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‘Grandfather of NFL analytics’ ND Sports Analytics Club hosts data analyst to discuss innovation in field By AIDEN LEWIS News Writer

Mike Eayrs, a data analyst for several college and NFL football teams, spoke about the innovative practices that led to him being termed the “grandfather of NFL analytics” at Mendoza College of Business on Tuesday night. Eayrs started out as an assistant coach in the NCAA College Division, where he said he and the other coaches were constantly arguing over new ways to gain a competitive advantage. “I was trying to think, ‘What’s the lowest common denominator we have in our staff room?’” Eayrs said. “The answer was everybody wants to win.” In response, Eayrs said he started to study game statistics and how they were

connected to the team’s wins and losses. In this study, he said that turnovers were the factor that had the strongest impact on the outcome of a game. “For the first time since I’d been hired, we actually agreed on something,” Eayrs said. “Everybody agreed that if we could lower turnovers on offense and raise them with our defense and coverage teams, we would have a much better football team.” As a result, Eayrs said he began catering drills in practice towards ball security, so that players could become better at handling the football and would be less likely to turn the ball over with fumbles. “The more you repeat something successfully, the better the neuroconnections become, see ANALYTICS PAGE 3

Activist recounts civil rights era By SELENA PONIO Associate News Editor

American civil rights activist Diane Nash — who led the first successful campaign to desegregate lunch counters, was a part of the Selma voting rights movement and co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee — shared her personal experiences with racism and her integral efforts in the civil rights movement Tuesday. Nash was first exposed to the full extent of overt, statesponsored racial segregation as a college student at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, she said. During the fall of 1959, Nash said she was shocked into the reality of Jim Crow laws in the south. Originally from the south side of Chicago, she said she was always aware segregation existed but did not know its severity until she moved to the

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south. “When I obeyed segregation rules, it felt like I was agreeing that I was too inferior to go through front doors or [to] restaurants, swimming pools and other public accommodations,” Nash said. In downtown Nashville, African Americans could only purchase food in restaurants on a take-out basis, she said. When she walked down the streets during lunchtime, African Americans lined the curbs and alleys, eating the lunches they brought from home or bought as take-out, she added. Nash said she was dissatisfied with the word “nonviolence” as it pertains to the civil rights movements of the 1960s. “Nonviolence means absence of violence,” she said. “[I] wanted a term that encompassed more than the see ACTIVIST PAGE 4

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Mike Eayrs educates students on how he achieved success in modernizing analytics practices in professional football.

University President Fr. John Jenkins, Saint Mary’s President Jan Cervelli and Holy Cross President Br. John Paige signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Tuesday declaring their commitment to a “collaborative approach in [their] attempt to eliminate sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking and any other form of sexual harassment” from the community, according to a see MOU PAGE 4

SMC professor confronts immigration myths By MARTHA REILLY Associate Saint Mary’s Editor

As part of Saint Mary’s annual Diverse Student Leadership Conference, which aims to establish an awareness and appreciation of diversity, assistant professor

of philosophy and director of the Justice Education program Andrew Pierce dispelled misconceptions about immigration Tuesday. According to Pierce, today’s political climate consists of contrasting viewpoints regarding President Donald

Trump’s immigration proposals, from his support of a wall separating the U.S. from Mexico to his executive order banning the entry of nationals from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and see MYTH PAGE 4

Visiting professor connects Lenten habits, ‘Laudato si’’ By NATALIE WEBER News Writer

Clemens Sedmak, visiting professor of Catholic Social Tradition and community engagement at the Center for Social Concerns, discussed “Laudato si’” — Pope Francis’ encyclical on environmental issues and consumerism — and how to integrate

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its teachings into Lenten practices. Sedmak said a monk told him Lent was meant to be a time to form habits which will last throughout the year. “I once met a Benedictine abbot, as one does, and he told me that Lent is something like intensive exercise time for the monks, and it means you try to take something

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very seriously which will help you throughout the rest of the year,” Sedmak said. “So the idea is that your Lenten exercises and sacrifices will sustain you through the rest of the year, trying to establish habits that you hopefully will bring into your life after Easter.” see LENT PAGE 4

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Lecturer explores ‘I Confess’ as Catholic noir By ALEXANDRA MUCK News Writer

While many are familiar with the work of director Alfred Hitchcock, not many know that Hitchcock often integrated Catholic themes into his films. Thomas Hibbs, dean of the honors college and professor of philosophy at Baylor University, highlighted Catholic and noir themes in the 1953 film “I Confess” on Tuesday night in a lecture in the Center for Ethics and Culture’s Catholic Culture Series. The film, which stars Montgomery Clift, centers around the struggles of a priest named Fr. Michael Logan who is suspected

of murder and cannot prove his innocence without revealing what he heard in the confessional. “I Confess” fit with the film noir tradition, not only using features like a “femme fatale” — played by the character of Ruth Grandfort — but also with stylistic techniques like eschew camera angels, strong dark and light contrasts and sinister music, Hibbs said. “The raise in the critical acclaim of Hitchcock has something to do with the recognition of Hitchcock as a self-conscious filmmaker; that is, someone who is constantly thinking about the camera,” he said. Hibbs said “I Confess” also draws on the noir use of flashbacks.

“In noir films, we don’t move forward out of the past … We move forward, and the past comes up and punches us in the face,” he said. Hibbs quoted Hitchcock’s thesis of films as “the stronger the evil, the stronger the film,” and said this comes across in “I Confess.” “This film builds in a way so the evil becomes stronger in particular individuals, and evil becomes stronger in the sense that it spreads,” he said. Unlike classic noir films, Hibbs said that in “I Confess,” Hitchcock pivots the film with a key scene that draws similarities between Fr. Logan and Christ by showing the priest walking past a statue of

Christ carrying the cross. “What we see as viewers ... is that Logan is undergoing a passion akin to Christ’s passion,” Hibbs said. “There’s actually a larger narrative here than the narrative of entrapment and unintelligibility and lack of progress [commonly seen in noir films]. “The larger narrative is that his suffering is going to pattern on, in some sense, the suffering of Christ. That scene is visually the key scene in the whole movie.” The film ends with ideas from the comedy of remarriage strategy, portraying the “femme fatale” Ruth going home with her husband and Fr. Logan having the chance to renew his priestly vows, Hibbs said.

