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FYC renamed to ref lect content By NICOLE MICHELS News Writer
The First Year Composition (FYC) class, a requirement for most Notre Dame freshmen, has a new name — Writing and Rhetoric. University Writing Program Director John Duffy said the new name is intended to more accurately reflect the content taught in the classroom. “The FYC program was much more centered on writing literary appreciation, while this is much more centered on argument,” Duffy said. “In fact, ar-
gument is the primary focus of the course.” Notre Dame freshmen enrolled in Writing and Rhetoric courses will learn the skills necessary to communicate effectively in both an academic setting and in larger world, Duffy said. “We believe that argument is the foundation of a university education,” he said. “All academic disciplines, in one sense or another, are in the business of making arguments in the service of discovering truth.
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Professor Patrick Clauss teaches a Writing and Rhetoric class called “Acts of Arguing.” This class will teach students skills necessary to communicate effectively in academic settings.
Idea s C h a l lenge promotes competition By TONY RIVERA News Writer
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Sophomore Nicole Gantz pitches her business venture idea to other students as a part of the Ideas Challenge in the Mendoza College of Business on Wednesday.
From Craigslist for college students to cell phone cases that double as cordless chargers, the ideas were flying freely in the Mendoza College of Business basement Wednesday. As part of the Ideas Challenge Competition, sponsored by the Gigot Center for Entrepreneurship Studies, students had no
more than 60 seconds to stand in front of their peers and pitch their new business ventures. The Ideas Challenge is “a fun, spontaneous and energetic celebration of entrepreneurship,” Assistant Director of the Gigot Center, Karen Slaggert, said. “Tonight encourages students to think innovatively, and the ideas presented tonight were
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University redesigns UND.com Professor examines By ADAM LLORENS News Writer
In an effort to make information more accessible and user friendly for the students, alumni and fans of the Irish, the Notre Dame Athletic Department launched a new UND.com webpage September 15. Dan Skendzel, the Director of Digital Media for Notre Dame athletics, played an integral role in the redesign of the site. “We wanted to improve the viewer experience,” Skendzel said. “We felt the previous site was too busy and difficult to navigate, so, by redesigning UND.com, we wanted clean up the site, make it more visually appealing, and make it easier than ever before to find news, videos and stats.” Among the major changes
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to the site is the deletion of the video thumbnail that appeared at the right hand side of the screen. Now, a video channel allows the viewer to easily select a specific video and watch it on a larger format than before. Skendzel collaborated with Tim O’Connor, Digital Communications Specialist for the athletic department, in redesigning the website. “The new site promotes a clearer presentation of what we feel is the most important content,” O’Connor said. Feedback for the website has been positive, O’Connor said. “The old site had been around since 2007 and people had gotten used to it,” O’Connor said. “When the current site went live, it had a breath of fresh air feel to it.” The cleanliness of the con-
tent and the easier readability of articles have been the two most important changes, Skendzel said. When looking to redesign its athletic website, a university will often turn to an opposing school to garner ideas. Notre Dame went through the same process, O’Connor said. “I did a graphic review of basically every BCS school and most of the NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB team websites,” O’Connor said. “While we really did not use a lot from any of them, I was most impressed with UCLA’s athletic website uclabruins.com, as their layout and the way in which they presented content was fantastic.” Instead of a specific school or team, O’Connor turned to
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emerging adulthood By ABI HOVERMAN News Writer
The problems facing today’s emerging adults ref lect larger issues, according to sociology professor Christian S m i t h’s research published this month. These problems include a lack Smith of moral reasoning and over-intoxication. “The problems that these 18-23 year olds have … come from the larger adult world,”
Smith said. “[They] should shine a light on all of society.” “Lost in Transition: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood” describes emerging adulthood, the 18-29-year-old life phase that has become increasingly distinct in recent decades. Smith describes the common mentality among emerging adults as “I’ll grow up when I’m 30,” and “What happens in my 20’s stays in my 20’s.” Smith and his team have surveyed a group of 18-23-yearolds, who all represent the first half of the emerging adult life period. The book describes trends found in 230
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Saint Mary’s first year, Caroline Brown, enjoys the pleasant weather on Library Green while working on her religious studies paper. Saint Mary’s first years have been meeting with their advisors to work on adopting appropriate study and editing habits.
Professor Piero Boitani of the University of Rome will give a lecture titled “Rome and/in the Movies, 202 B.C. - 2005 A.D.” in the Hesburgh Library Auditorium today at 4:30 p.m. The talk, sponsored by the Italian Studies department, will examine Rome in the cinema, going through the history of Rome by way of the movies, and the history of cinema by way of Rome. The film “Best in Show” will be shown tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $3 for students.
Offbeat Pa. man gets two DUI arrests in one night
WASHINGTON, Pa. — Police have charged a man in western Pennsylvania with driving drunk twice in the same night - the second time about 15 minutes after they released him into the custody of a friend. Online court records don’t list an attorney for 58-yearold Robert Brodnick, of Washington, Pa., who was arrested Monday night by the state police. Police charge that Brodnick’s blood-alcohol limit was at least double what the law allows when he was arrested. Trooper Joseph Christy says troopers released Brodnick to the cus-
tody of a “responsible party” but say that person must have dropped of Brodnick at his vehicle because the same trooper who arrested Brodnick saw him driving again.
Would-be robber nabbed because of bright blue eyes
AVALON, Pa. — Police in a Pittsburgh suburb say a man’s bright blue eyes helped a convenience store clerk identify him as a would-be robbery. Nineteen-year-old Conor McClelland, of Bellevue, is charged with walking into a Marathon Quik Serve gas station last week and demanding cash. The clerk tells police she
recognized McClelland as a regular customer - despite the fact that he was wearing a hoodie and a bandanna over his face - because of his distinctive blue eyes. Avalon police Chief Thomas Kokoski said that McClelland ran away without any money and was hiding near a building where he was staying across the street from the store when police found him. The chief says McClelland also had drug paraphernalia. Online court records don’t list an attorney for McClelland, who faces a court appearance on Thursday. Information compiled from the Associated Press.
The film “Waiting for Guffman” will be shown tonight at 9 p.m. in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $3 for students. Acousticafe will take place on Badin Hall’s porch tonight at 10 p.m. Admission is free and hot chocolate will be provided. Iron Sharpens Iron Interdenominational Ministry will meet tonight at 329 Coleman-Morse Center. To submit information to be included in this section of The Observer, email detailed information about an event to obsnews.nd@gmail.com.
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Corrections A Sept. 21 article “New course will meet in prison” stated the new Inside-Out Exchange course would meet Mondays in the spring semester. Since the publication of the article, the program organizers decided the course will meet Tuesdays.
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SMC Alumna receives Senate discusses The Shirt ac c o u nt i ng aw a r d By MEL FLANAGAN
the graphic, the quote,” Marzouca said. “You have to be willing to compromise.” Marzouca said experience President of The Shirt 2011 Committee senior Lauren Mar- with design or artistic ability zouca described the applica- is not necessary to apply. “We normally have one tion process to join next year’s Shirt committee at Student graphic designer on the committee so no one needs PhoSenate’s meeting Wednesday. Marzouca said the first step toshop or Illustrator or any is choosing the next president. of that,” she said. “I’ve never touched any “ W e ’ r e of that and looking for I’ve been on freshmen, the commitsophomores “We’re looking to break tee for two and juniors,” the 2006 record.” years.” she said. The presi“Seniors Lauren Marzouca dent’s term wouldn’t be President would be here next The Shirt 2011 Committee one full year, fall to tie up from the beloose ends.” ginning of Other ideOctober until al qualities include leadership skills and the beginning of October next experience working in small year. For the first few months, groups. “If you’re all combining to Marzouca said the president’s make one T-shirt, you’re all time commitment would be a going to be picking the color, little over 10 hours per week, News Writer
as he or she needs to choose the committee as well as which company proposal to accept. After the committee is chosen, the president would be working 10 hours per week or less. Applications to be a committee member will be released soon after the next president is chosen. “It’s a really great thing to do,” Marzouca said. “We’ve sold over 115,000 shirts as of the Friday before the first home football game.” Marzouca said The Shirt 2006 holds the record for most shirts sold at 156,000. “We’re looking to break the 2006 record,” she said. “We’re 31 percent ahead of last year’s sales already right now.” Applications for president are due Oct. 5 and can be found at www.theshirt.nd.edu Contact Mel Flanagan at mflanag3@nd.edu
By BRIDGET FEENEY News Writer
Saint Mary’s alumna Kelly Neuwirth Grier was presented with the Outstanding Accounting Alumna Award by the Department of Business Administration and Economics Wednesday at an awards ceremony in the Student Center Lounge. Grier, who has worked for Ernst & Young LLP for the past 20 years, graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting. “The quality of education at Saint Mary’s is outstanding,” Grier said. “The moral compass students develop while at Saint Mary’s is very important to the need to be a holistic professional in today’s society.” While at Saint Mary’s, Grier also took multiple International Business courses and minored in French.
