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Class of 2021 statistics released Bacteria University receives record number of applications, admits 3,600 students detected in water

By COURTNEY BECKER News Editor

Decision day has arrived for the 3,600 potential students admitted into the Notre Dame class of 2021. This year’s pool of 19,565 applicants — a new record for the University — allowed the admissions office to continue its trend of focusing on the whole applicant rather than one aspect of an application, such as test scores or grades, associate vice president of student enrollment Don Bishop said.

“We understand in admissions that no matter how much you read the files and whether you use the numbers too much or not enough to inform you, there is a lot of serendipity,” Bishop said. “There are a lot of dynamics at college that you either respond to Notre Dame or you don’t in the way that we expected, and those attributes — there’s no SAT score for these sort

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The water on the north end of Notre Dame’s campus has tested positive for total coliform, a naturally occurring microorganism which does not cause illness itself, the University announced in an email to the Notre Dame community Friday. According to the email, the University made the community aware of this result because the presence of coliform may also indicate the presence of other bacteria and the University believes it has “the responsibility to make [students] aware of this matter.”

While the water did not test positive for E. coli, the email said the University has taken several steps “out of an abundance of caution” to ensure the continued safety of the campus water. These measures

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Playwright reflects on career in theater

By GABY JANSEN News Writer

For the past six weeks, Saint Mary’s Margaret M. Hillendowed visiting artist-in-residence Casey Whitaker has lived on campus while directing her original play, “Lucky, Liar, Loser,”

encouraging students not to break a leg while running their lines.

After visiting the College in 2015 with her Second City troupe, Whitaker said she fell in love with the supportive atmosphere.

“I was one of the actors who got to come in a little bit early before

the performance and teach some workshops, and that’s when I really fell in love with Saint Mary’s and the students and the faculty,” she said. “That was a life-changing experience that week here. I just really loved the community see DIRECTOR PAGE 4

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Students race across St. Mary’s Lake during the 30th annual Fisher Regatta. 35 teams competed in the event Saturday, despite rain.

By LUCAS MASIN-MOYER Associate News Editor

As they have for the last 30 years — though the event claims to be the 25th annual every year — members of the Notre Dame

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community crafted boats using whatever materials they could find and rowed across St. Mary’s Lake Saturday as part of the Fisher Regatta, which raises money for see REGATTA PAGE 4

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By ANDREW CAMERON News Writer

Braving wind and freezing rain, students made the long trek to White Field on Sunday morning, only to jump in the mud for a game of volleyball to raise money for charity. The annual Keenan Hall Muddy

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Sunday began at 11 a.m. and saw roughly 400 people playing volleyball in ankle-deep mud throughout the day.

Junior Jack Higham said he organized the event alongside fellow Keenan residents Henry Mulholland and Mark O’Meara.

“Muddy Sunday is a

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charity event for Habitat for Humanity, first and foremost,” Higham said. “We do that through a mud volleyball event. It used to be a tournament. Now it’s just for fun. We make the field really muddy and put up volleyball nets, see VOLLEYBALL PAGE 4

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High School Art Day hosts students at Snite

By LUCY LYNCH News Writer

For its annual High School Art Day, which provides students with the opportunity to take studio art classes on campus, the Snite Museum of Art hosted visitors from Penn High School in Mishawaka, Indiana.

“This is our 28th year, and we rotate which high school we invite, and it’s all over the Michiana area,” program coordinator Mary Rattenbury said. “We can take between 50 and 60 kids to come spend the day on campus.”

Penn students began their day by touring the Snite Museum’s senior thesis exhibits of students pursuing a Bachelors in Fine Arts (BFA) or a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA). Students were free to roam and read about each exhibit, but there were also graduate students on site to give greater detail into their art projects, according to Rattenbury.

One graduate student presenting her MFA thesis was Laura Lemna, who has a concentration in painting. Lemna’s mural exhibited bright, abstract patterns.

She said the visiting students should make small, incremental decisions in developing themselves as artists.

“Not everyone understands that being an artist is a career that someone is able to pursue,” Lemna said. “So, I think the

earlier that you can expose that career option, and for [these students] to see real life examples of people doing that and enjoying it, I think that’s very important.”

After seeing the BFA and MFA exhibits, Penn students were split into groups and taken to their morning studio art workshops in the Riley Hall of Art and Design. High schoolers had the opportunity to take courses such as “Paper Marbling and Bookbinding,” “Clay Slabs and Beyond,” “Playing With Light” and “Decorative Cast Relief Sculpture.”

From there, students proceeded to West Lake Hall for lunch.

“During lunch, two of the graduate students, [Mitch Springer and Thomas Cornell, presented] how to create a portfolio, so the students can start to know how to put things together for their future, whether it be a job or education,” Rattenbury said.

In the afternoon, students remained at West Lake Hall for more studio sessions.

“It’s a full day,” Rattenbury said.

“We really enjoy doing it. The students are exposed to life on campus, and the graduate students gain experience in teaching. It’s a nice way for them to gain experience for their future, too.”

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of attributes. It’s not in the curriculum. It’s not your grades — there are just these intangibles.”

Director of admissions Bob Mundy said the department narrowed down the strong applicant pool — which included 7,500 applicants in the top one percent of the nation based on test scores and grades, of which only about one in three applicants was admitted — by searching for the right “match” with the University.

“Some would call that reading for fit,” Mundy said. “Where, again, you’ve got these 7,500 really talented students, but sort of project forward — what’s [this student] going to look like when she’s a student here? … What kind of Notre Dame citizen is she going to be?”

Several factors the department took into account in admitting students, Bishop said, were not quantifiable traits, such as leadership ability and desire to do good in the world.

“Our attitude has been, ‘No, don’t overuse the numbers,’” he said. “So once you have a high enough number, we stop using the numbers [and] we look at the other attributes. So what other attributes? Well, there’s service to others, there’s leadership, there’s creativity [and] there’s kind of their motivation for their success.”

This year’s pool of admitted students is also one of the most geographically diverse, Bishop said.

“Our largest state of admits this year was California this time,” he said. “ … Apparently, we’re doing very well with international students and U.S. students studying abroad. So we are probably going to be at 7 to 8 percent international students this year, and probably

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and the feeling on campus.”

Whitaker was able to put on her play this spring because she maintained contact with some faculty members, she said.

“I kept in touch with some of the faculty, and then we ended up working this out for me to come back on my own and do this project,” she said.

Whitaker said she wanted the performance to portray the ways women experience violence.

“We’re actually covering an array of different ways this could happen against women, so it’s not just physical abuse or domestic abuse,” Whitaker said. “It’s also emotional. There’s eating disorders — kind of the whole gamut of how people experience this issue.

The story couldn’t just be told with one storyline because this issue is so abundant.”

Part of the inspiration for her project came from her own experiences and others’ stories, she said.

“I think I always wanted to do this production, and then after a man broke into my bedroom, I decided it was time to really do it and use art to heal,” she said. “I was so

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closer to 10 percent of students that are outside of the U.S. …

That’s going to be a historical high, and that’s something [that] is a goal of Notre Dame, is to keep becoming more global.”

In addition to increased geographic diversity, Bishop said this year’s group of admitted students includes more women intending to major in fields of study that are typically male-dominated.

“We also are seeing an increase in the number of women in engineering and the number of women in business,” he said. “That was a goal this year. It’s still under 40 percent in both, but compared to the national averages, we’re actually really moving up.”

After informing potential students of their acceptance to the University online at 18:42 military time, Mundy said the admissions department took a more “personal” approach in connecting with admitted students through the acceptance packet this year.

