Four national leaders in edu-cation urged the Notre Damecommunity to use its resourcesto help improve the Americanschool system at a panel titled,“The System: Opportunity, Crisisand Obligation in K-12Education,” held at theDeBartolo Performing ArtsCenter Wednesday.The panel marked the begin-

ning of the 2011-2012 NotreDame Forum. The Forum willfocus on the challenges K-12education faces in the UnitedStates. Panelists Michelle Rhee,

Howard Fuller, Sara MartinezTucker and John Dilulio dis-cussed the successes and fail-ures of the current system.“We’re at a specific moment in

time right now [when] there’smore attention being paid topublic education reform, and wehave the opportunity to radicallytransform it,” Rhee said. “If wecan’t take advantage of thisopportunity, then I don’t know ifanother one like this is evergoing to come up.”Fuller said the American ideal

of universal education wasimportant but policymakers stillneed to do what is necessary tomake that ideal a reality.

“The education agenda in ourcountry has been driven by spe-cial interests,” Rhee said. “Theproblem in that dynamic is thatyou don’t have a national, organ-ized interest group with thesame heft as the teacher’sunion.”Rhee said the lack of a power-

ful group looking out for the chil-dren in the system was a prob-lem. “If there is not an equal or

greater force [than the teacher’sunion] at the table that’s sayingwhat is at the best interest of thechildren, then you’re going toend up with a landscape of lawsand policies that are skewed,and not towards children,” shesaid.Dilulio identified school vio-

lence and drop-out rates as twomajor issues facing Americaneducation. He said school vio-lence is under-reported, where-

as graduation rates are over-reported.Fuller said American students

are performing significantlyworse in the classroom thantheir foreign peers are.American students, however,have high intellectual confidencecompared with students in othernations.Fuller said talking about the

Despite her profession’saffinity for hair, Angie Paris, ahairdresser at University HairStylists, decided to shave herhead today for The Bald & theBeautiful: ND Fights Cancer.“I feel like God planted it in

my heart and I started to thinkabout it,” Paris said. “I askedmyself ‘Are you sure aboutthis?’ and I prayed about it,and I just feel like it’s some-thing I should do.”The Bald & the Beautiful —

sponsored by the Class of2012, student government,Circle K and Pangborn,Duncan and Badin Halls — isNotre Dame’s third annualhead-shaving event to raisemoney for St. Baldrick’sFoundation, a charity commit-ted to cancer research fund-ing. The event kicked offWednesday and will continuethrough Friday.Former Hall President’s

Council co-chair Mike Oliversaid 800 people participatedin last year’s event, which

raised over $41,500. Thisyear, the goal is set at$60,000.Student body president

emeritus Catherine Soler saidthe committee aimed to incor-porate a variety of differentorganizations into this year’sevent, including class councils,

residence halls and athleticteams.“I think internally we’ve got-

ten a lot more people involvedand that’s been great tospread it through the dormsand through campus,” she

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Education experts John Dilulio, left, Sara Martinez Tucker, center, and Howard Fuller, right discussthe challenges of the Amerian education system at DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Wednesday.

Holy Halfrunnersfight heat

Completing the Holy Half was onsenior Kaitie McCabe’s collegebucket list, but sun and 80 degreetemperatures Sunday stood in herway as she attempted to completethe race. McCabe trained for the 13.1-

mile race in the weeks leading upto the Half, yet she only completeda portion of the race.“I went out as fast as I had

planned and by mile four I wasreally struggling,” she said. “Iended up completing the ‘HolyQuarter’ but didn’t feel like I couldfinish the entire half marathon. Itwas very disappointing.”Race organizer Gabby Tate

described the day as a “perfectstorm” of unexpected conditions.“Most people were not accus-

tomed to running on an 80 degreeweather day,” she said.McCabe was not the only runner

to feel the effects of Sunday’s heat.“Seven students were transport-

ed to Memorial Hospital for heat

Students go bald for charityLula’s owner discussescafé’s closing, future

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After 16 years of operation, local Lula’s Café closed in the fall.Owner Steve Egan is hopeful the Café will make a comeback.

After 16 years as a South Bendstaple, Lula’s Café closed in thefall much to the lament of stu-dents and town residents alike.The local hotspot was forced toshut down after its lease was notrenewed for unknown reasons,Lula’s owner Steve Egan said.

The ownership still hopes therestaurant can make a comeback,though. “I want Lula’s to exist in the

community more than anyonedoes,” Egan said. “I’m willing andopen to listening to creative solu-tions on how that might happen.”While Egan considered multiple

opportunities to reopen at other

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Freshman Michael Stankiewicz has his head shaved to raisemoney for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.

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QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE NINTENDO 64 GAME?

IN BRIEF

A hospitality lunch benefit-t ing La Casa de Amistad,which operates a youth andcommunity center on thewest side of South Bend, willbe held in the Geddes Hallcoffee house from 11:45 to1:30 p.m. today. A $5 dona-tion is requested.

Today from 3 to 9:30 p.m.in the monogram room of theJoyce Athletic Center stu-dents can participate in theIBM Smarter PlanetUniversity Tour. Activitiesinclude a scavenger hunt, anIBM skills zone and a FutureLeaders session. Participationis free.

In room 129 of DeBartoloHall, Harry F. Ridgway willgive a seminar titled “TheQuest for Pure Water . . .From Atoms to Oceans” from3:30 to 4:30 p.m. tonight.

The lecture “Voting inAgreeable Societies” will begiven by Francis Su of HarveyMudd College in room 117 ofHayes-Healy Hall. The lec-ture will be from 5:30 to 6:30and refreshments wil l beprovided afterward.

Guy Kawasaki will presentan Entrepreneur Week semi-nar in the Jordan auditoriumof the Mendoza College ofBusiness . The seminar isfrom 7:15 to 8:15 p.m.tonight.

The Black StudentsAssociat ion is host ing i tsannual f i lm fest ival inLaFortune tonight. The film“Coming to America” will beshown from 9 to 11:30 p.m.and refreshments wil l beprovided.

To submit information to beincluded in this section of TheObserver, email detailedinformation about an event toobsnews.nd@gmail.com

OFFBEAT

Ohio police chief cancelsover 900 speeding ticketsHAMILTON, Ohio —

Motorists are off the hookfor more than 900 speedingtickets automatically issuedby a mobile police camerain southwest Ohio.The camera had been sta-

tioned in a park in Hamiltonon April 2 at the same timea youth soccer tournament,the Mid-American SoccerClassic, was being held.Police Chief Neil

Ferdelman tells TheJournalNews of Hamiltonthat he canceled the ticketsbecause of the tournament,which he says drew manyout-of-towners who wereunaware the camera was inuse.At $95 each, the 900 tick-

ets would have totaled more

than $86,000. The chiefsays 70 of the tickets weremailed. Those motoristshave been sent letterstelling them: never mind.

Puppets pilferred inHawaii, owners desperate-ly searchHONOLULU — Thieves

broke into a performing artsorganization’s van and stolethree puppets worth$10,000, cutting the compa-ny’s cast in half in the middleof a popular tour andprompting workers to franti-cally dig through trash binsin search of the missing char-acters.Maui Academy of

Performing Arts officials saidthe cloth-covered foam pup-pets were created in 2009 bypuppeteer Frank Kane, who

once worked for Jim Hensonand the Muppets, and stolenSaturday night in Kahului.The group made a plea forthe public’s help in locatingthe missing puppets as work-ers searched roads and trashbins for any sign of them.“They’re really not of any

value to whoever took them,but they’re of great value tous,” executive and artisticdirector David Johnston saidMonday. “We scoured thearea looking for them.”The missing puppets’ char-

acters were re-cast by recon-figuring facial features onother puppets.“We did some emergency

plastic surgery,” said produc-tion manager Mark Collmer.

Information compiledfrom the Associated Press.

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Audrey Niffenegger, author of the book “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” signs books atone of the Student Union Board Literary Festival events on Wednesday night.Students lined up to get their copies signed.

“Umm ... eventhough I’m

Asian, I neverplayed video

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sophomoreMcGlinn

“Mario Kart 64.I like gettingseizures on

Rainbow Road.”

Ryan Turner

sophomoreDuncan

“Super SmashBros because Iactually get to

beat my brotherup.”

Carolyn Christian

juniorLewis

“007Goldeneye. That

pretty muchwas my lifewhen I wasyounger.”

Karl Celeste

sophomoreDuncan

“Mario Kart 64by far. I can’teven imaginewhat my GPA

would be without that in

my life.”

Andrew Bell

juniorKnott

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Student Senate discussed theeffectiveness of the FirstUndergraduate Experience inLeadership (FUEL) program andthe implementation of theMendoza College of Business’smajor-eligibility algorithm at itsWednesday meeting.FUEL began two years ago as

FLEX, the Freshmen LeadershipExperience, a program for fresh-men interested in gettinginvolved in student government.Student body vice president BrettRocheleau said the programtransformed into FUEL this year.“This year it was a way for first

year students to be a part of thepolicy-making side of studentgovernment,” he said. “It was thefirst year FUEL was truly a partof student government in thismanner.”FUEL co-director Ricky

Bevington said the programplaces the freshman participantsinto the various Senate commit-tees where they function as regu-lar members. Bevington asked the group how

they felt the program could betterserve student government andbetter inform future student lead-ers.“First, as the policy-making

branch of student government,we want to hear how FUEL canbest help you,” he said. “And sec-ond, a lot of you are new faces.We want to hear what you wish

you knew about student govern-ment before you came toSenate.”Badin senator Jen Simpson

suggested the directors betteradvertise FUEL in the future.“A lot of freshmen didn’t know

about it then, but know about itnow and would have liked to par-ticipate,” she said.Cavanaugh senator Gaby

Nunez recalled seeing FUEL atStudent Activities Night but saidshe didn’t know exactly what itentailed.“I thought it was more just

exposure to student government,I didn’t know it was actual policy-making,” she said. “It should beadvertised as such, like you’reactually involved in makingthings happen.”Turning from student govern-

ment to academics, the groupdebated whether students shouldattempt to fight Mendoza’s use ofalgorithms for determining whichmajors students can enter.Rocheleau said that while thealgorithms have been in place forthree years, one was used for thefirst time this year for the financemajor.Rocheleau said 290 students

applied to the Finance major pro-gram, which was capped at 250students. The remaining 40 stu-dents were either placed in theirsecond choice major or market-ing, the only business major withspace left.The algorithm that decided

which students were able todeclare finance was based off five

criteria: the student’s currentGPA, grade in Calculus I,ACT/SAT score, current numberof credits from Mendoza and cur-rent number of total credits atthe University.“When we came to Notre Dame

the admissions office told us wecould take any major we wantedat ND and now we can’t,” aca-demic affairs chair Neal Ravindrasaid. “It’s not the University’sfault but it’s still a fact.”Some senators expressed con-

cern at the fairness of using sofew factors in the algorithm.Campus technology chair YitingZheng said hard working andintelligent students can end upwith a poor GPA under certaincircumstances.“At least half our engineering

class disappears,” Zheng said.“Beginning freshman year engi-neering is really tough and yourGPA is shot. And then you realizeyou want to be a business studentand you’re at a disadvantage.”Regardless of whether an

attempt is made to reverse thealgorithm policy, Morrissey sena-tor Calvin Belden said theUniversity should inform incom-ing students of the caveat on thepresumed freedom to choose amajor at Notre Dame.“It would be a really disap-

pointing shock if you come hereand you were planning on beinga finance major and then could-n’t,” Belden said.

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Faculty recognized forservice to undergrads

Twenty University facultymembers received the Rev.Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C.,Awards for Excellence inUndergraduate Teaching andthree members of the facultywere awarded with DockweilerAwards for Excellence inUndergraduate Advising,according to a Wednesdaypress release.Peer and student nominations

determined the recipients, andthe Office of the Provost pre-sented the awards.The winners of the

Dockweiler Award are SamGaglio, assistant dean and con-current instructor in theMendoza College of Business;Kathleen Kolberg, professionalspecialist in the Department ofPreprofessional Studies; andAnre Venter, professional spe-cialist and director of under-graduate studies in theDepartment of Psychology.The Joyce teaching award

honored 20 members of thefaculty who had a profoundinfluence on undergraduatestudents through sustainedexemplary teaching, the releasestated.The Joyce winners are:

Joseph Buttigieg, Departmentof English; Xavier Creary,Department of Chemistry andBiochemistry; Steve Fallon,Program of Liberal Studies;Agustin Fuentes, Department of

Anthropology; Daniel Graff,Department of History; Fr. DanGroody, Department ofTheology; Yih-Fang Huang,Department of ElectricalEngineering; Anthony Hyder,Department of Physics; CharlesKulpa, Department of BiologicalSciences; William Leahy,Department of Economics andEconometrics; Tara MacLeod,Department of Irish Languageand Literature; Kerry Meyers,College of Engineering; KenMilani, Department ofAccountancy; BrianO’Conchubhair, Department ofIrish Language and Literature;Jeffrey Peng, Department ofChemistry and Biochemistry;Anne Pilkington, Department ofMathematics; Georgine Resick,Department of Music; DeborahRotman, Department ofAnthropology; Maria Tomasula,Department of Art, Art Historyand Design; and XiaoshanYang, Department of East AsianLanguages and Literatures.A University press release

stated the teaching award issupported by a gift from thelate Father Joyce’s classmatesin the Class of 1937. TheDockweiler CharitableFoundation honored advisorsand student mentors for thepast four years.Faculty committees in each of

the seven disciplinary areasevaluate the peer and studentnominations to select the win-ners.

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exhaustion,” Universityspokesman Dennis Brown said.“About 20 others were treated forheat-related problems.”

Two sports medicine doctors, anurse, 14 First Aid volunteers anda mobile unit from the South BendMedical Foundation staffed theevent, Brown said. Two golf cartswith First Aid supplies followedthe race.

“A small amount of the medicalcosts — medicine and some sup-plies — are billed to the event,”Brown said. “Most costs areassumed by the First Aid ServicesTeam budget.”

