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The resu l ts o f theUnivers i ty ’s invest igat ioninto the death o f jun iorDeclan Sullivan show NotreDame is “collectively respon-sible” for the October acci-dent, University President Fr.John Jenkins sa id in aMonday press conference atthe Morris Inn.Sullivan, 20, died Oct. 27after the sc issor l i f t fromwhich he was filming footballpractice fell. He was a stu-dent videographer for thefootball team. “Many ind iv iduals anddepartments share the col-lective responsibility for theinadequacy o f the proce-dures that led to th istragedy,” Jenkins said. “TheUniversity then is collectivelyresponsible. Insofar as thepresident is responsible forthe University as a whole, Iam the individual who bearsthe greatest responsibility. Iaccept that responsibility.”Monday’s press conferencemarked the end o f a s ix -month- long inves t igat ionlaunched immediately fol-lowing Sullivan’s death.“Each individual based his

decisions and actions thatday on the best informationat the t ime and in accordwi th the procedures that

were in place,” Jenkins saidabout the events leading tothe accident . “The proce-dures regarding wind safetyobviously d id not preventthis accident and must bebrought up to the more rig-orous s tandards that wehave for other weather con-ditions such as heat, humidi-ty and lightning.”The report gave eight rec-

ommendat ions for fu tureaction, all of which Jenkinssaid Notre Dame will imple-ment. Executive Vice President

John Affleck-Graves oversaw

the University’s investiga-tion. He said the investiga-tion reviewed the decisionprocess and t imel ine o fevents on the day of the acci-dent, wind conditions, specif-ic characteristics of the liftand the culture of safety inthe Notre Dame football pro-gram. The University will adopt

the international maximumwind speed standard of 28miles per hour to operateany l i f t on campus , andemployees will be given real-time wind information when-ever the lifts are in opera-

tion. Affleck-Graves said theUniversity would begin usinghandheld devices to checkwind speed. Other recommendat ions

included the appointment ofsa fe ty contacts in eachdepartment who would haveauthority over the safety ofal l on-f ield personnel andrev iews o f the Univers i typrotocol for l i f t operationand use. “Finally, we will develop a

nat ional educat ion safetyprogram so that we can

With more than 250 clubs oncampus to choose from, NotreDame offers students plenty ofoutlets for their interests.However, most students don’t real-ize how much “behind the scenes”work it takes to start these clubsand keep them running.Student Programs Coordinator

Mary Kate Havlik said the StudentActivities Office (SAO) and the ClubCoordination Council (CCC) areresponsible for the approval andrecognition of all 242 undergradu-ate and 58 graduate clubs atNotre Dame.“These groups review the

prospective club’s mission anddetermine whether a similargroup already exists,” she said.“The CCC in particular reviews theclub for its organization and sus-tainability as a club in the future.”Havlik said prospective clubs

are only reviewed twice a year bySAO, at the beginning of the falland spring semesters.

“The approval process can takea while,” she said. “Many groupsmay not be approved the samesemester they were proposed.”Havlik said prospective clubs

should have a constitution withthe group’s purpose, a list of offi-

cers and a faculty advisor, a tenta-tive list of events with a budgetand, if necessary, departmentalconsent.“For instance, if you wanted to

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University president Fr. John Jenkins discusses the results of the University’s investigation intothe death of junior Declan Sullivan at a press conference Monday.

Studentsfast insolidarity

In a display of solidarity,many Notre Dame studentswill forego food, cell phonesand other items they rely ontoday for the University’s sec-ond annual 24 Hour Fast forHaiti.Sponsored by Friends of theOrphans (FOTO) and theCenter for Social Concerns,the event invites students togive up food or objects theydepend on from 6 p.m. thisevening unt i l 5 p .m.Wednesday.Seniors Noelle Hilmer andSam Russ initiated the fastlast year after an earthquakestruck Hait i in January of2010. Hi lmer sa id theyintended for the fast to dis-play solidarity with the mil-lions of displaced people whohad difficulty finding food.“This year we are not onlyfasting in solidarity again,but we are hopefully remem-bering that there is sti l l along road to recovery for theHait ians and we must notforget them,” she said.

Clubs thrive at Notre DameSMC students launchsoda in LaFortune

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Saint Mary’s students display their soda, Twist O’ Luck, Monday. Thesoda is now available for purchase in the LaFortune Student Center.

Thanks to several entre-preneurial Saint Mary’s stu-dents, the Notre Dame cam-pus c ommun i t y c an nowquench its thirst in a man-ner befitting its affinity for

the color green. Twist O’Luck, a soda con-

coc t ed by s en i o r J eann i eMichael and juniors HannahHupp , L i nd sey Downs ,Hanna Vi ca r y and Lo renSampson as part of a classassignment, went on sale at

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IN BRIEF

Stanford Universi ty pro-fessor Pete Klenow will beoffering a lecture entit led“Beyond GDP? We l fareAcross Countries and Time”this afternoon from 12:30 to2 p .m . a t the HesburghCenter, Room C103.

RecSports is offering freebody composition and bloodpressure testing this after-noon from 4 to 5 p.m. in theRSRC We l lness Room .Reg i s t ra t i on i s ava l i ab l ethrough RecRegister.

Montana State Universityprofessor Mary Cloninger isholding a seminar entitled“Using Glycodendrimers toArb i t ra te Ga lec t inMediated Cancer CellularInteractions” this afternoonfrom 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at129 Debartolo Hall.

The Reilly Center and theHistory of Science Society’sExecut ive Of f i ce are pre-sent ing a p lay t i t led “LetNewton Be!” The play willf ea ture three ac tors por -traying Isaac Newton duringthree stages of his l i fe ons tage a t the same t ime .Tickets for students are freeand are available at the BoxOffice in the west lobby ofLaFor tune . The per form-ance w i l l be he ld th i sevening from 7 to 9 p.m. atWashington Hall.

There wil l be a campus-wide Stations of the Crossthis evening from 9 to 11p.m. The procession departsfrom the Grotto. Opportunityfor indiv idual confess ionsfo l l ows S ta t i ons i n theBasilica at 10:15 p.m.

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OFFBEAT

The appea rance o fjusticeNether lands — Hairtoday, gone tomorrow.A judge has asked

lawyers to shed the i rwigs next t ime theyappear before her at theInternat ional Cr iminalCourt.A handful of attorneys

appeared Monday in tra-ditional black gowns andwhite horsehair wigs fora preliminary hearing ina case dealing with vio-lence after Kenya’s dis-puted 2007 presidentialelection.Jus t i ce Ekater ina

Trendaf i lova pausedbriefly at the end of thehearing to pass a hair-raising judgment.“This is not the dress

code of this institution,”she said.“ In th i s qu i te warm

weather maybe it will bemore convenient to bewithout wigs,” she addedwith a smile.I t i s unusua l for

lawyers to appear at theInternat ional Cr iminalCour t in wigs , but no tunheard of. At least threelawyers wore wigs duringthe initial appearance ofthree Kenyan suspects onApril 8, without JusticeTrendafilova issuing anydress code guidelines.

Arizona man uses dog-like tacticsPHOENIX — A 33-year-

o ld man who b i t backafter he was caught by aPhoen ix po l i ce dog i s

suing police.Er in Su l l i van a l leges

the dog violated his civilrights and used excessiveforce to capture him afterhe ran from off icers inGlendale during a burgla-ry investigation last year.Police say Sullivan bit

the dog back, injuring it.The lawsuit names the

c i t i es o f Phoen ix andGlendale and four off i-cers.Precursor filings to the

lawsuit sought $200,000from Glenda le and$250,000 from Phoenix.O f f i c ia l s in G lenda le

and Phoen ix havedeclined comment.

Information compiledf rom the Assoc ia tedPress.

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The Women’s Rugby team poses after their victory in San Diego this pastweekend. They advance to the final four, which will be held in Pittsburgh April 30.

“My grandmaso she livesforever.”

Dillon Weisner

freshmanKeenan

“My fresh-man year ofcollege.”

Julie Koh

freshmanBreen-Phillips

“My junioryear.”

Laura Philipp

juniorPasquerilla West

“French fries.”

Lily Marino

freshmanMcGlinn

“Summervacation.”

Nicole Campion

sophomoreWelsh Family

“A list of allthe majors I’veconsidered.”

Emily Holtz

freshmanBreen-Phillips

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Pro f e s s i ona l b oxe r andchampionship t i t le winnerEva Jones-Young said shewanted a fresh start whenshe entered the boxing ringat the age of 32 following asu c ce s s f u l i n t e rna t i ona lmar t i a l a r t sand ka ra t ecareer.“ I n e eded a

new challenge,”J o n e s - Y o u n gsa i d , “Bu t a ssoon as I start-ed boxing, peo-ple were sayingtha t womenshou l dn ’ t b eboxers.”Jones-Young,

who was r a i s ed i n S ou thBend, vis i ted Saint Mary’sCo l l e ge Monday t o speakabout her experience as aprofessional female athlete,mother and small businessowner. The C ro s s Cu r r en t s

P rog ram , t h eCen t e r f o rW o m e n ’ sI n t e r c u l t u r a lLeadership andthe Departmentof Anthropologyc o s p o n s o r e d“ I n s i d e t h eRopes with EvaJone s -Young , ”which was heldi n Spe s Un i c aHall.J o n e s - Young

said despite thec r i t i c i sm , s hewas able to win three worldchamp i on sh i p t i t l e s , twowithin the first six rounds.“ I was to ld that I would

neve r p l a y i n a champ i -on sh i p b e cau se I wa sn ’ tblonde hair, blue eyed,” shesa i d . “Bu t I t h ough t t omyse l f , I ’m gonna k eepfighting until I do.”In addition to a full-time

boxing career requiring fiveto six hours of daily inten-sive training, Jones-Youngsaid she was able to spendtime with her daughter. Shesa i d s he a l s o c r ea t ed asma l l bu s i n e s s wash i ngw indows f o r hou seho l d s ,grocery s tores and bu i ld-ings in the South Bend area.“ I would be s tanding on

40 f o o t l a d -ders with fivega l l on buck -e t s o f wa t e rand 140 -p o u n dm o t o r s , ”J one s -Youngsaid. “Nobodyonce to ld metha t womenshou l dn ’ t b edoing that.”J o n e s -

Young , whose f ights havebeen featured on ESPN andpay-per view, brought herthree world championshipbelts and boxing gloves forstudents to try on. She saidcompe t i t i on and prac t i cewas something she always

enjoyed.“I trained a

l o t , and Imean a l o t .The r e we rel o t s o f s i t -up s , pu sh -ups , runningand dr i l l s . In e ve r g o ts ca r ed o rn e r v o u s , ”J one s -Youngsa i d . “ Ia lway s hadfun.”J o n e s -

Young s a i d Sa i n t Mary ’sstudents can attain successif they have faith in them-selves.“A s women , we c an do

anything we put our mindto,” Jones-Young said, “I’ma firm believer in that.”

