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Lawyer outlines laws, gives adviceNew beND campaign brings Lindsay to explain student rights when hosting parties

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C.L. Lindsay speaks to students Sunday evening at his lecturetitled “Alcohol, Parties, and the Law.”

Professoremeritusconceivesfoundation

Many professors might beready to hang up their labcoats after 40 years of teach-ing. But for Dr. Subhash Basu,

retirement was an opportuni-ty to do more work.Basu, once a professor in

chemistry and biochemistry, isworking on establishing theCurrent Drug DeliveryResearch Foundation, a foun-dation located in InnovationPark researching methods fordrug delivery for compoundsto cure cancer and more.“This May I became a

Professor Emeritus,” Basu

RecSportsDomer Runsearches forcancer cure

INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Political clubs prep for fall campaigns page 3 � Affleck shines with ‘The Town’ page 8 � Womens soccer sweeps page 16 � Viewpoint page 6

While many on campus weretaking advantage of the away foot-ball game to sleep in, about 350students and community membersparticipated in the 27th annualDomer Run Saturday morning.Tim Novak, coordinator of spe-

cial events and family programsfor RecSports, said he thought thebusy weekend caused the run’snumbers to be slightly lower thanusual. “The run went very well,”

Novak said. “The numbers were alittle lower this year than numbersin the past, but I think that has alot to do with the football game atMSU today and the chariot racesgoing on.”

The run had three divisions: athree-mile race, a six-mile raceand a two-mile family fun

NROTC participates in “Mud Run”

MEGAN LONEY/The Observer

Members of Notre Dame NROTC participate in the sixth annualMarine Mud Run this Saturday.see RUN/page 5

By MELISSA FLANAGAN News Writer

By AMANDA GRAY News Writer

see BASU/page 5

Naval Reserve OfficerTraining Corps (NROTC)Marine and Navy options spenttheir Saturday morning deep inthe mud. The NROTC students partici-

pated in the sixth annualMarine Mud Run sponsored bythe St. Joe Valley Detachmentof the U.S. Marine CorpsLeague. The event is an annu-al tradition for the Notre DameNROTC students. “We participate to show the

community what their taxmoney is paying for, to showsupport for former, woundedand KIA [Killed in Action]Marines,” Marine option FirstClass Dan Brennan said. “Also,to support Toys for Tots, whichis an absolutely amazing chari-ty that helps to bring happinessand joy to underprivileged kidsevery year. It’s a lot of fun, andas future Marine officers, weabsolutely love doing thingsthat are both physical and canget us dirty at the same time.”The annual event, which

returned from a one-year hia-tus, has raised more than$7,000 in total for Toys forTots, a charity program spon-

sored by the U.S. Marine CorpsReserve. Ninety-five percent ofthe proceeds raised from eachrace’s registration are donatedto the program. The other fivepercent are used to cover thecost of the event. “We enjoy it and it brings the

Toys for Tots charity to theforefronts of people’s minds,”Commandant Rich Mullins ofthe St. Joe Valley Marine CorpsLeague said. Retired First Sgt. Sam

Alameda introduced the courseduring a safety briefing for themore than 400 participants at8:30 a.m. He noted a few dif-ferences in the race from thoseof past years — the course wasslightly shorter than threemiles due to safety reasonsand, instead of yelling “wordsof encouragement” from thesidelines of the course as inyears past, Marines of theEngineering Company B wouldbe running with the partici-pants. Alameda asked participants

in the Mud Run to keep the 10deployed Marines fromEngineering Company B ontheir minds while goingthrough the course. After explaining the course,

see MUD RUN/page 3

By MEGAN LONEY News Writer

As part of its beND campaign inresponse to a recent spike in alcohol-related arrests off-campus, studentgovernment hosted a lecture Sundayevening titled “Alcohol, Parties, andthe Law,” presented by attorney C.L.Lindsay. Lindsay, who left his New York law

firm in 1998 after seeing the needfor legal work concentrating onhigher education, founded theCoalition for Student and AcademicRights (CO-STAR), which nowreceives 10,000 requests annually. In his lecture, Lindsay detailed the

specific state and federal laws affect-ing students, the consequences ofinfractions and steps students shouldtake to minimize their risk before,and improve the outcome after, hav-ing a legal incident.He said the reason most parties

draw police attention is due to noisecomplaints from neighbors.“The first thing to do is make nice

with your neighbors. ... If you’regoing to have a party, talk to them,

have them call you, not the police,”Lindsay said. “Set up your party, gooutside and listen. If you can hearfrom a distance, it’s probably tooloud.”Lindsay also emphasized the

importance of choosing a locationunlikely to cause a nuisance anddraw complaints from neighbors.“Never have a party outside,

there’s just too much noise,” he said.“The basement is the best place fora party.”Lindsay clarified the laws on when

students can refuse a police searchand how to avoid forfeiting the right.He said posting invites for the publicto see, which can include onlineevent postings, could leave the eventlegally open to anyone, includingpolice.According to Lindsay, police can

enter a home when they have awarrant, receive permission from aresident, see a crime taking place inplain view or believe that waiting toenter would result in a loss of evi-dence. To minimize hosts’ liability for

see LINDSAY/page 3

By JOHN CAMERONNews Writer

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IN BRIEF

The International SummerService Learning ProgramInformation Session will beheld tonight , f rom 7 to 8p.m. at the McNeill Libraryin Geddes Hall. Informationsessions conducted by pastpart ic ipants wi l l prov ideinformation on the applica-tion processes.

The Notre Dame Center forEthics and Culture wil l beshowing a free screening of“Nine Days that Changedthe World” tonight from 7 to8:45 p .m. at WashingtonHall. This documentary, pre-sented by former Speaker ofthe House Newt Gingrich andhis wi fe , Ca l l i s ta , fo l lowsPope John Paul II’s historicpilgrimage to Poland in 1979to support the So l idar i tyworkers ’ movement . Thisevent is open to the public.

The Provost’s DistinguishedWomen’s Lecture Ser iesfeatures “Scented Glovesand Perfumed Buttons :Smel l ing Things inRenaissance Italy” tonightfrom 7:30 to 9 p.m. at theSnite Museum of Art in theAnnenberg Auditor ium .This free event is open to thepublic.

“Work Off Your Weekend”Personal Training Packagesare avai lab le throughRecSports. If purchased onany Monday until Nov. 29, a10-percent discount will beg iven for any PersonalTraining package.

Tomorrow , Republ icans,Democrats and Libertariansjoin together to discuss theMidterm Elections 2010 inPizza, Pop, and Politics. Thisfree event wi l l begin at 6p.m. at Geddes Hall CoffeeHouse.

To submit information to beincluded in this section of TheObserver, e-mail detailedinformation about an event [email protected]

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Greeks f ind sku l l s inluggage of U.S. touristsATHENS — Greek policecharged two U.S. touristswith desecrating the deadon Thursday after theyfound six human skulls intheir hand luggage atAthens internationalairport, a police officialsaid.“The skulls were found in ascanner check during astop-over in Athens ontheir way back to theUnited States,” said apolice official whorequested anonymity. “Thecoroner confirmed theywere human skulls.”The two young tourists saidthey had bought the skullsin a souvenir shop on theisland of Mykonos andbelieved they were fake,

the official said, addingthey had been releasedpending trial.

Australian scientists findregional accents in batsSYDNEY — It’s not justpeople who have differentaccents but bats as well,according to Australianscientists.Researcher Brad Law ofthe Forest Science Centerfound that bats living in theforests along the east coastof the state of New SouthWales had different calls.Law said the differentcalls of about 30 bat specieswere used to develop asystem so that scientistscould identify the variousbats along the coast, assesstheir numbers, and protectthem.

Researchers took 4,000bat calls and used a cus-tom-made software pro-gram to develop identifica-tion keys for bat calls in dif-ferent parts of New SouthWales.Bats use their calls to nav-igate and hunt using aprocess called echolocationin which high frequencyultrasounds, inaudible tohumans, hit objects andecho back.But the researchers saidthe development of auto-mated identification keys forbat calls was in its infancy.“The identification keyswe have produced shouldundergo further testing,”said Law.

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underage drinkers at a party,Lindsay suggested posting twosigns, one stating that the party isprivate, and another remindingminors not to drink. He alsoadvised party throwers to have twodesignated, sober hosts. “If the police do show up, you

need one to talk to them ... theother to be a witness,” he said. “Ifyou’re alone, it’s your word againsttwo officers’. ... If you send twopeople out it changes the dynam-ic.”While the hosts should be aware

and take advantage of their rights,they should also be cooperative,and avoid arguing with officers, asit reduces the likelihood of leniency.“The time you argue your case is

in front of a judge, not a police offi-cer,” he said.Lindsay also warned against

charging partygoers for alcohol.“It’s illegal to charge for liquor,

period,” he said.While encouraging voluntary

donations is legal, charging forcups, requiring “mandatory dona-tions” and claiming the money isfor a different part of the partyunrelated to alcohol, such as aband, does not change the legality,he said. Lindsay touched on other alco-

hol-related issues relevant to stu-dents, including the use of fakeidentification, which has anextremely general definition in thelaw, that provides police with widediscretion when issuing citations.There is not a legal difference

between using a manufacturedfake ID or using someone else’slegitimate license. In addition to giving students

advice on dealing with existinglaws, students can and should takea more proactive role in changingthe laws they disagree with. “The US has the most paternalis-

tic drinking laws in the world,” hesaid. “The best way to change thelaws isn’t to go behind closed doorsand break them.”

Alameda expressed his gratitudeto the participants. “The more people I see here,

the happier I feel,” Alamedasaid. “All of you will help two orthree children this Christmas asa result of your entrance fee.Kids are our future, and this isour way to help them have abrighter future.”Navy option Second Class Steve

Schexnider said he believes giv-ing up a Saturday morning tobenefit a good cause is the leaststudents can do. “It’s gratifying to know that a

few dollars and a few minutes ofrunning around in the mud canhelp a few more kids have amerry Christmas,” Schexnidersaid. ”It’s easy for us to take thehappiness that surrounds theholidays for granted, and forgetthat some children have neverexperienced the Christmas thatmost of us are used to. At thesame time, it shows support toMarines and all others in uni-form who are overseas fightingfor the freedoms that we cher-ish.”The races began promptly at 9

a.m. with the individual males.The remaining race categories —team female, team male, teammixed, individual female, teamROTC/College, team military,team firefighters/EMT, team law

enforcement and children — fol-lowed at 15-minute intervals. The course is physically

demanding with around 20obstacles including hills, climbs,swings, high crawl, ponds andmud — lots of mud, Mullins said. “As you move through the

course and the mud and waterweigh you down, your boots feellike there’s lead in them,” MarineOption Second Class KevinBrainard said. “Each stepbecomes a notable effort.”Some obstacles proved to be

more challenging than others. “The high crawl at the end was

the most challenging obstacle,”Brainard said. “You’re tiredwhen you get there, it’s roughkeeping your momentum, andthere are plenty of rocks to find[in the mud].” The Marines yelling “words of

encouragement” added to theexperience, Schexnider said. “The Marines have a funny

way of ‘encouraging,’ as theysound more like demands to ‘getup this hill right now!’ ratherthan ‘you can do it!’” Schexnidersaid. ”Some of it makes us digdeep and push out those finalfew steps through the thick mud,and sometimes there commentsmake you laugh and rememberthat we’re out there to have fun.” The mud aspect of the race

should not be taken for granted,participants said. “The Mud Run can be summed

up in two words: fantasticallyfilthy,” Schexnider said. “While

the mud run was physically chal-lenging, the most challengingpart was probably cleaning themud out from my belt buckle, mypants, my shirt, my boots, myfingernails and my ears.”Upon completion of the race,

all of the participants weredrenched in water and coveredwith mud. The local fire depart-ment was on hand with hoses toassist participants in cleaning offthe mud.The Notre Dame Marine and

