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Administration analyzes survey results University examines how to better serve students, remove barriers to reporting sexual assault

By RACHEL O’GRADY Assistant Managing Editor

In the results of the 2016 Campus Climate survey, 14 percent of respondents indicated they had experienced some form of non-consensual sexual intercourse or contact while a student at Notre Dame.

That number, vice president of student affairs Erin Hoffmann Harding said, is too high.

“We know, always, that these instances are happening on our campus, and that is not what we want,” Hoffmann Harding said.

“We want to do everything we can to prevent these instances,

and make students feel comfortable with reporting. You still see that it’s happening, but you still see there is underreporting, which is sobering, but it motivates us to do more and work harder.”

While the number is down 2 percent from the 2015 result, Christine Caron Gebhardt, director of the Gender Relations Center at Notre Dame, says there is still a long way to go to get that number down.

“That’s not us sitting back and saying ‘[The number] declined so we must be doing great things,’” Gebhardt said.

“It’s us saying ‘Great, it declined — what more can we do?’”

Group hosts Ben Shapiro at ND

Hoffmann Harding said it is encouraging to see awareness of policies regarding sexual assault is high.

“I was really proud of students who don’t think this behavior should be tolerated on our campus,” Hoffmann Harding said.

“The numbers are really good.

We’ve seen some of the education programs … give way to a big bump in awareness strategies, so that’s good news.”

Heather Ryan, deputy Title IX coordinator, said she was happy to see that 98 percent of respondents indicated they would identify at least one University resource for support.

“That [resource] can be

Notre Dame will award seven honorary degrees at Commencement ceremony May 21, including one to Vice President Mike Pence, the University announced in a press release Thursday.

Pence, this year’s commencement speaker, will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree, along with Maj. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr., Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Rev. Martin Junge and Philip J.

The Notre Dame College Republicans hosted conservative commentator Ben Shapiro on Thursday night in Carey Auditorium.

By LUCAS MASIN-MOYER Associate News Editor

Two days after conservative author Charles Murray visited Notre Dame’s campus, Ben Shapiro, the editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire and self-proclaimed “second-favorite 33-year-old Jew” of American conservatives, spoke in the Carey Auditorium of Hesburgh Library as a part of College Republicans’ 69th annual Lincoln Day Dinner and Speech on Thursday.

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Shapiro began his lecture with an attack on intersectionality, an idea he said he feels has gained undue notoriety on college campuses. “[Intersectionality] says we ought to judge people on their identity and not on the basis of the opinions they hold,” he said. “An identity is solely defined in terms of the group — it’s defined by race, by gender, by sexual orientation. There’s hierarchy of victimhood intersectionality … see SHAPIRO PAGE 3

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respondents that have reported incidents to the University and gone through the processes were low, according to the results, which is a major focal point for improvement, Ryan said.

“We receive feedback on an ongoing basis,” she said.

“Continuing to remain open to those conversations is really important … but I think we can do better with that.” The Committee on Sexual Assault Prevention (CSAP) will meet in the coming months to address these barriers and other notable results of the survey. see SURVEY PAGE 4

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wherever they want to go for them, so that was good news in my opinion,” Ryan said.

However, according to the results of the survey, only 10 percent of students who indicated they had experienced nonconsensual sexual intercourse reported this to the University.

The challenge, Ryan said, is removing some of those barriers to reporting incidents.

“If we’re going to make a difference here, we have to figure out what’s holding students back,” Gebhardt said. “We’re really trying to empower them and help them see there are resources and things available.”

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Purcell III, according to the press release.

Bolden, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, served 14 of his 34 years in the military as a NASA astronaut, and became the agency’s twelfth administrator in 2009.

Pope Francis appointed Farrell, “the highest-ranking American serving in the Vatican,” a Cardinal in 2016 to lead the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, the press release said.

Junge, a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, is

the first Latin American general secretary — the chief ecumenical officer — of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), a position he was elected to in 2010.

Purcell, for whom the Purcell Pavilion in the Joyce Center is named, is a 1964 graduate of the University and 25-year member of the board of trustees at Notre Dame, as well as the founder and president of Continental Investors. see DEGREES PAGE 4

Notre Dame prepares to host peace conference

By KELLI SMITH News Writer

Designed to immerse students into dialogue related to peacebuilding, social justice and global issues, the 27th annual Student Peace Conference will take place in the Hesburgh Center for International Studies beginning Friday afternoon.

The two-day event was

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organized by a committee of students led by seniors Leah Landry and Victoria Lew. It will consist of documentaries, workshops, a keynote address, an interactive play, a poster session and many panels and individual talks related to its theme: “Pathways to Peace.”

“The conference is a way to share ideas and make connections among people of various backgrounds and belief

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systems, making it the perfect venue to find peaceful solutions to any social problem you’re concerned about,” Landry said.

According to Lew, the theme was selected to “address realities of peacebuilding in terms of concrete steps and goals,” and the conference will differ from previous years by see PEACE PAGE 4

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Kroc fellow speaks at College

By SYDNEY DOYLE News Writer

Emmanuel Katongole, associate professor of theology and peace studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, spoke Thursday at Saint Mary’s about Christianity, violence and identity politics in sub-Saharan Africa.

Katongole spoke about two traditional narratives of Africa. He said these stories are important for the way we understand and view Africa because many people think of Africa as a continent without hope.

“It is true there is too much violence,” he said. “ ... [Having] violence does not mean [the people] are doomed to live in violence.

Stories like this are important to confirm that Africa is not a hopeless continent; Africa is filled with hope.”

Katongole said even though these are stories about violence in Africa, they carry lessons and wisdom that can be used in the United States.

“It is important that we think about our lives here, as we face the severity of violence, of fear, of hatred, of discrimination based on gender or race,” he said. “We need stories that can inspire us to show that there is another way.”

Katongole said there are four intersecting elements at work in these stories told about violence and kindness in Africa.

“It’s a similar notion of excessive love, of tenderness, of compassion and new community — similar elements and notions that are at work in any attempt to respond to violence,” he said.

The first story Katongole told came out of the Central African Republic. He spoke about the recent conflict there between the Christians and Muslims and the mass murder that occurred as a result. A young priest named Father Bernard Kinvi opened a church that became a place of refuge for all people who were being targeted and killed by Christians, including Muslims.

Katongole said Kinvi’s compassion came from his own experiences with pain.

“What is playing out is that excess of love — God’s love for the poor, for the sick, the weak [and] the marginalized,” Katongole said. “There is something about the tenderizing of his own heart through his experiences of suffering and tending to his sick dad that not only tenderized his heart, but enlarged it.”

Katongole next told the story of a woman named Maggie Barankitse, who witnessed the mass murder of 72 people right in front

of her eyes in 1993 at a Catholic bishop’s residence she worked at in Burundi. After the massacre, Barankitse gathered all the children who were there and took them into her care — starting a housing program called Maison Shalom, Katongole said. He said she has raised over 25,000 children there.

