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University approves curriculum New course requirements set to be implemented for class of 2022 By CLARE KOSSLER Assistant Managing Editor
Since its founding, Notre Dame has prided itself on its commitment to the liberal arts, requiring all students to take a core set of courses deemed fundamental to a Catholic liberal arts education. Over the span of nearly 50 years, these core courses have changed but little, and current Notre Dame students are subject to most of the same University requirements for graduation as were students in the 1960s. However, on Nov. 10, University President Fr. John
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O’Neill residents discuss tailgating By COURTNEY BECKER News Writer
While tailgating is considered a staple of a Notre Dame home football game, many students don’t have a consistent tailgate to go to every week. In 2013, a group of seniors from O’Neill Hall solved this problem by purchasing a renovated school bus to use to create a consistent tailgate at which all students are welcome. The bus tailgate has become a tradition for O’Neill Hall, with a new group of juniors buying the bus from the outgoing owners at the end of every school year. “The tradition is an LLC, [a Limited Liability Corporation],” senior bus coowner Tom Taylor said. “So there are shares and we’ll sell our shares to the incoming class. We pay the incorporation fee, we pay the insurance fee, we pay the costs of tailgating supplies every week. We split it among all the seniors.” Taylor said registering the bus as an LLC has made the tradition easier to continue in multiple ways. “It removes liability from all the guys involved, and it’s just easier to pass it down that way,” he said. “It was incorporated three or four years ago. The guys bought an old school bus, fixed it up and one of their dads was a lawyer.
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… It’s registered as the ‘Bus Beverage Provider, LLC,’ and it’s officially listed among the bars of the state of Indiana or wherever it’s registered.” Sophomore O’Neill Hall resident Liam Bryson said he appreciates that the bus serves as a unifying tool for the dorm. “I love the men of O’Neill — they’re one of my favorite parts of Notre Dame. And the bus always brings O’Neill together,” he said. “There’s a really interesting section dynamic in O’Neill where it’s kind of like you’re a part of O’Neill, but you’re mainly a part of your section. Your section is your really tight-knit group and you’re always with them, so this is one of the few things that I feel like really unifies all the sections.” Although investing in the bus doesn’t make sense financially, Taylor said juniors each year still look forward to putting in the time and money to pass the tradition down. “All the kids I looked up to when I was a freshman … they had they tailgates, they were the ones who were having us to their houses and showing us the ropes,” Taylor said. “We were all pretty pumped to get involved and we were all warned very clearly that it was a black hole for money.” see BUS PAGE 6
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SMC faculty weigh in on post-election tension By NICOLE CARATAS Saint Mary’s Editor
“In preparation for Thanksgiving, Saint Mary’s faculty and students hosted a panel to discuss compassion, civil discourse and concrete action in light of the recent presidential election. College President Jan Cervelli said differing beliefs should not be a divisive factor in a community. “We are the Saint Mary’s family, and families sometimes disagree,” she said. “We should not only respect the disagreement, but revel in it.” Phyllis Kaminski, professor of religious studies, referenced the Charter of Compassion, written by Catholic author Karen Armstrong to advocate for compassion internationally. “We are part of a worldwide movement that is deeply spiritual and inclusive,” she said. “I hold here to the most basic tenet. All human beings are born with the capacity for compassion, and it must be cultivated if we as human beings are to survive and thrive.” Megan Zwart, assistant professor of philosophy, offered
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recommendations for civil discourse. Her first recommendation is to “remember not to be a jerk, and assume that your conversation partner is not a jerk either.” “It’s a view that any minimally decent person should hold,” she said. “You can ground this view in the church teaching that we are all grounded in the image of God, or you can see universal dignity as consistent with a secular commitment to human rights. You can understand our shared dignity by a means of basic human empathy.” Zwart said it is important to pay attention to the context in which the discourse is happening. “If someone is afraid for her safety or security, the context is not a good one for productive dialogue,” she said. “If someone is in pain, listen to her pain. If someone is fearful, help her find security. It doesn’t matter if you share her pain or her fear. Respond to her immediate need and save the argument for a less emotionally-charged time.” According to Zwart, another step needed for civil discourse
is to challenge assumptions. “If you argue with someone who has very different assumptions from you and you don’t recognize this, you’re not going to have a productive conversation; you’re just going to talk past each other,” Zwart said. “Investigating assumptions means you have to be up to the realization that your assumptions may not weather the test of critical scrutiny.” She said it is also important to take time to determine the facts of a situation. “Be intellectually responsible,” she said. “Do some research, and then do some research on the sources you trust.” Approaching situations with curiosity instead of defensiveness is another way to conduct civil discourse, Zwart said. She said our first impulses are to question the other person and then to flee. “We’re wired to defer to existing beliefs, and when we confront with new information that doesn’t conform to those beliefs, it’s tempting to dismiss those beliefs or get defensive,” she said. “Do not see ELECTION PAGE 5
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SMC a cappella group prepares for fall concert By MARTHA REILLY Associate Saint Mary’s Editor
Saint Mary’s a cappella group Bellacappella hopes to hit a high note at its fall concert this Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Carroll Auditorium. Senior Lauren Zyber, co-musical director of Bellacappella, said the concert will feature a range of songs, including classics such as “Can’t Help Falling in Love” by Elvis Presley and newer hits such as “Can’t Stop the Feeling” by Justin Timberlake. The group will also try to ignite school spirit by singing “The Belles of Saint Mary’s,” as it does at every concert, she said. “I love looking out into the audience and seeing people singing along or swaying,” Zyber said. “Sometimes people get tears in their eyes. I think music is another way for us to share in the sisterhood with each other.” According to Zyber, support from the College community will enhance the concert because listening to music can be an interactive experience. “I think a performance is always a two-way street,” Zyber said. “It’s fun to know that people are there to have a good time with us. It takes the pressure off, too.” Zyber said over the past few years, Bellacappella has somewhat blurred the distinction between the soloist and the background artists, focusing more on harmonizing in certain songs. “In those pieces, we have to really listen to each other and try to sound really unified, but we all have really unique voices, so it’s really cool to
see all that come together as a really cohesive sound even though we’re all really different,” Zyber said. Junior Kayse McGough, treasurer for Bellacappella, said students can form close bonds with classmates through involvement with the music department. She said Bellacappella attracts many students who are not music majors, and it gives members a chance to meet people of various backgrounds and interests. “Because we are a liberal arts college, each department tends to be a little bit smaller than what you would see at a larger university,” McGough said. “Having an a cappella group kind of reaches out to those people who wouldn’t necessarily look into the music department unless we had something that was related to popular music.” McGough said belonging to Bellacappella forces her to confront her stage fright since the group hosts concerts and sings at various events throughout the academic year. “Being in Bella has really given me the confidence to perform in front of my peers,” McGough said. “The first song or two, I get kind of nervous. When there are only twelve people in a group, if one person messes up, it can kind of throw off the group.” According to McGough, the older members serve as role models for newer additions to the group. “Each year, all the girls that have been in charge have really inspired me, and I’ve been really happy to watch
them kind of grow into that position,” McGough said. “I’ve aspired to be like them. They’ve always acted as mentors to me and have kind of helped me along academically, musically and socially.” McGough said looking into the audience and seeing members of the Saint Mary’s community enjoying themselves is a feeling like no other. “In terms of having the support of our peers, it makes us feel good about what we do,” she said. “It makes us feel motivated and energized to create a better arrangement or to practice more or to be the best that we can be.” The group unites Saint Mary’s students and enhances the community, Zyber said. Members try to maintain a spirit of positivity and optimism, rather than focusing on stress that may accompany a performance. “Since we are Saint Mary’s only a cappella group, it’s really nice when the school does support us,” she said. “Once we start feeling nervous or like this is a burden, then it takes all the fun out of it, and then it’s like ‘What’s the point?’” Zyber said she hopes all of Bellacappella’s hard work pays off with a successful concert. “I think if we have fun, it will be a success,” Zyber said. “I’m most looking forward to getting to share our music with people. I love seeing members of the group perform, and it’s exciting for me to watch them.” Contact Martha Reilly at mreilly01@saintmarys.edu
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Panel examines pro-life stances By NATALIE WEBER News Writer
The Notre Dame Right to Life Club hosted its final panel on a holistic vision of a pro-life world Thursday night in Geddes Hall. Suzy Younger, a certified fertility care practitioner, opened the panel by discussing women’s health care. She works in a clinic which provides various reproductive services to women, including fertility management, tracking the progression of pregnancies and helping women reverse chemical abortions. “The other thing we can do is help women heal from issues they didn’t even know they were suffering with,” she said. “This is the case of a young, just recently college-graduated woman who was engaged to be married and wanted to learn to chart to avoid pregnancy. She thought everything was okay — just wanted to learn to space pregnancy — and I started seeing this [excessive menstrual bleeding] and said ‘You need to see a physician.’” Professor Carter Snead, the director of the Center for Ethics and Culture, discussed the legalization of physician-assisted suicide and said it should not be legalized. He discussed the New York Task Force on Life and the Law, proposed by Governor Mario Cuomo, to research whether physician-assisted suicide should be legalized. “ … [Cuomo] composed the panel almost entirely of people who were at the outset conceptually very sympathetic to the notion of legalizing assisted suicide because they thought that would be the best thing to do as a policy manner to operationalize a strong sense of autonomy,”
Snead said. “They reported back to Governor Cuomo and said ‘We think that under no circumstances should the state of New York legalize physician-assisted suicide and the reason is not because we’re not sympathetic to the arguments from autonomy, the arguments from compassion,’” he said. Snead said the panel said they believed the side effects of legalizing physician-assisted suicide would harm the most marginalized of society. “‘It’s because the collateral effects, the side effects for the weakest and most vulnerable — for the elderly, for the stigmatized, minorities, for the disabled and for the poor — would be devastating.’” Following Snead, Professor Margaret Pfeil, from the Department of Theology and the Center for Social Concerns then discussed prison reform and restorative justice from a theological lens. “So what would be a more merciful system, rooted in God’s love, look like?” Pfeil said. “And for me, I think a restorative approach to justice is actually pretty promising.” Professor Paolo Carozza, director of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies discussed international development and helping the poor abroad. He said a pro-life vision of development needs to acknowledge the value of human life and consists both of individual development and community support to help others develop. “So you see that by saying ‘What does a comprehensive worldview of life look like?’ it’s not just saying ‘Let’s dedicate ourselves to solving the problem of global poverty,’” Carozza said. “It’s doing it in a particular way that puts the person at the center of development.” Professor Laura Hollis from the Mendoza College of Business discussed the public and private aspects of civil engagement. “If we focus exclusively on the law, prohibiting things we find offensive, then I think we’re going to lose the argument,” Hollis said. “So the more important engagement in my opinion is the private engagement.” Hollis said students need to support those who are facing life issues in areas the law cannot affect. “What need to be doing is saying ‘We need to be there to provide resources for those that are coming up. We need to provide resources to those that are dealing with a problem pregnancy or an unwanted pregnancy.’ … These are not situations that the law can deal with at all.” Contact Natalie Weber at nweber@nd.edu
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Speaker promotes archaeological dig in Ireland By GINA TWARDOSZ News Writer