“I arrived at Saint Mary’s with an affinity for business, I always knew that was what I wanted to go into,” she said. “When I took my accounting classes at Saint Mary’s, it clicked right away.” Grier’s command and understanding of accounting earned her an internship with a local baseball team. During the summer after her sophomore year, Grier interned for the South Bend White Sox, who changed their name to the South Bend Silver Hawks in 1995. “About two weeks into my internship, the man I was working for, the controller, was fired because he didn’t know anything about accounting,” she said. “I had no one to intern for.” Grier said she was responsible for filling the gap until a new controller could be hired and the team soon realized how valuable she was. “They realized the money was getting into the bank, the players were getting paid and tickets were getting sold,” Grier said. “I stepped into the role of controller of the White Sox, where I worked until I graduated.” By maintaining this job throughout her years at Saint Mary’s, Grier became drawn to Chicago’s Ernst & Young office because of its connection with the South Bend White Sox, who were owned by the Chicago White Sox. “I would liaise with them as part of my job, and Ernst & Young also worked with the Chicago team,” she said. “I had a predisposed affinity to Ernst & Young and had a keen interest in international business.” Since 1991, Grier’s time with Ernst & Young has been marked with impressive accomplishments, international travel and invaluable leadership experience. Currently, she serves as the managing partner at the Chicago office, overseeing 2,000 employees and their clients. In 2009, Grier was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, an honor bestowed to only 200 people every year. The Forum receives around 8,000 nominations every year for this prestigious award. “I was nominated by my CEO for this position,” she said. “Of the 200 people, only about 30 of them are American, so it is a great honor and an extraordinary group of people to be a part of.” Despite her international recognition, Grier doesn’t focus solely on the business and accounting aspects of life. Professor Mary Ann Merryman, chair of the Department of Business Administration and Economics, taught Grier when she was a student at Saint Mary’s 20 years ago. “This is why I do what I do. To play a small, minute role in women’s successes, it is more rewarding than I can describe,” Merryman said. Grier said she remains thankful for her education and the path she has taken thus far. “I am so grateful for my opportunities and so grateful for my experiences,” she said. “I’ve worked very hard, but I’ve been fortunate in that I’ve had wonderful mentors.” Contact Bridget Feeney at bfeene01@saintmarys.edu
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
SMC to host Busy Belles celebrate Day of Peace Per son’s Ret reat By ANNA BOARINI News Writer
In an attempt to relieve students of the demands of tests and papers, Saint Mary’s Campus Ministry will host the Busy Person’s Retreat next week. “[It] allows students to carve out a little portion of a day during the course of the retreat week for quiet reflection and prayer,” Regina Wilson, assistant director of Campus Ministry, said. Saint Mary’s has offered the Busy Person’s Retreat for eight years, and it is offered three times a year — once during September, Advent and Lent. Instead of a weekend experience, this retreat takes place in small amounts of time over a few days. “The retreat begins with a gathering for prayer and direction about the retreat on Sunday evening,” Wilson said. “Then each day, Monday through Thursday during the week of the retreat, students spend 30 minutes in prayer and then spend up to 30 minutes in conversation with the spiritual guide.” When students meet with their spiritual guide, Wilson said they are encouraged to discuss what came up during their individual prayer time for the day. Each day during the retreat, there is a different theme and Wilson said each theme comes with a Scripture passage, sug-
Ideas continued from page 1 amazing.” The competition, open to all students regardless of major, was a chance for students to become entrepreneurs without any kind of formal presentation. Senior Kyle Collins said his idea was to create a company that would use coffee grounds from used Keurig cups to make household deodorizers, a process known as “up-cycling.” “Tonight was neat because it was very informal,” he said. Collins said the atmosphere also allowed for a wide range of ideas. MBA student Mike Worthington said his idea was to create a medical strip that people with diabetes could dip into their drinks and measure their level of sugar consumption. “The idea came from my strategic management class,” Worthington said. “Originally [the product] was aimed to test all kinds of nutrients, but I figured it would be more marketable if I targeted it to one area.” Some students also presented their ideas as partners. First-time participants Stephen Zerfas and Dominic Ro-
gestions, reflection questions and a short prayer. Students who participate in the retreat will also be introduced to the use of the Lectio Devina, a daily devotion that includes prayer and Scripture reading. “We have found that most students have never had an opportunity to really pray with Scripture and for those who have been introduced to Lectio, they often have not really had a chance to use it on their own in any deep way,” Wilson said. She said using the Lectio Devina allows students to develop their confidence in using Scripture for prayer. The retreat ends Thursday evening, when the whole group comes together for Taize prayer, a form of evening prayer. While this retreat is not held during the weekend like many others, it still requires a time commitment of daily prayer and meeting with a spiritual guide. “Every student we’ve had who has participated finds the experience to be refreshing and eye-opening, but many students don’t think they actually have the time to commit to the week of the retreat,” Wilson said. “We’ve had a few students who have done every Busy Person’s Retreat every year they’ve been here at Saint Mary’s because they’ve found it to be such a life-giving experience.” Contact Anna Boarini at aboarini@nd.edu
meo, both sophomores, said they saw the night as a great opportunity to share their ongoing idea for a secondary market for microfinance, one that they first began thinking about long before the challenge. “We discussed multiple ideas,” Zerfas said. “We have been thinking since the first semester of last year, so we figured a night like this would be a good way to get their foot in the door.” Sophomore Zac Bublitz took the opportunity to present his idea for a product aimed at making messy foods easier to eat. “Taco tape would be an edible adhesive that you could apply to any sort of food,” he said. “It could be practical and cleaner for when you’re, say, driving a car.” Slaggert said she was surprised by the large turnout at the Ideas Challenge. “We actually lost track of the students coming in after 180,” she said. “Students were coming and going, looking for a place to sit, sitting on the floor.” At the end of the night, winners of the competition were announced based off the votes cast by students. Contact Tony Rivera at rrivera3@nd.edu
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Saint Mary’s students created pinwheels to symbolize childhood for International Day of Peace on Wednesday. Campus Ministry organized the activity. By JILLIAN BARWICK News Writer
Saint Mary’s students celebrated the International Day of Peace Wednesday by creating pinwheels to represent childhood — a time of peace and joy, a representative from Campus Ministry said. “We feel that this is a nice way to encourage and invite students to pause and pray for the world,” Assistant Director of Campus Ministry Regina Wilson said. “Making pinwheels are a great and easy way for the students to feel involved.” Campus Ministry, who organized the activity, hosted a table in the Student Center
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students involved with Campus Ministry were stationed at the table throughout the day so they could explain how to create a pinwheel. Mackenzie Miller, a student involved with Campus Ministry, was at the table in the Student Center for the afternoon. “We had a great response at the table throughout the day,” Miller said. “It has been a bit quiet this afternoon, but this morning there were many students in here making their own pinwheels. They seemed to really enjoy making pinwheels out of the supplies we had at the table.” The pinwheels could be created using different colors and
patterns of paper that had been cut into small squares. There were also markers at the table for students to write their own messages of peace on their pinwheels. Once created, the pinwheels were attached to pencils and placed in the grass in front of the Student Center. For the last five years, Saint Mary’s has held its own version of International Peace Day on Sept. 21. The day provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of peace on a shared date around the world. Contact Jillian Barwick at jbarwi01@saintmarys.edu
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Website continued from page 1 ESPN.com for the most inspiration. “The template ESPN uses was something that I felt UND.com needed,” O’Connor said. Student feedback has paralleled that of Fighting Irish fans across the country. “I think the new website is much better than the older one,” freshman Jose Linardi
Book continued from page 1 face-to-face interviews conducted across the country in 2008. The compilation of personal accounts revealed five major problems prevalent to emerging adults, Smith said. First, there is a general lack of moral reasoning. Many could not describe the rationality behind a moral conundrum and were unclear about their personal morality. “When asked to explain why anyone should be moral, they were lost at sea,” Smith said. The interviews also revealed that mass consumerism and a lack of concern for environment were common. “Some of it has to do with buying brands, some of it is thinking the meaning of life comes from accumulating products,” Smith said. The interviewees had low awareness of environmen-
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said. “The way the current one presents information and video is smarter and gives the viewer an overall better experience.” Sophomore Jamie O’Donohue agreed. “I was pleasantly surprised when I logged on to the new UND.com webpage and found it had changed,” O’Donohue said. “The new site is less cluttered than the old one, allowing me to access the information I need quickly.” Contact Adam Llorens at allorens@nd.edu Others engage in drunk tal issues and were disinterested because they thought driving, experience drunken the problems would not af- accidents, such as falling out fect them in their lifetimes, he of windows or getting into serious fights, or are unable to said. According to Smith, the talk to someone without being third problem was the preva- “buzzed,” he said. The fourth pattern Smith lence of and need for intoxicafound was the casual sex and tion among emerging adults. hook-up cul“Why is ture prevalent it that a today. good chunk “This is not of young everything it’s people … cracked up to can’t have “I want to get our be,” he said. fun without society talking about Smith conbeing wastthese things and then trasted dated?” Smith ing today from said. working on them.” the 1950’s, S o m e when high y o u n g Christian Smith school graduadults are professor of sociology ates would already adsettle down dicted to soon after high drugs and school. alcohol, perThe once haps due to clearly defined the alcohol industry’s positive advertising rules for dating, courtship, and the atmosphere on col- engagement and marriage lege campuses, according to have broken down, Smith said. “If you want to get married, Smith.