“For Maggie, they are not orphans,” he said. “There are no orphans in the household of God. With the excess of love, all of us are princes and princesses in the household of God.” Katongole said these two individuals who did so much good in different ways have some things in common, including giving others hope for the future.

“What do these two individual have in common? The excess of love that is displayed in both of their lives — the excess of God’s love that is reflected in their own lives,” he said. “The most successful love is borne out of suffering, out of tenderizing their own hearts. It expands their sense of, ‘Who are my people?’ This is what give me hope about Africa: They speak to what I eventually see [as] an evolution of tenderness.”

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at the very top of the list are LGBT folk.”

Shapiro said this creation of victimhood also spills over into what he believes is the false notion of white privilege and the notion that there are barriers standing in front of minority groups.

“Society is not out to get you. Society doesn’t give two damns about you. … No one is going to bother to stand in your way,” he said. “If you don’t want to be poor in the United States … you only have to follow three simple rules: get married before you have babies, complete high school, get a job — that’s it.

It doesn’t require a degree in rocket science.”

Shapiro also applied this philosophy to feminist thought.

“Are American women v ictimized? No,” he said.

“American women are the freest and the wealthiest in the histor y of the world.”

These supposed my ths, Shapiro said, were perpetrated on college campuses — a setting in which he believes conser vative students could learn to defend beliefs.

“It’s a good opportunit y for conser vative students to get better at what they do,” he said. “[For me, it] was a good opportunit y to read what [professors] were assigning and consider the arguments that they are making and then go do research as to why they are right and w rong.”

Shapiro also spoke on illegal immigration, one of the key issues at the center of last year’s presidential election.

“It is immoral to let people

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in who have not been vetted,” he said. “I don’t think the moral argument is [the] ‘People are coming from across the sea to take our jobs’ argument. I think that is a silly argument. I don’t think you have a right to work for a higher wage because you were born there.”

Junior Lars Rucker said he appreciated that Shapiro backed up his claims.

“Ever y thing he said had some reasoning,” he said. “If he wasn’t confident in his reasoning, he specified.”

Sophomore Diego Arias said he hopes Shapiro continues to speak w ith a focus on issues that were present in the latter half of the event.

“I think he tried to fight back against the left w ith emotional stances, but the [question-and-answer] segment was better because it [answered] more reasonings for political stances — he has one of the clearest stances on Israel,” he said.

Sophomore Daniel Beasley said he thought Shapiro could have done a better job addressing his v iew points in his speech rather than in the question-and-answer segment.

“He knows he can stir up the most controversy and get [to] the most people by talking about campus protests and things like that,” he said. “And I think part of that inadvertently fuels, not the ‘alt-right,’ but being against campus protests for the sake of being against it, rather than making a pitch for his ow n political v iewpoint. You come out of the Q-and-A know ing what he believes.”

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“We try to take our students’ experience, dig deeper into what you’re all saying in focus groups and then look at peer institutions and say, okay let’s hold our programs, our initiatives, the things that we’re

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featuring documentaries and workshops to demonstrate nonv iolent communication and peace agreements.

“Peace becomes a lot more realistic when you are able to highlight the various pathways people took to get there,” Lew said. “We want our conference to challenge the idea of peace as idealistic, and inv ite attendees to learn how real pathways to peace can be formed.”

According to the conference website, topics to be addressed include “Refugees: From Displacement to Integration,” “Exploring Statelessness and Migration,” “Peace and the Militar y: Student Voices on the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy,” “Bridging CrossCultural Div ides,” “Islam and Peace” and more.

The key note address w ill be conducted by Nell Bolton, the senior technical adv isor for justice and peacebuilding at Catholic Relief Ser v ices and an alumna of the Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies, the conference sponsor.

Bolton w ill be presenting on “Binding, Bonding and Bridging: Building Blocks of Peace.”

“There are so many topics that our conference w ill address, and that’s what makes it so engaging,” Lew said. “Our presenters bridge peacebuilding w ith religion, science, sociolog y, histor y, film and much more.”

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doing under a light and see what’s effective,” Gebhardt said. “But let’s not do things because we’ve done it before, let’s do things because they’re effective.”

The University plans to administer the survey every other year, Hoffmann Harding said.

“We will do focus groups to learn from the results, so we’re

not just surveying and surveying,” Hoffmann Harding said.

“We’re trying to learn, talk with our community about what the survey has shared with us. For us, that feels like every other year is about the right time frame for us to look at that.”

across the campus, countr y and world who are scheduled to present. Though registration is closed, students are free to attend any session.

“We have a huge mix of students and activists from Notre Dame and from schools across the world that will be presenting their work and research,” Lew said. “The conference always brings such a wealth of experience to campus, and I am excited for everyone to network among each other and build connections in the peace studies community.”

Landry said discussing topics related to peacebuilding in the

conference’s “usually hopeful atmosphere” is especially important in today’s context.

“Regardless of your political affiliation, I think we all agree that we have serious problems that need solving, and if we can find a way to fix these peacefully, everyone benefits,” she said. “My hope is that every person that attends the conference leaves with a concrete idea of how they can contribute to building sustainable peace in their own community or area of interest.”

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Alice Gast, the president of Imperial College London, will receive an honorary doctor of engineering degree from the University, according to the press release.

Gast previously served as the

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thirteenth president of Lehigh University.

Martha Lampkin Welborne, the senior vice president for corporate real estate and global facilities with The Walt Disney Company, will receive an honorary doctor of fine arts degree from the University, after graduating with a degree in architecture in 1975.

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By CHRISTIAN BUNKER Scene Writer

Last week was a monumental landmark for music.

The week, which Pitchfork dubbed “OK Computer Week” to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the beloved album, was received jubilantly by music fans.

Equally notable however, is the number of people who didn’t notice the commemoration. For a band so revered by fans and critics alike, Radiohead’s reputation among the general public is surprisingly modest. The Grammy’s confines them to the “Best Alternative Album” category, and they’re given less media coverage than Charli XCX. The average citizen’s infatuation with “Creep” comes at the expense of every other Radiohead song. Its popularity is a running joke among everyone who knows how to spell Thom Yorke correctly.

The fault for this situation lies, not with people who have never heard of the CR-78 drum machine, but with Radiohead’s devoted fans. Sitting atop their mountain of musical superiority, Radiohead fans imagine themselves as the chosen few. However, this is not the case. Maybe the fans had a claim before, when things were different and the quintet was changing the rules faster than anyone could follow along. But, with 20 years under “OK Computer’s” belt, its influence has seeped into the mainstream, even if its name hasn’t. We can’t just respect it as a

By CHARLIE KENNEY Scene Writer

When Conor Oberst left Bright Eyes in 2011, angsty teens, Saddle Creek junkies and indie folk addicts everywhere cried.

Throughout his career, Oberst’s bands revolved around him. Bright Eyes, Commander Venus, The Magnetas, Park Avenue, The Mystic Valley Band and Desaparecidos would not have functioned without Oberst. He was the vocals, the lyrics, the guitar and the face that brought money to their wallets and bodies to their concerts.

