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Poorman steps down after 11 years

Fr Mark Poorman, vice presi-

d e n t f o r S t u d e n t A f f a i r s , w i l l step down from his position at the end of the school year the University announced Tuesday

P o o r m a n h a s s e r v e d a s v i c e president for 11 years and will

b e s u c c e e d e d b y F r T h o m a s Doyle on June 30

D o y l e c u r r e n t l y s e r v e s a s executive vice president at the

U n i v e r s i t y o f P o r t l a n d , a Catholic university in Portland,

O r e a f f i l i a t e d w i t h t h e Congregation of Holy Cross

“I am profoundly grateful for

University for the past decade ”

P o o r m a n s a i d i n a U

press release This ministry to o

been one of the most rewarding of my life as a priest and member of the Congregation of Holy Cross ”

Poorman who took the posi-

, said in the release he will be on sabbatical leave next year, and then he will return to the theol-

executive assistant to the

professor of theology

Stanford loss ‘fitting end’ to season

By AARON STEINER News Writer

A s t h e c l o c k r a n d o w n t o

z e r o i n P a l o A l t o S a t u r d a y

C a r d i n a l f a n s p u t a f i n a l p u n c t u a t i o n m a r k o n N o t r e

D a m e ’ s d i s a p p o i n t i n g s e a s o n w h e n t h e y s t o r m e d t h e f i e l d

a m i d v a r i o u s c h e e r s s o m e a d v o c a t i n g C h a r l i e W e i s ’

o u s t e r, a n d s o m e a d v o c a t i n g

s t a r S t a n f o r d r u n n i n g b a c k

To b y G e r h a r t a s a H e i s m a n candidate

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Stadium,

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game, saying the team had its ups and downs but the string o f f o u r l

season F r e s h m a n T i m C z e c h agreed the loss Saturday was

By KRISTEN DURBIN

Countries, cities, communities and people around the world are

the effects of HIV/AIDS today in observance of World AIDS Day

Social Concerns (CSC), ND-8 and other student activists are sponsoring several events to educate

about the disease and to

effects and its prevention

The CSC conducted a campuswide survey to assess the awareness of the Notre Dame commu-

responded to the survey

“The number of responses is telling of campus that there are

seriously and have been

By IRENA ZAJICKOVA

Green beans are evil

I’m writing to bring light to a serious issue perhaps the most important of our time I realize there has been loads of bad news lately, but this one overshadows it all It’s one that affects at least half of the students living on this wonderful campus For too long the menace has been ignored The time has come to out the greatest threat that many of us will ever encounter I’m speaking, of course, about the green beans at South Dining Hall

Ryan Raffin

Scene Writer

Kar la Garcia-Huer ta junior Pasquerilla East

“Santa Claus.”

Yor k Chuang freshman St Edward s

“Brady Quinn.”

“Hire back Bob Davie He had a better record ” Jason Sim sophomore St Edward s

Tom McKee sophomore St Edward s

“Ted Bundy.”

Jay Mathes sophomore St Edward s

“Keep Charlie, hire Ralph Friedgen and Mark Mangino to compile the most imposing sideline ”

Jon Vamadeva sophomore St Edward s

“Jesus.”

Their legume-y evil cannot be contained With their rubbery texture awful flavor and haunting aftertaste, they are beans of pure malice It is clear upon tasting them that the beans were grown somewhere in the Sixth Circle of Hell, and then boiled using the tears of Army widows (though the salt was removed lest the beans have some element of appetizing flavor) They are then transferred to a chafing dish, where they are kept at a temperature best described as somewhere between “tepid” and “lukewarm ” No less than Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi described them as the cause of 47 of the last 65 wars [worldwide]” in his recent speech to the United Nations General Assembly Can we really allow such a threat to exist, nay to flourish on this campus?

We need to be proactive we need to go to the source The green beans need to be removed completely from this campus, if not the world And if you still have objections let me confront you with some cold hard facts: Green beans voted against your candidate in the 2008 presidential election Green beans killed Michael Jackson Green beans saw “The Hangover” and didn’t laugh once Green beans think O J Simpson has never committed a crime

Does this sound like the kind of plant we want in our dining hall?

After all this is a Catholic institution If those facts aren’t enough for you, this should be the final nail in the coffin: In a recent survey, historians nationwide ranked green beans at No 27 on the list of Worst Things Ever, above Pol Pot (29), but narrowly below the bubonic plague (26) and Josef Stalin (25) I can only speculate as to the long term effects of eating those wretched beans, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they caused lung cancer Certainly they won’t stop you from getting cancer

GRACE KENESEY/The Observer

The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer

Contact Ryan Raffin at rraffin@nd edu

Let’s not waste another second, lest another naïve freshman dump a portion of that horrid legume on their plate We cannot stand idly by and allow stomachs to be taken advantage of The proliferation of those beans across the fruited plain is one of the great tragedies of our era Students of Notre Dame, I implore you to take a stand against the green beans Only by uniting can we succeed against the tyranny of their foul taste We the people are more powerful than any plant can, or ever will, be It is time for change to come to this campus Make yourselves heard The Obser ver regards itself as a professional publication and strives for the highest standards of journalism at all times We do,

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Club presents convention overview

By NIKKI TAYLOR News Writer

Disorders

meeting Monday night C

t a n d m e m b e r C h r i s t i n e D i t s spoke about what they learned

a t t h e n a t i o n a l c o n f e r e n c e

T h e m e m b e r s w h o a t t e n d e d had the opportunity to see cut-

t i n g - e d g e t e c h n o l o g y i n t h e i r field Fallet said

F o r e x a m p l e , t h e y l e a r n e d a b o u t a n e w t e c h n o l o g y t h a t tracks how much a child talks

Christmas

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opportunity to decorate cookies

and holiday-related activities

according to the project sheet

Call said students could also

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Salvation Army or participate in reflection time for students with vespers services and discussion sessions

Students and staff can be as involved as they want

“ S t u d e n t s , f a c u l t y a n d s t a f f are involved in a wide variety of w a y s T h i s i s a c a m p u s - w i d e

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s t y e a r, but Soler hopes to expand the event to raise more even more m o n e y t h a n l a s t y e a r ’ s e v e n t did

“Last year the freshman class council put on a two-day event

f o r t h e S t B a l d r i c k s f o u n d ation We had about 140 people shave their heads,” Soler said “It was a big success and everyo n e l o v e d i t T h i s y e a r w e ’ r e d o i n g t h e s a m e t h i n g b u t expanding the event ” Soler said a fundamental part of broadening the event’s scope w a s t o g e t m o r e w o m e n i n v o l v e d w h i c h i s w h y s h e w a n t s t o g e t o u t t h e m e s s a g e that girls should put off cutting their hair until the event

“ I f w e ’ r e going to do the

P a n t e n e G r e a t

L e n g t h s p r ogram, you need

[ t o d o n a t e ] e i g h t i n c h e s o f h a i r s o w e can’t have peop l e c u t t i n g t h e i r h a i r a n d n o t h a v i n g

e n o u g h ” S o l e r said

a n d h o w m u c h t h e y a r e prompted by their parent This n e w i n v e n t i o n w i l l p r o v i d e effective screening for autism, Fallet said

T h e c l u b m e m b e r s a l s o a t t e n d e d a l u n c h e o n

d o m l y s e l e c t e d a n d w o n a

$500 scholarship for graduate school

D i t s w a s a b l e t o m e e t u p with a group she was interest-

e d i n a t a c a r e e r f a i r c a l l e d F r i e n d s w h o w o r k w i t h s t u ttering, an area that she is part i c u l a r l y i n t e r e s t e d i n h a v i n g battled stuttering herself Thanks to her attendance at t h i s a n d o t h e r

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p m a n t h e b o o t h f o r Friends at next year ’ s convention “

e v e n t a n d p e o p l e c a n b e involved as little or as much as t h e y w o u l d l i k e , ” a c c o r d i n g t o the sheet

To get involved, Call said stud e n t s c a n v o l u n t e e r t o j o i n committees for the group

T h e i d e a f o r t h e 1 2 D a y s o f Christmas has grown since Call began at Saint Mary’s

“The project kind of grew on its own over the years I started the family/individual adoptions when I came into this office in 2004 and it has expanded over the years ” Call said T h e r e a r e s e v e r a l e v e n t s planned for every day through Dec 12

