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‘One of those special moments’ Tiger Kings again: Irish tame No. 4 Clemson Tigers in 35-14 thrashing

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Irish sophomore running back Audric Estime is lifted above the mob of Notre Dame fans who stormed the field following the team’s 35-14 win over No. 4 Clemson. Estime ran for 104 yards and a touchdown as the Irish run game dominated, totaling 263 yards and two touchdowns in the second upset win over the Tigers in as many home matchups.

By LIAM COOLICAN Associate Sports Editor

For the second time in three years, the Irish faithful found themselves celebrating on the field as Notre Dame knocked off an undefeated Clemson squad.

When junior quarterback Drew Pyne lined up in victory formation and the clock ticked toward zero, fans and students alike spilled onto the field in jubilation.

“I really didn’t want to leave that field,” head coach Marcus Freeman said after the game. “Just [to] spend some time with those students, and, man, this is a game that I’ll never forget.”

Unlike in 2020, when the crowd was limited to mostly students, a sellout crowd got to experience the Irish victory. Also unlike 2020 — a 47-40 double overtime victory — the outcome wasn’t in doubt for nearly as long.

Notre Dame was the far superior team on both sides of the ball, particularly in the trenches. The Irish rushed for 263 yards while limiting Clemson to just 90 yards on the ground. Prior to the game, Clemson’s defensive line–which has multiple projected first-round

picks–had limited opponents to under 90 yards rushing per game.

“We knew going into it that we had to run the ball,” Freeman said.

“You look at every game that we have won, I think we rushed the ball 40 plus times. That’s been our backbone. We knew this defensive line was special, but we couldn’t shy away from our strength.”

The weather was expected to play a significant factor, with winds gusting upwards of 40 miles per hour throughout the day on Saturday. It may have been the weather, or the quality of each team’s defense, but both offenses struggled to gain any traction early on.

It was the special teams unit that provided the early breakthrough for Notre Dame. Thanks to two holding penalties on the Tigers, the Irish forced a three and out on Clemson’s first drive of the game.

Clemson lined up to punt, but junior linebacker Jordan Botelho blocked the kick, and it was recovered in the air and returned for a touchdown by sophomore linebacker Prince Kollie to open the scoring. It was Notre Dame’s sixth blocked punt of the season,

which leads the nation and broke the modern-day school record.

“I challenged that group yesterday. I said, listen, you won’t surprise anybody,” Freeman said.

“Everybody in the country knows you’re coming after a punt. When you find ways to execute and you find ways to play with relentless effort, it doesn’t matter if a team knows you’re coming after a punt or not.”

Junior quarterback Drew Pyne struggled mightily in the first half, completing just 4 of 10 passes for 41 yards. However, Clemson’s D.J. Uiagalelei was not much more effective. He completed 9 of his 12 attempts but ended up with an identical 41 yards.

Uiagalelei was seemingly under pressure every time he dropped back to pass. Notre Dame dialed up the blitz early and often, tallying four sacks in addition to four quarterback hurries. Senior JD Bertrand was particularly effective, tallying 12 total tackles and 2 sacks.

It was a far cry from Uiagalelei’s performance the last time he played in Notre Dame Stadium see VICTORY PAGE 3

Notre Dame refuses to waver in turning season around Matthew Crow Sports Writer

After Notre Dame’s massive upset victory over No. 4 Clemson, after Irish fans stormed the field and after he was met with raucous applause in the tunnels of Notre Dame Stadium, Irish head coach Marcus Freeman was asked a question that initially stumped him.

Why — after a season full of trials and tribulations, stunning losses and great wins — had Notre Dame just dominated one of the best teams in the country?

“You know what? I wish I could explain exactly how this season has gone. You can’t,” Freeman said. “We didn’t foresee this game going that way, this season going this way.”

Freeman, like many fans, probably did not predict an 0-2 start that included a defeat at the hands of Marshall, only the second Irish home loss since 2018. Or that the third would come five weeks later

against Stanford, a team that this week lost 52-14 to Washington State. Three wins against top-25 opponents, including a convincing victory against a playoffcaliber team in Clemson, is more in line with what was expected for Notre Dame.

In hindsight, though, a season like the one that the Irish are having probably should have been expected all along. A first-year head coach, new quarterback and untested skill position players are not typically ingredients found in the recipe for national title contenders. Alabama went 7-6 in their first season under Nick Saban while Georgia finished 8-5 in Kirby Smart’s first year at the helm. Clemson, who has lost just 10 games in the last seven years combined, lost five in Dabo Swinney’s first full season.

Notre Dame was awash in good vibes and positive energy to start the season following an 11-2 finish in 2021, and the hiring of see CROW PAGE 3

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‘I pray for moments like this’: Morrison leads Irish defense in rout

By LIAM COOLICAN Associate Sports Editor

Freshman corner back Benjamin Morrison stepped in front of the pass and was off to the races, sprinting 96 yards into the end zone and the national spotlight.

“I was just running,” Morrison said of his fourthquarter pick six, which changed the score to 28-0 in favor of the Irish and effectively sealed the 35-14 upset victory. “Once I hit the end zone, I knew I scored.”

Saturday night may have been the first time many college football fans had heard of him, but among those at Notre Dame, the freshman cornerback has been steadily building a name for himself since arriving on campus for fall camp.

The former three-star recruit from Phoenix picked the Irish over the likes of Oregon and Washington and was not expected to play a significant role heading into the season. He did not enroll early, but after a strong fall camp and performing well in early season games, he was thrust into the starting lineup prior to the game against BYU, and he hasn’t looked back.

In the season opener against Ohio State, Morrison earned the reputation of someone who won’t back down, briefly jawing with Buckeyes star running

back TreVeyon Henderson before officials stepped in.

“He’s an ultimate competitor that doesn’t get shaken,” head coach Marcus Freeman said.

“It’s really uncommon for a freshman to be like that.”

His attitude might be an anomaly, but Morrison sets his own standard.

“I had high expectations for myself,” Morrison said prior to the loss against Stanford. “You don’t come to Notre Dame just to be average.”

Morrison’s interception against Clemson was the apex of his best game of the season. On the previous drive, Morrison intercepted Clemson’s backup quarterback Cade Klubnik’s only pass of the game to put Notre Dame in great field position at the 14 yard line. It took them just three plays to punch it in and extend the lead to 21-0. “I’ve been taught here, when you’re in that situation, always undercut everything,” he said of his first interception. “I knew if he threw it he would have to pay for it.”

Freeman praised Morrison’s ability to rebound quickly from mistakes.

“Just a mentally tough kid,” Freeman said. “Got a [pass interference] called against him and comes back and gets an interception; and got a ball caught on him and then comes back and gets a pick six.”

He finished the contest with seven total tackles in addition to two interceptions, and an impressive pass breakup on a third down to stop a promising Clemson drive in its tracks.

“I know the player I can be and who God has called me to be,” Morrison said. “All week I knew what type of game this was and I knew they were going to test me off the previous games on what I’ve shown on film. I knew I had to lock in and hone in on what I wanted to accomplish.”

Morrison said he had been struggling with fade routes all season, before his stunning pick six.

“That was kind of cool because I’ve been struggling with that position all year long,” he said. “Back shoulder fade, just getting my eyes back. So today I was really just focused on the details. Once I had them in the position I wanted to, I could have just played to the man, but I trusted my abilities and put my head around there.”

His performance was all the more impressive given his somewhat rocky outing against Syracuse the previous week.

“I was tested a lot,” Morrison said of that game. “I knew I didn’t perform the level I wanted to perform at, so I knew what I wanted to accomplish.”

Morrison has “a special set of parents,” Freeman said.

His father, Darryl, played

in the NFL for four seasons and later became a pastor that “helps him spiritually and mentally stay in the right mindset,” according to Freeman.

He is the youngest of five siblings — all of whom are or were college athletes, competing in football, volleyball and gymnastics. Freeman described his mother, JoAnn, as an “incredible woman,” noting that Morrison’s play and attitude is “a reflection of his upbringing.”

“I gotta give credit to my dad for putting me in the position I am today,” Morrison said after a practice prior to the Stanford game. “He’s really helped me as a young man, as a player.”

Morrison also noted that he calls his mother multiple times every day despite having to balance the rigorous schedule that being a student athlete at Notre Dame entails.

Clemson’s game plan seemed to be to test the young corner throughout the game Saturday, but he was more than ready for the challenge.

“I think the confidence came from the preparation, and once I was able to see things then I knew I was pretty locked in,” Morrison said. “Then once they started testing me and things started going my way, I just felt good so I just kept going.”

The rest of Notre Dame’s secondary was also outstanding Saturday night; they

limited Clemson quarterback DJ Uiagalelei to less than 200 passing yards, two years after he set the record for most passing yards ever by an opposing quarterback at Notre Dame stadium with 439.

Their job was made easier by a front seven that had Uiagalelei under near-constant pressure any time he attempted to drop back to pass. He was sacked four times, hurried four more and hardly had any time to get rid of the ball.

“My team gets all the credit — the front is crazy. They allow all the pressure,” Morrison said. “You come to a school with a good D-line that forces some interceptions, which happened tonight.”

His emergence has been a revelation to a Notre Dame defense which many expected to struggle at cornerback this season. Alongside fellow freshman cornerback Jaden Mickey, who has also seen significant snaps this year and performed well, the position seems to be in good hands for years to come.

“It means everything just because I pray for moments like this, dream of moments like this,” Morrison said. “For it to actually come into full circle is a cool feeling, awesome feeling.”

Contact Liam Coolican at lcoolica@nd.edu

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Clemson game ends in victory and injury Notre Dame fans rush the field after Clemson upset, causing first-year to break her leg was expecting to rush the field if Notre Dame could pull off the win, hoping to experience this once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon and not worrying about the consequences.

By BELLA LAUFENBERG AND PETER BREEN Associate News Editor and News Writer

First-year Macy Gunnell entered Notre Dame Stadium this weekend feeding off the crowd’s energy and looking forward to a fantastic game. She left the field in an ambulance.

The three-loss University of Notre Dame football team upset the No. 4 Clemson Tigers Saturday night, with a final score of 35-14.

This primetime matchup was reminiscent of the 2020 ClemsonNotre Dame game when only socially-distanced students were allowed to watch in person.

Before Saturday’s competition even began, the campus was electric, Gunnell said. Everyone

Broken tibia ‘worth it’ for the win

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“I’m definitely feeling the adrenaline of the game the entire day,” she said. “The whole game, I mean, it was perfect.”

Gunnell, a Saint Mary’s College nursing major, said the feeling in the stadium began to shift when the game was about three minutes away from finishing. This was when she and her friends began to move down section 35,

Fans rush the field after the Notre Dame Fighting Irish beat the Clemson Tigers in 35-14 upset at Notre Dame Stadium Saturday. First-year Macy Gunnell broke her leg after falling over in the crowd of students.

