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ND to set differentiation policy Buttigieg University administrators release preview of updates to Hall Presidents Council endorses Biden
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During the last Hall Presidents Council (HPC) meeting, associate vice president of Residential Life Heather Rakoczy Russell walked hall presidents and vice presidents through an early draft of the on-off campus differentiation policy which is expected to come into effect in the fall of 2021, hall presidents said. Last April, the Division of Student Affairs announced a list of proposed residential life updates created to incentivize Notre Dame students to remain on campus for their senior year. While the enhancements offered monetary incentives for on-campus seniors in addition
to residential benefits for all student, the effort to differentiate on- and off-campus experiences drew widespread criticism across campus, resulting in a petition with 5,000 signatures and a protest outside the Main Building last spring. The original policy proposed that offcampus seniors would no longer be able to attend their former dorm’s dances without being invited by a current resident or participate in interhall sports. According to a handout obtained by The Observer from multiple sources — which members of the HPC received during the meeting — the new policy aims to “provide for greater consistency across hall
communities and to facilitate a clearer differentiation between the experience of those who live in a resident hall an those who have moved into the local community.” The outline Rakoczy Russell gave to members of HPC may be subject to changes before Residential Life releases the final plans, hall presidents said, but the expected policy will give current residents priority in all hall events and activities. While former residents may attend any events open to the entire campus, they may only come to hall events as a guest of a current resident and can only act as active participants in dorm events “by way of
exception.” In order to grant these exceptions, off-campus students must contact their former rectors who will consult with their rector supervisor to determine whether an exception can be made, according to the handout. In regards to interhall sports teams, priority will be given to on-campus residents before off-campus members can join, which will be overseen by hall athletic commissioners and rectors. Two rosters will be used for on- and off-campus students, the handout outlined, with the latter roster used only when there is extra space on-campus see POLICIES PAGE 4
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Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden before a rally in Dallas on Monday night. Buttigieg ended his bid for the presidency Sunday. “When I ran for president, we made it clear that the entire idea was about rallying the country together to defeat Donald Trump and to win the era for the values that we share,” Buttigieg said in his see BUTTIGIEG PAGE 3
Holy Cross Hall to host first LEGO Club community talent show provides creative outlet, challenge
By GINA TWARDOSZ News Writer
On March 16, the students of Holy Cross Hall will gather for one night only to perform in a hilarious spectacle of wonder, amazement and talent. The first annual Holy Cross talent show will begin at 8 p.m. and feature acts from underclassmen and upperclassmen. Ally Strasen, Holy Cross Hall director, said the talent show allows students to come
together in a fun and unique way. “It gives students an opportunity to showcase their talents but it’s also a chance to do something fun and goofy with your friends and get involved with the residence hall community,” she said. Ministry assistant (MA) for Holy Cross, senior Nicole Popow, and senior resident advisor (RA) Anastasia Hite will be performing a dramatic reading of the vampire
romance novel “Twilight.” Popow said the idea was born out of Hite’s love of the series and their desire to encourage students to participate in the talent show, even if they have “less than traditional talents.” “[Hite] is obsessed with ‘Twilight’ and I have a love/hate relationship with it,” Popow said. “I’m Team Edward.” Hite said that she has only recently rediscoveredherloveofthe
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Theology professor to join pontifical commission By ISABELLA VOLMERT News Writer
In 2017, theology professor Gabriel Reynolds was one of 15 academics who was invited to work with the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) in preparation for Pope Francis’s historic visit to Cairo, Egypt. Now, three years later,
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Reynolds has been officially invited by Francis and head of the PCID, Cardinal Miguel Ayuso, to serve as consultor of the Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims. Reynolds said the invitation to head a committee within the PCID came out the blue and he responded to his appointment with a sense of humility.
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“There are many other more distinguished and qualified theologians whom they could have chosen,” he said with a smile. Reynolds has taught at Notre Dame since 2003, and he specializes in the study of Islam, especially its scripture — the Qur’an. see VATICAN PAGE 4
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Notre Dame’s LEGO Club hosted a theme park building day with South Bend children in Duncan Student Center this weekend. By ANNA HURT News Writer
When the LEGO Club at Notre Dame talks about building community, they mean it literally. With over 35,000 plastic bricks and a group of students passionate about constructing sculptures of all shapes and sizes, the club allows for students to combine
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creativity with engineering and architectural skills. Junior Colleen O’Leary discovered the LEGO Club at Notre Dame during the activities fair her freshman year. “During the club fair, I saw a video of some students building a mural of the Notre Dame leprechaun,” O’Leary see LEGO PAGE 4
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During spring break this year, eight Notre Dame students will travel to Honduras to hold discussions and workshops to educate and empower local residents. The trip is being sponsored by the Notre Dame chapter of the Global Legal Empowerment Brigades, a division of the international nonprofit Global Brigades. On its website, the organization states that its mission is to “to empower volunteers and underresourced communities to resolve global health and economic disparities and inspire all involved to collaboratively work towards an equal world.” There are numerous specialized divisions of Global Brigades, each with individual chapters at different colleges and universities around the country. All the divisions, however, aim to send student volunteers on annual, brief mission trips to underserved areas around the world. Notre Dame chapters for business, medical and public health brigades have operated for several years, but the legal chapter was founded in the fall of 2019. The Honduras trip will be the chapter’s first. Sophomore Sara Ferraro, chapter founder and president, said she was driven to start the chapter after volunteering with the Global
Medical Brigades in Panama last year. “I was inspired by Global Brigades’ emphasis on sustainable development and their mentality of ‘handshakes, not handouts,’” Ferraro said in an email. “… I am passionate about human rights advocacy, and I wanted to give more students the opportunity to work with Global Brigades, so I started the legal empowerment chapter at Notre Dame.” Ferraro said that, for this year’s brigade, the eight participating student volunteers — including herself — will travel to Suyapa, Honduras, to work with community leaders and local attorneys there. “We are looking forward to participating in educational ‘charlas,’ or chats, on anti-bullying and the right to a non-violent life,” Ferraro said. “We will also have the opportunity to gather family case testimonials in Suyapa and we will help start the legal process by gathering information and transferring their cases to local courts.” The legal brigades work on cases that, otherwise, would remain unresolved, she said. “Global Brigades is dedicated to amplifying the voices of all people,” she said. “The cases involve topics such as marriage, divorce, child recognition, custody and support.” The chapter reached and exceeded their $15,008 donation Paid Advertisement
goal for the trip last week. Chapter fundraising chair James Cook, a sophomore, said the group raised money for the trip with a bake sale, as well as receiving individual donations. “We have been working to raise money through bake sales and asking our local ND clubs and families for donations,” he said in an email. “Through these combined efforts, we have thankfully reached our goal and look forward to the trip.” Cook said he was excited to visit a country he had not been to before and to work towards the mission of the brigades. “I believe that everyone has the right to a nonviolent life, and the right to know about what protections they have under the legal system of their country,” he said. “Philosophers and political theorists, from Aristotle to Locke, have defined the primary function of government as the protection of the common good.” Cook said he hopes to make a difference in the communities he and his fellow volunteers will visit. “I wanted to be a part of the Global Legal Empowerment Brigade because their work helps to preserve this function of government and improve the quality of life within the community it is a part of,” Cook said. Contact Andrew Cameron at acamero2@nd.edu
