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Professor gives personal finance advice Carl Ackermann presents first of two financial management lectures to University’s graduating class By LUCY LYNCH News Writer
Notre Dame finance professor Carl Ackermann presented a lecture on personal finance and money management to the class of 2017 last night. Sponsored by Senior Class Council and the Mendoza Student Leadership Association on Tuesday, “The Path Ahead: A Roadmap for Your Financial Future” is the first of two seminars Ackermann will present on financial management. The second seminar will be held next Tuesday, April 18 at 7 p.m. in DeBartolo Hall 101 and will address topics like budgeting, credit and debit cards and college loans. This lecture focused mainly on the financial steps students should make following graduation — beginning to think about bonds, stocks and investing in your
employer’s provided retirement plan are key to making smart investments. In debriefing these concepts, Ackermann made the main goal of his lecture clear. Ackermann said accumulating money to help others should be the central goal of growing your wealth. “Though we are going to be talking about finance today, I truly think amassing wealth is meaningless,” he said. “This is not financial advice, but it is tips and tricks you can use to help others.” Ackermann first acknowledged some students in the room likely had no background in financial concepts, so he distinguished bonds and stocks, noting that students should know their purposes and differences in making investments. Bonds, see FINANCE PAGE 4
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Finance professor Carl Ackermann outlines steps students should take to achieve financial success following graduation while addressing the class of 2017 in DeBartolo Hall on Tuesday night.
University to change primary Wi-Fi network By ANDREW CAMERON News Writer
The Office of Information Technologies (OIT) announced April 4 that the Wi-Fi on Notre Dame’s main campus would be switched to a new network this summer. The change, which was announced in a campuswide email, is planned for June 4, 2017, and will see the University switching
from “ND-secure,” the current Wi-Fi network, to “Eduroam.” In the email, OIT said the goal of the change was “[t] o provide a more reliable wireless service,” and specified it “will not affect any of the Global Gateway locations.” The email also encourages students to install the new utility required for “Eduroam” access before “ND-secure” is removed in
June. On its website, “Eduroam” describes itself as “the secure, world-wide roaming access service developed for the international research and education community.“‘Eduroam’ allows students, researchers and staff from participating institutions to obtain Internet connectivity across see WI-FI PAGE 4
College student opens coffee shop By GABY JANSEN News Writer
Busy times are brew ing for Saint Mar y’s student and cafe ow ner, Hope Celmer. The senior said she and her husband recently opened The French Press Coffee Company in dow ntow n Ply mouth, Indiana. “We opened in May, so we’re prett y close to our anniversar y,” she said. “But we
started working on it last Januar y, so we’ve been doing it over a year now.” Celmer said the cafe is more than a coffee stop — it also sells freshly made food. “We do coffee, and espresso and tea ... but we also do food, she said. “ ... We make ever y thing, so we bake breads and do desserts and soups and salads.” see COFFEE PAGE 3
Club to host sexual assault survivors advocate Just over a week after Amy Ziering, documentarian and producer of “The Hunting Ground,” spoke at the University, the Notre Dame College Democrats will host
Kamilah Willingham, a lawyer and author whose story is featured in Ziering’s film, Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in DeBartolo Hall. Willingham’s lecture, entitled “Courage Through Controversy: Standing Up to Rape Culture,” comes in the wake of the
University releasing the results of the 2016 Campus Climate Survey results on March 29. The results revealed that 5 percent of female respondents and 1 percent of male respondents reported experiencing nonconsensual sexual intercourse while a student at Notre Dame.
Senior Grace Watkins, co-president of the College Democrats, said while the fact that bringing two people involved with “The Hunting Ground” to campus was a coincidence, the group invited Watkins with the goal of addressing sexual assault on
campus was a timely event in light of the survey results. “I sit on [the Committee for Sexual Assault Prevention], so I knew that the results were coming out, and I knew that April 12 was Denim Day, as well, so that
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Students attend the fifth annual “Make the Magic” auction at Notre Dame to raise money for Camp Kesem. Camp Kesem was founded in order to provide a week-long camp experience free of charge to support kids whose parents are diagnosed with cancer.
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Speaker examines economic change in Cuba By ALEXANDRA MUCK News Writer
Drawing on the results of 80 interviews from members of the private sector of the workforce in Cuba, Carmelo Mesa-Lago, distinguished service professor emeritus of economics and Latin American studies at the University of Pittsburgh, delivered a lecture Tuesday called “Voices of Change from the Non-State Sector in Cuba” at the Hesburgh Center. The lecture focused on economic changes in Cuba over the past several years. The results of the interviews have already in published in the book “Voces de Cambio en el Sector no Estatal en Cuba,” which Mesa-Lago coauthored. An English version of the book will be available in the fall of 2017. According to Mesa-Lago,
the rise of the private sector in Cuba can be attributed to economic reforms made under Raul Castro. While there is some information available on the impact of these reforms, Mesa-Lago and his co-authors wanted to look at the reforms from a new angle. “Although we have substantial information in terms of this non-state sector, we didn’t know what the feelings of the people involved in that sector were,” he said. “We wanted to find out, ‘W hat do they think about so many important issues that they are dealing with? ’” As a result of the research and interviews, Mesa-Lago said this project has been a unique one for him. “I have written a lot of books, and I have never been more involved in a book like this because for the first time I was hearing the Cuban
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people talking, and that was fascinating for me,” he said. The project is also relevant due to the growing private sector in Cuba, Mesa-Lago said. In 2015, 71 percent of those employed worked in the state sector, which was a decrease from previous years, he said. Mesa-Lago said the interviews were primarily conducted with people who work in non-agricultural production and service cooperatives, usufruct farmers and those who buy and sell private dwellings. The group of people who work in cooperative farms is especially important, according to Mesa-Lago. “It’s a tiny group, but they play an important role because Cuba gives preference to the cooperatives over selfemployment because it’s a more advanced socialist form
only be obtained from a state shop, according to MesaLago, the workers have a lack of options in obtaining their resources. The interviews also revealed that state interference and bureaucracy was a common problem with the private sector, with 27 percent of the interviewees mentioning it as a problem they faced in their business. Aggregating the results of the interviews, Mesa-Lago said people working in the non-state sector want three primary changes — more liberty, less state regulation and interference and more estate incentives and guarantees. These requests signal to Mesa-Lago the desires of the voices in change in the country moving forward. Contact Alexandra Muck at amuck@nd.edu
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Associate professor of theology and peace studies at Notre Dame Fr. Emmanuel Katongle has been selected as a 20172018 Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology along with five other members of the Association of Theological Schools in the U.S. and Canada, the University announced in a press release Tuesday. According to the press release, Katongle will spend a year studying “ethnic, religious and ecological violence” in subSaharan Africa beginning in
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of organization and therefore they have an advantage over self-employment,” he said . Mesa-Lago described the private workforce as “young, male, white, with very high education.” W hile he said this is not typical of the Cuban population, he was more surprised by the satisfaction of the workers than the lack of a representative population. From the interviews, 80 percent of the workers were satisfied in the non-state sector, and only five percent identified themselves as unsatisfied. “This is very interesting and surprising because they face a lot of problems – regulation, inspections, taxes, etc.,” Mesa-Lago said. The main problems these workers face involves their inputs and state interference, Mesa-Lago said. Since 25 percent of the inputs can
The couple both shared a passion for the food industry, Celmer said. “So, me and my husband both knew we wanted to open a restaurant,” she said. “That’s where we always worked was at restaurants. That’s what he went to school for, was entrepreneurship.” They decided to run a coffee shop after their landlord approached them with the idea, she said. “There used to be a coffee shop where we are now and they left all there was other stuff in there,” Celmer said.“Then when the place that was there was leaving, [our landlord] reached out to us and she’s like ‘hey we think there should be a coffee shop here, you know this is something you guys want to do is restaurant stuff, what do you think?’”
