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‘I love being around students’

Fr. Tom Doyle’s first days asvice president for StudentAffairs since students returnedto school have been jam-packed, and that’s just the wayhe likes them.

From 8 a.m. to after dinner-time, he’s in back-to-backmeetings. He’s addressing anemail about a fire drill occur-ring during the middle ofmass. He’s going over theschedule for events for thePurdue weekend.

But after the workday is over,that’s when his real workbegins.

After hours during the pastweek, Doyle rode the mechani-cal bull during IrishShenanigans, donning fullpriest vestments. He joustedagainst the senior class presi-dent and won. He attendedActivities Night.

“Going to student activitiesnight was the highlight of myday,” Doyle said. “I love beingaround students.”

Interacting with students will

By SARAH MERVOSHNews Editor

PAT COVENEY/ The Observer

Fr. Tom Doyle, vice president for Student Affairs, looks forward his new position as one thatallows him to engage with students in the Notre Dame community.see DOYLE/page 3

Paymentsgo greenon IrishPay

With the implementation ofthe new onl ine studentaccount system, IrishPay, theOffice of Student FinancialServices wi l l save nearly400,000 sheets of paper eachyear and parents and stu-dents are able to make pay-ments online.

“Sustainability was definite-ly a driving force behind thetransition to the online sys-tem,” said Michael Riemke,associate director of StudentFinancial Services.

Compared to the previouspaper-based student accountpayment system, the IrishPaysystem will save 398,253 totalsheets of paper — the equiva-lent of 12,639 pounds of car-bon dioxide and 47,741 gal-lons of wastewater each year,based on the EnvironmentalDefense Fund’s paper calcula-tor.

In addition to making thestudent account system moresustainable, the Off iceresponded to several requests

see IRISHPAY/page 4

By KRISTIN DURBINNews Writer

STUDENT SENATE

Senators brainstormcommunity relations

Student body pres identCather ine Soler and v icepresident Andrew Bell askedthe Student Senate for ideason how to better relat ionsbetween Notre Dame and theSouth Bend community andfor feedback on the beNDcampaign.

The beND campaign isdes igned to “uni fy a l l ourUniversity relations and off-campus efforts,” Soler said.

The campaign will focus oncampus safety, good neighborre lat ions and communityengagement, Soler said.

“At the forefront o f ourcommunity relations and ourefforts with law enforcement,we are up front about the factthat th is i s in no way anattempt to make underagedrinking legal,” Soler said.“As student leaders, we try toimprove things that are going

to be productive in the longrun.”

“People want spec i f icsabout what their rights arewhen they are dealing withpolice,” Breen-Phillips sena-tor Erin Burke said. “Theywant to know what the truthis.”

S iegfr ied senator KevinMcDermott suggested voterregistration efforts on campusthrough the Center for SocialConcerns should branch outto off campus students to pro-mote responsible citizenship.

“ I d id read the GoodNeighbor Guide recently andthought it was really well puttogether,” Carroll Hall sena-tor John Sanders said. “Butthe alcohol section that seemsto be so important right nowwas just a few paragraphs somaybe i t needs an adden-dum.”

More prominent informa-tion about Transpo will also

Olympic athletes give back

Three gold medalists, twofrom the U.S. Olympics teamand one from the Paralympicsteam, encouraged Notre Damestudents at a panel onWednesday to fight for theirdreams – and to give the fruitsof their success back to theircommunities.

Sponsored by accounting firmDeloitte, the panel featuredspeakers Cullen Jones, winnerof a 2008 gold medal in swim-ming; April Holmes, the world’sfastest female amputee; andApolo Ohno, the most decoratedAmerican Winter Olympic ath-lete of all time.

Notre Dame was the first stopon a national tour that the ath-letes are taking with Deloitte.

Deloitte is the OfficialProfessional Services Sponsor ofthe United States OlympicCommittee. The sponsorship is apart of Deloitte’s $50 million/3-year pro bono project to put theskills of its people to work fornonprofits.

Jim Jaeger, a 1983 NotreDame alumnus and DeloitteManaging Partner of Talent,

introduced the three Olympians.“Deloitte is focused on excel-

lence and service to clients andcommunity,” Jaeger said. “Thatcombined with the Olympics is agreat fit.”

Jones spoke first, giving theaudience a brief description ofhis background in swimming.

“I always had to work veryhard at swimming. I was nevera child prodigy [cough] MichaelPhelps,” Jones said to audiencelaughter.

Jones’s mother enrolled him inswim lessons after he narrowly

TOM YOUNG/The Observer

From left, Olympic athletes Cullen Jones, April Holmes andApolo Ohno discussed community contributions.

By TESS CIVANTOSNews Writer

By MEGAN DOYLENews Writer

see ATHLETES/page 4see SENATE/page 4

Fr. Tom Doyle beginsrole as Vice Presidentfor Student Affairs

A photo on the front page depicting Activities Nightmispelled the name of James Ward. It also incorrect-ly said he is a member of the Class of 2013 Council.He is a member of the Class of 2012 Council. The

Observer regrets these errors.

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QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT IS THE BEST PLACE ON CAMPUS?

IN BRIEFThe seminar“Challenges and

Innovation in Civil andEnvironmental Engineering —Haiti Earthquake: LessonsLearned and Hope for theFuture” will be held today at3:30 p.m. in DeBartolo Hallroom 138. Notre Dame profes-sors Tracy Kijewski-Correaand Alexandros Taflanidis willshare experiences from theirrecent trips to Haiti.

Kirk Cordill, managing direc-tor and CEO of BMW GroupFinancial Services China, willspeak today at 4 p.m. in theJordan Auditorium of theMendoza College of Business.The lecture is a part of theBoardroom Insights ExecutiveSpeaker Series.

Tom McCusker, former exec-utive vice president and gener-al counsel of infoGroup, willlecture Friday at 10:40 a.m. inthe Jordan Auditorium of theMendoza College of Business.The lecture is a part of theBoardroom Insights ExecutiveSpeaker Series.

The Notre Dame women’ssoccer team will play SantaClara Friday at 7:30 p.m. atAlumni Stadium. The game isa part of the Inn at St. Mary’sClassic held at Notre Dame thisweekend.

Anthropology professorSusan Blum will lectureSaturday at 12 p.m. in theAnnenberg Auditorium of theSnite Museum. The lecture istitled “Plagiarism and CollegeCulture” and is part of theCollege of Arts and Letters’Saturday Scholar Series. Theevent is free and open to thepublic.

To submit information to beincluded in this section of TheObserver, e-mail detailedinformation about an event toobsnews@nd.edu

OFFBEATMan falls out of car asvehicle continues moving

DARIEN, Conn. —Connecticut State Policesay a man fell out of hiscar onto Interstate 95 andwatched his vehicle driveon for about two-tenths ofa mile before it crashedinto a pole. Troopers saidthey’re not sure why 51-year-old Robert Craig ofKillingworth fell out of his2006 Dodge Charger lateTuesday morning inDarien near Exit 10.Police said Craig wastreated for minor injuriesat Stamford Hospital.

State police said Craigfell onto the highway butwasn’t struck by any vehi-cles. They say othermotorists stopped to help

him and get him to safety.Troopers said the car

continued down the high-way before striking a lightpole and metal guardrailon the right shoulder.

Men accidentally toss bagsof pot into warden’s truck

RED BLUFF, Cal i f . —California wildlife officialssay two men are in cus-tody after a group of mar-ijuana growers started totoss bags full of pot into apickup truck belonging togame wardens they mis-took for their suppliers.State Department of Fishand Game spokesman PatFoy says two wardens inTehama County werelooking for deer poachersMonday night in the

Shasta-Trinity NationalForest when they heardfootsteps behind them.

They turned and sawfive men hauling largemilitary-style duffel bagsand sleeping bags. Foysaid the men approachedthe wardens’ truck as ifto toss the bags in thebed.

The wardens beganshouting commands at thegroup and managed tohandcuff two, one ofwhom was carrying ashotgun. Three othersescaped into the forest.

The wardens recovered127 pounds of processedmarijuana.

Information compiledfrom the Associated Press.

TOM LA/The Observer

Members of the Notre Dame men’s rowing team recruit new rowers outside ofSouth Dining Hall Wednesday.

“Keenan ... ThaNast.”

Jeff Schroeder

juniorKeenan

“The footballstadium .”

Chris Brenzel

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“M y bed.”

Leon Zhou

juniorStanford

“W ashingtonHall duringAsion Allure.”

Paolo Garcia

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“Saint M ary’s.”

Tim Durso

juniorKeenan

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help him accomplish one of hisprimary goals for his first yearas vice president for StudentAffairs. Doyle aims toanswer twoessential ques-tions: Who arethe Notre Damestudents oftoday and howcan his depart-ment supportthem in becom-ing the best theycan be?“My questionis, who are thestudents? That’sthe first ques-tion. Then youstart to buildprograms ands t r u c t u r e saround who thestudents are,” he said.Doyle said he plans to collectdata about the Notre Dame stu-dent body and conductresearch about its generation tofind out how Student Affairs

can best serve the student body. “How do we promote a virtu-ous way of life? How do wehelp people to have fun? Howdo we help them to play? Howdo we help them to laugh?” hesaid. “How do we encouragethem to make mistakes in life?We can’t learn if we don’t make

mistakes.”Doyle alsoplans to makesome structuralchanges over thecourse of thesemester, thefirst of whichoccurred overthe summerwhen the posi-tion of associatevice presidentfor ResidenceLife was elimi-nated.Bill Kirkserved as associ-ate vice presi-dent forResidence Life

since 2003. “Bill served the Universityextremely well for the past twodecades,” Doyle said. “He was aloyal, a thoughtful and a caringadministrator for Student

Affairs. “The position was eliminatedin anticipation of a restructur-ing that I want to do,” he said.In his positionfor StudentAffairs, Kirkoversaw theNotre DameSecurity Police(NDSP) and theOffice ofResidence Lifeand Housing. B r i a nCoughlin, assis-tant vice presi-dent for StudentAffairs, has tem-porarily takenover as head ofResidence Lifeand Housing.Ann Firth, asso-ciate vice presi-dent for Student Affairs, isoverseeing NDSP. In the coming year, Doyle alsoaims to recognize the diversity

of the student body and theChurch — from traditionalCatholics to openly gay stu-dents.

“It is a bigChurch. How dowe all sort ofbelong as oneChurch togeth-er?”He hopes towork to attractand facilitate alltypes of diversi-ty, including eco-nomic, culturaland geographi-cal diversity, aswell as diversityof experience.“I think thereis a narrow seg-ment of theAmerican popu-lation for which

Notre Dame is a very attractiveoption,” he said. “But we dogrow through deep and mean-ingful relationships with people

who are different than us.”Doyle also considers the cul-ture of the University’s 29 resi-dence halls as particularlyimportant.“People don’t live in less than100 square feet because theycan’t find a better value some-where else,” he said. “The cul-ture of these buildings is whatmakes people come back.“We need to work hard topreserve them,” he said. “Wecan’t take them for granted.”And as a new resident ofPasquerilla East Hall, Doyle isnot taking his new home forgranted. “I love living in a dormitory,”he said. Plus, living in a female dormi-tory has its perks — the girlsbake him cookies. “That’s never happened in aguy’s dormitory,” Doyle saidwith a laugh.

