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The “Notre Dame bubble” willnot protect current students andUniversity administrators fromfeeling the effects of recent eco-nomic tumult in coming months,finance professor JeffreyBergstrand said in an interviewwith the Observer.“The biggest concern is the

volatility that we have been see-ing in the stock market. Thisreflects constant uncertaintyand pessimism for growth, cre-

ating the possibility for anotherrecession,” Bergstrand said.“The risks of parents losing jobsis heightened by the situation,and longer term, it means thatthere are prospects for our jun-iors and seniors heading outinto the workforce to find ajob.”As the job market reels, the

country’s unemployment ratereflects the turbulent economy,Bergstrand said. “At this moment, we have a

very low level of output relativeto our potential, which isrevealed by an abnormally high

unemployment rate of nine per-cent.” Bergstrand said. “TheUnited States of America’s nor-mal unemployment rate usuallyis at five percent.”He also added that the effects

of the recent economic chaosare not isolated to those search-ing for jobs. While Notre Dame traditional-

ly ranks among the top univer-sities for endowment perform-ance, Bergstrand said adminis-trators, particularly those work-ing in the Office of Financial

Early morning cab rides backfrom Club Fever will soon besafer for students thanks toreforms to South Bend taxiservices planned by NotreDame’s student governmentand the South Bend CommonCouncil.The changes are intended to

reduce the number of unli-censed cabs operating in SouthBend, improve taxi safety forpassengers and prevent driversfrom price-gouging customers,the most common offense,South Bend assistant city attor-ney Ann-Carol Nash said.“Specific reforms addressing

these concerns include pro-hibiting smoking in all vehicles,requiring a receipt for eachpassenger, publicizing stan-dards for passing inspection,raising the fine for operating anunlicensed cab and requiringplacards inside taxis that listthe driver’s name, the fares anda phone number for com-plaints,” Nash said.The reforms will begin taking

effect in October.“The predictability and struc-

ture for charges is a very big[reform] because that is oftenthe source of complaints orconfusion,” Nash said. “Wewant to help prevent surpris-es.”

Student body presidentPatrick McCormick said safetyissues are the biggest reasonfor the reforms. “Taxis provide an essential

service for many students who

lack transportation for other-wise getting to and from vari-ous places, whether meeting upwith friends, going to parties or

With a determined look onher face , jun ior E i l eenQuandt thrust her leg in themiddle of a Turbo Kick classhosted in Rockne MemorialGym on Wednesday a f ter -noon.Quandt and the other mem-

bers of the class not only got

a good workout , bu t a l soburned the i r ca lor ies forfree. The Turbo Kick class was

part o f the “Try I t , You’ l lLike It” promotion RecSportsis offering this week, whicha l lows s tudents to t ry a l lcampus exercise classes freeo f charge , Kr i s tenMalmstrom, RecSports f i t -

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Saint Mary’s student bodypresident Nicole Gans and vicepresident Jackie Zupanic out-lined a plan for their adminis-tration to be the “backbone” forstudent life and campus activi-ties this year. “Our goals for this year

include partnering with moreoffices and departments to inte-grate activities on campus, cre-ating better spaces for studentsto relax and study, andstrengthening established clubsand organizations on campusby providing support bothfinancially and structurally,”Gans said. Zupanic said the team

worked over the summer toplan a retreat for their newboard. During the StudentGovernment Association (SGA)

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A pair of taxis waits at Main Circle for student customers Wednesday. The planned taxireforms, such as prohibiting smoking in all vehicles, will take effect in October.

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Bank of America Merrill Lynch traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday.Notre Dame finance professor Jeffrey Bergstrand said he expects market volatility to continue.

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Class members work out as part of a Turbo Kick fitness classWednesday during “Try It, You’ll Like It” week, sponsored by RecSports.

By ADAM LLORENSNews Writer

By TORI ROECKNews Writer

By KRISTEN RICENews Writer

By EMMA RUSSNews Writer

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see TAXI/page 7

see JOBS/page 7

see SMC/page 7

An August 24 article, “Saint Mary’s welcomes newBoard of Trustees,” stated College President CarolAnn Mooney appointed the board’s new members.The Board of Trustees, not Mooney, selected thenew members. The Observer regrets this error.

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QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BUILDING ON CAMPUS?

IN BRIEF

Former Univers i tyPresident Edward A. Malloywill launch his newest book,Monk’s Tale: Way Stationson the Journey, today from4 to 5:30 p .m. at theHammes Notre DameBookstore.

There wi l l be a FIDES:Freshmen in Discipleship,Evangelization and Serviceorientat ion meeting todayfrom 5 to 6:30 p.m. at theHammes Student Lounge inthe Coleman Morse Center.FIDES, which means “faith”in Latin, is an intense pro-gram of faith immersion forfreshmen.

The Woody Allen film titled“Midnight in Paris” will beshown in the DeBartoloPerforming Arts Centertonight at 6:30 p.m. The costis $3 for students.

The Notre DameShakespeare Fest ival ’sMainstage Production of “TheMerchant of Venice” wil ltake p lace at the DecioMainstage Theatre in theDeBartolo Performing ArtsCenter tonight at 7:30 p.m.Tickets are $12 for studentsand can be purchased athttp://performingarts.nd.edu.

The Class of 2015 ’s f irsttrip to the Basilica and theGrotto will occur tonight at 9p.m. Freshmen will meet inthe ir res idence hal l s andtravel together.

The documentary t i t led“Cave of Forgotten Dreams”wil l be shown in theDeBartolo Performing ArtsCenter at 9:30 p.m. The costis $3 for students.

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Students enter to win free pizza for their dorm Wednesday at the CampusMinistry Open House in the Coleman-Morse Center. The event showcasedCampus Ministry opportunities available for students.

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Max Deardorff

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Lizzy McCourt

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Clark Gable’s grandsoncharged with crimesLOS ANGELES (Reuters)— The grandson of thelate actor Clark Gable wascharged in Los Angeles onTuesday with pointing alaser at a police helicop-ter and momentari lyblinding two officers onboard, prosecutors said.Clark James Gable, 22,was set to be arraigned onFriday on three counts ofdischarging a laser at anaircraft.The late actor’s name-sake aimed the greenlaser at a Los Angelespolice hel icopter f lyingabove a nighttime event inHol lywood on July 28,according to the localDistrict Attorney’s Office.Gable faces up to three

years in prison if convict-ed.The late Clark Gable wasan Oscar-winning actorbest known for his role in1939 classic film “Gonewith the Wind.” He died in1960.

Bull semen spill closesU.S. highway

NASHVILLE, Tenn.(Reuters) — A spi l l o ffrozen bull semen boundfor a breeder in the stateof Texas triggered a scareon Tuesday that tem-porarily shut down a U.S.interstate highway duringthe morning rush hour.The incident began whenthe driver of a Greyhoundbus carrying the freightalerted the fire depart-ment he had lost a part of

his load while negotiatingthe ramp on a highwaynear Nashville.The bus driver turnedaround to retr ieve thecanisters . Once emer-gency personnel learnedthe smoking canisterswere nothing hazardousand that they simply con-tained frozen bull sementhat had been stored ondry ice , TennesseeDepartment ofTransportation and firedepartment workerscleared the ramp.“It was no different to usthan if a mattress fell offa truck,” said transporta-t ion spokeswoman B.J .Doughty.

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graduate studentoff campus



Members o f theUndergraduate Phi losophyClub, new this semester, willhave a venue to engage out-side the classroom with thework o f A lbert Camus,Friedrich Nietzsche and otherphilosophy experts. Senior Katie Finley, c lub

pres ident , sa id before theStudent Act iv i t ies Of f ice(SAO) approved the club inthe spr ing ,Notre Dame’sstrong philoso-phy departmentlacked a corre-sponding s tu-dent organiza-tion.“Looking at

other schoolsthat have rep-utable philoso-phy programsl ike NotreDame, a l l therest had under-graduate phi -losophy clubs,”Finley said. “Notre Dame wasthe only one of its caliber thatd idn’t have a phi losophyclub.”

Junior and club treasurerCameron Cortens sa id theorganization allows philoso-phy majors to sharpen skillsthat apply to their academicgoals and enables non-philos-ophy majors to pursue ques-tions they do not encounter inclass.“Phi losophy C lub’s main

purpose i s to prov ide aninformal atmosphere outsideof classrooms and grades forNotre Dame students with aninterest in philosophy to cometogether, share ideas, chal-

lenge them-se lves andone anotherintellectuallyon their posi-t ions andwor ldv iews ,and hopefullyarr ive a tsome fruitfuldiscoveries inthe realm oft r u t h , ”Cortens said.The c lub

cons is ts o fs t u d e n t sstudying phi-

losophy as well as studentsstudying other discipl ines,according to Finley.“We have a lot of people

who aren’t ph i losophymajors,” Finley said. “It’s justkind of a good way to get anopportunity to talk, especiallybecause they don’t get thatopportunity in their classes alot of time.”Finley said the club would

meet once a week to discussvarious philosophical writ-ings.“We’re going to send out a

short article ahead of timethat isn’t too dry and aca-demic, and then we’re goingto discuss it,” Finley said.Finley said she plans to host

monthly movie events a twhich attendees can watch arelevant film and discuss thephilosophical ideas it raises. Cortens sa id the

Undergraduate Phi losophyClub will screen “Fight Club”in September, but the exactdate has not yet been deter-mined.The club will also have din-

ing hall dinners with philoso-phy graduate students andprofessors to learn abouttheir research, Finley said.She also said she hopes toorganize a spring conferenceat which a University profes-sor or an outside speaker willaddress club members.Last year, Finley said the

c lub met as an unof f ic ia lgroup with between 10 and15 members at each gather-ing. “We’re hoping to get a lot

more members now that wecan advertise because we’reofficial,” Finley said.The club plans to integrate

p h i l o s o p h ylovers o f a l llevels of study,Finley said. “ [We hope]

to make moreof a connec-t ion betweenundergradu-ate s tudentsand graduatestudents andfaculty mem-bers, especial-ly for under-graduates thatare hoping togo into gradu-ate school forphi losophy,” F in ley sa id .“[Another goal is] also to getmore people in terested inmajoring in philosophy, justto show them what studyingphi losophy is actual ly l ikeoutside the freshmen introclasses.”Senior Dylan Belton, club

vice president, said the club

would have fun events inaddition to the more seriousones so that members can getto know each other.“Philosophical discussions

become more and more fruit-ful as the partakers grow infr iendship and mutualrespect for others involved in

the d iscus-s ion ,” Be l tonsaid.S e n i o r

Chelsea King,club vice pres-ident, empha-s ized theimpact thec lub hasalready had onher experienceat Notre Dame.“As a trans-

fer student, ithas rea l lyproved to be agreat place forme to meet

many incredible individualswho all share a common pas-sion in discussing very deepand profound questions aboutlife,” she said. “I have mademany friends since my time inthe club.”

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Philosophy club approved for new school yearBy MARISA IATINews Writer

Contact Marisa Iati at [email protected]

“Looking at otherschools that havereputable philosophyprograms like NotreDame, all the rest had

undergraduatephilosophy clubs.”

.

Katie Finleypresident

Philosophy Club

“Philosophicaldiscussions become

more and more fruitfulas the partakers growin friendship andmutual respect for

others involved in thediscussion.”

Dylan Beltonvice-presidentPhilosophy Club

When Saint Mary’sPresident Carol Ann Mooneyaddressed the crowd at theCollege’s Opening Mass onWednesday morning, shestressed the importance ofeducating both the mind andthe heart. “This is a community in

which I see ample evidenceof the pres-ence ofgrace, and ofthe humancapacity toaccept thatgrace andpass it on inl o v e , ”Mooney said.“Having thewill to serve,the heart toserve, isw o n d e r f u l .But withoutthe skil ls todo so, we areof l imitedhelp.”Nearly 700 students, facul-

ty and staff congregated inO’Laughlin Auditorium dur-ing the Mass.“To truly answer the call of

the Spirit, we need more thana good heart,” Mooney said.

“We must also make full useof our talents … Whateverour educational or profes-sional paths may be, we mustdevelop the necessary com-petencies to meet the needsof our neighbor, our commu-nity and our world.”Mooney said events like the

Dance Marathon, the 12 Daysof Christmas project andRebuilding Together are alls igns that Saint Mary’swomen possess those talents.

