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Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s welcome freshmenClass of 2015 excelsin academics, serviceoutside the classroom

Incoming class profileboasts strong grades,unique achievements

“When I’m a teenager, my bigplans are to be smart and to goto Notre Dame.”A fourth-grade student in an

elementary school classroomwrote those words in an essaymore than eight years ago. Thispast spring, her mother sent herfourth-grade paper to the Officeof Admissions as they consid-ered her application.The Office of Admissions said

this girl will join over 2,000freshmen and 154 transfer andreadmitted students this week-end at Notre Dame for the fallsemester. As one of manyincoming students who dreamtof Notre Dame since childhood,her story showed that with a lotof hard work and a little helpfrom mom’s scrapbook, getting

By MEGAN DOYLENews Editor

A Unites States figure skater,a Taekwondo black belt, a CivilWar re-enactor, and an award-winning novelist all share verydifferent interests, but are nowtied by a common bond.These women are part of the

396 students that make up theClass of 2015 at Saint Mary’sthis fall, said Vice President ofEnrollment Management MonaBowe. “It’s a great class.

Academically, it’s a little bitstronger than the last threeclasses, but very similar, andstill exactly the kind of studentsthat we want coming to SaintMary’s,” Bowe said.Director of Admissions

Kristen McAndrew said herstaff reviewed 1,453 applica-

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Freshmen arrive on campus

Vans loaded with boxes andfurniture clogged campusentrances Friday morning, butthe air buzzed with excitementas the freshmen class arrivedat Notre Dame. Freshmen Maggie McGonigle

and Allie Anderson met for thefirst time as the roommatesmoved into their Lewis Hall

room. “I’m most excited about fig-

uring out about why everyoneis so excited when they hearthat you go here,” Andersonsaid. “The fact that when yousee someone from Notre Dameyou want to go up and talk tothem, why everyone loves theschool so much. I just want toknow when I’ll become likethat.”Anderson, a Sacramento,

Calif. native, said although she

does not have a family tie withthe University, she really likedthe feeling of community oncampus.“I went to a small [high]

school, and it’s really niceknowing a lot of people,”Anderson said. “Everyone’svery family-orientated [here].The football was a big part ofit. I like spectator sports.”McGonigle, from Minnetonka,

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Freshman Katie Privateer, clad in “The Shirt,” and her family unload her belongings and carry theminto McGlinn Hall on Friday morning during move-in.

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Four new rectors joincampus residence life

Incoming freshmen are notthe only new res idents oncampus this semester as fournew rectors prepare to leadDuncan, Fisher, Howard andLyons Halls in the fall. Vice President for Student

Affairs Fr. Tom Doyle said thebiggest factors Notre Dameconsiders when choosing anew rector include past lead-ership experience, experiencewith college-age students andan overall love of learning. “This is an educat ional

institution [so] we want peo-ple who are intr igued andmotivated by ideas,” he said.“We look for people who aresort of intellectually engagedand curious.” Residence hal ls are the

heart of the Notre Dameexperience, Doyle said, so arector should be prepared toremain in the position for anumber of years — longenough to welcome an incom-ing freshman class and thensee that same class graduate. Terence Fitzgibbons, the

new rector for Duncan Hall,returns to Notre Dame fromhis most recent position asOverseas Lay Minister for theCongregation of Holy Cross inJinja, Uganda. In Uganda, heserved as a teacher at anundergraduate Catholic semi-nary and a primary school. He said he looks forward to

helping Duncan take the nextstep in building dorm tradi-tions and community. “Duncan Hall no longer has

the excuse that ‘we’re a newdorm.’ Our senior class is thef irst c lass of four-yearHighlanders,” he said. “Mygoal is to take Duncan to thenext level o f ourdevelopment. We want to laystronger connections from ouracademic lives to our sociallives to our liturgical lives.”The new rector said he had

one other essential goal: “I’dl ike to dominate al l men’sinterhall sports.”Fitzgibbons earned a bache-

lor’s degree in 2004 in politi-cal science and Arabic studiesfrom Notre Dame. He was aresident advisor in Alumni

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“Not havingmy dad talksarcastically

about everything I

say.”

Ian White

freshmanZahm

“Doing choirand being apart of that

family like [in]high school.”

Sami Zuba

freshmanBreenPhillips

“Getting inshape running

track.”

Jade Barber

freshmanBreenPhillips

“Meeting newpeople, gettingto know thecampus andhaving fun.”

Erin Foley

freshmanWelshFamily

“Academics,sports andmeeting people.”

Nick Deason

freshmanKeough

Minn., said she chose NotreDame because she liked thecampus vibe and because sever-al of her relatives were studentshere.Spencer Edman, a freshman in

St. Edward’s Hall, said he choseNotre Damebecause of theacademic pres-tige and overallexperience.“There were a

lot of schools Iwent to thatwere very strongacademically, butNotre Dame hadthe whole pack-age,” he said.“Overall, it was agood choice forme.”The Sioux

Falls, S.D., nativesaid he mostlooks forward tomeeting newpeople and gain-ing a different perspective onlife. “South Dakota is pretty

insignificant on the scale. This isa bigger thing,” he said. “I’mexcited to move in and seesomething different.”Interhall sports were a pull for

Willem Tax, a freshman fromAsheville, N.C., when heenrolled at Notre Dame. As Tax

moved into Sorin College Friday,he said the University’s Catholiccharacter and residence hallsystem also captured his inter-est.“I went to a summer program

[near home] for six weeks lastyear, and the dorms were single-sex,” Tax said. “I’m kind of usedto that, and we just really bond-ed. At night we would just hangout in the halls and talk about

everything.”While the

incoming stu-dents said theywere excited tostart college,they were nerv-ous about beingfar from highschool friends,trekking to classin the cold SouthBend winter andleaving theirfamilies. “I’m pretty far

from home andeverything Iknow,” Tax said.“I feel like it’sjust nervousnessabout starting

something new.”As the freshmen unloaded

their cars and found their newhomes, older students on hallorientation staff welcomed themto campus. Junior Amy Jurvis, hall orien-

tation commissioner for RyanHall, said she wants freshmen tounderstand that their residencehall and the University as a

whole are truly home for them.“After the weekend, I hope

that they realize they can bethemselves and be comfortablewith it, whether that meansplaying sports on the quad orbelting out ridiculous songs withtheir friends,” she said. Junior Luke Westby, hall ori-

entation commissioner forKeenan Hall, said he hopes thefreshmen in his dorm find asense of belonging at theUniversity and in Keenan.Orientation staff tries to give theincoming students a feel for thecollective dorm personality,Westby said. “We put a lot of effort into

choosing the people who trulyrepresent the heart and soul ofKeenan Hall and Notre Dame,”

Westby said. “Hopefully ourdelivery over the coming days ofall the events and talks we’veplanned will give each freshmanthat unique moment where they

simply know that they are wherethey’ve always wanted to be.”

into Notre Dame could become areality. Associate Vice President for

Undergraduate Enrollment DonBishop said the Class of 2015’s

applicant pool was the largest inthe University’s history. “We were more selective than

ever before, without a doubt,”Bishop said. “But we were moreon a mission. When we werelooking at who was admitted, welooked at what Notre Damecares about in addition to thebrilliant academics. We looked at

leadership, the desire to serve.”Director of Admissions Robert

Mundy said the Class of 2015was more academically talentedthan any previous freshmanclass. “We were just over 16,500

applications, which were about2,000 larger than our previouspools,” Mundy said. “We get it

every year that this new class isthe best class ever. The excitingpart is that now you can digdeeper … when you have theseincredibly talented students aca-demically. Which ones amongthis group are the really greatmatches for Notre Dame?”The average member of the

freshman class ranked in the toptwo percent of his or her highschool class, Mundy said. Thirtyincoming fresh-men earned per-fect scores ontheir SATs orACTs, and morethan half theclass graduatedas valedictorianor salutatorian. “They are all

great. Now whatwe want to do ismake sure theyare the right stu-dents who willtake advantage ofthe great oppor-tunities here, butalso give back,”Mundy said.“Those studentswho participatein communityservice or leader-ship will be as strong or strongerthan in the past. As a group, wehave students who are moreengaged in life outside the class-room.”Mundy estimated the enrolled

Class of 2015 will total about2,025 students. One-third of theenrolled class participated instudent government in highschool, according to statisticsfrom the Office of Admissions.Ninety percent of the incomingfreshmen regularly volunteeredor performed service work intheir community. The Office of Admissions

accepted 4,018 students for thefreshman class. While theadmissions process was moreselective, Mundy said moreadmitted students enrolled atNotre Dame than expected.About 51 percent of admitsenrolled for the fall semester. “Our communication got a lit-

tle better this year,” Mundy said.“We have such a great, uniquemessage that it will resonatewith students who might nothave previously thought aboutNotre Dame. When it cameapplication time, they mighthave [previously] eliminatedNotre Dame. Fewer of those stu-dents did that this year.”Mundy said the admissions

staff was only able to acceptseven studentsfrom the waitlist. Bishop said

Notre Dame’srank among thetop schools fore n d o w m e n t ,alumni givingand graduationrates increasing-ly marks theUniversity as amore prestigiousschool. “Notre Dame is

really starting toreach higher lev-els in the ratingsof individuala c c o m p l i s h -ments,” Bishopsaid. “And that isbuilding a better

sense that Notre Dame hasbecome a top-10 school.”The University’s commitment

to match all perceived financialneed for its students might beanother draw for freshmen indifficult economic times, he said. “About half the students are

on aid, and the average aidpackage is about $26,900,”Bishop said. Whether a student dreamt of

Notre Dame from the beginningof elementary school or discov-ered the University late in highschool, Bishop said he expectedthe Class of 2015 to quickly feelat home in the Notre Dame fami-ly. “Notre Dame is a very aspira-

tional college for manyAmericans,” he said. “You getcaught up in it.”

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A member of hall orientation staff for O’Neill Hall helps an incoming freshman cart his belong-ings, piled high in a rolling bin, from his car to the dorm Friday morning.

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“Notre Dame is reallystarting to reach

higher levels in theratings of individualaccomplishments.

And that is building abetter sense thatNotre Dame hasbecome a top-10

school.”

Don Bishopassociate vice president

UndergraduateEnrollment


The Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore posted textbook rentalinformation for incoming freshmen.

“After the weekend, Ihope that they realize

they can be themselves and becomfortable with it,whether that meansplaying sports on thequad or belting out

ridiculous songs withtheir friends.”

Amy Jurviscommissioner

Ryan Hall orientation

tions this year.“[The Class of 2015 is]

exactly the size of the studentbody that we were looking forcoming in this fall,” McAndrewsaid. “It’s just what we want-ed.”As the freshman class moved

into their dorms Thursday,College faculty and staff wel-comed the girls and helpedthem unload their belongings.Current students stood alongthe Avenue with signs thatread, “Welcome home.” “As much as we are running

around and carrying stuff, I’mhaving a blast,” Bowe said. Freshman Abigail

Roggemann moved intoLeMans Hall Thursday.Roggemann said Saint Mary’sfelt l ike home since themoment she made her firsttrip to campus. “Once I visited, I pretty

much knew that I wanted tocome here,” Roggemann said.“It was just waiting to getaccepted.” Freshman Erin Cisneros also

felt an immediate connectionwith Saint Mary’s.“It just took one visit, and I

thought, ‘That’s where I wantto go,’” Cisneros said. According to the Office of

Admissions, the application

pool for the Class of 2015 wasthe largest in College history. Bowe partly attributed the

increase in enrollment to theCollege’s efforts to maketuition more affordable to newstudents.“The College has made a

commitment to trying to makethe cost ofattending SaintMary’s afford-able to all stu-dents,” Bowesaid. “Ourbudget forfinancial aidhas increased,so we continueto raise moneyin endowedscholarship sowe can contin-ue to help theneediest stu-dents.”The incoming

class is also themost academically talentedgroup yet at Saint Mary’s,Bowe said.The Office of Admissions

reported 43.1 percent of fresh-men ranked in the top 10 per-cent of their high school class.Twelve of these students grad-uated as the valedictorian oftheir class. More than 63 percent of

incoming freshmen earned acomposite ACT of 25 or higher,and 62 percent scored a com-posite SAT of 1650 or higher,

the Office reported. This class also continues the

deep family tradition of edu-cating strong women, Bowesaid. Forty-seven incomingfreshmen are daughters ofCollege alumnae. The incoming freshmen also

show a willingness to giveback to thec o mm u n i t y ,Bowe said. One student

raised $8,000in one year fora diabetes fundby riding herbike 100 milest h r o u g hM o n t a n a .Another volun-teered her timeas a pallbearerfor the home-less, andanother provid-ed over 100hours of child-

care for parents attendingEnglish as a Second Languageclass.These women, Bowe said,

represent the caliber of stu-dents at the College. “There are amazing women

in this class, and we know thatthey’re going to make thisplace richer just by bringingtheir experience to SaintMary’s,” Bowe said.