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Spanish Flamenco group to perform

By CLAIRE REID Associate News Editor

Through a week of public performances, a lecture, a dance workshop and a cook ing class, f lamenco dancer Jaime El Estampio and g uitarist A ntonio Herrera promise to bring “t he magic of Spain” to Sout h Bend.

The week of events celebrating Spanish culture, which ta kes place Monday, Nov. 7 t hrough Friday, Nov. 11, was organized by Notre Dame teaching professors of Spanish Tatiana Botero and Elena Mangione-Lora.

Mangione-Lora said t he duo’s goa l is to ma ke interesting cultura l events accessible to t heir students and to t he communit y.

“We want to connect t he events to big, relevant questions,” she said.

The week w ill k ick of f Monday evening at 6 :30 p.m. w it h a public f lamenco performance by El Estampio and Herrera at La Casa de A mistad, 3423 S. Michigan

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St., Sout h Bend. The freebut-ticketed event is open to a ll.

“It’s going to be ama zing, but t he most ama zing t hing of a ll is t he generosit y of t hese t wo musicians.

They were bot h engaged in communit y building and hea ling t hrough t heir f lamenco master Torombo and his school in Sev ille, Spain,” Mangione-Lora said. “They v isited prisons, t he elderly and especia lly centers for t he recover y of drug addiction and promote hea ling t hrough sy nchronicit y, connectedness and being in tune w it h communit y.”

Mangione-Lora said she discovered El Estampio online during t he pandemic when she was tr y ing to learn how to sing f lamenco “cantes,” or songs A fter spea k ing w it h t he dancer a few times, she said she rea lized his ta lent for engaging students.

Botero said, for t wo semesters, she and see FLAMENCO PAGE 4

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Sen. Tim Scott discusses memoir in fireside chat

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Professor Vincent Phillip Munoz reads from U.S. Sen. Tim Scott’s memoir “America, a Redemption Story: Choosing Hope, Creating Unity,” during a fireside chat event at Hesburgh Library Friday morning.

By ISA SHEIKH Associate News Editor

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) struck notes of optimism and unity in a fireside chat on Friday morning, discussing his book “America, A Redemption Story: Choosing Hope, Creating Unity.”

Scott, a potential 2024 presidential candidate who has beefed up his political operation in recent months, released the memoir in August. At an event hosted by the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government, he

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joined political science professor Vincent Phillip Munoz onstage at the Carey Auditorium in Hesburgh Library to discuss various parts of the book, as well as the current state of the country, politics, race and the Republican Party.

With various quips and references to Bible verses scattered throughout his answers to Munoz and audience members, Scott focused on the themes of his new book.

Scott, one of 11 Black members of Congress to have ever served,

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and the first African American to serve in both the House and Senate, visited Notre Dame for the first time this weekend.

“I was looking for Rudy,” Scott joked, “but I didn’t see him.”

Scott touched on the story of a Chick-Fil-A operator whose mentorship changed his life, as well as the impact his grandparents and single mother had in raising him.

He recalled helping his grandfather, whom he disagreed with politically, to vote for Barack Obama. see SCOTT PAGE 4

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A Clemson cheerleader takes a seat in dejection during the Notre Dame vs. Clemson game Saturday night. The Fighting Irish beat the undefeated Tigers in a 35-14 upset, inspiring Irish fans to rush the field in celebration of the victory following the game.

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behind the tuba marching band row, in preparation for what was to come.

Before she reached the field, Gunnell said the crowd was overwhelmingly aggressive, pushing and shoving her into the ground.

“People immediately started springing out from the stands, jumping onto the field, and as that happened, people just progressively started pushing more and more forward,” Gunnell explained. “Then next thing you know, there’s bodies on top of bodies, and I was unfortunately at the bottom of that pile.”

While she was trapped under the pile, Gunnell described the experience as “absolutely terrifying.”

“It was just a complete 180 switch from being excited to rush the field and the next thing you know, I’ve got 20 people on top of me,” she said. “It was scary, I was genuinely scared that I was going to get seriously hurt.”

Gunnell said, although she was grateful for making it out without more serious injuries, she did break her tibia during the commotion.

“As soon as I was able to get out from under the pile, the realization of the pain of what just happened hit me. That’s when I knew that I needed to get someone’s

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attention and get myself out of there,” Gunnell recalled.

She also expressed how thankful she was for the band members and friends that pulled her out and stayed with her for the 30plus minutes it took for the medics to reach her.

After being shuttled out of the stadium by EMTs and going to a nearby hospital in an ambulance, Gunnell said she was huddled in the emergency room waiting room for seven hours with around 10-12 other game day survivors, including some other students and older alumni.

“Funny thing was, whenever I got to the ER, there were actually several students there in the waiting room with me from injuries from the game,” she said.

Gunnell said she spent the whole night in the waiting room, before leaving around 7 a.m. and deciding to try another hospital in the morning. Now, Gunnell said she has a cast, crutches and some good spirits.

“I don’t really think it’s any single person’s fault,” she said. “I think this is a good story. I’d say it’s worth it with the dub that we got.”

Trampled band stays in stands Junior trumpet player Megan Ebner watched the mayhem unfold from the stands.

“When you’re in the band, you represent the University,” Ebner

said.

Band members had complied to band directors’ instructions not to rush the field during the 2020 Clemson upset and understood going into this year’s matchup against the Tigers, they would have to stay put in the event of a field rush.

“We all kind of knew it’s just a general rule that we can’t rush the field,” Ebner said. “[We] stayed in the stands, and it was crazy.”

As the fourth quarter wrapped up, Ebner and the rest of trumpets standing in the final row of the band’s stadium seating struggled to redirect rows of students streaming down the bleachers around the immobile pack of musicians.

“We told the people, ‘You have to go to the left on the right,’ and the ushers were trying their best, but the students really just wanted to get onto the field,” Ebner said. “We were telling them, ‘You can’t come through here. There’s no space. If you tumble down and hit a bass drum, we’re all going down [and] it’s going to hurt a lot, so you need to go around.’”

While students started pushing and piling up, the band could do nothing but attempt to maintain their footing.

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the people and no one really being in control.”

Quarantined students rush to redemption Roommates Andrew Koo and Eddie Walsh were excited to rush the field this time around, after receiving a phone call from the University’s COVID-19 response unit Monday morning of the week leading up to the Clemson game in 2020.

“I knew that I’d be shafted for the game. I was going to be screwed,” now-senior Koo said.

Koo’s roommate in Dillon Hall, Walsh, had been hauled off to The Foundry the day before following a positive COVID test.

“I had tested positive, and so obviously, that put me and Andrew in quarantine,” Walsh said. “Me for the next 10 days [and] Andrew for the next week — both out for the game.”

Koo was in denial, anticipating the game to be one of the biggest nights of his four years of college.

“I tried everything I could on the phone with the quarantine people,” Koo said. “I considered not even showing up to the Joyce Center to go.”

As Koo tried to rationalize the situation, he said he couldn’t help but feel hurt seeing the social media posts, knowing that he’d have to carry this missed opportunity in the back of his mind for the rest of his college career.

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Walsh meanwhile, maintains that that night was the best day of a “pent-up” fall 2020 semester.

“I’m standing on a balcony on Eddy Street screaming. Everyone in town is going wild,” he said.

Koo and Walsh were watching the game together in the student section this Saturday. With each Irish score, they grew more and more excited about a chance for field-rushing redemption.

“We were just looking at each other at each touchdown and then next, thinking, ‘Oh my God, we’re actually gonna be able to do this,’” Koo said.

Though the journey from high up in the stands was daunting, there was something freeing about throwing caution to the wind on the way to the field.

“At one point, my foot got caught under a bleacher and I was like, ‘Oh, this is it. I’m breaking an ankle,” Walsh said. “But luckily nothing bad happened. It seemed like everyone had a good time.”

Koo and Walsh never thought that after their sophomore year, they’d ever get a chance to rush the field again.

“Last night felt a lot sweeter, knowing the situation,” Koo said.

“Especially since it was our senior year, and we were able to finally do that. It was a great feeling.”

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London Gateway acquires Chesterton artifacts

By GABBY BEECHERT News Writer

The University of Notre Dame London Global Gateway Program hosted a ceremony Oct. 27 honoring the acquisition of the G.K. Chesterton Collection.

The collection, the only surviving individual connected to the Chesterton family circle and curated by Chesterton expert Aidan Mackey, contains an assemblage of writings and personal artifacts belonging to the esteemed English Catholic author.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, born in London in 1874, was a renowned journalist, poet, artist and writer of fiction. His writings explored an array of topics, such as philosophy, theology, Catholic social teaching, literary criticism, history and more.

Over the course of his lifetime, he wrote 80 books, several hundred poems, 200 short stories, 4,000 essays and several plays. He is also

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Scott said the ability of the country to move from the prejudice his grandfather had experienced to electing an African American president represented the ability of the United States to advance.

He described his personal experience confronting race and racism, including “being pulled over for DWB — driving while Black — more than twenty times.” In 2016, he delivered a viral speech to the Senate about those experiences, which included being asked to provide identification and being physically barred from entering the Capitol as a sitting congressman despite wearing the House or Senate pin on his lapel.

Scott said that blame over issues

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Mangione-Lora inv ited El Estampio to give v irtua l lectures to Notre Dame students.

Students “fell in love w it h his charisma, energ y and natura l teaching abilities,” she said.

“The students were ver y ent husiastic about t he v isit in t heir ref lections and eva luations. We even got word t hat t here was an uptick in applications to t he Toledo, Spain, study abroad program,” Mangione-Lora said.

The next year, in 2021, Botero and Mangione-Lora brought El Estampio to t he Sout h Bend Civ ic Theatre and Holy Cross Elementar y School to perform for t he communit y and loca l students.

Botero said t his year w ill include more loca l school v isits and greater involvement from Notre Dame

well-known for his mystery novels starring Catholic priest and detective Father Brown.

Upon Chesterton’s death in 1936, Chesterton’s possessions were left to his wife Frances and Dorothy Collins, his secretary who became like a daughter to him. Collins donated the material to the British Library, and this collection was later acquired by Mackey.

Sometime after Chesterton’s death, Mackey said he got a call from the British Library stating they had Chesterton memorabilia in their possession, and they would like to give it to him.

“I’ve still not recovered from this great richness of stuff,” Mackey said in an interview with Notre Dame London Global Gateway.

“I’ve known people who’ve been involved with the British Library, and they too share my astonishment that this should happen just as casually as that. I’m not even sure that I signed for anything.”

Since his initial acquisition of the collection, Mackey said it has grown bit by bit, over many decades. The collection, he said, is home to primarily Chesterton memorabilia, not just his writings.

