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INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Senate debates alcohol education page 3 � Cee Lo Green solo album review page 9 �Women’s basketball loses to Baylor page 16 � Viewpoint page 6
Coalition discusses public safety, relations
The Community/CampusAdvisory Coalition (CCAC) dis-cussed student safety and rela-tions between students andcommunity members during aWednesday meeting at NotreDame’s downtown offices.
CCAC is made up of represen-tatives from Notre Dame, HolyCross and Saint Mary’s, repre-sentatives from South Bend cityoffices and agencies and otherSouth Bend residents.
Student body presidentCatherine Soler said studentgovernment has been workingto improve relations with the
community with the revampingof the Off-Campus Council.
“We have revamped it to bemore community friendly. Whatwe’re going to do is have atleast six off-campus students beneighborhood ambassadors,”she said. “[They will] beresponsible for a certain area inthe community where studentslive. Their main job will be tocommunicate.”
Soler also said student gov-ernment is looking to build therelationship between studentsand local business through theStudents for South BendDiscount Program.
“We’re entering phase two.We have 35 participants now,”she said. “We’re trying to get a
little more and really push thepromotions.”
South Bend resident MattCostello said the relationshipbetween students living off-campus and the communityremains strong.
“Things are still going reallywell in terms of partying andthe peaceful neighborhood,” hesaid.
Mark Kramer of KramerProperties voiced concerns ofstudent safety for those whomake the decision to live off-campus.
“I’ve got a concern that we’vegot cases involving students inIrish Row held at gunpoint. SUSANNA PRATT/The Observer
Notre Dame and South Bend community members discusssafety and community relations at Wednesday’s CCAC meeting.
By SAM STRYKERNews Writer
see CCAC/page 4
Professorsconnectvia Twitter
Economics Professor EricSims started class one daylast winter with a practicaljoke , pok ing fun a t thesearch for the next FightingIrish head football coach bystating he was interested in ajob a t Nor thwesternUniversity. What was uniqueabout this joke, however, washow he presented it.
S ims used the popularsocial networking websiteTwitter to “Tweet” his joke.The social networking web-site al lows participants toTweet thoughts, post l inksand hold conversations, 140characters at a time. Userscan a l so “ fo l low” o therTwitter users. Sims is one ofseveral professors on campuswho uses the website as atool to stay connected withstudents and the communityoutside the classroom.
Sims said one of the bene-fits of the website is its inter-active nature.
“It became something topost ideas or funny things. Itis also a way to meet up withpeople on staff. It is a greatway to get news,” he said.“Some students follow it, butit is really just my thoughtson the world. It is a way forme to stay connected.”
Sims estimates of the 255
By SAM STRYKER News Writer
see TWITTER/page 4
‘Thrown into a new job’
Years before he was appoint-ed Vice President for StudentAffairs, Fr. Tom Doyle operat-ed under a different title atNotre Dame — student bodypresident.
“I remember I was just a kidfrom a small town inWashington state. After I waselected, I was worried I wasnot presidential enough. I talkslow and I have sort of folksyways about me,” Doyle said. “Iremember for the first coupleof months trying to be what Ithought was presidential but it
was so hard for me because Iwas not good at it. I was notgood at not being myself.”
Doyle served as student bodypresident during his senior
year atN o t r eD a m efrom 1988to 1989,and hise x p e r i -ence asan under-graduatel e a d e rstuck with
him as he returned to campusto work for the University.
“Whenever you are thrown
into a new job or new profes-sion, there is not a platonicform of student body presidentor leader or priest. That roleneeds to become part of whoyou are. Coming back here toNotre Dame, I assumed a newrole and have to constantlyremind myself that I have tobe the best version of me I canbe,” Doyle said.
Dealing with the administra-tion as a student preparedDoyle to be an administratorhimself.
“I found that the administra-tors really cared a lot aboutstudents,” Doyle said. “As I
By MEGAN DOYLENews Writer
see DOYLE/page 5
With finals approaching, manystudents will begin to receivepackages of study snacks andtreats not only from their family,but also from their hometown’sNotre Dame Club.
The Notre Dame Clubs, locatedin major areas around the country,are largely made up of alumni.Aside from the highly anticipatedfinals packages, many students donot know the scope of what theseclubs actually do.
Susan Darin Hagan, an adminis-trator of the Notre Dame Club ofPittsburgh, said that their send-offevent for incoming freshmen eachsummer is key to teaching stu-dents about the Club’s existence.
“We try to connect with studentsat the very beginning of theirexperience,” Hagan said. “Thatway the students start realizingthere is such a thing as an alumniclub and it’s active.”
For sophomore Jill Giunco, thesend-off she attended for the NotreDame Club of the Jersey Shorehelped ease some of her fearsabout attending school in the fall.
“I really felt more comfortableabout the ND community afterseeing other kids in the same posi-tion as I was,” Giunco said. “I evenmet some people I’m still friendswith today.”
Hagan said the Pittsburgh club’smost popular service is the busesthat they provide for the five
see CLUBS/page 4
ND clubssupportstudentsBy MELISSA FLANAGANNews Writer
Doyle
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Junior Kristin Mannion models a jacket, which a student made from a curtain, at theGreeND Annual Green Fashion Show Wednesday night in the LaFortune Ballroom.
Doyle reflects on days as student body president
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT DO YOU DO TO KEEP WARM?
IN BRIEF
Pasquerilla East Hall’s annu-al signature event “SilentNight, Silent Auction” willtake place today from 6 to 9p.m. Attendants can bid onChristmas baskets with theproceeds going to St.Margaret’s House and BuildingTomorrow. The event will be inthe Ballroom of LaFortuneStudent Center.
Ragnhild Nordas , seniorresearch of the PeaceResearch Institute in Oslo, willgive a lecture called “Religionand Intrastate ArmedConflict” tomorrow. The lec-ture will take place at 12:30p.m. in the Hesburgh Centerand is presented by the KrocInstitute for InternationalPeace Studies
The annual Jingle Jog willbegin today at 7 p.m. in frontof South Dining Hall. The raceis a 5K and is sponsored by tehAlumni/Student Club.
The Undertones ChristmasConcert will take place tomor-row at 8 p.m. at theWashington Hall Main Stage.Tickets are $5 a piece and canbe purchased at the LaFortuneBox Office or from any of theUndertones.
The Notre Dame Chorale andChamber Choir presents“Handel’s Messiah,” tomorrowat 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 and$3 for students.
Recsports will offer a freeclass, “Poolates® ,” thisSunday from 1 to 1:45 p.m.Poolates® is soothing to themind and spirit and gentler onjoints and muscles than land-based exercises.
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NYC bees turn red fromcherry juiceNEW YORK — A bunch of
Brooklyn bees have beencoming home lookingflushed.New York City beekeeper
Cerise (seh-REEZ’) Mayowas puzzled when her beesstarted showing up withmysterious red coloring.Their honey also turned asred as cough syrup. She tellsThe New York Times afriend joked that the beeswere imbibing the runoff atDell’s Maraschino CherriesCompany, in the Red Hooksection of Brooklyn. Mayo —whose first name means“cherry” in French — raisesbees in that neighborhoodand across the water onGovernor’s Island.
Tests confirmed the beeswere riddled with Red DyeNo. 40 — the same food col-oring found in the cherryjuice. Bee expert AndrewCote tells the newspaperthat bees had been creatinga big nuisance at the factory.The solution? Put up
screens or provide a closersource of sweet nectar.
Pa. woman rescued frompickup stuck in tree topEVANS CITY, Pa. — Rescue
crews had to use ropes andladders to retrieve a westernPennsylvania woman fromher pickup truck after it ranoff a road and landed in treetops about 30 feet aboveground in a ravine.Police say they’ll be citing
33-year-old Dana Bowser for
driving too fast for conditionson Route 68 near Evans City.That’s about 25 miles north ofPittsburgh.State police say Bowser lost
control near a culvert thatcarries the highway overConnoquenessing (kaw-nuh-kwah-NESS’-ing) Creek.Police say Bowser told themthe road was icy.Rescue workers say Bowser
was conscious and able tocommunicate with workers.Most importantly, they sayshe didn’t panic as theyworked to reach her in theprecarious position.She was taken to Butler
Memorial Hospital with minorinjuries.
Information compiledfrom the Associated Press.
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Juniors Elizabeth Davis and Jason Lovell sell candygrams as a service project forthe Junior Class Council in South Dining Hall. Candygrams will also be sold todayand tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in LaFortune Student Center.
“I cuddle withNiall
Cochrane.”
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freshmanKeough
“Cuddle withErika and DaveFlemming.”
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Kate Von Hoffman
seniorMcGlinn
“I wear mysnowboarding
jacket.”
Niall Cochrane
freshmanKeough
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The holidays are a time oftradition, and Saint Mary’sCollege has celebrated theChristmas season with itsMadrigal Christmas Dinners forthe past 38 years. Nancy Menk, a Saint Mary’s
music professor and musicaldirector for the Madrigalsingers in the show, said thedinner show is a “festive” occa-sion. “People come back year after
year for the show,” Menk said.“It becomes part of theirChristmas tradition for some.”The shows will be held in
Regina North Lounge in ReginaHall Dec. 3 and 4 at 7 p.m. andDec. 5 at 2 p.m. According to Menk, Regina
North has been “transformed”for the dinners.“It’s completely redecorated.
There are wreaths and gar-lands and it is bathed in candle-light,” Menk said. “It looks likea Renaissance banquet hall.”The Renaissance theme of the
event is carried throughout theshow and the menu. “Welcome,welcome, every guest, welcometo our music feast. Music is ouronly cheer; fill both soul andravished ear,” the event’s invi-tation reads. “The performers
strive to make it as authentic aspossible, Gwen O’Brien, SaintMary’s director of media rela-tions, said. “This holiday favorite ‘trans-
ports’ guests to a medieval cas-tle where a grand meal isserved as the master of thehouse greets his guests, jug-glers perform and groups ofsingers burst into song,”O’Brien said. “The Saint Mary’s College
Madrigal Singers — joined bythe Early Music Ensemble fromAndrews University — performmusic of the Middle Ages andRenaissance in a 21st centuryreenactment of the Renaissancefeasts hosted in the great baro-nial halls throughout Englandduring the 12 days ofChristmas,” O’Brien said. The event includes dinner
and a show, put on mostly bystudents, she said. It will fea-ture the Saint Mary’s women’schoir, theater students andAndrews University studentswill play period instruments.The singers and actors have
been preparing since October,O’Brien said.“It’s a good chance for stu-
dents to learn earlier pieces …sing a cappella and performundirected,” Menk said.