“We took a great line from one of their writings — like why they wanted to be at Notre Dame or something that happened to them in their life — and we captured it and put it on a refrigerator magnet with the Dome on the left side,” Mundy said. “And it’s just one of these real soft [things that we] put in an envelope, wrote them a note — we handwrite notes to probably 2,000 students — and we wrote saying, ‘Here’s something that really impressed us.’”

In addition to this touch, Mundy said a revamped revisit format has attracted more families than ever before.

“We also pretty dramatically changed our yield weekend events, or our yield events,” he said. “ … This year, we really have centered them around four events — four weekends … and then on Monday, we had a really

well-defined academic day for the students, where each of the colleges sort of bought in.”

Bishop said the increase in the number of families taking a second look at campus led to an increase in the number of early enrollments.

“That’s been interesting to us, because right now we are a little ahead in our deposits from last year,” he said. “We still think in our model that we’re going to be right where we want to be, and we hope to take some students off wait list, but this increased number of visitors, I think, will be an ongoing trend.”

Rather than hoping to fill the entire class of 2021 with initially accepted students, Bishop said the department aims to take 50 to 100 students off the wait list each year.

“Wait list allows us to look at what part of the class didn’t fill in the way we expected,” he said. “ …

So it allows us to kind of fill in an area, or — and this is also, I think, more true for the majority of the decisions — we look at how people respond to the adversity of being wait-listed, and we kind of reward the emotionally-skilled families [and] students where they showed character and they showed desire to be at Notre Dame.”

Bishop said he hopes the finalized class of 2021 lives up to his expectations of being “forces for good” at the University and beyond.

“We want you to be a force for good — not only being a high force, but a force for good,” Bishop said. “A lot of schools, their focus is on just getting you to be a high force for success, whether that’s as a scientist, a business person, a doctor, a politician, whatever. At Notre Dame, it’s for good.”

interested in other people’s stories. So, some of it is based on my own experience, and that’s what kind of ignited me to do this, but it’s fueled by all the women I’ve met who have shared their stories.

Hopefully, it will stay burning by the people who come to see the show.”

Whitaker said although the show has comedic elements and incorporates dance, music and shadow puppetry, it maintains an appropriate level of seriousness and sensitivity.

“It’s very real and grounded, but it became very comedic — not in a disrespectful way, but in a way where we use comedic relief all the time to hide pain and to deal with things that are hard,” she said.

Whitaker said her experiences on campus will continue to inspire her after she departs.

“I don’t know if I’m ready to leave campus,” she said. “Six weeks is a long time, and I have a life in Chicago, but I’ve made such great friends and I’ve really enjoyed my time here. I’m just a little sad it will be over.”

As for the show itself, Whitaker said she hopes it will continue to be produced after its run at Saint Mary’s.

“I would love to have the show

continue to be put up, especially on college campuses,” Whitaker said. “I think it’s a perfect topic and product to be shared around, whether it’s all-female or not.

I’m anxious to see what happens next.”

Whitaker said she hopes to inspire other women to experiment with comedy.

“For so long, I didn’t want to believe that I could do theatre or comedy for a living,” she said. “It was … a scary thing to say out loud because it’s a hard industry, and it’s a little unrealistic just based on odds.”

As for students who want to break into selective industries after graduation, Whitaker said they should pursue their dreams and remain confident.

“I would say for anyone who’s pursuing theatre or a field that’s maybe competitive and hard and scary … just say it out loud,” Whitaker said. “Whatever you want, say it out loud and tell other people and own it. Dreams can come true, and you’ll surprise yourself if you can just believe in yourself and your dream and watch it affect others.”

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and people will come out and play a team. It’s really fun, and you feel good about yourself at the end of the day, because it’s for charity.”

Higham said the event charges $10 per person and sells T-shirts and tank tops to raise money for Habitat for Humanity.

“All the expenses come from Keenan Hall’s funds, and any money we make is sent directly to Habitat for Humanity,” he said.

Before the event, Higham said there was a chance Muddy Sunday would be cancelled due to weather.

“This year there were a couple of registration issues so couldn’t get registration up as early as we’d want,” he said. “In addition to that, people look at the weather forecast before they register, and this year, on Sunday there’s a hundred percent chance of thunderstorms. It’s a possibility that it will have to be cancelled. It would be the first time it’s ever been cancelled, but only on account of lightning.”

Despite these concerns, however, the event took place without any major issues, according to Higham. Though there was rain in the morning, it soon cleared up, and the sun came out around 1 p.m.

In an email, Higham said the weather was “[d]ifficult to deal with at first. Strong winds and temperatures of below 50 degrees. But as the day wore on, it warmed up and the sun even showed its face. We were expecting an absolute washout and instead got a pleasant afternoon.”

Higham said he was pleased with how the event turned out, estimating that between $3,000 to $4,000 was raised for charity.

“Considering the weather, we had a remarkable turnout. Hats off to those warriors who played at 11:00 and 11:30 when it was raining sideways and was 45 degrees. No injuries or anything — people were very cooperative and had a lot of fun. The enthusiasm for diving in the mud was fantastic.”

Three nets were set up, and for most of the day until the event ended at 4:30 p.m., all were in use, as teams faced off.

Junior Mike Anderson, a resident of Keenan Hall, said he organized and played with a team of eight people.

“Firstly, it’s a lot of fun,” Anderson said. “Nothing’s more fun than releasing your inner five-year-old and really getting to play around in mud. Secondly, it’s a great way to hang out with your friends. What’s better to do on a random Sunday afternoon than get a lot of your friends that you maybe haven’t seen in a bit and play around and have a lot of fun?

And of course, all the money goes to charity, so even though it does cost you money, you know that it’s going to a good cause and that they’ll do good things with it.”

St. Adalbert Elementary School in South Bend. This year, riders endured even more challenges than riding boats made of floaties or styrofoam, as many of the early races took place in the rain.

Freshmen Connor Kooistra, James Pescio and Greg Wall, all residents of Fisher Hall, won the competition with their canoe, “Floaty McFloatface.”

Junior Patrick Murday, Fisher Hall resident and co-chair of the organizing committee for the Regatta, said the event was a success despite the conditions.

“I think we were pretty happy overall with how it went,” he said. “ … The weather wasn’t as bad as we thought it was going to be — it only rained a little in the first 20 to 30 minutes.”

One of the students who made a boat and competed in the Regatta this year was freshman and Pasquerilla West Hall

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vice president Abbe George, who helped craft the “Dub Tub.” “A couple other girls were actually building it, and they needed another person to help out,” she said “I rowed in high school, and they thought that would be helpful but it’s very different. [I] just wanted to help [Pasquerilla West] out with the boat.”

George said the experience of creating and racing a boat was one to remember.

“It was a lot of fun, but it was freezing,” she said. “But it was fun building the boat and getting to know the other girls in [Pasquerilla West] who I didn’t know before, and the actual race itself was a ton of fun too. All of us were dreading going onto the water because it was freezing, but we got out there and it was a ton of fun. We could tell we were going to lose — we started doing donuts in the water. It was a blast.”

The boat achieved a rare feat for a Pasquerilla West, George said.

“We were the first PW boat,

in all of [Pasquerilla West rector Sister Mary Jane Hahner’s] time, to make it across the lake so that was exciting,” she said. George said the success of this year’s boat and the fun of the event motivated her to invest wholesale in next year’s Regatta.