“He has, in this Christ-like trial that he undergoes, an opportunity to recommit himself, to have a second marriage to Christ as a priest,” he said. Hibbs said that while many see Hitchcock as only an entertainer, many of his works explore deep themes. “[Hitchcock’s] best films really show that this popular medium can be a matter through which the deepest issues of high culture are explored through a distinctive medium,” Hibbs said. “This is a film that touches on some of the deepest questions, and does so in a fairly explicit theological way.” Contact Alexandra Muck at amuck@nd.edu

Speaker weighs in on faith, relationships By COLLEEN ZEWE News Writer

As part of the Theology on Fire series, Beth Knobbe, relationship manager at Catholic Relief Services in Chicago, presented “Living Single with Faith, Purpose and Passion” at Saint Mary’s on Tuesday. Knobbe, who intentionally lives a single life, began her talk by addressing the anxiety students feel about having a plan after graduation. “There is no predetermined plan for our life,” she said. “God’s plan is

that God is going to love us and not abandon us.” Knobbe said she believes there is no superior way of life and that people can find happiness in both marriage and the single life; it all depends on what truly brings the person the most happiness and what they feel called to do. “My purpose in being here is not to convince you that God is calling you to the single life,” Knobbe said. She emphasized that living the single life is an active and intentional response to God’s call. “He may be calling you to Paid Advertisement

marriage, a religious vocation or a life of absolute surprise,” Knobbe said. “Recognize that when we say yes to that, what we receive in return is a great sense of abundance of God’s love for us.” Knobbe said she had dated throughout college but never found a relationship that made her feel full. She said she felt anxious in her 30s because she thought married life was the ideal way of life. She said she had a heart-to-heart with God after attending a wedding that made her feel like a wedding was everything people expected from life.

“Something in me broke — I was furious with God,” Knobbe said. “What I experienced at the wedding, I thought was the plan for me.” But she said she realized God’s calling for her did not involve that ideal. She went to graduate school and said she found the richness most people find in romantic relationships in her friends and peers. “Your vocation is the place where you feel most at home,” Knobbe said.“It doesn’t mean it isn’t hard sometimes. It’s easy to get lonely as a single person. There’s a temptation to be selfish with my time and money. But it feels right for me.” Knobbe said being single for God’s kingdom is different from being single just by circumstance. “Somebody who recognizes that single life is their call also expresses that there’s a purpose to it,” she said. “It’s embraced and chosen. It involves service to others, be it in

the Church or other professions.” Sharing life stories, debating, team sports, laughing, making music and attending mass are all ways to experience intimacy, Knobbe said. “As a single person, I think about all the ways my life are creative,” she said. “I wonder what my legacy will be, and I see it in my work and my relationships, from visiting someone in the hospital to making cookies with friends. It all gives my life energy. Service is my way of leaving a legacy and giving to the world.” Knobbe said she believes a single life is a life full of love if one can take on a new perspective. “We need to look at life a little differently,” she said. “It’s taken me a long time to see it, but once I began to see it, I saw it everywhere.”

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about six games per season where the team that won the game either scored on their final possession or had to stop their opponent from scoring on the last possession,” Eayrs said. To gain an advantage in the ultra competitive NFL, Eayrs said he has studied everything from gameplay speed to limiting soft tissue injuries to the tendencies of a particular referee. “Essentially, we’re simply trying to align our team with probability,” Eayrs said. The importance of football analytics could be seen in the Super Bowl in February, where Eayrs said the Atlanta Falcons could have increased their win probability by slowing down the pace of the game. “Shorten the game,” Eayrs said. “Narrow the window in which your opponent can get back in the game. They could have effectively shortened the game by at least one possession, which would have been enough for them to win.”

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so that you do it more effectively and faster,” Eayrs said. “Believe me, when it comes to ball security, we want our guys neuroconnections firing really fast.” Eayrs said he also soon noticed the profound effect of what he termed “explosive gains”, which is a gain of 14 or more yards, on winning percentage. “All of the sudden I see the difference, which is long pass gains,” Eayrs said. “We had to get big chunks of yardage.” Eayrs’ innovative approach to statistics gained him attention in the football world, so much so that he was soon hired by the Minnesota Vikings, where he worked for 16 years before spending 15 years with the Green Bay Packers. Eayrs said analytics are of vital importance in the NFL, where the difference between teams in much narrower than in college, and consequently, any small edge can be the difference between a win and a loss. “An NFL team is going to have

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absence of violence.” Nash’s dissatisfaction led her to coin the phrase “agapic energy,” meaning energy produced by a love for humankind. Inspired by Mohandas Gandhi’s way of observing love energy, as well as the Greek word “agape” — which means brotherly love or a love of humankind — Nash said agapic energy was an improvement on the term nonviolence. “Agapic energy is not passive — it’s active,” she said. “Users are not pacifists — we are activists.” Nash said she discovered the basic principles of agapic energy in the 1960s and has used them over her lifetime. An important principle of agapic energy is to

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Libya into the U.S. for 90 days. “Defenders of the current administration would argue that the measures put in place are necessary to keep Americans safe,” Pierce said. “Opponents of those measures not only deny those claims — that these policies will effectively promote national security or economic security — but they also often claim that those policies are driven by an underlying racism.” Pierce said some white Americans may feel as though they are losing ground as the nation diversifies. “These concerns, these issues [and] these anxieties are not new,” he said. “They haven’t sprung up overnight, and in fact, they represent the continuation of a history that’s as old as the United States itself.” According to Pierce, issues of racial tension are so deeply rooted in society because they have persisted for centuries. “We often hear that the United States is a nation of immigrants,

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University press release. The MOU — which took effect Tuesday and will be renewed at the start of every academic year — is made up of eight provisions that “[seek] to foster communication and the sharing of information across our campus communities regarding awareness and prevention education, resources, reporting options and procedures,” according to the release. These provisions include additional resources for students looking to file a complaint, further options for complainants regarding releasing information about complaints to the institutions they attend and an increased commitment from each institution to sexual assault awareness and prevention events. The MOU also calls for improved communication between the institutions, the press release said, and

realize people are not your enemies, she added. “Unjust political systems, unjust economic systems, attitudes, racism, sexism, ignorance … are enemies,” Nash said. “If you recognize that people are not the enemies, you can love and respect the person [and] at the same time, attack the attitudes of that person.” Nash said she slowly helped desegregate the restaurants in Nashville by targeting six establishments at a time. Eventually, Nashville became one of the first southern cities to desegregate lunch counters. “We changed ourselves into people who could not be segregated,” Nash said. “That presented a new set of options to Southern white racists. They could either shoot us or desegregate because

they could no longer segregate. “Very often, we give away our power. If you understand that concept, you are going to save yourself a lot of time and effort trying to change other people.” Nash said there are six phases in an agapic energy campaign: investigation, education, negotiation, demonstration, resistance and insurance that the problem does not reoccur. “The purpose of the demonstration phase is to focus the attention on the community,” she said. “Resistance is when the oppressed withdraw their participation from the oppressive system. Whatever the issue that you’re working on, you would have the oppressed withdraw their participation. During the sixth phase, you might institutionalize an education in

and that’s true,” he said. “It’s also true that the nation has been forged in the flames of race and racism.” To address modern-day racism, Pierce said people must understand the complexities of American history and the ways in which white individuals attempted to justify the mistreatment of minority groups. “Throughout our history, ideas about race have shaped our immigration policies, and vice versa,” Pierce said. “Nowhere is this more apparent today than in the panicked reporting of the ‘fact’ that whites are slated to become a minority.” Pierce said several logical fallacies surround the common prediction that whites will be considered a minority group by the year 2050. “What they’re interpreting as being a minority is non-Hispanic whites dropping below 50 percent of the population,” he said. “They’re measuring minority as falling under 50 percent. That only makes sense if you think of whites as being one group, and you lump all non-whites together.” According to Pierce, most people who immigrated to the U.S.