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it’s more confusing,” he said. “That leads to a 5-year delay on marriage. People are cohabitating, the rules are different.” The public rarely acknowledges the damaging effects of this casual sexual culture, including STDs, rape, unintended pregnancy, emotionally damaging breakups and abortions, because of their shameful nature, Smith said. “The reality is that maybe 40 percent of 18-23-year-olds suffer,” he said. Smith described the fifth problem as civic and political detachment. Emerging adults today do not volunteer or get involved in their communities. They have grown up in a political environment of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the recession and multiple incidents of lying, including the Monica Lewinsky affair and the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, according to Smith. “Young people look up and
Writing continued from page 1 Our course shows students how academic arguments work, and how to make good arguments themselves.” Students who take a Writing and Rhetoric course have several different options, including a standard writing and rhetoric course, a multimedia course and community-based courses. The multimedia course and the community-based courses take the principles of argumentation and apply them to different contexts, Duffy said. The community-based courses take the freshmen students out into the South Bend community, engaging them in a dialogue with people at sites like the South Bend Center for the Homeless, the Logan Center and the South Bend Juvenile Correctional Facility. Freshman Kelly Morgan is a student in the community-based course that works with children at the correctional facility. “The theme of the class is bridging the gap, it’s about learning to relate to people I wouldn’t normally be in contact with,” Morgan said. “We’ve been learning how to think critically and analytically about the way that society’s set up now.” The community-based classes include time engaging in service outside of class. Morgan said her class includes time spent tutoring the children at the center each week. Duffy said this course gives freshmen opportunities to explore rhetorical methods used to frame issues outside of the classroom. “We propose that these skills be taught within the context of Catholic social teaching, meaning that students in our classes
see all of these leaders who are not trustworthy,” he said. As a result, Smith asserted emerging adults believe they can do nothing about the course of the country and turn inward, believing instead they have control over their personal lives. “They think, ‘I can’t do anything about that, but I’m going to have a happy life, ‘” Smith said. Smith plans to do another data collection with the same group of emerging adults when they are 24-29-yearsold to learn about the second half of the life period. Until then, Smith hopes the book will create awareness and questioning of an American culture that has caused these problems for emerging adults. “I want to get our society talking about these things and then working on them,” he said. Contact Abi Hoverman at ahoverma@nd.edu
may study the rhetoric of issues like the dignity of the human person, the option for the poor and vulnerable and the rights of workers,” he said. Freshman Reilly Bench is currently taking the multimedia course. He hopes to gain skills enabling him to take advantage of the new technology defining modern communication. “I want to come out of this as a better writer,” Bench said. “I hope to be exposed to new approaches to writing through this class, and to learn more about different opportunities for communication in the modern world.” Bench said his class has explored several different modes of communication, including assignments requiring recording narratives and blogging. The course will move on to explore the argumentation process used in other digital environments over the course of the semester. Duffy said that the program’s primary aim is to enable students to engage fully in the discourse of the University by teaching them the methods to construct academic arguments. Students study how to make a claim, support it with evidence and address and account for counter-claims, he said. “In teaching students to frame a cogent claim, to provide appropriate evidence, to consider alternative arguments and to write in language suitable for the intended audience, we are teaching not just skills but ethical practices, ways of communicating, that will promote intellectual honesty, individual accountability, personal humility and rational civic discourse,” Duffy said. Contact Nicole Michels at nmichels@nd.edu
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Bills will triumph After two weeks of the NFL season, there are seven teams that hold 2-0 records. While it is probably too early in the season to deem squads as either surprises or disappointments, I will go against the grain and declare the Buffalo Bills a resounding early season surprise. Most football pundits predicted Buffalo would finish in last place this season. However, the Bills currently Walker Carey sit in a three-way tie for first place in Sports Writer the AFC East with the unbeaten powerhouses the New England Patriots and the New York Jets. Chan Gailey’s squad demoralized Kansas City 41-7 in Week One and battled back from an 18 point deficit to top Oakland 38-35 in Week Two. The Bills offense has been led to the victories by two unlikely standouts — quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick and running back Fred Jackson. Selected in the seventh round out of Harvard by the St. Louis Rams in 2005, Fitzpatrick’s career has mirrored that of a journeyman quarterback. From 2005-2006, he played sparingly on two below-average Rams teams. After his time in St. Louis, he went to Cincinnati where he played more, but still on poor football teams. Fitzpatrick took his proverbial talents to Buffalo in 2009 and struggled mightily in his eight starts that season. While the Bills finished just 4-12 last season, Fitzpatrick experienced a breakout campaign. In 13 starts, he threw for 3,000 yards and 23 touchdowns — both new career highs. Going into this season, there was no doubt that Fitzpatrick would be Buffalo’s quarterback, but there was doubt that he could perform at a high level each week. These past two weeks, Fitzpatrick put his doubters to rest by completing 63.4% of his passes for 472 yards and seven touchdowns, and compiled a 109.6 quarterback rating. Fred Jackson went undrafted out of Division III Coe College (IA) in 2003. Jackson joined the Sioux City Bandits of the United Indoor Football League for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. After playing with the Rhein Fire of the now defunct NFL Europe in 2006, Jackson was invited to Bills training camp and earned a spot on the team’s roster. He began to make his presence known in Buffalo, culminating in his first 1,000-yard season in 2009. Although the Bills used their first round pick on running back C.J. Spiller in 2010, Jackson held on to the starting spot. Jackson has exceeded expectations this season. He currently leads the entire league in rushing with 229 yards and is averaging an outlandish 6.5 yards a carry. In the Bills’ close victory over Oakland, Jackson carried the ball just 15 times, but gained 117 yards and scored two touchdowns. While the Bills likely face an uphill battle to keep their winning ways alive — they host New England this Sunday — Fitzpatrick and Jackson appear poised to at least give the long-suffering Bills a chance to remain competitive. Contact Walker Carey at wcarey@nd.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Jesus’ teaching method in the Gospels is to begin with what is most apparent, with what first strikes us, what is right before our eyes, and to look at it closely with eyes of faith until its deeper meaning is yielded up to us. Fr. Lou DelFra In his relentless search for what Faithpoint many conceived as a remote and faraway Kingdom of God, Jesus is never afraid to begin his search with the stuff right before his eyes — the seed that his countrymen scattered each season, the sheep that dotted the Galilean hillsides, the loaves and fishes that they ate each evening or the birds of the air and the lilies of the field. All of them, for Jesus, became answers to the question: “To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?” At all of these simple, ordinary things, Jesus gazed with eyes of faith, gently peeling back their layers, until finally he unearthed from within them a revelation of the love of God. How many times a day do we become conscious of the daily stuff of life as revealing the love of God for us? Take, for example, one of the most present phenomena in our entire lives — the gift of light. We live almost every day bathed in sunlight (well, “bathed” may be a little strong in South Bend). Yet how many times are we grateful to God for the gift of light? Hardly ever — perhaps precisely because the light is so constant. Now remember a time you have been sitting quietly in a church, and all of sudden the stained glass windows make you become very conscious of light. Perhaps you looked down at the ground and saw a red triangle of light dancing in the aisle or along your forearm. Or you’ve seen a blue or yellow
beam of light slanting through the open space of the church. What happens in that moment? You suddenly became aware of light’s presence, light’s beauty — but not because all of a sudden light has appeared. Light, of course, is always surrounding us. But through the stained glass, which magnifies the light in a beautiful way, we suddenly become aware of the reality and the gift of light. “To magnify what is there, in a beautiful way, so that others can become aware of it.” It is a beautiful image of what it means to be a teacher. It is a description of how Jesus teaches. The Jesuit poet Gerard Manly Hopkins wrote: “The world is charged with the grandeur of God. / It will flame out, like shining from shook foil.” When Hopkins wrote this in the 19th century, aluminum foil had just been invented. So Hopkins was captivated, in a way probably lost to us, by what happens when one shakes a piece of aluminum foil in the sunlight. When one of its creases catches the light in a particular way, the light “flames out.” What an image of how Christ taught his disciples: to observe things in the proper light until its deeper beauty, or inner logic or sacramental significance “flames out.” If Hopkins, as a disciple of Christ, can look at something as ordinary as a piece of aluminum foil and write a beautiful hymn of praise to God, then what else will not yield up its secret meaning? For Christ the Teacher, all was charged with “the grandeur of God” — mustard seeds and barley loaves, fish, sheep, birds of the air, lilies of the field and lightning in the sky. Perhaps we might conceive Jesus’ teaching method like a stained glass window — which takes the reality of the daily stuff of life, the stuff that is as present as the sunlight and magnifies it
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in a beautiful way, allows God’s presence within it to flame out, so that we are suddenly captivated and learn how to see. One day, Hopkins was taking a walk on a forest path with a friend who had unexpectedly visited. He arrived at a turn in the path where he always turned around to return home. But this day, his friend invited him to go farther, around one more bend. And when they came around the bend, he suddenly saw these majestic hills hovering in the distance. They were essentially right behind his residence, but he had never seen them before. They transfixed him. Wondering about this experience later, he wrote about the hills, which, like the sunlight, were always there but never noticed: “These things, these things were here and but the beholder wanting; which two, when they once meet, the heart rears wings bold and bolder, and hurls, o half hurls earth for him off under her feet.” Jesus taught, “The Kingdom of God is in your midst.” In the stuff of our daily life — the stuff we study, the stuff we observe, the people with whom we live — the Love of God is always present. “And but the beholder wanting.” Present too is Christ the Teacher, like a stained glass window, magnifying the presence of God in all our world so that we see its beauty, which leads us to the Creator of beauty. Our world waits to yield up its deepest significance. Christ shows us the way. And our hearts rear wings. Fr. Lou DelFra, CSC, is the Director of Pastoral Life for ACE and a member of Campus Ministry. He can be reached at delfra.2@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily that of The Observer.