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Hall during his senior yearbefore serving in the Navyuntil 2008. Fitzgibbons thenreceived a master’s degreefrom the University of Torontoin Near and EasternCivilizations before his time inUganda. Fr. Brad

Metz, thenew rectorin FisherHall, is alsoa NotreDame grad-uate. Heholds abachelor ’sdegree intheology in 1996 and a mas-ter ’s degree in div ini ty in2001.“I’m very excited to be here

at Fisher Hal l , he said. “ Ithink it’s going to be a greatyear.”Since being ordained in

2002, Metzserved as ahall direc-tor at theUnivers i tyof Portland,deacon anda s s o c i a t epastor ofSt . JosephParish inSouth Bendand associate pastor of anOregon parish.Metz is the only new rector

to hold a religious position.He lived at Moreau Seminaryfor the past year and is pur-suing a master’s degree innon-prof i t administrat ionfrom Notre Dame. New Lyons Hal l rector

Meghan Brown comes toNotre Dame from the Dewey& LeBoeuf law firm in NewYork City, where she workedas a litigation and bankruptcyassociate since 2007. Brown served as an assis-

tant rector for two years inHoward Hall while attendinglaw school at Notre Dame. “As an AR, my favorite part

of the job was the casual ,day-to-day interaction I hadwith my residents that, overtime, developed into meaning-

ful re lat ionships ,” Brownsaid. “I can’t wait to get toknow my residents in Lyonsand see what they have instore for me each day.”Brown earned her under-

graduate degree in Englishfrom Princeton University. A “Triple Domer,” new

Howard Hall rector MargaretMorgan is no stranger to cam-pus life at Notre Dame. Shee a r n e dt h r e ed e g r e e sfrom theUnivers i t y— h e rundergrad-uate degreein theologyin 2006,her mas-ter’s degreein education in 2008 and hermaster’s degree in divinity in2011. She was a resident assistant

in Lewis Hall as a senior. “[Notre Dame] really has

become my home,” she said.“Despite the fact that I havespent sucha s igni f i -cant por-t ion of mylife here atND, eachphase or‘round’ hasm e a n tsometh ingvery differ-ent to meand has contributed greatly tomy own personal formationand growth.”Whether the new rector is a

priest, religious sister or alayperson, Doyle said adorm’s leader must under-stand the meaning ofChristian community.

“Most of all, we look forpeople who are greatChristian [and] Catholic rolemodels,” he said.He said a rector’s life can be

both challenging and reward-ing.“It’s not uncommon they’re

the last ones in the dormitoryto go to bed and the first onesto get up in the morning,”Doyle said. “They do it out ofa sense of mission.”

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“There are amazingwomen in this class,and we know that

they’re going to makethis place richer justby bringing their

experience to SaintMary’s.”

Mona Bowevice president

Enrollment Management

Recent donations from alum-nae will allow the College torenovate its Science Hall, aswell as invest in other science-related fields.

Saint Mary’s Science Hall,which houses the departmentsof biology, chemistry andphysics, will receive modern-ized equipment and updatedsystems after a $10 milliondonation from an alumna.Saint Mary’s President CarolAnn Mooney announced thegift in March.

Jennifer Mathile Prikkel, a1995 College graduate, andher parents, Clayton andMaryAnn Mathile, donated thefunds to the school in thespring. The contribution is thelargest single private gift inCollege history.

“This transformational giftwill provide facilities equal tothe quality of our students andfaculty,” Mooney said in apress release when the Collegeannounced the donation.“Saint Mary’s has taught sci-ence to women for nearly 150years, and this gift will ensurethat our current and futurestudents will work in cutting-edge laboratories and class-rooms.”

The renovations will includecreating learning labs thatsupport an interdisciplinarypedagogy and relocating andexpanding the computer lab.The donation will also providefunds to renovate and replacelighting and heating, ventila-tion and air-conditioning sys-tems, Director of MediaRelations Gwen O’Brien said.

A time line has not been setfor the project.

Prikkel, a member of theSaint Mary’s Board ofTrustees, said she felt called to

donate after touring theScience Hall. The College’smission reminded her of theway her parents, the formerowners of the pet food compa-ny Iams, often invested in sci-ence education.

“[That memory] collided withwhat Saint Mary’s does — toeducate, to be objective and[to] use your heart,” Prikkelsaid in a recent interview.

In the press releaseannouncing the donation,Prikkel said the gift is a strongendorsement of Saint Mary’smission.

“Saint Mary’s produces sci-entists who are socially aware,who are making a difference inthe world,” she said. “I recent-ly met two seniors whoseresearch uses inexpensivepaper analytical devices (PADs)in the wars against malariaand elephantitis. I was amazedat their work. Imagine whatour students will be able to dowhen they have state of the artfacilities in which to study anddo their experiments.”

The donation was followedby another significant gift toscience education at SaintMary’s. This summer, Mooney

also announced a bequest of$4.7 million in the will ofalumna Marjorie Neuhoff. Thebequest from the 1961 SaintMary’s graduate is the largestin the history of the College.

The gift will be used toestablish endowments for achair in nursing, a need-basedscholarship and the SummerScience ResearchCommunities, according to apress release.

“Marjorie Neuhoff was a pro-fessional woman known forher business acumen. She alsohad a great love for SaintMary’s. In her memory, andwith the consideration of herfamily, we have invested herbequest in areas of the Collegewhere we see increasing stu-dent interest,” Mooney said inthe release. “Our hope is shewould see these as soundinvestments in an institutionwith which she had a strongpersonal connection.”

The Marjorie NeuhoffSummer Science ResearchCommunities will begin in thesummer of 2013.

Whi le most of campus isbuzzing with the frenzy off reshman or ientat ion , theClass of 2015 is not the onlyset of students settling intotheir new home under theDome this weekend.

According to the Office ofUndergraduate Admissions,113 transfer students wi l ltake their places in the soph-omore and junior classes thisfall.

Er in Camil ler i , ass is tantd irector o f the Of f ice o fUndergraduate Admissionsand the counselor responsiblefor transfer students, saidth is year ’s t ransfer c lassincreased in their academicaprofile.

“Just like the first-year stu-dents, the entire Notre Damestudent body has becomemore and more competitive,”Camilleri said.

Unl ike f i rs t -year admis-sions, Camilleri said transferstudents are not competingfor a set number of seats .However, admiss ions s taf fwas highly selective as theyevaluated nearly 400 transferapplications.

Admit ted transfer appl i -cants boasted an averageGPA of 3.8 from a variety ofchal leng ing ins t i tu t ions ,Camilleri said, but exception-al academics may be the onlycommon factor for the trans-fer class this year.

“Students are coming fromall over the country … Wedon’t have any partner uni-vers i t ies ,” Cami l ler i sa id .“They’re coming to us for avar ie ty o f reasons . Somewere admitted and chose togo elsewhere, some were notadmitted initially, some neverappl ied and la ter dec idedNotre Dame was a better fit.”

The s tudents ’ in tendedmajors vary as much as theirbackgrounds, Camilleri said.While transfers are free topursue majors in the Collegesof Science, Engineering andArts and Letters, the latter isespecially popular.

“Majors definitely changeyear to year,” she said. “Our[College of Arts and Letters]pre-professional route is verypopular. Pol i t ica l sc ience,psychology, economics are all[also] very popular. Those arethe ones we see consistently.”

In addition to the challengeof joining a new university,transfers often face the possi-b i l i ty o f not receiv ing on-campus.

Jeff Shoup, director of theOffice of Residence Life andHousing, said 63 women and74 men applied for housing inthe dorms, but only 20 femaleand 28 male transfer or read-mitted students have beenassigned on-campus accom-modations so far.

Shoup said the availabilityof housing for both transferand readmit ted s tudentsvaries from year to year.

“It fluctuates with on-cam-pus retention, the freshmanyear numbers and abroad[participation],” he said. “Afew of those rooms are thosethat didn’t get picked at roompicks, those leftover after thefreshmen were assigned, andfrom people who cancelled[enro l lment ] . Af ter those ,there aren’t many leftover

rooms.”Transfers are offered on-

campus housing based on alot tery system, and Shoupsaid no consideration is givento how promptly applicantsaccepted the ir o f fers o fadmiss ion. L ike f i rs t -yearstudents, transfer studentsare randomly ass igned toavailable rooms.

“When your lottery numbercomes up, i t ’s bas ica l ly,‘Here’s what your assignmentis.’ When someone declineswe just move past them, butfor the most part housing isimportant enough to studentsthat we don’t do that often,”Shoup sa id . “We do havesome cases where peoplehave difficulty getting out ofthe ir leases and have todecline.”

His tor ica l ly, Shoup sa idtransfer students still hopingto move on campus have beenable to do so at the semes-ter’s end.

“The las t severa l yearswe’ve been able to get every-one on second semester thatd idn’t get on fa l l becausethere tend to be more stu-dents who study abroad inthe spr ing ,” he sa id . “We[also] have some studentsmove off, some graduate andsome withdraw.”

No mat ter the s tudent ’saddress at Notre Dame, thetransfer orientation commit-tee said its members seek tomake “home under theDome” feel real for incomingtransfers.

Senior Taylor Popplewell,co-commissioner for TransferOrientation, said the four-dayevent provides transfer stu-dents with a support systemwhile they find their bearingsat a new school.

“ I th ink ‘Transfer-O’ i sgreat because i t prov idestransfers a means to accli-mate to the campus and toget to know over 110 peoplegoing through the same thingthey are,” Popplewell said.“Transferr ing i s hard initself, so having that commu-nity of people makes it easi-er.”

Some of the highlights ofthe weekend include a wel-come mass, the President’sLuncheon, “Football 101” andIndiana Dunes Day.

“At the Pres ident ’sLuncheon, Fr. Jenkinsaddresses the new transferc lass . He [was] actual ly atransfer himself, and it’s anamazing part of the orienta-tion because he’s been in ourshoes,” she said. “We alsohave academic meetings withour advisors, but then there’salso a ton of fun activit ieslike ‘Football 101’ where weteach them all the cheers anddances which is great. Thenwe have a day where we allgo to the dunes and just relaxfor a day and prepare forclasses on Tuesday.”

Dur ing or ientat ion , s tu-dents are assigned transfer“parents” from the 26 com-mittee members, Popplewellsaid.

“It’s so they have a close-knit connection with a small-er number o f people ,”Popplewel l sa id . “So theyhave someone to rely on notonly in or ientat ion butthroughout the year.”


Campus welcomestransfer studentsBy JOHN CAMERONNews Writer

Contact John Cameron [email protected]

Donor funds Science Hall renovationBy MADELINE MILESNews Writer

JULIE HERDER/The Observer

The Science Hall at Saint Mary’s, above, will undergo renovationsmade possible by a $10 million donation given to the College in March.

Contact Madeline Miles [email protected]


Science dean and wife bike for disease research

College of Science DeanGregory Crawford wears hissummer souvenirs around hiswrist.

Red and green rubberbracelets, which read “Dillon’sArmy” and “Race for Adam,”remind Gregory of the childrenliving with Niemann-Pick TypeC (NPC) disease he and his wifeRenate met on their 2,200 mile“Road to Discovery” bike ridethis summer.

“We did something differentthis year [from last year’s“Desert to Dome” bike ride],”Gregory said. “This year, wewanted to actually focus on thedisease and the families andthe children it affects.”

Last year, the dean and hiswife biked nearly 2,300 milesfrom Arizona to South Bend toraise awareness for NPCresearch. This summer, thecouple’s second journey for thedisease began in Boston June13 and ended in Dallas July 11.

A van and two drivers, as wellas one of the Crawford daugh-ters, accompanied the coupleon their trip. Individuals, fami-lies and friends signed the vanat the stops along the way andphrases from these well-wish-ers, including singer-songwriterAmy Grant, energized theCrawfords on their trip.

“We even met parents whohad lost children to this dis-ease,” Renate said, pointing toa message on the van. “Rhondafrom Providence lost her son to

the disease, and she wrote,‘They only have a childhood tolive a lifetime.’”

Another message scrawled onthe side of the car read, “2,200miles can makea world of differ-ence.”

Gregory saidhe and his wifewill make a doc-umentary abouttheir trip.

“We met withfamilies alongthe way,”Gregory said.“Every day afterriding, we hadevents [and]meetings withalumni clubs,researchers andfamilies.”

The couplebegan in Boston with AraParseghian, whose namesakeand grandfather is the formerIrish football coach.Parseghian, a fourth-year med-ical student at Tufts School ofMedicine, watched his threesiblings die of NPC, a neuro-degenerative disease thatinhibits the body’s ability toprocess cholesterol. He nowserves on the National Board ofDirectors for the AraParseghian Medical ResearchFoundation, which fundsresearch to find a cure for NPC.

A photograph of the lateParseghian children – Michael,Marcia and Christa – hangs inGregory’s office.

While the journey was emo-tionally and physically difficult,

Renate said the trip was alsorewarding.

“Every day, your mind is com-pletely filled with the thoughtsof the children you met the

night before,”she said. “Thetrip was morer e w a r d i n gbecause it’s per-sonal. I neverfelt sore or tiredwhile ridingbecause of thethoughts of thefamilies. Theywere so appre-ciative.”

The journeyended in Dallasat the Universityof TexasSou thwes te rnMedical School,where two Nobel

Laureates conduct NPCresearch.

The cost of NPC is higherthan many people realize,Gregory said. Many of the drugsused to ease symptoms are “off-label,” meaning insurance com-panies will not pay for thetreatments.

All funds raised through theirjourney are dedicated toresearch at Notre Dame to finda cure for NPC.

