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Before they even set foot oncampus, Notre Dame’s Class of2015 has broken records. Withan increase of over 2,000 appli-cations from last year, the Officeof Undergraduate Admissionshas put together its mostaccomplished group of studentsyet. The mean SAT score of admit-

ted students is 1443, a ninepoint increase from last year.The median student ranks in thetop two percent of their highschool class. Two-thirds of thosein the top 3 percent of their highschool class were not admitted.Director of Admissions Bob

Mundy said the strength of theadmitted class’s profile is aresult of the dramatic increasein applications.“In terms of overall academic

quality, this group is stronger. Itis a reflection on that increasein applications,” he said.“Generally what happens whenyou have a big increase, you …get a [stronger] distribution ofstudents.”A total of 16,543 students

applied to Notre Dame this year.3,984 students were admitted

and 1,853 were waitlisted. Lastyear’s final rate of admissionwas 29 percent. Before studentsmove off the waitlist, this year’srate stands at 24 percent.Associate Vice President for

Undergraduate Enrollment DonBishop said this year’s waitliststudents are very strong, astheir average SAT score is high-er than the enrolled Class of2014. “The waitlist profile this year

is equal to the class thatenrolled in the fall,” he said.“Last year a significant numberof [currently waitlisted students]would have been admitted.”Mundy said what makes the

admitted class stand out is whatits students have accomplished

Applicants admitted to parents’ dream school

Notre Dame’s scenic cam-pus, prestigious academicsand vast a lumni networkhave placed it amongst par-ents’ top dream schools fortheir children, according toThe Pr inceton Review’s“College Homes and WorriesSurvey.” Notre Dame took theninth spot on the list, fallingfrom number seven in lastyear’s survey.Director for Edi tor ia l

Content David Soto said thestrong response regardingNotre Dame among pol ledparents indicates theUnivers i ty i s he ld in h ighesteem.“We have been doing this

l i s t s ince the 2002-2003school year, and Notre Damehas always been a usual sus-pect,” Soto said. “This year,3966 parents responded tothe survey question, so obvi-ous ly they see the va lueNotre Dame br ings to thetable.The Princeton Review is a

test preparation and admis-

After living away from NotreDame for four months, studentsplanning to study abroad nextfall may not be able to return totheir current homes on campusfor the Spring Semester. Problems arise when a resi-

dence hall has a greater numberof students going abroad in thefall than the spring. With a limit-ed number of rooms opening upin the spring, halls cannot guar-antee accommodations to allreturning residents. Jeffery Shoup, director of

Residence Life and Housing, saidthis problem is not uncommon.“Every spring there are a few

dorms where there are more

students returning from abroadthan who are leaving,” he said.“[Next year], it is likely that afew halls will have this issue.”Pangborn is one dorm cur-

rently attempting to resolve theissue. With 24 residents travel-ing abroad in the fall and only14 departing in the spring, thehall will likely have to turn 10students away.Lisa Edwards, a sophomore

from Pangborn who will bestudying in Dublin in the fall,said her dorm organized a ran-dom lottery with the 24 girlswho will be gone first semester.The top 14 will be able to returnto Pangborn, but the remaining10 will have to find other hous-ing.Edwards received a number in

Last summer, 20 studentsexperienced cultural and eco-nomic hardship very differentfrom their own experience atNotre Dame while on a six-week study abroad programin South Africa.“I t was a typical s tudy

abroad program that’s intentwas cultural immersion andexposure to poverty,” saidAnre Venter, psychology pro-fessor and program coordina-tor. While in South Africa, the

students l ived in an apart-ment complex near theUnivers i ty of Cape Townwhere they took two classes.Outside the classroom, stu-dents had to travel and volun-

Class of 2015promises to beone of the best

South Africa hosts NDHalls struggle to fitreturning students

LAUREN KALINOSKI I The Observer

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Notre Dame’s main building is a widely-recognized symbol of theUniversity. Students refer to ND as thier “home under the dome.”

By ADAM LlORENSNews Writer

By SAM STRYKERNews Editor

see DREAM/page 4

INSIDE TODAY’S PAPER Humans battle zombies at ND page 3 � Viewpoint p age 6 � Pandora : music your way page 8 � Baseball defeats Central Michigan page 16

see AFRICA/page 4see HOUSING/page 4

photo courtesy of JOANNA STABILE

Students stand at the southwestern point of the Africancontinent during their trip to South Africa last summer.

see CLASS/page 5

ND ranked asa top choiceby parents

By ANNA BOARININews Writer

By MEL FLANAGANNews Writer

In a March 29 article, “SMC appoints alumn as newVP for Mission,” the name of the College’s outgoingVice President for Mission is Sr. Mary Louis Gude.Her name was misspelled in the original article. The

Observer regrets this error.

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QUESTION OF THE DAY: WOULD YOU SURVIVE A ZOMBIE ATTACK?

IN BRIEFThe International Sunrise

Breakfast will begin at 7 a.m.today in the FischerCommunity Center as a partof International FestivalWeek.

Check your skin for sundamage at MelanomaAwareness Day beginning at12 p.m. today. The event willbe hosted by Howard Hall inthe Sorin Room of LaFortuneStudent Center.

A colloquium t it led“Emergence of Order inPhysical, Chemical, andBiological Systems” will behosted by the Department ofPhysics today. The event willbegin at 4 p.m. in 118Nieuwland Science Hall.

The lecture “Blowout! SalCastro and the ChicanoStruggle for EducationalJustice” will be held in 210-214 McKenna Hall today at 5p.m. The Center for LatinoStudies will sponsor the event.

A peer-to-peer panel on jobsearching for internationalundergraduates will begin in210 DeBartolo Hall at 5:30p.m. today.

Speaker Colette Coyne willpresent in the MontgomeryAuditorium of LaFortuneStudent Center tonight at 8p.m. The talk will be part ofHoward Hall’s MelanomaAwareness Day.

A red hot chili pepper con-test will be held at 9 p.m.tonight in the FischerCommunity Center as a partof International FestivalWeek.

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

OFFBEATBronx Zoo’s miss ingcobra speaks out onTwitterNEW YORK — The

Bronx Zoo may sti l l belooking for i ts miss ingcobra, but a tongue-in-cheek Twitter user ischart ing i ts supposedprogress.Someone using the han-

dle BronxZoosCobra hasbeen tweeting to a quicklygrowing number of fol-lowers — more than85,000 by early Tuesdayevening. In contrast withthe user posing as the 20-inch, highly venomoussnake, the Bronx Zoo hadabout 6,000 followers.“On top of the Empire

State Bui lding!”BronxZoosCobra posted.

“All the people look likelitt le mice down there.Delicious little mice.”Tweets included one

about “Sex and the City”:“I ’m total ly aSSSamantha.”

375-pound shark leapsinto Texas fisherman’sboatFREEPORT, Texas – It’s

the catch of a lifetime, butit’s not clear whether aTexas fisherman landedan 8-foot shark or it land-ed him.Jason Kresse, 29, of

Freeport, and two crewmembers had been fish-ing for red snapper about50 miles into the Gulf ofMexico and were dumpingfish guts into the water

about 3:45 a.m. Mondaywhen they heard two bigsplashes in the distance.“All of a sudden some-

thing hit the side of theboat,” Kresse told TheAssociated Press onTuesday. “He ends uplanding on the back of theboat.”The mako shark had

apparently been in a rushto feed. It began thrash-ing around, and Kressesaid he and his crewcouldn’t get close to the375-pound fish to toss itback in the water. It dam-aged the boat beforedying several hours later.

Information compiledfrom the AssociatedPress.

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Freshmen Hillary Rolfs, Marissa Kinsley, Dani Dorrego and Anne McEnery takeadvantage of the first day warm enough to do homework ourdoors on a sunnySouth Quad Monday afternoon.

“No, I wouldn’t.I don’t haveany socks.”

Anna Wanzek

sophomoreMcGlinn

“Not only wouldI survive, but Iwould takedown morezombies thananybody else.”

Eric Wilde II

sophomoreSiegfried

“Of course Iwould. I just

need a shovel.”

Maggie Armstrong

freshmanWalsh

“Of course Iwould! I’m Nate

Balmert.”

Nate Balmert

sophomoreDillon

“Clearly not.”

William Klein

juniorKeenan

“Wait, zombiesare alreadydead. So how

are we supposed to kill

them?”

Yiting Zheng

sophomoreMcGlinn

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The Observer � CAMPUS NEWSWednesday, March 30, 2011 page 3

A campus-wide battlebetween good and evil com-menced today when NotreDame’s WVFI radio stationbegan its game of “Humansversus Zombies.” Approximately 480 students

signed up for the game, whichwill conclude Sunday, co-mod-erator Alex Muench said.“We conduct a lot of events

like [Humans versus Zombies],mostly for the benefit of ourDJs,” co-moderator NicolleWalkling said. “This one wedecided to extend to the entirestudent body, so we’re reallyexcited about the scope of thisevent.”Muench said the moderators

researched Humans versusZombies online and created aFacebook event in order toadvertise the game. “We sent [the invitation] out

[to] maybe 300 people just tostart, and by the end of thenight we had over 2,500 peo-ple invited,” Muench said. While Humans versus

Zombies is popular at collegesacross the nation, Muench saidthis is the first time it will beplayed at Notre Dame. “Humans vs. Zombies has a

really big college following,”he said. “It was made by someguys at Goucher College...They set us up with the [web-site] code and got it all puttogether for us, and we took itfrom there.”Co-moderator Willem Klein

said any concerns about thegame should be directed toWVFI.“It sounds ridiculous and fun

and awesome,” sophomoreRachel Chisausky said. “Youget to run around attackingpeople, like the ultimate formof creeping.”Muench said the game con-

sists of a “human” team and amuch smaller “zombie” team.Over the course of the five-dayplaying period, the zombieteam members will attempt toturn the human team mem-bers into zombies by taggingthem. Muench also said there will

be missions with rewards inorder to draw the humans intothe playing area. According tothe rulebook on the Humansversus Zombies at Notre Dameevent website, http://nd.hvz-source.com, these missionswill be “events that advancethe game.”“At the end of the week, if

everyone’s a zombie, the zom-bie team wins,” Muench said.“If there are humans left, thehuman team wins.”Muench said players must

wear bandanas at all times tosignify they are playing.Humans wear their bandanason their arms and zombieswear them on their foreheads.Players cannot tag each otherin campus buildings, and thewhole game takes place out-doors.Humans can use Nerf