January 2018. “What is particularly exciting about this project is I’m studying ... three types of violence together, and I’m making the argument that they are all connected,” Katongle said in the press release. “We are not talking about three forms of violence. We’re talking three manifestations of the same type of violence that is part of the crisis of belonging in modern Africa.” Katongle will use the research he conducts during his fellowship to write a book — “Who Are My People?” — that will explore
the role Christianity plays in the violence he is researching. The press release said Katongle is hoping to find “excess of love” that counteracts this violence. “If I can trace this excess of love in these communities, what I would like to do is display it and show it as an invitation into which everyone is called,” he said in the press release. “ … God is peace. But what does that mean in the context of so much violence, suffering and the refugee crisis? I felt I could make a distinctive contribution to that conversation by adding a theological voice.”
Celmer said she and her husband went through Plymouth’s economic development corporation for a small business loan and then went into planning their shop. “We had to make a whole business plan and spent months researching everything about coffee because we had no idea what we were doing,” she said. “Just spent a lot of time on the internet just reading and watching videos and reading more things and trying a lot of espresso. And we’re like ‘let’s do it’ so, I quit my job and we did it and it was terrifying.” As a business owner and a student, Celmer said she commutes to campus every day. “It’s 40 minutes just a straight shot south,” she said. “I literally just take one road the whole way, which is really handy.” Celmer said that while she is busy with both classes and her business, she is used to the fast pace. “So, I’ve always worked
full-time while I’ve been at school,” she said. “So, in some ways it’s not crazy different. It’s more hours, it’s more responsibility, but I can now change me schedule in some ways to fit around my classes or get to be in charge so I can make it work.” Celmer said a set plan for how to run the business is important. “It’s a lot, but I like being busy and I like being organized,” she said. “So, I just write everything down and drink a lot of coffee and study a lot at while I’m at work.” While she misses having the free time of a college student, Celmer said she enjoys what she does out of class. “Sometimes I wish that I had more time to read, or go to lectures, or different extracurricular stuff,” she said.“But I also like being out there and doing real world stuff. It’s a lot of responsibility, but it’s also a lot of fun.” Contact Gaby Jansen at gjansen01@saintmarys.edu
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he recognized, were safer because of company payment obligations, and stocks though the value may f luctuate, often rise. “Usually, unless I’m picking them, stocks tend to go up in value,” he said. “Stocks, on average have earned higher returns. Stocks, on average, have an 11 percent investment return while bonds only return on 6 percent. One tip Ackermann gave graduating seniors is that they are going to be dealing w ith lots of financial processes they have never seen before. “You are going to see a lot of ta xes taken out of the money you earned,” he said.“One of these new concepts is retirement plans: 401(k) is the standard for profit company plan; 403(b) is used by nonprofit organizations.” Ackermann referred to these not as retirement plans but as “freedom plans,” because over time, these accounts w ill enable people to have the freedom to do what they want w ith their postcareer lives. Because mutual funds are often one of the only t y pes of investments in retirement plans, Ackermann adv ised students on tips and tricks to choose an ideal mutual fund from the ones made available by employer’s retirement
plans. The two important factors that determine a mutual fund’s performance is the expense ratio and turnover rate; the higher these two number are, the worse a mutual fund w ill perform. Ackermann recommends students seek mutual funds w ith a low expense ratio, low turnover and w ith no entr y of ex it fees. Ackermann stressed the importance of investing early on, at age 22, upon graduation. He said if you begin investing even just a decade later, by retirement age, you w ill have made less than half the money you could have made if you’d started investing ten years earlier. “If you get on a serious investment plan from your employer, you can retire a lot earlier and get to do things you love and help people in real need,” he said. “W hat can you do w ith your gains to improve your life and mostly brighten the lives of others? ” He listed the possibilities of life after work — taking a job that pays less because you know you are well covered, spending more time w ith family and friends and doing substantial volunteer work. “You certainly can make the world a better place. I hope that you w ill go on to do that,” Ackermann said.
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campus and when v isiting other participating institutions by simply opening their laptop.” “Eduroam” is already w idely used among American colleges and institutions, including Duke Universit y, the Universit y of California colleges and the National Institutes of Health, among others. Chris Corrente, Manager of Applications Development w ithin OIT, said in an email the sw itch was motivated by a desire to simplif y internet access on campus and by the added abilit y to access the network from off-campus. “Given that ‘Eduroam’ and ‘ND-secure’ prov ide the same level of functionalit y and access, our goal is to simplif y the net work
infrastructure and prov ide improved support by standardizing on a single secure w ireless net work for campus.” he said. “‘ ... Eduroam’ prov ides the same level of performance, access and securit y as that of ‘NDsecure.’ The added benefit is that not only can you connect to the ‘Eduroam’ w ireless net work here on campus, you can also connect to it when v isiting other schools that are part of the ‘Eduroam’ communit y.” Despite the net work change, Corrente also said, “Students w ill not notice any change in the Internet ser v ices they can access when sw itching from NDsecure to ‘Eduroam.’” The move to “Eduroam,” Corrente also said in an email inter v iew, is expected to be in place for a long time. “At this time, the change is part of the long-term future
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was part of the decision for scheduling it then,” she said. “My personal background is in sexual assault advocacy, so I knew about Kamilah’s work for a long time before and really respected her, and admired her.” After opening up about sur v iv ing sexual assault while she was a student at Har vard Law School and the counterproductive manner in which Har vard handled her case in “The Hunting Ground,” Willingham also co-organized the #JustSaySorr y campaign on social media. The campaign brings together sur v ivors of campus sexual assault and their allies “in demanding apologies from the schools that failed them,” according to Willingham’s website. Her courage in sharing her stor y, as well as her work follow ing the release of “The Hunting Ground,” Watkins said, has made Willingham a prominent figure in combating sexual assault on campus. “I think her stor y is really important to hear,” she said. “She’s also brilliant and has a lot of ideas about how sexual assault advocacy should
be mov ing for ward.” Watkins said the College Democrats’ decision to host Willingham was not a partisan decision, but was prompted by various instances throughout the 2016 presidential election. “In terms of the decision for bringing her as the College Democrats speaker — given what’s she’s talking about isn’t a partisan issue, it was just kind of the language we’ve seen — it was a response to the language we’ve seen about women from the Republican part y during the election season,” she said. This rhetoric, Watkins said, contributed to the rape culture that is prevalent in today’s societ y, something Willingham is working to shine a light on. “[I hope students] just [lea rn] what rape cu lture is — because it’s a work ing def init ion — a nd rea li zing t hat it’s not pa r t isa n,” she sa id. “It’s somet hing t hat we shou ld be using to expla in why sex ua l assau lt is so preva lent on our ca mpus a nd of f, a nd what k ind of condit ions lead to t hat k ind of sex ua l v iolence being possible.” Contact Courtney Becker at cbecker3@nd.edu
for the campus w ireless net work,” he said. “As w ith all technolog y, the OIT w ill assess any future changes as needed to meet the w ireless needs of campus.” Corrente also urged students to get on the network as soon as possible, although “ND-secure” w ill remain until June. “Because Back-to-School week is a busy time for students, we recommend students sw itch their dev ices to ‘Eduroam’ before leaving for the summer,” he said.“Once you return to campus in August, you w ill be already set up to connect to the w ireless net work.” The “Eduroam” utilit y needed for accessing the net work can be installed at eduroam.nd.edu and OIT help line can be reached at help.nd.edu. Contact Andrew Cameron at acamero2@nd.edu
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By NICHOLAS OTTONE Scene Writer