“NPC is a disease that doesn’thave a cure or therapy,”Gregory said. “Part of NotreDame’s mission, part of itscharacter, is to pick challengeslike this up.”

Contact Amanda Gray [email protected]

By AMANDA GRAYNews Writer

Photos courtesy of Katerina Lichtenwalter

Above: College of Science Dean Gregory Crawford, right, andhis wife Renate biked 2,200 miles this summer to supportresearch on Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) disease.Below: NPC patient Tristan, bottom center, and her family droveto meet Gregory, bottom left, in Arkansas during his bike trip.The bikers met families across the country affected by NPC.

“We met with familiesalong the way. Everyday after riding, wehad events [and]

meetings with alumniclubs, researchers

and families.”

Gregory Crawforddean

College of Science

Under a new RecSports pol-i cy, c lub teams wi l l beallowed to coexist with varsi-ty teams of the same sportdur ing th i s schoo l year,David Brown, assistant direc-tor of club sports, said.

In the past, RecSports didnot permit a club team to beformed i f a vars i ty teamalready existed in that sport,Brown said. Now, studentsmay apply to create a clubteam in any sport , even i fthat sport already has a var-sity squad.

The new policy was goodnews for jun iors BenGalloway and Stefan Hogle.The pair wil l begin a clubtenn is team, a goa l s incetheir freshman year in 2009.

“Early in the spring semes-ter, we were for tunateenough to be contacted andasked if we would be inter-ested in pursuing this oppor-tunity,” Galloway said.

Galloway and Hogle agreedthat while intramural teamshave been a great way tos tay invo lved in the sportthey love, they are excited tocompete aga ins t o therschools.

“We feel c lub teams wi l lprovide students with a wayto take that competitive edge

to the next level — to furtherencourage school ident i tyand unity while still promot-ing college rivalries in a non-vars i ty set t ing ,” Gal lowaysaid.

Hogle and Gal loway, theclub’s co-presidents, immedi-a te ly accepted the o f fer.Jun iors NateBa lmer t , Mat tSmith and AnnaWanzek wi l lalso serve as theclub’s officers.

As the groupapplied for clubstatus, Balmertsaid the processwas complicatedat first.

“Cour ts wi l lalso be tough tocome by, but wewi l l be able toge t some t imewi th pr ior i t ysimilar to the Saint Mary’steam and there are h ighschoo l cour ts as we l l , ”Balmert said.

Smi th sa id he has h ighhopes for the team.

“I know that interhall ten-nis teams were very strong,and that all of us were stateor national players in highschoo l , ” he sa id . “ I th inkthere are a lot of kids thatare great players but aren’tquite Division I players, andhopefully our club can take

that role for some.”While the tennis squad is

the only group to take advan-tage of the new policy so far,Brown said RecSports wil lfield 33 club teams this year.In addition to tennis, it hasadded racquetbal l , NordicSki and Tai Chi Gong Fu. A

club team foro u t d o o rsports, such ash ik ing andclimbing, willalso begin thisyear. Due tolack of inter-es t , Brownsaid RecSportse l i m i n a t e dmen’s runningand 180Fit.

Desp i te thec h a n g e s ,Brown sa idthe procedurefor found ing

any new c lub spor ts wi l lremain the same.

“Some criteria include sub-mi t t ing a cons t i tu t ion , aprospective advisor that mustbe approved, demonstratedinterest in the sport on cam-pus, a slate of club officersand so on,” Brown said.

Club officers must also findnearby schools that competein their sport, and they mustinves t iga te the ru les andrequirements for its associa-tions in the Midwest. Brownsa id the c lub must a l soaddress if Saint Mary’s andHoly Cross students will beallowed to play on the team.

Regardless of any prelimi-nary obligations, Brown saidthere are always issues thatcome up with each club, suchas finding and maintainingthe necessary prac t i ce orgame space.

Clubs are also required topartake in at least one com-munity service activity.

“I have interviews with theprospective club officers tod i scuss the i r miss ion andexpected activit ies, amongother topics,” Brown said.

Brown said some studentshave expressed interest informing o ther c lub teamsunder RecSports’ new rules,but none have taken the nec-essary s teps to apply l ikethose in terested in tennisdid.

“S tudents in teres ted inmen’s and women’s lacrosse,men’s and women’s soccerand coed go l f have madeinquiries and may petit ionfor recognition next year,”Brown said.


GRC restructuresorientation event

When first-year studentsenter the DeBartoloPerforming Arts CenterMonday for the traditional“College HAS Issues: Hookups,Alcohol and Sexual Assault”program, they will be greetedwith an unusual request — tobring their cell phones andkeep them on.

David Moss, assistant vicepresident for Student Affairsand interim director of theGender Relations Center(GRC), said theo f f i c erevamped theannual pro-gram for theClass of 2015 tomake it morerelevant.

“We’re tryingto find a way toengage the stu-dent a littlebetter … so ourpurpose isgoing to be tochange thingsup to bring [theprogram] intothe 21st centu-ry,” Moss said.“It will be one of the first timesin the history of DeBartolo thatstudents will be allowed tokeep their cell phones on.We’ll cover basically the sameinformation, talking abouthookups, alcohol, sexualassault, but it’ll be done in alittle different manner, so itshould be interesting for thestudents.”

The program’s goal, toinform first-year studentsabout issues they might faceon campus and ways to makewise choices, will stay thesame, Moss said. Details about

the program’s changes, how-ever, will remain a mysteryuntil the Monday meeting.

Elizabeth Moriarty, assistantdirector of the GRC, saidCollege HAS Issues is anopportunity to protect studentsby making them aware thatrape and sexual assault dohappen at Notre Dame, butcan be prevented.

“Coming to college is a veryexciting, complex time,” shesaid. “There are a lot of fears,there’s a lot of excitement. Itcan be very overwhelming, butthere are important thingsthey need to know, and we

need a chanceto talk withthem.”

The changesin the programare meant tobetter commu-nicate thei n f o rma t i o nwith thee x h a u s t e dfirst-year stu-dents, she said.

“The goodnews is if wework togetherto better edu-cate [students]and preventthese things

from happening, we can makeit go away,” she said. “This isan important message, so wehave to be more creative abouthow we get the messageacross.”

Moss said he and othermembers of the GRC staff dis-cussed how the program couldbe improved for this fall, andwas enthusiastic about therevisions.

“It’s going to be an excellentprogram,” he said.

By MARISA IATINews Writer

RecSports changes club policies

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Members of the men’s club rowing team practice in Oak Ridge, Tenn., during a spring breaktrip in March. The team is one of 33 club teams sponsored by RecSports.

By MEL FLANAGANNews Writer

Contact Mel Flanagan [email protected]

“I think there are a lotof kids that are great

players but aren’t quiteDivision I players, andhopefully our club can

take that role forsome.”

Matt Smithtreasurer

club tennis team

“We’ll cover basicallythe same information,talking about hookups,alcohol, sexual assault,but it’ll be done in a

little different manner,so it should be interesting

for the students.”

David Mossinterim director

Gender Relations Center

Contact Marisa Iati [email protected]


Textbook rental returns this year

For the second year in arow, both the Hammes NotreDame Bookstore and the SaintMary’s Shaheen Bookstorewill offer rentable textbooksduring the fall semester.

Notre Dame sophomoreNeal Ravindra, academicaffairs committee chair, saidthe program is a convenientoption for students.

“You can rent through thebookstore, pick up your textsand return them at the end ofthe semester,” Ravindra said.“(You) can highlight the booksand take notes in the marginsof the books. Of course, stu-dents must keep in mind therented books will be usedagain.”

Last fall, Notre Dame andSaint Mary’s student govern-ments launched the Rent-A-Text program through theirschools’ bookstores. Rent-A-Text provides students withthe option of renting a text-book for a semester at a lowerfee than the cost of purchas-ing the book. Rentals can becompleted online through thebookstores’ websites.

The Hammes Notre DameBookstore said 36 percent oftheir textbooks are rentablethis semester, and studentscan save up to 50 percent byrenting books instead of buy-ing them.

Titles are only available torent, however, if faculty mem-bers actively participate in theprogram.

“Dissatisfaction with Rent-A-Text stemmed primarilyfrom the low availability oftexts eligible for renting,”Ravindra said. “The availabili-

ty of rentable texts dependson the compliance rate amongfaculty for textbook adoptionand their timeliness.”

The bookstores must pro-vide Rent-A-Text with infor-mation about the specificbooks used by each classevery semester. Ravindra saidthis requirement means manybooks are not available to rentif professors do not submittheir required texts for rental.

“The low participation rateamong the faculty for text-book adoption was the leadingfactor that limited the avail-abil ity of rentable texts,”Ravindra said. “Greater par-ticipation is needed.”

Despite challenges in kick-ing off the program, SaintMary’s student body presidentNicole Gans said the rentalsystem is advantageous to stu-dents.

“[Textbook rental] is a bene-fit that most small schoolsdon’t have,” Gans said.

Mike Hicks, manager of theShaheen Bookstore, said bothNotre Dame and Saint Mary’spartner with FollettCorporation for their Rent-A-Text programs.

“[Establishing Rent-A-Textfor all the company’s clients]was a $130 million investmentfrom Follett,” Hicks said. “But[Follett] believed it was a nec-essary task and an opportuni-ty to make a large-scaleimpact on overall affordabilityin higher education.”

Notre Dame students alsohave the option of using digi-tal textbooks for certain class-es. The Shaheen Bookstorehopes to provide e-texts infuture semesters as well,Hicks said.

“We’re very prepared for anincreased demand in digital,”he said.

Follett works with the digi-tal textbook platformCafeScribe.com. Hicks saidstudents could try this servicefor a few days for free to see ifthey liked the digital format.

“It features the same pagi-nation as the printed text,one-click summarizing ofnotes and highlights, and cansave you 40 to 60 percentover buying a new book,” hesaid.

The Shaheen bookstore willcontinue to expand the rentalprogram. Hicks said facultymust be prepared to use abook for multiple years toparticipate in the rentals.

“Rental only works with theanticipated re-use of a book,so we work hand-in-hand withfaculty to maximize availabili-ty,” Hicks said.

Kristen Blitch, Notre DameRetail Operations marketingmanager, said the HammesBookstore will continue toexpand Rent-A-Text for NotreDame students in the pro-gram’s second year.

“We’re continually workingto increase the number ofrentable titles in the store,”Blitch said. “The more wehave, the happier we canmake the students.”

Student feedback was most-ly positive after one year ofthe textbook rentals, she said.

“There really are morechoices than ever for stu-dents. In the long run we hopeto increase the number ofbooks available for rental.This isn’t something we canmake happen easily, but witheveryone’s help, it’s certainlyachievable,” Blitch said.

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Urban Outfitters, above, Brothers Bar and Grill and McAlister’sDeli will open for business on Eddy Street this fall.

By NICOLE TOCZAUERand ANNA BOARININews Writers

Contact Nicole Toczauer [email protected] and AnnaBoarini at [email protected]

Eddy Street addsthree businesses

Brothers Bar and Grill, UrbanOutfitters and McAlister’s Deliwill open their Eddy StreetCommons doors for the firsttime this fall.

Brothers, located on the eastside of EddyStreet, is sched-uled to open inOctober and tar-gets collegetowns with theirlively atmos-phere and fullmenu, GregoryHakanen, direc-tor of asset man-agement atNotre Dame,said Monday.

The chain alsooperates loca-tions inB l o om ing t on ,Ind., nearI n d i a n aUniversity and in Madison, Wis.,near the University ofWisconsin.

Marc Fortney, one of theBrothers’ founders, said the barand restaurant will offer bothgood food and exciting nightlifeto customers.

“It’s going to be a lot of boothswith a big bar component,”Fortney said. “We are doing thelargest tap beer selection we’veever done. Weare going tohave over 80 taphandles on draft… It’s going tobe absolutelyover-the-top anda first-rateestabl ishmentfor NotreDame.”

The bar andrestaurant iscurrently hiringfor its Octobero p e n i n g ,Fortney said.

“We just wantto make sure weget out of the box properly …and that we can provide reallygreat service to our customersthroughout the day and the latenight,” he said.

Notre Dame and Kite RealtyGroup, the developer for EddyStreet Commons, reached out tothe franchise three years ago,Fortney said.

“They came looking for a funand safe place for their studentsto be and for the community toenjoy, so I guess we fit that bill

in today’s marketplace,” hesaid. “It’s a market that we verymuch want to be a part of.”

Fortney said Eddy StreetCommons is a “spectacular”development for college stu-dents in the area.

“We really do think the stu-dents are very lucky to have adevelopment so close to the

campus with thedifferent types offood options thatyou’ve got goingon there and allthe supports e r v i c e s , ”Fortney said.“It’s a very coolproject, and weare very excitedto see that proj-ect filled.”

The nationalf r a n c h i s eMcAlister’s Deli,located onA n g e l aBoulevard andeast of the

Hammes Notre Dame book-store, is scheduled to open inSeptember, Hakanen said.

“This high-quality deli opera-tion founded in Oxford, Miss.,[also] targets college towns andwill appeal to students and arearesidents alike,” Hakanen said.“Construction is progressingrapidly.”

The retailer Urban Outfitterswill also join the development.