Blasters to tag the zombiesbefore the zombies tag them,Klein said. If a zombie is

tagged, he is out of the gamefor fifteen minutes and cannottag anyone.Freshman Olivia Schneider

said she’s looking forward tothe game.“I think it will be fun to have

this ongoing competitionbetween people all over cam-pus,” she said. “Plus, I get aNerf [Blaster], and I think itwill be fun to shoot it.”Junior Brian Conway said he

was inspired to play Humansversus Zombies because heenjoyed playing the similargame Assassins for St.Edward’s Hall last year.“I had a blast playing

Assassins, and I heard myfriends at other campuses say-ing this game was a lot of fun,so I didn’t want to miss out,”he said.Muench said he originally

expected about 150 people tosign up and was surprisedwhen close to 500 players ulti-mately registered.“I think the most challenging

thing [about organizing thegame] was the sheer numberof people that ended up sign-ing up,” he said. “I’ve had peo-ple emailing me questions andforgetting the password to thewebsite.”Klein said he is excited to

see the game play out.“Seeing a multi-day, on-cam-

pus event isn’t something wereally have [seen often],” Kleinsaid. “I’m just looking forwardto shooting some zombies.”

ND hosts humans vs. zombies Holocaust survivorlectures at College

Contact Marisa Iati atmiati@nd.edu

By MARISA IATINews Writer

One of the few remainingHolocaust survivors, Dr. IngeAuerbacher shared her strugglesas a Jewish child in NaziGermany in “Beyond the YellowStar,” the keynote address at thesixth annual Diverse StudentsLeadership Conference, heldTuesday at Saint Mary’s College.Auerbacher said she was born

into Europe at a time of greatstrife. “A period of time between

1938 and 1945, when the worldwas amuck,” Auerbacher said,“that period is called theHolocaust.”Auerbacher began her story

with the extraordinary circum-stances of her birth. The doctorwho delivered her wore a Naziuniform. At the time of her birth,the doctor was still tending toJewish patients.“I was brought into this world

by a Nazi,” Auerbacher said.As a child, Aucherbacher said

she was surrounded by Christianfriends, and there was littleattention drawn to her religion.She was shocked when the com-munity became hostile and herfather was sent to a concentra-tion camp along with the otherlocal men. While Jews were forced to

wear yellow Stars of David, set-ting them apart for harassmentand oppression, Auerbacher said

she was able to give the symbol adifferent meaning. She said itoffered a reminder that everyoneis unique — a star.“You can turn that negative

symbol into something positive,”Auerbacher said. A year in a concentration camp

was a taxing experience forAuerbacher, especially as a child.During these times, Auerbachersaid her faith played an impor-tant role in her survival, remind-ing her of what it means to behuman.“They may take away my coun-

try and my clothes,”Aucherbacher said, “but theycan’t take away my faith.”After surviving the traumatic

ordeal of the Holocaust,Auerbacher moved to Americaand became a successful chemist,eventually devoting her life toeducating the world about theHolocaust and how to preventhistory from repeating itself.Saint Mary’s junior Colleen

Golden said Aucherbacher’s storyhad a profound effect on her.“Her story was the most pow-

erful I’ve heard in a long time,”she said. “I will remember thisexperience forever.”Auerbacher’s said her experi-

ence should remind people aboutthe dangers of hate and divisionamong people.“There is only one race —

human,” she said.

Contact Megan Reece atmreece01@saintmarys.edu

By MEGAN REECENews Writer

The Observer � CAMPUS NEWSpage 4 Wednesday, March 30, 2011

teer.Senior Joanna Stabile said

the most interesting part ofthe program was gainingperspective on how the vari-ous townships coped with thelasting effects of apartheid,especially poverty.“During apartheid, they

[government of f ic ia ls ]forcibly removed anyone ofcolor or black from the citiesand into the townships,” shesaid. “Even though apartheidis over, the black people arestill living in extreme povertyin the townships.Stabile said while visiting

the townships, she and theother students would typical-ly be the only Caucasian peo-ple in the area. She said chil-dren often expressed shockat the sight of the students.Venter said exposing the

Notre Dame students topoverty was a central compo-nent of the program.“By taking the students to

the townships like Soweto,one of the first black town-ships, they got insights intohow the local African peoplelived and live,” Veter said.During their t ime in the

African nation, students wenton safari in Kruger NationalPark and visited an orphan-age in the MpumalangaTownship. Venter said theorphanage was makeshift,operated by a local womanout of her house.Senior Just in S i ler said

there were between 20 and25 chi ldren l iv ing in theorphanage ranging frominfants and toddlers toteenagers. Some of the chil-dren were born infected withAIDS and had been aban-doned at birth.Visiting the orphanage and

going on safari were not the

only chances the studentshad to experience SouthAfrica outside the classroom.Students had the opportunityto live with a local family fora weekend, and Siler attend-ed the first game of the FIFAWorld Cup.“Each of us, either by our-

selves or with another per-son, were able to spend aweekend with a family in atownship,” Siler said. “It wasa really cool experience.”When the students were

not in school or travellingthroughout the country, theydid service work in the town-ships . As the World Cupresulted in some school can-cellations, NGO’s and govern-ment agencies set up alterna-tive programs. Stabile volun-teered at one such program.Stabi le said some of the

chi ldren in the programexpressed concern about get-ting home at an early hour asNigerian men had been kid-napping girls to be sold intoslavery. “It was crazy hearing about

the human traf f icking,”Stabile said. “ I never imag-

ined I would sit with an 11year old and listen to her talkabout how she lost herfriend.”Stabile said the extreme

disparity between the lives ofSouth African youth and herown made a lasting impres-sion.“I had to be confronted

with all this poverty and notreally be able to do anythingabout i t ,” she said. “ I tchanged me for the betterand I gained something, but[I] wasn’t really able to givesomething back, and thatwas a challenge.”Upon returning to Notre

Dame, Stabile and some ofthe other students began try-ing to help the locals in away they could not while inSouth Africa. Venter’s daugh-ter, a student at Trinity HighSchool, has collected around500 pounds of clothes, shoesand other goods. Stabile andher peers are col lect ingfunds to ship the goods backto South Africa.

Africacontinued from page 1

Courtesy of Joanna Stabile

Students participated in service projects by working withSouth African youth in orphanages and day programs.

Contact Anna Boarini ataboari01@saintmarys.edu

the bottom ten.“It’s understandable that it all

happens, but it’s just a bummer,”she said. “Dorm life is such animportant part here, and nowthere’s no way to possibly getback into your own dorm.”Betsy McGovern, another soph-

omore in the bottom 10 of the lot-tery, said Pangborn’s rector, SisterMary, indicated she will try totake the girls’ wishes into consid-eration.“Because of its proximity to

Pangborn, I wouldprefer to live inM c G l i n n , ”McGovern said.“My rectress willhelp me and theother nine girls fig-ure out a roomingsituation that bestsuits us.”If McGovern or

the other ninePangborn studentswish to remain onSouth Quad, BadinHall could be a potential home forthe spring.Sr. Denise Lyon, rector of Badin,

said only three girls from her hallwill be going abroad in the fall,compared with 12 or 14 leavingin the spring. These numbers aresimilar to those of past years.“It’s been a coincidence that

many more go in the spring thango in the fall, so Badin doesindeed take in people who can’tget back into their own hall,” shesaid.

Although Sister Denise general-ly tries to resolve rooming fornext spring this year, she saidmany rectors wait until fall sincestudents’ plans often change.“Just because you don’t have

room now doesn’t mean it’s notgoing to open up in the falleither,” she said. “And that hap-pens quite often — that right nowit looks like there’s not going to beenough rooms and come the fallthere are enough rooms.”McGovern said she is frustrated

that she may not know her livingsituation until she returns fromDublin in the spring. However,she is planning on spending agreat deal of her time in

Pangborn regard-less of where shelives.“I love my dorm

and the people init so much,” shesaid. “I don’t wantto drift away fromthe connection Ihave to my dormnow.”Kat Wilson,

another Pangbornsophomore whowill not be able to

return to her dorm after a semes-ter in Fremantle, Australia, saidshe understands housing plan-ning can be complex, especiallysince Pangborn is one of thesmaller female dorms.“I honestly have no idea where

I am going to be living in the fall,”Wilson said. “But as long as I amguaranteed to live on campus, I’llbe happy.”

Housingcontinued from page 1

Contact Mel Flanagan atmflanag3@nd.edu

sions advisory company pri-marily serving rising under-graduate and graduate col-lege students. The Reviewbased i t s rankings onresponses solicited from par-ents of high school and col-lege age students, and did notcons ider s tat i s t ics l ikeacceptance rates or costs ofattendance.Soto said high-profile rank-

ings draw greater attention tounivers i t ies and tend toincrease the number of appli-cations received.“We have long been fans of

Notre Dame, as they consis-tently appear at the top ofmany of our academic andsoc ia l l i s ts ,” Soto sa id .“Students and parents realizeth is , and in turn many ofthem apply to Notre Dame.”Freshman Kevin

Strickland’s brother Danny isa high school junior currentlylooking at colleges. Stricklandsaid he understood why NotreDame appeals to his parents.“My parents want him to go

to Notre Dame because after

my dad [graduated in 1985],he really enjoyed the commu-nity aspect of the campus andfe l t that was somethingimportant to have in aschool ,” S tr ick land sa id .“Notre Dame offers an aca-demic level that would chal-lenge him and leave him withmany opportuni t ies a f tergraduation.”For senior and South Bend

res ident Robert HayesSchafer, his father’s positionas a professor in theDepartment o f E lectr ica lEngineering made attendingNotre Dame a practical deci-sion.“Having grown up near

Notre Dame for my ent irel i fe , I have a lways been adiehard Notre Dame fan,”Shafer sa id . “However, i twould not have made finan-cial sense to come here if myfather was not working here.I had some generous scholar-ship offers from other col-leges that were of s imi larquality, but with the tuitionbenefits that come with myfather’s job, I was able toattend my dream school.”