To d a y, t h e r e w i l l b e a b l o o d drive, stocking decorating and

getting girls involved we’ll raise a lot more funds,” Soler said

L a s t y e a r, t h e e v e n t r a i s e d $ 2 5 , 0 0 0 a n d S o l e r s a i d t h i s y e a r ’ s g o a l i s t o d o u b l e t h a t amount

A m o n g t h e other goals for t h e e v e n t a r e t o g e t m o r e campus groups involved Soler

s a i d s h e a l r e a d y h a s o r g a n i z a t i o n s s u c h a s t h e A r m y R O T C a n d f o o t b a l l t e a m w h o want to participate, as well as individual resid e n c e h a l l s s u c h a s D u n c a n and Lyons

Contact Nikki Taylor at ntaylo01@saintmar ys edu

photos will be taken next to the C h r i s t m a s t r e e i n R e i g n b e a u x Lounge in Le Mans Hall

The rest of the week’s activities will include fudge decorating, card making, a St Nicholas festival, breakfast with Santa at t h e h o m e l e s s c e n t e r, g i n g e rbread house making and several more

The complete list of activities c a n b e f o u n d

Mary s Web site

Anyone interested in participating can visit the booth set up i n t h e S t u d e n t C e n t e r a t r i u m from 11 a m to 1 p m during the remainder of the week

Contact Ashley Charnley at acharn01@saintmar ys.edu

“I actually thought shaving my head was the best thing I’ve ever done I raised a lot of money and it brought a lot of awareness to service work in general ”

T iffany Robak senior

participate

“This year, we want to make i t m o r e i n t e r a c t i v e a n d g e t m o r e N o t r e Dame students

“[St Baldrick’s Day] was a big success and everyone loved it This year we ’ re doing the same thing but expanding the event.”

Soler

Catherine

president sophomore class council

S o l e r s a i d s h e h o p e s i f e n o u g h w o m e n l i s t e n t o t h i s advice, the event will be able to p u l l i n s u b s t a n t i a l l y m o r e money than last year

“We’re really hoping that by

i n v o l v e d , ” Soler said T i f f a n y R o b a k , a s e ni o r w h o s h a v e d h e r h e a d f o r t h e event last year

a n d r a i s e d almost $4 000 said she thinks s t u d e n t s w h o p a r t i c i p a t e i n the hair-donation event will

b e n e f i t n o t o n l y c a n c e r p a t i e n t s b u t a l s o themselves

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halls “ F r P o o r m a n h a s p r o v i d e d outstanding service to the stud e n t s f a c u l t y a n d s t a f f o f Notre Dame as our vice presid e n t f o r S t u d e n t A f f a i r s , ”

U n i v e r s i t y P r e s i d e n t F r J o h n

J e n k i n s s a i d i n t h e r e l e a s e “ O n b e h a l f o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y community, I thank him for his o r g a n i z a t i o n a l l e a d e r s h i p h i s g e n e r o u s c o n t r i b u t i o n s a s a H o l y C r o s s p r i e s t - a d m i n i s t r ator, and, most importantly, his w h o l e h e a r t e d d e d i c a t i o n t o our students ” F r D o y l e g r a d u a t e d f r o m

N o t r e D a m e i n 1 9 8 9 a n d w a s ordained in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in 1998 He has s e r v e d a s a r e c t o r i n K e o u g h Hall and an adjunct professor o f b u s i n e s s e t h i c s i n t h e Mendoza College of Business “ N o t

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Poorman

Soler’s goal in raising publicity is to open the event to members of the South Bend community as well, and invite people who live in the city but are not

heads

Soler said she hopes students who see the event in progress will also be inspired to participate, even if they were not originally planning on doing so

last year was that it’s a really fun event and you feel a lot of c a m a r a d e r i e , ” S o l e r s a i d “ I t ’ s contagious and you want to be a part of it I think that makes it unique because you see that you re doing a good thing, you see that you ’ re helping ”

Contact Irena Zajickova at izajicko@nd edu

national issue and a local issue both in St Joseph County and on campus, ” Hebbeler said “We w a n t t o j u x t a p o s e d i v e r g e n t v o i c e s o n m a t t e r s o f s e x u a l ethics, church teaching and the s t i g m a e n d u r e d b y A I D S patients and their friends and family ” A l t h o u g h t h e s u r v e y r e s u l t s have not been released, the survey clearly elicited a wide varie t y o f s t u d e n t r e s p o n s e s T h e last survey question was open ended which allowed students t o e x p r e s s o p i n i o n s r e g a r d i n g a b s t i n e n c e , c o n t r a c e p t i o n and factors in t h e s p r e a d a n d p r e v e ntion of AIDS W h i l e s o m e s t u d e n t s s h a r e d t h e i r p e r s o n a l s t ories and exper i e n c e s w i t h the issue, othe r s e x p r e s s e d a l a c k o f k n o w l e d g e a b o u t t h e e f f e c t s o f A I D S o n campus “The main purpose of the surv e y w a s t o e l i c i t s t u d e n t r e s p o n s e s t o s e e w h e r e t h e y s t a n d i n t e r m s o f a w a r e n e s s and education, Hebbeler said “We also want to put a face on t h e g l o b a l i s s u e , d i s c u s s i t s social and medical effects and f i n d m e t h o d s o f i n t e r v e n t i o n and prevention

“The main goal for the project is to get students engaged on an intellectual level about this serious issue that is clearly affecting the Notre Dame community ” Hebbeler said “We want to get the word out, prompt students to think about the issue critically and gather and discuss the varying viewpoints and possible preventive measures ” According to Hebbeler, World A I D S D a y i s

he hopes the conversation will continue In order to facilitate this continued conversation and put a face on the issue Deb Stanley a c

“This is definitely a global issue on a massive scale, a national issue and a local issue, both in St Joseph County and on campus ”

Michael Hebbeler director student leader ship and senior transitions

ybased learning c o o

t o r who focuses on A I

Geddes Hall

H e b b e l e r s a i d m a k i n g t h e issue real for students is anothe r f u n c t i o n o f t h e s u r v e y because the 15-24 year old age g r o u p h a s o n e o f t h e f a s t e s t growing rates of contraction of the HIV virus

T h e C S C i s o v e r s e e i n g t h e day’s events, but the ND-8 club and a student task force are the primary student groups getting the word out on the issue The task force, which includes students who participated in summer service learning programs in AIDS clinics, created the survey and came up with on-campus events

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“The Stanford game seemed to sum up the season start strong and then lose it at the end,” he said S

failed to meet expectations

B u t C z e c h

team’s record could have easily turned out much better or much worse

s l o s s e s c a m e i n games with a less than seven

p o i n t s p r e a d , a n d t h e v i c t or i e s N e v a d a a n d Washington State excluded

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the NFL next year

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or Tate for leaving the team “ T h e y ’

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h e y s t a y, a n d Clausen could have a stronger position in the NFL draft were he to stick it out another year

At the conclusion of Charlie Weis’ fifth and final season at N

“ F o o t b a l

again,” she said

Weis era

A synonym for Notre Dame is champions and we have not had a championship in a long time ” she said She said the program needs a new coach and new start to

onships

Contact Aaron Steiner at asteiner@nd.edu

N e w b o o k g i v e s

advice to students

their peers

College-bound students know they have to be book-smart in order to get in to a top school But when it comes to impressing professors and standing out in the crowd, good grades are only one part of the equation A new book by a University of N

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emphasizes the importance of

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teachers what

the most out of

earned and

college education “

y o u r Professors” by Anita E Kelly,

p r o f e s s o r o f

In conjunction with the book s release, Kelly also has launched a n e w C l e v e r S t

which can be found on the Web at http://thecleverstudent com It is my hope that through the book and the blog, I can help students use their social intelli-

their professors, including getting very good grades and amazing letters of recommendation,”

Kelly said At the very least, I

“It is my hope that through the book and the blog, I can help students use their social intelligence to get the most out of their professors, including getting very good grades and amazing letters of recommendation”

Anita E Kelly professor of psycholog y

p s y c h o l o g y a t Notre Dame, aims to give students a leg up by offering strategies for top performance in the college classroom

In the book, newly released by Corby Books, Kelly offers strategies to college students on such topics as social intelligence and classroom participation as well as an insider’s perspective on how professors think The book also provides practical tips for how to handle missed classes or exams write a great paper for a demanding professor, and get top-notch faculty letters of recommendation It also contains a test of social intelligence in the classroom so students can see how savvy they are compared to

tools will help

with their professors ” Kelly also is

numerous

entific articles

work on secrecy has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, New York

Newsday Glamour and Health

Northwestern University, Kelly earned her doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Florida in 1991 She became a