The opening sequence of “Get Out,” Jordan Peele’s masterful social-satire-meets-horror film, captures a single shot of a man walking through a deserted upperclass neighborhood. Clad in a gray hoodie and hissing into a cell phone, he immediately meets a gory fate emblematic of the genre. In a step away from this common trope, however,“Get Out” substitutes the stereotypical teenage girl with a black man whose hoodie evokes images of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Baker. Through this scene and all that follow,“Get Out” proves itself to be a deft and incisive exploration of the themes in TaNehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me;” the New York Times bestseller likewise provides a framework through which to consider historical and contemporary issues of race and violence in America. By placing the audience squarely within the claustrophobic viewpoint of a black man in modern America, Peele forces the spectators to experience the fear and hopelessness of which Ta-Nehisi Coates writes. The portrayal of law enforcement as violent and biased “Get Out” pervades “Get Out” from the beginning. In his book, Coates argues that this bias is not solely the result of unchecked power, but rather “the product of democratic will” and the fear of “people who think they are white fleeing from the cities and into the Dream.” Later on, the flash of a cell phone camera awakens victims, mimicking the style of the countless video accounts of police brutality still circulating across the
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The new live-action “Ghost in the Shell,” directed by Rupert Sanders, made its debut on the silver screen March 31st. Though most casual moviegoers were likely unaware, the movie is a single entry in a popular Japanese anime and manga franchise – one of many films set in the same pseudo-dystopian universe. In fact, the original 1995 animation, directed by Mamoru Oshii, strongly informed much of this movie’s plot and set design. Many scenes recreated their animated counterparts movement-by-movement. While the original film was set in an unspecified megalopolis, the setting was largely inspired by the hypermodern Hong Kong. That said, several characters sport rather ethnically-ambiguous names, such as brooding sidekick Batou (romanized in the original as “Bateau,” or “boat” in French). But, if nothing else, one thing is clear: the protagonist, Major Motoko Kusanagi, is definitely Japanese. This is largely why the studio drew widespread ire after announcing its decision to cast Scarlett Johansson, a white woman, for the lead role in the live-action reboot. The problem, to be clear, is not Johansson herself. As the studio has stated in its defense, Johansson is a capable actress who has portrayed many science-fiction heroines in the past – and skillfully so. But film critics and the general viewership are wise to decry this as yet another instance of egregious whitewashing. Now, I don’t believe that there exists any good reason to cast a white-American actress to portray a woman of another ethnicity – especially with such an abundance of underrepresented, talented Asian actresses. But, in
internet. The audience jointly cringes during the bloody finale as a police cruiser slides into the frame.“Get Out” features this violence unapologetically, both as a horror film and as a reflection of the oft-criticized violent tactics of historical black resistance movements. Chris, the film’s hero, only resorts to violence after exhausting all other avenues. As Coates asks, “Why were our only heroes nonviolent?…Our world is physical. Learn to play defense.” The movie’s villain could have easily been the police. However, in an astonishing and nuanced turn, Peele instead points his finger toward the elite: upper-class whites who hide their implicit biases underneath a façade of acceptance. “There exists,” Coates argues, “all around us, an apparatus urging us to accept American innocence at face value and not to inquire too much.” Chris buys into this exact phenomenon, and is soon after met with violent consequences. With his unexpected choice in monster, Peele parallels Coates’ own broad indictment of white America. These people live in happily “the most gorgeous dream” – the same American Dream that was never meant for the black population. The Dream itself is literalized through “Get Out”’s hypnosis, as Chris succumbs unwillingly to the white community’s wishes. Peele described this hypnotic state as marginalization, explaining, “No matter how hard we scream, the system silences us.” Placed within the context of horror film history, “Get Out” departs from genre norms. Horror films regularly dispose of their black characters relatively early in the plotline, rarely awarding them any spotlight.“Get Out”
not only centers on a black main character, but on the profound fear he confronts. Coates likewise comments upon the communal fear instilled in black reality, writing that, “when I was your age the only people I knew were black, and all of them were powerfully, adamantly, dangerously afraid.” Moreover, the audience experiences the story through Chris’s eyes. Coates writes, “When I was a boy, no portion of my body suffered more than my eyes.” Coates thus expresses the difficulty of reconciling the unjust world we see and the hope we are told to embody, just as Chris struggles through his warped version of reality. If movies are, as the late film critic Roger Ebert would say, “machines that generate empathy,” then Get Out draws us in and forces us to confront the mess we have made. An episode of ABC’s sitcom “Black-ish” referenced “Between the World and Me” in an episode entitled “Hope,” which centered on the storyline of how to explain police brutality to black children. While admirable in its mission, “Black-ish” misses the point of Coates’ book. “Then she asked me about ‘hope.’ And I knew then that I had failed,” Coates writes, emphasizing throughout his text the extent of his hopelessness. “Get Out” infuses its atmosphere, its every detail, with this dread, this stomach-churning terror, utilizing the genre’s conventions to trap us, the audience, in Chris’ mind. The danger and fear of losing one’s body is not a long-ago vestige of enslavement, Peele and Coates argue. It is here. It is now. And it is absolutely terrifying.
order to be fair, I made my way to the movie theater – the old-fashioned way – to see for myself. A friend, indeed, had warned me not to jump to conclusions without giving the movie a chance. Ultimately, the way in which the studio justifies Johansson’s casting significantly exacerbates the problem. The screenwriters apparently attempt to justify the decision through various plot alterations and conceptual hoop-jumping. What is disturbing is that all of it is unnecessary – and apparently premeditated as well. In Sanders’ film, Major Motoko Kusanagi has been re-baptized as Major Mira Killian (Scarlett Johansson), but there’s a twist: the identity has been fabricated by the antagonistic robotics company that kidnapped Killian as a teenager in order to place her mind into a cyborg. What this means is that the mind that resides within Mira Killian was born within a different body – one that, lo and behold, belonged to a young Japanese girl by the name of Motoko Kusanagi. Essentially, this total departure from the original storyline avoids giving Johansson the role of a woman who is physically Japanese, but still allows her to play a Japanese woman. Regardless of how this plot alteration came about, it is unacceptable. Johansson is talented, but is she that much more talented than any other Asian actress – even to the extent that the screenwriters would make such a drastic change to the script after she was cast? If not, then presumably this alteration was part of the plotline all along, suggesting that the studio had every intention to cast a white-American actress to begin with. There are other ways in which the film attempts to justify its poor casting decisions, namely the movie’s nondescript setting. Comically, the city skyline features
billboards and advertisements written in everything from English to Hangul, and there are passersby of various ethnic backgrounds traipsing around. The point seems to be that the setting is globalized and multi-racial to the extent that Johansson’s skin tone is irrelevant altogether, stripping the studio of the responsibility to represent an Asian setting with Asian actors. This is an absurd – and obvious – excuse. Yes, the six primary “good guys” are a team of two white characters, two African-American characters, and two Asian characters. But the two lead protagonists, Major and Batou, are both white, and the two African-American sidekicks never reappear after the first thirty minutes. Unfortunately for the studio, diversity is not a matter of ticking off boxes. (Even if it were, there are – newsflash – more than three ethnic identities in the world.) Besides, the studio loses sight of its own lie during the film’s action sequences, in which most nameless cronies are represented by Asian men. Notably, however, even the villainous head honcho is a white man. Actors of other ethnicities are truly never more than irrelevant sidekicks and pawns in this movie (with the sole exception of the semi-relevant Takeshi Kitano). The problematic essence of the whole movie is summarized in one of the film’s final scenes, in which Johansson is reunited with her birth mother, a Japanese woman – itself a rather disturbing development. In the would-be tender moment, mother and daughter hug. But, as four Japanese actresses speaking to The Hollywood Reporter asserted: the Japanese don’t hug. By that point in the movie, you’d be a fool to look for faithful representation anyway.