Contact Adam Llorens atallorens@nd.edu

Dreamcontinued from page 1

SUZANNA PRATT / The Observer

Pangborn Hall, currently facing a room shortage for studentsstudying abroad next year, posts schematics indicating availability.

“Just because youdon’t have a roomnow doesn’t mean

that it’s not going toopen up in the fall

either.”

Sister Denise LyonBadin rector

outside of the classroom, inaddition to scholastic achieve-ments. “I think while maintaining and

even advancing a class of stu-dents who are good matches forNotre Dame, we’ve seen theacademic profile improve,” hesaid. “All those things that seemto be hallmarks of this place. Ahigh degree of engagement out-side of the classroom is stillpresent, while we are able toimprove the academic profile.”The array of academic and

personal achievements compris-es the variety of factors theoffice looks to in admissionsdecisions, Bishop said.“We tried to be as fair as we

could for all the groups that areinterested in coming to NotreDame,” he said. “You have obvi-ously the most qualified stu-dents, the students beyond thenumbers with incredible leader-ship and service [with] specialtalents like sports or music. Welook at academic abilities in spe-cific areas.”Bishop said next year’s class is

actually intended to be slightlysmaller than normal, creating achallenge for admissions.“This big increase in applica-

tions and somewhat smallerclass exacerbates that issue ofselectivity,” he said.Because of the top-flight aca-

demic profile of applicants,Bishop said the admissionsoffice had to look beyond thestatistics in making final deci-sions.“With the numbers getting so

high, the other deliberationsthat went on were about fit, atti-tude, personality…it was sober-ing to see how many kids adorethis place and wanted to come,”he said. “It is tough to turndown so many kids who aregreat.”

Mundy said the office usuallyanticipates the early actionadmissions process being moreselective than the regular deci-sion process. However, he saidthe increase in this year’s appli-cant pool was a game-changer.“What we had to do in regular

action, we had to say to our staffwe need to behave in regularaction like we behave in earlyaction because we know we aregoing to be up by 2,000 applica-tions,” Mundy said.A quarter of students

enrolling for next year’s fresh-man class are expected to belegacy students, or children ofalumni, Mundy said. This is oneattribute of admissions that setsNotre Dame apart from otherelite schools, he said.“I would venture to say there

aren’t any institutions in thisselectivity range that would beable to say that,” Mundy said. “Ithink you would see numbers inthe low teens at best with ourpeers.”Mundy said additional factors

of tradition at Notre Dame fac-tor into admissions decisions.“Managing the male-female

percentage — for many of ourpeers that is not an issue....They can adjust. Obviously here,we need to be a little more sen-sitive to that,” he said. “We havesome additional challenges herebecause of some of the tradi-tional differences Notre Dameoffers.”While the increase in applica-

tions has presented a challengefor the Office of UndergraduateAdmissions this year, Mundysaid ultimately the process hasbeen a rewarding one.“In my 28 years [in admis-

sions,] this year has been unlikeany other,” he said. “It is prettyexciting to feel as though we aremaintaining the very specialcharacter of Notre Dame whileadvancing some other things.”

TOKYO — Seawater outsidethe hobbled nuclear powerplant in northeastern Japanwas found to contain 3,335times the usual amount ofradioactive iodine — the high-est rate yet and a sign thatmore contaminated water wasmaking its way into theocean, off icials saidWednesday.The amount of iodine-131

found offshore some 300yards south of the coastalFukushima Dai-ichi powerplant does not pose an imme-diate threat to human healthbut was a “concern,” saidHidehiko Nishiyama, aNuclear and Industrial SafetyAgency official. He said therewas no fishing in the area.“We wil l nail down the

cause, and will do our utmostto prevent it from rising fur-ther,” Nishiyama said.The power plant has been

leaking radiation since aMarch 11 tsunami slammedinto Japan’s northeast, knock-ing out power and backupsystems crucial to keepingtemperatures down inside theplant’s reactors.Residents within 12 miles

have been evacuated, whilethose up to 19 miles havebeen urged to leave as radia-tion has made its way intovegetables, raw milk andwater. Last week, tap wateras far away as Tokyo, 140miles to the south, containedlevels of cancer-causingiodine-131 considered unsafefor infants.The latest findings — based

on a sample taken Tuesday —highlight the urgency of stabi-l izing the crippled powerplant. The mission has beenfraught with setbacks, asemergency crews have dealtwith f ires, explosions andradiation scares in the franticbid to prevent a completemeltdown.The government acknowl-

edged Tuesday that its safe-guards had been insufficientto protect the facility againstthe magnitude-9.0 earthquakeand tsunami.“Our preparedness was not

sufficient,” Chief Cabinet sec-retary Yukio Edano toldreporters Tuesday. “When thecurrent crisis is over, we mustexamine the accident closelyand thoroughly review” thesafety standards.An Associated Press investi-

gation found that TokyoElectric Power Co. officialshad dismissed scientific evi-dence and geological historythat indicated that a massiveearthquake — and subse-quent tsunami — was farmore l ikely than theybelieved.That left the complex with

nowhere near enough protec-tion against the tsunami.Highly toxic plutonium was

the latest contaminant foundseeping into the soil outsidethe plant, TEPCO said. Safetyofficials said the amounts didnot pose a risk to humans, butthe finding supports suspi-cions that dangerouslyradioactive water is leakingfrom damaged nuclear fuelrods.“The situation is very

grave,” Edano said.Workers succeeded last

week in reconnecting some

parts of the plant to thepower grid. But as theypumped in water to cool thereactors and nuclear fuel,they discovered numerouspools of radioactive water,including in the basements ofseveral buildings and intrenches outside.The contaminated water has

been emitting many times theamount of radiation that thegovernment considers safe forworkers. It must be pumpedout before electricity can berestored and the regular cool-ing systems powered up.That has left officials strug-

gling with two crucial butcontradictory efforts: pump-ing in water to keep the fuelrods cool and pumping outcontaminated water.Officials are hoping tanks at

the complex will be able tohold the water, or that newtanks can be trucked in.Officials from the NuclearSafety Commission said otherpossibilities include digging astorage pit for the contami-nated water, recycling it backinto the reactors or evenpumping it to an offshoretanker.On Tuesday, three workers

trying to connect a pump out-side the Unit 3 reactor weresplashed by water thatgushed from a pipe. Thoughthey wore suits meant to bewaterproof and protectagainst high levels of radia-tion, nuclear safety officialHidehiko Nishiyama said themen were soaked to theirunderwear.They quickly washed it off

and were not injured, officialssaid.Last week, two workers

were hospitalized with burnsafter they waded into highlyradioactive water thatreached their knees whilewearing ankle-high protectiveboots. They have been treatedand released.Nikkei, Japan’s top business

newspaper, called it “outra-geous” that TEPCO had beenslow to release informationabout trenches outside thereactors filled with contami-nated water, one just a fewinches from overflowing.TEPCO’s shares plunged

nearly 20 percent on Tuesday.Its share price has nose-diveda staggering 73 percent sincethe tsunami.Prime Minister Naoto Kan

reiterated in a speech to par-liament that Japan was grap-pling with its worst problemssince World War II.

More than 11,000 bodieshave been recovered, but offi-cials say the final death toll isexpected to exceed 18,000.Hundreds of thousands ofpeople remain homeless, theirhomes and l ivelihoodsdestroyed. Damage couldamount to $310 billion — themost expensive natural disas-ter on record.“This quake, tsunami and

the nuclear accident are thebiggest crises for Japan” indecades, Kan said Tuesday.He said the crises remainedunpredictable, but added:“We will continue to handle itin a state of maximum alert.”Kan has faced increasing

criticism from opposition law-makers over the handling of anuclear disaster stretchinginto a third week.

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The wait is almost over.Cue Spring, cue the lights, cue the

organ and someone bring down theunscripted script, because Opening Daybegins scene one.

Here begins theonly day that allteams have thesame record andthe same reason-able goal of win-ning in October.Here, the Oriolesshare first placewith theYankees, whilenot even a billy-goat can sour thezest ofWrigleyville.

Baseball andonly baseball can begin in Spring,where hope bounds aplenty and theshadows of winter turn to shadows thatseparate the diamond into pitcher vs.batter. A vivid, fluid poetry of the soundof a bat rhymed to a slap of the glovedominates the air with the enthusiasmand roar of the crowd flowing from fanto fan as a pollen that spreads SpringFever throughout.

But in a time when the Americansports fan swarms to the real sports,baseball still runs with a carefree ubiq-uity. Where we find America’s mostpopular sport in a desperate state ofaffairs with a season in serious doubt,we see baseball as the old grandfatheruttering, “Been there, done that, won’thappen again.”

What the general public calls boringto watch and a game that drags on fartoo long, fans call heaven, as atten-dance figures have continued to climb.According to MLB.com, 2010 markedthe seventh straight season that base-ball clubs eclipsed the 73 million markin attendance, seventh-best in baseballhistory. The previous season drew evenmore fans for sixth-best in MLB history,all while America struggled through theworst economic crisis that our genera-tion has seen.

Not to mention, five years ago thesport slogged through a scandal thatrocked the sport from Bonds and Sosadown into the minors.

This new season will welcome a newera across the league without the auraof Torre, Cox and Pinella, yet with thesame tradition that remains from thelegends of Lasorda, Sparky and Stengel.

Yet concerns arise over the ascensionof free agency and the spending offranchises across the league as killingthe integrity of the game. Just last yearthe Yankees spent over $200 million onits roster alone. The American Leaguechampion Texas Rangers spent asmidgen over $55 million.

In fact, 14 of the 20 teams that playedin the past ten World Series were not inthe top five in team salary that season,with the highlight coming in 2008 fromthe hefty $43 million payroll of theTampa Bay Rays — enough to earnthem 29th highest. To put that in per-spective, the combined salary of all-stars Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez in2008 was $49 million, all for a teamthat missed the playoffs that year.