These bands were essentially Oberst solo acts under different names, distinct machines with Oberst turning the gears.

Now that Oberst is truly a solo act, he can do much more. His previous bands constrained him to a certain genre. Bright Eyes was known for their indie folk sound, the Desaparecidos for a classic rock and grunge mix and the Mystic Valley Band for a fusion of folk, bluegrass and indie. As a soloist, however, Oberst’s name isn’t associated with a single rhythm or genre. He can be bluegrass, rock, indie, folk, grunge or even emo. He has the sounds of more than 10 projects at his disposal.

Oberst’s recently released album — “Salutations” — draws on all these sounds. The album, released March 17, is a road map of Oberst’s career. It’s his “Greatest Hits” album without a single song from his past. It’s a rollercoaster of emotions and a melting pot of genres, but most importantly, it’s uniquely Oberst.

But, as much as the album is Oberst’s potential and

genius work in itself if we want to make the album universal. We have to recognize it as a cornerstone of the alternative genre.

“OK Computer” won’t join the ranks of hallowed LP’s like “Abbey Road” and “The Dark Side of the Moon” overnight. The fans have to spread the album’s legacy through their own hard work if they want it to rise to the top. This is best done by emphasizing how “OK Computer” is just a step above almost everything else. With that in mind, I’d like to present a short and incomprehensive list of the things that “OK Computer” does better. If you have a friend that likes one or more of these things, they’ll certainly enjoy the third Radiohead album.

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electronic sounds, and soaring vocals of “Let Down.”

SYRs Dances are fun, but you have to find a date. On the other hand, the DJ Shadow infused alt rock classic “Airbag” will always be there when you need it.

Surprises Life as a student is full of stress. There are essays to write, tests to take and due dates that pop up a week earlier than you expected. The bright and inviting soundscape of “No Surprises,” defined by Ed O’Brien’s buoyant guitar line, envisions a relatable world without any of these concerns.

“In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins Every song they play at football games Six times each fall, I witness masses of Notre Dame students going nuts in the stands over “Crazy Train” and “Shipping up to Boston.” I’m fond of both of these songs myself, but they have nothing on the swirling guitar solos and loud/soft dynamic of “Paranoid Android”

“Creep” by Radiohead Not a bad song at all, but its grunge sound borrows too heavily from the Seattle sound and is not at all representative of Radiohead’s music. A much better candidate would be the interlocking guitars,

genre personified, the music falls flat in one fatal area — novelty. 10 out of the 17 songs adorning the tracklist were previously featured in Oberst’s October 2016 album “Ruminations.” To the well-versed Oberst fan, “Salutations” is a re-release with a seven song EP slapped onto it.

Aside from the repetitiveness of the album, “Salutations” is perhaps Oberst’s most accomplished solo piece yet. It touches on Oberst’s life and thoughts in a way that jerks more tears and pulls more heartstrings than any previous Oberst album.

“Tachycardia,”one of the returning tracks from “Ruminations,” a song about an irregular heartbeat set to the irregular beat of a piano. At the beginning of the song, the effect appears to be nothing more than interesting instrumentation. As the song progresses, however, Oberst reveals that it’s a reflection his own irregular heartbeat, a metaphorical heartbeat that thundered during the false rape allegations of 2014 and the “bad dream” that he had “seven times a week” during the weeks leading up to and during his trial.

His rape allegations aren’t the only prominent life events on the album. On “Next of Kin,” Oberst reflects on a difficult idea — death within a family. The song is most likely the reason why Oberst coupled “Salutations” with “Ruminations.” In November of 2016, just a month after releasing “Ruminations,” Oberst’s brother Matthew died.

“Next of Kin” recalls the event, exploring the processes and emotions that accompany the death of a family member. Instead of talking about mourning in a romanticized way, Oberst focuses on “getting so drunk you can’t

The drum break in the fourth minute of Phil Collins’ 1981 soft rock hit is ubiquitous, and rightly so. This only increases my confidence that the clinical drumming of another Phil, Radiohead’s Phil Selway, can gain similar prominence. I’d make the case for his masterful break ushering in the second half of “Exit Music for a Film.”

Every other album, according to besteveralbums.com Look it up if you don’t believe me.

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perform” and feeling like you’re “just a name in a database who must be notified.” Oberst was the drunk performer and the name in a database. The song’s sincere lyrics give listeners rare insights about a sensitive topic.

The other 15 tracks touch on a broad array of topics, reflecting on the patron saint of depression (Saint Dymphna), criticizing the recent presidential election and a detailing Oberst’s high school years. The songs also venture across indie, folk and classic rock genres while maintaining Oberst’s quintessential somber tone.

“Salutations” is emotionally and lyrically exhaustive.

The songs, with few exceptions, are consistently passionate, heartbreaking, and chorus free. Oberst wants to make you cry, break your heart, keep you up at night and hesitate before putting him on repeat. That’s what he’s always done, but, this time, he’s doing it on his own.

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“Salutations” Conor Oberst Label: Nonesuch Records Recommended Tracks: “A Little Uncanny,” “Tachycardia,” “Too Late to Fixate” If you like: Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos, M. Ward

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Ultra 2017 was surreal

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If you have never been to a large music festival of the music genre of your liking then I feel bad for you son, I’ve got 99 problems and attending a festival ain’t one. This past weekend, I had the pleasure of spending the weekend in Miami attending Ultra Music Festival, a three-day EDM (electronic dance music) festival held at the Bayfront Park. The festival offers 31 hours of continuous music across seven stages and features more than 200 artists which ends up making the festival feel like a playground for EDM fans.

Since my trip, I have been told by numerous people that they don’t peg me as an EDM fan that much, and after seeing the other festival goers, I get why. Walking into the festival, your senses are bombarded with unique sights, smells and sounds. There is a ubiquitous scent of cigarette smoke throughout the festival, one of the more tame substances that attendees are stereotypically thought to be using.

Simultaneous to that smell is the sightings of outfits that would be wholly unacceptable in most other instances. It seemed as if every other guy was shirtless with the body of someone who spends 20 hours a week at the gym. As for the girls, some were walking around at the festival wearing less than the models in a Victoria’s Secret commercial. This unique congregation of people may sound intimidating but all of my experience with other attendees was nothing but pleasant. We all may come from different social backgrounds, different places of residence, and have vastly different plans for the future. But past that, we were all there together to rage to incredible music at a venue that was out of this world.

And while interacting with other festival goers was enjoyable, to be able to experience the music and light shows first hand was near euphoric. The stages ranged from the size of Stonehenge to the size of one side of Campus Crossroads (and no, that is not an exaggeration), but one thing was consistent — the sheer volume of the music as it shook you to the core.

It was as if the sound waves alone were a drug that made you want to — actually forced you — to move with the beat. It was seemingly impossible to be near a stage and resist head-banging during the heavy bass of dubstep and trap songs. Meanwhile, the melodic tunes that bridged these drops seemed to inexplicably soothe you into intense happiness. To top it off, these feelings were amplified as the excitement and energy from the thousands upon thousands of surrounding patrons experienced the same thing.