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No word on Br. John Paige Kyle Barry Sports Writer
I, along with other fellow students and faculty at Holy Cross College, are still trying to comprehend the fact that President Br. John Paige has left Holy Cross College unexpectedly. As one family at Holy Cross, we are not mad or disappointed that Br. Paige left, we are disappointed about how Br. Paige left. According to the South Bend Tribune and the Inside Indiana Business, Holy Cross College announced Friday that Br. Paige would take a leave and begin a new job in Catholic higher education, and that Notre Dame’s Fr. David Tyson will take over as interim president for the time being. Br. Paige had been president of Holy Cross College since 2011. This might seem to be a normal press release, however, we the students and faculty found out that our president was leaving via newspapers instead of getting at least a notification from the college via email. At a Catholic institution like Holy Cross, one would think that if there was news occurring on campus, especially when the news is that the president, the face of Holy Cross College is leaving, the College would send an email to the students and faculty informing them of the news. In this case, that email was never sent. Instead, the students and faculty of Holy Cross found out the news in an article either in the South Bend Tribune or the Inside Indiana Business online. Three days have passed and Holy Cross College has yet to let their students and faculty know that Br. John Paige has left the college. From some of the students and faculty members that I have talked to in recent days, they are still surprised and confused at the fact that Br. Paige is no longer president. Some students complained that Holy Cross could have handled the departure of Br. Paige differently, while some faculty members said that they were just as surprised as the students when they saw the announcement in the news. Both statements are correct in the sense that if Holy Cross College was going to make an announcement, at least let the students and faculty that make up Holy Cross College know of the possible change, either before, or as the news was announced. The fact is that Holy Cross College made a mistake in not notifying the students and faculty that Br. Paige is no longer with the school. I do agree with the majority of the students that said that Holy Cross could have easily handled the story a different way, and avoided the displeasure from the students and faculty that has happened since the story broke on the South Bend Tribune and Inside Indiana Business. The most unfortunate thing for the students who are graduating this semester, including me, is that we will now no longer be able to receive our degrees from the president that we started our college careers with. Contact Kyle Barry at kbarry@hcc-nd.edu The views expressed in this Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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On passing and pride There’s a stand up segment, by Louis C.K. where a distinction is drawn between gay men and “f--s.” I think most people believe it is comedy gold. I certainly thought it was hilarious the first time I watched it. I laughed and thanked God that I was not like the “f--s” he mocked. I can, and do, “pass” as straight. And for most of my life, I have been proud of that. I have always had plenty of (mostly male) friends, played some sports (even if volleyball was one of them), and liked being outside doing “manly” things like climbing and hiking. I was “normal” enough, despite the filmed and oft cited angel dance, when I was eight, in front of the Christmas tree. When I came out to family and friends (altogether, not a great experience) I relished their surprise and disbelief. It was confirmation that I might still belong. After all, I didn’t act that gay. I was unobtrusive. I adhered to a standard that was within the realm of what kept the anxious (heterosexual) majority less anxious about the perceived onslaught of deviancy represented by the LGBTQ movement. I strove to never make anyone uncomfortable. And I was proud of that. Not because it meant I was never uncomfortable; quite the contrary. I do not mean to diminish the suffering that closeted people endure. The psychological, emotional and spiritual violence inflicted on closeted people by family, churches and communities is all too real for me. Yet, I simultaneously realize the immense benefit of passing. It is a survival mechanism of sorts, one that regardless of environment, often seems like the only valid strategy. My life was a hell a lot easier because I passed successfully (though I could never get over my love for fluffy animals). And while bullying, physical and sexual violence form a significant part of the LGBTQ experience, these never defined my experience. These harsh realities were never mine. So you could say my pride at successfully passing was simply about being a good survivor, at having “gotten away with it.” But I think, whether subconsciously or consciously, my pride was more than mere satisfaction. I was proud of being different, of being “better.” I liked to think of myself as an exception to the ridiculously simplistic stereotype of gay men. So I did what lazy, scared and selfish people have done for all of history. I subconsciously and then — for a while, consciously — defined myself in opposition to a group that I deemed worse than myself. I positioned myself as superior to some undesirable — and to me mostly unknown — other. I made myself palatable in part by convincing others that there were certain people and certain actions far less palatable than myself. In doing so, I’ve participated in constructing the false binary between “feminine” and “masculine” queer men. I’ve helped perpetuate the ridiculous idea that one’s sexuality is and should be separated from their public persona, as if straight people are expected to repress their straightness in public. I’ve proven that it is possible for LGBTQ people to fade away and leave social norms
uncontested. These insidious ideas that I’ve helped sustain are the root cause of violence against gay and transgender people who do not adhere to society’s gendered expectations, who too overtly challenge the status quo. But I adhered. I assured myself and others that I would never act “too gay,” which really means too feminine. And I was proud of my ability to do that. I should not have been proud of adhering. There are millions of people around the world who don’t have the privilege or option to “pass.” There are millions of gay and trans people who, in order to be who they are, must make that anxious majority more anxious. There are millions of people who are brave enough to love and respect themselves more than some fabricated idea of what others wished they were. There are thousands of people in the U.S. alone who get bullied and brutalized, assaulted and traumatized. They pay the price for the unease that their existence causes others. And I was proud that I was not readily associated with those people. Did I think they deserved it? Of course not. Was I happy it wasn’t me? I sure was. Did I know that my palatable, “masculine,” white gay self was only palatable because gay and trans people — many of color — had fought, been beaten and killed in the name of justice for all? I did not know this; I had been too self-absorbed and sheltered to find out. But I know now. In order to avoid ignorance like mine, those of us in the LGBTQ community need to talk about and celebrate our history and our interconnectedness. We need to continue fighting for universal rights and avoid the tendency to fragment into our respective narrow interests. If you consider yourself an ally, you can help. When a friend or family member surprises you and comes out, don’t tell them you had no clue or never would have guessed – that should not matter. Don’t let them feel contentment over having blended in, especially if they are privileged like me. While recognizing that passing probably felt necessary, don’t treat it like a victory; that only perpetuates divisions within the LGBTQ community. Instead, tell them that they never have to hide, act or pretend around you. Tell them — with your actions or words — to have pride in who they are, to be whom they are called to be or want to be and to support others in doing the same. Still more importantly, all of us must actively dismantle the false binary that labels “masculine” gay men as acceptable and “feminine” and trans men as unacceptable. We need to recognize that this dehumanizing stigma encourages violence and brutality against LGBTQ people around the world. Together, we can discard tropes of “acceptable” people and instead recognize, respect and love each individual as exactly the person they are and want to be. If we do this, we can all be proud.
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Father’s Day Ray Ramirez The Crooked Path
Pope Francis has said the Catholic Church may consider ordaining married men who could potentially then work in remote areas faced with a shortage of priests. The time is in the near future, and we now look in on Fr. and Mrs. Andrew Holliman, sitting down for breakfast in their modest ranch-style house, in a suitably remote area: “Good morning, sweetheart,” Mrs. Holliman said. “You look pretty tired — didn’t you get any sleep?” “Not really; I’ve got two baptisms tomorrow, a marriage preparation class, the McGinty funeral and I still have to get my Holy Week sermons done,” her husband, a priest said. “I seem to get farther behind every day.” “I know you have a lot on your plate … except for donations,” she cackled, pleased with her cleverness. “If that’s a crack about our finances, I don’t appreciate it,” he snapped. “No, not at all,” she said, setting down the coffee cups on the table and touching his shoulder. “I know you are at the mercy of the charity of our parishioners. It’s not your fault that they’re a bunch of cheapskates.” “Oh, I know you didn’t mean anything. It’s just that this whole ‘viri probati’ thing… .” “Say what, now?” “You know, the program under which Pope Francis got older married men into the priesthood. It’s called ‘viri probati’ because supposedly it covered men who had already proven themselves in a life of service to the church.” “Now I remember. So, how exactly did you turn
occasional Sunday mass attendance and spotty contributions into a life of service?” “I assumed it was okay to fudge the form a little if I said something about it in confession.” “Makes sense to me; I guess it’s better that any number of other sins. And really, dear, I’m the last one to be all holier-than-thou; remember, my dad was a tax accountant. And I do sleep with a priest,” she giggled. “Exactly — when I was working as a corporate lawyer we often had to help clients rehabilitate their image. So I figured that buffing up my spiritual resume was a forgivable offense — especially in a tight job market.” “True, and none of us is getting any younger. I just wish that, well, we could … ” “I know, you’d like to move closer to the kids,” he said, taking her hand in his. “I’d like to do that, too, but you know the rules require us married priest to stay away from big cities.” “I still don’t see what the big deal is — after all, there have been married priests in the church for years, what with Anglican ministers who converted, Coptic Catholics and some eastern churches.” “I hear you, but the Pope is concerned about getting conservative Catholics in major media markets upset.” “Upset? These are the same traditional Catholics who ignored all manner of perversions, but were apoplectic over getting some bad press because of it? And don’t get me started on the hypocrisy over birth control.” “Now sweetie, calm down. I think we have been extremely traditional in our approach to birth control. I am absolutely opposed to any birth control other than the rhythm method.”