Returning students may beadjusting to new professors, amore demanding course load orbeing back on campus, but theincoming first-year students aredealing withadjustments tocollege life ingeneral — someof which aregoing muchmore smoothlythan others. One of themore difficultadjustments canbe to their aca-demic life. First-year ErinNanovic, an intended businessand political science major,describes her course load as onewith the “hardest, most intenseclasses” she has ever taken, butfeels more confident after thefirst week of classes. “It is really intimidating whenprofessors tell us that the semes-ter isn’t going to be easy, it’sgoing to be really hard,” Nanovicsaid. “You have to study harderthan you did in high school.” Nanovic said she was sur-prised she was assigned home-work on the first day of classes. “I’m not used to that,” Nanovicsaid. “In high school, we didn’tusually get homework for theentire first week.”But she said after the firstweek of classes, she feels moreprepared. “Now, that I’m used to it, it’seasier to sit down and get it[homework] done.”The all-women aspect of life atSaint Mary’s can be an adjust-ment for some, but for others itdoes not play a large role. “I don’t think it’s a big issue,”said Roselyn Spann, an intendedBiology major. “I don’t evennotice it.”Spann, a first year from LosAngeles, was pleasantly sur-prised when she arrived on cam-pus for the first time. It is thefirst time she had been in

Indiana or to Saint Mary’s. “The campus is amazing,”Spann said. “It’s beautiful. It’s agood place to walk barefoot andeverything’s clean.” The campus had a similarimpact on other first years. “After I took the tour [as aprospective student], I was mad

at myself for lik-ing it so much,”H i l l a r yShesterkin said.“After cominghere, I can’t waitto go home andtell everyone howmuch I love ithere.” Though theyeach have theirown unique firstimpression of

Saint Mary’s and are adjusting atdifferent rates, the first yearsagreed on one thing: they are allexcited for their first Notre Damefootball game in the student sec-tion.

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Doylecontinued from page 1

Contact Sarah Mervosh at smervosh@nd.edu

SMC freshman classadjusts to college life

Contact Megan Loney atmloney01@saintmarys.edu

By MEGAN LONEYNews Writer

“My question is, whoare the students?That’s the first

question. Then youstart to buildprograms and structures

around who the students are.”

Fr. Tom DoyleStudent Affairsvice president

“People don’t live inless than 100 squarefeet because theycan’t find a bettervalue somewhereelse. The culture ofthese buildings iswhat makes people

come back.”

Fr. Tom DoyleStudent Affairsvice president

“It is really intimidating when

professors tell us thatthe semseter isn’tgoing to be easy.”

Erin Nanovicfirst year

Student GovernmentAssociation (SGA) discussedreworking the Saint Mary’s co-exchange program, whichallowed students from NotreDame and Saint Mary’s to eat atboth schools’ dining halls, at itsmeeting Wednesday night.

In response to student con-cerns, student body presidentRachael Chesley and studentbody vice president Laura Smithmet with the vice president forStudent Affairs to get moreanswers on the issue.

“We are really taking in what[the students] are telling us,”Smith said. “We are really try-ing to compose everythingeveryone has to say. They canalways come to us with theirconcerns and we will always betheir voice.”

In their meetings with KarenJohnson, vice president forStudent Affairs, Chesley andSmith discussed alternatives tothe co-exchange plan, but Smithsaid “co-ex’s are not going to goback to what they used to be.”

As far as budgeting for thetickets, Smith said $25,000 ayear came from Saint Mary’sgeneral fund and $25,000 camefrom Sodexho, Inc., its foodprovider.

Although co-exchange ticketsare not available to everyone,Smith said they would still bethere for students who needthem for a class or club on theopposite campus.

“Students who really have theneed weren’t able to get the co-ex because of the limit,” Smithsaid. “With this in place, the

tickets are being removed forsocial reasons. Anyone who hasa class can bring your class/clubschedule and you’ll be covered.”

Saint Mary’s students havebegun petitions and Facebookgroup pages about the issue.Chesley said students have beencalling for a forum for studentsto express their ideas and opin-ions on the program.

“Obviously, it is upsetting,”Smith said. “We want there tobe discussion, let us know whatyou think.”

The day of the forum is stilltentative, Chesley said. Theyare hoping to hold the sessionnext Tuesday or Thursday at6:30 p.m., and possibly haveJohnson and Barry Bowles,director of dining services, inattendance. Chesley said shewould contact the student bodyas soon as the date was final-ized.

“There is a way to go aboutthings in a confident, direct wayand still be respectful,” Chesleysaid.

Chesley also discussed one ofSGA’s goals of keeping studentsin the Student Center until mid-night. During fall break, Chesleysaid a lot of remodeling will betaking place in the StudentCenter. Once construction iscomplete, the ConvenienceStore will be moving into thecafé area of the Cyber Café.

After the move is made, theStudent Center and Cyber Caféwill be open until midnight.

“We wanted to keep studentsin the Student Center Lounge,and this is an accomplishment,”Chesley said.

from parents and students tohave the ability to pay stu-dent account balances online.

“There was previously nomechanism avai lable foraccount balances to be paidonline,” Riemke said. “Thebiggest change is that par-ents now have the ability tosee their student’s statementsand make immediate pay-ments online with studentauthorization.”

In the past , the FederalRight to Privacy Act prohibit-ed parents from seeing theirchild’s account activity untila paper statement wasmai led to them. Now,

IrishPay allows students toauthorize a parent, guardian,grandparent or other personto view their account activityand make nearly instanta-neous payments onl ine,Riemke said.

“IrishPay allows both par-ents and students to see real-time account activity as soonas i t occurs, so they canimmediately make onl inepayments,” he said.

In addition, parents havethe opt ion to pr int hardcopies of the statements ifthey wish to do so, and stu-dents and parents are notmandated to pay online.

After off icial productionwork on IrishPay began inMay, students received bothan online and a mailed state-ment as an initial notification

that the system would changeshortly, said Charlie Castline,assistant director of StudentAccounts.

The f irst onl ine accountstatements regarding fees forthe fall semester were dis-tributed in June and July.

So far, the response toIr ishPay has been over-whelmingly posi t ive fromparents, students and staffalike, Riemke said.

“Parents love being able tosee their students’ accountact iv i ty,” Riemke said.“Overall, the system has beena response to customer feed-back and the posi t iveresponse we have beenreceiving.”

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educate students about theiroptions off campus and howto safe ly travel throughSouth Bend, Of f CampusConcerns Committee chairE m i l yLeStrange said.

The of fcam-p u s . n d . e d uwebsi te a lsopresents s tu-dents l iv ingboth on and offcampus wi thr e s o u r c e sabout theSouth Bendc o m m u n i t y ,LeStrange said.

C o m m i t t e echairs in theSenate meeting also reportedbrief plans for their projectsoutside of beND during theupcoming year.

“Our goal for social con-

cerns this year is to clarifyserv ice opportuni t ies oncampus for students,” SocialConcerns chair Patr ickMcCormick said.

Serv ice opportuni t iesabound for students at NotreDame but many s tudentshave complained they do notknow where to f ind c lear

i n f o r m a t i o nabout theseneeds, he said.

McCo rm i c ksaid the SocialC o n c e r n sCommittee willc o l l a b o r a t ewith webdes ign s tu-dents to createserve.nd.edu,a “c lear inghouse” for allpossible serv-ice opportuni-

ties on campus. Multicultural commissioner

Brig i t te Gi th in j i sa id herplans for the year includethe creation of a diversity

cert i f icate to prompt stu-dents to choose coursesintended to broaden theirworldview.

“We are also working on aposs ib le lecture ser ies toshow the importance ofd ivers i ty for years af terNotre Dame and especially inthe workplace,” Githinji said.

Pangborn senator TierneyRoche said members of herdorm thought security in stu-dent parking lo ts neededmore attention after severalgirls experienced car break-ins. The University AffairsCommittee would investigatethis problem further, com-mittee chair Chase Riddlesaid.

Soler and Bell encouragedthe senate to represent theconcerns of students as “theelected voice” of their dormsand continue to bring for-ward campus concerns asthe meetings progressed.

Contact Megan Doyle atmdoyle11@nd.edu

IrishPaycontinued from page 1

Contact Ashley Charnley atacharn01@saintmarys.edu

SGA reworks detailsfor co-exchange deal

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

By ASHLEY CHARNLEYSaint Mary’s Editor

Contact Kristin Durbin atkdurbin@nd.edu

survived drowning at a localwater park — a new hobby thatearned him plenty of mockery onthe playground.

“I was from the inner city, andbeing a kid that wore Speedos onthe weekend put a target on myback,” Jones said.

In spite of the jibes, Jones wenton to swim throughout highschool and college. When hejoined the Olympic team, hethought that the criticism wasover — but that was before hewent to his first Olympic meet.

“The French team was talkinga lot of smack, saying ‘We’regoing to crush these AmericanOlympians,’” Jones said. “Thenthey stopped the meet becauseGeorge Bush walked in the room.If that’s not a distraction, I don’tknow what is.”

Despite the French team’s con-fidence, Jones said his years ofwork and effort paid off — “webeat the French team by one-hundredth of a second.”

Jones urged Notre Dame stu-dents to work toward their goalsin spite of criticism, as he did.

Holmes said she had a greatadmiration for Notre Dame andwas happy to be able to visit thecampus.

“This is my first time on cam-pus but I feel like I’ve been herebefore. I can’t tell you how manytimes I’ve watched Rudy,” shesaid. “Those folks at Notre Damereally like gold. I like gold too —

just a different kind of gold. SoI’m going to pass my gold medalaround for all of you to look at.”

As the gold medal circulatedthrough the audience, Holmessaid she lost her leg in a trainaccident eight years ago, buttoday is the world’s fastest run-ner in the Paralympics.

“I want you to know what agold medal feels like,” Holmessaid. “So you can go and give itback to your communities. I did-n’t win that medal by myself andso I pass it around everywhere Igo. Be a gold medal winner; be abeacon of light in your communi-ties.”

Ohno concluded the panel withhis own story of success. Like theNotre Dame business studentswho attend the nation’s top-ranked business school accordingto BusinessWeek, Olympic ath-letes are ‘top-one-percenters’who excel within their communi-ties,” Ohno said.

“You’re all going to make it,you’re all going to be successful,”Ohno said. “But how are yougoing to give back to your com-munities?”

Like Jones and Holmes, Ohnourged his audience to not justpursue success as professionals,but to seek success as neighborsand good human beings.

“There’s no guarantee thatyou’ll be the next Warren Buffet,the next billionaire,” Ohno said.“But you can control how mucheffort you put in and how youimpact the person next to you.”