Stephen Mandal, Ph.D., cofounder of the Blackfriary Community Heritage and Archaeology Project, visited Saint Mary’s on Thursday night to speak about the archaeological dig held in Trim, Ireland. Saint Mary’s student Nina Zeiger, who studied abroad in Trim and participated in the dig, said she found a lot of interesting things while digging. “I found some stained glass, and some Georgian glass and bones but only animal bones,” she said. “It was so cool not knowing what you’re going to find, and everyone was finding different things. “Everyday there’s something amazing found.” The project is based in the town of Trim, located in County Meath, Ireland. Mandal said Trim is filled with several archaeological finds and historical landmarks. “The centerpiece of Trim is the castle, which was built in 1172,” he said. “[Trim] has more upstanding archaeology than any other town of it’s size in Ireland.” Mandal talked about their dig site and its past as a Franciscan friary, the Blackfriary. “They brought in friaries, and they were keen on their friaries because they needed monasteries there to pray for their souls because the modus operandi of medieval knights was to go on and oppress people and kill people and take over land.” Mandal said the specific site of the dig was once a graveyard coupled with walled gardens the friars used to walk around. Before they arrived, the site had become an open field filled with trash. Mandal said the town had to make difficult budgetary choices concerning which landmarks to maintain. “Are [they] going to spend the budget keeping up [their] outstanding, incredible archaeology, or use it for this?” Mandal said. “So the dig site has gone into ruin over a number of years and our challenge then was, how do we turn it from this dumping ground into something that the town could take ownership for and the town could value?” Over the years, Mandal and his team have started a children’s dig site at the field and have opened a community garden. The team welcomes those who live in the town to come and see the dig, see what they’re doing and take part. “The first thing from an archaeological standpoint was to have engagement,” Mandal said. “It is an open site. We have 29 community days where we talk about archeology and show them what we’re doing, and work with
them to get them involved in activities that you don’t have to be a trained archaeologist to do, but that still respect the archeology.” Mandal said positive community involvement wasn’t always so easy to come by. “One of the big problems we had with the site was that teenagers used to drink on the site,” he said. “There was no point in really going toe to toe with them — the best way to get it to stop was by working with the younger kids. There are 2,000 primary school kids, kids under the age of 12, and every single child has been on the site and done a project on the site.” Mandal said getting students involved at a young age will create a positive impact on the site and the community. “These guys are going to be teenagers and will do what teenagers do, but they will respect this site because they understand it and they know it,” Mandal said. Zeiger said she enjoyed the experience and would recommend it to all students looking to study abroad. “Getting to know other people and working with the community was great,” she said. “Even if you’re not interested in archaeology, we all still have a really good time and they teach everyone about [archaeology]. You get to learn all about the town and then you still get to learn all about Ireland.” The project has received critical acclaim, namely by being published in “100 Places That Can Change Your Child’s Life,” a book written by National Geographic’s Keith Bellows. Bellows, in an interview with CNN, went on to name Trim, and the archaeological dig, as one of his top-10 favorite places in the world. But Mandal said what makes a difference in the town and what really matters is the students who study abroad in Trim. He said the shared experience between the community and the student creates a progressive and lasting legacy. “From a student perspective, by coming to this project, and if you’re looking for any study abroad project, look bigger than what you’re actually doing,” Mandal said. “Look at the community you’re going into and how engaged you are going to be in that community. Study abroad is evolving and becoming much more experimental. You’re going out of your comfort zone and have the opportunity to experience another culture and to participate and be a part of something that’s a legacy.” Contact Gina Twardosz at gtwardosz01@saintmarys.edu
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flee from the unease it causes in you in a spirit of defensiveness. Move towards it in a spirit of curiosity.” Zwart said, sometimes, there are views that are so different or so hostile that a civil conversation cannot be possible. However, this is not the majority of views, she said. Junior Abbie Spica said she
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has thought about what it means to be “active” after the 2016 election. She said action is movement, but it is more than just movement; it is a “series of verbs.” “What is important about action is that you’re heard, that you feel heard in your environment, that you listen, and that you realize that every action you do — what is it for? Why are you doing this?” she said. Spica said there are three areas to concentrate on in terms of action: social media, family and loved ones and self-care. Being cognizant, courteous and careful are ways to be active. “Use your social media as a platform for discussion, not a dueling ground for dismissiveness,” she said. “Do not demonize anyone for their political beliefs. You don’t have to agree with them. … By taking care of yourself, and recognizing your value as a person, that’s the first thing it takes to be active and do anything.” Spica said people should use action to move forward after the election. “I ask that we don’t move on,” she said. “I ask that we move forward.” Contact Nicole Caratas at ncaratas01@saintmarys.edu
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Performers to read script from memorial play By MARIE FAZIO News Writer
A dramatic reading of “ROCKNE,” a musical based on the story of legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne, will be performed at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center on Sunday. The show is based on the book “Knute Rockne, All-American” and television mini-series written by Buddy Farmer. Under artistic director David Bell, producers Greg Shaffert and Jack Girardi and music and lyrical composers Michael Mahler and David Bell, the musical is making a comeback following a short run in 2008. “It’s a universal story about a man choosing his career over his family; he doesn’t realize until that moment that everything is coming apart,” Shaffert said. Employing dramatic license but staying true to real events, the production will tell of Knute’s success as a Notre Dame player and coach, as well as his personal life, as he struggles to keep everything in Paid Advertisement
balance. It opens with Rockne and the team on a train traveling home after a loss at USC. Through flashbacks, the show narrates the story of his Notre Dame career, told from the perspective of Rockne’s wife, Bonnie Skiles. Rockne is considered to be one of the most famous college football coaches in history. At Notre Dame he studied chemistry and gained fame playing end for the football team. A few years later, Rockne took over as head coach of Notre Dame football, which he coached for 13 years. He led the Irish to 105 victories and three national championships, making him the most successful college football coach by winning percentage — a record that has yet to be broken. His death at age 43 was called a “national tragedy” by President Herbert Hoover. “He’s a historical figure,” Shaffert said. “He’s still the most famous college football coach in America. He created Notre Dame from a little sleepy college to a major sports powerhouse. He has a terrific story.”
Bell is also head of musical theater department at Northwestern University; “ROCKNE” is their current project. Northwestern students from the program and six professional actors from Chicago are involved in the production. The production sold out days in advance. “We are incredibly excited,” Schaffert said. “Coming to Notre Dame is something that I thought was the perfect move for the show. It’s the right theater to do a great presentation in and make it fantastic. It’s going to be quite the production. It’s going to be beautiful and very professional. We are very excited.” After this performance, the team has plans to move the show to a regional theater, and test the waters of a paying audience. “Fans of Rockne, of Notre Dame, of football, are all over the country — that’s one of the main things that’s neat about the show,” Shaffert said. Contact Marie Fazio at mfazio@nd.edu
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Notre Dame refused to release incident reports related to student-athletes on two separate occasions. The case hinged on NDSP’s status as either a private or public agency — under Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act (APRA), public police forces, such as the Indiana State Police Department and the South Bend Police Department, are obligated to release their respective records under APRA. If NDSP were considered a public agency, it would be required to release certain records. On Wednesday, the court ruled NDSP is “not a public agency for the purposes of APRA [Access to Public Records Act]” — a ruling which affirmed a previous
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“None of us really have that, particularly, to blow [on the bus],” he added. “But it’s worth it for the fun.” Bryson said he plans on investing in the bus as a senior because of the importance of the tradition to him. “I feel like that responsibility is kind of passed down from class to class,” Bryson said. “Your freshman through junior years you’re kind of given that gift of having the bus be there every time, and so when you finally get to be a senior it’s kind of your turn to step up to the plate.” One aspect of the bus Bryson is disappointed to miss out on is traveling with the bus to away games, he said. “I do wish that I could have been a part of the bus traveling,” he said. “That sounds like so much fun — getting together with a bunch of guys and getting on the bus and traveling to a road game. … I know they haven’t done it over the last few years due to the engine always breaking down.” Senior bus owner Max Walsh said it is unlikely the bus will ever be traveling farther than Innovation Park again. “With each week being so expensive just to put everything on, it’s hard to put more money into improving the bus, which is why she’s gotten worse and worse,” Walsh said. “We were going to try and take it last year to the Kentucky Derby, and the kid that wanted to drive it clipped a car making a right turn. Then we didn’t have anyone that wanted to drive.” Still, the bus remains a staple of O’Neill Hall. “It’s definitely something that is very apparent when [first-year students] move into O’Neill, I think,” Taylor
trial court decision. Last winter, however, the Indiana General Assembly changed Access to Public Records Act definition of a “public agency” to include a private university police department. Since July 1, the public records law has applied to professional police departments at the state’s private universities, the South Bend Tribune reported Thursday. This law would have no effect on the court case settled Wednesday afternoon, but could impact the way people request private police records. “As customary, we’ll look to the Independent Colleges of Indiana for guidance on legislative matters affecting the state’s private colleges and universities,” University spokesperson Dennis Brown said Thursday night in an email.
said. “It’s pretty big because it’s a relatively new dorm so it’s not like we have a million traditions. The ones that we do have are pretty well ingrained.” Bryson said he considers the bus to be one of O’Neill’s defining attributes. “I do think it is a signature keystone of O’Neill — something that everybody in O’Neill knows about,” Bryson said. “I feel like it’s really well known around campus that there is the O’Neill Bus.” The bus is not just important to O’Neill Hall residents, Walsh said, as the owners welcome students from many dorms throughout campus to the tailgate each game. “I went there when I was a freshman and I had a lot of fun,” Walsh said. “Now we own it and so it’s fun, hopefully for everyone else. … We try to welcome everybody.” This year, the bus has been absent from its usual tailgate location at Innovation Park, instead remaining at an owner’s house for tailgates. “Right now it stays at one of our guys’ houses on Willis Street between games,” Taylor said. “Since they’re doing construction at Innovation Park, parking passes have been less available so we’ve been having the tailgates there, at the same house.” Although this new location makes it more difficult for students to attend the bus tailgates, Taylor said there is still a strong turnout every week. “When it was in Innovation Park a lot more people came just because it was so visible,” he said. “There’s all the tailgates happening right there, so people would wander over. [Still] O’Neill guys are mostly outnumbered — in a good way — when the bus is pumping.” Contact Courtney Becker at cbecker3@nd.edu
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Jenkins announced in an email to students “the most significant changes to Notre Dame’s core curriculum since the late 1960s.” These changes come in the form of a new core curriculum, set to be implemented for the class of 2022 beginning their freshman year in fall 2018. The new core curriculum — that is, the set of requirements an undergraduate student must complete before graduating from the University — reflects “a shared vision for Catholic liberal arts education in the 21st century,” Jenkins said in the email. As outlined in the final report, the new core curriculum will differ in structure from the current curriculum, modifying the number and types of current University requirements, increasing flexibility for students to choose between different requirements and introducing several new course options to satisfy certain requirements.
