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Latino students maintain culture on campus

Senior Nicole Medina said thefirst time she ever experienced“culture shock” was when shestepped onto Notre Dame’scampus.“Speaking for myself [as a

minority], you know you’re dif-ferent than anyone else,” shesaid.Medina said she identifies

herself as part of Notre Dame’sLatino community. Though theculture is growing on campus, aminority of 10 percent of thestudent body identified itself asLatino, according toInstitutional Research. Latinostudents on campus said theyare trying to identify with twosometimes-conflicting identities— their ethnicity and theirplace at Notre Dame.“We bring something that

other students haven’t beenexposed to,” she said. “We’re allmade very aware of our back-ground.”

Sometimes it may seem likestudents are acting “super cul-tural” when they celebrate theirbackground, Medina said.“When we’re back home, we

don’t have to think about ourculture everyday,” she said.“Coming here, we have to fightto preserve our culture.”Medina is one of the outgoing

presidents for the MovimientoEstudiantil Chicano de Aztlan(MEChA), a Latino studentactivist group promoting socialreform. The other outgoingpresident, senior MarcoRosales, said Notre Dame’sLatino culture is different thanon other campuses, mainlybecause of the demographic’ssmall numbers at theUniversity.“We have an obligation and a

responsibility to represent ourpeople well, and we try to dothat,” Rosales said.Allert Brown-Gort, associate

director for the Institute forLatino Studies (ILS) said NotreDame made strides in the last12 years toward a more diverse

student body. ILS opened in1999, and students and facultylook to the institute to increaseawareness of Latino culture oncampus.“If you look at the U.S.

Catholic Church, it’s becomingincreasingly Latino,” Brown-Gortsaid. “One out of every three

members is Latino, and under35, one out of every two are

Professor given Sheedy Excellence in Teaching award

When Professor Thomas F.X.Noble heard Notre Dame wouldpresent him with the 2011 SheedyExcellence in Teaching AwardApril 13, he said his first emotionwas pure astonishment.Once he overcame the shock,

Noble said he felt appreciation forthose who nominated him. “It’s enormously gratifying to

think the people you work for and

with think well of you. It’s not likewinning ac o n t e s t , ”Noble said.“I didn’tapply forthis. It cameas a com-plete sur-prise, a wel-come sur-prise.”Noble, who

serves as the chair of theDepartment of History, specializes

in late antique and early medievalhistory. The Sheedy Award is pre-sented annually to an outstandingprofessor in the College of Artsand Letters.Noble began teaching at Notre

Dame in Jan. 2001. He said evenafter 37 years of teaching over7,000 students he finds inspira-tion from their vigor.“I’ve spent my whole adult life

with students. I think that keepsyou young, it keeps you grounded.It keeps you excited about things,”he said. “You can just draw on the

energy of students.” Noble said he has always

enjoyed reading and history, andthese passions led to his career asa professor.“I often kid with students, ‘My

mother dropped me off at kinder-garten and I never left,’” he said.“I’ve always been an academic.”One of his college professors

pulled him aside and told him hecould be a history professor, push-ing him towards the profession,Noble said. His career decisionwas not made instantly, though.

“Probably most people supposethere was this blinding moment ofinspiration, and it didn’t happenthat why,” he said. “It was a slowprocess.”When he gives career advice to

pupils, Noble said he tells stu-dents to combine their passionswith their skills. “Figure out what you really

want to do, and figure out whatyou’re good at and try to find away to bring those two together,”

A team of Notre Dame engi-neering students put months ofhard work into flight this week-end when they brought theirremote-controlled airplane tothe 2011 Design/Build/Fly com-petition in Tucson, Ariz and fin-ished in 28th place.Sophomore Matt Kudija was

among six undergraduate mem-bers of the 20-person designteam that traveled to TucsonThursday. The 15th annual com-petition sponsored by theAmerican Institute ofAeronautics and Astronautics

Foundation included 96 teamsfrom universities around thecountry.Kudija said the team’s place-

ment reflected the fact that it

was composed primarily ofsophomore engineering stu-dents.

Engineering students take flight Edward Larkin namedvaledictorian for 2011

Edward Larkin, a biological sci-ences major from East Lansing,Mich., was named valedictorian ofthe Class of 2011 Tuesday, accord-ing to a University press release.Larkin will deliver the valedictory

address during Commencementceremonies May 22 at Notre DameStadium.Larkin acheived a 4.0 grade

point average, according to therelease. He will also earn a supple-mentary major in classical civiliza-tion. Larkin is an active member ofthe Haiti Working Group at Notre

Dame, and he writes a bi-weeklycolumn for The Observer on theintersection of science, technologyand society. After graduation, Larkin will

spend the summer in Olympia,Greece, to study cross-culturalinteraction through HarvardUniversity. He will then spend oneyear at the London School ofEconomics to receive a Master ofScience degree in philosophy andpublic policy before attending theYale University School of Medicine. Michelle Maurin, a mathematics

major from Houston, will offer theCommencement invocation.

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MEChA members listen to “san Jarocha” folk music from Veracruz, Mexico during a club meet-ing. The music was written as a protest against opppression in Oxaca, Mexico.

Photo courtesy of Amanda Meza

Students participate in a trust walk outside of South DiningHall as part of a MEChA initiation exercise.

By AMANDA GRAYNews Writer

By KRISTEN DURBINNews Writer

By SAM STRYKERNews Editor

Photo courtesy of Matt Kudija

Sophomore Matt Kudija (center) and six other engineeringstudents pose with their remote-controlled airplane.

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IN BRIEF

Pauline Yu, President of theAmerican Council of LearnedSocieties (ACLS) will be giving atalk entitled “State of theHumanities” at 3:30 p.m.today in the Eck CenterAuditorium. The talk will beimmediately follwed by areception in the Eck CenterAtrium.

Professor Kelly Hooley-Bockelmann from VanderbuiltUniversity will be offering alecture titled “PhysicsColloquium: Growing theLightest Supermassive BlackHoles: An Nbody Mechanic’sPerspective.” located in Room118 in Nieuwland Science Hallfrom 4 to 5 p.m. this evening.

Robin Kirkpatrick, Professorof Italian and EnglishLiteratures and Fellow ofRobinson College at theUniversity of Cambridge willbe giving a lecture from 5 to6:30 p.m. tonight onShakespeare and Dante enti-tled “Turning to a Joy...” inRoom 202 of the HesburghLibrary.

Robin Kirkpatrick will alsobe guiding a collective of NotreDame and local artists to deep-en exploration of the relation-ship between divinity and com-edy as found in Dante andShakespeare. This perform-ance will be held in TheDeBartolo Performing ArtsCenter from 8 to 9:30 p,m.tonight.

Tonight, Howard Hall willhave their last Mass of their 30day chapel crawl at 10 p.m. inthe Log Chapel. Root beerfloats will follow at theColeman Morse Center.

To submit information tobe included in this sectiono f The Obse rve r, ema i lde ta i l ed i n f o rmat i onabou t an even t t [email protected]

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Group repo r ts reco rdt r a sh hau l f r om N Jbeaches SANDY HOOK, N.J. – Arecord amount of trashwas p i cked up a l ongNew Jersey beaches lastyear, including a kitchensink.Clean Ocean Action has

been do ing beachsweeps for 25 years andsays in a repor t t o bere leased Tuesday tha tmore than 475 ,000p i ece s o f l i t t e r wereremoved from the shore-line last year.They included a bag of

heroin, a 10-gallon gastank, five pairs of under-wear, a duck caller anda plastic cow, in additionto the sink.There also were four

t e l e v i s i ons , a p l a s t i cEaster egg with $3 in it,a fire extinguisher, a toi-let seat lid and an MP3player.A l so f ound were 84

whole tires, nearly 1,400aerosol cans and morethan 1 ,300 s t rands o ff ishing l ine, which cank i l l s ea l i f e t ha t ge t stangled in it.

Lost goat wanders intoIdaho music storeAMMON, Idaho – Stop

me if you’ve heard thisone: A goat walks into amusic store.It sounds like the start

of a bad joke, but that’sexactly what happenedat the Piano Gallery inthe southeastern Idahotown of Ammon.

K IF I -TV repor t s t hegoat fol lowed a womanand her ch i ld in to thestore on Monday. Maybeit was looking for somesheeeet music.C l e rk Lor r i B r i dges

says the goat was jus tadorable. The staff cor-ralled it in a bathroomunt i l an ima l con t ro larrived.The goa t , dubbed

Beethoven for its appar-en t l o ve o f mus i c , i sbeing held at the IdahoFalls Animal Shelter.I f i t i sn ’t c l a imed ,

someone i s r eady t oadopt it.

Information compiledf r om the Assoc ia t edPress.

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Sophomores Andrew Romero, left, and Carlos Herrera present at the final round ofthe Entrepreneurship Society's Case Bowl 2011 Tuesday at Jordan Hall of Science.As the winner of the three remaining teams, Herrera and Romero earned $1,000.

“BROflex.”