Baseball is back, a return more cer-tain than the sun’s rising.

Cue the smooth green grass, themajestic blue sky and the cool breeze,because Spring is here. And withSpring comes baseball.

One ... more ... day.

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The strength of wordsNotre Dame student: Every time a

Notre Dame guy “hooks up” with aSaint Mary’s student a tree is plantedalong The Avenue.

Saint Mary’s student: Every time aNotre Dame guy gets with a NotreDame girl a golden dome is built.

These jokes may be a little humor-ous, and sure we all get a chucklefrom them, but what impact can thesejokes have on the women of this com-munity? Not only are the women ofthis community subjected to demean-ing classifications, such as “sluts” or“ugly,” but the frequency of sexistjokes I hear particularly on this cam-pus is astounding. It’s the 21st centu-ry, right?

Go ahead and try to shrug off thesejokes as meaningless, but considerthis: Words reflect thoughts, andthoughts and words are representedby actions. Considering the amount ofverbal abuse our female students aresubjected to, I do not find it surprisingthat ND is ranked second in the num-ber of reported sexual assaults oncampus in Indiana, only behind IU ofBloomington.

Still reluctant to believe the poten-tial impact these jokes may have onour students’ thoughts and actions?Just this past weekend my friendswere subjected to harassment throughwords at Finny’s. Unprovoked, a par-ticular ND student stated multiple

times to my friend that sexually “shewanted him.” Does he think she“wants him” and he is entitled tomake those inappropriate commentsmerely because she is a student ofSaint Mary’s, and we have a construedreputation of being sexually promiscu-ous?

This same student later harassedme, angrily shouting in my face somerandom nonsense, and proceeded tomenacingly grin down at me, tellingme how he sexually “split open” someother girl. As he towered over mypetite body of 100 pounds, he refusedto step away from me, despite myrequests that he step back, until mymale friends stepped in.

I just wanted to go out Saturdaynight and have a good time with myfriends. Is that too much to ask?

Do you still think I’m making a bigdeal out of the sexist and demeaningjokes that our women are exposed?How about this example? Another stu-dent of our college community alsopossesses misconceptions of SaintMary’s women. He has once referredto Saint Mary’s College as “a factory toget girls.”

His beliefs and words certainly havebeen shown in his actions. I lost myvirginity through rape by this student.He raped me twice within an eight-hour period I was at his apartment,and he attempted to rape me on twoother occasions in the following

month.With this information, I am asking

that every student, male or female,take some time to consider the effectname-calling can have on our femalestudents. Not only does it belittle anddegrade our community’s large num-ber of talented, female students, but italso may be one of the many factorsthat contribute to sexual assault.

My advice for fellow students is tostop and think before you laugh at oneof these jokes. Saint Mary’s women,next time someone puts you down, bethe bigger person. Do not put downyour sisters across the street. NotreDame women, please do not belittle usby calling us “dumb” or “sluts.”

We should be standing together. Ourwomen are being hurt enough throughsexual assault. We should not be put-ting each other down when such alarge number of our women are alsobeing victimized sexually.

As for Notre Dame and Holy Crossmen, please listen to the same advice Ioffer the women. Although we maylaugh at the jokes, they hurt, and itespecially hurts the women who havesuffered more severe levels of abuseduring our college career.

Margaret Ottensenior

off campusMar. 29

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God Debate continuedI would like to add my own comments to

Joseph Nawrocki’s Letter to the Editor “TheGod Debate” (March 25). I was again disap-pointed this year when I saw the choice forspeakers, although I cannot say I was sur-prised. There is an ever increasing liberalismwithin this country, this University and under-graduate student populations in general. Byliberalism I do not mean the American idea ofliberal and conservative — they too are playersin a history of liberalism.

I borrow from Blessed John Henry Newman’sdefinition. He says, “By liberalism I mean falseliberty of thought, or the exercise of thoughtupon matters, in which, from the constitutionof the human mind, thought cannot be broughtto any successful issue, and therefore is out ofplace. Among such matters are first principlesof any kind.” Neither Newman nor I am argu-ing here that the question of God is one thathuman reason cannot come to on its own.Rather, there is a history before now, beforeNewman, in which philosophy and theologybegan to reject first principles that cannot beknown through reason, but just clearly are. Asimple first principle is the theory of non-con-tradiction: Something cannot be and not be inthe same respect. I am sure everyone knowsDescartes’ rejection of the existence of hishand. Again I repeat the question of God is notone of first principles. However, one must startwith first principles to ask the question sincere-ly.

The framework of liberalism rejects thesebasic first principles and tries to formulatequestions anyways. False dichotomies are setup left and right. The questions are inter-minable. In regard to the God Debate this isobvious. It is no surprise that one speaker willargue for the empirical knowledge of science,while the other (an analytical philosopher)argues for faith without science, i.e. creation-ism. Both of these claims completely ignore therich philosophical traditions of Plato andAristotle that works from first principles. Bothof these claims ignore the Catholic tradition offides et ratio.

It is, to put it bluntly, idiotic to bring in thesetwo seemingly opposing views and ask a mainlyCatholic undergraduate audience to come andmake a choice as to whether God exists or notwhen there is a rich intellectual tradition philo-sophically and theologically available to us thatis completely void of this false dichotomy andactually able to give real answers to real ques-tion. I fear a lack of sincerity on the part ofthose who are willing to completely disregardthe history behind these issues. Everyone likesa cage match without a clear winner, but let usnot trick ourselves into thinking an honestintellectual discussion is taking place.

Kelly Masonsenior

off campusMar. 28

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ‘Jus in bello’ orjust in bad taste?

I am shocked by the selfishness expressed in Mr. Baker’sLetter to the Editor “Where’s the Meat?” (March 28). As avegetarian, I find it appalling that someone would be soclearly opposed to abstaining from meat for one mere day!Plenty of people — myself included — refrain from meatevery single day of the year as an act of protest against thecruelty implicit in the practices of the American meatindustry. There are over 925 million people who do not getenough to eat in this world. One acre of land used to growcow-feed produces around 165 pounds of edible cow fleshwhen that same plot of land could grow 20,000 pounds ofpotatoes. On top of that, the standard treatment of animalsin the American food system induces needless amounts ofsuffering to God’s own creatures. No one should complainabout one day without meat. Especially not someone withthe education and opportunity that Mr. Baker has as a stu-dent of Notre Dame.

Courtenay Devlinsophomore

Pangborn HallMar. 28

I believe that members of the ROTC program sincerelypray for peace, as no one suffers the burdens of war morethan our nation’s military and their families. For this rea-son, it is troubling to see the invitation to Colman McCarthyto serve as the keynote speaker for this year’s 2011Student Peace Conference (April 1-2) put on by the KrocInstitute for International Peace Studies. The KrocInstitute’s website describes Mr. McCarthy as a “renownedjournalist, teacher and peace activist” who has had editori-als printed in a number of prominent newspapers. In onesuch editorial, Mr. McCarthy directly mentioned the ROTCprogram at Notre Dame. Disputing Father Hesburgh’s viewthat the program serves as a way to “Christianize the mili-tary,” Mr. McCarthy asked if there was a “Christian methodof slaughtering people in combat, or a Christian way offirebombing cities, or a way to kill civilians in the name ofJesus.” While it may come as a surprise to Mr. McCarthy,the American military does not seek to engage in any ofthese activities. Rather, it serves to impartially defend thenation by carrying out the just orders of our democraticallyelected leaders.

Mr. McCarthy continued his criticism, drawing a shamefuland absurd parallel between the U.S. Army and theTaliban. He concluded by labeling its academics as “laugh-ably weak,” comprised of “softie courses” and its membersas poor pawns that signed on because “they were mainlyfrom families that couldn’t afford ever-rising college tabs.”

Mr. McCarthy, I firmly believe that the cadets and mid-shipmen here joined ROTC because of their love for thenation, choosing to dedicate their lives to defending thevalues that make it great and making peace possible. Itwould be unfortunate for you to forget that all of these val-ues, including the freedom to criticize the military withoutfear of retribution, were bought with the blood ofAmerica’s men and women in uniform. Perhaps on yourvisit you can take a walk to Stonehenge, a monument to theNotre Dame graduates killed serving in foreign wars, as areminder of the price of this freedom.

Jay Rowleysenior

off campusMar. 29

One-day‘sacrifice’

Stepan not fit for actsI write this letter in regards to the Spring

Concert. I congratulate SUB on pulling an amaz-ing lineup this year, completing an excellentthree year run. A few years ago it was Cartel andCitizen Cope; last year it was The Roots; this yearhas Chiddy Bang and OAR. The board has reallydone a great job providing talented, relevant actsfor our students.

Now stop making them play in Stepan Center.This leaky-roof building is barely qualified to be

hosting the ACCT 20200 Managerial Accountingfinal, much less these highly touted and estab-lished musical acts.

As an amateur musician who played on theNotre Dame and South Bend scene throughoutmy time at Notre Dame, I played at the StepanCenter a few times. It is an acoustical nightmare.Students might not notice this, but, I assure you,the artists will. I specifically remember CitizenCope complaining — scratch that, Citizen Copehad no idea where he was — but I specificallyremember Cartel voicing complaints about thevenue. We need to stop allowing big name actslike this to be exposed to such a horrible musicvenue. Continuing to do so would mean puttingour reputation amongst the music community at

risk.I write this letter (for the third consecutive

year) asking that SUB please entertain the idea ofcoming up with a new venue. The B1 Block Partyis a huge step in the right direction. Let’s contin-ue with that outdoor festival type theme.Consider a concert at the east end of South Quad.This will maximize student attendance and pro-vide an experience far more enjoyable and mem-orable for the students and artists alike.

Honestly, I know SUB is paying these bandsgood money and they will play wherever they aretold to. But let’s not settle for that. I challengeSUB to take on a new venue that will entice stu-dents to come out and cause artists to want tocome back.

Something to think about for next year. Untilthen, all I can do is encourage students to go outand enjoy Chiddy Bang and OAR — two artists Ihave seen a few times and will be sure to bringStepan Center down (hopefully not literally.)