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Changes wi l l soon beimplemented to theUniversi ty of Notre Damehome page and insideND toimprove structure and navi-gab i l i t y, Jane Morrow,enterprise web content spe-c ia l i s t f or the O f f i ce o fPublic Relations, said.Improving the login page

i s a main goa l o f thechanges, Morrow said.“We’re look ing to g ive

people additional informa-tion on that page to make ita little bit easier for [users]to f ind resources tha tthey ’ re look ing for, ” shesaid.Morrow said information

on the website will remains imi lar, but organizat ionwill be adjusted.“The carousel causes a lot

of users difficulty,” she said.“We’re going to replace thatwhole area and improve theway the information archi-tecture is delivered so thatpeople can access the infor-mation a lot faster, simplerand easier.”Aesthetic changes are also

planned, Morrow said.“The design is going to be

ad jus ted a l i t t l e b i t to

improve the look and feel,”Morrow said. “The biggestdebate right now is havingto do wi th co lor. We s t i l lhaven’t gotten a decision onthat.” The Of f i ce o f Pub l i c

Relations, Agency ND andthe Of f i ce o fI n f o r m a t i o nTechnology aregathering feed-back from stu-dents , facul tyand s ta f fr e g a r d i n gchanges toi n s i d e N Dthrough focusg r o u p s ,Morrow said.No formal

dec is ions wi l lbe made unti la l l f eedbackhas beenrecorded, but Morrow saidshe i s a l ready no t i c ingtrends in responses.“Students are pretty happy

with the content that’s [oninsideND],” Morrow said. “Ithink it’s going to be reor-ganized a l itt le bit , and acoup le o f resources tha twere not on there are prob-ab ly go ing to be addedbecause students requestedthem.”Morrow said the Office of

Public Relations consultedprospec t i ve s tudents , inaddition to current students,faculty and staff regardingchanges to the University’shome page. “We’re also talking to high

school students to find outhow they aresearching forU n i v e r s i t yinformation,”she sa id .“ W e ’ r eincluding justabout every-body we canthink of.”Morrow said

she hopes thechanges toinsideND andthe Universityo f NotreDame homepage wi l l be

as successful as those madeto the Notre Dame EventsCalendar website this year. “Traff ic to that s i te has

really increased because thesite offers so many calen-daring options. It’s so mucheasier for people to use thanthe old one,” she said. “A lotmore peop le are us ing i tand publishing to it.”

Websites implement changes

By TORI ROECKNews Writer

Contact Tori Roeck atvroeck@nd.edu

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“We’re also talkingto high school

students to find outhow they aresearching forUniversity

information.”

Jane Morrowenterprise web content

specialist

Professional boxerspeaks at Saint Mary’sBy JULIA HARRISNews Writer

Contact Julia Harris at jharri01@saintmarys.edu

“But as soon as Istarted boxing,

people were sayingthat women

shouldn’t be boxers.”

Eva Jones- Youngprofessional boxer

“I trained a lot,and I mean a lot.There were lots ofsit-ups, push-ups,

running and drills. Inever got scared or

nervous.”

Eva Jones-Youngprofessional boxer

start an athletic club, you mightneed the approval of RecSports,”she said. If an undergraduate group is

approved through the prospectiveclub approval process, their firstyear is probationary, Havlik said.“During that year, the club must

meet certain CCC guidelines inorder to receive full recognition bySAO,” she said. “They set a mini-mum number of events for anundergraduate club to accomplishin the probationary year.” Every year, several groups

decide they do not have enoughinterest and choose to becomeinactive and disband, Havlik said.Prospective clubs must have at

least four officers, but there is nominimum number of membersthey need to have, Havlik said. Havlik added that student

groups work best when they main-tain a strong presence at NotreDame.“After that first year, there is no

minimum number of events, but allclubs are encouraged to remainactive and visible on campus,” shesaid.

Clubscontinued from page 1

Contact Emily Schrank ateschrank@nd.edu

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share with others the lessonswe have learned from thistrag ic acc ident ,” Af f leck-Graves said. “We will workwi th o thers such as [ theIndiana Occupational Safetyand Heal th Assoc ia t ion(IOSHA)], the NCAA and theCol leg ia te Sports VideoAssociation in this educationeffort.”The University installed aremote video system at i tsfootball practice fields beforespring practice began March23 and wi l l no longer usescissor lifts to film footballpract ice . Notre Dame wi l lcontinue to use lifts for otherpurposes , Af f leck-Gravessaid.Director of Athletics JackSwarbrick said his depart-ment i s out l in ing moredeta i led pract ice sa fe tyguidelines for each sport andwill more thoroughly train its

employees.“The lessons we learn here

go to the whole University,and in my case the ent i reAth le t ics Department ,”Swarbrick said. “The f irstpart is a clearer delineationof personal respons ib i l i tyfrom program to program.” Affleck-Graves

said the investi-gation includede x t e n s i v eresearch collect-ed over themonths fol low-ing the Octoberaccident. “This report

provides a thor-ough account ofwhat happened,including detailsof the tests andanalys i s per-formed by the experts, inter-views with over 50 individu-als, forensic examinations ofthe computers of personnel inthe Ath le t ic Department ,”Affleck-Graves said. The University conducted

the internal review with thehelp of Jon Peterka, a leadingexpert on wind-engineeringapplications and research,and David Merrifield, a safetyconsultant with expertise onaerial lift platforms. “The report concludes the

following factors led to theacc ident : asudden andextraordinary53 mi le-per-hour gust o fwind; s ta f fmembers’ lackof knowledger e g a r d i n gwind speedson the f ie lddur ing thepract ice ; thecharacteristicsof Declan’s lift,which was

l ighter than the other twolifts, making it more suscepti-ble to tipping; and the heightof the lift, which at 40 feetmade it more susceptible totipping,” Affleck-Graves said. The investigation showed

the staff checked the weatheronline eight times throughoutthe day, Affleck-Graves said,but the wind speed did notexceed 35 miles per hour atthe s ta f f ’s las t weatherupdate before practice began.“The report highlights that

as the primary weakness inour procedures ,” he sa id .“The lack of wind measuringon the field during the prac-tice and the absence of anysingle individual with respon-sibility for monitoring wind.”Peter L ik ins , pres ident

emeritus of the University ofArizona, conducted an inde-pendent review of the investi-gat ion. He did not receivecompensation for his work. “I do want to say as clearly

as I can that I a f f i rm mybelief in the integrity of theprocess and the quality of theconclusions and the recom-mendations,” Likins said. Jenkins said the University

would continue its conversa-t ions wi th the Ind ianaOccupat ional Safe ty andHeal th Adminis trat ion

(IOSHA) after the state foundNotre Dame guilty of six safe-ty violations related to theaccident. The fines from thecitations total $77,500. “What I in tend to do i sdevote all my energy and allmy efforts to enhancing thesafety on campus, as well asbeyond Notre Dame, wi thregard to aer ia l l i f t s , ”Jenkins sa id . “That ’s myfocus.”After the state released itsreport March 15, theUniversity filed a Notice ofContest on April 7 to continuetalks with IOSHA. “Nothing we can do can

restore Declan to his familyand to h is communi ty,”Jenkins said. “But the mostimportant way to memorial-ize Declan is to do all we canto understand the factors thatled to his death and to takesteps to prevent such an acci-dent from happening at NotreDame or anywhere else.”

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“The lessons welearn here go to thewhole University,and in my case theentire AthleticsDepartment.”

Jack SwarbrickDirector of Athletics

Contact Megan Doyle atmdoyle11@nd.edu

The f a s t b e g i n s t h i se v en i ng i n Gedde s Ha l lChapel with a 6 p.m. prayers e r v i c e r e f l e c t i ng on t hemeaning of fasting. It endswith 5 p.m. Mass tomorrowin Di l lon Hal l Chapel , fo l-lowed by an Italian dinneri n t h e Co l eman -Mor s eCenter.“Th roughou t t h e 24hours, partici-p an t s w i l lreceive ‘spir i-tual meals’ – am i d n i g h tsna ck , mo rn -i n g mea l andafternoon foodf o r t h ough t , ”H i lme r s a i d .“All are reflec-tions based onq u o t e s ,p r a y e r s andi n s p i r a t i o n a lexcerpts that three differ-ent fast part ic ipants havebeen asked to write out.”In addit ion to displayingsuppor t , par t i c ipants areen cou raged t o r eque s tdona t i on s t o b ene f i t t h eNue s t r o s P equeno sHermanos (NPH) orphanagein Haiti. If students choosenot to fast, they are encour-aged to support their peerswith prayers or donations. FOTO sends students to anNPH o rphanage i nHondura s o v e r s choo lb r eak s . S en i o r Ca i t l i nNichols traveled to the NPHorphanage in Honduras this

year.“While I was there I was

able to see how donationsare used and what a greatorganization it is,” she said.“By donat ing to th i s Fas tfor Hai t i you are guaran-teed that your money wi l lbe put to good use.”H i lme r s a i d t h e e v en t

highlights ongoing strugglesin Hait i . While people areeager to ass i s t a countryimmediately after disasterstrikes, it is in the comingmonths when media cover-

age dies downthat the coun-try truly needsaid, she said.“By f a s t i ng ,

s tuden t s r e c -o gn i z e t ha tt h e r e i s s t i l lmuch t o b edone i n Ha i t iand they haveno t f o r go t t entha t , ” H i lmersa i d . “Byr e q u e s t i n g

support through a donationletter, they are asking oth-ers not to forget our Haitibrothers and sisters either.”Nichols said the fast has

special meaning during theweek leading up to Easter.“By spending a day fast-ing, especially during HolyWeek, we are reminded ofthose who have less thanus,” she said. “Living in sol-i d a r i t y w i t h o t h e r s i s agreat way to raise aware-ness about their living cir-cumstances.”

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A man surveys hundreds of bodies of earthquake victims at amorgue in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in January.

“By spending a dayfasting, especiallyduring Holy Week,we are reminded

indeed of those whohave less than us.”

Caitlin Nicholssenior

Contact Melissa Flanagan atmflanag3@nd.edu

the Huddle and Sbarro inthe LaFor tune S tuden tCenter April 12.The g roup pu t a l o t o f

e f for t in to launching thec r ea t i on and go tNor thwood Soda i nWi l l i amsburg , M i ch . , t obott le the ci trus-f lavoredbeverage, Hupp said. Glassbottles of the drink featureblack labels with “Twist O’Luck” written in green let-tering.“Twist O’ Luck began as a

c l a s s p roduc t f o r t h eBus i ne s s New Ven tu recour se , ” she s a i d . “Wecame up with the idea overthe summerand spen tmuch o f t h efirst semesterc rea t ing thef o r m u l a ,designing thel abe l s andwr i t i ng ou rb u s i n e s splan.”M i c h a e l

said market-i ng t o t h eSou th Bendcommunity iscritical to theb e v e r a g e ’ ssuccess . Theinven t o r s o f t h e d r i nkat tended the South BendWomen’s Expo to promotesa l e s and c on s i s t en t l yupdate the Twist O’ Luck

Facebook page with con-tests. The g r een d r i nk ha s

already gained popularityat Saint Mary’s. Since thesoda ’s i n t r o -duc t i on Jan .26, Hupp sa idthe campus hasso l d a roundfour cases perweek. She saidNo t r e Dameinitially boughtf ou r c a s e s o ft he s oda andsold out within24 hours.“ S i n ce we

de s i gned t hesoda t o b e anovelty for thelocal communi-ty, Notre Dame

was an obv i -ou s l o ca t i onthat we hopedto be ab l e t os e l l Tw i s t O ’Luck , ” Huppsaid. Hupp sa i dshe an t i c i -pa t e s t hep roduc t w i l lbe popular atNotre Dame. “We hope tob r i ng e ve r y -one a l i t t l e‘ tw i s t o ’l u ck , ’ ” s hesaid.

Michael said the group isexcited for the long-termfuture of the product at theUniversity. “We are excited for all of

the opportunities for stu-dents and the communitythat having Twist O’ Luckat Notre Dame will bring,”she said. “Market research

has showntha t k i d slove Twist O’Luck . Weknow tha tf u t u r eD o m e r swould enjoyand have fundr i nk ing aTw i s t O ’Luck at tail-ga t e s a st hey chee ron t heF i g h t i n gIrish.”N o t r eDame sopho-

more Trenton Jackson saidTwist O’ Luck is “absolute-ly delicious.”“I tried it, then proceed-ed to buy fifteen of them,”he s a i d . “ I b e l i e v e t ha tsupporting local businessis very important.”Junior Alex West said hisgroup of friends was sur-prised Twist O’ Luck wasinvented by students.“We were sitting arounddr i nk ing [ t h e s oda ] andwondering how this couldhave poss ib ly been madeby a student,” he said. “Itwas l ike i f winning couldbe t u rned i n t o a beve r -age…I would definitely buyit again and again.”

Contact Caitlin Housley atchousl01@saintmarys.edu

“We came up withthe idea over thesummer and spentmuch of the firstsemester creating

the formula,designing the lablesand writing ourbusiness plan.”

