nevergoing to be easy, andManning’s slow recovery fromoffseason neck surgery hasbeen a bigger obstacle thananyone anticipated.

For only the second time inhis 14-year career, Manningdid not take a snap in trainingcamp and he’s expected to missall four preseason games. Thelast time that happened, Indystarted 3-4 and had to win itslast nine just to make the play-offs.

If the neck injury does endManning’s streak of 227 con-secutive games, including play-offs, most figure the Colts haveno chance at reaching theSuper Bowl. But the Colts havea penchant for redefining con-ventional wisdom.

Indy finished last season with18 players on injured reserve,including star tight end DallasClark, and still won the AFCSouth. It won more regular-season games (115) between2000 and 2009 than any teamin any decade in league history.After reeling off 23 straightwins between 2008 and 2009,the Colts pulled their startersin the third quarter of Week15, throwing away a shot at aperfect season.

Players think they can do itagain.

“It’s not like we’re going tonot play games and close upshop,” Clark said. “Obviously,we had a lot of injuries lastyear, and, obviously, Peyton is

a little bigger name. But who-ever steps in has to do the job.”

The questions are not justabout Manning or his backup,as team owner Jim Irsay madeclear on a recent Twitter post.

Receiver Austin Coll iereturned to practice Mondayafter missing an entire weekwith a knee injury. He’s comingback from two concussions.Receiver Anthony Gonzalez,who missed most of the pasttwo seasons with knee injuries,has been bothered by a ham-string injury.

The Colts are hoping fourformer first-round draft picks— defensive linemen JamaalAnderson, Tyler Brayton andTommie Harris, and linebackerErnie Sims — can help makethe defense more stout againstthe run.

Indy also is reconstructingthe offensive line that protectsManning. The Colts used theirfirst two draft picks on offen-sive tackles Anthony Castonzoand Ben Ijalana in hopes ofreviving a running game thathasn’t topped 4.0 yards percarry since Indy’s only SuperBowl-winning season of 2006.

“As tough as it is out here (attraining camp), when the lightscome that’s really when youwant to see guys step for-ward,” Pro Bowl center JeffSaturday said. “That’s whatwe’ll see over the next fewweeks.”

It’s also when things willreally get tough.

Houston believes its ready todestroy the Colts’ division dom-inance; Jacksonville nearly didlast year; and Tennessee hassigned Matt Hasselbeck to reju-venate the only team otherthan Indy to win the Southtitle. Outside the division, theColts still have to contend withthe two-time AFC runner-upJets and perennial rivalsBaltimore, New England,Pittsburgh and San Diego.

Of course, they’ve always hadManning to bail them out in thepast. This year, who knows?

“He’s working extremelyhard to get back as quickly ashe possibly can,” coach Jim

Caldwell said.With or without the only

four-time MVP in league histo-ry, Colts fans still have onewish: seeing their team playingat Lucas Oil Stadium inFebruary.

“We’ve not talked about thatat all,” Vinatieri said. “Youknow there’s going to be hypeand how excited the city isabout it. You see the mayor onTV every other day talkingabout it and you get that. Butfrom the football side of it, wehaven’t even looked gotten pastthe preseason yet. We can’tallow yourself to think aboutthat right now.”

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MINNEAPOLIS — After years ofbeing shuffled between the rota-tion and the bullpen, AlfredoSimon wants to prove he deservesto be a starting pitcher.

More perfomances like Tuesdaynight will help Simon stake aclaim to a permanent spot in theBaltimore Orioles’ rotation.

Simon allowed one run andthree hits in a career-high eightinnings, and Vladimir Guerreroand Mark Reynolds both hadthree hits as the Orioles beat theMinnesota Twins 8-1.

Nolan Reimold added a three-run homer for Baltimore.

Simon (4-6) won for the firsttime in four starts. He struck outa career-high eight.

“I can be a starter, no matterwhat,” Simon said. “I have thestuff to be a starter. It’s up to themwhat they are going to do with

me. Either way, I can be a starter,but sometimes something hap-pens and we have to handle it likethat. But I think I can be a starter.I’m a power pitcher. I have fourpitches.”

Minnesota starter BrianDuensing (8-13) was out after justfour batters in the third inning ashis struggles continued. He gaveup seven runs and nine hits whilelosing his fifth straight game.

Danny Valencia had a solohome run for the Twins, who havelost five of six games on the cur-rent homestand.