Albert Garcia

juniorOff Campus

“Billy Mays’OxiClean.”

Bryan Dimas

sophomoreStanford

“A shakeweight!”

Grace Welte

freshmanFarley

“Food processor.”

Lydia Baek

graduate studentO’Hara-Grace

“A Snuggie,because it’stime to getcozy.”

Tam Nguyen

sophomoreDuncan

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The Observer � CAMPUS NEWSWesnesday, April 20, 2011 page 3

This summer, Saint Mary’ssenior Christina Grasso willhighlight women at Saint Mary’sas trendsetters in the largerworld of fashion as a Style Gurufor CollegeFashionista.com.“As a college student in the

M i d w e s t ,my accessto the fash-ion industryis limited tothe Internetmost of thet i m e , ”Grasso said.“I am soinspired bygreat streetstyle blogsas they cap-ture every-day peoplewith unbri-dled self-expression in their sense ofdress.”CollegeFashionista.com is a

website that showcases trendson college campuses. Grassosaid she experienced her first

brush with fasion as a 14-year-old while walking through herlocal mall. A scout for EliteModel Management expressedinterest in Grasso and herfriend and encouraged them toinvestigate Elite when theywere older.In years to follow, Grasso par-

ticpated in multiple internshipswith Elite. She said these posi-

tions gave her theopportunity toattend New YorkFashion Weektwice and see col-lections from topi n t e r n a t i o n a ldesigners. “I have seen

fashion in its rawform and learnedso much from myinteractions withmany of fashion’selite,” Grasso said.“Sometimes I haveto pinch myselfbecause I am this

little Catholic girl from the mid-dle of nowhere experiencing allof this excitement. I feel likeAlice in Wonderland.”As a Style Guru for

CollegeFashionista.com, Grasso

said she will take her experi-ences in high-end fashion andshare the styles she witnessesas a Saint Mary’s student.“CollegeFashionista.com pro-

vides links to all featured cam-puses, so beginning in May,Saint Mary’s will be amongthese schools and the publiccan access information aboutstyle here at SMC,” Grasso said.“It speaks volumes about ourcampus because it’s a fairlycompetitive screening process.”Amy Levin, founder and cre-

atived director ofCollegeFashionista.com, will beGrasso’s editor. Levin said she receives 30

applications per week frompeople for the Style Guru posi-tion. Students reach out to thewebsite from schools alreadylisted on the site as well as newschools that want to be recog-nized for their outstandingfashion sense.“I felt that no one was really

addressing the college demo-graphic for fashion trends,”Levin said.“CollegeFashionista.com is for

real girls and guys in collegefocusing on real life fashion, notjust collections from Paris and

London.”Style Gurus post photos on

CollegeFashionista.com oftrends they see at their schools.Beginning in May, Grasso willpost photos that she will collectin the next few weeks on thecampus on the College’s pagealong with discussions of popu-lar styles. In the fall, juniorCaitlin Guffy will assume theStyle Guru internship positionin Grasso’s place. “I chose Christina to be a

Style Guru because I believethat she has a good understand-ing for fashion, a good eye forwhat is in style, and excellentphotography skills. She is alsovery tapped into social medialike Twitter, Facebook andTumblr,” Levin said. “I reallylike bringing something new tothe site, which is why I pickedChristina and Saint Mary’s tolaunch a page in May. While wehave mostly bigger campuses,Saint Mary’s will definitely addsomething different toCollegeFashionista.com.”CollegeFashionista.com also

launches video interviews withmajor stylists in the fashionindustry, Levin said. The videoshave been successful so far and

received nearly 50,000 views inroughly one week. While Grasso is just beginning

her journey withCollegeFashionista.com, shesaid she enjoyed her experi-ences thus far in the fashionindustry. “Fashion is one of the most

competitive industries to pur-sue. It is very tough, extremelydemanding, and quite eccentric.But, if you live and breathefashion and are prepared towork hard under pressure,learn fast, stand by your convic-tions, persevere, and still lovefashion at the end of each day,it can be done,” Grasso said. Grasso said she hopes to con-

tinue to work in fashion aftershe leaves her position withCollegeFashionista.com.“I am still nowhere near my

ultimate goal of working as thefashion director or marketingeditor for a major fashion publi-cation in New York, but whatev-er happens, I could not be moreexcited to continue my journeyin the fashion industry as I gen-uinely enjoy the ride,” she said.

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Contact Jillian Barwick at [email protected]

SMC student to showcase College fashion sense

“Collegefashionista.comis for real girls and

guys in college focusingon real life fashion, not

just collections fromParis and London.”

Amy Levinfounder and creative director

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Latino.”He said this population

growth is one of the main rea-sons Notre Dame should be put-ting a greater emphasis onLatino culture on campus.

“[ILS] is here to help theUniversity,” Brown-Gort said.“We’re here to be a resource forthe University.”

ILS researches basic issuessurrounding the Latino popula-tion and provides opportunitiesfor the community to learnmore about the culture, Brown-Gort said.

“We provide cultural compe-tency — we put what people arestudying into context,” he said.“We also aim to provide a senseof community for Latino andLatino-focused people on cam-pus.”

In 2008, University PresidentFr. John Jenkins reviewed tworeports about diversity on cam-pus, and Notre Dame publishedits Diversity Response.

“As a Catholic university, weat Notre Dame believe everyhuman being possesses the dig-nity of being made in God’simage, and every culturereflects God’s grandeur,” theDiversity Statement said.“Diversity enriches our socialinteractions and intellectuallives by exposing all of us toapproaches and frames of refer-ence that challenge our unex-amined assumptions.”

One of the biggest assets toLatino students is LatinoFreshman Retreat hosted byCampus Ministry, Medina said.Held in the fall of freshmanyear, the retreat helps first-yearLatino students build communi-ty and friendships, according tothe Campus Ministry website.

Sophomore StephanieAguilera said the LatinoFreshman Retreat provided the

closest campus experience towhat she is used to in her homelife and culture. At the retreat,undergraduates are groupedinto “familias” with “madres”and “padres” to establish thefeeling of a cultural familybetween older and younger stu-dents.

“It’s modeled after our actualculture,” she said. “You get putinto families. [The campusLatino culture] is like having afamily here. You look after eachother.”

Aguilera, who lives in Dallas,Texas, said she found a substi-tute family on campus throughMEChA. Aguilera will serve asnext year’s secretary for theDiversity Council and is current-ly trying to establish a LatinoHonors Society.

“I grew closer to my cultureby moving away from the bor-der,” she said.

Aguilera said she also attendsa Spanish Mass on Sundays at1:30 p.m. in St. Edward’s Hall.

“[These Masses] are muchmore intimate,” she said.“Instead of shaking hands, youget a hug and kiss on thecheek.”

Before attending Notre Dame,Aguilera said she also attendedSpring Visitation, a weekend-long event held throughUndergraduate Admissionswhen prospective minority stu-dents are invited to spend timeon campus with a host student.

Junior Amanda Meza is amulticultural recruitment coor-dinator for UndergraduateAdmissions. In this position, sheworks at recruiting high-achiev-ing minority students fromacross the country.

“During the fall semester, weconcentrate on calling thou-sands of these potential NotreDame students by encouragingthem to apply as well asanswering any of their ques-tions regarding the school orcollege in general,” she said.

Meza said her family’s experi-

ences have defined “Latino” forher.

“I am the youngest of threedaughters and the first to moveaway for college. My parentsleft their homes in Mexico tostart a better life here in theUnited States,” she said. “I mustsay that their struggle to offermy sisters and I a chance forhigher education has been mydriving motivation for a betterfuture. … It is almost a tangiblelove of family and an innatepride for our culture of perse-verance and strength.”

Meza said she sometimes feelsisolated as a minority despitethe strength of community atNotre Dame.

“Though Notre Dame is one of

the most national schools, I feelthat the majority of the studentson campus still wind up think-ing exactly the same. I am notjust talking about diversity inthe sense of race and ethnicityeither, but also diversity inthought and beliefs,” she said.“As a Latina, I at times feel sti-fled in my classes and can’t helpbut think there is no way thatmy voice or what I have to saywill change what they think.The problem is, no one else seesit. It is a shared struggle withnot only my community, but alsoother minority communities.”

Medina said the Notre Damecommunity could only changeonce dialogue began betweeneveryone on campus, no matter

what cultural background stu-dents claim.

“We don’t put on our eventsfor ourselves,” Medina said.“We’re trying to educate every-one else. If you see an eventadvertised, we want you tocome.”

The goal of outreach groups isto end ignorance about othercultures, Rosales said.

“Being more aware of whatwe do works to end stereo-types,” he said. “We would likeeveryone to not be ignorant.Ignorance is the No. 1 reasonthere’s bad blood between peo-ple nowadays.”

Freshmen Justin Sena has vis-ited 30 chapels all over campusin the past month as a part ofHoward Hall’s Chapel Crawl.