Student Senate debatedimprovements to a lcoholeducation and made furtherchanges to the process forundergraduate e lect ionsWednesday.Senators reported feed-
back from their dorms aboutthe way program such as“Col lege HAS Issues” andPeers Inspiring Listening,Learning and ResponsibleSocializing (PILLARS) edu-cate students about drinking. Student body vice presi-
dent Andrew Bell said stu-dent government would liketo improve alcohol educa-tion.“We bring these issues up
because we now have aCampus Life Council (CLC)task force that is addressingthe culture of drinking oncampus, and we thought agood place to start would bealcohol education,” Bell said.“We are looking at anoverview of the way studentslearn about drinking.”Some senators said stu-
dents in their dorms fe l toverwhelmed by the amountof alcohol education at thebeginning of their freshmanyear but did not see mucheducation after first week ofschool . S iegfr ied senatorKevin McDermott said fresh-men found the “College HASIssues” seminar to be repeti-tive. Senators also suggested
ways to expand alcohol edu-cation.Carroll Hall senator John
Sanders said more education
on Indiana State laws wouldbe especially relevant to stu-dents at Notre Dame. Cavanaugh senator Tegan
Chapman said her dormasked about the s igns ofa lcohol poisoning, andFarley senator Leslie Tatlowwas concerned about med-ical amnesty.“A lot of the girls in my
dorm wanted to know whatto do if a friend is sick [afterdrinking] but you are wor-r ied aboutgett ing int r o u b l e , ”Tatlow said.Chief of
s taf f NickRuof said aformal med-ical amnestypol icy wasnot put intoplace lastyear af terstudent gov-ernment dis-cussed theissue withthe adminis-tration.“What we
came to real-ize is that ina ResLi fe meet ing [ theadministration] takes intoconsideration the entire situ-at ion,” Ruof said. “Youshould be worried aboutyour fr iends’ heal th overgetting in trouble.”Student government will
continue to look at alcoholeducat ion and try toimprove, Bell said. The Student Senate also
passed a resolut ion tochange several clauses in theconstitution on undergradu-
ate elections. Oversight chairPaige Becker and JudicialCouncil president MarceloPerez presented the changesto the senators. The Senate passed a reso-
lution earlier this month tocreate an Execut iveCommittee to deal with alle-gations made against candi-dates for election.One of the most significant
changes to the constitutionrelated to campaigning on
election day.P r e v i o u s l y ,
the Judic ia lCounci l couldsanction a can-didate if a sup-porter postedthe voting linkin a Facebookstatus on theday of an elec-t ion, Beckersaid. Now, thelink will only bea c c e s s i b l ethrough an e-mai l to s tu-dents.“One of the
positive thingswe fe l t aboutthis change was
that the link to the votingwebsite only goes out to thestudent body through an e-mail from Judicial Council,”Becker said. “Candidates arenot allowed to provide thislink to anyone else.”Changes were also made to
reformat and clarify parts ofthe constitution. The resolu-tion passed with 25 votes infavor.
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Group debates alcohol issues
Madrigals return toCollege for 38th yearBy ASHLEY CHARNLEYSt. Mary’s Editor
“We bring theseissues up becuase wenow have a Campus
Life Council taskforce that is
addressing the culture of drinking on
campus and wethought a good place
to start would bealcohol education.”
Andrew Bellstudent body
STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
The Saint Mary’s CollegeStudent GovernmentAssociation (SGA) held an openforum Wednesday to allow stu-dents to voice their opinionsand share ideas. The forum, held in the SGA
Office, offered students achance to discuss suggestionsfor the future as to enhancetheir experiences at theCollege.SGA also offered a suggestion
basket in the Noble FamilyDining Hall this week to allowstudents who were unable toattend the forum to voice theiropinions.“We wanted to make sure
that the student body knewthat we were open, visible,[and] we wanted to hear fromthem,” student body presidentRachael Chesley said.A handful of students attend-
ed the forum, but SGA dis-cussed the suggestions thatwere left in the Dining Hall.Karen Borja, a senior at the
College and president of theSaint Mary’s Straight and GayAlliance (SAGA), attended theforum.“You guys are doing a really
good job this year and I’m real-ly impressed,” Borja said.Borja also voiced her concern
about the allotment of fundingthis academic year.“I want my money to go
towards things that I want tosee on campus,” Borja said. Borja asked the Board if they
would be willing to consider
allowing allotments in theSpring semester as well as thefall.“Since you brought it up, it’s
definitely something we willdiscuss,” student body vicepresident Laura Smith said. Chesley read the suggestions
from the suggestion basket andthe Board talked about theissues. Student attendees alsoparticipated in the discussion.Chesley said the suggestions
requested changes and addi-tions to campus. “I think a lot of people looked
at this like a wish list too, like aSanta wish list,” Chesley said.One suggestion was the addi-
tion of more bike racks oncampus. “These are great ideas to
jumpstart next semester,”Chesley said.In addition, SGA discussed
printer availability on campus. “In Trumper [Computer
Center], only one of the print-ers is ever working,” seniorclass president Kelly Lyonssaid.Students said the College
should offer more printers forthe student body’s use.
“To have one printer servic-ing our entire school is a littleabsurd,” junior Jamie Schmidtsaid.SGA plans to discuss stu-
dents’ ideas further at theirnext meeting and throughoutthe Spring semester. SGA willhold a Dec. 8 meeting.“Our meetings are always
open,” Chesley said.
By ALICIA SMITHNews Writer
Contact Alicia Smith [email protected]
Students attend forum,discuss suggestions
people who follow him onthe website, at least 10 to20 are current or past stu-dents. In addit ion to stu-dents, Sims said he has onefollower with a high profileon campus.
“Brian Kelly follows me onTwitter. He follows 91 peo-ple and has around 20,000followers. I am one of the91,” he said.
Senior Brad Adamo, whofollows Sims, sees Twitteras an excellent way for stu-dents to s tay connectedwi th professors over thecourse of their academiccareer.
“ I t ’s d i f f icul t to s tay intouch and or build a rela-tionship with professors ingeneral and even more soafter you’ve finished takingtheir classes,” he said. “Ithink that Twitter is a greatway to interact with profes-sors outside of the academicsphere.”
Marketing Professor CarolPhillips believes the socialnetworking site also pos-sesses a value to her career.
“I use it mostly for busi-ness. I have a consult ingbusiness, and I Tweet aboutthings I am interested in,”she said. “It allows me tohave a much bigger commu-ni ty o f peop le who areinterested in the things I aminterested in.”
Ph i l l ips , who has beenusing the site for two yearsand has 5,000 fo l lowers ,said students should consid-er opening a Twi t teraccount for future employ-ment opportunities.
“Showing an ability to usesocial media such as Twitteris important to employers.Twitter is about extendingyour network,” she said .“I’ve met people I wouldn’thave met another way.”
Mark Ga lano , a jun iorwho fo l lows S ims onTwitter, said he believes thewebsite will prove impor-tant for social and employ-ment purposes in the
future.“I do believe Twitter will
be a powerful networkingtoo l as far as s tay ing intouch with old friends aswell as making new busi-ness oppor tun i t ies , ” hesa id . “The way Twi t terworks is somewhat l ike aripple effect, because youstart to follow followers ofyour followers and peopleyou follow.”
Phi l l ips sa id thoughTwi t ter i s important forbusiness networking, shehas not had success withthe website as a classroomtool.
“I have found students atNotre Dame aren’t as inter-es ted in i t , ” she sa id . “ Ihave students that followme, but I don’t use it exclu-sively for class.”
Adamo said a reason stu-dents may not see muchpurpose in Twitter academi-cally is its similarity to pre-existing technology.
“Twitter is definitely anexpedient way to dissemi-nate information but I don’tknow i f i t would be anymore effective than e-mail,”he sa id . “Then aga in , i tcould be interesting to haveto Tweet a discussion ques-tion. I think it’s definitelyworth a try.”
S ims sa id Twi t ter i sbecoming an importantsource for current events.
“ I t condenses thoughtsand information from a lotof people in a small space.There are webs of connec-t ion ,” he sa id . “Peop learen’t trying to hide stuff.All the news sources haveone, and it’s a great pool ofinformation.”
In addition to the useful-ness o f the s i te for hercareer, Ph i l l ips sa id theen joyab le nature o f thewebsite is part of the rea-son she continues to use it.
“It is really fun. I check itbefore I check my e-mail.My husband knows to reachme he should Tweet and note-mail,” she said. “Anyonecan follow me.”
year breaks.“I think the students like it, but I
know the parents love it,” Hagansaid. “Cleveland is on the way toPittsburgh, so I’ll even have stu-dents from Cleveland asking if theycan pay the full amount and bedropped off along the way.”
Another service the Pittsburghclub provides for the parents isassisting them in buying tickets forfootball games. Hagan said parentsare only offered tickets for certaingames, so the club tries to helpthem find tickets if the would like tovisit the University a differentweekend.
Another main event for thePittsburgh club is its networkingevenings. The club brings in pro-fessionals from various fields tomeet current students, Hagan said.
“It’s not solely to find jobs butreally more to make some contacts,
maybe pass out a business cardand get some questions answered,”Hagan said.
Katherine Piscopo Stein, presi-dent of the Notre Dame Club ofLong Island, said her club also triesto help students with networking.
“If students want internships orjobs, we encourage them to contactus,” Stein said. “It really dependson what the student needs, butwe’ll do what we can.”
The Notre Dame Clubs are alsoinvolved in organizing theUniversity’s Summer ServiceLearning Programs. Hagan saidthis is one of the most time-con-suming activities the PittsburghClub organizes.