“Constructionon this popularstore is nearingcompletion, andopening is antic-ipated in lateA u g u s t , ”Hakanen said.

U r b a nOutfitters islocated on theeast side of EddyStreet, just southof The Markrestaurant.

Hakanen saidthe retail com-ponent of EddyStreet Commons

has only four small storefrontsleft.

“Kite Realty Group is beingselective in choosing theremaining tenants, including acoffee shop and a conveniencestore,” he said.

Development plans for a sec-ond phase of Eddy StreetCommons are currentlyunavailable, Hakanen said.

By EMILY SCHRANKNews Writer

Contact Emily Schrank [email protected]

“We just want tomake sure we get outof the box properly ...

and that we can provide really great

service to our customers throughoutthe day and the late

night.”

Marc Fortneyco-founder

Brothers Bar and Grill

“This high-qualitydeli operation

founded in Oxford,Miss., [also] targets

college towns and willappeal to studentsand area residents

alike.”

Gregory Hakanenasset management director

Notre Dame

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I, like many of you nervous fresh-men, was not the first in my family toattend Notre Dame. My oldest brotherclaimed that prize in 1996. Then twomore followed him before my turncame.

After 15 years,my parents marvelhow each of theirfour sons has“shown” them a“different NotreDame.” Odd as itmay sound, they’reright. The oldestof us majored inpolitical scienceand loved dormlife. The secondrarely camehome, yet rarely seemed to be atschool. The third was an engineer tohis nerdy core. And me, I pretend to goto class between shifts in this officeand stints at Kildare’s, er, O’Rourke’s.

Different experiences indeed.I never really grasped how true that

is until I was deep into my freshmanyear, sporting the lowest GPA of thebunch and not bothered by it a wit.

You will spend four years at a differ-ent Notre Dame than your parents orsiblings did, and a different NotreDame than your roommate or futurespouse will.

No matter how many Chicagolandnatives you meet named Katherine,Kathleen or Megan, no matter howmany tall, skinny, pale guys awkwardlysay hello, no matter how many timesyou eat the same meal and drink thesame cheap beer as everyone else,your time here will be different thananyone else’s.

So, to quote my oldest brother, “Don’tforget to transition from being happyto be at Notre Dame to making themost of your time there.”

Because it really will be your time.Thus, most pieces of sage advice I

could dispense now would be irrele-vant. They pertain to my experience,not yours. Instead of trying to correctmy own errors through you, I’d rathersimply save you some time. So, oncemore, drawing from what my brotherstold me three years ago:

“Find out when quarter dogs are atLa Fortune … They are a good late-night snack.” — Midnight on week-nights.

“Go find the hidden pictures in themurals at the Main Building so you canshow visitors when they come. Andthey will come.” — You’re looking inthe tassels of the painted rugs. Youshould find a bowling pin, a bellydancer and Kermit the Frog. In thegrain of one of the wooden entry doors,spot the cowardly lion.

“Share Mom’s cookies … I’d imaginethey’re a good way to break the icewith girls.” — Even though he marriedhis high school sweetheart, he knewwhat he was talking about.

And, mine: “Relax.” It’s a stressfulweekend, but nothing will happen inthe next 24 hours, the next week, oreven the next semester, that a nightwith your new friends and a relaxeddrink, alcoholic or non, won’t fix.

From there, make these four yearsyours.

Douglas Farmer is a senior with amajor in the Program of LiberalStudies and a minor in Journalism,Ethics and Democracy. He can befound in The Observer office in SouthDining Hall at all times or reached [email protected] views expressed in this Inside

Column are those of the author andnot necessarily those of The Observer.

INSIDE COLUMN

Brotherlyadvice

Douglas Farmer

Editor-in-Chief

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The cure for boredom is curiosity.There is no cure for curiosity.”

Dorothy ParkerU.S. poet, writer and satirist

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Change is the constant, the signalfor rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.”

Christina BaldwinU.S. writer

EDITORIAL CARTOON

From fears to friendsCongratulations, freshmen.You’ve said goodbye to your high

school friends, you’ve arranged yourimpossibly small dorm room andyou’ve met and judged your room-mate.

You’ve officiallymade it throughthose first awk-ward, stressful,challengingmoments of col-lege. Now take asecond andbreathe. Therewill be plentymore wherethose came from inthe next four years,but hopefully bythe end of this column you’ll feel a bitmore prepared.

I can’t say goodbye to your parentsfor you, sit next to you in your firstcollege class or hold your hand at yourfirst dorm party.

But I can give you some perspectiveto take with you along the way. I had alot of fears coming into college: break-ing up with my high school boyfriend,losing touch with my high schoolfriends, not liking Notre Dame, whichhad always been my dream school.

And to varying degrees, all of thathappened. My high school boyfriendand I broke up a month into college. Iwas sad, but if that hadn’t happened, Iwouldn’t have experienced the awk-wardness of a dining hall date, and Iwouldn’t be dating my boyfriend now.

I went from talking to my highschool friends once a day to everyonce in a while. But if I didn’t let go alittle bit, I wouldn’t have formedfriendships with the people that Iknow will be at my wedding, child’sbirth and 70th birthday party.

Living with your friends in collegemakes for both pee-your-pants and I-want-to-kill you moments, but in theend, your friends be there for youthrough thick and thin.

Like those moments when you’re sador scared or frustrated that NotreDame isn’t exactly what you thought itwould be. There will be a few timeslike that, but your new friends will siton the futon with you through it all.

It is those moments that will helpyou appreciate and love Notre Dame,despite its dysfunctional idiosyncrasiesand soon enough you will be tweetingabout how you are #domesick. I knowI am.

Since freshman year, many of myinitial fears came true, and you knowwhat? I’m so glad they did. So my bestadvice is to welcome all the changethat’s going to happen instead of try-ing to fight it.

You’ll be surprised how it changesyou for the better. It will be a littlewhile before you’re able to see that,though, so in the mean time, let’sfocus on the more practical items:

There’s no better way to stand outas a freshman than to wander aroundthe dining hall aimlessly and enterlines from the wrong end. I can’tspeak for North Dining Hall, but atSouth Dining Hall, the pasta line startsby the bananas, the vegetable linestart away from the drinks and theapple/salad line starts from theChinese food. Follow suit.

The dining hall is a great place topeople watch. Observe, scout out thecuties and create nicknames for themamong your friends. (Notre Dame istoo small to use their real names whenyou’re gossiping about how you wantto meet up with so-and-so this week-end after hours.)

When in doubt, play Aerosmith’s “I

Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” or Seal’s“Kiss From A Rose” at a party.

If you’re breaking parietals, a firealarm is NOT an indication to leavethe room. Unless you actually smellfire, and in that case, take your pick— ResLife or Satan. Could be an evenmatch.

If the police come to a party, run,Forrest, run.

Introduce yourself. I met one of mybest friends on campus because I senthim an awkward Facebook messageabout our astronomy homework. Welaugh about it now, but who would Iget relationship advice from inmoments of panic if I hadn’t takenthat first step?

Learn to love Taylor Swift.Choose your classes based on the

professor. A good professor makes allthe difference.

Do not write a letter to The Observerdetailing your freshman year hookups.

Do sign up for The Observer at activ-ities night. It’s been the best part ofmy college experience so far.

When you walk outside and it’s -20degrees, you don’t have a boogerhanging out of your nose. That’s justthe feeling of your nose hairs freezing.

Truly take in these next few years.They’ve been the best years of my lifeso far, and I am confident they will befor you as well. Enjoy.

Sarah Mervosh is a senior studyingArabic and Psychology with a minor inJournalism, Ethics and Democracy.This column makes her seem more puttogether than she actually is and sheshould probably learn to follow herown great advice. She can be reachedat [email protected] views expressed in this column

are those of the author and not neces-sarily those of The Observer.

Sarah Mervosh

ManagingEditor

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The freshman 72-hour challenge

Welcome home.According to the numbers, you are

the most accomplished incoming classto date. Your SAT and ACT scores arewell above national averages and yourhigh school rankis one digit long.I’m just glad I wasborn in 1990.

Some of you arenational scholars.Others are all-state varsity ath-letes. Some areboth, and yet allof you werechosen basedon your prior featsand more impor-tantly, futurepotential.

But you are stillthe most unaccomplished students oncampus — until this weekend. You’veyet to take a single class, complete anassignment, lead a Notre Dame cheer,finish a set of pushups in the studentsection, walk into a dorm party, leavea dorm party or, the ultimate prize,accept a full-time job offer. And by theend of this weekend, that list will stillbe waiting for you.

Yet I challenge you over the next 72hours to make a name for yourself.Let people remember you for all theright reasons.

It all starts with moving in. If youhaven’t already, introduce yourself toyour roommate(s) and hallmates, theirparents, RAs, ARs and, most impor-tantly, your rector. First impressionslast, and getting off to the right startcould be particularly helpful aftertonight.

Continue meeting as many people aspossible. Enjoy the stunning weather,read a section or two of DuLacbetween open houses and get to knowthe upperclassmen in your section,especially the sophomores. They willshow you the ropes better than any-one.

I suppose I could continue giving tipslike this for the whole weekend, butthis is your freshman orientation. Likethe next four years, define your expe-rience on your own terms.

In more ways than one, FreshmanOrientation weekend is like a snapshotof the next four years. You meet anincredible number of people, you formfriendships, you learn, you socialize,you forget, you say goodbye and youremember — it’s up to you to fill in the

details. Freshmen at Purdue andIndiana have a similar set of orienta-tion activities planned.

Over the next four years, they willgo to classes, attend home footballgames, form relationships and social-ize just like hundreds of studentsacross the country.

But college is a story of details.Embrace Notre Dame for the detailsthat no other student body in thenation has the opportunity to experi-ence.

Attend Mass in the Basilica, take atour of ND Stadium and form aBookstore Basketball team.

Or make your own list. Just makesure it’s unique to you and this univer-sity. And don’t get caught up in thestories you hear from old friends.

Every year fall break comes along,we go back home and we exchangestories with high school classmates.

Greek life is great, but alas, it willnever be a part of this campus.

So don’t force it. Share your experi-ence of throwing a party in an 8 footby 10 foot dorm room, attending thefirst night game at the Big House orgrabbing 33-cent dogs at the Huddle.Embrace your dormitory.

Notre Dame will make your collegeexperience unique to the rest of thenation, but your dorm will make yourexperience unique to the rest of thecampus.

Accept the natural rivalry that existsbetween the halls, participate in sig-nature hall events and take on a lead-ership role. Make a name for yourself.

Put in the time in the classroom, ofcourse. You can’t use “transitioning tocollege” as a footnote on your resume,but don’t let grades define your four-year experience.

Coming back to this weekend — livein the moment. You can use the next72 hours to make every effort to formfriendships and relationships withoutany awkward pretenses, so takeadvantage, even at Domerfest.

Lastly, don’t worry about the home-sick feeling you might get in the mid-dle of next week.

It passes quickly and by Friday itdoesn’t come back.

Chris Masoud is a senior Financeand Economics Major livingoff-campus. He can be reached [email protected] views expressed in this column

are those of the author and notnecessarily those of The Observer.

Christopher Masoud

AssistantManagingEditor

Dance parties and other tips

When my sister headed off to col-lege a year after I did, I wasn’t surewhat to give her, but I knew that as arising sophomore I had an infiniteamount of wisdom to share.

The things Ilearned that fresh-man year, like howto stay up past 2a.m., what part ofthe library all thecute boys study in— news flash, cuteboys don’t study —and how to ade-quately decorate ahallway forChristmas basical-ly made me theAlbert Einstein ofcollege and lifeknowledge (not).

In reality, by that point in life, mysister was tired of hearing mepreach so I turned to people sheactually liked — my friends — andasked them to offer some advice forher freshman year.

The things they recommended, likehaving regular dance parties withyour roommates to both bond andde-stress, putting away your cellphones at parties to avoid regret-table text messages and reading anyand everything you come acrossbecause there’s so much out there tolearn, were all valuable gems.

Other things, like inappropriateparty jokes that were guaranteed tooffend someone, were entertaining,but not quite as helpful.

Some also offered college advicestaples, like go into freshman yearwith an open mind and find yourniche.

Get involved and take some risksbigger than putting off your home-work until Sunday night.

Don’t be scared to talk to profes-sors (I still am) and don’t worryabout having a perfect GPA (I don’t).All these were valuable and reallyshould be considered.

A lot is going to be thrown at youthis weekend, this year and reallythe rest of your time here.

The great thing (and overwhelmingthing) about college is that there areso many people here with so muchknowledge about things you’ve nevereven heard of, that you’ll never runout of people to ask for advice.

At the same time, it’s hard not towonder if you’ll ever be as smart or

as successful as them. Good news —you made it to Notre Dame, so you’realready well on your way.

As the weather gets colder andpangs of homesickness settle in,know that there are people here whowill love and welcome you whole-heartedly into what we call thewarm Notre Dame family.

Even though we’ve been told overand over again how much smarteryour class is than ours, I promisewe’ll try not to resent you. In fact,we might just even invite you overfor a dance party to warm up yourspirits.

Notre Dame is a special place, butyou don’t need me to tell you that. AsI get closer and closer to steppingout into the real world, my heartaches more and more to staybeneath the Golden Dome. You reallywon’t find people like the ones youmeet this weekend and this yearanywhere else, trust me.