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Upon entering the liturgical season of Lent, Saint Mary’s Campus Ministry department is working with students to help them become more reflective and prayerful. Director of Campus Ministry Regina Wilson discussed the initiatives created in order to meet this goal. In addition to the current liturgy schedule, Campus Ministry will also host evening prayer and Stations of the Cross every week. A ‘Busy Persons Retreat’ will also be held at the end of March. “It is a retreat where people do reflection and prayer around Scripture readings, and then they meet with somebody once a day for 30 minutes for four days in a row,” Wilson said. “The meetings are focused either on some of Pope Francis’s writings on mercy or some other Lenten themes.” Wilson said Campus Ministry is also currently planning a dinner conversation between students and religious studies professor Jessica Coblentz to take place during Lent. “[Coblentz] recently wrote an article for the National Catholic Reporter on fasting and dieting and some dynamics there, so we’re going to hopefully getting a conversation going with her about that,” Wilson said. Students can also contribute to Catholic Relief Services’ rice bowls initiative throughout Lent, by donating money in faux rice bowls located in the dorms or around campus. “Students have been very generous in the past,” Wilson said. “... In the past few years, we’ve sent around $400.” Campus Ministry will also
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endorsement speech. “That was always a goal that was much bigger than me becoming president, and it is in the name of that very same goal that I am delighted to endorse and support Joe Biden for president.” Buttigieg officially ended his presidential campaign on Sunday evening with an announcement at the Century Center in South Bend. During the speech, he declined to endorse a candidate. The endorsement in Dallas comes just one day later, after Senator Amy Klobuchar
host special prayer services during Holy Week in April. “We do have a Lenten communal reconciliation service and then we do a special Stations of the Cross,” Wilson said. “... We call it ‘Solemn Stations of the Cross,’ but it is centered around women’s stories in Scripture, so it’s very cool.” Campus Ministry also reaches out to students who are not Catholic during Lent, encouraging them to learn more about the season through informational posters. “We develop a big poster on some theme ... It’s kind of an invitation for people who may not know really know what Lent is,” Wilson said. “[Students] can pick something to do that might be impactful in their lives and closer to God.” Students can learn more about the material on the posters through the QR codes placed on them. “The first [poster] is going to be on prayer, just ‘What is prayer?’ and some different ways people pray, and some different things like that,” Wilson said. “There [will be] a QR code with a link to a YouTube video on meditation and introducing people to some different articles. This is just sort of trying to kind of draw more people into the season in whatever way they want to.” Wilson asks students to try to be as prayerful as they can in this busy time in the semester. “I’m just try to encourage students to be reflective and take time,” she said. “... It’s always kind of an interesting time to walk with people because you have all these moments ... So we try to walk with students and accompany them.” Contact Genevieve Coleman at gcoleman01@saintmarys.edu
also left the presidential race. Klobuchar has also offered her endorsement to Biden. Buttigieg dropped his candidacy ahead of Super Tuesday on March 3, when 14 states will hold their Democratic primary elections. Buttigieg won the Iowa caucuses earlier this month, and came in a close second to Senator Bernie Sanders in the New Hampshire primary less than a week later. But, he received 14.3% of the vote in the Nevada caucuses and only 8.2% of the vote in Saturday’s South Carolina primary. Buttigieg was the mayor of South Bend from 2012 to 2020. Mayor James Mueller took office Jan. 1 of this year.
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In addition to earning his PhD at Yale University, Reynolds has spent a number of years studying Islam in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. He said there are two important factors to consider when studying a religion. “One is to have a critical or historical understanding of the religion ... but the other important point is understanding the religion as the believers themselves understand it,” he said. Assistant professor of theology Mun’im Sirry spoke highly of his colleague’s qualifications for the position. “Professor Reynolds is a well-respected scholar among Western academia whose works on the Qur’an have been much read in the Muslim world,” Sirry said in an email. The PCID was instituted by Pope Paul VI in 1964 to promote
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said in an email. “I thought that I absolutely had to be a part of it and signed up.” Now O’Leary is serving as secretary of the club for her third year in a row, and the LEGO Club is still constantly growing. O’Leary said her favorite part of being in the club is meeting new people and making friends from different backgrounds and interests. “The club has been a great outlet to meet people of different majors and years and throughout the greater Notre Dame community,” O’Leary said. The LEGO Club was founded four years ago by senior Colin Whelpley and his friends in Stanford Hall. A mechanical engineering major, Whelpley said LEGOs were the reason he decided to pursue a career as an engineer, but recognized that a LEGO Club would be popular for students in a variety of different majors and programs. The only LEGO pieces the club had at first were the ones that Whelpley had brought from home. “When I came to ND, I was surprised that with the diversity of clubs available, there was not already a LEGO Club on campus,” Whelpley said in an email. Although the LEGO Club had humble beginnings, in the last four years it has grown substantially. “The primary goals of the club were to unite LEGO fans and promote LEGO as a creative medium across campus and to the broader South Bend community,” Whelpley said. The club shares its love of LEGO through its events for both Notre Dame students and children living in
the study of other religions and interreligious dialogue with the goals of understanding, respect and collaboration. Reynolds explained that the PCID works to foster relationships between the Catholic Church and non-Christian religions, except for Judaism. The Church’s relations with Judaism and other Christian denominations have their own separate offices within the Vatican. The PCID is composed of an executive board made up roughly 30 members who are cardinals and bishops from around the world and 50 advisors called “consultors” who are experts in religious studies. The consultors advise the members through their research and knowledge in order to publish material on interreligious dialogue and organize meetings with leaders of other religions. Reynolds will serve on the
the greater South Bend area. This past weekend, the LEGO Club hosted one of its largest events of the year in Duncan Student Center. “We teamed up with TEA (Themed Entertainment Association) at Notre Dame for our second annual LEGO Theme Park Build,” O’Leary said. ”We spent the entire day working with students and kids to create seven different ‘parks’ which included Saint Mary’s Boardwalk, Galaxy’s Rim and God Quad.” With the Theme Park Build over, the LEGO Club is already planning its next big event. On their annual service trip, club members will spend an afternoon building LEGOs with second and third graders at local elementary schools. “It is so much fun to play with the kids and be creative,” O’Leary said. “It is by far my favorite event we plan each year.” The LEGO Club offers members stress relief in the form of building new and exciting creations, and allows students to spend time with their friends while participating in a fun and inventive activity. “My favorite part of the club was being able to share my love of LEGOs with others and build things I would otherwise not be able to such as the LEGO Disney Castle, or a roller coaster,” Whelpley said. The challenging builds and creative processes that are shared in the LEGO Club also help to form friendships among members. “If I had to sum up the club in a word, it would definitely be community,” O’Leary said. “The community we’ve built has been absolutely amazing and I can’t wait to see where the club will go.” Contact Anna Hurt at ahurt3@nd.edu
Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims, which is a special commission of its own kind within the PCID, for five years. Composed of an executive board and eight consultors, the group works to engage study and dialogue between Christians and Muslims. Reynolds said the Commission comprised of Catholic scholars meets at least once a year to advise the magisterium — or the Pope and bishops — to advise them on Muslim-Christian relations. The Commission will also meet with various Muslim institutions to engage in and improve dialogue. Reynolds said it is important to understand there is no centralized institution which represents Islam. “There are many different institutions from Morocco to Indonesia that are in dialogue with the Vatican,” he said. Reynolds explained that understanding the work of the
PCID and the Commission requires two important pieces of background information. “One is just appreciating the Catholic Church’s commitment generally to advancing relationships between religions,” he said. “There’s a particular engagement in putting enmity aside and reaching out on points of common conviction. The other point is just the particular work of Pope Francis, who has a special concern with dialogue with Muslims.” When Pope Francis met with religious leaders including The Grand Imam of AlAzhar Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, in Abu Dhabi of in February 2019, Reynolds said the two “advanced the notion of human fraternity.” “That’s ultimately the point of most dialogue,” he said. “Getting to know, understand and love the other. Pope Francis challenges us to think no longer of the ‘other,’ per se,
but as common members of the human family.” Theology professor John Cavadini of Notre Dame’s theology department also praised the selection of Reynolds for the position. “As leader of the theology department’s program in World Religions and World (WRWC) Gabriel [Reynolds] is well positioned to represent our department and Notre Dame in the Holy See’s dialogue with Islam,” Cavadini said in an email. Reynolds emphasized the importance of interfaith dialogue, especially within the context of Catholicism. “The Catholic Church teaches that Muslims and Christians believe in the same God ... so it’s a conversation between believers, not just academics,” Reynolds said.