Navy ROTC students ran at 10:15a.m. in five groups of four stu-dents. In years past, other col-lege NROTC groups participatein the race as well, but they didnot come this year. This was dis-appointing, Marine option FirstClass Bernardo Garcia said. “Usually we race against

Purdue and Michigan, but theymust have been too scared toshow up this year,” Brennansaid. Senior Dave Galiyas and jun-

iors Mike McHale, MikeMartinson and Dave Simoneplaced first as a group in theircategory by competing thecourse in just less than 20 min-utes. They received a plaque fortheir efforts. For Marine option Fourth Class

Mike Falvey, his first Mud Runwas a positive experience. “Something like a Mud Run

really brings the [ROTC] unittogether, because everyone is outthere working hard and gettingnasty, but we’re still having fun,”Falvey said. “It’s a cool experi-ence, because you are out therewith such a wide range of peo-ple—enlisted Marines, officers,veterans, the Naval ROTC guysand girls, and tons of motivatedcivilians.” Falvey and Schexnider said

they are looking forward to nextyear’s race. “Next year should be just as

good,” Falvey said. “Hopefully,Purdue’s ROTC unit shows upnext year so we can beat up onsome Boilermakers.” “Hopefully even more midship-

men, cadets, and Notre Damestudents can make it out therenext year and support some goodcauses,” Schexnider said. “Plus,it’s an excuse for all those busi-ness majors to get out of the suitand tie and roll around in themud.” Next year’s Mud Run will be

held on Sept. 10, 2011. The raceis open to the public.

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Political clubs prepfor fall campaigns

As the country gears up formid-term elections in November,the College Democrats andCollege Republicans of NotreDame and Saint Mary’s are mak-ing preparations of their own. “We’re fired up and ready to

go,” Northern Indiana CollegeDemocrats (NICD) Chair ColleenLowry said. “We have morethan 3,000 people in the areaworking harder than ever onthese campaigns.” NICD, which includes students

from Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s,Holy Cross, Indiana UniversitySouth Bend, Ivy Tech CommunityCollege and Bethel College,recently set up a campaignheadquarters on South BendAvenue, said Lowry, a senior atSaint Mary’s. “It’s really close to campus, so

students can walk or ride theirbikes,” she said. “The head-quarters is College Democrats-run and the entire communityparticipates, so it’s very collabo-rative.”Lowry said NICD is sharing the

space with St. Joseph’s CountyProsecutor Michael Dvorak, whois seeking reelection inNovember. “We’re really just focusing on

campaigning for candidates innorthern Indiana,” she said.“We want to bring awareness totheir campaigns and get ourname out there as well.”NICD will hold phone banks

Monday through Thursday eachweek up until elections and willalso canvas around neighbor-

hoods on Sundays, Lowry said. Senior Josh Varanelli, presi-

dent of the Notre Dame CollegeRepublicans, said his organiza-tion is keeping its efforts on cam-pus. “We were considering door to

door campaigning, but it justdidn’t seem feasible,” he said.“Our big focus this election is onincreased voter registrationamong students, as well asphone banking for swing states.”Varanelli said he wants the

group’s work to make maximumimpact. “This year, we’ve developed a

campaign committee designed toresearch candidates and deter-mine where Notre Dame stu-dents can be most efficient,” hesaid. “We really want to maxi-mize our effectiveness.” College Republicans will run

phone banks every Thursdayand Friday until the elections areover, Varanelli said. The Notre Dame College

Republicans are supporting DanCoats for United States Senateand Jackie Walorski forCongress.Meanwhile, NICD is working to

support Dvorak, CongressmanJoe Donnelly, RosemaryMandrici for St. Joseph’s CountyAssessor and Dwight Fish forIndiana State Representative inDistrict 21. Both the College Republicans

and College Democrats willsponsor ND Votes, a campus-wide bi-partisan voter registra-tion drive that is scheduled tobegin Tuesday.

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Saint Mary’s to hostHot Topic Tuesdays

Saint Mary’s students can nowget career advice over lunch.Stacie Jeffirs, Director of the

Saint Mary’s Career CrossingsOffice, has initiated a programcalled Hot Topic Tuesdays, whichinvites students to sit down dur-ing their lunch and discusscareer-related topics. She decided to start the pro-

gram after she noticed howmany students were coming intothe Career Crossings Office (CCO)with specific job-related ques-tions. “You’re eating lunch, so why

not just come and join us?” shesaid. Jeffirs said she hopes to

answer many of these questionsin a format that makes sense tostudents.During the first meeting, she

explained the Go Belles jobsearch database, which is avail-able to Saint Mary’s students.This database has students setup a profile so interest-specificinformation can be sent to them.The website provides listings ofjobs and internships currentlyavailable in the South Bend areaas well as different events goingon through the career center.Even though the Go Belles

website is reserved for SaintMary’s students, Jeffirs said HotTopic Tuesdays can be helpful foranyone interested in either find-

ing a part-time job for the schoolyear or for starting their career.

Her plan is to host a meetingonce a month from noon to 1p.m. in the Saint Mary’s dininghall. The idea is to reach abroader audience by offering thesessions during lunchtime.Students who are unable to go

to the meetings can come to theCareer Crossings Office for per-sonal assistance with building aresume, writing a cover letter orobtaining graduate school infor-mation by making an appoint-ment with Stacie Jeffirs orMaureen Baska, assistant direc-tor of the CCO. The office alsohas many professional resourcesavailable, including book andstudy tools.“All students are welcome to

come even if they don’t plan toparticipate in on-campus inter-views,” Jeffirs said.Jeffirs said everyone is encour-

aged to join and learn aboutwhat options and resources theyhave available when goingthrough the stressful search offinding a job and building aresume. Jeffirs said she plans to talk

about items like the professionaldatabase Linkedin.com, net-working with alumni and alumniclubs available to students.Projected meeting dates arescheduled for Oct. 12 and Nov.16.

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said. “My goal is to do research.”

The foundation will be listed asa non-profit foundation, inde-pendent from Notre Dame.However, Basu will continuemuch of the research he startedat Notre Dame, and he will also

work with graduate, postdoctoraland undergraduate students.Since 2004, Basu and his

research team have isolated fivecompounds known to be apoplec-tic agents — compounds thattrigger the death of cancer cells.Betulinic acid, one of the com-pounds, is already used as anherbal treatment in China forcancer.“Ordinarily, our normal cells

are born and die,” he said. “Thisis called ‘programmed celldeath.’ Cancer cells get immor-tality.”He and his team discovered the

cancer cells still have the“machinery” to have pro-grammed cell death, but it is iso-lated and inactive in the cell. Thecompounds they have createdtrigger this cell death, eliminatingthe cancer cells.“This could be beneficial in a

drug,” Basu said.A synthetic liposome “bullet”

was developed for the delivery ofthe drugs into the cells, he said.The bullet attaches to the cancercells and delivers the medicine,triggering cell death.Basu was recently invited to

speak at the 8th Annual Congressof International Drug DiscoveryScience and Technology inBeijing in October for the secondyear in a row. At the conferencehe will speak on the compoundsand possible delivery methods fortreatment in breast and coloncancer therapy. At the conference, Basu will

also be working with Dr. Rui Ma,a 2008 graduate whom Basutaught. Basu received letters from

University President Fr. JohnJenkins and President EmeritusFr. Theodore Hesburgh wishinghim well on his research endeav-ors.Basu said he and his team have

published more than 250 paperson the treatment.“The whole purpose [of the

foundation and published papers]is to tell the world we’ve founddifferent compounds,” he said. Once he arrives at Innovation

Park, Basu said he would applyfor a patent for the liposome bul-let and continue research.“We’re going one drug at a

time, to find the dose,” he said.“Then we’ll be testing intra-venously to see them work. Thisphase will be done at the founda-tion.”All of this, he said, will be pow-

ered through national and inter-national grants.“We’re going to make [the lab]

bigger, establish patents,” hesaid. “I’ve been working on thisidea for 40 years.”

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run/walk. There were 248 run-ners between the three- and six-mile divisions and about 100 run-ners in the fun run, Novak said. Most people pre-registered, but

about 60 runners registeredSaturday morning, Novak said.The courses all began on the pressbox side of the Notre DameStadium and finished on LibraryQuad.

The races ended with a compli-mentary breakfast at Legends,where runners compared their fin-ishing times and picked up theirfree T-shirts and bags full ofcoupons. There were also raffleswith prizes such as apparel fromthe Hammes Notre DameBookstore and gift certificates toHot Box Pizza.

The proceeds from the eventare given to the Notre Dame

Alumni Association, which usesthe money to support cancerresearch and education, abrochure on the event said. TheAlumni Association shares thefunds with the Gyna-Girls, an areawomen’s gynecologic cancer sup-port group. These two organiza-tions have been receiving the prof-its from the Domer Run since1997.“I personally enjoy working on

the run because it goes to such agreat cause,” Novak said.“Working with the students showsthe commitment to service thatNotre Dame has for the communi-ty around us.”Students and community mem-

bers not only ran side by side, butthey also worked side by side atthe run. In addition to theRecSports staff and a handful ofstudent volunteers, many childrenfrom South Bend helped out invarious ways, such as stringing theoutline of the course and handingnumbers out at the finish line. The atmosphere for the races

was competitive, while the familyfun run/walk was much morerelaxed, Novak said. Most peoplewho participated in the fun runwere either families of cancer sur-vivors or families who have lostsomeone to cancer. Many sur-vivors were there themselves.“The survivors were a very big

help today,” Novak said. “Theyreally stepped it up and camethrough for us.”Many students were touched by

these survivors, as well as by thosewho had lost someone to cancer.Annie DeMott, a sophomore whoran the three-mile race, wasmoved by the words of a man wholost his wife.“He told us to go out on the run

hard, and if we start to feel tired orlike giving up, we should think ofhis late wife and be inspired,”DeMott said. “It’s such a goodcause. It was definitely worthdoing.”

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“Living is having ups and downsand sharing them with friends.”