until 1965 originated from Europe or Canada, but in 1965, immigration to the U.S. from Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, South America and Asia increased significantly. This demographic shift continues to persist, which adds some credibility to the proposal that whites will become a minority in the U.S. “There is something statistically accurate about this claim — that because of the shifting pattern of migration, that whites will become a minority if these patterns continue,” he said. “The assumption behind these predictions about whites becoming a minority is that people from Europe are white, and people from Central America and Asia and other places in the world are not. It’s not that simple.” The prediction loses validity because people cannot necessarily be neatly sorted into racial groups since race is a social construction, Pierce said. “[Race] is an idea that society has invented in order to categorize and, ultimately, control people,” he said. “It doesn’t have a biological basis.”

outlines commitments to “[the] sharing of updates” and “[an] annual exchange of information among the institutions’ Title IX coordinators” about sexual assault initiatives, policies and resources. Additionally, the release said the MOU ensures members of all three campus communities will be informed when one institution “issues a timely warning” to students regarding reports of sexual assaults. “Any time one institution issues a timely warning for any reason, it will share it with designated officials at the other institutions,” the release said. This step is the result of significant collaboration between the three presidents, Jenkins said in the release, as well as a testament to the bond between these campuses. “Working together, our three campuses have made significant progress in our collective efforts to eliminate sexual assault, developing what we believe are best practices,” he said in the release. “I am grateful for the collaborative spirit

which has animated these efforts and honored to join with my colleagues in codifying our shared commitment to providing all of our students with an educational environment that is safe and honors the dignity of each person.” This collaboration is “essential to making substantive progress,” Cervelli said in a College press release. “This MOU increases responsiveness when crimes do occur, protects and empowers students and creates a system of accountability across our campuses,” Cervelli said. “The goal that our three institutions share is to have a tri-campus community free from the devastating effects of sexual assault and other forms of harassment. ... This agreement formalizes a working relationship rooted in a mutual commitment to addressing those issues and maintaining a social and academic environment that respects human dignity in keeping with our Holy Cross tradition.”

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your community or establish a museum.” Nash said the movement of the ’60s provides a legacy that people can use in 2017. She said people today have an opportunity to move a step higher into their evolvement as an improved species, and demonstrations today and the people who participate in them must know the rest of the strategy. “We must understand that elected officials have not and will not do what’s necessary to protect the interest of this country and of American citizens,” she said. “The only way this country will make it through this frightening period and survive with citizens having a reasonable measure of rights is that we citizens must take the future of this country in our own hands.”

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According to Sedmak, Pope Francis focuses on habits in “Laudato si’” as a means of obtaining a more sustainable world. “Pope Francis encourages us in ‘Laudato si’’ to establish new habits,” Sedmak said. “I think the most sustainable way of changing an institution or any person is habits. “So you change your everyday life. You change what you take for granted, what is familiar, what is regular. You change the space, you change the things you repeat over time and you change your actions.” Last November, Sedmak and 18 of his students experimented with various aspects of their lives in light of “Laudato si’” and tried to live more sustainable lives. Sedmak said this process helped his students to reflect on their habits and question the practices they took for granted. “If you try, as one colleague did, to live without buying plastic for a month, you don’t buy plastic for a month, you will refine certain categories and you will rethink what you took for granted,” he said. “And certain categories all of the sudden become problematic.” Sedmak said Lent offers a time to undergo this process in light of “Laudato si’” and free one’s self from excesses. “I see ‘Laudato si’’ and Lent coming nicely together in the concern of try[ing] to renew yourself so that you’re open for what’s really important in life,” Sedmak said. “And I think most of us have made the experience, and can make the experience that if we forego certain things. We gain a freedom that makes

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Nash said if they had waited for officials to desegregate lunch counters and give African Americans the right to vote, “we probably would still be waiting.” Nash was arrested for her protesting efforts in the 1960s. When she and others marched, they very often knew they faced the risk of being killed or injured, she said. She said their fears were understandable, but their actions were necessary. “I’d like for you to know that although we had not yet known you, we loved you, and we were trying to bring about the best society for you to be born into and for you to come of age in,” Nash said. “Future generations will look to you to do the same.” Contact Selena Ponio at sponio@nd.edu

us much more open to the things that really matter in life.” Adapting the mindset of “less is more” helps to be successful with Lenten goals, Sedmak said. “In the spiritual life you have to have some sense of moderation,” Sedmak said. “ … [Ignatius of Loyola] had to deal with over-ambitious, young Jesuits in Portugal. They were overdoing it and fasting too much and sleeping not enough. So they took Lent over seriously.” According to Sedmak, Ignatius of Loyola responded to these Jesuits with a letter, telling them not to exhaust themselves with excessive fasting. “He sent a letter in two parts,” Sedmak said. “The first part basically said ‘Yes, God expects very impressive fruits from us, and yes, should be perfect as your father in heaven is perfect. However, don’t overdo it because if you overdo it, you will break down, ruin your health and not be able to serve the kingdom in the long run.’” According to Sedmak, Lent — viewed in light of “Laudato si’” — challenges Christians to take the suffering caused by environmental degradation and make it their own. “To turn what’s happening in the world into our own personal suffering; that’s how I see, in a nutshell, the Lenten challenge because if you are honest, this is a challenge,” Sedmak said. “ … It takes an effort for me to turn what’s happening in the world into my own personal suffering. “That’s why we need Lent. To make this bridge happen, because here on campus we may not see much of the climate change or the ecological threats that the pope talks about.” Contact Natalie Weber at nweber@nd.edu

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Ryan is more than a dorm, it’s family Rachel O’Grady News Editor

Tuesday nights are practically sacred in Ryan Hall because at 11 p.m., FJ’s commences. The tradition is simple — ever y Tuesday, girls in Ryan bake a plethora of treats in Fr. Joe Carey’s second-f loor residence, and at 11 p.m., the rest of the world gets to enjoy them. It’s community building and dorm bonding at its finest, and there’s the added bonus of an imminent stomachache from eating way too many cookies. Because of my preference of studying in the librar y or my work schedule, I rarely get to enjoy FJs right at 11 p.m. Instead, I usually grab the leftover cookies outside of his door when I do make my way back to my room, but I always feel a bit guilty given that I contributed nothing to the process. Hav ing said that, I realized earlier this Tuesday night that it’s in those little tiny moments that the Ryan Hall community really demonstrates unconditional love. I did absolutely nothing to deser ve freshly baked cookies at 2 a.m., but like clockwork, ever y Tuesday I can count on them being there. It’s this kind of attitude that makes Ryan what it is for me. The group of women I live w ith here are collectively nothing short of incredible, and you can always count on them to be there as a support system, day in and day out. I’ve already w ritten about what a truly wonderful roommate I have, but that’s only the tip of the iceberg of the rest of the communit y here. I could not have asked for better neighbors — on both sides, and in both of my years here. They’re the girls that, after a long day, I can consistently count on to let me rant to them about whatever is on my mind. They’re the ones that blast music dow n the hallway on game days — sometimes way too early in the morning — and get us out of bed. They’re the ones that w ill defend you to the death and have late night conversations about important issues while sharing their food w ith you. More importantly, however, these are the people I have had the pleasure of watching grow into truly lovely individuals over the past two years, and each day I am constantly impressed by them and all that they do. They are all cooler people than I w ill ever be. I’m way too proud of my dorm, and anyone who knows me knows I live in Ryan Hall — in fact, it’s a recurring joke amongst many of my friends. But that pride comes from a place of genuine love and appreciation for the beyond fantastic group of women here. I know ever yone thinks this of their dorm, but Ryan Hall is more than a dorm. We’re a family, we’re a team, and we’re a communit y unlike any other. Contact Rachel O’Grady at rogrady@nd.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Sarah Cate Baker Science is Golden