The First Aid Services Team is astudent volunteer organization oncampus.

Freshman Allie Kuhl was rushedto the hospital to replenish her flu-ids after she was severely dehy-drated and fainted during therace.

“I sat down to rest around the10th mile because I was strugglingto just keep walking and I was notseeing clearly,” she said. “I intend-ed to keep racing after I rested,but when I started walking again Iended up collapsing.”

Volunteers responded immedi-ately after Kuhl collapsed.

“The volunteers and medicalresponders were very efficient,and I greatly appreciate theirhelp,” she said. “I felt that the vol-unteers were very aware that run-ners may be struggling with theheat, and they seemed to be keep-ing an eye out for anyone whomay have needed help.”

Kuhl said she left the hospitalaround 3 p.m. Sunday afternoon,and besides minimal soreness, sheis feeling well.

“In the future, if I am running inthe heat and feel the way I didbefore I had to quit running onSunday, I will know that I need tostop and take a break rather thantry to push through it,” she said.“This will not prevent me fromrunning in future, but I hope it willmake me a smarter and safer run-ner because I will be more awareof my physical limits and how todeal with them.”

Around the fourth mile-marker,freshman Billy Raseman said hebegan to feel the effects of dehy-dration in the heat when hestopped sweating and his backstarted tingling.

“Just before the 10th mile Islowed to a walk once I got thewater station,” he said. “I could tellsomething was wrong because Ifelt dizzy and could not even walkin a straight line. The First Aidresponded immediately —they gave me ice and water andtold me to lie down on a nearbybench.”

Raseman said he began trainingover winter break.

“I knew it was going to be hotbut I have run in similar weatherbefore,” Raseman said.“I think the fact that all my train-ing had been in much coolerweather made the heat worsethan it would have been if I hadbeen more acclimated to it.”

For his next race, Raseman saidhe will learn from his experienceat the Holy Half.

“I need to make sure I

hydrate better for future races,”he said. “Also, I will make certainnot to underestimate how theweather can affect the way I race.It is obvious I did not take thechange of temperature intoaccount as much as I should haveand I will definitely plan better inthe future.”

Freshman Jake Flynt ran cross-country in high school, but theHoly Half was his first attempt at ahalf marathon.

“I reached a point between 10.5and 11 miles where my legs feltlike they were simply out of mycontrol,” he said. “Even beforethat point I started desperatelylooking forward to each waterstop. When I realized how dehy-drated I was and how uncontrol-lable my form was becoming, Istopped at the nearest volunteer. Iasked her to call my older brotherwho was waiting for me at the fin-ish line. I told her I didn’t think Ineeded any medical help and thatwater and rest would be enough,and she offered me her water bot-tle.”

Flynt said he wished water stopsalong the race route were morefrequent.

“After dropping it several timesdue to my dizziness, I drank what Icould of the volunteer’s water bot-tle and then what was left of mybrother’s when he reached me,”he said. “I had four more bottles ofwater and some fruit upon reach-ing the finish line.”

Flynt said his entire body wassore Monday after the race.

“I think I will never again under-estimate the need to hydrate,”Flynt said. “The wisdom of all ofmy past coaches keeps ringing inmy ears and what seems to ringloudest is, ‘You need to hydrate theentire week leading up to therace.’ I would like to run anotherhalf marathon at the end of thesummer. I’ll not only have moretime to train, I’ll have trainingweather more indicative of that onrace day.”

While runners recover from theHoly Half, McCabe said she isalready anticipating her next race.

“I’m considering this race alearning opportunity,” she said.“I’ve already signed up for anotherhalf marathon this summer …[and] I plan to come back aftergraduation next year and finishthe Holy Half. Hopefully it doesn’tsnow.”

Tate and fellow organizer SeanKickham said heat was not theonly problem for runners. Runnerswore chip timers to record theirtimes, but Tate said the times werelost when the chip timer trans-ferred the data to the computersystem.

“The chip timing did not work atall,” she said. “We only have timesfor people’s splits, the first half ofthe race.”

This year was the first where therace ever ran into problems withthe chip timers, Tate said.

“This is also the first year wherethe course for the race was certi-fied as a half-marathon,” Kickhamsaid.

Many runners hoped to use theirtimes from the Holy Half to qualifyfor other races, Kickham said, butunfortunately cannot do so.

“It’s really upsetting,” Tate said.

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Saint Mary’s senior art stu-dents displayed their finalexhibits at the College’s MoreauArt Center beginning last Friday.

The projects were the culmi-nation of the seniors’ final yearof work.

Senior Mary Castle, an artmajor and music minor, dis-played 14 canvases inspired bythe works of French composerCharles Camille Saint-Saens’ “LeCarnaval des Animaux.”

“I chose this theme in order touse a lot of different colors andtechniques, which incorporateboth my art major and musicminor,” Castle said.

Castle accompanied her visualart with a piano performanceduring the exhibition. She saidshe hopes others see the paral-lels between art and music inher work.

Castle add the she would like

to encourage a desire to listen toher work, “The Carnival of theAnimals.”

Kelly Payne, another seniorartist on display, said the naturalbeauty she enjoys while runningoutdoors inspired her work.

“Running outside got me inter-ested in the beauties of nature,of what God has created to makethe world look beautiful,” shesaid in her artist’s statement. “Italso gave me a way to meditateand not think about the opposingand jarring aspects of life.”

Payne said her artwork depictsthe abstract beauty of day-to-dayimages.

Abstract imagery also inspiredSaint Mary’s senior ElizabethMcDonald to create her three-dimensional display, “A New Ageof Horror.”

Social issues were also aninspiration to some artists.Senior Erin Malter created a six-canvas display to speak aboutanimal abuse. Her exhibit, titled“In Their Shoes,” substituted

humans in the place of mistreat-ed animals.

Senior Caitlin Duerinck creat-ed three-dimensional sculpturesfor her exhibit, “Duende.”Edward Hirsch’s book, “TheDemon and the Angel: Searchingfor the Source of ArtisticInspiration,” inspired her fivelarge-scale ceramic pieces.

“This philosophy book exam-ined the ways in which artists invarious media, such as dance,poetry and sculpture, connectand respond to the Spanish con-cept of duende, the evocativeforce that drives people to createworks of art,” Duerinck said inher artist’s statement. “I createdthis work to encourage others toexamine how and why they areinspired, to note what they areinspired by and to act upon theirpersonal inspiration.”

The displays are open to thegeneral public until Friday.

SMC seniors exhibit artwork

By ALYSSA PEREZNews Writer

Contact Alyssa Perez at aperez01@saintmarys.edu

Photo courtesy of Mary Castle

Saint Mary’s senior art student Mary Castle, center, showcases her portfolio Le Carnaval enPeinture in the Moreau Art Gallery Saturday.

Contact Megan Doyle at mdoyle@nd.edu

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said. “It’s just as much anawareness event as a fundrais-er — all of ND coming togetherfor one cause.”Soler said Paris is among a

number of non-students partic-ipating in the effort. Paris is shaving her head in

solidarity with children affect-ed by cancer. As a volunteer forbeYOUtiful, a local initiativeworking with middle schoolgirls to develop a healthy con-ception of “true beauty,” Parissaid shaving her head alsooffers a unique opportunity tofurther beYOUtiful’s cause.“I’m excited about the platformthis has given me,” she said.“I’m excited to share my testi-mony with [the girls] and showthem that it’s not always goingto be perfect and pretty.”Junior center Mike Golic said

he and fellow teammate Dayne

Crist have been involved withThe Bald & the Beautiful forthe past three years.“We’re actually on the com-

mittee that sets this event upand gets everything together,”Golic said. “Just being out hereand being around these kidsthat we’re trying to helpthrough it all —this is reallywhat makes itworth it.”Golic said

about 45 mem-bers of the foot-ball team areshaving theirheads this year.Next year theteam hopes towin over anoth-er participant.“Today we got

the big commitment fromCoach Kelly,” he said. “Once weget the win for a BCS bowlgame this year, he’ll shave hishead at the event next year.”Oliver said this event holds a

special meaning for his dorm,Duncan Hall.“After my freshman year one

of our classmates, Sam Marks,passed away from cancer,” hesaid. “Duncan takes this eventand tries to have a big partici-pation in it.”Oliver said St. Baldrick’s gave

great support toMarks’ familyduring his timein chemothera-py and Markswas a hugeadvocate for thefoundation.Last year, 45

members ofDuncan shavedtheir heads.This year, Oliversaid the goal isfor 60 residents

to participate and raise a totalof $10,000. “It helps that my rector gave

us an incentive,” Oliver said. “Ifwe got 60 guys and $10,000,then he would shave his head

also.”Saint Mary’s College sopho-

more Kasey Coonan will beshaving her head in honor ofher family members who havebeen affected by cancer.“My aunt had ovarian cancer

a couple years back, and I sawthe struggles shehad to gothrough and howshe foundstrength and itwas something Iadmired in her,”she said. “I alsohave two otherfamily memberswho had to gothrough radiationfor cancer.”Coonan said

her relatives’ tri-als prompted her to take partin the fundraiser. “I’m very enthusiastic about

it. I have a lot of support fromall my friends,” she said. “Ilove talking about it and I don’tthink I’ll be nervous until I face

the clippers.”Paris said she has become

nervous in recent weeks butknows shaving her head will bea unique chance to step out ofher comfort zone.“We’re all pretty attached to

our hair,” she said. “It’s defi-nitely going tobe a learningexperience.”Students who

will not beshaving theirheads but stillwant to con-tribute to theevent candonate eightinches of theirhair to PanteneB e a u t i f u lLengths or buy

a colored hair extension tobenefit Memorial Hospital inSouth Bend.Soler said event organizers

decided to donate to MemorialHospital because students atNotre Dame have worked withchildren in the hospital’s pedi-atric outpatient program.Children from the hospital andtheir families are invited toattend the event.“When the kids come here

they’re seeing people celebrateSt. Baldrick’s, but it ’s alsogoing back to them,” she said.“This year we made sure thekids were invited early, thefamilies knew and that thefootball players were coming atthe same time.”The staff of the hospital is

involved as well. Soler said thehead pediatric oncologist willspeak at the event. In addition,this year one of the nurses isshaving her head while thechildren are present.Soler said The Bald and the

Beautiful will offer eight differ-ent color hair extensions, eachrepresenting a different type ofcancer. They are also serving free

dinner each night of the event,donated from Fiddler’s Hearthand Maury’s Pub. The Bald andthe Beautiful will continuetoday from 4 to 10 p.m. andFriday from 4 to 8:30 p.m. inthe Sorin and Dooley Rooms ofLaFortune.

problems was not enough, thataction was required.“We cannot intellectualize this

achievement gap for anothergeneration,” Fuller said. “You allhave got to demand more fromthose of us who have verbalizedabout this prob-lem, but when itcomes time tomake real, harddecisions … it’sclear to me thatadult interestsfar outweighstudent inter-ests. As long aswe allow adultinterests todominate, wewill never closethe achievementgap in thiscountry.” Rhee said the

leaders in theeducational sys-tem were hesi-tant to point outi n e f f e c t i v eteachers in fear of being labeled“anti-teacher,” especially whensome teachers fail under harshconditions rather than from a

lack of effort or care.“There is this real aversion

right now to wanting to differen-tiate between teachers,” Rheesaid. “We have to create adynamic with teachers where,when we start to talk abouteffectiveness, it doesn’t becomean anti-teacher thing … Being ateacher in an urban school dis-trict is the most difficult thingyou can do. And because of its

difficulty, noteverybody isgoing to begood at it.”Fuller said

many teacherswork at schoolswhere theywould not sendtheir own chil-dren butdemand thoseschools remainopen in orderto maintaintheir salaries. “When you

tell a parentthat you haveto keep yourkid in a schoolthat is clearlyfailing … we

have now put the system in frontof the needs and interests of ourkids.”Tucker said Catholic schools

are valuable because theyencourage students to believeintelligence is malleable insteadof predetermined.“Students that have this belief

that intelligence is incrementalend up setting goals for them-selves, persisting and dealingwith academic challenges bet-ter,” she said.Tucker also asked Notre Dame

to reconsider the ways in whichit evaluates applicants. She saidpost-secondary institutions tendto overweight standardized testscores and should place greatervalue on students that believe intheir own intellect.Rhee said people need to be

less averse to conflict and morewilling to combat the injusticesof the American education sys-tem.“We need people who are

going to come along and take aharder and harder stance andbe willing to risk everythingalong the way,” she said. “In mymind, there is nothing that ismore worth fighting for toensure that the next generationof Americans … can have achance at a great life and livethe American dream becausethey’re getting a good educa-tion.”

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locations, he said none of themworked out, despite his desire tobring back the popular restau-rant. Because of the inclusive nature

of the Lula’s environment, Egansaid he would not want the café tomove to the Notre Dame campus.“Moving on campus would be

exclusionary to most in theMichiana community so it wouldnot be my top choice,” Egan said.Egan said Lula’s ability to

attract members of both the NotreDame and South Bend communi-ties made it a unique establish-ment in the area. “Lula’s has always been a

bridge between the universitycommunities … and the town,”Egan said. “Part of the appeal ofLula’s for me and a lot of otherpeople was that we were a placewhere everybody was welcome.”Egan said Lula’s not only served

good food but also brought peopletogether and celebrated local artand culture.“It was such a welcoming envi-

ronment,” Egan said. “You feellike you’re at home. You feel likeyou can be yourself.”Egan said it was still unclear

why Lula’s was driven out of its

location and given less than 60days to relocate.“There’s nothing wrong with

Lula’s. Lula’s was a thriving busi-ness that had this monkey wrenchthrown in, this unforeseen cir-cumstance dropped upon it,”Egan said. “Lula’s was thrivingeven in the face of the new busi-nesses at Eddy Street Commons.”Egan said regardless of whether

or not Lula’s returns, the caféwould remain in the memories ofits patrons.“It’s a blessing to hear stories of

people who had their first dates[in Lula’s] or met their spouse or[who say] I got them through theirPh.D.,” Egan said. “I appreciatethose stories, and it’s been verynice to hear.”Despite his love for Lula’s, Egan

said he does not see himself main-taining the same role he used tohave now that he is in a leader-ship position at Anthony Travel. “I would only suspect [my role]

would be as a passive investor …with a more passive ownershipposition,” Egan said. Egan said faithful Lula’s cus-

tomers should not give up on thecafé.“My message [to them] is one of

hope,” Egan said. “We just haven’tfigured out the how yet.”