A core designed for increased flexibility Under the current core curriculum, students take a selection of courses from the arts and sciences: two courses each in mathematics, science, theology and philosophy; and one course each in history, fine arts or literature, the social sciences and writing and rhetoric. Additionally, students must complete both a University seminar and the Moreau First Year Experience (FYE) course within their first year at Notre Dame. The FYE course was introduced in the fall of 2015, replacing what was formerly the physical education program for freshmen. The new curriculum will reduce the total number of math and science core courses; allow students to take a new “Catholicism and the Disciplines” (CAD) in place of the traditional second philosophy requirement; and give students the option to choose between taking a history or social science course, and between a fine arts, literature or advanced language and culture course. Furthermore, the new core will introduce the option to take an “integration course” — or a teamtaught course focusing on a broad, inter-disciplinary question — as well as implement a number of other, less visible changes. Many of the changes arose out of an expressed student desire for more flexibility in fulfilling core
requirements, co-chair of the Core Curriculum Review Committee Michael Hildreth said. “[One goal] was temporal flexibility, in terms of when to take the courses. I think [students] found that the current First Year of Studies structure was very restrictive,” Hildreth, associate dean of research and graduate studies in the College of Science, said. “And then more flexibility in terms of what would count as a general education requirement as well.” Fellow review committee cochair John McGreevy said moreover, the new course embraces a “ways of knowing” approach, intended to move students and faculty away from the perception that fulfilling an individual core requirement constitutes nothing more than “checking off a box.” In the new curriculum, course requirements correspond to one of the nine “ways of knowing” — quantitative reasoning, science and technology, art, literature, advanced language and culture, history, social science, theology and philosophy — instead of being associated exclusively with a given department or discipline. “The idea with ‘ways of knowing’ is that we’re not just saying to departments, ‘OK you get two [core] courses,’ which was kind of how the old core was done,” McGreevy, dean of the College of Arts and Letters, said. “But actually [we’re saying] that faculty from different departments might be able to teach courses that fulfill a particular way of knowing. In its full form, the new core curriculum will require students to take one course in in science and technology and one course in quantitative reasoning as well as another course in either; two theology courses; two philosophy courses or one philosophy course and one “Catholicism and the Disciplines” (CAD) course; one course in history or social science; one course in fine arts, literature or advanced language and culture; and one integration course or a course in another “way of knowing,” excluding quantitative reasoning and science and technology.
The introduction of new courses to the core Two courses presented in the final report — the integration course and the CAD course — are entirely new to the core and have no equivalent in the current curriculum. The integration course, which
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is one of the options students can choose from in fulfilling core requirements, will provide students the chance to take an “interdisciplinary look at big questions,” Hildreth said. “What we’re intending is a teamtaught course, where two professors would be in the classroom 100 percent of the time,” Hildreth said. Already, certain courses are currently offered or have previously been offered at Notre Dame that might count toward the integration requirement, such as a current course on sustainability and a previously offered course on the history of Ireland that was team-taught by a history, an archeology and a literature professor, McGreevy said. Similar to the integration course, McGreevy said, the CAD course will offer students an alternate way to consider a classical subject: in this case, Catholic intellectual life. “One way to really get at Catholic intellectual life is to take a philosophy course. Another way is, for example, to take a class in art history on the Sistine Chapel and on Catholic tradition in art,” McGreevy said. “And I think those are equally valid ways to give some intellectual substance to the Catholic identity of the University and the curriculum.” The introduction of the CAD course means that students will no longer have to take a second philosophy as is required under the current curriculum — a recommendation that has prompted varying reactions among philosophy faculty. “A lot of people think we should have kept the two-course philosophy requirement. I didn’t think it was a bad idea,” head of the philosophy department Jeff Speaks said. “ … People defended [the requirement for a second philosophy course] on different grounds. One is that philosophy courses are not courses students have at all in high school. It’s very hard to teach students much about philosophy in one course.” Examples of current and previously offered classes that might fulfill the CAD option include “Between Religion and Literature: Meaning, Vulnerability and the Human Existence,” taught by Vittorio Montemaggi, and “Storming Heaven: Christianity in the Reformation Era,” taught by Brad Gregory, as well as several others named in the report of the Catholic Mission focus group of the review committee.
Modifications to current courses Besides introducing new courses to the core, the approved curriculum will significantly modify several current requirements. One requirement in particular that will undergo change is the foundational theology course. Currently, students must take two theology courses during their undergraduate career at Notre Dame — first a “Foundations of Theology” course, focusing on the role of Scripture and tradition in theology, and then a more advanced course chosen from a variety of offerings. Under the new curriculum,
students will be able to choose between three options for their first theology course — the traditional “Scripture and Tradition: Foundation of Theology,” as well as two new choices, “Scripture and Tradition: The Mystery of the Person of Christ” and “Introduction to the Catholic Faith,” department chair of theology Matthew Ashley said. In addition to providing more options for a foundational course — a recommendation which Ashley said came from within the theology department itself — the new curriculum will also allow students who may have had substantial background in theology to place out of the foundational course and instead take two upper-level courses to fulfill the requirement. McGreevy said the rationale behind introducing a placement test was that many students have received years of Catholic school instruction before coming to Notre Dame. “We think there should be a mechanism so that students who have had significant theology background in high school can test out of the first course and go right away into upper division courses,” McGreevy said. “We interviewed too many students who thought they were bored in the introductory courses.” Like the foundational theology course, the new quantitative reasoning course represents a significant departure from previous requirements. Hildreth said during the review process he convened a committee consisting of members in psychology, economics, math, anthropology and finance to address anxieties raised that the new quantitative reasoning courses would water down current math requirements. In the end, Hildreth said, everyone on the committee “agreed on what turned out to be quite a rigorous set of standards.” Hildreth said courses currently satisfying the math requirement will also satisfy the quantitative reasoning requirement, and that additionally, new courses like formal logic and computer programming will potentially fulfill the quantitative reasoning requirement under the new core. Other core course requirements will change in similar ways, and the specific classes that can satisfy them will undergo review by specially designated committees convened to determine learning goals for each of the “ways of knowing.” The two requirements that will remain unchanged are the University Seminar and the Moreau First Year Experience — the latter of which was not reviewed by the Core Curriculum Review Committee owing to its relative newness but which is currently undergoing review by a separate committee.
Additional changes In addition to the modifications made to the actual course requirements themselves, several other facets of the core curriculum will change. For example, whereas students can currently
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test out of certain core requirements with sufficiently high Advanced Placement (AP) test scores, with the implementation of the new core curriculum students will no longer be able to use AP test scores as substitutes for requirements. McGreevy said eliminating AP scores as a means of placing out of requirements came out of a recognition that AP courses are essentially different than courses offered in college. “Right now, in theory, if you were a mechanical engineer, for example, you might not take another writing intensive course [after testing out of writing],” McGreevy said. “And we’re saying no, at least one more.” However, under the new curriculum, students will be able to use AP scores to place out of writing and rhetoric and instead take a different writing-intensive course.