“This event is a testament tothe Catholic identity of the uni-versity that there exists a groupof students who take time out ofthere day for a celebration ofthe Eucharist and fellowship,”Sena said. “I enjoyed experienc-ing the fellowship of the other‘Chapel Crawlers’ as we jour-neyed on our pilgrimage togeth-er.”

Sena said that the chapelcrawl was a great way to spendtime reflecting on the penitentialseason of Lent and spend lesstime on unproductive activities,like Facebook.

Former Howard Hall PresidentMaryEllen Keneally wanted tocreate an event that reached outto the campus at large.

“We wanted to have an event

that would involve the wholecampus,” Keneally said.

The organizers in Howardthought a chapel crawl wouldencourage daily Mass atten-dance and be a fun opportunityfor students to pray together.

“The name helped make itfun,” Keneally said. “It alsohelped to attract a differentcrowd to go to daily Mass.”

Keneally said she and theother organizers talked to dormpresidents and consulted theCampus Ministry Mass scheduleto plan the month-long event.Rosary at the Grotto and mass atthe Log Chapel were included inthe schedule along with aSpanish mass at St. Edward’sHall and a Taize prayer servicein Walsh Hall.

“We wanted to go when dormswere having their fun Masses.We went to Dillon for their‘Milkshake Mass’ and Sorin forthe ‘Chili Mass,’” she said.

The Chapel Crawl gave stu-dents a glimpse inside the vari-ous chapels scattered across

Notre Dame’s campus. Keneallysaid she loved seeing the differ-ent chapels on campus andexperiencing the unique beautyin each spot.

“Its really interesting to seehow different they all are. Evenchapels that were built aroundthe same time are different,”Keneally said.

Howard Hall hosted the firstMass in the 30-day chapelcrawl.

Keneally said seeing her hall’schapel filled with so many peo-ple was a special moment.

“We had no idea how it wouldgo, but it was lots of fun andabout 75 people showed up,”she said.

To add to the chapel crawl,students were given a card tocount their attendance through-out the month, Keneally said.Students receive a stamp ontheir card for every Mass theyattended. Anyone with morethan 12 stamps can enter a raf-fle after the last Mass.

“The Mass card was our rec-

tor’s idea,” Keneally said. “Wereally wanted a lot of attendanceand this was a way to get peopleto come. Plus it’s a fun sou-venir.”

The final Mass will be heldtonight at 10 p.m. in the LogChapel. After Mass, Howard Hallwill serve root beer floats in theColeman Morse Center.

“The last Mass is an opportu-nity to see a pretty cool place,”

Keneally said.While this was the first year

for the event, Keneally hopes itwill not be the last.

“I was a really easy event toput on, it was fun and it’s a goodthing to do during Lent,” Shesaid. “Hopefully it will become aregular event.”

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Howard Hall hosts month-long Chapel CrawlBy ANNA BOARININews Writer

Contact Anna Boarini [email protected]

SUZANNA PRATT / The Observer

Pangborn Hall’s chapel was one of 30 locations included inHoward Hall’s chapel crawl.

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“A lot of the teams we competedagainst are in senior design class-es at their schools, so we were alittle outmatched on the designand detail analysis aspects of thecompetition,” he said. “Our goalwas to create a plane that wouldsuccessfully complete all threemissions.”

Kudija said each plane flown inthe competition had to meet aspecific set of requirements andsuccessfully complete three mis-sions. The missions tested theplane for speed and the ability tocarry a payload of steel or golfballs.

The balsa and plywood planealso had to fit inside a suitcasewhen broken down into its com-ponents and be reassembled infive minutes or less during the

competition, Kudja said. Theteam used computer-aided design(CAD) software to design theplane.

“We were given four attemptsto complete the three missions,but on the first attempt, our suit-case dimensions were too big,”Kudija said. “But I was reallyproud because the team was ableto come together at the lastminute to overcome that obstacleand make the remaining threeattempts successful.”

Kudija said the team faced aserious obstacle when their origi-nal prototype plane was severelydamaged in a test crash just aweek and a half prior to the com-petition.

“We had been working ondesigning the plane since beforeChristmas, and we started build-ing it after winter break,” Kudijasaid. “Then we had to rebuild theplane and make design changesto it after the crash, but we had

serious concerns about the origi-nal prototype being able to bebuilt in time anyway.”

Sophomore Greg Obee felt theteam’s work under pressure pro-vided him with a unique learningopportunity.

“It was definitely a big learningexperience, especially becauseit’s our first year, most of us aresophomores and we didn’t have alot of experience,” he said. “Wewere very happy to finish 28th,and we learned a lot that we cantake to the competition nextyear.”

The group received funds toparticipate in the competitionfrom the Department ofAerospace and MechanicalEngineering. Professor RobertNelson served as the project advi-sor along with two graduate stu-dents, Kudija said.

he said. “Do you have the fire inthe belly? Do you really want todo this?”

Noble said he urges studentsnot to base career decisions onwhat they will earn in terms ofmoney, but instead on happiness.He said while being a history pro-fessor has taken a lot of hardwork, he never regrets his careerchoice.

“I get up everyday and I amexcited. I don’t think everybodycan say that,” Noble said. “Thereis a payoff. The pleasures thatcome along with this don’t have

material value, they’ve got moralvalue.”

Winning the award is animmense honor, Noble said.

“If you have been around NotreDame any length of time, youknow this is really a wonderfulaward. It’s very prestigiousaward, a very humbling award,”he said. “You think of all the greatpeople who have won this award,and you think you have been putin that club — that is pretty spe-cial.”

Seeing future leaders as theybegin their careers is a favoriteaspect of his job, Noble said.

“One of the things that teachingyoung people over all these yearshas done is make me optimistic orconfident,” he said. “We’re hand-

ing the world over to good peo-ple.”

Noble said the culture of stu-dents at the University is unlikeanywhere he has taught.

“There is an ethos here that isdifferent from anyplace else.There is this very powerful senseof family,” he said. “People talkabout the Notre Dame family.You’d have to be utterly withoutsenses not to feel it.”

Interacting with other membersof the University family has beenthe most defining aspect of hisexperience as a professor at NotreDame, Noble said.

“I can’t think of one momentthat just stands out to me, but thepicture that kept playing on mymind’s screen was all these peo-

ple that I meet who are connectedto this place in lots of differentways, whether they are alums,parents, students,” Noble said.

Noble directed the MedievalInstitute for his first eight years atNotre Dame, then became chairof the Department of Historythree years ago. After an upcom-ing year of leave, he said he antic-ipates returning to teach at theUniversity.

“I’ve never been just a professorat Notre Dame, so when I come

back from my leave I am reallyexcited for that,” Noble said. “Ihave a couple of ideas for newclasses I might teach.”

Noble said he has reexaminedhis career after winning theaward, and still appreciates theopportunity he has been granted.

“In some ways, I can’t believepeople pay me to do this,” he said.“It’s a real privilege.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“A preoccupation with the futurenot only prevents us from seeing thepresent as it is but often prompts us

to rearrange the past.”

Eric HofferAmerican writer & philosopher

There are certain eternally-per-plexing questions that have troubledhumanity since the inception ofrational thought. What is the ultimatenature of reality? What is the pur-pose of our exis-tence? And perhapsmost confusing —why doesn’t TacoBell deliver?

All of us in ourpost-parietal hazehave asked thisage-old question,and all of ushave been leftempty-handedand hungry,pining for thewarm, zestytouch of acheesy gordita crunch and a steakquesadilla.

So why must we be forbidden thatwhich we so desire? Sure, we couldjust get in a car and drive to TacoBell. But with the modern conven-ience of delivery, why exert the extraeffort?

From a safety standpoint, there arepositive externalities to the creationof a delivery system for Taco Bell.The majority of Taco Bell’s latenightconsumers have been consuming bev-erages or other substances that mayhave them at a level of impairmentthat hinders them from properlyoperating a vehicle. Therefore, TacoBell’s delivery drivers would be tak-ing a considerable number of unsafedrivers off the road. Also, with ener-gy prices skyrocketing and the impactof car emissions becoming betterunderstood, having a driver reachseveral customers in one sweepwould be a much more efficientoption than all those customers mak-ing individual trips to the drive-thru.

Further, Taco Bell cannot pretendto be oblivious to the fact that theyare serving this type of population.They have an entire marketing cam-paign directed toward them. Byadvertising the “fourthmeal”latenight option with drive-thru win-dows open until 4 a.m. or later, TacoBell is playing right into the hands ofa food-craving, latenight snackingmarket segment.

I can understand why Taco Bell andits parent company Yum! Brandswould not want to associate theirmarketing campaigns (or their prod-ucts in general) with serving an ine-briated population, but they cannotdeny that they’ve already done sowith their “fourthmeal” campaign.

So, to better serve their most loyalcustomers, Taco Bell needs to reeval-uate their current practice of notdelivering. The positive social bene-fits seem to outweigh any negativeimpact that a delivery system couldhave. Taco Bell will see greater rev-enues as they will gain sales fromthose customers who choose not todrive, either because they know theyshould not be on the road or becausethey do not have access to a vehicle.