Hannah Huppjunior

“We are excited forall of the

opportunities forstudents and thecommunity that

having Twist O’ Luckat Notre Dame will

bring.”

Jeannie Michaelsenior

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A discussion of the benefitsof local and organic farmingand the impact of food choiceson the environment t i t led“Food Justice andSustainabil i ty Discussion”brought together Saint Mary’sfaculty, students and localfarmers Monday in Spes UnicaHall.Monica Aguirre, president of

Saint Mary’s EnvironmentalAction Coalition (SMEAC), saidthe group sponsored the talk inorder to educate the campusabout the ecological impact ofdining decisions. “We’ve been learning a lot

about how important our foodchoices are and how muchthey affect the environment,”she said. “But we’re learningthat we have control overthese decisions as well.Megan Zwart, professor of

philosophy, said she committedto veganism after thinking

about the ethical consequencesof what she ate. She saidbecoming more conscious ofwhat she ate was the first steptoward an organic lifestyle. “I began to think of eating as

a moral issue,” Zwart said. “Idon’t want to hurtthings, but morethan that I needto realize all theways I’m alreadyhurting things.” Local farmer

Mary Kulwickisaid she convert-ed to organic eat-ing after discover-ing the impact ofagriculture on theenvironment. “ R a c h e l

Carson’s book‘Silent Spring’had the biggestimpact on mydecision,” she said. “I read itwhen farming was just anotherway man could dominate overnature.”Kulwicki, who said she has

worked hard to diversify hercrops and free them of chemi-cals, said her produce isorganically certified. She saidit is a challenge to do so, aspesticides often contaminatethe water supply.

Aguirre saidreducing thep e r s o n a limpact on theenv i r onmen tmay seemdaunting, but itcan beachieved withsimple, every-day choices.“Just visiting

the [SouthBend] FarmersMarket andeating organi-cally and local-ly — it doesn’ttake a lot and

you can start with smallsteps,” she said.

Group discusses green eatingBy KATIE CARLISLENews Writer

Contact Katie Carlisle at kcarli02@saintmarys.edu

“Just visiting the[South Bend]

Farmer’s Marketand eating

organically andlocally — it doesn’ttake a lot and you

can start with smallsteps.”

Monica AguirreSMEAC

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov.Jan Brewer on Mondayvetoed a b i l l that wouldhave required Pres identBarack Obama and otherpresidential candidates toprove their U.S. citizenshipbefore their names couldappear on the state’s ballot.The bill would have made

Arizona the f irst state topass such a requirement.Opponents had warned theb i l l would g ive anotherblack eye to Arizona afterlast year’s controversy overthe state’s illegal immigra-tion enforcement law.Brewer said in her veto

letter that she was troubledthat the b i l l empoweredArizona’s secretary of stateto judge the qualificationsof all candidates when theyfile to run for office.“I do not support desig-

nating one person as the

gatekeeper to the ballot fora candidate, which couldlead to arbitrary or politi-cally motivated decisions,”said Brewer, who was sec-re tary o f s ta te unt i l shebecame governor in 2009.“ In add i t ion , I never

imagined being presentedwi th a b i l l that cou ldrequire candidates forpresident of the greatestand most powerful nationon Earth to submit their‘early baptismal circumci-s ion cer t i f i ca tes ’ amongother records to theArizona secretary of state,”she said. “This is a bridgetoo far.”The cer t i f i ca tes were

among the documents acandidate could have sub-mi t ted under the b i l l inplace of a birth certificate.So-called “birthers” claim

there’s no proof Obama wasborn in the United States,and he is therefore ineligi-b le to be pres ident . ButHawaii officials have certi-f i ed Obama was born inthat state.The U.S . Const i tu t ion

requires that presidentialcandidates be “natura l -born” U.S. citizens, be atleast 35 years old, and be ares ident o f the Uni tedStates for at least 14 years.Opponents ques t ionedwhether Ar izona ’s b i l lwould have added addition-al requirements.The measure would have

required that political par-ties and presidential candi-dates hand in a f f idav i t sstating a candidate’s citi-zensh ip and age . I t a l sowould have required thecandidate’s birth certificateand a sworn statement say-ing where the candidatehas lived for 14 years.If candidates didn’t have

a copy of their birth certifi-cates, they could meet therequirement by providingbaptismal or circumcisioncertificates, hospital birthrecords and other docu-ments.I f i t cou ldn ’t be deter-

mined whether candidateswho provided documents inplace of their birth certifi-ca tes were e l ig ib le toappear on the ballot, thesecretary o f s tate wouldhave been able to set up acommittee to help deter-mine whether the require-ments were met . Thenames of candidates couldbe kept off the ballot if thesecretary o f s ta te d idn’tbelieve the candidates metthe c i t i zensh ip require-ment.The bill didn’t explicitly

provide an appeals processfor a candidate whose namewas kept off the ballot.The b i l l ’s sponsor,

Republican Rep. Carl Seelof Phoenix, said he was dis-appointed by the veto. I twould have been reason-able to have the secretaryof state — the state’s topelection off icer — decidewhether a candidate hadadequately documented hisor her qual i f icat ions, hesaid.Because the b i l l would

have required candidatesfor all offices to submit doc-umentation of their qualifi-cations, he said, “it wouldhave been exce l lentreform.”

Arizona governorvetoes ‘birther’ billAssociated Press

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“The brain is a wonderful organ. Itstarts working the moment you getup in the morning and does not stop

until you get into the office.”

Robert FrostU.S. poet

Two years ago, as I began to visit andapply to different universities that couldpotentially become my second home forthe next four years of my life, I did nothave any particular preference as towhere I truly want-ed to go.However, all of the

universities I appliedto had to complywith one small con-dition. Believe it ornot, I wanted mydream school to belocated some-where where Icould experi-ence the changeof seasonsthroughout theyear.Living in a never-ending and sometimes

unbearable humid and hot climate mywhole life, I had never experienced achange in seasons. Therefore, I wantedmy college years to ideally include 2 or 3months of warm weather, a period of cooland breezy temperatures where I couldsee the leaves in the trees change colors,some months of cold and snow and, final-ly, some months of mild spring weather.Besides enriching and contributing to

my first two college years in manyincredible ways, Notre Dame has also ful-filled this particular climate requirement.Nevertheless, this weather prerequisite ofmine turned out to be very different fromwhat I had expected and brought alongwith it a bothersome dependency ofwhich I was at first completely unawareof.From the moment I arrived at Notre

Dame, my wardrobe and mood relied onthe daily imprecise and varying informa-tion provided by accuweather.com andmany other weather forecasting websites.This dependency has drasticallyincreased this spring semester.Last year, the winter season was rela-

tively good. It began late in October andended in early March. For someone whohad never experienced extremely coldtemperatures, it seemed perfect! But thisspring semester has been a whole differ-ent story, characterized by irregular andunpredictable temperature changes thatnot even accuweather can predict.Last week accuweather got it right,

indicating that spring had finally arrivedwith sunny and mild 60 degree tempera-tures. Consequently, I saw a significantchange in my overall mood and clothingselection. I felt happy and wore less lay-ers and a lot of color.Yet, this past weekend, as I got a

glimpse of the weather forecast for theupcoming week, disappointment andfrustration quickly kicked in. The websiteindicated a week of snow, wind and 30degree temperatures! Could this really betrue? Thirty degree weather meant wear-ing my parka, boots, sweaters andscarves all over again. This would com-pletely alter my previously happy and col-orful spring mood.So, after internalizing this unbelievable

April climate, I invite all of you who aredissatisfied with the weather to follow mynew plan. I have given up and decided Iwill not rely on weather forecasting web-sites anymore, nor will I look outside thewindow every morning in order to choosewhat to wear. Weather will not affect mymood from now until the end of thesemester. I will wear whatever I feel likewearing, as if I lived in a place with aconstant and unchanging climate. Maybethe predictable and unbearable hotCaribbean weather is not that bad afterall.

Maria Fernandez can be reached atmfernan5@nd.eduThe views expressed in this Inside

Column are those of the author andnot necessarily those of The Observer.

INSIDE COLUMN

Accuweather?

Maria Fernandez

Scene Writer

How green is your Notre Dame experience?

Inspired by Bradley McDonald’s “Howinteresting is your Notre Dame experi-ence?” (March 25), I have devised my ownhighly sophisticated scoring mechanismfor rating how “green” you’ve been duringyour time at NotreDame thus far.From personalexperience, I can assure you that it’sentirely possible to score well on both ofthese tests. Hopefully my column on greenalcohol proved once and for all that funand the environment are not mutuallyexclusive. Since excelling at everything isour lifeblood as Notre Dame students, Ichallenge you to adopt any of the greenbehaviors below that you haven’t already.Food:u Joined the “clean plate club” during

Waste-Free Week/Waste-Free Wednesday[5 points per raffle entry]u Eaten vegetarian on a day other than

a Lenten Friday [5 points, 15 points ifyou’re a committed vegetarian]u Tried Greenfield’s new menu [5

points]u Been to the South Bend Farmer’s

Market [5 points per visit]u Purchased fresh produce from the

Purple Porch Co-op [15 points]Transportation:u Owned a bike [5 points]u Had a Zipcar membership [10 points]u Taken Transpo to/from a bar [5

points]u Taken Transpo anytime other than

to/from a bar [10 points]u Carpooled home for a break with

someone you’d never met before [5 points]Water:u Owned a water-filtering pitcher [5

points]u Regularly used a reusable water bot-

tle [5 points, 10 if you got it from the Officeof Sustainability]u Combined loads of laundry with a

roommate to make a full load [5 points]u Used a timer to limit shower time to 4

minutes [10 points]Energy:u Owned Energy Star appliances (TV,

mini-fridge, etc) [5 points per appliance]u Unplugged all appliances over breaks

[15 points]u Used only CFL bulbs [10 points]u Participated in Earth Hour [5 points, -

5 if you don’t know what Earth Hour is]u Lived in a hall that won the dorm

energy competition (Knott, Cavanaugh,Walsh) [5 points]Waste:u Donated to Old 2 Gold [5 points per

year]u Owned a reusable coffee mug [5

points]u Regularly used a reusable grab’n’go

bag [10 points]u Recycled more than you threw away

in your dorm room [10 points]Miscellaneous:u Joined the GreeND listserv [5 points]u Actually attended a GreeND or SEA

meeting [10 points]u Gone on a sustainability-related CSC

break trip [10 points]u Been to the roof of Stinson-Remick to

see the solar panels [10 points]u “Liked” the Office of Sustainability’s

Facebook page [5 points]u Taken a tour of the power plant [10

points]u Majored in Environmental Science or

Geosciences [20 points]“Brown” Points:u Asked a professor to add money to

your print quota [-1 point per dollaradded]u Always took a brown paper bag from

grab’n’go [-5 points]u Driven to Eddy Street [-10 points]u Participated in Double Impact Week [-

25 points]

Fewer than 50 points: Really? Stopkilling the planet!50-150 points: Decent. You’re trying,

but could make more of an effort to begreen. Boost your score by visiting theFarmer’s Market or donating your stuff toOld 2 Gold this year.150-200 points: Awesome! You’re rock-

ing some very green choices – keep it up!250+ points: You are 100% bona-fide

hippie. Which really raises one question:why did you come to school here?

The GreenMan is an anonymous eco-conscious observer of life at NotreDame, providing environmental commentary and advice to the campuscommunity since 2010. Feel free to emailyour environmental living questions to theGreenMan ataskthegreenman@gmail.com

The GreenMan

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“College isn’t the place to go forideas.”