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inspired by the freshman dorm McCandless Hall after they put on their own all-hall talent show, Popow said. “It was something that we had never really thought to do in the past,” she said. The talent show is a part of Holy Cross Hall’s all-hall event. Popow said all-hall events differ from RA section events because they are often bigger events that everyone on any floor is invited to attend. “RAs individually have their own section events, but the purpose of an all-hall event is to build community in the whole dorm,” she said. “It gives RAs and MAs from different floors a chance to work together and come up with really fun ideas. And, a lot of the time, the budget for all-hall events is bigger than the budgets RAs have for their section events, so it gives us a chance to go all out.” Hite said the all-hall event is made to build a better dorm community. “Especially since this is an upperclassman hall, people kind of get stuck in their groups and don’t talk to other people on other floors,” she said. “And so an all-hall event is meant to bring groups of people together … it’s meant to give you a break from just sitting in your room or going to class.” As a ministry assistant, Popow said her role in the dorm is to
serve as a bridge between campus ministry and residence life. “The RAs are a support system for the halls, but I’m also a support system and I remind residents to take care of their spirit as well,” she said. “We talk a lot about physical health, emotional and mental health, but spiritual health is a big part of one’s life and it’s not something we really think about.” On behalf of all RAs, Hite said she wants to remind students that RAs are not just in the halls to police behavior — they are there to build safe and healthy communities where students can be themselves and have fun, too. “RAs are people, too,” she said. “A lot of times we’re seen as people just out to get you in trouble, but we like to see you grow as students and we design these events so that they’re enjoyable.” Even though Hite has stage fright, she elected to do the talent show because she knows it will be a funny and memorable experience for all students who attend and participate. “I would have never gotten up in front of an audience to do a talent show before, but I’m doing this because people are going to enjoy it — I want it to be funny and I want to help build community,” she said.
off-campus students must consult with the captain and/or the rector if they want to play on the team, the handout said. Hall presidents and vice presidents said they were encouraged to discuss the policy with their dorm members to get feedback on the changes before the official policy is announced, which may be directed to Rakoczy Russell. The announcement of the differentiation policy last spring elicited numerous responses, with multiple Letters to the Editor, including a statement
from the members of the 20182019 Hall Presidents Council. In a meeting hosted by the sophomore class in December, Rakoczy Russell addressed concerns regarding the proposed policy, and the plan continued to be a point of discussion in the 2020 student body government elections, with the newly elected juniors Rachel Ingal and Sarah Galbenski promising to take action against the policy once in office. The University could not be immediately reached for comment at the time of publication.
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‘Twilight’ series and that her relationship to the brooding vampires of Stephenie Meyers’ claim to fame has helped her to bond with the friends she has made throughout college. “I was so obsessed with ‘Twilight’ in middle school and once I got to college I made my friends rewatch all the movies with me,” she said. “I just have an appreciation for how bad [the series] is, and there are a lot of fans of ‘Twilight’ in this hall so they’re all excited for the talent show.” The pair will read from the first book in the series, although which section they will be reading will remain a mystery until the night of the event. “It’s going to be a lot of fun and we encourage everyone to sign up or come to the event to support us,” Popow said. “We’re trying to get a bunch of staff members to do kind of wacky things, so that’ll be exciting to see what people do.” All types of talents are welcome at the show, Hite said. “We’re looking for out-of-thebox talents as well as traditional talents like singing or dancing,” she said. “It doesn’t have to be a talent you would take on a show like ‘America’s Got Talent,’ it can be whatever you want.” The idea for a talent show was
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students did not fill. In addition, off-campus students will be charged a flat rate of $5 per person per sport by RecSports in order to participate in interhall sports, off-campus students may not be captains and an internal B team may not consist of more off-campus members than on-campus members. Offcampus students may not be able to form their own teams, and
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To the boy reading Kerouac on the train Colleen Fischer Scene Writer
A spoof of “To All the Boys I’ve loved before” Does your mother know your name? We have the same socks — they have holes in the toes and their soles are run thin. I watch out the window at the concrete passing behind your ears, and think old Cannastra’s neck. In two parts — Harvard Law and buzzed penmanship. No Will left to know, so to the writer his roll of tracing paper, some scraps of poetry and his love in pink, but he traced out another’s life leaving his memory to yelps and howls. Do you find allegories in Cassady’s driving, or clutch the door and fear for your life? Will you smile when he moves to another young rider, or think him stumbling and mumbling along until Mayer joins the Dead and he finds the train tracks? Do you believe the things they said or are they just words on a page? The Butcher, who used to be in a band, said he’s never seen an adult reading Kerouac before. I was reading it next to him, the one when he goes on about the bull and how the matador kills it. He cared when Hemmingway didn’t. The former Rockstar goes on to say he never saw anyone past 20 reading it. I wonder if they grew out of it, if they betrayed it or if they still think of it like an old college girlfriend — they once loved but couldn’t marry. People who are bound to repeatedly leave Joy behind claiming “unrequited love’s a bore.” Only to descend into the boredom themselves. I wonder, will you, will I? I was 20 when he said it. Do you see old Dean Moriarty on the streets at night when the mailboxes look like the ghosts of people who gave up on happiness? Do you see him in the faces of your friends, when they talk about poetry and how the road is dead? Or in the Kool-Aid you know is laced with cough syrup but drink anyway? Did happiness ever stand a chance? Maybe, they were meant to cough up blood on their bathroom f loors — like their predecessor who choked on the Chelesa’s air only to have his name taken by the folk singer, carried in his pocket as he crashed his motorcycle at 90 miles per hour leaving a 21-year-old widow in his wake, and immortalized on a plaque to be read by a young punk poet who’s boyfriend feverishly dreamt upstairs. Alone. Maybe, they were meant to run out of white picket fences to burn as gasoline as they hit the road in search of his dreams. The streets in D.C. smell like cheap wine. I liked your socks. I look at the sky. I think of it ref lected in your destined shiny black shoes. But most of all, I wonder if you liked the book? Always, Colleen Thank you for reading my most pretentious piece ever though “Comedy in its purest form” is a close second. Sorry, it actually ended up being nothing like “To All the Boys I Loved Before” to you. I promise my next piece will be about puppies. Contact Colleen Fischer at cfischer01@saintmarys.edu The views expressed in this Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer. Join the conversation. Submit a Letter to the Editor: viewpoint@ndsmcobserver.com
Tommy Diehl What’s the Diehl?
