South Bend, Indiana; April 15, 2008

Announcements

Still Time to Sign Up for Dance Marathon: The 24-hour “Dance for the Homeless” dance marathon will be April 19-20 at the IUSB Student Activities Center.

There will be live remotes by local radio stations; music by Vyagra Falls, Stillshot, New Collossus, Cornell Bass, Blammo, and Livewire; and a special appearance by Regis Philbin.

There will also be activities such as Guitar Hero, Dance Dance Revolution, Basketball, Four Square, Break Dancing, Hiphop, Ballroom dancing performances and lessons plus free food from local restaurants.

All CFH guests are welcome to participate free of charge.

You can attend the event for the entire 24 hours (must be 12 or older). The bus will leave CFH for IUSB at 11 a.m., Saturday, and pick up at 12:30 p.m., Sunday, for the return trip. Your name will be on a list at the front desk letting them know you are at the Dance Marathon.

Younger children or guests who don’t want to stay the entire 24 hours can attend from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday or 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sunday. The bus will pick up at those times to travel to and from IUSB.

Guests must sign up by 5 p.m., Wednesday, April 16. Please stop by Emily Pickerill’s desk to sign up and sign the waivers to attend the event.

India Travel: Katherine Dick spent three weeks in India and will present on her trip Wednesday, April 23, 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. in the CFH Community Room. Everyone is invited.

Think You’ve Got What it Takes to Be a Star: Drumming and dancing classes are coming to CFH and you’re invited to participate.

Professional drummers and dancers are coming to offer fun, music, and expertise on the following days: Thursday, March 13, 7:30-9 p.m.; Thursday, March 20, 7:30-9 p.m.; Thursday, March 27, 7:30-9 p.m.; Sunday, March 30, 2-4 p.m.; Thursday, April 10, 7:30-9 p.m.; Sunday, April 20, 2-4 p.m.; Thursday, May 1, 7:30-9 p.m.

Classes will be held in the third floor Community Room. See Juanetta for more details.

“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 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

VA Hospital Van: To schedule a ride to the VA Hospital in Ft. Wayne, St. Joseph County veterans can call Doug Davis (USMC, retired) at (574) 243-VETS (8387) The van service also provides connecting rides to the VA hospitals in Marion and Indianapolis.

ABE

▪Academic Fun Fair: Come to the Abe room April 14-17 for academic fun; Monday-Thursday, 1-4 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 5:30-8 p.m.

There will new exhibits and a chance to win prizes each day.

Learn about the upcoming election, different religions, and other exciting topics.

▪New Computers: Please be sure to thank Kyle DeGraaf for the wonderful donation to ABE. The new computers are faster and have many new programs, all of which are possible thanks to his work and generosity.

. ▪Dead Poets Society: Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., ABE Room. All are welcome.

We will discuss short stories and poems.

▪Poetry Jam: Tuesday, 7-8 p.m. Share your own work; read a favorite poem; or listen, relax, and enjoy.

▪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.

▪Autobiography: Interested in writing a short autobiography? Come to ABE to learn about some opportunities that can help you.

Herald Sports

Monday NBA Scores: Bulls 151, Bucks 135 (Luol Deng 32 points; Chris Duhon 22 points, 15 assists; Ramon Sessions 20 points, eight rebounds; 24 assists); Wizards 117, Pacers 110; Cavaliers 91, 76ers 90; Raptors 91, Heat 75; Celtics 99, Knicks 93; Jazz 105, Rockets 96; Spurs 101, Kings 98; Suns 122, Warriors 116.

Monday NHL Playoff Scores: Penguins 4, Senators 1 (Penguins lead 3-0); Wild 3, Avalanche 2 (SO, Wild lead 2-1); Predators 5, Red Wings 3 (Red Wings lead 2-1).

Monday MLB National League: Pirates 6, Dodgers 4; Giants 5, Diamondbacks 4.

Monday MLB American League: A’s 2, White Sox 1; Red Sox 6, Indians 4; Orioles 4, Blue Jays 3; Tigers 11, Twins 9; Yankees 8, Devil Rays 7; Angels 7, Rangers 4; Royals 5, Mariners 1.

Monday MLS Scores: Toronto FC 3, Los Angeles 2.

Silver Hawks 5, Cougars 4: The Hawks (2-9) dealt host Kane County (10-1) their first loss of the season.

Right fielder Derrick Walker provided the winning run with a 3-run homer in the sixth. Walker also doubled in the fifth, advanced to third, and scored on a sacrifice fly.

Evan Frey and designated hitter Ramon Ramirez had two hits each for South Bend.

Chad Beck pitched three innings of 1-hit ball to pick up the win. Daniel Fournier got the Cougars out in the ninth to earn his first save.

The two teams meet again today at 1 p.m.

Nation/World

Italy Returns Berlusconi to Office: Italian voters returned billionaire Silvio Berlusconi to the prime minister’s office this week.

Berlusconi, who served as prime minister from 2001-2006, replaces Romano Prodi, whose center-left coalition fell apart after 20 months.

It is Italy’s 62d government in 63 years since the end of World War II.

President Bush to Meet Pope on Arrival in U.S.: President George Bush will make the unusual gesture of meeting Pope Benedict XVI upon the Pontiff’s arrival today at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington. It will be the first time the president has greeted a foreign leader there.

The pope will turn 81 during his stay in the U.S. A crowd of up to 12,000—larger than the gathering for Queen Elizabeth II—is expected Wednesday (the pope’s birthday) at the White House for the pope’s official visit to the American president. The White House is also planning a gala dinner that evening—even though Benedict won’t be there. The pope will be attending a prayer service with American bishops.

The pope will celebrate mass at the new Nationals Park baseball stadium in Washington and Yankee Stadium in New York during his visit. He will also give an address at New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Opposing Sides Blame Each Other for Violence in Zimbabwe: Opposing sides are blaming each other for violence in Zimbabwe in the wake of the country’s presidential elections.

A strike to protest the delayed release of election results is scheduled to begin today. The strike has been called for by Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to protest the delay in releasing the final vote tallies in the presidential election.

The MDC claims it won a majority of the vote in the presidential race. Independent election observers say MDC fell just short of a majority in the voting with 49% of the vote.

The Zimbabwe Election Commission has postponed releasing official results until at least the end of the week.

If Tsvangirai has fallen short of a majority, Zimbabwean law requires that he face incumbent Robert Mugabe in a run-off.

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Weather

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Thu High 67 Low 49 Mostly Sunny

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