Pat McKillenalumnus

Class of 2010Mar. 28

No lights on the DomeAnyone who crossed God Quad after dark this

weekend should have noticed an odd peculiarity:There were no lights on the golden dome. TheOffice of Sustainability announced that the lightson the golden dome and the Word of Life mural onthe Library would be turned off over the weekendas a sign of support for International Earth Hour.As Executive Vice President John Affleck Gravesexplained, the university was supporting the ini-tiative “by keeping the lights off on these symbolsof our campus for a span of 60 hours instead of 60minutes.” While I’m sure it was well intentioned,the decision to turn the lights off on the images ofOur Lady and Christ was poor and disquieting.

The image of Our Lady on the dome of MainBuilding is not merely a symbol of the Universityof Notre Dame, but is a sacred image of theBlessed Virgin Mary. The statue is a sign of OurLady herself. Given that the nature of a sign is topoint towards the thing signified, an image of OurLady should be given honor and reverence — notfor its own sake, but for the sake of Mary who issignified. Likewise, an insult to the sign is an

insult to the thing it signifies. Turning the lights offthe images of Our Lady and Christ disrespectChrist and Our Lady because we are not giving thesigns that represent them due honor and rever-ence.

We would not turn the lights off Stonehengebecause it is a symbol and memorial of the sacri-fice made by great citizens of our nation. Further,we would not turn the lights off an American flag,given that the flag is a sign of the United States.Turning the lights off would disrespect our nationand the people who fought for it.

Dr. Graves’ statement and the University’s deci-sion were poor but telling signs of the administra-tion’s ambivalent attitude toward a true Catholicidentity. We have put the lights out on enough ofour Catholic tradition already. God forbid that weturn the lights out on Our Lady as well.

Andrew LynchsophomoreMorrisseyMar. 29

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I was frustrated by a deep-seated conflict whenapproaching this week’s Tantrum. I began the day bysending out the alert, “looking for a good tantrum, opento all suggestions.” I posted this alert on Twitter, the hubof friends/Joss Whedon junkies/natural grocer advertis-ers who all deign to follow meon the new-media mammothsite that I have, reluctantly,hooked up to my phone.

By late afternoon I hadreceived two suggestions:“Ark Music Factory = TheDisney Channel. So muchpain.” This tweet included alink to a video called“Ordinary Pop Star” byeleven-year-old CJ Fam,produced by the super-slickproduction team that brought us Rebecca Black’s“Friday.” This tweet was followed in quick successionby, “Whatever it is, don’t let it be Rebecca Black. Plz.”Well, unfortunately for tweeter number two, it seemsthat all tweets lead to one topic. Why we love RebeccaBlack, and why we hate Rebecca Black.

Let’s set the stage: cute, bouncy thirteen-year-old wholiterally looks like she could be hanging out with your lit-tle sister lands in the middle of a very well-producedmusic video with auto-tune sharp enough to makeRihanna weep. Millions downloaded her single. She goeson Jay Leno, sits next to Bradley Cooper (without everacknowledging she’s sitting next to smolder incarnate)and answers questions as if she were talking to herdad’s college roommate. Meanwhile, everyone whospent the weekend partying, partying (yeah!) remainsacutely aware that in the normal wheel of music pro-duction and distribution, something is not right.

Here’s the hitch: Rebecca Black’s music video wasproduced by a company called the Ark Music Factory.Based in LA, Ark is run by two guys destined to live outthe music producer’s dream, even if that means makingvideos for children of loaded Los Angelinos who are will-

ing to back their children’s’ pop fantasies. They seek toreach out to “young artists” by offering them a venue topursue music that is “clean and safe.” After multipleclicks on Google and YouTube, I found an interview —very staged — with Patrice Wilson, CEO and founder ofArk Music Factory.

“What we do, and the amount of work we put intoartists…is very amazing, because we provide that plat-form. We give that music video, we give that song., wegive that photo shoot, that image [a} consultant. Howmuch do we charge? Number one, we don’t charge allartists. If we are to charge an artist, it can range from$2000 to $4000. Is that a bad deal?...You even getlunch!”

Thus speaks Wilson. The system is clear:

parents pony up thecash, and their chil-dren get to play rockstar for a day. Which isgreat. Ark Music ishappy. The parents arehappy. And the kids getto dress up, perform atan Ark Music showcase,get interviewed on the“red carpet” and send alink of their professionallooking music video to alltheir friends. Stasisremains.

But what happens when the parental-pleasing fodderthat we roll our eyes at actually catches on at Finny’s?We like to think that extravagant birthday presents suchas an Ark Music video remain contained to the littleworld in which they were produced, but Rebecca Black’s“Friday” proved what many of us refuse to believe —pop music really is just crap that’s fun to sing along to!NOOO!

“Listen to a song on the radio. Try to compare it withthe song ‘Friday,’” Wilson says. “A pop tune is supposed

to be really, really catchy. Now, regardless of the lyrics,and how easy the lyrics might be, some part... can stickin your head, and you get out of the shower, and you’resinging, ‘Friday, Friday...’ because it’s stuck in yourhead. That’s the whole purpose, that’s the goal of creat-ing tunes and songs like that.”

Here we have it folks. Jason Derulo may think he’strying to make art, to be somebody and fight for some-thing greater, but really all he needs to do is write some-thing that goes down in your head — and stays there.

“There is no difference whatsoever to the songs youhear on the radio today and

the songs that we make.To get that radio sound,we have to go ahead andcreate that auto-tune tobalance it out.”

And with that, Wilsonmight as well have saidcheckmate.

How can we com-pare “Friday” to “OnlyGirl (in the World)”and not come outscratching our

heads? Ark MusicFactory has called out

the system by playing right intoit. So Black has to get a bowl and cereal

instead of being the only one who knows your heart.Does that make it any less fun to sing along to and makefun of? Ark Music Factory is utterly transparent in it ispurposes. Wilson literally tells us how much it costs toget to be a pop star for a day. Is Rihanna any more“legit” because we don’t know how her songs are writ-ten? The next stage is, of course, Lady Gaga’s place inthis debate, but I’ll leave that for another week.

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Pandora: no longer known in popular culture as thatimpulsive Greek chick. No, Pandora has commandedthe Internet signals of laptops and smart phones acrosscampus, save for that weird dead zone between thelibrary and Starbucks. As an Internet radio app andwebsite, Pandora enables listeners to create a stationbased on an artist, then streams music from similarartists through that station. And although Pandora may

not have encountered exactly what she wanted in herbox, your Pandora Radio will be fine-tuned to yourtastes. No random Pitchfork-endorsed artist will popup on your beloved Britney station. But you will get aheavy dose of the Princess of Pop as well as some quali-ty Christina and Rihanna. So the next time Steve Jobsand iTunes lets you down, or you’re on the verge oftears because using Limewire can now land you a law-suit, check out Pandora.

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Despite struggles, Woods remains center of attention

ORLANDO, Fla. — So manypeople surrounded the first teethat it was hard to see who wasplaying. The gallery stretcheddown the entire length of the461-yard opening hole andwrapped around the back of thegreen on a sun-baked Sunday atBay Hill.

Now on the tee, Tiger Woods.He was in a tie for 29th. He

was 10 shots out of the lead, noserious threat to win.

About four hours later, thefinal group of Martin Laird andSpencer Levin approached thefifth green with under 100 fanstagging along.

This is nothing new.A few weeks earlier at Doral,

the PGA Tour decided to groupplayers based on their worldranking. Someone estimated thegallery at 85 people for the “BigThree” of Martin Kaymer, LeeWestwood and Luke Donald. Onthe other side of the course,there were too many fans tocount in the group of playersranked 4-5-6 — GraemeMcDowell, Woods and PhilMickelson.

During the FedEx Cup playoffslast year at Ridgewood, thou-sands of fans crammed behindthe ropes on both sides of thefairway at Ridgewood CountryClub to watch Woods, who was

in 20th place and goingnowhere.

One reporter was thinking toohard as he searched for themeaning of it all.

“I get it ... but I don’t get it,” hesaid as his eyes scanned the sizeof the crowd. “The guy is in 20thplace. Why wouldn’t you gowatch someone who is actuallyplaying well?”

The answer: They were thereto see Babe Ruth.

Even at his worst — and thereare plenty of numbers and statis-tics to back that up — Woodsremains the most compelling fig-ure in golf. It was like that at BayHill. It will be that way nextweek at the Masters, even asMickelson tries to join him withfour green jackets, or Kaymergoes after a second straightmajor, or Westwood tries toregain the No. 1 ranking, thistime without having to explainwhy.

Never mind that Woods ismeandering through mediocrityat the moment.

Wednesday will mark 500 dayssince his last victory at theAustralian Masters, his last tour-nament before the car crash out-side his Florida home and therevelations of affairs that fol-lowed and broke up his mar-riage.

He has played 20 tournamentssince, not including the Ryder

Cup. In his only chance to win, atthe Chevron World Challenge,Woods coughed up a four-shotlead in the final round toMcDowell, the first time in hiscareer that Woods was leadingby more than three shots goinginto the last day and didn’t win.

Woods has earned $265,465 infive tournaments this year. Heearned more in his first five tour-naments as a 20-year-old pro.

In 16 starts on the PGA Toursince he returned last year,Woods has three top 10s.

One longtime British golf jour-nalist might have summed it upbest last year at The PlayersChampionship. He wanderedonto the TPC Sawgrass to watchWoods for a couple of holes, thenwalked back in. “It’s nothing spe-cial,” he said.

So why the special treatment?Because Woods is approaching

an important anniversary.It’s not the one-year anniver-

sary of his return to competitionat the Masters, where he playedoff memory and somehow tiedfor fourth at Augusta Nationalwith a performance that raisedfalse hopes.

It’s the 10-year anniversary ofhis greatest feat.

Woods won the Masters in2001 to become the only playerto hold all four major champi-onships at the same time. It tookhim 294 days to achieve some-

thing that might never be doneagain. There was no one close tohim in the game back then.