“Ellen is cancelled.” When I first scrolled over this tweet in 2019, I did not know how to react. Had cancel culture gone so far as to engulf Ellen DeGeneres, the superstar comedian and LGBTQ+ community leader? What could she have possibly done to deserve these attacks? I thought she was liked by everyone! Nevertheless, when I typed “Ellen” into my Google search bar, the headlines were astounding. “Ellen Seen Laughing in Skybox with George W. Bush” and “Ellen Caught Sitting Next to George W. Bush at Cowboys Game” were just two of the numerous titles about Ellen’s apparent fall from stardom. As I began to read the articles and tweets criticizing the famed comedian for her friendship with the former president, I couldn’t make sense of all this criticism. Sure, maybe the decisions made under the Bush administration were not for everyone, but he still seems like a genuinely kind man. He never hides away from the public, he seems to always be kind to everyone who encounters him and his presidency was not full of personal scandal. Despite this, Ellen was reamed for even sitting with him. Surely, this was just a one-time overreaction. But then it happened again: same role, different characters. During the 2020 College Football Playoff Championship, Vince Vaughn was “caught” shaking hands with Donald Trump. Twitter exploded and articles titled “Uproar After Vince Vaughn Shakes Trump’s Hand” and “Fervor Over Vince Vaughn’s Handshake with Donald Trump” f looded the internet. Once again, people sitting behind their devices at home on the couch reamed a famous person for being kind to a president. This pattern is becoming more and more prevalent, and part of this scares me. At the heart of this Twitter bashing is a fear that politics will drive people apart to the point that they cannot even extend a hand to the other. These celebrities believe that doing so would give the public the belief that they support this person and condone their behavior. This is fundamentally wrong. No one should be criticized for putting kindness over politics. One reason why this criticism of Ellen and Vince is unjust is that celebrities are not necessarily supporting the politician by being friendly and shaking their hand. They are simply displaying their humanity and being strong enough to share the gift of kindness with someone who is opposite in many of their beliefs. Think about the last time you shook hands with someone you strongly disagreed with. If you have not, then I challenge you to do so, because it is not easy. Celebrities know this first hand, as they are in the spotlight 24/7. Take Vince Vaughn, for example. He was seated in the same skybox as the president at the College Football Playoffs. Vaughn likely knew that there would be a story criticizing him whether he shook hands or not. If he did not shake hands with the president, people with conservative views would swoop in to attack him as an anti-patriot. If he shook hands with the president, people with liberal views would swoop in to attack him as a misogynist and racist. Vince did not have the intention of making this a public story, made clear by the fact that he shook hands and talked to the president for about ten seconds. His point was not to show the world that he wants to “Make America Great Again.” Vaughn tried to rise above the two extremes; he was kind enough to shake
his hand, but distant enough not to sit down and chat with him. Yet, the criticism poured in anyways. Before news stories jump on celebrities for being polite to politicians, they need to realize the bind that these human beings are in. They face criticism whichever way they decide, even if they clearly do not share the same views as the politician. Criticism against these celebrities is also unfair because it is very hypocritical. The next time you have friends over, think about how different some of their beliefs are from yours. We surround ourselves with people who think differently than we do, and we often still develop friendships with them. Some are even in our own families! Why should we criticize people who put aside political differences and become friends? Isn’t that what we are supposed to do as human beings? This criticism essentially holds celebrities to a higher standard than everyone else. Yes, celebrities often represent large communities of people. However, they are also humans like us and should be allowed to have friends of different beliefs just like the rest of us. We need to recognize that fact. As Ellen herself said in defense of her friendship with former president Bush, “I’m friends with a lot of people who don’t share the same beliefs that I have. We’re all different and I think that we’ve forgotten that that’s okay that we’re all different.” The notion that these celebrities should only be friends with people who share their same beliefs is illogical. The people who believe this notion are being undeniably hypocritical. We learn from other people, and we can learn from Ellen and Vince that being friendly and kind to someone we disagree with is humane and acceptable. We encounter people with different views in our everyday lives. We can either choose not to interact with them, or we can choose to reach a hand across the aisle and be friendly to everyone. As Ellen herself says, “When I say, ‘be kind to one another,’ I don’t only mean the people that think the same way that you do. I mean be kind to everyone.” Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with Ellen, we need to understand that being kind to everyone, even those whose political views are so vastly different than our own, is not wrong or evil. You may disagree with someone and never want to speak to them, but do not hide behind your screen and criticize people for befriending someone with different political views. They are the brave ones. Tommy Diehl is a freshman from the Chicago area majoring in science business and global affairs. When he’s not writing for the Observer, he can be found playing guitar, running or cheering for the Cardinals and the Packers. Tommy loves feedback and can be reached at tdiehl@nd.edu or on Twitter at @tommydiehl5 The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Pregnancy discrimination persists Starting a family is a desire that more than 9 in 10 adults have. Yet the careers of women continue to be derailed by this desire in the 21st century. There are many laws and protections against the discrimination of pregnant women, but it is still a looming hurdle for women in the workplace. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 includes legislation on parental leave and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which mandates that pregnant employees be treated the same as their non-pregnant coworkers. This act protects women who are currently pregnant, have been pregnant, intend on getting pregnant and any women who have medical conditions related to pregnancy. Charges of pregnancy discrimination can be filed with the EEOC or Fair Employment Practices Agencies. This data suggests that the number of pregnancy discrimination charges have increased by 50% from 1997 to 2011, from 4,000 filings to 6,000 filings in 2011. Other research suggests that pregnancy discrimination has become much more rampant in the workplace in recent decades. Childbirth Connection, an initiative focused on improving maternity care, estimated that “approximately 250,000 pregnant workers are denied requests for accommodations each year. In addition, many women fear retaliation from employers, which may lead them to not report pregnancy-related discrimination or to avoid asking for accommodations entirely.”