M o o n e ye n c o u r a g e dthe SaintMary’s com-munity to con-tinue to workfor others. “Grace, the

gif t of theSpirit, is avail-able to each ofus,” she said.“It is pouredout for us. Itis up to uswhether werespond to it.” Fr. John

Pearson, whopresided at

the Opening Mass, echoedMooney’s thoughts in hishomily. “[Saint Mary’s is] where

students learn not just skills,but who they are and theirrelationship to God and the

world in which they live,”Pearson said. He also called on the Holy

Spirit to enter those areas ofboth faculty and student’slives where they may not feelthe most secure.“We call on the paraclete

because … who are we eldersto claim the capability andresponsibility to guide theseyoung people in these manylayers of searching?” Heasked. “And how capable doyou students, wise and confi-dent as you feel one day, andinadequate and lost onanother day, how capable doyou feel to f igure out al lthese things in your life onyour own?”While the campus of Saint

Mary’s has changed quitedrastically over the yearssince its beginning in 1844,Father John said one thingremains the same.“What has not changed is

the hope that all of us whocome to this place will leaveit better prepared to makeour world one in which thelove of God can be experi-enced as powerful throughthe love of these students andthe faculty and staff who areprivileged to be their guides,”he said.

ness coordinator, said.“The free classes allow par-

ticipants to try different classformats and ins truc torsbefore making a commit -ment. They may also find onefacility or a time more con-venient,” Malmstrom said. Quandt said the trial week

is useful for students lookingfor a RecSports class to takeduring the semester.“The free trial sessions are

really helpful,” she said. “Iprobably wouldn’t make thecommitment without tryingthe c lassfirst.” Dur ing the

regular year,students andfacu l ty canparticipate inR e c S p o r t sclasses for asmall fee. J u n i o r

Emi ly DeAraujo tooktwo c lasseslas t year,Crunch Timeand Zumba,and plans to sign up for theTurbo Kick class this fall. “I always do the trial ses-

sions before signing up forthe c lass , ” she sa id .“Otherwise, if I end up notliking the class, it’s a wasteof money.” Malmstrom said some of

the most popular classes inrecent years include Zumba,Yoga, Pilates and Cardio Box. RecSports will also intro-

duce a number of new class-es this year, including PowerStrength , Turbo Kick andSatAWAY, a class that takesp lace on away-gameSaturdays and invo lves anumber of upbeat activities.

“The schedule [ forSatAWAY] includes OutdoorYoga , Outdoor Bootcamp,Hula Hooping and Piloxing,”Malmstrom said. In addition, RecSports will

offer several new yoga class-es this fall, including YogaBasic and Yoga Challenge. “The Yoga Chal lenge i s

geared toward individualswho have previous experi-ence in yoga. Another new,unique c lass i s Prayer fu lPostures Yoga on Sundays,”Malmstrom said. Even though the “Try I t ,

You’ l l L ike I t” c lasses arefree, the number of partici-pants in the cost-free week istypically lower than the num-

ber of peoplewho s ign upfor the actualc l a s s e s ,M a l m s t r o msaid. “In the ’10-

’11 year, wehad 2 ,200people partic-ipate in thefree c lassesand over6 ,300 reg is -tered for theregular f i t -ness sched-

ule,” she said.Junior Aurora Kareh said

that o f the people who dosign up for the classes, shehas noticed girls make up themajority. “There are never guys in

the fitness classes,” she said.“If guys are looking to meetsome girls, fitness classes area great way to do it.” Class schedules, descrip-

tions and registration infor-mation can be found on theRecSports webs i te a t rec-sports .nd.edu, Malmstromsaid.

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“There are never guysin fitness classes. Ifguys are looking to

meet some girls,fitness classes are agreat way to do it.”

Aurora Karehjunior

Contact Emma Russ [email protected]

College begins year with massBy CAITLIN HOUSLEYSaint Mary’s Editor

“This is a communityin which I see ample

amounts of thepresence of grace,and of the humancapacity to accept

that grace and pass iton in love.”

Carol Ann Mooneypresident

Saint Mary’s College

Contact Caitlin Housley [email protected]

retreat, she said the boardmembers met with departmentheads and administrators totalk about their goals for theyear. The women will meet with all

of their boardmembers indi-vidually duringthe first weeksof class, Ganssaid. “These posi-

tions will helpus not onlydevelop intogood leaders,but also greatlisteners,” Ganssaid. “We hopewe learn how tobe ambassadors to our schoolinside and outside of the office.Being approachable and open-minded will aid in the contin-ued success of Saint Mary’s stu-dent government.”Gans said their team is “pas-

sionate” and “serious” aboutimproving student life at SaintMary’s. One of their accomplishments

at the end of the spring semes-

ter was the addition of a printerin one of the campus residencehalls. The team will continue towork on their other platforminitiatives this semester, andGans said she would like morestudents to participate in stu-dent government to hear moreof their ideas. “Since all of our meetings are

open to campus, we hope to seea higher atten-dance through-out the year,”Gans said. Social media

and improvedcommunicationwill also be apart of theGans-Zupanicadministration. “Also, we plan

to have openforums andcommunication

by email, Facebook, Twitter andour website.”Gans said she and her vice

president are excited to workwith the other members of SGA,in addition to the finer perks ofthe job.“[We get] free t-shirts and our

own desks,” she said.Aid, could struggle to meet pre-vious standards. “In the current scenario, one

of the largest concerns with thestock marketdown affects theendowment forthe University,financial aidpackages, con-tinued volatilityand lower levelsof wealth thatcorrelate withalumni giving,”Bergstrand said. As the

University looksto the future inan uncertaineconomy, students must do thesame. Bergstrand said theworkplace may not be stablewhen current upperclassmen

enter the job market in a fewyears. “I think we are looking at a

position for the next severalyears of a very high unemploy-ment rate with very lowgrowth,” Bergstrand said. “Thereason for this is monetary poli-cies are nonexistent and fiscal

stimulus policieswill not be pur-sued due toCongress’ con-cern over thedebt crisis.”Job security

should be a toppriority asnational leadersdeal with thatdebt crisis, hesaid. “ S t u d e n t s

need to beaware that

while the national debt issue isa concern for their future, thatis something more important toaddress when we have gotten

back to full employment,”Bergstrand said. “As membersof society, the most importantconcern now must be gettingback to full employment.”As senior Matt Razzano plans

for his life after graduation, thepolitical science major said he isdoing what he can to adapt tothe vacillating economy. “I think because unemploy-

ment is so high at this point,more experienced workers willdefinitely beat out less experi-enced workers for jobs,”Razzano said. “The only advan-tage we as students have is thatthey can pay us less money, butit is scary to think that manycompanies are not hiring recentgraduates.”Razzano also said the aspira-

tions for political science majorsto land a job in Washingtonmight not be as realistic as itonce was.

getting to and from the air-port,” he said. “The safety ofstudents is the main focus ofwhy we would be engaged insomething like taxi reform.” Nash said she has seen stu-

dents cramming into cabs atlate hours and riding in unli-censed vehicles with driversthat have not received criminaland background checks or drugtesting. “I was very concerned for

[students’] safety when they gofrom house party to houseparty or from one bar to anoth-er or back and forth to cam-pus,” she said. McCormick said Notre Dame

students are often charged anunfair rate.

“The reforms hopefully willgo a long way to address manyof the concerns that studentshave raised about being takenadvantage of by taxi drivers interms of not knowing thearea,” he said. He also said the reforms will

help students make sure thecabs they enter are certified.Other reforms include pro-

hibiting smoking in all vehicles,requiring a receipt for eachpassenger, publicizing stan-dards for passing inspection,raising the fine for operatingan unlicensed cab and requir-ing placards inside taxis thatlist the driver’s name, fares anda phone number for com-plaints, Nash said. After a meeting Monday night

with the South Bend CommonCouncil and representativesfrom Notre Dame student gov-ernment, some of the proposed

reforms were abandoned,including requiring cameras inall taxis by 2013 and requiringthat every vehicle used by aparticular company display auniform color and design. “We’re still going to have to

have some kind of identifyinginformation on the vehicle,”Nash said. The proposed reforms are

the product of years of work,McCormick said, and studentgovernment and the SouthBend Common Council are stillopen to hearing students’ con-cerns. “They’re still undergoing an

implementation phase,” hesaid. “Many reforms will takeeffect in 2013. Because of that,there is an opportunity to con-tinue to provide input.”


Taxicontinued from page 1

Contact Tori Roeck [email protected]

Jobscontinued from page 1

Contact Adam Llorens [email protected]

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Hurricane Irene alarmstourists on East Coast

HATTERAS — Hurricane Irenecould hit anywhere from NorthCarolina to New York this week-end, leaving officials in the pathof uncertainty to make a delicatedecision. Should they tell touriststo leave during one of the lastweeks of the multibillion-dollarsummer season?Most were in a wait-and-see

mode, holding out to get everydime before the storm's pathcrystalizes. North Carolina's gov-ernor told reporters not to scarepeople away.“You will never endanger your

tourists, but you also don't wantto over inflate the sense ofurgency about the storm. And solet's just hang on,” NorthCarolina Gov. Beverly Perduesaid Wednesday. At the sametime she warned to “prepare forthe worst.”In the Bahamas, tourists cut

their vacations short and caughtthe last flights out before the air-port was closed. Those whoremained behind with locals pre-pared for a rough night of violentwinds and a dangerous stormsurge that threatened to punishthe low-lying chain of islands.

Irene has already hit Puerto Ricoand the Dominican Republic,causing landslides and floodinghomes. One woman was killed.No warnings or watches were

out late Wednesday for NorthCarolina though they were likelyon Thursday. But on its OuterBanks, some tourists heededevacuation orders for a tiny bar-rier island as Irene strengthenedto a Category 3 storm, withwinds of 120 mph.By Thursday, that could inten-

sify to a monstrous Category 4hurricane with winds starting at131 mph.“We jam-packed as much fun

as we could into the remainderof Tuesday,” said Jessica StantonTice of Charleston, W.Va. She leftOcracoke Island on an early-morning ferry with her husbandand toddler.“We're still going to give North

Carolina our vacation business,but we're going to Asheville” inthe mountains, she said.Officials said Irene could cause

flooding, power outages or worseas far north as Maine, even if theeye of the storm stays offshore.Hurricane-force winds wereexpected 50 miles from the cen-ter of the storm.

Associated Press

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Beachgoers enjoy the weather at Cape Hatteras, N.C. Wednesday.Tourists have already evacuated some areas of North Carolina.

“As members ofsociety, the most

important concernnow must be getting

back to fullemployment.”

Jeffery Bergstrandprofessorfinance

“These positionswill help us not only

develop into goodleaders, but alsogreat listeners.”

Nicole Gansstudent body presidentSaint Mary’s College

Contact Kristen Rice [email protected]


Earthquake rocks capital Steve Jobs resignsas Apple CEO

WASHINGTON — There was acrack in the WashingtonMonument, and capstones werebroken at the NationalCathedral. In the District ofColumbia suburbs, some peoplestayed in shelters because ofstructural concerns at theirapartment buildings.A day after the East Coast’s

strongest earthquake in 67years, inspectors assessed thedamage and found that mostproblems were minor. But theshaking raised questions aboutwhether this part of the country,with its older architecture andinexperience with seismic activi-ty, is prepared for a truly power-ful quake.The 5.8 magnitude quake felt

from Georgia north to Canadaprompted swift inspections ofmany structures Wednesday,including bridges and nuclearplants. An accurate damage esti-mate could take weeks, if notlonger. And many people will notbe covered by insurance.In a small Virginia city near

the epicenter, the entire down-town business district wasclosed. School was canceled fortwo weeks to give engineerstime to check out cracks in sev-eral buildings.At the 555-foot Washington

Monument, crews found a 4-inch crack late Tuesday in theside of the monument’s pyra-midium — the section at the topof the obelisk where it beginsnarrowing to a point. The dam-age was discovered during a

visual inspection by helicopter. Itcannot be seen from the ground.The monument, by far the

tallest structure in the nation’scapital, was to remain closedindefinitely. It has never beendamaged by a natural disaster,including earthquakes inVirginia in 1897 and New Yorkin 1944, said Bill Line, aNational Park Servicespokesman.Tourists arrived at the monu-

ment Wednesday morning onlyto find out they couldn’t get nearit. A temporary fence was erect-ed in a wide circle about 120feet from the flags that surroundits base. Walkways were blockedby metal barriers manned bysecurity guards.“Is it really closed?” a man

asked the clerk at the site’sbookstore.“It’s really closed,” said the

clerk, Erin Nolan.

Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — SteveJobs, the mind behind theiPhone, iPad and other devicesthat turned Apple Inc. into oneof the world’s most powerfulcompanies, resigned as the com-pany’s CEO on Wednesday, say-ing he can no longer handle thejob.The move appears to be the

result of an unspecified medicalcondition for which he took anindefinite leave from his post inJanuary. Apple’s chief operatingofficer, Tim Cook, has beennamed CEO.In a letter addressed to Apple’s

board and the “Apple communi-ty,” Jobs said he “always said ifthere ever came a day when Icould no longer meet my dutiesand expectations as Apple’sCEO, I would be the first to letyou know. Unfortunately, thatday has come.”Jobs’ health has long been a

concern for Apple investors whosee him as an industry oraclewho seems to know what con-sumers want long before theydo. After his announcement,Apple stock quickly fell 5.4 per-cent in after-hours trading.The company said Jobs gave

the board his resignationWednesday and suggested Cookbe named the company’s newleader. Apple said Jobs waselected board chairman andCook is becoming a member of

its board.Jobs’ hits seemed to grow big-

ger as the years went on: Afterthe colorful iMac computer andthe now-ubiquitous iPod, theiPhone redefined the category ofsmart phones and the iPad allbut created the market for tabletcomputers.His own aura seemed part of

the attraction. On stage at tradeshows and company events inhis uniform of jeans, sneakersand black mock-turtlenecks,he’d entrance audiences withnew devices, new colors, newsoftware features, building up toa gran finale he’d predictablypreface by saying, “One morething.”Jobs, 56, shepherded Apple

from a two-man startup toSilicon Valley darling when theApple II, the first computer forregular people to really catchon, sent IBM Corp. and othersscrambling to get their own PCsto market.After Apple suffered slump in

the mid-1980s, he was forcedout of the company. He was CEOat Next, another computer com-pany, and Pixar, the computer-animation company that pro-duced “Toy Story” on his watch,during the 10 years before hereturned.The January leave was Jobs’

third medical leave over severalyears. He had previously sur-vived pancreatic cancer andreceived a liver transplant.

AP

A 5.9 magnitude earthquate that struck the nation’s capitalTuesday left a 4-inch crack in the Washington Monument.

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You know that old motivationalspeech where the coach tells you notto let your opponent come into yourhouse and steal your momma’s televi-sion? Well, what happens when youcan’t get into thehouse because youlost the keys?Just ask the NFL,

the NBA, Spain’s LaLiga or Italy’s SerieA.Or maybe you

just shouldn’t,because coach-es aren’tallowed totalk to play-ers during alockout.It is such a bewildering state of cir-

cumstances that four of some of theworld’s grandest leagues turned overthe chairs and shut off the lights atsome point this summer. Even morebewildering is the thought of what wewould be doing if seasons were/areactually cancelled.Where would our country be if the

NFL went into a lockout? Probably adepression. A battle of billionaires vs.millionaires took over a hundred daysto get resolved but no one was reallyworried — a $9 billion-per-yearindustry isn’t just going to fold withthat kind of money on the line.But what if it did? Would we walk

out of Mass at the Basilica on aSunday morning and go straight to theStadium to watch the Michigan Stategame? College football undoubtedlywould have benefitted from the“unfortunate” loss of their weekendbrethren, probably enough to churnout a few extra prayers from athleticdirectors across the country.Speaking of prayers, one can only

imagine what Turkish and Chinesebasketball team directors are doingright now. All we know is that theTurkish league all-star game is goingto be pretty wild this year with DeronWilliams, Kobe Bryant and SashaVujacic (does Maria even likeTurkey?).But if you think the situation would

have been bad here, think about Spainand Italy’s current predicament: Theirbeloved soccer leagues drenched inhistory (and surely lots of garlic) areon strike over wages.The likes of Lionel Messi, Cristiano

Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic arecertainly outside of team headquar-ters — this instant — in the cold andrain chanting and picketing with signsover the mere millions that they arebarely getting by on.If you think it would have been bad

here if the NFL season was in truejeopardy, how do you think theSpaniards and Italians are feeling,where soccer is their first, second andthird favorite sport to watch (and aclose tie for fourth with Formula Oneracing and basketball)? That’s truedesperation over there, where theycan’t even change the channel towatch their favorite sons and NBAstars Ricky Rubio and Danilo Gallinariplay ironically because of — say itwith me — a lockout.And what are we supposed to do if

basketball season makes like a tree?Obviously the answer is watch morefootball, but after football season isover and the dreary winter monthspick up, the only alternatives are towatch more hockey or study more.Looks like our GPA’s will be going

up.

The views expressed in this InsideColumn are those of the author and notnecessarily those of The Observer.

Andrew Gastelum can be reached [email protected]

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Locked out

Andrew Gastelum

Sports Writer

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The ultimate measure of a man isnot where he stands in moments ofcomfort and convenience, but wherehe stands at times of challenge and

controversy.”

Martin Luther King Jr.U.S. civil rights leader & clergyman

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“No pessimist ever discovered thesecret of the stars or sailed an

uncharted land, or opened a newdoorway for the human spirit.”

Helen KellerU.S. blind & deaf educator

EDITORIAL CARTOON

And so it beginsBeginnings, by definition, are moments

of incompleteness. They are the com-mencement of something that is not yet.So, thankfully, beginnings are filled withfreshness, a sense that anything can hap-pen. And yet, forprecisely thatsame reason,but not alwaysso thankfully,beginnings arealso filled with uncertainty, disorienta-tion, even some fear or anxiety.Even our most beloved Scripture stories

— the endings of which are so well-knownthat we can easily forget that their actorswere experiencing it all precisely as NEW— testify to the mixed blessing that begin-nings are. Remember: the first disciples ofJesus did not begin as disciples. In fact, theGospels suggest, in the beginning, they hadno idea what they were getting into.Certainly, this was true for Andrew and

Peter, the first two called by Jesus. Johnthe Evangelist captures their awkwardbeginning — famously and sublimely — inthe first chapter of his Gospel.John the Baptist is preaching on the

banks of the Jordan River, arousing a cap-tive audience with a fiery, penetrating mes-sage of the coming of God’s Kingdom, fullof conviction and resonance. In a ratherunlikely place — the middle of a desert —his crowd of listeners swells.The desert — though, aptly, a deserted

place — is also a surprisingly frequent set-ting for beginnings in the Scriptures —from the Israelites’ journey through thewilderness towards the Promised Land tothe temptation of Jesus before he beginshis public life. Perhaps, as we reflect onour own beginnings, there is somethingspiritually resonant about the desert. Forwhen we begin something, we do so, notfrom a place of total strength and certainty,but with the future somewhat unknown,the outcome somewhat in the balance. In the Baptist’s desert, life hangs by a

thread. No one (except him, and wildbeasts) makes a home there, and insectsare standard fare. His disciples go there

perhaps for similar reasons that we jour-ney to Notre Dame — not to be confirmedin what we already know and experience,but to lose, at least momentarily, our dailycomforts and certainties, and encountersomething fresh and new.The first disciples take a risk — making

this journey into the desert. (It is, arguably,about the only thing they do right throughthe first several chapters of the Gospels!)Evidently, these would-be disciples weredissatisfied with some aspects of their dailylives — personal, social, political, religious,whatever. So they wander into the desertand let go of their daily, insulating routines,to see what is there, what directions theoutrageous, yet compelling, Baptist wouldpropose.Who knows how long they waited, home-

sick, in that place of uncertainty? All weknow is that one day, the Baptist finallyproposed — a new beginning.An unidentified figure enigmatically

arrives in the desert. John points to him,and alerts the crowd: “There walks the onewe have been waiting for.” It must nothave been what most of them expected, fora mere two disciples — Peter’s brotherAndrew, and a second, unnamed — follow.But though they follow, it can hardly besaid that they know what they are doing,at least with any certainty. They simplytrail behind this mysterious figure ... trust-ing, hoping, questioning.Finally, perhaps sensing their growing

disorientation, Jesus turns to them andasks, “What are you looking for?” Surely,he already knows their perplexed answer— they don’t really know.At a loss, and now feeling how distant

from their familiar comforts and certain-ties they have strayed, they make a pleafor the recognizable: a home-cooked mealand a fire. “Teacher,” they ask, “where isyour home?” Get us, in other words, to aplace of security.Jesus gently but surely refuses. Instead,

he invites with three indelible words rightto their hearts: “Come and see.”And so it begins.Perhaps in this story of the beginning of

the first disciples’ journey, we can seesome semblance of our story, here at thebeginning of a new semester.All of us — whether first-year students

or lifetime Domers — begin this year tosome degree incomplete and restless. If weare NOT feeling some sense of freshness,with a corresponding disorientation, weare probably not really beginning this year,but just continuing last year. Beginningsdemand restless hearts, the embrace or atleast the facing up to, of what is stillunknown.Beginning to identify the burning ques-

tions inside of us, the ones that have drivenus to this place — the ones that drove thefirst disciples out into the desert — can bea great spiritual exercise to begin thissemester. In fact, John’s Gospel suggeststhat in the following of our restlessness —the questions about ourselves, our world,our God that escape us, the questions thata professor or roommate or friend raisesthat we just can’t shake, the questions andpeople that are on our minds and in ourhearts when we go to bed and when wewake up — are often invitations fromJesus to “come and see.”Here, perhaps, in our unarticulated

hopes, our restless desires and even in ouruncertainties and fears, we can wrestsome consolation from the beginning of thejourney of Peter, Andrew and the first dis-ciples. They followed a path whose endthey did not yet know, into a desert, trail-ing behind a mysterious man, until oneday, their restlessness provoked a conver-sation with God:“What are you looking for?”“Teacher, we hardly know ourselves, but

we do seek, and you seem to know theway. Where do we live?”“Come and see.”

Fr. Lou DelFra, CSC, is a campus minis-ter and the Director of Pastoral Life for theACE Program. He can be reached [email protected]

The views expressed in this column arethose of the author and not necessarilythose of The Observer.

Fr. Lou DelFra

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Athletic Departmentneeds to use honest

marketingLike just about everyone at Notre

Dame, I’m a huge sports fan. Unlikequite a few people here, though, nei-ther of my parents own or run anycompanies that are household names,so I’m not exactly rolling in dough.This is why I love the fact that Notre

Dame lets its students attend all of itsathletic events for free or at reducedprices. The $250 students pay for sea-son football tickets may seem like alot of money at first, but it starts tolook cheap once you consider that aregular ticket to the USC game alonecosts about as much as a black mar-ket kidney. Right now, though, I’mmad at the University’s athleticdepartment, because they just rippedme off.You’ve probably received e-mails

about how Mike Lee, a Notre Damealum and former Bengal Bouts cham-pion, is going to fight at the PurcellPavilion the Friday before theMichigan State game. I bought ticketsas soon as I got the e-mail because Iwanted to see an old-fashioned Irishbeatdown.

At 6-0, Mike Lee is a pretty goodfighter. Look up his November 2010fight in Cowboys Stadium on YouTubeand watch him reduce Keith Debow’sIQ by a measurable amount with anasty overhand right to see what Imean. When I found out that I couldget a ticket to this fight for a measly15 bucks, I couldn’t click my way tothe UND.com checkout page fastenough.When I got there, though, what I

saw made me angry. Fifteen dollars

had quickly become $25.50 after I gothit with the one-two combo of a $1.50“fee” and a nasty $9.00 “orderingcharge.” Do they really expect me tobelieve it takes them $9.00 to processmy 10-kilobyte online order? Eitherthe electrons that transmit datathrough cyberspace have formed aunion and demanded higher pay, big-ger pensions and comprehensivehealth plans, or the athletic depart-ment wants to charge me $25.50 for aboxing ticket but doesn’t have theguts to say it to my face.In the grand scheme of things,

$25.50 isn’t that much. It’s the equiv-alent of literally about nine minutes ofinstruction from one of my esteemedprofessors. If the University had sentme an e-mail saying “Mike Lee tick-ets, only $25.50,” I wouldn’t havewritten this letter. Instead, they told me the tickets

were $15. I love my University enoughto expose the rot in her midst. Thosewho market sporting events need tostand up and ask for the full price upfront like real Fighting Irishmen. If Iwanted to attend a university full ofmoney-grubbing cheaters who shunthe light of truth and righteousness, Iwould have gone to USC. To paraphrase the late, great

Patrick Henry, give me honesty, orgive me an ugly red and yellow shirt!