“We were talking, [and] we want to go really hard next year,” she said. “We want to get a boat commission going so we can make a lot of cool boats, because a lot of people started earlier and had really intricate boats, whereas we just pulled some styrofoam out of the storage closet and threw it on the water.”

The event was not only a success for many of the racers, but also in terms of the amount of money raised for St. Adalbert.

“With the event — we’re still doing our final count, but we should be right on our target of $10,000,” Murday said.

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include continuously flushing and monitoring the water lines, isolating areas of the water line system and checking for potential sources of the contamination.

University spokesperson Dennis Brown said these precautions have already decreased coliform levels.

“Testing this weekend has shown a substantial decrease in the coliform counts throughout the system,” he said in an email.

“There continues to be no sign of E. coli bacteria in the water. We are continuing to flush and treat the system and will have an update for the campus early this week.”

Anyone with compromised immune systems might want to go seek advice from a health care provider, the email said. However, the University said no extra measures need to be taken to resolve the contamination, and no extra precautions are necessary when drinking the University water.

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By MIKE DONOVAN Scene Writer

Beach Fossils, while it’d never admit it, forms an integral part of the indie rock corporate structure. The sonic trajectory from 2010’s “Beach Fossils” to the upcoming “Somersault” provides evidence that the subversion-hungry Brooklynites are little more than a cog in the (figurative) multinational musical conglomerate — Sardonic Anglo-centric Dream Pop, Inc. (aka SADpop).

On 2010’s “Beach Fossils,” Dustin Payseur and posse were the quintessential interns. Everything they did was meticulously calculated to flatter SADpop’s founders — Joy Division, Bauhaus, the entire C86 movement — and board — Real Estate and their derivatives. By combining the unchecked lyrical morbidity and lightly dissonant overdrive on tracks like “Sometimes” and “Wide Awake” with Payseur’s heavily reverberated and prototypically millennial ramblings about teen angst on tracks like “Youth” and “Daydream,” Beach Fossils molded its eponymous debut into a poster for the hipster machine.

With 2011’s “What a Pleasure,” their second record with the label Captured Tracks, the members of Beach Fossils sunk into their role as full-time SADpop employees. The record takes advantage of the bells and whistles that come with moderate success. The larger recording budget allowed the band to pursue a cleaner guitar and vocal sound, and its newfound reputation drew the attention of fellow SADpoppers Wild Nothing, who make a guest appearance on the track “Out in the Way.” However, the record also hints that Beach Fossils might be falling into a workplace rhythm.

The best songs on “What a Pleasure” — the title track and “Out in the Way” — are listenable and even pleasant, but they don’t offer any engaging emotional food to chew on.

2013’s “Clash the Truth” marked the intermediate touring band’s midlife crisis. Using punk and noise motifs as a crutch, Beach Fossils tried to shake SADpop’s hipster norms with an aggressively cynical, dangerously simplistic lens.

The poor execution of the album, however, reduced these attacks to pettiness. The title track, with its laundry list of

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In 2009, the hip hop landscape was fracturing.

Spiraling in the wake of landmark records like Kanye West’s synth-laden “Graduation” and Lil Wayne’s southern hip hop blockbuster “Tha Carter III,” artists were reaching for samples and sounds that would further shake the foundation of the genre. In 2010, Waka Flocka Flame would push crunk into the mainstream view while Eminem would release the poppiest and most commercially successful single of his career (“Love the Way You Lie”). It was a time where anything seemed possible for hip hop.

Even so, American hip hop duo Shabazz Palaces’ selftitled debut stood as remarkable in its distinctiveness.

With lyrical gems like “My momma be a bright light on the dark side of town” (on “Capital 5 … ”) evocative of Langston Hughes’ vivid cityscapes and production which wove Middle Eastern rhythms and percussion over a floor-shaking bass, “Shabazz Palaces” exploded in the hip hop underground even as the group’s identity remained mysterious. Another excellent EP, “On Light,” dropped a month later to similar acclaim. Without so much as

millennial watchwords — “Dream rebel, trust, youth, free, life, clash, truth” — took a stab at the profound but flounders in its shallowness. Likewise, other tracks on the album like “Generation Synthetic” and “Caustic Cross” lob hulking verbal bricks at the impenetrable fortifications of religion and culture. The album pits itself against a blackand-white, monolithic worldview but fails to take into account any grey area.

It climbed up the musical corporate ladder, invested in monotony and rebelled when the monotony reached its boiling point. Now, Beach Fossils stands in a critical position. Its next record, if it is to succeed, must incorporate the peaks of the band’s history in a display of innovation and make amends for its past mistakes. This is a tall order, one that few bands in the SADpop machine can successfully fill.

On the leaked version of the album “Somersault,” on sale June 2, exhibits all the tools necessary to achieve this level of musical maturity. By embracing the best parts of the SADpop conglomerate — melody and a sense of rebellion — and shirking its main pitfall — a tendency towards selfish unoriginality — this next era of Beach Fossils may finally break out of the mold it has so successfully defined.

“Somersault” subverts with refinement. While most modern SADpoppers stock their repertoire of influences with punk and twee, Payseur channels John Cale by dipping into the art music well. Layers of classical instrumentation contrast lush sting tambour with more assertive rhythms of the percussion section, piano and harpsichord.

The resulting effect improves on the traditional pop progression in an interesting yet palatable way.

The lead single, “This Year,” and harpsichord laden “Closer Together” exemplify Beach Fossils’ take on chamber pop. “This Year” bolsters its shimmering sentimentality with minimalist string embellishments. The song’s clear, twee-inspired bones imply a shambling nature that the refinement of the strings subtly offsets. The resulting texture is engaging but not at all alarming. Unlike “This Year,” “Closer Together” asserts classical influences emphatically. The harpsichord’s uncommon tones draw the

listener into a new, exploratory soundscape. The chord changes, which refuse to adhere to trusted pop structures, double down on the harpsichords’ eccentricity. With each measure, the listener falls deeper into a textural vortex.

The traditional guitar pop tracks on “Somersault” — “Be Nothing” and “That’s All for Now” — benefit from tight production and heightened lyricism. “That’s All for Now” makes use of acoustic guitars and rootsy percussion to perpetrate comfort and confidence. “Be Nothing” opts for New Wave minimalism, adding layered chords and reverb only to emphasize emotional peaks. Lyrically, both tracks have moved away from the blind simplicity of “Clash the Truth.” “That’s All for Now” pedals on the motif that the we should “keep moving on” after success and failure, reflective of the album’s forward-thinking vision. “Be Nothing” takes a nuanced stance between optimism and sobriety.

“All you got / Is to never have nothing / You wish you had something,” Payseur drones to open the track, pointing to the circular confusion surrounding our desires.

The maturity of “Somersault” sets it apart from the strict SADpop of the rest of the Beach Fossils canon. It’s an album that could lift the band from its former corporate-cog status to a member of a more creative entrepreneurship.

Come June 2, critics and fans may not get what they expected from Beach Fossils, but they will get something they didn’t know they wanted.

a debut LP to their name, Shabazz Palaces had already proven to be both more interesting and more technically accomplished than the grand majority of their contemporaries.

The group’s success became understandable as its members’ identities revealed themselves. Fronted by Digable Planets veteran Ishmael Butler and boasting production from multi-instrumentalist Tendai “Baba” Maraire, Shabazz Palaces respectively contains an emcee with two classic records under his belt and the son of a master mbira musician. Butler’s snaking, textured flow remains one of the most distinctive in hip hop. It’s the perfect complement to Maraire’s consistently brilliant production, which threads percussion into bold, shifty patterns over a rich, low end. Maraire’s rhythms are often so complex as to defy toe-tapping completely, yet Butler navigates them with thrilling ease. This makes for music that is labyrinthine in construction yet delightfully palatable in delivery.