Helen KellerU.S. blind & deaf educator

EDITORIAL CARTOON

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With the highest public debt per capita in thenation, Connecticut’s bleak fiscal outlook is causingthe legislature to grasp for tax policies that requireout-of-state online retailers to collect sales tax ontransactions with Connecticut residents. The taxscheme, which potentiallyaffects dozens of online retail-ers, is better known as the“Amazon tax” after its largesttarget, Amazon.com. TheAmazon tax is blatantlyunconstitutional and is badnews for Connecticut’s online shoppers, especially stu-dents, causing Amazon to decrease its ties withConnecticut contractors.The Amazon tax is pushed under the premise that it

will “close a loophole” in Connecticut’s tax collection,making it easier for the state to collect sales taxes ononline transactions it claims to be entitled to. Thisargument isn’t new to the internet age; it has beenargued for decades against mail-order companieswho operate out-of-state, but advertise and distributecatalogues to in-state residents. The reason why mail-order companies don’t collect sales tax is becauseforcing them to do so has been decided by theSupreme Court to be unconstitutional in Quill Corp. v.North Dakota. The ruling is intelligible: interstatecommerce is a federal matter, not a state matter.Amazon and other internet retailers like it are the

quintessential mail-order companies of our age, andthe Constitution equally protects Amazon as it pro-tects traditional mail-order companies. If Connecticutwants to collect taxes from Amazon, it should focus onmaking its business climate one that attracts Amazonto move in-state.Proponents of the tax will argue that Amazon’s in-

state affiliate advertisers, who put Amazon links ontheir websites in exchange for a fee, create an ade-quate in-state presence to justify a tax. But theseadvertisers aren’t Amazon employees and aren’t par-ticipants in Amazon’s sales transactions. These adver-tisers are the equivalent of a newspaper putting anadvertisement for a mail-order company in their pub-lication.Furthermore, if Connecticut enacts this tax, Amazon

has threatened to remove these advertisers to preventhaving to collect a tax, while detracting from manyConnecticut incomes. Therefore, Connecticut won’t beable to collect any sales tax from Amazon, while alsolosing out on income taxes. So, regardless of theConstitutional arguments, it is still clear that this

would lead to negative results for the state.Suzanne Staubach, manager of the UConn Co-op

argues in her testimony to the Finance, Revenue andBonding Committee that because Amazon doesn’t col-lect taxes on transactions, the Co-op suffers. Thus,requiring Amazon to collect taxes equalizes the com-petition. This argument is flawed for several reasons.First off, many items purchased on Amazon are not

a transaction with Amazon, but rather transactionswith individuals who are selling their new or usedmerchandise on Amazon’s platform. These individualslikely have no authority to collect taxes anywhere,much less in Connecticut. As of 2010, these third-party transactions account for 31 percent of Amazon’ssales.Secondly, as of January, Amazon’s ebook sales have

outpaced their hardcovers sales by three to one.Amazon’s ebooks have even surpassed their paper-back sales with 115 ebooks sold for everyone paper-back sold. If the Co-op wants to complain about notbeing able to compete, it isn’t because of a 6 percentsales tax, but rather because customers are discover-ing an alternative to paper books.Lastly, the greatest reason why the Co-op’s criticism

is misguided is because the Co-op doesn’t collect anysales tax on books purchased by students for classes,which presumably make up the majority of its sales.This is because Connecticut has a tax provision thatexcludes all books purchased for college classes fromsales tax. Under an Amazon tax students would stillbe eligible for tax-exempt books from Amazon, butthe state’s tax policy makes it easier and more con-venient to receive this tax exemption from collegebookstores than from online retailers and smaller in-state book retailers. So, ironically, it is actually the Co-op that has “loopholes” working in its favor.The justifications for the so-called “Amazon tax” are

wrong on both constitutional and policy grounds.While blatantly unconstitutional, the tax is also badfor consumers, especially students, who have less dis-posable income and are more likely than older gener-ations to shop online. Imposing the tax will causeAmazon to remove ties with in-state services, hurtingin-state contractor’s incomes and the income taxes thestate earns.

This article first appeared in the April 14 edition ofThe Daily Campus, the daily publication serving theUniversity of Connecticut.The views expressed in this column are those of the

author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

UWIRE

‘Amazon tax’ is blatantlyunconstitutional

Carbon tax: the reasonable solutionGrowing unrest in the Middle East has

resulted in a more than 60 cent jump inU.S. fuel prices in a two month time peri-od. Rising fuel prices are threateningrecovery from the recession just as jobnumbers and economic indicators areshowing real signs ofimprovement. Whydoes the UnitedStates continue to tol-erate economicreliance on foreign oilfrom volatile MiddleEastern countries?The answer isfear among leg-islators that anypolicy solutionresponsible fora short-termincrease inenergy priceswill destroy a political career. This politicalcowardice is already resulting in drasticincreases in energy prices by making thewell-being of U.S. citizens and the healthof the economy liable to foreign govern-ments. Political inaction is resulting in theworst-case scenario. Costs are increasingfor non-renewable energy sources whilethe US is falling behind the rest of theworld in developing renewable technology.A carbon tax is the most transparent,

feasible and efficient strategy to make theUnited States a leader in the internationalgreen economy, reduce dependence on

foreign oil and address the crisis of globalwarming. Even the most ardent free-mar-ket proponent would be challenged toargue that the problem of global warmingwill be solved without some governmentintervention. Pollution is an economicexternality, meaning the entity profitingfrom the polluting activity is not fullyabsorbing the external costs of pollutionon society in the price of the good or serv-ice. Therefore, the key is this: a policysolution to force energy suppliers to inter-nalize pollution costs that have the small-est possible negative impact, while creat-ing the most effective incentive for innova-tion or behavior change to reduce pollu-tion.Republicans and conservative business

advocates have consistently called formore certainty and simplicity in the U.S.tax code. A carbon tax prices carbon in anexact manner, by levying a fee on carbonemissions per metric ton. In contrast tothe open-ended pricing mechanism of acap-and-trade system, the proposal thatfailed to pass Congress last year, a carbontax will provide certainty in the marketthat will best allow all stakeholders to pre-pare for additional costsConcomitantly, the IRS is equipped to

implement the tax, significantly reducingthe need for additional bureaucracy tomanage a more convoluted federal solu-tion.The implementation of a carbon tax

would ignite a wave of innovation by mak-

ing renewable technology and energy effi-cient decisions cheaper, or price competi-tive, to their environmentally unfriendlyalternatives. Yet, for the tax to be success-ful in promoting innovation without induc-ing economic contraction, a carbon taxmust include a variety of stipulations tominimize negative impact on U.S. busi-nesses and low income families.Implementation must occur on a lengthytimeline that includes a two year graceperiod for companies and families toincrease energy efficiency or transition torenewable power sources in advance ofincreased costs. Also, the tax should be setto increase at defined intervals over a longperiod of time to account for increasingfeasibility of improving energy efficiencyas technology develops.To make the carbon tax politically feasi-

ble the implementation should specifyunequivocally that all revenues will gotowards reducing the U.S. corporateincome tax and providing a payroll taxrebate and equivalent social securityrebate to help offset the increasing energycosts that will be faced by businesses, lowincome families and seniors. According tothe Cato Institute, the U.S. has the highestcorporate income tax in the world at 40percent. The high tax rate is pushing awayinvestment from the U.S. and is an unrea-sonable burden on U.S. companies tryingto compete in the global economy. A car-bon tax, coupled with a significantdecrease in the corporate tax rate, would

not only lead to the expansion of the greeneconomy, but drastically stimulate busi-ness growth across every sector. If the taxis implemented, inevitably technology willimprove, making renewable energyoptions increasingly affordable. Withlower energy costs, payroll tax and socialsecurity rebates will become long-term taxrelief for low income families and seniors,without affecting the reduction in the cor-porate income tax.Current legislative proposals for a car-

bon tax that vary in the size of the carbontax, project between $69 billion and $126billion in tax revenues in 2015, andbetween $263 billion and $361 billion rev-enues in 2030, in 2005 dollars. To put thatin perspective, the federal government in2005 earned $771 billion in tax revenuefrom payroll taxes and $307 billion fromcorporate income taxes.A carbon tax, if proposed correctly, can

unite interest groups across the politicalspectrum in support of a major step for-ward in environmental policy and endingdependence on foreign oil. What are wewaiting for?

Chris Rhodenbaugh is a senior political science major and editor ofLeftysLastCry.com, Notre Dame’sProgressive Headquarters. He can be con-tacted at crhodenb@nd.eduThe views expressed in this column are

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

Chris Rhodenbaugh

In Pursuit ofSocial Justice

Thomas Dilling

The DailyCampus

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Taxing the richestRyan Williams (April 14, “Who wants to tax a millionaire?”)

makes a series of undocumented assertions more suited to talkradio than to these pages.He cites Hauser’s “Law” to assert that federal revenues are

always about 19.5 percent of GDP, regardless of the top rate ofincome tax, which is therefore irrelevant to fiscal deficits. Theproportion was over 20 percent in 2000. It has been under 15percent in 2009 and 2010. Five percent of GDP is about $750 bil-lion.He denounces the top level of federal income tax, currently at

35 percent, as unfair and asserts that any increase would stifleinnovation. At no time between 1932 and 1982 was the top ratebelow 70 percent. Did that stifle innovation?He notes that the top 1 percent of earners pay about 25 percent

of all federal income tax revenues. He does not note that theincome of this 1 percent is over 20 percent of all incomes. Theproportion received by the top 1 percent has more than doubledover the last 30 years. That of the bottom 90 percent has declined.That of the bottom 25 percent has declined by over 30 percent.He also omits to mention the difference between marginal and

effective tax rates. According to the IRS, the 400 most affluenthouseholds had an average income of $345 million in 2007. Theypaid out 17 percent of this in tax.He insists that it is the rich who create jobs. Despite all the tax

cuts, there was less than a tenth of 1 percent of additional jobscreated during the eight years of President G. W. Bush. It is notprivate investment decisions but market conditions that lead tojob creation.Opposition to progressive rates of taxation should be argued

honestly, on ideological grounds. Mr Williams cries that thewealthy should not have to support “freeloading Americans.”Traditionally used against African-Americans, this argument nowtargets the millions of unemployed, poor children, the sick and theelderly. Citizenship and mutual support are gutted on behalf ofplutocracy.Why should bankers care about the health, housing and educa-

tion of the poor? Even if morality is rejected, mere prudencemight suggest some answers.

David HarleyFaculty, History Department

Apr. 17

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The music festival Coachellatook over the valley of Indio,Calif. this past weekend andleft behind more than just thememories of amazing shows.Amazing star-studded fashionalso took over the scene.I t seems that in the past

years, pictures of celebritiesat Coachella have popped upall over the place. Many bignames, inc luding JakeGyllenhal, Reese Witherspoon,Drew Barrymore, Justin Longand Kirsten Dunst , haveattended the festival and madetheir presence known. That iswhat makes Coachella such amagnet for fashion. It’s three short days, but every

celebrity whoa t t e n d sk n o w sthey wi l lbe pho-tographed,so theydress toi m p r e s s .W h a tt h e s ef a m o u sfaces weard e f i n e swhat ischic forthe follow-ing sum-m e r .T h e s eclips are justa sample ofthe fashions seen at Coachella this year.

Alexa ChungAlexa Chung, seen here attendingthe Lacoste party, has shot into thefashion spot l ight because herorig inal i ty and Bri t ish charmmake her downright delightful.She sported a s i lk romper,espadrilles, a light shirt and anover-the-shoulder bag at th isyear’s festival. Her style can beemulated but never really repeat-ed because there’s just somethingindescribable about the way shedresses. She is effortlessly cool.

Kate BosworthKate Bosworth, pictured left,

exudes the hip California vibeCoachella is famous for. She choseto wear a loose-fitting tie-dye hal-ter dress, gladiator sandals and a

slouchy purse.Her out f i t i sthe perfectblend of prac-t ical i ty andtaste neces-sary for amusic festival.Her style canbe easi lyr e p l i c a t e dbecause shehasn’t chosento wear any-thing out-landish. Shepicked simpleclothes thatlook good andare comfort-able, which is allyou can ask forduring a scorching hot day in the desert.