Contact Tess Civantos at tcivanto@nd.edu

Athletescontinued from page 1

“Our goal for socialconcerns this year isto clarify serivceopportunities on

cam pus for students.”

Patrick McCormickSocial Concerns chair

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Drinking age needs another lookBy now we have all probably heard

that relations between Notre Dameand the South Bend community are alittle tense at the moment. It seemslike wherever you go on campus,someone is talking about how they orsomeone they know were at an off-campus party that got busted over theweekend. If you’re a regular readerof the Observer, you’ll know thatnearly sixtyNotre Dame stu-dents have beenarrested by the South Bend Police inthe last week and a half. This unusu-ally high number is in addition to themuch-publicized arrest of 43 studentsat an off-campus party over the sum-mer. Many people claim that thepolice are breaking up more partiesthan usual, and are arresting under-age drinkers far more frequently, asopposed to merely issuing them cita-tions. As a result, students areincreasingly afraid to go off campuson weekends, for fear of running intothe South Bend Police. Supporters ofthe police attest that they are justdoing their job and enforcing the law,and that students should do more todiscourage underage drinking inorder to avoid contentious run-inswith cops. Critics contend that thepolice are focusing on petty drinkingviolations at the expense of some ofthe more dangerous violent crimethat plagues South Bend.

The roots of the current tensionbetween the South Bend PoliceDepartment and the Notre Dame stu-dent body can be traced back to a lawenacted on July 17, 1984, called the

National Minimum Drinking Age Actof 1984. This bill, cosponsored by abipartisan group of senators (includ-ing both our current Vice-President,Joseph Biden, and Indiana’s seniorUnited States Senator, RichardLugar), mandated that any statewhich did not enforce a minimumdrinking age of 21 years would besubjected to a ten percent reductionin its annual highway funding fromthe federal government. Prior to theenactment of this law, each individualstate was free to set its own drinkingage. In the aftermath of the act’s pas-sage, the state of Indiana took anadditional step, banning all consump-tion of alcohol by minors, including inprivate settings (the federal law onlyapplied to public places).

There are several problems withthe current situation. First of all,what goes on in a private home (solong as it is not harmful to the gener-al population) is neither the businessof the South Bend Police Department,nor of the State of Indiana. Allowingthese entities to enter personal resi-dences to stop underage drinking isan egregious violation of the funda-mental values of privacy and personalfreedom that are so cherished in thiscountry. Additionally, the current ille-gal nature of underage drinkingencourages a culture of rebellion thatleads to irresponsible and dangerousdrinking patterns. Dr. Ruth Engs, aprofessor of Applied Health Sciencesat Indiana University believes that,“Drinking by [people under 21] isseen as an enticing ‘forbidden fruit,’a ‘badge of rebellion against authori-

ty’ and a symbol of ‘adulthood.’” Dr.Engs contends that the drinking ageshould be lowered in order to teachand encourage responsible drinkinghabits among college-agedAmericans. Indeed, this train ofthought has been embraced by anumber of university presidents, 135of whom have formed an organizationcalled the Amethyst Initiative, whichseeks to reopen the national debateabout the drinking age (and no, JohnJenkins is not a member of thisgroup).

But perhaps the most significantcriticism of the current drinking ageis that it is a straight up abuse of jus-tice. In this country, 18-year olds areentrusted with the right to vote, canbe selected to serve on juries, andcan no longer be convicted of crimesas minors. In addition, men who turn18 become eligible to be drafted intothe armed services, should the draftever be reinstated. That means theycan be sent off to fight and die fortheir country in some far off placelike Iraq or Afghanistan, but cannoteven buy themselves a beer. Wealready hold 18-21 year olds to thesame legal standards as all otheradults in this country. Let’s ensurethey receive all the benefits of adult-hood in return, and restore theirright to have a drink.

Ryan Williams is a sophomore financeand economics major. He can bereached at twilli15@nd.edu

The views expressed in this columnare those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Ryan Williams

Why do we follow sports? Asyou can likely tell from my posi-tion on the Observer staff, I con-sider myself part of a largegroup of people who follows andcares quite alot about thehappenings ofthe varioussporting eventsthat take placethroughout theyear. The devo-tion we assports fans putinto followingand cheeringfor our teamsmust seemunfathomablefor those whocare little forthe outcomes of seemingly triv-ial athletic competitions.

And while it is l ikely that vari-ous people follow sports for var-ious reasons — because it is thegreatest reality television evercreated, because of the imbed-ded competitive aspect, becausethey simply find it intriguing,etc. — one often overlooked rea-son for following sports, Ibelieve, is that it allows us theability to revel in our teams’accomplishments without theneed to be humble.

Now, I am by no means themost humble person in theworld, and my attempt at humil-ity is often quite lacking. I domake the effort, however, toquell my arrogance, and riskbeing called down for it if mybragging gets out of control. Butbragging about the successes ofthe particular sports teams thatI have in some cases arbitrarilychosen to support brings me theability to be arrogant withoutthe risk of lacking humility.

Even the athletes responsiblefor the victories that we bragabout are not afforded this luxu-ry. No Saints fan would be criti-cized for bragging throughoutthe offseason about his teamwinning the Super Bowl, but ifDrew Brees did the same, hewould be called arrogant andwould be told that he shouldfocus on the upcoming season.

Being a sports fan gives us anoutlet to do something thatmany people want to do but riskbeing insulted for it. We aren’tallowed to talk about our 4.0GPAs or our 1600 SAT scores.We can’t even go on and onabout being a member of a statechampionship football team.

But if our hometown team winsthe World Series, we can spendalmost 365 days bragging abouthow amazing they are. We areat the same time intricately con-nected to the teams we supportand also separated enough thatbragging about their accom-plishments is not l ike braggingabout our own. We can be cockywithout being called down for it.

Unfortunately for me, the Cubshaven’t won the World Seriessince 1908, so I have nothing tobrag about. But just wait ‘ti l Ido.

The views expressed in the InsideColumn are those of the author andnot necessarily those of The Observer.

Contact Eric Prister ateprister@nd.edu

INSIDE COLUMN

Why do wefollow sports?

Eric Prister

AssociateSports Editor

EDITORIAL CARTOON

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

PrioritiesDear Ryan Kreager,Thank you. I did not know that underage

drinking was a crime. Maybe it’s because I don’tknow the definition of word “underage,” ormaybe it’s because I’m not sure exactly whatpeople are drinking. Juice?

This, at least to me, isn’t an issue of whetheror not kids drinking alcohol is a crime, nor is itan issue of police addressing all crimes, insteadof prioritizing according to seriousness. This isan issue of how college students are treated bythe South Bend Police Department.

Consider this: what is more dangerous to soci-ety? A college student with a beer, or a collegestudent behind the wheel of a car? (Noted, a col-lege student behind the wheel of a car with abeer is most deadly, and just stupid). But here ismy point. If I am pulled over by a cop for speed-ing, I might get at worst a $150 fine. But if I ambusted at a party for underage drinking, thecurrent trend is to get arrested and bookeddowntown, with aggressive cops dealing withmostly cooperative students. I can’t defend anyperson who decides to run, or punch a cop, butit is definitely not fair or just for police to openlysay their policy is to not incarcerate cooperativestudents, and then turn around and arrest any-one involved at a party, as they did this pastMonday night. A night, in which collectively, the

average BAC of six students arrested was .03.And it is definitely not fair for police to say overtheir megaphone, as they pulled away from thehouse, “Thanks for your business tonight.” Thatwas a good one. I’m glad to know these copshave their priorities straight. Business first,safety second.

Arrests go on record, and it is difficult to moveahead in life with an alcohol-related arrest, asopposed to say, a speeding ticket, on yourrecord. But let’s return to my question: what isin fact more dangerous to society? And thereinlies the issue: Cops treat underage alcohol con-sumption with greater severity, and often over-step their consideration in protecting the com-munity, while disproportionately affecting thestudents involved.

But hey, good for you, Ryan, good for you. Ithank you for your viewpoint. Your words ofencouragement will lead to a lot of great changehere on campus. I just know it. In the meantime,just go back to your medieval studies, or art his-tory, or MBA, or whatever. You must have aca-demia of the highest order to be working on.

Josh Bellsenior

off campusSep. 1

True hypocrisyTo Ryan Kreager, and anyone else who agrees with him,You are correct — a lot of time and effort has been spent

complaining about the current policies and recent actions ofthe South Bend and Excise police forces. And in reply to yoursmug remark, yes, we have not forgotten that underage drink-ing is illegal. However, I ask that you and anyone else in thefuture who plans on making similar remarks about the way thepolice are handling these situations please refrain from doingso if you do not understand the gravity of the situation.

First off, the fact that anyone could prioritize stopping under-age drinking just as they do armed robbery is astonishing tome. When it comes to preventing shootings, muggings andarmed robberies vs. stopping 18, 19 and 20 year olds fromdrinking, we as a society absolutely want the police to start“playing judge” by choosing to try and prevent the more seri-ous crimes. If you disagree, please go explain your thoughts tothe families of those who have been shot and/or robbed.

Also, regardless of their policies, the brutality and dishonestyof the police officers in many of these “busts” is completelyunacceptable and represents a problem much more seriousthan underage drinking ever could. Arresting students andbringing them to the station is only the tip of the iceberg.Knowing people who have had encounters with the police aswell as experiencing it firsthand myself, there are countlessexamples of these “law enforcers” breaking that which they arepaid to uphold. Physical violence, the use of tasers and taunt-ing directed at the students as well as illegal entries and fraud-ulent police reports are problems many of us here know toowell.

So what I ask is if there are any more complaints about howstudents are reacting to the recent arrests, please keep them toyourself unless you fully understand the magnitude of the cur-rent situation. Underage drinking is illegal, but the police forcecontinually breaking the law is truly what you were referring toas “hypocrisy of the highest order.”

Robert Schausjunior

O’Neill HallSep. 1

Save trees.Please recycle.

“Whoever exalts themselves will behumbled. And whoever humbles them-selves will be exalted.”

Though perhaps we’d all agree thatJesus’ words from last Sunday’s Gospelare quite beautifuland noble, it is notat all obvious howthey apply to agroup — like us — of gifted, industrious,ambitious young people, lurking at thethreshold of the world and ready tobecome its next generation of leaders.What does it mean to “not exalt our-selves”? If it means not loading up ourlives and our résumés with achieve-ments that will help us serve the world,we are all, perhaps, already out of luck.This is what, at least in part, we camehere to do.

Thomas Jefferson famously took a pairof scissors to the four Gospels, then re-pasted them back together, leaving outall the parts that didn’t fit with hisAmerican project. Maybe these words ofJesus about “not exalting” ourselves,and several others like it — “Whoeverwishes to be first must be last,”“Whoever wishes to gain life must loseit,” etc, etc — are best scissored fromour personal Scriptures until some latertime in our lives, when we are not socommitted to grabbing life by the fistfuls.