“We tailor our SSLP to the actualstudents and what their desiresare,” Hagan said. “We spend timeconvincing places to allow our stu-dents to come in and work for eightweeks.”
For the Long Island Club, Steinsaid most of their SSLP studentsare Long Island natives.
“We can’t really dorm someone
here so in the past we’ve usuallygone with students who have aplace to stay,” Stein said.
Additionally, the Long Island Clubsponsors pizza breaks during studydays and activities for students toparticipate in while at home, Steinsaid. These events in New Yorktake place not only over the sum-mer but also over breaks.
“Two years ago when NotreDame [basketball] played St.John’s, we did a big event since itwas over winter break,” Stein said.“All the current students wereinvited.”
While still at school, students arelooking forward to pizza from theclubs during finals week.Sophomore Chris Carr said heenjoys receiving packages from theNotre Dame Club of Detroit duringfinals.
“It’s just a nice thing to get rid ofsome of the stress from finals andstudying,” Carr said.
got cases involving students inIrish Row held at gunpoint.That’s a real concern. We’retalking about safety,” he said.“When you read and hear aboutthat, that is scary. I just wonderwhat you can do to preventthat.”
Captain Robert Hammer ofthe South Bend PoliceDepartment said students needto be vigilant when they spendtime off campus.
“The biggest message toeveryone, especially students, isthey pay attention to security,locking doors and leaving lightson,” he said. “Know the areayou are in, and don’t go outalone.”
He said students often are not
accustomed to living in areaswith safety issues such as SouthBend.
“There are a lot of things kidshaven’t been exposed to that arein the environment they arenow living in,” Hammer said.
Tim Sexton, Notre DameAssistant Vice President ofPublic Affairs, said theUniversity is working to create asystem of off-campus safety.
“We’ve been trying to grow aneighborhood watch program.We’re hoping that there is rein-forcement that we are payingattention,” he said. “We wantthings to change.”
Sexton said students mustcontinue to be alert in their timeoff-campus.
“I think there is awarenessyou need to take responsibilityfor,” he said.
The Coalition discussed theissue of students walking back
to campus instead of taking ataxicab. The group found thiswas a contributor to off-campussafety issues.
Carolina Arroyo, AssociateDirector of UndergraduateStudies, said cabs sometimesovercharge students, deterringthem from taking a taxi back tocampus.
“If students can take a caband know they won’t get over-charged, I think that will helpthe safety issue,” she said.
City Council Member BuddyKirsits said the CCAC wouldstrive to work towards a securecommunity.
“The goal of this group is safe-ty. It’s about making studentsand residents safe,” he said.
The CCAC’s next meeting willbe Jan. 26, 2011.
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Student body president Catherine Soler speaks at Wednesday’sCommunity/Campus Advisory Commission meeting.
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European police pursueWikiLeaks founder
WASHINGTON — WikiLeakswas on the defensive on sever-al fronts Wednesday, scram-bling to remain on the Internetand post more U.S. diplomaticdocuments while its fugitivefounder Julian Assange wastargeted by a European arrestwarrant on Swedish rapecharges.
Amazon.com Inc. preventedWikiLeaks from using the U.S.company’s computers to dis-tribute embarrassing StateDepartment communicationsand other documents,WikiLeaks said Wednesday.The WikiLeaks site wasunavailable for several hoursbefore it moved back toservers owned by its previousSwedish host, Bahnhof, whichare housed in a protectiveCold-War era bunker.
At the same time, Swedishofficials intensified legal pres-sure on Assange by askingEuropean police to arrest himon rape allegations that haveshadowed him for weeks.Swedish Director of PublicProsecution Marianne Ny saidthat the European arrest war-rant had been issued forAssange in connection with theallegations filed against him inthat country.
Amazon’s move to kickWikiLeaks off its servers cameafter congressional staff calledthe company Tuesday to
inquire about its relationshipwith WikiLeaks, Sen. JoeLieberman, the Connecticutindependent, said Wednesday.
“The company’s decision tocut off Wikileaks now is theright decision and should setthe standard for other compa-nies Wikileaks is using to dis-tribute i ts i l legally seizedmaterial,” Lieberman said in astatement. He added that hewould have further questionsfor Amazon about its dealingswith WikiLeaks.
The White House saidWednesday it was taking newsteps to protect governmentsecrets after WikiLeaksrelease of thousands of sensi-tive U.S. diplomatic cables.Officials said national securityadviser Tom Donilon hasappointed a senior aide toidentify and develop reformsneeded in light of the docu-ment dump.
The White House alsospurned a call from Assangefor Secretary of State HillaryRodham Clinton to step downif she had any role in directingU.S. diplomats’ spying on otherforeign leaders. “Mr. Assange’ssuggestion is ridiculous andabsurd, and why anyonewould find his opinion hererelevant is baff l ing,” saidspokesman Tommy Vietor,adding Clinton was doing an“extraordinary” job. The WhiteHouse says U.S. diplomats donot engage in spying.
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think about myself now, Ihope I am as good at under-standing and navigating for stu-dents as an administrator asmy administrators were forme.”
Doyle said he also learnedhow to handle criticism duringhis time as student body presi-dent.
“It is not such a terrible thingto have people critique or dis-agree or take issue with whatyou are doing or the way youare doing it,” he said. “Youhave to be convicted that youare following the values thatyou think are important to youand the promises you havemade.”
Doyle began his career in stu-dent government as the presi-dent of Grace Hall during hisjunior year. Michael Paese, afriend of Doyle’s, suggested thetwo run for student body presi-dent and vice president despitetheir limited student govern-ment experience.
“We were outsiders. We werenot student government insid-ers,” Doyle said. “We did notknow how everything ran. Butwe kept talking about it.”
Despite his misgivings, Doyleand Paese turned their conver-sations into a campaign. Duringthe weeks leading up to theirelection, the team campaignedby knocking on the door toevery room in every residencehall.
Doyle said he and Paese sawthe 1988 presidential electionbetween Ronald Reagan andGeorge H.W. Bush as an impor-
tant part of their own term. Theteam led a voter registrationand education drive, which reg-istered over 2,000 students tovote, and held debates on elec-tion issues.
“It was our insight that NotreDame is the premier Catholicuniversity in the country,” hesaid. “Notre Dame and NotreDame students should be at theforefront of issues that affectour country.”
Doyle said many of the sameissues mattered students dur-ing his term are still importantfor the current student body.Current student body presidentCatherine Soler and vice presi-dent Andrew Bell focused oncommunity relations after aspike in student arrests andtensions with South Bend policeat the beginning of the year,and problems between studentsand police plagued Doyle’sadministration as well.
“One of the things that wehad to deal with in the fall waspolice and student issues aswell. The issue was that theywere using dogs to break upthe parties,” Doyle said. “I onlywish that we were as effectiveas this year’s student govern-ment at being a good brokerand convoy between the SouthBend police and the studentbody. These issues will come upagain and again.”
Doyle said the current offi-cers deserved praise forsmoothing tensions betweencampus and its neighbors inSouth Bend.
“Especially with a lot of theoff-campus issues, the reasonthat we have found a bit of adétente with law enforcementhas to do with Catherine andAndrew and how they have
been leaders among theirpeers,” Doyle said.
Doyle dealt with practicalproblems on campus as well aslarger issues in the community.His administration set up thefirst campus 24-hour space out-side the dorms, rented moreportable toilets for football tail-gaters and surveyed studentson the University’s alcohol poli-cy.
An editorial printed in theApril 4, 1989, issue of TheObserver said Doyle and Paesewere “a tough act to follow.”
Doyle said his position wastaxing, but his year with Paesetaught him the value of work-ing with a trustworthy partner.
“If you are going to do any-thing that is going to be stretch-ing or challenging, make sureyou do it with somebody whosedeepest values align withyours,” Doyle said.
Doyle and Paese built theirsuccess on a friendship thatremains after almost 25 years.
“[Paese] was a smart, articu-late, fast-talking Italian fromthe East Coast, and I was amuch slower, simple, nice guyfrom a little town inWashington state,” Doyle said.“In a lot of ways we could nothave been more different fromeach other, but together wemade a pretty good team.”
Despite the lessons Doylelearned during his term, hejoked that the immediaterewards of his election werenot what he expected.
“As student body president, Ithought my social life wouldimprove,” he said. “Being elect-ed was not worth it for the
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When it comes to the issue of illegalimmigration, there are many differentvoices with valid points trying to talkover each other at the same time.Everyone is concerned about aspectsthat really matter.How can you tellthe family that hasbeen affected bydrug war violencethat the border isnot an issue? Howcan you tell mil-lions of people tojust up andleave? How canyou stop peoplefrom trying to gettheir own piece ofthe AmericanDream? There are real issues at stakeand many good people stuck in thecrossfire, but we need to have a solu-tion soon if we want to move forward.Many are calling for strong border
security, and those concerns are veryvalid. Countless tons of drugs, count-less illegal immigrants, and countlessweapons cross the border every singleday. This is causing stress on thenation, financial and social stress onborder towns and states and createsdanger for Mexicans and Americans.Day after day we hear of the unspeak-able drug violence in Mexico and fearthat it might spill over to our side.Living in fear is not tolerable, and hav-ing essentially a war take place nextdoor is not sustainable. Border Stateshave seen rising murder and kidnap-ping rates as criminals from the southpermeate the rich drug markets of the
north. The federal government has aduty to enforce our borders and protectour citizens from foreign violence, butthey have failed to do so, which is whystates are desperately trying to correctthe problem themselves with legislationlike Arizona’s SB1070. Border securityneeds to be solved before any othertype of solution can be implemented.Otherwise, our children are going tohave the same issues we are havingnow, but worse.Many are calling for amnesty,
because America needs the workersand there is sympathy for hard work-ing immigrants who come to this coun-try to prosper, and those concerns arevalid. There are many Mexican andSouth American people who cross theborder illegally that have honest inten-tions. They come to escape poverty andoppression, just as many of our ances-tors did. Their illegal status opensthem up to exploitation as well as aconstant anxiety over being discoveredand deported. These people need to beaddressed and not forgotten orignored. In the old days, immigrantssimply signed their name in a book atEllis Island and immediately were leftto fend for themselves. How is thismuch different from modern illegalimmigrants? Often these hardworkingimmigrants contribute to society andtake the harder, unskilled jobs that arenot desirable. This keeps wage infla-tion low and improves the nation’soverall quality of life. America is builtwith the labor of hardworking immi-grants, and as their children grow upin our systems and schools they willachieve higher levels in our society
than their parents. What we need is away to legalize and keep these goodpeople in the country, and kick out thebad ones.Comprehensive immigration reform
requires that these two sides beaddressed simultaneously. We need tobe hard line on border security.Military presence on the border, agreat wall of America, or other ways tostop the influx must be implementedimmediately. Continuing the status quoof easily crossed borders will bring vio-lence and financial and societal stressto even more unsustainable levels. Weneed to also address the people alreadyhere and show our compassionate sideand fiscal reasoning. We should issueamnesty to those with a good trackrecord, but with caveats since they stillhave broken our laws. Citizenship canbe earned quickly with military serviceor by the slower traditional method.Just because you live next door doesnot mean you should have an easiertime to immigrate to this country thanthe millions of others who wish everyday they could move here. Illegalsshould not be able to continue to cut inline in front of those who follow ourlaws and have to wait months andyears for approval.Immigration and border security will
continue to be an issue until weaddress these two subjects head on.