Elliott Pearcejunior

Knott HallAug. 24

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Ramadan: Behind the tradition lies valueCurrently, we are more than

halfway through Ramadan. As aMuslim, I never want such a time toend, for there is no greater opportu-nity during which one can grow clos-er to Allahand gain gooddeeds.This is

donethroughmore frequent prayer, Qur’an recita-tion, spending spiritual momentswith loved ones and Muslims in thecommunity, especially at the mosque,donating to the needy through zakahas a moral and spiritual investment(as well as a major pillar of Islam)and, of course, the essence ofRamadan: fasting.Noor Najjar, a student blogger and

a very dear friend of mine, posted onthe first day of Ramadan a reminderabout one of the core concepts offasting: “The best way to understanda person is to step in their shoes.What better way to understand whatthe hungry or deprived endure otherthan to step in their shoes for 30days?”Noor’s post re-instilled this highly

relevant and ever true notion in me.In turn, I would like to expand on itin light of recent global develop-ments. While the importance of fast-ing is first and foremost to exerciseself-restraint and demonstrate disci-

pline so that Muslims may becomemore righteous, there’s also a secondbenefit. Ramadan provides an oppor-tunity to sympathize with thosestruggling elsewhere in the world.This could not be more appropriate

to the current crises going on world-wide. For instance, East Africa iscurrently enduring a humanitariancrisis as a result of the worst droughtin 60 years. Two failed rain seasonsled to crop shortages on top of thehorn of Africa’s already vulnerablestate. It is expected to affect morethan 10 million people in severalcountries, including Somalia, Kenya,Ethiopia, Uganda and Djibouti.According to reports by UNICEF,

southern Somalia is suffering fromlack of proper healthcare, insuffi-cient food supply and lack of cleanwater. In addition, Somalia’s politicalinstability is worsening to a criticalcondition and hundreds of refugeesflee to camps in Kenya as Kenyastruggles to accommodate. Theimages online and on televisiondepicting the famine are beyond dis-tressing.Matters are expected to become

worse with no rain forecast in sight.Spiking food prices are making itincreasingly difficult for the mainagencies to afford emergency aid, soyour help is crucial. You can helpUNICEF meet these needs by texting“FOOD” to 864233 to donate $10

from the United States or visit theirwebsite at www.unicefusa.org todonate online. You can also make adonation through numerous otheragencies including Islamic ReliefWorldwide by simply visiting theirwebsite at www.islamic-relief.com,which provides more information ontheir East Africa appeal.Another life-threatening crisis

overseas is Bashar Al-Assad’s gov-ernment crackdown on the Syrianpeople’s protests for reform and civilrights. Al-Assad’s continued use ofimprisonment, torture and outrightkilling of any who oppose him inSyria has in turn made him one ofthe worst human rights offenders inthe Middle East.The tragic stories we hear from

Syria hit home with many membersof Syrian descent in Toledo who stillhave family there. This Ramadan, Iam not alone in remembering otherstruggling populations of the world.Every night at my local mosque I jointhe prayer of my fellow Muslims inthe Toledo community to make a spe-cial call (du’aa) on behalf of peoplein Somalia, Syria and elsewhere.We pray for the relief of their

struggles brought on by hunger,oppression or both. Even if you arenot a Muslim observing Ramadan, it’simportant to be aware of the dismalcircumstances overseas as peoplefight and face threats of torture,

death by their own armies or malnu-trition. The tumult in Africa and inthe Middle East often frames our ownconcerns as quite trivial, especiallywhen we have basic necessities andsecurities we should never overlook.As a Muslim, I find acts through my

faith one of the most powerfulreminders of such fundamental con-cepts. After such reflection, it is easyfor me to discipline myself, to forget Ihave not had water since five o’clockin the morning. I can look forward tobreaking my fast and sleeping com-fortably at night once the sun sets,but I cannot speak on behalf of themillions of others globally who cannot necessarily do so. Living in aworld that distracts and shuffles pri-orities, I find re-evaluating this worldis most humanizing.Try to live by a verse in the Qur’an

that reads, “And what will explain toyou what the steep path is? It is thefreeing of a (slave) from bondage; orthe giving of food in a day of famineto an orphan relative, or to a needyin distress. Then will he be of thosewho believe, enjoin fortitude andencourage kindness and compas-sion.” [90: 12-17]Ramadan Mubarak to all.

This article originally ran in theAug. 23 edition of The IndependentCollegian, serving the University ofToledo.

The IndependentCollegian

UWIRE

Butheina Hamdah

Gold bubble will burstBusinesses and shops that deal in gold

have become commonplace acrossAmerica. Pawn shops as well as new com-panies that buy and sell gold in mall shopshave made gold speculation easily accessi-ble to Americans.On Sept. 16, 2008 —

the same day globalinvestment bankLehman BrothersHoldings Inc. col-lapsed — the price of gold was $779 perounce, according to kitco.com. As ofMonday evening, gold prices reached$1,911.90, which was more than doublethe price at that time.The debt crises in Europe and the U.S.

have been the backdrop for gold’s rise, andthe recent crashes in the stock market havescared investors further. In the currentvolatile period, investors who are seekingsafe havens have been buying strong cur-rencies like the Swiss franc and theJapanese yen and commodities like gold,silver and oil.However, gold investing is also deceptive-

ly lucrative, as fears of hyperinflation areoverblown in the news and the pricegrowth of gold is unsustainable.This is a worrying shadow of the behavior

seen during the recent U.S. real estate bub-ble of the mid-2000s. People bought housesin expectation of higher prices and tried tosell those houses to people who thoughtprices would go even higher.According to economists, this behavior is

called speculation. It continues until no onewill buy the asset anymore because it isovervalued, causing prices to fall and theperson holding the asset to get burned bythe market. Gold is in a price bubble that is

due to burst.Veteran investor Warren Buffet shares

this dim view of gold, dismissing goldinvesting during an interview with CNBClast March. “If you took all of the gold in theworld, it would roughly make a cube 67feet on a side,” he said. “(That) cube of gold,it would be worth about $7 trillion attoday’s market prices. That’s probablyabout a third of the value of all the stocks inthe United States. So you could have achoice of owning a third of all the stocks inthe United States or you could have achoice of owning that little block of gold.”What he means is investors gain no finan-

cial benefit from holding gold other than theopportunity to sell it. Furthermore, U.S.stocks and bonds have outperformed goldby more than 200 percent since the 1980s.Gold is a volatile commodity and its value

only increases when fear and uncertainty inthe global market increases. Given theFederal Reserve’s Aug. 9 statement that theU.S. interest rate is expected to remainbetween 0 and .25 percent until 2013, thereis good reason to believe that there will bemore uncertainty and probably a short-term rise in gold prices. Even with priceincreases, the increasing value of gold overthe past three years is an outlying phenom-enon that is temporary.According to kitco.com, gold lost more

than 17 percent of its value in the twoweeks following Lehman Brothers collapsein 2008. Sudden falls in gold prices haveand do occur during times of economicuncertainty.

This article was originally published inthe Aug. 23 edition of The Oracle, servingthe University of South Florida.

The Oracle

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The past decade was not kind to an agingMr. Allen. The indelible quality that madehim one of the most illustrious filmmakersof the 1970s, wi th f i lms such as “AnnieHall” and “Manhattan,” all but vanished.Before the curtain closed on Woody Allen’scareer, the 75-year-o ld f i lmmaker onceagain found his stride with “Midnight inParis.” A huge success both critically andcommercially, “Midnight in Paris” is WoodyAllen’s highest grossing film to date.The f i lm s t a r s Owen Wi l son a s G i l , a

Hollywood screenwriter who feels artistical-ly unfulfilled with his career. Gil aspires towrite fiction and achieve something similarto the literary giants that inspired him. Hecomes to Paris on vacation with his fiancéeInez, played by Rachel McAdams, and falls

in love with the city.Par i s i gn i t e s

Gil’s artisticamb i t i o n ,

and he even suggests that he and Inez movethere after they are married. Unfortunately,Inez does not share Gil’s adoration of Parisand leaves him to explore Paris’s elegantboulevards on his own. During one of Gil’s evening walks, a taxi

pulls up beside him and ushers him in. Gilis then transported back in time to Paris inthe 1920s, his favorite era, where he is ableto soc ia l i ze wi th i con ic f igures such asHemingway and Fitzgerald over eveningcocktails and lavish parties. Gil even meetsAdriana (Marion Coti l lard), a bewitchingsocialite who shares Gil’s romantic ideals.However, this fantastical past is not Gil’spresent and he struggles to decide betweenboth women and time periods.

Wilson is incredibly charming and affableas Gil, as he tries to come to grips withth is magica l journey and a t tempts toquell his excitement when meeting hisliterary heroes. Cotillard, Adrien Brodyand Michael Sheen also lend strong per-formances, but Allen gives most of thescreen time to Paris and films with bril-liant cinematography. The re-creation

of Paris in the 1920s is luminous andwithout question the lifeblood of the film.The success of “Midnight in Paris” is

unforeseen and astounding. Allen, a con-stant combatant against the use of TV

ads and market ing p loys , i s rare lyviewed by the Hollywood community

as a breadwinner. He believes thati f a f i lm i s good , then word o fmouth and cri t ical praise wi l lt r ans l a t e i n t o t i cke t sa l e s .Wh i l e mos t s tud i o s wou ldcr inge a t th i s sugges t i on ,Sony P i c tu re C l a s s i c s i slaughing all the way to thebank . The f i lm p layed i nselected cities but its popu-

l a r i t y had thea t re owner sca l l i ng f o r a na t i on -w ide

release, and Sony was happy tocomply. It is now the second highest

grossing film in Sony Pictures Classich i s t o ry beh ind “Crouch ing Ti ge r

Hidden Dragon.”

By NEIL MATHIESONScene Writer

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Who: ‘Midnight in Paris’Where: Browning CinemaWhen: Thursday at 6:30 p.m., Friday at 9:30p.m. and Saturday at 6:30 p.m.How much: $6 regular, $4 seniors, $3 stu-dents

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‘Midnight in Paris’When: 6:30 p.m.Where: Browning CinemaHow Much: $3

DPAC opens its yearlong film-screening program with WoodyAllen’s “Midnight in Paris.” Thefilm, about a disillusioned screen-writer (Owen Wilson) and hisfiancée (Rachel McAdams), fol-lows the pair as they travel toParis. There, Wilson’s characterfinds a mysterious and fantasticalgathering of 1920s writers andfinds it hard to return to the pres-ent.

IRISHenanigansWhen: 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.Where: Across campusHow Much: Free

Held in various locations acrosscampus, the annual SAO-spon-sored IRISHenanigans will enter-tain students with fun-filled eventslike a comedy show, carnival,music, a bear bus, mini-golf andtons of other activities throughoutthe night. All events are complete-ly free for students, so scour cam-pus Friday night to find the bestfood and the most exciting activi-ties.

B1 Block PartyWhen: 5 p.m. to 4 a.m.Where: B1 parking lotHow much: $10

This Legends-sponsored eventfeatures food, activities and tonsof live music. The highlight of thenight will be headliner Girl Talkhitting the stage for what is sureto be a fantastic set. Known forhis infectious mash-ups and crazystage antics, Girl Talk always getshis crowd dancing (and often joinsin as well). Opening acts MidwestHype and Tim Stop Trio will takethe stage at 5:30 p.m.

‘The Merchant of Venice’When: 2 p.m.Where: DPACHow Much: $15

The annual Notre DameShakespeare Festival closes outits 2011 season with the finalperformance of “The Merchant ofVenice.” This classic Bard storycenters on the titular Venetianmerchant and other Venetianswho find love, face betrayal andquestion justice in this tragiccomedy. Tickets can be purchasedat the DPAC box office or on theirwebsite, performingarts.nd.edu.