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When beliefs falterI propose one overarching ques-

tion, for which I hope that the NotreDame community may have theanswer.Elie Wiesel said in his speech while

accepting theNobel PeacePrize in 1986that we must“take sides.Neutralityhelps theoppressor, never the victim. Silenceencourages the tormentor, never thetormented.” It seems to me that thekey here is that it is of utmostimportance not to be indifferent. Asa monument outside the HolocaustMemorial Museum in Washington,D.C. states: “Thou shalt not be a vic-tim; thou shalt not be a perpetrator;above all, thou shalt not be abystander.”Now, I am a pacifist (See “An

Argument for Pacifism,” 9/6/10). Ibelieve that all situations can besolved through diplomatic means. Ibelieve in being my brother’s keeper.I agree when Wiesel said to RichardHeffner in “Conversations with ElieWiesel” that we cannot be brothersto everyone in the world, but even if“we can tell a story about a brotherwho is looking for a brother andfinds one,” that is enough. I thinkthat although we may not succeed inbeing everyone’s brother, we can try.I feel that my beliefs on non-vio-

lence are firm. It sickens me,though, when events that have

occurred in my lifetime cause mybeliefs, which I firmly believe to bemorally right, to falter, even if onlyslightly.On Oct. 27, 2009, a 15 year old girl

in California was gang raped on herhigh school’s property as peoplestood by and watched. She was leftnaked and unconscious under abench on the school grounds. Thehorror occurred over a period of twohours, and no one notified the police,who were inside the school monitor-ing the homecoming dance.Richmond, Calif., has been shaken.America has been shaken. I and mybeliefs have been shaken.Police reports have said that more

than 20 people stood by and watchedover the two hour span. Because thegirl was 15, by California state law,the bystanders were not legallyresponsible to report the rape. Thisis only the beginning of the problem.I believe those bystanders, whorefused to report the rape, whowatched, and took pictures andvideo, are equally as responsible asthose who have been arrested by thepolice as perpetrators. When inci-dents like what happened to thispoor girl occur, my profoundresponse is to want the perpetratorsand bystanders to suffer as physical-ly and emotionally and long as shedid and will. As a pacifist, how can Ireconcile this? What world do welive in, in which people watch othersgang rape a girl, videotape it andtake pictures, and do nothing to stop

it? How can non-violence be ananswer to the atrocities multiplemen have committed against a 15-year-old girl?It is sickening to me, and surely to

all moral citizens of this world, thatpeople could do such a thing, andothers could stand by, probably withsmiles on their faces. It sickens methat this has become a danger in ourworld. It sickens me that because ofpeople like these who can have suchan effect, I question my own viewson the non-violence. But how canpeople stand by and do nothing? Doscreams not matter? Do the pleas ofa 15-year-old girl not matter? Whatkind of world is this? Seemingly, it isone that would be safer without peo-ple such as these perpetrators andbystanders living in it.Many believe that it is the killers

who must be punished. Are not thosewho stand by and do nothing alsokillers? I do not know how to recon-cile my beliefs when instances likethis occur. I may never know. Theremay, as Wiesel has said, always beexceptions to beliefs. But what pun-ishment should be given to thebystanders?This is my question to you in

search of a solution, Notre Damecommunity.

Alex Coccia is a freshman. He can becontacted at [email protected] views expressed in this column

are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Although the Nov. 2 midterm electionsseem like they are months away, in reali-ty, they are just a short six weeks fromnow. Are you ready to vote?If not, it’s time to get your ducks in a

row.As a political sci-

ence major and ajournalism, ethicsand democracyminor, politicalactivism and awareness are two thingsthat are very near and dear to my heart.As a native of South Carolina, a state thatis often the butt of many political jokes(Alvin Greene, anyone?), I’m even moreconcerned about the general politicalapathy that seems to plague our nation.On a side note, if you don’t know who

Alvin Greene is (and you’re looking for agood laugh), I recommend that you“google” him.I was a bit stunned when, just last

week, my Fundamentals of Journalismprofessor asked our class if we knewwhat the major races in each of ourhome states, and more importantly whothe candidates involved in them, were.Needless to say, the overwhelmingresponse was, “I don’t know.”The ability to vote is a key tenet of our

democratic government, and one thatshouldn’t be taken lightly. Citizens shouldparticipate in elections and make educat-ed and informed decisions about the peo-ple they are choosing as their represen-tatives.If you aren’t registered to vote in your

permanent state of residence, I highlyencourage you to do so. The process isvirtually painless and it literally takes fiveminutes (and will probably provide awelcome distraction from that paperyou’re writing or the test you’re cram-ming for!)Most of the voter registration form can

be completed online on the followingwebsite:http://www.longdistancevoter.org/regis-ter_to_vote. It’s so incredibly simple andstraightforward that I think even theaverage Michigan State student might beable to figure it out.Many states require that your voter

registration form be postmarked at least30 days prior to the election, so the goodnews is you still have at least two weeksto take care of it. For more informationregarding the specific procedures in yourstate, I’d like to suggest you visit thiswebsite: http://www.longdistancevoter.org/voter_registration_deadlines.You can also find information about theabsentee voting process on this site.With the ability to vote, though, also

comes a great deal of responsibility.Participating in an election is meaning-

less if you don’t know anything about thecandidate you vote for and don’t makean educated decision.Just because his or her name sounds

cool or it may come first alphabetically,that probably isn’t the best reason to votefor someone.You can easily find out more about a

candidate and the issues they stand forby simply typing a few words and click-ing a few buttons on the computer. Mostcandidates have their own websites andmany news organizations will cover theelections more heavily as November 2draws closer. There really is no excusefor not being informed.So for those of you actually reading

this, I really hope you do take my adviceand decide to vote in a few weeks. Itmight just be the best decision you’vemade in awhile.

The views expressed in the InsideColumn are those of the author andnot necessarily those of The Observer.Contact Emily Schrank at

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Gingrich is notObama

In response to Ryan William’s article (“Where’s the protest?” Sept. 16),I would like to clarify the motives of many of the 2009 Commencementprotesters who will likely be absent for Newt Gingrich’s visit Monday.Ryan is baffled that since Gingrich differs from the Catholic Church on

issues such as the death penalty, he is not met with the same kind ofprotest that pres ident Obama was met with during the 2009Commencement. To be clear, abortion and the death penalty carry con-siderably different weight morally. As the Catechism states, abortion “isgravely contrary to the moral law,” (CCC2271), while the Church “doesnot exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible wayof effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor,”(CCC2267). Unlike abortion, the death penalty is not an intrinsic evil. Itcan be justified in certain scenarios of self defense or the common good.Furthermore, when the numbers are examined nearly 50,000,000

abortions have taken place in the US since 1973, while fewer than 1,200people have been executed. Certainly abortion is the far more importantissue morally as well as politically seeing that every Republican andDemocratic presidential candidate since 1992 has been on the samepage in support for capital punishment.Obama was protested in 2009 because he was unabashedly in favor of

the most egregious moral evil of our time. He was unapologetically pro-abortion supporting things like partial-birth abortion, overturning theMexico City Policy, and recently introducing a health care plan with gov-ernment funding for abortion. Obama’s visit might have been acceptableif the abortion issue was simply ignored. But remember, Obama not onlymentioned abortion in his Commencement address, he spent nearly fiveminutes justifying his pro-choice view on the Catholic platform thatNotre Dame gave to him.The abortion issue aside, Obama’s visit was protested because it was

done in defiance of the authority of our local Bishop D’Arcy. As aCatholic university we must respect the authority of the Vatican as wellas our local archdiocese. When D’Arcy made an official statement con-demning the invitation of Obama, it became a closed issue. I amunaware of an official statement by Bishop Rhoades condemningGingrich’s visit on Monday.Newt Gingrich, while a political klutz with some personal baggage, is

not in favor of legally slaughtering innocent children. I, like the CatholicChurch, take abortion for the black and white issue that it is. LuckilyGingrich is on the correct side of that issue and that is why I have noproblem with his visit Monday.If Ryan can find me 83 bishops and three-fourths of Notre Dame’s

alumni base to oppose Gingrich’s visit, I would probably change mymind.

Sean Mullenjunior

Keough HallSep. 16

Got it wrongRyan Williams’ article “Where’s the

protest?” (Sept. 16) is a poor display ofsocial progressivism trying to twistCatholic teaching to fit its own politicalagenda. His arguments are weak,faulty, and in need of correction.Mr. Williams claims that Gingrich’s

support of the death penalty and hisviews on health care reform are posi-tions “opposed by the Catholic Church,just as some of Obama’s were when hecame to speak.” Mr. Williams seems tosuggest that the Church’s teaching onthe death penalty and health care isthe same with regard to abort ion(which was the main reason for theprotests against President Obama).This claim is patently false, and is easi-ly refuted with a correct understandingof Church teaching.The Church teaches that the death

penalty, in and of itself, is neither amorally unacceptable practice, nor aviolation of the sanctity of human life.As the Catechism states, “the tradition-al teaching of the Church does notexclude recourse to the death penalty,if this is the only possibly way of effec-tively defending human lives againstthe unjust aggressor” (CCC 2267) .Although many people believe that the

death penalty should not be used in theUnited States , the Church al lowsCatholics to have a legitimate diversityof opinion. This is not the case withabortion, which is, in and of itself,“gravely contrary to the moral law”(2271). Abortion is a morally grave actwhereas capital punishment is not.Regarding healthcare, the Church

says that the state has a duty to ensurethe “right to medical care for a citizen”(2211). However, like the death penalty,a diversity of opinion about how thiscan be achieved is permitted. Further,although Mr. Williams may be correctin criticizing Mr. Gingrich’s support ofwaterboarding, this is an issue of qual-ity of l ife rather than of l ife itself.Capital punishment, healthcare andwaterboarding are not on the samemoral level as abortion, because thedeath penalty is not inherently evil andthe gravity of the evil done in abortionis far greater than the gravity of tor-ture and inadequate access to health-care.

Andrew Lynchsophomore

Morrissey HallSep. 16

This letter is written as a response to the column written by Mr. ChrisMasoud on Sept. 16 (“Section 32”).I’ll begin with a question: Of all the hundreds of universities in North

America, did you choose Notre Dame?I’ll return to that question in a moment. As a new student at the uni-

versity, I’ve been asked all about life here by friends and family backhome and at other universities. The most common question I answer is,“What’s football Saturday like?” As students and alumni know, the feel-ing of excitement that permeates the air as everyone rallies behind ourbeloved Irish is indescribable. A large part of what makes that feeling isthe tradition on which football, alongside every other aspect of this uni-versity, stands. Tradition is more than the repetition of specific actionsor phrases; it is the preservation of a meaning that unifies and inspiresus. At Notre Dame, student leaders and faculty make it clear thatintegrity and self-respect are integral traditions that set this universityapart.It seems that you, Mr. Masoud, are under the impression that integrity

is meaningless from 3:00 to 7:00 on Saturdays and that support of a dif-ferent team is grounds for assault. It does not matter that the situationdescribed in the article was perceived as playful or harmless; it waswrong. As an assistant sports editor, I’m sure you’re familiar with thenature of penalties in football games. When a player illegally holds anopponent, even if his intention from the beginning of the play was not tohold, he is still flagged. Why? Because holding is not acceptable in thatsituation. Similarly, shoving two girls off a bench in a crowded settingfor wearing a different shirt is wrong and should not be tolerated, muchless praised.To return to the original question, why Notre Dame? Clearly your cri-

teria of selection differ from mine. If you value making a fool of yourselfin the name of hostility, head over and join the student body in EastLansing. I hear the Spartans do a great job of welcoming unappreciativetransfers.

Chris Andrewsfreshman

Keenan HallSep. 17

The press box Stop the pressesObviously the South Bend Tribune

sports reporters will all disagree withme, but let’s start helping Notre Damefootball with no more media inter-views, except for the post-game ones.When Brian Kelly honestly tells you,

and the whole world, each week, whathe thinks our weak areas are, whatthe opposing team’s strengths are,when he revea ls that our spec ia lteams coach is out sick, tells the entireworld how he l ikes to run his kickreturn (i.e., up the middle, and thenlook for a break outside), tells thewhole world he is going to have to pro-tect Crist by not having him run asmuch, etc., this is only hurting theteam.I can guarantee you that, for exam-

ple, one of the reasons we could notget a decent kick return last Saturdaynight, one of the reasons MichiganState ran the fake field goal so suc-cessfully, one of the reasons MichiganState held our running backs in check,

etc. was the excessive interviewing ofBrian Kelly on the world wide web.Note, I did not say the only reason.But when a team like Michigan State

basically has nine months to preparefor the game, i.e., because they playonly tune-up games the two weeksbefore, but we have only one week, weneed every possible edge we can get,ra ther than g ive these edges toMichigan State.Again, I know the South Bend and

Chicago sports reporters will all dis-agree with me, given their job descrip-tions, but this is honestly the way Ifeel. I felt the same way with CharlieWeis.Not the only reason we lose, but

enough of a reason when we lose thesevery tight games vs Big 10 opponents.Thank you.