But who wants to throw away thewords of Jesus … besides ThomasJefferson? Ok, we could come up with a

disturbingly lengthy list. But what aboutus? Is there a way to live fully theseyears of acquisition and cultivation ofknowledge, talents, relationships,achievements, networks … while stillsomehow acknowledging — indeed,somehow living — these words of Jesusthat all true exaltation in life comesthrough self-emptying?

This weekend, I preached this Gospelto a group of elementary school children.Having much less to be exalted aboutthan adults, I figured these words ofJesus would pretty much sail over theirheads. I held a cup up in the air.“What’s this cup made out of?” I askedthem. “Plastic” they yelled back in cho-rus. “Only half-right,” I replied. And theybegan craning their necks to see whatelse composed the cup. After a few sec-onds, I hoisted a pitcher of water andbegan pouring it into the cup, which,unbeknownst to the students, was filledto the brim with more plastic. Thus, tothe suddenly shrieking delight of the stu-dents, the water splattered off the top ofthe cup and all over me. This showman-ship got me a few laughs. It also guaran-teed that a guy pouring water on himselfon the altar would be the only thing thestudents remembered from my homily.But, interestingly, and unexpectedly, Inow had the captivated look of everyadult in the building. To my surprise,many of them weren’t even blinking, juststaring at me, the cup, the spilled water.

Immediately and intuitively, they under-stood the symbol, and only too well.

“So,” I asked, “what else is the cupmade of?” The older students led thecharge: “Space.” “Emptiness.” “Theinside nothingness stuff!” said one futurenihilist . And the adults — their livesfilled with the great calls to parenting,earning, loving, striving, acquiring — allnodded in self-reflective agreement.What we are today, the enumeration ofour current traits, gifts, possessions,never seems an adequate summary ofwho we are. Perhaps that is because,part of who we are … we are not, yet.

We are vessels, not résumés. Restlessseekers, not insatiable graspers. We aremysteries waiting to unfold in the sur-prising joys and sorrows of life, not thepredetermined projects of our society’s,or our parents’, or even our own plansfor ourselves. So much of us is not yet.

We have so many gifts, so much wehave achieved, with plenty more tocome. But if there is no emptiness, nounformed space, no loneliness, noincompleteness, then … where does thewater go? Whatever that water may befor you this semester — a challengingcourse, a mind-changing idea, an unex-pected new friendship, openness to spiri-tual growth — it needs open space inbetween the ambitions and achieve-ments of this semester.

It takes a certain attitude, or spirituali-ty, to approach life with a continuous

acknowledgment that we are not all puttogether yet. It is often called humility.This humility is not necessarily exclusiveof worthy ambition and achievement.Plenty of saints had hefty résumés. Butthey also had humility — a deep-ingrained, and deeply accepted, self-knowledge of their incompleteness, theirsinfulness, their utter need for God. Itkept them thirsting. It kept them rest-less. Perhaps most importantly, it keptthem hungering for God. They refused toidentify the sum total of themselves withtheir accomplishments and possessions.Most saints’ first line of self-descriptionwould probably be, “A sinner in need ofGod’s mercy” or “A deeply flawedhuman being struggling to love.” Thiseven while serving the world in heroicdimensions.

They understand the secret of humility.Perhaps even more than what we are,we are what we are not yet. The emptyspace is the room where God works. So,amid all our strivings after greatnessthis semester, Jesus’ words are moretimely than ever: “It is the humble whowill be exalted.”

This week’s column is written by Fr.Lou DelFra, CSC, Director of BibleStudies and ACE chaplain. He can bereached at delfra.2@nd.edu

The views expressed in this columnare those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Striving after nothing

Fr. Lou DelFra

Faithpoint

Not above the lawTo Joe Deter, and others scrambling for a

poor excuse for underage drinking,I can’t be entirely sure about you, but I like to

think that I, along with my wonderful NotreDame classmates were raised to be matureadults. This would include having integrity andnot using other poor behavior as an excuse foryour own poor behavior.

I am throughly embarrassed for the NotreDame community that I know and love. Why isit that some here feel so entitled that they seethemselves above the law? Just because SouthBend has other crime doesn’t mean that somelaws stop being applicable. Also, when one con-

siders the fairly long lifespan of Americans,there is plenty of time to drink when you’re oflegal age.

As part of the Notre Dame family, the actionsof students who choose to be irresponsible anddrink underage reflect poorly on me. Though,perhaps I am one of the few who doesn’t needto drink at college — the exhilaration of evenbeing a student here is enough of a buzz for me.

Melissa JordansophomoreRyan Hall

Sep. 1

September doesn’t just mean thestart of classes and football games— it’s also a month packed withexhibition openings and specialevents around campus, SouthBend and Chicago. While most ofyour weekends this month may befull of tailgating and footballgames, be sure to check out someof these highlights around campus:

Snite MuseumThis fall, Notre Dame’s Snite

Museum of Art is featuring threenew special exhibitions. GinaCosta, the Marketing and PublicRelations Specialist at the Snite,describes them for Scene:

Recent Acquisitions from the Dr.William McGraw ’65 PhotographyCollection (now through Nov. 14)

This exhibition consists of 49contemporary photographs givenby Dr. William McGraw ofIndianapolis, a 1965 graduate ofNotre Dame. The donationincludes examples by some of themost important artists of the recentperiod such as Sally Mann, ShelbyLee Adams and Robert and ShanaParke Harrison. The styles of theseartists range from straight docu-mentation to surrealism.

In addition to being an accom-plished diagnostic radiologist inIndianapolis, McGraw is also a col-lector of contemporary photo-graphs. He began collectingaround 1993 with the acquisitionof three prints by Michael Kenna.

McGraw remembers that thefirst thing that attracted him tophotography was the strong senseof composition that many of theimages displayed, as well as theeffect of light, and of course thesubject matter. His first love wasblack and white, and then hebegan adding color work.

The subject matter is broad.Documentary photographerSebastião Salgado shows us a mas-sive labor project in Brazil; MattHeron chronicles the civil rightsmarch to Selma, Alabama; andErnst Haas captures the return ofa one-legged soldier from World

War II.A number of photographs are

surreal or fantastic, such as JamesFee’s heavily manipulated com-mentaries on contemporary socie-ty, Martina Lopez’s creation of animaginary landscape populated byimages taken from old photo-graphs, and Rocky Schenk’sdream-like study of a fountain atnight.

Parallel Currents: Highlights ofthe Ricardo Pau-Llosa Collectionof Latin American Art (nowthrough Nov. 14)

This exhibition features contem-porary Latin American art fromthe collection of Ricardo Pau-Llosa,Cuban-American poet, critic, cura-tor and collector.

For over three decades, Pau-Llosa has been a seminal figure inelevating the discussion of modernLatin American art on the interna-tional level, from a mapping ofhow styles originating in Europe orthe United States took off in theregion, to an appreciation of LatinAmerican contributions to the evo-lution of modern art.

Pau-Llosa was a senior editor of“Art International” from 1982 to1994, North American editor for“Southward Art,” and a frequentcontributor to “Drawing,”“Sculpture” and other art journals,as well as serving as an advisor tothe encyclopedic “Dictionary ofArt,” 1996.

Pau-Llosa has also published sixbooks of poems and has been pub-lished in “American PoetryReview,” “Indiana Review,” “IowaReview,” “Kenyon Review,” “NewEngland Review,” “Notre DameReview,” “Partisan Review,”“Southern Review,” “ValparaisoPoetry Review” and in many otherliterary magazines, and withinnumerous anthologies.

Pau-Llosa, who was born inCuba in 1954 and has lived in theUnited States since the age of six,often integrates diverse aspects ofhis heritage and his interest inLatin American art in his English-language poetry.

Documenting History, ChartingProcess and Exploring the World:Architecture in Photographs from

the Janos Scholz Collection ofNineteenth-Century EuropeanPhotographs (Sept. 5- Oct. 31)

Heavily represented in collec-tions of 19th century photographs,architectural photography providesinroads into major themes of theperiod: industry and technology,exploration and exoticism, docu-mentation and preservation, andhistory and nationalism.Architecture lent itself to the longexposure times required by theearly photographic processes andwas used extensively as subject bythe first generation of photogra-phers.

Approaching 10,000 photo-graphs, the Scholz collectionincludes representative examplesof most significant categories of19th century photography.Although most of the material orig-inates from France and England,the two countries where photogra-phy was invented, the collectionincludes material from the rest ofthe world.

The photographs selected forthis exhibition reflect the main cat-egories of architectural photogra-phy practiced during the firstdecades of the medium from docu-mentation of historic buildings, toexploration, progress, tourism,views of cities, urban renewal andvernacular structures. Drivenmore by the curiosity of a socialhistorian than by the eye of a con-noisseur, this exhibition reveals thewealth of information captured by19th-century photographers asthey turned their lenses towardarchitecture.

The Snite Museum of Art’s hoursare Tuesday and Wednesday 10a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday throughSaturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., andSunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (closedMonday).

Also, be sure to listen to Ms.Costa on her radio segment “ArtWatch” on WSND 88.9 everyMonday, Wednesday and Friday.The segment airs at 8:15 a.m. and12:15 p.m. on Monday, 12:15 p.m.on Wednesday and 5:15 p.m. onFriday.

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Contact Lauren Henderson atlhender1@nd.edu

Over the past few years,the quality of comedians atthe annual “Comedy on theQuad , ” t ak ing p lace th i sSa turday, has cons tan t l yincreased. Two years ago, itwas a pre-“Community” JoelMcHa le ; l a s t year, i t wasMaria Bamford and JudahFr ied lander o f “30 Rock”fame. The event has contin-ued i t ’s improvement th i syear, as 2010 boasts perhapsthe best line up yet: MichaelIan Black and Mike Birbiglia.

Michael Ian Black is themore recogn i zab le o f thetwo. He started his career inthe early 90’s on the under-apprec ia ted MTV ske t chshow — yes , MTV used tohave con ten t o ther thanreality TV — “The State.” Hewas also one of the stars oftwo Comedy Central shows:“S te l l a ” and “Michae l &Michael Have Issues,” andhe has contr ibuted to theAdu l t Sw im shows “TomGoes to the Mayor,” “Tim &

Eric,” “Awesome Show” and“Robot Chicken.”

The g ig tha t he i s mos twell known for, however, isas the sarcas t i c , snarkycommenta tor on VH1 ’s“Best of…” series. Evenif you’ve never knowinglywatched the show, i fyou’ve ever had your TVset to VH1, you’ve seenhis face.

He ’s a l so been f ea -tured on numerousS ie r ra M i s t TVspo t s . B lack i sknown fo r asarcastic, off-brand style ofcomedy, andwhile he is notg e n e r a l l yknown for hisstand up, h ispe r f o rmanceshould not bem i s s e dnonetheless.