Once Taco Bell wisens up and putssome gentlemen in a fleet of mid-1990s Japanese hatchbacks to delivertheir precious pseudo-Mexican cui-sine, all will seem right in the world.Then, we can all go back to ponder-ing the other eternal perplexities ofthe universe.

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Health outside the hospital:Medicine in the 21st century

Healthcare policy occupied a centralposition in the national discourse dur-ing the reform efforts of 2009 and2010. That it has maintained thisposition more than a year laterreflects a variety offactors.

First, no one wastruly satisfied withthe compromisethat culminated inthe AffordableCare Act. Liberalsbemoaned the lackof any realpush for a sin-gle-payer sys-tem, or even agovernment-run publicinsuranceoption. Conservatives decried the billas an entrenchment of the status quo— a ruinously expensive entitlementplan that does nothing to fundamen-tally address the skewed incentivesthat are driving healthcare costs everupwards in a seemingly unstoppablemarch.

Second, in addition to the acrimonyover the ACA, Medicare (and health-care more generally) figures promi-nently in the new national preoccupa-tion — the national debt.

Healthcare is an incredibly trickyissue to deal with from a policy front.Would free market mechanismsreduce healthcare costs? Most likely.But healthcare resists the alluringlypassive logic of market mechanics.Many of us have an innate feeling thathealthcare is an inalienable right,something to which all citizens, espe-cially of a developed nation, deserveaccess. We reject the notion thatpatients should have to decidebetween bankruptcy and the best can-cer treatment available. We hope thatour culture has progressed to a pointof refinement and civility enough tovalue making sure people can at leastenjoy their health — the most basic,yet most important pillar of happi-ness.

And so we are stuck. There’s no per-fect policy prescription waiting to beplucked out of the ether. StanfordUniversity physician Walter Bortz goesso far as to say in his new book “NextMedicine” that current medicine is“irrelevant,” and claims that thereexists a “basic mismatch betweenhuman biology and capitalism.”

Quotes such as these make the situ-ation seem quite grim indeed. Allsorts of solutions have been proposedby technocrats — accountable careorganizations (ACOs) to better coordi-nate care between specialists and toput an end to the ruinous incentivesengendered by the fee-for-service sys-tem; greater training of primary carephysicians; insurance exchanges. Yeteach of these solutions leaves a vaguefeeling of dissatisfaction. You can putlipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.

There is one cause for great hope

amidst the bleakness: informationtechnology.

But how can information technologypossibly bend the cost curve, especial-ly given the fact that expensive tech-nologies are one of the main contribu-tory factors to rising costs? Theanswer is in the prevention of hospitalvisits, and more broadly, the preven-tion of illness itself. Developments ininformation technology promise notonly to improve care in hospitals, butto keep patients out of hospitals in thefirst place. This is the goal of 21stcentury medicine: prevention. In thisparadigm, going to the hospital in thefirst place is a failure of the health-care system, no matter how superblycoordinated the care once there.

This is a grand idea: We’re talkingabout not only the typical refrainsabout information technology inhealthcare (electronic medicalrecords), but also using IT to funda-mentally alter the way we interactwith sickness and health.

Imagine that you feel sick. If the dis-comfort is severe enough, you’ll even-tually go to the hospital. The doctorwill see you, diagnose the problem,recommend treatment and you’llleave, minus $100 or more if you visitthe emergency room (most of whichyou don’t see, since you only deal withthe insurance co-pay).

Inject information technology intothe equation. You type your symptomsinto an app on your smart phone orcomputer. Computers immediatelyanalyze gigantic data sets of similarpatient presentations (ColumbiaUniversity is already attempting toincorporate IBM’s “Watson” technolo-gy from game show fame on Jeopardyinto the clinic) and doctors remotelygive a preliminary diagnosis. Forsome cases, this will be very straight-forward. The doctor sends an elec-tronic prescription, you go to thepharmacy, get your medicine andthat’s that. No hospital visit required.There’s already a name for this move-ment: mobile health, or mHealth.

This conception of healthcare is veryattractive. But the above example isstill reactionary — you get sick firstand then take action. The real seduc-tion of information technology is itscapability to prevent illness in the firstplace. Bell’s law & Moore’s law dictatethat computers will continuallybecome smaller and more powerful.

Researchers at the University ofMichigan recently designed the firstcomplete millimeter-scale computerdevice: a pressure sensor for glauco-ma patients that can be implantedinto the eye. It contains a radio thatcommunicates with the outside world,letting clinicians know when pressurein the eye reaches high levels.Imagine this paradigm applied toother fields of health — we could havetiny devices that recognize character-istics of disease or sickness in ourbodies with wireless communicationcapabilities. Before we even con-

sciously realize we are sick, our com-puter, wirelessly connected to thedevices inside our body, tells us some-thing is wrong. Prevention becomes awhole lot easier.

Medicine is a funny profession. Itsultimate goal is to make itself irrele-vant — to eliminate sickness and curediseases. Think about the inherentoddness of that. It’s one of the fewoccupations where participantsactively strive towards — and hope —that their craft will one day be unnec-essary. It’s an idea as masochistic as itis noble. Medicine is currently at abizarre point in its history, its futuredensely clouded with uncertainty.

On one side, analysts foresee anupcoming shortage of physicians asthe population ages, counseling med-ical schools to expand enrollment.Others believe that advances inbiotechnology and nanotechnologywill essentially end medicine as weknow it — Ray Kurzweil predicts thatin the 2030s we will have tiny little“nanobots” coursing through ourbloodstream and keeping us healthy.Others think that we will eventuallybe able to swallow a few pills of robot-ic parts that can assemble inside ourbody and perform surgery.

These ideas are both highly specula-tive and controversial, but they areindicative of a larger uncertainty inthe medical community. Where are wegoing? Will medicine bankrupt us?Where will advances in biotechnologyand robotics take us? What will doc-tors do in fifty years?

Regardless of the larger questionssurrounding where medicine is head-ed, true reform should strive for bold-ness, for a visionary rethinking of theway in which we deal with health andsickness. The system we have in placeis a product of the 20th century — atime when diagnostics were in theirnascent phases, the intricacies of dis-ease were mostly shrouded and“internet” was an unknown word. Weare moving rapidly into 21st centurybiomedicine, with further refinementsin our control of genetics, furtheradvances in both the accessibility andscale of computing and further preci-sion of diagnostic tools. These devel-opments will allow us to conceptualizemedicine not as a battle against sick-ness, but a battle to maintain health.Using expensive 21st century tools ina 20th century system — getting sickand then going to the hospital — isunsustainable. As technologyadvances, so too must medicine. Thiscrucial paradigm shift is necessary toextend equitable and affordable careto everyone. Call it the AffordableCare Age.

Edward Larkin is a senior majoring inbiological sciences and classicalcivilization. He can be reached [email protected] views expressed in this column are

those of the author and not necessarilythose of The Observer.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“They always talkwho never think.”

Matthew PriorEnglish diplomat & poet

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University response toDeclan Sullivan tragedy

Careful analysis of the report reveals that a low rankingofficial — with insufficient information on the severity ofthe weather — authorized an action. Lacking severeweather protocol or senior advisement, the low rankingofficial’s clearance resulted in a Notre Dame student dying.In official statements following the tragic event, NotreDame’s administration publically committed to taking anyand all steps to prevent a tragedy like this from ever hap-pening again.

Unfortunately, the above description aptly portrays sepa-rate events that led to Notre Dame students dying. InJanuary 1991, the Midwest was in the midst of a severeblizzard. After a swim meet in Chicago, a call to theUniversity was made requesting advisement on whetherthe women’s swim team should wait out the snow inChicago overnight or come home to South Bend. The teamwas instructed to come home. Shortly before arrival thebus hit an ice patch and repeatedly flipped. Colleen Hippand Megan Beeler perished, while Haley Scott was tem-porarily paralyzed.

In 2010, unnamed football team managers viewed aweather service report during a day of high winds. Theiruntrained analysis led them to conclude that the conditionswere “unremarkable.” They were further aware that thestaff preferred outdoor practice, and they chose to haveDeclan Sullivan film practice from a scissor lift. With thatdecision, approximately 20 years later Notre Dame suf-fered a second preventable tragedy.

On Notre Dame’s Snow Day in February this year,Business Professor Jim Davis left his house prior to theUniversity announcing school cancellation. Professor Davis’trip to school took in excess of an hour due to icy road con-ditions. He made it to school to find no students and trav-elled home safely that night.

My questions to the University are, “What specificimprovements to the school’s severe weather action planare being made to engage the challenges caused by SouthBend’s often adverse weather conditions?”

“Does having tragedy only once every 20 years, withcountless risks taken in between, represent a significant

enough savings to justify not spending the funding requiredto put in place a system protecting the students andemployees of the University?”

At this moment, I have not seen a satisfactory answer tothe first question. Moreover, I don’t believe the administra-tion or anyone believes the answer to the second questionshould be, “Yes.”