“But I use birth-control pills.” “And I forgive you. See how that works?” “Well, you’re the guy with the funny collar, so I’ll trust you on this. Still, it seems a little odd that the Pope could just change the rules about priests getting married after centuries of doing it differently.” “From what I gather it’s the difference between dogma — like the resurrection of Christ—and infrastructure. The Pope is free to change the infrastructure to meet changing demands. Sort of like a company acquiring a startup or spinning off an underperforming division. Hey, that gives me an idea for one of my sermons: ‘make sure your reduction in faith does not lead to a reduction in force.’” “I think it might need a little more work.” “What’s the matter? Did you give up your sense of humor for Lent?” “That should be the theme of your sermon — a little humor can help us get through the toughest times.” “Sounds good to me,” Fr. Holliman said, finishing his coffee. “Oh gosh, I’m running late. I’ll see you after vespers.” “Well, you better go. And if you leave the toilet seat up one more time, I think we’re going to revisit the whole celibacy thing.” Ray Ramirez is an attorney practicing, yet never perfecting, law in Texas while waiting patiently for a MacArthur Genius Grant. You may contact him at patrayram@sbcglobal.net The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
What I miss most about home Jack Rooney Irish Eyes
It’s always pizza. Well, it’s people, too, but also always pizza. A few months ago, one of the students studying in Dublin asked me what I missed most about home after being in Ireland for six months. The answer was easy. Now, in less than a week, I will return to the the United States for the first time since August, and I will have my glorious reunion with Chicago pizza. And, you know, my family and friends. So, with my trip home rapidly approaching, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about what I really do miss most about home. I won’t mention specific people except to say that, all joking aside, whenever I’m away from home, I miss family and friends the most. Aside from that, let’s dive into the five American cravings that have developed over my eight months away (spoiler alert: most of it is food). Hold on to your hats, folks, it’s about to get Buzzfeed-y.
include. I live in a quirky little apartment in Dublin, and nothing gets to me more than the dryer. It’s such a small thing, but it’s a small thing I miss. My dryer here isn’t connected to a hose that carries the steam outside. Rather, it stands alone and the steam collects in a small container within the dryer, which I then have to empty two or three times throughout the course of the twohour load if I want my clothes to be even relatively dry when the cycle completes. I have a few drying racks, too, which I use sometimes, but the damp air in my basement apartment isn’t particularly conducive to air-drying anything. So, in this case, I really just miss the ability to be lazy whilst doing laundry and being able to count on soft, warm clothes fresh out of the dryer.
Places that are open late (and on Sundays)
It’s true. I haven’t lived in Chicago for more than a few weeks at a time in the past four years, and I always miss the pizza. I’ve found good pizza elsewhere, even Ireland, but nothing compares to my neighborhood favorites (Rosangela’s and Palermo’s to be specific). I’m not even the biggest deep dish fan, though I do appreciate the true Chicago art form. I more so miss having a seemingly endless array of excellent pizza a mere phone call away.
Ireland has a great work-life balance, and I love that aspect of its labor culture. Few places are open much past 7 or 8 p.m., and most businesses are closed on Sundays. Even gated public parks close at sundown. All of this allows for people who might otherwise be working the midnight shift at a restaurant to be at home with family, out with friends or spending their time outside of work however best suits them. I think that’s a healthier system than we have in the U.S., but my American brain still loves the idea of being able to walk into a grocery store at 10 p.m. or grab a slice of pizza at 2 a.m. And I’m used to only three places being closed on Sundays: the bank, the post office and Chik-fil-A. So while I understand and truly appreciate why lots of businesses here close early, I miss the ones that are open late.
My dryer
Big, hearty breakfasts
Pizza
I’ll admit this one is a wildcard, but it’s necessary to
Speaking of late night joints, I deeply miss the kinds
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of massive, greasy breakfasts that you can only seem to get at a 24-hour diner that serves breakfast all day. You know, the ones where the waiter checks to see if you need more coffee about every five minutes and you can get an omelette with pancakes on the side to get the best of both savory and sweet worlds? Yeah, they don’t have those here. I miss those breakfasts.
American sports (at a reasonable hour) I had to include this one. I stayed up until near 6 a.m. on two different occasions last semester to watch Notre Dame football lose. And while I stick with the Irish through thick and thin, it helps when I have a good night’s sleep. Similarly, I stayed up to watch my least favorite baseball team win the World Series, and I have yet to have been able to watch a full baseball game this season. I love watching rugby, hurling and Gaelic football here in Ireland, but I miss flipping on the TV and catching a baseball game on a Sunday afternoon. Now, I’m self aware enough to know that this column comes off as whiny, pretentious and perhaps most of all, painfully American. Know that a lot of this is hyperbole, and that small, genuine truths lie only at the very base of these thoughts. I love Ireland, and I’m blessed to spend my first year after college here. But I miss home. And pizza. And I’ll be happy to see each of them next week. Jack Rooney is a 2016 Notre Dame graduate and The Observer’s former managing editor. He is currently spending a year living and working for the University in Ireland and writes these columns to keep him busy and satisfy his need for journalism. Follow Jack on Twitter @RooneyReports and/or email him at jrooney1@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Planning and preparation will be necessary. This is not the year to leap aimlessly into something that isn’t a sure thing. Treat relationships with care and be willing to compromise when things don’t go your way. Taking the long route will lead to contentment. Size up situations and execute your plans with confidence. Protect what is most important to you. Your numbers are 2, 9, 14, 23, 31, 44, 48. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Share your dreams with someone you love and bring about positive changes to the way you live. Speak from the heart, but with the wisdom that comes from past experience. Take extra care of your health and wellbeing. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Get your facts straight and your personal papers in order. Dealing with government agencies and authority figures will turn out well if you are prepared. Helping someone with physical problems will encourage you to be more health-conscious. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): An unexpected opportunity looks promising. Consider what’s being offered and who is involved. Don’t let anyone pressure you into making a cash donation or covering costs that should be included automatically. A partnership agreement should be put in writing. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Keep an open mind, but don’t feel like you have to agree with someone who is being frivolous or pressuring you. Anyone looking for an argument should be dealt with quickly. Aim to get along and promote peace over discord. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t waste time arguing. Get busy and make things happen that will improve your life. Using pressure won’t work, but offering incentives will. Children and seniors in your life will have an impact on the way things unfold. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Make positive changes, but don’t absorb more debt. Take the time to do the work rather than hiring someone to do it for you. You’ll gain confidence, respect and feel the satisfaction that comes from achieving your goals. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t get caught up in an emotional disagreement. It’s best to go about your business with a minimal amount of friction. Don’t try to change others. Focus on personal gains, learning and achieving your goals. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Emotions will surface when dealing with the people you work with. Your insight will help you tune in to sensitive issues that others may overlook. A steady pace and hard work will be recognized and rewarded. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your good nature and desire to be helpful will be taken advantage of by someone you least expect. Disillusionment will set in if you trust someone you shouldn’t. Don’t let anyone stop you from doing the things you enjoy doing most. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Sometimes it’s best to take your time and observe what’s happening around you. Exhibit common sense when dealing with people who are excitable or who respond emotionally. Do things your own way and at your own pace. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Go back to your roots and you will discover something that will help you advance now. Revisit an old idea that was ahead of its time and rework it to fit current economic trends. Hard work will pay off. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t lend or borrow. If you want to donate something, offer your time, not your cash. Become a part of something you believe in or want to see change. It’s what you do that will bring the best results. Birthday Baby: You are intelligent, cautious and reliable. You are caring and straightforward.