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EDISON, N.J. — Ernie Els suredidn’t look to be down in thedumps for someone who hastumbled so far in the FedEx Cup.It was only a year ago that the

Big Easy was the No. 1 seedgoing into the PGA Tour’s versionof the postseason. He went to thetop of the standings by winning aWorld Golf Championship inMarch, and stayed there for thenext five months.This year, he wasn’t even sure

he would make it to TheBarclays.Els was just outside the top

125 — the cutoff to make theFedEx Cup bonanza — and hadto play last week in theWyndham Championship to haveany chance of making the play-offs. He tied for 30th and movedup to No. 118.“It’s a little different,” Els said

Wednesday. “But I think this isalmost a better mentality. I feel Ineed to be aggressive and get upthe bloody points list. Otherwise,I’m going home. Last year I wasthe No. 1 seed, but I wasn’t quiteplaying as good as I was inMarch. This year, I feel like Ihave to make a move. And I feela little more comfortable withthat.“I had three good rounds last

week, and I feel my game is com-ing along,” he said. “It’s a goodfeeling going in.”Els is among five players who

have made it to the TourChampionship — and a shot at

the $10 million bonus — each ofthe last four years. His chancesof being in the top 30 are muchmore remote starting out at No.118.Even so, his optimism remains

high, and there are a couple ofreasons for that.One is Heath Slocum, the

poster boy for opportunity in theplayoffs. Two years ago, Slocumbarely got into the playoffs at No.124, and then won The Barclaysto secure a spot in the FedEx Cupfinale at East Lake.Another is Martin Laird. He

faced elimination in the firsttournament last year until hewas the runner-up at TheBarclays, moving him up to No. 3in the standings. He wound up11th in the final standings andpicked up a $300,000 bonus.The fifth year of the FedEx Cup

playoffs gets under wayThursday at Plainfield CountryClub, the fourth course used forthe opening event, one that endswith a 285-yard par 4 thatshould deliver plenty of excite-ment.Along with a different course,

there’s a different look to the125-man field.Tiger Woods, a two-time FedEx

Cup champion and the No. 1seed in three of the four years,failed to qualify for the first timewhen he missed the cut at thePGA Championship.The No. 1 seed is Nick Watney,

whose two wins this year includea World Golf Championship atDoral.

“I feel like I’m in the best posi-tion I can be, and I’m verypleased with the year so far,”Watney said. “But we have a longway to go. I’m excited to see if Ican hold up in these next fourevents.”Phil Mickelson kept alive his

streak as the only player to beamong the top 10 seeds in everyyear of the FedEx Cup. He is atNo. 6 this year, and he has listedwinning the cup as one of hisgoals.The change can be found more

toward the bottom, where Elshas plenty of company.Padraig Harrington, a three-

time major champion, nearlymissed the playoffs. He closedwith a 68 last week to tie for47th. He then had to wait sometwo hours to see if it would beenough to qualify for the postsea-son. He barely made it, finishingat No. 124.He studied accounting in col-

lege, so the Irishman knew howclose he came to missing out.And yes, he already has done themath at The Barclays, figuringhe needs to be in the top 30 atPlainfield to be among the top100 players who move on toBoston next week.Much like Els, he sees only

opportunity.“I’m of the opinion that I’m in a

great position going into this,that I’m just like every otherguy,” Harrington said. “In orderto win the FedEx Cup, you’regoing to have to win one of thefirst three events, and the last

event. I’ve got nearly the samechance as anybody else of win-ning this outright. I just need toperform a little bit quicker thanother guys.”Some of that is misleading,

some of that is true.Two-time U.S. Open champion

Retief Goosen has been amongthe top 24 seeds the last twoyears. Now he’s at No. 101,meaning his season will end if hemisses the cut, or perhaps if hefinishes toward the bottom of thepack.His hopes are not as great,

mainly because of a freak acci-dent on his way to New Jersey.Before leaving home in

Orlando, Fla., Goosen watchedthe track of Hurricane Irene. Justin case it turned toward Florida,he decided to push his boat intothe garage. The front wheel ofthe boat trailer went over hisright toe.“It went blue instantly,” Goosen

said. “I had X-rays and they saidit was a fracture. But I don’tthink it is. It’s not as sore as itshould be. But all the other toesare getting sore now because I’mwalking funny.”Indeed, it will be an uphill

climb this week at Plainfield.“You just have to go for it,

move up as much as you can asquickly as you can,” Goosen said.

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ST. LOUIS — The situationcould not be any bleaker for theSt. Louis Cardinals. Manager TonyLa Russa refuses to play theblame game.“We’re all in this together,” La

Russa said after the Los AngelesDodgers scored an early knockoutfor the second straight day andcompleted their first road sweepof the season with a 9-4 victory onWednesday. “We talk all the timeand we’ll get it fixed together.“Whether I talk or don’t talk or

some talk. Whatever.”Lance Berkman said it certainly

wasn’t the manager’s fault theCardinals are 10 games behindthe Milwaukee Brewers with only32 games to go.“He’s not the one out there

making bad pitches or having badat-bats or not playing defense,”Berkman said. “He’s doing the

best he can. I think it’s all on us.”Juan Rivera homered and

knocked in three runs for theDodgers, who outscored theCardinals 24-7 in their first three-game sweep in St. Louis sinceAug. 20-22, 1993. The Cardinalshave dropped seven of nine andfailed to capitalize on a loss by NLCentral-leading Milwaukee.La Russa said getting swept at

home was “as bad as it can get”but he says no one’s giving up.“That’ll never happen, not to

this club, not to the coaching staffor myself,” La Russa said. “Butdisappointed — you get frustratedwith some of the way the gamesare being played.“This league forever and ever,

all the major leagues, are asmuch a sign of your toughnessand your character as they areyour talent.”Frustration is building in a fan

base that showered more boosthan usual the last few days. One

fan wearing a blue Dodgers T-shirt was ejected after firing abaseball across the diamond fromthe stands and nearly strikingAlbert Pujols at first base whenthe Cardinals were on defense.The Cardinals have been swept

twice at home and Rivera home-red in both, helping the Blue Jaystake a three-game set from June24-26 before the Dodgers tradedfor him in July.Hiroki Kuroda (10-14) worked

seven solid innings in 98-degreeheat, the hottest first-pitch tem-perature of the year, and A.J. Ellishit his first career homer off ofJaime Garcia (10-7) to give theDodgers a two-day total of sixlong balls. Matt Kemp had twosingles and two RBIs and JamesLoney had three hits with a pairof doubles and an RBI.The Cardinals trailed 6-0 before

Garcia got his first at-bat leadingoff the third, and a day earlier itwas 7-0 before Kyle Lohse struck

out for the final out of the second.St. Louis was 1½ games behind

the Brewers after acquiringEdwin Jackson and Rafael Furcalat the trade deadline, but is 10-13since while the Brewers havegone 24-5. Gerald Laird hit hisfirst National League homer, atwo-run drive in the seventh, andSkip Schumaker had a season-high four hits with an RBI to hikehis average to .301.Eight straight Dodgers reached

safely to start a six-run third thatmatched their season best andput them up 6-1. The rally waskicked off by a pair of walks fol-lowed by six straight hits that pro-duced at least one RBI.Garcia, who had been 6-3 with

a 2.06 ERA at home, finallyrecorded his first out of the inningon Kuroda’s sacrifice and gave upseven runs in five innings. He’s 0-3 in his last six starts and haslasted just five innings in four ofhis last five outings.

La Russa and Garcia, who exit-ed with a 2.73 home ERA, bothmaintain fatigue is not an issue.“I had a couple starts where it

was tough,” Garcia said. “Today itwas no physical fatigue or any-thing. I felt good. It’s just one ofthose things.”Garcia said his biggest problem

Wednesday was failing to takemore time between pitches in thethird.“When stuff like that happens,

you’ve got to step off and thinkabout the pitch you’re going tomake,” Garcia said. “Just relaxfor a little bit and try to limit thedamage.“I’m not going to lie, sometimes

I don’t do a very good job. But I’mtrying.”Kuroda has won four of his last

five starts and is 3-2 with a 2.11ERA in six day starts. The right-hander allowed three runs oneight hits with four strikeouts anda walk.

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Ernie Els hits out of a bunker during the first round of the PGAChampionship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Jones Creek, GA.

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Steelers to start yearwith new linemenPITTSBURGH — Three Super

Bowl appearances over the pastsix years, three different start-ing centers for the PittsburghSteelers. Three different rightguards, left tackles and righttackles, too.In fact, along the Pittsburgh’s

offensive line, only left guardhas had a modicum of stabilityover the course of Super Bowlwins following the 2005 and2008 seasons and even throughlast season’s Super Bowl loss tothe Green Bay Packers.In a league — and on a team

— in which stability, chemistryand cohesiveness are valued inconstructing an elite offensiveline, the Steelers have managedto consistently remain amongthe NFL’s best despite constantchange.This preseason, the reigning

AFC champions have auditionedno fewer than four candidatesfor the job of starting rightguard, and virtually everyprominent player on the unithas missed practice time due toinjury and/or contract issues.The depth has been ques-

tioned enough that the teambrought back six-year veteranTrai Essex less than a monthafter coaches had determinedhe was too out of shape to re-sign as a free agent.Yet somehow, the Steelers

aren’t all that concerned. Afterall, they’ve overcome it before.“I think every guy in here

knows that when your number’scalled, you’ve got to answer thebell, and we’ve been successfulwith that for the most part,”right tackle Willie Colon said.“But having that solid (starting)five out there is going to bereally important for us startingthe season.”Colon missed all of last season

with an Achilles injury and satout the first week of this train-ing camp because of the post-lockout rules governing freeagents.But Colon and Pro Bowl cen-

ter Maurkice Pouncey — him-self briefly bothered by a peskyankle this camp — are the moststeady components of the line.Chris Kemoeatu is entering hisfifth season as the starting leftguard. But he opened camp onthe physically unable to per-form list due to left kneeswelling.“As of right now, we’ve got a

bunch of new guys stepping intothe (first-team) scene,”Kemoeatu said, “and I’m stilltrying to get back to 100 per-cent. But we’ve got two weeksleft.“It’s all about repetition and

trying our best to build up thecommunication with everyone.It doesn’t really matter who youplay next to here because everyone of them are capable guyswho have been around who canstep in there.”Pittsburgh cut former starting

left tackle Max Starks this sum-mer and re-signed the playerwho started the final 12 gamesof last season (including play-offs) in his place, JonathanScott.Like Colon, Scott was forced

to sit out the first week ofcamp. Then, he left Thursday’spreseason game vs.Philadelphia due to a minorknee injury — the same fatethat fell his backup, second-

round pick Marcus Gilbert.That compelled the Steelers

to move Tony Hills back to lefttackle after Hills had beengiven the start at right guard.Ramon Foster, Doug Legurskyand Chris Scott also are in therunning to be the starter atright guard for the seasonopener Sept. 11 at Baltimore.“We’ve shown from the years

past, with the never-endingrevolving door with us, thatwe’ve really just got to focus onthe next person in line who’sgoing to step up so that thereweren’t be any dropoff in playor capability,” said Legursky,who started the Super Bowl atcenter in place of an injuredPouncey. “No matter who’s inthere on gameday, that’s who’sgoing to lead us into battle.“We’ve preached from Day 1

that, especially on the offensiveline, position flexibility is prob-ably most valuable thing youhave. And that’s why we’ll goget somebody like Trai.”Essex has started 25 games

over his six seasons withPittsburgh — some each attackle and guard. He also canplay some center, but he didlose his job as the starting rightguard early last season.His contract expired, Essex

said Steelers coaches weren’tshy in letting him know whenthey saw him at quarterbackBen Roethlisberger’s weddinglast month that Essex was toooverweight for them to re-signhim.“They see the huge difference

between then and now,” Essexsaid this week after he agreed aone-year contract on Monday.“They know I spent some timelosing weight. They’d beenkeeping in contact with me, butthis would have never hap-pened if I didn’t take the time tolose weight in the first place.”Essex married this year, and

his lockout was spent “living itup” between bachelor partiesand honeymoons.Word from Steelers coaches

hit home, however.“It made me realize that if I

want to stay in this game and ifI want to play, that I have toreally change some habits,”Essex said. “I made some badhabits, and the lockout was badfor me. But also, this was bless-ing.”Having the Steelers temporar-

ily turn their back on him wasone thing. The phone not ring-ing from any other club wasanother.But it says just as much about

Pittsburgh’s depth on the line asit does about Essex’s successfuldiet that he was lining up as theNo. 2 left tackle in practice theday he returned to the team.That sounds alarming — and

it probably would be, for mostteams. Somehow, though, theSteelers find a way to make itwork year after year.“It starts, first, with our

coaches in the room,” Fostersaid. “Coach (Sean) Kugler andcoach (Harold Goodwin), theydo a good job of making sureeveryone knows everything.They treat everyone as if you’regoing to go in to play the gameeach week.“We don’t mind who’s beside

us playing. We just keep itrolling with whoever’s inthere.”The Steelers play host to the

Atlanta Falcons on Saturday.