Overall, while there is unequivocal legislation protecting pregnant women from discrimination in the workplace, it is still a widespread problem. Many women fear retaliation for requesting maternity leave, being denied a raise or promotion due to their pregnancy and even being fired for becoming pregnant. Pregnancy discrimination is a huge disruption to a woman’s career and earning power, even though the overwhelming majority of adults want or have children. Elizabeth Warren told her story of losing her job due to pregnancy on the Democratic debate stage this month, and called for action on this issue. We became interested in this issue after reading an article on pregnancy discrimination at Google. The article referred to an employee at Google who was told by her boss to “manage” a pregnant team member. After becoming pregnant herself, she received inappropriate comments, hostility and was even excluded from various projects and positions by her boss. When developing medical issues during the pregnancy, her boss made it clear that her job upon returning was at stake if she left, and “debunked the benefits of bedrest.” She was later told by HR that her “manager did a poor job of communicating the scope of my new role,” and the managerial exclusion was simply an “administrative error.” This was especially surprising to us because two of the people involved in the discrimination were women themselves. This shows how pervasive this issue
really is, especially in the male-dominated tech industry. Women are so underrepresented at the highest levels that even they participate in discrimination they themselves have likely faced. If even women can’t stand up against pregnancy discrimination, how is this issue supposed to improve at all? Reading this article and the statistics above, show the inherent cultural view that exists surrounding this issue: if women prioritize parenthood, they can’t also prioritize their job. Despite increasing legislation, the discrimination is getting worse, even at so-called progressive companies such as Google. As senior women about to enter the workforce, we found this phenomenon extremely relevant and sobering. As the next generation of workers, we have the power to create the workplace culture that we want to participate in, and we call on all Notre Dame students to use this power for good. Sincerely, Gabrielle Good senior Bridget Ralph senior Chloe Spurgat senior Feb. 28
Missed connections Julianna Conley In My Own Words
Forget a movie. For me, South Dining Hall at 6 p.m. counts plenty as dinner and a show. I’ve always been a guilty people watcher, an admitted eavesdropper. Yes, books and TV shows are fun, but there’s something absolutely joyous about appreciating the characters of life running around you. There’s something wonderful about meeting the kind of person Hollywood writers could never dream up. Alas, too often, these one-of-a-kind characters are also one-of-a-meeting. We chat once, and I never see them again. As a previously established questionasking girl and a fanatic friend-seeker, I simply cannot accept this. Luckily for me, and you (!), Viewpoint’s premiere podcast The Sixth Seat — now streaming on Spotify — has an entire segment dedicated to missed connections, the passing interactions that are simply too delightful to be ignored. The funny kid you talked to for two hours while in line for Keenan Revue but never saw again. The cool classmate in your math class who emailed you the textbook without your even asking. Each week, we’ll be reading out a few of our favorite submissions, setting the wheels in motion for a rekindling of kindred spirits. To kick off a season of serendipitous reunions, here are a few of my favorite personal missed connections and a couple from my friends, too. Here’s hoping the right people are reading. JUICE JOE Hesburgh Library. Sept. 10, 2018. 2:37 a.m. This is an excerpt from an email I sent my mom freshman year while asking for my family’s Amazon login info so I could order a textbook: “I am in the library. It’s weird here at night. I just went to the bathroom and passed a shirtless man studying wearing headphones and drinking a quart of orange juice.” I walked past you three times. The first passing was a coincidence. The second was to confirm I wasn’t hallucinating. The third was a reconnaissance mission,
attempting a picture of the bare-chested book aficionado for proof. The mission failed. Why were you shirtless? Why did you have so much juice? Where did you find a glass jug? Did you arrive shirtless, or just feel impassioned by the heat of studying and rip it off? I put my hair in a bun when I’m stressed. Is this your version the same thing? No one believed me when I told them about you, Juice Joe. If you’re out there, I’m not passing judgement. I just want proof that I’m not insane. I just want answers. THE TAP-DANCING OLD MAN Paul Helquist’s organic chemistry class. Fall semester, 2019. 8:20 MWF. You carried an absurdly large cup with you to class every day that read, “I’m just a very good tap dancer who drinks coffee like an old man.” The “just” in that description feels rather oxymoronic. My friend and I want to know what this cup means. We tried Googling the phrase but were unable to find any hits about caffeine-addicted tap dancing tropes. Did you special order the cup? We can’t imagine there is a large enough market for wholesale distribution. We wanted to ask you about the cup, but you always sped out of the classroom too quickly. If you’re reading this, just know speculating about your life was the silver lining to our helix-shaped 8 a.m. hell. ICE CREAM COMPETITORS LaFortune Basement. Feb. 10, 2019. 1:25 a.m. You two were walking out of Taco Bell when you saw me and my now-roommate sitting with an empty pint of ice cream and demanded to know who ate it. When we said we did, you guys didn’t believe us and challenged us to an ice-cream eating competition then and there. The strangers we accosted and forced to judge the winner chose you two as victor, but I still believe we won. Not to mention that was our second pint of the night… After the competition was over, we hung out for a few hours, tried to guess each other’s ethnic backgrounds, played cards and people-watched partygoers crossing God Quad. We never saw each other again.
The scratches in my mouth from shoveling frozen chocolate covered pretzels down my throat have healed, but the pain of the loss has not. We challenge you to a rematch. The following are missed connections I’ve collected from friends. OMELET ACQUAINTANCE — anonymous North Dining Hall. Fall 2018. 10:30ish. “First semester last year I skipped Physics to go to the dining hall. For some reason, I wanted to make an omelet even though I had never done it before. I asked the guy behind me, and he coached me through the whole thing. I eventually learned he was from where I used to live and went to the high school all my friends did. He lived in Siegfried and I live in Mod Quad so I thought I’d see him again, but I never did. You were so nice. I want to find you, omelet boy.” TACO TALKER — anonymous Econ Lecture. Fall Semester 2019. Noon-ish. “During the first few weeks of college, I sat next to the same boy a couple of times in a huge Econ lecture, that always made me really nervous to attend otherwise. We hit it off and had a great conversation about our similar backgrounds and reasons for coming to ND. One day, I was talking to him about home, which is San Diego, and he knew my favorite taco shop by name from a family vacation. I cried a little about that: homesickness came with major taco withdrawals. I never really saw him after that class, and I’ve always felt that I’ve missed out on a good friend.” If you know any of these people, or better yet, if you are any of these people, send me an email at jconley4@nd.edu. And tune into The Sixth Seat on Spotify every Sunday for a new episode and a new slew of missed connections! Julianna Conley loves cereal, her home state of California and the em dash. A sophomore in Pasquerilla East, if Julianna can’t be found picnicking on North Quad, she can be reached for comment at jconley4@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: Control and contain your emotions, and the rest will be simple. Getting into senseless debates is a waste of time. Your intelligence, experience and ability to use your skills to make a difference should be where you focus your energy. Don’t limit what you want to do to make someone else happy. Your numbers are 5, 12, 22, 27, 34, 38, 45. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Concentrate on what’s in front of you, not what’s over and should be put to rest. Aim for comfort, happiness and confidence. Refuse to let emotional issues or pushy, persuasive people pull you into tempting situations that encourage bad habits. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Waffling won’t get you to your next destination. Check out something that interests you, whether it’s a new job, updating your skills or traveling somewhere you’ve never been; it’s time to set sail and implement change. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take one step at a time. Be aware of what is going on around you. Keep your emotions well-hidden and your opinions to yourself until you feel you can share without jeopardizing your reputation, position or status. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Information is coming down the pipeline. Listen carefully, and it will help you elaborate on your plans. An open mind, coupled with a good imagination, will help you bring about positive change. Don’t reveal your plans prematurely. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Watch and wait. Don’t feel you have to make the first move. False information will push you in the wrong direction. Joint ventures will not be as they appear. You are best not to make a risky, impulsive move. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take the plunge, do what’s best for you and refuse to let anyone or anything interfere. Don’t trust anyone using emotional tactics to push you in a direction that you don’t want to go. Take care of your concerns first. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Size up whatever situation you face, and be responsible. Pencil in downtime to help avoid exhaustion and ease stress. Gather facts, and keep the peace using truth, integrity and common sense. Say no to indulgent behavior. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A change of plans will work to your advantage. Go with the flow, and everything will fall into place. Traveling, considering educational pursuits and hanging out with people who pique your imagination and stimulate your mind will lead to a positive lifestyle change. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The past will come back to bite you if you have let matters escalate and emotions take over. Be upfront about the way you feel, and find out where you stand before you take another step forward. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A change at home will be beneficial and bring you joy. Walk away from people and situations that are detrimental to your emotional well-being. Put an end to what isn’t working for you. Protect your money, possessions and reputation. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Make a change to your surroundings that will add comfort and convenience. Don’t be fooled by someone who twists information to get you to buy in to something you don’t need. Be clear about what you want. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take criticism for what it’s worth, and use it to your benefit. You control the decisions you make and the changes you want to pursue. Refuse to let a friend or relative ruin your day. Don’t share personal opinions. Birthday Baby: You are adventuresome, independent and alert. You are confident and dedicated.
