South Bend, Indiana; Feb. 7, 2008

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“Fat Tuesday” Meal a Success: The CFH kitchen staff, led by Supervisor Cheryl Jackson and Assistant Geraldine Carter, outdid itself with the “Fat Tuesday” meal.
The meal included Cajun/Creole favorites like gumbo, jambalaya, red beans, rice and etoufee along with Mardi Gras music.
Geraldine singled out one guest volunteer for his contributions to the meal, but he was too modest to have his name mentioned in the Herald. The Herald policy is not to print names without the guest’s permission.
Ben Newswanger, who recently completed his CNA training, is taking his licensing exams today.
Please relay any people news to Uncle Ron. Please refer to above confidentiality policy.

Election 2008

Hilary, McCain Each Halfway to Nomination: Hilary Clinton and John McCain are each more than halfway to their parties’ nomination but Clinton is still in a tight race with the senator from her native state (Illinois), Barack Obama.
Clinton has 1,024 of the 2,025 delegates she needs to clinch the Democratic nomination. Obama has 933 with the 25 delegates from the New Mexico caucuses undecided. Ex-candidate John Edwards has 26 delegates.
McCain has 60% of the 1,191 delegates he needs with 707 to 294 for Mitt Romney, 195 for Mike Huckabee, and 14 for Ron Paul.
Independent Announces Indiana Gubernatorial Run: Independent candidate Steve Bonney is running for Governor of Indiana. Bonney made headlines by suing incumbent Governor Mitch Daniels over his lease of the Indiana Toll Road.
Announcements

Underground Railroad: The Underground Railroad will be performed February 18 at the CFH Monday night meeting.
The Underground Railroad is a original play based on actual historical incidents. The cast of CFH staff members and guests is rehearsing three days a week under the direction of author David Evans.
Car Registration: CFH Guests: If you own a motor vehicle, you need to register it with your coach or it could be towed.
“One Step At a Time” Running Group: Three days a week (times and days TBA). Will meet at CFH. Open to Center guests and anyone else who is interested in learning to run. All runners will receive the necessary running gear (i.e. running shoes, shorts, warm-ups, shirts, hats, etc.). There is a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board by the basement stairway near the men’s lounge.
Artistic Newsletter: Are you an artist, poet or writer? Place submissions for the new Artistic Newsletter in Emily Pickerill’s box. Express your talents and ideas by participating. Start submitting as soon as possible.
Art Group: Interested in exercising your creative spirit? Want to see some of your original art work on display in the hallways?
Please see Meg about details for joining a new art group at CFH
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ABE

▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.
We will discuss short stories and poems.
▪Writing: Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE. Improve your basic writing skills under the guidance of a trained instructor.
▪Creative Writing: Thursdays, 8-9 p.m. Develop your creative writing skills. You don’t have to sign up, just show up. Volunteers from Notre Dame will be there.
▪Fractions and Decimals Refresher Courses: Tuesdays, fractions, and Thursdays, decimals, in the second floor conference room. Everyone is welcome. For more information, contact ABE.

Herald Sports

Scores Left Out of Feb. 6 Game Summaries: (24) St. Xavier Women 64, IUSB 55; Purdue Men 67, Penn St. 53; Lakers 105, Nets 90.
(22) ND 95, Seton Hall 69: Luke Harangody was again a dominating force for the visiting Irish (17-4, 7-2 Big East) with 22 points and 13 rebounds.
The burly center has averaged 28.3 points and 12.6 rebounds in the last three games.
“I thought this was my best all-aro;und game of the season,” Harangody said. “It was a fun time tonight. We were clicking on all cylinders and I thought we moved the ball great.”
“He’s just a huge weapon for us. An no team in the Big East has a player like him,” said teammate Kyle McAlarney.
McAlarney chipped in with 19 points, including five 3-pointers. His buzzer-beating trey at the end of the first half gave the Irish a 47-27 lead.
The Irish men will try to avenge one of their two Big East losses Saturday at noon when they host Marquette.\
The Lady Irish cagers host Big East foe Pittsburgh Sunday at 2 p.m. in a nationally televised game.
St. Mary’s, IUSB Men Games Postponted: The Alma at St. Mary’s and Illinois Tech at IUSB men’s games have been postponed.
The SMC-Alma game will be played at 7:30 p.m.tonight at the Belles’ Angela Athletic Center.
The IUSB Men-Illinois Tech contest has been rescheduled for February 20, 7 p.m. , at the Titans’ Student Activity Center (SAC).
Shaq Traded to Suns: Perennial all-star center Shaquille O’Neal has officially been traded by the Miami Heat to the Phoenix Suns for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks.
O’Neal has been hampered by injuries the past two seasons. He is averaging 14.2 points this season and the Heat have the worst record in the NBA this season, 9-37.
Shaq, who is in his 15th season in the league, has helped lead the L.A. Lakers and Heat to NBA championship.
Wednesday NBA Scores: Trailblazers 100, Bulls 97; Pacers 103, Knicks 100; Hawks 98, Lakers 95; Spurs 85, Wizards 77; Pistons 100, Heat 95; Jazz 118, Nuggets 115 (OT); Magic 100, Nets 84; Hornets 132, Suns 130 (2 OT); Celtics 111, Clippers 100; Sonics 105, Kings 92; Mavericks 107, Bucks 96.
Wednesday NHL Scores: Oilers 4, Black Hawks 1; Buffalo 3, New Jersey 2; Washington 4, Philadelphia 3; Colorado 3, San Jose 1.
Wednesday NCAA Men Scores: Kent St. 64, Ball St. 61 (OT); Western Michigan 86, Akron 66; Maryland 70, Boston College 65; Hartford 69, Maine 67; (19) Connecticut 62, Syracuse 61; (2) Duke 89, North Carolina 78; (1) Memphis 77, SMU 48; (8) Wisconsin 60, Iowa 54.
Wednesday NCAA Women Scores: Albany 76, Boston U. 50; (15) Pitt 64, Seton Hall 44; (10) Oklahoma 64, Missouri 57.
Irish Add Grid Recruits: Notre Dame has added three football recruits to an already outstanding class.
Braxston Cave is a 6-4, 290 pound center from Penn High School. He is named after former Irish running back Braxston Banks.
Kapron Lewis-Moore is a 6-3, 185 pound wide receiver from Christchurch, Va.
Deion Walker is a 6-4, 230 pound defensive end from Waterford, Texas.
ND Icers Head into Home Stretch: The ND hockey team (20-9-1, 13-6-1 CCHA) heads into the home stretch with a big two-game series with Ferris State this weekend at the Joyce Center.
Game times are Friday, 7:35 p.m. and Saturday, 7:05 p.m.
The Irish and the Bulldogs have already split a two-game series in Big Rapids, Mich., on October 26-27.

Uncle Ron’s Sports Ramblings

Eli Does have Love Life: It turns out somebody besides his mother does love Super Bowl-winning quarterback Eli Manning.
The University of Mississippi graduate is engaged to his college sweetheart, Abby McGrew, and she was at the big game with the rest of the Manning family (where else would she be, shopping with Jessica Simpson?).
The pretty blue-eyed blonde usually sits in the stands because for someone reason Eli has a history of playing badly when she watches from a luxury box. For the NFC championship she defied Eli’s orders and left the 4-degree above cold and joined the family in their warm box.
Ironically Abby is a Nashville, Tennessee, native. Eli’s brother, Peyton, played at the University of Tennessee. Eli followed in his father Archie’s footsteps at Ole Miss.