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Student managers reflect on job Ticket to Managers for women’s basketball describe commitment to helping team thrive forfeit 10 percent of vote

By TEAGAN DILLON News Writer

It’s just after midnight and senior Maggie Rogers has put on her pajamas to wind down after a full day of classes and work. Suddenly, she realizes that nobody took care of the laundry after practice, and the team leaves for an away game in the morning.

Rogers has no choice. She throws her winter boots on over her pajama pants and runs a half-mile through the snow to the JACC to put the laundry in.

“But I’d rather be elbowdeep in our laundry than any other team’s,” she said.

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Senior Maggie Rogers, foreground, and senior Annie Timmerman set up lockers for the women’s basketball team. Including Rogers and Timmerman, there are six student managers for the program.

Author discusses violence against black women

By GINA TWARDOSZ Associate Saint Mary’s Editor

Danielle McGuire, author of ‘At the Dark End of the Street,’ spoke at Saint Mary’s on Thursday night about the power of historical storytelling. McGuire said her research into the stories and narratives of the Civil Rights Movement led her discover a common

thread of sexually-motivated violence against black women.

“What I found was that even the most oft-told and illustrious civil rights stories all had an unexamined history of gendered political appeals to protect black women from sexualized violence,” she said.

In 1998, McGuire listened to a radio show where the host discuss the life of Gertrude

Perkins. Having no idea who she was, McGuire began to research Perkins’ life.

“She was a 25-year-old African American woman who was walking alone from a party in March of 1949, when two white Montgomery police officers kidnapped her off the street, arrested her for public see AUTHOR PAGE 4

‘Day of Man’ helps charity

By SELENA PONIO News Writer

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Siegfried Hall residents face the cold in minimal clothing for 2017’s Day of Man, a dorm event that aims to raise money for the homeless.

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Shorts, a shirt, flip flops and a red solo cup is not the ideal outfit for a day when temperatures are expected to hover around 20 degrees.

Nevertheless, residents of Siegfried Hall will don these articles of clothing on Wednesday in spite of the cold. see DAY OF MAN PAGE 3

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The Kruszewski-Dunbar ticket will be required to forfeit 10 percent of their vote–share in the student government presidential election after the Election Committee of the Judicial Council found the candidates violated the Student Union Constitution, according to a Judicial Council press release.

Kruszewski-Dunbar, the press release said, violated see SANCTIONS PAGE 3

University feels effects of flu outbreak

By NICOLE SIMON News Writer

This flu season, a particularly virulent strain of the disease is sweeping the nation. The Notre Dame community has not found itself exempt from the outbreak.

“On campus, we have seen 30 percent more cases of flu this year as compared with this time last year,” Sharon McMullen, director of University Health Services said in an email.

“Although we have not seen an overwhelming surge in cases, there has been a steady increase since the beginning of the second semester.”

There are several factors behind this year’s unusually severe season, including both the strain of disease itself and outside influences such as the weather.

“This year’s predominant strain, H3N2, typically causes widespread outbreaks and

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severe symptoms. It is associated with more hospitalizations, deaths and illnesses than other strains,” McMullen said.

“The bitterly cold temperatures this winter may be a factor in flu transmission this year, with many people staying inside, gathered in close quarters.”

Another contributing factor to this year’s widespread flu outbreak is people not getting vaccinated, Rebecca Moskwinski, University Health Services medical director, said.

“Vaccination is the first step in preventing the flu,” Moskwinski said in an email.

“Even though there has been publicity about the flu shot not being as effective this year, it can still help to prevent severe flu cases, hospitalizations, and often can prevent the flu altogether.”

Students are still able to receive the flu vaccine at see FLU PAGE 3

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Sections 17.1(g) and 17.1(h) of the Student Union Constitution by engaging in “unethical behavior and [instructing] others to engage in unethical behavior by means of text messages.”

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According to the release, Section 17.1(g) states that “Candidates may not be involved in or instruct others to engage in any unethical behavior as detailed in 17.1(h),” which gives examples of unethical behavior including “monopolization of limited bulletin board space, covering or defaming of any other candidates’ posters, insulting or

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Walgreens in St. Liam’s. In addition to getting a flu shot, McMullen said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggested several day-today strategies for staying healthy.

“CDC recommends covering your cough, washing your hands with soap and water often, avoiding touching your eyes, nose and mouth and disinfecting surfaces frequently,” McMullen said.

Once germs have spread, little can be done to stop symptoms from spreading, McMullen said.

“Flu symptoms include sudden onset of fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache and fatigue,” McMullen said. “Once flu is widespread in the community, as it is now, testing is of little value.”

Staying hydrating and taking medicine to reduce a fever can help treat symptoms, McMullen said. Testing and treatment is more important for at-risk populations, such as children, the elderly and people with medical conditions like asthma or heart disease, she added. For everyone else, it is often a matter of self-care.

“Most people without those risk factors who get the flu have mild illness and don’t need antiviral medication,” McMullen said. “Most people recover from flu without treatment within a week or two.”

This spectacle happens every February and is Siegfried’s signature event called “Day of Man,” a tradition where residents venture out into the cold in summer wear to raise money for the South Bend Center for the Homeless.

Senior and Siegfried Hall resident assistant Isaac Althoff is one of the event’s commissioners. This year‘s Day of Man is the twelfth iteration of the event.

“One time, 12 years ago, there was a resident that forgot his coat while rushing to class. On his way to class he thought, ‘Wow, this would really stink’ … and naturally thought about the homeless,” Althoff said.

Althoff said it was this one happenstance event that spurred the creation of the dorm‘s tradition.