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The legacy of David Ayres David Kramer Sports Writer
A midst t his 40t h a nniversa r y of t he Miracle on Ice, on Feb. 22, I f ind myself reminiscing on t he unimag inable, improbable a nd a ltoget her ridicu lous spor ts underdogs of memor y. Tim Tebow rising to t he occasion w it h t he un likeliest of touchdow ns aga inst t he Steelers, a nd a na lyst Stephen A. Smit h hav ing absolutely none of it. Stefon Diggs stumbling, spinning a nd cha rging for t he end zone in Minneapolis. Loyola Chicago stunning t he nat ion in its Cinderella r un during Ma rch Madness. The rise of “Linsa nit y.” The hysteria of t he “K ick Si x.” But w it h t he past decade — a nd t hat 1980 gold meda l — behind us, A merica deser ves a new hero. No matter t he colors we bleed, we deser ve a cha mpion t hat blurs t he ot her w ise jagged tea m lines in a mag ica l sta r t to t he decade’s g reatest spor ts moments. This NHL season, vetera n Za mboni driver Dav id Ay res gave us exact ly t hat. A hockey fa nat ic at hea r t, Ay res ref used to leave t he ga me t hat shaped him in Toronto. A k idney t ra nspla nt in 2004 quick ly ha lted his young goa ltending ca reer, leav ing him w it h litt le attent ion f rom professiona l prog ra ms a f ter t he surger y. Claw ing for a n oppor tunit y, he ea rned a nod f rom t he Maple Lea fs’ a mateur a ff i liate, t he Toronto Ma rlies, as a reg u la r pract ice goa lie. A longside his sma ll role on t he ice, he bui lt up a st rong ca reer as a rin k ma intena nce worker a nd Za mboni driver for t he Ma rlies. As he aged, Ay res relentlessly clung to a dista nt fa ntasy of ta k ing t he ice w it h his beloved Maple Lea fs. Ref using to ret ire in his for t ies, he caught t he attent ion of t he Maple Lea fs coaching sta f f, who
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incor porated him into a number of pract ices ea rlier t his season. Before t he Lea fs’ matchup w it h t he Ca rolina Hurrica nes last Saturday, head coach Sheldon Keefe asked Ay res, now 42, to act as a n emergency goa lie for eit her tea m, shou ld t he oppor tunit y a rise. Wit hin t he f irst t wo periods, bot h Hurrica ne goa lies lef t t he ga me w it h injuries, leav ing a desperate Ca rolina squad w it h Ay res. Racing to t he locker room, a n equipment ma nager f ra nt ica lly st itched his na me on a bla n k No. 90 jersey. Tr usted W ha lers helmet a nd a ll, Ay res took t he ice in f ront of a w ild Scot iaba n k A rena crowd. The second period brought his f irst ca reer NHL sta r t, one t hat ca me w it h ev ident ner ves. A scorching w rist shot f rom Toronto Maple Lea fs center John Tava res nea r t he right circle snuck past him, a nd lef t w inger Pierre Eng va ll buried a rebound just minutes later. By t he end of t he period, t he Hurrica nes’ t wo-goa l lead collapsed, leav ing t he tea m w it h a 3-3 t ie mov ing into intermission. But Ayers was unfa zed. He promised his new tea mmates a st rong show ing in t he t hird, a nd he did not disappoint. In shocking fashion, he stopped a ll eight Maple Lea fs shots a nd ma nned t he defensive helm a ll t he way to a 6-3 road v ictor y. The Hurrica nes pa id Ay res chump cha nge for his ef for ts: $ 500 a nd rights to his ga me jersey. But for a ma n w it h so much love for t he ga me t hat brought t he nat ion toget her in 1980, I suspect t hat t his decade’s miracle on ice g ives him, a nd a ll of us, a memor y t hat is unswer v ingly, unbelievably a nd t imelessly priceless.
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Irish senior John Mooney goes up for a lay-up during the Notre Dame home win on Feb. 2 in Purcell Pavillion against Georia Tech. Later in February, Mooney would achieve 1000 career points.
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close battle in Januar y, and know that you can help us create an env ironment to earn a signature v ictor y. We can’t emphasize enough how much you can affect the outcome of the game w ith your energ y level. It gets us going and the rest of the crowd up on their feet as well. The w indow to request your free tickets w ill remain open until Wednesday morning and if you forget to request — no worries. Show up and we
w ill make sure that you get in. It also is Pajama Night w ith free milk and cookies, so you can ride a sugar rush throughout the game. And wear your most comfortable clothes guilt-free. See you Wednesday night… – T.J. Gibbs, Class of 2020, Team Captain – John Mooney, Class of 2020, Team Captain – Rex Pf lueger, Class of 2019, Team Captain
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lost to W i l l ia m Wooda l l 6-3, 6-1 to ma ke t he score 2-3. Sophomore Rya n Goet z defeated Tr ista n McCor m ick by t he score
of 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) to even t he score up at t h ree a l l. It a l l ca me dow n to a t h i rd set match bet ween Ir ish sen ior Gu i l ler mo Cabrera a nd ju n ior Gia n n i Ross, w it h Ross ta k i ng t he match i n a t h i rd set, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to sea l t h i ngs for
V i rg i n ia. T he Ir ish w i l l t ravel to Eva nston, Il l i nois on Su nday to ta ke on Nor t hwester n Un iversit y on t he road in a n ACC/BIG 10 matchup. Doubles play is set for noon at t he Combe Ten n is Center.