“Our offense was just nonexist-ent,” Minnesota manager RonGardenhire said. “Their kid threwthe ball well. I think you saw hissplitters and curveball and adecent fastball from him. He hadus guessing pretty much all nightlong.”

Simon saved 17 games forBaltimore last season and was inthe bullpen when he joined the

team in May. He joined rotationon July 9, but has been inconsis-tent in his nine starts.

“This is a 29-, 30-year-oldyoung man whose gotten someopportunities because of the armand his stuff, and ability on occa-sions to do things like he didtonight,” Orioles manager BuckShowalter said. “The key is canyou do it again and can you do itagain and can you do it again. Weall live in a what-have-you-done-for-me world, but it’s a goodstart.”

Simon allowed three runs orless in his first five starts, compil-ing a 3.26 ERA. However, he hadallowed 13 runs in 15 2-3 inningsin his last three turns.

“You see that tonight and youknow the potential is there, buteveryone’s trying to grasp thatconsistency,” Showalter said. “Itwill all be dictated by the com-mand of the fastball, once youestablish that. He had a live fast-

ball, a lot of late life.”He didn’t have any trouble

against the punchless Twins.Simon retired 16 of the final 17

batters he faced and didn’t giveup a hit after Luke Hughes’ dou-ble in the third inning.

After going 63 games withoutholding an opponent to one run orless, Baltimore has heldMinnesota to two runs in theseries with Simon’s dominationfollowing Zach Britton’s 4-1 winin the series opener on Monday.

Duensing was never the sameafter trying to field a ball hit byGuerrero with his bare hand.Duensing knocked the ball down,but tried to throw to first torecord the out and threw wildlystraight into ground allowingGuerrero to go to second.

The next pitch was a wild pitchwith Guerrero advancing to third.Wieters then doubled andReynolds singled on hard-hitballs. Following a pop-up,

Reimold connected for his eighthhomer of the season.

“Didn’t really affect it too much,maybe three or four pitches afterthat,” Duensing said of being hiton the hand. “It was just kind ofnumb; first three fingers couldn’treally feel them. But that reallywasn’t the issue today. I was up inthe zone again and wasn’t execut-ing again.”

Reynolds hit a two-run triplethe following inning, andDuensing was done after RobertAndino’s singled scored Reynolds.

Duensing equaled his shorteststart of the season and is winlessin August. He’s allowed 25 earnedruns in 26 innings in August andhas given up at least eight hits ineach of his five starts.

Baltimore has won the first twogames of the four-game series, asignificant accomplishment initself. The Orioles are winless intheir last 15 series, losing 14 ofthem.

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Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, left, converses with offensivecoordinator Clyde Christensen during practice August 16.

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Speeding ticket resultsin lost license for Busch

NASCAR

STATESVILLE, N.C. —NASCAR points leader KyleBusch lost his driver’s licensefor 45 days on Tuesday fordriving 128 mph on a roadclose to a day-care center andchurch in a nearly $400,000car. His lawyer said his clientwas not treated “like any othercitizen.”

Busch, who doesn’t need alicense to compete in NASCAR,also was fined $1,000, sen-tenced to 30 hours of commu-nity service and put on oneyear of unsupervised probation.He pleaded guilty to speedingand no contest to reckless andcareless driving in NorthCarolina District Court inIredell County.

Busch addressed the courtbefore his sentencing byDistrict Court Judge H. ThomasChurch, apologizing again fordriving 128 mph in a 45 mphzone in a bright yellow 2012Lexus on May 24.

“I think you’ll be different inthe future,” Church said.

“I sure will, your honor,”Busch replied.

Busch and his wife,Samantha, were in the carwhen he was pulled over on atwo-lane road in an area neara subdivision, a day-care cen-ter and a church. The hand-

built LFA sports car was onloan to Busch from Lexus for a24-hour test drive.

Busch attorney Cliff Homesleyargued that his client wasn’tbeing treated the same as otherpeople in similar circum-stances, citing a July case of a21-year-old convicted felonwho was caught doing 128 mphand received a $300 fine andno loss of license.

“In 25 years of practicing lawI’ve never seen someone notbeing offered better than this,”Homesley argued before thecourt. “All I am asking is totreat Kyle Busch like any othercitizen that appears before thecourt.”

Homesley, calling Busch oneof the best drivers in the world,said: “He had full control ofthat vehicle at all times.