There remains no one close tohim in interest level now.

That’s why he draws thebiggest crowds. That’s why tele-vision can’t resist showing him.

A few years ago, Sean O’Hairwas in rough on the 14th hole ofthe North Course at TorreyPines, and Woods was on theadjacent hole. Spotting areporter, O’Hair playfully askedwhy he was always watchingWoods. Then came a question toO’Hair: “If you had this job, whowould you be watching onThursday?”

“Tiger,” O’Hair said with alaugh.

Woods was more interesting towatch when he was winning 40percent of his tournaments,when he looked like a specialplayer. Now he is interesting in anostalgic sense. They rememberhow he once performed andwonder if he ever will play thatway again.

Will he reach, let alone sur-pass, the benchmark of 18 pro-fessional majors won by JackNicklaus?

Can he be golf’s best playeragain?

Not even Woods knows theanswer.

All anyone has at the momentare memories of how he once

played, and they are strongenough to hold the interest.

In times of parity — which iswhat Woods’ demise has brought— come reminders of how hardit is to win, and how often Woodswon. Consider this: Before turn-ing 30, Woods already had 46wins on the PGA Tour and 10majors.

Until someone else comesalong — probably not in Woods’lifetime — everyone will want toknow about Woods, good or bad.Some watch because they areeager to see him dominate again.Some watch because they delightin his failure. Others are justcurious.

But they’re watching.At the 1999 Masters, when

Woods was rebuilding his swingand was no longer No. 1 in theworld, he was in the middle ofthe pack and headed for AmenCorner on Saturday with a dozenor so media close behind. Aradio technician looked at theapproaching mass with disdain,shook his head and said, “Whyare you guys following Tiger?He’s not even the story.”

That’s when someone posed aquestion.

If Nicklaus had called AugustaNational that day, he probablywould have asked who was lead-ing the tournament.

What would his next questionbe?

MLB

Wilson, Rangers primed to defend pennant

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ARLINGTON, Texas —Texas left-hander C.J. Wilsonwas a lready at RangersBallpark on Tuesday, gettingextra treatment on his lefthamstring and preparing forhis first opening day start.

Wilson came out of his finalspring training start af teronly two innings Saturdaybecause of tightness in thehamstring. He said he will beready Friday when the ALchampions open their seasonat home against Boston.

“The issue was I had a littlebit of tightness the day beforefrom sprinting, so it was justsometh ing res idual I jus tcouldn’t get really rid of thatday,” Wilson said. “The nextday was a lot better, the dayafter that was a lot of betterand today it’s a lot better.”

Wi lson threw a 45-p i tchbullpen session Monday in

Arizona before flying home toTexas.

“Just very normal .Everything is fine,” he said.

The res t o f the Rangerswere in Myrtle Beach, S.C.,on Tuesday night for an exhi-bition game, then play theirTriple-A aff i l iate in RoundRock, Texas, on Wednesdaynight. They will have a work-out Thursday at RangersBallpark.

“ I came here ins tead o fdoing the whole barnstorm-ing tour,” Wilson said. “Justto get extra treatment andget massages and kind of bein a l i t t le more control ledenvironment and get used tothe time zone and all of thatstuff.”

Wilson was 15-8 with a 3.35ERA in 33 starts last year, hisfirst full season as a starterafter the former closer madethe trans i t ion f rom thebullpen. He pitched a career-

high 204 innings with 170strikeouts.

The Rangers, who lost aceleft-hander Cliff Lee in freeagency, tabbed Wi lson asthe ir opening day s tar terearly in spring training. ColbyLewis, who won 12 regular-season games in his returnfrom Japan last season beforegoing 3-0 with a 1.71 ERA infour postseason starts, willfollow Wilson in the rotation.

“I couldn’t have been anyhappier with the year that hehad last year and the way hetook to s tar t ing ,” sa idRangers CEO and team presi-dent Nolan Ryan, the Hall ofFamer who pitched a record27 seasons . “ I ’ve seen amaturity in him that I thinkhe is very comfortable in hisro le one o f our premierstarters and he’s maturedinto that capacity, so I reallyexpect this year to be evenbetter than last year.”

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Texas Rangers starting pitcher C.J. Wilson delivers in a March10 spring training game in Surprise, Ariz.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentuckycenter Josh Harrellson couldhear the murmurs when theNCAA ruled freshman big manEnes Kanter permanently ineli-gible in January.

The thought was the Wildcatswere done without the highlyrecruited Kanter. That theycouldn’t thrive relying onHarrellson, a little-used reservewho played all of 88 minutes asjunior, to serve as their onlypost presence.

Harrellson tried not to take itpersonally. He knows betterthan most how good Kanter isand even offered to give up hissenior year if it meant Kanter— sidelined for acceptingimproper benefits while playingfor a Turkish club team twoyears ago — could take hisplace.

Though it was a heartfelt ges-ture, it had no bearing onKanter’s situation.

“I wanted him to play morethan anybody,” Harrellson said.“Well, maybe Coach (John

Calipari) wanted him to playmore.”

And the rest of one of collegebasketball’s most ardent fanbases.

Harrellson was considered toogoofy, too slow, too inconsistentto be considered a legitimatethreat at either end of the floor.

This is the same kid who onceskipped a game as a freshmanin high school to go deer hunt-ing, who had his Twitter privi-leges revoked by Calipari afterexpressing frustration overwhat he considered a lack of

respect from his coach.Kanter’s nickname is “the

UnderKanter,” a twist on one ofhis idols, professional wrestler“The Undertaker.” Harrellson’snickname is “Jorts,” a tribute tohis affinity for knee-length jeanshorts that he likes to wearregardless of the sometimesunpredictable Bluegrass weath-er.

Many felt there was no waythe Wildcats could be consid-ered a legitimate Final Fourthreat with Harrellson as theenforcer. But the end of

Kanter’s season became thebeginning of Harrellson’s ren-aissance.

The player considered anafterthought in October is own-ing March while leading theWildcats to their first Final Fourin 13 years. Kentucky (29-8)plays Connecticut (30-9) inHouston on Saturday for a spotin the national title game.

“When Josh heard Enescouldn’t play, he changed hismentality,” said Kentucky guardDeAndre Liggins. “He started todo all his extra stuff to makehim better.”

Technically, Harrellson didn’thave a choice. Calipari’s punish-ment for Harrellson running offat the Twitter was to make himrun until he puked on the court.He ordered Harrellson toendure grueling conditioningdrills 30 minutes before eachpractice.

Calipari was trying to getHarrellson to quit. Harrellsondid the opposite.

Suddenly the kid who admitshe only picked up the gamebecause he was tall and good atit, but couldn’t play more than ahandful of minutes without ask-ing to come out, was runningthe floor alongside Calipari’slatest batch of McDonald’s All-Americans.

He scored 23 points andgrabbed 14 rebounds in a winover Louisville on New Year’sEve and led the SoutheasternConference in rebounding,averaging 8.8 in league play.

Harrellson has been even bet-ter in the postseason, wherehe’s averaging 12.8 points and8.7 rebounds a game whileholding his own against some ofthe best post players in thecountry.

Battling against Kanter —who opted to serve as a studentassistant following his NCAAban — in practice each daygave Harrellson confidence hecould hang with the best.Kanter held the advantage earlyin the season, but their one-on-one battles aren’t so lopsidedanymore.

That confidence has allowedHarrellson to play with a fear-lessness he lacked during hisfirst two years on campus aftertransferring from SouthwestIllinois College.

Harrellson simply refuses toback down from a challenge nomatter who he’s bangingagainst.

The former Little Leaguepitcher threw a fastball off OhioState freshman Jared Sullingerin the regional semifinals whilefalling out of bounds. The playhelped ignite the Wildcats to a62-60 upset and led Buckeyescoach Thad Matta to callHarrellson one of the mostunderrated players in the coun-try.

He was just as good in theregional final against NorthCarolina. Harrellson finishedwith 12 points, eight rebounds,four assists and two steals asthe Wildcats moved on to theFinal Four for the first timesince winning it all in 1998.

The Final Four is rarified airfor a player who spent the firstthree days of his high schoolcareer in St. Charles, Mo.,standing alone under a basketuntil he proved to coach BenOwens he could make one.

“He didn’t know what to do,”Owens said. “He was extremelyconfused. He couldn’t reallydribble. He just didn’t have anybasketball sense in him, whichis completely understandable.”

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NFL

Dez Bryant sued byDallas-area creditors

DALLAS — In the 18 monthsbefore Dez Bryant signed withthe Dallas Cowboys, he appar-ently spent like a superstar.

He bought at least seven men’swatches and two more forwomen. He paid $65,500 for adiamond cross made of whitegold and $60,000 for a customcharm. He ordered a set of dogtags made of white gold and dia-monds, and all sorts of otherrings, earrings, bracelets andnecklaces in various shades ofgold, nearly all crammed withdiamonds.

And finally, according to a pairof Texas lawsuits, Bryant poniedup for tickets to Cowboys andMavericks playoff games, and tosee LeBron James play. He alsoacquired some cash, at least$35,000.

Bryant got it all through a lineof credit set up by his adviser,the lawsuits say, all with theunderstanding that he’d settleup once he signed his first procontract.

But eight months after strikinga deal that included $8.5 millionguaranteed from the Cowboys,Bryant is facing two claims frompeople who say they are tired ofwaiting to get paid. A man fromthe Dallas-Fort Worth area, anda New York company, are seek-ing a total of $861,350, plusinterest and attorneys fees.

Bryant’s attorney, state Sen.Royce West, declined commenton the specifics in the lawsuits,calling them “sheer allegations.”

“What we’re seeing is DezBryant being singled out,” Westsaid. “There are lawsuits. Theywill be resolved.”

Bryant is a dazzling receiverand punt returner, but his char-acter and maturity have oftenbeen questioned. That’s widelyconsidered the reason he wentfrom a likely top-10 pick in lastyear’s draft to No. 24.

Since he joined the Cowboys,he’s made plenty of off-the-fieldheadlines. He spent $54,896 ona single meal, and then therewas the Dolphins executive whogot punished for asking in a pre-draft interview whether Bryant’smother was a prostitute.