I have to be honest. It took me awhile to appreciate everything NotreDame is. I came here with a skepti-cal eye, and not just because bothmy parents are Purdue fans.

It was hard to believe that oneschool could have the academics,athletics, faith, tradition and qualityof people this place promised.Everywhere I looked, I peekedbehind the scenes to find the personwho would jump out and yell,“Gotcha!” It all seemed too good tobe true, but it wasn’t.

It might take a few days, weeks,months or no time at all for you tofall in love with this school.

Work at whatever pace is right foryou. As they say in “Field ofDreams,” “If you build it, they willcome.”

If you open your mind and heart towhat Notre Dame has to offer, Iguarantee the immense love and sat-isfaction the students have for thisschool and each other will come andwarm you, even when there are pilesof snow outside … in October.

Adriana Pratt is a senior studyingpolitical science and journalism. Shehas safeguarded her future bybefriending a lot of pre-med studentswho have promised her a couch whenshe can't find employment. Adrianacan be reached at [email protected] views expressed in this column

are those of the author and notnecessarily those of The Observer.

Adriana Pratt

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The Observer

Campus leaders welcome Class of 2015

For 169 consecutive years, the University of Notre Dame hasopened its doors to welcome new students. For those servinghere, we approach this year with as much zeal and optimismas you, our first-year, transfer, professional and new graduatestudents bring to campus.

The University’s legacy is long and its traditions are deep,but your presence renews and enlivens this storied Catholicinstitution. On behalf of all of us who serve in Student Affairs,we welcome our newest members to campus, but most impor-tantly, to our community.

The Division of Student Affairs, in concert with our col-leagues throughout campus, strives to facilitate your intellec-tual, spiritual and personal growth. The integration of theseessential human dimensions is one hallmark of a Notre Dameeducation.

The University offers a variety of valuable resources to assistyou. Our 29 undergraduate residence halls and two graduateand family residence facilities help to create the sense of com-munity that is one of our most distinctive features.

Student service departments in the Division of StudentAffairs are experienced in supporting both specialized needsand integrative approaches to your development. You will findready partners among the dedicated staff of Campus Ministry,the Career Center, Multicultural Student Programs andServices, the Counseling Center, the Gender Relations Center,the Office of Alcohol and Drug Education, University HealthServices, the Office of Residence Life, Student Activities andthe Office of Housing.

As you enter into this community I encourage you to keepyour “eyes high” as you walk about campus — so that wemight greet one another personally and as a way to considerthe long horizon of your life when contemplating the individualdecisions and countless opportunities awaiting you.

Please know you have the very best efforts and wishes of theStudent Affairs Division and that you are lifted in prayer dailyby me, and my brothers and sisters of the Congregation ofHoly Cross.

Fr. Tom Doyle, C.S.C.Vice President of Student Affairs

University of Notre DameAug. 20, 2011

Dear Students:With the beginning of a new academic year, I extend a warm welcome to all new and returning students of

the University of Notre Dame.In particular, I wish to congratulate and welcome our freshmen and transfer students. We are excited and

grateful that you are here, and we will strive to nurture your growth during your time as a student.Make the most of your time here. Be open to engaging new friends, those who may have very similar or

very different personal stories and perspectives. Embrace each classroom experience as an opportunity tolearn, hone your talents and share your ideas. If you live in a residence hall, explore the multiple ways thatyou can contribute as a leader. When you face challenge, know that you are not alone and do not hesitate toseek support from those around you. Finally, in all that you do, take a few moments each day for personalreflection to refresh your spirit.

One of the primary objectives of Notre Dame, as a Catholic university, is to develop people who will be pre-pared to make positive contributions to the Church and the world. We are confident that you possess the tal-ent and desire to make meaningful and lasting contributions.

Once again, welcome to Notre Dame. May you soon come to feel at home on campus, and to love thisplace, as do so many graduates of past years. I hope to meet you in person over the course of your time, andthroughout that time, I will keep you in my prayers.

In Notre Dame,

Fr. John Jenkins, C.S.C.President


Dear Class of 2015,We hope you’ve had a smooth move-in process and a great start to your first weekend as a student at

Notre Dame! This is an incredibly important moment in your life, and it’s a privilege for us to have thechance to share it with you and your family.

As your student body president and vice president, our job is to lead a team of students who advocate forthe aspirations of the student body as a whole as well as every branch of the University. Your Student Unionis made up of hundreds of undergraduates running organizations that exist for the sole purpose of servingyou. We hope you’ll take advantage of them. We work on issues ranging from constituent services, such aslowering the price of Quarter Dogs and increasing the size of student printing quotas, to broader reformefforts, such as pursuing a comprehensive university sustainability strategy.

Come visit us in 203 LaFortune Hall to find out how you can get involved. Choose a path to make yourmark and join together to answer Fr. Jenkins’ challenge to “build a Notre Dame that is bigger and betterthan ever.”

Now, back to this weekend. There are probably a dozen things going on in your mind as you read throughThe Observer on your way to five different orientation events that you have somehow managed to squeezeinto the next half hour. Before you finish lofting your bed, buying your books and planning how you’ll fit inthat triple major while still saving time to study abroad on two continents, hold on for just one second. You’reabout to start one of the most exciting adventures of your life, and the best part is you can’t really plan it outin advance.

But you can count on one thing: you’re not in this alone. Your section is with you. Your hall staff is withyou. And we’re with you too. Whether you’re not sure where to find your place at Notre Dame or literally lostsomewhere on campus, head for 203 LaFortune Hall right next to the Golden Dome. Our door is alwaysopen. Come on in — anytime for any reason. In the meantime, please let us know if there’s anything we cando to help with the transition. You can find a member of our team by looking for an “Ask Me” name tag andwe’ll all be happy to answer any questions you or your parents might have.

Thank you for choosing to give yourself to this Notre Dame family. We think you’ll find it’s a place like noother on earth, and can’t wait to see how you build it even better. As you do, we hope you’ll consider usalong for the ride, and with you every step of the way.

Patrick McCormickStudent Body President


Brett RocheleauStudent Body Vice PresidentUniversity of Notre Dame

Aug. 20, 2011

Class of 2015 Belles, I’d like to welcome you home!To the beautiful Avenue and the Golden Dome.

Maybe right now you are nervous or scaredTo embark on your college journey, feeling so unprepared,

But let me tell you first-hand, you have no need to worry.Everyone’s in the same place, you’ll make friends in a hurry!

Those friends will quickly turn into your family.You just gained 1,600 new sisters, just wait and see,

We are all here to help you and want only your best.To your success here at Saint Mary’s College, our efforts we’ll invest,

So please get involved, there is so much to do.Clubs that will allow you to discover the leader in you!

Work hard in classes, attendance is the key!Everyone can share in your 8 a.m. misery.

But remember to have fun, it’s not all about the books.Save time to impress the boys with your charm and good looks.

The next four years will fly by more quickly than you can believe;That we are entering our last year is something we can’t conceive.

So cherish each minute and enjoy every day.Grow and explore in every possible way.

Take chances, find risks, don’t be afraid to fail.Take advantage of every opportunity and blaze your own trail.

We wish you good luck, and a fabulous year,As you now embark on your Saint Mary’s College career.

Nicole GansStudent Body President

Saint Mary’s CollegeAug. 20, 2011

Jacqualyn ZupancicStudent Body Vice President


On behalf of the faculty and staff at Saint Mary’s College, I extend a warm welcome to the Class of 2015and our transfer students. As the 11th president of Saint Mary’s, and a proud alumna, I know how powerfulthis experience will be for you. You will spend the next four years in a rigorous academic environment sup-ported by an excellent faculty, close friends and a deeply caring staff.

As a Holy Cross institution, we place a special emphasis on the education of the whole person. Your educa-tion does not end when you leave the classroom. Every activity in which you participate will enhance yourcollegiate experience. I encourage you to participate in as many co-curricular activities as time and youracademic schedule will permit. Over 80 percent of our students participate in community service. This num-ber demonstrates the importance we place on giving back and on experiential learning.

One of my aspirations for you is that you will develop a sense of obligation to promote the common goodand that your entire life and work will reflect that understanding. If this happens for you, then you, too, willhave experienced the real Saint Mary’s.

The world needs women educated in the Saint Mary’s way. Our proud 167-year tradition of educatingwomen to make a difference in the world now includes you. It is your turn to make history at Saint Mary’sCollege. I look forward to accompanying you on this exciting journey.

Sincerely,

Carol Ann MooneyPresident


To the Belles

Keep your “eyes high”

Come on in

The real Saint Mary’s

A warm welcome

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1. Drummers’ C irc le —Every Friday before a homefootball game, the drumlineperforms a set o f bothpopular songs and NotreDame cheers in front of theDome. The festivities start atmidnight, but get there earlyto find a good spot.2 . SYR — Each dorm on

campus holds at least one ofthese dances (which standsfor Set Up Your Roommate)every year. They range fromthemed events l ike theHoward Hoedown to fancyoutings like the Dome Dance,held in the Main Building andawarded to the prev iousyear’s Hall of the Year. Set upyour roommate with a blind(or not so blind) date and seeif sparks fly.3. Bookstore Basketball —

The world’s largest five-on-five basketball tournament ishe ld every year at NotreDame’s basketbal l courtsbehind the bookstore. Everyskill level is welcome — sograb your friends, put togeth-er a team and come up withthe most outrageous outfitand team name you can thinkof.4 . Snowbal l F ight — At

midnight after the first majorsnowfal l o f every winter,

Notre Dame students stormthe campus for a North Quadvs. South Quad showdown.Fr iendships are los t ,alliances are made and snowis thrown. Whatever you do,don’t get caught in the cross-fire walking home from a latenight of studying.5 . Blue-Gold Game — A

game the Fighting Irish areguaranteed to win! Watch thefootbal l team scr immageagainst itself and then enjoythe weekend fes t iv i t ies ,including the reveal ing ofnext year ’s The Shir t andPigtostal, a yearly outdoorparty.6. The Observer — Notre

Dame’s foremost student-runpublication, The Observer isthe best p lace to turn foryour dai ly dose o f Domerdish. From campus news andsports to pop cul ture andstudent opin ions , TheObserver covers all aspectsof daily life at Notre Dame.Be sure to pick up your copyevery morning.7. Students-Only Pep Rally

— For one pep rally everyyear, the doors are closed tothe public and only studentsare allowed in. A relativelynew Notre Dame tradition,this pep rally gives the stu-dents a unique chance toconnect with their team.8. Post-Parietals Pizza —

At 2 a.m. when parietals putan end to your party, South

Quad-ers head to Reckersand North Quad-ers head toSbarro for a pizza fix. Withall the gathering students,the l ively atmosphere is aguaranteed perfect way tocap off your night.9 . Running throughStonehenge — After eachIrish win, students flock toStonehenge on North Quad totake a ce lebratory dashthrough the fountain. Evenwhen it’s cold out, studentsbrave the fros tb i te tocelebrate a victory.10. Muddy Sunday —

Keenan Hall hosts this annu-al mud volleyball tournamenteach spring during the lastweek of class. No skills arerequired and it’s a great wayto de-stress before finals.11. Mozzarella Sticks inthe dining hall — Be on thelookout for this Notre Damedining hall delicacy. Once ina blue moon, the chefs atNorth and South will whipout breaded cheese sticks fordinner. Beware, though — onthose days, the lines snakethrough the dining hall sta-tions.12. Evolution and Society( formerly Ecology andEvolut ion) — This c lass ,which fulfills a topical sci-ence University Requirement,is a popular course for fresh-men. Even for those who findscience boring, Prof. Filchakteaches an engaging course

that has students spitting outfacto ids months a f ter thesemester ends.13. Interhal l Sports —

Each dorm sponsors teams ina var ie ty o f sports , f romfootball to bowling. Joiningthese teams is a great way tomake friends within and out-side your dorm. If you helptake your footbal l team(tackle for boys and flag forgirls) to the final, you’ll getto play in Notre Dame stadi-um.14. Legends Trivia — Put

your hours of studying to thetest every Thursday night atLegends. Trivia starts at 9p.m., but get there early ifyou want a spot at a table —they fill up fast.15. New Experiences —

Freshman year is a time formeeting new people, tryingnew things and having fun.Don’t be afraid to talk to theperson sitting next to you inclass or to go to dinner withsomeone you just met. Putyourself out there and don’tbe afraid to try somethingnew or do somethingunfamiliar. College only lastsfour years, but the memorieswill stay with you for the restof your life.

By MAIJA GUSTIN and MARYCLAIRE O’DONNELLScene Editor and Associate Scene Editor

Contact Maija Gustin [email protected] and MaryClaire O’Donnell at [email protected]

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Joined a club

Played bookstore basketball

Painted your body for a game Gone on a sponsored trip Participated in a sport

Made the Dean’s List

Traveled to an away gameEnded the night at Nick’s PatioFree Space!

Ate a midnight dogDone push ups in the stadiumParticipated in the Fisher RegattaGone to a themed dorm party

Watched a SUB movie Started a Viewpoint war

Appeared in The Observer

Attended Hip-Hop Night

Met Fr. Hesburgh

Dressed up for a pep rallyBeen set-up for an SYR Swam in Stonehenge

Worked at a concession standGone to every library floor

Lit a candle at the Grotto Won Legends trivia

USC Night GameOn Oct. 22, 2011 Notre Dame stadium will host its fi rst night game in 21 years. The Fighting Irish will take on the Trojans of USC under the lights in one of the biggest rivalry games of the season. We don’t know when there will be another night game, so make the most of this exciting opportunity.