The Keystone XL pipeline has been in the news for a long time. Its initial proposal in 2008 sparked immediate controversy as proponents hyped over less foreign oil and opponents worried about the environmental costs. For six years, environmental committees evaluated, Congress deliberated and in 2015, Obama vetoed the project. Last Januar y, President Trump signed an executive order to give the project a green light. To be clear — the Keystone pipeline already exists. It transports crude oil from A lberta, Canada, to Houston through three different “phases” of pipes and delivers about 1.3 million barrels of oil per day to American refineries. The problem is this oil highway doesn’t run in a straight line: Phase I travels east through Canada and turns south at the Dakotas, taking an L-shaped path instead of a direct route. The proposed Phase IV pipeline — other wise known as Keystone XL — would solve this problem, creating an expressway that cuts a straight diagonal line from Hardisty, Canada, to Steele City, Nebraska. Keystone XL is not meant to replace any existing pipelines but rather to supplement them. If you want your oil and you want it now, Keystone XL makes sense. It takes a more direct route, has larger diameter pipes and runs through Baker, Montana, where it can pick up some homegrown light-crude oil to supplement that of our Canadian friends. Once completed, it would deliver an additional 830,000 barrels of oil to refiner y each day — that’s 35 million gallons of gasoline for our planes, trains and automobiles. Proponents argue that this will lower the price of gas, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and create construction jobs. Note: Under this logic, Canadian oil does not count as foreign. W hether the pipeline would increase or decrease gas prices is hotly debated and comes down to whether the pipeline will transport oil that is sold oversees or used at home — a question no one can answer. As to how many jobs will be created, estimates range from 28,000 (President Trump) to 138,000 (TransCanada, the company who owns the pipeline). The State Department honed in at 42,000, stressing that these jobs would end when construction ends. For comparison, our economy generated two million new jobs over the course of 2016. Most of the controversy over Keystone XL is the environmental risks its construction could pose. Environmentalists looking to meet divestment goals don’t like the sound of 830,000 barrels of oil hurtling through the Great Plains. They also fear the threat oil spills could pose to already-fragile ecosystems — spills that are an eventuality more

than a possibility, as even TransCanada allowed that there would be at least eleven spills over the project’s fifty year lifespan (although some experts put that number as high as ninety one). In response to these fears, TransCanada has rerouted the planned pipeline away from endangered wetlands and freshwater aquifers and also agreed to bur y the pipeline deeper underground. These measures were taken to limit the effects of a spill on the surrounding environment, but some critics believe the problem begins before the oil is even in the pipe. The oil transported by Keystone XL will be mined from Canadian tar sands. Tar sand oil is considered to be especially “dirty,” as it requires a lot of energ y to extract. The oil also has to be superheated to be transportable, requiring more fossil fuels. From ground to gas pump, the use of tar oil releases 17 percent more greenhouse gasses than traditional oil. Tar oil is already being mined, but vocal opposition to the environmental costs has made it something of a last resort. However, as projects like Keystone XL get approved, more and more tar sand oil will be extracted, refined and used. It is the opposite direction that a climate-conscious society should be moving in. Some people believe the hype over the Keystone XL is overblown. They claim that this project will not eliminate U.S. dependence on Saudi Arabian oil any more than it will spell the end of our polar ice caps. They point out that this oil will get to market it eventually any way, so there is not much point in tr ying to stop it now. These people are wrong. There will never be a silver bullet with which to fight climate change. W hat there will be is constant opportunities, at ever y level, to take steps either towards a cleaner future or backwards to a dirty one. There will be opportunities and there will be turning points, and there will be times to make decisions about what we want to be. The Keystone XL Pipeline is one of these. And the fight is not over. President Trump has made his position clear, but TransCanada still has to get permission from Nebraska to begin construction. Nebraska’s politicians have been staunchly opposed to the Pipeline in the past. Now is the time to give them our support. Now is the time to decide what we want our policies to say about us. Sarah Cate Baker is in her third year at ND, double majoring in biology and English. When she’s not in the lab pouring over viruses under a microscope, you can usually find her shooting caffeine in the Hesburgh basement, while she desperately tries to write papers and make deadlines. If you would like to question her sanity or her science, feel free to email her at sbaker6@nd.edu The views expressed in the column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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What’s your name, man? Jack Rooney Irish Eyes

My name is John Clarke Rooney. That’s just about the simplest, most important thing I can say about myself. I was named after my dad, John Flynn Rooney. Flynn was his mother’s maiden name. Clarke is my mom’s maiden name. To avoid confusion in the house, I became Jack. Still, I like to say that I’m a pseudo-junior. I take great pride in my name, in large part because I’m proud of my family and our heritage. I’m proud that I get to live in Ireland, where I can blend my family’s history with my own present. And the weekend before last, Ireland reminded me just how important names can be. I was helping lead the Notre Dame Dublin program’s weekend trip to Northern Ireland, a place that always provides plenty to think and write about (for instance, my column on empathy and understanding born out of last semester’s trip). Deep-seated religious and sectarian conflict still simmer just beneath the delicate surface of peace, evidenced by last week’s Northern Ireland Assembly elections and the uncertainty that has followed. In this environment, I embarked on my third trip to Northern Ireland, each of which has given me new perspectives and plenty of intellectual, spiritual and emotional fodder. This time, the trip provided an example of how our names can tell so much about who we are. In Northern Ireland — especially Belfast, where

polar Protestant and Catholic communities live literally a stone’s throw from each other (though separated by a rather oxymoronically named Peace Wall) — names give important cues about how you can speak and act around other people. Our tour guide for the Catholic side of Belfast, Peter, is fairly easily identified as a Catholic. You probably wouldn’t find many Northern Irish Protestants sharing a name with the first Pope. Similarly, our tour guide for the Protestant side of the wall, Noel, is not hard to peg as a Protestant. And when each of the guides first stepped on our coach bus, they were quick to ask the name of the bus driver, because they might be more or less guarded depending on the bus driver’s background (his name was Mark, which didn’t really give too much insight into his religious or political background). In my two previous trips to Belfast, I hadn’t noticed this largely unspoken emphasis on names, but it makes sense, and it’s further proof for me that our names can shape who we are. I’ve long believed that names matter a great deal — I wrote one of my Notre Dame admissions essays about my name and what it reveals about me (and I tried to dig up that essay to include in this column, but tragically couldn’t find it). The older I’ve gotten, though, the more I feel I’ve grown into my name. My dad, before he died last June, was a hard working, honest, faithful and deeply loving man, and I’m honored to share my name with him. Sometimes, I catch myself in a “dad moment” — using a phrase he would have used, reacting to a situation the same way he would have. A few years