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ARLINGTON, Texas — TexasRangers manager RonWashington knows it is still tooearly to worry about watchingthe standings.But if the defending AL cham-

pions keep playing like this,they might not be in the positionthey want to be in mid-September.Matt Harrison gave up four

runs in the first inning and theAL West-leading Rangers suf-fered another lopsided loss in apotential playoff previewagainst the Boston Red Sox, 13-2 on Wednesday night.“All you can do is bounce

back,” Washington said. “Wegot beat, it wasn’t nothing wecould do about it. ... You comeback tomorrow and you try toput your game together.”The Rangers (74-57) have lost

five of seven games, the latestmatching their worst of the sea-son. Their last three losses havebeen by a combined score of 34-7 — including a 10-0 loss at theChicago White Sox on Sundaybefore an 11-5 setback to theRed Sox on Tuesday night.“It’s not demoralizing at all,”

Michael Young said. “Obviouslywe didn’t play our style of base-ball tonight or [Tuesday], sowe’ve got to make some quickadjustments, come out tomor-row and play better.”There is one more game

against the Red Sox before theAL West-chasing Los AngelesAngels get to town this weekendfor three games.“Our priority is always on

what we do,” Young said. “If wetake care of our business, welike our chances of ending upwinning the division.”

Texas had a seven-game divi-sion lead after winning threeconsecutive games in LosAngeles last week, then led inthe ninth inning of that seriesfinale before the Angels got agame-ending homer.Los Angeles has now won six

in a row, including 8-0 over theChicago White Sox onWednesday, to cut the divisiongap to 2 ½ games. Los Angelesis off Thursday.Mike Napoli hit his 22nd

homer and had an RBI singlefor the only Texas runs againstBoston.David Ortiz returned to the

Boston lineup with an RBI sin-gle on the first pitch he saw in10 days and scored twice.Carl Crawford, Jacoby

Ellsbury and Adrian Gonzalezhit two-run homers in consecu-tive innings late off three differ-ent relievers for Boston (79-50),which moved a game up on NewYork after the Yankees lost 6-4in 10 innings to Oakland.With 33 games left to play, the

Red Sox aren’t yet too con-cerned with the standings.“I think there’s more signifi-

cance to what food’s beingserved in there tonight,” man-ager Terry Francona said,motioning toward the club-house.Just like they did in their win

a night earlier, the Red Soxjumped out to a quick 6-0 lead.The first of Dustin Pedroia’s

two RBI singles off MattHarrison (10-9) put Bostonahead to stay in the first. Ortizimmediately followed with hisrun-scoring hit and then scoredfrom first base on Crawford’stwo-run double into the right-field corner even though therelay throw beat him to the

plate.It appeared that Napoli had

the one-hop relay in his mitt,but the ball came out when thecatcher swiped to tag Ortiz andthe Red Sox led 4-0.After Ortiz had a leadoff dou-

ble in the fifth, Jed Lowrie had asacrifice bunt and Crawford asacrifice fly. Ortiz lumberedhome and clipped the back ofNapoli’s leg with his flop slidejust ahead of the throw.“He was moving today pretty

good,” Washington said beforechuckling. “Nothing wrong with

his heel, he’s been faking it.”Josh Beckett (11-5) allowed

one run and four hits over sixinnings and showed some quickreflexes to make a defensivegem by catching a comebackliner.Harrison gave up seven runs

and 11 hits over five inningswith four strikeouts and onewalk. The left-hander still has a3.59 ERA this season, but thathas risen from 2.94 in August,when he is 1-2 his five starts.“They just put some hits

together, that’s all,” Washington

said. “You’ve got to match theirpitching and if you don’t matchtheir pitching, the game can getaway. And it got away from us.”Beckett struck out four and

walked two while throwing 110pitches. The right-handerallowed 13 earned runs in 12innings his previous two startsagainst Texas, both last season.When Ian Kinsler hit a hard

liner up the middle in the fifth,Beckett turned his head and putup his glove.“That ball caught me,”

Beckett said. “I didn’t catch it.”

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Red Sox dominate Rangers, move ahead of Yanks

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Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz connects with a pitch in the first inning for an RBI singlein Wednesday’s 13-2 win over the Rangers.

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Giants claim Padrescloser Bell off waivers

SAN FRANCISCO — SanDiego Padres closer Heath Bellhas confirmed that he hasbeen claimed off waivers bythe San Francisco Giants,although even he is skepticalabout whether he will actuallyend up with the defendingWorld Series champions.The burly right-hander said

before Wednesday night’sgame — coincidentally at SanFrancisco — that he’s planningto “sweat my butt off” whenthe Padres play at Arizona onFriday.“I feel pretty honored.

They’re the world champs,they want me to be part oftheir organization,” Bell said.“But nothing has happenedright now. I’m a Padre, and I’mpretty happy about that. Untilsomething happens, there’sreally not much to talk about.”San Diego has 48 hours from

the time Bell was claimed todecide whether to trade thethree-time All-Star, allow himto be claimed or pull him backfrom waivers. Giants generalmanager Brian Sabean mightalso just be trying to block NLWest-leading Arizona — underfirst-year general managerand former Padres GM Kevin

Towers — from landing Bell.The Giants won the claim,

first reported by ESPN, for the33-year-old Bell earlier in theday. He converted his 35thsave in 39 opportunities inTuesday’s 7-5 win over SanFrancisco.Bell admitted it would be odd

to switch clubhouses at AT&TPark in the middle of a quicktwo-game series.“It would be easy. It wouldn’t

be that far,” he said, chuck-ling. “I know where the lockerroom is. It would be a littleweird just because we’ve hadso many battles over theyears.”The Giants are beat up in the

bullpen, with closer BrianWilson and reliever SergioRomo on the disabled list.There is no timetable for

when Wilson wil l get on amound and test his inflamedright elbow, though there’s achance he could return inearly September for thestretch run. Wilson hasdeclined to discuss his injury.Wilson was last season’s

majors saves leader with 48,while Bell had 47. SanFrancisco began the day twogames back of theDiamondbacks in the divisionrace.

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Braves third baseman Chipper Jones looks on as his home runtravels over the fence. The Cubs beat the Braves 3-2 Wednesday.

MLB

Braves waste Lowe’sgem in loss to Cubs

CHICAGO — Even in defeat,the Atlanta Braves’ clubhousereverberates with confidence, asif there are greater things tofocus on than one loss.A deep run into October, for

example.Derek Lowe pitched seven

strong innings, and ChipperJones and Alex Gonzalez home-red, but it wasn’t enough as theBraves fell to the Chicago Cubs3-2 on Wednesday night.All the damage done to Lowe

(8-12) came in the second, whenthe Cubs batted around andscored three runs.Alfonso Soriano followed a

leadoff walk with a two-runhomer, and speedster TonyCampana reached on DanUggla’s fielding error and camearound to score on a groundout.The Cubs went on to load the

bases, but Lowe induced aninning-ending groundout.“I don’t consider that a rough

inning for me,” Lowe said with agrin. “That’s damage control.”Other than that, Lowe was as

dominant as he’s been all sea-son. He gave up four hits andfour walks. Lowe struck out sixand threw a season-high 119pitches.“He’s gonna get the loss, but I

think he deserves better,” saidBraves manager Fredi Gonzalez.“You look at his linescore, and itmight be one of his best starts.He was really, really good.”Lowe tossed seven full innings

for the first time since May 17.“As embarrassing a stat as

that may be, I’d rather be doingthat now than back then,” Lowesaid. “We’re winding down andyou’ve got six or seven startsleft, you want to finish up strongto put ourselves in a good spot.We’re still trying to catch Philly.“I don’t think this loss is going

to stay with us very long, espe-cially the way we’ve been play-

ing.”The Braves have won 15 of 20

and remain 6½ games behindthe Phillies in the NL East.“Regardless of whether (Lowe)

won or lost tonight, we neededhim to give us innings and hedid that,” said Jones. “That’s theluxury of how well we’ve playedup until this point. We lose agame like this tonight, it doesn’treally bother us because we arewhere we are. Just file this oneaway and come back out tomor-row.”Jones’ home run chased Cubs

starter Randy Wells (5-4) withtwo outs in the seventh, but itwas just the second hit of thegame for Atlanta.Wells held the Braves to one

run and two hits over 6 2-3innings, striking out six andimproving to 4-1 in his careeragainst Atlanta.“He had an outstanding

changeup tonight. He made onemistake with it,” Jones said. “Ithought he pitched as good ...Well, I can’t really say that, hehad us no-hit in the seventh inour place, so I have seen himpitch that well. He did it to usagain.”Wells, then a rookie, had a no-

hit bid broken up by Jones withtwo outs in the seventh on June2, 2009 in Atlanta. The Bravescame back from a 5-0 deficit towin 6-5 in 12 innings.“I’m starting to feel a lot bet-

ter,” Wells said. “I’m starting tocommand the fastball a lot bet-ter. Tonight, I had a pretty goodchangeup.”Carlos Marmol got the last

three outs and joined Lee Smithas the only Cubs relievers to postconsecutive 30-save seasons.Soriano’s two-run shot fueled

Chicago’s three-run rally in thesecond. He also walked and washit by a pitch. Aramis Ramirezadded a single and two walks,extending his hitting streak to13 games.

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NEW YORK — Negotiatorsfor NBA owners and playerswill likely meet again nextweek. And the league will haveto offer something different tointerest the players.The union has been holding

regional meetings, informingits members just how harsh itbelieves the owners’ proposalis for a new collective bargain-ing agreement. The league isseeking significant changes tothe salary structure as a way toeliminate its losses, which itsays totaled $300 million lastseason.Players have balked at the

demands, and players’ associa-tion vice president MauriceEvans of Washington saidWednesday that when playersare shown what the leaguewants, they are unified in theirstance.“When we’re able to explain

exactly what David Stern isasking for, it becomes so clearand evident that we cannottake this deal, and guys wouldbe willing to not participate, tonot play, if that’s the offer tous,” Evans told The AssociatedPress in a phone interviewfrom Chicago, where the unionwas set to hold another meet-ing Thursday.After that, Evans said the

players hope to have a bar-gaining session with theleague’s negotiators next week,but that a specific day hadn’tbeen locked down yet.There has been only session

that included leadership fromboth sides since the leaguelocked out the players on July1 after the expiration of the old

CBA. Stern said during a pod-cast with ESPN.com earlier thismonth that progress needed tobe made by the end of LaborDay weekend or “we may beheaded to a bad place.”Evans said one of reasons for

the regional meetings is torefute some of the things thecommissioner said during thatlengthy interview, which hecalled “very misleading.” Morethan 100 players have attendedthe three gatherings, in LosAngeles and Las Vegas lastweek before New York onWednesday. Evans added theyhope to schedule more inHouston and Atlanta.Stern blamed the players for

an unwillingness to seriouslybargain after a meeting onAug. 1 and accused them ofbacking out of another meet-ing. Evans believes Stern hasbeen more aggressive in histone because the numbersdon’t support the position theleague says it is in after a suc-cessful 2010-11 season on andoff the court.“He has to go to extremes to

try to prove his case and nor-mally he doesn’t negotiatethrough the media,” Evanssaid.The league has backed off its

demand for non-guaranteedcontracts in a new CBA, butstill wants salaries cut by morethan a third among otherchanges. The league has pro-posed a flexible salary cap thatthe players contend is really ahard cap, which would replacethe current system that allowsteams to exceed the capthrough the use of variousexceptions. Evans called theelimination of the exceptions a

“total slap in the face toMichael Jordan and all thegreat players that came beforeus.”Both sides have filed charges

against the other with theNational Labor RelationsBoard, and the league alsofiled a lawsuit seeking to blockthe union from decertifying —which it hasn’t indicated pub-licly it’s considering at thistime.After a flurry of meetings in

June before the deadline, thesides have felt they had little totalk about since. Owners quick-ly shot down the players’ finalproposal, saying it would havesignificantly raised salaries inthe sixth year of the deal, andthe union has been hoping foranother offer from the leaguethat hasn’t and may not come.“We just want something

that’s fair,” Evans said. “Wedon’t feel like their proposalshave been in good faith at all.That’s why we filed the suitwith the NLRB.”Despite the differences,

there’s still time to make a dealwithout losing any of the sea-son. During the 1998-99 workstoppage that reduced the sea-son to 50 games, the leaguedidn’t cancel the start of train-ing camps in early Octoberuntil Sept. 24. Camps arescheduled to open Oct. 1 thisseason, with the regular sea-son set to begin on Nov. 1.But with no progress made

since the lockout began, Evansseems to agree with Stern thatsomething has to happenquickly.“If a deal’s to be made,” he

said, “it’s going to have to bevery soon.”