My suggestions are simple, expensive and implementable.— Create a position or further broaden the responsibili-

ties of an existing Campus Severe Weather Advisor.— Qualify this advisor as a safety expert pertaining to

severe weather and severe weather activities.— Put in place parameters to describe “severe weather.”

Have these parameters audited to ensure they are suffi-cient.

— Task the weather advisor with careful daily analysis ofweather conditions. During periods of severe weather, havethis expert utilize technology to communicate advisementon best practices to students of the University.

— Debrief the expert immediately on University sanc-tioned activities whenever weather classified as “severe”arises. These activities will include sports and sports trav-el, campus events, construction and, likely, much more.

— Require University endorsed activities to submit riskmitigation plans during severe weather.

— Have advisor or advisors review and sign off on allsubmitted plans as sound.

— Put in place clear consequences when this process isnot followed.

Certainly, these steps provide only a basic framework.However, the steps do create an actual strategy to betterensure this type of incident “never happens again.”Without a plan, Notre Dame’s promises for prevention ringhollow, and future students are at a greater risk of some-thing like this happening again.

Michael Martingrad studentoff campusApril 19

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Is this good enough?At a time in the semester when I

know that I ought to be focusing onmy papers and exams, an emailarrived in my inbox Monday morningthat I could not ignore (“Messagefrom Fr. JohnJenkins,” April18). Reviewingin disbelief thepress releaseon theUniversity’sinvestigation into the death of DeclanSullivan last October, and then thefull report with similar incredulity, Icould not help but think back to theCharlie Weiss era and his ill-fatedproclamation, “9-3 is not goodenough.”

Following the internal investigationled by Executive Vice President JohnAfleck-Graves (the appropriateness ofwhich I still contest on the grounds ofa serious conflict of interest), the fourfactors that the University portendsas the “primary” causes of the acci-dent include one regarding theweather, two regarding the natureand condition of the lift at the timeand a fourth describing the “staffmembers’ lack of knowledge regard-ing on-the-field wind speeds.”

I have a hard time accepting char-acterizations of the wind as “suddenand unexpected” in the press releaseand “unusual” in the report, giventhat the campus was in fact in themidst of a meteorologically foreseenwindstorm at the time (one would behard-pressed to qualify rain in a rain-storm as “unexpected” or snow in asnowstorm as “unusual”). Even still,my concern with these materialsextends far more deeply in that I

believe they reveal a frighteningresistance on the part of theUniversity administration to addressthis tragedy in any meaningful way.

Consider the recommendations ofthe investigation report, which, as thepress release quickly points out, ourheroic leader in the President’s Officehas already accepted. A few high-lights:

Item I: Adoption of Specific WindLimit. Is there a reason why theUniversity had not adopted the 28mph guideline of the InternationalStandards Organization before?

Item IV: Appointment of AthleticDepartment Safety Contacts. Does thismean that nobody was responsible forthe safety of students 40 feet in theair?

Item V: Establishment of Practice-Safety Protocol. What happens if theprotocol fails, and what will be theUniversity’s response to future viola-tions?

In an environment in which stu-dents are not (formally) allowed todrive even their own cars toUniversity-approved events, I cannotbelieve that the Office of RiskManagement and Safety had not con-sidered the possibility of a fall acci-dent before October 2010. In fact, Iknow that they had, because I myselfwas trained on a lift back in the day.

So my question becomes, “Why wasthe Athletic Department, the footballprogram especially, allowed to oper-ate under the radar, using lifts thathad not been registered with RiskManagement, defining their ownusage standards and all, without des-ignating specific individuals whoseresponsibility it was to approve stu-

dent use of the equipment each time astudent left the safety of the ground?”(For a discussion of the diffusion ofresponsibility this situation may havealso created, see Anita Kelly’sPsychology Today post, “How a NotreDame Student Could Die SoSenselessly,” Nov. 8) Was it because ofDirector of Football Video and Film’sTim Collins’ 20th year of service inhis current role, or because of themonogram he was accorded in 2004?

In no case, however, does this lackof proper individuals and workplacepractices mitigate what happened toDeclan Sullivan. Instead, it rendershis death all the more grievous, andwe must ask ourselves what concreteactions the University has taken inthe wake of his death to demonstrateits recommitment to student safety.And the answer, as related in theinvestigation report, apart from$77,500 paid to IOSHA (and undoubt-edly an undisclosed settlement withthe Sullivan family), is a resoundingsilence.

All we have as students are recom-mendations and talking points. Andpromises. And apology-laden emailsfrom Fr. Jenkins, likely having passedfirst through the Office of the GeneralCounsel, just to be sure. Heads boweddown and wrists held out for a slap.But the implications for every singleone of us here at the University areenormous.

What if students in a chem orphysics lab were let into a restrictedarea by someone who should haveknown about the heightened dangerand an accident occurred? Would thatperson be fired? Based on precedent,we cannot say.

What if student workers in the din-ing hall were uncomfortable with apiece of equipment that seemed to bemalfunctioning, were told to use itanyway and subsequently got hurt?Would the person who was responsi-ble for keeping the equipment proper-ly maintained continue to work forthe University? No idea.

What if students in a theatre pro-duction were hurt by unsafe scenery,or athletes were injured by equipmentthat had not been set up correctly orstudents using University vehiclesexperienced an accident due toimproper maintenance? Would thepeople responsible be released, tomake room for real change, or wouldwe grieve, gather at the Basilica,write some letters to the Viewpointsection and then proceed to largelyignore the underlying problem?

All the evidence suggests that noth-ing would change. And although theabove situations are highly improba-ble, and although the departmentsabove all have excellent safetyrecords, we have to remember thatAthletics did too before October 2010.

I therefore encourage all membersof the Notre Dame family, and espe-cially the students who like me, worepins bearing the initials “DS” into thestands for the Tulsa game last season,to read the contents of the pressrelease at the minimum and ask our-selves, “Is this really good enough forus?”

Philip Langthorne is a senior. He can becontacted at [email protected] views expressed in this column are

those of the author and not necessarilythose of The Observer.

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What would you do if youcould tap the entirety of yourmind? In “Limitless,” an intel-ligent but mind-blocked sci-ence fiction writer is offered apill that will grant him bound-less intelligence. BradleyCooper (“The Hangover”) playsthe run-down New York Citywriter Eddie Morra, whotransforms himself into afinancial mastermind.

The movie starts with aglimpse of Morra’s batteredlife —he lives in a run downapartment, is unable to over-come writer’s block and wasjust dumped by his girlfriend.Lost in the city, he runs intohis former brother-in-law andis offered the fateful pill.Bottoming out, Morra resortsto taking the drug and turnshis life around.

Morra comprehends theunimaginable, picking up lan-guages in hours, learning toplay the piano in a day andmastering the financial mar-kets, quintupling his moneyeach day for five days in arow. This quickly gets theattention of Wall Street bigwigCarl Van Loon (Robert DeNiro), who recruits Morra toanalyze and discuss a majormerger.

However, Morra runs intocomplications with a loanshark, supply shortages andserious withdrawal when he

runs out of the pills. Overall,“Limitless” is a decent mind-thriller that keeps its audienceintrigued through the ending.Still, there are a lot of plotflaws you would expect some-one with “limitless” brainfunction to be able to thinkthrough.

Some of the most bothersomekeys were how late it occurredto Morra that at some point hewould run out of the drugs,and that there might be sideeffects to an underground pillfew knew about. Also, whywould an artsy science fictionwriter move into the financeworld? It was a fairly arbi-trary choice.

Despite the shortcomings,though, the movie is still morethan worthwhile and some-thing I would suggest rentingor watching when it’sinevitably on FX over finalsweek next winter.

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Rain is an utter disaster on theday you get your new TOMS in themail. Yes, gentle readers, Ireceived a brand-spanking-newpair of TOMS for my birthday andthey arrivedon a day rid-den withraindrops.How am Isupposed toflaunt myeco-friendly,socially con-scious,trendy, com-fortablekicks whenany venture beyond my dormrequires fording Lake O’Neill? Ibemoan my current state! Oh, woeare my feet! Woe, I say!

I will, however, concede that rainis somewhat poetic, especially atthis time of year. Spring-cleaningwashes away the old, the rusty andthe dusty. It forces us to re-exam-ine everything — from our courseload (finals on the horizon!) to ourrelationships (summer is coming,or more pertinently, graduation).

When April begins to turn, gen-eral academic panic begins to setin, but it always rides hand-in-hand with renewal. I worked out

for the first time in a month (amonth!) yesterday, after spendingthe weekend on a quest to see thetop of my desk, which has beenstealthily guarded by books,bananas and unopened mail for afew weeks. It was a tough job, butmy healthy, cleanly mentalitymade me far more poised to meetthe fast-approaching scholasticonslaught (and I’m sure my room-mate appreciates it, too). So bahhumbug, rain. But at least its sym-bol of seasonal renewal got mecleaning.