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“There is nothing thatis more worth fightingfor to ensure that thenext generation of

Americans ... can havea chance at a greatlife and live theAmerican dreambecause they’re getting a good education.”

Michelle Rheeformer chancellor

D.C. public schools

“We’re all prettyattached to our hair.It’s definitely going to

be a learning experience.”

Kasey Coonansophomore

Saint Mary’s

“I’m excited to sharemy testimony with[the girls] and showthem that it’s notalways going to beperfect and pretty.”

Angie ParisUniversity Hair Stylists

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FAA suspends sleeping controller, adds staff

RENO, Nev. — A napping airtraffic controller who forced amedical flight to land unaided inNevada brought swift reactionfrom the Federal AviationAdministration, which onWednesday added a secondovernight controller at 26 air-ports and a radar facility. Themove came after several otherrecent incidents of controllerssleeping during their shifts.

The controller at Reno-TahoeInternational Airport was out ofcommunication for about 16minutes when the aircraft carry-ing at least three people waslanding about 2 a.m.Wednesday, the FAA said. Noinjuries were reported.

“This is absolutely unaccept-able,” Transportation SecretaryRay LaHood said in a statement.“The American public trusts usto run a safe system. Safety isour No. 1 priority and I am com-mitted to working 24/7 untilthese problems are corrected.”

It was the second case thisweek of a controller being sus-pended for sleeping on the job.A controller at Boeing Field-King County International inSeattle fell asleep during hismorning shift on Monday andwas suspended, FAA said. Hewas already facing disciplinaryaction for sleeping on two sepa-rate occasions during an earlyevening shift in January, theagency said.

The National Air TrafficControllers Association haswarned against putting con-trollers alone on shifts andassigning tiring work schedules.

At most airport towers, there’sno bathroom in the cab — theroom on the top of the tower.With only one controller on duty,the position has to go unattend-

ed at times if the controllerneeds to use a bathroom. It’scommon for the nearest bath-room to be located down a flightof stairs from the cab.

Two controllers at the airportin Lubbock, Texas, were sus-pended for an incident in theearly morning hours of March29, the agency said. In thatinstance, a controller in FortWorth had to try repeatedly toraise the Lubbock controllers inorder to hand off control of aninbound aircraft. The controllersalso failed to hand off a planedeparting Lubbock to the FortWorth radar center, FAA said.

The latest cases follow threepreviously disclosed incidents inwhich controllers have been sus-pended, including two episodesof controllers sleeping on duty.

“Air traffic controllers areresponsible for making sure air-craft safely reach their destina-tions. We absolutely cannot andwill not tolerate sleeping on thejob,” FAA Administrator RandyBabbitt said in a statementWednesday.

Babbitt and Paul Rinaldi, thepresident of the National AirTraffic Controllers Association,the union that represents FAA’smore than 15,000 controllers,will be visiting airports andradar facilities around the coun-try next week “to reinforce theneed for all air traffic personnelto adhere to the highest profes-sional standards,” FAA said in astatement.

The FAA last month put twocontrollers on duty during themidnight shift at the Reno-Tahoeairport but went back to onecontroller several days laterafter implementing new proce-dures, FAA spokesman IanGregor said. Reno is one of theairports that will now get a sec-ond controller.

Airport chief Krys Bart saidthe pilot of the medical flight —a Piper Cheyenne with seatingfor five — and airport staff hadtried to contact the controllermultiple times without success.The FAA said the pilot was incontact with regional radar con-trollers in northern Californiaduring the landing.

“The pilot evaluated the air-field. The weather was clear.The aircraft did land withoutincident,” Bart said.

It was not immediately clearwhere the flight was comingfrom.

The incidents come nearly fiveyears after a fatal crash inKentucky in which a controllerwas working alone.Investigators said the controllerin Kentucky was most likely suf-fering from fatigue, althoughthey placed responsibility for thecrash that took 49 lives on the

pilots.The new disclosures drew

rebukes from the chairmen ofthe Senate and House commit-tees that oversees FAA’s budget.

“I just got off the phone withthe FAA and told the administra-tor that I am sick of this,” saidSen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.,chairman of the Commerce,Science and TransportationCommittee.

But Rep. John Mica, D-Fla.,chairman of the HouseTransportation andInfrastructure Committee,objected to adding more con-trollers at airports where night-time traffic is light.

“Only in the federal govern-ment would you double up onworkers, averaging $161,000per year in salary and benefits,that aren’t doing their job,” Micasaid in a statement. “Thisstaffing increase misdirects our

resources and focus away fromcongested air traffic controlfacilities,” he said.

FAA said the airport towerswhere a second controller willbe added to the midnight shiftare Akron-Canton, Ohio;Allegheny, Pa.; Andrews AirForce Base, Md.; Burbank,Calif.; Duluth, Minn.; DuPage,Ill., Fargo, N.D.; two airports inFort Lauderdale, Fla.; Ft. WorthMeacham, Texas; Grant County,Wash.; Kansas City, Mo.;Manchester, N.H.; Omaha, Neb.;Ontario, Calif.; Reno-Tahoe,Nev.; Richmond, Va.;Sacramento, Calif.; San Diego,Calif.; San Juan, Puerto Rico;Terre Haute, Ind.; Teterboro,N.J.; Tucson, Ariz.; Willow Run,Mich.; Windsor Locks, Conn.,and Youngstown, Ohio. A secondnighttime controller was alsoadded at an approach controlfacility in Omaha.

Associated Press

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Krys T. Bart, President/CEO for the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, talks to the media Wednesday.Bart addressed reports of a sleeping air traffic controller failing to assist a landing medical plane.

NASA shuttle programshuts down operations

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Ona memorable day in space his-tory, NASA began its goodbyesto the shuttle program Tuesday,announcing the aged spacecraftwill retire to museums in CapeCanaveral, Los Angeles andsuburban Washington andsending a test-flight orbiter toNew York City.

It was an emotional day — the30th anniversary of the firstshuttle launch and the 50thanniversary of man’s first jour-ney into space by Soviet cosmo-naut Yuri Gagarin. Just twomore shuttle flights remain, andthe head of NASA choked up ashe revealed the new homes forthe spacecraft in an event at theKennedy Space Center.

“For all of them, take goodcare of our vehicles,” NASAAdministrator Charles Bolden, aformer astronaut, said with acatch in his voice. “They serveda nation well, and we at NASAhave a deep and abiding rela-tionship and love affair with

them that is hard to put intowords.”

The choice of homes for thespaceships — sometimesdescribed as the most complexmachinery ever devised — washotly contested. Twenty-onemuseums and visitor centersaround the country put in bids.

The winners will have tocome up with an estimated$28.8 million to ferry the shut-tles to their new homes and putthem on display. Across thecountry, cheers erupted at thefour winning facilities andgroans at the locations that lostout.

After it closes out the pro-gram, shuttle Atlantis will stayin Cape Canaveral at the spacecenter’s visitor complex, justmiles from the pair of launchpads used to shoot the orbitersinto space. Space center work-ers, some of whom are likely tolose jobs when the shuttles quitflying later this summer, gaveBolden a standing ovation andwhooped and hollered with thenews.

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California college students and faculty protest budget cuts

LONG BEACH, Cali f . —Thousands of California col-lege students and faculty ledmarches and occupied a cam-pus administration buildingWednesday in protest of statebudget cuts to education thatcould lead to higher tuition,larger class sizes and lowerenrollment.

The rall ies and teach-inswere part of a day of protestplanned for all 23 CaliforniaState University campuses.Similar events were plannedthroughout April at campusesin Massachusetts, Michigan,New Jersey and other stateswhere legislators are slashingeducation spending to closehuge budget shortfalls.

About 1,000 faculty mem-bers, students and staff rallied

against the cuts at CaliforniaState University, Sacramento,including about 100 who occu-pied a campus building.

In Long Beach, about 800demonstrators marched to thestudent services administra-t ion building, which hadalready shut down as a pre-caution, carrying signs reading“Education is a right” and “Nomore greed.”

“I’m just mad at the govern-ment for funding more forprison and war than for edu-cation,” said Cecillee Espanol,a 22-year-old psychologymajor at the university’s LongBeach campus, who said she’sgoing to have to get a job nextyear to cover the cost of herclasses.

Deep budget cuts inCalifornia during the height ofthe recession two years agoled to sharp tuit ion hikes,

employee furloughs, coursecutbacks and reduced enroll-ment at the CSU andUniversity of California sys-tems.

The state restored some ofthat funding last year. ButCalifornia’s public colleges anduniversit ies face anotherround of painful cuts as Gov.Jerry Brown and theLegislature seek to close thestate’s $26.6 billion budgetdeficit.

“We’ve been carving awayand carving away and carvingaway,” said Lillian Taiz, presi-dent of the California FacultyAssociation, which workedwith students and employeesto organize the demonstra-tions. “The path we are on isalmost suicidal for the state.”

UC and CSU would lose $500million under the governor’sbudget proposal, but his plan

depends on voters approvingtemporary increases in sales,vehicle and personal incometaxes. So far, Brown hasn’tsecured the Republican sup-port needed to hold a specialelection to even allow a voteon the tax question.

Without that tax revenue,the state’s public colleges anduniversities could see muchdeeper cuts, which could leadto soaring tuition bills, fewerundergraduate seats and otherdrastic measures.

Faculty leaders say the cutsthreaten to reduce studentaccess to Cal State, sometimescalled the People’s University,which serves large numbers oflow-income students, many ofwhom are the first in theirfamilies to attend college.

Brian Delas Armas, a 26-year-old master’s degree stu-dent, said some of the anthro-

pology classes he is requiredto take aren’t being offeredregularly anymore. JasonPinzon, a 19-year-old fresh-man at Cali fornia StateUniversity, Long Beach, saidthe more than $4,000 in feeshe pays each year makes it dif-ficult to cover his expenses.

“This semester I just barelyhad enough for my books,”Pinzon said.

Faculty members say theyounger generation is beingcheated out of the kind of edu-cation they received inCalifornia — and that enabledthem to pursue their careers.

Taiz said she is the primeexample. She was a mother oftwo children and on welfarewhen she went to school andbecame a history professor.

“This is an investment,” shesaid. “It has made us the envyof the world.”

Congressional Budget Office evaluates compromise

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A newbudget est imate releasedWednesday shows that thespending bi l l negotiatedbetween President BarackObama and House SpeakerJohn Boehner would produceless than 1 percent of the $38billion in promised savings bythe end of this budget year.

The Congressional BudgetOff ice est imate shows thatcompared with current spend-ing rates the spending bill duefor a House vote Thursdaywould cut federal outlays fromnon-war accounts by just $352mil l ion through Sept. 30.About $8 billion in immediatecuts to domestic programs andforeign aid are offset by nearlyequal increases in defensespending.

When war funding is fac-tored in the legislation wouldactually increase total federaloutlays by $3.3 billion relative

to current levels.To a fair degree, the lack of

immediate budget-cutt ingpunch is because the budgetyear is more than half overand that cuts in new spendingauthority typically are slow toregister on deficit tallies. AndRepublicans promise thatwhen fully implemented andrepeated year after year, thecuts in the measure wouldreduce the deficit by $315 bil-lion over the coming decade.

Still, the analysis is an earlylesson about Washingtonbudgeting for junior lawmak-ers elected last year on prom-ises to swift ly attack thedeficit.

The House began prelimi-nary debate on the measureWednesday with i t easi lyadvancing over a proceduralhurdle by a 241-179 vote. Themeasure appears on track topass the House and Senate thisweek before a stopgap spend-ing measure expires Friday atmidnight despite opposition

from some of the GOP’s mostardent budget cutters.

The budget deficit is project-ed at $1.6 trillion this year.

The CBO study confirms thatthe measure trims $38 billionin new spending authority rel-ative to current levels, butmany of the cuts come in slow-spending accounts like water-and-sewer grants that don’thave an immediate deficitimpact.

A separate CBO analys isprovided to lawmakers butnot released publicly says that$5.7 billion in savings claimedby cutting bonuses to statesenrolling more children andreducing the amount of moneyavailable to subsidize healthcare cooperatives authorizedunder the new health carelaw won’t produce a dime ofactual savings. CBO believesthey are simply cuts to spend-ing authority that is unlikelyto be used anyway.

But those cuts to mandatorybenefit programs, while pro-

ducing no deficit savings, canbe c la imed under budgetrules to pay for spendingincreases elsewhere in thelegis lat ion. Al l told, $17.8mi l l ion in such sav ings i sclaimed but just a tiny por-t ion o f i t would actual lyreduce the deficit.

But CBO does credit a moveto eliminate year-round PellGrants with generating morethan $40 b i l l ion in def ic i treduction over the comingdecade from both mandatoryand appropriated accounts,though just slightly less than$1 billion this year.

Still, the measure halts andbegins to reverse largeincreases for domestic agencyoperating budgets that havebeen awarded dur ingObama’s f irst two years inoffice.

“With this bill we not onlyare arresting that growth butwe are reducing actual dis-cret ionary spending by arecord amount, nearly $40

bi l l ion in actual cuts inspending that has not everbeen accomplished by thisbody in its history, in the his-tory o f the country,” sa idHouse Appropr iat ionsCommittee Chairman HaroldRogers, R-Ky. “The cuts inthis bill exceed anything everpassed by the House.”