Althoff said the resident was so concerned about the homeless dealing with the harsh conditions on a daily basis that he and his friends took up a collection. Now, 12 years later, the men of Siegfried continue this act of charity, walking around campus collecting donations in their red Solo cups. “[The cold] kind of hits you when you walk outside,” Althoff said.

“Some people definitely dread it, but there’s also so much excitement about it. This is our big event for the year. It goes back to what is your motivation at that point. We can manage a seven-minute walk to class, we’re not going to die from that. It may hurt a little bit, but the motivation is there.”

Senior Michael Hernick, another

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defaming other candidates and harassment or misconduct toward any election officials.”

Section 17.1(h) also states that “Candidates are expected to behave ethically at all times” and that “Unethical behavior will be penalized by the Election Committee of Judicial Council,” the press release said.

According to the release, the Election Committee found a forfeiture of 10 percent of the votes the Kruszewski-Dunbar ticket receives to be “an appropriate sanction.”

Should the election result in a runoff, the penalty will also apply in the second round of the election. The release said the committee “used support from past precedent” to

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come to this decision.

In compliance with Section 17.1(m)(5) of the Student Union Constitution, the press release said, “Judicial Council will not release the election results while there are pending allegations and appeals.”

The Kruszewski-Dunbar ticket did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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A group of students from Siegfried Hall fundraise during the Day of Man 2017 for the South Bend Center for the Homeless. Members of the residence hall parade through the cold as part of the annual tradition.

commissioner for the Day of Man, said the event is something the dorm looks forward to with anticipation. Hernick estimated that out of the 240 men that live in Siegfried, about 200 would participate.

Since the event’s inception, Day of Man has raised over $100,000 for the South Bend Center for the Homeless.

“Our donations have slowly risen every year and just two years ago we went from $14,000 to $23,000,” Hernick said.

Junior and commissioner Patrick Davis has participated in the event since his freshman year. He said he was inspired to get more involved by the seniors who helped plan the event his first year.

“I was inspired by what these guys had put together,” Davis said.

“They were seniors at the time and

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they had been doing it for a couple of years and each year they would break the record for how much money they raised.”

Every year, Siegfried residents can be easily spotted since they all sport the same T-shirt made specially for the signature event. This Wednesday, Siegfried residents can be seen trekking through the snow in bright pink.

“The key aspect of this year’s shirt that we kept from last year’s event is a prayer on the back that is a dedication to the homeless and those in need,” Davis said.

Davis said during his first year participating, he initially attempted to avoid the cold by walking into buildings. However, he said eventually the excitement and sense of unity took over.

“The cold isn’t really a factor, I’m

more so just excited to be out there raising money with my dormmates,” he said.

Aside from walking around in shorts and T-shirts in the cold, Siegfried residents will also be standing in front of both dining halls during dinner times to collect money. They also have an online donation option and a Venmo account set-up.

Althoff said when he walked to class Monday morning the temperature was 3 degrees below zero.

He said the weather reinforces the importance of their event during this time of year.

“Every person that does not have a home in South Bend needs to be inside, but this puts a strain on the center,” Althoff said. “This helps out a lot monetarily just so they can run on a daily basis in this extreme cold.”

Hernick said after the event commences, the commissioners go to the South Bend Center of the Homeless to personally deliver the check for the money raised. He said Siegfried has an established relationship with the organization, and every weekend residents of the dorm volunteer for a few hours to help with the homeless center needs, whether it be serving meals or helping sort clothes.

“They’re very grateful for all the work that we do, even if we don’t break the record,” Hernick said.

Davis said this on-going relationship with the center is a factor motivating residents to ditch their parkas for a day every year.

“Realistically, any little bit helps,” Davis said. “Going out there and raising as much as we can is really enough for me. They don’t care too much about the numbers, they’re just thankful that we’re out there doing this for them and that really speaks to me.”

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drunkenness, and instead of taking her to jail for her arrest, drove her to a dark railroad embankment and raped her repeatedly,” she said. “Somehow, she managed to get home … the police, of course, refused to help, they accused her of lying and the mayor denied all charges...But African Americans in Montgomery knew better.”

McGuire said African Americans in Montgomery organized themselves and rallied behind Perkins.

“They formed an umbrella organization called ‘The Citizens Committee for Gertrude Perkins’ and demanded an investigation and a trial,” she said.

“Their public protests lasted for more than two months, and that had never happened before. Their protests put the story on the front pages of the white newspapers in town. Those protests enabled the black [community] to expose the longstanding practices of white police officers who had been attacking black women regularly.”

Attending graduate courses and reading new literature furthered McGuire’s interest in the subject.

“What I saw now, having taken those courses and read widely, was bold testimony about rape and community mobilization about the issue of sexualized and racialized violence,” she said.

The assault on Gertrude Perkins was not an anomaly, McGuire said.

“There had been a series of sexual assaults on black women by white men in and around Montgomery in the 1940’s,” she said. “Each time that happened, black women’s testimony sparked campaigns for human dignity and bodily integrity.”

These protests grew as more testimonies from black women came in, including stories from those who regularly used public transport, McGuire said.

“The majority of riders on the Montgomery line were black women — working class black women, domestics,” she said.

“For them, the buses were sites of violence.”

Incident reports at the time show bus drivers assaulting or sexually harassing black women, with no assistance from the police.

“Looking at it through intersectional lenses taught me that the bus boycott was definitely about racial segregation, but also about gendered, and sexually violence and it had a particular impact on working class black women,” she said.

For McGuire, understanding the historical narrative provided context that helped her comprehend the Montgomery Bus Boycott as well as underlying sexual violence.