Mark Easley is a junior majoring incomputer science. He can be reached at [email protected] views expressed in this column
are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
When people looked ahead to the2010 schedule and saw Augusta,Pebble Beach, St. Andrews andWhistling Straits, the speculation of acalendar year grand slam began. Hisperformances in2000 at Pebbleand St. Andrewswere as close asone can get toattaining perfec-tion in golf. Tiger,himself, probably saw this as his bestchance to win all four majors in thesame year. His goals for this 2010 sea-son were put on the shelf on the nightof Thanksgiving 2009.Last Thursday marked the one-year
anniversary of Tiger Woods’ infamouscar crash. Since that night Woods’personal life has spent more time inthe tabloids than the Kardashians’.Prior to Thanksgiving 2009, TigerWoods was one of the most liked, andcertainly most famous, athletes in theworld. This incident, and the revela-tions that came after, caused the mostdramatic fall from grace of any ath-lete in recent memory. Prior to run-ning his car over a neighbor’s firehydrant, he was marketing gold. Hewas the face of Buick, Accenture, TagHuer and Nike, among others. In theaftermath, Nike is the only sponsorthat has stuck with him. In the pastyear we have witnessed him choreo-graph a half-hearted apology in frontof a national television audience, afailed Nike commercial with hisdeceased father narrating the scriptand his loss of credibility in the eyesof the American public.What made him so great was his
mental strength. Golf can be the mostunnerving sport, but he always kepthis cool and seemed to be able to con-trol the uncontrollable. He was able todo things with a golf ball that otherprofessionals only dreamed about.The question was not if he wouldbreak Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18major championships, but when. Thisincident changed all of that. For thefirst time since turning professional,he went through a season withoutrecording one victory. Some speculat-ed life between the ropes would be hissanctuary, a place where he could findsome sense of normalcy in his chaoticlife. His return at the Masters thisyear was one of the most anticipatedsporting events of 2010. There weresome glimpses that he would return toform. He came in fourth in both theMasters and the U.S. Open. Therewere other times, however, that theonly way you could tell that it wasTiger playing was by the swoosh onhis hat. There was the manhood-rob-bing 18 over he shot at theBridgestone Invitational and not qual-ifying for the final two events of theFedEx Cup. In the past, he had his competition
beat before they reached the first tee.Now, for the first time in his career, heseems mortal and more beatable thanever. The consensus among most golfexperts is that he will return to formin the upcoming 2011 season. He isTiger after all — if anybody can comeback from those depths, it is he. Withtime and dedication he will put hisprofessional life back together. Thequestion is, is he willing to put in thatsame time and dedication to piece hispersonal life back together?
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Singing in tuneA full orchestra tuning their instruments
prior to the start of a concert soundsutterly peaceful to my ears. Violins, cellos,flutes, horns and a host of other instru-ments adjust their pitches in preparationfor a night ofmusic. The brass,the upper andlower strings, thewind and thepercussioninstruments “tune up” to make one per-fectly harmonious and beautiful sound.From my seat in a concert hall, I often
find myself with large eyes and a slightgrin in awe of the sound and sight onstage. How is it that a multitude of instru-ments all comprised of varying materialsand components create a united sound ofheavenly bliss?During this liturgical season of Advent,
we prepare ourselves for the calm andsilent night when Christ the Lord is borninto our world. Churches across the globewill be filled with trumpets and song forthe newborn Savior. We will praise Godwith the voice of the angels proclaiming,“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth
peace among those whom he favors.”The Christ-child born on that night ful-
fills God’s promise of a king to save thenations. He will rule over a kingdomwhere peace and goodness alone prevail.Before jumping ahead on the calendar,
let us rewind to the second reading forthis coming Sunday, the second week ofAdvent:“May the God of endurance and encour-
agement grant you to think in harmonywith one another, in keeping with ChristJesus, that with one accord you may withone voice glorify the God and Father ofour Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 15: 5-6)Even in the midst of stressful academic
weeks and pre-Christmas festivities, theseverses provide us a simple approach tothe Advent season. We are a multitude ofpeople comprised of various talents,tastes, habits, and limitations. Oftentimes,we desire to serve own wants first, yet wemust think of others needs before ourown. We must attune our hearts andminds to the way and the will of the Lord.Sometimes we only need a little tweak-
ing to align our lives with God’s song ofunity and peace. Take what does not look
or sound so beautiful in your life andmake a minor adjustment, like the instru-ments of an orchestra. Here are a fewsuggestions among countless opportuni-ties on campus for finding peace in theAdvent of Christ’s coming:• Focus on forgiveness. Attend reconcili-
ation at the Basilica or seek forgivenessfrom a friend. Examine your own life forways you can repent.• Bestow goodness on others. In grati-
tude for the gifts you have been given, findan opportunity to pay forward an act ofkindness. The Center for Social Concernsis sponsoring a coat drive through Dec.10.• Pray in silence. Bring peace to your
heart by attending a campus-wideLucernarium prayer service in Lewis HallChapel on Monday night at 10 p.m. If youcannot make it, gather around the Adventwreath in your dorm chapel at your owntime.• Live in joy. Sing together with friends
and support the Holy Cross Missions inUganda by attending Christmas at theCoMo, a music concert by the CelebrationChoir on Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m.
Undoubtedly it is a difficult time to drawour attention away from the stress andpressures of the next few weeks. Thatmakes just one half-hour opportunityfocusing on God and the coming of Christall the more rewarding.An orchestra that neglects to tune its
instruments plays a dastardly out-of-tuneperformance. A people that disregards theAdvent weeks of preparation risk losingthe peaceful sound reverberating onChristmas night.We bring peace on earth when we act
with one accord and one voice, as onepeople. Our campus will be ready for thejoyful spirit of Christ’s coming, if we makeadjustments to our instruments during theAdvent season. Then we can carry on thepeaceful spirits to our homes and church-es as Christ’s birth draws near.
This week’s Faithpoint is written byMeg Mirshak, intern in the Office ofCampus Ministry. She can be reached [email protected] views expressed in this column
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A letter for DeclanDear Fr. John Jenkins,I am writing to you today with the hope
of suggesting a way for our greatUniversity to honor one of its fallen stu-dents, Declan Sullivan. After his tragicdeath on cam-pus in October,I have spoken toseveral mem-bers of theNotre Damefamily aboutthe possibility that the University mightname the street near the practice fieldafter him, in remembrance of Declan. Thepossibility dawned on me when I learnedof a similar tragedy that previouslyoccurred. It recently became aware to methat Melissa Cook Stadium on NotreDame’s campus is named after formerNotre Dame student Melissa Cook, whoplayed softball while she was a studenthere and was tragically killed by fallingscaffolding in Chicago eight years ago.Unspeakable tragedies such as Declan
and Melissa’s should give way to twothings. They should force us to take astep back and remember how sacred andfragile life is, while also reminding us tocherish and make purposeful every sub-sequent day that we are given. Secondly,they should force us to examine why sucha tragedy took place, how it could havebeen prevented and how we must doeverything in our power to ensure thatsuch an event will never take place again.Apart from these things, all we can reallydo in instances of such tragedy is supporteach other, grieve and remember and cel-ebrate the beautiful lives that were.If there is anything I have learned from
my 21 years in this world, and especiallymy three-plus years at this University, itis that life is beautiful and sacred. I havefound myself increasingly in awe of lifeitself, and consequently in equal shockwhen a life so young and vibrant is cutshort for no apparent reason. By allaccounts, Declan Sullivan was a brilliantand vivacious young man with an admira-tion for and understanding of life beyondhis years. It is of paramount importancethat in response to this tragedy we allremember, honor and celebrate the life ofDeclan Sullivan.I am as aware as anybody that much
has already been done to rememberDeclan. I’m sure the Mass ofRemembrance, The Observer’s tributeand the gold helmets adorned with theinitials “DS” worn by our football team allmade Declan smile, and that they weremuch appreciated by his family. There isno doubt in my mind that each of these
acts was with the loving intention ofremembering and celebrating Declan’slife. I have also heard of other possibleactions that may be taken in Declan’smemory, including a scholarship in hisname. My reason for writing is simple.Declan was a student at this Universityand thus will forever be a part of NotreDame. Yet sadly, he will never get theopportunity to walk across a stage andreceive a diploma from the University ofNotre Dame. He will not get the opportu-nity to go out into the world and use hismany talents and his Notre Dame educa-tion for the betterment of himself andothers. Declan has tragically been deniedso many opportunities in what appearedto be such a bright future; therefore,there should be no shortness of thingsthat we as his brothers and sisters inNotre Dame are willing to do to makesure that he is forever part of NotreDame. Naming a street running throughthe University in Declan’s honor should byno means be the last thing we do inDeclan’s honor. However, naming a streetafter Declan Sullivan is a simple and last-ing gesture we can take to forever makeDeclan a part of the Notre Dame campus,a campus he once called home. After all,Declan typified the Notre Dame spirit —why shouldn’t he become a part of it?Since Declan’s death, we have all been
aware of the exhaustive media coverage,the criticism and the finger-pointing asso-ciated with it. Much of this criticism hasbeen about Notre Dame, our practicesand the University staff and administra-tors. I only bother to mention it at allbecause I fear that it may have shiftedattention away from Declan himself. Thefact of the matter is, Father, that whathappened on that afternoon isn’t reallyabout anyone at Notre Dame other thanDeclan himself. And so it is with remem-brance and celebration of Declan in mindthat I implore you to consider permanent-ly naming the stretch of road between theoutdoor practice fields and theGuglielmino Athletics Complex “DeclanSullivan Way” in his honor. You alluded toour faith as members of the Notre Damefamily that Declan is now in the lovingembrace of the Lord — let him also beforever in the hearts and minds of allthose that pass through Our Lady’sUniversity.