“That automobile in hishands was like a scalpel in thehands of a surgeon. Not a knifein the hands of a 5-year-old.”

Busch is coming off his SprintCup series-best fourth victoryat Michigan on Sunday, and heholds a 10-point lead over five-time defending NASCAR cham-pion Jimmie Johnson in thestandings. His next scheduledrace is Wednesday’s TrucksSeries event at Bristol, wherehe’s won the last five racesspanning NASCAR’s top threenational series.

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NFL

Cutler shows Bears leadership in preseasonCHICAGO — Clearly, Jay Cutler

is trying to lead the Chicago Bears.He acted as the de facto coach,

organizing offseason workouts forthe offense while the lockout lin-gered on, and he was the first toshow up for training camp, too.

How far he can take the Bears,though, is the main question, andthe answer largely hinges not onthe quarterback but on the rest ofthe cast.

There’s that revamped offensiveline with six-time Pro Bowl centerOlin Kreutz gone. There’s RoyWilliams, hoping he can revive hiscareer and boost the receivingcorps. There’s a new look at tightend, with Greg Olsen gone andblocker Matt Spaeth in. The mix atrunning back now includesMarion Barber, and Adam Podleshhas replaced Brad Maynard atpunter.

There are even a few uncertain-ties on defense, where JuliusPeppers, Brian Urlacher andLance Briggs are ready to wreakhavoc again. For all that, though,the Bears have most of their coreintact after winning the NFC Northat 11-5 and coming within a victo-ry of the Super Bowl last season.

After that unexpected and diffi-cult run to the conference champi-onship game, they’re looking formore, and it starts with the quar-terback.

“We are expecting a lot fromhim, but just not Jay,” coach LovieSmith said. “That’s the thing I’mexcited about. We have a lot of

weapons to go to. Our offense hasgone through a facelift and I likethe way we look right now.”

The last time the Bears played ameaningful game, Cutler spentmost of the second half on thesideline with a sprained ligamentin his left knee and watched as theBears lost to Green Bay in the con-ference championship game. As ifthat weren’t painful enough, hegot called out on Twitter by sever-al current and former players whoquestioned his toughness.

It’s a new day now, a new sea-son.

Cutler’s knee is fine. There aremore pressing concerns at themoment, and at the top of the listis this: Will he stay on his feet?

The beating he took last seasonwas well documented. Who canforget that concussion-inducingnine-sack first half against theNew York Giants at theMeadowlands in early October inwhich he at one point startedwandering toward the wrong side-line?

Cutler ranked around the mid-dle of the pack in yards passing(3,274) and completion percent-age (60.4), but the number thatstands out is 52. That’s how manytimes he got sacked because ofpoor protection and unbalancedplay-calling, particularly in theearly going.

Injuries and poor play forced theBears to go with four differentlineups the first seven weeks, andthey stumbled into their bye at 4-3. Then, they turned thingsaround. They settled on a rotation

in the trenches and committedmore to the run, with Cutler get-ting sacked 25 times the rest ofthe way and Matt Forte windingup with 1,069 yards rushing.

Now, Kreutz is gone after amessy contract negotiation, creat-ing a leadership void even if hewas no longer at his physicalpeak. The Bears are going withRoberto Garza at center aftermoving him from right guardrather than starting newcomerChris Spencer. Chicago also draft-ed Gabe Carimi in the first round,but a unit that ranked dead last in

the league last season remains ahuge question mark even if theplayers and coaches insist they’rein a much better spot this year.

“I’m more encouraged than Iwas at this point last year whenwe were playing musical lines,you know,” line coach Mike Ticesaid.

There are other unknowns, too.A big one is whether Williams

can rediscover the form that madehim a Pro Bowl receiver underoffensive coordinator Mike Martzin Detroit. He’s seeking someredemption after 2 1/2 disappoint-

ing seasons in Dallas.“He is going to be dynamic for

us,” Cutler said. “He is going to begood. He is very steady, very con-sistent in his routes. You knowwhere he’s going to be. He knowsthe offense.”

With Williams going deep andSpaeth at tight end, the offensecould have more of a Martz feel toit. That doesn’t necessarily mean“The Greatest Show On Sod” willbe playing at Soldier Field, but theBears might try to open up theiroffense more — if the blockingholds up.

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Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, right, sets up a pass while offensive coordinator Mike Martzwatches closely during Bears training camp Aug. 2 in Bourbonnais, Ill.