“Once I knew that story, I realized that it was almost impossible to understand and situate the boycott in its proper historical

context without understanding the story of Gertrude Perkins and all the other women who were assaulted and harassed,” she said.

McGuire couples this story with that of Recy Taylor, an African American woman who was gangraped at gunpoint by white men in 1944; McGuire said that Taylor’s assault was another key moment in the Civil Rights Movement.

“A couple of days later she got a call from the NAACP, and they promised to send their very best investigator...Rosa Parks,” she said. “...Parks arrived on Recy Taylor’s doorstep with a notebook and a pen … She and the city’s most militant activists formed the Committee for Equal Justice for Mrs. Recy Taylor …

This was a huge movement, decades before #MeToo, before the personal was political, before women took back the night.”

McGuire met Recy Taylor in 2009, the same day millions of Americans gathered to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama.

“I asked Mrs. Taylor if she ever believed an African-American woman would become first lady.

‘Not in my lifetime,’ she said.”

Taylor’s past is one plagued by inhumane treatment of black women, McGuire said.

“From slavery through the bulk of the 20th century, white people denied black women the most basic citizenship and human rights, especially the right to ownership and control over their own bodies.”

Contextualizing the stories of black women in the twentieth century can help people rally behind women who are victims of this kind of assault, McGuire said.

“This story about Recy Taylor helps us to see the women like her remain at the margins, and as a result of that, remain the most vulnerable to sexual harassment, violence and rape,” she said. “Until we can see them the same way we see A-list actresses, or Olympic athletes, none of us will be free from the scourge of sexual violence.”

Telling the stories of women of color and marginalized women can impact our present and our future, McGuire explained.

“If we’re going to make history matter within a society where an iPhone 5 is already an ancient artifact, where people prefer to tweet or Instagram rather than read books, then we really have to think about how to make ordinary people care about a past that has an enormous influence on our present,” she said.

Students have an obligation to think deeply, McGuire said.

“It’s your job as budding scholars and storytellers to make the past come to life...to perform a resurrection,” she said. “Your job is to read deeply, to rethink old narratives and to look at the past and the present with new eyes, eyes that can see intersectional oppression.”

Contact Gina Twardosz at gtwardosz01@saintmarys.edu

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Rogers, along with senior Annie Timmermann, is one of two head managers for the women’s basketball team. Together, Rogers and Timmermann lead a team of five managers — six before freshman Nicole Benz walked onto the team in late December — that act as the glue that holds the program together.

“Maggie and Annie sort of run the ship,” Katie Capps, director of basketball operations, said. “They come to me and let me know if there’s problems. If we’re low on this or need to order more of that — they run it.

It becomes their team; I’m just overseeing and making sure there’s no big issues.”

They are assisted by fellow student managers Saint Mary’s senior Maggie Maloney, junior Colleen Iannone, junior Jackie Collins, sophomore Molly Light and Saint Mary’s sophomore Meghan Mulroe.

Armed with each of the manager’s class schedules, Rogers and Timmermann are in charge of scheduling the staff to ensure that there are enough people available for practice, meetings, equipment training and packing.

In order for practice to run smoothly, the managers arrive an hour early to set up and stay an hour late to tear down, Rogers said. From organizing the practice uniforms and filling water bottles, to running

the shot clock and keeping track of player-specific stats, the managers are involved in every aspect of practice.

“You really have to pay attention to what’s going on in front of you. You can’t just go through the motions of starting the shot clock or passing the ball when they need it,” Timmermann said. “You have to actually be engaged in what you’re doing.”

On average, Rogers and Timmermann estimated they spend about 15 to 20 hours per week dedicated to the team. If they’re traveling — one head manager must be present at every road game — then another 24 hours is tacked onto the weekly total.

When it comes to creating a schedule that can accommodate this time commitment, the managers benefit from an early registration time, Rogers said. If their majors permit, the duo strives to finish their classes by noon. Unfortunately, that can be difficult.

“There’s a lot of good history classes at 2 o’clock,“ Rogers said.

But it’s all worth it, they said.

“When they’re competing at such an elite level, you can’t help but get wrapped up in all of it,” Rogers said. “We still get that same thrill when we walk out of the locker room on game days.”

With a program as successful as Notre Dame’s, that thrill usually continues well into the postseason.

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[tournaments], you’re not thinking you’re going to be leaving the next day,” Timmermann said. “You plan on staying the whole time.

Whether the team is celebrating afterwards by going out to ice cream or getting called up on the podium with confetti and cutting down the net, we’re part of both of those things.”

But before any celebrations, Rogers, Timmermann and the rest of the managers have all hands on deck to make sure the players and coaches’ only focus is the game itself. Either sitting on the bench or at an arm’s length behind it, the two must be prepared for anything.

“You’re almost like a waitress at a high-end restaurant, sometimes, behind the bench,” Rogers said. “So-and-so only likes gold Gatorade, and soand-so likes this color, but watered down. This player needs her Chapstick at this time. …

You know more about these people than I think their moms sometimes.”

Even though both Timmermann and Rogers grew up fans of Notre Dame basketball, Rogers said she never expected to reach this point when she got involved with the team her freshman year.

“There’s not a lot of people that can say they’ve had their head in a Muffet McGraw huddle on a regular basis,” she said.

Contact Teagan Dillon at tdillon@nd.edu

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TV characters should be old friends Anna Sartori Graphic Designer

Warning: “Parks and Rec” spoilers ahead.

T V shows are better than mov ies, and let me tell you all why. Mov ies are too short and work too hard to w rap ever y thing up in a neat little package and give you the ending you expect. Mov ies are so predictable, and I find that upsetting and discouraging. But T V shows can go on for however long the w riters can make interesting stor y lines. Tw isting and turning, taking their sweet time to fully f lesh out characters and stor y lines — I love that. I am here for ten seasons of a show and more, intricate backstories and dramatic stor ylines. Please distract me from my life and let me step into another world.