So where does the poetry of rainreally get me? Though I am frus-trated by it, it has left me betteroff. Which is, of course, the back-handed reality of poetry. Poetryriddles our lives, from the lyrics ofsongs on U93 to the hymns we singin dorm Mass. Chances are, atsome point in your Domer career,you’ve been forced to analyzepoetry. (Or, if you’re an Englishmajor, you “received welcome invi-tation to revel in the structuralcomplexity of a well-ordered ver-nacular.” See, now everybody’shappy.)

I have a friend who I was con-vinced was incapable of under-standing poetry. Early last semes-ter at twilight, I said the trees in

front of my dorm looked like some-one had uprooted them and stucktheir heads in the ground, leavingtheir roots sticking up. He saidthat was silly, because they weretrees. I was horribly affronted, andproceeded to explain how the lackof a single poetic bone in his bodywould leave him ugly and alone.(Well, I didn’t actually say that. Ishrugged it off and went into mydorm, thinking it loudly.)

The situation struck me as areality check — perhaps not every-one is prone to seeing things fromthe inside-out, or upside-down, asit were.

But then this friend of mine wentto see a slam poet at Legends.Suddenly, he decided he wanted towrite poetry. Scoff. Scoff, scoff,scoff from me. Oh, so NOW youthink it’s okay to be poetic? NOWyou want to step into the shoes offlavored text? Well, go to mon-sieur! See if I read your silly littlepoems! Which I of course did — Iam weak.

I was sent a very long poem, co-written by him and a friend.They’d sent stanzas back and forthwith no real set form. It did, how-ever, have a very distinct form,because poetry lends itself to repe-tition. With a simple premise, “I

am running,” repeated beforeevery stanza, the poem coveredeverything from graduation tocareer discernment to God. And itwas, dare I say, good. I mean, asgood as one amateur can say ofanother. It drew me in, it wentsomewhere and it didn’t suck. Iwas slightly flabbergasted. My“trees only grow one way” friendhad co-written something lyrical,rhythmic and quite poignant fromone senior to another.

There was poetry inside of him,as in everyone, even if I dismissedit. Just because he can’t fathomthe joy of reading a Shakespeareansonnet and stares at a book of col-lected Billy Collins poems like it’sa barnacle stuck on the table,doesn’t mean he can’t feel some-thing deeply and express it with abeautifully laid out text — even ifhe says he has no idea what he’sdoing. That’s kind of the point,though, isn’t it? If we all knew howto write poetry perfectly, therewould be no need for rain.

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us,” Irish senior captain KatieConway said. “Louisville wasthe two time defending champi-on going intothe week, andwe’ve beenpreparing toearn back thetitle all season.”The seniors

were proud tofinish their BigEast careerswith a title.“On a person-

al level, thischampionshipmeant more tome than it didin previous years because itwas my final time teeing it up inBig East play,” Conway said.“Winning championships is theway you leave your mark on aprogram. The team workedhard to leave that mark.”Notre Dame finished with a

total of 902 strokes, 13 fewerthan runner-up Louisville. The13-stroke spread is the fourth-largest margin of victory in thehistory of the Big East tourna-ment. Host South Florida wasthird with a grand total of 934shots, followed by Georgetownwith 951.AnnaKarin Ljungstrom of

Louisville and Harin Lee of St.John’s needed a playoff todetermine the Big East individ-ual champion after both fin-ished with a three-round total

of 221 strokes (five over par). Nhim finished just one stroke

behind them at six over par,and Irish junior Becca Huffercame in fourth overall with astroke total of 223 (seven overpar). Senior So-Hyun Park tookseventh place with a score of229 (13 over par), Conway fin-ished in 11th after shooting 233

(17 over par)over threerounds, andfreshman NicoleZhang wrappedup her first BigE a s tChamp ionsh ipappearance tiedfor 12th with ascore of 234.While Notre

Dame put on animpressive showon the PalmHarbor, Fla.,

course, the Irish will not growcomplacent with their success.“Besides winning the tourna-

ment, we were able to takeaway from this competition thatwe could’ve done much bettersince we left a lot of shots outthere all three days,” Park said. “We’re really excited for therest of the season, especiallyhosting regionals at home onthe Warren,” Conway said. “Ifwe play the way we’re capableof playing, we should definitelybe making a trip to nationals.”The Irish will enjoy the home-

course advantage when theyhost the NCAA Central Regionalchampionship at Warren GolfCourse from May 5 to May 7.

The season’s final away gamebrought No. 22 Notre Damesuccess, as the team took homea 6-1 victory over Marquette.This weekend, the Irish (12-9)look to have similar results intheir last home game.The Irish swept the singles

competition against Marquetteafter starting behind when theGolden Eagles won the doublesround of play.“Losing the doubles point

against Marquette was definite-ly tough and I think that moti-vated us even more to win notjust four singles, but all six sin-gles matches,” junior KristyFrilling said.Facing DePaul this weekend,

the Irish look to end a three-game winning streak.While the records of these two

teams may closely resemble

each other, closer examinationof their respective schedulestells a different story. NotreDame and DePaul have sharedseven mutual competitorsthroughout the season. Of theseseven matches, the Irish haveonly lost one, while the BlueDemons have only won one.The lone win of these forDePaul came with a 4-3 victoryover Marquette.Senior Katarina Milinkovic

leads DePaul in the No. 1 sin-gles position. Milinkovic holds23 wins this year on the singlescourt, 15 of which came fromthe No. 1 position. “DePaul is a good team and

losing the doubles point issomething we cannot afford thisweekend,” Frilling said. “It’sreally important for everyone tostep up individually.”The Irish bring leadership

from many sources, beginningwith 15th-ranked Frilling inboth singles and doubles play.

Individually Frilling holds a 16-2 record. Junior ShannonMathews, ranked 64th in theNo. 2 position for the Irish, joinsFrilling at No. 1 doubles..Freshman Jennifer Kellner,

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the end of the regular season,but leads into continued playfor the Irish.“As we head into tournament

play every point, every matchmatters so we need to be asprepared as possible,” Frillingsaid.Play against DePaul begins at

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Irish come back against the Golden EaglesND WOMEN’S TENNIS

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Freshman Julie Sabacinski returns a ball against Texas A&MApril 2. The Irish won 6-1.

Shields throws 4-hitter in winMLB

Tampa Bay manager JoeMaddon could sense early onthat James Shields was headingfor a big game.Shields struck out nine in a

four-hitter and the surgingRays beat the Chicago WhiteSox 2-1 on Tuesday night fortheir seventh win in eightgames.“It was really fun to watch,”

Maddon said. “He kept histempo. He kept his pace. Thequality of the locations wassevere. On themoney all nightlong. I couldtell he was onright fromjump street.”Shields (1-1)

o u t p i t c h e dJohn Danksand walked onein his sixthcareer com-plete game,and first sinceJune 10, 2008,against the Los Angeles Angels.“I wanted it, that’s for sure,”

Shields said. “Joe had somefaith in me. I was cruisingthrough the game. It’s exciting.I got the CG. It’s been a longtime.”It was the second straight

outstanding pitching perform-ance for Tampa Bay. DavidPrice and Joel Peralta com-

bined on a four-hitter in a 5-0win over the White Sox onMonday night.Danks (0-2) gave up two runs

and seven hits in seven inningsfor the White Sox, who havelost six in a row. The left-han-der struck out five and hit twobatters.“It’s a shame when you’re

wasting good pitching,”Chicago manager Ozzie Guillensaid.Danks held the Rays without

a hit in six at-bats — includinga pair of strikeouts by B.J.

Upton — withrunners in scor-ing positionthrough threeinnings, and 0for 8 overall.The White

Sox, who havescored just 29runs over thelast 10 games,tied it at 1 in thefifth. CarlosQuentin hit aleadoff double

and scored on A.J. Pierzynski’sone-out single to center.“It’s a combination of both,”

Guillen said. “Shields pitchedvery well and we’re not swing-ing the bat well. We’re strug-gling right now at the plate, bigtime.”The Rays went back in front

in the bottom half of the fifth onSean Rodriguez’s run-scoring

triple.Shields got some defensive

help in the seventh from catch-er Kelly Shoppach, who pickedPaul Konerko off at first afterQuentin struck out.Chicago designated hitter

Adam Dunn went 0 for 4,including three strikeouts. Hehas two hits in his last 27 at-bats.Guillen said he might drop

Dunn, who missed six gamesafter having an emergencyappendectomy on April 6, downin the lineup from his currentthird spot.“Just so he can relax,”

Guillen said. “When you’re outfor a few days, it takes you alittle while to come back andregroup.”Shields ended the game by

striking out Dunn and Konerkowith Juan Pierre on second.“It’s awesome,” Maddon said.

“He was very confident the lastthree innings.”Tampa Bay grabbed the lead

in the first when Ben Zobristtripled and scored on agrounder by Felipe Lopez, whohad three RBIs in Monday’sgame. Zobrist entered hitless in10 at-bats against Danks.Designated hitter Johnny

Damon (bruised left ring fingertip) and first baseman DanJohnson (sore left forearm-wrist) were out of the Rays’lineup. Both could start againin the next couple days.