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Collins signed, statusof Manning unclear

INDIANAPOLIS — TheIndianapolis Colts are bring-ing one veteran quarterbackout of retirement.No, not Brett Favre.The Colts agreed to terms

Wednesday wi th KerryCollins, making him the likelys tarter in case PeytonManning hasn’t completelyrecovered from of fseasonneck surgery when the sea-son opens Sept. 11.Col l ins sa id he has been

given no indicat ion thatManning won’t p lay atHouston.“Hopefully, Peyton will be

back, but if he’s not maybe Ican be one of the guys thatcan help th is bal l c lub,”Collins said in a conferencecal l wi th reportersWednesday n ight . “Thebiggest draw for me cominghere was just being with ateam that I have a lo t o frespect for and a lot of histo-ry with, and really to be witha great team and play withone of greatest quarterbacksof all time.”Collins agreed to a one-year

contract and acknowledgedhe could be talked into stay-ing longer than 2011.Not everyone in the Colts

locker room is enamored withthe move.“We don’t even know him,

we a in ’t vani l la , man, weain ’t no s imple o f fense ,”receiver Reggie Wayne said.“So for him to come in hereand be the starter, I don’t seeit. I think that’s a step back.”Colts coach Jim Caldwell

wasn’t available to talk withreporters about Col l ins , aplayer he coached at PennState, because the of f ic ialannouncement didn’t comeuntil after practice. Caldwellspoke with reporters beforepractice. But he struck a calmtone in a statement releasedby the team.“He is a veteran quarter-

back who has started manygames and he brings dimen-sion and depth to the quar-terback position, which willbe helpful,” Caldwell said.“He is familiar with our divi-sion and will make a greataddition to our roster.”The move is another indica-

tion that Manning’s streak of227 consecut ive s tarts ,including playoff games, is inserious jeopardy for the firsttime since 2008.Manning had surgery May

23 to repair a nerve in hisneck, and the recovery hasgone slower than expectedpart ia l ly, Manning sa id ,because he couldn’t work outwith team trainers during the4 ½-month lockout.On Saturday morning, Colts

owner J im Irsay wrote onTwitter that the Colts shouldbe prepared to play withoutManning in the openeragainst the d iv is ion-r iva lTexans. Later that day,Manning acknowledged hedid not expect to play in thefinal two preseason gamesand that he would need thenext two weeks just to gethealthy.Coll ins said the f irst call

f rom Indy came Saturday,too.Caldwell hasn’t said when

he expects Manning to returnto the field after signing afive-year, $90 million contractto stay in Indy last month.“I think he laid out pretty

well where he is, and that heis working extremely hard totry and get back as quickly ashe possibly can,” Caldwellsaid Monday. “He’s going towork hard at trying to getback and get ready, and he’sdoing everything he can to doso.”And if he’s not ready? Well,

there ’s Col l ins , who hasplayed in 195 career gameswith Tennessee, New Orleans,the New York Giants, Oaklandand Carolina before retiringin July.

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Peyton Manning and Kerry Collins shake hands Dec. 9 followingthe Colts’ 30-28 win. Collins was signed by Indianapolis yesterday.


making improvements toadvance even further th isseason.“[Watt] has high expecta-

tions coming into the season,”Bayliss said. “He can becomeeven more successful i f heembraces coming to the netand improves his short fore-hands.”The Irish also return sopho-

more Greg Andrews, who willlikely take the reigns at theNo. 2 singles spot from thegraduated Stephen Havens.Andrews, who was last sea-son’s Big East Freshman ofthe Year, had a successfulsummer, earning his first ATPpoint.Even with his recent suc-

cesses , Andrews does notbelieve he will feel any addi-tional pressure.“There really is no pres-

sure,” Andrews said. “I am

just going to concentrate onbuilding on my success anddoing anything to help theteam succeed.”The Irish finished as run-

ners-up in last season’s BigEast tournament, falling tochampion Louisville. But thisseason, Bayliss believes theremay be several teams fightingfor the conference crown.“The Big East [champi-

onships] is at USF this seasonand that def in i te ly makesthem a major player,” Baylisssaid. “Louisville graduatedfour of their top five from lastseason, but they have a cou-ple f reshmen that shouldmake a significant impact. Iwould also look for DePaul tobe a contender due to theirreturnees.”Despite a more competitive

landscape, Bayliss is confi-dent in his team’s ability toadvance even further th isseason.

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NBA

Parts of lawsuit againstPacers’ owner removedLOS ANGELES — A judge

suggested Wednesday sheplans to throw out key portionsof a lawsuit by a nanny whoclaims she was fired by IndianaPacers owner Herb Simon andhis wife because she becamepregnant.Los Angeles Superior Court

Judge Amy Hogue, whoplanned to issue her decisionThursday, rebuffed hours ofarguments by the attorney fornanny Claudia Leite, saying shedidn’t believe much of thenanny’s testimony.“I can’t remember a case

with so much impeaching testi-mony and things that didn’tmake sense,” Hogue toldLeite’s attorney, Joseph Davis.“It’s astounding.”She said she also doubted the

testimony of a chauffeur whojoined in the lawsuit.The case offered insight into

the lifestyle of a super-richfamily with several homes andprivate jet. Simon, and hiswife, Bui, a former MissUniverse, have homes inCalifornia and Indiana andtravel with a staff that includesnannies for their four children.His family founded theIndiana-based Simon PropertyGroup. According to Forbes,his net worth is $1.4 billion.“It’s hard to infer an anti-

family, anti-pregnancy animusfrom Mrs. Simon when herwhole history has been pro-child,” said the judge. Shenoted that Bui Simon runs afoundation for orphans and sheadopted the daughter of a sis-ter who died and raised her asher own child even before shemarried Simon.“She’s not someone who had

children and abandoned themto nannies,” said the judge.“She drove them to school, fedthem, put them to bed.”She also noted that Bui

Simon had been extremelygenerous to Leite, who workedfor the Simons for eight years.She said the Simons gave Leite$20,000 to help her motherbuy a house in Brazil, gave hera used Mercedes for her per-sonal use and an $11,000 pairof diamond earrings for a

birthday.“It’s hard for me to reconcile

that with some secret spitefulanimus,” said the judge whoridiculed the idea that Mrs.Simon was secretly “theWicked Witch of the West orCruella DeVille.”Attorney Joseph Davis, rep-

resenting Leite and chauffeurRobert Young, said in hishours-long argument that BuiSimon tried to humiliate Leiteby giving her some of her usedpregnancy clothes which weretoo small for her. The judgesaid the motive wasn’t believ-able. She also rejected a com-plaint by Leite that during atrip to Indianapolis, Bui Simonrefused to let her go to anemergency room when sheexperienced discomfort withher pregnancy.Instead, Leite acknowledged

her employer called a friendwho was an eminent neo nataldoctor and sought his opinionon the phone.“To me what she did was

reasonable and kind,” said thejudge. She also noted thatother employees in the Simonhousehold testified that theywere given generous maternityleaves when they became preg-nant. Instead of avoiding preg-nant employees, she said BuiSimon “continued to hireemployees who had more andmore children.”Leite was dismissed because

of a screaming argument shehad with another member ofthe household staff, the judgesaid, noting the incidentcaused the children to cry.“This is not IBM and comput-

er scientists in a cubicle,”Hogue said. “This is a family.”She said Bui Simon had to act

to insure calm in the house-hold. She suspended bothwomen for a time, she said, butLeite was fired after a phoneconversation in which she toldher employer: “It’s your fault.You made the children cry.”The judge called it “a belliger-ent response.”She said, “It is undisputed

that the Simons were generallydelighted with her care of thechildren,” but by the end of therelationship, they no longerliked Leite.

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and ACC schools, includingLSU, which finished third inthe 2011 NCAA tournament.“The challenging schedule

is an indication of how farthe program has come,”Holt said. “If we can com-pete with the top teams onour schedule, it will give us

an indication of where westand nationally.”Af ter they p lay at theIndiana Univers i ty Fal lInvitational in mid-October,the Irish will finish the fallport ion of their schedulewith the Landfall Tradition.The squad concludes its reg-ular season with four addi-tional tournaments in Marchand April.

Challengecontinued from page 24

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Sophomore Meg Ryan runs during last year’s Notre Dame InvitationalOct. 1. Ryan is one of nine sophomores returning for the Irish.

tape and the fact that it hadnever happened here before,”Lee said. “But we had some real-ly good meetings with [Directorof Athletics] Jack Swarbrick andthe administration about doing itfor charity and got it done.”The fight, dubbed “Fight Like aChampion,” will take place Sept.16 at the Joyce Center, the daybefore the Notre Dame-MichiganState football game, with allevent proceeds going toward theAra Parseghian MedicalResearch Foundation and theRobinson Community LearningCenter in South Bend.“When I was growing up, I wasfortunate to have an older kid tolook up to who played ball withme and taught me how to dealwith bullies,” the 2009 NotreDame graduate said. “An olderrole model is a great thing tohave and I thought Notre Dame-affiliated charities where the stu-dents are involved are goodplaces to start.” Lee even had the opportunityto meet legendary Notre Damefootball coach Ara Parseghian ata press conference announcingthe fight, a point of inspirationfor the rising star, he said.“Coach Parseghian told me thatwhen he found out his grandchil-dren had [terminal Niemann-Pick Type C disease] they hadtwo options: to either go into thecorner or fight back and dosomething about it,” Lee said. “Iwas blown away by what he hadto say. It was like being in one ofhis locker room pregame speech-es.”Meanwhile, the former O’Neillresident and University ofMissouri transfer has been train-ing in Houston with renownedtrainer Ronnie Shields in prepa-ration for the highly anticipatedlight heavyweight bout againstKansas-native Jacob Stiers (4-1,

2 KOs). “Ronnie is a big reason why

I’m here in my career today,” Leesaid. “We’ve grown to be reallyclose. Learning from a world-champion trainer is just anincredible experience.”Lee, a Chicago Golden Gloves

champion, is coming off a domi-nating performance in a knock-out win over Michael Birthmarkin July at the Home Depot Centerin Carson, Calif. Even though Leeknocked his opponent to the floorthree times, Birthmark was ableto counter at key opportunities inthe middle of the fight, somethingthat Shields has worked on withhis protégé.“Ronnie and I watched tapes of

the fight and even though I wasable to get my overhand rightworking, I should have calmeddown and picked my shots,” Lee,

who is scheduled to fight atMadison Square Garden inDecember, said.But with his upcoming headline

fight — one Lee calls the biggestof his career up to this point —the Chicago native expects anexhilarating atmosphere on aweekend that already draws over80,000 people to campus.“The atmosphere is just going

to be unreal right before a biggame like this,” Lee said. “I justhope the students come out andsupport this cause. There is noth-ing like a live pro fight.”

Tickets are available at theNotre Dame Ticket Office and atund.com/tickets, $15 for studentsand $30 for general admission.

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Notre Dame alumnus Mike Lee fights in the semifinals of the 2008Bengal Bouts. Lee will return to the JACC as a professional Sept. 16.