Mov ies tr y to fit too much into two hours, la zily explaining a character’s motives and then jumping right into the action of the mov ie. But in T V shows you get to know all of the characters and their motives. You get to root for them and go through their failures and triumphs w ith them. In mov ies ever ything is condensed and lacking. But T V characters are whole and round.

Mov ies work too hard to w rap ever y thing up neatly. Lovers reunite, the underdog finally w ins or the hardhearted character finally opens up and enjoys life. But that’s too neat for me. I want to be invested in the stor y, I want to get to know the characters and feel the natural progression of the stor y. W hen T V shows have a long run, they can keep going back to jokes and they just get funnier ever y time. There is more of an opportunit y to build up long running jokes and have funnier, more natural interactions between the characters. Comedy mov ies tr y to cram too much in, and although I’m a sucker for a quick laugh, you can just feel the w riters shov ing ever y funny line they can think of into each scene. W hereas longer running jokes — like when the Bluths do their chicken impressions throughout the show “Arrested Development” or ever y time Jerr y/Larr y/Terr y/ Garr y Gergich is the butt of a joke on “Parks and Rec” — I just have to laugh out loud ever y time.

Ever y time there is another disaster on “Grey’s Anatomy” I am distraught because of the emotional attachment I have to the characters and the time I have invested w ith the show.

My favorite show, “Parks and Recreation,” has never let me dow n. W hen I think about Ann and Leslie’s amazing friendship, I am inspired to be a more supportive and enthusiastic friend. Watching Ben and Leslie’s relationship grow from a tense hatred (mostly from Leslie) to a beautiful romantic relationship, I am encouraged to stick to my beliefs and give ever yone a chance because you never know who may surprise you. Seeing April’s grow th from apathetic intern to falling in love and finding her passion of helping other people find what they want to do w ith their life, I am reminded that ever yone cares about something and it may take me awhile but I w ill be able to find my passions in life and lead an exciting and fulfilling life.

A favorite show’s cast should feel like old friends.

We have seen their embarrassing stories, gone through their heartbreak and cheered them on in their triumphs. Mov ies are just the quick stories we share w ith people we have just met. Shows may be messy and long, but so is life.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Happiness now or later? Why not both?

In a recent New York Times article, David DeSteno argued that resisting the temptation “to value the pleasures of the present more than the satisfaction of the future” will be the key to keeping our New Year’s resolutions in 2018.

But delaying gratification, as we all know, is easier said than done. So, rather than fighting our tendency to indulge in the present moment, why not embrace it? In fact, maybe the most important resolution we can make this year is to value “the pleasures of the present” a little more and worry about hoarding rewards for the future a little less.

DeSteno’s argument is built atop the famous marshmallow test – first conducted in 1960

by Stanford University psychologist Walter Mischel. In the experiment, kids are asked to choose either one marshmallow now or two marshmallows in 15 minutes. You can imagine what happened, and Mischel’s findings show that humans have a hard time delaying gratification if there’s another reward available immediately.

The process at play here is future discounting, which means that our minds discount the value of rewards that will come at a later time.

So, we don’t seem to care that two marshmallows in 15 minutes are more valuable than one marshmallow right now. Or, more importantly, we disregard the fact that 10 dollars next year is a greater payout than two dollars right now.

“It’s my money and I want it now!” our mind proclaims, and according to DeSteno, this is a frustrating mental mistake to be overcome.

The history of trying to fight future discounting goes back millennia. In ancient Greece, philosophers compared our inability to recognize future value to the way brains falsely perceive distant objects as smaller than they are.

Someone without an awareness of perspective would think that a faraway person was actually tiny. In much the same way, they reasoned, we under-value things in the future unless we’re taught not to. So, Western thinkers have spent thousands of years finding arguments to forego pleasure now in exchange for greater satisfaction someday.

For example, Christianity helps us see reason in forgoing pleasure by promising life after death. According to Christian dogma, suffering now is not only bearable but should even be embraced, since it will ultimately lead to greater rewards in heaven.

Meanwhile, the secular West convinces themselves to put off pleasure by cultivating a desire to live forever, along with the complementary belief that we will, at least, live long enough to benefit from saving our enjoyment for later. We do this by helping people overcome their fear of death. Consider how actuary tables make dying seem unlikely; the $3 trillion healthcare industry buttresses our death-defying courage; well-marketed retirement oases draw our attention away from the inevitable. Taken altogether, these strategies create a cultural concept that oncologist Ezekiel Emanuel calls “the American immortal.” It enables us to bet our time and pleasure now on what could be a larger payout in the future.

But doesn’t that sound like a deal with the devil? Travel to many less-Westernized countries and you’ll find a different understanding of the relationship between value and time. While we work hard to overcome the mind’s tendency to future discount, my friends in Ghana, Greece and Cuba simply work less, and consequently, enjoy the present much more than we do. The

difference between these views of time are captured in a classic parable.

Once, an American businessman was sitting on a beach in Tahiti. He watched as a fisherman paddled a small boat towards the shore with a net full of fish. Amazed, the American asked the local how long it had taken to catch so many fish. “Only a few hours,” the fisherman replied, to which the businessman’s ears perked up. He recommended that the native man stay out all day, in order to catch more fish and make more profit.

“You must save your earnings, too,” the American told him, “So that someday you can buy a larger boat and hire employees to fish for you. In fact, with intense willpower, you could even save enough to hire a captain, so that you could take on a managerial role from a more comfortable office. And if you do all this, after saving for a long time, you’ll have enough to retire and spend your money doing whatever you want.”