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her, but it was interesting to see just how connected they are. In the prelims they ran the exact same time, 8.26 to make the final, and they ran the exact same time in the final.” “They’re always in workouts together,” Sparks continued. “Doing things together, always working together towards success, and to see them run identical times in the final — I mean, for Naya it was especially sweet because she had never made a conference final before or scored a point, so for her to go from there to w inning a conference title and the emotion that she went through when she saw that she had won, and to see just how happy she was, really a big moment on the women’s side.” The pair of hurdlers were not the only ones to shine on the women’s side this weekend. Sophomore Maddy Denner ran both the 5K and the 3K, placing 5th and 3rd respectively. “[Denner] raced the 5K on Friday night. She fell during that race, got up, got fifth place and then came back and ran even better. She not only recovered from her fall but came back the next day and exceeded a lot of expectations to finish at that all-conference spot,” Sparks said. The women tied their best finish in ACC histor y, but the success was spread between both squads. “On the men’s side,” Sparks said, “the big moment was [senior] Logan Kusk y in the weight throw. He was the ver y last throw of the competition. He went from second to first on the last throw and held on. Obv iously, he came back in the end to w in when it mattered most. His back was against the wall and he did what he needed to do to put himself over the top.” Kusk y earned himself first place in the men’s weight throw w ith a 20.75-meter final throw. There were other stellar performances as well. Junior Yared Nuguse ran a 4: 02.59 in the open mile, but according to Sparks, that was nothing. “The way Coach Carlson works w ith him is that they know he’s going to the national meet, so they spend the whole year sav ing his hard efforts for when they matter most,” Sparks said. “Hav ing not competed in the mile all year, he ran the DMR tw ice before that open mile. He asked Coach Carlson, ‘Can I run hard today? ’ and Carlson said ‘You
can run the last lap hard’ so he still had more left in the tank. He ran well enough to put himself in the lead for the first three laps and just turned it on for the last lap. He’s going to have to run a lot faster than what he ran for the open mile if they’re going to w in the DMR. He’s going to have to find another gear. The whole purpose of the regular season w ith him has been to conser ve his energ y for the national meet. He still has a lot of gas in the tank. He ran fast on Saturday, but he didn’t run that hard. He’s still got more to go.” Despite not being in top gear, Nuguse earned himself first place, as did junior Sam Voelz in the 800-meter run, which was a sort of secret, said Sparks. “I think the rest of the countr y sees now what the team has seen all year in practice. [Sam Voelz is] coming right alongside Yared [Nuguse], and he’s gotten a lot of confidence training alongside someone like that,” Nuguse said. “The entire mid-distance group has. Sam especially though has been doing that for the last couple months training that way now, but this is the first time we’ve really had him let loose in an open event. The rest of the conference knows he’s going to be a force to be reckoned w ith over the next few years now.” Sophomore distance runner Matthew Carmody, who ran a ver y low time a few weeks back in the 5K, was also tested this week, and Sparks was hoping to see that speed make an appearance again this weekend. “[Carmody] went from the kid who was just barely making our top seven in cross countr y to one of the better guys in the conference, so he put a good time out there at Iowa State, but he proved it this weekend,” Sparks said. “He’s not a one-hit wonder, he was able to back up his big performance from two weeks ago and compete for a conference title. He was right there w ith Peter Seufer from Virginia Tech until the last 100 meters, and that’s one of the better runners in the countr y.” With all of this success, Sparks acknowledged that his squads ran w ith the advantage of hosting, but the confidence they built here w ill be important in the rest of the postseason. The Irish compete again March 13 and 14 at the NCAA National Championship meet in A lbuquerque, New Mex ico. Contact Mannion McGinley at mmcginl3@nd.edu
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her first loss in ACC play, but the Irish overcame. Freeman cruised to a quick v ictor y, while Lilien turned out a three-set v ictor y over the Eagles’ Dasha
Possok hova in a match that turned out to be crucial to the w in. Senior Zoey Spence won the final match of the day to seal v ictor y for the Irish. It was another 4-3 w in for a group that has been in a ton of close matches.
Six of the team’s last seven games have been decided 4-3, w ith the Irish coming out on top in three of them. The Irish w ill host Indiana on Friday, and then the squad w ill resume ACC play as they travel to Louisv ille on Sunday.
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ca reer-best ef for t, ma k ing 16 saves bet ween t he pipes to keep t he ga me w it h i n reach. Eig ht d i f ferent Not re Da me players scored, w it h sen ior m id f ielder Br ya n Costabi le bei ng t he on ly player to notch t wo ta l l ies. On t he ot her side of t he f ield, Ma r yla nd wa s paced by a f ive-goa l ef for t f rom ju n ior m id f ielder L oga n W isnauska s a nd a pa i r apiece f rom sen ior at tack Ja red Ber n ha rdt a nd sophomore m id f ield Kyle L ong. T he ga me got of f to a slugg ish of fensive sta r t. Not re Da me won t he open i ng face-of f a nd got of f a shot on it s f i rst possession, but Ma r yla nd f reshma n goa l ie L oga n McNa ney made t he save. It wa s t he on ly shot Not re Da me got of f i n t he f i rst n i ne m i nutes of t he ga me. Mea nwh i le, t he Ter rapi ns went on t he at tack, a nd a fter f i nd i ng st i f f resista nce i n Enten ma n n, t hey f i na lly solved h i m just over si x m i nutes i nto t he contest. Ber n ha rdt scored once a nd t hen aga i n about a m i nute a nd a ha l f later for a 2-0 Ma r yla nd lead. T ha n k s to Enten ma n n, Not re Da me’s slug g ish sta r t d id n’t cost it much, a nd t he Ir ish ra l l ied back . A f ter t wo Ma r yla nd shots ra ng of f t he post, sen ior defensema n Jack K ielt y scooped up t he g rou nd ba l l a nd clea red it successf u l ly. T he Ir ish worked t he ba l l a rou nd a nd event ua l ly got it to sophomore m idf ielder Qu i n n McCa hon who wh ipped a shot pa st McNa ney for h is f i f t h of t he yea r. T he goa l wa s a ssisted by sophomore attack Gr i f f i n West l i n, who k not ted t he score t wo m i nutes later w it h a goa l of h is ow n. Ma r yla nd got one of t hose goa ls back to ta ke a 3-2 lead a f ter one qua r ter. T he second qua r ter had yet a not her slow of fensive sta r t, before bot h tea ms picked it up. Not re Da me t ied t he score w it h 10 :20 to go i n t he ha l f a nd took t he lead u nder t wo m i nutes later. However, a f ter ta k i ng t hei r f i rst lead, Not re Da me cou ld not escape its defensive ha l f of t he f ield, u ndergoi ng ex tensive offensive pressu re f rom t he Ter rapi ns. Not re Da me got just one shot of f i n t he nex t f ive m i nutes, a nd Ma r yla nd capita l i zed w it h a not her pa i r