ago, that would have annoyed me, but as I’ve grown into my name, I’ve also come to appreciate that if I live the way my dad lived, I will have a good life. At the same time, I like that I go by Jack. To this day, if someone tries to get my attention by calling me John, I probably won’t realize they’re talking to me. I’ve never really been a John. Being Jack allows me to chart my own course and put my own mark on the family name. As the middle child, I also love that my full name encompasses both sides of my family: Rooney for my dad’s side and Clarke for my mom’s. I’ve been told time and again that I look like a Clarke and act like a Rooney, which seems only natural. So, my name tells a lot about me. It contains much more information and detail than 16 letters normally would. According to some research, it could even help predict how I would perform in school or my career opportunities. In some contexts, it could reveal something about my religious or political beliefs, which could dictate how people treat me. In the end, though, it’s my most important possession, my biggest source of pride and one of my favorite parts about myself. And regardless of whatever else changes in my life, it will always be my name. Jack Rooney is a 2016 Notre Dame graduate and The Observer’s former managing editor. He is currently spending a year living and working for the University in Ireland and writes these columns to keep him busy and satisfy his need for journalism. Follow Jack on Twitter @RooneyReports and/or email him at jrooney1@nd.edu The views expressed in the column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

For the sake of ‘pro-life’ I’m writing this letter to the Notre Dame community to express my complete disillusionment with what I thought was my beloved alma mater. When I was at Notre Dame (under the leadership of Fr. Theodore Hesburgh), we stood for the rights of all people — especially the downtrodden, the oppressed and the poor. Our community was one that I was very proud of. Now, I’m reading in my local paper that Notre Dame has asked Mike Pence, and was considering Donald Trump, for Commencement speaker. How can the great Notre Dame community endorse these people who have consistently lied and exhibited varying degrees of disregard for the inclusiveness and love that was preached by Jesus and has been preached by our current beloved Pope? The Catholic endorsement of the anti-LGBT rhetoric is undermining the message of love and inclusiveness that should be sent around the world. The Catholic endorsement of the policies of President Trump and his administration is terrifying to me. Has the Catholic position of anti-abortion allowed everyone to ignore all of the other positions of this

new administration and blinded everyone to its evils? How can an educated population such as the Notre Dame community not see the deception and greed in this current administration? They have no qualms about lying and then saying that it’s someone else’s fault when the lies are exposed. Some of the most “trusted” advisors in the White House are part of the “alt-right” movement that has been spreading messages of hatred, misogyny, discrimination and racism throughout the country. Where are the peace-loving activists of the ’60s and ’70s? Are they being replaced by greedy nationalists and white supremacists? Why aren’t more people — especially Catholics — standing up for all of our less fortunate members of the human race, such as immigrants, blacks and Hispanics? Since when did it become the “right” of an American to keep and build as much wealth as possible, especially to the detriment of those who are less fortunate than them? We don’t have a right to this land or this land’s wealth — we took it from the Native Americans. We built wealth using the African American slaves and we “gave” it to the white soldiers returning

from war (read about the housing policies of our Administration in the ’50s). The Trump administration stands for greed and wealth. How many millionaires are included in this current administration? Who is looking out for the less fortunate? And I haven’t even mentioned the stewardship of our earth — who is protecting our world for our children? The current administration is stripping away all of the policies that have been put in place to try to stop the polluting of our air and water — all in the name of economic development (aka corporate greed). Do we want to destroy our earth, and our children’s future, for the sake of more money? The religious right in this country are giving away the heart and soul of our country in return for what? No anti-abortion policy is worth all that we are losing. Is this what the Catholics of this country want to be remembered for?

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Media bias led to Owens’ rejection Marek Mazurek Sports Editor

If you ask anyone what the greatest individual honor a professional athlete can earn is, most will say a spot in their sport’s hall of fame. And I would agree. Just the name itself is regal and impressive. It’s the hall of fame, not the room of pretty good players. And because it’s so prestigious, selection into halls of fame is fought with debate and, on occasion, controversy. And controversy reared its ugly, yet oh-so-compelling, head in early February when wide receiver Terrell Owens was not elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Fellow columnist Daniel O’Boyle argued in his column two weeks ago that Owens got snubbed, and I generally agree with him. Owens’ statistics are simply too good for him to be left out. However, I’m not here to argue why Owens should be let in. I’d rather examine why he got left out. There are many who have argued that Owens was left out of the Hall because of his antics in the locker room and in the press. As one voter pointed out, it’s rare for a Hall of Fame player to bounce around to five different teams because his attitude makes him so difficult to work with. Yes, Owens was no saint in the locker room, but neither were a lot of players already in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and other halls of fame. Heck, Dennis Rodman made the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and he actively supports the totalitarian North Korean government. Owens may not be well-liked, but he isn’t Kim Jong Il. Is that really why he didn’t get voted in? No. The reason Owens got snubbed was his relationship with the media. For the Pro Football Hall of Fame — and for almost every other hall of fame — members of the media control who gets in. For the NFL, the 48-member selection committee is entirely made up of sports writers and broadcasters. And while reporters in all areas of journalism pride themselves on remaining objective, bias slips in. And that is exactly what happened to Owens. Owens consistently had a poor relationship with the media, who constantly blamed him for every locker room that exploded while he was there. Numerous reporters disliked his flashy style and touchdown celebrations. Granted, Owens did nothing to calm the fire. In fact, after getting snubbed, Owens posted to

Twitter a picture of himself wearing a Hall of Fame coat with his career statistics on the back. The question is: Did that bias affect the voters on the committee? You bet it did. One voter, Jim Trotter, said publicly that the vote against Owens “felt personal.” That’s because it was. The media’s disdain for Owens showed, and it robbed an all-time great of a well-deserved honor. Unfortunately for the perceived sanctity of halls of fame, Owens isn’t alone. In the Baseball Hall of Fame, an even bigger slugfest of media bias is going on over the likes of Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds. To be clear, Clemens and Bonds are very different from Owens: They have both allegedly used performance-enhancing drugs, and while I believe Owens should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, I do not think Bonds and Clemens should be voted into baseball’s equivalent. What is important to note, though, is how media bias affects whether or not steroid-using players will make it into the Baseball Hall of Fame. In their first year on the ballot in 2013, Clemens and Bonds received 38 and 37 percent of the the votes, respectively, fairly short of the 75 percent needed to make it in. Over the next two years, both players’ percentages stayed even in the upper 30s, but in 2016, Clemens’ shot up to 52 percent, while Bonds’ increased to 45 percent. What changed? What changed was actually the voters themselves. In 2015, the Baseball Hall of Fame changed its voting policy so that only cardholding members of the Baseball Writers Association of America who have covered a game within the last 10 years have a ballot. This move shoved out a lot of older members of the media who came from a pre-steroid era. The remaining voters were all reporters during Clemens and Bonds’ careers. Many covered the huge successes of these players, and the voting numbers prove that these younger writers do not care as much about the steroid issues surrounding players like Bonds and Clemens. It’s a shame to see athletes being refused the greatest individual honor in sports because they didn’t get along with the media. Just as it will be shame to see Bonds and Clemens reach the Hall simply because a newer generation of reporters doesn’t seem to care about the integrity of the game.