1993 while serving as an assist

Member for teaching She has been at Notre Dame since 1994 and became a Kaneb Teaching Fellow in 2008

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detained at Guantanamo arrived in Italy late Monday and will be tried on international terrorism charges for having allegedly recruited fighters for Afghanistan, officials said Adel Ben Mabrouk 39 and Mohamed Ben Riadh Nasri, 43, are suspected of being members of a terror group with ties to al-Qaida T

upon arrival in Milan and were being interrogated a prosecutor told The Associated Press

I

“rebuild his life in France,” his lawyer Robert Kirsch said in a statement Monday Lahmar was arrested along with five other Algerians in Bosnia in 2001 on suspicion of plotting to bomb the U S Embassy in Sarajevo A judge ordered him and four others released for lack of evidence

First gay mar riage in region blocked

BUENOS AIRES Argentina An Argentine judge put a hold Monday on another court’s decision to permit the first gay marriage in Latin America, but supporters of the couple said they would try to go ahead with the ceremony anyway

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judge Marta Gomez Alsina ordered the wedding blocked until the issue can be considered by the Supreme Court

Jose Maria Di Bello and his partner, Alex Freyre, set plans to wed Tuesday based on an earlier ruling by a city judge in Buenos Aires

Measure proposed to ban divorce

SACRAMENTO Til death do us part? The vow would really hold true in California if a Sacramento Web designer gets his way In a movement that seems

John Marcotte wants to put a measure on the ballot next

California

The effort is meant to be

gay marriage in 2008, largely on the argument that a ban is needed to protect the sanctity o

that’s the case, then Marcotte reasons voters should have no problem banning divorce

“Since California has decided to protect traditional marriage, I think it would be hypocritical of us not to sacrifice s

soldier who raped a girl and killed her and three family members in Iraq challenged his convictions Monday saying he was wrongly

faced a military trial

In a 71-page appeal filed with the U S 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, attorneys for Steven Dale Green are seeking to have the law used

turned

The law, passed in 2000, allows the federal

spouses and contractors in civilian courts for crimes that happened overseas

“ T h a t ’ s t h e o v e r a r c h i n g i s s u e , ” s a i d G r e e n s d e f e n s e a t t

Louisville

Green is also contesting whether the milit a r y v a l i d l y d i s c h a r g e d h i m b e f o r e h e w a s charged in civilian court

Doc. sentenced for groping patients

SACRAMENTO A former California plastic surgeon was sentenced Monday to three

groping female patients

Dr Scott Takasugi was convicted of sexually exploiting two of his patients by touching their genitals before he operated on them

His sentencing had been delayed twice, the first time because of the Nov 19 death of his f a t h e r, f o r m e r s t a t e A s s e m b l y m a n N a o Ta k a s u g i S e n t e n c i n g w a s d e

d a g a i n while the 56-year-old former Kaiser surgeon underwent a 72-hour psychiatric evaluation in Ventura

protect traditional marriage even more, ” the 38-year-old married father of two said Marcotte said he has collected dozens of signatures, including one from his wife of seven years The initiative’s Facebook fans have swelled t o m o r e t h a n 1 1 0 0 0 Volunteers that include gay activists and members of a l o c a l c

signed on to help M a r c o

s

o o k i n g i n t o whether he can gather signatures online as proponents a r e d o i n g

repeal the gay marriage ban

B u t t h e o d d s a r e s t a c k e d against a campaign funded primarily by the sale of $12 T-shirts featuring bride and groom stick figures chained at the wrists

M a r c o t t e n e e d s 6 9 4 , 3 5 4 valid signatures by March 22, a h i g

drive costs millions of dollars

Even if his proposed constitutional amendment made next y

s n

c

e a r how voters would react Nationwide about half of all marriages end in divorce Not surprisingly, Marcotte s campaign to make divorce in California illegal has divided

those involved in last year ’ s c a m p a i g n f o r a n d a g a i n s t Proposition 8 A s m u c h a s e v e r y o n e w o u l d l i k e t o s e e f e w e r d i v o r c e s , m a k i n g i t i l l e g a l would be impractical, said Ron Prentice, the executive d i r e c t o r o f t h e C a l i f o r n i a F a m i l y C o u n c i l w h o l e d a coalition of religious and cons e r v a t i v e g r o u p s t o q u a l i f y Proposition 8

N o o t h e r s t a t e b a n s divorce and only a few count r i e s , i n c l u d i n g t h e P h i l i p p i n e s a n d M a l t a , d o The Roman Catholic Church a l s o p r o h i b i t s d i v o r c e b u t a l l o w s a n n u l m e n t s T h e

C a l i f o r n i a p r o p o s a l w o u l d amend the state constitution

t o e l i m i n a t e t h e a b i l i t y o f

m a r r i e d c o u p l e s t o g e t divorced while allowing mar-

r i e d c o u p l e s t o s e e k a n

could be overturned The Council of Europe said banning “ new

ises concerns as to whether fundamental

international treaties, should be

ject to popular votes

council s secretary-general, Thorbjorn Jagland, suggests

y t h e E u r o p e a n

annulment

Prentice said proponents of t r a d i t i o n a l m a r r i a g e o n l y s e e k t o s t r e n g t h e n t h e o n e man-one woman union

“That’s where our intention begins and ends, he said

J e f f r e y Ta y l o r, a s p o k e s m a n f o r R e s t o r e

Equality 2010 a coalition of same-sex marriage activists seeking to repeal Proposition 8, said the coalition supports Marcotte’s message but has no plans to join forces with him

“We find it quite hilarious,” Taylor said of the initiative

M a r c o t t e , w h o r u n s t h e comedy site BadMouth net in his spare time, said he has received support from across t h e p o l i t i c a l

C o u r t o f H u m a n R i g h t s c o n d e m n i n g S w i t z e r l a n d f o r v i o l a t i n

e

r e l i g i o n a n d prohibition of discrimination S w i s s J u s t i c e M i n i s t e r E v e l i n e Widmer-Schlumpf said the ban would come into force immediately, but also i n d i c a t e d t h a t t h e c o u r t c o u l d s t r i k e d o w n t h e S u n d a y v o t e w h i c h incurred swift condemnation at home a n d a b r o a d f o r b a n n i n g t h e t o w e r s u s e d t o p u t o u t t h e I s l a m i c c a l l t o prayer “The ban contradicts the European Convention on Human Rights,” Zurich daily Blick cited Widmer-Schlumpf as

s a y i n g , r e f e r r i n g

viewed by American Family A s s o c i a t

a M i s s i s s i p p ibased organization that contributed to last year ’ s Yes on 8 campaign He was mentioned by Keith

“World’s Best Persons” segment for giving supporters of Proposition 8 their “ comeuppance in California Marcotte, who is Catholic and voted against Proposition 8 views himself as an accidental activist A registered D e m o c r a t , h e l e d a “ b a n divorce” rally recently at the state Capitol in Sacramento to launch his effort and was pleasantly surprised at the

signs that read, You too can vote to take away civil rights from someone ”

in Strasbourg, France, was created to ensure member states abide by The referendum backed by nationa

Man on trial for shooting of wife, two daughters, aggravated burglary

City official charged with murder Longtime boyfriend proposes to Clinton

LY N D O N , K a n A f o r m e r

Missouri city official previously accused of assaulting his wife was charged Monday with capital murder in the shootings of

h e r a n d t h e i r t w o t e e n a g e daughters in eastern Kansas

James Kraig Kahler, 46, also was charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder in

t h e s h o o t i n g o f h i s e s t r a n g e d wife’s 89-year-old grandmother

a n d o n e c o u n t o f a g g r a v a t e d burglary Authorities suspect he

b r o k e i n t o t h e g r a n d m o t h e r s home near Topeka, where the shootings occurred

During Kahler’s first appear-

a n c e i n O s a g e C o u n t y D i s t r i c t Court, Judge Phillip Fromme set bail at $10 million and scheduled another hearing for Dec 10 Kahler who often went by his middle name Kraig, declined to comment as sheriff ’ s deputies escorted him in handcuffs from jail to the courthouse He had

We d n e s d a y o n a d o m e s t i c assault charge stemming from an altercation with his wife in March that led to the loss of his j o b a s d i r e c t o r o f C o l u m b i a ’ s Water & Light Department

A divorce trial for Kahler and his 44-year-old wife, Karen, was scheduled to start Dec 21, but a settlement hearing was planned for Friday Court records showed that he complained of financial pressures and the couple had been sparring over their children