The group’s following to LPs, “Black Up” and “Lese Majesty,” further developed the Shabazz sound. “Black Up” stripped back each musical arrangement to its bare minimum, allowing single instruments to take turns dominating the soundfield while creating a spacey vibe throughout. “Lese Majesty” alternatively sprawled, its

near 20-track run ricocheting through seven lyrical suites. Shabazz Palaces already boasts a track record of successful experimentation that is on par with groups three times its age. As such, the announcement of a new record this upcoming summer opens up the possibility of their establishment as one of alternative hip hop’s bestever groups.

Leading off with the single “Shine a Light,” Shabazz Palaces asserts the likelihood of this event. “Shine a Light,” with its lush string sample and ethereal vocal hook, is one of the most traditional tracks the group has released to date. Yet, its tangled lyrics courtesy of Butler and the warmth of the production craft makes for a listening experience as powerful as anything Shabazz Palaces has released so far. As guest vocalist Thaddilac croons “Shine a light on the fake / This way my peeps can have it all,” you can hear Shabazz Palaces celebrating its gradual rise to more widespread recognition that has magically coincided with a continuation of its unique, challenging style. Its music seems as timeless as ever, and in 2017, that’s definitely something to celebrate.

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“Somersault” Beach Fossils Label: Bayonet If you like: Wild Nothing, Real Estate, DIIV Tracks: “This Year,” “Closer Together,” “That’s All for Now”

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An inability to stop singing Ciara Hopkinson News Writer

My mom was surprised the first time I texted her on a Sunday afternoon telling her I would not be able to have our normal hour-long Sunday night phone conversation. I hadn’t just lost my voice like your average person loses her voice; I was actually unable to speak. I couldn’t make a sound louder than the faintest wheeze.

“What did you do to yourself?” she asked suspiciously when I called her the next afternoon, recovered enough to rasp out a few words.

“Nothing!” I squeaked, as confused as she was.

I have always lost my voice easily, but this was a level I could honestly say I had never reached before.

By the third and fourth times that I woke up unable to talk, however, neither my mom nor I was thrown off. She had come to expect the text telling her that, once again, we would have to put off our weekly chat, and I had finally figured out the cause: my inability to stop singing.

Disclaimer: I’m a terrible singer. Every single one of my friends will testify to that fact. Every single one of my friends will also testify that I sing all the time. I can’t stop myself, no matter how far off the notes I’m sure to be or how raspy my voice has become over the course of the day.

Every time I hear a song I know, an irresistible urge to sing along rises in me — a reality made worse by the unusual ease with which I memorize song lyrics; I know a lot of songs. I’m sure other people don’t enjoy hearing me belt out “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” but nothing makes me happier than feeling my lungs strain as I close my eyes, throw my head back and pour my soul into the words.

A couple of weeks ago, my older brother and I listened to the newest album from one of our favorite bands together. After a few songs, my brother turned to me and said, “Doesn’t it make you mad that some people can’t just listen to music for its own sake?” I nodded in agreement, and we didn’t speak again until the album was over. I could not have been more content.

Perhaps, because I learn lyrics so easily, listening to music demands the full investment of my mind, body and soul. I suppose this means I’m doomed to lose my voice on every solo car trip I take and every concert I attend for the rest of my life, but it’s worth it to feel the song deep within me, somehow a part of me and something much larger at once — a feeling I can only describe as pure joy.

Contact Ciara Hopkinson at chopkin1@nd.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Berkeley: violence, unrest and the silencing of dissent Liam Stewart Conservative Conscience

Controversy erupted yet again at the Universit y of California, Berkeley, after campus Republicans inv ited Ann Coulter to speak at an event last Thursday. Mrs. Coulter is a conser vative social and political commentator, nationally syndicated columnist and the author of 12 New York Times best-sellers. Less than a week before the event was scheduled to take place, however, Universit y administrators canceled Mrs. Coulter’s appearance, citing securit y concerns.

This decision represents just the latest example of an administration unable or unw illing to confront the v iolent and far-left elements of its campus. In Februar y, another conser vative speaker was evacuated from Berkeley’s campus after a series of v iolent protests erupted, causing over $100,000 worth of damage to the campus.

Protestors wearing masks threw commercialgrade fireworks and rocks at police, while unidentified black-clad agitators hurled Molotov cocktails that ignited fires. At least six people were badly injured, including two College Republicans who were attacked while conducting an interv iew. Other protestors smashed w indows, lit fires and looted the nearby student union center. Not a single arrest was made throughout the night.

After this horrific experience, it is easy to understand why administrators would be so eager to avoid any further protests. W hat is less clear, however, is how conditions on Berkeley’s campus have deteriorated to such an extent that it is unable to ensure the safet y of conser vative speakers on campus.

Last November, I w rote a column criticizing students at Berkeley for demanding segregated “safe spaces” for black and transgender students.

Social inclusion and not exclusion, I argued, is the key to overcoming bigotr y and div isiveness.

Unfortunately, the increasingly regressive v iew of social activ ism on Berkeley’s campus has created an extreme and volatile climate for students.

Rather than engaging in respectful and meaningful discourse, students seem content to yell at one another and riot uncontrollably.

It is hard to believe that Berkeley — formerly know n as the “birthplace of the Free Speech Movement” — would demonstrate such a blatant disregard for the rights of conser vative students on campus. Once a beacon of intellectual thought and expression, it has been reduced to a bastion of radical leftism and political suppression.

It is even more troubling when you consider that Berkeley is a public universit y, funded by American ta xpayers and required by law to protect students’ First Amendment rights. Unlike private universities like Notre Dame, which enjoy greater discretion in the administration of school policy, it is illegal and unconstitutional for a government institution to restrict free speech or other w ise impede students’ rights. The inabilit y of Berkeley administrators to prov ide for the safet y

of conser vative students and guest speakers is not only irresponsible and immoral — it is criminal.

Recognizing this fact, legal teams representing Berkeley College Republicans and Young America’s Foundation filed lawsuits against the Universit y early last week, claiming administrators discriminated against conser vative speakers and v iolated students’ rights to free speech.

In the past, Young America’s Foundation has had success litigating similar cases against public universities.

Unfortunately, the potential for v iolence has become a serious threat to college campuses nationw ide. The modern progressive movement has proliferated the v iew that div isive and dissenting opinions should not be tolerated on campus.

It has called for ‘safe spaces’ and ‘political correctness,’ demanded ‘trigger-warnings,’ and even equated ‘microaggressions’ to physical bodily harm. With such an apparent disdain for the freedom of speech, is it any wonder that students would choose v iolence over civ il discourse?

A free and open exchange of differing v iews is not just essential to our system of education; it is the ver y foundation of our democratic process. If we cannot listen to dissenting opinions, how can we challenge our ow n ideas and preconceptions?

How do we become better thinkers, leaders and citizens? As a societ y, we should embrace voices of dissent and protect the right of all Americans to have a minorit y opinion — including, and especially, on campus.

Sadly, the corrosive political atmosphere at Berkeley has deteriorated almost beyond the point of recover y. If administrators, trustees and government officials continue to turn a blind eye as conser vatives are threatened and students’ voices are silenced, Berkeley w ill struggle to remain in the top-tier of American universities for long.