B1 Block PartyEvery year, Legends hosts a concert to kickoff the fall semester. Last year Guster rocked the B1 parking lot and this year, DJ and mash-up artist Girl Talk will take the stage. Exclusively for Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross students, the $10 ticket not only grants you access to the concert, but also to activities throughout the evening.

Women’s Soccer National ChampionsLast fall, the Notre Dame women’s soccer team unseated the previously undefeated Stanford to win the national championship. Head to Alumni Fields this fall to watch the No. 1 women defend their title.

FALL SEMESTERHIGHLIGHTS

Fall 2011 Notre Dame Varsity Athletics Schedule

August

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

22Men’s Soccer vs Creighton

7:00 p.m.

23 24 25 26Women’s Volleyball vs Eastern Michigan

7:00 p.m.

27Men’s Soccer vs Indiana

7:30 p.m.Women’s Volleyball vs Idaho

7:00 p.m.

28Women’s Volleyball vs Butler

1:30 p.m.

29 30 31

September1 2

Women’s Soccer vs Tulsa

7:30 p.m.

3Football vs South Florida

3:30 p.m.

4Women’s Soccer vs Indiana

1:30 p.m.

5 6 7 8 9Men’s Soccer vs Denver

7:30 p.m.Women’s Volleyball vs Lipscomb

7:00 p.m.

10Football @ Michigan

8:00 p.m.Women’s Volleyball vs Portland

7:00 p.m.

11Men’s Soccer vs Bucknell

2:00 p.m.Women’s Volleyball vs Valparaiso

1:30 p.m.

12 13 14 15 16Men’s Soccer vs Michigan

7:30 p.m.Women’s Soccer vs Louisville

5:00 p.m.Cross Country

National Catholic Championships

3:30 p.m.Fight Like a Champion

9:00 p.m.

17Football vs Michigan State

3:30 p.m.

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19 20 21 22 23Men’s Tennis

Tom Fallon Invitational

All Day

24Football @ Pittsburgh

12:00 p.m.Men’s Soccer vs Louisville

7:00 p.m.Women’s Volleyball

2:00 p.m.

25Women’s Volleyball vs Villanova

1:00 p.m.

26Men’s Golf

Fighting Irish Gridiron Golf Classic

All Day

27Men’s Golf

Fighting Irish Gridiron Golf Classic

All Day

28 29 30Women’s Soccer vs Connecticut

7:30 p.m.Cross Country

Notre Dame Invitational

2:00 p.m.

October

1Football @ Purdue

8:00 p.m.Women’s Volleyball vs Cincinnati

2:00 p.m.

2Women’s Soccer vs Providence

1:00 p.m.Women’s Volleyball vs Louisville

2:00 p.m.

3 4 5 6 7 8Football vs Air Force

3:30 p.m.

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10 11 12 13 14Women’s Soccer vs Georgetown

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15 16Women’s Soccer vs Villanova

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17 18 19Men’s Soccer vs Seton Hall

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20 21Women’s Soccer vs DePaul

7:30 p.m.

22Fooball vs USC

7:30 p.m.

23Women’s Volleyball vs USF

2:00 p.m.

Event Locations

Football — Notre Dame Stadium, Men’s and Women’s Soccer — Alumni Stadium, Women’s Volleyball — Purcell Pavillion,Men’s and Women’s Golf — Warren Golf Course, Cross Country — Notre Dame Golf Course, Fight Like a Champion Today — Purcell Pavillion,Men’s and Women’s Tennis — Eck Tennis Pavillion

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season on the bench due to NCAAtransfer regulations. Finley led theACC in scoring last season with 17goals and ranked first among allNCAA Division I players in goalsper game with 0.94 goals pergame. Finley is the first transfer to jointhe Irish during Clark’s tenure. “[Finley] certainly has a greatbackground,” Clark said. “He’s gotto settle into a new team whichalways takes a bit of time, but he’sgot tremendous statistics. We’rehoping he can fill some of thegoals that [graduated] StevenPerry got us last year.”The Irish tied Xavier 1-1Tuesday in an exhibition match.They defeated Butler 2-1Thursday in the second of theirthree exhibition matches. Juniorforward Danny O’Leary and sen-ior midfielder Adam Mena eachscored to lead the Irish. Notre Dame will host No. 10Creighton at Alumni StadiumMonday for its third and finalexhibition game. The match willbe the team’s annual donationgame for the Grassroots Soccernon-profit organization that isnear and dear to Clark. Clark’sson founded the organization thatseeks to create awareness foryoung Africans about the persist-ence and danger of HIV.Later in the upcoming season,the team will also host its annualLose the Shoes tournament for achance for students to raisemoney toward the cause.The first regular season gamefor the Irish will be Aug. 27

against No. 17 Indiana.“It’ll be a huge game to start the

season, and we usually alwaysstart with a big game,” Clark said.“Indiana is always an excitinggame as in in-state rival. Soccer isvery important in Indiana.”Though luck has been on Notre

Dame’s side playing the Hoosiersin Bloomington, they struggledagainst their regional rival atAlumni Stadium last year, a trendClark and the Irish want tochange for a confidence boost intothe new season. “We won there last year, but we

haven’t won at home against themin a while,” Clark said. “They’vehad the better of us on our homeground.”Once back on campus, the team

held a meeting discussing hopefuloutcomes at the brink of a newyear for the Irish.“We really want to focus on the

national championship and focus-ing on things that are going to getus there,” Powers said. “It’s hardto say what will get us there.”This season, Clark wants his

team to recreate the success oflast year but take it a few stepsfurther toward what would be theteam’s first national champi-onship. “I think we were very close last

year. Hopefully we can edge a lit-tle bit closer, and this year, I thinkthat’s the aim of this moment intime,” Clark said. “If we can edgea little bit closer, we know wherewe’d like to be at the end of theseason, it’s just a matter of gettingthere.”Kickoff against Creighton is at 7

p.m. Monday.

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got that far and cou ldn ’tfinish it,” McGraw said. “SoI think we’re all really com-mitted to getting back andthis time finishing it.”On l y f o rward Becca

Bruszewsk i l e f t the I r i shstarting rotation. The grad-uate served as the team’semotional leader in additionto contributing 8.9 pointsper game and 5.3 reboundsper contest.“ I t ’s d i f f i cu l t and i t ’s a

challenge every year whenyou see a class graduate,”McGraw sa id . “The c lassbefore Becca graduated andpeop le wondered whowould fi l l in the gaps andpeop le d id i t . We expec t[ sophomore f o rward ]Na ta l i e Achonwa and[ f re shman f o rward ]Markisha Wright would bethe people that would fill interms of playing time.”Achonwa e l eva ted her

game down the stretch andprovided some productiveminutes at key times in theBig East tournament andNCAA tournament. Her con-t r i bu t i ons he lped ho ldConnecticut freshman cen-ter Stefanie Dolson to justseven points, four reboundsand four personal fouls in25 minutes.McGraw sa id she has

a l ready seen improvedleadership by a few of theteam’s ve te rans inBruszewski’s absence.“ [Sen io r f o rward ]

Devereaux Peters has reallystepped up with her leader-ship,” McGraw said. “With[ sen io r guard ] Na ta l i eNovosel and [senior guardBrittany] Mallory returning,we have a really solid sen-ior presence.”D igg ins i s arguab ly the

most important componentto the team’s for tunes in2011-12. The South Bendna t i ve burs t on to thenational scene during theNCAA tournament andquickly became a nationalcelebrity. She gained 10,000Twitter followers during thenational semifinal againstConnecticut alone and cur-rently has over 115,000 fol-lowers, making her not onlythe face of the Irish but alsothe face of the sport.“ I t h ink w i th improved

leadership she’l l have theball in her hands and be thel eader on the cour t , ”McGraw said. “We expectshe will continue to improvein a lot of ways really in herdemeanor and leadershipand how to manage theteam. She did a really goodjob of that [last season].”D igg ins averaged 15

po in t s per game and 4 .8ass i s t s per con te s t andsparked the I r i sh t o the

na t i ona l champ ionsh ipgame . She s cored 20 o rmore points in four of thes i x t ournament games ,inc lud ing 24 aga ins tTennessee in the program’sfirst-ever victory over theVo lun teer s , 28 aga ins tConnecticut and 23 in theloss to Texas A&M.In their quest for the pro

gram’s second na t i ona lt i t l e , t he I r i sh w i l l onceagain face one of the mostd i f f i cu l t schedules in thecountry, starting with thenon-conference slate, whichwill be revealed in full inSeptember.


Irish junior guard Skylar Diggins brings the ball up the court in a72-63 victory over Connecticut on Apr. 3 in the 2011 Final Four.

Contact Andrew Owens [email protected]


Irish junior midfielder Dillon Powers chases a ball against CalPoly at Alumni Stadium on Sept. 12.

Contact Molly Sammon [email protected]

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As Notre Dame prepares forthe 2011-12 season, manythings are the exact same asthey were a year ago. Once again, the Irish reflecton an early-exit from the NCAAtournament. Once again, theteam leader has graduated andgone pro. And once again,these items have led to rela-tively low expectations for theupcoming season.Last year, those low expecta-tions resulted in a 26-6 recordand a No. 5 ranking leadinginto the NCAA tournament,where the Irish were seededsecond in their regional inChicago.“[I’m] thrilled to jump on thebus to come down the toll roadover here,” Brey said headinginto the opening game againstNo. 15-seed Akron.But when the Irish leftChicago, Brey was not asthrilled, suffering a 71-57 sea-son-ending loss to No. 10-seedFlorida State.“We’re all really leveledphysically and emotionallybecause we invested so much,”Brey said immediately after-ward. “It’s hard for me toframe the season right now.”Brey lost three starters tograduation from that squad —guard Ben Hansbrough andforwards Tyrone Nash andCarleton Scott.Hansbrough hoped to followup his Big East Player of theYear award with a draft pickfrom the NBA, but did notreceive an offer. Facing theNBA lockout, Hansbroughopted to head overseas toGermany to play for FC BayernMuenchen.Nash, who left Notre Dame asthe program’s all-time win-ningest player with 96 totalwins, also went undrafted andjoined a separate professional

team in Germany.Scott, however, turned pro

with one year of eligibil ityremaining, expecting to hearhis name in the draft. He toodid not get drafted to the NBAand has caught on with a teamin Spain.The loss of these three

starters and their combinedaverages of 39.1 points pergame, 17.2 rebounds and 9.0assists forced Notre Dame toturn to newcomers to pick upthe slack. But highly-toutedrecruit Eric Katenda suffered asevered optic nerve this sum-mer, and his career on thecourt remains uncertain. With or without Katenda,

Notre Dame’s starting five isyet to be determined. Seniorguard Scott Martin and for-ward Tim Abromaitis will likelyreturn to their starting spots,and will most likely be joinedby sophomore guard EricAtkins and junior forward JackCooley. Atkins and Cooley werethe first two players off Brey’sbench throughout last season.The fifth piece of the puzzle

will come down to a competi-tion between junior guard JoeyBrooks and sophomore guardsAlex Dragicevich and JerianGrant. Neither of the sopho-mores saw playing time lastseason.Another unknown is Notre

Dame’s complete schedule,although some games are set.The Irish will face Big Eastopponents Connecticut,Rutgers and West Virginiatwice apiece and play a gameat Gonzaga. The team will alsoappear in the CBE Classic,where Notre Dame will hostDetroit and Sam Houston Stateat home and face Missouri andeither Cal or Georgia in KansasCity.The full schedule will be

released later this fall.

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Irish sophomore guard Eric Atkins drives to the basket in an 85-52exhibition win over Marian at Purcell Pavilion on Nov. 1.