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Navigating the single stream I am ashamed to say that when I arrived at Notre Dame three years ago, I had basically no experience recycling since neither the township that I lived in nor the high school that I graduated from provided recycling services. Shelly Fuhrman My new home under the Dome, howThe GreenMan ever, practiced single stream recycling and I confess that I had no idea what this phrase meant. So, I did some digging around and got the 4-1-1 on single stream recycling and what happens when you put your Starbucks cup, Gatorade bottle or old edition of The Observer in that blue bin. Single stream recycling allows materials such as newspaper, office paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, plastic bags and aluminum cans to be placed in the same container. They are then collected and separated according to material. Single stream makes it easy, so there is no excuse not to throw that care package box from Mom or the bottles from your pre-MSU game celebration in the recycling bin. Items that should not be placed in the blue bins include any type of battery (regular, computer or cell phone), print cartridges, electronics or
light bulbs. But do not fear! There are special bins located around campus for these items, and they will get recycled if you make sure they are placed in the correct bin. Ian Hogan, Notre Dame’s Manager of Recycling, Waste, and Special Projects, coordinates recycling pick-up at over 50 buildings on campus. According to Hogan, one thing that gets him madder than Tommy Rees when he’s just been sacked is when he sees about 80% of the “trash” on campus composed of recyclable materials. “If you aren’t sure whether or not something is recyclable, it’s better to put it in the blue bin as long as it’s not food or liquid,” says Hogan. Recycling from campus buildings is placed into giant compactors. The compactors each have a call box with a pressure gauge attached so that when the pressure reaches a certain threshold, indicating that the compactor is full, it calls in to Waste Management, who sends a truck to pick it up. This feature lowers our carbon footprint by ensuring that only full truck-loads are picked up. Not sure about what to do with that Styrofoam cup from South Dining Hall that you got some fro-yo in? The next stop for our recycling is a dedicated facility in South Bend that sorts out and
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sells Styrofoam for reuse, so go ahead and throw it in. From there, the remaining recycling heads to a Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) in Calumet City, Illinois. The MRF (rhymes with Smurf) uses various techniques including magnetic fields, shape sorters and optical scanners to separate the streams so they can be baled and sold to manufacturers for reuse. So now you know how it works, but you might still be asking, “Why bother? Does recycling really benefit the environment that much?” Here are a few stats that might interest you: Recycling paper instead of making it from new material generates 74% less air pollution and uses 50% less water. The amount of wood and paper we throw away each year is enough to heat 50 million homes for 20 years. Recycling aluminum saves 95% of the energy needed to produce new aluminum from raw materials. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a 100-watt bulb for 20 hours, a computer for 3 hours, or a TV for 2 hours. Americans throw out enough iron and steel to supply all the nation’s automakers on a continuous basis. A steel mill using recycled scrap
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Plus-size campaign is discriminatory American Apparel, the popular clothing store, launched a contest last month to find plus-size models for its new line of XL clothes. This was supposed to be a significant moment for mainstream clothing stores embracing beauty Katherine in all sizes. Except McPherson that it wasn’t. From the moOklahoma Daily ment the contest was launched, derogatory language was used to describe the new line. The contest was called “The Next BIG Thing.” The company’s website used terms like “full-size fannies” and “booty-ful,” while the new line is categorized as “Beauty and Booty.” Heaven forbid you forget the contest sought a plus-size model. Except that it didn’t. American Apparel is extending a handful of its styles to XL. The sizing chart on the company’s website indicates that this translates to a size 12-14 — the size of the average American woman, according to The Los Angeles Times. I’ll never understand how an average-sized woman could be considered plus size, and I’ll never understand why the fashion industry ignores women of size when they make up such a significant part of the market. Even if I did, understanding of American Apparel’s handling of “The Next BIG Thing” would still elude me. The general public voted on the contest, and the clear winner was Nancy Upton, a woman who — fed up with being condescended to — posed for glamour shots while eating chicken and pouring ranch dressing on her body. A screenshot on the blog Jezebel shows that Upton was rated first out of 991 entrants, yet she was informed by creative director Iris Alonzo that she was not the winner because American Apparel decided “to award the prizes to other contestants that we feel truly exemplify the idea of beauty inside and out.” Perhaps we could blame Alonzo’s response to her lack of appreciation for Upton’s satirical photos. Except that we can’t.
This isn’t the first time American Apparel has dismissed plus-sized models as being unimportant. In May 2010, blogger April Flores was looking for shirts for a clothing line and went to an American Apparel showroom to meet with executives. On finding that the company had few sizes larger than L, Flores asked if they had considered expanding their sizes. “That’s not our demographic,” an employee said. It’s funny how “plus sizes” — and I use that term very loosely — became their demographic after media members like The Guardian began reporting the company was facing bankruptcy. American Apparel is no stranger to controversy. CEO Dov Charney has been sued for sexual harassment several times, and some reports suggest that he requires all employees to submit a full-length picture of themselves in order to be hired. Many of its advertisements feature women either topless, on a bed or sexually posed. It alarms me that girls grow up seeing ads like these because, sadly, American Apparel is not the only company whose marketing objectifies or otherwise insults women. Count advertisements in Cosmo or Vogue, and you’ll find the number of them with women lying down or otherwise looking sexual is far greater than the number of ads where a woman has power. The way women are commonly depicted in advertisements is as unacceptable as American Apparel’s treatment of plus-size women. I hope one day to see widespread acceptance of women of all sizes in media of all kinds. Until then, may the Nancy Uptons of the world continue to protest the inequality of advertisements. This column first appeared in the Sept. 20 edition of the Oklahoma Daily, the daily publication serving the University of Oklahoma. The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily that of The Observer.
reduces related water pollution, air pollution and mining wastes by about 70%. The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle can run a 100-watt light bulb for four hours. It also causes 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution than when a new bottle is made from raw materials. The good news is that people are recycling more than ever before: Americans now recycle about a third of all municipal solid waste. That includes about 50% of aluminum cans and over 70% of office paper. Clearly, though, we can do way better. So the next time you have a choice to put old Calculus homework, a plastic container from a delicious NDH fruit and yogurt parfait or a pizza box from your late night snack in the recycling or trash, choose the blue bin. E-mail your predicaments to the GreenMan at askthegreenman@gmail.com and let him answer you with a sustainable twist. The GreenMan will be here every other week to provide you with insights you never knew you were missing out on until now. The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily that of The Observer.