As incredulous as the aural entertainment was throughout the weekend, the visuals for each set seemed to continually exceed the previous set until DJ Snake, the closing artist on the last day, had visuals so vivid that your brain couldn’t even keep up, leading to an experience that I can only describe as psychedelic. The combination of thousands of square feet of LED screens, dozens of lasers, dozens of color changing spotlights, 60-foot flame geysers and fireworks all combined to make a visual show that was bordering on sensory overload. Now, mere days after leaving, the experience seems so surreal that it almost seems hard to believe that it actually did happen. Although I have struggled a great deal to find the words that come even close to describing what the experience was like, I hope that you one day have the opportunity to attend a festival as amazing as Ultra. You will not regret it.

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The 2016 presidential election affected this country in profound ways. Some of these effects will become evident in time, but many have already manifested themselves. Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, it is hard to deny that polarization defines a large portion of today’s political discourse.

The election, however, is not the sole cause of this increased polarization. Vitriolic political pundits on both sides of the spectrum have risen in popularity, and there is no shortage of places — whether it be on cable television or social media — for citizens to go and find conversation in the form of a monologue.

Merely pointing out that there is a problem, however, does little to help solve it. Days after the presidential election, this Editorial Board penned a letter calling for increased dialogue between those who voted for Trump and those who opposed him. And this week and the next, members of our campus communities had and will have the chance to do just that — engage more fully in political conversations — as a number of speakers come to campus and share their perspectives and ideas.

The 43rd treasurer of the United States and “the woman behind the new $20 bill,” Rosie Rios, spoke Monday at a lecture sponsored by student government, the Office of the President and the Gender Studies Program. Conservative writer Charles Murray spoke at a Tocqueville Program lecture Tuesday. On Thursday, conservative commentator Ben Shapiro spoke at an event sponsored by College Republicans. Friday, the Potenziani Program in Constitutional Studies and the Federalist Society will host a debate between University of Chicago law professor Richard Epstein and ACLU administrator Matthew Coles over anti-discrimination laws. Additionally, the Student Coalition for Immigration Advocacy will host Migrant Monologues on Friday evening, and Blaze commentator, Matt Walsh, will visit campus next Tuesday.

Taking the time to hear these speakers, and others that come to the University throughout the year, is especially worthwhile because they can offer the information necessary to spark productive dialogue. But that’s not to say attending these events is the only way to effectively converse with the other side. For example, just as those attending Murray’s lecture Tuesday engaged in political discourse, the University’s members who protested outside McKenna Hall did so as well. If you have educated yourself about a certain speaker or cause, furthering dialogue via peaceful protests is yet another form of valid political conversation. Informed critiques — critiques supported by, for example, reading Murray’s book and identifying which specific points lack scientific merit — can also foster fruitful discussion. It does not matter if you agree or disagree. It does not matter whether that discussion takes place in the lecture hall or standing in solidarity outside of it. What does matter, however, is that this dialogue is grounded in a thorough understanding of your own beliefs. Only then can informed citizens dispel misconceptions that, if promulgated, may only

contribute to an atmosphere of divisiveness.

Hasty generalizations do not deserve a place in this country’s political discourse, as they discourage people from conducting their own research and from seizing the opportunity to develop their own beliefs. Discrediting Ben Shapiro or Matt Walsh just because of their association with The Blaze or their political affiliations is not productive to the larger aims at hand. If you consider yourself a liberal who has strong views about free speech or religion, go hear Shapiro or Walsh speak.

This discourse can take place outside of the academic setting as well. If you are someone who voted in favor of Trump for his immigration policies, take advantage of the opportunity to hear the perspectives of an immigrant and go to the Migrant Monologues on Friday. Participate in the Muslim Student Association’s sponsored events taking place on campus this week — such as World Hijab Day and a tour of a local mosque — as a part of the world’s Islam Awareness Week. Although not strictly academic in nature, these events serve the same purpose: offering us all the opportunity to learn about and better understand one another, strengthening the discourse that follows.

It is important to educate yourself on what others believe and to dissuade yourself from the fallacy that all people on the opposite end of the spectrum think in the same way or believe the same things. When confronting those with opinions differing from our own, we are forced to conduct internal reviews of our own beliefs and deconstruct, analyze and strengthen our own views. This confrontation does not require you to change your views; it only asks that you engage with them. This manner of honest, intellectual engagement gives us unique reasons for having those beliefs, beyond what friends, family or outsiders think. This information will critically inform how we function as active citizens in our own societies.

Simply telling a person with different views he or she is wrong will never suffice. The strength, unity and longevity of this nation depend on people of differing beliefs being able to work out those differences in a constructive manner. And the first step toward accomplishing that goal is to gain a firm understanding of where the other side comes from.

Thorough education may temporarily cost you comfort, as you will be forced to confront new perspectives and grapple with ideas that may seem illegitimate or even outrageous. The benefits of momentarily sacrificing your relaxed, comfortable state, however, far outweigh that cost, as enhanced knowledge and understanding often leads to an increased sense of compassion and empathy. Fostering unity and engaging in respectful political dialogue are not feasible goals if the people who claim to strive for them consistently limit their worldviews and refuse to step outside their comfort zones.

However you choose to do so, giving others’ perspectives full consideration forms a critical step in furthering conversation around hot-button contemporary issues.

Writing off the opposition as mistaken or monolithic is tempting, but it ultimately is not productive if progress is the goal.

So take the chance to step away from the monologue.

Let’s restart the conversation.

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The seven weeks until graduation Rebecca Feng Redefining Beauty

Seven weeks prior to coming to Notre Dame, I had a conversation with a Notre Dame sophomore from Beijing. When I inquired about the food on campus, she answered, with an ethereal smile I did not quite understand — “There are two dining halls, North and South. Which dorm are you assigned to?”

“Lewis,” I said.

“So you will go to North,” she said firmly, as if saying her creed. “I usually go to South. The question of which dining hall is better will forever be a debate between us.”

I laughed, and thought to myself — don’t Notre Dame students have better things to debate about?

But of course, I didn’t vocalize my thought, for I had a fearful respect for the great, unknown dining halls.

I flew to Chicago with my twin sister and we came to Notre Dame one week earlier than our American peers for the International Students Orientation, a three-day-long crash course teaching us how to blend in American classrooms and how to make friends with Americans. It was a fantastically strange week. To cite E.M. Forster from his novel “A Room With A View” — the international student orientation “worked some marvel” in me. It gave me “light,” but it also gave me “shadow.” The deep meaning of the sentence is beyond my current language ability to fully express in English, because I experienced it all in Chinese. Now in retrospect, I am still shocked by how many people said “welcome home” to me during those three days and how “not at home” I felt. Home was Beijing, and nowhere else. Yet, those “welcome home” signs reminded me constantly that I was home. I secretly hoped that soon in the future, I would be able to say the sentence to another incoming student, and then I would be home.