Mike Birbiglia, onthe other hand, isnot as well knownamong t e l ev i s i onaudiences, but fans of stand-up comedy have known his

name for a while.NPR l isteners wil l recog-

nize Birbiglia’s name fromhi s numerous

c o n t r i b u -t i ons t o“ T h i s

American Life,” as his come-dy style is usually in a more

narrative, story-driven for-mat, as opposed to a string

of one-liners.It may not be fairt o ca l l B i rb ig l i a

an up -and-comer a t th i spo in t . He ’snever had them a i n s t r e a msuccess o fMitch Hedberg,Jim Gaffigan orDane Cook —

ugh — or themovie and televi-s i on career o f

Jerry Se infe ld ,Adam Sandler

or Wi l lFerrel l , butBirbiglia hasn e v e rattempted tobranch ou tto that kindo f success .As a s tand-up comedianand a story-t e l l e r, hecould easily

beat or hold his own againstany of them, even in their

primes.H i s a lbum, “My Secre t

Pub l i c Journa l L i ve , ” hasbeen named one of the bestcomedy a lbums o f thedecade by the On ion AVC lub , he has had threeComedy Central specials andh i s o f f -Broadway show“S leepwa lk Wi th Me” hasgo t t en rave rev i ews f rompublications like Variety andThe New Yorker. Whateveryou do, do not miss his set: itpromises to be amazing.

“Comedy on the Quad” willtake place on Friday at 10p .m. Make sure t o comeearly — or just stick aroundafter the Dillon Pep Rally —as the event has grown moreand more popular with eachpass ing year. Michae l IanB lack i s t op no t ch and afamous face, and the chanceto see Mike Birbiglia shouldnot be missed, as he is oneof the greatest stand-up actsaround . “Comedy on theQuad” has become a can’t-miss event, so don’t.

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NFL

Johnson not satisfiedwith record campaign

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The inkstarts at Chris Johnson’s neck,with wings tattooed just abovehis collarbone, reminding theworld that he is the NFL’s mostrecent member of the very rareclub of 2,000-yard rushers. TheTennessee running back alsohas “Cause IM A Star” perchedjust above a red star in the mid-dle of his chest.

Dream big, then run fasterthan anyone else in the NFL.

Johnson used that combina-tion to rush his way to NFLOffensive Player of the Year in2009, becoming only the sixthman in league history to run forat least 2,000 yards. He’s backfor his third season with goalsset even higher than a year ago:Run right past Eric Dickerson’sNFL rushing record of 2,105yards all the way to 2,500.

That would make him the firstever to run for 2,000 yardstwice in a career with the addedtwist of doing it back-to-back.Dickerson didn’t do it. Neitherdid Barry Sanders, Jamal Lewis,O.J. Simpson or Terrell Davis.

Johnson calls it his chip on hisshoulder.

“It gives me something tolook forward to. People mightbe like, ‘Oh you run for 2,000yards so he’s content or whatev-er like that.’ I haven’t brokenthe record, so I still have some-thing on my shoulder and some-thing to work hard for,” Johnsonsaid.

Being voted the OffensivePlayer of the Year? Nice, butMVP is his target again. If heruns for 2,000 yards again, hereasons voters can’t denyrewarding such a historic per-formance.

“I feel like I’m never satis-fied,” Johnson said. “I’m com-ing back in with the same mind-set that I haven’t done anythingyet.”

Brash statements comingfrom a guy so soft-spoken thatreporters have to push to getmicrophones close enough tohear him. But Johnson has thetools to back them up.

A native of Orlando, Fla., hefinished second in the 100-meter dash in a state meet toeventual 2008 Olympic bronzemedalist Walter Dix.

Only one college want him toplay his preferred position ofrunning back, but in his senioryear at East Carolina he led thenation with 227.7 all-purposeyards a game. He posted a 4.24-second time in the 40-yard dashat the NFL combine, believed tobe the fastest electronicallymeasured time at the event dat-ing back to 1982. When the

draft started, four runningbacks were taken before theTitans grabbed Johnson at No.24 overall.

He’s been nearly unstoppableever since.

He ran for 1,228 yards in2008 and gave a glimpse in theTitans’ second game last seasonhow he planned to live up to hispreseason boasts of running for2,000 yards. He ran for 197yards on 16 carries againstHouston, a game featuring a 69-yard touchdown catch where helined up wide left with nodefender nearby so he waved atKerry Collins to make sure thequarterback saw him.

No one’s left him that wide-open since.

Johnson finished 2009 with 11straight games of 100-yardsrushing and needs only threemore to match the NFL recordfor consecutive 100-yard gamesset by Barry Sanders in 1997.He set the NFL record for yardsfrom scrimmage with 2,509yards and became the league’sfirst player to rush for at least2,000 yards (2,006) and have500 yards receiving. He alsowas the only unanimous pick tothe All Pro team.

Only Dickerson and EdgerrinJames had more yards fromscrimmage through their firsttwo seasons than Johnson(3,997).

Johnson immediately startedlobbying the Titans to make himthe highest paid offensive playerin the NFL and stayed awayfrom the team during the off-season. With the NFL’s labordeal in its final year, he didn’tget his wish.

The Titans did shuffle incen-tives Johnson already had satis-fied but wasn’t due to be paidfor until 2012 into this year,adding approximately $1.5 mil-lion to his base salary of$550,000 — enough for Johnsonto report to training camp ontime. He knows another big sea-son will force the Titans to payhim the more than $30 millionin guaranteed money that hereally wants.

Johnson followed the sameworkout plan that he used toreach 2,000 the first time. Hestuck around the Orlando condohe shares with Jaguars receiverMike Sims-Walker, a friendsince grade school. In their freetime, they stayed busy addingtattoos and even flew an artistup from Miami. Neither knowshow many he has.

“Just a matter of liking tat-toos and liking art,” Sims-Walker said. “They’re kind oflike addictive. Once you get one,you want another and you keepgoing from there.”

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TENNIS

McEnroe to open academy

NEW YORK — John McEnroewants a hand in revivingAmerican tennis. He wants todo it his way.

Neither of these statementsshould come as a surprise toanyone who has followedMcEnroe’s career over the lastfour decades — either on thecourt or in “retirement,” wherehe has remained every bit asfiery and unapologetic behind amicrophone as he is with a ten-nis racquet in hand.

The day after the U.S. Openends, McEnroe’s new journeywill begin in full — a journeywith the ultimate goal of mak-ing sure the headline thatappeared this summer is neverseen again: “No American intop 10 for first time since rank-ings began in 1973.”

On Sept. 13, the JohnMcEnroe Tennis Academy willofficially welcome its first classat the revamped, 20-court,$18-million tennis complex onRandall’s Island — a strip ofland between Manhattan andQueens that also houses IcahnStadium, where Usain Bolt sethis first world record.

It’s not particularly easy toget to. Then again, almost any-thing worth doing in New York— McEnroe’s hometown andthe center of the tennis uni-verse during the U.S. Open —involves some sacrifice. Andbesides, nothing about JohnnyMac’s journey back into thelanguishing grass roots of hissport has been simple.

“Hopefully, I can jolt thingsand get things going hereagain,” McEnroe said of hisgoal to revive tennis in NewYork and, by extension, in theUnited States. “Hopefully I canbe a regular presence andhopefully Patrick and the USTAwill support what I’m doing.”

“Patrick” would be hisyoungest brother, the longtimeDavis Cup captain who the U.S.Tennis Association hired twoyears ago to run an elite playerdevelopment program that getsmixed reviews from tennisinsiders. The McEnroes havesimilar goals, but differentideas of how to get there.

While Patrick McEnroe andthe USTA enjoy the luxury ofwhat his brother calls “unlimit-ed money” — about $15 milliona year for the development pro-gram — money that is some-times used to filch players fromthe for-profit tennis academies,John McEnroe is starting fromscratch. He’s hoping to revivethe youth tennis scene in NewYork and prove that, yes, it’sstill possible to build champi-ons without sending them awayto tennis camp and taking themout of their normal lives.

For a tennis prodigy,McEnroe enjoyed a relativelynormal childhood. He grew upin the suburbs of New York,was schooled at Trinity on theUpper West Side, took tennislessons at Port WashingtonTennis Academy on Long Islandunder coach Harry Hopman —who never made tennis largerthan life — then spent a year atStanford before going pro full-time.

Now, he is putting his owntime, his own money and bring-ing in the middle McEnroebrother — Mark, the lawyer —to an effort he hopes will pro-duce plenty of college players,a handful of pros and maybe,just maybe, the next Americantennis champion.

“That’s our bet,” MarkMcEnroe said. “John thinks it’srealistic that we can find a top-10 player.”

The odd relationship betweenJohn and Patrick has beendescribed, in some parts of thetennis world, as a rift. Thebrothers, seven years apart,say family is more importantthan tennis, but are on recordas not always seeing eye to eye.

And indeed, there are differ-ences.

John thinks it’s possible tobecome a great tennis playerthe way he did it back in theday — by making the sport partof a typical American childhoodthat includes living at home,going to a school nearby, a fewsoccer games and friends.Patrick believes in more repeti-tion and full-time commitment,the likes of which you see atthe many academies-slash-boarding schools in Florida,Texas and California.

John has a long, well-knownhistory of wanting to team upwith the USTA to put his namebehind a development pro-gram. Patrick has questionsabout how long John couldstick with the bureaucracy thatcomes with the USTA.

“There’s probably some skep-ticism on Patrick’s part, as weall have, is John really going todo this?” Mark McEnroe said.“John wanted to do somethinglike he’s doing here at theUSTA and that wasn’t avail-able.”

What John and Patrick canagree on is the pain they feelwhen they watch the sport theygrew up in, starred in andmade careers out of, get rele-gated to page 4 in the sportssection on good days and com-pletely out of the Americanconsciousness for much of thetime.

“Alarm bells have been goingoff for a while, but there’s beenenough success that it hasn’tbeen a cacophony of noises,”John McEnroe says, creditingthe Williams sisters — who alsodidn’t attend tennis academiesand are known for taking longbreaks from tennis — with thelion’s share of American suc-cess over the past decade.“Clearly, there’s a lot more thatneeds to be done and there’s agreat level of concern.”

The concern is even greaterduring weeks like these, when,for instance, Nike holds a pub-licity function featuring its topstars and it trots out RogerFederer, Rafael Nadal andMaria Sharapova — but onlyone active American, SerenaWilliams, who is out of thisyear’s tournament because ofan injury.

It grows when Andy Roddick,who moved back as the onlyAmerican in the top 10 afterhis brief drop to No. 12, findsvirtually no company aroundhim. Sam Querry is at No. 22.Mardy Fish just moved up 15spots to get to No. 21. JohnIsner is at No. 20 after movingup 35 spots from this time lastyear, but still needs a break-through to be known for morethan his famous 70-68 fifth-setwin at Wimbledon earlier thisyear.

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Mitchell and Carol Nussbaum of Scarsdale, NY watch theirson Andrew train at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy.