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showing the fans that eventhough this game only quali-fies as an exhibition game,both teams showed up withwinning on the agenda.

No. 6 Creighton netted thegame’s first goal in the 33rdminute off of a penalty kickfrom a sliding challenge byIrish senior goalkeeper Will

Walsh on the edge of the goalbox. Eleven minutes later,Irish sophomore midfielderHarrison Shipp drew a penaltykick of his own when he wastaken down at the top of theBlue Jays’ box. Senior mid-fielder Brendan King rolled inthe free kick for the Irish toeven the score at 1-1.

The teams remained knottedat one deep into the secondhalf, but the No. 9 Irish strug-gled to maintain possessionand generate scoring opportu-

nities.“I was happy with the way

we played for most of the firsthalf, but the second half I feltthat they stepped up the pres-sure and we struggled a littlebit just to connect passes,”Clark said.

The Irish also struggled inthe shoot ing aspect of thegame. They trailed Creightonin shots taken 6-2 at the half,and 11-5 for the game.

“It’s still preseason,” seniordefender Aaron Maund said.

“We’re still trying to figuresome things out, things willopen up. [Creighton] is a greatdefensive team, they had goodpressure. We’re going to fig-ure it out.”

Despite their inability to putthe ball on frame, the Irishwere able to remain even withthe Blue Jays until the 75thminute when Creighton scoredtheir second goal of the night.In the 84th minute, seniormidfielder Adam Mena, des-perate for an equal izer,responded and slipped a ballthrough traffic to Maund intothe Creighton goal box. Maundturned and blasted the game’sfinal goal.

Notre Dame concluded theexhibition portion of its sched-ule with a record of 0-1-2 andgained learning opportunitiesfor the regular season.

“It’s good to test yourselfthere,” Clark said. “I thinkwe’ve come in very fit, but atthe same t ime, you needgames. You can do all the run-ning on the track but until you

play actual games, it’s verydifficult to get actual game fit-ness.”

The proceeds from Monday’sgame were donated toGrassroots Soccer, an organi-zation started by Clark’s son,Thomas, as a project in med-ical school.

“[Thomas] wanted to do usesoccer to educate youngAfricans about HIV,” Clarksaid.

The promotion managed tobring enough fans into thestands to catch the eye ofClark, who hopes that all theIrish home games will be aswell-attended as the first.

“I hope the fans enjoyed it,they got to see four goals, sothat’s always nice,” he said.

Next, the Irish welcome No.12 Indiana for their first gameof the season. Kickoff againstthe Hoosiers is scheduled for7:30 p.m. Saturday in AlumniStadium.


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Irish junior midfielder Dillon Powers shields the ball from aCreighton defender in a 2-2 tie Monday in Alumni Stadium.

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last spring following a patellarligament injury to the knee inOctober against Tulsa. In hissophomore season, Crist torehis ACL as well.

“He has to play the game theway it comes to him,” Kellysaid. “One of the things he didin camp was show greatescapability. After two kneesurgeries, he moved well, hewas able to extend plays. Wecouldn’t have somebody thatcouldn’t extend plays in ouroffensive system, and he wasable to do that.”

Kelly informed Crist andRees of the decision duringone-on-one meetings witheach quarterback Monday.While physical attributesplayed a significant role in thedecision, Kelly said subjectivefactors ultimately led him tochoose Crist.

“I would say quite franklyand quite honestly, [Crist] isthe kind of guy I want tocoach,” Kelly said. “He’stougher mentally. He handleshimself in that leadershipposition in the way I want ourquarterbacks to handle it. Wehave great confidence in hisabil i ty to lead our footballteam to a championship.”

In addition to recoveringfrom multiple severe kneeinjuries, Kelly credits Crist forovercoming a spring seasonthat neither coach nor quar-terback were particularlypleased with. Crist finishedfive of 10 through the air for34 passing yards in the annualBlue-Gold scrimmage April 16.

Nevertheless, the seniormaintained a strong workethic over the summer, allow-ing him to secure the startingjob.

“I’ve always tried to keep apositive mindset, and I knowI’m confident of my abilities,but at the same time I wasn’tthe one making the decision.Coach Kelly is,” Crist said. “Sountil I heard it from his lips,there is always some level ofuncertainty. I just tried to keepa positive mindset throughoutthe duration of camp, andthroughout the competition.”