Jim Blasealumnus

law school class of 1981Sep. 19

The man in the arenaIn 1910, President Teddy Roosevelt

said:“It is not the critic who counts; not

the man who points out how the strongman stumbles, or where the doer ofdeeds could have done them better. Thecredit belongs to the man who is actual-ly in the arena, whose face is marredby dust and sweat and blood; whostrives valiantly; who errs, who comesshort again and again, because there isno effort without error and shortcom-ing; but who does actually strive to dothe deeds; who knows great enthusi-

asms, the great devotions; who spendshimself in a worthy cause; who at thebest knows in the end the triumph ofhigh achievement, and who at theworst, if he fails, at least fails whiledaring greatly, so that his place shallnever be with those cold and timidsouls who neither know victory nordefeat.”Go Irish!

Paul McCauleyalumnus

class of 1966Sep. 19

Leave grey to the permacloud.

Make this space interesting.

No one would have thought, when“Gigli” was hitting rock bottom and the“Bennifer” situation was becomingmore cliché and annoyingly-addressedthan tabloid culture in general, thatBen Affleck had more artistic style uphis sleeve than had been revealed in hiscontribution to the “Good Will Hunting”screenplay. “Gone Baby Gone” wassomething of a grand re-entrance forAffleck. “The Town” is his way of con-firming his directorial mastery andpromise for more good films.If there were flaws with the film, they

reside in the story. The standard crimeelements of insipid character contradic-tions, tasteless revenge sequences andmorally vacant actions taken by suppos-edly morally redeemed characters alladd up to make “The Town” less emo-tionally involving than it could haveb e e n .These flawsdon’t makethe storyseem anyless real,just lessp o w e r f u lan emo-tional tool.“ T h e

Town,” like“Gone BabyG o n e , ”takes placein thecrime sideof Bostonand focusesaround alocal bankthief, Doug MacRay (Affleck). After theloose cannon of the group (JeremyRenner) takes a bank manager(Rebecca Hall) hostage and leaves herblindfolded on the other side of town,MacRay decides to keep an eye on her.After following becomes interacting andinteracting leads to “buying a drink,”MacRay and Keesey begin a romanticrelationship. Their love is heavilybased on Keesey’s vulnerability as ahostage victim, a point of irony thatseems to affect MacRay surprisingly lit-tle. Of course, this romance convincesMacRay to change his life, though thischange hardly amounts to much as thefilm progresses. MacRay’s character is the most

flawed. His actions as a criminalbecome more and more abhorrent ashis conviction to change increases. Theevents in the last 20 minutes of the filmwill loose any sympathy the audiencehas for MacRay if it hasn’t been lostalready. MacRay never redeems himselfas the protagonist, though his letter atthe end of the film would have the audi-

ence believe otherwise. What the film lacks in story, in makes

up for in almost every other angle.Affleck’s vision is outstanding. Amongnumerous scenes of spectacular dia-logue and intimacy are several edge-of-your-seat action sequences, delivered inthe popular Jason Bourne realist fash-ion. Almost exceeding Affleck’s success in

direction are Hamm and Renner withexceptional performances. Hamm isunfortunately given too little face time;Renner is given just enough. Hammdelivers the best line of the film: “Thisnot [messing] around thing is about togo both ways,” but it’s Renner whodelivers the best scene. When his char-acter, Coughlin, surprises MacRay on alunch date with Claire, he lingers a littletoo long and threatens to blow theircover. The scene becomes one of thosegreat cinematic experiences where theaudience feels compelled to scream atthe screen in a desperate attempt to

intervene inwhat theyperceive tobe a disasterwaiting tohappen. As crip-

pling asem o t i o n a ldisconnect-edness canbe for adrama, “TheT o w n ”s h i n e s .Affleck pres-ents a solidglimpse at ac r im i n a l ’sattempt tochange and

the end of the film has something to sayabout responsibility, about how the pastshapes who we are and will be forever.Perhaps redemption is almost entirelyout of the question for someone ascriminally involved as MacRay. Affleckknows a thing or two about redemption.

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The Town

Warner Bros.

Produced By: Warner Bros.

Director: Ben Affleck

Starring: Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm,

Jeremy Renner and Rebecca Hall

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Michigan State’s fake field goal in overtime drops the Irish to 1-2

Monday, September 19, 2005 o bserverTHE

Michigan State 44 , Notre Dame 41

player of the game

Dayne CristIrish quarterback

Crist kept Notre Dame in the gamewith his 369 passing yards and four

touchdowns.

quote of the game

“When does the holder ever go up andtalk to somebody? But I just went

down and tried to block a field goal.”

Manti Te’oIrish linebacker on the game-winning play

stat of the game

92 yards rushing

The Irish only managed 92 yardsrushing against the Spartans, ononly 26 attempts for a 3.5 yards

per carry average.

play of the game

Charlie Gantt’s 29-yardgame-winning touchdown reception

Gantt was on the receiving end ofAaron Bates’ pass on the

game-winning fake field goal.

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IRISH INSIDERMichigan State 34, Notre Dame 31 (OT)

EAST LANSING, Mich. — AsMichigan State kicker Dan Conroylined up to attempt a 46-yard fieldgoal to send the game into a sec-ond overtime, he was preparingfor his first field goal try of thenight. He never got that chance.Instead, holder Aaron Bates

rolled to the left and threw atouchdown to back-up tight endCharlie Gantt, propelling theSpartans to a 34-31 overtime vic-tory over the Irish in SpartanStadium.“I saw the placeholder go up to

No. 24 and tell him something,and something clicked in myhead,” sophomore linebackerManti Te’o said. “When does theholder ever go up and talk tosomebody? But I just went downand tried to block a field goal.”The fake field goal capped off

an offensively driven game thatsaw over 900 yards in totaloffense between the two teams.Despite the back-and-forth scor-ing, though, the game came downto one play.“It’s a difficult loss obviously,”

Irish coach Brian Kelly said. “Itcame down to one play, andMichigan State executed that play.We did not. It was a hard foughtgame that went back and forth,and we came up short.”Junior quarterback Dayne Crist

carried the offense, completing 32of his 55 passes for 369 yards andfour touchdowns. Sophomorereceiver Theo Riddick pulled in 10of those passes for 128 yards anda score.“[Crist] did some good things,”

Kelly said. “What he has to workon — some of the ball control,taking care of the football. Weturned the ball over three times,twice in the red zone, one time ona fourth down situation whenwe’re trying to pick up a firstdown.”Notre Dame got on the score-

board first, capping off an 80-yarddrive with a seven-yard touch-down pass from Crist to juniorreceiver Michael Floyd. Floyd hadsix catches for 81 yards and twotouchdowns against the Spartans.“I think [the offense took anoth-

er step this week],” Crist said. “Ithink that when we watch ittomorrow, that will be one of thepositives. But we’re always goingto look back and think ‘What if wemade a play here or there, or exe-cuted a little better, what wouldhave happened?’”After an interception in the end

zone by sophomore safety ZekeMotta, the Irish drove down thefield, only to have their drive cutshort when Floyd fumbled in the

red zone.“I was just disappointed,” Floyd

said. “Disappointed with myselfsometimes. I let the team downwith my fumble and that was aplay during the early part of thegame I think it affected the team.You can’t do stuff like that.”The Irish defense was able to

force another three-and-out onMichigan State’s next series, andNotre Dame took over onMichigan State’s 27-yard line.They were unable to capitalize,however, as Crist’s pass on thefirst play of the drive was inter-cepted by sophomore JohnnyAdams.Michigan State took advantage

of the change in momentum, driv-ing 94 yards down the field andscoring on a Kirk Cousins pass toKeshawn Martin, which tied thegame at seven. The Spartansrushed for 46 yards on the drive,including three straight runs byBell which moved the Spartansfrom Notre Dame’s 42 to the 6-

yard line.“We hung in and we kept play-

ing,” Spartan coach MarkDantonio said. “Sometimes it was-n’t perfect but we ran the balleffectively. I don’t know how manytimes we have had three 200-yardrushing games in a row. So, wemade quite a statement.”The Spartans started the second

half where they had left off, scor-ing on the second play whensophomore Edwin Baker ran 56yards for the score, puttingMichigan State ahead 14-7.Crist then came out and com-

pleted five of his first six passes,finishing a 74-yard scoring drivewith a 10-yard touchdown pass tojunior tight end Kyle Rudolph.Not to be outdone, Michigan

State responded with its own 73-yard scoring drive which gave thehosts a 21-14 lead. Cousins com-pleted every pass of the drive, andLe’Veon Bell finished off the drivewith a 16-yard scamper, his lonescore of the game.

Notre Dame responded oncemore, driving 77 yards on 11plays to tie the game. Riddickcaught three passes for 42 yardson the drive, including a 15-yardgrab for a touchdown.After the Irish defense forced

another three-and-out, NotreDame scored again on a 24-yardCrist pass to Floyd to give the Irishtheir first lead since the first quar-ter. After trading punts, though,Michigan State responded with afour-play, 56-yard scoring drive,which tied the game at 28. The Spartans won the overtime

coin toss and chose to defend first.After an incomplete pass and anArmando Allen run for sevenyards, Crist completed a pass toRudolph, but he came up justshort of the first down marker.“I was definitely at the stake,”

Rudolph said. “I had the point inthe corner of my eye and Ithought I was right there when Icaught the ball. But you know,they marked it short and we’ve

just got to make plays.”The Irish settled for a 33-yard

field goal, and gave the Spartanstheir opportunity. Notre Dame’sdefense forced the Spartans back-wards four yards in three plays,when Michigan State lined up fora 46-yard field goal attempt.Instead, Dantonio called the fakefield goal, and seconds later theSpartans were celebrating theirthird win of the year.“We actually put it in on

Wednesday,” Dantonio said. “Itworked every time. We looked atall the different looks that theywould have and felt like it wasabout timing. They lined up andtried to block it, and they had thefirst option covered. It was a greatjob by Conroy distracting the cor-ner as he was coming up the field.To be honest, we made the call …and I said a little prayer. I said‘Let’s go.’”

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By ERIC PRISTERAssociate Sports Editor

TOM LA/The Observer

Dayne Crist lets loose one of his 55 passing attempts. Crist had 32 completions, four for touchdowns, en route to 369 yards — allcareer highs — in Notre Dame’s 34-31 overtime loss at Michigan State Saturday night.