The Kahlers’ daughters, Emily, 18, and Lauren, 16, were killed Saturday along with their moth-

e r H i s w i f e ’ s g r a n d m o t h e r, Dorothy Wight 89 was wounded The couple’s 10-year-old son, Sean, was at Wight s house south of Burlingame on Saturday but was uninjured

Wight remained in critical condition at a Topeka hospital, said Ashley Anstaett, spokeswoman for the attorney general’s office She declined to say where the boy was staying

D a n P i n g e l t o n , a C o l u m b i a a t t o r n e y r e p r e s e n t i n g K a r e n Kahler in the divorce, described her husband as controlling

“From the facts I heard, I think he was a misogynist,” Pingelton said

He said Kahler refused to see his daughters Emily attended

t h e S t L o u i s C o l l e g e o f

Pharmacy and Lauren was an honors student at a Columbia high school

Pingelton said Kahler set up a v i s i t w i t h h i s s o n o v e r t h e

Thanksgiving holiday

“He never was interested in his daughters only his son ” Pingelton said “And I think that is the reason that little boy is alive today ”

A single capital murder count covers the three killings; Kansas law allows the death penalty for multiple murders arising from a single “scheme or course of conduct

But the Kansas attorney general’s office also filed three alternative charges of premeditated f i r s t - d e g r e e m u r d e r i n w h a t

Deputy Attorney General Barry Disney called a “fallback position should jurors fail to convict Kahler of the capital charge

K a h l e r a n d h i s f a m i l y h a d moved to Missouri from Parker County, Texas, in July 2008, after he d been utilities director for the city of Weatherford for nine y e a r s I n C o l u m b i a , M o , h i s $150 000 annual salary made h i m t h e c i t y ’ s h i g h e s t p a i d employee

But he was asked to resign in S e p t e m b e r a n d w a s p a i d t w o months’ salary and one month of severance In an Oct 9 court filing he asked for relief from the temporary monthly payments of $ 2 , 0 3 0 i n c h i l d s u p p o r t a n d $1,500 in maintenance he was required to provide his family

K a h l e r s a i d h e e x p e c t e d t o

remain unemployed “for a substantial period of time,” adding that he was prevented by court order from withdrawing money f r o m h i s r e t i r e m e n t a c c o u n t pending the divorce In court on Monday, Fromme asked Kahler whether he could afford an attorney and Kahler

r e s p o n d e d t h a t h e h a d “ s o m e funds ” Nevertheless, the judge a p p o i n t e d t h e s t a

penalty defense unit in Topeka to represent him Kahler lived in Columbia until several weeks ago, according to neighbors On Nov 25, he notif

new address in Meriden, Kan , northeast of Topeka

In her court petition, Kahler’s wife described a “history of con-

couple s 23-year marriage She

l d i n v e s tm e n t b a n k e r M a r c M e z v i n s k y T h e c o u p l e s e n t a n e - m a i l t o f r i e n d s F r i d a y a n n o u n c i n g t h e n e w s s a y i n g t h e y w e r e

l o o k i n g a t a p o s s i b l e w e d d i n g n e x t s u m m e r M a t t M c K e n n a , a s p o k e s m a n f o r t h e f o r m e r p r e s i d e n t , c o n f i r m e d t h e e n g a g e m e n t M o n d a y M e z v i n s k y i s a s o n o f f o rm e r P e n n s y l v a n i a R e p

M a r j o r i e M a r g o l i e sM e z v i n s k y a n d f o r m e r I o w a R e p E d M e z v i n s k y, l o n g t i m e f r i e n d s o f t h e C l i n t o n s E d M e z v i n s k y w a s r e l e a s e d f r o m f e d e r a l p r i s o n l a s t y e a r a f t e r s e r v i n g a n e a r l y f i v e - y e a r s e n t e n c e f o r w i r e a n d b a n k f r a u d M a r g o l i e s - M e z v i n s k y s e r v e d j u s t o n e t e r m i n C o n g r e s s b e f o r e l o s i n g h e r s e a t i n 1 9 9 4

a f t e r v o t i n g i n f a v o r o f P r e s i d e n t C l i n t o n s 1 9 9 3 b u d g e t , w h i c h w a s c o n t r o v e rs i a l a t t h e t i m e T h e f o r m e r f i r s t d a u g h t e r a n d h e r f i a n c e b e c a m e

n Wa

h

n a n d b o t h a t t e n de d S t a n f o r d U n i v e r s i t

street

“I’m afraid it will escalate so far that someone is going to be seriously hurt,” she wrote

Pingelton said Karen Kahler believed her husband was hacking into her e-mail and commit-

around her home

“Karen was fearful of him but

afraid he was going to kill himself,” he said “Nobody had any

Smart abductor portrayed as controlling in testimony

S A LT L A K E C I T Y W i t n e s s testimony during a federal court hearing for the man charged in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart on Monday began to paint a picture of a self-absorbed, intelligent and controlling person

Brian David Mitchell was also

c o n c e r n e d a b o u t h i s p u b l i c image, wanted to be recognized as a Mormon prophet and was

o b s e s s i v e a b o u t h i s p e r s o n a l habits eating on a rigid schedule and exercising for hours at a t i m e a n d h i s r e l i g i o n , s a i d

stepdaughter LouRee Gaylor

“Religion was everything,” said

G a y l o r, w h o s e m o t h e r, Wa n d a Eileen Barzee, has already plead-

ed guilty to kidnapping and other charges in the case

Gaylor, 34, was the last of four prosecution witnesses who testified

M i t c h e l l , 5 6 , w a s i n d i c t e d o n c h a r g e s o f k i d n a p p i n g a n

a minor across state lines in 2008 five years after he was arrested He faces a lifetime prison sentence if convicted

R e l i g i o n w a s a t t h e c e n t e r o f daily life, said Gaylor, who lived w i t h t h e c o u p l e f o r t w o y e a r s beginning in 1988 But the kind image Mitchell projected to outsiders was a ruse, she said

learning the couple had cooked

and served her a pet rabbit for dinner one night “It was so they could get people to do things for them ” At home, Mitchell was dominating, used abusive language and d i s p l a y e d i n a p p r o p r i a t e s e x u a l behavior, including showing her pornographic pictures during

said

Gaylor’s statements on Monday

d Mitchell is competent and faking

symptoms to avoid prosecution

But defense attorneys dispute that conclusion and say the former street preacher is unable to

participate in his defense In state c o u r t , M i t c h e l l w a s d i a g n o s e d with a rare delusional disorder and twice deemed incompetent for trial, stalling a criminal case there

On Monday, Mitchell repeated a p a t t e r n o f d i s r u p t i v e c o u r t appearances singing Christmas carols including “Silent Night” and Joy to the World for 12 minutes before being removed to a h o l d i n g c e l l w h e r e h e c o u l d hear and watch the hearing

After the hearing, U S District Judge Dale Kimball’s will determine how the case proceeds either to a trial or toward treatment that could restore Mitchell’s competency

Also Monday two psychiatric

Tye Jensen and David Talley both

formed relationships with other patients

H

halls for hours and prayed while s

towel over his head, sometimes

Islamic studies and Arabic gave the court an analysis of Mitchell’s religious writings, including the 27-page manifesto known as the “The Book of Emmanuel David Isaiah ”

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ATLANTA US Airways’ pilots union said Monday it

and

Association said

investigation on the impact of the proposed transaction

b

National airports

Airways pilots union against

swap deal The Delta pilots union encouraged members in a memo Nov 6 to help in the effort to get government approval

said it had agreed to transfer 125 operating slot pairs

Reagan National

corridors like the Northeast are valuable to airlines

A slot is an interval of time during which an airline can take off or land its aircraft at an airport A pair refers to cities airlines fly between T

h e Delta-US Airways deal was announced, it was disclosed

t h a t A i r Tr a n A i r w a y s planned to stop flying to and from Newark N J effective Oct 25 and would give its t a

there to Continental Airlines

I

t LaGuardia and National airports

Continental has a hub at N

y International Airport, which

i

York City US Airways pilots union

s

implications

h i s transaction would create if it is allowed to be consummat-

e

Cleary said in a statement

Those conditions raise the p r o s p e c t o f m u c h h i g h e r fares and, if history repeats itself a reduction in service to smaller communities ” A spokesman for Delta Air Lines Inc , based in Atlanta, said nearly 10,000 of Delta’s

c u s t o m e r s a n d e m p l o y e e s h a v e v o i c e d t h e i r s u p p o r t for the proposed transaction

d i r e c t l y t o t h e Transportation and Justice

d e p a r t m e n t s U S A i r w a y s

G r o u p I n c s p o k e s w o m a n Michelle Mohr said her airline, based in Tempe, Ariz ,

believes the transaction will pass government review

It s not clear when government regulators will reach a decision

T h e t r a n s a c t i o n w o u l d a

LaGuardia operations The world’s biggest airline operator has said the deal would allow it to create a domestic hub at LaGuardia, even as D e l t a m a i n t a i n s a s t r o n g presence at New York’s John F K e n n e d y I n t e r n a t i o n a l Airport At the Washington airport, Delta said previously it expected to cut its daily departures from 89 to 55