Flyers’ road win keeps playoff hopes alive Associated Press

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Radko Gudas had a goal and two assists, and the Philadelphia Flyers continued their lateseason playoff push with a 6-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. Jordan Weal and Travis Konecny had a goal and assist each, and Claude Giroux scored to snap a 12-game goal drought and cap a three-goal second-period outburst. Matt Read also scored while Steve Mason stopped 31 shots. The Flyers improved to 3-01 in their past four and vaulted ahead of idle Tampa Bay into 11th place in the Eastern Conference standings. Jack Eichel had two goals and assist for Buffalo to extend the NHL’s longest active point streak to 11 games. Evander Kane had a goal and assist for the Sabres, who continued losing ground in the standings by dropping to 1-5-2 in their past eight. Robin Lehner stopped 24 shots and has allowed 24 goals in his past six games. At least the Sabres didn’t blow a lead in a game they never led. Buffalo had squandered third-period leads in

four of its previous seven games, including a 3-0 edge in a 4-3 loss at Pittsburgh on Sunday. The Flyers’ six goals matched a season high set twice, and marked just the second time in 21 games they’ve scored four or more. With the game tied at 2, the Flyers took control by scoring twice in the final 6:12 of the second period. Weal was credited with the go-ahead goal when Jakub Voracek’s centering pass from the left circle deflected in off Weal’s skate. Giroux then made it 4-2 when he was inexplicably allowed to stand alone to the right of the net. Lehner got his blocker up to stop Michael Del Zotto’s shot from the left point. The rebound caromed off Sabres defenseman Josh Gorges and directly to Giroux, who tapped in the bouncing puck for his 13th of the season. The second period has been an issue all season long for the Sabres. They entered the game allowing 71 secondperiod goals, which was tied with St. Louis for secondmost in the NHL this season. The Flyers scored three

times in the middle frame, starting with Gudas snapping a shot from the right circle that beat Lehner just under the crossbar 4:58 in. Defensive miscues cost Buffalo. Gudas’ goal came after Buffalo’s Marcus Foligno was stripped of the puck while attempting to skate backward out of his own zone. Read opened the scoring 4:34 in when he deflected in Gudas’ shot from the right point. The goal came after Eichel turned the puck over in the neutral zone. Buffalo’s first two goals came on the power play. Kane tied the game at 1 in the first period by scoring from the right circle, and with Sam Reinhart screening Mason. Eichel scored from the slot after Ryan O’Reilly won a faceoff to the right of the Philadelphia net. Chris VandeVelde and Konecny scored in the opening 5½ minutes of the third period.

Up next Flyers: Resume four-game road trip at Toronto on Thursday. Sabres: At Columbus on Friday.

nhl | blue jackets 2, devils 0

Bobrovsky’s 33 saves lead to third straight shutout Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sergei Bobrovsky made 33 saves for his third consecutive shutout and the Columbus Blue Jackets handed the New Jersey Devils their eighth straight loss with a 2-0 victory on Tuesday night. Bobrovsky shut out the Devils for the second time in three days as he made 20 saves in a 3-0 win on Sunday. Tuesday’s shutout was his career-high sixth this season. Bobrovsky has not allowed a goal since the Canadiens’ Alex Galchenyuk scored in overtime on Feb. 28. Oliver Bjorkstrand and Cam Atkinson scored thirdperiod goals for Columbus,

which leads Pittsburgh by two points for second place in the Metropolitan Division. Columbus opened the scoring at 9:39 of the third when Sam Gagner chipped the puck out from behind the net to Bjorkstrand, who slammed it past Devils goalie Keith Kinkaid. Atkinson added his 30th of the season, an empty-net goal with 1:16 left — nine seconds after the Devils pulled Kinkaid for an extra skater — to beat New Jersey for the second time in three days. New Jersey outshot the Blue Jackets 33-25 and played better until Columbus started to get going late in the second period. Kinkaid, the backup

goaltender, played well for the Devils, stopping 24 shots. New Jersey outshot Columbus 16-9 in the first period on Tuesday after getting 20 shots total in Sunday night’s loss to the Blue Jackets. The Devils got plenty of good looks against Bobrovsky, but he was outstanding in keeping the game scoreless. New Jersey had a goal late in the first period waived off because Dalton Prout’s shot was deflected in by a high stick by Taylor Hall in the left circle.

Up next New Jersey: Plays at Colorado on Thursday. Columbus: Hosts Buffalo on Friday.

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of play in the hopes of bouncing back from a 1oth-place finish in its last showing. “We’ve had only two opportunities so far this spring, a win at the match play and the 10th in Tucson, which sees us at nine-and-nine to start out,” Kubinski said. “We need to keep growing each week, moving toward an NCAA berth. Tucson saw us three holes away from finishing maybe

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with eight strikeouts. Irish junior right-hander Peter Solomon had a solid outing, striking out eight himself. He was hurt, however, by an early two-run home run by UMass Lowell first baseman Steve Passatempo. The River Hawks (4-6) took control of the game from there. The Notre Dame bats came alive Saturday night, however, as the Irish snapped their sixgame losing streak by defeating Rhode Island, 8-4. Matt Vierling sparked the Irish, as the sophomore outfielder singled and scored in both the second and fourth innings to give the Irish a 2-0 lead. He then broke the game open in the bottom of the fifth by hitting a grand slam over the left-center field wall to make it 6-0. Although the Rams (56) threatened to steal another win from the Irish with a fourrun sixth inning, Irish junior southpaw Sean Guenther steered the Irish away from trouble with 3 1/3 innings in relief, and Vierling, also a right-handed pitcher, moved to the mound to get the final out and earn the save. Notre Dame closed out the USA Baseball-Irish Classic

10-and-five, only to lose a few shots coming in. We need to finish out 54 holes. That’s something young teams learn how to do and I’m confident this group will do so.” The Irish will have the chance to work on their endurance when the Georgia Southern Schenkel Invitational gets underway on March 17. The Invitational will take place over the course of three days. Contact Brennan Lee at blee18@nd.edu

on Sunday when it took on Monmouth. The Irish got key contributions from junior right-handed pitcher Brad Bass and freshman first baseman Daniel Jung to take down the Hawks (1-8), 4-0. Bass struck out nine over seven shutout innings, while Jung drilled a pair of solo home runs to provide all the offense the Irish needed. Vierling also drove in two runs in the victory. With consecutive wins under its belt, Notre Dame now prepares for ACC play. The Irish will travel to Clemson this weekend for a threegame series, to Davidson for one game next Tuesday and then will wrap up their road trip with a three-game series at Pittsburgh. Aoki said he believes his team is improving and will continue to do so. “We certainly have a lot of things to improve on, but I certainly believe we’re capable of competing at a high level [on this road trip],” Aoki said. “We’re trending in the right direction.” The Irish will take on the Tigers in Clemson, South Carolina, starting on Friday, with the series’ first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Contact Joe Everett at jeveret4@nd.edu

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Irish sophomore outfielder Matt Vierling makes contact during Notre Dame’s 4-1 win over Boston College on April 15 at Frank Eck Stadium.