Freshman year was a gloriously painful period. I say “gloriously painful,” because it was painful, but in a glorious, warrior-like way. The feeling of displacement, fear, being misunderstood, disappointed, and confusion all served a glorious purpose — to blend in,

to become unidentifiable, to conquer challenge after challenge. One of those challenges was answering the baristas’ greetings in Starbucks properly.

I didn’t know how to properly answer “what’s up” until the end of the first semester. “Not much” sounded wrong because a lot was up. “How are you” was even harder to answer because most of the time I was “tired” instead of “good.” I could not persuade myself that everyone who answered “good” was actually good, even though I tried. Yet, I also refused to think that people who asked me “how are you” did not actually care how I was. After some meditation on why Americans answered “good” when they were not so good, I formed for myself a tentative belief — the question did not concern with the present but rather, it expressed hope for the future. Answering “good” served as a source of hope and positivity. I was immensely satisfied with my conclusion. Indeed, what reason did I have to not have hope? Tomorrow would be better than today, because today had already been better than yesterday.

I participated in an SSLP in the summer of freshman year, living with people with and without intellectual disabilities. Finally, the doctrines I learned in theology classes came into life. Jesus, that white man on the cross, became as vulnerable as the old guy I read Sesame Street books to every day. I could finally attempt to connect with Jesus on equal grounds. I started to seek for what my friends referred to as a “calling,” something I always wanted but never dared to truly hear.

That same summer, I switched my second major from applied math to English. My mom responded to the news — “What’s wrong with applied math?”

“Nothing wrong. I mean, I saved my accounting, so I won’t be jobless,” I said. “English? You don’t even speak English fluently. If the major is too hard, just drop it.” Of course, she said the above in Chinese, and through her words came a perplexed and disappointed tone I would never be able to translate into English.

Soon after, I was interviewed for a writing tutor position in the writing center. When the director asked me what my biggest challenges working there

would be, I said, without any intention of being funny — “My biggest challenge will be coming to work. The students are native speakers.” He laughed hard, and then seeming to be in deep thoughts, he reassured me — “But writing is about thinking.” I thanked him.

Months later, I started working there and realized how true his words were.

Junior year passed like a dream. It was a year I could not capture in words. Thus I shall cite Joseph Conrad, attempting to capture the incredibility of that year — “No relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation, that commingling of absurdity, surprise, and bewilderment in a tremor of struggling revolt, that notion of being captured by the incredible which is of the very essence of dreams.”

It was a surprisingly warm winter when senior year arrived. It has been a year full of results — rejections, acceptance, Trump getting elected — and decisions; taking on a creative writing concentration, not seeking an accounting job, going to an English master program. My mom responded to the third decision with a sigh, a proud one though — “Wow, you actually finished the English major. I wonder, though, is this step the right one?” She meant my decision of going to English grad school. I could not think of an intelligent answer, but I remembered the words of my best friend when I was studying abroad in Scotland — “As long as we are going forward, any step is a right one.”

Thank you, Notre Dame, for these transformative four years, during which I found myself a new identity, plugging in my own name to the immortal second sentence of Dickens’ novel “Great Expectations” — “So I called myself Rebecca, and came to be called Rebecca.”

Rebecca Feng is a senior at Notre Dame, double majoring in accounting and English, but traveling and living abroad is her real education. She read Shakespeare and old English poems in Scotland last semester and interned at Forbes Magazine Asia business channel in New York this summer. Email her at yfeng2@nd.edu for story ideas and comments.

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Nominate deserving professors Erin Thomassen The Examined Life

I didn’t nominate a professor for a University award until my senior year at Notre Dame. I have had both stellar and less than stellar professors throughout the years, but I didn’t believe I had enough of a personal connection to a particular one to write a compelling nomination. Every year when the email urging me to nominate outstanding professors arrived, I considered it briefly before deleting it. Other students had more personal stories to share. As an engineer, it was hard to imagine I could make a compelling case for a professor whose attention was divided between eighty mechanical engineers.

Yet when the email rolled around this year, I realized it was my last chance to help a deserving professor be recognized. I decided I would nominate a professor no matter what I thought her or his chances were.

As I started writing the recommendation, I finally had the time to reflect on a particular professor’s pedagogy. Though the course had approximately 120 students, the professor engaged the class with poll questions and peer instruction. He knew the material so well that he didn’t bring notes or a book to class.

Then again, he had written the book, which was likely the most understandable book on differential equations ever published. Though I kept few of my heavy, expensive textbooks from college, I couldn’t bear to part with his textbook or the notes I took in his class.

When the class averaged a failing grade on a midterm, he required us to study the material again and retake the test on our own time. We could look at the questions and then study exactly how to solve them.

The only stipulation was that we could not use our textbook, notes, or another person while writing down our answers.

To ensure that we could all succeed, this professor stayed late at office hours on Friday. He managed a constant flux of graded and regraded exams. He made a lot of extra work for himself by making us retake the exam, but this work was worth it because we needed to learn the material. This professor wasn’t necessarily thanked for his work as some students resented spending extra time on challenging material.

Yet this professor cared more about closing up gaps in our knowledge than his popularity.

I didn’t realize how much this professor did to promote student learning until I gave myself time to reflect on his pedagogy more than a year after the course ended. I only gave myself this time when I began to write the nomination. During the class, I was too busy striving to finish assignments and study for exams to appreciate how much the professor was facilitating my learning. A year and a half later, I realized how much of the course I still retained and how much it helped me in my subsequent endeavors. I was then able to appreciate the course and the professor without worrying about my grade.

Writing the nomination was not only good for my professor who may or may not win an award, but also for myself as a student. Reflecting on and persuading others that my professor is gifted and dedicated

made me a more grateful and observant student.

Years ago as a high school student, I focused far too much on winning awards myself. As a college student, it was a blessing to shift focus and recommend someone else for an accolade.

I experienced similar feelings of gratefulness for others when writing a peer recommendation for a friend for a service program. Unlike most cover letters or applications for jobs, scholarships, or programs of study, I was not asked to sell myself, but to highlight the talents and character of another. This prompt helped me escape the orbit of competitive mindsets that many students are stuck in in high school and college. I was able to realize that the success of another is as much a gift to me and the rest of the world as it is to them.

TED talks and self-help books recommend writing down five things you’re grateful for in a journal each day. After this experience, I suggest that you should also think about writing recommendations or nominations for your teachers or peers. It will help you notice and appreciate the work and talents of another.

In a world governed by critical thinking, complimentary thinking will help you realize how you can be a better student, teacher and friend by emulating what you appreciate in another.

Ms. Thomassen is a senior studying mechanical engineering. She lives at the Château off campus with four friends and more crêpes. She can be reached at ethomass@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Give others free rein to operate and observe what happens.

Make decisions based on what you see, not what you hear. Stubbornness will not do anyone any good. Channel your energy into making progress and following through with your plans. Set high standards and don’t give up just because someone else does. The offers you receive will have pros and cons attached and should be considered carefully. Your numbers are 2, 9, 23, 28, 35, 37, 48.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take note of what those around you are doing.