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Halfpenny settles inas new Irish head coach

New Irish coach ChristineHalfpenny shifted gears assoon as she learned she hadearned the Notre Dame job.On the sidel ines of a highschool camp, Halfpenny quick-ly moved on from recruitingfor William & Mary and start-ed pitching Notre Dame.“I was elated,” Halfpennysaid. “I was excited. But Iknew I had to get to work forthe University of Notre Dame.”Halfpenny left Wil l iam &Mary to replace longtime Irishcoach Tracy Coyne, who ledthe women’s lacrosse squadfor the first 15 years of theprogram. Coyne led the Irishto a Final Four berth in 2006and a Big East championshipin 2009 on her way to 147wins with Notre Dame.“[Coyne] left big shoes tofill,” Halfpenny said. “She didan outstanding job puttingthem on themap. She hada big task asone of thefirst Midwestprograms.”Halfpenny’sWil l iam &Mary teamsset single-sea-son recordsfor points,goals, drawc o n t r o l s ,caused turnovers and savesduring her tenure. Her lastfour Tribe squads topped the10-win plateau. The VirginiaTech alumna also worked asan assistant coach andrecruit ing coordinator atDuke, where she reeled insome of the top classes in thecountry.“From a coaching, recruitingand academic standpoint, sheunderstands exactly what theexpectations are here at NotreDame and what it will take forour program to take the nextset of steps forward,” Directorof Athletics Jack Swarbricksaid in a press release

announcing Halfpenny’s hir-ing.While at Duke, Halfpenny

helped the Blue Devils earn a3.46 team grade-point aver-age, the best in the nation.“I realized the importance of

structure, commitment anddedication,” Halfpenny said. “Ilearned how to maximizeeffort and efficiency.”At Wil l iam & Mary,

Halfpenny’s Tribe teams notonly earned a combined 59CAA Commissioner’s AcademicAwards in the classroom, butalso amassed f ive Al l-American selections on thefield.“We set goals for our girls,”

she said. “We are organizedwith our time management.We want our girls to graduateand dominate the real world.We need to prepare our girlsfor life after lacrosse.”Halfpenny, while with

Wil l iam & Mary, recruitedmany of the current Irish play-ers and likens her new job to a

reunion ofsorts. Shebelieves herp e r s o n n e lwill fit nicelyinto her sys-tem andd e s c r i b e sthem asstrong, fast,e n e r g e t i cand proud.“W i t h o u t

q u e s t i o n ,Chris is the right person at theright t ime to lead out pro-gram,” Deputy Director ofAthletics Bill Scholl said at thepress conference introducingHalfpenny.Elite facilities like the Loftus

Center and Arlotta Stadiumcoupled with stellar recruitingresources have Halfpennythinking big.“We want to win a Big East

championship, make a FinalFour and ultimately, win anational championship,” shesaid.

MEN’S LACROSSE

Irish fall after historic season

In what was supposed tobe a grand finale to a trail-blazing regular season, thepremature ending was al ltoo fami l iar for the Ir ishcoaches and players.Following a first round vic-

tory over unseeded Penn (8-7, 4-2 Ivy League) , No. 4Notre Dame (11-3, 5-1 BigEast) was ousted from theNCAA tournament by No. 5Duke (14-6, 3-0 ACC) for thesecond consecutive year, thistime in the quarterfinals bythe score of 7-5.“It was almost an anecdote

to the championship gamelast year [which Notre Damelost 6-5 in overtime],” Irishcoach Kevin Corrigan said.“We outplayed them for asignificant part of the gamebut didn’t cash in on oppor-tuni t ies . I t was k ind of astrange way to, for the sec-ond year in a row, begin theseason with a win againstDuke and end the seasonwith a loss [against Duke].”No. 6 in the preseason

polls, the Irish enjoyed earlysuccess as they rattled off 10straight wins to start the

season ( inc luding a 12-7defeat of Duke in week one)en route to securing the firstNo. 1 ranking in programhistory April 18. However,after only two weeks atopthe polls, Notre Dame fell toSyracuse (15-2, 6-0 Big East)and North Carolina (10-6, 1-

2 ACC) in consecutive weeksto end the regular season.Al though they seemed tohave limped into the post-season, the Irish regainedtheir momentum with anopening round 13-6 victoryover Penn.“It was probably our bestgame we had played a l lyear,” junior at tack SeanRogers sa id of the gameagainst Penn. “Coming off oftwo losses … we really hadto step it up, and we did.”The Irish jumped out to anearly 4-0 lead against theQuakers, and outscored theiropponent 5-1 in the secondhalf. Senior attack Colin Igoeadded one assist to his threegoals as he recorded acareer high four points.Unfortunately for the Irish,they were not able to repli-cate their goal-scoring per-formance from the f i rs tround game in the round ofeight. The Irish were, how-ever, very much in the gameuntil the final quarter, whenDuke netted three goals torun away with the contest.Notre Dame’s inabi l i ty toconvert scoring opportuni-ties into goals, a deficiencywhich plagued the team allyear, caught up to the Irishonce again.“Our problem this yearagainst Duke was our shoot-ing accuracy, and we didn’tmake most of our shots andcouldn’t put [the ball] in theback of the net,” sophomoregoalie John Kemp said.The Irish outshot Duke 34-28, won 11 of the 16 faceoffattempts, scooped up ninemore ground balls and com-mitted three fewer turnoversthan the Blue Devils. Despitethe lingering disappointmentfrom their second roundloss, Notre Dame’s successfulregular season served toestablish the program as oneof the nation’s elite.“All in all, it was a goodyear, but this team had aspi-rat ions to win a nat ionalchampionship,” Corr igansaid. “We spent three or fourweeks at No 1. We were thelast team to be undefeated.We played as a top-five teamall year, and I think that wasvery satisfying in a sensebecause we fe l t l ike webelonged, but [we] didn’t fin-ish the year with a ring likewe all hoped.”

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“I realized the importanceof strucure, commitmentand dedication. I learnedhow to maximize effort

and efficiency.”

Christine HalfpennyIrish coach

By JOSEPH MONARDOSports Writer


Irish senior attackman Nicholas Beattie goes for a pass duringNo. 4 Notre Dame’s 11-7 win over No. 16 Drexel March 3.


Irish sophomore midfielder Liam O’Connor evades defenders duringNotre Dame’s 11-7 victory over Drexler March 3.

By MATTHEW DeFRANKSSports Writer

Coming off a season thatincluded a Big East champi-onship, a top-25 rank ingand their firstNCAA cham-p i o n s h i pber th , thechallenge forthe Irish willnow be toreplicate pastsuccess andturn the i rprogram intoa na t iona lpowerhouse .Wi th the loss o f Ka t ieConway and So-Hyun Park tograduation and sophomoreNico le Zhang l eav ing theteam, Notre Dame returnsthis year as a much youngerteam. The expec ta t ions ,though, are just as high.“We’ve got some very tal-

ented players to fill the spotswe had vacated,” Irish coachSusan Hol t sa id . “We fee lgood about getting back tothose championships.”Those spots will be fil led

by another strong recruitingc lass assembled by Ho l t ,wh ich fea tures f reshmenAshley Armstrong and KelliOr ide . Armstrong hasalready won over 20 eventsin her shor t career, andOride is ranked as a top-20recru i t . Toge ther, Ho l tbelieves they will be a hugefactor for the Ir ish in theupcoming season.“These f reshmen are

already experienced, talent-ed players,” Holt said. “Theywill have to get up to speedwith what we do here, butwe’re expecting them to havea big impact immediately.”The task o f he lp ing the

freshmen adjust will fall onthe shou lders o f No treDame’s three upperclassmen:sophomore Kr i s t ina Nhimand seniors Katie Allare andBecca Huf fer. A f ter thedeparture of team leadersConway and Park, Huffer willhave to pick up where theyleft off, both on the courseand in the locker room.“Katie and So-Hyun meant

a lot to this program,” Holtsa id . “ [Huf fer ] i s our topreturning player and she’shad a really solid three yearsfor us already. She’s going tobe in a leadership role forus, and she will be able tohelp out the freshmen.”With a cohes ive team of

five talented golfers, NotreDame will look for its firstrepeat as Big East champions ince 2004 . Lurk ing asa lways , though , w i l l beLou i sv i l l e . The I r i sh andCardinals have won eight ofthe nine Big East champi-onships s ince the tourna-ment began in 2003. Las tspring, it was Notre Dame’swin at the Big East that pro-pelled them to their unprece-dented NCAA success.“The Big East is a focus for

us every year,” Hol t sa id .“We de f in i te l y f ee l goodabout our chances torepeat.”Be fore they ge t there

though, they will face a diffi-cult slate of tournaments in

the fall. The schedule opensat the Golfweek ConferenceChallenge in Colorado, whichis comprised of the top teamsfrom each o f the majorDivision I conferences. The

Ir ish wi l l a lsotravel to NorthCarol ina for apa ir o f h igh lyc o m p e t i t i v etournaments.“Th i s fa l l

s chedu le w i l lbe the mos tc h a l l e n g i n gwe ’ve everhad,” Holt said.“We hope i tshows uswhere we

s tand head ing in to thespring.”


MEN’S GOLF

Irish boast tough schedule

After a successful 2011 spring— which included a Big Eastchampionship and a 10th placefinish in the NCAA tournament— Irish coach Jim Kubinski saidthe biggest victory of the springcampaign was his squad’s new-found belief in themselves as truecompetitors on the nationalscene.“You know, we were right up

there for the lead through 27holes at the NCAA champi-onship,” Kubinski said.“Obviously you have to play 54holes, but my guys really startedto feel that they didn’t just wantor hope to compete, but that theyknew they could play well andexpected to.”The Irish will certainly have

the opportunity to test them-selves against the best competi-tion in the country over the nextcouple of months as they havetheir toughest schedule in recent

memory, Kubinski said.“Stanford, Texas, Augusta

State — the defending nationalchampions — they’re all on ourschedule,” he said. “If we getthrough the fall season fine, itwill put us in a fantastic positionfor NCAAs in the spring.”Though the team will not for-

mally practice together untilWednesday, its individual mem-bers have hardly been compla-cent during the summer. Allhealthy Irish golfers, includingthree incoming freshmen, haveplayed in junior tournamentssince the end of the spring sea-son. Senior Max Scodro will com-pete in the U.S. AmateurChampionship Monday. Scodroshined toward the end of thespring and is set to lead the Irishthis fall along with classmateTom Usher, once Usher recoversfrom a hand injury. “Scodro came into last season

as a really solid college player,but he has the chance now toreally elevate his game,”Kubinski said. “He’ll be a real

leader on our team.”Scodro and Usher headline a

squad that returns a top-five thatsaw the lion’s share of time lastseason. Though the loss of Connor

Alan-Lee, Dustin Zhang andJustin Chen will be impactful, theIrish have a glut of talented andexperienced golfers to choosefrom, with Scodro and Usher, fel-low senior Chris Walker, juniorPaul McNamara and sophomoreNiall Platt all returning.“We’ll have a lot of skilled

golfers on this team, and I cansee a number of real competi-tions for spots in our top-five,”Kubinski said.After last year’s success,

Kubinski expects the squad toprogress even further during the2011-12 season.“Last year these guys proved to

themselves that they could com-pete. Now they are looking totake it up a level,” he said.

By CONOR KELLYSports Writer

ND WOMEN’S GOLF

Young team strives toreplicate last season

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“We feel good aboutgetting back to those

championships.”

Susan HoltIrish coach

“The freshmen are going tohave to earn their roles, justl ike every other player,”Jackson said. “But I have highexpectations for [players] likeRobbie Russo and [right wing]Peter Schneider being able tocontribute right away.”The buzz of where the Irishwill play may actually surpassall this buzz about the possi-bilities once on the ice. After33 years in the Joyce Center,the brand new ComptonFamily Ice Arena is scheduled

to open for Irish hockey inlate October or earlyNovember.“It’s certainly a long time

coming,” Jackson said. “Iknow our players and entirestaff are extremely excitedabout moving into the newbuilding.“We have to stay focused

and make sure we respect ourpresent facility while we’rewaiting to move into the newbuilding. [But] I think that ourfans, our students and theuniversity as a whole will bevery proud of this buildingand the impact it will have onour hockey program and thecampus community.

“We made sure our studentsare going to have the bestseats in the house and hope-fully come out in droves [and]the hockey will hopefully beextremely exciting.”The Irish play their first

exhibition game Oct. 2 againstWestern Ontario and opentheir regular season with atrip to defending NCAA cham-pion Minnesota-Duluth Oct. 7-8. UMD ended Notre Dame’spostseason run in April.The Irish home-opener

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After a 2010 season in whichshe saw her team go 18-13 andfall to Cincinnati in the Big Eastsemifinals, Irish coach DebbieBrown has high expectations forimprovement in the 2011 cam-paign. With a strong core of expe-rienced players returning and aversatile group of newcomers, theIrish look poised to improve on theresults of a year ago.“Our goal, as it is every year, is

to win the Big East tournament,”Brown said. “We have a traditionand expectation of qualifying forthe NCAAs and advancing far.This team certainly has that capa-bility.”Brown praised the work of the

team through their first three daysof practice, citing the cohesion shesaw immediately upon the teamreturning. “We’re ahead of schedule at this

point and feeling good,” Brownsaid.The Irish return four of their top

five offensive players from 2010,including kills and points leadersophomore Andrea McHugh.McHugh represented the UnitedStates this summer at the FIVBJunior World Championships inLima, Peru. Though the UnitedStates fell to China in the bronze

medal game, the experiencehelped the Irish prepare for thefall.It is not star power, however,that Brown sees as her team’sgreatest strength. “I’m quite excited about thisteam’s versatility,” Brown said.“Most of our players are able tomove all over the court, left andright, forward and back, especial-ly the newcomers. I’m reallypleased with the depth of thissquad.”The Irish will need that depth inorder to compete in a tough BigEast slate that includes perennialpowerhouses Louisville,Cincinnati, Marquette andVillanova. “The whole conference isstrong, but these four finished ontop last year, and I see them asour stiffest competition,” Brownsaid. In addition, Robin Davis, wholed the Irish in 2005 and hasserved as an assistant coach since2009, was named associate headcoach to assist Brown. Upon hisarrival in 2005 Davis helped leadthe Irish to five consecutive BigEast titles.The Irish will begin play athome against Eastern Michiganon Friday.

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Irish poised to rebound,fight for Big East crown

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Irish sophomore outside hitter Andrea McHugh prepares to hit theball in a match against Arizona at Purcell Pavilion on Aug. 29, 2010.