Just last week, Bryant got intoa ruckus at an upscale Dallasmall. A shouting match with anoff-duty police officer, stemmingfrom him and his friends wear-ing their pants too low, led tohim being banned from thepremises for a few days.

The latest revelation, aboutdebt Bryant ran up before hewas drafted, raises the questionof how much more he’s spentsince then.

Cowboys spokesman RichDalrymple said the team had nocomment.

The bigger of the lawsuitsinvolves Eleow Hunt, a jewelerand ticket broker from suburbanColleyville. He is seeking repay-ment for $588,500 in jewelry,$15,850 for tickets and $11,000in loans.

Hunt said in the lawsuit that abuy-now, pay-later system wasset up by David Wells, Bryant’sadviser and a co-defendant inthe case. Hunt said he’s knownWells for more than 10 years,and that they used a similararrangements the year beforewith Wells’ cousin — MichaelCrabtree, the standout receiverat Texas Tech who was a first-round pick of the San Francisco49ers.

“Mr. Crabtree ended up doingexactly what he said he woulddo, so my client felt pretty com-fortable,” said Hunt’s attorney,Beth Ann Blackwood.

Bryant and Wells signed 17receipts from January 2009 toJuly 2010, the lawsuit said. Thelongest wait between purchaseswas 2 ½ months.

The bills ranged from $15,500to $71,500, although Bryant alsorang up $94,000 on two receiptsin a single day.

The haul included six men’swatches and two women’swatches, and a variety of men’sand women’s diamond earrings.There were bracelets, rings andnecklaces, with themes rangingfrom skulls to religion (three dia-mond crosses, a diamond Jesusmedallion and a rosary madefrom diamonds and palladium).

All that’s been paid was$15,000 of the original loanamount, Hunt’s lawsuit says.

Hunt originally filed suit inSeptember. Hunt didn’t try publi-cizing it because he continuedcalling Bryant in hopes of work-ing something out.

“My client was basically beingnice,” Blackwood said. “He dealswith a lot of professional ath-letes, and he’s not in the habit oftrying to raise a fuss or have ahigh profile. He genuinely likedDez Bryant and thought hewould come through. ... Myclient’s finally decided Dez does-n’t care, he’s not going to keephis word. My client is prettyangry.”

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Dallas wide receiver Dez Bryant has been sued for more than$850,000 for unpaid debts to a store owner in Dallas.

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MLB

Jason Giambi’s trainersupplied Bonds steroids

SAN FRANCISCO — ColoradoRockies first baseman JasonGiambi and his brother testifiedTuesday that Barry Bonds’ per-sonal trainer supplied themwith performance-enhancingdrugs.

The two were the first athletescalled to testify at the Bondsperjury trial, which is in its sec-ond week.

Appearing calm, Jason Giambitestified that he met trainerGreg Anderson after the 2002season while both were travel-ing through Japan with a U.S.all-star team.

When they returned to thestates, Anderson had Giambi’sblood tested and it turned uppositive for a steroid that MajorLeague Baseball was planningto test for during the 2003 sea-son.

“Anderson told me that wouldtrip a Major League Baseballtest and that I should takesomething else,” Giambi said.

Giambi said he paid Andersona total of about $10,000 for sev-eral shipments of steroidsknown as “the clear” and “thecream” designed to evadedetection starting in late 2002and through the beginning ofthe 2003 baseball season.Syringes and a calendar detail-ing when he should take thesubstances were included in thefirst shipment, Giambi testified.

During cross examination,Bonds attorney Cris Arguedasread Giambi’s 2003 grand jurytestimony when he testified that

Anderson had told him “theclear and the cream hadsteroid-like effects withoutbeing a steroid.”

Giambi agreed with that testi-mony.

Bonds lawyer Allen Ruby saidthat Bonds used the designersteroids, but believed Andersonwhen he told the slugger theywere legal supplements.

Giambi’s brother, JeremyGiambi, testified similarly.Jeremy Giambi played for fourmajor league teams during afive-year career that ended in2003.

Neither Giambi provideddirect testimony about Bonds.Instead, prosecutors hope to usetheir testimony — and that ofother players — to show thatAnderson was a well-knownsteroids dealer. Anderson is injail for refusing to testify at thetrial.

Several other athletes areexpected to testify about theirrelationship with Anderson thisweek.

Bonds, the major leaguerecord-holder for home runs ina career (762) and a season(73), has pleaded not guilty tofour charges that he lied to agrand jury when he deniedknowingly taking performance-enhancing drugs. He also plead-ed not guilty to a charge ofobstruction.

Before the Giambis’ afternoontestimony, former San FranciscoGiants trainer Stan Conte testi-fied that Bonds added signifi-cant muscle mass before the2000 season.

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two double plays started bysenior third baseman GregSherry to help the right-han-der get out of a couple earlyjams.

Aoki said the ground ballout is a big part of Norton’sgame.

“Every once in a while heshows a little bit of velocitywith his four-seam,” Aokisaid. “But he uses that two-seam to get under the barrela little bit against right-han-ders. Thankfully today, thoseballs on the pull side foundsome gloves.”

Notre Dame finally brokethrough against Morrow inthe sixth with a rally startedby the middle of the order.Freshman center f ie lderJagielo opened the inningwith a double, and fel lowfreshman Trey Mancini drovehim in with a single. Manciniadvanced to second on thethrow home, and senior left

fielder Matt Grosso made theextra base count with a sin-gle to put the Irish up two.

Senior right fielder HermanPetzold, who went three-for-three on the day, capped therally with a double to roundout the Irish scoring. Aokisaid he was pleased with theoffense in the frame.

“That’s what you need,” hesaid. “We had some otheropportunities to do it. I was-n’t crazy about our at-batsearlier in the game with run-ners in scoring position. Butin the sixth inning I thoughtour at-bats were pretty good.The way our offense has beengoing, to score three runs allin one inning is an absolutebonanza.”

Central Michigan cut intothe lead with a two-run homerun from junior first base-man Nate Theunissen in thetop of the seventh. Nortoneventually gave way to thebul lpen, and junior Wil lHudgins preserved the leadwith a scoreless eighth.

Freshman closer DanSlania ran into trouble in the

ninth, as the Chippewasopened the frame with atr iple and a walk. Slaniafought back with two consec-utive strikeouts and complet-ed the save on a soft ground-out to senior shortstop MickDoyle.

“That [save] was huge,”Aoki said. “I thought Dannytaking out those two guys byhimself to get two outs wasgreat, I thought [sophomorecatcher Joe Hudson] made agreat block on that sl iderthat Slania buried to strikesomeone out. Then the playto end the game was not aroutine play either that Doylemade, so I thought that wasreally good.”

I thought our team showeda little resiliency and tough-ness there, and it was nice tosee that.”

The Irish return to actionwhen they travel toPittsburgh, Pa., to take onthe Panthers (13-9, 1-2) in aBig East weekend series.

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including a two-run homer toWestern Michigan junior TaraBuchanan.

Notre Dame’s numerous hitsbelied the deficit.

“I don’t think that the teamwas nervous,” senior catcherLex Clay said. “I don’t thinkthat we real ly real ized wewere los ing unt i l the f i f thinning because we had beengetting so many hits — wehad e ight hi ts within fourinnings — and we were get-ting runners on base. We justweren’t executing. So I thinkpeople didn’t real ize unt i lnear the end of the game thatwe were actually still down,and then we had to press alittle bit.”

From the second inning on,Notre Dame’s pitching wasnearly flawless, allowing theBroncos just two more hitsand serving 10 strikeouts onthe day. Though the Ir ishpitching staff has struggled oflate, freshman pitcher LauraWinter was a bright spot inTuesday’s game. She kept theIrish in the game by attackingthe Broncos, throwing 23strikes in 27 pitches.

“The pitchers are trying towork on that [ throwingstrikes] and the defense istrying to play behind them,”Clay said. “So we’re reallytrying to stay focused and stillimprove defensively becausethe reality is we still need toimprove to do wel l in thepostseason.”

On the other side of the ball,however, Notre Dameremained stagnant. Of theteam’s 10 hits, senior HeatherJohnson’s two-run triple inthe third was the only one tolead to runs scored.

In the f inal four innings,despi te Winter and juniorAlexa Maldonado both tally-ing three-for-four hitting per-formances, Notre Dame wassimply unable to keep thegame close. The Irish left 10runners on base during theloss.

“ I th ink for us i t ’s veryimportant to focus on execu-tion because we did have 10hits — they just weren’t time-ly,” Clay said. “So I think thatfocusing on being a clutchplayer offensively will reallyhelp us.”

The team was v is ib lystunned by the loss, but Clayadmitted that the team hasroom to grow. She said lastFriday’s convincing 4-1 victo-ry over Northern Illinois wasnot Notre Dame’s finest per-formance.

“Even though we won thelast game and we executedvery wel l , we st i l l haven’tbeen playing our best,” thesenior said. “So maybe we’rein a bit of a slump. I’m notsure, but our team is prettyresil ient and I’m confidentthat we’ll get back out of it.”

The Irish will attempt to dojust that as they take toMelissa Cook Stadium onceagain against Purdue (19-7)Thursday at 5 p.m.

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NHL

Thomas shuts out HawksBOSTON — Tim Thomas

stopped 32 shots for his ninthshutout of the season, andMark Recchi moved into 12thon the NHL’s career points liston Tuesday night as the BostonBruins beat the ChicagoBlackhawks 3-0.

Zdeno Chara and JohnnyBoychuk scored 2 minutes, 20seconds apart in the secondperiod to break a scoreless tie,and Recchi assisted on the sec-

ond goal to give him 1,532points — one more than PaulCoffey. Nathan Horton made it3-0 in the third.

It was the 25th shutout ofThomas’ career, and his sec-ond in three games. He hasallowed just two goals in fourgames to drop his league-lead-ing goals-against average to1.96.

Corey Crawford made 31saves for the defending StanleyCup champions, who had wonthree of four but remained

three points ahead of idleCalgary for eighth place in theWestern Conference.