Republicans say they wishthe measure would cut morebut that the cuts negotiatedby Boehner are about as goodas can be expected giver thatDemocrats hold the Senateand the White House. In hisFebruary budget , Obamapressed a freeze on domesticagency accounts.

“The pres ident sa id hewould freeze spending. OurSpeaker negotiated, outnum-bered 3-1,” he said, referringto Boehner ’s negot ia t ionsalone in the oval office withObama, Vice President JoeBiden and Senate MajorityLeader Harry Reid. “We havecut spending.”

Associated Press

Charlie Sheen discussespossible return to sitcom

LOS ANGELES — CharlieSheen says he may be reunitedwith “Two and a Half Men.”

In an interview with a Bostonradio station Tuesday, Sheensaid there have been discus-sions about bringing him backto the hit CBS sitcom he wasfired from last month.

Sheen put the chances of himreturning at “85 percent.” Hedidn’t offer details in the SportsHub 98.5 WBZ-FM interview,

saying he’d been asked not todivulge anything.

CBS declined to comment,and series producer WarnerBros. Television didn’t immedi-ately return a call for comment.

The actor also said his profitsfrom the show’s rich syndica-tion deals are being withheldand that’s part of his $100 mil-lion lawsuit against Warner andthe show’s executive producer.

Sheen was in Boston for hisnationwide road show that hasdrawn mixed audience reac-tion.

Associated Press

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The Observer

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“It is not the strongest of the speciesthat survives, nor the mostintelligent, but the one most

responsive to change.”

Charles DarwinEnglish biologist

Who wants to tax a millionaire?With April 15 just around the corner

and all sorts of stories swirling throughthe news about budgets, deficit-reductionplans and national debt, it seems asthough there is a greater than usual inter-est in the issue oftaxation. Given thatthe United States iscurrently racking uptrillion-dollar deficitslike its nobody’s busi-ness (compounding anational debt that already totals some $14trillion) and is facing the prospect of hav-ing to drastically increase future spendingin order to keep pace with rapidly grow-ing entitlement obligations, it is no sur-prise to hear some shameless politiciansclaiming that “it’s time for the wealthy tostart paying their fair share in taxes.”Truth be told, there are few phrases in theEnglish language that are more infuriat-ing than this one for a number of reasons.

Comments like this betray a blatantignorance of simple economic concepts aswell as the reality of the American taxsystem, while simultaneously demonstrat-ing utter disregard for fairness and com-mon sense.

Most observers who believe thatwealthy Americans ought to pay more intaxes would probably be surprised tolearn that the top 5 percent of individualsin the United States currently pay almost60 percent of all income taxes, with thetop 1 percent of earners supplying 25 per-cent of all government revenues.

Meanwhile half of all individuals in thiscountry pay no income tax at all. As thosewho are familiar with the U.S. tax codeare well aware, the income of wealthytaxpayers above a certain threshold issubject to a higher marginal rate of taxa-tion (currently 35 percent), one thatPresident Obama and Democratic leadersin Congress would very much like to raise.The entire American tax system is predi-cated on this belief, that wealthier individ-uals should have to pay a higher percent-age of their income in taxes in order tosupport programs that benefit the lessfortunate. This policy needs to changeimmediately. Not only is the concept of

unequal tax rates egregiously unjust, italso spits in the face of common sense andreason. The system as it stands now cur-rently penalizes success and rewards fail-ure — in essence saying that the moreproductive you are, the more will betaken from you, while the less you con-tribute, the more will be given to you.How can we continue to justify a systemthat promotes laziness and freeloading?

Progressive Democrats and their allieson the far left have also recently beguntouting increased taxes on the wealthy asa way to help close the budget deficit andstart paying down the national debt.Unfortunately, like so many other eco-nomic plans put forth by Democratsrecently, this one runs afoul of facts andreality. Currently, income earned by indi-viduals in excess of $373,651 is taxed at arate of 35 percent, the highest marginalrate. President Obama and Democrats inCongress want to raise this rate to at least39.6 percent, where it stood whilePresident Clinton was in office.

However, even if income above thatthreshold were taxed at a rate of 100 per-cent, meaning that everything earned byan individual in excess of $373,651 wouldbe collected as tax, still that would onlypay for about half of the federal govern-ment’s projected budget deficit for nextyear. So taxing the wealthy into submis-sion is not going to solve the nation’s fiscalproblems — there just isn’t enough moneyout there in the hands of those few indi-viduals.

While Democrats will undoubtedly try toraise taxes anyway, regardless of the inef-fectiveness of the policy, there is an inher-ent danger to this approach. There is atheory in economics known as Hauser’sLaw, which observes that no matter whatthe top marginal tax rate has been in theUnited States, total government revenueshave always equaled about 19.5 percentof gross domestic product. PresidentObama and many other Democrats wouldlike Americans to believe that raisingincome taxes on the wealthy will generatemore revenue that can then be “redistrib-uted.” However, as this law demonstrates,raising taxes on the wealthy will not actu-

ally increase government revenues,because the higher tax rates will be offsetby decreases in productivity, innovationand growth. The only time governmenttax revenues will actually increase iswhen there is first a corresponding rise inGDP. The real question then ought to behow can we best go about increasinggross domestic product? Ask any econo-mist and they will tell you that the answermost certainly is not imposing oppressiverates of taxation, particularly on thewealthy, who are most responsible for jobcreation. The answer instead will be cut-ting tax rates across the board, which willin turn inspire increased consumerspending and higher rates of economicgrowth.

None of the positions staked out in thiscolumn are very popular in the U.S. today,and they are even rarer among policymakers in Washington. Very few peopleare willing to stand up and acknowledgethe reality that tax rates for the wealthyare simply too high and are offensive toany reasonable standard of justice. Andwho can blame them? No one wants to beseen (even if incorrectly) as greedy or self-ish, especially in these difficult economictimes.

But the fact remains that raising taxeson the wealthy will only be counterpro-ductive and will further perpetuate andexacerbate the current system of inequali-ty. In fact, slow economic growth is likelyto be the least of this nation’s problems,as wealthy Americans are more likely tofinally call it quits if attempts to raise theirtaxes yet again are successful. Whyshould they continue to live and work in acountry that constantly requests moreand more of them, to pay for benefits,welfare and handouts that freeloadingAmericans demand but refuse to pay for?One day they are just going to leave, andit doesn’t take a Ph.D. in economics torealize how bad that would be for the restof us.Ryan Williams is a sophomore. He can

be reached at twilli15@nd.eduThe views expressed in this column are

those of the author and not necessarilythose of The Observer.

West Coast sports: What a joke.They have the beaches, the mountains,

Hollywood, etc. They can’t have it all —and fanaticism is not an exception. Theirmetropolis can’t even keep a footballteam.

I mean, theircrowds are relaxedand unresponsive,their players arenever exposed to theelements and theirteams hardly haveany tradition what-soever, especiallyin hockey. Whowants to watchhockey in L.A.,Anaheim, SanJose, Dallas orPhoenix?

The first things that come to mind afterseeing these names are heat, desert andocean — not exactly the most conduciveenvironments for hockey.

These teams just take up meaninglessspots in the playoffs that should bereserved for the teams that actually mat-ter: the East Coast and Midwest teams.

First of all, fans don’t even go to thegames, and those who do go don’t careabout what is happening. These fansshould learn from those of the Pens,Habs and Wings. You know, those teamswith the rings.

Yeah, the Kings and Sharks filled upover 98 percent of their stadiums onaverage. So what if they had higherattendance figures than both New Yorkteams, Boston and a Canadian team?

They are probably there to make anappearance — they don’t really careabout their “teams”. They don’t even win.I refuse to count that Stanley Cup-sizedfluke that the Anaheim Ducks had a fewyears ago, the decade of dominance bythe San Jose Sharks or the back-to-backplayoff runs made by the NHL’s youngestteam (Los Angeles Kings).

Beginner’s luck.The Ducks were named after a chil-

dren’s movie, the Sharks created becausethere is nothing else to do in San Joseand the Kings could only win when theylured Gretzky to the bright lights ofHollywood from a cash-hungry Oilerssquad.

Sounds like sorry excuses for hockeyteams. This season was the worst of all.The competition in the WesternConference was incredible — 12 of the 15teams finished with records above .500.But of all the teams to make the playoffs,four of them (half of the entire playoffs)had to come from the Pacific Division.

Thankfully the Stars lost their lastgame, or else they would have booted thedefending-champion Blackhawks fromthe playoffs and the entire PacificDivision would have made the playoffs.To tell you the truth, I would have ratherpreferred another lockout.

It doesn’t matter if that division hassent three teams to the playoffs everyseason except one since the lockout.

It’s just not like the rest of the country,sports over there. There is no pride, nofans, no fun. They should just cut hockeyfrom the Pacific and Mountain TimeZones (unless your city is in Canada orabove 2,000 feet). Save the integrity ofthe sport, hockey can’t be popular outwest.

Welcome to the life of a West Coasthockey fan: the criticism, the assump-tions, the disrespect.

What a joke.

The views expressed in the InsideColumn are those of the author andnot necessari ly those of TheObserver.Contact Andrew Gastelum at

agastel1@nd.edu

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West Coasthockey?

Andrew Gastelum

AssistantSports Editor

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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Mary (Apr. 13),As a waitress, my hourly wage is normally taxed down to

zero, and for this reason I am solely dependent upon tips forany take-home money. I am, at the same time, offended by thiswriter’s attack on Caitlin's article. I believe that Mary took themost trivial and non-issue phrase in Caitlin’s tribute (to Mary’splace of employment) and turned it into something ugly.

Instead of personally calling Caitlin out for handing the sub’sdeliverer $6, why would Mary not thank her for her business?She was dishonoring her company by speaking of her job neg-atively in such a public way. Work is hard, we can all appreci-ate this fact. It’s easy to get beaten down or worn out. But atthe same time, why is Mary not satisfied with simply having ajob in this time of economic difficulty?

The proper reaction to reading this Inside Column wouldhave been to give the writer the benefit of the doubt andassume that for modesty’s sake the writer left out the size of

the tip they gave. (If, upon reading the article, one still feltstrongly enough to write into Viewpoint about tipping, itshould be done without calling out the writer by name. Toreact in any other way is disgraceful to that person’s company,the school that educated him or her and his or her family.)

I think Caitlin did Mary a service by ordering a sandwichfrom her store. Furthermore, for her to dedicate a column tojust how much she loves the food this store provides is yetanother bone she’s tossing the store’s way. Suck it up, Mary.And maybe drive a little faster for better tips.

You’ve turned Ms. Housley’s love of your store into one lessconsumer. Congrats, you have one less sub to deliver.

Cecilia WitousSaint Mary’s College

Holy Cross HallApr. 14

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Celebrities, confessions and the CrossToday’s dining hall buzz is that [insert

celebrity recording artist name here]has been spotted strolling around cam-pus. The country-pop music singer isseen getting out of a black Escaladebetween TouchdownJesus and theStadium. Then, shestruts up SouthQuad before makingher way toStarbucks for a skinny vanilla latte.

Students squirming in their DeBartoloseats send mass texts to all theirfriends. Some unabashedly grab theircameras from their dorm rooms toprove on Facebook she is actually atNotre Dame. The Observer assigns itsbest reporters and photographers to getthe story.

If a celebrity visits our campus, manyof us race to see her. We welcome themusic singer with screams, requests forautographs and photos together. Don’ttry to deny it.

This Sunday, will you choose to cele-brate another well-known man? TheChurch commemorates the triumphant

entrance of Christ into the city ofJerusalem. Crowds gather, lay downtheir cloaks for Him to walk on, and cutbranches from the palm trees to wave inveneration. Christ returns to his homecity to complete his work as our savingMessiah. People praise Him with shoutsof “Hosanna in the highest. Blessed areyou who have come to us so rich in loveand mercy.”

Palm Sunday begins the paschal mys-tery of Jesus’s suffering, death and ris-ing again to new life. The days followinghis glorious entry into Jerusalem aredarkened by the mystery of the cross.Why do we begin such a solemn weekwith such a lively, joyful celebration?

We celebrate the coming of a Lordfilled with love and mercy. Holy Week,the most solemn of days in the Churchcalendar, calls us to remember thatJesus willfully and obediently acceptsthe Cross. Christ forgives His children oftheir sins and lovingly promises us ashare in His kingdom.

This Holy Week is an opportunity forus to strengthen our lives by using theLord’s example of love and mercy that

leads Him to the Cross. During the lastLenten days, how can we show othersthat love is stronger than death? Look tothe mercy poured out on the Cross.

Occasions for love and forgivenessabound each day on our campus.Blessed Basil Moreau, C.S.C., wrote“Human life is like a great way of theCross … This Way of the Cross is every-where and we travel it every day, evenin spite of ourselves and without beingaware of it.”

Be aware of the Way of the Cross thisweek. You may meet someone who isweeping or sorrowful, or needs helpcarrying a heavy load. You may becalled to love even when it is not theeasy or pretty thing to do. Get out of theway and do the work of Christ.

Be merciful as Christ is merciful.Repent for your own failures and humil-iations, and pardon those who haveangered or wronged you. In forgiveness,we love life more than death. Wereverse the suffering caused by our ownhumanity.

Seek the Sacrament of Reconciliationwhen needed. Consult schedules for

Holy Week in the Basilica. Confessionsare offered multiple times each day,including 10:15 p.m. Tuesday night fol-lowing the campus-wide Stations of theCross.

To genuinely receive Christ the Kingas we commemorate on Palm Sunday,we need to awaken ourselves to ourshortcomings. In what ways do we failto love despite being loved so much byChrist? The more we seek to love andforgive, the more we are ready to rise,lay down our cloaks and carry palmbranches.

Love and forgiveness can permeateour campus this Holy Week and fill itwith special graces. Let’s make that ourlast Lenten promise, and then we willrun enthusiastically towards the Crossthat holds the hope of our Easter salva-tion.