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The Compton Family Ice Arena, the new home of the Irish, will be dedicated Nov. 18 when NotreDame takes on rival Boston College. This photo was taken May 6.


conf ident that that ’s whatthey’ll be able to do.”Perhaps they could do evenmore . I r i sh coach Br ianKelly’s first recruiting classo f h i s Notre Dame tenure

included 12 defensive play-ers s ign ing on Nat iona lSigning Day. Of those 12, fivereceived four-star rankingsf rom mul t ip le recru i t ingexperts, including defensiveends Stephon Tuit t , AaronLynch and Ishaq Wil l iams,who has been moved to out-side linebacker to join class-mates Anthony Rabasa and

Ben Councell.“Defensive ly at the l ine-

backer and defens ive l ineposition, we feel like we’vegot enough depth there thatwe can roll out the next guy,”Kelly said Tuesday. “We hadto come in immediately andaddress the defense. Thatwas easy, we knew where wehad to go immediately, andthat was on the defens iveside of the ball.”But w i th those ta len ted

freshmen, come the usualworries with freshmen.“The next-man-in on the

defensive line is very devel-opmental, as it fits into ourstructure,” defensive coordi-nator Bob Diaco said. “Thereis some tangible skill there,but they have so far to go asit relates to being in a game.There’s a lot of players thatthe whirlwind of a gamedayweekend impacts very differ-ently.”Fortunately, the heralded

freshmen can rely on a vet-eran defense to show themthe ropes. The Irish returnnine starters, only losing out-side linebacker Brian Smithand de fens ive tack le IanWilliams — currently signedby the Cleveland Browns and

the San Franc i sco 49ers ,respectively. Sophomore line-backer Prince Shembo willlikely split time with junior

Dan Fox to fill Smith’s min-u tes , and sen ior SeanCwynar will share time with326-pound sophomore LouisNix in the middle of the line.Cwynar saw extensive play-ing t ime last season whenWilliams went down with aknee injury, giving him theexperience of a 10th starter,if not the title.“Th i s t eam has beenthrough a complete seasonnow,” Crist said. “We’ve seenthe ups and downs of a sea-son … It’s really that samecore coming back, and it ’sexciting to have guys out andsee how hard guys are work-ing every day is a positive.”The leader of the defense,junior linebacker Manti Te’o,threw around phrasesTuesday like “the best in thenation” and “BCS bowl,” buthis confidence is not simplydue to 133 tackles last sea-son . I t i s a common teamtheme.“No team goes into the sea-son th ink ing , ‘Oh , we ’ regoing to win eight games,’”junior offensive tackle ZachMartin said. “But I think thisyear everyone believes thatwe can go out and win everygame that we play. Peopleare buying in, and I thinkwe’re on the right track.”Ke l l y and h i s s ta f f haveparlayed the rising stature ofthe ir de fense in to a cha l -lenge for its offense as well.Each day in practice, seniorcornerback Gary Gray linesup oppos i te F loyd . Te ’ostares down Crist and Rees.The offense has its work cutout.“As strong as our defenseis, there is a lot of times thatI think [the offense is] doingexcept ional ly wel l againstthem, mov ing the ba l l , ”Robinson said. “I think that’skind of a confidence boostbecause we know how goodour defense is. For us to beable to execute against themand show tha t we can dowell against us really bodeswell for us.”Ye t , the de fense ’s j obremains the same. No matterwhat success the last fourgames of the 2010 seasonheld, no matter what praisethe media is throwing about,no mat ter how g lowingKe l l y ’s pra i se i s , the j obremains simple.“We jus t need to go ou tthere and do our job,” Graysaid. “Just handle our busi-ness.”

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Irish coach Brian Kelly discusses his team’s strengths andchallenges heading into the 2011 season Tuesday.


Irish senior defensive end Kapron Lewis-Moore speaks Tuesdayduring media day. Lewis-Moore recorded 62 tackles last season.

are quite familiar with eacho ther. De fender Jess i caSchuve i l l e r, m id f i e lderCourtney Barg and forwardMe l i s sa Henderson havep layed on the same teamsince their youth soccer daysin Dallas.“They’ve been leading for along time, by their play andby the examples they leavefor the team on and off thef ie ld ,” Waldrum said. “Al lthree have those k ind o fqualities, and we want themto continue to do that.”Henderson, however, doesnot expect her role to signifi-cantly change from previousyears.“ I don ’t rea l l y see t oomuch of a difference,” shesaid. “I see all 25 of us asleaders and don’t really seemyse l f o r Jes s i ca orCourtney as separating our-selves from the team.”Notre Dame’s late-seasonchampionship run was keyedin l a rge par t by a you thin f lux l ed by f o rwardAdriana Leon, midf ie ldersMandy Ladd i sh andE l i zabe th Tucker anddefender Kecia Morway, allnow sophomores. Waldrumexpects those playmakers tocontinue to have an impacton the field.“Those kids were key in uswinning. From what I see ofthem right now, I don’t thinkthey’ve skipped a beat,” hesaid. “I don’t really see inthem any kind of a sopho-more slump.”Waldrum also expects hisnewest crop of recruits tobegin immediately contribut-ing to the team. Touted byWaldrum as his best c lassever, the f re shmen havealready showed signs of liv-ing up to his expectations. Infact, four freshmen were inthe start ing l ineup duringNotre Dame’s 5-0 exhibitionvictory over Nebraska Aug.9.“Al l the freshmen I havebeen [ impressed by, ]absolutely,” Waldrum said.“They ’ve s tepped r ight inf rom the beg inn ing andthey’ve played just like vet-e ran p layers…I ’m rea l l ypleased. They’re all physi-ca l ly ready to do i t . Theycame in fit and just jumpedright into the mix. They’regoing to have a big impacton our team, no doubt aboutit.” While most of the startinglineup is set, one questionmark remains heading intothe season. The Ir i sh los ts ta lwart goalkeeper NikkiWeiss to graduation and arecurrently deciding on a newstarting goalkeeper. JuniorMaddie Fox and freshmenJennifer Jasper and SarahVoigt are all competing forstart ing t ime between theposts, and Waldrum has notdec ided on a l ong - te rmstarter.“ I t ’s hard to rep lace[We i s s ] because she hadsome experience under herbe l t and had p layed in anumber of big games, andMaddie’s really not done thatyet,” Waldrum said. “I thinkthat’s going to be key, howshe responds to it. I do thinkSarah is going to push herqu i t e a b i t and o f coursewe’ve got Jen Jasper in therepushing as well.“ I ’m not sure u l t imate lywho’s going to take the reins… That’s the one quest ionI’ve probably got a little bitunanswered right now.”

As they embark on thequest to defend their tit le,the I r i shr e m a i ncon f iden tthey w i l lbe in aposition toa c c o m -plish thatgoal comeNovember.“ Y e a h ,

e x p e c t a -tion levelsare h ighand thegoals are big, but I think bythe end o f the year we’rego ing t o be good aga in , ”Waldrum said.Henderson agrees.“The team’s real ly doing

well,” She said. “I’m really,really excited for this year.

Our team has beenwork ing hard andeveryone ’s on thesame page to reallyget another nation-al championship.”No t re Dame

opened i t s seasonFr iday n igh t byhost ing Wiscons ina f t e r th i s ed i t i onwent to press. TheIrish travel to NorthCarolina to face theperennial title-con-

tenders Aug . 26 and w i l lhos t Tu l sa a t A lumniStadium on Sept. 2.


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Irish defender Jessica Schuveiler passes the ball during a 2-0loss to Connecticut in the Big East quarterfinals Oct. 31, 2010.

“Our team has beenworking hard andeveryone’s on thesame page to reallyget another nationalchampionship.”

Melissa HendersonIrish forward

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Over the pas t e igh tmonths, the talk surroundingNotre Dame foo tba l l hasrevolved around the offense.Meanwhile, the talk withinNotre Dame foo tba l l hasfocused on the Irish defense. Whi le sen ior rece iverMichae l F loyd served h i ssuspension and sophomoreTommy Rees battled seniorDayne Crist for the startingquarterback pos i t ion , thede fense has bu i l t on i t sstrong finish to last season,when i t s t i f led opponentssuch as Utah and USC.“They were able to p laysome very good teams andnot just beat them, but domi-na te them,” I r i sh sen ioro f fens ive guard TrevorRobinson said Tuesday at theannua l Med ia Day. “ I am

HOCKEY

FOOTBALL

ND WOMEN’S SOCCER

Irish trio looks for title repeatBy ALLAN JOSEPHSports Editor

see WALDRUM/page 26

MEN’S SOCCER

High expectationsawait new additions

McGraweyes trip totitle game

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

see MCGRAW/page 17

Irish defense buildingtoughness and depth

By DOUGLAS FARMEREditor-in-Chief

see KELLY/page 25


Irish senior forward Melissa Henderson fights for position in a3-0 win over Syracuse on Oct. 1.

Squad to rely on senior class for deeper postseason run

Defensive swagger

For most schools, the fol-l ow-up ac t t o a na t i ona lchampionsh ip invo l veshe igh tened pressure andnewly raised expectations.For No. 1 Notre Dame, how-ever, 2011 will just be moreo f the same .“It ’s probably no differentthan every other past year,”Irish coach Randy Waldrumsaid. “If we can get to theCo l lege Cup , i t ’s jus t twogames — anything can hap-pen. So the goal is always toget there.”Notre Dame re turns themajority of its starting line-up from last year, led by atrio of senior captains who

Following a magical run inthe 2011 NCAA tournament,a Hall of Fame induction forIrish coach Muffet McGrawin the summer with juniorguard Skylar Diggins leadingthe way, Notre Dame facessome of the highest expecta-t i ons i t has ever seen inMcGraw’s 25 years at thehelm.The 2010-11 season endedwith a 76-70 loss to TexasA&M in the championshipgame a f ter i t upset No . 1seeds Tennessee andConnect icut , a squad thathad defeated the Irish threetimes before the Final Fourmatchup in Indianapolis.“We didn’t win so I thinkwe came away with a feelingof disappointment that we

A No. 12 preseason rankinghas Notre Dame looking past theNCAA tournament’s secondround, where last season ended.“I think this is a very driven

squad, they know that we madethe NCAA tournament, and wereally felt that when it camedown to it, we ended with someunfinished business,” Irish coachBobby Clark said. “We’d like tomake history for the program,and we’ll see where it takes us.They are a driven group thatworks exceptionally hard, andhopefully that’ll bear some fruitas the season unfolds.”Five freshmen join the Irish

and their three captains, juniormidfielder Dillon Powers, fifth-year senior defender and mid-fielder Greg Klazura and seniordefender Aaron Maund, thisyear.“The freshman class hasimpressed me so far,” Powerssaid. “I think in particular, theirattitude and their willingness tolearn have impressed me.Soccer is quite a thinking game,maybe they don’t have the tech-nical skills yet, but their mindsare where it’s at.”The Irish also welcome a colle-giately-seasoned player onto theteam, junior forward and trans-fer from Duke, Ryan Finley,though he will have to spend this

see CLARK/page 17

By MOLLY SAMMONSports Writer


Irish junior linebacker Manti Te’o, center, works out during the team’s first practice Aug. 6.The Irish will open the season against South Florida Sept. 3 in Notre Dame Stadium.

By ANDREW OWENSAssociate Sports Editor

After the program’s secondtrip to the Frozen Four cappedlast season, the Irish returnwith high expectations.Three of the top four pointscorers from last year’s Irishsquad, sophomore centers T.J.Tynan and Anders Lee andsenior right wing Billy Maday,return. The CCHA’s top defen-sive defenseman award winnerin 2010-2011 — senior Sean

Lorenz — is also back, alongwith junior goaltender MikeJohnson.A class of f ive seniors is

expected to lead the way, ledby Maday and Lorenz. Theyare the only seniors whoplayed in more than eightgames last season.Despite the lack of quantity,

Irish coach Jeff Jackson seesMaday and Lorenz as capableleaders.“I would expect both of them

to be important in a leadershiprole,” Jackson said. “They’ve

been around. They’ve seen thesituation we had a couple ofyears ago (13-17-8 in 2009-2010) and how we respondedand had good leadership lastyear. So they’ve seen the differ-ence.”Jackson is also looking for

increased leadership from alarge sophomore class. Tynan,a third round draft pick by theColumbus Blue Jackets in June,led all NCAA freshmen with 54points last season, Lee finishedsecond on the Notre Dame ros-ter with 44 points.

“Obviously, for freshmen [lastyear], they had a real goodseason,” Jackson said. “Iexpect some of those guys toelevate their games — guyslike [right wing] Mike Voran,[right wing] Bryan Rust,[defenseman] Shayne Taker,[defenseman] Kevin Lind and[goaltender] StevenSummerhays. I think that a lotof [handling expectations] isabout making sure they stayedfocused on being in themoment and getting betterevery day, because [if] they put

personal pressure on them-selves, that’s when sophomorejinxes fall into place.”While this year’s freshmanclass does not have as manyplayers as last year’s class,Jackson is hoping for anotherbig year from his first-yearcontributors. Led by defense-man Robbie Russo, a fourthround New York Islandersdraft pick, the five memberswill each have the opportunityto earn playing time.

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By SAM GANSSports Writer

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