I applaud the Berkeley College Republicans, Berkeley Young Americans and all those students fighting to protect the freedom of speech on campus. However, given the negligence of Universit y administrators and the sheer size of Berkeley’s liberal majorit y, student action may not be enough. As a public universit y funded by Californian ta xpayers and a recipient of federal monies, the government has the legal responsibilit y and authorit y to ensure that all students’ rights are protected.

President Truman once said, speaking on “the principle of silencing the voice of opposition,” that it can only lead to one path. And that path is oppressive, t yrannical and undemocratic.

Liam Stewart is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Letters, majoring in political science. Liam was born and raised in the beautiful Irish city of Dublin, although he has been proud to call Seattle home for the past six years. He enjoys country music, hardback books and binge-watching TV shows. He can be reached at lstewar4@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Lessons learned from the kids suing Trump over climate change Sarah Cate Baker Science is Golden

You may have recently heard of the 21 kids suing Donald Trump and his administration over its lack of action on climate change. The cohort ranges in age from 9 to 20 years old — though most are teenagers — and hail from nine different states across the Pacific Northwest, the South, Alaska and Hawaii. The rest of the country might have something to learn from their actions.

The children are suing on the grounds that their right to life, liberty and property are being violated by climate change, and that the federal government has failed to check the climate processes that are threatening their future. The lawsuit was initially filed against the Obama administration in 2015, but a judge did not agree to hear it until last November after Trump was elected. After that, over 600 fossil-fuel companies joined the cause on the side of the federal government on the grounds that the suit poses a serious threat to their businesses.

So 21 children versus the federal government, plus the majority of the oil and gas industry. It sounds like a long shot. Critics argue that there is little to no chance that these kids will win; that it is most likely their parents pushing them into this (which each kid hotly denies), and that it is unfair

to spin this as an anti-Trump movement as the suit originally targeted Obama.

All of that is beside the point. The point here is that a group of kids saw a problem with their world and decided to do whatever it takes to fix it — to the point of suing the federal government, a feat that most adults would balk at.

Civic engagement is a hot-button topic right now. The 2016 election cycle left people on both sides of the aisle reeling, and in the aftermath, there has been a wealth of, “What do we do now?”

Since Trump’s inauguration, the Women’s March on Washington drew nearly three million demonstrators across the country and was the largest protest in American history; it was followed by the novel March for Science and, last weekend, the People’s Climate March in D.C. Some feel that these marches alone ref lect a growing desire of Americans to be involved in governmental decisions. But do these types of protests cause actual change?

That’s a big question, and social scientists have gone back and forth for years on the most effective form of civil dissent. But one undisputed avenue of change is the court system, which is exactly what the kids filing this suit are capitalizing on.

Further, a protest is defined as a large group of people speaking with a generalized voice. These kids are speaking out with their own individual, defined voices. Not only can this form a more

poignant argument, but it requires a lot more bravery, too.

These kids have accomplished something many adults are still trying to figure out — they have taken definitive, meaningful action on a political issue. As a college student, I follow the news closely, and I attend satellite marches when I can.

But at the end of the day, I still wonder if what I’m doing makes a difference. The kids in this lawsuit don’t have to wonder. It doesn’t matter if they win or if their parents are making them do this or if they are targeting Obama or Trump. What matters is that they are trying to make a tangible difference in a world they think is f lawed, without allowing themselves to be intimidated by the magnitude of obstacles facing them. So the next time you wonder how to make your voice heard — there’s a nine year old in Oregon who seems to have it figured it out.

Sarah Cate Baker is in her third year at ND, double majoring in biology and English. When she’s not in the lab pouring over viruses under a microscope, you can usually find her shooting caffeine in the Hesburgh basement while she desperately tries to write papers and make deadlines. If you would like to question her sanity or her science, feel free to email her at sbaker6@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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American, not Roman I value the democratic process. I think the type of government the Founding Fathers established in the Age of Enlightenment is something to be marveled at as well as protected. The beauty in the government they created was that it was the amalgamation of some of the best attempts at democratic nations of the past. By taking what worked best for other countries in the past and by adding some of our own values as people once a part of other nations, we made something entirely our own. Overall, this conglomerate of states has worked cohesively; but if the recent election is anything to go by, that may be changing. Functional governments, over time, naturally begin to show signs of wear. I worry that we are becoming more similar to the republic of Rome than the representative republic we once knew and loved.

Our Founding Fathers made the conscious effort to avoid a Roman-style republic by adding representation by the people for the people rather than just having a elite, ruling class that made decisions for all citizens. But we are falling for some of the

same issues that plagued the late Roman republic, especially elitist rule. While it may not be a traditional ruling class, we are now seeing that our leaders — from Congress to the presidency — are coming from the upper echelons of society; consequently, these groups do not always have the best interests of the American people in mind. Rather than any person being free to be a part of the political process, only those with sufficient financial backing are able to attain high office. The people leaving our states for Washington, D.C., and the White House have more in common with wealthy lobbyists than the people who they are elected to represent.

Within our government, we continue to witness a degree of stagnation that has not been seen in our history. George Washington warned against the polarization of political parties, and we are seeing the worst effects of this polarization: Both parties are less interested in compromise than ever before, and the widespread corruption is becoming better documented through media sources. The same phenomenon occurred in Rome. While we may not

have a country based solely on the conquest of others, as Rome was, we do share a government form with an increased divide in social hierarchy and a shrinking middle class. Rome, in its final days of being a “republic,” was more akin to an oligarchy than a government of its citizens, and I fear that our government — based in part on theirs — is vulnerable to a similar fate. This will not be an overnight change, but it is instead something that happens over the course of years. For example, the leader of Gambia has recently refused to leave office after losing the general election, and there are signs that a civil war could break out over the results. We cannot treat these instances of failing democratic nations as separate from our own.

Our republic survives only as long as our citizens continue to be civically-minded. Be active and engaged so our republican form of government can continue to f lourish.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Issues concerning friends, relatives and neighbors are best addressed quickly. Learn all you can about taking better care of a condition or health concern that challenges you. Proper diet and exercise is encouraged.

Don’t be afraid to do things differently. Follow your heart and put your needs first. Don’t fold under pressure when bringing about positive change is what’s required. Your numbers are 2, 12, 17, 25, 31, 36, 49.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Refuse to let your emotions take over and ruin your fun. Think matters through before making an assumption that is playing on your imagination. If you want to know what’s going on, be diplomatic and mature and ask nicely.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Educational pursuits will help you improve your chance to advance. Learn on the job or through observation and you will plug into the trends that can help you increase your value and ability to take advantage of unique opportunities.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t take on too much work or get into a physical challenge that could lead to injury or stress. Expect someone to put demands on you that will recall past mistakes and regrets. Look out for your best interests.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Emotions will be difficult to control. Don’t let your feelings interfere with your important relationships. Take better care of your health and well-being. Think, formulate a plan and react responsibly to avoid backlash from someone you love.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Take better care of your health. Do something that will ease your stress. Attend a retreat or relax with someone who makes you feel comfortable. Romance is in the stars and will enhance your personal life. Stick close to home.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Use your imagination and you will be able to interest someone in an event or activity you want to attend. A little romance and intrigue mixed in to your day will make your plans too enticing to turn down.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t overreact when you should be looking for suitable solutions. Take initiative and move forward without hesitation.

Procrastination will lead to regret and potential loss. Do whatever it takes to improve your standard of living.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Set your sights on something that excites you.