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MLB

Chapman sizzles in debut CINCINNATI — Left-hander

Aroldis Chapman made his bigleg kick and let one f ly.Flashes went off around theballpark. The crowd let out acollective “ooh” when the balls lammed loudly into RyanHanigan’s mitt.

And that was just his firstwarmup.

What came next was almosttoo fast to follow.

The Cuban defector made abig-league debut that openeda lot of eyes around themajors — especially on teamsthinking they might face theCincinnati Reds in the playoffs.

Chapman pitched a perfectinning, twice hitting 102 mphon the radar gun, during an 8-4 victory over the MilwaukeeBrewers on Tuesday night.

“I don’t think it can get anybetter than this,” c loserFrancisco Cordero said.

Not much faster, anyway. Asintroductions go, this one siz-zled.

“Aw, that was a wonderfuldebut,” manager Dusty Bakersaid. “People expected it, andthey got what they heardabout and read about.”

They’ll be talking about thisone for some time.

The 22-year-old Cubandefected 13 months ago,deciding to take his triple-digitpitch to the majors. He signeda six-year, $30.25 million dealwith Cincinnati in January,then set out to try to win aspot in the rotation duringspring training.

He wasn’t ready. Chapman

started the season at Triple-ALouisville and struggled withhis control. Last month, theReds were in a pennant raceand decided to see if Chapmancould become something spe-cial out of the bullpen.

Everyone can see theanswer.

“He’s special,” Baker said.His fastball was an urban

legend even before he arrived.Chapman was clocked at 101mph during spring training bymajor league scouts. When hemoved into the bullpen, hewas able to throw even hard-er. The radar gun in Louisvilleclocked one of his pitches at105 mph.

Could he light it up in the bigleagues?

The first time out, he suredid.

Chapman got a standing ova-tion from the crowd of 19,218when he jogged out of thebullpen to pitch the top of theeighth with the Reds leading8-3. Fans let out a collective“ooh” after each warmupthrow. There was a buzz in thesmall crowd — contrary to onefans’ s ign, there’s noChapmania yet.

“Of course I was nervous,”he said, through a translator.

His first pitch to JonathanLucroy registered 98 mph. Thethird one hit 102 mph, draw-ing a loud cheer. He fannedLucroy on a nasty 86 mph slid-er.

The next two batters —Craig Counsell and pinch-hit-ter Carlos Gomez — went

down on weak grounders.Chapman threw only eightpitches, half of them register-ing 100 mph or better. Twowere clocked at 102.

He walked off the field toanother standing ovation.

Those who saw him do it atLouisville weren’t at all sur-prised.

“There’s not a whole lot ofguys like him, if any,” saidSam LeCure (2-4), who got thevictory with two innings inrelief before Chapman tookthe mound.

After a moment’s pause,LeCure said, “There’s none.”

When he was at Louisville,his teammates marveled at hisfastball. They’d sneak a lookat the board in right-centerfield that showed the pitch’sspeed.

“Every time he lets one go,everybody turns around orpeeks,” second baseman ChrisValaika said. “You don’t wantto get caught looking, but yousee 104 — that’s somethingyou’ve never seen before.”

Now, big-league hitters knowwhat they’re up against.

“I was just trying to hit theball hard,” Lucroy said. “He isvery deceptive. He kind ofhides the ball. It’s tough.”

The Reds brought him upbefore Sept. 1 to make sure hewould be eligible for postsea-son play. Cincinnati has pulledaway in the NL Central, open-ing a seven-game lead over St.Louis by going 19-8 in August,the best record in the majorsduring the month.

GOLF

Youth golfer reportsown disqualification

MILWAUKEE — Zach Nashwas shocked when he dis-covered he had one toomany golf clubs in his bag acouple hours after winning ajunior Wisconsin PGA tour-nament.

But rules are rules, andthe 14-year-old from south-ern Wisconsin made a deci-s ion that might surprisesome people: He disqualifiedhimself and surrendered hismedal.

“ I knew r ight away Icouldn’t live with myself if Ikept this medal, so it waspretty instantaneous,” Nashsaid during a phone inter-v iew from his home inWaterford on Wednesday,his first day of high school.

Nash shot a 77 to win theboys 13-14 age division atthe Milwaukee County ParksTour Invitational, which isrun by the Wisconsin PGASection, on Aug. 11. He beat31 other players in his divi-sion, all while his grandpar-ents from Iowa were watch-ing.

After his v ic tory, Nashwent to the Rivermoor GolfClub — where he played 36holes nearly every day thissummer — to practice moreand talk to one of his men-tors, Chris Wood, the club’shead golf professional.

“I was showing everybodymy medal and then Chrisand I went and we werehaving a soda and he said‘Hey, whose c lub is this?And I said ‘my friend’s.’ Andhe said ‘This makes 15.’ Iwas in shock after that ,”Nash said.

The penalty for breakingthe rule, called rule 4-4, istwo strokes for each holeplayed with more than 14clubs, with a maximum offour penalty strokes. Butsince he didn’t notice hisextra club during the tour-nament, a penalty wasn’tadded. That meant hesigned an incorrect score-card, which he knew dis-qualified him.

Nash said golf prides itselfon honesty and players call-ing penalties on themselves.While the decision was clear,he said he couldn’t help butcry a bit in front of Wood.Wood had to cal l Nash’sfather, Bob, to pick him up.

Later that n ight , Nashcalled Andy Landenberger,junior tour director for theWPGA, to explain what hap-pened. He sent back themedal, which Landenbergersaid he would present torunner-up Dane Reinhardt,who shot an 80.

Nash, who has been golf-ing for about three years,said a friend spent the nightat his house before the tour-nament and left a 5-woodclub, and he put it in his bagnot realizing it made a totalof 15.

Wood said Nash made himand the club proud.

“I think most people — notjust kids — would have triedto justify in their mind hav-ing the extra clubs in theirbag and not using them asan excuse to not call anddisqual i fy themselves ,”Wood said.

Nash’s father said his sonis a regular teenager — hetalks back to his parents,picks on his brothers — andwas a bi t surprised theteenager didn’t consider,just for a moment, keepingthe mistake to himself. Buthe said he did the r ightthing and he and his wifewere proud.

“When I f i rs t heard i t ,when he told me the wholestory, I thought, ‘Wow, youare doing the right thing,’“Bob Nash said. “You have tokeep doing what’s right. Butin the back of my mind, I’mthinking ‘If you didn’t sayanything the standingwouldn’t change.’“

The boy’s honest deed wasf irst reported by theMilwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Nash started his freshmanyear Wednesday atWaterford Union HighSchool and plans to go outfor the golf team.

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Dustin Johnson’s PGA penalty was revisited Tuesday whenyouth PGA golfer Zach Nash reported his own disqualification.

CLEVELAND — For the secondstraight game, Manny Ramirezwatched from a few feet away asone of his new teammates hit agame-winning homer.

Claimed off waivers by Chicagofor his renowned power, Ramirezprovided only a bloop a single inhis debut but he was on deckwhen Paul Konerko hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning togive the White Sox a 6-4 win andthree-game sweep of theCleveland Indians on Wednesday.

Ramirez’s debut with the WhiteSox was anything but a hit forseven innings. Chicago trailed 4-1going into the eighth, but theWhite Sox rallied after theIndians pulled Carlos Carrasco,who was making his first start of2010.

With the intimidating Ramirezwaiting in the on-deck circle,Konerko connected with two outsoff Justin Germano (0-1) as theWhite Sox improved to 3-0 on a10-game trip that will next takethem to Boston, where Ramirezmay not be welcomed back withopen arms by Red Sox fans.

On Tuesday night, Ramirez wason deck in the ninth and ready topinch hit when A.J. Pierzynski hita tiebreaking, three-run homer inChicago’s 4-3 win.

Chicago reliever Tony Pena (4-2) pitched three innings afterreplacing Freddy Garcia, who leftafter four with a stiff back.Rookie Chris Sale, the team’sfirst-round draft pick, pitched theninth for his first career save.The left-hander struck out ShinSoo-Choo with the tying runs onbase to end it.

Wearing his familiar No. 99 anddreadlocks yet to be trimmed toteam appearance standards,Ramirez went 1-for-3 in hisreturn to the AL after 2½ seasonswith the Dodgers. He groundedout in the second, struck out inthe fourth, blooped a single toright in the seventh and was hitin the upper back by a 70 mphbreaking ball from Germano inthe ninth, two pitches afterKonerko hit his 33rd homer.

The White Sox were countingon Ramirez’s presence in theirlineup to make a difference, andit already has — without himeven hitting the ball hard.

Chicago did get a home runfrom its other Ramirez, shortstopAlexei, whose solo homer startedthe comeback in the eighth. Headded a sacrifice fly in the ninth.

Alex Rios also homered for theWhite Sox.

Before the rally, Chicago hardlylooked like a team in playoff con-tention. The White Sox madethree errors and struggledagainst Carrasco, recalled fromTriple-A Columbus to start theseries finale. He allowed six hitsand three runs in 7 1-3 innings.

In the fourth, Garcia attemptedto field an infield roller hit byJason Nix to the left of themound. After chasing it, hewalked back to the rubber slowlybut appeared OK. He finished theinning, but didn’t come out forthe fifth and was replaced byPena.

Garcia, who is 8-2 in his last 16starts, has managed to stay offthe disabled list so far this seasonafter injury problems hamperedhim the past three years.

Along with running a team thatalways seems immersed in con-troversy, White Sox manager

Ozzie Guillen is doing all he canto manage expectations aboutwhat Ramirez can do for his teamin the season’s final month asthey chase the first-placeMinnesota Twins.

Guillen knows it takes morethan one Manny to win.

“A lot of people expect Mannyto come in here and be the sav-ior,” Guillen said. “We have 20 or30 guys out there pulling thesame rope. Manny does not haveto carry this ballcub. I hope hedoes. Everybody does. He’s goingto make our lineup better. He’llmake people better around him.Our hope is to keep him healthy,play him as much as we can, andjust have some fun.”

Guillen’s only rules for Ramirezare that he must join his team-mates for their pregame stretch,be on the field for the nationalanthem and play hard. He’s surethat at least a few of his playerswill encourage Ramirez to test hisnew manager.

“Believe me, (Mark) Buehrlewill tell Manny not to show up forthe national anthem,” Guillensaid. “That, I can guarantee you.The players have known me forseven years. When somebodydoesn’t go by the rules, thatmakes me upset. I bet you some-body out there will tell him to dosomething just to see my reac-tion.”

Astros 5, Cardinals 2Hunter Pence hit a three-run

homer and the Houston Astroscompleted a sweep of St. Louiswith a victory Wednesday, hand-ing the slumping Cardinals theirfifth straight defeat.

The fading Cardinals, who havelost 13 of 16, began the day sevengames behind first-placeCincinnati in the NL Central. TheReds were scheduled to hostMilwaukee later.

Nelson Figueroa (4-2) pitchedout of two bases-loaded jams andlasted five innings for the win.Brandon Lyon worked a perfectninth for his 11 save in 12chances, sealing Houston’s 14thvictory in 20 games.