The collection includes items such as Collins’ typewriter, used

by Collins as Chesterton would dictate his thoughts to her, Chesterton’s hat, all the volumes of “G.K. Weekly,” a publication run

by Chesterton beginning in 1925 until his death in 1936, his toy theaters and his drawings. These include drawings from when he was as young as 6-years-old, to doodles in his books that cover entire pages.

“I’m sorry to criticize him, but he was a vandal with books,” Mackey said. “His cigars and his books at school and at home, wherever he was, covered page after page with extravagant doodles and so on, not just in the margins but right across the text.”

Other personal items that are part of the collection, Mackey said, include the academic gown made at Edinburgh University, Chesterton’s favorite pen, some dolls and puppets collected by his wife, and the things that were in his pockets and at his bedside table when he died. This includes his spectacles, his rosary and a paperback copy of one of Ernest Bramah’s “Kai Lung” novels.

Chesterton, as Mackey said, “had the gift of appealing to people with widely different views,” and the University hopes the collection draws interest not only from Chesterton fans but from individuals who may resonate with one of the many aspects of his work.

“There is a universality in the appeal of this collection,” Ronan Doheny, the G.K. Chesterton archivist at London Global Gateway, said. “The collection will appeal to fans of Chesterton, to our students, to historians, to Catholics, to

students of theater, and this collection just shows how extraordinary and universal of a man he was.”

The Notre Dame London Global Gateway’s acquisition of the Chesterton Collection holds great significance to the University because of Chesterton’s special connection to the school. In 1930, Chesterton was named a visiting professor at the University’s main campus and was granted an honorary degree.

David Fagerberg, professor of theology, said Chesterton gave 36 lectures in Washington Hall during his 6-week stint as a professor, and about 500 students attended each lecture. Before his departure, Fagerberg said, Chesterton wrote a poem about Notre Dame entitled “The Arena” after attending the first football game in the new Notre Dame stadium against Navy.

of race and policing lie on both sides of the political spectrum.

“If you think the country is irreparably broken and racist to the core, you look for it, darn near celebrate it. The other side seems to suggest that if you see any racism at all, you’re just thinking about 1865, and you’re stuck in the past.

I think if you’re going to have an honest conversation about race in America, I think you have to share both sides of the ledger. You honestly have to understand that life is harder for some people based on the color of their skin than it is for other people,” Scott said. “That doesn’t mean we haven’t made incredible progress at the same time.”

Scott’s proposed legislation around police reform in the summer of 2020 was blocked by Senate

Democrats.

The topic of Donald Trump came up, and Scott recounted saying the former president had “lost his moral authority” in the wake of the 2017 Charlottesville Unite The Right rally.

He said the condemnation led to a conversation with Trump, one that ultimately allowed for Scott to shepherd his “Opportunity Zones” proposal into law. The initiative directed the governors of each state to designate economicallydistressed communities that were ripe for investment and tie them to a federal tax incentive to drive private investment. It has brought “almost 80 billion dollars into the poorest communities in this country,” Scott said.

“I thank God almighty that …

President Trump was deferential

enough to listen and then act as opposed to trying to defend his comments. We didn’t come to the conclusion where we were on the same side of racial history — I don’t want to pretend like we did. We didn’t need to, though,” Scott said.

Scott says the conversation led to a positive working relationship.

“From that moment forward, there was a new level of respect, and we worked on funding for historically Black colleges and universities that we took to the highest level ever. We worked on sickle cell anemia funding. We brought the unemployment rate for African Americans and Hispanics and Asians to the lowest level in the history of this country. We did that together,” he said of his relationship with Trump. “We did all that together as a result of the conflict

in Charlottesville, so thank God for a president who listened in that moment.”

Scott also looked forward during the event.

He unsuccessfully predicted a Clemson win over Notre Dame, 31-23. He also spoke to Republican chances in the midterm elections, warning that the “road to socialism” runs through division in the GOP. “On Tuesday, I think we’ll be happy that we coalesced around our candidates no matter what side of the Republican Party you may or may not be in. I think we’re far more unified about winning and restoring sanity to the country than we’ve ever been,” he said.

students.

“We k now t he impact live performances and access to t he artist have on t he students,” Botero said.

“We have worked hard to ma ke t he events … accessible to a ll. We wanted to ma ke sure t hat buy ing a ticket was not an obstacle to come and enjoy t he histor y and movement t hat forged f lamenco.”

Notre Dame Internationa l and t he Nanov ic Institute for European Studies, bot h sponsors of t he week’s events, a lso have a goa l for t he events: “To open hearts and minds toward Europe … to rea lly see t he margins and to recognize and celebrate t he internationa l loca lly,” MangioneLora said.

“Flamenco does a ll of t hese t hings,” she continued. “It is one of t he most recognizable art forms to come from Spain, but it was born of t he margins of

t he persecuted Roma people origina lly from t he east w it h contributions from Spaniards, A fricans from t he sout h and instruments from t he Sout h A merican continent like t he cajon from Peru.”

from 6 to 7 p.m. at Ironhand Wine Bar, and attendees can stay af ter ward to put t heir newly-acquired dance sk ills into practice. The workshop is $15.

Thursday night w ill feature anot her free-butticketed performance by El Estampio and Herrera, t his time on campus in t he DeBartolo Performing A rts Center’s Leighton Concert Ha ll at 7 p.m.

Tickets can be reser ved online at dpactickets.nd.edu.

Fina lly, Friday w ill conclude t he week w it h t wo f un, interactive events. At 5 p.m., Caroly nn HinesJohnson of Spanish Rose Dance Studio, a sma ll f lamenco studio in Sout h Bend, w ill host a f lamenco workshop.

“It’s rea lly specia l … because t here is litt le access to aut hentic f lamenco close to Sout h Bend, even in Chicago,” MangioneLora said. “Last year, we

had people come from Goshen, Chicago and Indianapolis.”

At 7 p.m., t he Spanish Club w ill hold a cook ing class. To sign up or get more information on t he cook ing class, email ND.spanish1@nd.edu.

Mangione-Lora said she encourages students to get dressed up and enjoy t he week’s events w it h friends.

“The week is a celebration of art as movement, as a means of expression, as [a] channel for pain, an x iet y, loneliness, as a ref uge from persecution, as a proud manifestation of identit y,” she said. “It is an inv itation to share in t he histor y, beaut y, pain, movement and joy t hat is f lamenco and an inv itation to communit y as we experience it toget her.”

A week celebrating art and emotion Follow ing Monday’s performance, Tuesday afternoon w ill feature a public lecture on t he Notre Dame campus in 305 Bond Ha ll.

The lecture by associate professor of ant hropolog y A lex Chavez, tit led “Verses and Flows: Migrant Lives and t he Sounds of Crossing,” w ill ta ke place from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday night, students w ill have t he opportunit y to get offcampus and attend a f lamenco dance workshop put on by Sout h Bend Latin Dance.

The workshop ta kes place

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By CLAIRE McKENNA Scene Writer

Wa r is aw f u l. Most ever yone bel ieves t hat, but t hose w it hout f i rst ha nd ex per ience ca n not t r u ly g ra sp t he hor rors of wa r. “A l l Qu iet on t he Wester n Front” does a stel la r job of i mpa r t i ng t he deva stat ion of wa r onto its v iewers. Before I d ig deeper i nto my rev iew of t he mov ie, however, I’d l i ke to g ive t wo qu ick d iscla i mers. Fi rst, I have never read t he book “A l l Qu iet on t he Wester n Front,” nor have I watched t he prev ious 1930 a nd 1979 f i l m adaptat ions. Second, bewa re because spoi lers l ie a head.

T he f i l m centers a rou nd Pau l Bau mer (Fel i x Ka m merer), a 17-yea r-old f resh out of school who decides to en l ist i nto World Wa r I w it h h is g roup of f r iends. On t he Wester n Front, t he boys a lso become close w it h Sta n islaus “Kat” Katczi nsk y (A lbrecht Schuch) a nd Tjaden Stack f leet (Ed i n Ha sa nov ic). T he mov ie spends most of its t i me w it h Bau mer, but it a lso g ives some at tent ion to ot her stor yl i nes a s wel l — ma i n ly t he ef for t s of Mat t h ia s Erzberger (Da n iel Br u h l) to end t he wa r a nd G enera l Fr ied r ichs ( Dev id St r iesow) to keep t he wa r goi ng.

T he mov ie is v isua l ly st u n n i ng w it h ever y shot i ncluded by d i rector Edwa rd Berger leav i ng

By ROSE ANDROWICH Scene Writer

Cat a r i na Va sconcelos’s “T he Met a mor phosi s of Bi rd s” tel l s a beaut i f u l stor y of her fa m i ly l i fe. Va sconcelos’ v i sua l stor y tel l i ng f u r t her showc a ses her t a lent . Cater i na w rote, d i rec ted a nd app e a r e d i n t h i s d o c u m e nt a r y. W it h i n t h e i m a g e s i n t h e m ov ie , t h e i m p or t a n c e of v i s u a l s b e c om e s c le a r.

T h e c on c e pt of b e i n g a e s t h e t ic a l l y ov e rw h e l m e d pr o v id e s a s h a r p c ont r a s t t o t h e lo w pr o d u c t ion q u a l it y of m a n y ot h e r f i l m s .

A t t h e e nd of t h e f i l m , I r e a l i z e d t h a t e v e r y f r a m e w a s e x t r e m e l y i nt e nt ion a l . T h r ou g h Va s c on c e lo s’s m e t ic u lou s v i s u a l or g a n i z at ion , s h e a t t e m pt s t o i l l u s t r a t e i m p or t a nt t h e m e s a b out w h a t m a t t e r e d m o s t t o e a c h m e m b e r of t h e f a m i l y.

T h e n a r r a t i v e b e g i n s w it h C a t e r i n a’s g r a ndp a r e nt s , He n r iq u e a nd B e a t r i z . He n r iq u e i s n o w i n r e s id e nt i a l c a r e a nd f e e l s a s t h ou g h h e h a s lo s t c ont r ol of h i s b o d y. T h e id e a of t h e b o d y i s a r e c u r r i n g t h e m e t h r ou g h out t h e

a st rong i mpact. One t h i ng t hat i m med iately st ick s out is h is choice to i nclude br ief shot s of nat u re i n bet ween some of t he most g r uesome scenes. I fou nd t hat t hese qu ick v iews of nat u re made t he prev ious bloody scenes stay w it h me more t ha n i f t he mov ie had just t ra nsit ioned st ra ig ht i nto t he nex t piece of plot. T he nat u re shot s gave me a second to ref lect on what I had just seen a nd how aw f u l it must have been for World Wa r I sold iers. A not her g reat choice by Berger wa s to t ra nsit ion f rom t he mud a nd cold of t he t renches to t he fa nci f u l f i ner y of t he gover n ment a nd m i l ita r y of f icia ls. T he qu ick cuts bu i lt my a nger at just how out of touch t hose i n power were about t he cond it ions t hei r sold iers were i n.