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NBA | Hawks 103, Hornets 76
Third title makes Williams elite Marek Mazurek Assistant Managing Editor
Now that North Carolina’s victory in the NCA A tournament has had a while to settle in, the time feels right to examine one of the more important takeaways from the madness. During the Final Four games themselves, a lot of the media’s attention focused on North Carolina’s drive to avenge its loss to Villanova in last year’s finals or Gonzaga’s first big break into the national semifinals. Both storylines are certainly compelling, but now that the dust has settled and the Tar Heels reign as champions, the conversation should shift to North Carolina head coach Roy Williams. Last season was a heartbreaker for Williams, but he successfully used the memory of Kris Jenkins’ final 3-pointer as fuel, and his team came back to win Williams’ third title in his tenure as head coach of the Tar Heels. Those three titles put Williams in fourth place behind John Wooden (10), Mike Krzyzewski (5) and Adolph Rupp (4). Jim Calhoun and Bobby Knight each also hold three national titles. Not far behind on the ladder sit Rick Pitino, Dean Smith and Billy Donovan with two, and John Calipari, Bill Self, Jay Wright, Tom Izzo and Jim Boeheim with one. I’m not going to say that Williams can match up to the greats of yesteryear like Wooden, Rupp or even Smith. No men’s head coach will ever reach Wooden’s 10 titles, and the game has changed too much to make accurate comparisons between then and now. But, with a third championship now under his belt, it is increasingly evident that Williams has staked his claim as one of the two-best active men’s head coaches. Williams is second only to Krzyzewski among active coaches in championships, and he’s made two more Final Fours and one more Elite Eight than his counterpart on Tobacco Road. No other active head coach has made seven Final Fours or 10 Elite Eights. But numbers alone only tell part of the story. The difference between advancing to any given round of the NCA A tournament is often an unlucky bounce or call or a missed free throw — things not under a coach’s control. Even looking beyond the
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numbers, there is a compelling case for Williams’ spot as a top-two head coach. Lots of people can be good at one thing. At the upperechelon of collegiate coaching, that one thing is winning with one-and-done players. I’ll credit Calipari with popularizing the trend at Kentucky, but the practice of recruiting prospects who only intend to stay in college for one year has grown. Now, Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and occasionally North Carolina and UCLA draw such bigname recruits. Credit should be given to Krzyzewski and Calipari. Consistently being able to land future NBA prospects and have them play together well enough to win in March speaks to their strong recruiting and interpersonal skill set. But Williams hasn’t been able to rely on NBA-ready players year in and year out. Instead, Williams develops the top-level talent he recruits, and all three of his championship teams were led by upperclassmen with only a few freshman sprinkled in for variety. In fact, the 2017 Tar Heels sported a starting lineup of only juniors and seniors. I argue that developing players over four years is the more difficult task, and that’s why Williams gets the nod above the Caliparis, Pitinos and Selfs of the world. It’s easier to win when you’re given players who are innately more talented. Getting a bunch of top-10 recruits to play as a team isn’t easy, but it’s easier than turning a group of players into top collegiate athletes and then getting them to play together on top of it. At the end of the day, prospects like Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving were going to be top-five draft picks regardless of where they went and who coached them. Successful NBA players like Danny Green, Ty Lawson, Raymond Felton and Wayne Ellington wouldn’t have been picked in the lottery and benefitted from Williams’ tutelage. It’s true that Self and Calipari are younger than Williams, and that means more chances at titles. But for the time being, Williams has distanced himself from the pack.
Resurgent Hawks capture fourth consecutive win Associated Press
ATLANTA — Dwight Howard had 19 points and 12 rebounds as the resurgent Atlanta Hawks won their fourth straight game, routing the listless Charlotte Hornets 103-76 on Tuesday night to wrap up the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference. The Hawks will face the Washington Wizards in the opening round of the playoffs. A week ago, Atlanta’s playoff hopes were in jeopardy after a dismal stretch that included two losses to Brooklyn, the worst team in the NBA. Then, in a sudden turnaround that epitomized the team’s maddening inconsistency this season, the Hawks knocked off East-leading Boston and recorded two straight stunning victories over the defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers, including Sunday’s comeback from a 26-point deficit. This one was never in doubt. Charlotte played its
regular-season finale already eliminated from the playoffs and without its best player, Kemba Walker. It showed. Atlanta raced out to a 63-44 lead by halftime, shooting 71 percent (24 of 34) over the first two quarters. All 13 players scored for the Hawks, who were able to rest their starters in the second half. Paul Millsap and Ersan Ilyasova added 10 points apiece. Jeremy Lamb led the Hornets with 21 points.
four points in 15 minutes after missing eight games with a right groin strain. ... Atlanta announced before the game that manager of basketball operations Malik Rose will serve as general manager of their new D-League team beginning next season. ... How long had it been since the Hawks defeated the defending NBA champion in back-to-back games? It last happened in February 1984, when Atlanta beat Julius Erving and the Philadelphia 76ers on consecutive nights.
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Hornets: Michael KiddGilchrist became the third Charlotte player in the last four seasons to start at least 81 games in a season. Walker and Marvin Williams did it last season. ... Lamb is a native of suburban Norcross. ... The Hornets shot just 33 percent from the field. Hawks: Howard posted his 53rd double-double of the season. ... Thabo Sefolosha scored
Hornets: Summer vacation. Closed a disappointing regular season at 36-46, a significant drop-off from the 48-34 mark posted by last year’s playoff team. Hawks: Close the regular season at Indiana on Wednesday night. The game means nothing to Atlanta, but the Pacers are still trying to lock up a playoff berth.
MLB | INDIANS 2, WHITE SOX 1
Brantley’s walk-off double lifts Tribe over White Sox Associated Press
CLEVELAND — Michael Brantley pumped his fist, danced around second base and waited for the traditional soaking. The water was as sweet as any champagne. Brantley, forced to the outside during Cleveland’s magical ride in 2016 because of injuries, doubled home Francisco Lindor with two outs in the 10th inning as the Indians celebrated their AL championship and then beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Tuesday in their home opener. Brantley could only watch and cheer for his teammates last October after undergoing two surgeries on his right shoulder. But he’s healthy now, and after playing in just 11 games last season, Brantley made the most of his first home game since May 10 with his game-winning hit. “I don’t know if you can write it up any better,” he said. Lindor walked with two outs
off Tommy Kahnle (0-1) before Brantley sliced a 3-2 pitch down the left-field line. Lindor was running on the pitch and scored easily before bolting toward second to join his teammates in celebrating along with Brantley, who has overcome major obstacles in the past year. “It was awesome,” said Lindor, who homered in the first. “I was so happy for him. As soon as I touched home plate, I looked around and everyone was clapping for him, his family in the stands, it was pretty cool, special. “He’s back. Brantley’s back.” It was the dramatic ending the Indians didn’t get in their last home game, a 10-inning loss to the Chicago Cubs in Game 7 of the World Series. Cleveland led the majors with 11 walk-off wins last season. Bryan Shaw (1-0), who took the loss when the Cubs won their first title in 108 years, got the win. Rookie Yandy Diaz should
have been given a save after making a diving catch of Tyler Saladino’s line drive in the eighth with the game tied and runners at second and third. “I can’t tell you what happened, because the ball just went into my glove,” Diaz said. “I saw that the ball was in my glove when I got up off the ground.”
Debut dud Edwin Encarnacion had a forgettable first home game for Cleveland. The slugger, who signed a three-year, $60 million contract with the Indians in January, grounded into inning-ending double plays in the sixth and eighth. Encarnacion is batting just .185 (5 for 27) and is 0 for 11 with runners on. “If we’re talking about Edwin struggling in about a month, I’ll be surprised,” manager Terry Francona said. “I don’t think that will be one of the conversations we’re having.”
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Baseball | ND 2, Michigan State 1
Irish defeat Spartans to continue turnaround Observer Sports Staff
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Irish sophomore attack Samantha Lynch looks to pass during Notre Dame’s 16-13 win over Ohio State on March 7 at Arlotta Stadium.