A n n eHathaway

W o w .This pic-ture istruly sad-d e n i n g .At a festi-val withsuch ahigh con-c e n t r a -t ion ofa c t o r sand mod-els , whydid AnneHathawayc h o o s et h i s ?W h y ? !P e r h a p s

she wascoordinating

with Kelly Osborne who showed up looking likeshe was 80, complete with the blue hair to proveit. This outfit does literally nothing for Hathaway.She chose a dress that cuts her off at the worstpart of the leg, making her appear extremelyfrumpy. To top it off, the dress is in the singleworst color for her complexion. Perhaps she’ll getit right next time, as long as she remembers she’s28, not 90.

Whitney PortAnother miss this year was Whitney Port. While

she does have enough style to land a job at DianeVon Furstenberg, she didn’t show i t here.Wearing some kind of weird bathing suit top andextremely high waisted silk shorts, she lookedlike she was trying way too hard. The outfit justdidn’t make sense, at least not for the venue. Good, bad or really ugly, Coachella had plenty

to of fer this year for the fashion-consciousobserver.

Contact Courtney Cox at ccox3@nd.edu

By COURTNEY COXAssociate Scene Editor

Alexa Chung

Kate BosworthWhitney Port

Anne Hathaway

It’s so close. Easter is right on ourdoorstep, even if it is a little late thisyear. The Easter Bunny is ready, hidingeggs and takingcandy orders forhis yearly traipsesaround the world— we still believein the EasterBunny, right? As is true with

most holidays,different familieshave different tra-ditions surround-ing this wonderfultime of year.Some firmlybelieve Lent —and the fast thatgoes with it — ends anywhere from GoodFriday at noon to Easter Sunday afterMass. Some families have annual egghunts, no matter the age of their chil-dren. Some stockpile Peeps, choosing tooverdose on sugar and marshmallowgoodness.These traditions are fairly standard,

but there are some that are just down-right strange. A few are worth experi-encing, just for the fun of it, but someshould be avoided. Check out these cus-toms from around the world and decidewhich you might give a try.

Finland — Costumes

This tradition sounds a lot like anAmerican Halloween. Children dress up,smear soot on their faces and wanderthe streets with broomsticks begging.Often, there are even bonfires to ward offwitches that come out between Good

Friday andE a s t e rSunday. Evenw i t c h e s ,apparently,are drawnoutside bythe advent ofspring.

C z e c hRepublic —W h i p p i n gWomenThis tradi-

tion actuallytakes place

across Eastern Europe, but mostly in theCzech Republic. On Easter Monday, hus-bands use a braided whip decorated withribbons to whip their wives. Supposedly,the practice ensures that the women willkeep their health and beauty for the restof the year. Personally, I’d rather just geta facial at a spa.

Poland — No Men AllowedThe Polish believe that if the man of

the house helps make the traditionalEaster bread, his moustache will turngrey and fall off. Therefore, he is giventhe day off in order to preserve his glori-ous facial hair. Sometimes it pays to not

be clean-shaven.

France — Giant OmeletIn Haux, France, over 4,500 eggs are

used to cook up a giant omelet in thestreets. Reportedly, the giant egg concoc-tion can feed up to 1,000 people forlunch. Napoleon is credited with order-ing the first giant omelet for his men whowere marching through SouthernFrance.

Australia — The Easter BilbyAussies are not big fans of rabbits,

w h i c hh a v edestroyedtheir landand cropsfor years,so theyc h o o s enot to cel-e b r a t eE a s t e rwith thetradition-al bunny.R a t h e r,they use their native marsupial, theBilby. It’s hard to judge how well thesecreatures could carry a basket full ofeggs, but I fully support the use of localmerchants.

England — Egg rollingThis sport is still hugely popular in

some parts of England. Participants spe-cially hard-boil their eggs for the occa-

sion before rolling them down large hills.Specific rules vary from town to town,but winning eggs generally either roll thefarthest or survive the most competi-tions.

Medieval Europe — Easter Egg HuntsWhile nowadays these hunts are a fun

way for kids to run off their excessiveenergy, during “The Burning Times,”authorities used these hunts to find fol-lowers of the “Old Religion” — notChristianity. They would bribe childrento reveal where they found their eggs so

they could then punishthe property owners.Kind of puts a damper onthe chocolate bunny youjust discovered in thatcute green egg.No matter how you cel-

ebrate this year, keep inmind these unique tradi-tions and wonder if oneday some of yours mightmake this list. I havealready written theEaster Bunny looking forenough sugar to make

my dentist cringe, a tradition in myhouse. But I am very tempted to institutethe First Annual O’Donnell Family EggRolling Contest down my driveway — toobad the flat plains of northern Indianaprevent such a tradition from developinghere.

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BRUSSELS — The UtrechtMarathon has a new paymentplan: A winning local Dutchrunner can take home 100times what a foreign winnerpockets.Organizers call it a smart

incentive plan to develop Dutchrunning in a race that has beendominated by Kenyans, winnersfor the last fouryears. Critics seeit as an ugly dis-play of discrimi-nation andracism.Some also view

it as a metaphorfor Dutch society,where risingnationalism andanti-immigrantsentiment haveeroded the coun-try's long-heldimage as a bas-tion of tolerance.“The organizers thought up

rules to discourage foreign run-ners,” Tim Looten of the Art. 1Dutch anti-discriminationorganization said Monday.“That in fact is discrimination.”Utrecht Marathon organizer

Louran van Keulen says he wasjust trying to encourage localmarathoners to excel in his racenext Monday.“There is talk of discrimina-

tion, racism, oh, yes,” VanKeulen said. “It is too bad about

all the politics.”But, with objections coming

from both the Utrecht city coun-cil to Nairobi half a world away,the criticism is likely to only getlouder ahead of race day.Van Keulen says he just want-

ed to boost local sports so Dutchrunners can stand up toAfricans in a decade or so. Byeliminating his budget for inter-national runners and investing

it in 23 of thebest local run-ners, he aimsto improve theincentives andfacilities.Now, if a

D u t c h m a nwins, he getsthe euro100($142) thatgoes to the firstrunner acrossthe line butalso a bonus ofup toe u r o 1 0 , 0 0 0

($14,200) “or more” dependingon the contract incentives theorganizer has with the runner.“The prize money has gone

drastically down because wewanted to put it in the stimulusprogram” for the local racers,Van Keulen said. Female run-ners are not covered by the newplan.Gert-Jan van Wijk, a Dutch

businessman working inNairobi, has already promisedto restore Dutch honor in Kenya

after days of intense criticism.He said he would make up thedifference between whatever alocal racer wins and what anyforeigner would take as a win-ner — or about euro9,900($14,000).Van Wijk decried “the tenden-

cy of Dutch society to look evermore inward.”“It is Dutch society at its

smallest,” said Van Wijk, ownerof The World We Work In com-pany. “As a trading nation, theDutch always looked at theworld at large and were readyto compete. Now they just elimi-nate competition.”Marathon organizers often

spend part of their budgets ontravel costs, hotel accommoda-tion and appearance fees to luretop Kenyan runners in the hopeof setting a prestigious fasttime.Van Keulen said his overall

budget for all international ath-letes last year was onlyeuro50,000 to euro75,000($71,000 to $107,000), whilethe prize money alone for thewinner of Sunday's LondonMarathon was $55,000.“Do you want to send subsi-

dies and sponsorship abroadbecause we want to buy a fasttime?” Van Keulen said. “I can-not afford a fast time anyway.”He said the six biggest

marathons in the Netherlandsover the past five years had pro-duced 28 Kenyan winners out of30 possible champions and it

was time for something else.For Kenyans, marathon run-

ning is often a way to earn a liv-ing. And they do it well, winningraces around the globe.“If you are a top-25 finisher in

a marathon in Kenya, there is abig chance you can winmarathons all over the worldand there is nothing wrong withthat,” Van Wijk said. “Themarathon is their biggest exportproduct.”Looten saw irony in the situa-

tion.“It is funny. Normally people

are discriminated againstbecause they are not goodenough but now it is becausethey are too good,” he said. “I

don't think the organizer has illintent, but it would become badif all organizations started act-ing like this.”In Utrecht, the city council —

long a backer of the event —has also been taken aback, andhas sent the plan to an equaltreatment committee. However,that panel is not expected torule before the race, accordingto Utrecht alderwoman Rindaden Besten.“It is a great event of which

we are so proud but now we arevery unhappy. It gets a totallydifferent image,” Den Bestensaid. “All the negative reactions,the jokes, the cartoons. It isreally bad.”

LONG-DISTANCE RUNNING

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“As a tradingnation, the Dutch

always looked at theworld at large and

were ready tocompete. Now they

just want to eliminatecompetition.”

Gert-Jan van Wijkbusiness owner

Dutch marathon policy draws criticism for bias

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Ethiopian long distance runner Haile Gebrselassie crosses the finishline at the Vienna City Half Marathon Sunday.

MLB

Cold weather hampers start of MLB seasonThe Green Monster seats, great

view. The concession stands thatsell clam chowder and lobsterrolls, always popular.The hot spots at Fenway Park

lately are the gift shops behindhome plate and out beyond thePesky Pole. Why? Because they’reheated, giving Boston fans a briefrespite from the wicked weather.Makes sense to Red Sox center

fielder Mike Cameron.“Everything’s cold out there. You

have that wind. My face is freez-ing,” he said.“It’s not so much getting loose,”

he said, pointing to his eyes, “it’sseeing. You’ve got water runningdown. It’s your extremities. Youreyes, noses, fingers, toes. That’sprobably the hardest thing. Thethings you need to play baseball.”Rain, chill and even a snowout

at Coors Field, it’s been rugged allacross the majors. Nine gamesalready postponed this year; noneby the same point last season.Six teams have drawn record-

low crowds at their ballparks —Cleveland, Atlanta, the New YorkYankees, Seattle, St. Louis andMinnesota — although poor condi-tions aren’t always to blame.Overall, attendance is virtually

identical to last season, whenopening day came several daysearlier. Games are averaging28,620, compared to 28,835 ayear ago, STATS LLC said.“If you are a big leaguer, it is

your job and you deal with it,”Orioles manager Buck Showaltersaid. “You strap it on, go and play.The show goes on.”Except when it doesn’t.Baltimore, Washington, Atlanta

and the New York Mets have host-ed doubleheaders, all caused by

rainouts during an April that’sbeen unseasonably wet and coldin many places, especially alongthe Eastern seaboard.At Turner Field, the videoboard

showed the weather radar, ratherthan stats or highlights. AtFenway Park, the protectivescreen at first blew over twiceduring batting practice.At Camden Yards, Ian Kinsler

and a half-dozen of Texas team-mates took advantage of theshowers and went sliding on thetarp. At Yankee Stadium, twonights were so miserable that fanswere given free tickets.The National Weather Service

said precipitation in New York isup around 50 percent this Aprilover normal. While the averagetemperature of about 51 degreesis par for the month, there havebeen several days much colder.Yankees star Alex Rodriguez

was out of the lineup Sunday nightbecause of stiffness in his lowerback and side. He had trouble get-ting loose the day before and leftearly.“I mean, this weather is not the

most conducive that we’re playingin,” manager Joe Girardi said.At Progressive Field in

Cleveland, Indians third basecoach Steve Smith bundled upbefore Sunday’s game againstBaltimore.The hood of his gray sweat shirt

pulled over his red Indians cap,Smith quickly left the field afterbatting practice and found awarm spot on the top step of aflight of stairs leading into theteam’s dugout.With the temperature hovering

over 40 and winds gusting to 50mph, this was not baseball weath-er.“Look at me,” said Smith, who

went to school at Pepperdine andlives in California during the off-season. “I’ve got five thermals on,I look like a fullback and I’m stillcold.”At Fenway, the wind chill tem-

peratures were in the mid-30s onFriday and Saturday.“It’s definitely difficult to get

going and to get comfortable atthe plate and on defense,” saidRed Sox first baseman AdrianGonzalez, who spent the previousfive seasons playing in San Diego.“You come in expecting the

worst and getting ready for theworst. It’s not surprising,” he said.“It’s one of things that even thoseguys that have been here for anumber of years don’t get used toit.”Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez

said he often took the weather intoaccount when he was guiding theMarlins.