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“Winning championships is theway you leave yourmark on a program.The team workedhard to leave that

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“Joe had some faith inme. I was crusing

through the game. It’sexciting. I got the

[complete game]. It’sbeen a long time.”

James ShieldsRays pitcher

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Saint Mary’s postponed itsdoubleheader against HopeTuesday. The game was post-poned due to inclement weath-er and is rescheduled for todayat 3:30 p.m. on the Belles homefield.

The last two games on SaintMary’s schedule have beenrescheduled in response to thecold and the rainy weather thathas blanketed South Bend. Thefirst was against Olivet College,a home field doubleheader thatis rescheduled for April 29.This is the second time this sea-son that multiple games in arow have been affected by poorweather.

In their last faceoff during the2010 season, Saint Mary’s andHope split the series, Hope win-ning game one 5-4 and theBelles clenching the secondgame 8-4. Senior AshleyPeterson claimed her recordbreaking eighth home run ofthe season in the second game.

The Belles are currently 12-11 on the season and 1-5 inMIAA play. They have struggledin the conference, gaining theironly conference victory againstAdrian 1-0.

The next regularly scheduledgame for the Belles will beSaturday against Kalamazoo at1 p.m. Last year, the Bellesdefeated Kalamazoo soundly inboth games, winning 23-5 and30-6 respectively.

The Belles Senior Day will beWednesday, April 27.

SMC TennisRainy conditions and schedul-

ing conflicts forced the SaintMary’s and Indiana Wesleyanmatch at Saint Mary’s tenniscourts to be cancelled Tuesdayafternoon.

Normally, inclement condi-tions would move the match tothe indoor Eck Tennis Pavilionafter 6 p.m. However, a laterstart time proved impracticalfor the Wildcats (21-1) due tothe travel distance.

After winning seven of theirlast eight games to climb intothird place in the MIAA, theBelles (12-6, 5-2) were lookingforward to a challenge fromNAIA opponent IndianaWesleyan, ranked No. 17 in therecent NAIA coaches’ poll.

Instead the Belles will use theextra time to prepare for theirfinal match of the regular sea-son against MIAA foeKalamazoo College on April 26.

Following the match againstthe Hornets (6-10, 3-3), theBelles will compete in the MIAAconference tournament April29-30.

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After a tough loss to No. 2Ohio State, Notre Dame willtake on defending Big Eastchampion Louisville this week-end.

“Louisville returns all of itsstarters from last year’s No. 12team that reached the NCAAround of 16,” Irish coach BobbyBayliss said. “Four seniorsstart, so they have beenthrough the wars. They areespecially tough at home — andin particular, indoors.”

Senior Dan Stahl is riding aneight-match win streak, includ-ing a win over the Buckeyes.

“Against Ohio State welearned that we have somepretty good players, as the dou-bles was very competitive andwe won at No. 3 and No. 6,”Bayliss said.

The Irish lost to Louisville inthe finals of the Big East tour-nament last season and willlook to redeem themselves thisyear.

Bayliss notes that both line-ups are similar to last seasonand making a dent in the top ofLouisville’s lineup will be cru-cial if the Irish expect to havesuccess against the Cardinals.

Notre Dame has been injury-

plagued all season. With manystarters missing significantamounts of time, Bayliss willhave some tough decisions tomake before the tournament.

“In preparing for the BigEast, we need to have a greateffort against Louisville,”Bayliss said. “Additionally, weneed to make decisions regard-ing roster management becausewe have started nine playersmost of the year and the rosterneeds to be trimmed to eightbefore play begins.”

Junior Sam Keeton may beavailable to play for the Irish onSaturday against Louisville,which may give Notre Dame amuch-needed boost.

Last year in the match againstLouisville, Keeton was able todefeat Robert Hall in three setsfor one of two Irish victories.

The winner of the matchbetween Louisville and NotreDame will likely get the No. 1seed in next weekend’s Big Easttournament that will be held inSouth Bend.

The Irish will travel toLouisville, Ky., to take on theCardinals with the first serveset for 1 p.m. and will return toSouth Bend to host the Big Eastchampionships beginning April28.

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Junior Sam Keeton hits the ball back against Duke on February6. The Irish lost 5-2, though Keeton won his match.

and the goal has always been tobe number one,” Irish coachKevin Corrigan said. “So I thinkit’s a great thing for anybodythat ever played here to knowthat, at some point, we made it.”

The achievement almost neverwas, however, as the Irish near-ly squandered the opportunityto earn the top spot in the rank-ings when they played St. John’sSaturday. Notre Dame trailed 5-2 at the half before outscoringthe Red Storm 8-2 in the finaltwo quarters to take the 10-7victory, extending its perfectrecord. When the Irish travel toProvidence (3-8, 0-3 Big East),they will be careful to avoidanother scare.

“I think that we need to learn,basically, from St. John’s thatwe cannot overlook anybody,”senior defenseman KevinRidgway said. “[Against St.John’s] we got down early, but Iknow that we are going to comeout with a little more energyand up-tempo practice thisweek … to make sure that wedo not overlook Providence.”

Although Providence hasdropped seven of its last eightgames, Corrigan emphasizedthat the Friars’ record is a poorindication of how good theyactually are. In Saturday’s 13-3loss to Syracuse, Providencehung tough for most of thegame, as they trailed 4-3 at halfand 5-3 after three quarters,but faltered in the fourth quar-ter

“If you aren’t paying attention,you look at them and you think… ‘their record is not very goodand all that,’ but if you lookreally closely at their results,this is a team that’s gone fromnot being a very good team atthe beginning of the year toplaying some very, very goodteams really well over thecourse of the last five weeks,”Corrigan said. “You really see ateam that is starting to growand develop and get better andone that we know we can’tafford to not be preparedagainst.”

Being pegged as the country’sbest team certainly offers plentyof distractions for a team, butCorrigan said his players arehandling the distinction theright way.

“I think our guys are just very

focused on what we need to doday-to-day,” he said. “If we cankeep the focus there, then Idon’t think [the ranking] isgoing to add a lot of pressure.Again, we started the year withhigh goals and high aspirations,and so I don’t think this is ashock to be in this position, butwe know it doesn’t mean any-thing when we step on thefield.”

Ridgway added that the team’smain goal remains a berth inthe national championship,which will be played on May 30.

“I don’t think anythingchanged as far as what we do[as a result of the ranking],” hesaid. “It is a cool recognition tobe number one, but it does notreally matter until MemorialDay.

Notre Dame has played excep-tionally well recently, and theconference is taking notice. TheIrish swept the most recentround of the Big East player of

the week awards, as senior mid-fielder David Earl was namedoffensive player of the week andsophomore goalie John Kemptook the defensive award for thesecond straight week. AgainstSt. John’s, Earl netted threegoals and registered four totalpoints. Kemp recorded 11 savesand scooped up four groundballs.

Earl, Ridgway, and seniormidfielder Zach Brennemanalso garnered national recogni-tion when they were named asofficial nominees for the 2011Tewaaraton Trophy, the premierindividual award in lacrosse.

The Irish will put both theirperfect record and their stand-ing as the nation’s number oneteam on the line when they trav-el to Providence. The openingfaceoff is scheduled for Saturdayat noon.

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Undefeatedcontinued from page 16

the conference tournamentgiven continued developmentin practice.

“The key for us is to just con-tinue to improve, especiallyoffensively,” Aoki said. “I reallyfeel that this team is builtalmost for a tournament typeof format than the grind of theregular season. If we can getthat fourth, fifth, sixth seed inthe Big East tournament, Ithink we can be a really toughout.”

Tied for second in the BigEast standings, St. John’s (19-13, 8-4) has positioned itself fora top-seed in the conferencetournament on the back of itsoutstanding defense. The RedStorm have committed just 32errors all season, good enoughfor the conference’s best field-ing percentage at .974.

St. John’s also features one ofthe conference’s premiere hit-ters in shortstop Joe Panik. Theshortstop has amassed a .395batting average, 31 RBIs and aconference-best 27 walks, lead-ing the Red Storm to a teambatting average of .272 com-pared to Notre Dame’s .239,the lowest mark in the confer-ence.

“We can really pitch it. That’sthe strength of the team,” sen-ior infielder Mick Doyle said.“The hitting has been kind of aprocess for us. Coach has a few

things we’ve worked on consis-tently since the beginning ofthe year. I think it’s gettingthere. Hopefully we can getreal hot at the right time, makea little run at the Big Eastchampionships.”

Senior infielder Greg Sherryechoed his teammate’s senti-ments.

“The pitching has been greatthe whole year,” Sherry said.“The hitters are starting to gettheir timing. Coach Aoki hasbeen preaching living in theright-center field gap, whichhas helped us the last two,three weeks. We’re going to getit rolling. We’re starting to playconfidently.”

Confidence will be key asNotre Dame looks to improveupon its 2-5 record on theroad. Aoki will tap his trio ofsenior right-handers BrianDupra, Cole Johnson and ToddMiller to subdue the Red Stormoffense.