Neither quarterbackemerged as a favorite headinginto training camp, but Rees’4-0 campaign as a starter,including a 33-17 victory overMiami in the Sun Bowl, madehim the unquestioned incum-bent. Kelly said Rees’ improve-ment since the end of the 2010season made the decision par-ticularly difficult, but one thehead coach looked forward tomaking.

“Tommy Rees will be pre-pared to step in if he’s calledon,” Kelly said. “Obviously, theguy that doesn’t get the start-

ing nod is disappointed, and [I]wouldn’t have wanted aresponse any other way.Tommy also knows what he’scapable of doing too. Tommy’sa much better quarterbackthan he was last year.”

Kelly reaffirmed that whileCrist is the intended starter foreach game of the season, cer-tain packages will incorporateRees, sophomore AndrewHendrix and freshman EverettGolson.

Although relieved by a senseof security at his position, Cristsaid he will look to Rees tocontinue pushing him through-out the season.

“We talked pretty soon after[Kelly’s decision]. We all metat pretty similar times. I toldhim, ‘I need you to keep push-ing me. I think honestly youhave made me a better quar-terback.’”

Crist threw for 2,033 yardsand 15 touchdowns last seasonbefore rupturing his patellatendon. The senior said hedoesn’t foresee any challengesleading the Irish offense, citingincreased famil iarity withKelly and his system.

“It really just comes withexperience,” Crist said. “Now,coming into year two, I under-stand how he likes to coach.He understands what gets megoing, what pushes me, whatdoesn’t. That relationship isdefinitely growing, we’ve seenit grow together. Obviously,there is a ton more room forgrowth and [it] will continue togrow and evolve.”

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between eight wins this fall and 10— or even more.

This competition was not aboutwhich quarterback could throw for350 yards and four touchdowns agame. Frankly, with this receivingcorps, either gunslinger couldhave put up eye-popping stats, butthat’s not the point.

Nor was this battle about whichquarterback understood theoffense better, or who had betterchemistry with his offensive line.Crist and Rees both grasp the com-plex Kelly schemes, and both areon the same page with their pro-

tection. That isn’t going to makethe difference on the depth chart.

This wasn’t even about whocould most effectively make thebasic, simple passes that make upthe heart of Kelly’s offense. Bothquarterbacks are eminently capa-ble of completing a swing pass towide receiver Theo Riddick, astandard out route to tight endTyler Eifert or a quick slant towide receiver Michael Floyd.These are not the plays that sepa-rated Crist and Rees.

This decision is really importantonly a few times a game — butthose are the times that mean thedifference between a decent sea-son and a great one. What arethose times?

Third-and-10 in the fourth quar-

ter of a tie game in Ann ArborSept. 10. Fourth-and-4 at midfieldwith two minutes left, down onepossession to USC. First-and-goalto win at Stanford, with a BCSbowl berth on the line.

These are the situations inwhich Crist will be called on tomake a play. Maybe it’s a pinpoint12-yard out route across the fieldto Eifert. Perhaps it’s a rollout “go”route to Floyd. Whatever it is, inthose situations, Crist is the guy.He’s got more arm strength, morerapport with his receivers andmore innate talent to make a playout of nothing. These times willrarely show up, but when they do,they will be the line between a tri-umphant win in Michigan Stadiumand a heartbreaking loss. Add

them up over the course of a sea-son, and it’s the differencebetween the Holiday Bowl and theSugar Bowl.

This isn’t to say that Rees could-n’t pull off the plays in those situa-tions. Rees is a very capable quar-terback, and if Crist goes down,Notre Dame will have the luxury ofbeing completely confident in itsbackup quarterback. That is anadvantage few teams around thecountry will have.

Crist, however, has done nothingbut improve since last season. It’sbeen evident every time he stepson the practice field. Whereas lastyear Crist was uncomfortable inKelly’s offensive system and strug-gled to flush out the old CharlieWeis system, this year he knows

the playbook like the back of hishand. What’s more, the genuinehorse race between Rees and Cristhas pushed the senior to get evenbetter mentally and physically.There’s a reason why after Kellytold Crist of his decision, thenewly-named starter said to Rees,“I need you to keep pushing me.”

Rees will indeed keep pushingCrist. But when the rubber meetsthe road, Crist has just a littlemore raw talent in him. In nearlyhopeless situations, he creates justa little more room for hope. And inwhat was a neck-and-neck racefor eight months, that makes allthe difference.