Faked out

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Consistency starts with veteransEAST LANSING, Mich. — Irish

coach Brian Kelly spoke Sunday ofhis “24-hour rule:” the players have24 hours to think about a loss, andthen need to forget and turn theirfocus to next week’s opponents. By that rule,

junior receiverMichael Floydhas already for-gotten about hisfumble in thesecond quarterof Saturday’sgame. Seniorsafety HarrisonSmith no longerremembers theblown coverageon the last playof the game thatallowed the win-ning touchdown.Junior quarterback Dayne Crist hasno memory of a costly red zone inter-ception. In reality, they probably still

remember those mistakes. And theyprobably should. These players are three of the most

important and talented players onthe team, and it’s clear that theyhave high expectations for them-selves. Through their play and workethic, they have earned high expecta-tions from coaches and fans as well. After last week’s game against

Michigan, Kelly rightly took theblame for the mistakes made bybackup quarterbacks Tommy Reesand Nate Montana. They weren’tprepared as they should have been,and he took responsibility for that. But he wasn’t at fault for these,

and he said as much. Of the fake field goal, Kelly said the

team knew it was a possibility. “It was the same play that MSU ran

against Texas Tech,” he said. “It waswell-executed, and our guy who wasin coverage fell down.”Of Floyd’s lost fumble, which

occurred at Michigan State’s 11-yardline and killed Notre Dame’s longestdrive of the day, Kelly had a similarsentiment Sunday in his teleconfer-ence. “We just clearly have to take care

of the football,” Kelly said. “[Floyd’s]a big kid. There’s no excuse why theball should be on the ground. Andthat’s something he’s got to do. Wecoach it every day.”Of Crist’s interception, which came

as the Irish had an opportunity tostart a drive at the Spartans’ 27-yard-line, and of his fourth-and-twofumble, Kelly acknowledged hisquarterback’s shortcoming.“Dayne did some good things, but

what he has to work on is ball con-trol and taking care of the football,”Kelly said. Perhaps Kelly wouldn’t be that

frank with the media if he didn’tthink his players could handle it. Buthe certainly wasn’t throwing themunder the bus with his statements. These three were not the only

offenders — plenty of Irish mademistakes during the game. But these errors stand out because

of who made them. Coaches have lauded Floyd and

Smith as two of the hardest-workingplayers on the team. Before the sea-son started, Kelly told reportersFloyd had set the standard for workamong offensive players. He talked ofhow Smith had become a leader forthe defense. Crist, of course, is the head of the

offense. So, when the leaders and standard-

bearers are making costly errors,how can the team expect to function?

Floyd seemed to understand asmuch following the game.“I let the team down with my fum-

ble,” he said. “I think it affected theteam. You can’t do stuff like that.”Mistakes can be written off when

they’re made by freshmen andcoached away when they’re made byinexperienced players. But when juniors and seniors are

making the costly errors, there’s noway around it. Floyd, arguably one of the most tal-

ented players in the stadium at anygiven game, has not been the con-stant fans have come to expect. Thefumble was not the only play heshould have converted. Smith, the most experienced mem-

ber of the secondary, needs to set abetter example. The play on the fakefield goal was not the only tackle hemissed. But as Kelly acknowledged, Crist

played well on the whole. He had tocarry the offense and did for much ofthe game. Floyd and Smith had their bright

points, too — Floyd scored twotouchdowns, including a nice catch atthe back of the end zone, and Smitheffectively broke up a few passes latein the game.Without these players, Notre Dame

would be nowhere. They keep theteam in the game each week and didso Saturday. But they are also the ones who

should be the most consistent for theIrish. If they can’t play a completegame, how can fans expect any NotreDame player to do so?

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

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B-quarterbacks: Dayne Crist carried theIrish Saturday. He made 55 passingattempts, completing nearly 60 percentof them, but he threw a costly intercep-tion that needed to be avoided.

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Sports Writer

B-running backs:Armando Allen averaged5.5 yards per carry, but he only got 13attempts. Once the Irish abandoned therunning game, neither he nor Jonas Graycould affect the game much.

Breceivers:Theo Riddick, Michael Floyd andKyle Rudolph combined for nearly 300yards and four receiving touchdowns, butFloyd fumbled away another opportunityin the red zone.

C+offensive line: The Irish only gave up onesack Saturday, but Crist routinely need-ed to evade pressure. Add in ChrisStewart’s personal foul on the openingdrive, and it was a sub-par day.

C+defensive line: The Irish did not createenough pressure on Kirk Cousinswhen he elected to pass, and holeswere available for the Spartans to runthrough when they used the ground.

Blinebackers:Manti Te’o led the Irish with11 tackles, including 2.5 for loss. DariusFleming added another two tackles forloss, and Carlo Calabrese had 1.5 as well,but the Irish folded at the end.

Cdefensive backs: The game-winning playworked because the Irish safeties losttheir assignments, and Kirk Cousinswas much more successful through theair than he should have been.

special teams:Ben Turk’s punts helped theSpartans’ field position more often thanthey hampered Michigan State, and thesuccessful fake field goal was the differ-ence in the game.

Ccoaching: Clock management at the endof both halves cost the Irish chances toscore, and Notre Dame appeared slop-py as a whole, but the offense did showsigns of strength, if sporadically.

2.41overall: Inconsistency across theboard cost the Irish. Glimpses ofwhat the offense can do weretantalizing, but it stalled when itwas needed the most.

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Senior safety Harrison Smith tackles Michigan State running back Le’Veon Bell during one of his 17 rushesfor 114 yards. Bell led the way for the Spartans, who tallied 203 total rushing yards.

adding up the numbers

55Dayne Crist attempted 55 passes, a careerhigh. Notre Dame quarterbacks have onlyattempted more on four occasions.

32 Crist completed 32 passes, another career high.The mark ties for the fourth-most in Notre Damesingle-game history.

11Sophomore Zeke Motta, starting in place ofinjured Jamoris Slaughter, led the Irish with 11tackles. Motta also recorded an interception.

8 In its 11 overtime contests all-time, NotreDame has now lost eight of them, including an0-2 record against Michigan State.

42Notre Dame only converted 42 percent of itsthird downs (5-for-12).

10 After converting his 33-yard field goal inovertime, David Ruffer has made all 10 of hiscareer field goal attempts.

110Armando Allen’s six receptions raised hiscareer total to 110, setting the NotreDame record for running backs.

4 By throwing four touchdown passes, DayneCrist set a mark for most touchdown passes ina Notre Dame quarterback’s first road start.

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Sophomore receiver Theo Riddick, a running back for the Irish before switching positions this spring, splits the Spartandefense after pulling in one of his 10 catches for 128 yards and a touchdown.

EAST LANSING, Mich. — WheneverNotre Dame’s offense was movingSaturday, i t seemed sophomorereceiver Theo Riddick had a hand init. Riddick, who totaled four receptions

for 16 yards in Notre Dame’s first twogames, led all players with 10 recep-tions and 128 yards at Michigan State. His 15-yard touchdown reception in

the third quarter, which tied the game21-21, was the f irs t score of h iscareer. “He broke out,” Irish coach Brian

Kelly said. “He’s an exciting player.We knew that he was going to be ableto add to our offense. It was just amatter of time.” Riddick, who spent his freshman

year as a running back and transi-t ioned to receiver in the spr ing,opened the season on top of the depthchart at the s lot posi t ion. But hecaught just two passes againstPurdue, with a long of seven yards,and two more against Michigan with along of three yards. “[Those games] weren’t frustrating

at all,” Riddick said. “Just a learningexperience.”Against Michigan State, Riddick’s

longest catch was a 24-yarder in thethird quarter, which brought the Irishto the Michigan State 10-yard line andset up a Kyle Rudolph touchdown onthe next play. Riddick was involved in all but one

of Notre Dame’s scoring drives. “That’s what we’ve been seeing out

of Theo every day in pract ice ,”Rudolph said. “I kepttelling everybody, ‘We’llsee that on Saturdayone of these weeks.’ Hereal ly came out andplayed well today.” Riddick said the

offense didn’t stray farfrom the original gameplan, but some of hiscatches resulted fromjunior quarterbackDayne Crist finding himunguarded in theSpartans’ zone defense. “They just gave me

opportunities,” he said.“I would say my number was calledmore, but at the same time I was opena lot also.” Michigan State’s defense concentrat-

ed mainly on Rudolph and juniorreceiver Michael Floyd, who had 80and 81 receiving yards, respectively.That made Riddick an easy thirdoption.

“Now he gives us that third weaponwe had been looking for to balance offRudolph and Floyd,” Kelly said.Though Riddick caught six passes

for 43 yards as a freshman, includinga long of 16, he had struggled to be atease in his new role. “I guess the game showed I was very

comfortable,” Riddick said. “Finallyget t ing used to myposition.”He said he never

doubted the switch,however.“I always thought I

could do it. That’s whyI moved to this posi-tion,” Riddick said. But in a way, Riddick

isn’t through with hisold position. He usedhis running back skillsto evade defenders inopen space on morethan one carry, oftenturning a short pass

into a long play. “Once I got the ball in the open field

I turned into a running back,” Riddicksaid. “Before the play I ’m a widereceiver. After the catch I’m a runningback.”

Notre Dame 7, Michigan State 7Keshawn Martin 6-yd pass from Kirk Cousins(Dan Conroy kick) with 2:22 remaining.Drive: 7 plays, 94 yards, 3:17 elapsed.

EAST LANSING, Mich. —Spartans coach MarkDantonio suffered a mildheart attack after MichiganState’s win Saturday night.He was hospitalized earlySunday morning after experi-encing symptoms of heartproblems, and had surgery toinsert a stent to restore bloodflow.“The procedure was suc-

cessful and blood flow to theheart muscle was restored,”said Dr. Chris D’Haem, aninterventional cardiologistwith at the Sparrow HospitalEmergency Room during aSunday press conference.“I’m very pleased with theoutcome of the procedure.”

D’Haem said that the dam-age was minimal and the sur-gery is “relatively common,”but that Dantonio will remainin the hospital for a few moredays as a precaution.“He is young, in excellent

shape, and the damage to hisheart was minimal,” D’Haemsaid. “Coach Dantonio madethe right decision to come inand get checked out immedi-ately.”

Nail-bitersNotre Dame’s 34-31 loss to

Michigan State marks theninth time out of the last 11contests between the twoteams that have been decidedby seven points or less. Eightof those nine games haveseen the game-winning scorecome either late in the fourthquarter or in overtime. In

2002, Irish receiver ArnazBattle took a short pass for60 yards and scored with1:15 left to defeat theSpartans. Michigan State run-ning back Jason Teaguescored from 19 yards out inovertime in 2005 to give theSpartans a 44-41 win afterNotre Dame had erased a 21-point deficit to force over-time.

Record breakerWith his sixth catch of the

night, senior running backArmando Allen became NotreDame’s all-time leading passcatcher among runningbacks. He passed DariusWalker, who previously heldthe record with 109 catches.Allen is only 171 more all-purpose yards to pass 1989All-American Raghib

“Rocket” Ismail for fifth onNotre Dame’s all-time list.

Passing attackIrish junior quarterback

Dayne Crist set career highsin pass completions (32), passattempts (55), passing yards(369) and touchdown passes(four). His touchdown markwas the highest for any Irishquarterback making his firstroad start. Junior receiverMichael Floyd has now scoredtouchdowns in three straightgames against MichiganState. Floyd also tied MauriceStovall for sixth all-time onNotre Dame’s touchdown list.Saturday was his fourthcareer multi-touchdowngame.

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By LAURA MYERSSports Writer

MSU coach suffers heart attack after win


By ERIC PRISTERAssociate Sports Editor

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Second quarter

Notre Dame 7, Michigan State 0Michael Floyd 7-yd pass from Dayne Crist(David Ruffer kick) with 5:28 remaining.Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 2:24 elapsed.

Third quarter

Notre Dame 7, Michigan State 14Edwin Baker 56-yd run (Conroy kick) with 14:20remaining.Drive: 2 plays, 74 yards, 0:35 elapsed.

Notre Dame 14, Michigan State 14Kyle Rudolph 10-yd pass from Crist (Rufferkick) with 12:25 remaining.Drive: 6 plays, 74 yards, 1:49 elapsed.

Notre Dame 14, Michigan State 21Le’Veon Bell 16-yd run (Conroy kick) with 5:51remaining.Drive: 11 plays, 73 yards, 6:29 elapsed.

Notre Dame 21, Michigan State 21Theo Riddick 15-yd pass from Crist (Rufferkick) with 1:29 remaining.Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards, 4:16 elapsed.