The logistics of implementation The extent of the changes recommended by the review committee and approved by Academic Council will necessitate a significant logistical effort on the part of the University. In some cases, the project of implementation has already begun. One of the recommendations of the review committee was to have a higher percentage of regular faculty — that is, tenure or tenure-track faculty — teach entry-level courses in subjects, such as math, philosophy and theology, that tend to have a large number of graduate and post-graduate students teaching beginning classes. “We actually started a process of making first philosophy classes, in high percentages, taught by regular faculty members three or four years ago,” Speaks said of the philosophy department. “Right now, I think we’re in the vicinity of 70 percent of seats taught by regular faculty members, and we’d like to get that number even higher.” To facilitate the implementation of the new curriculum, McGreevy said University Provost Thomas Burish will announce a transition committee. Once the new core curriculum is in place starting in the fall of 2018, a permanent Core Curriculum Committee will take over the responsibility of overseeing the preservation and maintenance of core requirements. In the end, some of the committee’s recommendations in their current form may undergo slight modifications as challenges and obstacles are met in the implementation process. However, Hildreth said he expects the basic ideas behind the review committee’s proposals to remain unchanged. “We expect that, if not the letter, the spirit of the report will be what is implemented,” Hildreth said. Associate News Editor Megan Valley contributed to this report. Contact Clare Kossler at ckossler@nd.edu
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Dating: not what it used to be Edward Griesedieck Photographer
W hat is dating culture? Honestly, someone needs to tell me because at this point I am starting to get a little confused. Go ask your parents what dating was like when they were our age. You’re likely to hear stories about them meeting a guy or girl, being asked out or asking them out and getting to know them over dinner or a mov ie. W hat happened if they didn’t like the person then? Well, they got through the date and probably didn’t see them again. Dating used to be a way to get to know someone. You went on a date because you were intrigued by the person and wanted to know more about them. If you had a bad time, or just didn’t like the person, then you didn’t have to spend any more time on them. A lso, you were now one step closer to finding someone that you did like. So ... what happened to that st yle of dating? W hat happened to meeting someone for the first time and scheduling a date because you were curious? Nowadays there seems to be almost no trace of this “dated” culture. Instead of the spontaneit y of meeting someone and risking it all to ask them out, we resort to getting to know them through text, Snapchat or whatever other means before we decide we want to know more about this other person. We join dating sites like Tinder, Bumble, etc., and evaluate a person on the screen before even deciding that we are interested in them. We take out the social aspect of social media and instead introduce another way to judge a book by its cover. The only problem w ith that model is that it is nearly impossible to judge a person by five pictures and a biography of their life that is shorter than the length of a t weet. Now, I am not one to completely bash these social media dating apps — they’re fun. But for the most part, people treat them more like a game, seeing how many matches they can accumulate, rather than tr y ing to get to know the person that sw iped on them as well. If only we tried getting out there, in person, and talking to one another, we may have more luck. Texting is great, and Snapchat is even better in my opinion; but it is hard to get to know someone’s personalit y when we are reading their words in our ow n head. One of the main reasons that we like people is that they introduce things into our lives that we find exciting. So maybe next time you’re out somewhere on your phone and you see someone that is cute, go and talk to them instead of texting your friends about them. You might find yourself pleasantly surprised; our parents sure as hell seemed to have good luck. Contact Edward Griesedieck at egriesed @nd.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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If Notre Dame could hire the high school football coach Gerry Faust (30-26-1) to manage its major university football program from 1981 to 1985, why not let American working-class voters choose an apprentice to occupy the W hite House? Three traditionally Democratically Rust Belt industrial swing states decided the election by a mere 107,000 votes — Wisconsin by 27,000 votes, Michigan by 12,000 and Pennsylvania by 68,000 votes. Those razor-thin margins propelled GOP nominee Donald Trump into the W hite House for a four-year term. W hile some may cite Wisconsin’s strict voter ID law as disenfranchising nearly 300,000 voters, which could have easily overcome the Trump margin, widespread white working class voter angst accounted for the nation’s demand for change. Professor Kathy Cramer, author of, “The Politics of Resentment,” studied rural Wisconsin residents for more than a decade. She found that rural Wisconsinites — like my relatives in Pennsylvania who voted for Trump but had traditionally stood up the electoral “blue firewall” by routinely supporting Democrats, labor unions and the need for government programs — joined other legions of Trump voters in Rust Belt states who believed in change regardless of the risks associated with a wart-covered and character f lawed candidate. They yearned for a fair shot at their long-gone American dream where working hard paid the bills and bettered life for their children. They further believed that urban coastal elites and the government itself unfairly dominated them, disrespected them and deprived them of their “fair share.” Democrats in Washington are asking the “would have, should have and could have” questions to analyze why their candidate, Hillary Clinton, lost. Clinton garnered more than 62 million votes — the most historically of all candidates other than President Obama. Clinton turned out her voters in exactly all the key areas that she needed to win except for the suburban and rural working class voters. These voters are not racist, misog ynistic or stupid as portrayed by popular analysts. These voters felt helpless and forgotten in an economy that seemed to be rigged against them since the 1970s when manufacturing jobs began their f light to Asian countries. In their minds Clinton’s long political participation would merely continue their plight, whereas Trump’s outsider business skill was the change that could free them. In such an atmosphere where progress for others seems to have exploited those left behind, only radicalism portends hope for the psychologically, culturally and politically outcast. Extremism attracts such dispossessed voters. Therefore, Trump’s rhetorical cries — while at times crude and rude — nationalized his message as an agent of change fighting rigged systems. W hen seemingly targeting the African-American community by asking what did they have to lose by voting for him, Trump succinctly resonated beyond and into the white working class electorate. Democrats — the champions for the working class
since World War II — have utterly failed for decades to maintain their rhetorical connection in working class communities. My suburban Pittsburgh home county, Washington, swings 5,000 to 8,000 votes each presidential election, but Trump won by more than 30,000 votes this year. Working class whites, whose long-term economic desperation was never solved by establishment politicians, gladly overlooked the massively f lawed businessman. In their view, Obama’s hope and change had bogged down in the typical Washington swamp, but Trump was now their best and only choice in a national election. Ironically, Democrats have for decades tolerated many factions ranging from Blue Dogs to Socialists without a lockstep message. Their campaigns therefore hold an altruistic highbrow view of political discourse; unlike the Republican’s historically smash-mouth laser-focused political battle plans. Democrats have yet to strip off the GOP emperor’s bipartisanship clothing, which only occurs on GOP terms when they hold a majority — begun by Newt Gingrich’s short 4-year scorched-earth style speakership. Democrats continually fail to convey this massive Republican culpability to the voting public. The GOP political mastery lies in messaging, congressional obstruction and legislative rigging. Locally, they enact voter suppression laws and gerrymander congressional districts to create a decade-long House majority. On the evening of Obama’s inauguration, GOP party leaders vowed to oppose and delegitimize Obama at every turn. The GOP ignored its constitutional duty to consider Obama’s Supreme Court nomination, an unheard of breach for a party so frequently embracing the Constitution. They refused to participate in drafting healthcare legislation, infrastructure restoration or displaced workers’ reeducation efforts to stimulate the economy. The GOP ultimately shut down the government blaming Obama despite the multiyear grand bargain he nearly struck with then-GOP Speaker John Boehner, ultimately vetoed by the Tea Party’s Republican House Freedom Caucus. As a gesture of compromise and good will, Obama offered to negotiate aspects of Social Security — a move that outraged progressives in his own party. Good news does exist for Democrats: The next presidential election is a decennial year when a large voter turnout may thwart the GOP gerrymandering and its congressional stranglehold. Secondly, Republicans control the federal government and must now demonstrate reasonableness over ideolog y. Americans have a short attention span, especially my former steelworker and coal miner relatives in Pennsylvania who once held living wage jobs and expect TrumpWorld to honor the promises to restore their American dreams. Anything less will f lip these working class voters back onto the blue electoral wall with a resounding refutation of, “You’re fired!” Gary J. Caruso, Notre Dame ‘73 American Studies major, serves in the Department of Homeland Security and was a legislative and public affairs director at the U.S. House of Representatives and in President Clinton’s administration. His column appears every other Friday. Contact him on Twitter: @GaryJCaruso or e-mail: GaryJCaruso@alumni.nd.edu. The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Sustainability plan a ‘[dream] too small’ In 2005, when University President Fr. John Jenkins delivered his inaugural address, he sought to define the role of a great Catholic university in the 21st century, praying “Let no one ever again say that we dreamed too small.” In the decade since then, the University has certainly been ambitious: Academic standards for students are higher, research efforts have expanded, the endowment has more than doubled and the football team – save for this season – is looking its best in 20-plus years. However, there is one front in which the University has dreamed too small, failing to reach its full potential in the face of serious ecological, humanitarian and moral consequences: climate change. The University’s failure to combat climate change ultimately begins with how it chooses to allocate its financial resources. As last year’s editorial board argued, it is time to divest from fossil fuels. By financially supporting traditional energ y companies in return for profits, the University is complicit in the activities of an industry that not only cause irreparable damage to the environment through high-risk fuel recovery methods, but also violate sacred Native American land, directly contributes to the ill health of coal miners and permanently ruins marine habitats, among other injustices. It shouldn’t matter if the rest of the world continues to support these industries; the University has a deep-set moral obligation to better our world. However, the University’s responsibility to the future of the environment extends beyond its investments, encompassing both its day-today operations and its long-term sustainability plan introduced this past September. In official press releases, the administration has hailed this new plan as both “realistic and ambitious.” But this board believes that ambition, and the
subsequent goals, are too small. W hile we applaud the University’s decision to shift away from burning coal, we’re simply not doing enough — we are still active participants in the destruction of our planet by consuming natural gas. By doing so, the University is complicit in the activities of corporations that engage in fracking, and thereby contaminate local water sources, increase global warming and produce other as-yet-uncertain effects on the environment. Additionally, given the University’s immense financial resources, an investment of $113 million over an undetermined time period in order to achieve 25 percent renewable power by 2050 gives the impression that slowing climate change is not a big priority for the administration — especially considering that the University currently has $400 million invested in the fossil fuel industry. The language of the sustainability plan is, at best, tepid. It invokes Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato si’” at several points throughout, yet fails to capture the true meaning of his words by refusing to describe climate change as a crisis of the utmost urgency. Pope Francis calls the environment’s destruction a crisis almost 30 times in his letter — the University’s sustainability plan does not demonstrate the same sense of urgency. Furthermore, the University’s plan presents a serious lack of accountability and timeliness. The standing committee only meets once a year to review and improve the University’s sustainability plan, while its working groups — intended to set and document the actual, measurable benchmarks — are only required to report once every two years. In addition to the lackadaisical approach to combatting the destruction of the environment, the University has chosen to be vague about its goals. It talks about reduction of carbon emissions in terms of reduction per gross square feet rather than in real numbers, which is problematic because — as any of us who have taken a 10-minute walk around
campus know — the University is locked into a perpetual state of growth. This means that while the University could become more efficient on a foot-by-foot basis, the goals leave room for the University to actually increase its total emissions. W hen looking at the plans other universities have set forth to combat climate change, the University’s plans appear to be even less ambitious. Stanford’s Climate Action Plan calls for reducing carbon emissions to at least 80 percent below 1990 levels in absolute terms in the face of rapid campus growth. Cornell recently revised their climate action plan to be at net zero emissions by 2035 — 15 years earlier than Notre Dame’s benchmark. It’s true that these schools started working on sustainability plans almost a decade earlier and, thus, have had more time to implement them. But we must be bold in designing our sustainability plans if we are to have a future. W hether or not these schools achieve these goals remains to be seen, but the fact remains that our administration is unwilling to make bigger sacrifices for the sake of our future. In the aftermath of this most recent election cycle, much of the talk has centered on how our nation — and specifically, our media — has enabled and normalized hate. This week, our administration took an important step by declaring its intentions to ensure that undocumented students are able to complete their education. However, the University cannot say that it is fully invested in the well-being of its students if it is willing to profit from the destruction of the environment. Through its refusal to divest in fossil fuels and inability to develop a more comprehensive and timely sustainability plan, the administration is normalizing climate violence while quietly accepting the irreversible damage it will inf lict upon us in the future. At best, this represents willful ignorance that diverges from the culture of intellectuality the University claims to foster; at worst, an alarming apathy toward our moral obligations.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Nationalism is not dead On Nov. 8, t he A merican people took to t he polls to let t heir voices be heard in our most voca l of democratic processes. A nd voca l t hey sure were. Dona ld Trump won in a surprising upset when compared to t he polling data t hat had him losing handily. If t he pundits and news sources were to be believed, Hillar y Clinton was to be our new president and t here wasn’t a chance t hat Trump would come even close. Well, so much for t hat. I am not here to tell you what we did right or w rong, but rat her I want to w rite about what t his election decision means in t he context of t he world at large. More specif ica lly, I t hink t his election going for Trump f ina lly af f irms somet hing t hat I have been t hink ing about globa l politics since March 16, 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea. Once again, t here is a wave of populist nationa lism spreading across t he world, and we in t he United States can no longer say we are immune to it.