Changing your lifestyle will be conducive to handling your personal finances better. Give up poor habits and step away from people who are a bad influence.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Invest more in your home environment and the way you live. Make alterations that will add to your comfort and give you the space you need to pursue your interests. A personal relationship will improve with a little TLC. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Emotional situations will ruin your day if you haven’t taken care of your responsibilities. Problems with pets, children or an older relative will be time-consuming. Look for more efficient ways to deal with pressing matters.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your passionate approach to helping others will be met with both compliments and complaints. You cannot please everyone, so you may as well please the ones you love by doing work that you are proud of.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Hosting an event at your place will encourage you to make positive alterations to make your life more comfortable, convenient and affordable. Getting together with someone from your past will help you move forward with your life.

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Harbaugh’s trip to Rome was wrong Brenna Moxley Sports Writer

After the NCA A decided to ban trips for sports teams while schools are on academic breaks, University of Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh decided to take advantage of the opportunity to go on one last vacation with his team before the rule goes into effect. He chose not to go to Florida this year, but instead took the team to Rome for spring break. The team was able to afford this trip thanks to an “undisclosed donor.”

There are fans who love the fact that the team was able to go on this trip and learn more about one another, while the program also experienced a significant amount of media exposure — helping with Michigan’s recruiting. According to Harbaugh, the squad was “cultured” via trips to the Colosseum, Vatican and Spanish Steps.

The topic that has been least focused on during this excursion, surprisingly, is football.

The team held just three practices in a week’s time because Harbaugh claims this trip was more about bonding as a team and learning, because “not all learning is done in a classroom.”

However, this trip was actually Harbaugh’s course of action to show the NCA A that he does not agree with their recent decision and will wholeheartedly go against the NCA A’s wishes.

Paul Finebaum, SEC Network radio host and occasional speaker on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” summed up this recent situation with Harbaugh bluntly: “He is an evil genius. I think he’s one of the smartest people I’ve run into in a long time. … But this is wrong. It may not be illegal by NCA A standards and bylaws as of this moment, but to me, it’s cheating.

It’s blatantly disregarding the spirit of the NCA A rule. We all know why he’s doing it. …

I don’t know why the media celebrates Jim Harbaugh for disregarding the NCA A rule

book and doing things [that] in my mind are unethical.”

It is ridiculous and unacceptable that the representative of a well-known university and coach of a highly-ranked football team would blatantly disregard a rule that the NCA A established in order to maintain fairness between NCA A teams. Instead, Harbaugh took it upon himself to say “nope” to the NCA A and f launt the exorbitant amounts of money that the University of Michigan receives from donors — anonymous at that — to spend on an unnecessary trip halfway across the world right before the rule goes into effect.

Since Harbaugh always complains about other schools using unethical recruiting tactics — typically schools in the SEC — his recruiting tactics must be squeaky-clean, right? Wrong.

Harbaugh decided to take his team and early enrollees on a trip to Rome for free, and recruits named this trip as a selling point for them.

On top of this, Harbaugh also recently tried to hire high school coach Michael Johnson Sr., whose son happens to be one of the best quarterbacks in the next recruiting class. While Johnson ended up taking a position at Oregon instead, Harbaugh still offered Johnson a coaching position in order to recruit his son.

The trip to Rome was just the latest of Harbaugh’s sneaky, unethical recruiting tactics, consistent with his desire to stir up controversy and to be the center of media attention. If the NCA A continues to stand by and let Harbaugh push the limits of the NCA A guidelines, we will surely see more questionable recruiting techniques and pampering of current players in the future from Harbaugh’s camp.

Contact Brenna Moxley at bmoxley@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Kessler, Brock Osweiler and Kevin Hogan for positioning on the depth chart in training camp.

Isaac Rochell Former Irish defensive lineman Isaac Rochell was selected in the seventh round with the 225th overall pick of the 2017 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Chargers.

Rochell arrived at Notre Dame in 2013 as a four-star prospect, appearing in 11 games and making 10 tackles in his freshman season. As a sophomore, Rochell was one of three defensive players to appear in all 13 games for the Irish, recording 2 1/2 sacks and 7 1/2 tackles for loss. He recorded two tackles for loss, two bass breakups, a sack and nine tackles as the Irish lost to Northwestern and added another sack against Louisville and a blocked field goal in the Music City Bowl against LSU that season.

Rochell made 63 tackles in 2015 as a junior, which was the most for a Notre Dame defensive lineman since 2007, and again recorded 7 1/2 tackles for loss. He recorded his only sack of the season in the 41-31 win over USC. Rochell was named an Irish captain for the 2016 season. He started the season with nine tackles and a career-high 2 1/2 tackles for loss against Texas and recorded a pass breakup and his only sack of the season when the Irish defeated Miami.

Rochell’s rookie season will also be the first for the Chargers in Los Angeles since their inaugural season in 1960 as well as the first season in charge for new head coach Anthony Lynn.

Defensive coordinator Gus Bradley will also be new for the Chargers and is expected to play a 4-3 base defense, where Rochell will likely be featured as a defensive tackle, which contrasts to his time at defensive end for the Irish. He will join a defensive line unit led by 2016 Defensive Rookie of the Year Joey Bosa.

Jarron Jones Irish defensive lineman Jarron Jones will be reunited with former Irish teammate and fellow defensive lineman Romeo Okwara after signing with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent.

Jones originally committed to Notre Dame as a member of the recruiting class of 2012. Like linebacker James Onwualu, Jones arrived at Notre Dame to play on the other side of the ball, rated as a four-star offensive tackle.

After redshirting for Notre Dame’s run to the BCS national championship game in 2012, Jones appeared in 12 games in the 2013 season, including his first career start in the team’s 2720 loss to Stanford. He recorded the first sack of his career in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl against Rutgers.

In 2014, Jones recorded a career-high in tackles-for-loss in Notre Dame’s top-five matchup with Florida State and recorded split sacks against Rice, Purdue and Louisville before suffering a season-ending foot injury against the Cardinals. Jones missed the entire 2015 regular season after tearing his MCL in August, but returned for Notre Dame’s Fiesta Bowl loss to Ohio State.

In 2016, Jones posted career highs in tackles, tackles-for-loss, sacks and passes defended while also recording his first career interception in Notre Dame’s victory over Nevada. Jones recorded a career-high six tackles-for-loss in the Irish victory over Miami.

Jones earned a reputation as a prolific blocker of field goals and extra points from the beginning of his career, blocking a Temple extra-point attempt in his first career game before blocking a BYU fourth-quarter field goal in the team’s final home game of the 2013 season. He recorded two more blocked extra points in 2014, in victories over Syracuse and North Carolina, and he blocked a Texas extra-point attempt in Notre Dame’s 2016 opener that was taken back for two points in the final minute to send the game to overtime.

Jones will be one of three rookies on the Giants defensive line unit for training camp, joining former Alabama defensive lineman Dalvin Tomlinson and former Youngstown State defensive end Avery Moss, drafted in the second and fifth rounds respectively.

James Onwualu Former Irish linebacker James Onwualu will join Rochell as a member of the Chargers after signing with the newly-relocated franchise as an undrafted free agent.

Onwualu began his Notre Dame career as a wide receiver in 2013, joining linebacker-turnedtight end Troy Niklas and receiver-turned-running back C.J. Prosise as another Irish player to sign for an NFL team after a position change at Notre Dame.

Onwualu appeared in 12 games in 2013, starting in four of them and catching two passes for 34 yards.

In 2014, Onwualu moved to the linebacker position, starting eight games. He recorded

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two tackles-for-loss, both in the team’s victory over Navy.