Opportunity will be yours if you are willing to take progressive steps to reach your goals. Change can be good as long as your motives are honorable. Protect your personal information and reputation.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Use unusual tactics to get what you want. Mix and match people, plans and skills to ensure that you reach your goals. Don’t feel the need to make changes based on other people’s appeals. Do what works best for you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You can stabilize your financial situation if you put together a plan that will help you lower your overhead. An opportunity to put a little cash into some long-term investments will ease your mind and your stress.

Romance is highlighted.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s not what you say, it’s what you do that will count. Take an active role in making your life better and helping your community, peers and loved ones achieve positive goals. You can make a difference if you try.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t get angry, get moving. Bring about the changes necessary to protect your rights, position and your reputation. Travel and communication are featured along with moderation and balance. Keep the peace and avoid chaos. Love conquers all.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Travel, meetings and expressing your desires will all turn out well. Don’t hold back when you have so much to gain. Step into the spotlight and your allies will surround you. Don’t second-guess your abilities.

Learn as you go.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Look for ways to improve your home, personal finances and the dynamics between you and those you deal with daily. Getting along with others will encourage good results and the chance to develop longterm relationships.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Set up appointments and meetings that will help you clarify your positions on certain issues that concern you. Being forthright will ensure that you earn the respect and support of others.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t rule out what others are doing. Keeping a close watch will help you avoid disappointment or loss. Run a tight ship at home and you will stabilize your situation. Communication will help you bring about positive change.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Spend more time practicing what you preach.

Get things done at home that you have been promising to do for some time.

Engage in something you enjoy doing with somebody who brings out the best in you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Be careful while traveling or dealing with matters pertaining to taxes, government or institutional matters. Anger will be your downfall. Use your intelligence to overcome any obstacle you encounter.

Changes can be made to enhance your appearance.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Collaborate with the people who share your beliefs and concerns. Joining forces with someone who can contribute as much as you will make your life easier. Your intuition will not let you down. Inject positive energy into all that you pursue.

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LPGA deserves more credit Elizabeth Greason Sports Editor

The first major of the year is underway. I know what you’re thinking: Hold on, the Masters doesn’t start until next week.

And you’re correct. But I’m not talking about the Masters.

The first LPGA major — the ANA Inspiration — began Thursday. And while I have been looking forward to finding out who will be making the leap into Poppie’s Pond on Sunday for some time now, I have no doubt that I am in the minority of golf fans who feels that way. And that is not because the ANA Inspiration is a bad event — in fact, it is probably one of the more popular events on the LPGA Tour. It is because it is an LPGA event.

The LPGA, like many of the professional women’s sports leagues, is one of the most underrated and underappreciated entities in the world of sports.

Aside from the fact that the purse for the ANA Inspiration is $2.7 million — compared to the $10 million up for grabs in next week’s Masters — the LPGA’s television ratings pale in comparison to those of the PGA Tour. The 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship — which became the ANA Inspiration in 2015 — had 670,000 viewers tune in for the final round, the largest audience for a women’s golf event since the 2013 Solheim Cup. By comparison, the 2014 Masters drew 8.6 million views — which had CBS in a panic, as it was the tournament’s worst weekend since 1993.

Maybe the ANA Inspiration and the Masters are not a fair comparison because the Masters are, well, the Masters.

But the ratings difference of millions of viewers continues throughout the season, both in Majors and normal Tour events.

You may think I’m about to go on a sports feminism rant, and trust me, I could. But I’ll refrain myself and instead focus on the reasons the LPGA deserves more credit and attention than it gets.

The LPGA is the tour the vast majority of people should be watching. There is no doubt that the men play a different

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game than the women do. They hit the ball farther and they put enough spin on their wedges to make them zip back like yoyos. But the average golfer — even the average scratch golfer — plays a game more similar to that of the female professionals. That’s not to say that the men are better players than the women — the two groups simply play the game differently.

The ladies of the LPGA Tour are the best in the world at what they do, and that is something that deserves recognition. Watching Lexi Thompson or Brittany Lincicome blasts a ball off the tee gives the viewer the same pleasure as watching Rory McIlroy or Dustin Johnson stripe one down the middle of the fairway. Paula Creamer’s now-famous 75-foot putt for eagle to win the HSBC Women’s Champions in a playoff is just as impressive as Jon Rahm’s 60-foot eagle putt to win at Torrey Pines in January.

The women play golf that is just as good and just as fun to watch as the men, and yet the interest level in the LPGA is next to none. The fact that the first women’s major comes a week before the Masters should be a plus for the Tour. People can prepare for the heart of golf season by watching the pinnacles of women’s golf play their hearts out for a chance to cannonball into Poppie’s Pond.

People should care about that fact that teenage phenom Lydia Ko might lose her No. 1 world ranking after spending 75 consecutive weeks in the top spot.

But people would rather watch the same predictions and analysis of what will happen at Augusta next week than the real, live golf currently taking place.

The drama and excitement surrounding this year’s ANA Inspiration is palpable. It brings everything you could want in a golf tournament to the table. And yet, no one cares. Or at least, not enough people care. And that’s a shame. The LPGA deserves better from golf fans.

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Fowler holds one-stroke lead in Houston Associated Press

HUMBLE, Texas — Rickie Fowler shot an 8-under 64 for a one-shot lead over Sung Kang after the first round of the Houston Open on Thursday.

Fowler had his best round in six appearances at the tournament, topping a previous low score of 68. Fowler overcame damp conditions and a chilly, breezy morning to jump to a hot start.

Fowler won last month at the Honda Classic and is trying to keep momentum going into the Masters next week. The Honda Classic win snapped a 13-month, 25-start drought for Fowler.

Fowler held a three-shot lead over Vaughn Taylor and Keegan Bradley when he finished his round in the afternoon, then Kang closed the gap with his 65. The 29-yearold South Korean missed a putt from less than 5 feet to bogey on 18. Still, compared to last year’s final round at the Houston Open when he shot a 6-over 78, he said he was satisfied with the improvement.

Kang is among the 115 players who need a victory to

qualify for Augusta National, as Jim Herman did by winning in Houston last year.

Among the 144 players in the Houston Open field, 29 already have invitations to play.

It would have been 30, expect Dustin Johnson decided to take the week off after winning the Dell Technologies Match Play for his third straight victory.

Behind Fowler and Kang, Stewart Cink, Jhonattan Vegas and Kyle Stanley all shot 6-under 66. Jordan Spieth struggled at times and shot 3-under 69.

Herman shot 2-over 74, while 2015 Houston Open winner J.B. Holmes shot 1-over 73.

Kang said he doesn’t want to get too ahead of himself by eyeing a last-minute ticket to Augusta after the first round.

“I don’t know anything about the future, and whatever happens, happens,” Kang said. “I’ll just keep doing what I can do the next few days, and I’ll accept the results.”

Heavy rains canceled the pro-am event at the Golf Club of Houston on Wednesday.

The sun dried out the course later in the day, and the greens began to play faster. Several

players commented on the balancing act of avoiding the water hazards but also not overplaying the speedy greens, which are designed to mimic Augusta.