I f i t s d e a l i s a p p r o v e d Delta has projected it would operate nearly 30 percent of the total available seat miles from the three main airports s e r v i n g N e w Yo r k C i t y Available seat miles meas-

ure an airline’s capacity for c a r r y i n g p a s s e n g e r s I t equals the number of seats available multiplied by miles flown U S A i r w a y s m e a n w h i l e has said it would expand

LaGuardia,

would not be affected The airline’s regional car-

expected to be hit hard by US Airways’

Horseshoe, opened in 1951 after colorful owner Benny Binion moved to Las Vegas from Texas and bought the Apache Hotel and Eldorado Club

Over the years, the casino became f a m o u s f o r i t s c a r p e t i n g a n d v e l v e t walls, no-limit wagering, a glass display of $1 million in cash and for the World S eries of Pok er Binion’s son, Jack Binion began hosting the tournament in 1970 with 38 invited players

Kennedy gains support with his faith Huckabee helps to

U.S.

LITTLE ROCK,

Huckabee had a hand pardon-

prisoners than his three imme-

Maurice Clemmons, the suspect i

Seattle-area police officers, was among them

F o r a p o l i t i c i a n c o n s i d e r i

House, Clemmons could become Huckabee’s Willie Horton

In a primary between a lawand-order Republican and him,

n k i t c o u

d d e f i n i t e l y b e a vulnerability ” said Art English

a p o l i t i c a l s c i e n t i s t a t t h e

University of Arkansas at Little Rock “It is very damaging when y o u h a v e s o m e o n e l i k e t h a t whose sentence was commuted

T h a t ’ s p r e t t y h i g h p r o f i l e a n d very devastating and very tragic ” English said it s hard to avoid comparing the case to Horton, a

c o n v i c t e d k i l l e r w h o r a p e d a woman and assaulted her fiance w h i l e o n r e l e a s e a s p a r t o f

Massachusetts

A l l i e s o f f o r m e r P r e s i d e n t

George H W Bush ran ads criticizing Dukakis for his support of t h e p r o g r a m , u n d e

paign

g again for president, telling “Fox News Sunday” he was “less likel

run

On Monday, Huckabee offered l

case

Washington

of the justice

looked into the future, would

tion? Of course not, Huckabee

Patrick Kennedy used the language of faith Monday to rally

s u p p o

e nation’s health insurance system in his first public appearance since escalating a public

financed abortion Kennedy, a Catholic, refused to address head-on his weekslong war of words with Bishop

heavily Catholic state The fracas escalated just over a week ago when it was revealed that Tobin asked Kennedy in early

support for abortion rights

view for threatening to oppose a plan to overhaul the nation’s health insurance system unless it included tighter restrictions on abortion

K e n n e d y v o t e d a g a i n s t t h e abortion restrictions sought by the bishops, but he ultimately supported a version of the bill

during Huckabee’s 10½ years as g

surpasses that of his three predecessors combined Bill Clinton, F

Tucker granted 507 clemencies i n t h e 1

B e e b e , H u c k a b e e ’ s D e m o c r a t i c successor, has issued 273 com-

m u t a t i o n s a n d p a r d o n s s i n c e taking office in January 2007

a l l b u t o n e o f t h e m w e r e p a rdons after the completion of the inmates prison terms

As recently as Sunday hours before the shooting suspect was linked to him, Huckabee said he w a s l e a n

S h a r p t o n ’ s d a u g h t e r arrested, faces charges

N E W Y O R K T h e R e v A l

Sharpton s daughter told a police officer in a profanity-laden rant

t h a t s h e c u t h i m o f f i n t r a f f i c because she was in a rush to get

t o a t h e a t e r, p r o s e c u t o r s s a i d

Monday

“You were driving too slow I have a play to go to, Dominique

S h a r p t o n t o l d a n o f f i c e r w h o pulled her over Oct 30, prosecutors told a Manhattan judge

D o m i n i q u e S h a r p t o n a n d t h e

c i v i l r i g h t s a c t i v i s t s e x - w i f e , K a t h y, f a c e c h a r g e s i n c l u d i n g resisting arrest after the Harlem traffic stop

Defense lawyer Michael Hardy denied the allegations but also said they amounted only to complaining, not crimes

P o l i c e s a i d D o m i n i q u e Sharpton veered out of her lane, ran a red light and forced another car to swerve out of her way After being ticketed, she and her m o t h e r c u r s e d a t t h e o f f i c e r s , ignored orders to return to their

c a r s a n d r e s i s t e d b e i n g h a n dcuffed, according to a criminal c o m p l a i n t K a t h y S h a r p t o n pushed an officer with her hands, police said in the complaint

Ha rdy sa id he w ould a sk the court to dismiss the charges, all misdemeanors or violations calling them “frivolous” and saying

t h e r e w

arrest

“Since when did a verbal objec-

t i o n b e c o m

c

m

n a l i n America?” Hardy said The top charges are punishable by up to a year in jail

Dominique Sharpton, 23, and

declined to comment afterward

Sharpton He didn t attend He railed about the arrest on Tw

“how two unarmed women with no record could be taken in cuffs

involved,” nor any allegations of drug use or drinking

panel discussion of the politics of health care reform “And if any one of us is denied health

human beings

Abel to further his point

s keeper because all of us needs each other in the final analysis,” Kennedy said Kennedy, a Democrat, ignited a sharp exchange of words w i t h t h e

t h a t i n c l u d e d t h e r e s t r i c t i o n s he opposed

To b i n a c c u s e d K e n n e d y o f making an unprovoked attack

o n t h e c h u r c h , p u b l i c l y q u e stioned his faith and requested a m e e t i n g t h a t u l t i m a t e l y f e l l apart Tobin said the meeting was canceled by mutual agreem e n t a n d i s s u e d a s c a t h i n g public letter to Kennedy “ Yo u r p o s i t i o n i s u n a c c e p ta b l e t o t h e C h u r c h a n d s c a nd a l o u s t o m a n y o f o u r m e mb e r s , ” To b i n w r o t e “ I t a b s o l u t e l y d i m i n i s h e s y o u r communion with the Church ” T h e C o n g r e s s m a n a c c u s e d t h e b i s h o p o f b r e a k i n g a n a g r e e m e n t t o s t o p d i s c u s s i n g

o l i c e s e a r c h f o r s u s p e c t Forest

Hunt continues for the man wanted in the murder of four offic e r s

SEATTLE Using search dogs and going door to door hundreds o f p o l i c e i n t e n s i f i

Monday for the man wanted in the coffeehouse killings of four officers after a SWAT team came up empty-handed in a raid on a house where he was thought to be holed up

The realization that the suspect had not been cornered after all f

mentally unstable killer in their midst

Police canvassed the neighborhood around the Seattle house and fanned out across the city, looking for any sign of Maurice Clemmons 37 Authorities posted a $125,000 reward for information leading to his arrest in t

rampage

The manhunt came as authorities in two states took heat for

despite a teenage crime spree in Arkansas that landed him a 95y e a

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Today, John Demjanjuk stands trial in Germany as an accessory to 27,900 murders This is not the first time Demjanjuk has been tried for war crimes In 1988 after the United States stripped him of his citizenship, an Israeli court convicted him of being a particularly brutal Nazi called Ivan the Terrible The Israeli Supreme Court overturned the verdict after new evidence indicated Demjanjuk, though an SS guard, was not Ivan the Terrible Israel did not pursue further charges against him and he was allowed to return to the United States

Now, he once again faces charges as a war criminal This new case has been developed by the Office of Special Investigations since 1999 with the cooperation of German officials and the Simon Wiesenthal Center Evidence indicates Demjanjuk worked as a guard from 1943 to 1944 The evidence in the current case against him seems to be very strong and is likely he will be convicted What is interesting is when the Israeli Supreme Court freed Demjanjuk, it acknowledged he was probably a SS guard but had already served his time

Before going on, I would like to take a moment to clarify a few things The Holocaust was one of the largest human tragedies to unfold in the history of the world The crimes committed by Nazi Germany were unspeakably horrific To this day Nazi atrocities still cause emotional responses Anyone who has ever seen a Concentration Camp knows the sadness and horror that still hangs in the air Holocaust

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survivors and their relatives are right to be angry; I am angry

Even so, I have to ask if Demjanjuk’s trial is truly justice I do not question the evidence against him My question is whether it is worth prosecution Anyone who played a significant role in the Holocaust has already been tried or has died In fact, Demjanjuk is the lowest ranking Nazi to be charged for war crimes without being accused of a specific incident It is true the Holocaust could not have happened without guards or the consent of the general populace However, does that mean the courts should go after every German citizen who knew what was happening in the camps? Granted, Demjanjuk is more culpable than the average citizen but what is gained by prosecuting an 89-year-old man clearly on his last leg? His deportation was stayed twice because his ill health would have made it tantamount to torture under U S law

From a broader perspective, is it really worth it to continue hunting Nazis over 60 years after the fact? At this point, Nazi hunting has transformed from a desire for justice to a thirst for revenge How can one thrive in the present while focusing on revenge for the wrongs of the past?