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It is no secret that Notre Dame has a love affair with Shakespeare. This weekend the Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company is bringing some of the Bard’s greatest hits to campus with its show “Watch a Common Tale Ye Mortals.” The company has put together a creative collection of scenes from 25 of Shakespeare’s plays. “I applied to direct the show with the concept that I would do a scene from every Shakespeare tragedy and comedy,” Director Clara Ritger said, joking, “because no one should be forced to suffer though the histories.” When asked about the daunting task of putting together a cohesive script on her own, Ritger said that she went in with a plan. “Aside from the first and last scenes, which are natural introductions and conclusions taken from two of Shakespeare’s shows, the rest of the 25 plays are grouped by theme commonalities.” Ritger has accomplished an amazing feat, not only finding scenes from 25 plays that work together, but also intertwining several scripts together in each scene, enabling some of Shakespeare’s most enduring characters to share the stage for the first time. Cast member Joe Crouch developed the show’s name by using a letter from the title of each featured play. “It reflects how eclectic the show is, mixing and matching from a wide gamut of shows,” said Tara Duffy, the show’s producer. Ritger and the production team have put this show together with a production schedule of only three weeks. “Even though it can be stressful at times, there is something fun in that kind of urgency,” Duffy said. In a semester that has already seen a lot of Shakespeare through Summer
Shakespeare and Actors from the London Stage, these students are bringing something fresh to some of the most beloved texts in the English language. “You can hear three songs a million times but somehow a mash-up of those three is still really exciting to hear,” Duffy said. “You notice things that you never picked up on when listening to them individually — certain parallels or similarities. That’s what we have: Shakespeare mash-ups.” Brilliantly adding to the structured grouping of the scenes is the fact that the cast is relatively small, only 15 people performing 25 scenes. That means that each of the actors is in anywhere from two to four scenes, tying everything together through the fluid nature of the casting. The audience is able to see commonalities not only in the scenes themselves, but in the characters the actors bring to life. The Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Watch a Common Tale Ye Mortals” runs tonight through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Washington Hall’s Lab Theatre. Tickets are $3 and can be purchased at the LaFortune box office or at the door. Contact Brenna Williams at bwillia9@nd.edu
On campus What: “Watch a Common Tale Ye Mortals Where: Lab Theatre When: Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
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Stand-up comedian Brian Regan will make his return to South Bend on Sept. 29. Regan released his latest album “All By Myself” in December, and promises some excitement on this new tour. “There’s going to be a lot of music and fireworks and comedy,” Regan said. “One out of those three is true … I’m selling my snake oil from town to town and hopefully people will come out.” Regan has been to South Bend before and speaks highly of the city and college community. “I love South Bend,” he said. “I’ve performed there before and I went to college in the Midwest, I have buddies who went [to Notre Dame]. I’m a big fan of the school, and I’m looking forward to coming back to town.” Regan has been performing stand-up for more than three decades. He dropped out of Heidelberg College in Ohio, where he played wide receiver on the football team, during his last semester to pursue a career in comedy. He says he found his calling through a path that some Notre Dame students may be able to identify with; he quickly discovered in college that he didn’t like accounting. “I was in college, thinking I was going to be an accountant,” he says. “After about three weeks of accounting classes, I realized that I didn’t have enough mathematical skill to make it as an accountant.” “One of my first classes in my new major was speech, and I used to make my speeches funny so that I wouldn’t drive myself crazy. And I remember thinking that was a pretty cool feeling, making the class laugh,” Regan says. Regan went on to become one of the more successful stand-up comedians performing today. He has had two of his own Comedy Central specials, and has released two albums and three DVDs to date. More impressively, he holds the unique ELISA DE CASTRO | Observer Graphic
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distinction of being able to sell out theaters across the nation as well as producing albums and DVDs that sell among the top of their competition, but has never had his own television show or had a feature role in any major films. “I like flying under the radar. I have a following out there that knows me as a comedian,” Regain said. “I know they have to know me as a comedian, because there’s no other way they could possibly know me.” Regan has maintained a style throughout his career that is generally described as clean and family friendly. This is different from many top line comedians, who tend to keep the bleep button industry in business. “It’s just the way I think comedically,” Regan says. “It has nothing to do with being Johnny Wholesome. I just like the comedic challenge of seeing how I can get people laughing without hitting certain words. It’s like a medium, some photographers like to work in color and some like to work in blackand-white. I guess I’m just a black-and-white kind of guy.” Regan will perform at the Morris Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 29. Contact Kevin Noonan at knoonan2@nd.edu
Off campus What: Brian Regan Where: Morris Performing Arts Center When: Thursday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. How Much: $37.50 for General Admission
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The Mockumentaries of Christopher Guest Debartolo Performing Arts Center 6:30 and 9 p.m. $3 for students Students can indulge in the best of Guest, “Best in Show” and “Waiting for Guffman,” without ever leaving campus. Both films feature characters cause both confusion and intense laughter.
Cocktails with Larry Miller Debartolo Performing Arts Center 7 p.m. $15 Larry Miller provides a comedy night for the everyman at a cost that even college kids can handle. Students can watch the comedy styling of Miller, the guy pretty much everyone recognizes but they can’t quite remember why.
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Blitzen Trapper ‘American Goldwing’ Label: Sub Pop Records Release Date: Sept. 13 Best Tracks: “Fletcher,” “Might Find It Cheap,” “Love the Way You Walk Away” If You Like: Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, America, Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Roll down the windows of your classic American muscle car and prepare to cruise down the open road of Americana folk that is Portland, Ore.-based band Blitzen Trapper’s latest venture “American Goldwing.” Blitzen Trapper’s croaking crooner, frontman and singer-songwriter Eric Earley has been compared to the unparalleled Bob Dylan since the beginning of the band’s career, with his reclusive nature, throaty tone and storytelling abilities and it is no more obvious than in “American Goldwing.” With its Southern, rambling rusted 1970s good ole American rock ‘n’ roll, it’s a love letter to the open road or a starry night bonfire. It’s straightforward nostalgia for the good old days of Southern rock that makes you think of the word “jams” – those intense, rolling Skynyrd guitar
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solos with pedal to the metal, engine revving, ripped blue jean wearing jams. “Might Find It Cheap” is a song right out of Daddy’s eight-track collection, and is one hell of a ride for the album’s intro. The hero of “Fletcher” is introduced with the lyrics “Old Fletcher in the car drinkin’ whiskey from a jar through his teeth” and keeps going with “Old Fletcher’s been drinking with a pistol and he’s itchin’ to play,” showing the storytelling ability of Earley more than any other track. He also croons “Oh Mama” as often as possible, which is probably the best indicator of an awesome rock song. “Love the Way You Walk Away” is a last call at a dinky, hole in the wall dive bar kind of of song – slower with a mournfully enchanting harmonica riff that is full of regret and too much booze. “My Home Town” also takes advantage of the magic in a well-placed harmonica, has a fun momentum building up throughout and
will make any far from home college student want to head on back to their roots. “Girl in a Coat” shows the band’s quirkier folksier side and lifts the “girl” to the status of the mysterious women of great ‘60s and ‘70s love songs, specifically reminiscent of Dylan’s “Tangled Up in Blue.” “American Goldwing” consists of the nostalgic swirls of banjo, harmonica and guitar that the American listener has been craving since its golden age. It’s a feel good, blood rush free fall of guitar chords that will keep on going for decades. Straight forward, no bells and whistles and good old southern rock, Eric Earley described it perfectly to “The Owl Mag,” calling it “[music] that makes you want to get loaded and get in a fight or find a girl and fall in love forever, simultaneously.” Contact Courtney Eckerle at cecker01@saintmary.edu ELISA DE CASTRO | Observer Graphic
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Boxing’s devolution Yankees clinch postseason berth legality of Mayweather’s vicious Back in 688 B.C., two men combo. But Mayweather didn’t pummeled each other in the face, without gloves, and for the even wait for Ortiz to bring his arms back to his body before first time the world accepted delivering the final blows. such violence as boxing. Perhaps the best part of the The sport has come a long night was an 80-year old Larry way since Merchant threatening to fight its debut in Mayweather in a post-match the Olyminterview had he only been 50 pic Games years younger. in Greece, So after Saturday night’s developdebacle, where does that leave ing into boxing? Essentially where it a widely started Saturday morning. accepted Most fans didn’t even speccatch the fight because of its tator pay-per-view televising on sport in Chris Masoud HBO and only heard about Britain it due to the controversy of before Assistant Managing the fourth round. The sport finally Editor has taken a backseat to lessarrivworthy rivals like ultimate ing in fighting and mixed martial the U.S. Boxing thrived in the arts. Even Vince McMahon and 1920’s and 30’s, and only the professional wrestling can fill top sports writers earned the the Monday night time slot with right to cover boxing matches weekly matches. for their respective papers. And yet we always return to But the once-glorified sport has fallen since the days of Jack the same what-if. What if Floyd Mayweather and Manny PacDempsey and Muhammad Ali. quiao fought in the same ring? Recently prominent figures They are the sport’s undislike Mike Tyson and George puted best fighters, and yet Foreman have been relegated the two have avoided a conto film cameos and barbecue frontation since the idea of the infomercials. Most of the attenfight’s inception. The two sides tion toward boxing comes from claim the economics are not Hollywood hits like “Million right, but ultimately neither Dollar Baby,” while the actual fighter believes he can beat the fighting