Onwualu started nine games in 2015, missing the final two regular season encounters with a knee injury. He recorded three sacks, including one in the Fiesta Bowl of Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett.

Onwualu led the Irish in tackles-for-loss last season with 11.5, was tied for second on the team with three sacks and was third in tackles with 75. He started all 12 games as a captain and recorded two tackles-for-loss against Nevada and 12 tackles and a sack against Army.

Onwualu, like Rochell, will be hoping to make an impact on a Los Angeles Chargers team with a new head coach, defensive coordinator and location. He joins an inexperienced Chargers linebacking corps, where fifthround rookie Jatavis Brown led the team in tackles last season, while Denzel Perryman and Kyle Emmanuel each started more than 10 games in only their second season.

Cole Luke Former Notre Dame cornerback Cole Luke signed with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent.

Luke was a stalwart of the Notre Dame defense over the past three seasons, appearing in all 51 games since joining the Irish and starting all 38 since the start of the 2014 season. In 2013, Luke made 15 tackles, including half a tackle-for-loss against Navy.

Moving into the starting lineup for 2014, Luke was tied for first on the team with four interceptions and led the Irish with 11 pass break ups. In the team’s 17-14 victory over Stanford, Luke made two interceptions and recorded a sack, a forced fumble, a pass breakup and four tackles.

Luke made two interceptions in 2015, including one off Deshaun Watson in the team’s first defeat of the season. In 2016, Luke recorded interceptions in back-to-back games against Stanford and Miami. He also recorded two tackles-for-loss, including one in the season-opener against Texas.

Luke joins a Panthers team hoping to recover from a 6-10 season after going 15-1 and appearing in the Super Bowl the season prior. The Panthers also addressed the cornerback position in the offseason, selecting Miami defensive back Corn Elder in the fifth round of the draft and signing Teddy Williams and Captain Munnerlyn in free agency. Luke will be the second Notre Dame player on the Panthers’ roster, joining long snapper J.J. Jansen.

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out and played really well in the first half and, really, the whole game,” Irish sophomore midfielder Brendan Gleason said of the Irish defense against Duke. “[Senior goalie Shane Doss] was seeing the ball really well, and we were responding and recovering really well as a team and, as a result, kind of playing together and knowing when it was a good time to go and when we didn’t have to go. So I think that just really helped us stay in that game because we didn’t have a ton of offense in the first half.”

Offensively, the Irish also saw a big performance from freshman midfielder Bryan Costabile, who scored three of the first four Irish goals to help put his team ahead 4-0 early on, an advantage that would prove just enough to advance Notre Dame to the tournament’s championship Sunday.

“That was awesome,” Gleason said of Costabile’s performance against Duke.

“We know he’s had it all year, and he really brought it on Friday night, especially with [senior midfielder and captain Sergio Perkovic] hurting a little bit. We needed other guys to step up, so he was one of them for sure.”

But Sunday’s story saw the script f lipped, as it was the 20th-ranked Tar Heels

(8-7, 1-3) who jumped out to the early 4-0 lead in the first part of the first quarter.

North Carolina needed a win to stay above .500 and keep its NCAA tournament hopes alive, and it came out with the intensity to do just that, Gleason said.

“They were getting the shots they wanted,” Gleason said of North Carolina’s offense early. “They were playing for their lives — they had to win that game to still have a shot at playing in the NCAA tournament — so they came out pretty hot, and we didn’t quite match that intensity emotionally.”

The Irish, on the other hand, struggled to get anything going offensively, scoring just three goals in the entire first half while committing seven turnovers — many of which came at the expense of shots which could have helped close the early deficit.

“Turnovers hurt us,” Gleason said. “It might have just been a little bit of jitters — playing the ACC championship, we were all pretty fired up, so we just had to kind of relax and get into the f low of the game a bit.”

Another blow for the Irish came in the form of Perkovic’s injury — the captain and All-ACC selection was limited, as he was less aggressive in choosing when to dodge and visibly in pain on several occasions.

“It was tough because

he’s kind of our offensive catalyst and leader for the whole year,” Gleason said of Perkovic’s injury. “Not that we don’t have other guys, but he’s … always someone that the other team has to worry about. So not having him at full strength definitely hurt us, but we kind of just had to work together and have other guys step up and do what we had to do to get it done.”

And although the Irish fought back in the third quarter to make it a two-goal game at 8-6, the Tar Heels were able to close it out in the fourth by winning 10 faceoffs to Notre Dame’s one and picking up 15 ground balls to Notre Dame’s eight to recapture the momentum and ride it to a 14-10 victory over the Irish.

“Going into the end of the third quarter, we were feeling pretty good,” Gleason said.

“But they came out and won the next handful of faceoffs and they just controlled the ball. They were up two goals, so they kind of throttled our momentum there, and it was kind of tough for us to get back on top the rest of the game.”

With the book closed on the ACC tournament, the Irish will wait to see how and where their next chapter begins with the NCAA tournament selection show set for Sunday.

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senior Finnigan’s captain Conor Colpoys. Colpoys’ layups and 3-pointers gave Finnigan’s the upper hand, allowing the topseeded squad to maintain the 11-8 lead at halftime.

Colpoys said the game was close due to Truman Jobs’ strong defensive effort, especially on the part of senior Jacob Matuska.

“Matuska’s a really good defender. He’s one of the few guys in the whole tournament who can guard [graduate student Patrick] Mazza, just cause he’s a football player, a really strong kid,” Colpoys said. “So, they were really tough on us defensively.”

After the half, however, Finnigan’s was able to lock down Truman Jobs’s offense, as they only scored six points, most of which came early in the half.

Truman Jobs also got into foul trouble during the second half, and the team grew apparently frustrated and the game grew increasingly chippy and heated.

Finnigan’s was able to maintain its lead, and Colpoys made the winning shot to give Finnigan’s the 21-14 win.

“I thought our defense really locked them up,” Colpoys said.

“It was close the whole first half

and then we got a comfortable lead in the second half and forced them to turn it over a few times, got them in foul trouble, made a couple from the line and from there we just kind of grinded out the win. So, a lot of loose balls for us, but they were tough.”

Colpoys is excited for the final round, as it bring his team one step closer to a three-peat, as it has won the tournament the last two years.

“Me, [graduate student Brian] Spahn and Mazza have been playing together, this is our fourth year,” Colpoys said. “I know Holy Cross three-peated, but I don’t think a Notre Dame team — there’s a lot of great players that played in it — but I don’t think anybody’s ever three-peated, so that’s kind of been our goal.

“We’re playing a lot of the same guys we played in the championship last year, they added a couple more. We play club with all of them. I know the rematch of basically the club team. So, it means a lot. We’re looking forward to it, it’s kind of what we’ve been looking forward to.”

Because of weather, the matchup has been pushed to Tuesday night. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m.

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one I hit. … Just put a good swing on it.”

On the strength of some opportune baserunning, the Irish jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning Saturday; sophomore second baseman Nick Podkul stole home on a first-and-third play to get Notre Dame on the board before senior catcher Ryan Lidge picked up an RBI on a groundout to third.

For most of the game, that looked like all the offense the Irish might need, as junior right-hander Brad Bass was in the midst of a gem — Bass didn’t allow a hit until the fifth inning, and he faced the minimum through six as Notre Dame carried that 2-0 lead into the final three frames. Duke (23-23, 9-15) used a pair of doubles to pick up a run in the seventh, but it stranded runners on second and third to end the inning, holding the Irish lead intact headed into the stretch.