Throwing these old men who played minor roles in this disaster does not help correct wrong doings or serve the interest of justice Many will disagree with this last statement because the Nazis are evil and therefore must pay for their sins To this let me say, why are the Nazis so special? Why should every last Nazi be hunted while Japan’s and Russia’s war crimes go essentially unnoticed and unpunished? Why is Hitler considered so evil when Stalin was more ruthless and Pol Pot nearly

as bad? Why should we think of every Nazi as less than human?

When speaking of the Holocaust people say never again will we let genocide happen I too desire justice but not at any cost Let men like Demjanjuk die in peace True, many of the innocent men, women and children whom he guarded did not have that choice But we are not Nazis; if we truly want to prevent another holocaust we must remember every single person on this planet deserves respect even if respect is not shown by that person We must also remember justice not tempered by mercy or prudence is no virtue In short we need to be better than the Nazis

We have failed in another respect as well genocides have happened since the Holocaust and have only drawn international attention after much of the damage had been done Resources are finite and it is illogical to spend millions of dollars and thousands of hours bringing men like Demjanjuk to justice” when millions around the world suffer and are in great need of resources

If we truly want to fight injustice, prevent genocides and improve our world then we need to fight the evils of the present and stop focusing on those of the past Fight for justice in North Korea, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, the DRC just to name a few of the places where millions suffer daily Above all, remember to act out of love and respect, not hate and revenge

James Napier is a senior history major He can be contacted at jnapier@nd edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer

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Alexandra Kilpatrick

“When a deep injury is done to us we never recover until we forgive ”

shun the bait than struggle in the snare ” John Dr yden English dramatist & poet

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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World AIDS Day

Today, Dec 1, is World AIDS Day While 33 4 million people around the world, including 1 1 million Americans, are currently living with HIV/AIDS, this is not an issue most Notre Dame students feel they have to worry about A recent HIV/AIDS campus survey revealed that 90 percent of the 2 000 Domers who replied do not personally know anyone with the disease, though nearly 200 students responded with stories of their family members, friends and even themselves being affected by HIV/AIDS They shared experiences of encountering HIV/AIDS while doing service work across the world, of family members suffering from the disease, of classmates being mocked and of the challenges of being HIV positive themselves Clearly, this is an issue that affects Notre Dame

The issue of HIV/AIDS is not without controversy and this was also revealed in the survey Several respondents cited the Catholic Church’s position on the immorality of contraception, while many others flatly called for an end to abstinence-only education and advocated condom use in preventing HIV/AIDS

One thing that we can hopefully agree on as Catholics is that each of us is called to recognize the dignity of our brothers and sisters infected with HIV/AIDS Locally we are called to help overcome the stigma and isolation from community that HIV/AIDS often brings (six percent of survey respondents said that they would not hug or shake hands with a person who was HIV positive) Globally we are called to aid in efforts to prevent the spread of the disease through education and to increase access to the expensive anti-retroviral drugs that are widely available in wealthy countries but are scarce in areas such as sub-saharan Africa

You can help Notre Dame commemorate World Aids Day by wearing red today, stopping by LaFortune to get a red ribbon and see a piece of the AIDS quilt along with results from the survey, and attending the 6:30 p m discussion and soup supper in the Geddes Hall coffeehouse In addition, free and confidential HIV/AIDS testing will be available at St Liam’s from 6-8:00 p m on Wednesday

In addition, the Center for Social Concerns has a created a space online to respectfully discuss the issues of HIV/AIDS, Catholicism and Notre Dame Please visit http://tiny cc/NDAIDS to voice your opinion

Retaining Weis

In light of the near universal enthusiasm for the notion that Notre Dame should buy out the remaining term of Coach Weis s contract and spend whatever it takes to improve the football team, here is a thought in this season of Advent and in praise of folly: In these times of continuing economic difficulty when so many faculty but especially staff who love and have dedicated their lives to the Catholic education we aim to promote, continue to experience hardship amongst themselves and are either falling behind or by the wayside, it strikes us as not only unjust but frankly obscene to pay an employee millions of dollars to do nothing

So we expect the coach to remain and honor his contract, as we intend to honor it by retaining him And if that means we lose more football games, so be it for the Lord did not ask us to be successful he asked us to be faithful If that means the football program will not earn as much as it normally does and contribute to the University as much as it usually does, well so be it For we will all suffer together as once Christians were proud to do, rather than bow reverently before the gods of this world If you want to know what someone thinks is sacred, look to what he treats as sacred

Through this decision we hope to help all of our fans and supporters to know what Notre Dame stands for as a Catholic institution What we really fight for We don t merely play like champions here We act like them

A letter to Charlie

Dear Coach Weis:

I wanted to thank you for the five years of service that you have given to our alma mater Regardless of what happens next week, I wanted you to know that there are a lot of Notre Dame alumni who really do appreciate your efforts, who still support you and who are very hurt and offended by the way that some of our fellow alumni and other members of the Notre Dame community have treated you It may be that you were not meant to be the coach that leads our football team to its next national championship, but regardless of your final record, you and your family have made our school a better place by your presence Thank you for being our coach May God protect and bless you in your future endeavors, be they in South Bend or elsewhere, and may He forgive those who have acted towards your family in un-Christian ways

Thank you, Coach Weis

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l i f e t i m e e x p e r i e n c e a n d I a m v e r y p r o u d o f h i s d e c i s i o n f o r t h i s w i s h I d i d n o t i n f l ue n c e h i m o n e b i t o n h o w t o u t i l i z e s u c h a n o p p o r t u n i t y i n h i s l i f e I a m v e r y g r a t e f u l t o a l l i n v o l v e d i n m a k i n g t h i s h a p p e n f o r m y s o n H e s t r u g g l e s w i t h c y s t i c f i b r o s i s e v e r y d a y a n d t o b e a b l e t o g i v e h i m t h i s m a k e s m e t r u l y s p e e c h l e s s ! M y b r o t h e r a n d b e s t f r i e n d p a s s e d a w a y j u s t o v e r a y e a r a g o i n a c a r c r a s h a n d I t r u l y h a v e n o t b e e n a b l e t o s m i l e w i t h s u c h i n t e n s i t y s i n c e t h a n , a s I h a v e t h e s e p a s t f e w d a y s ! I a m t r u l y f o r e v e r g r e a t f u l f o r t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y f o r m y s o n ! G o d b l e s s a l l o f y o u ! ”

Mi k e W i l l i a m s a l u m n u s C l a s s o f 1 9 7 2 Nov 2 4

I m heading into my senior year and have yet to experience BCS glory I’m not asking for a national title I’m just asking for a BCS bowl and an excuse to drive my soon-to-be Winnebago across the country to watch our team We need nine wins and I think we can get there if you make the right hire We need someone who knows college football

By JOEY KUHN Assistant Scene Editor

While I was shopping in the mall over break, I was saddened and sickened to see every store boasting a full Christmas display and blasting Yuletide tunes a sign of h o w c o m m e r c i a l i z e d a n d u n g o d l y

C h r i s t m a s h a s b e c o m e B u t n o w t h a t Thanksgiving, the official starting flag for the holiday season, is in the rearview mirror, everybody should be ready to bust out the tidings of comfort and joy

As such here are a few Christmas music recommendations so that you ’ re not stuck listening to those same three Bing Crosby s o n g s o v e r a n d o v e r a g a i n f o r t h e n e x t month Take your pick of genre; there’s something here for everybody (that’s the generosity of the Christmas spirit breaking through my hard exterior shell)

An Indie-Folk Christmas

For scenesters and hipsters of all kinds, and also for those who simply enjoy mellow acoustic music with unconventional instrumentation, Sufjan Stevens’s “Songs for Christmas” is the place to start This is actually a five-disc collection of 42 songs, so there s no shortage of listening material here About half the songs are originals, a n d h a l f a r e C h r i s t m a s c l a s s i c s l o v i n g l y rearranged in typical Sufjan fashion That means acoustic guitar, sugary-soft singing, exotic wind instruments whose names I can’t pronounce, and banjo Lots of banjo But it s not annoying banjo; it s just enough to give the songs a slight, folky twang This collection is perfect for some chill background music while decorating a tree or s n u

Christmas Ever!”