continues unnoticed on other with 100% certainty, and pay-per-view TV. neither is willing to risk his But the sport may have reputation for the largest purse reached a new low (cross your in the sport’s history. fingers) Saturday night. Floyd Yet Ali and Joe Frazier en“Money” Mayweather and gaged in epic bouts. Tyson and Victor Oriz were engaged in a Holyfield made history, albeit fairly exciting match through for the wrong reasons. three rounds. Mayweather had Ultimately, boxing is well past the super welterweight champithe point of one fight restoron on his heels for the majority ing its legacy. While rematches of the bout, but Ortiz had mancould cement Mayweather and aged to land enough punches to Pacquaio’s rivalry in the sport’s stay in the fight. dark age, But in the boxing has fourth, Ortiz Recently prominent lost its touch clocked Mayfigures like Mike Tyson with American weather with a and George Foreman sports fans, series of jabs, have been relegated apparently for cornered him good. into one end of to film cameos and Neverthethe ring and barbecue infomercials. less, this fan gave him a Most of the attention will keep blatantly illegal toward boxing comes hoping for the headbutt. from Hollywood hits fight of the Referee Joe like Million Dollar Baby, decade. Even Cortez penalwhile the actual fighting if boxing has ized Ortiz, the continues unnoticed reached the fighters touched on pay-per-view TV. point of no regloves, and with turn, if the two Cortez facing put their egos the scorer’s aside for 10 rounds, at least we table, Mayweather ended the would be able to watch the fight fight with a quick one-two that on a local television network. Ortiz should have seen coming. It was legal. Ortiz let his The views expressed in this guard down, and a ticked-off column are those of the author Mayweather made him pay and not necessarily those of the with his championship title. Observer. It was also dirty. After reContact Chris at plays and countless opinions on cmasoud@nd.edu YouTube, no one contests the
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Associated Press NEW YORK — As the final out fell into Curtis Granderson’s glove, the Yankees walked calmly to the mound to congratulate Mariano Rivera. No leaping. No screaming. No bubbly. Just handshakes. Playoff berths have become so commonplace in the Bronx — 16 in 17 years — they’re no longer cause for celebration. “We still feel as though we didn’t accomplish anything yet,” Yankees captain Derek Jeter said after New York rallied past Tampa Bay 4-2 Wednesday and handed the Rays a damaging defeat in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. “I mean, we’re happy to be in the AP playoffs, but people aren’t running around here jump- Yankees catcher Russell Martin congratulates reliever Mariano ing up and down because we Rivera following the Yankees’ 4-2 win over the Rays Wednesday. clinched a postseason berth. Our goal is to win the divi- win every year, and that starts put a towel over his head, unfrom the top. That started from able to watch. sion.” “Right now, it’s crucial times, Eduardo Nunez hit a tying Mr. Steinbrenner, and it hasn’t and we’ve got to win ballhome run in the eighth in- changed one bit.” With rain forecast for the eve- games,” Shields said. “I didn’t ning against All-Star James Shields, and Robinson Cano ning, the Yankees’ CC Sabathia get the job done.” Ominously, Yankees schedfollowed with a two-run (19-8) was to make his third try double off J.P. Howell to for his 20th win. Rookie Jeremy uled starter Phil Hughes was Hellickson (13-10) was to start scratched and spent the afclinch the Yankees’ spot. Despite using a makeshift for the Rays, who led 2-1 in the ternoon getting his bad back lineup, New York clinched eighth only to be stunned by the examined by a doctor, putting no worse than a wild-card quick turnabout. Tampa Bay his postseason availability in began the doubt. berth and Given his first big league Noday trailing lowered the Boston by esi allowed two runs and four magic num“It’s not time to celebrate two games hits in 2 2-3 innings. The uniber to two for the AL form numbers of the Yankees’ for its 12th just yet. It’s crazy, w i l d - c a r d opening battery totaled 135 — AL East title though. I’m sure a lot spot; the Red Noesi (64) and rookie catcher in 16 seaof other teams would Sox hosted Austin Romine (71). sons. not be doing that.” Luis Ayala (2-2), the seventh Baltimore at “It’s not of eight Yankees pitchers, renight. time to cel“It’s not lieved with two on and two outs ebrate just Nick Swisher good, but we in the eighth and struck out his yet,” Nick Yankees outfielder have another only two batters. Two days after Sw i s h e r game to play setting the career saves record, said, exin a couple Rivera was given a standing plaining the minutes, so ovation when he entered. He Yankees’ reserved approach. “It’s crazy, you can’t really worry about closed it out 1-2-3 for his 44th though. I’m sure a lot of oth- it too long,” Rays manager Joe save this season and the 603rd of his career, two more than er teams would not be doing Maddon said. Alex Rodriguez hit an RBI Trevor Hoffman’s old mark. that.” Rivera appreciated this playFive World Series titles double in the first, but that was and seven American League all the Yankees got off Shields off berth as much as the first pennants since 1996 for (15-12) until the eighth. Des- one. He said players felt the Jeter, Rivera and Jorge mond Jennings put the Rays Yankees were overlooked when Posada have numbed the ahead 2-1 with a two-run predictions were made during Yankees and their fans to homer in the second inning off spring training. “Nobody gave us a shot,” Riemergency starter Hector Nopreliminary achievements. vera said. “Here we are.” “It’s the first step of three esi. In the quiet clubhouse, there Nunez then hooked an 82 that you want, to me, to accomplish in the regular sea- mph pitch into the first row of wasn’t even a sign or a sound son. First one is to get in. the left-field seats leading off of a party going on in the inner Second one is to win your the eighth. Brett Gardner sin- sanctum back by the showers, division, and the third one gled with one out, Jeter walked, where only the team is allowed. Jeter, as usual, found a pracis to have homefield ad- and that was it for Shields. Left-hander J.P. Howell re- tical reason for not getting too vantage throughout,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi lieved and fell behind 3-1, and worked up. “We’re going to spray chamsaid. “Since I’ve been here, Cano lined an opposite-field I know that there’s been an drive into the gap in left-center. pagne and then play the second expectation for this club to In the dugout, Shields briefly game?” he said. 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have to appear at his arraignment tomorrow morning. And as you know, the girls are scheduled to leave for Los Angeles in the morning. Now, as their coach, I was the obvious choice to chaperone them on their trip, but... Rose Darko: [feigning concern] But now, you can’t go. Kitty Farmer: Yes. Rose Darko: Hmmm. Kitty Farmer: Now, believe me, of all the other mothers, I would never dream of asking you. But none of the other mothers are available
to go! Rose Darko: I don’t know, Kitty. It’s a bad weekend. Eddie’s in New York. Kitty Farmer: [tearfully] Rose, I don’t know if you realize what an opportunity this is for our daughters! This has been a dream of Samantha’s and all of ours for a long time! I made her lead dancer! Sometimes, I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion! Enjoy Boston.
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Academies head list of possible Big East replacements Associated Press NEW YORK — Navy and Air Force are the top choices for Big East expansion, but as footballonly members, a person with knowledge of the discussions tells The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity on Wednesday because the conference does not want to publicly disclose its plans. Navy is an independent and
has played in a bowl eight straight seasons. Air Force plays in the Mountain West Conference and has been to a bowl each of the last four years. East Carolina of Conference USA announced on Wednesday it has applied for membership in the Big East. The Big East is regrouping after Syracuse and Pittsburgh joined the Atlantic Coast Conference. Leaders from the Big East football schools and TCU, which is
to enter the league in 2012, met with Commissioner John Marinatto in Manhattan on Tuesday night. All the league’s members, including the eight nonfootballplaying schools, committed to recruit new members. But the league’s status is still less than stable, especially with another piece of the realignment puzzle missing. Once Texas A&M makes a clean break from the Big 12, the SEC will be at 13 teams, and
likely looking for No. 14. Missouri seemed a candidate, but Big 12 officials are working to save that league. There has been speculation the SEC could have West Virginia of the Big East as a target to be the 14th school. “As I stated before, WVU is an excellent flagship, land-grant University, with national-caliber athletic and academic programs,” West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck said in a
statement Wednesday. “We are, and will remain, a national player in college athletics.” There also has to be concern in the Big East that the ACC could come back for more of its members. UConn and Rutgers would allow the ACC to expand even farther north and give Pitt, Syracuse and Boston College, which the league plucked from the Big East in 2003, two more local rivals.
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Cubs center fielder Marlon Byrd hits a three-run home run in the sixth inning of Chicago’s 7-1 win over Milwaukee on Wednesday at Wrigley. Associated Press CHICAGO — The celebration is taking longer than the Milwaukee Brewers had hoped or expected. Clinching the NL Central will come down to the final homestand of the season after they lost again Wednesday to the Chicago Cubs. “It’s this way every year when you’re close to winning a division,” Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said after a 7-1 loss. Matt Garza pitched a six-hitter and Marlon Byrd hit a three-
run homer for the Cubs in their Wrigley Field finale. The loss left the Brewers’ magic number for winning the division title and closing out second-place St. Louis remained at three. The Cardinals played the New York Mets on Wednesday night. The Brewers dropped two of their games against the Cubs and finished 39-42 on the road. They now go to Miller Park to wind up the regular season with a six-game homestand against the Marlins and Pirates beginning Friday. “I’m sure we’re going to go home and play well,” Roenicke said. “It’s nice to clinch at home, but I really don’t care. I just want to get it. We would have loved to have done it here.” Garza (9-10), 3-0 in his last five starts, allowed just an unearned run and struck out 10 in pitching his second complete game this season and eighth of his career. He walked one in a 123-pitch effort. DJ LeMahieu broke a 1-all tie with two-out, two-run double in the fifth offRandy Wolf (1310). Center fielder Nyjer Morgan appeared to lose the ball in the sun and the drive scored Alfonso Soriano, who had singled, and Starlin Castro, who was intentionally walked as he came to the plate trying for his 200th hit of the season. “Nyjer, it was one of those tough balls. It didn’t get high enough to go above the sun and just stayed right there in the sun,” Wolf said. “I wouldn’t want to be in center field at that time. It was a tough play.” Byrd’s three-run shot, his ninth homer of the season, followed singles by Jeff Bakerand Geovany Soto in the sixth.