The signs of t his wave are out t here longing to be seen if we just ta ke t he time to f ind t hem. First, as I have mentioned a lready, we had Crimea. V ladimir Putin, t he Russian President, proved in an illega l annexation t hat t he revanchist desire to restore Sov iet Union borders is indeed still a live. Russia isn’t a lone; recent German loca l elections had an increase in Neo-Na zi voting blocs, t hreatening to increase representation in t he German legislature. The United K ingdom just had its Brex it referendum, led by anot her nationa list group, t hat won t he vote. This was made possible due to an intense turnout in rura l precincts, just as Trump was able to do. Fina lly, in France, Marine Le Pen t hreatens to usher in anot her nationa listic coa lition into French governance next year. If you still t hink t he popular, populist message of nationa lism is still dead in t he world, look again. It is a ll around us, and w it h t he prospect of
anot her casua lt y to its ideologica l grip happening here in t he United States, it is time for us to open our eyes. Watching t he election coverage, I couldn’t help but look back to histor y, when in 1933, in order to appease grow ing nationa list sentiment, President Paul von Hindenburg made Adolf Hit ler Chancellor of Germany. Is t his an attempt to tie Adolf Hit ler to Dona ld Trump? No, in fact I t hink Dona ld Trump of fers some tangible benef its to our nation, but t hat doesn’t mean we shouldn’t approach t his new regime w it h caution. Just because an election is over and a w inner decided, it doesn’t mean we a llow t hose w inners to disestablish t he countr y we have spent over 200 years building. Stay active, stay informed, stay engaged.
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To many fans of legendary rap crew A Tribe Called Quest, the death of Malik Izaak Taylor (aka Phife Dawg) in March 2016 was final assurance that the group’s longawaited sixth album would never reach the public ear. Yet on Nov. 11, only two days after the results of the contentious American presidential election, the record was released at last. The timely release date was hardly a coincidental matter. In a bout of inspiration that followed a live show on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” the same night as the November 2015 attacks in Paris, the formerly-disbanded crew reunited to produce their final artistic statement. By the time Phife Dawg had passed, much of the record had already been completed; the rest of the team, then, was left only to wait for the right time to release it. Given the group’s eminence and the state of national and global politics at the time of release, it comes as no surprise that the product — the busily-titled “We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service” — is both timeless and timely. From the start, “We got it” is a reminder of everything that has made Tribe great in the past: jazzy, organic arrangements; cutting-edge yet uncluttered production; and seamless, powerful lyricism. Yet the record is not rooted in washed-out nostalgia, nor is it a hopeless attempt to keep up with changing times. Indeed, while the warm, melodic
production is unlike the fast-paced, futurist beats of many contemporary hip-hop musicians, the record nonetheless feels fresh and relevant; it does not follow, but it does reinvent. Like most Tribe records, the vibrant tracks on “We got it” evoke the eclecticism of the urban jungle, each consecutive song playing like the scene of a labyrinthine narrative that builds into a portrait of the cutthroat, polarized American metropolis. The record’s thesis is not always clear, but in a way that represents the frequent elusiveness of discernible meaning in quotidian life. Instead of mulling over philosophy, the rap crew responds to the troubled modern world and to the troubles of the people within it; the one thing of which the group is sure is that, regardless of ethnicity, sexuality or ability — or any other divisive identity — all lives are interconnected. Throughout “We got it,” Tribe draws a sharp contrast between this reality and the state of America during one of its most tumultuous election seasons of its modern history, which has been marked by unprecedented division and mutual animosities. On “We The People,” perhaps the record’s most clear, powerful and pertinent statement, the chorus finds Q-Tip singing as a parodic proxy for the political elite: “All you Black folks, you must go / All you Mexicans, you must go / And all you poor folks, you must go / Muslims and gays – boy, we hate your ways.” There is, of course, room for debate around whether the characterization is accurate, yet it nevertheless recalls the origins of rap music as a political and social weapon, as a medium
worthy of space in the ongoing debate on the nation’s current state and uncertain future. Above all, the record is the galvanizing final chapter of a musical saga that had gone long unfinished. But just as it brings closure, it also calls to action. On the opening track, “The Space Program,” the crew repeats “Let’s make something happen” as a rousing chant. They remind us of our communities: “Gotta get it together for brothers / Gotta get it together for sisters / For mothers and fathers and dead n-----.” The familiar terms are not vague, but rather evoke the universal people power necessary to bring about real structural change. Leave it to A Tribe Called Quest to synthesize their timeless strengths into a final record that harnesses the true ethos of rap music, the poetry of resistance.
By MIKE DONOVAN
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quintessentially Twee, “Moonrise Kingdom” has the most overtly sentimenta and child-centric plotline. When you throw the exuberant color scheme and symmetrical framing on top, the film reaches new levels of Twee-dom.
By ADRIAN MARK LORE Scene Writer
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Cultural movements hit the youth psyche like violent ocean swells. They crash furiously onto populated shores, submerging everybody and everything in their path. Then, after a few moments, they recede back into the ocean as rapidly as they came. Before long, another wave hits, and the process begins again. In the midst of the voracious set, a modest tide pool persists near the water’s edge. Unlike the swells, the puddle contains warm water and a mellow countenance. With each ensuing wave, it looks like the tide pool will disappear. When the swells subside, however, the tide pool remains. This is Twee. Twee isn’t just a quirky word. It’s the sly moniker for a cultural phenomenon that’s been squirming its way into every nook and cranny of our popular culture for decades. Marc Spitz, author of ‘Twee: the Gentle Revolution in Music, Books, Television, Fashion, and Film,” calls the movement “the most powerful movement since punk and hip hop,” and, I assure you, he is correct. As with any great movement, we can only understand Twee by fully immersing ourselves in the source material. Below, I’ve compiled a list of Twee’s canonical works. Read, listen, watch, and learn. For your textbook, I suggest Spitz’s book. He is a longtime rock journalist and the preeminent historian of the Twee movement, and his book provides a riveting definition of the Twee phenomenon and takes us through the movement’s nuances with grace and enthusiasm. Spitz shows us that a common web of ideological threads bind the Twee movement together. These JOSEPH HAN | The Observer
If a work is Twee, -It strives for quaint, aesthetic beauty. -It champions childhood values in an adult world. -It acknowledges darkness and pain, often portraying such themes with coy, indirect techniques. -It revels in unabashed sentimentality. Love, passion and innocence permeate the Twee palette. -It has a particular fascination with unrequited love. -It rejects the accepted standards of cool, choosing instead to embrace awkwardness and sappiness. -It makes a concerted effort to stay left-of-the-dial. -It looks for the good in humanity without discarding the notion of imperfection.
Required Listening: “Emma’s House” by The Field Mice Why it’s Twee: The shambling guitars are a twee pop staple. Moreover, Robert Bratten’s simple lyrical nod to unrequited love releases youthful despair underneath the bright overtones. It’s the most uplifting sob story you’ll ever hear. “If You’re Feeling Sinister” by Belle and Sebastian Why it’s Twee: Back in the 90s, Belle and Sebastian was synonymous with Twee. This track, the best on their highlyregarded sophomore effort of the same name, brilliantly juxtaposes meandering carelessness and thoughtful precision. Bittersweet perfection.
Required Viewing: “Moonrise Kingdom” (film) directed by Wes Anderson Why it’s Twee: While all of Anderson’s films are
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“We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service” A Tribe Called Quest Label: Epic Tracks: “We The People” If you like: Digable Planets, De La Soul, Busta Rhymes
“Portlandia” (series) created by Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Jonathan Krisel Why it’s Twee: The intimate sketch format offers an ideal platform for quirky alternative comedy. Armisen and Browstein’s awkward, loving and romantically ambiguous dynamic adds yet another layer of Twee values.