Meg Mirshak is an intern in the Officeof Campus Ministry. She can be reachedat mmirshak@nd.edu.The views expressed in this column

are those of the author and not neces-sarily those of The Observer.

Meg Mirshak

Faithpoint

As I read The Observer on April 12 I looked forsome sort of article about the 150th anniversary ofthe Civil War. 150 years ago the Battle of FortSumter occurred. The confederates attacked theunion fort and both sides called for war. The Northfought for Union while the South fought to protecttheir constitutional rights and their home. TheNorth tends to ignore that the war ever occurredwhile some of the South tries to hold on to theirpast.

Here at Notre Dame, though, there’s a differentmeaning behind the civil war. The “Fighting Irish”is inherited from the Irish immigrant soldiers whofought with the Union’s Irish Brigade. This was agroup of soldiers, including Notre Dame studentswho were from New York, Massachusetts andPennsylvania. They fought in the PeninsulaCampaign, the Seven Days Battles, the Battles of

Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,Gettysburg, Petersburg and at Appomattox CourtHouse. They were at all the major battles of theCivil War. Notre Dame’s third president, Fr. WilliamCorby, was a famous Irish Brigade Champlain andhis statue sits outside Corby Hall. He is as well theonly statue at Gettysburg of a non-general solider.

With all this history influencing Notre Dame, it’ssad that there was no recognition of an importantday in American history. While no one wants toremember the terrible past of slavery or the mostdeadly war in American history, it’s still an impor-tant part of past.

Alex Penlerfreshman

McCandless HallApr. 12

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Where’s the recognition? Come take aswing

Tired of the same boring dorm parties without any swingmusic?

Girls, tired of creepy guys dancing up on you without ask-ing? Guys, tired of not being able to show off your dancemoves and impress that girl you’ve liked ever since she satbesides you in that one class? Then we at Swing Club havethe greatest opportunity for you!

We announce the first ever Swing Formal, which will beheld this Saturday, April 16, in the Knights of Columbusbuilding from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. There will be food, therewill be music and there will be most of all space. Anybodycan come to this event for only a dollar, but swing membersand ballroom members get in for free. That’s right. Free.

Boyfriends, this is a way you can get classy without get-ting too expensive (if you want expensive, go to Lasalle Grillin South Bend, absolutely delicious). Dress is classy — afterall it is a formal — but come ready to dance.

Come for the dancing. Come to try and pick up that onecool move you see that one guy in the hat pull at Legends allthe time. Come for the food, come to get down with yourboogie self and come to have a — got to keep this clean —great time! Don’t be nervous or scared to come out. Afterall, Franklin Roosevelt said,

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” See, even one of the greatest presidents of our time wants

you to go. We intend to have a blast, and anybody sure asheck can join in for this ridiculous night of dancing.

Knights of Columbus Building, Saturday, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.Be there.

Sophomore Swinger,

Joshua Gastonsophomore

Siegfried HallApr. 11

Dear fellow Irish,I am writing this letter to you all in hopes that the

unfortunate fate that has befallen me will be avoidedby all you pale skinned people out there. As a fresh-man, I was unaware of how the months of sunlessNotre Dame could make one tired, grumpy andyearning to see our yellow friend peek through theclouds again. And stupidly, I was also unaware thatnot seeing the sun for several months made my skinwhiter and more sensitive than usual.

When the sun broke through the clouds this pastSunday afternoon, and while the temperaturesclimbed up to 80 degrees, I, like many of my gingerclassmates, forgot about my sensitive, pale skin forthe day and ventured across campus at noon tocheer on the boy’s lacrosse team as they beatGeorgetown.

This is what did me in. Two hours in the direct

sunlight without lotion on sizzled my pale skin to ascalding red. I can honestly say this is the worst sun-burn I’ve ever received — every step I take I wince.

So, Irish gingers, if you have by some small chanceavoided the first sunburn of the season this week-end, I send out warning to you all: put on sunscreen!We don’t tan, we burn. I sincerely hope that otherswill take heed of my warning and lather up duringthe sunny days to come.

And if you see a girl walking around campus withlobster legs and arms, you know that you have spot-ted me.

Sincerely,

Chelsea RippfreshmanLewis HallApr. 11

Wear sunscreen!

Viewpoint

The Men of Morrissey Manor take greatexception to slandering of those who identifythemselves as gentlemen in Humanity’s Bro’srecent article (Apr. 13). The iconic menMorrissey produces have long identified them-selves as gentlemen first, and prided them-selves on chivalrous conduct and always beingready, willing and able to indulge the faintestwhim of a member of the fairer sex. It is clearthat Humanity’s Bro has never encounteredone of these upstanding Manorites from thearticle’s description of a gentleman as a stiffprissy with little self-control and no regard for

the comfort of a lady. This is of course non-sense and the complete opposite of how a truegentleman strives to act. However the ladies ofNotre Dame wish to dress, they should knowthat any true gentlemen will treat them in acourteous and honorable manner and anyonewho does not is unworthy of the title our dyingbreed is trying to uphold.

Victor LeVasseurfreshman

Morrissey ManorApr. 13

A gentlemenly rebuttal

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The sequel. It’s one of the hardest movies to make inHollywood. If you start with a lackluster film, the sequelcould easily eclipse the first installment and rocket theseries to fame. But if the series begins on a high note,unfortunately (unless the producer oozes talent) there’s nodirection to go but down. Hollywood has taken sequels inmany directions trying to bring credibility to the genre,from replacing actors and actresses to changing settings.Below, Scene judges if they work.

SCENE STAFF REPORT

Lord of the RingsPeter Jackson’s 2001-2003 trilogy

not only swept up the AcademyAwards, it also captured the hearts ofmillions of Tolkien fans. Each moviestayed close to the storyline of thebeloved book it followed, which helpedmake each sequel a credible movie of

its own.This direc-tion alsohelped keepthe storyarch of thetrilogy ontrack, elimi-nating sillymistakesand discrep-

ancies. From Moria to Helm’s deep,Rohan to Gondor, these movies keptaudiences in their seats, despite thefilms’ almost three-hour lengths.

Producers made sure the seriesnever featured a dull moment andkept the dialogue fresh and witty.Viewers, even those who hadn’t readthe books, could not wait to see whatwould befall Frodo and his compan-ions in each installment. And Jacksondidn’t even have to resort to painfulcliffhangers. The all-star cast, whoreturned for each movie, andJackson’s novel idea to film all threemovies at once greatly aided the suc-cess of his trilogy. These practicesought to serve as standards for otherseries to follow.

The Best Sequels

Pirates of the CaribbeanGore Verbinski’s series, which

seems to never end, hit blockbustergold with its first installment, “TheCurse of the Black Pearl.” JohnnyDepp stole the show with his slight-ly eccentric portrayal of CaptainJack Sparrow, the swashbucklingpirate who achieved his goalsthrough treachery and often dumbluck.

Despite the big hype for the sec-ond movie, “Dead Man’s Chest” fellshort. And to make mattersworse, i t ended on acliffhanger, which only leftaudiences hoping the nextmovie would defy expecta-tions. It did not.

Orlando Bloom and hislackluster act ing ski l lsplayed too large a role,

while Captain Jack was relegated tocheap laughs and weird scenes withsand crabs. The series veered toofar from its first hit, which show-cased an appropriate amount of thehunky hero (Bloom), the damsel “indistress” who can actually fight forherself (Keira Knightly) and the lov-able cast of colorful characters(Depp, Geoffrey Rush, et al ) .Verbinski should have quit while hewas ahead, instead of makingupwards of four movies.

The Worst Sequels

Toy Story “Toy Story” aptly represents a

series our demographic has grownup with. From the original, wherewe held our breath as the toystried to escape sadistic neighborSid, to the more recent additions,where the toys attempt to stay rel-evant in their owner Andy’s life,the series has never failed to tug ath e a r t -strings.

T h ethird filmin thes e r i e samps upthe sen-timental-i t y ,

reducing many unsuspectingmovie-goers to balls of tears. You’dhave to have a heart of stone not tochoke up as the toys, holdinghands, prepare to meet fierydeath. Although tackling an emo-tionally heavy storyline, “Toy Story3,” the best of the series, stays trueto its roots. Like the other movies,the toys embark on a highly enter-

taining andspectacular-ly animatedj o u r n e y ,m e e t i n gc h a r m i n gand funnynew charac-ters alongthe way.

Batman“Batman Begins” was

an incredible, refreshingchange from the sub-parBatman movies of the1990s. It gave the Batmanstory a dramatic, realisticand cinematic power.However “The Dark

Knight”m a n -aged tobe evenb e t t e r .W i t hm o r eminutes,a biggerb u d g e tand theor ig in ’ss t o r ya l readyout ofthe way,“ T h e

Dark Knight” jumpedimmediately into action. Itkept the incredible actingskills of Christian Bale,Michael Cane and MorganFreeman and gained thephenomenal performanceof Heath Ledger’s Joker.The violence, vehicularmayhem, emotions, plottwists and characters allgo above and beyond thestandards of the impres-sive first movie. Theaction, intrigue and pow-erful score by HansZimmer keep the audi-ence at the edge of theirseat throughout the entiremovie. “The Dark Knight”takes its place not only asa successful sequel, butalso as another one ofChristopher Nolan’s mas-terpieces.

Legally BlondeWomen everywhere

love Elle Woods as a girlwho knows how to useboth her beauty andbrains to kick down bar-riers (in stilettos no less)but i t ’s safe to say“Legally Blonde 2: Red,White and Blonde” wasa movie that nevershould have been made.Real ly, Sal ly Fie lds ,what were you thinking?While the f irs t moviewas all novelty and sass,the second was wornout , and despi te theamped up star power,lacked the heart andrelatable storyline of the

f irst . Set t ing El le upagainst Harvard Lawpr e t en s i on swas funnyand made youroot for her,but putt ingher in theser ious andg r o w n - u pworld ofWashington,D.C. trans-formed ourbeloved hero-ine into amockery. Nextt ime, Reese,just go for“Sweet HomeAlabama 2.”

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Don’t take Tina Fey ’s memoir“Bossypants” to class or the library,because laughing out loud is a guar-antee. With the tagline, “Once in ageneration a woman comes alongwho changes everything. Tina Fey isnot that woman, but she met thatwoman once and acted weird aroundher,” you can get a taste of Fey’s spe-cial brand of self-deprecating humor,which permeates the whole book.

Fey’s writing style makes you feellike you’re having one really longconversation with your sarcastic,sassy best friend. The book begins“Welcome Friend,” which would defi-nitely be creepy coming from anyonebut a real amigo, or rather freund,as the German Fey would say.

Fey seems almost indistinguishablefrom her character Liz Lemon onNBC’s comedy “30 Rock,” but howalike are they in reality? Turns out

exactly as much, if not more, thanyou thought. Fey explores these simi-larities in her memoirs and more.Much more.

She gives ... well, let’s just call ither own special point of view onbeing the boss lady, tales of awkwardencounters with the opposite sexfrom her teenage and adult years,and everything she knows aboutwomanhood. How to lay out withtanning oil instead of sunscreen andhow to listen to “General Hospital”on the radio by turning the radio dialway down — it’s all in this book.There’s a brief foray into her hijinksworking the front desk at a ChicagoYMCA, her death-defying honeymoonand her entrance on the “SaturdayNight Live” stage, which serves asthe inspiration for some of the weird-er plots on “30 Rock.”

Although the book reads like a ran-dom series of articles (consideringtwo excerpts have been printed inthe “The New Yorker” it kind of is)

anyone with a sense of humor canfind the fun in Fey’s tales of a womanunintentionally shaking things up inthe male-dominated comedy world,i .e . p i tch ing sk i ts l ike “KotexClassic.” So fair warning to any hap-less male who might pick the bookup — it is definitely not for thosewho want women to remain flawless,goddess-y mysteries (men still thinkthat about women, right?). Life getsreal when you’re dealing with Fey.No awkward, absurd moment is leftuntold.

Shaking up “SNL” with sassy anddownright weird fellow female castmembers might not have been easy,but her and bestie Amy Poehler’sresponse to the hilarious (hint: sar-casm) quip that “women aren’tfunny” is simply, “We don’t [exple-tive] care if you like it.”

In fact, Fey said in her book, “Myhat goes off to them. It is an impres-sively arrogant move to concludethat jus t because you don’t l ike

something, it is empirically not good.I don’t like Chinese food, but I don’twrite articles trying to prove it does-n’t exist.”

This is one comedian who can walkthe walk and talk the talk, so womenout there, take her advice. Do yourthing and don’t care who likes it.

By COURTNEY ECKERLEScene Writer

Contact Courtney Eckerle atcecker01@saintmarys.edu

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Comedian John Mulaney’s come-dy tour is Dome-bound. Mulaney,a “Saturday Night Live” writerand performer on VH1’s “BestWeek Ever,” has also appeared on“Late Night with Conan O’Brien”and “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”

Blue-Gold Spring Football GameWhen: 2 p.m.Where: Notre Dame StadiumHow Much: $12

2011’s football season kicks offwith the annual Blue-GoldSpring Football Game. Followingthe debut of this year’s “TheShirt,” the scrimmage allowsfans a chance to show their col-ors and get an early look at theteam.

Notre Dame Symphonic Bandand Winds Concert

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Having recently performed inthe Beijing Concert Hall, theSydney Opera House and theworld-famous Carnegie Hall, theNotre Dame Symphonic Band andSymphonic Winds will be on topof their game Sunday.