T he act i ng i n t h is mov ie wa s a lso top t ier, pa rt icu la rly t he act i ng of Ka m merer. T here wa s a scene where Bau mer — t rapped i n a pit w it h a n opposi ng sold ier — stabs t he ma n to deat h on ly to have to l isten a s t he ot her ma n slowly d ies.

Ka m merer’s por t raya l of t he va r ious emot ions Bau mer felt wh i le t he ot her ma n d ied wa s hea r t w rench i ng. But ever y actor beaut i f u l ly played t hei r pa r t i n t he mov ie a s wel l. I had no choice but to be sucked i n to feel for (a nd i n t he ca se of Erzberger, aga i nst) a l l t hese cha racters.

“A l l Qu iet on t he Wester n Front” shone

pa r t icu la rly i n t he l it t le moments a nd deta i ls i ncluded. For ex a mple, t he mov ie sta r ts by port ray i ng t he deat h of a sold ier na med Hei n r ich.

W hen Bau mer receives h is m i l ita r y u n i for m w it h Hei n r ich’s na me on it, he t h i n k s t hat t he u n i for m si mply belongs to someone else — not t hat t he someone it belonged to wa s dead. T h is l it t le moment wa s a n a ma z i ng met hod of port ray i ng Bau mer’s — i n nocence t hat he is qu ick ly goi ng to lose on t he bat t lef ield. Ot her l it t le deta i ls l i ke t he bu l let hole t hat stays i n Bau mer’s hel met t h roug hout t he mov ie a nd t he shot at t he end of t he f i l m of a poster t hat Bau mer’s dead f r iend put up, bu i lt up layers of emot iona l dept h i n t he f i l m.

W h i le t here a re a spects of t he f i l m t hat cou ld use a l it t le i mprovement ( besides Kat, a l l Bau mer’s f r iends lack mea n i ng f u l cha racter i zat ion), t he f i l m overa l l is superb. Ever y second of t he f i l m I spent on t he edge of my seat wa iti ng to see what wou ld happen nex t, a nd I felt deeply for a l l t he ha rdsh ips t hat Bau mer a nd h is f r iends went t h roug h du r i ng t hei r t i me on t he Wester n Front. If you wa nt a mov ie t hat pu l ls you i n a nd does not let go, look no fa r t her t ha n “A l l Qu iet on t he Wester n Front.”

f i l m . T h e d e t e r ior a t ion of t h e b o d y i s f u r t h e r e n h a n c e d t h r ou g h t h e d y n a m ic v i s u a l s .

T h e i m a ger y of l a nd s c a p e s of t he g a rden, s e a a nd t he mou nt a i n s a r e m a g n i f ic ent . T he fe eli ng t he s e i m a ge s i nv oke d w a s a moment w her e y ou f i nd y ou r se l f t a k e n a b a c k b y it s s h e e r b e a ut y. T h e g a r d e n i m a g e r y w a s b e s t h i g hl i g ht e d w it h i n t h e s c e n e w h e r e t h e p l a nt s a r e s h o w n t o b e o v e r t a k i n g t h e h ou s e . E v e n a f t e r lo s s a nd g r ie f, t h e g a r d e n c ont i nu e s t o g r o w.

T h e g a r d e n i s s h o w n t o b e on e of m a n y t h i n g s t h a t B e a t r i z ( A n a M a r g a r id a Va s c on c e lo s ) t o ok c a r e of t h r ou g h out t h e f i l m . B e a t r i z ’s lo v e s t or y w it h He n r iq u e i s t old b e a ut i f u l l y.

B e a t r i z a nd He n r iq u e w r it e e a c h ot h e r le tt e r s , but , i n t h e e nd h e r e q u e s t s t h e le t t e r s b e bu r n e d . He i s u n a b le t o d o t h i s d u e t o h i s s ic k n e s s , s o it i s le f t t o h i s f a m i l y. T h e y g r a p p le w it h t h e f e e l i n g s of n ot w a nt i n g to bu r n t he let ter s but w a nt i ng to honor Hen r ique’s w i sh.

T h i s f i l m h ig h l ig ht s t he ma ny respon sibi l it ies t hese women have. Com ment a r ies on soc iet a l ex pec t at ion s a re ex plored i n a v a r iet y

of d i f fer ent w ay s. T he ide a of w om a n ho o d i s e v en s how n w it h i n a s hot of a w a l l s o c ket t h at i s at t ac he d to t he w a l l s w it hout b ei ng a ble to mov e. W it hout t he s o c ket s, t her e w ou ld b e no l ig ht .

T h i s v ie w i s c ont r a s ted w it h w hat men w ho a re p or t r a y e d p l u g s . T h e y c a n m o v e a r ou nd a s t h e y w i s h a nd p l u g i nt o w h ic h e v e r s o c k e t t h e y l i k e . T h e y a r e n ot a w a r e of t h e d i f f e re n c e s b e t w e e n m e n a nd w om e n . Wom e n a r e e x p e c t e d t o c o ok , h a v e c h i ld r e n a nd t a k e c a r e of t h e f a m i l y. T h e p or t r a y a l of g e nd e r pr o v ide d s i m i l a r it ie s a nd d i f f e r e n c e s t o A m e r ic a n s o c ie t a l e x p e c t a t ion s .

B e a t r i z i s a c u lt i v a t or of l i f e t h r ou g h b ot h h e r c h i ld r e n a nd h e r g a r d e n . B e a t r i z a nd He n r iq u e’s s t or y i s a pr om i n e nt p a r t of t h e d o c u m e nt a r y. He n r iq u e’s s t or y i n v ok e s t h e i m a g e r y of t h e o c e a n , bu t t h e i m a g e r y of t h e o c e a n i s n ot l i m it e d t o h i s s t o r y. T h e c l o s i n g shot show s Cater i na a nd Hen r ique pu sh i ng a boat out i nto t he sea w it h a t ree i nside.

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We go jim

Inside Column

A controversial column Bella Laufenberg Associate News Editor

An inside column can be many things: Funny, cliche, informational, emotional, controversial or otherwise. When I realized (a bit too late) that I had an inside column due this Sunday, I had a decision to make.

I’ve already covered funny-ish when I told the campus that I was using Taylor Swift’s Red to recover from a break-up. And my last column was emotional, a detailed account of my mental health struggles and my journey to self-compassion — which I am still working on to this day.

I decided I wanted to try my hand at a Ryan Peters-esque controversial column.

Unlike Ryan’s tie to athletic endeavors (see: making physical education a requirement again and removing the last names off the football team’s jerseys), I don’t particularly care about the sports program outside of cheering on our teams at games. My love of sports lies in Wisconsin and the Packer’s horrible season, definitely not in the nuances of college football or gym class (which I did everything in my power to avoid as a high schooler).

But nonetheless, throughout my time here, I too have collected a myriad of “unpopular” opinions. Are they horribly wrong and extremely unimportant?

Probably, but I have a column to write and no other ideas.

My top controversial Notre Dame-themed opinions (separated into sections in true Bella fashion) 1. Southwest salad >>> Starting off strong with my least unpopular opinion (I think). When I first got to campus in the year of our Lord 2020, one of the first stories I wrote was an update to the dining halls with the new COVID-19 regulations. During my interview, the administrators told me that one of their top priorities was bringing back the popular Southwest salad. Unbeknownst to me as a newbie to the tri-campus and to journalism, this salad would change my life.

Okay, maybe that’s a little dramatic, but I adore it. You can ask my friends, and I’m sure they will attest to the fact that I wholeheartedly love getting my Southwest salad every Thursday. I also gave a class presentation once about the powers of this mystical salad, embarrassing but true. Although I’ve been slacking lately, I know I can always count the NDH ladies for a great midweek pick up.

2. Scooters are helpful if you know how to use them All right, this one might be a little farfetched, but I am a sucker for convenience.

In my sophomore year, I started doing undergraduate research in a biology lab that is located across the street in the Indiana School of Medicine (in the same building as the Harper Cancer Research Center). Very quickly, I realized that the 20+ minute walk in the South Bend winter was NOT IT. So, like a diligent daughter, I begged my father to buy me a fancy electric scooter like all the athletes have (does Notre Dame have a partnership with Go-Trax??).

And though I definitely don’t look as cool as the football players, I can be seen scooting by whenever I have an over 5-minute walk or am running late (always).

A caveat to this opinion is that I am a respectful scooter user, I promise. I only use the roads or unoccupied sidewalks and never zoom past people at 15+ mph, which is downright rude honestly.

3. North quad (and NDH) is supreme As a resident of the wonderful (if a tad problematic) Breen-Phillips Hall, I am a North Quad girlie through and through.

I am already nostalgic about summer evenings when music blasts from speakers in either Zahm, Keenan or Stanford Halls, and everyone fills out the small lawn with blankets and outdoor games. I feel at home in NDH, which is a little tacky but can somehow always be counted on to be playing bops and bangers at dinner (and has debatably better food). I love that we have a great view of the Dome and short walks to almost anywhere you need to go (cue my one morning class in Geddes Hall!).

Plus, we’re closer to the fire station for those 4 a.m. fire alarms … And after all, who can resist the beautiful women of Farley Hall? Certainly not Fr. Jenkins or me.

4. The Observer is the best student group on campus I detect no bias in that statement … But on a real note, my Notre Dame experience would not be what it is without the Observer. It’s been my home from the first week on campus, and I would consider my colleagues who work alongside me to be some of my closest friends. I’ll leave it there before I get too sentimental, but let’s both look forward to an amazing goodbye column in T-minus a year and a half.

If you got all the way through this, thank you. I think this was a real bonding experience. Please send me your craziest Notre Dame (or otherwise) controversial opinions. I would love to debate or agree with you, possibly over a Southwest salad lunch?

Contact Bella at ilaufenb@nd.edu (or by looking for the one person who doesn’t look athletic with a scooter).

The views expressed in this Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Jonah Tran De Re Publica

Gym bro 1: Hey, bro, you want to try my effective 2 RIR push day that I use as Push A on my current mesocycle?

Gym bro 2: Brah, just lift heavy circles. Eat big, get big, brah!

Gym bro 1: Bro, since it sounds like you dirty bulk, you really should calculate your basal metabolic rate. That will ensure you are eating optimally for muscle growth, bro.

Gym bro 2: Brah, you aren’t even aesthetic! I’ve seen you mirin’ me, brah!

Gym bro 1: Bro, all you do is ego lift, bro.

Gym bro 2: Brah, I’m just trying to become a Greek g— Gym bro 3: Grab your forbidden pre, boys! We go jim!

Gym bro 1 and 2: We go jim!

By now, you are probably confused, wondering what Neanderthalic nonsense you just read. Let me introduce you to gym culture. If you are a male, if you consistently workout in a gym, you are a gym bro. If you are a female, if you consistently workout in a gym, then you are a gym girl. It is that simple to be a part of the community.