Following a 25th place finish atthe NCAA championship meetlast season, Irish men’s crosscountry coach Joe Piane said heexpects further development andeven more success in this year’scampaign.“The goal is always to do well

in the Big East and make theNCAAs,” Piane said.Returning all but one of the

championship meet runners, theIrish maintain a strong core tomake another deep run in 2011.The status of junior Jeremy Rae,who finished 78th in the nationalmeet last year, remains uncer-tain, however, due to an injury. “[Rae] is a real question mark

because he’s injured,” Piane said.“We’ll see how he responds. If hecomes back, and we think he will,he’ll be one of our top runners.”Piane said senior Jordan

Carlson, junior J.P. Malette andsophomores Martin Grady andWalter Schafer would also be keycontributors to the team this sea-son. Piane said he alreadynoticed improvements in theteam, despite having only hadless than a week of practice thisseason.“I’ve been really pleased with

[sophomore] DJ Thornton,” Pianesaid. “He’s looked very good sofar.”After the spring track season

ended, the team shifted theirfocus to cross country andchanged the pace and types oftheir workouts.

“We did lots of long distance inthe summer in preparation forcross country,” Piane said.Tim Connelly, Irish women’scross country coach, is also opti-mistic about a team that returnssix of last year’s top seven run-ners.“Our expectations are prettyhigh. We’re still fairly young butwe expect to be much improved,”Connelly said. “We want to be anNCAA qualifier.”Last fall, the Irish ended theirseason in Rochester, Mich., aftera sixth place finish in the NCAAGreat Lakes Regional.Sophomore Alexa Aragon ledNotre Dame in the meet, placing22nd and earning All-Regionhonors.“She’s one of our top runnersthat improved as the season wenton,” Connelly said. “I was encour-aged by the improvementthroughout the year.”This year, the Irish will hosttwo meets at the Notre DameGolf Course — the NationalCatholic Championships Sept. 16and the Notre Dame InvitationalSept. 30. These meets, however,are not the only ones onConnelly’s mind.“We always look forward to thechampionship meets,” Connellysaid. “We want to run well in theBig East [championships] and theNCAA Regional meets.”Both Irish squads will open theseason on the road in Valparaiso,Ind., at the Crusader InvitationalSept. 2.

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customary for Kelly.“I think it’s atypical for mostcoaches,” Kelly said. “I’vealways been 60/40 because I’vefelt that you can do some teach-ing with those repeated reps …You can talk to your quarter-back and say, ‘Take a look at itnow from this perspective.That’s the play you just readincorrectly.’“I’ve always used it as ateaching opportunity … that’sjust been my style,” Kelly said.Despite the end of the race forthe starting quarterback posi-tion, Crist and Rees continue tobe close on and off the field.“You should have seen thosetwo guys. They’re really greatfriends in the meeting room, inthe locker room, off the field,”offensive coordinator CharleyMolnar said. “Yeah, they com-peted hard, but they helpedeach other all day, every day.They both get it. It’s all aboutwinning football games.”With the season a mere ninedays away, the Irish are signifi-cantly more comfortable in theiroffensive scheme than theywere a year ago in the midst ofpreparing for their first gameunder Kelly.“We could dig a little bit deep-er if we need to, but our guysbasically have more of the play-book than they had a year agofor the opener,” Molnar said.“They’ve mastered more thingsthan they did a year ago in theopener. Now it really is just timefor them to go and perform.”A large part of that masteryinvolved increased time in the

film room.“I definitely feel a lot more

comfortable. I feel a lot morecomfortable when it comes tofilm study,” senior running backJonas Gray said. “I’m a lot morecomfortable with the offense,feel a lot more comfortable withmy reads, being able to read thedefense — the film study and allthat comes into play.”The increased confidence in

the basic offensive schemes hasallowed the Irish to practicemore situations since the build-ing blocks of the offense arenow firmly entrenched.“Coach Kelly is very situation-

al in the way he thinks. Wecover virtually every situationthat you could think of,” Molnarsaid. “For example, the otherday we went through overtime.We went through the last play ofthe game from the eight-yardline. We worked [the two-minute offense] needing a fieldgoal. We worked two-minuteneeding a touchdown. Weworked all the different thirddown things. We worked thefour-minute offense. You nameit, we worked it.”The coaching staff believes

this will give the team an advan-tage by expanding the options ithas in any given situation.“We have a lot of versatility,”

Gray said. “It gives coach Kellythe ability to open up his play-book and do a lot more thingsthan he did in the past.”With the season just a week

and a half away, preparation isstarting to give way to emotion.“I’m just excited,” Gray said.

“I’m excited for the season tostart.”

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“Personally, I feel like we’reclimbing that mountain again,and this is just another year,”Waldrum said. “We set out to getto the College Cup every year.That’s the expectation we’ve setfor ourselves. Once we get there,anything can happen.”With the trophy in their display

case and the nation’s No. 1 rank-ing before their name, NotreDame is a favorite to join NorthCarolina this year as the onlyother program ever to repeat asnational champion. And whileWaldrum might be trying to keephis players from living in the past,he does believe there are lessonsto be learned from their title runthat can be used this season.“We talked about it at our very

first meeting this year, that thereare things we want to rememberand things we want to forget,”Waldrum said. “We want to for-get about winning the nationalchampionship, but we need toremember the effort that it tookand how much work we put in asstudent-athletes to get there.”Waldrum can also draw upon

his own experience in defendinga championship. After leadingNotre Dame to its second NCAAchampionship in 2004, the Irishentered the 2005 season with thepressure of a No. 1 ranking and apotential repeat. The team fal-tered after a successful regularseason, losing to Megan Rapinoeand eventual champion Portlandin the quarterfinals. However, Waldrum has already

seen an important difference inthe two teams.“After 2004, we came in for the

spring and it was like any otheryear. It wasn’t notched up toanother level,” he said. “Thisyear, we came in with a strongattitude to try and win back-to-back, and it showed right away.You’re not going to win justbecause you’re the reigningchamp. You’ve got to earn it.”That attitude was on display

over the weekend, as Notre Dameopened its season with a 2-0 winover Wisconsin. That scorelinewas not indicative of the gapbetween the teams though, as theIrish dominated play in their sig-nature aggressive, possessingstyle.“We’re at a point now where

we’ve got a way we want thegame to look,” Waldrum said.“Fans don’t want to see a 1-0game where you sit back. Wewant to play the same attackingsoccer you see at Barcelona.”

Notre Dame will need thatsame high level of play to contin-ue, as they face four top-25 oppo-nents in the next three weeks.The most difficult tests in thatstretch will come on the road, asthe Irish visit both No. 2 Stanfordand No. 3 North Carolina. With adepleted lineup, Waldrumexpects those matches to be abarometer for how his team canhandle the pressure and adversi-ty of a title defense.“We had a couple injuries tosome of our key freshmen overthe summer, so we’re not as deepas I’d like to be right now,”Waldrum said. “We need to man-age these games and get throughthe next couple of weeks. Oncewe get everybody back, I thinkwe’ll be in a good position.”

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One day after Irish coach BrianKelly named senior Dayne Cristthe starting quarterback, NotreDame had already shifted itsfocus from the quarterback com-petition to the quickly approach-ing season.“We’re focused on SouthFlorida. We’ve focused on somemore situation things that weneed to script and rehearse thatcould happen in the first game,”Kelly said. “It’s just a differentfocus now that the quarterbackhas been defined.”Though Crist was named thestarter, sophomore quarterbackTommy Rees continues to see sig-nificant action on the practicefield, taking approximately 40percent of the snaps to Crist’s 60percent. While this is a highernumber than most backupsaround the country take, such is

WOMEN’S GOLF

FOOTBALL

ND WOMEN’S SOCCER

Waldrum preaches focusBy JACK HEFFERONSports Writer

see WALDRUM/page 22

MEN’S TENNIS

Bayliss expects betterplay from starters

Lee to fightin JACConce again

BOXING

see HISTORY/page 21

Irish turn attentionto South F l o r ida

By ALLAN JOSEPHSports Editor

see REES/page 22

SUZANNA PRATT/The Observer

Irish senior forward Melissa Henderson fights for the ball with aWisconsin defender during Notre Dame’s 2-0 victory Friday.

Holt, squad look to build upon championship appearance

Bull’s-eye focus

It sits in a place of prominence,floating just off the groundunderneath the scoreboard atAlumni Stadium. It carries mem-ories of celebrations, confetti andclaiming the elusive top spot inthe country. It is a sign thatreads, simply and matter-of-fact-ly, “NCAA Champion 2010Women’s Soccer,” and it willhover there all season, overlook-ing the Irish every time they runout of the tunnel, look for anopen teammate or swing in alate-game corner kick. The challenge for Irish coachRandy Waldrum, though, will beto keep his team focused on thetask ahead, and not on past suc-cesses.

Professional boxer Mike Lee’sfavorite memory of his time atNotre Dame isn’t any of the threeBengal Bouts titles he won, nor isit of the football games heattended. It is composed of thoseself-made subtler moments, likehis icy walks to the JACC prior tohis championship fights amid thebuzz that centered completely onhim. But never did Lee (6-0-0, 4KOs) think he would return as afighter after receiving his diplo-ma from the Mendoza School ofBusiness — that is, until hisfather raised the prospect of thefirst ever professional fight tak-ing place at Notre Dame.“My dad and I had alwaystalked about coming back [afterturning pro], but never thought itwould happen with all the red

Fol lowing las t season’sdefeat in the second roundof the NCAA tournament,Ir i sh coach Bob Bayl i ssbelieves this year’s team hasa chance to end the seasonon a more positive note.“Although it is early on, I

believe we have a chance toget bet ter,” Bayl iss said.“We have a lot of experienceand a lot of depth. We havemore guys that are capableof starting than there arestarting spots, and that is agood problem to have.”While Notre Dame returns

many key contr ibutors ,

Bayliss believes there aresome facets of the game theteam needs to continue towork on.“Although doubles match-es are only worth one point,that one point is a key tomomentum,” Bayliss said.“Along wi th f in ish ingmatches , I be l ieve ourbiggest improvement mustbe in nailing that doublespoint.”Senior Casey Watt returnsat the No. 1 singles position.Watt fell in the first roundof las t season’s NCAASingles Championship, andBayliss believes he can capi-talize on that experience by

see BAYLISS/page 20

By WALKER CAREYSports Writer

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Irish junior wide receiver Theo Riddick snares a pass during Notre Dame’s first day offall practice Aug. 6. Wednesday marked the first day of preparation for South Florida.

By ANDREW GASTELUMSports Writer

After an historic 2010-11season that culminated in thef i rs t NCAA championshipappearance for Notre Dame,Ir ish coach Susan Hol t ’ssquad is taking the steps tomake an appearance anannual occurrence.The Ir ish return threestarters from last year’s BigEast championship squad,including seniors Katie Allare

and Becca Huffer along withsophomore Krist ina Nhim.The squad earned a trip tothe NCAA championship inMay, where it placed 22ndafter earning a fifth place fin-i sh in the NCAA Centra lRegional, held at the WarrenGolf Course. Of the three returning

golfers, Huffer held the best2010-11 stroke average with74.9 strokes per round. Shealso p laced second at theJohn Kirk /PantherIntercollegiate Tournament

and led the team with an 8-over-par through four roundsof the NCAA championship.Meanwhile, Allare averaged

78.3 strokes per round, whileNhim posted 76.2. Nhim alsoplaced third in the Big Eastchampionship with a 6-over-par, missing out on first placeby only one stroke. Holt saidNotre Dame’s consistency anddepth should play a large rolein the team’s fortunes thisseason.“We’re returning a dedicat-

ed and committed group of

kids,” Holt said. “We won’tneed to lean on any one play-er as one through five on theroster can produce.”While the Irish graduated

two seniors and lost its lead-ing stroke-average player insophomore Nicole Zhang, theteam gains freshmen AshleyArmstrong and Kelli Oride. “[Armstrong and Oride] pos-

sess junior golf tournamentexperience and are highlyranked players,” Holt said.“Both can make an immediateimpact on our roster.”

However, because the pro-gram is so successful, it alsoschedules one of the nation’smost difficult slates. The teamopens wi th the Gol fweekConference Chal lenge inColorado from Sept. 19 to 21,which is exclusive to DivisionI conference champions fromthe previous season. The Tar Heel Invitational,held from Oct. 7 to 9, wil lprovide another challenge forthe Irish, as it features SEC

see CHALLENGE/page 21

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