The Blue Devils, however, took advantage of one of Bass’ few mistakes to tie the game in the eighth. After a leadoff single put the tying run on base, Duke was content to give an out to move

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the runner to second. But Bass tried to gun down the lead runner at second off the sacrifice bunt, instead sending his throw into center field and leaving runners on first and third with nobody out as junior left-hander Sean Guenther entered to work out of the jam. A sacrifice f ly knotted the game at 2-2, but Guenther worked out of a bases-loaded jam to keep the game tied.

Duke threatened again in the ninth after Taylor hit a one-out triple, but Guenther again sealed the deal, setting the stage for Vierling’s walkoff in the bottom of the ninth.

Irish head coach Mik Aoki said Guenther did a good job playing within himself to work out of a couple precarious situations.

“He gets the out [on the sacrifice f ly], and the tying run comes across in exchanging the out, but sometimes I think it can be a def lating thing,” Aoki said. “ … I think he did a phenomenal job of just staying in the moment, did a phenomenal job of just trying to go out there and win pitches and not do too much.”

The story was similar in Friday’s series opener, where Notre Dame got out to a 2-0

lead in the first inning, only to need a key late RBI to secure a 5-4 victory. Senior shortstop Fiala and Vierling each singled to pick up RBIs in the first inning, but Duke pegged the Irish back with a pair in the third and a pair in the fifth to take a 4-3 lead at the midway point. Vierling scored on a double play in the sixth to level the game, 4-4, before sophomore pinch hitter Eric Gilgenbach singled with the bases loaded in the eighth to give the Irish a 5-4 v ictor y.

Vierling said the team’s late w ins this weekend showed Notre Dame’s mental progress over the course of the season.

“We probably haven’t been play ing our best baseball in the last week or t wo, but I just think that at the beginning of the year, if that would’ve happened to us, we probably would’ve responded in a different manner,” Vierling said. “Now, we have so much trust in each other, we believe in ever ybody and ever ybody believes that person can get it done. It shows a lot of resilience, a lot of toughness.”

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Irish senior infielder Kyle Fiala swings at a pitch during Notre Dame’s 5-4 win over Duke on Friday at Frank Eck Stadium.

Dame, 14-1. The Irish got out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third on a junior right fielder Jake Shepski home run, but Duke tied the game in the fifth, then took the lead w ith a three-run sixth.

The real damage was done in the eighth, though, as the Blue Dev ils put up 10 runs

on eight hits to put the game well out of reach.

Notre Dame w ill return to action Tuesday, hosting Northwestern for a 7: 05 p.m. first pitch at Frank Eck Stadium.

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DeShone Kizer

A Matt Vierling walkoff triple plated Kyle Fiala and lifted Notre Dame to a 3-2 win over Duke on Saturday, securing another home series win for the Irish.

With one out and a runner on first in the bottom of the ninth of a 2-2 game, the Irish sophomore center fielder drove the ball to the rightcenter field gap, the ball just eluding Blue Devils sophomore center fielder Kennie Taylor and dropping in to give Notre Dame (22-23, 1014 ACC) its fourth conference series win of the season.

“He started me off with a changeup and then a fastball, both outside, so I was kind of looking out the outer half of the plate,” Vierling said. “[He] threw another fastball … and he brought it down for the third pitch, which is the see BASEBALL PAGE 11

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Irish sophomore outfielder Matt Vierling runs to second base during Notre Dame’s 5-4 win over Duke on Friday.

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No. 11 Menard Much of the action in the semifinal matchup between No. 2 Practice Squad and No. 11 Menard took place in the paint, as the two teams played a physical game in which Practice Squad came out victorious, 21-9.

Practice Squad junior captain Reed Hunnicutt said one of the keys to the win was his team’s strong start.

“We moved the ball really well and we had the size mismatch down low, so we got a lot of lobs that way,” Hunnicutt said. “We really got out and started playing defense. We tried not to give up that many point easily, so I think we did a good job of gathering ourselves after they came out pretty well.”

After this strong start, Practice Squad ended the first half up by 116. The team also came out strong in the second half, with Hunnicutt sinking multiple jumpers from outside the 3-point arc. Practice Squad went on a run to build up a significant lead and make it to game point. Menard was able to prevent Practice Squad from

Former Irish starting quarterback DeShone Kizer was drafted with the No. 52 overall pick — the 20th pick in the second round — by the Cleveland Browns during day two of the NFL Draft on Friday night.

Kizer, ranked by many scouts as a top-five quarterback prospect in this year’s draft, played in 25 games over his two-year career, amassing a total of 423 completions, 5,809 yards, 47 touchdowns and 19 interceptions.

In his sophomore season, the Toledo, Ohio, native was thrust onto the scene after then-starting quarterback Malik Zaire broke his ankle on a quarterback draw in the third quarter against Virginia, and he subsequently lead a game-winning drive culminating in a 40-yard touchdown pass to former Irish wide receiver Will Fuller with 12 seconds left. Kizer ultimately led the team to a 10-3 record that season,

including a perfect 6-0 at home, in his first year as starter, but the season ended with a 44-28 loss to Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl.

In his junior season, Kizer had another productive season with nearly 3000 yards passing and 26 touchdowns to nine interceptions, but the Irish struggled, going 4-8 and missing a bowl game for the first time in Brian Kelly’s career at Notre Dame.

After the season, Kizer ended speculation about his future by announcing that he would forgo the remainder of his collegiate career and enter the NFL draft.

Kizer’s selection marks the 493rd Notre Dame football player chosen in the NFL Draft, which is the second most of any college program behind USC’s 494. He is also the 22nd Irish quarterback to be selected in the draft and the first since Jimmy Clausen was selected 48th overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.

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Finnigan’s looks for third title

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winning for a few possessions, but Practice Squad eventually won on a free throw, making the final score 21-9.

Hunnicutt said the opportunity to play in the tournament finals is one he plans to relish, as his team last year fell to Finnigan’s, its opponent in the final, last year.

“It means a ton [to make the final],” Hunnicutt said. “Last year, my team personally got out in the Final Four to [Finnigan’s], so to have that rematch is a great opportunity and we’re really looking forward to it.”

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The weekend had all the makings of a great story.

Notre Dame had just upset rival and perennial thorn-inits-side Duke to fight its way into the ACC championship.

But the Irish were unable to write their storybook ending, as they stumbled out of the gate early against North Carolina and were unable to claw their way back in a 14-10 loss in the ACC championship game.

To even get to the championship, the seventh-ranked Irish (8-4, 2-2 ACC) had to get by third-ranked Duke (11-4, 3-1) on Friday night. Each of the last two seasons, it was the Blue Devils who had ended Notre Dame’s ACC tournament runs in the semifinals.

But this season, the Irish rewrote the script, shutting out the Blue Devils in the first half on their way to a tight 7-6 win in Duke’s Koskinen Stadium.

“That was a big focus for us all week, and they came

Irish sophomore midfielder Brendan Gleason looks for a teammate during Notre Dame’s 11-10 loss to Syracuse on April 1.

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No. 1 Finnigan’s def. No. 4 Truman Jobs In the back-and-forth, physical face off between No. 1 Finnigan’s and No. 4 Truman Jobs, the topseeded, two-time defending champions Finnigan’s came out on top, 21-14.

Truman Jobs jumped out to a small, early lead, but Finnigan’s was quickly able to regain it. Much of the action occurred in the paint, making rebounding an integral part of the game.

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