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Fourth quarter

Notre Dame 28, Michigan State 21Floyd 24-yd pass from Crist (Ruffer kick) with13:20 remainingDrive: 5 plays, 52 yards, 1:29 elapsed

Notre Dame 28, Michigan State 28B.J. Cunningham 24-yd pass from Cousins(Conroy kick) with 7:43 remainingDrive: 4 plays, 56 yards, 2:12 elapsed.

“Once I got the ball inthe open field I turnedinto a running back.Before the play I’m awide receiver. After thecatch I’m a running

back.”

Theo Riddicksophomore running back

1st70

2nd07

Overtime

Notre Dame 31, Michigan State 28Ruffer 33-yd field goalDrive: 4 plays, 9 yards

Notre Dame 31, Michigan State 34Charlie Gantt 29-yd pass from Aaron BatesDrive: 4 plays, 25 yards

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Michigan State relied on a strong running game to amass

nearly half of its 477 total yards Saturday, but in the end, it

was a 29-yard touchdown pass from a punter to a tight end

that cost Notre Dame a win, as Aaron Bates connected with

Charlie Gnatt in overtime on a fake field goal play.

The trick play left the Irish looking for answers, coming off a

game in which they amassed 461 total yards, including 369

passing courtesy of junior quarterback Dayne Crist. Crist

completed passes to five receivers. Sophomore Theo Riddick

led the way with 10 catches for 128 yards and a touchdown

and junior Michael Floyd pulled in eight catches for 80 yards

and two scores, including Notre Dame’s

first touchdown of the day.

A tough wayto go

Clockwise from top: Running back Armando Allen looks up at the scoreboard during the game; receiver Michael Floyd pulls in one of his eight receptions for 80 yards; a MichiganState defender gets the only sack of Irish quarterback Dayne Crist of the game; the Notre Dame defense brings down a Spartan ballcarrier; Jonas Gray sidesteps a tackler.

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In the latest of “The Night Chronicles,” M.Night Shyamalan once again proves his inabilityto make a movie close to as good as “The SixthSense.” This supposed horror film was underde-veloped and, as usual, the classic Shyamalantwist lacked depth and insight. In fact, thebiggest twist was hyping this movie only for it to,predictably, fail to meet expectations.The movie begins with half a dozen shots of

virtually the same footage, panning upside-downfrom the side of a city to the top of a buildinglooking down. For a movie only 80 minutes long,burning four to five minutes on that seemed likequite a waste.The entirety of the movie is narrated by a secu-

rity guard who, for the most part, says every-thing that happens before it does. Shyamalantried to build suspense and drama through theuse of a ridiculous amount of coincidences, andthe narrator repeats this at least 47 timesthrough the course of the movie. Not only dilut-ing the effect of the idea, this repetition is, morethan anything, an annoying attempt to be poetic.The role of Detective Bowden, played by Chris

Messina (“Made of Honor”, “Away We Go”), is thefocus of this film as he watches the five people inthe elevator from the security room. After losinghis wife and son in a car accident (like in most ofShyamalan’s movies) he is a cynic about theworld and the decency of human beings. Hischaracter is supposed to show growth and devel-opment through the movie, but the actor por-trays everything but. His stoic performance isalmost as bad as the so-called twist.As for the characters inside the elevator, the

most interesting and bearable of the charactersis a salesman who tries to sell mattresses to theothers trapped in the elevator. The other high-light of the movie is an old woman, played byJenny O’Hara (“The King of Queens”), who wascarrying pepper spray noted to have expired in1986. Her character was not only dynamic, butfunny and accurate.One of the worst qualities of the movie was that

during every “scary” sequence, the screen isblank and viewers can only hear a young womanscream. The most horrifying part of this movie was hav-

ing to sit through the entirety of it. I almostwould have rather been stuck in the elevatorthan stuck watching the people in it.

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PHILADELPHIA — JaysonWerth hit a two-run homer in theninth inning after Ryan Howardhad a two-run single to lift thePhiladelphia Phillies to their sev-enth straight win, 7-6 over theWashington Nationals on Sunday.Werth's homer off Drew Storen

helped the Phillies maintain theirthree-game lead in the NL Eastover the Atlanta Braves. Theteams begin a three-game seriesin Philadelphia on Monday nightwith Cole Hamels facing JairJurrjens in the opener.Storen, who has blown two of

six save opportunities, entered theninth with a three-run lead. Hegave up a leadoff single to PlacidoPolanco and a double to ChaseUtley. Howard followed with his

hit to make it 6-5.Werth, who had three hits,

three RBIs and two runs scored,hit a full-count fastball over the409-foot sign in center field forthe second game-winning homerof his career. It is the fifth walk-off home run for the Phillies thisyear.Down 3-1, the Nationals rallied

against Phillies starter JoeBlanton for three runs in thesixth. Ian Desmond led off theinning with a single to right field.After a lineout to left, Desmondstole second and Adam Dunnwalked. Roger Bernadina poppedout to shortstop and Desmond,who was attempting to steal third,had to scamper back to second.

Mariners 2, Rangers 1Doug Fister tossed seven

impressive innings, outpitchingTommy Hunter to help the SeattleMariners beat the AL West-lead-ing Texas Rangers on Sunday.Ryan Langerhans hit a leadoff

triple in the seventh and scoredon a single by Josh Wilson, givingSeattle the lead and chasingHunter (12-4).Texas' magic number remained

six for clinching its first divisiontitle since 1999. The Rangers havea nine-game lead over Oakland,which beat Minnesota 6-2.Langerhans went 2 for 3 and

drew a 12-pitch walk from Hunterin his first start in a week.Fister (6-12) allowed one run

and nine hits. David Aardsmaissued a leadoff walk to pinch-hit-ter Chris Davis in the ninth butheld on for his 31st save.Nelson Cruz homered for the

Rangers.Chone Figgins singled in the

sixth on a ball that deflected offsecond base and crossed up short-stop Elvis Andrus. FranklinGutierrez doubled to left field,scoring Figgins from first after therelay to the plate got away fromcatcher Matt Treanor.Langerhans tripled down the

right-field line in the seventh andscored on a sharply hit single byWilson.Hunter kept Seattle's anemic

offense in check through the firstfive innings. He allowed just twohits and didn't let a runner intoscoring position until Gutierrez'sdouble.The Rangers put the ball in play

against Fister, but couldn't comeup with a clutch hit. VladimirGuerrero was thrown out by

Langerhans attempting toadvance to second on a single offthe left-field wall in the sixth.Cruz then homered to left to

give Texas a 1-0 lead.Ian Kinsler and Mitch Moreland

followed with singles, but theRangers were unable to scratchout another run.

Giants 9, Brewers 2Jose Guillen hit a grand slam

and drove in six runs, Barry Zitowon for the first time in twomonths and the San FranciscoGiants regained first place in theNL West with a win over theMilwaukee Brewers on Sunday.After a loss Saturday to fall

behind San Diego in the West, theGiants moved a half-game up onthe Padres, who lost to St. Louis 4-1.

LANDOVER, Md. — Theirquarterback threw for 497yards. They overcame a 17-point third-quarter deficit.They've beaten PeytonManning and DonovanMcNabb back-to-back. Theyeven won an overtime gamefor the first time.Needless to say, these are

not your older brother'sHouston Texans.Houston won a wi ld one

Sunday, a game that producednearly 1,000 yards of offenseand wasn't done unti l NeilRackers kicked a 35-yard fieldgoal with 3:24 left in the extraperiod. The Texans knockedoff the Washington Redskins30-27 to move to 2-0 for thesecond time in the franchise'snine-year history, g iv ingpromise that this might be theyear they f inal ly make theplayoffs.“My thought coming into

this week was that I knew thata lot of people was going to bequestioning us, asking if wewere for real,” said AndreJohnson, who had 158 yardsreceiving and tied a careerhigh with 12 catches despiteleaving the game for part ofthe second hal f with asprained right ankle. “I thinkwe showed a little somethingtoday.”A week after Arian Foster

rushed for a franchise-record231 yards in an upset over thenemesis Indianapolis Colts,the Texans went back to theair. Matt Schaub completed 38of 52 passes for 497 yards —

yep, another franchise record— with three touchdowns withone interception despite get-ting sacked five times.Kevin Walter caught 11

passes for 144 yards. Fosterhad 69 yards on 19 carriesand caught three passes for69 yards. Mario Williams wasthe defensive star in a gamewithout much defense, sack-ing McNabb three times.Two of Schaub's completions

stand out above the others. Afourth-and-10 heave turnedinto a touchdown whenJohnson out jumped safetyReed Doughty in the end zoneto snag a 34-yard touchdownpass that tied the game at 27with 2:03 to play to regula-tion, Johnson's 601st careercatch.A similar throw led to Joel

Dreessen's leaping, turn-around grab in overtime, a28-yard pass to move the ballto the Washington 18 to set upRackers' k ick, g iv ing theTexans their first overtimewin in seven tries since enter-ing the league in 2002.“I'm just trying to give guys

a chance to make a play,”Schaub said. “The one toAndre was fourth down. Hehad two guys on him. I don'teven know how he caught it.... We got behind in a toughenvironment and we battled,and it just shows the resolvethis team has.”McNabb was also cranking it

out, hitting 28 of 38 passes for426 yards with one touch-down for the Redskins, whoare 1-1 under new coach MikeShanahan. I t was the f irst

time both quarterbacks threwfor more than 400 yards in anNFL game since Drew Bledsoeand Dan Marino put on ashow when New Englandplayed Miami in September1994, according to STATS.“That type of game is always

tough to lose,” Shanahan said.“You have your opportunitiesto put the game away, and youdon't take advantage of it.”The overtime was just as

crazy as the rest of the game.The Texans won the coin tossto get the ball and moved tothe Washington 34, but coachGary Kubiak opted to puntrather than try a 52-yard fieldgoal because he didn't thinkthe breeze was favorable. Thepunt went for a touchback,giving Washington the ball atits own 20.The Redskins then drove to

the Houston 34 — the sameyard line as the Texans — andShanahan opted to try thefield goal. Graham Gano madethe first attempt, but it didn'tcount because Kubiak calledtimeout just before the snap.Gano's second try was wideright, putting the ball back inSchaub's hands for the win-ning drive.“I felt real good about the

first one. I hit it real well. Imaybe got a l i t t le morerelaxed on the second one,”Gano said. “I thought I wasgoing to make it. Maybe nextt ime I just won't re lax asmuch.”Another key play came

when the Redskins had achance to take a 30-20 leadwith 6:36 to play in regula-

tion. Gano was set to kick achip shot 29-yarder, butBernard Pollard blocked it tokeep the Texans within onescore.There were other oddities.

Two of McNabb's completionsin the second quarter went for62 yards apiece, but neitherscored a touchdown. He threwfor 101 yards in one drive, astatistical anomaly made pos-

sible by a sack and a penalty.Clinton Portis had two 1-yardtouchdown runs, but theRedskins rushed for only 18yards overall.“I told the team there prob-

ably wasn't a guy on our teamthat didn't have a boneheadplay,” Kubiak said. “But thereprobably wasn't a guy on ourteam that didn't make a greatplay in the game.”