Required Reading: “High Fidelity” by Nick Hornby Why it’s Twee: Any book that opens with a compiled list of the protagonist’s top-five breakups undoubtedly understands the sentiments at the heart of Twee. Plus, the grand majority of the plot takes place in a record store. “Metroland” by Julian Barnes Why it’s Twee: The follows two young men. Both of them are precocious, pretentious, romantic and hopeless. The ensuing story plays out like the novel version of a Belle and Sebastian album. It’s an emotionally challenging, but relatable read. That should get you started, but I encourage you to continue exploring. The Twee movement is a fascinating place. Shamble on. Contact Mike Donovan at mdonov10@nd.edu
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By MATTHEW MACKE Scene Writer
A couple days ago, I was scrolling through Facebook (avoiding doing something meaningful with my life while internally judging all my former classmates who are getting married and starting real jobs), when I ran into an ad for the upcoming “Power Rangers” movie. I didn’t know somebody decided to make a “Power Rangers” movie. I still don’t know why somebody decided to make a “Power Rangers” movie. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the Power Rangers as a kid… but part of what made the show great was how campy it was. Blatantly choreographed fight scenes, dollar-store special effects and budget costumes were all just part of the appeal. How much cheese can there be in a film with a budget around $150 million? Ultimately, though, I’m not upset that a beloved childhood franchise is going to be murdered on the big screen. I’m upset with the fact that I’m not even surprised. Over the past few years there has been a parade of zombie properties in Hollywood — franchises and brands that were dead but now are being brought back to life. Superheroes, “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Ghostbusters,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” movies based on toys like “Battleship,” “Transformers” and “Trolls,” live-action Disney remakes, and now “classic” television programs have all been revived in an attempt to sell the cultural hallmarks of our childhood back to
us and, presumably, to our kids. This goes beyond the lack of originality we’ve seen in recent years with the excessive numbers of sequels and prequels, turning into something even more disappointing. Rather than give us new experiences, even with characters we’ve seen before, movie studios are instead opting to repackage old experiences and give them to us again. It’s not just a lack of creativity, it’s a lack of imagination. So how did we end up here? It would be easy to point to the recent Recession and argue Hollywood is only green-lighting projects that it knows will sell… and we, the eager audience, rarely disappoint. That doesn’t explain why this commodification of nostalgia is popping up throughout modern media, though. In “Cocoa Butter Kisses,” Chance the Rapper reminisces, “Used to like orange cassette tapes with Timmy, Tommy, and Chuckie / And Chuck E. Cheese’s pizzas, Jesus pieces, sing Jesus love me.” Twenty One Pilots longs for the comfort of the past in “Stressed Out”: “Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days / When our momma sang us to sleep but now we’re stressed out.” And Anderson .Paak also harkens back to the 1990s in “The Dreamer”: “Look at where you came from, Californication / Since a little baby skating in boogie boards / And raiding your cookie jar.” Even in television, where we’ve entered a golden age of novel, quality programming, a few reboots have still managed to appear, like “Fuller House” and the
upcoming “Gilmore Girls” miniseries. The point is: No matter where we turn for entertainment, this wistfulness is being peddled. As millennials, it’s our own need for stability that fuels this industry. Even without considering the most recent U.S. election, this current period of time will likely be considered one marked by constant change. Technology is hurtling forward and our access to the rest of the world is unprecedented, nearly unbelievable. In the midst of that tempestuous societal landscape, it should come as no surprise that men and women under thirty — people who are still settling into life in the real world — would turn to something familiar and decidedly un-original when they want to relax. The danger of this allure of the past, however, is the risk of creating a cultural feedback loop. In such a situation, certain cultural mainstays are brought back for parents to pass on to their children (like “Star Wars” Episodes I-III) only for those properties to be, themselves, reiterations of older material. Without distinct movie-going experiences, we risk restricting our ability to imagine more exciting and moving visual adventures. Then again, maybe society and its constant evolution is providing all the fictional inspiration that we need. Maybe I’m being too hard on the “Power Rangers” movie. Maybe we need the “Power Rangers” to finally allow us some relaxation. Maybe I need the “Power Rangers” movie, so I can survive watching everyone grow up as I scroll through my Facebook feed. Contact Matthew Macke at mmacke@nd.edu
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What: “30 for 30: Catholics vs. Convicts” When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Browning Cinema at Debartolo Performing Arts Center How Much: Free but ticketed
What: Last home football game of the season When: 3:30 p.m. Where: Notre Dame Stadium Against: Virginia Tech Hokies
What: Autumn Artisan Market When: Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Journeyman Distillery Address: 109 Generations Drive, Three Oaks, Michigan, 49128
“30 for 30: Catholics vs. Convicts” (2016), from documentary filmmaker and 1989 Notre Dame alumnus Patrick Creadon, tracks the historic football rivalry between Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish and the University of Miami Hurricanes. The rivalry culminated in 1998, when intensely opposed teams and campus cultures clashed in a legendary showdown.
Join your fellow students for the last home football game of the semester – and, for seniors, their last home game ever as undergraduates (cue all of the tears and marshmallow-throwing). Start practicing your push-ups and get ready to sing your heart out to the Alma Mater. It’s been a tough season for the Irish, but that doesn’t mean the last game won’t be a blast anyways.
Celebrate fall with the annual Fall Artisan Market. The market will be held at Journeyman Distillery in Three Oaks, Michigan (about a 35minute drive from campus). The market will boast vendors selling craft cocktails and spirits, food, clothing, home decor, jewlery and other unique and locally produced goods. The location is beautiful and off the beaten path for students. JOSEPH HAN | The Observer
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On Monday, Notre Dame drew the No. 13 seed in the NCAA championship — its fifth straight top-16 seed nationally. Monday’s unveiling marked the 19th time in program history the Irish (11-6-2, 3-3-2 ACC) have made it to the NCAA championship and their 15th appearance in 16 years under head coach Bobby Clark. The Irish hold a 16-12-2 record under Clark at the NCAA championship, including a run that ended with a national championship in 2013. Though the Irish face a tough climb this year to repeat that achievement, they are a combined 5-4-2 this year against NCAA championship qualifiers and have been sufficiently battle-tested throughout the regular season, as the ACC established an NCAA record by qualifying nine teams for the
After winning its first two contests of the season by more than 20 points, Notre Dame hosts Loyola Maryland on Friday night as the Irish look to keep their record spotless. On Wednesday night, Notre Dame (2-0) nearly doubled up Seattle with a f lurry of 3-point shots. The Irish hit 15-of-34 of their shots from behind the arc on their way to a 92-49 victory over the Redhawks. Irish coach Mike Brey said he likes how his team shot Wednesday but knows his squad will have to work harder when the competition ramps up. “[Our shooting will be] interesting to watch,” Brey said. “That’s something I hang my hat on because we know what a good shot is. And we pass and move and screen for each other, and we know how to play on that end of the f loor. We might have to work harder against better teams to get
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Irish freshman Tommy McCabe jostles for the ball with a Michigan State player on Oct. 25 as senior midfielder Oliver Harris looks on.
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It took just 35 seconds for No. 5 UMass Lowell to set the tone in its 4-1 victory over No. 9 Notre Dame on Thursday night at Compton Family Ice Arena. That’s when junior left wing C.J. Smith followed his own shot and knocked the rebound past Irish junior netminder Cal Petersen on the game’s first shift to give his River Hawks (8-3-2, 4-1-0 Hockey East) a lead they never relinquished. It marked the seventh time in its last nine games Notre Dame (5-4-2, 2-2-1) conceded the first goal of the game, the only exceptions being junior left wing Joe Weg werth’s game-opening tally against Connecticut on Oct. 28 and Sunday’s scoreless tie with Northeastern. “It’s just focus. It’s a matter of being prepared to start the game,” Irish head coach Jeff Jackson said after the game. “And I have to take responsibility for it — I mean they were a lot better prepared
good shots, but I’m confident we can get good shots. Many teams will come out and play us and take away the 3, but then I have confidence we can put it on the f loor.” Notre Dame is currently in a stretch where it will play three games in the span of five days. After the Irish take on the Greyhounds (1-2), the team f lies to New York to face Colorado on Monday and either Texas or Northwestern on Tuesday, depending on Monday’s results. Brey said he has told his team this week is a chance to lay a foundation for the rest of the season. “We’ve talked about a week to make a move and to be really focused this week and every day of practice and the four games that we play,” Brey said. “One down, three to go. I compared it to the move we made last year when we beat North Carolina, Clemson and Louisville. … It’s not that see M BBALL PAGE 17
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than we were. And that’s on me.” Lowell extended its lead just 1:36 into the second period as two River Hawks walked in alone on Petersen, catching the Irish in a bad change seconds after Notre Dame killed off a penalty. “There [were] some untimely goals, no question, early in the game like that, getting scored on first shift,” Jackson said. “Then, after we made it 2-1, making an uncharacteristic play. Giving them basically a pure 2-on-0 to the net off of a turnover. Certainly, timing of goals is a huge factor.” Giving up odd-man opportunities and breakaways has hampered Notre Dame all season, and Jackson said after the game the River Hawks’ system is designed to exploit that f law in their opponents. The Irish had a short week of practice this week, playing a Sunday afternoon game against Northeastern last weekend, which Jackson said also contributed to his
No. 1 Notre Dame never trailed and led for all but 12 seconds against Green Bay at Purcell Pavilion last night. By midway through the third quarter, it led by 17 points. But the Irish struggled to put the game away, coming out 71-67 winners over the Phoenix in the preseason NIT semifinals. Both teams struggled to make shots in the first quarter, as the Irish (3-0) took an early 7-0 lead and led 14-8 as the quarter ended. Notre Dame was 4-for-18 on its field goal attempts in the quarter, while the Phoenix (2-1) went 3-for-13 from the field. The Irish also forced nine Phoenix turnovers in the period. Irish head coach Muffet McGraw said the Phoenix made it difficult for the Irish to run their offense. “They make it tough for you to run your stuff because they bump you on cuts and make it tough to run the inside game,” McGraw said. “But I think this was a good lesson for us. I think
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Freshman forward Erin Boley dribbles up the floor during Notre Dame’s 71-67 win over Green Bay on Nov. 17 at Purcell Pavilion.
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we good a pretty good experience of this against Fordham, but they didn’t really shoot the ball well, so we didn’t notice that we weren’t playing so well. “So I think this was good this time of the year to have a game like that. I thought we had some good plays at the end when we had to, but overall, it was really disappointing. We looked like a young team — I think we were the younger team on the floor, but I think we can play a lot smarter.” The second quarter saw a sudden offensive burst, as sophomore guard Arike Ogunbowale scored 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions, each answered by Green Bay, before sophomore guard Marina Mabrey added a 3-pointer of her own, which was again followed by the same from the Phoenix. The Irish scored the final six points of the half, including a layup from Ogunbowale in the final seconds, to lead 41-30 at halftime. Junior forward Brianna Turner said the team struggled to defend Green Bay from beyond the 3-point arc. “We weren’t getting on the 3-point line,” Turner said. “They had some really good 3-point shooters, and we just had to get out there and get a hand up.” After the Phoenix scored the first points of the second half, the Irish began an 8-0 run to extend their lead to 17 points. But from there, Green Bay slowly worked their way back into the game. A 9-0 run saw the game back within eight points, although four straight points from junior forward Kathryn Westbeld gave the Irish a 55-43 cushion going into the fourth quarter. The Phoenix continued to chip away, though. The lead was cut to just five points with just under four minutes remaining thanks to a jumper from junior forward Jessica Lindstrom, who had 20 points and 16 rebounds on the night. The game was only put away with 16 seconds remaining, when Mabrey made two free throws to bring the lead back to seven points. Green Bay added a final 3, their 12th of the night, but by that point the game was out of reach with only three seconds left on the clock. McGraw said she hoped for a better performance from her defense, but she praised the Phoenix in getting back into the game. “I was really disappointed in our defense,” McGraw said. “I thought we worked on guarding them off the flare screens, but we just weren’t able to get it done in the game. So we’ll watch a lot of film and see where we broke down. I think they’re a terrific team, though. They’re smart, they’re poised, they’re well-coached [and] they’re disciplined.