William Teschke is a senior majoring inbusiness. He can be reached [email protected] views expressed in this column are
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Dialogue andhospitality
Last week these pages includ-ed coverage of the “ContendingModernities” research initiativeand its opening conference inNew York. But the conversationthat“began”there ishardly newto NotreDame. Theaddress given by Fr. Jenkins waspart of a longer contribution tointerreligious scholarship anddialogue led by another NotreDame theologian, Fr. DavidBurrell. A self-described“Mediterranean person,” Fr.Burrell is an emeritus Professorin Theology and Philosophy, andhe served at the TanturEcumenical Institute inJerusalem for over 25 years. Hewas recently the central figureof a small colloquium held in theCatholic center at NorthwesternUniversity, in Evanston, IL.Over a year ago, before I came
to Notre Dame, I had been toldto meet Fr. Burrell. My flightinto Chicago from home madethe quick jaunt to Evanstoneasy, so I dropped by the collo-quium. It was organized byGarrett Methodist seminary, andit allowed any interested to lis-ten as Burrell shared histhoughts on the foundations ofinterfaith dialogue. In conversa-tion with him were a professorof Jewish philosophy fromNorthwestern and an Islamicistfrom Loyola Chicago. Their dis-cussion was thoughtful and seri-ous, but the terrain was well-trod — medieval discussions ofcreation, differing conceptionsof the Messiah and views ofpost-secularity (post-Christianity?)Fr. Burrell is a warm and gre-
garious man with a seeminglyendless reserve of stories fromhis work across the globe:Jerusalem, Bangladesh, andUganda are just three of theplaces I remember. A brief per-sonal statement at the beginningof the colloquium’s bulletin nar-
rates the development of the“triadic” thinking (Christian-Muslim-Jew) from his earlierfocus on Christian-Jewishexchange. It charts a coursethrough Rome, Cairo and SouthBend. Burrell, as a world-classintellectual and Holy Crosspriest, troubles the old distinc-tion between experience andtextual authority (see Chaucer’sWife of Bath). So the colloquiumwas instructive, as a fellowNotre Dame student pointed out,not only because of what he hadto say, but how he said it; how,after a long history of interac-tion with Muslims and Jews, onespeaks to another faith.I came away with no solutions,
and there are always limitationsto such discussions. But if mytime listening and talking to Fr.Burrell taught me anything, it isthe need for unceasing hospitali-ty. I see continuities betweenBurrell and another priest, LouisMassignon. Also an active schol-ar, Massignon established a mis-sion to Muslim Egypt in the early20th century that exemplifiedthe welcoming-without-knowingessential to radical hospitality.Massignon was instrumental inthe writing of Nostra Aetate,which gives shape to theChurch’s interaction with otherfaiths. This kind of hospitality,which cannot anticipate becauseit does not fully know, alsomarks the season of Advent justbegun. We celebrate the comingof a Messiah strange and, per-haps, unthinkable. But such hos-pitality can only be cultivatedwith long and intentionalengagement. So may theresearch initiatives begin aneweven as we recognize the historyof dialogue and hospitality hereat Notre Dame.
DeVan Ard is a graduate studentin theology. He can be reached [email protected] views expressed in this
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While driving to schoolafter Thanksgiving break, myfriend and I noticed a decid-edly happier car atmosphere.Was theplethora ofbakedgoods Ihadcrammedinto my backpack responsi-ble? Partly, yes. However, itwas the constant stream ofholiday cheer pumping out ofthe car speakers that sent usinto a caroling frenzy. Duringthis drive of four-plus hours,I heard nearly everyChristmas carol, rangingfrom the fantastic to theimmediate-scan worthy. Thisdiverse array of songs led meto craft a list: the songs thatare Christmas favorites, andthe ones that will surelyinduce holiday displeasure.
The Worst:
“The Christmas Shoes,”NewSong (2001)This melodramatic tune
tells the utterly ridiculousstory of a boy who wants tobuy shoes for his near-deathmother. Because if there’sone thing a dying personneeds, it’s a new pair ofshoes (obviously). This is likea Lifetime movie set tomusic.
“Grown Up Christmas List,”Amy Grant (2002)A favorite amongst middle-
aged women, this songdescribes the outrageouslysappy desires of Amy Grant.This list includes worldpeace, relief for a world inneed and every other clichéyou can think of. Headlining
my very own grown upChristmas list is moreFlexPoints and a worldwideradio ban on this song.
“I Saw Mommy KissingSanta Claus,” Jackson 5(1970)As the name suggests, this
incredibly annoying carol istold from a child’s point ofview, as he stumbles upon hisadulterous mother under themistletoe with a shamelessSanta Claus. Strange narra-tion from a young MichaelJackson adds to the song’sunsettling nature.
The Best:
“All I Want for Christmas IsYou,” Mariah Carey (1994)Bells, lively background
singers and a wailing MariahCarey — everything aboutthis holiday gem is perfect.
“Winter Wonderland,”Dean MartinClassic and simple, this
song deserves a place on anyholiday playlist. Unfortunatecovers by Selena Gomez andJason Mraz only highlightthis version’s jazzy brilliance.
“Peace on Earth/LittleDrummer Boy,” David Bowieand Bing Crosby (1982)Bowie and Crosby’s harmo-
nious classic provides a doseof Christmas sentiment with-out overdoing it (take note,Amy Grant).
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Love him or hate him,Michael Bublé can sing.And his jazz-infused style isperfect when it comes toChristmassongs. In2003,Bubléreleaseda Christmas EP called “Let ItSnow,” featuring his jazzyrenditions of six classicChristmas songs. Bublé’s“Let It Snow, Let It Snow, LetIt Snow,” “The ChristmasSong,” “Grown-Up ChristmasList,” “I’ll Be Home forChristmas” and “WhiteChristmas” are beautifullydone and should immediate-ly be added to yourChristmas playlist.“Let It Snow” is easily one
of the most joyous Christmassongs in the book. Bublé isperhaps a little moremature-sounding than whatwe’re used to as he slidesbetween notes, but it losesnothing in translation.Backed by a small jazzcombo, the song highlightsBublé’s skillful musicalityand always-smooth voice.“The Christmas Song” is,
as its title suggests, perhapsthe ultimate Christmas clas-sic. Every recording artistwith any Christmas spirit inthem has done their own
version, including the origi-nal recording by Nat KingCole. It’s hard to competewith that kind of pedigree.But Bublé’s version is beau-tiful and charming, stayingtrue to the song’s roots whilestill adding much of his ownstyle. Give it a listen, and allyou’ll want to do is stoke thefire, grab a mug of hotchocolate and curl up withsomeone special. And that’snot a bad thing.“The Grown-Up Christmas
List” is less famous thansome of the other Christmassongs on the album. Perhapsit’s due to lack of familiarity,but “Grown-Up ChristmasList” isn’t as good as the restof Bublé’s album. However,Bublé still sounds wonderfuland the song is a welcomeaddition at Christmas time.“I’ll Be Home for
Christmas” is infectious fromits first note. More melodicthan other versions of thesong, Bublé’s is stunninglybeautiful and infused with alittle Christmas magic. Bublé’s jazz standard take
on “White Christmas” is oneof the less remarkable songson the EP. However, hisvoice is smooth as alwaysand the song is a welcomeaddition to any Christmasplaylist.
The album closes witha live version of “Let ItSnow,” which includes a lit-tle audience participation onthe chorus. It doesn’t havethe same cheerful, comfort-ing sound of the studio ver-sion that opens the album,but showcases Bublé’s realvocal talents. Bublé’s “Let It Snow” is
certainly not the ultimateChristmas CD. But ratherthan trying to redo everyChristmas song ever made,he selects a nice, smallgroup that suit his voice andmusical style extremely well.He changes the songsenough to make them fittingfor him, but maintains theintegrity of the original, andbeloved, classics. “TheChristmas Song” and “I’ll BeHome for Christmas” areremarkable, to say the least.So whether you’re a jazz fanor not, whether you lovedhis rendition of “FeelingGood” or loathed it, spice upyour Christmas music withsomething from “Let ItSnow.”
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With Christmas fast approaching, it’s under-standable to panic about those last couple days ofclass, those rough final papers and the all-consumingfinal exams. With so muchschool business going on, howcan anyone be bothered to findthat perfect gift for everyone onhis or her holiday list? To aid allbusy students in their quest, I have compiled a list ofthe top ten gifts (in no particular order) from theworld’s greatest retailer … Skymall.
The Big Foot Garden Yeti Sculpture: A threatening garden statue to scare squirrels
away or the perfect dorm accessory? You decide.
Darth Vader Toaster: No, it’s not called the Darth Vader toaster because
the physical machine looks like Darth Vader. It’scalled the Darth Vader toaster because it burns DarthVader’s face into your toast.
Largest Crossword Puzzle: With 100 full pages of clues, this 7’x7’ crossword
puzzle is great for the friend who has a lot of wallspace as well as a lot of free time.
House of Bounce Fortress: Because renting just doesn’t cut it. It’s sure to be a
hit at all the dorm parties.
Burg Watch Phone: Cooler than the iPhone and Droid combined. You
absolutely will not look ridiculous having a conversa-tion with your watch.