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Texans complete second-half comeback against RedskinsAssociated Press

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Werth’s homer completes Phillies comebackAssociated Press

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LOUDON, N.H.— As the lastseed in the Chase for the SprintCup championship, ClintBowyer didn’t land on manylists of legitimate title con-tenders.Bowyer wasn’t mentioned inthe same breath as four-timedefending champion JimmieJohnson, and that spotlight onfavorites Denny Hamlin andKevin Harvick never drifted inhis direction.Bowyer was pressure-free ashe headed into the Chase open-er at New Hampshire MotorSpeedway, and with nothing tolose, he swung for the fences.Bowyer dominated Sundayuntil a series of cautions foundhim trailing Tony Stewart overthe closing laps of the Chaseopener. With both drivers try-ing to nurse their sputteringfuel tanks to the finish, Bowyerfound himself in position topounce when Stewart’s tankran dry a lap from the check-ered flag.It snapped an 88-race losingstreak for Bowyer, jettisonedhim from 12th in the standingsto second, and sent the RichardChildress Racing driver intoRound 2 of the Chase loving hischampionship chances.“I had a lot of fun, it waskind of a relaxing weekend,”he said. “I don’t know if it’sgoing to be that way from nowon. But I’m tell ing you, welaunched ourselves into thepressure cooker early. You’vegot to be able to continue tohave as much fun as we didthis weekend. If we can dothat, we can continue to havethe success and run at thispace.”And what a pace it was.In arguably the best Chaseopener since the format’s 2004debut, the championship con-tenders bounced all over thefield Sunday as driver afterdriver facedvarious issues.Hamlin, thepoints leader,was spun byCarl Edwardson a mid-racerestart andrall ied from22nd to finishs e c o n d .Harvick, thepoints leaderfor most of the“regular season,” struggledthrough a series of bad pitstops to fall as low as 18thbefore finishing fifth.Johnson was derailed by aloose right wheel late in therace to finish 25th, the lowestof the Chase drivers. And afterstressing that New Hampshirewas his biggest concern of theChase, Matt Kenseth capped aweekend of struggles with anoncompetitive 23rd-place fin-ish.Then there was Stewart, whotried to stretch his gas the final92 laps in pursuit of the victo-ry.When it backfired, he limpedhis car home to a 24th-placefinish that cost him five spotsin the standings.“We went down swinging,”he said, shrugging. “It’s atough way to start the Chase. Iwould have settled for second.

If you knew exactly how muchgas you have, it would be dif-ferent, but you never know. It’spart of the sport, always hasbeen. It’s what makes it excit-ing when you never know untilthe last lap who’s going to hap-pen.”The Chase shifts next week-end to Dover, Del. , whereHamlin takes a 35-point leadover Bowyer into one of hisweakest race tracks.“It gives me somewhat of abuffer,” he said. “We all knowhow Dover is for me.”The race at the top of thestandings is still tight, even forJohnson, who dropped fivespots to seventh. But at only 92points out and headed to atrack where he’s a five-timewinner, Johnson didn’t seemworried.“We’ll go home and get backto work and go after it againnext week,” Johnson said.He’ll now have to contendwith Bowyer, who is looking fora repeat of the 2007 Chase.He slid into the field thatyear and earned his f irstcareer victory with a break-through win in the NewHampshire opener. It set thetone for a strong run forBowyer, who wound up acareer-high third in the finalstandings.Bowyer felt as if he was stillcapable of winning the champi-onship that year as he headedinto the season finale trailingJohnson and Jeff Gordon, andhe hopes the momentum of hisNew Hampshire repeat helpshim hang with the leaders thenext nine weeks.“This reminded me a lot of2007,” he said. “That first winof the season ... that confi-dence, the momentum, every-body, not just for me.Everybody has a major pep intheir step right now and theyare going to carry that throughon to next week and if we can

continue toride thatm o m e n t u mwave throughthis Chase, wecan have ashot at it justlike we did in2007.”It could havegone very dif-f e r e n t l y ,though.Bowyer was

pressed by crew chief ShaneWilson to save his fuel, and theorder frustrated him as hetried to run down Stewart.Bowyer knew if he couldn’t runwide-open, he wouldn’t catchStewart, and he wanted thewin after leading a race-high177 laps.He successfully managed hisfuel, and Stewart ran out ofgas right before he took thewhite flag.Bowyer sailed past him, heldoff the hard-charging Hamlin,and never second-guessedWilson’s call.“You dominated the race.You owe it to yourself to go outthere and try and win therace,” he said. “We are the12th seed going in, those arethe kind of chances you’regoing to have to take to beatthese guys in this champi-onship Chase.”

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NASCAR

Bowyer tops Stewartto win Chase openerAssociated Press

“I had a lot of fun, it waskind of a relaxing

weekend.”

Clint BowyerNASCAR driver

Saint Mary’s broke even thisweekend at the ManchesterInvitational, winning a pair ofopening matches on Saturdaybefore losing the final twomatches on Sunday.The Bel les (3-8) beat

Franklin College, 3-1 (26-24,25-10, 22-25, 25-19), to openthe tournament. victory forSaint Mary ’s (3-8) .S o p h o m o r eAutumn Nelsonled the teamwith 15 k i l l s ,whi le con-tr ibut ing f ivedigs and twoserv ice aces .S o p h o m o r eS t e p h a n i eBodien addedeight kills, fivedigs and fouraces. FreshmanHai lee Le i tzserved a team-high eight aces.“We really served aggres-

sively against them, whichallowed us to get them out oftheir system and help us runour o f fense rea l ly wel l , ”Bel les coach Toni Kuschelsaid.The next match for the

Bel les was on Saturdayagainst Mi l ik in Univers i tyWhite squad. Pr ior to thetournament, Milikin split intowhi te and b lue squads toaccommodate the absence ofa previously committed team.Saint Mary’s earned a 3-2(25-19, 22-25, 24-26, 25-23,16-14) victory over the BigBlue.“ In our match versus

Milikin, again our outside hit-

ters really did a wonderfuljob for us — Autumn Nelsonhaving 15 kills and StephanieBodien having 16,” Kuschelsaid.Continuing the tournament

on Sunday, the Belles fell in aclose match against PurdueNorth Centra l (15-4) by ascore of 3-1 (25-13, 25-22,23-25, 25-22. Contributersincluded Leitz with 33 assistsand seven d igs , seniorMeghann Rose with a team-high 20 digs and senior Ellen

H u e l s m a n nwith 10 digs.“We were

pret ty c losewith PurdueNorth Centraland wentp o i n t - f o r -p o i n t , ”Kuschel said.“We just madesome cr i t ica lerrors.”Saint Mary’s

faced theMi l ik in Blueteam for the

second and final match onSunday and lost by a score of3-0 (25-14, 25-13, 25-15).Freshman Christi Wyble hadfive blocks and Rose made 11digs.“There’s no doubt in my

mind that we’re go ing tolearn from our errors andcome back strong this weekin conference play,” Kuschelsa id . “We have some b igmatches coming up this week.This weekend has definitelyhelped us see what we needto work on tomorrow at prac-tice before Tuesday’s matchagainst Kalamazoo.”

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Saint Mary’s in fourthplace on home course

Against the top 10 teams inthe country, the No. 5 Bellescurrently sit in fourth place inthe O’Brien NationalInvitational at the Warren GolfCourse, the home course forSaint Mary’s. The Belles shot 324 collec-

tively and are trailingMethodist (316), DePauw (317)and Wisconsin Eau-Claire(318).Belles coach Mark Hamilton

liked the way his team playedlate in the day, but admittedthat they got off to a slow start.“We bounced back well,”

Hamilton said. “We had arough beginning, but we had agood back nine.”If anything needs to change

for the Belles to climb into thelead today, Hamilton believesthat the Belles just need to stayrelaxed from the start.“I wasn’t expecting that we

would be quite that tense,”Hamilton said. “But we’ve gotyoung players and we’re play-ing the best teams in the coun-try so it’s quite natural that wewould be a little tense.”Freshman Marin Beagley

handed in the lowest score ofthe day with a 74. Senior MaryKate Boyce shot an 80, whichwas good for a share of 12thplace on the day. FreshmanDoyle O’Brien had an impres-sive outing, shooting 84, andfreshman Paige Pollack shot an86.Hamilton seemed confident

that if the Belles shake awaysome of that early-round ten-sion, they can make a run atwinning the tournament andshow that they are the team tobeat both regionally andnationally.Play will resume at 8 a.m.

today at the Warren GolfCourse.

By MATT ROBISON Sports Writer

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Belles split fourweekend matchesBy KATHERINE MACKSports Writer

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“There’s no doubt inmy mind that we’re

going to learn from ourerrors and come back

strong this week inconference play.”

Toni KuschelBelles coach

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Senior David Anderson,Talmadge, sophomore MichaelMoore, senior Sean Tan, fresh-man Ryan Brandy and seniorBryan Kelly rounded out thewin total for the Irish in WestLafayette.Play was shortened on

Saturday at the Olympia FieldsInvitational in Illinois, and onlyone round of singles play wascompleted, as the Irish finishingwith a record of 6-3.Senior Tyler Davis, Havens,

junior Samuel Keeton andAndrews all picked up wins forthe Irish on the second day ofplay.

Junior Casey Watt also pickedup a win for the Irish overRicky Doverspike of theCrimson Tide.At Purdue, Fitzgerald won

two matches on Saturdaybefore falling to Green Bay’sPaul Swanson in straight sets inthe Flight A singles consolationbracket.In the Flight B bracket,

Brandy made it to the finalsbefore falling to WesternMichigan’s Casey Cullen inthree sets.The Irish will continue their

fall season the weekend of Oct.1 when they travel toCambridge, Mass., to competein the Harvard Invitational.

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top talent in the country.“We met all of our own expec-

tations in this race, but we havemuch bigger goals,” Jacksonsaid. “We want to establish our-selves as one of the best teamsin the NCAA, and we’re confi-dent we can do that.”Also turning in strong show-

ings were sophomore J.P.Malette, who finished in fifthwith a time of 24:53, and sopho-more Jeremy Rae, who crossedthe line at 25:00. FreshmanMartin Grady turned in a timeof 25:11 for a ninth place finish.The women’s team also had a

successful race, capturing thecrown for the eighth time in thelast 10 seasons. The Irish fin-

ished with 41 points to claim thechampionship. Dayton finishedin second with 86 points.Freshman Meg Ryan won the

individual title in her NotreDame debut. She finished thefive-kilometer race in 15:37. “That was obviously the top

performance for us, and a greatway for her to begin her collegecareer,” Irish coach TimConnelly said. “It should be abig confidence builder for her aswe face more intense competi-tion as the season progresses.”Senior Erica Watson (18:04)

and junior Rachel Velarde(18:05) finshed eighth and ninthrespectively.Both teams will compete next

in the Notre Dame Invitationalon Oct. 1 at 2 p.m.

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Belles record strongtimes at invitational

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Saint Mary’s finished eighththis weekend at the KnightInvitational at Calvin College.The Belles were able to postmany notab le ind iv idua ltimes, as four individuals setpersona l records a t theevent. Ranked No. 15 nationally,

hos t team Ca lv in Co l legegrabbed the victory with ascore of 39. Other highly-touted pro-grams a l soperformed wella t the inv i ta -t ional . No. 14Ohio Northern(69) and NAIAcompetitor No.21 Aquinas(121) took sec-ond and thirdr e s p e c t i v e l y.The Be l leswere ab le tobest conference opponentsAdrian and Alma en route tothe ir e ighth p lace f in i sh(208).Belles coach Jackie Bauters

said she was pleased withher team’s showing at theKnight Invitational. “I am very happy with the

team’s per formance th i sweekend,” Bauters said. “Itwas a great field of runnersand the ladies went after it.” Bauters was part icularly

impressed by the personalimprovements exhibited byher team, as four individuals

recorded their lowest careertimes. “I am so thrilled for all of

them,” she said. “They reallydid the work over the sum-mer to get them in a place tohave very success fu l sea-sons.” Junior Joanne Almond, who

obliterated her previous besttime by 45 seconds, led theBelles. She finished with atime of 19:25 and was themedal is t for Saint Mary’s ,tak ing 23rd a t the event .Emma Baker (20:25), Kristy

K u c h a r s k i(20 :49) andLauren Easton(20 :50) a l sose t persona lrecords a tCa lv in th i sweekend. “It's great to

have Emma[ B a k e r ]hea l thy th i syear after anear ly in jury

last year prevented her fromhav ing a s t rong season ,”Bauters said. Bauters added her team’s

success is driven by motiva-tion and fortitude. “I really believe this is the

most talented and hardestworking team I've coached atSaint Mary’s,” she said. “Ithink they have a lot to beconfident about and it trans-lated into a great race ⎯ it’sgoing to be a great season.”