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Halfpenny attributed to an improved ability to be efficient on the attack and clearing scoring lanes well. Irish senior attack Cortney Fortunato scored eight goals in the game — six of which came in the first half, tying a school record for goals scored in the first half. Overall, nine Irish players picked up goals against the Owls, including senior attack Grace Muller, senior midfielder Casey Pearsall and sophomore midfielder Samantha Lynch, all of whom finished with hat tricks. The Hokies enter the matchup with one of the top-ranked scoring defenses in the country, currently sitting in 10th overall, having only allowed 8.44 goals per game so far this season. Virginia Tech is led defensively by junior goalkeeper Meagh Graham, who has started all 16 of the Hokies’ games this season, averaging a .451 save percentage, and sophomore midfielder Mary Claire Byrne, who has caused 31 turnovers and picked up 29 ground balls this season. Virginia Tech also ranks
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Robinson and junior Brooke Broda will play No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, for the Irish on the singles court. Robinson comes into this week ranked as the 72nd ranked singles player in the NCAA, according to the ITA singles rankings, and Broda has been a mainstay in the starting lineup over all three of her years at Notre Dame. Florida State will look to match up against Robinson and Broda with junior Gabriella Castaneda and freshman Nandini Das. Castaneda is known nationally as a strong player, but has struggled of late, losing her last three matches. Das has turned in a strong season, but has lost two of her last three matches. The Irish have much to play for in this matchup against Florida
second in the nation in free position goal percentage with 55.2 percent. The Irish, on the other hand, enter the matchup 13th in the country in caused turnovers per game, lead by freshman midfielder Savannah Buchanan with 22 and Fortunato with 20. They also boast a scoring offense among the top-20 and are 11th in the country in shots per game. After taking on Virginia Tech, the Irish will face off against Boston College (10-5, 2-4) the following week in Notre Dame’s final regular season game. Halfpenny said the next two games are critical for Notre Dame’s postseason status. “Both quality teams. There’s a lot up in the air right now with ACC seedings and on a national level, seeing what these two teams, the impact they can have,” Halfpenny said. “So, we’re really excited about it. Both teams play different styles of defenses, are very athletic and have both had really strong seasons.” Notre Dame will take on Virginia Tech at Arlotta Stadium on Saturday at noon. Contact Elizabeth Greason at egreason@nd.edu
State. They have three matches left in their regular season, including the one against the Seminoles, and wins in all three would put them in position to be a top-four seed in the ACC tournament, which would allow them to secure a first-round tournament bye, according to Robinson. “These next three matches are crucial,” Robinson said. “We’ve got a chance to be one of the high ranked seeds going into the tournament. Getting a bye and getting an early round rest could mean a lot. If we focus on getting these next three and going one match at a time, we’ll be in really strong position for the ACCs.” The Irish will take on Florida State at the Speicher Tennis Center in Tallahassee, Florida, at 4 p.m. Thursday. Contact Jack Concannon at jconcan2@nd.edu
Notre Dame continued its midseason renaissance Tuesday night, downing Michigan State 2-1 at Frank Eck Stadium for its fourth consecutive win. The Spartans (18-11, 2-3 Big Ten) played from ahead, in part because of the legs of their leadoff hitter, freshman left fielder Bryce Kelly. Kelly took Irish senior starter Scott Tully’s first offering and singled to right center, then stole both second and third — as the front end of a double steal — before scoring on junior center fielder Brandon Hughes’ two-out single to left center. But Tully and Notre Dame (14-17, 7-8 ACC) got out of the inning otherwise unharmed, with the frame’s second out coming on the back end of that Spartans double-steal attempt. Notre Dame did not play from behind for too long, though, as sophomore center fielder Matt Vierling led off the bottom of the second with a solo home run to left field, knotting the game at 1-1. The Irish left runners on base in the second and third innings without adding another run, but in the bottom of the fourth, Notre Dame had an opportunity to break the game
open. After Vierling grounded out to start the inning, the Irish loaded the bases with one out on a single by senior catcher Ryan Lidge and a pair of walks, issued to freshman first baseman Daniel Jung and freshman designated hitter Connor Power. Sophomore shortstop Cole Daily, however, hit into a fielder’s choice — with the Spartans choosing to record the out at home — before junior right fielder Jake Shepski grounded out to second on a 3-1 count to end the inning. The pitching load was well balanced Tuesday night for the Irish, as Tully — who is still recovering from Tommy John surgery — exited after just two innings of work. That brought freshman left-hander Cameron Brown in from the third through sixth innings, leaving the final three innings to junior southpaw Sean Guenther. Each pitcher gave up just three hits, as the Spartans stranded multiple runners just once in the game’s final seven innings. Following a quiet bottom of the fifth, Vierling and the Irish returned the Spartans’ earlier favor with influential baserunning of their own, working the basepaths to take the 2-1 lead, Paid Advertisement
one that held up throughout the game. Vierling singled up the middle on a 2-1 count to lead off the bottom of the sixth, while Michigan State aided in its demise as Lidge reached on an error to put runners on first and third with nobody out. With the count at 2-2 and one down, Lidge broke for second, and despite Power striking out, the Irish catcher got himself in enough of a rundown to let Vierling break for home. Instead of pursuing the out with Lidge, the Spartans threw home. The throw was late, though, as Vierling scored what would be the game-winning run. That run put Brown in line for the win — one he picked up for his first career decision — and allowed Irish head coach Mik Aoki to go to Guenther, who recorded a rare three-inning save to seal the victory, throwing just 37 pitches in the process. Notre Dame returns to action Wednesday night when it hosts Toledo for a 6:05 p.m. first pitch, then jets off to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for a threegame set with Wake Forest this weekend. If the Irish take two of three from the Demon Deacons, they’ll move to .500 in conference play with four series left to contest.
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Irish head coach Kevin Corrigan called a timeout to set up a play for the gamewinning goal, asking Perkovic to get the Irish one more. And with 25 seconds left, Perkovic delivered. Taking the ball from the top of the box, Perkovic dodged right, beat his defender, eluded the help defender and scored the goal to put the Irish up by the game’s final tally, 11-10. “They wanted me to start with the ball, get it up high [and] come off a little twoman screen,” Perkovic said of the play. “We ran it the first time, and I passed it — we really didn’t get a shot out of it. We got it behind, the ball came back up top, I called for another screen and we just made a play out of that.” Perkovic had been making plays all game for the Irish, as his six goals was a new
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career-best mark. And five of his tallies were unassisted, as Perkovic said he continually saw opportunities to take advantage of his matchup, dodge on a short-stick defender and get off his shot. “I think it’s something that I saw develop,” Perkovic said. “They were switching a lot from the long stick to short stick, so I was getting a lot of short-stick matchups. And usually when I get short-stick matchups, I like to use my body and mix my body, speed and change of direction to get my shot off, so once I saw that they were switching a lot and I was getting matchups, I was just trying to take advantage of them.” And yet, at the beginning of the game, it seemed as though Perkovic’s effort would be a footnote in a blowout Irish victory. In the first 16 minutes of action, the Irish outscored the Golden Eagles 8-2, taking advantage of overaggressive Marquette help defenders to find the
open man on dodges and be efficient with their opportunities, scoring on eight of their first 11 shots. Notre Dame also kept the ball on the offensive side of the field for the majority of the first quarter, keeping pressure off of its defense. “Our offense was extremely patient in the first half, and that’s something we like to see on the defensive side because it gives us a break,” junior long-stick midfielder John Sexton said. “So when our offense is clicking and they’re really taking their time of possessions, we’re refreshed and recharged for every single time we see the opponent, so it makes it a lot easier.” But things quickly changed, as the Irish only managed two more goals over the next 43 minutes of action, while Marquette slowly chipped away at the Irish lead until it tied the game with 7:56 left in the fourth quarter. “We came out really hot,
but then they possessed the ball in the second half for probably over two-thirds of the time,” Perkovic said. “The main breakdowns [defensively] were just little, small things here and there that Marquette was doing a really good job of capitalizing on — some things that we hope we can clean up in the next two weeks until we have our next game,” Sexton said. Marquette outshot Notre Dame 38-26 in the game, with many of those shots coming in that 43-minute stretch. And while they chipped away at the lead, the Golden Eagles never took it despite the shot advantage because of the play of captain and senior goalie Shane Doss, who came up with 12 saves on the day. “Shane saw a lot of shots — we weren’t necessarily helping him out as much as we would’ve liked to, but he was doing a really good job from in tight and from deep, so when you’re playing with a guy who’s that hot behind
you, it definitely makes it a lot more easy on ball to have some confidence,” Sexton said. Perhaps no save Doss made was bigger than one he made with 1:05 left in the fourth quarter — when the score was 10-10 — before clearing the ball and setting up Perkovic’s game winning goal. “Shane played an awesome game,” Perkovic said. “He really stepped up at a time when we needed it. … He came up with crucial, bigtime saves time and again, and he really kept us in the game. He played an awesome game, and he’s the reason why we stayed in that game.” Following the victory, the Irish will have nearly two weeks off before their final regular-season game against No. 17 North Carolina on April 22. Faceoff for the game is scheduled for noon at Arlotta Stadium.