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Serie A
Veteran forward Modano Inter fires coach; Juventus draws retires after 21 seasons Associated Press
Associated Press One of the greatest American hockey players is hanging up his skates for good. Mike Modano announced Wednesday that he is retiring after 21 seasons in the NHL, a career that includes a Stanley Cup championship along with 561 goals and 1,374 points — both of which are records for U.S.-born players. “It’s just time,” he said in a phone interview from Dallas, taking a break between playing 36 holes of golf. “I didn’t get any calls after July 1 and I figured that was it.” Only it wasn’t. The 41-yearold Modano said Vancouver assistant general manager Lorne Henning offered him a chance last week to continue his career with the Canucks. “I told him I had to pass because I hadn’t touched a weight or unzipped my bag since we lost in San Jose,” he said. Modano ended his career as a banged-up player who had lost a step and some zip off his shot during his one-season stint with his hometown Detroit Red Wings. A skate sliced a tendon in his right wrist and limited him to 40 games and career lows with four goals and 15 points with the Red Wings. “He was on the verge of really producing for us before he got injured,” former Red Wings teammate Chris Osgood(notes) said. “By the time he was able to play, it was too late. But back in the 1990s, few guys could skate and shoot like him. I can still see him flying down the ice, cutting down the lane and snapping off a shot toward the high glove.” In Modano’s prime, he was among the best hockey players on the planet — shifty, speedy and with a tough-to-stop wrist shot. He also played in three Olympics, helping the Americans win silver in 2002. “His speed was his strength,” said former NHL player Chris Chelios, a teammate in the
Olympics. “He had a great shot — hard and heavy — and he was tough to stop once he made a turn and generated speed. He was a great ambassador for the U.S. team.” The executive director of USA Hockey agreed. “Scores of kids grew up pretending to be Mike Modano, not only in our country, but across the world,” Dave Ogrean said. “That fact alone helps frame the enormous impact he’s had on the game. His accomplishments on the ice speak for themselves. He’s one of our greatest players ever.” The Minnesota North Stars selected the native of Livonia, Mich., No. 1 overall in 1988. Following the franchise’s move to Dallas, he helped the Stars hoist the Stanley Cup in 1999. Modano was in his prime when the Stars were among the NHL’s elite a decade ago, including a stretch of 34 home playoff games at rowdy Reunion Arena over three seasons from 19982000. When the Stars were at their best, Modano was the most popular player on a team full of fan favorites. The success fueled a 238-game sellout streak and a youth hockey boom that led to the Stars building ice rinks all over the heart of football country. Stars general manager Joe Nieuwendyk, who made the difficult decision not to bring his former teammate back a year ago, called Modano an icon in the sport. “He was invaluable in helping sell the game of hockey in Dallas,” Nieuwendyk said. “Mike is the face of our franchise and I think it is safe to say that no one else will wear No. 9 for the Dallas Stars.” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman congratulated Modano on an outstanding career. “We thank Mike for giving National Hockey League fans 21 years of thrills with his speed, his skill, his craftsmanship and his class,” Bettman said.
ROME — Defending champion AC Milan remained winless in Serie A following a 1-1 draw with Udinese on Wednesday, while 10-man Juventus drew 1-1 with Bologna to end its perfect start. Antonio Di Natale took advantage of an error from Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati to give Udinese the lead in the 29th minute and Milan’s 18-year-old forward Stephan El Shaarawy equalized in the 63rd after replacing Alexandre Pato, who came off after just 19 minutes with an apparent thigh injury. Clarence Seedorf for Milan and Giampiero Pinzi for Udinese each hit the post at the San Siro. In Turin, Mirko Vucinic took advantage of a quick free kick from Andrea Pirlo to put Juventus ahead in the 29th but then picked up his second yellow card just before the break for a hard foul and Daniele Portanova equalized for Bologna in the 52nd. “I’m sorry not to have gotten the three points, but I’m satisfied for what the guys showed not just today but in the first three matches,” said new Juventus coach Antonio Conte. Meanwhile, Genoa beat Catania 3-0 to take over the top spot in the table, with previous leader Napoli losing 1-0 at Chievo Verona. Rodrigo Palacio, who had been linked to a possible move to Inter Milan in the offseason, scored twice for Genoa and then set up a third goal for Kevin Constant. Playing in a half-empty stadium, Napoli struggled to find
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Juventus defender Stephan Lichsteiner, left, fights off a Bologna defender in Wednesday’s 1-1 tie in Turin. inspiration after its 3-1 win over Milan on Sunday and Chievo’s Davide Moscardelli took advantage of an error from defender Ignacio Fideleff to score in the 72nd. “We didn’t have one shot on goal and we lost the match,” Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri said. “Losing happens and we’re moving on.” Genoa, Juventus and Udinese each have seven points but Genoa leads on goals scored. Napoli, Fiorentina, Palermo and Cagliari are one point behind the leaders, while Milan has just two points from three matches. “Of course it’s not nice to look at the standings and see that,” Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri said. “But right now we’ve got 12 players injured and very few forwards. Tonight it was
important not to lose, and we shouldn’t look at the standings now.” Besides Pato, Milan was already missing forwards Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robinho, plus midfielders Massimo Ambrosini and Gennaro Gattuso to injury. Milan’s 38-year-old forward Filippo Inzaghi came on for the final six minutes and nearly earned a penalty kick in added time. Inter Milan is also struggling, and fired coach Gian Piero Gasperini after its 3-1 loss at newly promoted Novara on Tuesday. Claudio Ranieri has reportedly agreed to a two-year deal to replace Gasperini. Having missed all of last season due to injury, Stevan Jovetic scored twice and Alessio Cerci added another as Fiorentina beat Parma 3-0.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
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Falcons’ White hopes to break out after slow start Associated Press
The Falcons are heading to Tampa Bay for their first diviFLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — sion game in the rugged NFC Roddy White isn’t used to being South. Last year, the Buccaan afterthought in the Atlanta neers (1-1) did a good job shutting down White, holding him offense. “This is not my forte,” he to just four catches for 49 yards said Wednesday, breaking into in their first meeting — his that familiar smile. “This is not least-productive game of the season. something I like or desire.” That’s OK with White, as long Mind you, White isn’t comas the results are the same. The plaining. The Falcons (1-1) are com- Falcons won both matchups a ing off an emotional win over year ago, with White doing a Philadelphia, and he did catch little better in the second game a short pass in the back of the (seven catches, 74 yards). “I can’t complain. We’re winend zone for their first score of the game. But his final num- ning,” White said. “As long as bers — three catches, 23 yards we keep winning, then every— were definitely not in White’s thing will be fine, man. Obviously, that’s what we’re here normal range. He’s had four straight sea- for. We want to win games and sons with more than 1,000 get back to the playoffs.” Coming into the season, there yards. He’s coming off the best year for a receiver in franchise was plenty of speculation that White might history, puthave to accept ting up 1,389 a bit of a lessyards with an er role after N F L -l e a d i n g “You’ve just got to take the Falcons 115 recepwhat they give you. We traded up in tions. haven’t hit any deep ones the draft to Through yet, but they’ll come. nab Alabama two games And when they come, star Julio this year: 11 they’ll come in bunches.” Jones. catches for 84 While Atyards, his lonlanta is intent gest reception on taking adcovering just Roddy White vantage of 17 yards. Falcons receiver Jones’ im“You’ve just mense talgot to take ent, this isn’t what they give a case where you,” White insisted. “We haven’t hit any White’s numbers have dropped deep ones yet, but they’ll come. off because of the rookie. Rather, the first two oppoAnd when they come, they’ll nents, Chicago and Philadelcome in bunches.” Maybe they’ll come on Sun- phia, have doubled up on the day. Or maybe he’ll have to wait wideouts and dropped safeties into coverage, intent of preventa little longer.
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Receiver Roddy White evades Eagles’ cornerback Asante Samuel in the Falcons win Sunday in the Georgia Dome. White reined in only three passes for 23 yards in the game. ing the Falcons from hitting the big play. It worked for the Bears, who blew out Atlanta 30-12 in the opener and didn’t allow an offensive touchdown. But the Falcons had more success against the Eagles, even though the league’s best trio of cornerbacks again clamped down on the receivers. Jones had only two catches for 29 yards. With all the attention on White and Jones, the Falcons turned to their other offensive weapons. Namely, tight end Tony Gonzalez (seven catches, 83 yards, two TDs) and running back Michael Turner (21
carries for 114 yards, plus a 32yard reception). “That’s the beauty of it,” Gonzalez said. “In the ideal offense, you want to be a good, balanced team where the defense doesn’t know who’s going to get the ball.” Considering the way the offense played against the Eagles, Gonzalez said it’s only natural to expect Tampa Bay will put more defenders in the box to slow the running game and slant its coverages toward the middle of the field, where the tight end was able to do so much damage. If that happens, look for
White and Jones to finally break loose. “I’m sure Tampa will have something ready for me,” Gonzalez said. “I would guess they’ll want to take me out of the game, which is fine. Julio is going to have some plays, and Roddy is one of the best receivers in the league. It’s just a matter of time before he explodes like he always does.” White is ready to shine. “I hope this is the one where I go out there and catch eight or nine balls for over 100 yards,” he said “That would be a good game for me. I expect to go out there and do a little something.”