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BOSTON — Da i sukeMatsuzaka wanted toimpress h i s o ld p i t ch ingcoach.Did he ever.Matsuzaka pitched one-hit

ball for seven innings afterone of the worst outings ofhis career and Boston got anear ly s tar t on i t s th i rds t ra igh t w in , bea t ing theToronto Blue Jays and newmanager John Farrell 9-1 onMonday in the Red Sox tradi-t i ona l morn-ing Pa t r io t sDay game.“Farre l l i s

on the o thers ide so Iwanted toshow so l idp i t ch ing infront of him,”M a t s u z a k asaid through atranslator.For the past

four years Farre l l t r i ed ,often unsuccessfully, to getMatsuzaka to attack hittersand cu t down h i s p i t chcount. On Monday, the right-hander threw just 89 pitchesaga ins t the f ree-swing ingBlue Jays, whose impatienceat the plate worked in hisfavor.“He threw a very good

game,” Farrel l said. “He’shad a lot of success againstToronto in the past and he’sused his fastball effectively.He d id tha t today and weweren ’t ab le to pu t goodswings on it.”More impor tan t l y,

Matsuzaka impressed h i s

own manager, TerryFrancona, after entering thegame with a 12.86 ERA intwo starts. Matsuzaka per-mitted only two baserunners,match ing the f ewes t he ’sa l l owed in h i s 101 ma jorleague starts.“ I f I d id p i t ch bad ly, ”

Matsuzaka said, “I thoughtthere wouldn’t be the nextchance.”The game began at 11:07

a.m. at Fenway Park. Theho l iday observed inMassachuse t t s and Ma ine

marks theanniversary ofthe ba t t l e s o fLexington andConcord in1775 . Ear l i e rMonday, the115th Bos tonM a r a t h o npassed throughn e a r b yK e n m o r eSquare.M a t s u z a k a

(1-2) got plenty of support asJed Lowrie’s four hits led a13-hit, three-homer attack.Matsuzaka gave up a clean

s ing le to cen ter to JoseBautista with two outs in thef i r s t . He wa lked Trav i sSnider with two outs in thesecond, then set down hisfinal 16 batters to improve to7-1 against the Blue Jays.He s t ruck out three and

walked one. In his previousstart against Tampa Bay, heal lowed seven runs in twoinnings.Toronto finished with two

hits. Yunel Escobar homeredo f f Tim Wake f i e ld in theninth.

Lowr ie h i t h i s secondhomer, a two-run shot in thefifth off Ricky Romero (1-2)that made i t 5-0, and f in-ished with four RBIs. He nowhas 15 hits in his last 24 at-bats.At one point, Lowrie’s .533

batting average was postedon the scoreboard.“ I unders tand , bu t who

cares? It’s April 18. We’vegot a long season,” he said.“You don’t th ink about i t .You just continue to do whatyou ’ re do ing and go ou tthere and just let it happen.”Kevin Youkilis and Jacoby

Ellsbury also homered.The f es t i ve day marked

another special occasion — ahit by Carl Crawford.Boston’s left fielder, signed

to a $142 million, seven-yearcontract in the o f f season,broke an 0-for-15 slump withan RBI double that made it8-0 in the sixth. Crawford,booed after his previous at-bat, received a standing ova-tion as he raised his battingaverage to .136 (8 for 59).Francona was “ thr i l l ed .

Everybody was. I was happyto see the ball hit before (along out to left) because itwas a good approach, butthen you certainly want tosee somebody rewarded.”Romero allowed five runs

in 4 1-3 innings with fourstrikeouts, eight hits and finewalks.“I fe l t great coming into

the game,” he said. “Theyhave the offense. It’s just amatter of them getting backon track.”The Red Sox have appeared

to straighten out their sea-

son since losing their f irstsix games and opening at 2-10, matching their worst 12-game record ever. Then theygot three straight outstand-ing s tart ing performancesfrom Josh Beckett in a 4-1win on Sa turday and JonLes ter in an 8 -1 w in onSunday.“They really kind of baffled

us today,” Toronto secondbaseman Aaron Hill said. “Itwas embarrassing what hap-pened to us the last threedays.”Matsuzaka’s brilliance was

surprising after his bad out-ing on April 11 in a 16-5 lossto Tampa Bay. H i s ERAdropped Monday exactly inhalf, to 6.43. He said he sim-p l i f i ed h i s approach andtried not to think too muchabout the advice he was get-ting.“He threw a lot of strikes,”

Francona said. “There werea coup le o f po in t s in thegame where they got aggres-sive early in the count.”Matsuzaka left after just 89

pitches, 58 of them strikes.A l f redo Aceves p i t ched ascore less e igh th andWakefield followed.Lowr ie , g i v ing Marco

Scutaro a run for the start-ing shor t s top j ob , gaveBos ton a 2 -0 l ead w i th atwo-run single in the first.The Red Sox made it 3-0 inthe th i rd on a doub le byYouk i l i s and a s ing le byDavid Ortiz.Ortiz started the fifth with

a walk and scored ahead onLowrie’s home run. Youkilisadded his second homer, atwo-run shot , in the s ix thbefore Crawford drove in hissecond run of the season.Ellsbury hit his team-leadingfourth homer in the seventh.

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“If I did pitch badly,I thought there

wouldn’t be the nextchance.”

Daisuke MatsuzakaRed Sox pitcher

Red Sox begin to heat up after three straight wins

AP­­­­

Red Sox shortstop Jed Lowrie drives a two-run single in the firstinning against the Blue Jays in Boston Monday.

NHL

Bruins defeat Habs inMontreal behind Krejci

MONTREAL — David Krejciand Nathan Horton scored first-period goals to lead Boston to a4-2 win over the MontrealCanadiens on Monday night asthe Bruins won on the road afterdropping the first two games oftheir first-round series at home.Tim Thomas stopped 34 shots

for Boston and Rich Peverleyscored in the second. Chris Kellyscored into an empty net with25.6 seconds remaining.Bruins captain Zdeno Chara

returned to the lineup aftermissing Saturday night’s 3-2 lossto Montreal after he was hospi-talized overnight for dehydra-tion.Andrei Kostitsyn, who also

missed Game 2, scored theCanadiens’ first goal with Bostonholding a 3-0 lead 7:03 into themiddle period. Tomas Plekanecdrew Montreal within one earlyin the third.Carey Price made 21 saves

after stopping 65 of 66 in theCanadiens’ two wins at the TDBank Garden and posting ashutout in Thursday’s seriesopening 2-0 win.Game 4 is Thursday night.The Bruins will practice in

Lake Placid on Tuesday andWednesday, the site of the U.S.

hockey team’s “Miracle on Ice”in the 1980 Olympics. Cominginto the Bell Centre facing a 2-0series deficit with a streak of sixstraight playoff losses, it lookedas though Boston might need amiracle of its own to solve Price.Chara, who played his first

game in Montreal since his dev-astating hit on Max Pacioretty,saw his customary boos turn tocheers when the Bruins werecalled for too many men 1:08 inafter the 6-foot-9 Boston captainjumped on the ice with fellowdefenseman Dennis Seidenberg.The sold-out crowd of 21,273

was silenced moments laterwhen Seidenberg drew an assistas Krejci beat Price for his firstgoal at 3:08.Chara helped set up Horton’s

goal at 14:38 as the Bruinsstretched their first lead of theseries to 2-0.After playing virtually error-

free hockey through the first twogames in Boston, the Canadienslost their composure in the firstperiod and that carried over intothe second.Price’s clearing pass struck

Bruins winger Mark Recchi’sskate and bounded to Peverley,who fired the puck intoMontreal’s unguarded net 2:02into the middle period to make it3-0.

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BOSTON — Kenya’s GeoffreyMutai ran the fastest 26.2 miles inhistory to win the Boston Marathonon Monday. Then his claim to aworld record was swallowed up bythe hills.Not the inclines of Heartbreak

Hill that have doomed so manyrunners before him.It was the downhill part of the

race that makes his time of 2 hours,3 minutes, 2 seconds ineligible foran official world record. In short:IAAF rules have deemed the oldestand most prestigious marathon inthe world — long considered theone of the most difficult, too — to betoo easy.“You don’t look at world records.

You just go,” Mutai said. “If you arestrong, you push it. But if you put itin your head, you can’t make it.”Mutai outsprinted Moses Mosop

down Boylston Street to win by fourseconds as the two Kenyans bothbeat Haile Gebrselassie’s sanc-tioned world record of 2:03:59.Four men, including third-place fin-isher Gebregziabher Gebremariamof Ethiopia and American RyanHall, broke the course record of2:05:52 set just last year by RobertKiprono Cheruiyot.“These guys obviously showed us

what’s possible for the marathon,”said Hall, whose 2:04:58 is thefastest ever run by an American. “Iwas out there running, and I wasthinking to myself, ‘I can’t believethis is happening right now. I’mrunning a 2:04 pace, and I can’t

even see the leaders.’ It was unre-al.”The IAAF must certify a world

record, and it is unlikely to approveMutai’s feat. The international gov-erning body’s Rule 206 requirescourses to start and finish near thesame point in order to discouragedownhill, wind-aided runs and theartificially fast times they can pro-duce. (Boston has a net decline of459 feet, though the course is domi-nated by hills going up and down.)“We had a stunning performance

and an immensely fast time heretoday,” said Tom Grilk, the head ofthe Boston Athletic Association,after Mutai ran almost a full minutefaster than the sanctioned worldrecord. “We in Boston are well-pleased with what has happened,and that’s good unto itself. The defi-nitions of others, I will leave tothem.”IAAF officials did not immediately

respond to emails from TheAssociated Press seeking comment.Although the organization’s rules

clearly disqualify the Boston coursefrom a world record, it does listCheruiyot’s time in last year’s raceamong the best times of 2010. JoanBenoit’s 2:22:53 was considered awomen’s record in 1983, thoughthat was before the IAAF refined itsrules.Mutai will receive a $50,000

bonus for the world best and anoth-er $25,000 for the course record togo with the $150,000 he andwomen’s winner Caroline Kilelearned for the win. “This gentle-man did both things, and we are

honored to have played a part inhis doing it,” Grilk said.Kilel won the women’s race to

complete the Kenyan sweep, out-sprinting American Desiree Davilato win by two seconds in 2:22:36.Davila led as late as the final stretchon Boylston Street and ran thefastest time ever for a U.S. woman,five seconds faster than Benoit,who is now known as JoanSamuelson.Kara Goucher ran a personal

best 2:24:52 to add a fifth-place fin-ish to her third in 2009. NoAmerican — man or woman — haswon Boston since Lisa Larsen-Weidenbach in 1985.“We’re knocking on the door,”

Hall said. “I mean 2:08 last yearand 2:04 this year ... It’s going tocome; it’s just a matter of time.”A year after Cheruiyot lowered

the course record by more than aminute, almost 27,000 runnerslined up in Hopkinton with temper-atures in the high 40s and a 21mph wind at their back — perfectmarathoning weather. Kim Smith,a New Zealander who lives inProvidence, took off at a recordpace and led the women’s race formore than 20 miles.The men were more steady, and

they were the ones to take downthe old mark.Mutai and Mosop ran side-by-

side for the final miles before Mutaipulled ahead for good on BoylstonStreet. The 19th Kenyan winner inthe past 21 years, Mutai raised hisarms in the air and grinned.“When I was coming to Boston, I

was not trying to break the worldrecord. But I see the gift from God,”Mutai said. “I’m happy. I don’t havemore words to add.”Cheruiyot, who had been recov-

ering from a car accident in Kenya,finished sixth. Defending women’schampion Teyba Erkesso droppedout before reaching the halfwaypoint.The women’s pack let Smith go,

falling almost a minute behind. But20 miles in, as she ran downCommonwealth Avenue in Newtontoward Heartbreak Hill, she beganto stutter-step.Soon, she had stopped completely

to rub her right calf. It was only fora few seconds, but when sheresumed she had clearly slowed

and the pack was upon her lessthan a mile later. Among them wasDavila.The American ran with Kenyans

Kilel and Sharon Cherop throughChestnut Hill and briefly broke outof her rhythm to wave as the crowdbegan chanting, “U-S-A!” The threeswapped leads down Beacon Streetin Brookline, and Davila led evenon the final stretch before Kilel out-kicked her.“It was the most excitement I’ve

had in a race ever and just reallycarried me the last six miles,”Davila said. “I felt that energy, and Ifelt comfortable at the front andpushing the pace because of that. Itreally just carried me through tothe finish line.”