The fisherman was openly baff led by this unsolicited advice, so he asked the self-assured American, “and what do people do in retirement?” To which the businessman quickly replied, having thought about this before, “Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m going to buy a small boat and go fishing every day.”

Now, the idea here is not to do things that are pernicious today, nor to jeopardize our futures. In one Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, the young boy is disappointed to discover that you need to be 18 or older to buy cigarettes, stating “Eighteen?!? By then I’ll know better!” But it’s possible to balance the time spent preparing for then with the time spent enjoying now, and when deciding how to value time, there is a middle ground between hedonism and bitter frugality.

For example, consider middle manager Tom Smykowski from the film “Office Space,” who lives in constant fear of losing his job.

Consequently, he places himself under intense stress as he edges ever closer to retirement. But when a car accident suddenly removes him from the perpetually unhappy trance of delaying gratification, Tom finally finds the joy he had long been postponing. From beneath a full-body bandage, he proclaims that “If you hang in long enough, good things can happen in this life.”

But why should we wait for a near-death experience to liberate our happiness?

In 2012, The Guardian ran an article about deathbed observations from a hospice worker.

She had recorded the top-five regrets of dying people over many years, including (No. 2) “I wish I hadn’t worked so” and (No. 5) “I wish that I had let myself be happier.” In light of these mortuary mistakes, isn’t it worth considering that maybe our brains are actually successfully valuing happiness in the present, rather than failing to value pleasure in the future? In other words, maybe future discounting isn’t a frustrating mistake, but an important adjustment of value that prevents us from wasting the present.

According to this view, DeSteno’s tips for how to override our brain’s tendency to future discount are still valid, but using them exclusively won’t make 2018 the happiest year yet. Instead, we ought to take a few more dividends this year, and by doing so, let ourselves be happier with the life we’re living right now.

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Ranking the student presidential platforms by webpage layout Davis Gonsalves Highest Ranking Column According to Me

Election season is underway and this column tries to stay apolitical as much as possible. On the other hand, I love ranking things and I know this article is where the majority of my friends will be receiving their student government news. So I decided to rank these platforms based on their overall website layout and their slight content. Here we go: 3. Gates McGavick and Corey Gayheart with Mary Ninneman as campaign manager This trio prides itself on its diversity, and I have to commend them on that. Although they are all white, they are as close to a diverse group as any because one of them is from Washington state. As you come to the website you’re greeted with a faded picture of the Grotto so you know they actually go to the Notre Dame, too. Then you scroll down and simply see their three campaign principles spelling out “ACT” — which is a cool little initialism, though it reminds me too much of a standardized test to rank them high.

But, the reason why this webpage sucks is because their platform is an 11-page PDF. Eleven pages! They severely underestimate the attention span of their average voter. And yes, I get that it allows people to scroll to their most important issues — but that is operating under the assumption that I know what I want. Rest assured, however, there are some goodies embedded in this platform. We’ll start with their first-page letter where they state: “From Carroll to Cavanaugh, Stepan to O’Shaughnessy … we are all Notre Dame,” which is funny since they are referencing a majority of buildings that people actually don’t want to be part of Notre Dame. They get a little boost when their sustainability promise is to have larger recycling bins in diameter, which I foresee as effectively eliminating all waste.

They have promises for allowing print quota to be added online, student government tailgates (sounds crazy lit) and student news releases that I, as someone who knows virtually nothing about student government, still know exist already. That’s a slight knock.

Another favorite part of the whole platform that I downloaded (cause it’s a freaking PDF) was when one of their promises read: “March for Life: Right to Life is one of Notre Dame’s premier student groups. Every year they represent us well, defending the sanctity of

life at the March for Life in Washington, D.C.” That’s it. That is literally a definition of something that just happens at Notre Dame and not actually a position.

Following this though, is the gem of a promise to “aggressively hold SAO accountable.” Not forcefully, not sternly, but aggressively. We might be looking at a hostage situation in the SAO office here soon. What made me the angriest, however, was their idea for basketball sign-ins to reserve the court so everybody gets the chance to play. What is this, socialist Sweden? I play basketball in patriotic America, as does virtually every NBA All-Star, where winner stays, period. Get your communist ideas out of this race and out of my recently downloaded folder.

2. Alex and Julia with Arturo Prestamo as campaign manager You’ll notice I didn’t use the last names of anyone on this ticket because you literally cannot find them on the website. The website is alexjulia.site, the header reads “Alex + Julia.” But rest assured campaign manager Arturo Prestamo is fully laid out so you feel all his diversity. (Side note: I am harping on their naming specifically because when they responded to my email asking about their platform, they called me David.

There is no second “D.”) What I found most enjoyable about this website, though, was that it is clickable (and not 11 pages) to the eight most important issues Notre Dame faces including: decreasing tuition, establishing a national sustainable coalition and bringing a Chickfil-A to campus.

The highlights from this platform include Alex stating that his studying of the endowment has led to a personal friendship with Scott Malpass, who I assume would be thrilled with less money from tuition to invest. Now student government can get a lot done, but touching our glorious endowment with their dirty undergraduate hands seems like one of the most infeasible things I’ve ever heard. I also like how in regards to the three-year housing plan they will “work collaboratively through our administrative contacts to repeal the mandate.” The sound of ambiguous administrative contacts makes me think they’re meeting with Jenkins in a dark parking lot exchanging waivers for off-campus housing, which frankly sounds hilarious yet necessary.