Fowler said he was fortunate to not have been too thrown off by the muddy conditions.

“I felt like I got some good breaks with having mud on the same side as where the trouble was and that I could kind of keep it fairly conservative,” Fowler said. “If the mud was kind of kicking in, it ended up being a good shot.”

On Thursday night, Fowler traveled 20 miles south to downtown Houston to throw out the first pitch at the Astros’ exhibition game against the Cubs. Fowler said he spent a lot of time with the Cardinals during spring training and said he’s a friend of Astros owner Jim Crane, who he has played golf with at the Floridian National Golf Club.

“It’s probably more nervous when you get out there on the mound than we really ever get or maybe close to Ryder Cup nerves,” Fowler said. “You’re just hoping not to screw up.”

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Hurricanes come back to defeat Blue Jackets Associated Press

R A LEIGH, N.C. — Noa h Ha nif in scored 2:16 into overtime a nd t he Ca rolina Hurrica nes ra llied to beat t he Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Thursday night.

Jeff Skinner scored the tying goal with 4:20 left in regulation before setting up the winner for the surging Hurricanes. They have established a club record by earning at least one point in 13 straight games while climbing from last place in the Eastern Conference to the fringe of the playoff race.

Cam Ward made 23 saves for the Hurricanes, who entered four points behind Boston with seven games remaining in the chase for the final postseason spot in the East. There were two teams

— Tampa Bay and the New York Islanders — between them.

Jack Johnson scored and backup goalie Joonas Korpisalo made 29 saves for the Blue Jackets.

Skinner skated in on Korpisalo but his shot was blocked by Cam Atkinson.

The puck f loated bet ween the circles to Hanifin, who fired it past Korpisalo.

Carolina, which began the day with an NHL-best 52 goals this month, couldn’t get anything past Korpisalo until the final minutes when Skinner’s shot from the circle clicked off defenseman Seth Jones’ skate on its way by the Columbus goalie.

The Blue Jackets, who have w rapped up a spot in t he playof fs, entered f ive points behind Washing ton

for f irst place in t he Metropolitan Div ision and t he No. 1 seed in t he East.

They now face a bruta l t hree-game stretch starting Friday w it h games against Chicago (95 points), t he Capita ls (110) and Pittsburgh (103).

Johnson scored the game’s first goal with 3:35 left in the second, beating Ward high to his glove side with a snap shot.

The goal announcement drew boos from the home crowd not only because it gave Columbus the lead but because it was scored by Johnson — who was drafted by Carolina with the third overall pick in 2005 but twice turned down the Hurricanes’ offers to turn pro, prompting them to trade him to Los Angeles in 2006.

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by senior catcher Ryan Lidge to stretch the lead to 7-4, and junior lefty Sean Guenther, after 2 2/3 innings of work, earned the save as well as praise from Irish head coach Mik Aoki.

“I thought Sean Guenther was really good,” Aoki said.

“Outside of [his performance] ... I didn’t think we were as locked in as we should have been, and I think that we were extremely fortunate to have come away with a win. I think there’s a lot of ways that you could say we probably got outplayed, but with that having been said, there’s something to be said for the team to go out there and win when we’re not at our best. We should have been more locked in, but thankfully Sean came in and was great — pitched really efficiently — and offensively, we did just enough to capitalize on the opportunities that we had.”

Looking to get back on a winning streak, the Irish will play their final three games of a ninegame homestand when North Carolina State visits Frank Eck Stadium this weekend. Aoki said he believes his team has the capability to string together some wins starting this weekend, but he also recognizes the Wolfpack (14-12, 4-5 ACC) are a quality team.

“They’re a good team — they always are,” Aoki said. “I continue to think that this team is going to go out there and run eight, nine in a row off, because I think we’re eminently capable of doing that. We just have to clean some things up, get better in terms pitching in the strike zone a little bit more. But having said that, the last three weekends our starting pitching has gone out there and done a really, really good job. Hopefully we get good efforts from [junior pitcher] Brandon [Bielak], [graduate student left-handed pitcher Michael Hearne] and [junior right-handed pitcher] Brad [Bass] again and then start to find our way a little bit more offensively.

“I’m looking forward to [this weekend]. It’s always been a competitive series with N.C. State, and hopefully, that’ll be the case again.”

Friday’s first pitch against the Wolfpack will be at 6:05 p.m. at Frank Eck Stadium.

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we were very focused, we gave great effort, we improved and we really put our focus back on ourselves and making sure that we do the little things. Getting the result that we did really just played into us putting a full 60 minute battle together, so obviously that allows us to go into this week and know that if we prepare really well, we can

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again look forward to a good solid 60 minute performance.”

The Irish have never beaten North Carolina in six previous meetings, with last year’s regular season matchup ending in a 14-8 Tar Heels victory, before North Carolina knocked the Irish out of the NCAA tournament at the quarterfinal stage. The Tar Heels have lost only to No. 1 Maryland this year, their lone defeat in their last 28 games. North Carolina is first in the ACC in goals per game, with junior midfielder Ela Hazar

playing a major part in the Tar Heels offense, leading the ACC in assists per game.

The Tar Heels are also first in the nation in draw controls per game with 17.18, and for the second game running the Irish will have to face the nation’s individual leader in draw controls.

After the Irish held Syracuse’s Morgan Widner — who is averaging just under nine draw controls per game for the rest of the season — to just two draw controls, she fell behind Tar Heels senior

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midfielder Sammy Jo Tracy in that statistic. Halfpenny said her team needs to be fully prepared against the national champions, who bring strength and discipline in many areas.

“They’re very, very fast top-tobottom and obviously they’ve built some great confidence along the way on the heels of a national title last season, defending that this year,” Halfpenny said.

“They’re very disciplined at what they do, they have multiple scoring threats, they have sound fundamentals and they play hard.

That’s something we have to be ready for on Sunday.

“We’re going to have to be disciplined, we’re going to have to give our career-best effort at this point in the season, we’re going to have to bring great communication at this point in the season, we’re going to have to limit our turnovers. That’s something we’ve been focusing on all year long, but against a team that likes to really put great pressure on you in the transition game specifically, they’ll be looking for as many second-chance opportunities as they can get. And if you give them too many second-chance opportunities, they will execute and they will make you pay for them.”

The game will also be a matchup of two of the ACC’s top goalkeepers. Irish sophomore Samantha Giacolone received National Player of the Week honors after her 13-save, fourground-ball game against the Orange (8-4, 2-1), but will now have to protect the Irish goal against the ACC’s top offense knowing her offense faces senior two-time All-American Caylee Waters. Giacolone said she expects a tough game, but believes the Irish proved last week that they can get the win.

“I think it’s going to be a great game, it’s going to be a tough, very aggressive and scrappy game: it always is,” Giacolone said. “Losing to them in the Elite Eight last year was definitely hard, but I think we are going in with the thought that this challenge is put in front of us and you have to overcome it. We just have to go in and be confident in what we do and I think that beating Syracuse has done a lot to give us that confidence.”