The Bruins protected theirlead over Montreal atop theNortheast Division and movedthree points behind theWashington Capitals in therace for the No. 2 seed in theEast.

One night after an overtimevictory in Detroit, theBlackhawks started slow anddidn’t get off a shot for the first7:44.

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to be together with that dis-appointment than for every-body to have headed off forthe summer, and we wouldn’t[have seen] each other untilthis fall.”

While visiting Japan, NotreDame played a schedule thatconsisted mainly of local col-lege teams, but also includedtwo matchups against Japan’snational team, both of whichthe Irish won.

Sophomore at tack RyanFoley says that the overallatmosphere of the contestsgave the players an opportu-nity to retake the field in astress-free environment.

“It was good to play rightafter the national champi-onship — just to play in akind of loose atmosphere andjust have fun,” he said.

That is not to say that thematches were uncompetitive.Foley said that the collegeteams, and espec ia l ly thenat ional team, showcasedproficiency in the expandingsport.

“We were actual ly veryimpressed with the level that

they were at considering howlittle experience most of themhad p lay ing,” Fo ley sa id .“The competition was reallygood. They had a differentstyle, which was fun to see,but we were def in i te lyimpressed with how far alonga lot of them were.”

The Irish also held instruc-tional clinics for the youngerJapanese boys, and Foley saidthe part ic ipants took animmediate interest in thegame of lacrosse.

“We ran a c l in ic for theyounger guys after one of ourgames,” he said. “We werereally impressed with howhungry they were to learn thegame.”

While acting as teachers ofthe primarily North-Americansport, Corrigan said that theIrish were in Japan first andforemost as students.

“We don’t take those tripsas much for the lacrosse ben-efit as much as for the overalleducational benefit and theteambuilding,” he said. “It issuch a great experience — itis such a great thing for ateam to do together.”

The p layers had ampleopportunity to immerse them-selves in the culture of Japan,visiting a spectrum of local

sights and even lodging withresidents of the city.

“We got to visit various cul-tural s taples ,” Foley said.“We got to see some temples,we got to tour some towns.We kind of split up and got toexperience the culture first-hand and the day-to-day lifeof those people over there. Itwas incredible. It was an eye-opening experience.”

Considering their newfoundconnection to Japan and itspeople, the Irish players andcoaches said they have a spe-cial cause for concern follow-ing this month’s earthquakeand tsunami . The team’smain contact dur ing the irtime in Japan is safe, but hehas been re located by h iscompany to Hong Kong forthe time being.

“He said as far as his per-sonal situation, he’s f ine,”Corrigan said.

Fol lowing the ir 8-3 winover Rutgers last Sunday, theIr ish are current ly a t themidway point of their season.They look to continue theirsuccessful campaign Saturdaywhen they host Villanova (7-2).

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able to stay focused despite aquick start from Manchester.

“They definitely jumped on usearly at the plate in the firstgame,” Mitchell said. “We keptcomposure, and my teammateshad some clutch hits to get ourmomentum going and keep us inthe game.”

Freshman pitcher Callie Selnercame up big for the Belles, hit-ting her first career home run,and senior captain and outfielderHayley Bojorquez chipped in athree-run homer of her own.

Selner was an important play-er on both sides of the diamond,as she earned her fifth win of theseason after throwing all seveninnings of the game. At the plate,she tallied a double, two runsscored and three RBIs to goalong with her home run.

In game two, Saint Mary’s gotoff to an early start, scoring tworuns in the top half of the firstinning. Manchester came backand scored two in the top of the

second, but the Belles counteredwith six runs on seven hits in thebottom of the second.

“Manchester was well pre-pared,” Sullivan. “They definitelydidn’t give up, even when theywere down in game two. Theymade us better today.”

In total, the team amassed 31hits in 12 innings of play.

“We were aggressive at theplate, but we weren’t over-anx-ious,” Mitchell said. “[Selner] and[junior pitcher Monica Palicki]both threw good games, and wejust kept putting the ball in playand making things happen.”

Sullivan said she believes herteam is performing at its best.

“When we play with confi-dence and win every inning wecan, we are successful,” Sullivansaid. “I tell my team I don’t wantrobots on the field. They aresmart ball players and need totrust their instincts and experi-ence.”

The Belles will begin confer-ence play on Saturday, April 2 at2 p.m. against Alma (17-2).

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lone singles victory (6-1, 6-2)over sophomore Al l ie

Bloodworth in the No. 5 sin-gles match.

Af ter 11 days betweenmatches, the Belles return tothe courts to play back-to-back home contests April 2 at1 p.m. against MIAA oppo-

nent Trine (3-5) and April 3against non-conference foeNorth Central (10-3), also at1 p.m.

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For the majority of the cur-rent season, Irish coach MikAoki has called for his teamto produce at the plate intimely situations. He got hiswish Tuesday night, even if itwas only for one inning.

Notre Dame (10-12-1)scored three runs on fourconsecutive hits in its half ofthe sixth inning and sopho-more starting pitcher AdamNorton (1-1) made the leadstand up with seven inningsof two-run ball, as the Irishtook down Central Michigan(9-16) 3-2.

Norton and CentralMichigan starter BryceMorrow started the contesttoss ing up zeros, as bothteams struggled to get muchgoing in the first five innings.Norton was the beneficiary of

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Broncos claim win over NDBy KELSEY MANNINGSports Writer

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Irish remember trip toJapan last summer

Belles taketwo fromManchester

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By CHRIS ALLENSports Writer

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Norton pitches sevenstrong innings for Irish

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Sophomore catcher Amy Buntin blasts a pitch during NotreDame’s 4-1 win over Northern Illinois March 25.

Albion sweeps doubles pairings to beat Saint Mary’s

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Senior outfielder Matt Grosso runs the basepaths during a 4-3 loss to Georgetown March 27at Frank Eck Stadium. The Irish rebounded with a 3-2 victory over Central Michigan Tuesday.

Big inning ‘bonanza’

The weather was not theonly thing cold for the Irishon Tuesday, as their struggleto generate offense resultedin a 3-2 loss to WesternMichigan on their home turf.The loss snapped NotreDame’s 21-game home win-ning streak, the fifth longestin the nation.

Though the Irish (17-7) out-hit the Broncos 9-4, an explo-sive first-inning for WesternMichigan put Notre Dame in adeficit that they were neverable to recover from. Seniorpitcher Joey Valdivia strug-gled early, a l lowing threeearned runs in the f irs t ,

Rattling off win after win,the No. 2 Irish appear tohave avoided any title gamehangover, a feat due at leastin part to the team’s earlyoffseason trip.

Only one day a f ter aheartbreaking 6-5 overtimeloss to Duke in last year’sNCAA championships, theIrish (6-0) regained theirconfidence and enjoyed amuch-needed break duringtheir t r ip to Roppongi ,Japan, a district on the out-skirts of Tokyo.

The tr ip was the mostrecent ins ta l lment o f a

lacrosse tradition in whichNotre Dame travels to a dif-ferent location once everyfour years. Coming immedi-ately on the heels of a lossin the program’s first everchampionship game, lastyear’s trip took on addedsignificance.

“ I t was rea l ly about asgood of a thing as you couldhave planned,” Irish coachKevin Corrigan said. “Wegot a chance to go overthere and really enjoy whatwe had just been throughfor the last month and cele-brate what we did. Yeah,there was disappointmentas well, but … it was better

By JOSEPH MONARDOSports Writer

Saint Mary’s put on a strongshowing against ManchesterTuesday, winning 10-5 and 12-4 ina double header to bring theBelles’ record to 10-3 on the sea-son.

“It was nice to finally play athome,” junior infielder KateMitchell said. “We were comfort-able and ready to put yesterday’sgame behind us.”

In the first game Manchesterscored early, leading 5-0 after onlytwo innings. The Belles quicklytook control of the game fromthere, earning their first run on adropped third strike and scoringfour in the third inning.

“We were much looser today,”Belles coach Erin Sullivan said.“We looked confident at the plate,which was the biggest reasonbehind our success.”

Mitchell thought her team was

see CORRIGAN/page 14

By KATIE HEITSports Writer

In Saint Mary’s MIAA open-er Tuesday, Albion Collegeheld the edge in doubles play,finishing 3-0 in deciding setsin singles’ play to earn a 7-2victory over the Belles (5-5,0-1).

“I was proud of the team’seffort, but we knew we hadthe talent to beat this team,”Belles coach Dale Campbellsaid following the match at

the Eck Tennis Pav i l ion .“Hopeful ly we get anotherchance.”

On the doubles s ide , theBritons (5-1, 2-0) defeatedthe Belles’ No. 1 and No. 2squads 8-3 and 8-5, respec-tively. However, Saint Mary’sthird doubles team, composedof freshman Mary CatherineFal ler and senior Jess icaKosinski, defeated Albion’sduo o f f reshman Marr issaMessanger and LeahSaurman 8-3 to register oneof the two team victories on

the night. Doubles p lay has been a

weakness for Saint Mary’sthis year. The Belles are just15-15 in doubles matches,while holding a 35-25 recordin singles matches.

“Whi le we made somestrides tonight, we need toimprove our play [in doubles]by taking advantage of oppor-tunities to attack around thenet,” Campbell said.

In singles play, Belles No. 1player and senior co-captainJillian Hurley fell to fellow

senior and Alb ion r iva lShel ley Zamler in a back-and-forth match (0-6, 6-0, 3-6). The two opponents havefrequently faced each otherover the past four years inteam matches and conferencetournaments , wi th Zamlerwinning every contest.

While Tuesday’s outcomeproved no d i f ferent forHurley, she was proud of hereffort, especially in a domi-nating second set that gaveher a shot in the third set.

“I came out relaxed, more

aggressive on the net, andmore confident in my servesin the second set ,” Hurleysaid. “Overall, I’m not upsetas we both played well in thethird set.”

The th ird s ing les se tplagued the Belles Tuesday,as Hurley and seniors MaryTherese Lee and FrancaPeluso each los t to the iropponents in the final set.

Senior Kate Grabarek deci-sively collected the Belles’

By MATT UNGERSports Writer

see ALBION/page 14