The Siamese Slanket: For those lucky enough to be friends with one of
those Notre Dame couples buy them this off-brandSnuggie-for-two and kill two birds with one stone!
Brobdingnagian Sports Chair: May make the receiver look insignificant, but it’s
just hilarious enough to pass as a good gift.
Travel UV Toothbrush Sanitizer: Because traveling without a freshly sanitized tooth-
brush just isn’t an option.
Basho Sumo Wrestler Statues: If you have no clue what to get someone, this can
be a pretty safe fallback. Who doesn’t love sumowrestler statues?
Evel One Leather Chaps: Just gift these bad boys to yourself for being the
world’s greatest gift-giver.
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Cee Lo Green has alreadyproven his worth as a chart-topping soul man with GnarlsBarkley, the duo he formedwith indie producer DangerMouse that produced thesmash hit “Crazy.” Hereturns for “The Lady Killer,”his f irst ful l - length s inceGnarls Barkley’s two albums,in much the same fashion —with a runaway, smash-hitsoul song.“Forget You,” as i t is
known in its censored form,is a gleefully foul-mouthedkiss-off to an ex-lover set toa fantast ic R&B backingtrack that features a hip-swaying beat and a backinggospel choir in the chorus.The sometimes playful ,sometimes remorseful lyrics— “I guess he’s an Xbox andI’m more Atari / But the wayyou play your game ain’tfair” — are del ivered, ofcourse, in Green’s pitch-per-fect falsetto. This track is produced by
The Smeezingtons, a coali-tion whose other hits include“Nothin’ on You” by B.o.Band Bruno Mars,“Billionaire” by Travie McCoyand “Right Round” by FloRida. Besides being thealbum’s highlight, “ForgetYou” is also the song that haspropel led Green into thespotlight once more. Upon its release the unedit-
ed version of the song imme-diately went viral online, andthe song charted as high asNo. 9 on the Billboard Hot100. The song’s official videohas close to 27 million views.A mash-up version of thesong with Kanye West’s “GoldDigger” subsequently becameextremely popular. A coverversion by Gwyneth Paltrowwas recently featured on thehit TV show “Glee.” The songhas also become a dorm
room party staple in recentmonths.While “Forget You” is such
an excellent song, one mightassume that it runs the riskof overshadowing the rest ofthe album. This, however, issimply not true, for two rea-sons. First of all, each trackon this album has the poten-t ial to become a Top 40smash courtesy of Green’sincredibly good vocals andeleven other incredible goodbacking tracks. And that’s the second rea-
son each song is a standoutin i ts own right : no twotracks really sound alike;each song has its own dis-t inct ive character. From“Bright Lights Bigger City,”which is propelled by ‘80ssynths and a funky guitarsample, to “Fool For You,” apiano-driven soul numberthat appropriately featuresPhilip Bailey of Earth, Wind& Fire, each song sounds likean instant classic in its ownright.That being said, the album
rarely strays from the samethemes of spurned romanceand regret seen in “ForgetYou” or “No One’s GonnaLove You” or “It’s OK,” thealbum’s ELEMENT-producedsecond single. This can makethe album feel a bit staletowards the middle, despitethe instrumental diversity,and can call the album’s titleinto questionGreen’s assertion in the
album’s introduction that“When it comes to ladies … Ihave a license to kill” rarelyseems to come into play inthe album’s lyrical subjectmatter. The int imate“Bodies” reflects this themecertainly; however, he seemsto be rejected by the ladiesmore often than he seducesthem.But maybe that’s just over-
thinking the concept.Besides, despite Green’sclever lyrics on songs like
“Forget You,” the focus ofthis album isn’t lyrical. Itspurpose, simply stated, is forGreen to nai l gorgeousmelodies over lush instru-mentation, and that he doestime and time again. In theaforementioned “Bodies” hesoars for the higher end ofthe spectrum as he pro-claims, “They say that chival-ry is dead,” in the chorus.Overall, “The Lady Killer”
is a fantastic solo effort byCee Lo Green that showswithout question that he isthe “King of Soul” at themoment. Despite his successwith this genre, however, hesaid in a recent interviewthat he plans to return tohip-hop next, rejoining hisold Atlanta-based groupGoodie Mob, fr iends andsometimes-collaborators withOutkast, also from Atlanta.Whether he ever returns tothe type of music he’s beenmaking for most of the lastdecade or not, “The LadyKiller” and its viral single“Forget You” will certainly beremembered as a creativehigh-water mark for Green— equal ly important asGnarls Barkley’s “Crazy.” This album comes with
highest recommendations foranyone who enjoys classicR&B and soul or who hasheard “Forget You” andfound it entertaining.
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AUBURN, Ala. — HeismanTrophy favorite Cam Newton canfocus on playing for the SECchampionship instead of worry-ing about pay-for-play.
The NCAA ruled Wednesdaythat Auburn’s quarterback won’tbe punished for the paymentscheme concocted by his father,Cecil.
Instead, the younger Newtonwill lead the second-rankedTigers into the SoutheasternConference championship gameSaturday against South Carolina— with a shot at the national titleon the line.
The NCAA cleared Newton tocompete without conditions, say-ing it was Cecil Newton and “anowner of a scouting service” —former Mississippi State playerKenny Rogers — who violatedamateurism rules.
The NCAA became involvedduring the summer in investigat-ing the pay-for-play scheme thatwas discussed during Newton’srecruitment. Two MississippiState boosters accused CecilNewton and Rogers of trying toget up to $180,000 for CamNewton to play for the Bulldogswhile the quarterback was beingrecruited out of junior college lastyear.
“Based on the informationavailable to the reinstatement
staff at this time, we do not havesufficient evidence that CamNewton or anyone from Auburnwas aware of this activity, whichled to his reinstatement,” KevinLennon, NCAA vice president foracademic and membershipaffairs, said in a news release.
The question of how muchAuburn and Cam Newton knewabout the scam has dogged the12-0 Tigers since news of therecruiting scandal became publiclast month.
The NCAA and Auburn movedswiftly this week to bring at leastsome resolution.
The sports governing body con-cluded Monday that a violationhad been committed by CecilNewton and Rogers. A day later— following NCAA bylaws —Auburn declared Newton ineligi-ble and then requested his eligi-bility be reinstated.
But Lennon seems to have leftthe door open for future disci-pline. The NCAA would not sayWednesday that the case isclosed, referring to its statementthat notes reinstatement likelyoccurs “prior to the close of aninvestigation.”
Still, it was good news forAuburn.
The ruling at least temporarilyallays weeks-long fears that theTigers would lose the player whohas helped propel them from amiddling SEC team last year to a
never-say-die powerhouse with ashot at the title.
It also temporarily eases con-cerns that Auburn’s 12 wins —and any titles — would wind upbeing vacated if the NCAA hadfound that Newton had been inel-igible because of violations com-mitted before signing with theTigers on New Year’s Eve 2009.
“We are pleased that the NCAAhas agreed with out position thatCam Newton has been and con-tinues to be eligible to play foot-ball at Auburn University,” JayJacobs, Auburn’s athletic director,said in the NCAA release.
The NCAA said Wednesday thatAuburn and NCAA enforcementstaff agreed that Newton’s fatherand an owner of a scouting serv-ice worked together on thescheme. The NCAA did not nameRogers.
Auburn has agreed to limitCecil Newton’s access to its ath-letic program and MississippiState has dissociated itself fromRogers, who worked for a sportsagent.
“The conduct of Cam Newton’sfather and the involved individualis unacceptable and has no placein the SEC or in intercollegiateathletics,” said Mike Slive,Southeastern Conference com-missioner. “The actions taken byAuburn University andMississippi State University makeit clear this behavior will not be
tolerated in the SEC.”It wasn’t immediately clear
what access Cecil Newton wouldhave at Auburn, and school offi-cials said they would have noimmediate further comment.
The Newtons’ attorney, GeorgeLawson, told WSB-TV of Atlantaon Nov. 18 that he is “1 millionpercent” certain that CamNewton did not take any money.Lawson says if Cecil Newton dis-cussed money, his son “knewnothing” about it.
“No money has been offered to
Cam Newton. Cam Newton hasn’tasked for any money,” Lawsonsaid in the report. “Cam Newton,Cecil Newton and Jackie Newtonhave participated in the ongoingNCAA investigation. They havebeen truthful and candid with theNCAA.” Jackie Newton is thequarterback’s mother.
Rogers’ attorney, Doug Zeit,told The Associated Press that hehad received a letter fromMississippi State on Wednesdaymorning stating that Rogers hasbeen dissociated from the school.
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Cam Newton celebrates after Auburn’s victory over Georgia earlythis year. He will be eligible for this week’s SEC Championship.
Running back Hillis leads resurgent BrownsCLEVELAND — His hog-nosed
facemask is unlike any in theNFL, just one of the many thingsseparating Peyton Hillis fromthe pack of running backs.
With a straight-ahead, stop-me-if-you-dare smashmouthstyle, Hillis has emerged as anunstoppable force in his firstseason with the ClevelandBrowns, who acquired him in atrade never envisioning hewould emerge as their bestoffensive threat.
Soft-spoken off the field, Hillisis downright demonic when he’sgets the ball.
“Dude’s a beast,” said Brownslinebacker David Bowens.
Thus, the facemask.“It looks like it has tusks,”
Hillis says in a distinct,Southern twang in describingthe unique cage that protectsthe face of this football-crazed
city’s newest star. “It brings meback to my college days atArkansas. It’s ugly, but I like it.”
Cleveland has fallen for Hillisthe same way he drops line-backers.
At 6-foot-1, 240 pounds, he’s ahulking hunk, who on the brinkof surpassing 1,000 yards, hasquickly made the Browns’female fanbase forget aboutquarterback Brady Quinn’smodel looks. Quinn, by the way,is the one Cleveland traded toDenver in March for Hillis.
Hillis is also a guy’s guy.Dressed in rattlesnake-skinnedcowboy boots, jeans, a camou-flage jacket and a tattered base-ball cap, Hillis is the antithesisof many pro athletes right downto his favorite hobby — hunting400-pound, wild boars in thewoods back home.