The Irish and Tar Heels will meet at Arlotta Stadium on Sunday. Opening draw is at noon.

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kind of had a bad third quarter and let them creep back into the game. I think that experience will help us. We know what not to do now, so I think just maintaining our focus when runs are made in the game is going to help us kind of step on their throats a little bit rather than let them hang around.”

Led by Orange senior midfielder Nick Mariano, who won ACC cooffensive Player of the Week alongside Irish senior midfielder Sergio Perkovic this week, Syracuse will look to reverse last year’s 17-7 loss at the Carrier Dome against Notre Dame at Arlotta Stadium. The Orange are currently ranked 14th in the country in scoring offense, netting 12.14 goals per game. The Irish trail just behind them, averaging 11.67 goals per game.

The Irish will also be faced with the challenge of playing an offense that takes care of the ball better than any other team in the ACC, averaging just 10.43 turnovers per game. In addition to their offensive discipline, Syracuse also wins 53.7 percent of its face-offs, which has been a struggle for the Irish, who are last in the ACC winning just 44.9 percent of their face-offs.

With a week off since playing its last home game, Garnsey said his team is eager to get back in front of the home crowd in yet another top-five matchup.

“We love playing at Arlotta,” Garnsey said. “We play a great schedule that Coach [Corrigan] sets out for us, so it’s not necessarily hard to get up for any game that we play, but when an ACC opponent comes in, who is also in the top five, … the guys are ready to go Saturday.”

Notre Dame will face off against Syracuse on Saturday at Arlotta Stadium at noon.

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its opponents this season winning all but its first game by just one score, but Notre Dame isn’t concerned with the Orange’s past performances.

Garnsey, who is tied for the scoring lead with junior attack Mikey Wynne with 14 goals, said that the Irish are simply going to execute the game plan they have created for this week. Whether they win by one or by 10, a win over a top-five opponent will be just as significant.

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Notre Dame prepares for tough test against UNC

By DANIEL O’BOYLE

Observer Sports Staff

Sports Writer

A week ago, No. 13 Notre Dame faced the potential of taking on No. 2 North Carolina, the defending national champions, while trying to avoid a five-game losing streak.

Instead, the Irish (9-4, 3-1 ACC) go into the game with a newfound confidence after a comfortable 16-7 win over No. 11 Syracuse at the Carrier Dome, the biggest threat to the Tar Heels (10-1, 3-0) in the ACC in recent years.

Approaching what may be the toughest game of the season, the win is proof that a fully-prepared Notre Dame team is more than capable of beating top teams, Irish head coach Christine Halfpenny said.

“I think that it just basically affirms what great preparation can do for us this season,” Halfpenny said. “We had a really great week of preparation, see W LAX PAGE 11

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Irish sophomore midfielder Samantha Lynch looks to pass during Notre Dame’s 16-13 win over Ohio State on March 7.

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A few days after placing the most mid-season All-Americans in the country through Inside Lacrosse, No. 1 Notre Dame will play host to No. 4 Syracuse on Saturday at Arlotta Stadium.

The Irish (5-1, 1-0 ACC), who have had a week’s rest to prepare for their second conference matchup, continue to collect a multitude of accolades. Sophomore attackman Ryder Garnsey, who leads the team with 28 points; senior defenseman Garrett Epple, who leads Notre Dame with 12 forced turnovers; and junior midfielder John Sexton, who earned ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors after his performance against Ohio State, all earned first-team midseason All-American honors. Sophomore midfielder Drew Schantz was named second-team midseason All-American.

Even with the national honors, however, Garnsey said the team still has its eyes set on accomplishing its season goal of winning the national title.

“It’s nice to get that type of recognition,” Garnsey said. “But there’s no room for getting a big

The Irish will travel to North Carolina this weekend to compete in the Bryan National Collegiate, which is widely considered one of college golf’s premiere events.

Notre Dame will compete against an elite field that boasts seven ranked teams — including the likes of host No. 12 Wake Forest and ACC foes No. 7 Duke and No. 17 Miami — and 18 squads overall. The ACC-heav y field will give the Irish a chance to scout their competition for the upcoming ACC championship. There are six ACC teams in this weekend’s field.

The event, which will be played on the par 72 Bryan Park Champions Course, is a familiar one for the Irish, who are returning to the event for the third time in as many years.

The Bryan National Collegiate will be Notre Dame’s final regular season

event before it heads into the postseason, and could prove to be a momentum-builder as the teams heads into the ACC championship, which begins April 13. The Irish have found success at the Bryan in recent years, coming in fifth as a team in 2016 and tying for seventh in 2015. Senior Jordan Ferreira had a top-15 finish at the event her sophomore year.

Sophomore Emma Albrecht is looking to build off her momentum from the Clover Cup, in which she finished 3-over-par, finishing in a tie for 16th. Sophomore Isabella DiLisio also had a solid showing at the Clover Cup, finishing only one stroke behind Albrecht. DiLisio also carded two eagles at the event, which Notre Dame hosted in Mesa, Arizona, over spring break.

The Bryan National Collegiate will begin Friday in Greensboro, North Carolina, with the first golfers teeing off at 8:30 a.m.

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head or anything like that because all it will do is distract our team from the ultimate goal, and the individual awards are great, but at the end of the day, everyone is here to win a national championship, not to be named an All-American.”

Collecting awards week after week, the Irish have undoubtedly cemented themselves as one of the most talented teams in the nation. On Saturday, Notre Dame’s elite talent will be put to the test against another talented team in the Orange (6-1, 2-0), who are riding a four-game winning streak.

“We’ve been watching tape on them all week,” Garnsey said.

“Coaches do a great job preparing the scouting report … and obviously they’re a great team. They’re 6-1 now, and they’ve played I think five top-20 opponents, so they’ve clearly earned their ranking. If we go into the game and focus on what we do well, and are disciplined about our game plan, I think we’ll be fine.”

Despite being ranked as one of the country’s best, Syracuse has struggled to separate itself from

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After being swept in a threegame series by No. 12 Florida State over the weekend, Notre Dame found itself in a familiar position, down three runs early to Chicago State during Tuesday night’s matchup.

However, instead of another loss and another letdown, the Irish (8-15, 2-7 ACC) rebounded and clawed their way back to win 7-4 against the Cougars (6-16, 2-1 Western Athletic) at Frank Eck Stadium.

Down 4-1 in the fourth inning, Notre Dame began to stage its comeback in the bottom of the frame thanks to some small-ball offense: Two walks, a bunt and two RBI groundouts plated two Irish runs and cut the lead to one without the ball ever leaving the infield.

Junior outfielder Jake Johnson knotted the score at 4-4 in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI double, then he scored the goahead run on a wild pitch. The Irish padded their cushion in the eighth on a two-run double

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Irish senior pitcher Scott Tully delivers a pitch during Notre Dame’s 12-1 win over Northern Illinois on March 21 at Frank Eck Stadium.

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By JOE EVERETT Sports Writer