Really though, why this campaign is not last is because their text layout shows the diversity they are really searching for (besides Arturo, that is). Some

words are italicized, some in green, some in column format, some left aligned, some center aligned — all in a seemingly random pattern. I am a huge fan of a ticket that keeps you on your toes with not just their ideas but their website stylistic choices. What’s also beautiful is that if you have other “passions,” you can click for specific department plans, which is where all my passions lie. These lead you to a separate one page tab that continues on their great tradition of graphic design diversity. Sometimes their promises are in bubbles, sometimes it looks like a cover letter, but it always contains their iconic, green AJ symbol. I’m frustrated it couldn’t be JA for a second meaning of “Jenkins Army,” but even if we can’t be Hogwarts I’ll take what I can get.

1. Andrew Gannon and Mark Moran So these guys actually don’t have a website nor did they respond to my email when I asked them about one. I am not even sure these people have a campaign to be frank, but that’s the beauty of it all. Brevity is the soul of wit, actions speak louder than words, and it’s not about what you say, it’s what you don’t say. Literally nothing in their website annoyed me at all, which is something that the other tickets can’t say. I found out later they are freshman too. For being so young, they are sure wise about this whole campaigning thing.

They have my vote, I don’t even care what their platform is. They could want basketball signups, personal friendship meetings with Scott Malpass and have the diversity of my hometown Portland, Oregon, all included in a mega-sized PDF, but I don’t care because I would never see it. They’re playing 4D chess while the rest of the candidates are playing checkers.

I want to emphasize that the Observer does not necessarily share these opinions and frankly nor do I. I don’t know what I want, I’m just a guy who likes to rank things. With that being said, my opinion should definitely directly influence who you vote for because, be honest, this is close to the most student government ideas you’ve read in a while.

Davis loves to rank people, places, things, ideas and sometimes even verbs. His current junior year places third among years, his neuroscience major places seventh and his theology major ranks third among all majors. Contact him at dgonsalv@nd.edu to be placed first in his heart.

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Good experience makes for good leadership The Kruszewski-Dunbar platform has been recently made available to students on its website.

The platform, which focuses on a departmentbased approach to student government, keeps a similar, but refined, structure of student government in place from this year. The McGavickGayheart ticket has also recently made its platform available on its website. It claims that its platform will foster approachability, collaboration and transformation of student government — a vision that both McGavick and Gayheart believe will change the structure of student government.

One particular theme throughout the McGavickGayheart platform is a criticism of Notre Dame administration and a wish to get more control over funding for student activities. The platform calls for, among other things, an audit of SAO, discourse with admissions staff to become more inclusive of students with a low socioeconomic status, lowered costs of stadium foods and an increase of services accepting f lex points. These contain major financial goals that can be solved by careful planning, with some perhaps taking over several years to achieve.

Similar changes are planned by the Kruszewski campaign, whose major financial points include a repeal of the three-year housing policy, a decrease in tuition costs, increased club funding, reinstatement of f lex-point rollover, an improvement of RA compensation and providing need-based financial aid to help cover the large costs of Junior Parents Weekend.

These goals seem similar in effect. The financial components of the platforms are similar, but contain distinct differences. McGavick believes that the best way to get SAO to work with him is to favor an aggressive, in-your-face approach, even calling it “an overly-powerful and self-possessed organization,” whereas Kruszewski seems to favor a more cordial relationship, emphasizing attempts to create friendly working relationships with SAO staff.

However, the large difference in experience between the two candidates means that there is one candidate, Kruszewski, who will best manage student government finances. Kruszewski has studied the endowment of the University over the past three years, conducting the first-ever studentrun audit of the $11 billion endowment this past

year. Kruszewski has, as a member of the Financial Management Board, collaborated with others to create a viable new model for club funding, which would allow for higher allocations effective at the beginning of the next semester. He has worked to expand the scope of the financial transparency initiative over his time in office. It seems that Kruszewski is the best person to implement financial policy reform that many on campus want, including McGavick and Gayheart.

We cannot afford to waste time, and student money, by throwing away Kruszewski’s experience and the rapport he has built with administrators. We cannot afford to throw away the planned earmarked endowment model that will decrease tuition costs for students at the University. With Kruszewski as president, I am confident that his experience and determination will reform Notre Dame’s student government in a way beneficial to our campus community.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Expand your horizons and open your mind to trying new things. Take greater interest in others as well as in your personal affairs. Look for clear-cut ways to get the most for the least. Avoiding excessive behavior and people who tend to lead you in the wrong direction will help you maintain a lifestyle that is comfortable and fun. Your numbers are 2, 10, 21, 29, 34, 38, 44.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Emotional issues will surface if you can’t find common ground or an ability to compromise when dealing with others.

Inconsistency and outbursts will only make matters worse. Keep the peace and think twice before you say something regrettable.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Make changes at home or at work for the right reasons. Don’t let emotions take over or motivate you to head in a direction that may not be suitable over the long term. Intelligence and research will be your tickets to success.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If someone is acting erratically, back away instead of tagging along. Concentrate on what’s best for you and what you want to pursue. An honest assessment of your current situation will help you make a wise choice.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Rethink your lifestyle and the way you handle your money. Building a healthy nest egg will ease your stress. A physical approach to your responsibilities will help you impress others and gain access to a higher position.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Keep busy. Exercise, rigorous activities, taking action and making your dreams come true should be on your agenda. It’s up to you to take control if you want to get ahead or make your life better.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Offering to help others is fine, but don’t let anyone take advantage of you. Make clear what you are able to contribute before you get started. Avoid excessive people or temptation. Overdoing it will lead to regret.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Get active and fit. Do your best to get rid of bad habits or frivolous behavior. Make wise choices that will encourage you to keep moving and to do the best job possible, and you’ll avoid complaints and criticism.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A business trip or meeting will encourage success.