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MLB

Without Hamilton, Rangers fall to Tigers

DETROIT — Josh Hamiltonsat in front of his locker andseemed a little more at ease,saying he and third-base coachDave Anderson have cleared upany misunderstandings.Now, the Texas Rangers have

to try to win without their slug-ger. Their first attempt fellshort.Brandon Inge hit a solo home

run in the bottom of the ninthinning and the Detroit Tigersbeat the Rangers 3-2 onWednesday. It was Texas’ firstgame without Hamilton, whobroke his right arm Tuesdaywhile being thrown out at theplate.Hamilton tagged up on a foul

popup, a risky play he called“stupid” afterward. He saidrunning was a bad decision,but that Anderson told him todo it.The two met before

Wednesday’s game.“I just appreciate Dave hav-

ing confidence in my ability tothink I could make that play.We talked behind closed doors

and just kind of talked abouteverything,” Hamilton said. “Icould have took a differentroute, as far as trying to cooldown a little bit before I spoke,but everything’s good.”Hamilton broke his upper

right arm. The Rangers put himon the 15-day disabled list, butthe reigning AL MVP is expect-ed to miss six to eight weeks.He isn’t expected to swing a batfor a month. Texas recalledinfielder Chris Davis fromTriple-A Round Rock.Anderson said before the

game the team’s style isn’tgoing to change.“It’s an aggressive play that

we tried to do and it didn’twork. That took us a long waylast year — a lot of those playsthat we did. That’s part of ourgame,” Anderson said. “If hedoesn’t get hurt, then we’re noteven talking about this rightnow. He’s out at home plate, wego back out. ... My job at thirdbase is two things: Make surethey get the signs, and try toscore as many runs as we canpossibly score.”A few hours later, Hamilton

clarified his initial comments.“I wasn’t calling him stupid

or anything like that. It wasjust the play itself and comingout injured,” Hamilton said. “Icould have made the play andthen not gotten hurt, and itwould have been a great play,but it didn’t work out thatway.”Texas had other problems

besides Hamilton’s absence.With the rotation taxed becauseof a Saturday doubleheader, theRangers used five pitchersWednesday.Spot starter Dave Bush made

his first appearance of the sea-son. He made it through threescoreless innings, although heallowed three hits and threewalks and threw 71 pitches.“My pitch count was awfully

high for three innings,” Bushsaid. “That was the determin-ing factor in me coming out. It’sbeen so long since I’ve pitched,I really didn’t want to go outand blow it out in the first timeout. ... I’ll take the three zeros.”With one out in the ninth,

Inge hit the first pitch fromDarren Oliver (1-1) over the

left-field wall.“It looked like a slider down

the middle,” Inge said. “I knewhe had thrown me a couple of

those yesterday or the daybefore, but I wasn’t really look-ing for any pitch. I just wantedsomething over the middle.”

NBA

Lakers’ Bryant fined for homophobic slur

LOS ANGELES — The NBAfined Kobe Bryant $100,000 onWednesday for using a derogato-ry gay term in frustration over areferee’s call.NBA Commissioner David

Stern issued a swift disciplinaryruling after the five-time NBAchampion guard cursed andused a common homophobic slurwhen referee Bennie Adamscalled a technical foul on himTuesday night in the third quar-ter of Los Angeles’ win over theSpurs.“Kobe Bryant’s comment dur-

ing last night’s game was offen-sive and inexcusable,” Sternsaid. “While I’m fully aware thatbasketball is an emotional game,such a distasteful term shouldnever be tolerated. ... Kobe andeveryone associated with theNBA know that insensitive orderogatory comments are notacceptable and have no place inour game or society.”Stern’s action drew praise

from gay-rights organizationsthat have demanded a fullerapology from Bryant and theLakers. Bryant issued a state-ment earlier Wednesday, saying

his words came out of frustrationand shouldn’t be taken literally.“We applaud Commissioner

Stern and the NBA for not onlyfining Bryant but for recognizingthat slurs and derogatory com-ments have no place on the bas-ketball court or in society atlarge,” Human Rights CampaignPresident Joe Solmonese said.“We hope such swift and decisiveaction will senda strong anduniversal mes-sage that thiskind of hatefuloutburst is sim-ply inexcusableno matter whatthe context.”B r y a n t ’ s

words andactions werecaptured byTNT’s camerasduring the net-work’s nationalbroadcast ofthe Lakers’ regular-season homefinale.Bryant punched his chair

before taking a seat on thebench and threw a towel on thecourt near his feet in frustrationafter picking up his fourth foul in

the third quarter. He got his 15thtechnical of the season for argu-ing the call, one shy of the cumu-lative trigger for a one-gameNBA suspension.“What I said last night should

not be taken literally. My actionswere out of frustration duringthe heat of the game, period,”Bryant said in a statement issuedthrough the Lakers. “The words

expressed doNOT reflect myfeelings towardsthe gay and les-bian communitiesand were NOTmeant to offendanyone.”The 32-year-old

Bryant is a for-mer league MostValuable Player, a13-time All-Star,the leading scorerin Lakers fran-chise history andsixth on the NBA’s

career list after passing MosesMalone last month. He was theMVP of the last two NBA finalswhile leading the Lakers to back-to-back titles.Bryant has been among the

NBA’s most popular players

worldwide for most of his 15-year career, spent entirely withthe Lakers, even after he wasarrested and accused of sexualassault in 2003 in a case thatwas later dropped. He has sever-al lucrativeendorsementdeals withc o m p a n i e sranging fromSprite toT u r k i s hAirlines.His No. 24

jersey was theleague’s best-selling uniformamong fansduring each ofthe past twoseasons, andBryant’s jerseyfinished second to LeBronJames’ new Miami uniform inthe NBA’s annual rankingsreleased earlier Wednesday.Gay-rights groups denounced

Bryant’s actions. Jarrett Barrios,president of the Gay & LesbianAlliance Against Defamation,said slurs are unacceptable.“Professional sports players

need to set a better example foryoung people who use words like

this on the playground and inour schools, creating a climate ofintolerance and hostility,”Barrios said. “The LA Lakershave a responsibility to educatetheir fans about why this word is

unacceptable.”Known as a

fierce competitorwith a nasty edge,Bryant hasranked amongthe NBA’s top 10accumulators oftechnical foulsduring each of thepast six seasons,and he has edgedright up to theline of seriousNBA disciplinethis spring. Heranks second only

to Orlando’s Dwight Howard intechnical fouls this season, most-ly for arguing with referees.Bryant was called for an addi-

tional technical foul that wasrescinded Monday. If Bryant getsanother T in the Lakers’ seasonfinale at Sacramento onWednesday night, he would besuspended for the first game ofnext season, not for a playoffgame.

Associated Press

Associated Press

“Kobe Bryant’s comment during lastnight’s game wasoffensive and inexcusable.”

David SternNBA commissioner

“The words expresseddo NOT reflect my

feelings towards thegay and lesbian

communites and wereNOT meant to offend

anyone.”Kobe Bryant

Lakers’ forward

AP

With his broken right arm in a sling, outfielder Josh Hamilton watchedfrom the dugout as his team lost to the Tigers Wednesday in Detroit.

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CHICAGO — Cl i f fPennington’s swing had beenoff and he’d been limited fortwo games because of aninfected sweat gland under hisarm.Entering with a .160 aver-

age and batting out of the No.

9 hole, Pennington faced a dif-ficult situation in the ninthinning. The Oakland Athleticshad scored but still trailed theChicago White Sox by two.And now the bases wereloaded with two outs.Facing struggl ing c loser

Matt Thornton, Penningtondelivered. He dropped a two-

run single into center and theA’s added three more in the10th for a 7-4 victory.“Matt Thornton on the

mound throwing 97 miles perhour, I just tried to get a fast-ball I could hit and it fell in,”Pennington said.“That’s what we have to do

offensively — scratch and

claw.”With the White Sox leading

4-1 in the ninth, Chris Salegave up a leadoff double toConor Jackson, an RBI singleto Josh Willingham and a sin-gle to Hideki Matsui. JesseCrain came on and walkedpinch-hitter Daric Barton toload the bases before fanningKurt Suzuki.Thornton then struck out

pinch-hitter Ryan Sweeney forthe second out but couldn’tget the ball past Pennington.“I guess it’s made news that

those guys have been strug-gling a little bit, but you’rebringing in Sale, Thorntonand Crain out of the bullpen,those guys are all nasty andthey’ve been nasty for awhi le ,” Pennington said.“They’re going to be a reallygood bullpen, we’re just tryingto scratch a few runs acrossany way we can.”Coco Crisp entered in the

ninth as a pinch runner andwas in a 3-for-22 slump beforesingling off Thornton (0-2) togive the A’s the lead in the10th. The hit came right afterThornton — who is 0 for 4 onsave opportunities this season— walked Jackson andWillingham.Barton followed with a two-

run single and Thornton wasbooed as he walked off themound after being replaced byTony Pena.The White Sox now have lost

late-inning leads three timesin less than a week, twice tothe A’s, who also rallied to winMonday night’s series opener.“Oh man,” Thornton said.

“There’s nothing to evendescribe i t r ight now.Frustration is pretty high. ...Confidence isn’t the problem.It’s my frustration right now.It’s the most frustrated I’vebeen in a long time. I can’tremember a run of games likethis where I haven’t gotten thejob done that many times in arow.”Grant Balfour (1-1) pitched

the ninth for the win andBrian Fuentes worked the

10th for his fifth save in fivechances.Oakland finished its road

trip to Toronto, Minnesota andChicago at 5-4.“I just loved the attitude.

The guys kept fighting right tothe end,” manager Bob Gerensaid. “We were down and itwas going to take putt ingsome hits together, drawingsome walks, and we did it.“ I know their bul lpen is

struggling a little bit, it givesyou a little bit of feeling ofhope. They just battled. . . .Think about the road tr ip,how many close games we’vehad, this one to finish it off,it’s a really good feeling. It’sgoing to be a nice f l ighthome.”Oakland’s rally denied John

Danks a victory after he gaveup a run and five hits in eightsolid innings.The White Sox broke a 1-all

t ie in the s ixth againstOakland starter BrettAnderson when CarlosQuentin was hit by a pitch,Alex Rios doubled and a slid-ing Quentin scored on RamonCastro’s grounder to third thatdrew a high throw to the platefrom Kevin Kouzmanoff.Brent Morel dropped down a

bunt to score Rios from thirdfor a 3-1 lead. Juan Pierre’sthird s ingle of the gamechased Anderson (0-2), whowas hurt by his own error inthe fifth. Anderson gave upnine hits and three runs —two earned — in 5 2-3innings.“I was (in the clubhouse),

sitting here and Penningtonflared one in,” Anderson said.“Especial ly as the start ingpitcher on the hook for theloss, it’s not only a comebackfor the team, but a no-deci-s ion for you. I t ’s good foreverybody.”Matsui’s second homer of

the season put Oakland up 1-0in the fourth. Chicago tied it inthe fifth when Pierre reachedas Anderson fumbled hiscomebacker for an error andGordon Beckham doubled.

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WILMINGTON, Mass. — TimThomas came out of playoffhibernation and played betterthan any goalie this season.Now, he’ll try to be just assharp in the postseason for theBoston Bruins.Carey Price spent most of

last year’s playoffs on thebench. Then, he started 70games for the MontrealCanadiens.Another postseason starts

Thursday in one of the NHL’srichest rivalries and thegoalies who didn’t matter justa year ago loom as major fac-tors.“The situation’s totally dif-

ferent,” Thomas saidWednesday after a light prac-tice lasting about 45 minutes.“That’s the way it is in thisgame. Every year’s differentand a new opportunity.”Thomas sat out the playoffs

last year with a left hip injurythat required surgery. TuukkaRask started all 13 games in

his place and seemed set tokeep the No. 1 job. But Raskhad little chance as Thomasfinished first in the NHL with a2.00 goals against average, a.938 save percentage and a.718 winning percentage andsecond with nine shutouts.Now, he’s a favorite to win

his second Vezina Trophy inthree years.“I don’t think he was 100

percent healthy last year andit really didn’t help his play,”Boston coach Claude Juliensaid. “What you saw this yearis what you saw two years ago,when he won the Vezina.”Price lost his job in the mid-

dle of last season to JaroslavHalak and started just one ofMontreal’s 18 playoff games.But when Halak was traded tothe St. Louis Blues less than amonth after the Canadiens’season ended, Price took over.He finished third in the leaguewith eight shutouts, seventhwith a .923 save percentageand 10th with a 2.35 goalsagainst average.

“He could have easily poutedand been a distraction” in lastyear’s playoffs, Montreal’sScott Gomez said. “He stayedafter (practice), took extrashots. He was always positive,always talking. You’ve hadbackups when they’re upset,you know it. Not this guy. Hedidn’t even make it an issue.”The Canadiens, seeded

eighth going into the EasternConference playoffs last year,overcame a 3-1 deficit andeliminated the top-seededWashington Capitals in sevengames. Then, they knocked offthe defending-championPittsburgh Penguins in sevengames after trai l ing 3-2,before being eliminated by thePhiladelphia Flyers in the con-ference finals in five games.“We definitely learned some

things as a team, especiallythat series againstWashington,” Price said.“When we got down like that,we just played with no fear.And I think that’s how we’vegot to go into these playoffs.”

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Bruins goalie Tim Thomas observes a hockey practice Tuesday inWilmington, Mass. The Bruins face the Canadiens Thursday.