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“I am very happy withthe team’s performance

this weekend.”

Jackie BautersBelles coach

“I thought Friday night whenwe played DePaul … we actu-ally played pretty well ,”Waldrum said. “It’s a reallyhard field to play on. It’s onAstroTurf field, and the L-trainruns right by it, and there’s adorm right on the sidelines. It’sjust a really bad, difficult placeto play.”Although Tucker’s contribu-

tions thus far have been wellappreciated by her teammates,the freshman had yet to delivera performance quite like theone she turned in this week-end. She opened the scoringagain on Sunday, finding theback of the net just 4:16 intothe match.“She got played in behind the

defense, and she got in rightbefore the goalkeeper anddribbled it around her andkind of hit the ball in theempty net,” Waldrum said.“She was really composed.”Waldrum attributed Tucker’s

ability to have an impact rightout of high school to herexceptional conditioning, asshe finished in first or second

in the team’s conditioning testsbefore the season began.“The one thing I like about

her is she’s got this engine thatdoesn’t stop,” he said. “She isbusy all the time.”Junior forward Melissa

Henderson provided the game-winner after the Wildcats (4-3-2) pulled even just 36 secondsafter Tucker’s score.Henderson earned a penaltykick after Northwestern goal-keeper Carolyn Edwards tack-led the striker in the box, andher ensuing strike was on tar-get.Although the return of junior

midfielder Courtney Barg frominjury is uncertain, Waldrumremains confident that histeam is well-positioned head-ing into the heart of the con-ference season.“I l ike where we are,”

Waldrum said. “The thing nowwith the Big East — there’s justno easy teams. They’re allgood, and it’s quite differentthan it was five, six years agowhen we would beat teams fiveor six [to] nothing. The parityis getting to where you wantit.”

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centage.Junior outside hitter Kristen

Dealy was named to the all-tournament team for herstrong performance over theweekend. Highlighted by adominating 24-ki l l matchagainst Delaware, Dealy aver-aged 3.64 kills per set and4.36 digs per set for the week-end. Despite a disappoint ing

weekend, Brown is still opti-mistic for Big East play, whichcommences this Fridayagainst West Virginia. “The three losses this week-

end didn’t define our presea-son,” Brown said. “We havenow played four tournamentsto prepare for conferenceplay. We have learned atremendous amount and arein a really good place as ateam.”

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Friday’s match-up, the Irish (5-2-2) had some excellent opportu-nities against Michigan (3-1-5)that they were unable to capital-ize on. But it was the atmosphereof the game that Clark focused on.“At Michigan we should have

had the game over and done withat half time,” Clark said. “We hadthree really good chances that wedidn’t take advantage of. Fridaynight was one of the best collegesoccer atmospheres that I’veexperienced in my 25 years. Theplace was rocking, and it wasspilling over out of the stands.Both teams had chances, and Ithought we had the better of thechances, but it was a terrific gamein every respect.”The energy of Friday’s game

may have affected the play of theIrish on Sunday, who Clark saidshowed some fatigue and lethar-gy.“I think it might have taken a lot

out of the team mentally going todouble overtime, but I never feltlike we came out with that sameintensity that we had Friday,”Clark said. “Friday’s atmospheremade it easy to find an intensity.There was a certain amount of aletdown on Sunday. It’s hard forthem to generate that kind ofintensity, and we somehowweren’t able to do that. It’s quitedifficult to have the two gamesback to back ⎯ but you can’t usethat as an excuse.”Clark said he did not feel like

the Irish were outplayed byMichigan State (6-1-1), but thatthe Spartans just took advantageof opportunities that Notre Damecould not.“I think the goals just fell for

them, and I don’t know if theywere any better than us today,”he said.The Irish will get a chance to

come out with fire and put somegoals on the board this weekendwhen they take on No. 20 St.John’s (5-2-1) on Friday.“We have to go onward and

upward,” Clark said. “The seasondoesn’t stop. Part of it is winning,and sometimes it’s losing. Youdon’t like that part of it, but we’vegot to use this as a stepping stone.It’s very important to analyze, butwe don’t dwell too much on it, sowe must move on. We need tomake sure not to use it as a stum-bling block, but as a steppingstone.”

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Joyce, SMC net firstwin on freshman goal

Freshman forwardJordan Diffenderfer madeher first collegiate goal agame-winning one, as sheled the Belles to their firstv i c tory o f the season .Saint Mary’s edged IllinoisTech 1-0 Friday to stop aseven-game losing streakto begin the season. This win was significant

for another reason — itwas the Belles’ first underfirst-year coach MichaelJoyce.Diffenderfer’s goal was

set up by freshman EllieJacques, who pushed theba l l i n to the o f f ens i vezone and unleashed a shotf rom the po in t tha tScarlet Hawks goalkeeperAmy Arnhar t in i t i a l l y

saved. Fortunately for theBe l l e s (1 -7 ) , the ba l lde f l ec ted r i gh t t oDi f fenderfer ’s feet , andshe took full advantage. The Scarlet Hawks (4-

3) , however, d id not godown wi thou t a f i gh t .They outshot the Belles 6-1 in the final 20 minutesbut were unable to capi-ta l i ze on the o f f ens i veons laught . The Be l l e sheld on due in large partto their defensive effort.Sophomore Caitlin Walsh,who ta l l i ed her f i r s tcareer shutout with s ixsaves on the night, led thedefense. The Belles hope to ride

th i s momentum in to agame wi th Manches terCollege on Tuesday.

By JOE WIRTHSports Writer

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Both the men’s and women’scross country teams capturedtheir respective NationalCatholic Invitational titlesFriday at the Notre Dame GolfCourse. The men’s team claimed its

21st victory since the inceptionof the race in 1980. The teamfinished with 35 points, whichwas enough to stay ahead ofsecond place Marquette, whoconcluded with 76 points.Bellarmine University capturedboth Division II titles. Senior Dan Jackson led the

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The Irish played a trio ofmatches this weekend at theNotre Dame Invitational, com-peting against Delaware,Santa Clara and Dayton. Aftersweeping a three game tour-nament last weekend, NotreDame suffered the oppositeoutcome this week, droppingall three matches. The weekend started on a

promising note, as the Irish(7-5) quickly seized a 2-0 leadin their match againstDelaware (9-4) on Friday. The Irish earned a 24-20

match point in the third set inwhat looked like a sure 3-0win. However, Delawarestormed back with six unan-swered points to capture theset 26-24. The Blue Hens wonthe next two sets, earning a 3-2 (18-25, 22-25, 26-24, 25-17,15-11) victory over the Irish. Although such a close loss is

particularly disappointing,Ir ish coach Debbie Brownviewed the match as animportant learning opportuni-ty for her team. “We had so many opportuni-

t ies to win the match andclose it out,” Brown said. “Itwas emotional ly tough ⎯everyone in the stadiumthought we had the winwrapped up. As a teamthough, the lesson was that wecan’t count a game as overuntil the last point.”

Saturday, the Irish lost theirmatch against Santa Clara (8-5) in straight sets, losing 3-0(25-18, 25-19, 26-24). TheIrish were thoroughly out-hitby the Broncos, who had anattacking clip of .244 for thematch. Brown explained thehitting disparity as a functionof lacking a team rhythm. “We were out of synch from

the beginning against SantaClara,” she said. “Unforcederrors and our inability to getkills really hurt us.”

The Ir ish closed out theweekend Sunday afternoonagainst the No. 20 DaytonFlyers (9-3). Notre Dame lostin straight sets for the secondconsecutive match, losing 3-0(25-12, 25-21, 25-20). Notre Dame once again

struggled with its hitting inthe match. Led by tournamentMVP Lindsay Fletemie, whohad five blocks, Dayton heldthe Irish to a .104 hitting per-

Although the transition fromhigh school to collegiate soccergenerally isn’t a seamless tran-sition, freshman midfielderElizabeth Tucker is doing herbest to prove otherwise.Tucker accounted for three ofNotre Dame’s four goals overweekend, lifting the Irish to a2-0 victory over DePaul onFriday and a 2-1 win againstNorthwestern on Sunday.Tucker netted both goals

Friday to kick off No. 7 NotreDame’s conference season witha win, as the squad outshotDePaul (5-3-2) 13-6. Irishcoach Randy Waldrum wasespecially pleased with histeam’s composure on the noto-riously difficult Wish Field, asite Waldrum said the Irish (7-1) have struggled to find suc-cess in the past.

The No. 24 Irish had a difficulttime scoring over the weekend,tying Michigan 0-0 Friday nightbefore falling to No. 15 MichiganState 2-0 Sunday afternoon.“We’re not putting the ball in

the net,” Irish coach Bobby Clarksaid. “I wish there was somethingwe could do. We had 22 shots onFriday and 22 today, so you feellike we should be getting somegoals out of these somehow.They’re making their shots count.It’s a concern obviously, but Idon’t know. We’ve been generat-ing offense but we’re not makingit count.”Though both teams had 22

shots and seven shots on goal in

The Irish opened their fallcompetitive season on Fridaywith half the team in WestLafayette at the PurdueInvitational and the other halfat the University of Illinois.The team opened play on

Friday combining for 20 winsbetween the two split squads.Irish coach Bobby Bayliss

led the squad Friday in Illinoisthat claimed ten wins, includ-ing debut wins for freshmenGreg Andrews and Billy Pecor,as well as an impressive winfrom senior Stephen Havensover Abe Souza of Illinois.“Greg Andrews has one of

the better forehands you willsee this year and has becomebetter moving forward andfinishing at the net,” Baylisssaid. “Billy Pecor has a biggame, hitting with power fromboth sides. All he needs to dois play within himself and con-tinue to take advantage of hisopportunities to move for-ward.”With associate head coach

Ryan Sachire at the helm inWest Lafayette, the Irish werejust as successful with sopho-more Spencer Talmadge andjunior Niall Fitzgerald claim-ing back to back doubles winsover Dayton and WesternMichigan.

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Freshman forward Elizabeth Tucker controls a pass during Notre Dame’s 2-0 win over Texas Tech onSept. 5. Tucker netted two goals against DePaul and one against Northwestern over the weekend.

MEN’S SOCCER

Irish offense held in checkBy ERIC PRISTER Associate Sports Editor

see MICHIGAN/page 14

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Junior midfielder Adam Mena looks to adavnce the ball duringNotre Dame’s 2-0 loss against Michigan State on Sunday.

MEN’S TENNIS

Split squads travel toPurdue and Illinois

see TUCKER/page 14

Both teamsclaim invitevictoriesBy TIM SINGLERSports Writer

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see ILLINOIS/page 13

By KATE GRABAREKSports Writer

By CHRIS MASOUDSports Writer

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see DEALY/page 14

Irish earn two wins inChicago over weekend

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