Discuss your ideas and plans and you’ll be given interesting choices. Walk away from anyone who shows signs of inconsistency or unpredictability. Align yourself with stable individuals.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Let the past guide you. A legal or financial experience will save you from a similar fate. Recall what happened and make adjustments to ensure you don’t lose this time around. Don’t hesitate to say “no.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Partnerships will need to be handled with the utmost care. If someone appears to be the least bit erratic or inconsistent, it may be best to keep your distance. Trust in facts and only spend what is readily available to you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Make a stress-free environment your priority.

Live frugally and question your relationships with people who tend to be indulgent. Stay focused on what’s important to you and what will bring you the greatest stability.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Speak from the heart and be open about the way you feel and what you want. Walk away from situations that are casting a shadow on your life or your ability to get ahead. Don’t let anyone stand in your way.

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Philly’s trickery sealed the win Daniel O’Boyle Sports Writer

In a Super Bowl filled with moments that could have done down in history in another game, one stood out.

Trick plays are by definition big risks.

Trying one on fourth down?

That’s even braver.

Trying one just after seeing your opponents fail to convert a similar trick play? And during the Superbowl? That’s the kind of bold move that few would ever even think about attempting.

Yet when the time came, the “Philly Special” — Trey Burton’s pass to Nick Foles for a score to extend Philadelphia’s lead to 22-12 late in the second quarter — was the play call and without it we may have been looking at a sixth ring for Tom Brady.

The call was made by Foles himself, but the spirit of making such a bold call — as well as the idea to entrust your backup quarterback to call a trick play at such a pivotal moment — was something that reflected the Eagles as a whole this year.

Conventional football wisdom has always been conservative. Run the ball more, do all you can to avoid big plays and, most importantly, don’t even think about going for a fourth down unless there’s almost no choice.

Analysis using win probabilities has shown that coaches are hurting their teams significantly with their fourth-down strategy. A team going for every single fourth-and-one outside of the last couple of minutes of each half, when the clock and the score come into play to a much greater extent, should be better off than a team punting or kicking a field goal in those scenarios. Yet punts on fourth-and-one are still common. Similarly, in the stretch of field between the 30-yard line and the 45, going for it is a much better option than coaches would have you believe.

These coaches aren’t dumb, mind you. These days almost any coach probably knows that they could have a fourth-down probability chart on the sideline and start keeping the offense on

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the field at a level well above the league average. They typically don’t do it because they have another probability in their head: their odds of keeping their job. Multiple big calls that go right are rarely remembered the way one big call that goes wrong is.

But Doug Pederson has ignored the risks of heterodoxy gone wrong and played the percentages all the way to the top. The Eagles went for it 26 times, good for second in the league behind the Packers and made even more impressive when you remember that their 13-3 record meant they were rarely in desperate situations.

That strategy changed the way the Eagles played on third down too, allowing opportunities for risky deep passing plays on third-and-short or shallow passes behind the line of scrimmage to set up something more manageable when there are more yards to gain.

All of this comes from a coach who followed Chip Kelly, who was heralded as a risk-taker at Oregon before his NFL offense became bland, predictable and free from what made him a special collegiate coach. It would have been easy for Pederson, a disciple of the conservative former Eagles coach Andy Reid, to be risk-averse too, but instead he’s never taken his foot off the pedal. Not just on fourth down, but in his play calling in every moment of the game.

The Eagles’ win is a special moment for the city of Philadelphia, which has been longing for a Super Bowl perhaps more than any other city, as encapsulated by Lucas Masin-Moyer’s column yesterday. It’s a victory over perhaps the most hated team of the 21st century. It’s an underdog story led by a quarterback whose career appeared to be done.

But it’s also a great victory for more adventurous coaches and one that may just encourage a few more of Pederson’s peers to learn from him.

Contact Daniel O’Boyle at doboyle1@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Irish post strong results in Northwestern Duals Observer Sports Staff

This past weekend, No. 1 Notre Dame impressed yet again, this time as hosts at the Northwestern Duals held in Castellan Family Fencing Center. The top-ranked women went 11-0 and extended their current win streak to 22 matches while the No. 1 men walked away from the action at 7-2.

On day one of competition, both squads started off with round one contests against Pennsylvania, as the women (35-1) escaped with a 15-12 win while the men (27-6) won an even more narrow matchup 14-13. Big performances in the round on the men’s side came from junior foilist Axel Kiefer, who went 3-0, while the women saw 3-0 performances out of junior foilist Sabrina Massialas and freshman foilist Reghan Ward.

Round two was a bit less stressful for the Irish, as the women won 19-8 over UC San Diego while the men nearly

swept Cal Tech, earning the 26-1 victory. Notre Dame continued the solid play for the remainder of the day to go undefeated in the first act of the Northwestern Duals. The women were particularly impressive, defeating four top-ten teams in the process — coming out on top against No. 7 Temple, No. 4 Princeton, No. 8 Northwestern, Cal Tech and Fairleigh Dickinson. The men defeated UC San Diego, Northwestern and No. 6 Princeton to close out their day.

On day two, the Irish women continued their solid performance from the day before, going 4-0 against No. 5 Ohio State, Air Force, Incarnate Word and Stanford. A number of female fencers registered 3-0 performances, including junior foilist Elyssa Kleiner and Massialas in the closest match of the day, a 15-12 win over the Buckeyes. On the men’s side, day two posed a tougher test, yet the Irish persevered and scrapped their way to a 2-2 day. Despite opening with defeats to No. 2 Ohio State and

No. 10 Stanford, both by a score of 15-12, Notre Dame bounced back with a 21-6 victory over Incarnate and a 17-10 win over Air Force. Leading the way, particularly against the Falcons (9-13), was senior sabreur Jonah Shainberg, who went undefeated on the day. Senior epeeist Nicholas Hanahan, junior epeeist Dylan French, junior sabreur David Brown and senior sabreur Jonathan Fitzgerald also delivered strong performances.