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NFL

Bargaining issues continue

MINNEAPOLIS — Differentstate. Different mediator. Samedisagreements.One month and two days after

the NFL and its players cut offnegotiations on a new collectiveb a r g a i n i n gagreement andput the 2011 sea-son in peril, thetwo sides willreturn to thetable for court-ordered media-tion Thursdaywith a key legalruling on thelockout stillpending.NFL executives

met with U.S.Magistrate JudgeArthur Boylan onWednesday for five hours theday before the first talksbetween the league and theplayers since the middle ofMarch.Executive vice president Jeff

Pash, the NFL’s lead negotiator,was at the federal courthousealong with other officials andoutside counsel. Lawyers for theplayers met with Boylan forabout four hours on Tuesday.“We appreciate the opportuni-

ty to meet with the magistrateand review the issues with himin preparation for our sessiontomorrow, and we’re lookingforward to seeing the playersand their representatives tomor-row morning,” Pash said. Hedeclined to comment further.Larger contingents are expect-

ed on when mediation begins inBoylan’s chambers, includingcommissioner Roger Goodellhimself. League spokesmanGreg Aiello said Goodell willattend along with some of theowners.NFL Players Association exec-

utive DeMaurice Smith is sched-uled to attend, too, after with-drawing from a speaking eventat Wake Forest so he could be inMinnesota.The NFLPA, dissolved by a

vote of the players, is now atrade association and not aunion. Smith, an attorney, was

formally added to the legal teamlast week so he could representthe players in mediation eventhough he is no longer theirunion boss.The talks are seen as the first

encouraging step since March11, when the union was dis-

solved, the CBAexpired and theNFL wound upa few hourslater with itsfirst work stop-page since the1987 strike. Allthat has takenplace sincethen are law-suits and sharpdisagreementsbetween thetwo sides inone of the mostr a n c o r o u s

sports labor disputes in memory.The lockout followed 16 days

of negotiations overseen by afederal mediator in Washington,with the league and players fail-ing to agree on how to dividemore than $9 billion in annualrevenue.The owners wanted to double

the money they get off the topfor expenses from about $1 bil-lion to about $2 billion, but thatnumber decreased during thelast round of mediation. Theplayers have insisted on fullfinancial disclosure from all 32teams, and so far the league hasnot opened the books to theirliking.Other major issues included

benefits for retired players andthe NFL’s desire to stretch theregular season from 16 to 18games. The NFL also wants tocut almost 60 percent of guaran-teed pay for first-round draftpicks, lock them in for five yearsand divert the savings to veter-ans’ salaries and benefits.More than $525 million went

to first-rounders in guaranteedpayments in 2010. The leaguewants to decrease that figure by$300 million, according to docu-ments obtained by TheAssociated Press. The NFLPAhad no immediate comment.Boylan has a reputation as a

problem-solver, but he may have

his work cut out for him.The key for Boylan is to make

both sides comfortable with hisneutrality and fairness, saidRobert Berliner, an attorneywho runs the Berliner Groupmediation service in Chicago. Hesaid the judge also has to provehe knows the subject and is flex-ible. Persuasiveness is a must,too.“I think this is a fascinating

opportunity to bring this to asuccessful conclusion, but theparties have to be willing,”Berliner said. “The mediator canonly suggest, cajole and workhard to bring them together. Hecan’t make it happen, and if theparties aren’t willing to make adeal the best mediator in theworld can’t make it happen.”U.S. District Judge Susan

Richard Nelson, who orderedthe mediation, is still consider-ing a request from the players tolift the lockout imposed by theowners. After an April 6 hear-ing, she said she planned to ruleon the injunction request in acouple of weeks.Players including MVP quar-

terbacks Tom Brady and PeytonManning filed the request alongwith a class-action antitrust suitagainst the league. The lawsuithas been combined with twoother similar claims fromretirees, former players androokies-to-be.For now, at least the two sides

will be talking again — eventhough it’s under a court order.“Whether they’ll make

progress, it’s really hard to tell,”Berliner said. “I’d like to thinkso because I’m firmly a believerthat parties are way better offdeciding these issues for them-selves than having courts decidethem.”

AP

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks with the media at the FederalMediation and Conciliation Service March 11 in Washington D.C.

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“Whether they’ll makeprogress, it’s really

hard to tell.”

Robert BerlinerBerliner Group attorney

MLB

Liriano, Twins struggleagainst Aviles, Royals

MINNEAPOLIS — FranciscoLiriano changed up this timeand threw more fastballs. Toobad for him, the result was areplay of his two other starts.Slumping Mike Aviles dou-

bled twice and drove in threeruns as the Kansas City Royalsbecame the latest team to tagLiriano, roughing up theMinnesota Twins 10-5Wednesday.Aviles ended his 0-for-18 rut

and Alex Gordon added twohits and drove in two runs.The Royals scored six times inthe fourth inning to breakopen the game.“It was a tough inning for

me,” Liriano said. “I think Imade some good pitches inthat inning and they still gothits. So, you’ve just got to tipyour hat to them.”Liriano (0-3) gave up six

straight hits during theRoyals’ big inning. He beganthe game with a 7.71 ERAafter Toronto and the NewYork Yankees knocked himaround in his first two starts.The left-hander went 14-10

with a 3.62 ERA last year andranked fifth in the AL with201 strikeouts. He is still try-ing to re-establish his domi-nance after elbow surgeryfour years ago.Liriano held the Royals hit-

less through the first threeinnings. The second timethrough the order, however,proved a tougher task. That’sbeen his pattern this year —in their first plate appearanceagainst Liriano, hitters are

batting just .083.Manager Ron Gardenhire

has been telling Liriano torelax, trust his movement andpitch to contact. In the firstthree innings, Liriano has a2.00 ERA; from the fourthinning on, his ERA jumps to18.56 and hitters are hitting.448 off him.“I threw more fastballs than

I’m used to today,” Lirianosaid. “I just wanted them toput the ball in play and notstrike them out.”Kansas City opened the

fourth with five straight sin-gles before a two-run doubleby Aviles. Alcides Escobarlater singled and Chris Getzhad an RBI single.“Balls just seemed to find

holes,” Gardenhire said.“Nothing was hit really hard.Maybe a couple of them, butballs just kept finding placesand rolling through.”Denard Span was 4 for 4

and scored twice for theTwins, who started the day asthe lowest-scoring team in themajors.“I thought the last couple of

days the ball was coming offour bats pretty good,”Gardenhire said. “We had alot better at-bats and madesome things happen. We gotback into the game today byswinging the bats and havingsome good at-bats.”Kansas City is showing no

such problem with its bats.The Royals started the day

with the AL’s second-best bat-ting average and every starterexcept Matt Treanor finishedwith a hit Wednesday.

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SAN FRANCISCO — A federaljury convicted Barry Bonds of asingle charge of obstruction ofjustice Wednesday but failed toreach a verdict on the threecounts at the heart of allega-tions that he knowingly usedsteroids and human growth hor-mone and lied to a grand juryabout it.Following a 12-day trial and

almost four full days of delibera-tion, the jury of eight womenand four men could reach aunanimous verdict only on oneof the four counts againstBonds. U.S. District Judge SusanIllston declared a mistrial on theothers, a messy end to a casethat put the slugger — andbaseball itself — under a cloudof suspicion for more than threeyears.Bonds sat stone-faced through

the verdict, displaying no emo-tion. His legal team immediatelyasked that the guilty verdict bethrown out and Illston did notrule on the request. She set May20 for a hearing in the case.

The case also represented theculmination of the federal inves-tigation into the Bay AreaLaboratory Co-Operativesteroids ring. Federal prosecu-tors and the Justice Departmentwill have to decide whether toretry Bonds on the unresolvedcounts.The counts that the jury could

not resolve accused of Bonds oflying to the grand jury investi-gating BALCO in 2003 when hesaid he never knowingly tooksteroids or HGH, and when hesaid he was never injected byanyone except his doctors.The maximum sentence for

the obstruction of justice countis 10 years in prison, but federalguidelines called for 15-21months. For similar offenses inthe BALCO case, Illston sen-tenced cyclist Tammy Thomas tosix months of home confinementand track coach Trevor Grahamto one year of home confine-ment.Bonds walked out of the court-

house with his lawyers, whoinstructed him not to commentbecause they said the case isn’t

over.Impeccably dressed in suit

and tie, Bonds flashed a victorysign to a few fans.“Are you celebrating tonight?”

one asked.“There’s nothing to celebrate,”

he replied.Lead defense attorney Allen

Ruby said the prosecution failedto prove the heart of its case.The obstruction of justice

count was a complicated chargethat asked jurors to decide ifBonds was being evasive whenmaking any one of seven state-ments to the grand jury. He wasconvicted on a single statementabout his childhood as the sonof major leaguer Bobby Bondsand his relationship with per-sonal trainer Greg Anderson —it did not address performance-enhancing drugs.The government “has deter-

mined it’s unlawful for BarryBonds to tell the grand jury he’sa celebrity child and to talkabout his friendship with GregAnderson,” Ruby said.The foreman of the jury, who

would only give his first name,Fred, said if prosecutors want to“pursue this case, they’re goingto have to do more homeworkthan they did.”A juror who also gave just her

first name, Amber, said that thefinal votes were 8-4 to acquitBonds of lying about steroidsand 9-3 to acquit him on lyingabout HGH use. The panel voted11-1 to convict him of getting aninjection from someone otherthan his doctor, with one womanholding out, she said.The so-called needle count

accused Bonds of lying when hesaid that no one other than hisdoctors injected him with any-thing. His personal shopper,

Kathy Hoskins, testified that shesaw Anderson inject Bonds inthe navel before a roadtrip in2002. Hoskins was not surewhat substance was beinginjected.Amber noted that Bonds’ for-

mer mistress, Kimberly Bell,testified he complained of sore-ness from injections. “That’swhat kind of stuck out for me,”the juror said.The jury foreman said the

woman who held out on theneedle count did so becauseHoskins was the only eyewit-ness.U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag

said prosecutors were gratifiedby the guilty count and had notdecided whether to seek a retri-al on the remaining charges.“This case is about upholding

one of the most fundamentalprinciples in our system of jus-tice — the obligation of everywitness to provide truthful anddirect testimony in judicial pro-ceedings,” Haag said in a state-ment. “In the United States, tak-ing an oath and promising totestify truthfully is a seriousmatter. We cannot ignore thosewho choose instead to obstructjustice.”Now 46, Bonds set baseball’s

career home run record with762 while playing for thePittsburgh Pirates and SanFrancisco Giants from 1986-2007. The jury met less thantwo miles from the ballparkwhere the seven-time NL MVPplayed for his last 15 years.Bonds was indicted on Nov.

15, 2007, exactly 50 days aftertaking his final big league swingand 100 after topping HankAaron’s career home run markof 755. He also set the seasonrecord with 73 home runs in

2001 with the Giants.Illston would not let prosecu-

tors present evidence of threealleged positive drug tests byBonds because Andersonrefused to testify and there wasno one to confirm the samplescame from Bonds.Bonds acknowledged that he

did take steroids but saidAnderson misled him intobelieving they were flaxseed oiland arthritis cream.Anderson was sentenced by

Illston in 2005 to three monthsin prison and three months inhome confinement after plead-ing guilty to one count of moneylaundering and one count ofsteroid distribution. The trainerwas jailed on March 22 for theduration of the trial after againrefusing to testify against Bonds.He was released last Friday.Jeff Novitzky, the federal

agent who started the BALCOprobe, had been hoping theBonds case would be part of awider investigation of doping inbaseball. Last year, the 9th U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals ruledthat Novitzky and his team ofinvestigators illegally seizedurine samples and records from104 players in 2004.Separately, Novitzky has

helped develop the case againstformer star pitcher RogerClemens, who is scheduled tostand trial in July for lying toCongress by denying he usedperformance-enhancing drugs.Novitzky also is a key player inthe federal doping investigationof pro cyclists, including seven-time Tour de France winnerLance Armstrong. Rep. JackKingston, a Georgia Republican,recently suggested that the fed-eral agent is motivated by adesire to bring down a celebrity.

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Bonds convicted of obstruction of justice

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Former outfielder Barry Bonds walks through security Wednesdayat federal court in San Francisco during jury deliberation.

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tournament time comes.”Saint Mary’s entire roster

will travel to Marshall, Mich.,to compete against fel lowMIAA squads. Hamilton saidhe is pleased with how thefreshmen have been perform-ing and is excited to see howthey score Thursday.“Our freshmen, Doyle

O’Brien and Marin Beagley,have been very consistent foryoung players,” he said.“Doyle kept us in the f irstround in Texas by leading theteam scoring insome horribleweather. Marinjust keeps get-t ing betterevery week andher scores areabout to gofrom good togreat in thenext twoweeks.”With such a

young teamtraveling, lead-ership is key. Astwo of Saint Mary’s topgolfers, seniors Mary KateBoyce and Rosie O’Connor areexpected to lead the Belles byexample. Hamilton said Boyce is her

biggest critic and that she iscapable of performing wellunder pressure.“Mary Kate and Rosie

O’Connor have both elevatedtheir game to the level i tneeds to be for us to contend

for the NCAA title,” Hamiltonsaid. “No one expects morefrom Mary Kate than sheexpects from herself. She haslaid the groundwork tobecome the best player in[Division III] and we are work-ing on peaking at the righttime.”Boyce said she does not

allow others’ expectations todistract her from playing well.“At the end of the day, all I

am looking to do is my best,”Boyce said. “Whether thatl ives up to other people’sexpectations is out of my con-trol.”If the Belles win Thursday,

they will face No. 1 DePauw,No. 3Wisconsin-EauClaire and No.11 I l l inoisWesleyan inthe I l l inoisW e s l e y a nU n i v e r s i t ySpring Fl ingthis weekend.“This is a big

week for us.The MIAAN C A AQuali f ier atOlivet will be a

good challenge. The Medalistis a tough golf course and ourmain competition, Olivet, isplaying well ,” Hamiltonsaid. “We are looking to gothere and just play a solidround and accept the results.”The Bel les wil l take the

course and begin the MIAANCAA qualifier Thursday.

Contact Megan Golden atmgolde01@saintmarys.edu

Rostercontinued from page 20

“At the end of the day,all I am looking to dois my best. Whether

that lives up to otherpeople’s expectationsis out of my control.”

Mary Kate BoyceBelles senior

State’s top doubles combina-tion and the No. 12-rankedpair in the country, 8-6, in themost impressive win of the dayfor the Irish.“[Talmadge and Fitzgerald]

played really well,” Sachiresaid. “They had to come outcompetitively and they did.They broke the serve in thefirst game and went up 1-0. Itwas the only break of thematch. At No. 1, you don’t gettoo many opportunities andyou have to take advantage ofthem when you do get them. Itwas a really good win forthem.”The Irish added two singles

victories on the afternoon,most notably at the No. 3 sin-

gles position, where senior DanStahl defeated freshman IlleVan Engelen, 6-3, 6-2. Onpaper it was the most evenlymatched contest of the day,with Stahl ranked No. 99nationally and Van Engelenonly 13 spots behind him atNo. 112.“Stahl has been great for us

all season,” Sachire said. “He’splaying really well right now.It’s one of those things wherenone of us are surprised [byhis success]. It’s a tribute to hiswork ethic and attitude. He’s areally good tennis player andI’m happy to see him succeed.”The Irish will have another

10-day break before facing BigEast rival Louisville on theroad in the regular seasonfinale on April 23.