This informal association of people from the ages roughly between 15 and 28 interacts primarily through social media. TikTok, Instagram, YouTube are the sites where fitfluencers, or fitness influencers, post content: daily vlogs, workout guides, meal prep ideas or anything gym related. Think of fitfluencers as the leaders of the gym community. Hundreds of thousands of people consume their content, and in many cases, gym-goers idolize these fitfluencers. “Idolize” is to be understood in the sense of basing a large proportion of one’s personality on the content or ideas produced by the community. To harken back to the initial dialogue, the obscure gym bro slang is a product of fitfluencers, past and current.

Beginning in the late 2000s with Aziz Shavershian, more commonly known as “Zyzz,” the gym community was created by young muscular men who essentially posted videos of themselves flexing on YouTube. Since then, more and more similar content has been produced.

From the way I have explained its origin, you might think of gym culture as bizarre, off-putting and cringey.

However, I will say that this culture has developed into something more meaningful than half-naked men flexing in a maenadic frenzy. The most impactful quality of gym bro culture is its ability to simultaneously welcome and encourage young people. The culture extends a warm welcome to those just starting in the gym by offering educational resources via social media about the basics with respect to tips on form, workout plans and dieting. Members of this community invariably want to see their peers, who might be on the fringe about getting started working out, become their best selves. This is due to the perhaps overused cliche:

everyone starts somewhere. But yes, even the most elite athletes or experts in anything had humble beginnings.

Just taking the leap to start working out is itself an achievement, and it is an achievement that every gym goer wants for potential gym bros and girls.

Overall, the gym culture ought not be reduced to the sarcastic inside jokes or its questionable origins but rather defined by its accepting, welcoming community.

Take the titular phrase: “We go jim.”

Note the lack of preposition and the misspelling of “gym.” This is quite a common phrase on gym bro social media. At face value, the joke lies in the implication of a gym bro’s inability to think or speak rationally; however, I think of “we go jim” as a dictum in the gym bro language. The curt vocabulary expresses how deciding to go workout ought not be complicated by one’s excuses or laziness — those do not matter. It is a simple affirmation that one will go to the gym no matter what.

There is a similar theme with “lift heavy circles” and “eat big, get big.”

These are syncopations of elaborate explanations of the benefits of compound exercises and calorie surpluses, respectively. But there is common thread of a mentality defined by simplicity, which is beneficial not only for one’s fitness goals but also any goal.

Life is already complicated; do not make it more complicated by personal complications, excuses, laziness and everything in between. Thinking of one’s goals in a machine-like manner, a binary code perhaps, is an incredibly empowering mentality. Will I go to the gym today? Yes or no? Will I study for my chemistry midterm? Yes or no?

It liberates one from “going through the motion” in life.

And so, it is apparent that there is more to working out than just physical training. When one consistently trains the body, he or she is also training the mind to adopt discipline and determination. There will invariably be a bleeding-over effect into other parts on one’s life. Take the Latin adage: mens sana in corpore sano. A healthy mind in a healthy body.

As a gym bro myself, I attest that these benefits are truthful. I started working out only four years ago. I had no prior knowledge of dieting or proper lifting form: I could not even do 10 pushups. So, I took the initiative by educating myself through YouTube videos. I learned. I became stronger.

I looked better. I felt better. Fast forward to now, when my Instagram feed is populated by scantily clad muscular men, and I have a severe caffeine addiction. Funny how that turned out.

Jonah Tran is a first-year at Notre Dame double majoring in Finance and Economics and minoring in Classics.

Although fully embracing the notorious title of a “Menbroza,” he prides himself on being an Educated Young Southern Gentleman. Contact Jonah at jtran5@ nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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The cult of the line in the sand Carlos Basurto Eudaemonic Banter

Once upon a time, two brothers lived in the Cult of the Line in the Sand.

The younger of the two, who went by the name of Leba, had been taught by his older brother about the danger of the Line. The Line marked the end of the village to the south, extending beyond the horizon into the sunset and sunrise. The Line was final, unchanging and the product of the Wise Elders who had first implanted It onto the sand. The Line was to be respected, nay, venerated — for It was the sole defense against the Outside. Thus, the Line was not to be questioned.

“He who disturbs the Line has no choice but to bear Its judgement,” His brother had told him. Leba did not like the way darkness flashed behind his brother’s eyes whenever he spoke of the Line. Leba could not bring himself to ask what happened to those that received Its judgement.

Only the Council was allowed to trek up the hill that marked the edge of the village to convene next to the Line when making decisions. The Council was composed of the greatest devotees of the Line, handpicked by the collective to impart Its divine will. As such, they too were to be respected.

“The Council protects our way of life, Leba,” His brother reminded him frequently. “They uphold a great responsibility; none but them could keep the Others on the Outside.”

The Outside was ruled by the Others. They were barbaric and did not understand the ways of the Line.

Worst of all, they did not respect It. If one does not follow the Line, they are bound to be judged by It. For the Line always knows better. Men are flexible; men are fallible; men are corruptible. The Line is not. The Line chose those to reside within it, the Chosen Few, and those that did not, the Others. The Chosen Few are to

lead the world and cleanse its evils, for that is the duty imparted upon them by the Line.

Then, one evening as Leba played on the shore of the lake, he met another child. Her eyes were mismatched, her skin was the color of sand and her hair so interlocked that the wind could not toy with it.

Leba had never seen her before.

“Who are you?” Leba asked.

“Caasi.” She replied meekly.

“Are you one of the Others?” In response, she turned her head to the side in slight confusion. Leba’s breathing began to accelerate; the Others were notoriously dangerous. She was unpredictable. He had to find his brother; he would know how to deal with her.

“Why do your people hate us so much?” She said, her brow wrinkled into an anguished expression on the verge of tears. Leba was stunned; the Others were not capable of emotion. It was bound to be an act, his mind alerted him. Yet, his heart skipped a beat. Her tears looked as salty as his.

“It was not a choice for us to make. The Line judged so.” In the corners of his soul, there was an unmistakable feeling of pity, even though he knew it was pointless. No one but the Line could change the situation. It was no fault of his. But … it was no fault of hers either.

“What line!?” She stood up, her sorrow evolving into anger. Leba flinched backwards, instinctively wondering whether someone would hear his screams were he to be attacked. “You speak on and on about this fabled line, this great line that supersedes all authority, this line that has chosen I am inferior and worthy of pain by your hand! That is but a lie!” Her chest trembled as each sentence sent shockwaves through her entire body. She raised her arm. Leba braced for the aggression but instead she extended an index finger. Caasi pointed at him. “This line does not control your actions, you do. The line is not responsible, you are. Only you are to blame.”

Leba remained speechless. Caasi’s heavy breathing

faded away, as did the sun on the horizon. The blood reds melted into feeble violets as the divided world entered its slumber.

“Arbitrary and cruel — simply, despicable, that is what you are.” There was no fury in her voice any longer, only a crushing melancholy. “How does your being born here make you any different? Any more special? How have you defined your entire being by a line drawn in the sand? That is … pitiful.”

He had no reply.

After some time, she walked away, silently blending into the night. Leba would not move an inch for hours.

He never saw her again. His brother, Naic, would tell him to forget about her, that she never existed to begin with and to never let an Other’s opinion influence his own. He said that their brains worked differently, that their culture was inherently violent and that their voices should be ignored for their own safety. Yet no matter how hard he tried, Leba would always remember the sadness in her gaze. One that could not possibly be fraudulent.

Atop the hill south of the village, where the Council convened and conversed on the manners with which to keep the Others in the Outside, where Cassi would later that morning face her judgement, no line in the sand was anywhere to be seen.

Carlos A. Basurto is a first-year at Notre Dame ready to delve into his philosophy major with the hopes of adding the burden of a Computer Science major on top of that. When not busy you can find him consuming yet another 3+ hour-long analysis video of a show he has yet to watch or masochistically completing every achievement from a variety of video games. Now with the power to channel his least insane ideas, feel free to talk about them via email at cbasurto@nd.edu (he is, tragically, very fond of speaking further about anything at all).

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Gun sense is common sense in this election After news about the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Hank Milius picked up his wife, a retired fourth-grade teacher, from the airport. He could tell that she had not yet heard the news and made sure that they did not listen to the radio or watch TV. He wanted to give her “one night of blissful ignorance” before he broke the news to her. In the morning he let her know what happened, and she burst into tears.

Less than two months into the school year, South Bend schools have already seen at least three instances of gun possession with three students less than 17-years-old. In two of these instances, shots were fired. A student at John Adams High School rightfully states that gun violence is the biggest issue in South Bend today causing “students as well as the community stress and concern.”

Gun violence in the United States and specifically in South Bend is a painful reality for many students, teachers and members of the community. Even though 90% of Hoosiers support background checks, Indiana still fails to pass legislation to implement them. To show South Bend, Ind. and the United States that the people of South Bend want more gun legislation, we must vote for gun-sense candidates to represent us in government.

A gun-sense candidate is a contender for a political office who seeks to implement safer regulations into the purchase and handling of guns. They essentially advocate for gun control laws, which would end up restricting gun ownership and lowering the impact of gun violence on American citizens. They support

different methods to reduce gun violence like requiring background checks for the purchase of firearms, raiing the minimum age for gun purchases, and the enforcement of mandatory safety features to reduce the number of accidental gun deaths. They also suport assault rifle bans which consist of dismissin g the sale and production of “all semiautomatic rifles that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one military feature.”

To reduce gun violence in South Bend, we must vote for gun-sense candidates this November and every election. Two candidates on the ballot in this election who have pledged to address the threat of gun violence are Thomas McDermott for the U.S. Senate and Melinda Fountain for the State Senate.

McDermott, a Navy veteran, currently serves as the mayor of Hammond, Ind. As a father of four, he is familiar with the fear every parent experiences sending their children to school after reading the latest headline reporting yet another school shooting.

He supports a ban on military-style assault rifles — the weapon used to kill seven and injure another 48 Americans as they tried to celebrate the 4th of July in Highland Park, Ill. Melinda Fountain agrees with Ind. law enforcement that Hoosiers should have a permit to carry firearms. Permit-less carry laws are associated with a 13% increase in gun homicides and a 29% increase in violent gun crimes. She shares the opinion of 90% of Hoosiers that every gun sale should require a background check, a policy corresponding with 15% fewer

homicides than in states without background checks.

Both of these candidates agree that gun violence is a public safety issue our elected officials must address. Gun safety is not teaching children to cower in the corner of their classrooms. Gun safety is taking proactive measures to ensure that no child ever finds themselves in that position. We should not have to live in fear of gun violence while our representatives fail to deliver policies proven to decrease it.

With every mass shooting, we mourn the lives lost as a result of gun violence and fear for the safety of those we love. We should use this as motivation for change in politicians and current flawed gun legislation. As a nation, we can stand together to prevent any more losses. By participating in midterm elections and electing gun-sense candidates, we can create a safer environment for those around us, as well as work to make this country a safer place for students, teachers and every other citizen of this country.