“Offensively, they were really hard to guard, and defensively, they made it really difficult for us to get the ball in the post, which is really what we’ve seen the first couple of games — that teams are going to be really physical with us — so we’ve got to be able to handle that a little bit better. I thought [Turner] really battled inside but wasn’t able to finish as much as I would have liked. So I think the offense really was a little ragged. We can play better offensively, and I know we can play better defensively.” McGraw added that her team knows to expect their opponents to be prepared to face a top-ranked Notre Dame, but that it’s nothing the team hasn’t coped with before in other seasons. “Everybody’s going to give you their best shot when you’re ranked anywhere in the
top five, and we have to be prepared for that,” McGraw said. “And I think we are mentally prepared. But everybody’s good, and we’ve got some things to work on. We’re not exactly in top form right now. But they’re a veteran team, and they came in and looked like it.” The Irish will play Washington in the finale of the preseason NIT on Sunday after the Huskies (3-0) defeated Missouri, 79-66. The Huskies are led by All-American senior guard Kelsey Plum, who averaged 25.9 points per game last season and scored 32 last night in the victory over the Tigers (2-1) to bring her average this season to 30. Tip-off between the Irish and Huskies is 3 p.m. Sunday at Purcell Pavilion. ALLISON CULVER | The Observer
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Irish junior forward Kathryn Westbeld looks to pass during Notre Dame’s 71-67 win over Green Bay on Nov. 17 at Purcell Pavilion.
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Junior captain Bonzie Colson goes up for the put-back against Seattle on Nov. 16 at Purcell Pavilion. Colson and fellow captain V.J. Beachem each had 16 points in the 92-49 blowout win. Notre Dame next plays Loyola Maryland on Friday night as the Irish look to remain perfect. Paid Advertisement
level of competition, but as we get to Brooklyn, we could really make a statement and make a move here early in the season.” Even with a heightened level of competition on the horizon for the Irish, Brey said he thinks this year’s squad has a good vibe to it after just two games. “They kind of know who they are, and our competition will change here shortly,” Brey. “The Big Ten official grabbed me and said, ‘You have a great vibe. Your guys really love playing basketball together.’ And that’s quite a compliment. You can imagine how many different teams and vibes he’s around in heated atmospheres, and I let our guys know that.” Part of the reason for the good vibe? Strong leadership. Brey said this year’s team is ahead of even last year’s Elite Eight team in that department due to the large number of upperclassmen on the team. “I thought it would move quicker than it would with last year’s group,” Brey said. “Last year’s took some time, but given the makeup, especially the three captains — they were ready to take over. [Junior forward] Bonzie [Colson] was ready to be a voice. I even throw [senior forward Austin] Torres and [junior guard] Matt Farrell in there, even though they’re not captains — these guys really lead, they’ve been around in our program. So we have a group of older guys that have really set a tone.” When the Greyhounds come to Purcell Pavilion, Notre Dame will have to account for junior guard Andre Walker. Walker put together a 21-point performance in Loyola’s most recent contest game — a 65-61 loss to LIU Brooklyn. Walker has recorded six games with more than 20 points in his time at Loyola. Brey said the key to taking on Walker, and opposing offenses in general, is to pressure the ball. “Being able to pressure the ball and zig-zag the ball [is a key],” Brey said. “We didn’t do that with [former Irish guard] Demetrius [Jackson] last year, we couldn’t wear him out zigzagging the ball handler. But we can do that [this year]. And we have more depth to put in there, so we’re fresh defensively. When you come in with a Torres, a [sophomore guard Rex] Pf lueger and a [freshman guard Temple] Gibbs, those three guys are terrors defensively.” The Irish and the Greyhounds tip Friday at 7 p.m. at Purcell Pavilion. Contact Marek Mazurek at mmazurek@nd.edu
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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Look for the right moment, and do what comes naturally. Bring about changes that will put your mind at ease and improve your future. Address situations openly and honestly, and be prepared to walk away from anything or anyone who tries to convince you otherwise. Live in the moment, but don’t lose sight of the past or the future. Your numbers are 6, 11, 18, 25, 28, 34, 46. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Proceed with caution when dealing with matters that can affect your personal or professional world. Listen carefully, be smart and be wary of anyone who may be trying to disrupt your life. Act responsibly and with compassion. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Live and learn. Observation will be a good method when trying to make a decision. Let your intuition guide you when dealing with partnerships. A clear view of a given situation will be necessary to avoid poor choices. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Networking, travel and setting up meetings will encourage positive change. Making suggestions and initiating changes will be looked upon cautiously. Follow through with actions and you will prove your point. Your charismatic approach to life will attract followers. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Make emotional moves that will help boost your current position or lifestyle. Don’t let overreacting be your demise. Think matters through carefully and act with foresight. A mistake will end up being costly. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The changes going on around you will influence the way you move forward. Whether it is a personal or professional change, don’t let anyone push you in a direction you don’t want to go. Plan your actions and take control. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Put more time and effort into self-improvement instead of trying to change others. Complaints are likely to be lodged if you aren’t specific about your plans. Observe the situation and weigh the pros and cons before you proceed. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t neglect your responsibilities or your relationships. Try to recognize and address situations that have the potential to hold you back and deal with them head-on. Emotional matters will escalate if you aren’t quick to respond. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Home investments and making your life more satisfying and convenient should be your goal. Making personal alterations to the way you live or look will give you the boost you need to collect your thoughts and gain ground. Love is featured. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Money matters shouldn’t be influenced by your emotions. Set a high standard and refuse to go into debt for someone else’s gains. Bring about positive changes by acting on your own behalf. Opportunities will be apparent if you take action and seize the moment. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Speak up and explain your personal plans to someone you love. Don’t be afraid to do things differently. Look for the right opportunity and make your move. Refuse to let what others do deter you from following through with your plans. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Listen and learn, but don’t let anyone convince you to do things that don’t fit your lifestyle or schedule. Use your intelligence and put your unique ideas into play. There is money to be made and personal opportunities available. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take control and start the ball rolling. You can make personal and professional gains if you stay focused on what needs to be done. Don’t let anyone sidetrack you. Trust in your ability to get things done. Romance is in the stars. Birthday Baby: You are sensitive, caring and intuitive. You are innovative and progressive.
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You can’t beat Augusta National Elizabeth Greason Sports Writer
Editor’s note: This week, Sports Authority columnists will attempt to answer the question, “What is the best sports venue?” “A tradition unlike any other.” Maybe it’s just me, but I get chills when I hear that phrase. Immediately, visions of cherry blossoms, Magnolia Lane and Hogan Bridge spring to mind. The famed soundtrack begins to play on loop in my head. And, once again, the feeling of intense longing returns: a burning desire to step foot on the grounds of Augusta National Golf Club. There is no doubt in my mind that Augusta National is not only the greatest venue in golf, but in sports. The Masters motto says it all: There is no comparison playing a round of golf at Augusta National to any professional athlete stepping onto the field, the ice or the track at any other venue. Golf courses are unique venues in the sense that they are meant to be accessible. The Old Course at St. Andrew’s, Pebble Beach, Bethpage Black — anyone can play them if they’re willing to pay the price. But I could never step onto the court at Madison Square Garden to play a pickup game of three-on-three basketball or detour from my commute to take a spin around Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The idea that golf courses are more attainable to you and me, the regular people, inherently make them superior to other venues. AT&T Stadium was built for a core group of 22 people and their opponents to use and for everyone else to watch. Where’s the fun in that? Golf courses are interactive, whereas other venues are passive. Augusta is the pinnacle of sports venues because it takes the accessibility that makes golf so special and pulls it just out of reach. The world gets to appreciate the difficulty and perfection that defines Augusta National four days a year and throughout those four days, there are constant reminders of the club’s exclusivity. Viewers get a sneak peek at the course during the Masters, but also know that they will never experience first-hand the subtleties in the greens that cause the best golfers in the world to miss tap-ins. For many professionals, just the idea of stepping onto the first tee at Augusta, the idea
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of opening the letter that begins “The Board of Governors of the Augusta National Golf Club cordially invites you…”, even of shanking a ball in Rae’s Creek constitutes the height of their careers. To be invited to play in the Masters is a mark of achievement. It automatically categorizes you as one of the best and puts you in the company of the greatest golfers of all time. And for the vast majority of people, the only way to ever play Augusta National would be by becoming one of the top golfers in the world because of its stringent membership policies. So much of the allure of Augusta National comes from the mystique surrounding the club. Until a few short years ago, the club was exclusively male. When it finally admitted its first female members in 2012, it became even more clear than it had been in the past, that you have to be someone to be a member. You have to be someone who matters, like Condoleezza Rice, and you have to willing to part with a significant sum of money for membership dues each year, like Warren Buffet. You need to rich or powerful. Or even better, both. And this makes Augusta National even more out of reach for us mere mortals. Augusta hosts the biggest event in golf year after year. Golfers who have played in the Masters every year since they made their Tour debut are still confounded by the course’s nuances. I would be willing to guess that there is no one alive today who would say they have conquered Augusta National — that they have the course figured out. That’s something that other venues simply cannot provide. You can play football, baseball, basketball and hockey in any number of places and get the same results. The Super Bowl would largely have the same result whether it was played at Jerry World or at a local middle school. But the same cannot be said for Augusta. The venue makes the tournament. The Masters cannot be played anywhere else. I understand the appeal of the huge venues: the loud, bustling stadiums, the energetic arenas, the roaring racetracks. But Augusta National is the only venue that has it all: the history, the mystery, the publicity, the secrecy and the intangibility. Contact Elizabeth Greason at egreason@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Irish look to bounce back in ACC on the road By ELIzabeth Greason Sports Writer
After losing five of their last six matches, the Irish look to right the ship this weekend, as they travel to take on Clemson and Georgia Tech in the closing stretch of their season. Irish head coach Jim McLaughlin pinpointed the turning point in Notre Dame’s season as the moment the Irish (19-9, 10-6 ACC) lost junior setter Caroline Holt to injury in late October. He added that the decision to play sophomore outside hitter Rebecca Nunge over freshman setter Hanna Klein, alongside junior setter Taylor Zwickl, is what he feels will give the team its best chance to close out the season on a high note. “We lost a good setter,” McLaughlin said. “Our standard of play is a little bit lower. But you get better. And the kids in that position that we’re asking now to set have to get better, and there’s no magic. There’s no dust. I think they understand that. They’re learning that lesson right now. … After watching Rebecca practice, the way she was practicing — all indicators and everything we did — made the staff believe that she’s our best option right now, and Taylor and running the 6-2, both on offense and point scoring. So, we had to give her a shot, and she’s our best option to be successful.” Since losing Holt, McLaughlin said part of the team’s struggles has stemmed from a difficulty distributing the mental and emotional load without their starting setter, as it leaves sophomore libero Ryann DeJarld, junior middle blocker Sam Fry and senior middle blocker Katie
Higgins to lead the team emotionally. “Everybody’s got to do their role,” McLaughlin said. “Everybody’s got a piece of [the emotional load]. Everybody has value. But, in terms of just the emotional load, it’s [Fry] and [DeJarld] right now. Holt took a big load, and then [Higgins] is capable of doing it, too. So, we’ve got three good women who are capable of holding that load, and we’ve got to turn it on and keep it on until we’re done playing.” Fry said she has embraced her role as a leader. “Sometimes, it can be tough on me,” Fry said. “Volleyball’s such a mental game, so I think through everything I’ve experienced, I’ve learned to control emotions. I’m still working on it, but I do welcome that, and I know that’s my job as a leader for the team.” McLaughlin added that the Irish need to learn from their mistakes, both during practice and during matches, in order to get back on track. “You have to understand what is causing you to be successful and what’s causing you to have problems, and you address it,” McLaughlin said. “You continue to be good at the things and get better at the things you’re doing, and then you have to fix the things you’re not doing well, or those problems stay with you. And so, it doesn’t change. The girls, I think, know that, and they’re working hard, but we have to make some improvements. So, I asked them to hang on, to grab the error, assess it, analyze it [and] dig into it, but do not run away from it or brush it off. Too many people do that. Let’s address it, let’s talk about it. “Quit feeling sorry for yourself, and let’s go. And I
think they’re doing that.” Fry said Notre Dame cannot get distracted by its losses and needs to be gritty in order to pick up its standard of play. “I just think the biggest thing we’re focusing on is bouncing back because we just want to stay mentally tough,” Fry said. “That’s something we talk about is toughness and so, essentially, we just need to pass the test of ‘We’re not gonna fall into a hole, keep moving forward.’ A big thing we talk about every day at practice is move onto the next play. … You can’t get caught up on one bad play or whatever.” W hile McLaughlin’s goal throughout most of the season was to lead his team to an ACC title, Notre Dame’s recent rough patch has put this goal further out of reach. However, he said there is no reason his team should not keep improving and win out. “[We want to] win everything,” McLaughlin said. “That’s the goal at Notre Dame since I got here. We’re gonna train well. We’re gonna improve, and if we do that, then the wins are gonna come. And if we do that, then I think we should win. … Both [Clemson and Georgia Tech] are good. We’re on the road in the ACC, and we’ve been there before, but we have to control the stuff that we have to get better at, and I’m looking for us to be a little bit improved in some areas, and that’s it.” The Irish will hit the road this weekend to play the Tigers (6-22, 1-15 ACC) at 7 p.m. Friday at Jervey Gym, before heading south to take on the Yellow Jackets (21-7, 12-4 ACC) at 1 p.m. Sunday at O’Keefe Gymnasium. Contact Elizabeth Greason at egreason@nd.edu
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MACKENZI MARINOVICH | The Observer
Irish junior forward Connor Hurley takes the faceoff during Notre Dame’s 4-1 loss to UMass Lowell on Nov. 17 at Compton Family Arena.