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we just kept plugging away.” The seven-run frame would prove to be all Notre Dame needed in the win, as Irish starting pitcher Katie Beriont (8-5) allowed just three runs — all unearned — in her five innings of work, and the Irish would add two more runs in the second inning and one more in the fourth to give Notre Dame its final total of 10 runs. Gumpf said the biggest advantage to come from the big first inning was the opportunity it gave her to play some of the team’s nonstarters. “The good thing is today, we got that big, jumping lead, and we were able to put in a lot of people that haven’t seen a lot of time,” Gumpf said. “In my mind, that was successful because it gave us a good cushion to just see what other people are
doing. We’ve stuck to the same lineup a lot this year, and it was really good to see how the next man in is doing. I needed to see that, and that was good.” One of the players who got an opportunity as a result of the early cushion was junior pitcher Sara White, who had only made three appearances this season prior to Tuesday’s win. White pitched two innings — the third and the fourth — and allowed just two runs on two hits and four walks in her appearance. “Sara is really just, right now, working to get her timing down,” Gumpf said of the junior. “She’s coming back from a big injury, and I need her to see a lot of batters. I was glad that she was able to get herself out of that inning after she gave up those two runs because I needed her to see those hitters. … The more hitters she sees, the better she’s going to get.” Following the 10-5 win over Detroit, Notre Dame will host a second midweek game Wednesday when IUPUI visits Melissa Cook Stadium. Gumpf said the Jaguars (15-21, 5-1 Summit) will pose a similar challenge to the Irish as the Titans did. “IUPUI has put together a really nice program,” Gumpf said. “They’re playing good softball right now. They’re going to be, offensively, a lot like [Detroit], so we have to really handle their offense, and we’ve got to put the ball hard on the ground [offensively]. … We have to make sure we’re hitting the top half of that ball and making things happen.” First pitch between the Irish and Jaguars is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday at Melissa Cook Stadium.
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Irish senior outfielder Karley Wester sprints toward third base during Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over Eastern Michigan on March 29.
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bases, sophomore third baseman Melissa Rochford cleared the bases with a three-run triple to put the Irish up 4-0. The Irish would tack on three more runs before it was all said and done, as they batted around before Ali Wester lined into a double-play to end the threat before they could add any more to their early cushion against the Titans (8-26, 5-4 Horizon). “They gave us a couple of windows,” Irish head coach Deanna Gumpf said of the big inning. “They let a couple things happen, and good offenses take advantage of that. That’s what we did in that first inning — we took advantage of a couple little windows they gave us, and then
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men’s lacrosse | ND 11, MARQUETTE 10
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Irish escape Golden Eagles ND faces Hokies in ACC showdown on Perkovic’s late score By BEN PADANILAM
By ELIZABETH GREASON
Editor-in-Chief
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With just under two minutes to go, No. 10 Notre Dame appeared to be in serious danger of suffering a heartbreaking home defeat. The Irish (6-3, 1-2 ACC) had been held scoreless by Marquette up to that point in the fourth quarter, while the Golden Eagles (6-4, 2-1 Big East) had scored three goals of their ow n to knot the game at 10, coming back from a deficit that had been as large as six goals in the second quarter. A ll the momentum seemed to be w ith the Golden Eagles. So that’s when the Irish gave the ball to Sergio Perkov ic. The senior midfielder and captain had already tied his career-high w ith five goals in the contest, and w ith 52 seconds left in the game,
After defeating Kennesaw State 24-4 on the road last Thursday and setting multiple program records, the No. 12 Irish w ill return to ACC play — and Arlotta Stadium — to face off against No. 16 Virginia Tech on Saturday. Notre Dame (10-5, 3-2 ACC) w ill look to turn its w in over the Owls last Thursday into a streak, after dropping the prev ious game to No. 2 North Carolina on April 2. The Hokies (11-5, 2-3 ACC) are coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak, after being defeated by the Tar Heels (12-1, 5-0), before dropping t wo close games to Louisv ille and No. 11 Sy racuse — each of which went to overtime. The start to the Virginia Tech season was a different stor y, however. The Hokies got out to an 11-2 start to the season, defeating ACC
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Irish senior midfielder Sergio Perkovic calls for the ball during Notre Dame’s 11-10 loss to Syracuse on April 1 at Arlotta Stadium.
ND WOMEN’S tennis | North carolina 7, ND 0
Squad looks to rebound at FSU By JACK CONCANNON Sports Writer
The Irish will look to pick up momentum heading toward the ACC tournament Thursday when they go on the road to face Florida State. The Irish (16-5, 7-4 ACC) are hav ing one of their most successful seasons in recent program histor y, but w ill need to bounce back off a recent 7-0 defeat at the hands of No. 3 North Carolina. Despite the difficult loss, Irish senior Monica Robinson said there were positives to take away from the matchup against the Tar Heels (22-2, 8-1). “UNC has always been a top-five ranked team. I thought we all played our best out there,” Robinson said. “We took away something positive. Even though none of us won a match, we were there in each game and were there competitively. We have responded positively all year to small bumps in the road, whether it’s our bus breaking dow n or lineup changes, in ever y instance
I feel like we accepted what life threw it us and worked through it together.” The Irish have put the North Carolina result in the rear v iew mirror and have focused their attention exclusively on Florida State (12-8, 5-5). The Seminoles are riding a four-match w in streak after defeating four ACC foes at home. However, they w ill be coming up against an Irish squad that is 8-0 on the road this season. “Away matches require discipline and I consider our team to be a disciplined and self motivated group of girls,” Robinson said on the team’s perfect status on the road. “This team works through challenges and ambiguit y. Against Virginia Tech, the weather was finick y and we weren’t sure whether we would play inside or outside, and we were able to mentally prepare ourselves for both.” Notre Dame w ill lean on its veterans as it prepares to enter Tallahassee, Florida. see W TENNIS PAGE 10
foes No. 15 Boston College and No. 20 Duke in conv incing fashion, 18-12 and 11-6, respectively. Irish head coach Christine Halfpenny said after the Kennesaw State v ictor y that the Hokies’ start to the season poses an exciting threat to the Irish. “Virginia Tech opened up their season on a huge run, hav ing unprecedented success, ver y athletic,” Halfpenny said. “They seem to have found a great identit y. They play a strong brand of lacrosse, so we’ll be really excited to prepare for them. We’ll kind of take it one game at a time for now.” After its w in over Kennesaw State in which Notre Dame set a program record for goals scored in a road game, the Irish are looking to continue their offensive success, which Irish head coach Christine see W LAX PAGE 10
ND SOFTBALL | ND 10, Detroit 5
Notre Dame cruises to win after seven-run frame By BEN PADANILAM and MAREK MAZUREK Editor-in-Chief and Assistant Managing Editor
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Irish sophomore outfielder Ali Wester swings at a pitch during Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over Eastern Michigan on March 29.
Notre Dame rode a seven-run first inning to a 10-5 midweek victory over Detroit on Tuesday at Melissa Cook Stadium. The Irish (22-15, 8-7 ACC) came out swinging early, following up a three-up, threedown top half of the frame with a five-hit, seven-run bottom half of the frame to take a lead it would not relinquish the rest of the way. The bottom half of the first started with Irish senior center fielder Karley Wester reaching on an infield single before stealing second and advancing to third on a throwing error. Her sister, sophomore left fielder Ali Wester, promptly knocked her in with an single of her own to put the Irish up 1-0. The Irish blew the game wide open just three batters later, however. After the next two batters reached via single and fielder’s choice to load the see SOFTBALL PAGE 11