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No. 12 Irish swept by No. 3 Minnesota

By RYAN MURPHY Sports Writer

The No. 12 Notre Dame Fighting Irish hockey team fell t w ice on the road this weekend at No. 3 Minnesota, 4-1 and 3-0.

In game one on Friday night, the Golden Gophers shelled the Fighting Irish net w ith 54 total shots on goal. After a scoreless first, Minnesota got on the board in the second period w ith a goal from Mason Nevers, who was left unguarded in front of the net on a centering pass. Seven minutes later, the Golden Gophers struck shorthanded, as sophomore Matthew Knies scored on a breakaway. With Minnesota, up 2-0 after the second, freshman Jimmy Snuggerud scored tw ice for the home squad in the third to put the game out of reach.

The Irish finally found tw ine on a goal from sophomore for ward Justin Janicke w ith just 46 seconds left in the game. It was the only goal Notre Dame would score this weekend.

The shot column was closer on Saturday night in game t wo, but the result remained the same. Minnesota got an even-strength goal from senior Ja xon Nelson and a power-play goal from Knies in the second period to go up 2-0 after two again. Then in

the third, freshman Logan Cooley finished things off w ith an empt y netter.

The line of Knies, Cooley and Snuggerud was dominant this weekend for Minnesota. The three former first-round picks combined for 5 goals and 9 total points, accounting for 50% of the Gophers’ points output this weekend.

Senior goaltender Justen Close started both games for Minnesota. He kicked out 44 of 45 shots to bring his save percentage to .919 this season. Senior Ryan Bischel started both games for Notre Dame as well, w ith freshman Jack Williams play ing 7 minutes of time in relief of Bischel to end Friday night’s game. The Irish net-minders combined to allow 6 goals on a whopping 74 shots against, good for a .918 team save percentage this weekend.

Minnesota and Notre Dame w ill meet again when the Gophers travel to South Bend in mid-Januar y. In the meantime, Minnesota w ill remain home this weekend to take on high-f ly ing Penn State, who is off to a 9-10 start. The Irish return to Compton Family Ice Arena to host rival Michigan. The puck drops Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 6 p.m.

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did not draw blood for the majority of the first half. After a Clemson punt put Notre Dame at their own 22-yard line midway through the second quarter, the Irish leaned on sophomore running back Audric Estime to double their lead. Estime entered the game coming off a 123-yard, two-touchdown performance against Syracuse but carried the ball just four times in Notre Dame’s first several possessions.

On the first play of the drive, junior quarterback Drew Pyne handed it off to Estime, who picked up 13 yards. After three rushes from junior running back Chris Tyree that picked up 17 yards, Estime provided a spark again. On a crucial third down, Estime broke several tackles to pick up 11 yards. He followed that up with three straight carries that gained another 11 yards. With the Clemson defense on their heels, Pyne used a scramble, a completion to junior tight end Michael Mayer and a designed quarterback keeper to put the Irish in the endzone again in the final seconds of the half. Estime’s 35 rushing yards on the drive got the Irish offense rolling and helped Notre Dame take a two-possession lead into halftime.

Irish defense dominant to start second half Despite Notre Dame’s strong first half, Clemson entered the third quarter with a chance to cut the Irish lead to just seven in their opening possession. The Notre Dame defense, though, had no intention of letting that happen. After a Notre Dame facemask on the first play of the half gave Clemson a first down on their own 44-yard line, an incompletion and short gain from running back Will Shipley left

the Tigers with a key third and five. With Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei dropping back to pass, Notre Dame senior linebacker J.D. Bertrand picked up his second sack of the season to force a Clemson punt.

Following the punt, the Irish picked up three first downs, but eventually punted around midfield, pinning Clemson on their own goal line. The Tigers gained over 40 yards on the drive, but with Uiagalelei looking to pass on third down, Notre Dame freshman cornerback Benjamin Morrison swooped in to break up the pass and force another Clemson punt. The Irish offense’s quiet start to the half gave Clemson an opportunity to get back in the game but timely defensive plays from the veteran Bertrand and freshman Morrison held off the Tigers’ attack.

in the first minute of the fourth quarter.

Desperately needing a touchdown to stay in the game, Clemson seemed likely to get one as they quickly drove the length of the field with Uiagalelei back in the game. Two pass interference calls and one holding penalty, all on the Irish, gave Clemson a total of 40 yards. Inside the red zone, Clemson receiver Joseph Ngata was streaking to the endzone, but Uiagalelei’s underthrown pass was intercepted by Morrison, who was in the midst of the best game of his young career. Following his blocks, Morrison returned the interception 96 yards for a touchdown, giving the Irish an insurmountable 28-0 lead and capping off his incredible performance on the big stage.

Morrison interceptions provide insurance for the Irish

Notre Dame has long been known for its elite tight ends, with the likes of Tyler Eifert, Kyle Rudolph and Cole Kmet donning Irish jerseys in the last few years alone. After Saturday’s game, though, Irish junior Michael Mayer stands alone as the greatest tight end in Notre Dame history. With the game well in hand, Pyne connected with Mayer for a 17-yard touchdown that made the score 35-7 and gave Mayer his 16th career touchdown, breaking Notre Dame’s tight end record that was previously held by Eifert. Mayer now holds the triple crown of career records, boasting more touchdowns, yards and receptions than any tight end in Notre Dame history. He will soon be headed to the NFL Draft, but there is now no disputing Michael Mayer as the best in the position to ever don the blue and gold.

After Notre Dame was forced to punt from Clemson territory again late in the third quarter, the Tigers started another possession in the shadow of their end zone. After a first down handoff, the first pass of the game from backup quarterback Cade Klubnik was intercepted by Morrison as he continued to terrorize the Clemson offense (regardless of who was throwing the passes).

The interception was the first of Morrison’s career and gave the Irish the ball in the red zone with all the momentum on their side.

Just as they had done all game, Notre Dame kept the ball on the ground as they looked to take a three-possession lead. Carries from Estime and Pyne gave the Irish first and goal from the 2-yard line, and Estime punched it in for his ninth touchdown of the season to make the score 21-0

Mayer breaks record as Irish win

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hcc men’s basketball

Saints battle but fall 72-79 to Goshen

By TOM ZWILLER Sports Writer

After getting a win against East-West University at home and then a loss on the road against Bethel, the Holy Cross men’s basketball team did something on Friday they would not do for the rest of the season: play a neutral site game.

As a part of the Crossroads/ Chicagoland Challenge, the men’s team took on the Goshen Maple Leafs, with the game taking place at the Indiana University South Bend facility.

The game began with Goshen jumping to a 7-1 lead in the first three minutes before freshman forward Tommy Snyder and guard Phil Robles II cut it to 9-5.

As the first half approached the 10-minute mark, Goshen turned an 18-18 tie into a

24-18 lead off of back-to-back three-pointers from Goshen’s Clayton MacLagan. After a foul from senior guard Ryan Cartaino gave Goshen two shots at the line, Goshen led 26-18.

With five minutes left in the first half, senior forward Mick Sullivan was able to give the Saints their first lead of the half, 31-30; though Goshen would quickly take it back, and the game would head to the half 39-33.

W hen the second half began, the two squads continued to trade scores until senior forward Jalen Martin hit a pair of free throws to cut the lead to four. Then Snyder would make it a two-point game, laying the ball in.

Snyder got on a roll, making his next two shots to keep the Saints within one until sophomore guard Nash Hostetler would tie the game

at 46.

Ultimately, the game would see five lead changes and eight ties with the Saints.

The Saints built a twopoint lead with 10:25 left in the second half. After Holy Cross brief ly gained the upper hand, Goshen took it back with 9:36 to go and despite a few Saints ties, the Maple Leafs would hold onto the lead for the rest of the game.

The 72-79 loss drops the Saints to 1-2 on the season and snaps a two-game win streak against Goshen. The Saints are now 2-5 when playing the Maple Leafs.

The win provided Goshen head coach Kyle Capps with his first win as the school’s head coach after serving as

an assistant coach for the past two seasons.

Turnover troubles: The teams played an even game, and while Goshen outshot the Saints from range (Goshen made 7 of 24, the Saints just 2 of 10), the Saints were able to outrebound Goshen 40-27.

The difference maker? The Saints had the ball stolen from them eight different times while only making t wo steals themselves. Factor in the blocks both teams had (4-1), and Goshen was able to w in the turnover battle by a margin of 9 (12-3).

Goshen scored 17 points off turnovers. The Saints scored just 10. Those seven

points were the difference maker.

The Saints w ill begin CCAC Conference play when they host IUSB on November 9th at 7:30 p.m. IUSB began the season ranked 19th in the NAI A Coaches preseason poll and currently remain in the top 20.

The Trojans are currently 2-2 on the year, hav ing lost to Bethel by a score of 78-98.

Holy Cross is 11-16 against the Trojans, dating back to 2009.

The Saints are currently 0-5 in their last five games, with their last win coming at home in November of 2019.

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are handling high workloads and producing at a strong rate. Estime has run for 5.7 yards per carry, just a shade under Shipley’s 5.9 mark and has nine total touchdowns.

Diggs has just two total touchdowns, and he’s averaging 5.3 yards per touch.

On Saturday, if you entered with no knowledge of the three running backs, you might ha guessed that it was Shipley — and not either of the sophomores in the blue and gold — that was the former five-star.

Against a stifling Irish defensive line, Shipley notched 17 touches for 80 total yards, well more than a yard under his season average.

His lone score came on a one-yard plunge in the fourth quarter, with the Irish already up 28-0.

Meanwhile, Diggs toted the rock 17 times, and Estime did so 18 times. They torched the vaunted Clemson defensive line and their top-10 rushing defense for 218 combined yards and a touchdown.

Diggs averaged 6.7 yards per rush, and Estime checked in at 5.8 yards per carry. Not only did the raw numbers favor the Irish duo, but they were just far more efficient than Shipley. The Clemson sophomore produced an offensively efficient touch on eight of 17 touches.

He was just 4 of 13 in that stat prior to a fourth-quarter comprised mainly of garbage time.

Diggs started the day off with zero efficient runs in his first five attempts, but he finished with eight efficient carries in his last 12 touches. Estime posted a blistering 72.2% efficiency rate (13/18). The duo showed out in key moments as well. With the Irish up 7-0 just over halfway through the second quarter, the Irish embarked on a five-minute and 47-second drive that covered 78 yards. Of those 78, 67 yards came via the rushing attack, as Notre Dame dialed up 10 rush plays on an 11-play drive.

Seven carries came from Estime and Diggs. And then, on a readoption near the goal line, the entire Clemson defense bit on a fake to Estime, allowing junior quarterback Drew Pyne to notch a rushing touchdown of his own.