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Holt continued from page 16 today. We put ourselves in some bad spots on these greens.” Despite the opening tournament not being perfect, Holt realizes that there are
Joyce continued from page 16 man Chanler Rosenbaum, who has been nearly unstoppable in goal, is searching for another win in her collegiate career. Before the Adrian game, Rosen-
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Irish sophomore midfielder Mandy Laddish defends a Wisconsin player during Notre Dame’s 2-0 over the Badgers on Aug. 19.
Waldrum continued from page 16 will strengthen his team as the season progresses. “We’ve put our kids in a tough position being on the road a lot, but I think that we will be better off from it in the long run” he said. “This is [the players’] first trip to USF because of the Big East rotation so it’ll be interesting.” The Bulls (4-3-2, 0-1-1 Big East) are coming off a 2-2 overtime tie at Pittsburgh where they came back twice from one-goal deficits. Junior midfielder Taylor Peterson leads the Bulls’ attack with four goals and three assists along with sophomore forward Demi Stokes. Stokes led South Florida’s comeback Sunday with a goal and an assist and is a fixture on the British national team. “[South Florida] has really grown over the past few years, especially with some of their foreign recruits who bring their experience from playing overseas to the team,” Waldrum said. “It will be a tough game with a tough environ-
Hamilton continued from page 16 season, have yet to win an MIAA match and their best finish in a tournament was a tie for eighth at the O’Brien National Invitational. “We are just frustrated with the results. We did not play well today,” Hamilton said. “We have good holes and we have a lot of good nines, but we have a hard time backing it up.” Senior Christine Brown led the Belles with an 84, which left her tied for sixth. Freshman Janice Heffernan continued her solid campaign with the Belles’ second best score
ment to play in what is clearly their biggest game of the year. We expect a great challenge from them at home.” The Irish bring experienced attackers with them as well, headed by All-American senior forward Melissa Henderson. Henderson, a Hermann trophy favorite, has tallied 10 goals and three assists in nine games this year, including her second hat trick of the year in Sunday’s 4-1 victory over Cincinnati. “Mel is capable of [scoring a hat trick] every game,” Waldrum said. “She has the ability to do it every week it’s just a matter of getting her determined to do it. If she can do it [against South Florida] we will be in good shape.” Sophomore midfielder Mandy Laddish has served as a nice complement to Henderson’s finishing ability, tallying a Big East-leading five assists in nine games. South Florida hosts No. 20 Notre Dame tonight at 7 p.m. in a Big East match televised nationally on Fox Soccer Channel. Contact Andrew Gastelum at agastel1@nd.edu
with an 86, which left her in a tie for 11th. Junior Cara Kielty also had a solid round with an 88 and tied for 18th. “We make too many mistakes,” Hamilton said. “Christine Brown played well today, she shot two-over on the back nine, but she also had four penalty strokes. We have to clean up our rounds.” The Belles will be in action this Saturday and Sunday for the DePauw Small College Classic at Deer Creek Golf Course, a two-day tournament that features four of the top-10 teams in the country. Contact Joe Wirth at jwirth@nd.edu
Thursday, September 22, 2011 still many rounds left in the season, and the players will continue to work throughout the fall season on finding their swings. With two weeks off before heading to Chapel Hill, N.C., for the Tar Heel Invitational, Notre Dame will have plenty of time to hit the practice facility and work on their consistency.
“It’s good to get the first tournament under your belt,” Holt said. “I thought we hit the ball well, it’s just a matter of fine-tuning some things. We know what we have to work on now, we just have to keep working at it.”
baum had only allowed one goal. Also key for the Belles has been a strong showing from junior midfielder Maddie Meckes, who has performed well every game this season. Sophomore forward Jordan Diffenderfer and senior forward Katelyn Tondo-Steele have also been key players for the Belles.
Joyce hopes their success will continue throughout conference play. The Belles look to regain their winning ways against Alma on Thursday at 5 p.m. at their home fields.
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Irish tie for 9th place in Golfweek Challenge By JACK HEFFERON Sports Writer
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Irish senior forward Melissa Henderson fights for the ball during Notre Dame’s 2-0 win over Wisconsin on Aug. 19. Notre Dame plays South Florida tonight in Tampa Bay. By ANDREW GASTELUM Sports Writer
No. 20 Notre Dame will hit the road for the fifth time in six outings tonight against South Florida, with its first opportunity to play in front of a national television audience. The Irish (4-4-1, 1-1 Big East) face a tough challenge from a rising South Florida team that plans to showcase its brand new stadium to the nation. The Big East matchup
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will be shown nationally on Fox Soccer Channel, something that Irish coach Randy Waldrum hopes can quell whispers of a sub-par season for the Irish. “Hopefully, [the viewers] will see that we have a really good team out there,” Waldrum said. “Some people who don’t follow us as closely may look at our results and think ‘maybe they are having a down year’ but now they’ll actually get a chance to see us
on television.” The Irish are currently on a grueling road-game jaunt that has taken them from Palo Alto, Calif. to Cincinnati to Tampa, Fla. with only one home game in between — a 1-0 loss to Louisville in the Big East opener. The road trip ends this weekend with a visit to No. 14 Marquette, but Waldrum views this extensive stretch of the schedule as something that
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Golf tends to be a game of ups and downs, with titles often going to the player or team that finds its groove at the right time. Notre Dame showed signs of last year’s Big East Championshipwinning form at the Golfweek Conference Challenge in Wolcott, Colo., but in the end the team’s inconsistency resulted in a ninth-place finish. “We did get some individual highlights, but it’s got to be a team effort,” Irish coach Susan Holt said. “We had people who started off the tournament well, but we couldn’t keep it going. Conditions were much better out there today than they have been, but we weren’t able to take advantage.” Despite the relative disappointment of opening the year with a loss, the Irish did indeed have some individual highlights. After shooting +13 in her first two rounds, freshman Kelli Oride rebounded Wednesday, carding four birdies on her way to a 1-over round. “[Oride] played really solid today,” Holt said. “She hung in there when she had some opportunities for birdies
early on but didn’t capitalize, and she was able to pick up some later on.” Notre Dame’s seniors also had some quality rounds Wednesday. Senior Becca Huffer shot even-par on the day after falling to +15 after day 2, and senior Katie Allare was the one constant for the Irish, following up two +5 rounds with a +6 Wednesday. “It was nice to see Becca shoot well today, and Katie’s performance was really solid for us today,” Holt said. “She was our most consistent player, she just wasn’t able to make enough birdies.” On the other side of the coin Wednesday were freshman Ashley Armstrong and sophomore Kristina Nhim. After shooting Notre Dame’s best two-day scores, the young players regressed to each shooting +9, respectively. The duo suffered from a run of bad play that seemed to build upon itself, as one bogey snowballed into a string of bogeys. “The greens were really tough out there, and they seemed worn down from the first couple days of the tournament,” Holt said. “Putting is all about confidence, and we had pretty low confidence
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Saint Mary’s Belles hope to rebound against Alma falls to Hope and Olivet By KATIE HEIT Sports Writer
By JOE WIRTH Sports Writer
The Belles fell to Olivet College and Hope College at the Ravines Golf Club in Saugatuck, Mich., on Wednesday. Olivet won the three-team jamboree with a final total of 323. Hope shot a 340 while Saint Mary’s shot a 345. Olivet’s sophomore Theresa Damico took the individual title with a 74. The Arnold Palmer designed course provided a stiff test for every team, but Belles coach Mark Hamilton said that the course should not be an excuse for the Belles’ poor play. “The course is a bit visually intimidating,” Hamilton said. “But if you just drive the ball straight and keep the ball in play, the course is very manageable.” The Belles, who had high expectations heading into the
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After suffering their first loss of the season, the Belles are eager to restart their winning streak with a victory over MIAA defending champions Alma. Saint Mary’s (5-1, 1-1 MIAA) fell to Adrian, who defeated the Belles 4-1 Saturday. That loss ended the Belles’ five-game winning streak. “We’re down a little from the loss,” Joyce said. “Not simply from losing the game, but we didn’t play as well as we could have, which is frustrating.” Though their energy is down from the tough loss to Adrian (4-3, 2-1), Joyce said that he believes the Belles can regain their energy for the game against Alma (6-1, 2-1). “A lot will depend on the first 15 to 20 minutes,” Joyce said. “If we can start strong and prove to ourselves we can play with Alma, it will build our confidence and we should be good for the rest of the game.” Joyce will rely on senior defender Keely Noonan to keep her backfield strong against Alma’s offensive prowess. Fresh-
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