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of goa ls, but Enten ma n n aga i n ca me up big, ma ki ng t h ree saves i n t hat spa n. T he Ir ish f resh ma n goa l ie recorded seven saves i n t he qua r ter, but a s Ma r yla nd cont i nued to rat t le of f shots, a few fou nd t hei r way t h roug h, a nd u lt i mately, t he Ter rapi ns headed to t he locker room up 7-5. Not re Da me ca me out for t he second ha l f w it h a n energ y it lacked for much of t he f i rst ha l f, a nd t he Ir ish qu ick ly t ied t he score up at seven goa ls apiece. Costabi le cut t he def icit i n ha l f, pick i ng up a g rou nd ba l l of f of a shot t hat h it t he post a nd f i r i ng it home. Ju n ior at tack Mi key Dra ke picked up h is f i rst goa l of t he yea r w it h 10 : 51 rema i n i ng i n t he t h i rd qua r ter to t ie t he ga me, but t hat wa s t he end of Not re Da me’s potent ia l ra l ly. T he Ter rapi ns went on a 7-1 r u n to put t he ga me out of reach, a s t he Ir ish d id n’t score u nt i l t he fou r t h qua r ter. T ha n k s to a not her ser ies of big saves f rom Enten ma n n, t he Ir ish kept it close, a nd when Costabi le rocketed i n h is second goa l of t he n ig ht, Not re Da me wa s w it h i n 10-8 w it h 14 :22 to play. Ma r yla nd scored t he nex t fou r goa ls of t he ga me. By t he t i me Not re Da me got a not her shot on f ra me, W isnauska s scored h is 18t h a nd 19t h of t he sea son i n shor t succession for a fou rgoa l lead, a nd t he Ter rapi ns added a not her pa i r of goa ls for a n i nsu r mou ntable 14-8 lead. Not re Da me’s sta r
f resh ma n at tack Pat Kava nag h made t he f i na l score a l it t le more respectable w it h a late-ga me score, but it wa s fa r too l it t le a nd fa r too late. O vera l l, it wa s a ga me t hat probably shou ld have been a blowout ea rl ier t ha n it wa s, but t he Ir ish got g reat goa ltend i ng to keep t hem close. U lt i mately, t hey si mply gave up too ma ny shot s, lost too ma ny face-of fs a nd t u r ned t he ba l l over fa r too ma ny t i mes, a nd event ua l ly, t he f i na l score ref lected t he d ispa r it y i n play bet ween t he t wo tea ms. Ma r yla nd i mproved to 4-1, wh i le Not re Da me d ropped to 2-1 a nd No. 10 i n t he latest pol l. T he Ir ish host No. 17 Denver t h is Sat u rday, w it h t he open i ng faceof f schedu led for noon.
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Irish sophomore midfileder Jake Moss defends against a Cleveland State player during Notre Dame’s 17-7 home win on Feb. 15.
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L a st Su nday, t he Not re Da me men’s ten n is tea m took on V i rg i n ia on t he road i n it s second ACC con ference match of t he sea son. Despite a ha rd-foug ht effor t, t he Ir ish u lt i mately fel l to t he Cava l iers (84, 3-1 ACC ) by t he score of 3-4. Not re Da me (6-6, 2-1 ACC ) cont i nued it s st r i ng of dom i na nt doubles a s it secu red t he open i ng poi nt to sta r t of f t he match. T he tea m of ju n ior Tr ista n McCor m ick a nd sophomore A xel Nef ve ea r ned t he f i rst doubles match for t he Ir ish, beat i ng ju n ior Mat t hew L ord a nd sen ior Ca rl Soderlu nd by t he score of 6-2. On cou r t t wo, t he tea m of ju n ior R icha rd Cia ma r ra a nd sen ior Mat t Ga mble helped to sea l t he doubles poi nt i n a t h r i l l i ng match,
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beat i ng f resh ma n RJ Fresen a nd sophomore W i l l ia m Wooda l l i n a t iebrea k, 7-6 (7-5). Si ng les were a back a nd for t h a f fa i r a s bot h squads t raded matches, w it h t he edge u lt i mately goi ng to V i rg i n ia. T he Cava l iers d rew even w it h t he Ir ish qu ick ly a s Ca rl Soderlu nd d ispatched R icha rd Cia ma r ra 6-1, 6-0. Not re Da me responded r ig ht back, rat t l i ng of f t wo w i ns on cou r t t h ree a nd cou r t si x a s A xel Nef ve beat Mat t hew L ord 6-2, 6-2, a nd f resh ma n Con nor Fu defeated RJ Fresen 6-2, 6-1 to put t he Ir ish up 3-1. Despite t he st rong showi ng for t he Ir ish, t he Cava l iers st r u ng toget her t he f i na l t h ree si ng les v ictor ies. Ju n ior W i l l ia m Howel ls see M TENNIS PAGE 9
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Irish senior hurdler, Summer Thorpe, pushes through the finish line of the 60 meter hurdles at the Meyo Invitational on Feb. 8.
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In 2019, t he Not re Da me lacrosse tea m showed f lashes of outsta nding potent ia l, but it cou ld never put toget her a consistent st retch of elite play, w inning no more t ha n t wo ga mes in a row at a ny point. A f ter opening t he 2020 season w it h a n easy v ictor y over Clevela nd State a nd a statement 13-5 w in over a ra n ked Richmond squad, No. 5 Not re Da me (21) hoped to end quest ions of its consistency when it v isited No. 7 Ma r yla nd on Saturday. However, t he Irish cou ld not rise to t he occasion, as t hey u lt imately suffered a second ha lf collapse a nd dropped a 14-9 decision to t he Terrapins (4-1). Not re Da me surrendered 64 shots, 30 on goa l, but f reshma n goa lie Lia m Entenma nn put for t h a
The Irish headed into their first ACC road trip of the season this weekend after hav ing opened conference play w ith a close loss to NC State and a solid w in over Virginia Tech. Notre Dame (9-5, 2-2 ACC) split its t wo matchups, stay ing steady at 2-2 in ACC play and keeping themselves in solid position in the middle of the standings. First faced w ith the Sy racuse Orange, the Irish started out well. They seized the first point in doubles, w ith Junior Cameron Corse and Freshman Page Freeman starting the day off w ith a w in. Corse would go on to w in her singles match 6-1, 6-3. This gave her three straight singles w ins to open up her ACC season, giving the team an excellent foundation play ing in the
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Notre Dame’s Track and Field team hosted all 15 teams competing in the ACC Championships at the Loftus Sports Center over the weekend. The Irish finished strong, w ith the women’s team finishing in third and the men’s team in fourth. Irish head coach Matt Sparks opened up about the outstanding performances that led to those team placements. “The one thing that stood out for me was women’s hurdles,” Sparks said. “[Senior] Naya Sharp and [senior] Summer Thorpe, the t wo that have been connected in a lot of ways throughout their four years here. They’re both seniors and they’ve trained together for four years. Summer has traditionally had the best of
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first spot. She had allowed her opponents to w in just 11 games to her 36 at that point, dominating the ACC competition. Freeman won her match in a hard fought 6-4, 7-5 straight sets decision, but this was where the w inning stopped for the Irish. The team was unable to get a point out of its players in spots four through six, a group that had gone 2-4 the prior weekend in ACC play. The Irish needed a bit more from their depth players the next day against Boston College, and they received it early and late in the match from Senior Bess Waldram and Sophomore Julia Lilien. Waldram paired up w ith Sophomore Zoe Taylor, and the pair won its doubles match 6-4, helping the Irish seal yet another v ictor y on the doubles court. Cameron Corse was dealt see W TENNIS PAGE 10