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team’s struggles with Lowell’s unique system. “We gave them too much time coming out of their zone, which allows that center, that high man, to get out of the zone,” Jackson said. “I’ll take responsibility as far as preparing our guys for that. You can show them film — didn’t have enough time to really practice to play against a team like that, when they’re doing
something consistently different than anybody you play. And they took advantage of it. “But we still have to read the ice. We still have to make good decisions.” Irish junior center Connor Hurley cut his team’s deficit in half with his second goal of the season a few minutes later, hammering the puck past Lowell freshman goaltender Tyler Wall off a feed from sophomore left wing Dylan Malmquist. Lowell pushed its lead back to two though with just over
six minutes remaining in the second period as senior center Evan Campbell streaked in on another breakaway. Petersen again made the first save, but Campbell poked the rebound between the Irish captain’s legs, and the puck squeaked across the goal line. Smith buried an empty net goal with just over two minutes remaining in the game to reach the final 4-1 margin, and on his way back into the Irish net, Petersen slammed his stick against the boards in frustration. “He can only stop so many 2-on-1s,” Jackson said. “And again, that’s our ability to not turn pucks over and also to just have better awareness defensively.” Petersen stopped 31 of the 34 pucks he faced, while Wall turned away 22 of Notre Dame’s 23 shots. Jackson said the River Hawks’ high pressure offense led to sloppy play in Notre Dame’s defensive zone. “It’s a panic threshold [on defense],” Jackson said. “ … We have a tendency to turn pucks over when we’re under pressure. And that’s — some of it was a little uncharacteristic, for me, a few of the mistakes, but a lot of it is a direct result of their pressure. “You have to play big-boy Paid Advertisement
hockey. You have to make plays under pressure.” The Irish are just 1-8-2 against the River Hawks since the beginning of the 20132014 season, but Notre Dame gets another shot at the bane of its Hockey East existence Friday night when the puck drops on the series finale at
7:35 p.m. Jackson said getting an important conference win Friday comes down to execution and a “matter of willingness.” “We have to be better, plain and simple.” Contact Zach Klonsinski at zklonsin@nd.edu
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Rohrer leads Irish into NCAAs with big expectations By Marek Mazurek Sports Editor
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For the second consecutive year, the Irish are poised to make a top-10 showing at the NCAA championships. Last year, Molly Seidel led the Irish to an eighth-place finish after becoming the first Notre Dame female athlete to win the NCAA individual cross country championship. Seidel is no longer competing, but Irish associate head coach Matthew Sparks believes the women’s squad has the tools to achieve an even higher finish in 2016. “[Eighth place or higher] is still the goal. We feel like we’re in a good place to do that,” Sparks said. “We’ve checked the rankings, and we’re somewhere between 10th and 15th in the rankings going into this. We feel like we’re in a position to improve on that. We’ve got our runner up front with [sophomore] Anna Rohrer, but things are a little bit different than last year’s team. They score five runners. Our second through fifth runner are much improved from what they were a year ago.” Though Seidel stole headlines last year, Rohrer finished in sixth behind her teammate and has become the face of the program in her second year at Notre Dame. Rohrer won the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational on Sept. 30 and won the ACC championship before finishing second in last week’s NCAA regional event. Sparks said Rohrer has a legitimate shot to win the individual title due to her familiarity with Lavern Gibson Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana. “She’s one of three or four people that are being discussed with a chance to win,” Sparks said. “She has more familiarity with this course than anyone being a homestate girl who’s run on this course six or seven times, so that should give her a boost.” But to make a top-ten result a reality, the Irish will need more than just Rohrer to succeed. Graduate student Danielle Aragon, sophomores Rachel DaDamio and Annie Heffernan and senior Lexi Pelletier have made up the Irish top-five for most the season, and Sparks said Aragon in particular is poised for a big race after dealing with injuries in preview years. “This’ll be actually her
fourth time running in this meet,” Sparks said. “This is, by far, the most fit she’s ever been heading into this meet as well. She’s got a ton of confidence compared to her previous ventures to this point. I know the three other times, I don’t think she’s looked forward to it, because I think she knew she wasn’t ready. I know she’s on it to go out there and compete, because I know she is ready this time around.” Even with three sophomores, the Irish have experience in big meets, and Sparks said that experience makes his job as a coach much easier this year as compared to last year. “[I’m] considerably less stressed out as a coach, and I think the athletes are as well,” Sparks said. “Your first time doing anything, there’s a lot of anxiety — we’ve got four or five girls that have been in this race before, and I know they’re a little bit more calm going into this event as well. That’s a big piece of any competition. The game will slow down, the race will slow down and you can just see things developing. In any sporting event, if you have peace of mind going into it, you’re going to be better off.” Sparks said one of the reasons he is less stressed is the overall health of the team. “We’re good, we’re as healthy as we’ve been all year, and in any sport, that’s always a big component,” Sparks said. “The fitness is as strong as it’s been all year as well. The pieces of the puzzle are coming together at the right time.” So instead of increasing the team’s workout load before the final meet of the season, Sparks said the final week of preparation has been centered on getting his athletes mentally prepared. “It’s about finding that mental edge.” Sparks said. “Making sure everybody’s head is in the right place, making sure they know the race plan going into the meet. The fitness has all been gained through the summer and early fall, so there’s not fitness to be gained in this last week. It’s more about getting your mind right before this big race.” The Irish take to the course at 11 a.m. Saturday in Terre Haute, Indiana, as they race for the NCAA title. Contact Marek Mazurek at mmazurek@nd.edu
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Junior forward Jon Gallagher dribbles upfield during Notre Dame’s 1-0 loss to Michigan State on Oct. 25 at Alumni Stadium.
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2016 field — seven of them ranked in the top 16. However, as Clark noted, perhaps the biggest key for the Irish was their ability to recharge and get back to the basics after their quarterfinal loss to eventual conference champion Wake Forest in the ACC tournament. “It’s given us time to revisit
a lot of things that we feel are important to how we play,” Clark said. “We’ve revisited a lot of our core, tactical ideas. It’s been great because, prior to that, we were playing two games a week, and it gave us very little time outside of regeneration — these last two weeks have given us time to actually do good practices. I think we’re in a really good spot, and the guys are itching
to get a game in again.” Notre Dame, as the 13th seed, faces Loyola Chicago on Sunday evening inside Alumni Stadium, after the Ramblers beat UIC on Thursday at Loyola Soccer Park in Chicago for the right to face the Irish. Loyola (13-3-1, 6-1-1 MVC) is fresh off a 2-1 upset loss at the hands of Missouri State in the conference tournament semifinal, but dominated their regular season schedule, losing only to fellow NCAA Championship qualifiers Creighton and SIUE. The Flames (9-7-3, 5-3-1 Horizon), on the other hand, secured the automatic NCAA bid from the Horizon League after defeating top-seeded Wright State, 1-0, in the conference-tournament final, right after downing Milwaukee, 2-1, in overtime during the semifinal round, claiming the fourth conference tournament championship victory in program history. Prior to Loyola’s win over UIC, Clark said the Irish would not overlook their opponent, regardless of whom they ultimately ended up playing. “I don’t think it matters — I think they’d both be tough games,” Clark said. “There are 48 teams out of 206 that make it [to the NCAA tournament], so every team that makes it has had a good season. They’re all feeling good about themselves, Paid Advertisement
their all very excited to be there, so there’s no easy game. We’ll treat them both with the upmost respect, I can assure you. “We take it one game at a time. We don’t look past the first game, because if you don’t take care of the first game, there’s no second game. Now, you just focus on one game,
and since you’ve got a week between games, you’ve got plenty of time to re-focus.” Notre Dame will kick off its journey to the NCAA College Cup against Loyola on Sunday night at 6 p.m. at Alumni Stadium. Contact Joe Everett at jeveret4@nd.edu
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