“You get a team of boystogether, a bunch of dogs, youlay ‘em (the boars) up against a
tree and shoot ‘em or cut ‘em,”Hillis explains matter-of-factly.“Pretty simple.”
Bringing down Hillis, on theother hand, is anything buteasy.
Knees churning, cleats kickingup dirt and grass, he’s a terrorto tackle. On his way to rushingfor 131 yards in Sunday’s winover Carolina, Hillis poweredover an unfortunate Pantherssafety at the 2 before going infor this third touchdown, and11th this season, joining Hall ofFamers Jim Brown and LeroyKelly as the only Clevelandbacks to score that many.
But Hillis isn’t only threeyards and a cloud of debris anddust. He’s remarkably agile andhas perfected a hurdle to eludedefensive backs who try to cutout his legs.
“Not only does he bulldozepeople,” Browns center AlexMack said, “he can jump over
them, too.”Hillis will enter Sunday’s
game in Miami with 905 rushingyards and 414 receiving yardson a team-high 46 catches.
The Browns thought Hilliscould help them. They had noidea he would carry them.
“I thought he would be prettygood and a great addition, buthe’s been outstanding,” coachEric Mangini said. “He justshows up, works like crazy. He’sa great guy, loves being hereand plays his heart out everyweek. He runs people over,catches everything we throw tohim, blocks well.
“Yeah, he’s made forCleveland.”
And Cleveland seems madefor Hillis.
The buckle of the Rust Belt,it’s where generations of fami-lies spent their work weeks infactories and steel mills andtheir Sundays in front of the TV
or down on the shores of LakeErie watching the belovedBrowns. Of course, times havechanged, but there remains astrong identity to athletes whogive it their all without com-plaint. It’s a lunch-pail town.
And that’s something Hillissensed as soon as he arrived.He felt the pride, the passionand the connection betweenhimself and the fan base.
“I feel like I can relate to fanson a personal level,” said Hillis,whose No. 40 jersey is poppingup all over Northeast Ohio.“They’re hard-working people,they love football and they don’task for much. They just want tosee their team play. This city’shungry for a winning team.”
On Sunday, there were ban-ners hanging over the railings ofBrowns Stadium honoring thenew hero. “Peyton’s Place” readone. “House of Hillis” wasanother.
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Horford, Hawkssoar past Grizzlies
ATLANTA — Al Horfordscored 20 points and theAtlanta Hawks beat theMemphis Grizzlies 112-109 onWednesday night after learningstar Joe Johnson will haveelbow surgery and miss four tosix weeks.
The Hawks had six playersscore in double figures, includ-ing a season-high 16 points offthe bench by Josh Powell, toovercome the loss of Johnson,the team’s four-time All-Starand top scorer. The Hawkshave won four straight.
Mike Bibby, who had 15points, hit three 3-pointers inthe last 5 minutes afterMemphis by one. Bibby’s last 3,with 17 seconds remaining,came after Horford and JoshSmith grabbed offensiverebounds to extend a long pos-session.
Rudy Gay led Memphis with23 points, including a 3-point-er and another basket in thefinal 10 seconds.
The Hawks announced at thestart of the game Johnson willhave arthroscopic surgery toremove a “loose body” from hisright elbow.
An improbable layup by MikeConley, with the ball droppingfrom the top of the backboardwith 4:38 remaining, pulledthe Grizzlies within 95-94.Bibby answered with a 3-pointer for Atlanta beforedrawing a charge on Conleyseconds later.
Conley had 22 points. Zach
Randolph, with 19 points and19 rebounds, and Pau Gasol,with 16 points and 10rebounds, had double-doublesfor the Grizzlies.
Jamal Crawford had 16points and eight assists forAtlanta. Marvin Williams had15 and Smith had 13.
Johnson said the elbow hascaused discomfort “off and on”this season.
“It just got unbearable yes-terday,” Johnson told TheAssociated Press.
Maurice Evans, who startedfor Johnson, had nine points.
The Hawks were looking forsomeone to fill the scoring voidleft by Johnson’s absence. Thefirst-half surprise was Powell,who had 14 points while mak-ing 7-of-8 shots from the field.Powell’s previous season highfor a full game was 10 points.
The Grizzlies led 44-43before Powell began a hotstreak in which he scored 10points in the final 4:41 of thesecond period to give Atlanta a63-57 halftime lead.
The Hawks stretched thelead to 86-76 at the end of thethird quarter. The Grizzliesopened the final period witheight straight points to cutAtlanta’s lead to two points.
Smith was charged with fourturnovers in the third period asTony Allen had a string ofthree straight steals. AfterAllen’s second steal of Smith’spass, Smith hustled andblocked Allen’s layup. Allenresponded with his third stealfrom Smith for a basket.
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MLB grants 105 ADHDexemptions for drugs
NEW YORK — Major LeagueBaseball granted 105 exemp-tions for otherwise-bannedstimulants in the last yearbecause of attention deficithyperactivity disorder, virtuallyunchanged from the previousyear’s total.
MLB and the players’ unionreleased the report Wednesday,covering a period that endedwith the World Series.
The ADHD figure has stayedabout the same for four years.There were 108 therapeutic useexemptions in 2009, up from106 TUEs in 2008 and 103 in2007. Baseball managementsays the level of ADHD amongyoung males is higher than forthe general population.
“My reaction is the same aslast year and the year beforethat,” said Dr. Gary Wadler,chairman of the committee thatdetermines the banned sub-stances list for the World Anti-Doping Agency. “It seems to mealmost incomprehensible thatADHD is so pervasive in base-ball to a degree that it requiresmedicine.”
A frequent critic of baseball’sdrug-testing program, Wadlersaid “these numbers really cry
out for transparency in the TUEprocess in baseball — a goodlook-see at the process, not justthe numbers.”
Rob Manfred, baseball’s exec-utive vice president for laborrelations, said MLB was encour-aged “by the low number ofpositive” tests. “We’re alwayscautious that we’re not missinganything.”
Manfred emphasized the stan-dards were determined bySmith, not MLB.
There were just two positivetests for steroids in the secondfull year of the sport’s tough-ened drug program, accordingto Dr. Bryan Smith, MLB’s inde-pendent drug-testing adminis-trator. Cincinnati pitcherEdinson Volquez and Floridacatcher Ronny Paulino weresuspended for 50 games each.
Without saying who testedpositive for what, Smith identi-fied the substances asClomiphene and Oxandrolone.
Among 3,747 tests for majorleaguers, up slightly from lastyear’s 3,722, there were 15 pos-itives for stimulants, including13 for Adderall and one eachfor Clobenzorex andPhentermine. They were pre-sumably initial positive tests,which don’t result in discipline.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — LongtimeColumbus nemesis SteveSullivan scored the only goal inthe shootout to lead theNashville Predators past theColumbus Blue Jackets, 4-3 onWednesday night.
Sullivan, who has 43 points in44 career games againstColumbus, notched the goalwhile going second in theshootout. Pekka Rinne, who had
28 saves in regulation, madestops on Jake Voracek, RickNash and Antoine Vermette —who had two goals — in theshootout.
Colin Wilson, Sergei Kostitsynand Kevin Klein scored goalsand Martin Erat had two assistsfor the Predators.
Kris Russell supplied a go-ahead goal for Columbus in thethird period.
The Predators led 2-1 headinginto the third, fell behind 3-2,
and then tied it on Klein’s goalwith 8:22 left.
It was more of the same forNashville, which always seemsto find a way to beat Columbus— and usually with Sullivanand/or Erat playing a majorrole. The Predators are 41-13-4-1 against the Blue Jackets,going 24-4-2 in the series since2006-07.
Erat has 40 points in his last40 games against the BlueJackets.
Columbus, down 2-1 headinginto the third period, scored thenext two goals. Russell foundthe net on a hard wrister fromthe high slot 2 minutes into theperiod.
After an Erat blast caught thecorner junction and just missedgoing in for the Predators, theBlue Jackets took a 3-2 leadwhen Nash made a great indi-vidual effort and Vermette col-lected his second garbage goal.Nash went strong to the net,
muscling his way between twodefenders to get off a point-blank shot on Rinne. The goaliegot a piece of it, but Vermettewas there to punch in the go-ahead goal.
Nashville then knotted thingsagain on what appeared to bean innocent shot. Klein collect-ed the puck near the blue line,skated laterally for an instantand then fired a hard, low shotthat goalie Steve Mason lost inthe traffic in front of the net.
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For the Notre Dame swim-mers, the U.S. Nationals willalso be challenging to test thewaters of their swimmingpotential.
“We have just been continu-ing to practice like normal,”Maxwell said. “Our team hasbeen focusing on getting bet-ter every day. We haven’tbeen doing anything specifi-cally for this meet; we havejust been trying to improveour overall performance.”
Because the meet is anational invitational event,the swimmers had to meetcertain standards to be ableto take part in the three-dayevent.
“There will be several teams
at this meet including cluband college teams,” Maxwellsaid. “One of our toughestopponents will be Cal. Theyhave a very good swimmingprogram.”
The meets that wi l l takeplace this weekend will offerample opportunity for boththe swimmers and divers togo up against excellent com-petition and to get a lot ofevents in during the threedays.
“We want to use this meetto get lots of swims in andevaluate where we are at thispoint in the season,” Maxwellsaid. “All of the events will bevery interest ing to watchbecause the level of competi-tion is higher than that at adual meet.”
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on the night. Five minutes later, freshman
Kayla McBride hit two freethrows to make the score 65-59.
“The gamer in us kicked in.The heart finally showed up. Wewanted to win,” Diggins said. “Ithink in the first half we wereplaying light and then finally westarted to pick it up like weneed to get up.”
But the six-point differencewas as close as the Irish wouldget.
Notre Dame and Baylor (8-1)were tied at seven points eachafter nearly six minutes whenthe Bears went on an 8-2 run tomake it 15-9. Baylor continuedto pull away and led 38-24 atthe end of the first half.
Diggins’ 21 points led theIrish. She also had five assistsand four steals on the night andplayed 39 of the game’s 40 min-utes.