An Arena Rock Christmas

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features in that Youtube video of the house whose Christmas lights are perfectly synchronized to music If you re still grasping f

Queen and Metallica collaborated to produce a Christmas album Crunching guitars and blazing solos are mixed in with

They have come out with five full-length

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known for covering holiday favorites with a swinging rhythm section and a smooth, sultry voice Like the others his albums consist of both originals and classics, and his music ranges from bouncy to ballad Listen to “(It Must Have Been Ol’) Santa Claus and Sleigh Ride Also on the jazz

Armstrong and the Commanders, “Sugar R

“Jingle Bells” by Diana Krall

A Barenaked Christmas (and Hanukkah) For those feeling a little bit racy this holid a y

’ “Barenaked for the Holidays ” This album contains some of the most fun Christmas songs ever created, and if you like diversity, it has a few Hanukkah songs, too Here you’ll find zany synthesizer renditions of some classics, more respectful and heartfelt renditions of others and some origin a l s , t o o S t a n d o u t t r a c k s a r e “ E l f ’ s Lament” (feat Michael Bublé) and “Auld Lang Syne ”

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Contact Joey Kuhn at jkuhn1@nd.edu

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straight 100-yard game but had

116 yards from scrimmage

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the back bothered him throughout the game

Stars reluctant to hide concussions

K u r t W a r n e r h e a d e d t o a meeting with Arizona Cardinals m e d i c a l s t a f f a n d c o a c h e s before Sunday’s game wrestling with the question of whether to

b e h o n e s t a b o u t t h e p o s t - c o ncussion symptoms he was experiencing

“Do I want to stretch the truth a little bit? Do I want to not tell

t h e m e v e r y t h i n g s o I c o u l d play? he wondered

“I know I could dictate it,” he said Monday “But then I had to g o ‘ W h a t a r e y o u t h i n k i n g ? ’

B e c a u s e I k n o w t h i s i s b i g g e r than that ”

T h e i s s u e o f c o n c u s s i o n s i s f r o n t a n d c e n t e r i n t h e N F L , illustrated starkly Sunday when the two quarterbacks from last season ’ s Super Bowl sat out

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t h e y p l a n n e d t o p l a y d e s p i t e sustaining head injuries the previous game

Warner didn’t play against the Te n n e s s e e T i t a n s , a n d t h e Cardinals lost Pittsburgh’s Ben

R o e t h l i s b e r g e r d i d n ’ t p l a y a g a i n s t t h e B a l t i m o r e R a v e n s ,

and the Steelers lost Their absences came against the backdrop of increased attent i o n t o t h e i s s u e , f r o m s t u d i e s h i g h l i g h t i n g t h e d a n g e r s o f repeated head injuries to several statements issued by the NFL

o n h o w t e a m s s h o u l d h a n d l e concussions

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d e c i s i o n s ( r e g a r d i n g Wa r n e r a n d R o e t h l i s b e r g e r ) B u t there’s no question there’s been a c u l t u r e c h a n g e i n s p o r t s r e g a r d i n g c o n c u s s i o n s , ” N F L s p o k e s m a n G r e g A i e l l o s a i d “ E v e r y b o d y i s m u c h m o r e aware and more conservative in the way they’re managing them

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c o n c u s s i o n s g u i d e l i n e s w e r e p o s s i b l y n o t b e i n g f o l l o w e d , even without a complaint from somebody within the club

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1 0 0 p e r c e n t , c o m m i s s i o n e r Roger Goodell said recently That seems to be happening “I’m sure all the reports that are out there about concussions a n d t h e l o n g - t e r m e f f e c t , t h a t those things weigh in your mind

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Jackson recovers from his own concussion “

(Jackson) the proper treatment and diagnosis

Serena Williams was fined a record $82,500 for her tirade at a U S Open line judge and could be suspended from that tournament if she has another “major offense” at any Grand Slam in the next two years

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n t h e n e x t t w o y e a r s t h e s u s p e n s i o n i s lifted,” Babcock said in a telephone interview from London He said Williams is handing over $82,500 right now to the G r a n d S l a m c o m m i t t e e , already far more than the previous highest fine for a Grand S l a m o f f e n s e I n 1 9 9 5 , J e f f Tarango stormed off the court a t W i m b l e d o n a n d a c c u s e d t h e c h a i r u m p i r e o f s h o w i n g f a v o r i t i s m t o c e r t a i n p l a y e r s i n e x c h a n g e f o r t h e i r f r i e n ds h i p T a r a n g o w a s f i n e d a t o t a l o f $ 4 3 , 7 5 6 , w h i c h w a s reduced to $28,256 on appeal, a n d b a r r e d f r o m Wi m b l e d o n the next year W i l l i a m s l a s h e d o u t a t a lineswoman after a foot-fault call at the end of her semifinal loss to eventual champion Kim C l i j s t e r s a t t h e U S O p e n i n September It was a profanitylaced, finger-pointing, racketb r a n d i s h i n g d i s p l a y i n w h i c h Williams approached the official with what U S Open tourn a m e n t d i r e c t o r J i m C u r l e y called at the time “ a threatening manner ” “I am thankful that we now h a v e c l o s u r e o n t h e i n c i d e n t a n d w e c a n a l l m o v e f o rw a r d , ” W i l l i a m s s a i d i n a statement released Monday by h e r p u b l i c i s t “ I a m b a c k i n t r a i n i n g i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r next season and I continue to be grateful for all of the supp o r t f r o m m y f a n s a n d t h e tennis community ”

S h e e a r n e d $ 3 5 0 0 0 0 b y reaching the U S Open singles s e m i f i n a l s , p a r t o f h e r m o r e t h a n $ 6 5 m i l l i o n i n p r i z e m o n e y i n 2 0 0 9 , a s i n g l e - s e a -

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onsite penalty a tennis player can face But because it

Allen Iverson met with the Philadelphia 76ers a few shor t days following his retirement announcement. The former NBA MVP believes he can still perform at the highest level and would like to prove that by returning to the league

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States Society spokesman Dale Bartlett

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C o r a t o o n e - y e a r , $ 2 M d e a l NEW YORK Alex Cora is staying with the New York Mets, agreeing to a $2 million one-year contract Details of the infielder’s deal were

r e v e a l e d M o n d a y b y t w o p e o p l e f a m i l i a r w i t h t h e n e g o t i a t i o n s w h o s p o k e o n c o n d i t i o n o f a n o n y m i t y because the Mets had not yet formally announced it Cora can earn an additional $1 mill i o n i n p e r f o r m a n c e b o n u s e s : $ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 e a c h f o r 8 0 , 9 0 , 1 0 0 a n d 1 1 0 s t a r t s T h e r e i s a $ 2 m i l l i o n option for 2011 that becomes guarant e e d i f h e h a s a b o u t 8 0 s t a r t s n e x t season

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F L O R H A M P A R K N J New York Jets rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez was limite d d u r i n g t h e t e a m ’ s l i g h t p r a c t i c e M o n d a y w i t h a s o r e

l e f t k n e e b u t s h o u l d p l a y a g a i n s t t h e B u f f a l o B i l l s i n Toronto on Thursday

C o a c h R e x R y a n s a i d Sanchez had some soreness in the knee after he tweaked it in t h e J e t s ’ 1 7 - 6 w i n o v e r

C a r o l i n a o n S u n d a y S a n c h e z downplayed it, saying he woke up Monday and the knee was fine, showing no concern that it might hamper him

“It felt really good ” Sanchez s a i d “ T h e t r a i n i n g s t a f f l o o k e d a t i t t h i s m o r n i n g , stretched me out and we went t h r o u g h t h e w a l k t h r o u g h , p r e t t y s e a m l e s s I t f e e l s f i n e