“We can be a team that not awhole heck-of-a-lot of peoplewant to play, especially if wecan make some improvementoffensively,” Aoki said. “We’vepitched it pretty well and we’vedefended it for the most partpretty well. At some point,these one and two-run gamesshould start going our way ifwe can improve.”

The Irish will play at St.John’s this weekend in a three-game series.

Offensecontinued from page 16

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Irish senior midfielder Jackie Doherty controls the ballduring Notre Dame’s 13-8 loss to Ohio State on March 10.

in the category, while Blaneyis sixth. Blaney is also theIrish leader in goals scoredwith 21 total.

Saturday will mark the lasthome game for Notre Dame’sseniors, a class that includestwo All-Americans and a BigEast championship.

“It’s sad to see such a greatgroup of players play their lastgame in Arlotta Stadium,”Coyne said. “The seniorswould feel great satisfactionby beating Georgetown athome.

The Irish play Vanderbilt at2 p.m. today before returningto Arlotta Stadium for a 1 p.m.start against GeorgetownSaturday.

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and how they competed,” hesaid. “They really battled hard,even when most would admitthey weren’t on their ‘A’game.”Junior Max Scodro led the

Irish again en route to winningthe individual title. He cardedrounds of 70, 73 and 69,respectively, to finish with aone under par 212 for thetournament. Kubinski said hetook pride in the junior’seffort.“Max played extremely well

to win it all and become ourfirst individual champion since2005,” Kubinski said. “I’mreally proud of him. Hedeserves it.”With junior number one

golfer Tom Usher unable tocompete, the Irish needed con-tributions from each memberof their top five. Kubinski saidevery golfer on his squadstepped up at a crucial time.“Paul [McNamara III] played

really well for us as a sopho-more in his f irst [Big Eastchampionship],” he said. “Hehad to battle through an injuryand really gutted it out.[Senior] Connor [Alan-Lee]gave us a really good round onMonday. We needed his 73.[Junior] Chris [Walker] didn’tplay like he’s capable, but stillplayed some good stretches.”Perhaps the most impressive

effort came from freshmanNiall Platt, who capped hisfirst season of college golf bycarding a five over par 218.Kubinski said his freshman,who finished in a tie for sixthplace individually, played con-fidently.“Niall also played well,”

Kubinski said. “He wastremendous, really, all tourna-ment except for his first nineor 10 holes. To play his lasteight holes at one under was ahuge factor for us going from apretty close lead to winning bysix shots. And having a fresh-man do it is outstanding.”Their effort in the Big East

tournament positioned theIrish for a berth in the NCAAregional tournament for thefirst time since 2006. Kubinskisaid he initially hoped to justget back to the national stage,but now thinks his team mightbe able to advance beyondregionals.“This season, I was really

hoping we could get someexperience in the NCAA’s fornext season,” he said. “Withhow well our top guys areplaying and us getting Tomback healthy, I think we have achance to make some noise.”This season will have far-

reaching effects. Kubinski saidhis current squad’s NCAAberth will improve the futureof the program.“[Appearing on the national

stage is] tremendous for theprogram,” he said. “It’s some-thing that every junior golfer islooking at and that all of ourrecruits mentioned. They wantto have a chance to play forthe national title. It will begood to get back to the NCAAsfor the first time in a few yearsand hopefully make it to thechampionships, which this pro-gram hasn’t done in 45 years.”

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Irish junior Max Scodro lines up a putt during the Battle atthe Warren on Notre Dame’s Warren Golf Course April 12.

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As the season winds down,each lacrosse game becomesmore and more important. Forthe Irish, each game becomestougher as well.

After beating Connecticut 15-5 Saturday, Notre Dame willbattle No. 20 Vanderbilt inNashvil le before returninghome to play Big East leaderNo. 17 Georgetown.

In the win over Connecticut,

Irish junior attack MaggieTamasitis tied a Notre Dame(6-7, 3-2 Big East) single-gamerecord with six assists.Meanwhile, senior midfielderShaylyn Blaney led the Irishattack with four goals.

“[Notre Dame-Vanderbilt] isa huge rivalry, we play themevery year,” Irish coach TracyCoyne said. “We don’t havetrouble getting psyched to playthem. It will be good prep forthe Georgetown game.”

Vanderbilt (7-7) is coming offa string of close games, with

its last three contests decidedby just one score. Most recent-ly, the Commodores lost tothen-No. 6 Florida 8-7, holdingthe Gators to their lowestoffensive output of the season.

Junior attack Courtney Kirkleads the Commodores with 47points, including 26 assists.Junior midfielder Ally Careyhas also had a solid season,scooping up 3.57 ground ballsper game, the fourth-highesttotal in the country.

“Our attack matches up withtheir defensive weaknesses

and our defensive personnelmatches up well with their keyplayers,” Coyne said. “We havea good game plan and an edgein all categories, I think.”

On offense, Georgetown (7-5,5-0) boasts two 20-goal scorersin senior attack Jordy Kirr andsophomore midfielder SophiaThomas. Kirr and Thomas alsolead the Hoyas in assists.

The Hoyas carry an oppor-tunistic team defense thatcauses nearly 11 turnovers agame, the fourth-highest marknationally. Freshman goalie

Barb Black has anchored theGeorgetown defense, playingover 500 minutes and allowing9.71 goals per game.

“We recruit the same playersand they are always competi-tive year in, year out,” Coynesaid. “We need to improve intransit ion and have lessturnovers.”

The Irish, however, cancause some turnovers as well.Senior defender JackieDoherty ranks third nationally

After taking over the top spotin both the Inside Lacrossemedia poll and the USILAcoaches poll for the first time inprogram history, the No. 1 Irishwill have to defend the nation’sonly remaining undefeatedrecord against ProvidenceSaturday.

The Irish (9-0, 4-0 Big East)spent multiple weeks in the topfive before ascending to the topof the rankings followingSyracuse’s 11-6 loss to No. 3Cornell on April 12. Syracusedropped from No. 1 to No. 4 fol-lowing the defeat, opening thedoor for the Irish to take the No.1 ranking for the first time inthe program’s 30-year history.

“I’m not going to act like itdoesn’t mean anything, becausewe’ve been playing lacrosse andworking at this for a long time

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Irish ready for St. John’sBy CHRIS MASOUDSports Writer

see OFFENSE/page 13

ND WOMEN’S GOLF

Freshman Nhim leadsteam to fourth title

Irish claimvictory inconference

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see BIG EAST/page 14

Notre Dame to face BigEast foe Providence

By JOSEPH MONARDOSports Writer

see UNDEFEATED/page 13

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Irish senior infielder Mick Doyle lays down a bunt in a gameagainst West Virginia April 17.

By MATTHEW DEFRANKSSports Writer

Squad looks to even record against stiff competition

A program first

Tuesday’s rainout gave NotreDame an additional day of restbefore the team travels toQueens, N.Y., for a three-gameset against St. John’s. But afterdropping four of its last sixgames at Frank Eck Stadium,the team also lost a chance toimprove its overall recordthrough a nonconference contestagainst MAC foe Toledo.

After showing signs of life in a14-4 outburst againstConnecticut April 10, the offensehas gone cold once again, aver-aging just over three runs in itspast four games. Irish coach MikAoki remains positive andbelieves Notre Dame (14-18-1,5-7 Big East) can be a threat in

Last spring, the Irish endedthe Big East championship inagonizing fashion, finishingone stroke behind first-placeGeorgetown. This year, howev-er, they left no doubt that theywere the victors.

Notre Dame was in a tie forfirst after Sunday’s initialround, then grabbed sole pos-session of the lead after thesecond round Monday. It com-pleted the wire-to-wire victoryTuesday and claimed the pro-gram’s seventh Big East titleand first since 2006. The Irishfinished with a 24 over par876. Runner-up Louisvil lecarded a 30 over par 882.

Irish coach Jim Kubinski saidhis team never wavereddespite some rough stretches

“I’m really proud of the guys

Freshman Kristina Nhiminsists that the pressure ofbeing atop the leaderboarddid not affect her play as sheled the No. 25 Irish to theirfourth Big East conferencetitle.

In fact, Nhim, who finishedthird overall, was not awarethat she was even one of theleaders.

“I had no idea I was nearthe lead,” she said. “I hadsome really unlucky breaks inthe beginning of my round, soI actually counted myself outof it.”

Nhim was tied for first place

at five over par going into thelast hole, which she bogeyed.

“I didn’t know until I fin-ished my last hole that Imissed out on the playoff byone. Then I was super upset,because I thought Louisvillecaught up to us, not that Imissed out on first. Then Irealized that I lost on the lasthole, but I got over it,” Nhimsaid. “Winning with the teamis way better.”

The conference champi-onship, the first for NotreDame since 2008, was espe-cially sweet as it came at theexpense of rival No. 36Louisville, who came into theBig East championship as the

see NHIM/page 10

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By CORY BERNARDSports Writer

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Sophomore midfielder Steve Murphy splits the defense during Notre Dame’s game againstGeorgetown April 10. The Irish are currently ranked No. 1 for the first time in program history.

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