Shut out 3-0 the previous twonights, St. Louis snapped an 18-inning scoreless streak on MattHolliday’s 24th homer in the firstfor a 2-0 lead.

Jeff Suppan (1-7) was activatedfrom the disabled list before thegame and allowed only one hituntil the Astros rallied in the fifth.

Brett Wallace drew a leadoffwalk and went to third on JasonCastro’s double. Pinch-hitterBrian Bogusevic hit a grounder tofirst baseman Albert Pujols, whothrew out Wallace at the plate.Michael Bourn hit a sacrifice flyand Jeff Keppinger walked beforePence’s go-ahead homer.

Bourn singled in the seventh toextend his hitting streak to 11games. He scored on Carlos Lee’ssacrifice fly.

Figueroa escaped a jam in thethird, when Suppan led off with awalk and Skip Schumaker sin-gled. Aaron Miles and Pujols fliedout and Figueroa hit Hollidaywith a pitch to load the basesbefore Jon Jay grounded into aforce play.

St. Louis loaded the bases againin the fifth on singles by Milesand Jay and an intentional walkto Holliday with two outs. Ex-Astro Pedro Feliz flied out to endthe threat.

Figueroa allowed two runs andsix hits. Five relievers combined

to hold the Cardinals to one hitover the final four innings.

Schumaker doubled to start thegame but was thrown out on thebases when Miles hit a come-backer to Figueroa. Pujols, hitlessin his last 13 at-bats, fouled outbefore Holliday’s homer.

The Cardinals have scored tworuns in their last 36 innings. Theconsecutive shutouts the previoustwo nights marked the first timein 94 years that St. Louis hadbeen blanked with three hits orfewer in back-to-back games.

Suppan made his first startsince Aug. 1, when he pitched 51-3 scoreless innings against thePhillies. He went five innings andallowed four runs, three hits andfour walks.

Cubs 5, Pirates 3Thomas Diamond received a

game ball and a beer showerafter his first major league win.

Diamond relieved injuredstarter Tom Gorzelanny and waspart of a strong effort by theChicago Cubs’ bullpenWednesday in a victory over thePittsburgh Pirates.

“It’s always nice to get the first.I wish it would have happened alittle sooner,” Diamond said.“Now, hopefully we can go on andwin a few more.”

Kosuke Fukudome had threehits, including a go-ahead double,during a perfect day at the platefor the Cubs. Carlos Marmolescaped a bases-loaded jam inthe eighth inning and finished forhis 25th save in 30 chances.

Gorzelanny was knocked out inthe third when Jose Tabata lineda shot off his right hand. The left-hander, a former Pirate who is a

native of nearby Evergreen Park,Ill., departed for X-rays.

“That was very scary,” Tabatasaid. “I saw the ball and I thoughtit was his face. In the moment Ifroze. I hope he’s better. I feel badfor that.”

After Gorzelanny left, five Cubsrelievers combined to allow fourhits the rest of the way.

“Now that I’ve moved from therotation to the bullpen, hopefullyI can find a spot there and con-tribute,” the 27-year-oldDiamond said.

Diamond (1-3) gave up tworuns and two hits in 1 2-3innings. Marmol walked in a runwith two outs in the eighth butstruck out Tabata to preserve a5-3 lead.

James McDonald (2-5) took theloss, allowing three runs andeight hits in five innings.

“For most of the game he was-n’t able to get the ball down likehe usually does and it cost him alittle bit,” Pirates manager JohnRussell said.

Diamond, called up fromTriple-A Iowa on Aug. 2, struckout three and walked one. TheCubs won two of three in theseries and finished 5-10 againstlast-place Pittsburgh this season.

“I’ve been feeling pretty goodand I’ve been working on a newpitch — a cutter — with (pitchingcoach) Larry (Rothschild),”Diamond said. “Today I had a lit-tle trouble with it, but it’s onlyabout a week and a half old.”

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Manny Ramirez and Andruw Jones chat before Wednesday’sgame against the Indians. Ramirez joined the White Sox Tuesday.

NEW YORK — The scenewas simply scary: VictoriaAzarenka, a 21-year-old onthe rise in the WTA rankings,paused about a half-hour intoher second-round matchWednesday at the U.S. Open,then staggered, stumbled andcollapsed to the court.Azarenka, seeded 10th in

the Grand Slam tournament,rolled over to rest her headon her arm, and a trainerrushed over. Someone cov-ered Azarenka’s legs with awhite towel. She eventuallywas helped into a wheelchair,her yellow visor askew atopher head, then taken to ahospital, where tests showedshe had a mild concussion.As a record-breaking sum-

mer suffocates New York, thetemperature in F lush ingMeadows headed into the 90sfor a third consecutive day,and the mercury topped 100degrees on court. But tourna-ment referee Brian Early saidAzarenka’s problem did “notseem to be primarily a heat-related illness.”Indeed, Azarenka herself

later revealed she fell in thegym while warming up beforethe match, banging her headand arm in the gym.“I was checked by the med-

ical team before I went oncourt and they were courtsidefor monitoring. I felt worse asthe match went on, having aheadache and feeling dizzy,”said Azarenka, who is fromBelarus but lives part of the

year in Scottsdale, Ariz., withthe fami ly o f NHL goal ieNikolai Khabibulin, someoneshe considers a mentor.Azarenka began wobbling

early in her match againstGisela Dulko of Argentina,taking extra t ime betweenpoints and wincing occasion-a l ly, c lear ly in d is tress .Azarenka said she “startedhaving trouble seeing and feltweak.”She is an up-and-comer on

tour, part of a group of youngplayers seen as potent ia lfuture Grand Slam champi-ons . Azarenka beat Mar iaSharapova in the final of ahard-court tournament inCal i forn ia las t month andpushed Serena Will iams tothree sets before losing in theAustralian Open quarterfinalsin January.Agains t Wi l l iams in the

fourth round o f the 2009Australian Open, Azarenkastopped in the second set ,d izzy and in tears , andblamed a virus.Her f r ighten ing ex i t

Wednesday caught everyone’sat tent ion . Top-seededCaroline Wozniacki wrote onTwitter: “Did anyone watchVikas match?? I really hopeshe is ok!”The match was halted with

Azarenka trailing Dulko 5-1.“It was terrible. It’s not nice

to see someone feeling bad,not nice to win a match thisway. I hope she fee ls OKnow,” said Dulko, who walkedaround the net to check onthe prone Azarenka. “I was

worried for her.”

Bondarenko def. OudinMelanie Oudin of Marietta,

Ga., was 17 a year ago whenshe reached the U.S. Openquarterfinals by beating twotop-20 players.Oudin’s 2010 stay in New

York was shorter: She lost inthe second round Wednesdayto No. 29 Alona Bondarenko6-2, 7-5.“Definitely disappointing,”

Oudin sa id . “ I s t i l l have ,hopefully, like, 10 more yearsin my career, hopeful ly 10more U.S . Opens ahead ofme. So I’ll definitely be look-ing forward again to nextyear.”Among the seeded women

bowing out was No. 21 ZhengJie, overwhelmed 6-3, 6-0 by2008 French Open championAna Ivanovic, who used to beranked No. 1 but has tumbledto No. 40.No. 13 Marion Bartoli, No.

28 Alisa Kleybanova and No.32 Tsvetana Pironkova alsolost. Pironkova was rankedonly 82nd in June, when sheshocked Venus Wil l iams inthe quarterfinals, and theycould have met in the thirdround in New York . ButP ironkova bowed out instraight sets against qualifierMandy Mine l la o fLuxembourg, who gets to faceWilliams instead.Will iams, who counts the

2000 and 2001 U.S. Opensamong her seven Grand Slamt i t les , s t rugg led for a b i tagainst 193rd-ranked qualifi-

er Rebecca Marino of Canadabefore pulling out a 7-6 (3),6-3 win.Marino actually led 3-1 in

the t iebreaker, be foreWil l iams took the next s ixstraight points to steal theopening set.“She started returning bet-

ter, serving bombs. I thinkshe def in i te ly upped herlevel ,” Marino said. “I didnotice at one point that shestarted to grunt pretty loudly.And i t ’s l ike, ‘Whoa, she’sgetting serious here.’”

Isner def. GilMarathon man John Isner

hit 19 aces and needed lessthan two hours to eliminatePortugal’s Frederico Gil 6-4,6-3, 6-4 in the first round ofthe U.S. Open on Wednesdaynight.The 18th-seeded Isner is

best known for his record-breaking 11-hour, 5-minutevictory over Nicolas Mahut atWimbledon this year, a first-round match that was spreadover three days and finished70-68 in the fifth set.There were no such the-

atr ics aga ins t G i l , in partbecause Isner did not face asingle break point, although

he only converted three of 19that he earned.The 6- foot -9 I sner was

play ing for the f i rs t t imesince injuring his ankle inCincinnat i two weeks ago,and he said it “felt great; Itook a four-to-six-week injuryand I got i t ready in twoweeks.”During his postmatch, on-

court interview, Isner wasasked — of course — abouthis match against Mahut atthe All England Club in June.Ever since then, Isner has

made clear that he appreci-ates having been a part ofthat match, yet hopes to oneday be known for somethingelse he accomplishes in ten-nis.“ I t was a pret ty h is tor ic

match,” he said Wednesday,“but I want to put it behindme.”Mahut failed to qualify for

the s ing les tournament atFlushing Meadows, but he didenter the men’s doublesevent , los ing ear l ierWednesday. He said he chat-ted briefly with Isner beforethe Amer ican took to thecourt aga ins t G i l , who i sranked 87th and fell to 0-9 inGrand Slam action.

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Federico Gil lost in three sets to American John Isner at the US OpenWednesday. Isner needed just over two hours to win the match.

“We play them home oraway every single year,so that really sets the barhigh for the girls, and weknow where we s t andright off the bat playing as t rong powerhouse , ”Kuschel said.

The Be l l e s t ake t hecour t nex t a t t heElmhurst Invitational onFriday and Saturday.

Irish need to focus on playing. “At the end of the day, if you

do that, if you play hard and giveeverything you have for fourquarters, my experience hasshown me that that’s going to bepretty good, and we’re going tohave a lot of success,” he said.

“So that’s kind of how we’vedealt with the burgeoning pres-sure of being at Notre Dame.We’re just going to go play.”

The Irish hope to start theirseason at a fast pace as theydefend their t i t le at theCrusader Open at Sunset FarmHills in Valparaiso, Ind.

Both the Irish men’s andwomen’s teams claimed thetitle at last year’s CrusaderOpen and also claimed individ-ual titles as well.

Senior Spencer Carter wonthe men’s individual title at theOpen last season, running therace in 19:16, and junior KellyLynch and senior MatAbernethy finished second andthird, respectively. All threewill shoot for another strongshowing and try to sweep the

top spots. With the men’s team holding

high hopes of a strong start tothe season, the Irish women’steam also has set the bar high.