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Sanchez would be able to play

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pretty good, so hopefully he’ll be 100 percent when we play

but Ryan listed him as limited anyway “

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offensive plays before returning and finishing the victory

Host Woods to miss tournament this weekend

Associated Press

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“I am extremely disappointed that I will not be at my tournament this week ”

T iger Woods PGA Tour golfer

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d e f e a t e d N o r t h C e n t r a l o n t h e road

way through the first half and never looked back, winning by a final score of 91-57 T h e B e l l e s w e r e l o c

remaining in the half when

Ronan sank a jump shot to give Saint Mary s a lead it would not r

contest

Central comeback

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points, while four other players

s c o r e d i n t h e d o u b l e d i g i t s Junior guard Liz Wade fell one

a s s i s t s h o r t o f a s i n g l e - g a m e

s c h o o l r e c o r d , r a c k i n g u p 1 1 over the course of the game

S a i n t M a r y ’ s b e n e f i t e d n o t only from good ball distribution

b u t f r o m r a z o r- s h a r p s h o o t i n g the Belles shot over 59 percent from the floor one of the m o s t a c c u r a t e s h o w i n g s i n

r e c e n t h i s t o r y I n a d d i t i o n , Saint Mary’s scored more than 90 points for the first time since

a 9 1 - 8 4 w i n a g a i n s t H o p e o n Jan 3 Belles coach Jenn Henley said she was happy with the shooting performance, especially the high shooting percentage

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N o r t h C e n t r a l ” s h e s a i d “ We were able to get inside and get a lot of looks in the paint

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wide scoring distribution were also cause for the coach to be optimistic looking forward this season

our bench, [we] get stronger as a t e a m , ” H e n l e y s a i d “ T h a t type of depth will be needed in order to be successful down the stretch ” The Belles face their next test at home against Ohio Northern We d n e s d

Trine Saturday afternoon

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continued from page 24

Diggins was named the tourna-

after scoring 49 points over the course of the weekend

extremely well,”

it

past week W h e t h e

h e w a s c o m i n g o f f t h e b e n c h o r

Diego State squad that McGraw

played to date The Irish were able to come away with the 84-

Brittany Mallory

I

ing a 21-point advantage in the first ha lf, only to

“Skylar [Diggins] had an outstanding tournament, and she shot the ball extremely well. For a freshman to step up for us like that, it is superb ”

Muffet McGraw Irish coach

s t a r t i n g s h e c a m e i n a n d played extremely well, it made no difference, McGraw said The Irish have defeated three

that feat, the first being in the 1998-99 season The Irish hope this success bodes well for the rest of the season “ I t h i n k i t i s a g o o d c o n f idence builder but it is also too

e

said We are exactly where we

cerned about our defense

left in the game

“It is a game of r u n s ” M c G r a w said “I was a litt l e c o n c e r n e d

w i t h f o u r m i nutes to go against

S a n D i e g o S t a t e

T h e y s c o r e d 1 7 points in the last four minutes We

n e e d t o p l a y s t e a d i e r T h e good thing is that we answered all the runs ”

T h e I r i s h w e r e a b l e t o p u l l

o u t t h e w i n , h o w e v e r, a s

Mallory made three out of four free throws to seal the win

M a l l o r y h a s b e e n a n u n s u n g hero for McGraw and the Irish t h i s y e a r, h e l p i n g D i g g i n s t o make a difference offensively

B r i t t a n y M a l l o r y p l a y e d

e x t r e m e l y w e l l , ” M c G r a w s a i d

“She really had a great tourna-

team is doing very well

The Irish next took on South

most of the game en route to a 78-55 blowout S

Diggins

scored in double digits

SEC

continued from page 24

proven to be the Achilles’ heel for the Irish thus far, Brown is confident her team can break t h e t r e n d i n t h e e v e n t o f a m a t c h u p i n t h e N C A A

T o u r n a m e n t F o u r t e a m s f r o m t h e c o n f e r e n c e , i n c l u di n g t h e t h r e e p r e v i o u s I r i s h o p p o n e n t s , w i l l h o s t t h e f i r s t a n d s e co n d r o u n d s o f t h e t o u r n ament

Oklahoma and claim the 81-71 victory and overall tournament crown

going your way, McGraw said

to lead the Irish in scoring for the second time in the tournament

State marked the 500th career

coach at Notre Dame, an expe-

blessing

for a long time, McGraw said

Contact Jared Jedick at jjedick@nd edu

“ T h e y ’ r e v e r y g o o d , t h e y r e a l l i n t h e t o p 2 5 , b u t I d o n ’ t t h i n k i t ’ s n e ce s s a r i l y t h e c o n f e r e n c e a s m u c h a s w e w e n t u p a g a i n s t t h r e e v e r y s t r o n g t e a m s ” B r o w n s a i d “ I f y o u l o o k a t t h e N C A A To u r n a m e n t , t h e PAC-10 has eight teams in the tournament The Big Ten, the Big 12 they’re all pretty competitive We just happened to p l a y t h r e e v e r y s t r o n g S E C teams this year ” If the Ir i s h a r e to r i g ht the s h i p , t h e y w i l l n e e d t o g e t b a c k t o o n e o f t h e i r g r e a t e s t s t r e n g t h s o n o f f e n s e b a la n c e H i g h l i g h t e d b y t h e e x c e p t i o n a l p e r f o r m a n c e s o f sophomore Kristen Dealy and s e n i o r s C h r i s t i n a K a e l i n a n d S e r i n i t y P h i l l i p s t h e I r i s h h a v e m

“It’s a brand new season, it’s the NCAA Tournament It’s very easy to be motivated, to be up for this whole tournament and to play well ”

Debbie Brown Irish coach

I think we’ll be absolutely fine We’re just going to get back in the gym and work on the fundamentals, that’s serving and passing, and try out a few other things, and we’ll be good to go ”

Contact Chris Masoud at cmasoud@nd edu

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January 22

Video Presentation, The Ascent of Money, Part One, discussion led by Scott Malpass, Vice President and CIO and Prof. Rick Mendenhall, Finance Department Chair

January 29 Harris Diamond, Chief Executive Officer, Weber Shandwick

February 5

Video Presentation, The Ascent of Money, Part Two, discussion led by Prof. Paul H. Schultz, Finance Department

March 26 John Mackey, Chairman and CEO, Whole Foods Market Inc.

April 16

Catherine Mathis, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Standard & Poor’s

TBD Two speakers to be announced

to

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“[Weiss] probably had one of her best games against Florida State.”

Randy Waldr um Irish coach

Contact Douglas Farmer at dfarmer1@nd edu

continued from page 24

coach Rick Majerus said accord-

We

posting up our guy and driving our guards ”

Brey said he told Hansbrough to attempt to get to the basket and to calm down

Shooters in our program, I don’t ever talk to them when they have

thought he was able to drive

rhythm ” Harangody had 18 points and

but pulled down 10 rebounds in the game Abromaitis made all five of his free throws and scored 12 points

game home stand tonight when I

Pavilion The Bengals (2-4) started 0-3 but have won two of their

Kansas City by nine in the second half Saturday but came back to win 68-65 They took their first l

converted a one-and-one to seal the win

Senior guard Amorrow Morgan leads the team with 17 7 points

p

Broderick Gilchrest is behind him

with 12 7 per game The Bengals

goal range but less than 30 percent of their 3-pointers hit home

The game begins at 7:30 p m

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By BILL BRINK Sports Writer

By DOUGLAS FARMER Sports Writer

b e h i n d t h e s t a d i u m a n d i t w a s f u l l f o r t h r e e l e v e l s w i t h p e op l e t a i l g a t i n g a n d s t a n d i n g t h e r e t o w a t c h t h e g a m e ” N o t r e D a m e ’ s p r e v i o u s t h r e e q u a r t e r f i n a l a p p e a r a n c e s w e r e a t A l u m n i F i e l d , s o t h e r o a d e x p e r i e n c e w a s a n e w o n e , b u t W a l d r u m s a i d t h e t e a m a d a p t e d w e l l “ T h i s o n e w a s a l i t t l e d i f f e re n t b e i n g o n t h e r o a d , b u t t h e t e a m h a n d l

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By CHRIS MASOUD Sports Writer

r v e v e r y w e l l a t all, so we didn t put pressure o n t h e m t o t a k e t h e m o u t o f t h e i r o f f e n s e , a n d w e d i