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“I think that the problem witha lot of the teaching strategiesthese days is that they aredesigned to make money,”Kubinski said. “You can’t usecookie-cutter solutions forunique issues. You take what aguy has in terms of physicalattributes and go from there.”

Kubinski continued to workat golf clubs until 2003 whenhe joined the staff at Duke asan assistant coach. He workedwith both the men and women’steams and helped lead thewomen to a national champi-onship in 2002.

“I got to work with a lot ofvery talented golfers at Duke,and frankly I think that helpedme really shoot up the rankingsof golf coaches,” Kubinski said.“People notice top individualfinishes and congratulate thecoach. Ninety-nine percent of itis the golfer you’re workingwith.”

When the head coaching posi-tion at Notre Dame opened in2005, he jumped at the oppor-tunity and never looked back,catapulting the Irish to a No. 12

national ranking in his firstseason.

From the start, Kubinskiendeavored to build an eliteprogram. Under his lead, NotreDame has opened a new indoorfacility that allows the programto flourish in the cold wintermonths. It also attractsrecruits.

“When I was at Duke, webasically had our pick of thetop amateur golfers in thecountry,” Kubinski said. “We’regetting to that point here.We’re getting some of the besttalent in the country.”

For golfers who have had pri-vate coaches since the timethey could walk, Kubinski seeshis role as just enhancing whatis entrusted to him and workingwith players on the mental sideof the game.

“There’s golf, and thenthere’s tournament golf,”Kubinski said. “It’s one thing tohave a great swing and anotherto bring it out in crunch time.”

The Irish will face their fairshare of high-pressure situa-tions this season as they movetoward the NCAA spring cham-pionship in Los Angeles.

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Irish senior forward Melissa Henderson connects with the ballduring a 2-0 win over Wisconsin Aug. 19 at Alumni Stadium.

did a great job at trying tokeep it, switching the field andchanging it up. I think we havea lot of work to do, but at thesame time we are really pro-gressing and getting better atit.”

Just over 15 minutes into thesecond half, Irish senior mid-fielder Molly Campbell crossedthe ball to an isolatedHenderson, who headed theball into the net. The goal sentthe crowd of over 1,700 into afrenzy as the Irish were ableto capitalize on a rare mistakeby Wisconsin’s defense.

Waldrum was not thoroughlypleased with his team’s overallshot selection.

“I think the one thing we’vegot to continue to work on iswe probably missed a fewscoring opportunities that wecould have won a little easierthan we did,” Waldrum said.“We’ve got to get better at fin-ishing those chances becauseyou’re only going to get a fewagainst good teams.

Not to take anything awayfrom Wisconsin, but we hadenough good chances to win

by more than 2-0 today.”The Irish have never lost

when Henderson records agoal or an assist. Quick to shyaway from the spotl ight,Henderson said despite beingdouble and triple-teamed, sheis equally as talented as herteammates on the field.

“I’m honestly just as good asanyone else out there, so I feellike it’s just unfortunate that Ihave multiple defenders outthere,” she said.

Waldrum said Hendersonunderstands that being doubleand triple-teamed comes withbeing a high-caliber athlete.

“Mel’s got to get used to thatbecause everybody knows herin the country. She is thatplayer of the year in all thatpreseason ballot ing, but Ithink she’s been watchedclosely over the last coupleyears here,” Waldrum said. “Idon’t think it’s anything new toher, but I do think you needsomebody stepping in andscoring goals.”

The Irish return to actionagainst North Carolina Fridayat 7 p.m. in the first game ofthe Carolina Classic in ChapelHill, N.C.

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Junior goalkeeper MaddieFox gathered three saves inher first collegiate start for theIrish, giving the defendingnational champions a defen-sive advantage in their 2-0shutout over Wisconsin Fridayat Notre Dame’s AlumniStadium.

Irish coach Randy Waldrum

said Fox’s performance ulti-mately determined the out-come of the game on a daywhen few Wisconsin shotsfound their way through theIrish defense during their firstregular season home game.

“Defensively, I thought wegave a couple of looks from adistance that we shouldn’thave given. Maddie made acouple of good saves there,where [Wisconsin] could havebeen in the game even though

we dominated it,” Waldrumsaid. “I think our players areaware that you have to finishthose chances because thisgame could have been a differ-ent story if they score one ofthose goals.”