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Irish sophomore attack Nikki Ortega takes a free-position chance during Notre Dame’s 16-13 win over Ohio State on Tuesday. Ortega finished with a hat trick and has 15 goals and to 16 assists on the season.

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scored soon after after draw controls from freshman midfielder Erin McBride. The scoring glut continued as the Buckeyes got in on the act too, and just over six minutes after the opener the score was 6-3 in Notre Dame’s favor. The Irish added two more in four minutes before the scoring slowed down again, and by halftime Notre Dame led 11-5. Irish head coach Christine Halfpenny said her entire team deserved credit for the first-half offensive performance. “I just feel like the team was just moving the ball really well,” Halfpenny said. “Again our defense really fueled some great offensive fast break opportunities and we didn’t really allow Ohio State’s defense to settle us. We just kept pushing it and kept moving the ball through a lot of people’s hands and were able to find the ball really nicely. It’s probably some of our best movement and ball movement in that half, we were really happy with that. It looked great. “We talked about contesting every ground ball, and the team did such a great job of that that even the ones

that didn’t fall, we got that second chance opportunity battling for the ground ball and created a scoring play out of it.” In the second half, the Buckeyes slowly worked their way back into the game as Notre Dame struggled to get much going offensively. Ohio State scored the opening three goals of the second half and five of the first six goals in the period as they closed the gap to just two goals at 12-10 with 18:54 remaining. After 10 scoreless minutes, the Irish restored their lead back to four goals as Pearsall and sophomore defender Hannah Proctor each scored, but Buckeyes freshman midfielders Sage Darling and Liza Hernandez quickly canceled out the Irish pair. The Irish, however, scored two more inside the final five minutes and although the Buckeyes grabbed one back, the Irish win was secured with a 1613 final score when Pearsall grabbed the ensuing draw. “We did enough,” Halfpenny said. “We made stops; we made some critical stops in that under-seven minute period. We got two critical stops in about three minutes and those two stops fueled an 8-meter goal by Hannah Proctor and

another goal by [junior midfielder] Molly Cobb. So that was really big, to not allow them to get within one and get momentum. That was huge for us.” Notre Dame’s eight game winning streak is tied for the third-longest in program history. The Irish are currently just two wins away from the program record of 10, achieved twice, in 2004 and 2013 to open the season. Ortega and freshman Savannah Buchanan each scored three for the Irish, while Buchanan also added four draw controls. Pearsall ended the game with two goals, two assists and four draw controls. Spring break sees Notre Dame begin a stretch against a variety of topranked teams. The Irish will play at No. 10 Princeton and No. 20 Towson before a game at Virginia to finish the week. The Irish also hope to carry their momentum into the following weeks, as they will take on No. 4 Syracuse and return home to face No. 2 North Carolina. The Irish and the Tigers (4-0, 1-0 Iv y League) will meet at Alumni Stadium, in Princeton, New Jersey, on March 8 at 1 p.m. Contact Daniel O’Boyle at doboyle1@nd.edu

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Clover Cup up next for ND By ELIZABETH GREASON and COURTNEY BECKER Sports Writers

The Coming off a ninthplace finish at the University of Wisconsin Westbrook Spring Invitational at Westbrook Village Golf Club in Peoria, Arizona, the Irish will host the Clover Cup in Mesa, Arizona, over spring break. Notre Dame is hosting the Clover Cup at Longbow Golf Club for the sixth consecutive year. Irish junior Alison Snakard is looking forward to hosting the event because it adds an element of control that other tournaments do not provide. “It’s nice to be able to have something that is your own event and that you can invite teams to,” Snakard said. “That’s how golf works. You’ll be invited to one thing, so it’s nice to be able to invite people back and also represent your school at something that’s your own tournament.” Irish sophomore Isabella DiLisio is excited for the tournament because she feels it will give her team a chance to prove itself, especially as it attempts to earn a place in the NCAA tournament in May. “Personally, I’m excited for all the opportunities we have to beat some really good teams,” DiLisio said. “Right now, we’re trying to get into regionals and we’re kind of on the border-line, and at this point, we probably wouldn’t make it if they were deciding tomorrow. So, we have a lot of really solid opportunities. Florida State is coming and they’re ranked third. So, there are a lot of solid teams, that, if we can get a couple wins, it should help our ranking and hopefully we can put together a good season.” Despite the team’s struggles in its last event, DiLisio was able to pull together a personal best

two-round total of 138 at the Westbrook Spring Invitational, finishing with a 54-hole total of 211. She is looking forward to carrying that momentum into the Clover Cup. “It was a good confidence booster in the last tournament,” DiLisio said. “That’s always helpful going into the next tournament knowing the last one you played in, you came in third, shot under par. So, that will definitely help for the upcoming tournament.” Snakard, on the other hand, is looking forward to showing off the skills she has been focusing on improving over the course of the season in the Clover Cup. “It’s been really great to have a lot of experience this year,” Snakard said. “I hope that finally putts can start dropping and the improvements start showing, so I can actually help the team in a positive way.” Snakard noted that the season as a whole to this point has been an important learning experience for the team, as it has shown flashes of strong play over the course of events. She discussed the fact that the team knows it has improvements to make coming into the Clover Cup. “We’ve learned that there’s a lot of talent out there and there are a lot of really good teams and having the cold weather is not an excuse,” Snakard said. “We need to keep working so that we can have some good wins.” The Irish will look to find the consistency they desire when they take the course on March 17 in Mesa, Arizona, for the Clover Cup. The tournament is a three-day event, ending March 19.

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“First of all is skill development; [we’re] making sure that there’s a portion that we’re working on their skill,” Kelly said. “Putting them in competitive situations, putting fatigue, putting stress on them during competitive situations. To see those guys fight through those kinds of situations and handle themselves with great focus, with great attention to detail. Grit, grit. Grit is sustained effort over a long period of time. And having some adversity. So creating those situations in practice with an eye towards building those traits is what our practices will look like.” Another departure from last season is the leadership structure Kelly has put in place. Traditionally, four captains are chosen a few weeks before the season commences. This time around, however, Kelly named captains for the upcoming season at the team’s end-of-the-year banquet in early December. However, Kelly said the leadership isn’t limited just to captains, and he has put a system in place with more players serving in leadership roles. “We’ve included our leadership group to not just be about our captains, but to be about a number of players,” Kelly said. “From our quarterbacks to players that we’ve identified this year and moving forward who will be future leaders in our program that have responsibilities, whether it’s in

the locker room, our players’ lounge, whether they are swag team captains. We have eight teams that are responsible for a group of players, accountability teams. They’re out front, and they have to be in leadership positions, holding players accountable on a day-to-day basis. So that’s been going on for the last eight weeks.” One future leader of the team is junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush. Kelly said he isn’t requiring Wimbush to take on too many responsibilities and hopes the Teaneck, New Jersey, native will grow into the mantle of leadership in time. “What I’m asking him to do [is] probably more focused on him just taking care of himself,” Kelly said. “And we’ve got a lot of good leaders. I’m giving him some leadership opportunities, and I think he’s doing quite well. But we’re not asking him to come in here and lead the entire building. We’ve got seven — six captains right now. We’re going to probably have as many as seven, so he’s well supported in that role. “He has to have a presence about him. Body language. He’s got to have confidence in himself. So those are the areas that I’m spending more time on than him having to take control of the entire football program.”