“She is obviously our go-toplayer,” McGraw said. “Sheplayed like an All-Americantoday and had a great game ina big game on the road. I amjust proud of the way she playedand really kept us in the game.She did everything thing shecould to win the game for us.”
The Irish had a significant dif-ference in fouls, 27-12, and putthe Bears into the double bonusin both halves.
Junior forward Devereaux
Peters ran into foul troubleearly, with two fouls after justfour minutes of play. She stayedon the bench for the rest of thefirst half.
Junior guard Erica Solomonfouled out with 2:47 to go in thegame after a nine-rebound per-formance to lead her team.Junior guard Natalie Novoselfouled out with 36 seconds leftafter scoring 12 points andgrabbing four steals.
Solomon has become a majorpresence for Notre Dame afterher performance in the WBCAClassic over Thanksgivingearned her all-tournament hon-ors.
While Notre Dame was guard-ing Griner, Baylor redshirtsophomore forward BrooklynPope became the go-to playerfor the Bears. She finished with20 points and 14 rebounds onthe night.
“I think definitely in the firsthalf [Pope] took advantage ofthat and she drove a lot,”Diggins said. “We were playingoff of her and she got a wholelot of layups in the first half. Ithink that was huge for them. Inthe second half we tried to con-tain her a little bit, but I thinkwe dug ourselves a deep wholeby not guarding her.”
Notre Dame faces PurdueSunday at the Purcell Pavilionin a game that will be nationallytelevised on ESPN2. Tip off isscheduled for 2 p.m.
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Junior forward Erica Solomon drives on a Morehead St. defenderduring a 91-28 Irish victory Nov. 15 in the Purcell Pavilion.
their winter break trip.The teams that wi l l be
there include Grand ValleyState , Ca lv in , Hi l l sda le ,Valpara iso Univers i ty,Kalamazoo, NorthernMichigan, Olivet, Alma, andSaint Mary’s.
Benishek said the Bel lesgot some good workouts inover the Thanksgiving breakthat will help them preparefor the Calvin Invitational.
“They were in the waterdur ing break,” Benisheksaid. “The extra time will begood for some of them, butthe rest will also serve themwel l . We wi l l have somechances at this invitationalfor improvement beforeheading to Florida.”
Saint Mary’s will partici-pate in the Ca lv inInvitational starting todaybefore heading to F lor idaJan. 7-14.
experience have helped themwork together to set up scoringchances.
“We’re really just focused onseeing the ice and making playsrather than the system andwhere we’re supposed to bebecause we’re already acclimat-ed to that,” Ryan said.
So far this year, Ryan hasplayed primarily with freshmanleft wing Anders Lee, who leadsthe team with nine goals. Thesenior has also seen ice time withclassmate Calle Ridderwall, whohas seven goals on the year.
“As long as somebody’s puttingthe puck in the net I’m sure that[Ryan]’s happy,” Jackson said. “Ithink he’s been really well-bal-anced in his game.”
Part of that all-around style hasmanifested itself in the faceoffcircle. Heading into the season,Ryan was expected to take a lotof the key draws for the Irishafter the graduation of KevinDeeth. So far this season, Ryanhas won 51.5 percent of his face-offs.
The Irish struggled in the circleearlier in the season, whichJackson credited to freshmenadjusting to Division I hockey.Ryan said he has been workingwith freshmen centers T.J. Tynanand David Gerths to improvetheir faceoff percentages.
“You have to be able to realizewhere you are on the ice,” Ryansaid. “Taking an offensive zonedraw is totally different than the[defensive] zone. Offensive zone,you’re willing to try some things,take some chances, because thepuck’s not necessarily comingright back down your throatagain because you’re in the o-
zone, but in the d-zone you can’tgo in there trying to win it cleanbecause if you lose it clean,they’re probably getting a shot onnet.”
Ryan is also one of three senioralternate captains this season, noeasy task on a team that features12 freshmen.
“With all these freshmen thatcame in in the fall, I just thoughtback to what it was like when Iwas a freshman, what I wasgoing through,” Ryan said.“We’re right there to help theseguys out.”
These next two weeks will posean especially interesting chal-lenge for the senior leadership onthe Irish roster, since they notonly have to contend with a roadtrip to No. 6 Miami this weekendand a home series againstNorthern Michigan after that, butthe freshmen’s first final examsare looming around the corner.
“We just kind of encourage theguys to have fun at the rinkbecause when you’re here it’stime to maybe goof around a lit-tle bit,” Ryan said. “It’s serious,but you get to goof around a littlebit and let things go because assoon as you leave here it’s rightback to the books.”
Ryan also said he has enjoyedthe murderers-row scheduleNotre Dame has faced recently —with consecutive series againstNo. 11 Michigan, Michigan Stateand No. 7 North Dakota, leadingup to this weekend’s showdownagainst the RedHawks —because it would help the Irishprepare for the gauntlet that ispostseason play.
“It’s good to have this experi-ence early in the season becauseit teaches you that you can’t haveany off nights,” Ryan said.
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The Belles are coming off af i f th-place showing at thePhoenix Invitational hostedby the University of Chicagoearlier this month, and willnow round out the Fa l lsemester por t ion o f the irschedule a t the Ca lv inInvitational this weekend.
“We are looking for strongswims out of everybody at theCalv in Inv i tat ional ,” headcoach Mark Benishek said. “Iam looking for everyone togive 100 percent effort in thepool, even whether they gettheir best t ime or just o f ftheir best time.”
The Phoenix Invi tat ionalfeatured the host No. 15University of Chicago, whichwon the Invitational easilywith 1252 points, with thenext closest team having 464.The Belles finished with 296.
Saint Mary’s did have somestrong finishes on the week-end with sophomore KatieGriffin finishing third in the100-yard backstroke. Griffinalso finished seventh in the100-yard butterf ly for theInvitational.
“Overa l l i t was a pret tygood meet,” Benishek said.“We weren’t competing for a
month or so, so to come outwith those performances wasa step in the right direction.We saw some great t imes,and some of the g ir ls hadbeat their best times in prac-tice so we’re continuing toimprove.”
Sophomore AudreyDalrymple a lso had animpress ive swim for theBel les a t the PhoenixInvitational, finishing seventhin the 200-yard backstroke,and eighth in the 400-yardindividual medley.
Dalrymple noted that thereare only 14 girls on the teamthis year and said she foundthe smal l ros ter to be amixed blessing.
“We only have 14 girls onthe team this year. It’s unfor-tunate because we have a lotof talent but just do not havethe numbers to beat some ofthe teams in our conference,”she said. “The s ize of ourteam is a l so a b less ingbecause we are extremelyclose and help motivate eachother to focus on our individ-ual goals for the season.”
Sa int Mary ’s wi l l ge t achance to face some of i tsMIAA competition this week-end at the Calvin Invitationalbefore heading to Florida for
In the end, Brittney Grinerand No. 2 Baylor proved to betoo much for Notre Dame.
The six-foot-eight centerplayed all 40 minutes andscored 21 points as she and theBears defeated the Irish 76-65in Waco, Tex.
It was the third loss to a top-15 team for No. 16 Notre Dame(5-3) this season.
“It is disappointing becausewe thought we played our gamefor about 15 minutes, and theyare a great team,” Irish coachMuffet McGraw said in a post-game press conference. “Theyare a Final Four team and Ithought they just really hungtogether when we made ourrun and showed a lot of poise.”
After being down by as manyas 22 points in the second half,Notre Dame went on a 12-0 runto close the gap to 56-49 withjust under 10 minutes to go.Sophomore guard SkylarDiggins scored eight points dur-ing the run and finished with 21
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Squad coming off invitational in Chicago
ND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Irish splitup for twomeets
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Freshman forward Natalie Achonwa drives into the lane against Morehead St. Nov. 15 during a 91-28 Irish victory in the Purcell Pavilion. The Irish fell to No. 2 Baylor 76-65 Wednesday in Waco.
HOCKEY
Ryan stands out as a senior
Senior center Ben Ryan maynot be lighting the lamp asmuch as he has in years past,but that doesn’t mean he hasn’tbeen finding his way onto thescore sheet.
Through 15 games, Ryan hasonly two goals, but has alreadyracked up 14 assists, just twoshort of his career high.
“You know, I think in some
ways he’s changed his game in apositive way from a leadershipperspective,” Irish coach JeffJackson said of Ryan. “I don’tthink he feels he has to be theguy who puts the puck in the netall the time.”
For his part, Ryan said he has-n’t necessarily changed his styleof play, but rather just adaptedto the situation in which hefound himself. He pointed outthat during his freshman andsophomore years, when hescored 10 and 12 goals, respec-
tively, he played most of his min-utes with Erik Condra, one ofthe team’s top playmakers.
“I think it’s kind of natural,”Ryan said of his transition to set-up man. “I don’t think it’s neces-sarily me changing my game up.It’s more the players I’m playingwith now.”
Ryan’s 14 assists are secondon the team only to senior line-mate Ryan Guentzel’s 15. Ryansaid his and Guentzel’s years of
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Irish senior center Ben Ryan gets around a Michigan State defender during a 6-2 victory Nov. 19in the Joyce Center. Ryan has two goals and 14 assists through 15 games this season.
SMC SWIMMING
Belles to swim in fallfinale against Calvin
No. 2 Baylor defends home court as No. 16 Irish fall 76-75 to Brittany Griner, Bears
ND WOMEN’S SWIMMING
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Too much to Bear
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The Irish will be splitting upthis weekend to participate intwo extremely competit ivemeets that wi l l test NotreDame’s mettle.
The Ir ish swimmers wi l lhead to Columbus, Ohio, totake part in the U.S.Nationals swim meet, whilethe Notre Dame divers willhead to Iowa City, Iowa, forthe Hawkeye Invitational.
The Hawkeye Invitational isa three-day event that willspan from Friday throughSunday. The U.S. Nationalsare also a three-day event,s tretching from Thursdaythrough Saturday.
The Hawkeye Invitationalwill be comprised of a com-petitive field of diving teams.Iowa, Denver, I l l inois ,Northern Iowa, South DakotaState, Green Bay, Milwaukee,Notre Dame and Ohio State.
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