Then, after Clemson made the game 28-7, they opted to kick it off to Notre Dame, hoping for a quick stop. Instead, the Irish drove 75 yards on 11 plays. Again, Notre Dame ran it 10 times on the drive.

They converted a 3rd and 12 and a 3rd and 5 on the ground. Two Notre Dame drives at the end of each half: one to seize control of the game and one to bury the dagger. Twenty carries on 22 total offensive plays for 125 rushing yards.

It might have come 914 days after Will Shipley chose Clemson over Notre Dame, but the Irish had to be beaming as Diggs and Estime completely outclassed the former high-profile Irish target on the field.

Recruiting stars don’t always matter. Results do.

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HCC WOMEN’s soccer

Holy Cross women end season in CCAC quarterfinal

By TOM ZWILLER Sports Writer

The Holy Cross College women’s soccer team recently played the Olivet women’s team in their opening round of the CCAC tournament.

The last time the two squads played, Olivet was able to defeat the Saints 0-3.

Armed with a new strategy, the Saints hoped to shut down the Olivet offense, forcing turnovers to generate scoring chances.

Unfortunately for the Saints, things did not go according to plan.

Olivet was able to shoot early and often, taking 10 shots in the first half alone.

The Saints were only able to shoot once, with senior midfielder Olivia Shaw taking the shot in the 26th minute.

Holy Cross sophomore goalie Taylor Primack faced four shots on goal in the first half, and she turned away all but one, which came in the 38th minute (scored by Olivet’s Annabel Murley).

That 1-0 margin was the halftime score.

The Saints opened up the half with some early shots, but both missed the net.

Olivet’s first shot of the half found twine, with Alaina Bahr assisting Olivia Lorenc for the score.

The Saints generated more offense in the second half

than they did in the first, taking nine of their ten total shots.

However, Olivet’s goalie, Tessa Kowalski, shut out the Saints, and the Tigers would win 2-0.

Saints battled adversity to reach tournament The Saints failed to earn either of the conference’s two automatic bids to the NAIA tournament and are unlikely to qualify for an at-large bid.

Instead, the Saints will finish their season with a 6-6-7 record overall and a 5-5-3 record in conference play.

The Saints had two notable bright spots this year, making history in two different

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ways. The team went 1-0-3 in an unbeaten non-conference regular season, which was a program first.

The Saints also saw senior midfielder Lauren Cernak break both the goal and assists records for the program.

By setting those two records, Cernak earned 100 career points and became the career points leader for the program.

Though the season ended earlier than the team had hoped, the women’s season was able to battle through difficult injury problems, rallying late in the season to make the conference tournament.

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HCC WOMEN’s basketball

Saints stomp Maple Leaves

By PETER BREEN Sports Writer

The Holy Cross women’s basketball team dominated Goshen College on Saturday afternoon at home in McKenna Arena.

Senior guard Jayda Miller’s 33 points steered the Saints past the Maple Leaves 84-48.

Holy Cross scored first, getting on the board with a corner three from junior guard Lauren Morris less than a minute into the game.

Goshen countered quickly with a long two, but a rebound by sophomore forward Grace Adams led to a Miller threepointer, giving the Saints a 6-2 advantage.

Three more Holy Cross buckets, including a layup and another three-pointer from Miller, drove the Saints ahead of the Maple Leaves 13-2 after four minutes of play, forcing Goshen to call a timeout.

The Maple Leaves knocked down a layup shortly after the break but were unable to change the narrative for the rest of the period.

The Saints, traversing speedily down the court in transition, jumping on loose balls and shooting clean from the three-point and freethrow lines, came away from the first quarter with an imposing 28-11 lead.

During the second quarter, the Saints continued to win the battle in the paint on both sides of the court. Sloppy play midway through the quarter generated quite a few more fouls against the Saints, but Maple Leaves failed to work this to their benefit.

The score at halftime stood at 44-28, and Holy Cross hustled off the court, anxious to complete the groundwork they had laid over the first 20 minutes of play.

Less than a minute into the third quarter, Morris picked

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Facing a 3-0 deficit, Judson would rally and have a few solid attempts late, but the Holy Cross defense remained solid, and Holy Cross goalie Claudio Fuentealba would def lect the only shot that wound up on net.

Thanks to a strong offensive show ing by the Saints and arguably a better defensive effort, Holy Cross eliminated the Eagles from the CCAC Conference Tournament. Gallo credited his defense.

“The guys executed [the game plan] to perfection,” he said.

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up her fourth foul and was sat. Three more layups from Miller, amidst a good of deal possession squabbling and a Goshen bucket then hushed away any Maple Leaf momentum that could have come from the 15-minute break.

The Goshen press proved ineffective against Holy Cross, and the Saints built their lead, finishing ahead 60-39 at the end of the three quarters.

Holy Cross came out in the fourth quarter as hot as they’d been all game.

The Saints picked up four layups less than three minutes into the fourth, three

by Adams and one by sophomore guard Jordyn Smith, before the Maple Leaves had the chance to put up any fourth quarter points.

The ample Goshen roster remained loud on the bench to the bitter end, but the Saints were the ones dribbling it out on their way to an 84-48 victory.

In the final period of play, Holy Cross tacked on 15 points to their third quarter lead, finishing as 36-point winners.

On top of Miller’s 33 points, Adams came away with 13 rebounds, six on offense, and Smith eked out six steals of her own.

Head coach Tom Robbins attributed the Saints’ firm performance to the squad’s preparation following a frustrating loss against Bethel on Thursday.

“We had a bad loss a couple of days ago and the players really took ownership amongst themselves and set some goals and really brought themselves together to prepare for this game,” Robbins said.

Robbins was impressed by his players ability to finish out the game, having played hard from start to finish.

“We had a lot of tired girls

at the end of that game,” he said. “But we have enough.

We were strong enough and in good enough shape to finish this game.”

Robbins credited Miller’s dominant offensive showing to the team’s young supporting talent. Unlike in previous years, the senior has not been forced to take so many shots. “[Miller] has really developed some more shot selection that’s not always been the case,” he said. “I thought it really came through today, because she got really hot, and it would be a temptation for her to just keep shooting no matter what, but she kept within her lane.”

The defensive leadership from Adams and Smith stood out to Robbins as well.

“I felt like Grace and Jordyn Smith took the team on their back in a lot of different ways,” Robbins added. “Beyond just scoring … I thought those two players, they showed that everybody else this is how you win, this is what winning basketball looks like. Follow us.”

Saturday afternoon’s victory lifts Holy Cross to 2-2 on the season. The Saints will match-up against Indiana University South Bend (IUSB) Thursday back on their home court.

“We’ve kind of had been developing a rivalry with [IUSB],” Robbins said.

“They’re one of the best teams in our conference and one of the best teams in the region.”

As it stands, the rivalry is a little one sided — the Holy Cross woman have yet to beat the Titans.

“We look at them and I’m not sure they’re looking at us yet,” Robbins said. “We want that to be the case. We want to get them to a position where they’re starting to look at us as a threat.”

Eagle’s NAI A tournament ambitions, as the CCAC gives out two NAI A tournament bids, one to the regular season champion and one to the conference tournament champion. Judson is unlikely to receive one of the NAI A at-large bids.

The Saints, however, continue to the second round of the CCAC tournament.

They w ill face the Olivet Nazarene Tigers, the regular season champions. The Saints tied the Tigers in their final regular season game 2-2.

Olivet is coming off an 8-2 v ictor y against eighth-seed Saint Xav ier. And though the Saints had their ow n emphatic v ictor y, Gallo said that the team would

continue to approach the game the way they had approached all the others before it.

“W hat is important right now is rest, recover y, stay disciplined this weekend… really important w ill be to sit back, rela x a little bit, embrace the moment, enjoy the moment, and [then] back to work on Sunday,” he said.

The CCAC has not announced the game time for the semifinal. W hen the game is played, the Saints w ill travel on the road to face the Tigers in their home stadium in Bourbonnais, Illinois.

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914 days later, Diggs and Estime outclass Shipley

By AIDAN THOMAS Sports Editor

On May 5, 2020, the No. 2 running back in the 2021 recruiting cycle made his college decision known. Will Shipley was a five-star recruit granted a .9839 grade by 247 Sports Composite. Additionally, he was ranked the 32nd best player regardless of position in 2021. Notre Dame was considered a favorite for Shipley for a long time. The Irish heavily pursued the North Carolina native, making him their clear priority at the position. Yet, on that fateful May 5, Shipley spurned the Irish in favor of the Clemson Tigers, joining Dabo Swinney’s squad.

Shipley’s decision temporarily left the Irish in the lurch. In terms of running back recruiting, most of their attention had gone to Shipley.

Simply put, the Irish were a little behind in trying to find a replacement plan. However, following the Shipley commitment, Notre Dame wasted little time. That same day, they pushed out an offer to a Louisiana running back by the name of Logan Diggs. Diggs was a little-known three-star, ranked the 35th-best running back in his class.

He earned a .8815 recruiting grade.

The Irish pushed hard for Diggs and were rewarded with his commitment in late July. Diggs stuck with the Irish even after receiving a late offer from LSU. Additionally, the Irish kept fishing and found yet another gem late in the recruiting season. Fourstar Audric Estime, a product of St. Joseph’s Regional high school in Montvale, NJ, had been committed to Michigan State since September 2020. But the Irish pursued the big back hard, and on Dec. 15, they offered Estime a spot. Three days later, Estime, given a .9146 grade, de-committed from Michigan State and signed his letter of intent to join Notre Dame’s backfield.

For the Irish, it was a big-time win to pick up two solid players at a position where they had suffered a major recruiting loss just weeks earlier. But, the question did linger, how much would Notre Dame regret losing out on Will Shipley?

Today, the Irish can confidently say “not much.”

Will Shipley has been a good running back for Swinney’s squad, but the Irish have gotten about everything they could ask out of Diggs and Estime. Shipley earned

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Two years ago, Notre Dame shocked the world by defeating Clemson in South Bend, causing Irish fans to storm the field in celebration. On Saturday, they had that chance again and took it, as the Irish knocked off No. 4 Clemson 35-14 in decisive fashion behind a dominant run game and a strong defensive performance. Here are five of the most important moments that led to an unpredictable Irish team’s biggest win of the season.

Botelho blocks punt, Kollie takes it to the house Notre Dame entered the game having blocked five punts on the year, tied for first in the nation.

It did not take the Irish long to block their sixth. Notre Dame received the opening kickoff, and the Irish offense picked up one first down before punting in a short first drive. On offense for the first time, Clemson looked to get the ball to the edge

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Irish sophomore running back Logan Diggs carries the football during Notre Dame’s 35-14 upset win over the No. 4 Clemson Tigers.