Injuries Also helping the Irish ease into spring practice is a lack of injuries. Kelly said junior cornerback Shaun Crawford, who tore his Achilles against Nevada in September, will

be moving around quite a bit, but no contact drills are expected. “I’m very optimistic that when we look at two of our big guys in terms of the injuries, Shaun Crawford being one with the Achilles — you know, he’s jumping, his change of direction, I think you’re going to see him extremely active in the spring,” Kelly said. “I don’t see him in a contact position at this time, but he won’t be cheated this spring. He’s really going to use spring as an opportunity for him to continue to grow as a football player.”

Offense Another change Kelly said he has in mind for the offense is to let newly hired offensive coordinator Chip Long have full control. Long was the offensive coordinator at Memphis before being named to the same position at Notre Dame. Kelly said his goal is to have Long run an up-tempo offensive unit. “Chip will be allowed to put all of his time and effort in running the offense and playing fast,” Kelly said. “I’m going to give him that autonomy to do that. I think that over the last few years, it’s been a committee running the offense. There is no committee now. It’s one guy that can kind of turn it loose and run it. “When I was at Cincinnati, I was the guy. I was running it by myself. So I think going back to what I believe is the most efficient way to do it and get out of the way and let Chip run it.” Contact Marek Mazurek at mmazurek@nd.edu

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The Irish will head to Tennessee to commence their spring season at the sixth annual Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, which will take place Saturday and Sunday. Notre Dame had a strong showing in its most recent event, the Head of the Charles Regatta, which took place Oct. 22 and Oct. 23. The club four team, made up of sophomore Gen Johanni, junior Lauren Matchett, junior Meredith Swartz and junior Christine Schindele-Murayama, finished third in its time trial after starting 52nd. The

Irish also snagged 19th in the Championship Eight and 10th in the Championship Four. Last year, the Oak Ridge Invitational proved to be a fierce competition, with some of the nation’s top-ranked programs in attendance. The Irish found success, garnering four first place and 10 runner-up finishes. The Oak Ridge Invitational will take place at Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The rowing venue has hosted Notre Dame’s first spring competition every year since 2008. The regatta will occur March 11-12, with races beginning at 8 a.m. both days.

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Irish junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush scores a touchdown during Notre Dame’s 62-27 victory over UMass on Sep. 26, 2015, at Notre Dame Stadium. Wimbush redshirted his sophomore year.

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Baseball | USA BASEball-Irish classic

Irish defeat Buckeyes to claim eighth straight win

ND earns weekend split

By DANIEL O’BOYLE

By JOE EVERETT

Sports Writer

No. 8 Notre Dame extended its winning streak to eight games, holding on through a tense second half to defeat Ohio State 16-13. Mistakes characterized the opening minutes of the game, as Notre Dame (8-1, 2-0 ACC) allowed the shot clock to expire without taking a shot after the opening draw, before the Buckeyes (52) lost the ball out of bounds under no pressure on the ensuing clear. However — after just under eight scoreless minutes — when the first goal came, more soon followed. It was the Irish who scored the opener through senior midfielder Casey Pearsall, and within a minute they led 3-0, as sophomore attack Nikki Ortega and sophomore midfielder Samantha Ly nch each

Notre Dame added two more wins to that column at the USA Baseball-Irish Classic — its final in-season tournament — in Cary, North Carolina, over the weekend. Hosting the tournament at the USA Baseball National Training Complex, the Irish (3-8) dropped their first two games before recovering to take the next two over Rhode Island and Monmouth. Notre Dame kicked off the tournament Friday by dropping a close decision to Maryland, 4-3. Junior right-hander Brandon Bielak took the no-decision after throwing six innings of onerun ball. Bielak was locked in a pitcher’s duel with Maryland’s Brian Shaffer, a junior right-handed pitcher, who held Notre Dame’s offense in check until the seventh inning. Facing a 2-0 deficit to the Terrapins

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Irish freshman midfield Savannah Buchanan attacks the defense during Notre Dame’s 16-13 win over Ohio State on March 7.

Notre Dame aims to alter strategy Sports Writer

The Irish will continue their spring season March 17 at the 38th annual Georgia Southern Schenkel Invitational in Statesboro, Georgia. Coming off a 10th-place finish at the National Invitation Tournament in Tucson, Notre Dame has been practicing intently for the Invitational. Irish head coach Jim Kubinski said the emphasis has been on improving precision with short irons during practice recently. “Our practice focus right now is primarily on distance control, particularly with our shorter irons, as well as the typical high volume reps we perform in the various short game areas,” Kubinski said. The upcoming event boasts a talented 14-team field, headlined by Vanderbilt, which hopes to earn a repeat victor y at Forest Heights Countr y Club. The

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By BRENNAN LEE

(5-5) in the frame, the Irish pushed three runs across the plate thanks in large part to a dropped-ball error by Terrapins sophomore right fielder Marty Costes. However, the Terrapins struck back with a two-run ninth inning to regain the lead, and the Irish were unable to respond in the bottom half of the frame. Irish head coach Mik Aoki said another close loss was a difficult way to start the tournament. “I thought we played okay, but that loss was a tough one,” Aoki said. “We made a comeback and unfortunately lost it, but you’re going to get that sometimes — that’s baseball.” Early Saturday action saw the Notre Dame bats go lifeless against UMass Lowell in an 8-0 loss, as River Hawks sophomore pitcher Collin Duff ley tossed seven innings of three-hit ball to go along

Commodores won the event in 2016, shooting 41-underpar, which was 10 strokes better than second-place finisher Wake Forest. Kubinski discussed that his players will need to give themselves early and consistent birdie attempts in order to find success next week. “The Schenkel typically sees low scoring, so we’ll need to be ready, from the outset, to give ourselves lots of smart looks at birdie,” Kubinski said. “Often collegiate players think low scoring is about making lots of birdies, but really the idea is to give yourself lots of opportunities to putt for birdie, while reducing the overly aggressive shot selection that can lead to bogey or worse. As a football analog y, we need to churn out the total offense numbers while keeping turnovers to a minimum. That’s what we need this week.” Notre Dame will assume this more conser vative style see M GOLF PAGE 10

Kelly highlights early conditioning, leadership By MAREK MAZUREK Sports Editor

After a 4-8 season, change has been a big theme for Notre Dame heading into the offseason. Change has already come in the form of six new coaches for the Irish, but head coach Brian Kelly said improvements in the team’s strength and conditioning w ill prove to be a major factor for the Irish in spring practice. “Any time that you go into the offseason and you make a number of changes, what inf luences your team the most is your strength and conditioning,” Kelly said. “And we have a whole new staff ... in there that [is] inf luencing our guys over the last eight weeks.” Specifically, Kelly said he wants his spring practices to be as competitive and intense as possible while still maintaining a healthy roster. see FOOTBALL PAGE 11

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Irish graduate student offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey awaits the snap during Notre Dame’s 45-27 loss to USC on Nov. 26.