Contact Andrew Owens ataowens2@nd.edu

Fitzgeraldcontinued from page 20

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Irish senior Dan Stahl, in the No. 3 singles positions for the Irish,returns a serve in a 5-2 loss against Duke Feb. 6.

GRANT TOBIN/The Observer

Irish freshman pitcher Laura Winter winds up Wednesday against Loyola. Her nine strikeouts con-tributed to the Irish 8-0 win.

in a hole, and each inning wekept applying pressure andadding runs.”Fleury had three RBIs on the

game for the second time thisseason. Senior captainHeather Johnson extended herhitting streak to 18 games withan RBI in the first inning. Freshman pitcher Laura

Winter struck out nine battersyet still cited the offense as thestrongest aspect of the team’splay.“We really came out strong

offensively and crushed anyhope they had of beating us,”freshman pitcher LauraWinter said.Pinch-hitting specifically was

mentioned as the biggest fac-tor in the game by both

Winters and Maldonado.“The big plays came from

our pinch hitters this game,”Winters said. “Everyone whogot the chance made the mostof it and put some hardgrounders and line drives inplay.”“We had an inning full of

pinch hitters who found a wayto produce a run,” Maldonadosaid. “It is always awesome tosee players come off the benchand pull through for theteam.”This decisive victory was

especially important to theIrish as they had lost in yearspast against Loyola and wereplaying with a chip on theirshoulder. In 2010 theRamblers defeated the Irish infive innings with the samemercy rule score, 8-0.“After losing to them twice in

the past year, it was abouttime we showed them how

great of a team we really are,”junior outfielder AlexaMaldonado said.The Ramblers had more

errors than hits in the game,with four and three respective-ly. The Irish look to continue

this winning streak and chan-nel their positive energy intheir next games and the restof the season as a whole.“We have had our ups and

downs but right now when wereally need it we are beginningto hit our stride,” said Winters.“The rest of the season will bevery exciting.”The Irish will host a Big East

conference three game seriesthis weekend againstLouisville, with games playedSaturday at 12 and 2 p.m. andSunday at 12 p.m.

Fleurycontinued from page 20

Contact Jack Yusko atjyusko@nd.edu

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field, where he would shootfrom one corner to a goal in theopposite corner. He rushedhome from school every day towork on speed and accuracy —and a few garages.“There are more holes [in my

garage] than there is garage,”Rogers said. “I hit my neigh-bor’s house and garage a fewtimes. I broke at least one win-dow of my house. I hit thecrossbar and it came flyingback on me and shattered myparents’ new windows in theback room.”In sixth grade Rogers started

playing for his middle school,and began enjoying the game.His parents decided to sendhim to Holy Trinity for lacrosse,where he played on the varsityteam for four years. His successin high school earned him aspot on the Long Island Empireteam, which allowed him toshowcase his talents in front ofcollege coaches, including Irishcoach Kevin Corrigan.Rogers said he is beyond sat-

isfied with his college decision,and he is thankful for all of thesupport he receives from theUniversity.“School’s definitely difficult.

It’s obviously a lot harder beingan athlete with all the time youhave to devote, but the schooldoes a great job giving you theresources you need to suc-ceed,” he said. “Some kids arejust brilliant, so it’s easy forthem. The school and the ath-letic department make it easierto succeed.”

Yet Rogers’ academic successis not just due to the athleticdepartment. Rogers was a fre-quent champion of the flash-card game “Around the World”in his third grade class. Manyof his teammates wonderedwhether he needed any othereducation after they witnessedhis mental math skills in action.“Freshman year [my team-

mates] asked a question, and Ianswered it quickly. I’m justgood at it,” Rogers said. “Nowmy teammates love to ask mequestions. It’ll be a ridiculousquestion that I don’t know theanswer to, and they’ll watchme struggle with it.”Rogers’ experience as a

member of the lacrosse teamhas been outstanding particu-larly because of the friendshipshe has with his teammates andthe quality time they spendtogether. During the playoffslast season, the team stayed inSorin Hall without any work orclasses.“We were basically profes-

sional athletes. We woke upevery day, had breakfast andwere off the rest of the day,”Rogers said.One memory from the team’s

stay in Sorin stands out toRogers.“[Sophomore midfielder]

Tyler Kimball was in the show-er late at night. My room wasnext to the shower, so I walkedin, grabbed his towel. I knewhe didn’t have a lot of patience.Out of fear for my own being, Ilocked the door,” he said.“Because kids were movingout, there was all this furniturein the halls. I piled it up in frontof the entrances. I was watch-ing from my room, and eventu-

ally he started shaking thingsand climbed out. [Sophomoremidfielder] Steve Murphy waslaughing when he came out,and Ty thought it was him.Everyone talked about it for awhile, and I was just quietlylaughing to myself.”Rogers hesitated to tell the

story, fearing that Kimballmight find out who set him up.“[To this day], I don’t think he

knows it was me,” he said.Rogers recognizes an obvious

difference between playinglacrosse for Notre Dame andplaying lacrosse for any otherschool.“What makes our team spe-

cial is that we genuinely careabout one another. Betweenplaying and living with theseguys, I spend close to 40 hoursa week with them exclusively,”Rogers said. “All the thingswe’ve gone through together,just being in college and expe-riencing college, we all getalong really well. There’s notone guy on the team that Idon’t like. [On] other teams,there’s not the same cama-raderie as there is here.”With expectations of an excit-

ing postseason and a memo-rable senior season ahead,Rogers said he will never takefor granted the teammates hehas on this Irish roster.“They are some of the most

unique people I’ve ever met inmy life. I feel safe saying I’mcloser to them than some of myfriends from home who I’veknown my whole life,” he said.“These guys will be my friendsfor the remainder of my life.”

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Junior attack Sean Rogers runs across the field during a gameagainst Ohio State March 23. Rogers had three goals in the 8-7 win.

PITTSBURGH — AlexKovalev and Arron Ashamscored third-period goals 18seconds apart and Marc-Andre F leury s topped 32shots to lead the PittsburghPenguins to a 3-0 victory overthe Tampa Bay Lightning inthe first-round playoff openeron Wednesday night.Chris Kunitz sealed the win

with an empty-net goal in thefinal minute in the Penguins’first postseason game in theirnew arena. Brooks Orp ik ,who had two assists, openedthe game with a heavy andclean check on Lightning starSteven Stamkos.Fleury made spectacular

saves — inc luding a b l indstop on former Penguins for-ward Ryan Malone in the firstperiod — and shut down theLightn ing ’s h igh-poweredoffense. Fleury earned hisf i f th p layof f shutout , oneshort of tying Tom Barrasso’sfranchise record.The Lightning were held

scoreless following a regularseason in which they finishedsecond in the EasternConference with 247 goals.Fifth-seeded Tampa Bay is inthe playoffs for the first timesince 2007.The fourth-seeded Penguins

seized the momentum by out-shooting the Lightning 18-7in the second per iod , andcarried it into the third in thefirst playoff meeting betweenthe teams.Kovalev made it 1-0 at 6:05

of the third on a bit of a bro-ken play after he was trippedin the corner by Tampa Bay’sPavel Kubina. With the crowd

booing the lack of a penaltycall, Penguins forward JamesNeal got the puck at the leftpoint and fed Kovalev, whoone-timed a shot shortly afterhe got back up.Wi th the arena s t i l l

buzzing, Asham doubled thelead with an end-to-end rush.Carry ing the puck up theright wing, Asham faked ashot before cutting aroundthe net to draw goa l ieDwayne Roloson out of posi-

tion. Asham’s first attempt towrap in the puck failed, buthe conver ted on a secondchance by flipping the puckinto the open left side.With much of the focus on

the Lightning’s offensive stars— Stamkos , VincentLecava l ier and Mart in S t .Louis — and the Penguinsp lay ing wi thout S idneyCrosby and Evgeni Malkin,the goal ies stole the spot-light.

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The ObserverSportsThursday, April 14, 2011 page 20

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Junior attack Sean Rogers isa busy man, and it’s all thanksto his tight-knit network ofteammates and friends. Theydrive him to excel academical-ly, athletically and socially —and he has done so, leading theIrish to an 8-0 record. Rogers’ lacrosse career first

began in fourth grade when hisfriend decided to pick up thesport. If fourth grade athleticspredicted anyone’s futurecareer in a particular sport, itwas not Rogers’. “The team I was on was a

bunch of fifth graders. I wasnot good. I was pretty bad tobe honest with you,” Rogerssaid. “The first year was astruggle. I wasn’t a huge fan ofit.”His New Hyde Park, N.Y.,

backyard was his practice

ND TRACK & FIELD

MEN’S LACROSSE

ND SOFTBALL

Mercy rule seals victoryBy JACK YUSKOSports Writer

see FLEURY/page 17

MEN’S TENNIS

Irish struggle againstRola, No. 2 Buckeyes

Belles try toeliminateweaknesses

SMC GOLF

see ROSTER/page 17

Teammates contributeto junior’s success

By MEGAN GOLDENSports Writer

see FIELD/page 18

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Irish junior infielder Dani Miller fields a grounder duringthe 8-0 win against Loyola Wednesday.

After teaming up withIndiana to defeat their borderrivals Louisville and Kentuckyin last weekend’s LouisvilleBorder Battle, the Irish look tocontinue their success at threedifferent events this weekend.Notre Dame will compete in

the Kansas Relays at theUniversity of Kansas and theMount SAC Relays inCalifornia, both of which start

today, as well as the DaveRankin Invitational at Purdue,starting Friday.The Irish will only compete

in the multi-event competitionsat the Kansas Relays. SeniorJustin Schneider and freshmanPeter Krist iansen led themulti-event athletes by finish-ing f irst and second in thejavelin throw last week.Junior Maddie Buttinger fin-

ished fifth in the long jumpand sixth in the high jump lastweek. She will be looking toimprove and earn crucial

points for the Irish women.The Irish have 27 entries in

the Mount SAC Relays, led bysophomores Rebecca Tracyand Nevada Sorenson on thewomen’s side. Both women are coming off

first place performances in lastweek’s races. Tracy took firstin the 1500-meter race andSorenson won the 100-meterhurdles.The men in California are

also led by two first-place fin-ishers from the Louisvi l leBorder Battle. Junior Andrew

Hills won the hammer throw inKentucky and is once againfavored to f inish f irst thisweek. Sophomore Jeremy Rae

came in first place in the 800-meter run last week. Thisweekend, however, he wil lcompete in the 1500-meterrun.Before last week’s races in

Louisville, Rae said he wasgoing to use last week’s eventas preparation for the upcom-ing races in California. “I ’ l l be running an 800-

meter this week, which isshorter than I typically racebut will help get me preparedfor my 1500-meter in LosAngeles next week,” Rae said. The fifth annual Dave Rankin

Invitational will take place atPurdue’s Rankin Track Fridayand Saturday. The field will bemade up of elite track pro-grams across the Midwestincluding Notre Dame,Valparaiso and Purdue.

By JOE WIRTHSports Writer

Notre Dame gears up for full weekend of relays

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Irish junior attack Sean Rogers advances the ball during a game against Ohio StateMarch 23. Rogers’ goal with 33 seconds left clinched the 8-7 Irish win.

Team Rogers

The Irish meant it when theysaid that they weren’t satisfiedwith their play Tuesday night,even though they finished theirgame against Loyola-Chicago 8-0. Stopped by mercy rule in sixinnings, the No. 24 Irish (29-7)extended their winning streakto 12 games.The team dominated all areas

of play, scoring prolifically andshutting out the Ramblers (15-16). The Irish jumped out to anearly lead in the first inningwith three quick runs.“We had great hitting,

defense and pitching,” Irishsenior infielder Katie Fleurysaid. “It’s hard for teams tocome back when they are put

Contact Joe Wirth atjwirth@nd.edu

The No. 9 Belles are addingfinishing touches to their indi-vidual games and gett ingexcited to take a shot at theMIAA NCAA qualifiers.Coming off of a first-place

finish at the SouthwesternInvitational, the Belles areworking on improving theirgame under unfavorableweather condit ions. Bellescoach Mark Hamilton said theteam is preparing for anyweather that might present achallenge.“We are still working on get-

ting used to being outside,” hesaid. “The poor weather thisspring has hindered our nor-mal preparation. We are try-ing to cover all aspects of thegame and make sure there areno major weaknesses when

No. 2 Ohio State avoidedNo. 28 Notre Dame’s upsetbid in Columbus, OhioWednesday in a 5-2 victorythat improved the Buckeyes’home record to a perfect 14-0.At No.1 singles, Ohio State

freshman Blaz Rola, rankedNo. 5 nationally, outlastedIrish junior Casey Watt 6-3,6-0 in the first of four victo-ries at the singles positionsfor the Buckeyes.“[Rola] is really good,” Irish

associate head coach RyanSachire said. “He’s rankedNo. 5 for a reason. He earned

it. He is clearly a top-10 play-er.”Junior Chase Buchanan

defeated Notre Dame seniorStephen Havens at the No. 2singles position, 6-1, 6-3.Buchanan is currently rankedNo. 12 overall in the latestposition rankings.Watt and Havens combined

to form the No. 2 doublesteam and fell to the No. 66doubles team of Buchananand senior Shuhai Uzawa, 8-6.Notre Dame’s only doubles

victory came in the No. 1 duoof sophomore SpencerTalmadge and junior NiallFitzgerald. They topped Ohio

see FITZGERALD/page 17

By ANDREW OWENSAssociate Sports Editor

By MEGAN GOLDENSports Writer