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a prominent role in the backfield early in his career, thus taking more carries as a true freshman. He ran for five yards per pop and 11 touchdowns. Meanwhile, Diggs and Estime played behind junior Kyren Williams in the Irish backfield. Due to some injuries, Diggs eventually earned a role in the offense, spelling Williams and then-sophomore Chris Tyree with efficient running.

Estime only appeared in one game.

However, in their sophomore seasons, Estime and Diggs are showing that the Irish didn’t suffer much — if any — dropoff when they lost out on the Shipley recruiting battle. For the majority of 2022, Notre Dame’s sophomore backs have roughly equaled Shipley’s production. And on a blustery Saturday night, both Diggs and Estime thoroughly outplayed their backfield counterpart.

Shipley does lead the trio of backs in overall yardage with 802 rushing yards, but he’s also the primary back in the Clemson backfield. Diggs and Estime share carries with each other and also Tyree, limiting their total yardage production. However, they both

with a series of screens and toss plays, but a pair of holding penalties forced the Tigers into a three-and-out.

With Clemson set to punt from their own 21-yard line, Notre Dame junior linebacker Jordan Botelho ran untouched through two rows of Tiger punt protection and blocked the attempt straight into the air. It fell into the waiting hands of Notre Dame sophomore linebacker Prince Kollie, who raced into the endzone, aided by a huge block from Botelho at the goal line.

The play set a Notre Dame record for most blocked punts in a single season and gave the Irish a 7-0 advantage early in the first quarter as Notre Dame’s punt block unit continues to be a difference maker for the team.

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Saints throttle Eagles for home playoff win

By TOM ZWILLER Sports Writer

Holy Cross College began its post-season run, facing Judson Universit y in the first round of the CCAC Tournament.

The fourth-seeded Saints played host to the fifthseeded Eagles, the first time that the Saints have played an opening-round playoff game at home.

Aggressive style gives Holy Cross early lead The Saints came out aggressive and were rewarded w ith an early free kick just outside the box. Elmin Ejup took the shot, crossing the ball from the right side of the field to the left side of the net, putting it past Judson keeper Mateo Ojetso.

According to head coach Omar Gallo, that sequence of events was all according to plan.

“Going into the game, we knew we wanted to put them under pressure immediately, to transition in certain parts of the field. Actually, going into the game, the game plan was if we get a free kick there is a certain free kick we wanted to do,” Gallo said.

“Give the guys credit, the discipline, the execution.

They followed through in what we wanted to do.”

A lthough the game settled dow n after the early goal, the Saints kept their up-tempo play, possessing the ball in the Judson third of the field and generating scoring opportunities.

Judson eventually settled dow n and created chances v ia five first-half corner kicks.

As the first half began to w ind dow n, Juan Perez forced a turnover and drove the ball dow n the right side, draw ing a double team and freeing up Erick Zelaya, who

caught Perez’s pass. Zelaya broke free of the defense and shot the ball, keeping it dow n low and to the right.

It made it just past a div ing Ojetso to put the Saints up 2-0.

Though the Saints felt confident after the first half, Gallo said that his squad stayed focused and maintained the composure they had started the game w ith.

“These guys at halftime though they had the lead, they were in [the locker room] say ing it is 0-0, we must maintain our composure,” he said.

Saints add insurance, clinch shutout In the 64th minute, Jeffrey Harper crossed the ball to Perez, who was waiting dow n low. Perez saw the Ejup open at the top of the box.  Perez got Ejup the ball, who drilled it past Ojesto. see PLAYOFFS PAGE 11

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when he passed for 439 yards, the most ever by an opposing quarterback.

Neither team entered the red zone until late in the second quarter. Sophomore running back Audric Estime took over on Notre Dame’s final drive of the half, rushing for 35 yards and picking up three first downs. Pyne capped the drive with a five-yard touchdown run to make it 14-0 for the Irish at the break.

Estime and fellow sophomore running back Logan Diggs both gashed the Tiger’s defense time and time again. Diggs would finish with 17 rushes for 114 yards, while Estime added 104 yards and a touchdown on 18 attempts.

Diggs praised the performance of the offensive line. “They were one of the best o-lines in the country this week,” he said, adding that “a lot of holes that we had tonight we ran through untouched.”

Pyne attempted just seven passes in the second half as Notre Dame called run play after run play, to great success. According to Diggs, the offensive line (was) probably more excited than everybody else.

“They like having the game in their hands, and we always tell

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Freeman. That energy remained after a competitive loss against No. 2 Ohio State in Columbus, but disappeared in a flash following the Marshall game, a loss that saw sophomore quarterback Tyler Buchner knocked out for the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury.

At that point, it would have been difficult to blame the team for shifting its focus to the future while grinding its way through a forgettable season just as Alabama, Georgia and Clemson each did in their first year under a new coach. Instead, Freeman made certain that the team would remain as locked-in as ever.

“You’ve got to believe in what you’re doing,” Freeman said. “So I make sure, when I walk out of my office, that I’m the most confident leader that I can be. They need that. They will go as their leader goes, and I have to do that.”

This approach of steadiness and staying the course was frustrating for Irish fans in the season’s early stages, as there was no moment when the switch flipped and Notre Dame began playing at the level that they were expected to. The 0-2 start was followed by a mostly uninspiring win against Cal in junior quarterback Drew Pyne’s first career start. Notre Dame played some of its best football over the next few weeks, crushing North Carolina on the road (which now looks very impressive) and beating BYU in Las Vegas (which now looks less impressive). The next weekend, though, it was back to square one, as the Irish were shut out in the first half on the way to a 1614 home loss against a Stanford team that had not beaten an FBS

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them, we’re only going to go as far as you guys go,” he said.

The second half was more of the same for the Notre Dame defense as well. The Tigers continued to struggle to get anything going offensively. After their first two drives of the third quarter stalled out, Uiagalelei was sent to the sidelines to start the next drive in favor of freshman Cade Klubnik — a consensus five-star recruit and the top quarterback in his class — who was immediately intercepted by freshman cornerback Benjamin Morrison.

The interception gave the Irish great field position. It took them just three plays to march into the end zone from 14 yards out, giving Notre Dame a commanding 21-0 lead. Klubnik did not see the field again, but that didn’t stop Morrison.

With Clemson threatening deep into Notre Dame territory to open the fourth quarter on their next drive, Morrison stepped in front of Uiagalelei’s pass and returned it 96 yards for a touchdown, sending an already raucous Notre Dame stadium into pandemonium.

“He’s an ultimate competitor that doesn’t get shaken,” Freeman said of Morrison. “It’s really uncommon for a freshman to be like that.”

Despite the sizable advantage, Notre Dame wasn’t done

celebrating. After Clemson finally got on the board with just over ten minutes remaining, the Irish put together yet another clinical drive, which culminated in a 17-yard touchdown reception by junior tight end Michael Mayer.

It was Mayer’s 16th career touchdown, breaking Ken MacAfee’s record for most touchdown receptions by a tight end in Notre Dame history.

Mayer had a crowd of family and friends in attendance to celebrate the momentous occasion, including his brother, A.J., a quarterback at Arkansas State.

“For him to be able to come to this game, I think (it) is his second game of my career here he’s been able to come to. Very, very special,” Mayer said.

Clemson would score another touchdown before the game ended, making the final score 35-14, but it did nothing to dampen the jubilant mood throughout the stadium.

I wish I could explain exactly how this season has gone. You can’t,” Freeman said, adding, “But you know what? I’m happy that the kids continued to believe in what we’re doing, and today was one of those special moments.”

opponent.

From that point on, Notre Dame has only improved, soundly beating UNLV before hammering No. 16 Syracuse on the road and now taking down the Tigers. Sophomore running back Logan Diggs, who ran for 114 yards against Clemson, said after the game that Freeman’s message of consistency made all the difference from where the Irish began the season to now.

“He’s that type of coach that’s going to come into the meeting and tell you what you need to do to get better,” Diggs said. “He’s going to keep on being the same Coach Freeman every single day of the week.”

That difference is striking — the result of steady improvement over the course of a long season. It started on the defensive end, where a unit that struggled with ceding big plays early in the year has now produced five straight excellent performances, with assistance from the special teams squad’s nation-leading six blocked punts. Offensively, Notre Dame rushed for a combined 206 yards in its two season-opening losses. The Irish have since surpassed that total in five of their last six games behind standout play from Diggs and sophomore Audric Estime, as well as a constantly-improving offensive line that Diggs referred to as “one of the best in the country” after they overwhelmed Clemson’s elite front seven.

Notre Dame’s passing attack remains an area for improvement, though Pyne has played well in several games after unexpectedly being thrust into action. Against Clemson, he was not asked to do much as the Irish leaned heavily on an effective run game.

However, Pyne consistently made

key plays at opportune moments through the air and on the ground in a performance reminiscent of former Irish star Ian Book, who was in attendance on Saturday.

Freeman described Pyne as a “winner,” a word often used to describe Book, who won more games than any other quarterback in Notre Dame history.

All this being said, it feels like Notre Dame has figured out how to win games, and it starts up front on both sides of the ball. In Freeman’s eyes, though, keeping a consistent mindset is easier when the team is struggling and the need to improve is obvious.

The Irish are now on a winning streak and have praise coming at them from every direction, and Freeman’s leadership is more important than ever. look at yourself and say, ‘How can I get better, and what do I have to do as an individual and how can we tune out the outside noise and be intentional in our work?’” Freeman said. “The challenge will be when we have success to continue to have that mindset of improvement and selflessness and continuing to just stay together.”

The Irish, under Freeman, never wavered or lost confidence during the tough times, and there is no reason to believe that they will amid their current run of success. Notre Dame just earned the Freeman Era’s first signature win.

Behind an even-keeled mentality and commitment to the process, regardless of on-field results, it is easy to imagine many more to come.

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Defensive lineman Jayson Ademilola, cornerback Ben Morrison, linebacker Marist Liufau, long snapper Michael Vinson and defensive end Isaiah Foskey celebrate a monumental defensive performance Saturday night as they held the Clemson Tigers, who averaged 37.1 points per game during their undefeated start, to just 14 points in Notre Dame Stadium.

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Few believed the Irish would score 28 points, let alone get out to a 28-0 lead. Behind a blocked punt that Irish sophomore linebacker Prince Kollie returned for a touchdown on Clemson’s first posession and 263 rushing yards, the Irish continued to find the endzone. It wasn’t until the fourth quarter that the Tigers would answer, but their two touchdowns were too little too late. The Irish put up one more to win 35-14.

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Irish freshman cornerback Ben Morrison celebrates with senior defensive end Isaiah Foskey.

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Irish sophomore Logan Diggs carries the ball against Clemson. The running back led the Irish with 114 rushing yards on Saturday.

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Irish senior defensive lineman Howard Cross III sacks Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei.

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Irish sophomore running back Audric Estime breaks a tackle as he carries the football against the Clemson Tigers. He rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown on Saturday night, continuing his breakout season.