Both teams will be compet-ing at the Crusader Open, andtypically use the first meet ofthe season as an ‘experiencemeet.’

“Runners that need experi-ence in order to improve willcompete,” Irish women’s coachTim Connelly said. “This meethelps to get experience.”

Connelly said early exposureto the races could be especial-ly helpful for some runners,and that freshmen would getthe chance to see if they areready to race at the collegiatelevel.

However, the freshmen won’t

be the only ones gaining expe-rience this weekend. Threejuniors will be trying to showthat they are among the top onthe Irish squad.

Connelly said juniors KariJohnson, Susanna Sullivan andMolly Hirt are close to joiningthe Irish el i te and wil l beexpected to show that they areready to run well in theupcoming season.

“They are pretty close tobeing our top runners,”Connelly said. “They just needto make that jump.”

They will get their opportu-nity to make that jump whenthe Valparaiso Crusader Openkicks off on Friday.

feel like our middle attackcould be a little bit better incombination; if our passing isa little bit better then our mid-dle attack could be better.”

Despite the need forimprovement, a number ofIrish players posted impressivestats in the ShamrockInvitational. Acing her wayinto her col-lege careerwas fresh-man outsidehitter AndreaM c H u g h ,whose per-formance inthe threem a t c h e searned herthe Big EastRookie of theWeek honor.M c H u g hreadily made her presenceknown on the court at thePurcell Pavilion, recording twodouble-doubles with 11 killsand 16 digs against Marshallon Aug. 27 and 14 kills and 18digs Aug. 28. She closed theweekend with 12 kills and asolo block, as well as had anace in each of her threematches.

Also recording notable per-formances in the ShamrockInvitational were Sciacca,Dealy, and sophomores HilaryEppink and Marie Roof.Sciacca registered 48 kills and12 blocks as Dealy struckdown 38 kills, 4 assists, and 34digs. Dealy was also the keyplayer in bringing the Irish thewin over Cal Poly with threeconsecutive kills in the fifthset. Eppink followed with 21kills, six digs, and 12 blocks,as well as two aces against CalPoly. Roof added in her own 10kills, nine digs, and 12 blocks.

Freshman setter SammieBrown, too, showed her skillson the court with 129 assistsand 28 digs.

The players who were on thecourt last weekend aren’t theonly ones on the coachingstaff’s minds though.

“In practice we’ve tried towork on integrating some ofthe players that haven’t hadan opportunity to play yet intothe line up,” Brown said. “Wehave a lot of talent on thebench and we’re just trying to

find ways to uti-lize the talentthat we have.”

The Irishhope to utilizethose talentsthis weekendwith threematches in twodays. Such atight scheduleon the roadmight alsoworry someteams and

cause them to lose focus, butNotre Dame is excited instead.

“On the road, you’re witheach other more, you’re think-ing about and talking aboutvolleyball more,” Brown said.“You’re not going back to yourdorm room or someplace inbetween matches; you’re stay-ing together. It’s actually apretty fun thing when you’reon these road trips and theteam gets to know each otherbetter. I think that’s one of thethings that helps the team gelso much.”

As they work to gel togetherand mix up the lineup, theIrish will take on BelmontFriday,at 4:00 p.m. Pacificbefore playing both WeberState and Nevada Saturday, at10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.,respectively.

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n’t an overly competitive meet,and not someone I’m looking togauge our success off of.”

Sophomore Julia Kinney(20:48) was the first femalecompetitor to cross the finishline and came in 11th overall.Kinney was closely followed byher teammates junior JoanneAlmond (21:03), senior CatieSalyer (21:22), senior ClaireMcVey (22:07), sophomoreEmma Baker (22:09), and sen-ior Kristy Kucharski (22:14).

With the exception of fresh-man Colette Curtis, the team’sroster hasn’t changed muchsince last fall when they con-cluded their season at theNCAA Division III Regional

Competition in Terre Haute,Ind.

“We have a lot of depth thisyear, and our front pack looks alot more relaxed and a lotdeeper,” Bauters said. “This isprobably one of the strongestteams I’ve coached.

The Belles welcome backsophomore Dani Haydell, whotook the second half of last sea-son off due to an injury.Haywell completes the 19-per-son roster.

“Even though this wasn’t arace that counted towards any-thing, they still went out andgave their best today,” Bauterssaid. “They have high expecta-tions in general of themselves,which will make for a good sea-son for us.”

Despite the hints at upcomingsuccess, the Belles will beworking on one particular

aspect before the upcomingconference meets.

“I think we’re just going tohave to get our racing strategyfor our three through sevenspots so they can race togeth-er,” Bauters said. “They kind ofsplit up today. We’re going totry to close that gap from threeto seven and have that be areally strong pack before we goto our MIAA competition thatreally counts.”

The next competition for theBelles will take place atWabash on Saturday.

“We hope we can recoverenough to be ready forSaturday,” Bauters said. “Thefirst couple of weeks are justgoing to be exploring what wehave the potential to do.”

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As they do every year, theBelles opened their seasonagainst Bethel in a matchupof cross-town rivals. Makingfull use of their home courtadvantage, the Pilots hand-ed Saint Mary’s its first lossof the season in straight sets(25-17, 25-12, 25-23).“The first game we came

out rea l l y s t rong ,” Be l lescoach Ton i Kusche l sa id .“We were a l i t t le b i t con-ce rned w i th our s e r ve r sgoing into the match, but wejust did a phenomenal jobon serve-receive. I cannotsay enough good th ingsabout our serve recept ionand our defense. Going intothe game s t rong , we ju s tpretty much went point-for-point with them.”P i l o t s sophomore Ca l l i e

Hartman led all players with11 k i l l s , wh i l e add ing 18digs and two blocks. JuniorAshley Wagner chipped inwi th n ine k i l l s , two aces ,and three blocks.Desp i t e p i ck ing up the

loss, several players madesignificant contributions forthe Be l l e s ( 0 -1 ) , wh i ch

Kuschel expects to continueheading into the conferenceseason.Sophomore A l l i s on

Zandarski paced the squadwith six kil ls, while fresh-man Christi Wyble and soph-omore S t ephan i e Bod i eneach added f our. Jun i o rDanie Brink helped lead theoffense with 14 assists to goalong with three digs.“Zandarski was just huge

up at the net for us, got alo t o f touches for us , andrea l l y came i n and d id ag rea t j ob i n key p l ay s , ”Kusche l sa id . “She rea l l yended the play well for us.She goe s up s t r ong , andputs the ball away when shegoes up . Tha t was r ea l l yg rea t t o s ee he r and ourjunior setter [Brink] connecttonight.”The Be l l e s s t rugg l ed t o

find a rhythm in the secondset, as Bethel (1-0) jumpedou t t o an ear l y l ead tha tthey would not relinquish.Nevertheless, Saint Mary’scame out strong to start thethird and final set, taking alead before the Pilots ralliedto earn their first victory ofthe season.

Eight Saint Mary’s runnerscompleted Wednesday’s homeexhibition race before the firstfemale runner from Goshenfinished as the Belles got astrong start to the 2010 season.“They looked really great

with a good, strong finish,”head coach Jackie Bauterssaid. “They ran together for themost part, which is great. Itwas a really good first raceperformance.”The Belles welcomed both

the men’s and the women’steams from their cross-towncompetitors, the GoshenCollege Leafs. “It was nice for the girls to

have the men to compete with,”Bauters said. “We don’t typical-ly race against Goshen. It was-

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FOOTBALL

Almost ready SMC takestop eightpositions

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Quarterback Nate Montana works through drills during Wednesday’spractice. Notre Dame opens the season with Purdue Saturday.

ND VOLLEYBALL

Irish focus on themselves

After a challenging Sundaymatch that ended in defeatagainst Arizona, the Irish areready to take another standthis weekend as they travel tothe Nevada Invitational inReno, Nevada, to take on a trioof teams, Belmont, Weber Stateand Nevada.But Notre Dame isn’t really

worried about other teamsright now. All Irish coachDebbie Brown and her playersare focused on right now istheir team.

“Our greater concern rightnow is how we’re playing andhow we’re progressing,”Brown said. “Certainly wethink that each of the teamswill present different chal-lenges for us but our mainfocus is on what we’re doingrather than what maybe ouropponent is going to do at thispoint in the season.”Placing the team first has

been working for them so far.The Irish opened their seasonthis past weekend at theShamrock Invitational, wherethey defeated Marshall 3-1 andCal Poly 3-2 but fell 3-1 to

Arizona. Notre Dame knew theweekend would be a challeng-ing one, especially with sixfreshmen making their Irishdebut, but it was successfuland gave Brown ideas of spe-cific areas of play that herteam needed to work on. “What we will work on

always throughout the seasonis our serve receive,” she said.“How we’re passing, how we’rehandling the opponent’s servesand receiving serves from a lotof different areas on the court,different types of serves. We

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Freshman outside hitter Andrea McHugh waits at the net during Notre Dame’s match againstArizona last Sunday. McHugh won Big East Rookie of the Week honors last week.

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Belles drop opener tocross-town rival Bethel

Players look to Saturday while coaching staff strives to stay focused on last practice

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see BROWN/page 14

By MEAGHAN VESELIKSports Writer

By MOLLY SAMMONSports WriterWith just days until Notre

Dame’s season opener againstPurdue, Irish coach Brian Kellyis looking for perfection. “Our guys are obviously at that

point where they want to play onSaturday,” Kelly said after prac-tice Wednesday. “We’re obvious-ly excited about the opportunity,but we’ve still got some work todo.”Kelly said Wednesday’s prac-

tice was a work day, andThursday’s will be about perfect-ing skills before Friday’s walk-through. “They’re anxious to play,”

Kelly said, “but we’ve just got topull the reins back a little bit andmake sure that they continue todo what they need to do.” The players, though, are look-

ing ahead to Saturday. “I’m waiting to feel what all

the players feel the first timethey run out of the tunnel,”freshman wide receiver TJ Jonessaid. However, players are also feel-

ing pressure for the first game. “Purdue’s a good team,” junior

center Braxston Cave said.“We’re going to have to bringour A-game.”Offensive coordinator Charley

Molnar said the coaches have astrategy to counteract anynerves the players may feel. “We just get them to play fast

and really concentrate on theirassignment,” Molnar said.“When that happens they’re notthinking about the crowd or any-thing else, they’re just thinkingabout executing to the best oftheir ability.” Kelly said the team would be

ready for Saturday’s game. “What we won’t be is not pre-

pared,” he said. “… That’s themost important, at the end of theday, that my kids are prepared toplay and that I put them in agood position.” However, he refrained from

making any sort of predictions. “I won’t know until we start

playing,” he said. “On paper,these guys are fine. But on paperis one thing. How does Daynereact when now it’s cover-zeroand he has to react? I have tosee him with the bullets flying.”Overall, Kelly said Tuesday, the

By LAURA MYERSSports Writer

see KELLY/page 14

see GOSHEN/page 14

By CHRIS MASOUDSports Writer

see PILOTS/page 14