No. 1 Notre Dame (1-0, 0-0Big East) had several opportu-nities to blow open its lead,but a few Irish miscues and anoutstanding performance fromWisconsin senior goalieMichelle Dalton kept the game

close all night. Dalton record-ed 10 saves for the Badgers (0-1), who finished 7-1-2 in theBig Ten last season.

Sophomore forward AdrianaLeon, fresh off a foot injury,got the Irish off to a 1-0 startwith 2:43 remaining in thefirst half. Notre Dame seniorforward Melissa Hendersonearned the assist as she woveher way around a collapsingBadger defense and sent adeflected pass toward Leon.

Notre Dame came out andcontrol led the ball for themajority of the second half,barely surpassing a team goalof 400 passes per game with401, and limiting the Badgersto just 103 passes.

“It ’s hard when you’reagainst a team that drops offcontinuously, but you have tojust continually run at them,”Henderson said. “I think we

Irish coach Brian Kellyremoved any uncertaintyregarding the quarterbackposit ion by naming seniorDayne Crist as the starteragainst South Florida in apress conference Tuesdayafternoon.

Crist batt led sophomoreTommy Rees throughout train-ing camp to earn the nod fromKelly as the starter.

“We named a starting quar-terback, and that wil l beDayne Crist, who will start forus against the University ofSouth Florida,” Kelly said.“Both of those young men,Dayne and Tommy Rees, had agreat battle for that startingposition, but Dayne will be ourstarter, and I expect him to beour starter for 13 weeks.”

Crist returned to the field

Some Irish fans might be think-ing this decision was a foregoneconclusion. It’s easy to thinkDayne Crist was going to be thestarter given his experience, phys-ical strengthand skill set.

They’rewrong.

Othersmight beresponding tothisannounce-ment with abig yawn,arguingthat thequarter-back doesn’t matter in a BrianKelly system and that the defenseholds the key to a successful sea-son.

They’re wrong too.Crist was not the presumptive

starter, but the fact that he wonthe job could be the difference

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In front of a packed houseat Alumni Stadium, NotreDame’s final exhibition gameof the season aga ins tCreighton ended in a 2-2 tie.Though the resu l t o f thegame will not follow eitherteam into its official season,the contest contained all thecompetition and drama nor-mally reserved for regularseason games.

“Although it doesn’t reallymatter, it always matters,”Irish coach Bobby Clark said.

Competitive play from bothteams resu l ted in a com-bined three ye l low cards ,including two in the opening30 minutes o f the game,

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Irish senior midfielder Brendan King looks for the ball inMonday’s 2-2 draw against Creighton in Alumni Stadium.

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MEN’S SOCCER

Final exhibition ends in tieMEN’S GOLF

Irish among Big East’sbest under Kubinski

Notre Dame opens season with win over WisconsinND WOMEN’S SOCCER

When Jim Kubinski took thereigns of the Notre Dame golfprogram in 2005, he hadvisions of an Irish team thatcould compete with the topprograms in the country.

Faced, however, with chal-lenges like the northwesternIndiana winters and theUniversity’s stringent admis-sions requirements, Kubinskiknew the road to the topwould not be easy.

Three Big East titles later,he will guide a 2011-2012squad that has the potentialto compete for its first NCAAchampionship since 1944.

“We want to be in the situa-

tion where we play in NCAAfinals, not just the regional,”Kubinski said.

Kubinski took a circuitousroad to South Bend. He wasborn in Springfield, Mass. andgraduated from SpringfieldCollege in 1993, where hecaptained the golf team hisjunior and senior years.

He went on to play a num-ber of minor professionaltours in New England beforelanding a job as an assistantgolf professional at GreenvilleCountry Club in SouthCarolina. There, he developedthe teaching style that wouldlead GOLF magazine to nomi-nate him for its 2007 Top 100Teacher’s List.

see KUBINSKI/page 21

By CONOR KELLYSports Writer

Crist ChosenFOOTBALL

Kelly picks senior tostart opener over Rees

see KELLY/page 20 see CRIST/page 20

By CHRIS MASOUDAssistant Managing Editor

Crist’s natural talentdifference in QB race

see BADGERS/page 21

see CLARK/page 19

By JOSEPH MONARDOSports Writer

By MEGAN GOLDENSports Writer

Allan JosephSports Editor

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Senior Dayne Crist prepares to throw a pass during fall practice. Crist was named the startingquarterback yesterday for the season opener against South Florida Sept. 3.

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