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Mutai, Kilel complete Kenyan sweep at Boston Marathon

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Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya crosses the finish line first in the 115thBoston Marathon with a record time Monday.

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Another MIAA match,another Bel les win. SaintMary’s took a 5-4 decisionyesterday against conferencefoe Calvin to grab sole posses-s ion of third place in theMIAA standings.Since dropping their open-

ing conference match toAlbion Mar. 29, the Bel leshave rebounded to win five ofthe last six MIAA matches andsix of seven overall.“It’s a good time to peak at

the end of the season,” Bellescoach Dale Campbell said.“We’ve made some adjust-ments to our play but we stillhave a big conference matchagainst Kalamazoo.”The top three singles play-

ers led the Knights (7-9, 4-3MIAA) by winning each oftheir matches in straight sets,losing only eight games inthose matches. Reigning MIAAPlayer of the Year MelissaOosterhouse defeated SaintMary’s senior Jillian Hurley 6-2, 6-1 in the No. 1 singlesmatch-up.The Belles rebounded, how-

ever, to take the remainingthree singles matches — all instraight sets. Senior FrancaPeluso easi ly beat LaurenSchlagenhauf 6-4, 6-0, in theNo. 4 s ingles match-up.Seniors Kate Grabarek andMary Therese Lee also earned

singles victories, with Lee’swin clinching the overall vic-tory for Saint Mary’s.“We knew this team was

strong at the top [of singlesplay] and we thought wecould match-up all the waydown,” Campbell said. “Wewere down by one and ourbottom two pulled it out forus.”In doubles play, the Belles

(12-6, 5-2) won two of thethree matches, giving them anedge early on. Senior JessicaKosinski and freshman MaryKatherine Faller won comfort-ably 8-5. Peluso and Lee alsowon their match 8-6 to givethe Belles an important lead.“I t ’s a lways a point of

emphasis for us to win atleast two [doubles matches]against strong competition,”Campbell said. “It was a dif-ference maker for us[Monday].”The Belles will venture out

of conference today when theyplay NAIA foe IndianaWesleyan. The Wildcats carrya daunt ing 21-1 record inNAIA play.“They are an excellent team

that ’s usual ly ranked,”Campbell said. “We just wantto get some match experienceagainst them.”Weather permitt ing, the

Belles and Wildcats face offtoday at 4 p.m.

Belles defeat Calvinto continue hot streak

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NBA

Heat take 2-0 lead with win

MIAMI — LeBron Jamesoutscored Philadelphia’s entirestarting five in the first half byhimself.So did Chris Bosh.So did Dwyane Wade.And that pretty much tells

the tale of a night the 76erswould rather forget.No comeback required for

the Miami Heat this time. Theywent wire-to-wire on the lead,and moved two wins fromadvancing to the EasternConference semifinals.James scored 29 points,

Bosh had his second straightdouble-double with 21 pointsand 11 rebounds, and Miamitook a 2-0 series lead with a94-73 victory over theabysmally shooting 76ers —who managed their second-lowest playoff scoring total inthe last 56 years — on Mondaynight.“It was a really complete

game for us at both ends ofthe floor,” James said.Showing no signs of the

migraine that he battledSunday, Wade scored 14points for Miami, now 17-3 inits last 20 games and halfwayto winning its first playoffseries since the 2006 NBAfinals.“I’m feeling a lot better,”

said Wade, who wasn’t able toeat Sunday and was very low-energy at times beforeMonday’s game. “I lost a lot ofweight tonight ... but I think Idid my job, to come out thereand help my team get a win.”Thaddeus Young scored 18

points and Evan Turner added15 for the 76ers, whosestarters were outscored 76-29by the Heat’s first-string.Philadelphia shot 34 percentfor the game, and after getting42 points in the paint in Game1, were held to 24 in thatdepartment Monday.“We’ve had good defensive

performances,” Bosh said,“but I think today was ourbest of the season.”The 76ers find themselves

needing to buck some serioushistory. Miami has never lost aseries after winning the first

two games (6-0), and thePhiladelphia franchise is win-less in 16 tries after fallinginto an 0-2 postseason hole.And then there’s this — only14 teams have won after los-ing the first two games of abest-of-seven NBA series.“If they’re playing great,

they’re a better team,” Sixerscoach Doug Collins said. “OK?If they’re playing on top oftheir game, they’re a betterteam. I mean, they won 58, wewon 41. That doesn’t meanthat we aren’t going to playand compete and fight. Butwhen they come out tonightand defend the way they did ...it’s going to be very difficultfor us to beat them.”It was Philadelphia’s second-

lowest playoff point total since1955, the only exception com-ing in a 79-68 loss to Orlandoin 1999. And the 76ers wonthat series.Philadelphia made 15 of its

first 24 shots in Game 1, a 63percent clip. Since then: 47 of140, 34 percent.“You’ve got to give them

credit,” said Sixers guardAndre Iguodala, who has ninepoints on 4-for-15 shooting inthe series.Wade played 34 minutes,

despite spending Sundaybedridden in a darkened roomfighting off a migraine that helikened to a “nightmare.” Hehad no outward ill effects,shooting 4 for 11 with sixrebounds.Instead, it’s the 76ers who

spent much of Monday lookingpained.“He controlled the game,”

James said of Wade. “He hadtwo people on him so he justgot off the ball and let otherguys make things happen andit’s good to have him on thecourt than in a suit.”Game 3 is Thursday night in

Philadelphia.Philadelphia shot only 26

percent in the first half, arecord for a Heat playoffopponent. The 76ers’ starterswere outscored 41-9 in theopening 24 minutes, andunlike their last two meetings,never put a scare into Miami.Philadelphia had a 16-point

lead in the teams’ final regu-lar-season matchup, a 14-point lead in Game 1, but sim-ply couldn’t get rollingMonday.The 76ers didn’t even have a

starter reach double figuresuntil 3:49 remained in thethird quarter, when JrueHoliday made a 3-pointer toget to 10 points. By then,James had 23, Bosh had 15and Wade 12 — and the Heatled 68-50.The margin kept growing

from there, all the way to 28at one point. A clearly frus-trated Collins got a technicalwith 1:56 left and the gamedecided, the Heat holding a91-67 lead.“We just have to continue to

fight,” Sixers guard LouWilliams said. “Obviouslywe’re dealing with a team thathas a lot of guys that canscore the basketball. ... Theydid what they were supposedto do, which was come out anddefend the home court for twogames and send us back toPhilly with a sour taste in ourmouths.”It was over fairly early.

James said he wanted to bemore aggressive in Game 2than he was in the seriesopener, and apparently thatmessage got to all corners ofthe Heat locker room.Philadelphia was within 28-

20 midway through the secondquarter, but a 21-11 Heat runto end the half took care ofthat. James had consecutivebaskets, the second of them ahighlight-quality one-handeddunk off a high alley-oop lobfrom Mario Chalmers for a 37-23 lead, and Miami was offand running. That play wasstarted by two blocks by JoelAnthony, who ignited the Heatdefense all night.“He’s awesome,” Bosh said.The lead was 49-31 by half-

time and 75-52 after the thirdquarter, in which Philadelphiashot only 33 percent butraised its percentage for thegame to 28.“Our energy tonight was

much better,” Heat coach ErikSpoelstra said, “from begin-ning to end.”

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Heat forward LeBron James backs down Philadelphia’s Evan Turner during Miami’s 94-73 win inGame 2 of their playoff series Monday night.

Penguins hold offLightning in Game 3

NHL

TAMPA, Fla . — TylerKennedy put Pittsburgh aheadearly in the third period andMarc-Andre Fleury stopped25 shots Monday night, help-ing the Penguins hold off theTampa Bay Lightning 3-2.Maxime Talbot and Arron

Asham also scored for thePenguins, who took a 2-1 leadin their first-round EasternConference best-of -sevenplayoff series and regainedhome-ice advantage. Game 4is Wednesday night in Tampa.Pittsburgh rebounded from

a 5-1 home loss in Game 2despite giving up two morepower-play goals to Martin St.Louis . The Lightning s tarerased a 2-0 deficit by strik-ing late in the opening period,then again early in the thirdto give Tampa Bay hope oftaking control of the series.But Kennedy answered with

the go-ahead goal just 31 sec-onds later, scoring in heavytraffic from in front of goalieDwayne Roloson af terPittsburgh won a faceoff inthe left circle.The Penguins have won six

consecutive Game 3s and are10-1 in the th ird game ofplayoff series dating to the2008 postseason. Over thesame stretch, Fleury is 12-4following a playoff loss.

Talbot got the Penguins offto a fast start, scoring justseconds after Tampa Bay’sBrian Downie excited a sell-out crowd with a hard hit onBen Lovejoy, level ing thePi t tsburgh defensemanbehind the Lightning net —but not before Lovejoy got thepuck to Talbot who quicklymoved up ice to score at theother end.Asham made it 2-0 just 45

seconds later, taking a perfectpass from Michael Rupp andtapping the puck into the leftside of the net.Af ter Tampa Bay scored

twice on power plays in Game2, P i t tsburgh fe l t i t wasessential to stay out of thepenal ty box to minimizeopportuni t ies for theLightning to make one of theNHL’s most effective powerplays a factor again.The Penguins fe l t they

lacked discipline in Game 2,when they thought theyallowed Tampa Bay to goadthem into several cost lypenalties and go 2-for-6 onpower-play opportunities. TheLightning were 2 of 4 onMonday night, with St. Louisscoring at 15:19 of the firstperiod and again at 2:12 ofthe third.Pittsburgh was 0 for 2 on

the power play, dropping to 0for 15 for the series.

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By MATTHEW DeFRANKSSports Writer

win a series this month.Irish coach Mik Aoki sees his

team’s struggles as a functionof multiple lacking areas in histeam’s performance.“I think offensively we have

made some progress,” he said.“It is just something that isgoing to happen and there arestretches where you will strug-gle with it. It is an ongoingconcern of try-ing to showo f f e n s i v eimprovement.But we alsoneed to getback to amindset ofplaying defensewith a blue-collar mentali-ty of just grind-ing and gettinga job done.”Throughout

the season, theIrish have con-stantly putthemselves in a hole withdefensive gaffs. Two crucialerrors by sophomore secondbaseman Frank DeSico andfreshman center fielder EricJagielo led to a four-run fifthinning that turned a two-runMountaineer lead into a 6-0advantage Sunday. In its lastfour contests Notre Dame hascommitted eight errors, anarea the Irish wil l need toimprove in order to overcomean upstart Toledo (19-17, 8-4MAC) squad. The Rockets are led by their

talented duo of junior centerfielder Ben Hammer and sen-

ior shortstop Chris Dudics,who have carried the MACsquad offensively. In Toledo’s7-4 win Sunday over BowlingGreen, Dudics had a careerday, going four for five withtwo runs and a solo shot.Hammer leads the team with a.368 batting average.Meanwhile, the Irish have a

bright spot of their own infreshman first baseman TreyMancini, who continued hissuccess at the plate with a solohome run Sunday for NotreDame’s only run of the game.

The Florida-product leadsthe Irish in allmajor offensivec a t e g o r i e sincluding bat-t ing average(.342), homeruns (6) andRBI (23). “Trey has

been great,”Aoki said. “Heputs up qualityat-bats. He hashit in really bigsituations andin situations

where the game was out ofhand. He is a kid with greatoffensive ability. His approachat the plate has been outstand-ing, and he makes some goodadjustments. With thatapproach and his willingnessto use the entire field, he real-ly gives himself a good chanceevery at-bat.”The Irish welcome Toledo to

Frank Eck Stadium tonight at5:35 p.m. as they look to con-tinue their non-conferencesuccess.

annual Blue-Gold GameSaturday. He added one quar-terback hurry, and on a fewoccasions forced his way pastblockers to put freshmanquarterback Andrew Hendrixon the ground.“He’s going to be a great

player,” Hendrix said after thegame. “I told him in the lockerroom, ‘I can’t wait to see youdo that against other peoplebecause I’ve had enough ofthat.’ [Being rushed by Lynch]got kind of tiring — he put al ick on me afew times, so Iguess I’m gladthat ’s overwith.”Ir ish coach

Brian Kel lysuggested fanstemper theirexpectations ofthe r is ingfreshman, whojust turned 18 years old onMarch 8.Even Kelly, however, could

not help but look ahead to thetype of career Lynch is pro-jected to have.“You saw, we moved him

around [Saturday] ,” Kel lysaid. “He played inside, heplayed outside. He’s going tobe a great addition.”Lynch, rated the third-best

defensive end in last year’srecruiting class by Rivals.com,was one of the most highlycoveted players in the nation.After originally committing toNotre Dame, he changed hispledge to Florida State beforeeventually deciding to rejointhe Irish recruiting haul. Atthe Nat ional S igning Daypress conference, Kelly could

not help but s ing Lynch’spraises.“He’s not even hit where he

can be as a defensive line-man,” he said on Feb. 2. “He’sjust playing with raw athleticability, being tenacious all thetime, and he’s always gettingafter it, and we’ll be able todevelop him in his skill at thatposition as well.”Lynch has already added 15

lbs. of strength to his framesince leaving high school. Hewill need to continue to bulkup now that he is facing big-ger, stronger competition atthe collegiate level. “Here I’m smaller than all

the offensive linemen,” Lynchsaid duringNotre Dame’sspring practiceseason. “Youcan’t just useyour bull rush.We go over allthe techniquesand the movesbecause youhave to usethose at this

level . You can’t run oversomeone here.”Lynch has had the advan-

tage of assimilating into NotreDame l i fe with four otherearly enrollees — kicker KyleBrindza, offensive l inemanBrad Carrico, quarterbackEverett Golson and fe l lowdefensive standout and closefriend Ishaq Williams.Although Lynch will most

likely not start for the Irishdefense when Notre Damefaces South Florida in the sea-son opener Sept. 3, his futurelooks bright as a key compo-nent of Kel ly ’s at tempt tobring the program back to anelite level of college football.

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round score by one strokeMonday to finish at an even-par72, good enough to move intosecond place. Rounding out theIrish roster is senior KatieConway, who ended the secondday of play tied for 13th individ-ually.After two consistent days of

golf, Notre Dame is looking tofinish strong and bring home theconference title with just oneround remaining today. “We are the best ranked team

in the field and we know it is ourtournament to win,” Park said. Park and fellow senior

Conway arepa r t i c u l a r l ymotivated towin a champi-onship and endtheir confer-ence careerswith an excla-mation point. “I think our

big team goal isto win [the] Big East,” Conwaysaid. “On a personal note, I’dlike to finish my career on ahigh note.”Lurking in the field behind

Notre Dame and Louisville arethird-place Georgetown (307,+47) and fourth-place South

Florida (310,+ 4 9 ) .Ind i v idua l l y,Nhim, Park andHuffer will try tocatch St. John’sHarin Lee, whoshot a 36-holetotal of 142 (-2).The Irish start

the final leg oftheir championship questTuesday morning.

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Irish senior Jeff Chen takes a shot during Notre Dame’s victory at the Battle at the Warren Apr. 12.Chen and the Irish have the lead at the Big East championships in Palm Harbor, Fla.

“He’s playing fantastic, andnot just for a freshman.”Platt’s round left him tied

wi th I r i sh jun ior MaxScodro and Lou i sv i l l e ’sKarsten Clements for theovera l l i nd i v idua l l eadthrough two rounds.Scodro was one of three

No t re Dame go l f e r s whoposted a score of two abovepar yesterday, along withsophomore Paul McNamaraand sen ior Connor-A lanLee. McNamara’s perform-ance was par t i cu lar l yimpress ive g iven that hein jured h i s back the day

before and a lmost d idn ’tplay the round.“The in jury was jus t to

the muscle, sowe knew hecou ldn ’t hur ti t worse , ”Kubinski said.“Bu t he wass t i l l p l ay ingwi th a l o t o fpain.”M c N a m a r a

recorded twobogies throughh i s f i r s t f ourholes, but thenfol lowed with14 straight pars in a grittyperformance.Alan-Lee proved remark-

ably accurate from the fair-way, hitting 15 of 18 greens

en route to a two-over-par.“A lan -Lee ju s t d idn ’t

make a couple putts today,”Kub ionsk i sa id .“But when you’reas accurate as hewas w i th youri rons , you canafford to make amis take or twowi th your shor tgame.”The Irish return

to Inn i sbrookR e s o r t s ’ sC o p p e r h e a dcourse today forthe th i rd and

final round of the Big Eastchampionships.

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“I’m reallyproud of how theguys performed

today.”

David KubinskiIrish coach

played, this is what we areplaying for, is to win these. Weare kind of in a must-win situ-ation in a way because we arecoming back, but we haveplayed the top teams in theconference already. I just toldmy team, ‘Beat the teams weare supposed to beat,’ andthese last few teams areamong that group.”Saint Mary’s has not yet

earned a bid for the postsea-son MIAA tournament, whichplaces extra importance onthe upcoming conferencegames. “The next games are mostly

all conference games, so weare going in trying to winthese next six games,” Fordonsaid. “In order to get a spot inthe conference tournament,we have to do really well thesenext six games, so it is goingto be ideal to win them all.”Sullivan said it would be

important for her players toplay with confidence in their

matchup against Hope. “Confidence in all the past,

the hard work they put in [willbe key],” she said. “We havehad a really good week of hit-ting, and my pitchers shouldbe well rested, so we just needthem to throw good games,take control of each inning,each situation, and we will bewinning, finally.”The Belles take the field for

the home doubleheader at3:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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“We also need toget back to a mindsetof playing defensewith a blue-collarmentality of just

grinding and gettinga job done.”

Mik AokiIrish coach

“He played inside,he played outside.He’s going to be agreat addition.”

Brian KellyIrish coach

“I think our bigteam goal is to win[the[ Big East.”

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Having managed to perseverethrough a tough stretch ofgames, the Belles aim to leavetheir struggles behind whenthey host Hope for a conferencedoubleheader today. Saint Mary’s (12-11, 1-5

MIAA) takes the field for itsfirst game since Tuesday, whenthe Belles split a pair of gameswith Franklin. After droppingthe first game, the Belles cap-

tured the second decision 11-0,displaying their offensivepower.“Our hitters feel like they

finally got back on track thesecond game on Tuesday,”Belles coach Erin Sullivan said.The Belles will have the

advantage of extra rest as theyprepare for Hope (17-10-1, 5-1)following the postponement oftheir doubleheader againstOlivet, which had been sched-uled for Saturday.Saint Mary’s will be tasked

with finding a way to challenge

the Flying Dutch, who Sullivansaid consistently offer stiffopposition.“They always play a really

close game, they do not reallyget slaughtered a lot or slaugh-ter a lot of teams, they just getthe job done,” she said. “Theybrought back the same pitchersfrom last year, so we are notlooking for a very differentteam out of them, just anothertough game from them sincethey tend to play pretty hardevery year.”The Hope pitching staff,

which consists of seniorsMichelle Marra and AndreaReinecke, boasts an ERA of3.17 in 179 innings pitched thisseason. The Belles havefocused especially on preparingto face the seasoned duo ofpitchers, but their practice ritu-al has otherwise remainedunchanged.“It has just been doing the

normal stuff,” freshman firstbaseman Chelsea Fordon said.“We have been doing infieldand hitting to prepare. We haveheard they have a pretty good

[pitching staff], so we havebeen hitting live off of ourpitchers.”Although they have not tin-

kered extensively with theirweekly ritual, the Belles fullyappreciate how important thefinal games on their scheduleare, including today’s twogames.“It is the most important part

of our season,” Sullivan said.“It is conference [play]. Allthose other games that we

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After Notre Dame continuedits Big East troubles in aseries loss to rival WestVirginia Sunday, the Irish willwelcome the opportunity toface a non-conference oppo-nent as they take on Toledothis evening. The Irish (14-18-1, 5-7 Big

East) have struggled lately,dropping four of their past sixgames all at home against BigEast opponents. Yet their sea-son-long offensive concernsseemed to vanish as they aver-aged over six runs per gameheading into Sunday’s rubbergame against theMountaineers (22-15, 8-4). But Notre Dame only man-

aged one run on three hits inSunday afternoon’s 8-1 loss,which continued Notre Dame’sApril slumber, as it has yet to

SMC SOFTBALL

BASEBALL

FOOTBALL

Lynch handles new challengesBy ANDREW OWENSSports Writer

see LYNCH/page 14

MEN’S GOLF

Notre Dame passesLouisville, grabs lead

Irish holdtop spotat tourney

ND WOMEN’S GOLF

see ZHANG/page 14

Notre Dame to take onnon-conference foe Toledo

By ANDREW GASTELUMSports Writer

see AOKI/page 14

KIRBY McKENNA/The Observer

I r ish ear ly enrol lee defensive end Aaron Lynch (19)defends a pass in the Blue-Gold game Saturday.

By JOSEPH MONARDOSports Writer

Belles to host conference rival Hope in doubleheader

Operation offense

As an early enrollee, AaronLynch faced a difficult transi-tion when he entered NotreDame this spring. With therest of campus already settledin, the academic, social andathletic pressures might haveseemed even more difficultfor Lynch to conquer. However, in his first per-

formance as a collegiate foot-ball player, Lynch showed nosigns of being overwhelmedby the rigors of adapting toUniversity life.The 6-foot-6, 260 pounds

defensive end out of CapeCoral, Fla., tallied seven tack-les, one-and-a-half of whichwere for a loss in the 82nd

After two rounds of play, theNo. 25 Irish remain in first placein the Big East tournament inPalm Harbor, Fla. Notre Dame’scumulative score of 297 (+9)Monday, coupled with a 295 (+7)from the first round was goodenough to increase its lead oversecond-place Louisville to 18strokes. Notre Dame is 16 overpar overall.Junior Becca Huffer and senior

So-Hyun Park are tied for thirdplace individually. Huffer endedday one in first place, butdropped to third after finishingday two four strokes over par. The Irish have also received

solid performances from fresh-men Kristina Nhim and NicoleZhang, who are currently in sec-ond and eighth place, respective-ly. Nhim improved her first-

Heading into the secondround of the Palm Harbor,F la . , B ig Eas t champi -onship game Monday, theI r i sh were t i ed w i thLou i sv i l l e . No t re Dameseized control of the tour-nament, though, and f in-ished the day on top afterposting a six over par 290.Notre Dame shot the low-

est round o f the tourna-ment by any team thus farand now sits seven shotsahead of Louisvi l le goingin to the f i na l roundTuesday. Hampered byswirling winds, injury and

a tough course, the Irishhad to battle through all 18holes.“I’m really proud of how

the guys performed,” Irishcoach James Kubinksi said.“They posted some reallygood scores.”The I r i sh were l ed by

freshman Niall Platt, whocarded an even par 71 .P la t t r ecorded a pa i r o fb i rd ies to go a long wi thtwo bogies, and was t iedfor the bes t i nd i v idua lscore of the day.“ I ’ ve ju s t been so

impressed with Platt thistournament. This kid hasno nerves,” Kubinski said.

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By LAURA COLETTISports Writer

JULIE HERDER/The Observer

Irish freshman first baseman Trey Mancini takes a swing during Notre Dame’s 8-1loss to West Virginia Sunday. Mancini leads the team with six home runs.

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