As they continue to defend their No. 1 ranking, the Irish will next be heading to Durham, North Carolina, where they will be participating at the Duke Duals, a two-day competition held from Feb. 10-11.

The upcoming weekend’s competition will be the last of the regular season for the Irish — the USA Fencing Junior Olympics are Feb. 16-19 in Memphis, Tennessee, with the ACC Championships in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to follow the next weekend.

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Irish junior sabreur Blake Murphy attempts to land a point against his opponent during the DeCicco Duals at Castellan Family Fencing Center on Jan. 28. Murphy missed last year due to injury.

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Squad falls to No. 22 Ohio State in first loss of season Observer Sports Staff

The Irish dropped their first matchup of the season over the weekend, losing 6-1 at No. 22 Ohio State on Sunday. The loss also marked Notre Dame’s second straight loss to the Buckeyes (3-1).

The afternoon started with doubles action, opening with sophomore Zoe Spence and freshman Cameron Corse winning via a 6-3 decision at the No. 2 doubles spot. Freshman Ally Bojczuk and junior Rachel Chong played in the third spot, but were unable to clinch the point for the Irish (2-1) and fell

6-4. The doubles point would be settled in the number one doubles, in which senior duo Brooke Broda and Allison Miller played to a 6-6 tie. Ohio State, however, won the tie breaker 7-0 and gave the Buckeyes the point.

In singles competition, Ohio State dominated most of the board. Senior Brooke Broda, at No. 1, lost 6-2, 6-0 to Buckeyes senior Anna Sanford. Irish senior Allison Miler, at No. 2, lost 6-1, 6-3 to redshirt freshman Shiori Fukuda. Sophomore Zoe Spence lost 6-3, 6-4 to Ohio State senior Olivia Sneed, deciding the match in favor of the Buckeyes.

Corse bested Ohio State freshman Mary Beth Hurley 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (14-12) in the Irish’s only singles win of the day. Freshman Caroline Dunleavy and Chong lost their respective tiebreakers 10-6.

Despite the loss, Cameron Corse and Zoe Spence have shown to be a bright spot for the young Irish team. Corse is now 3-0 in the 2018 season and 10-2 in singles competition overall since her debut last fall. The duo of Spence and Corse are 3-0 in doubles competition in 2018.

Next up for the Irish is an ACC matchup against Louisville on Friday.

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As the Irish prepare for their season opener Sunday against Detroit Mercy, one of the biggest questions the team faces is the starter in goal — Doss played in 54 games over his four seasons with the Irish, leaving his replacement with big shoes to fill. And while Irish head coach Kevin Corrigan has yet to announce a starter for the squad, he said he feels comfortable with whoever ends up in net given what he’s seen from the depth chart during the offseason and preseason.

“Right now, we’ve got a great competition between [senior Owen Molloy] and [freshman Matt Schmidt], and I think both of them have played extremely well this preseason and through the fall, and at this point, I’m not concerned at all about the goaltending situation,” Corrigan said. “I think we’re going to be well served by whoever ends up winning that job.”

Offensively, the Irish will be faced with the challenge of replacing Perkovic’s production, as he scored 111 goals in his four seasons with the Irish from the midfield position. While this year’s group might lack a player of Perkovic’s star power, it does have plenty of players Corrigan said have been impressive early on, including sophomore Bryan Costabile, junior Brendan Gleason — who converted to midfield from attack — and seniors Pierre Byrne and Brendan Collins.

“You don’t replace Sergio,” Corrigan said of the group this year. “What you do is, you look at the pieces that you have and think, ‘How do we play and what do we do?’ I think, in a way, we’ve been very democratic in the way we’ve played this spring. It really doesn’t seem to matter to anybody who’s doing what. When you play with that unselfishness and that sense that it’s everybody’s responsibility … I like that.

“I think that’s a really positive thing to have an offense that’s based on a lot of differ people being productive. In order for people to be productive, everybody has to play a certain way. Everyone has to play unselfishly, they have to work hard without the ball as well as with the ball, and I just think that makes for, at the end of the day, a tougher group to stop.”

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attack unit from last season, including Wynne and Garnsey, while adding a freshman who has impressed Corrigan thus far in Connor Morin. For a while, the Irish thought they’d be without Garnsey this year, as news broke June 24 that the team’s leading scorer from a year ago had been granted his release to transfer from the program, with many believing he would transfer to Virginia.

Less than a week later, however, Garnsey announced on Twitter his intention to return to Notre Dame, and Corrigan said the junior has shown his commitment to the program ever since.

“We’re glad Ryder’s back, but more importantly, I think Ryder’s been working very hard and working at all things,” Corrigan said. “He’s worked hard to improve himself as a player in his decision-making, has worked hard to develop athletically and I think he’s worked hard to be a good teammate. All of those things are really positive, so I’m not worried about what happened last summer and what possible decisions were being made at that point. I’m worried about what he’s been doing since he got back here this fall.”

And although Garnsey and Wynne will be the two players many Irish opponents focus on this season, Corrigan said he expects the offense to be dynamic and multi-dimensional.

“We have a lot of different pieces there and guys that can make plays,” Corrigan said. “We just need to play in a way that allows all of them to make their plays and play with a patience and selectively that allows us to make sure we’re getting those contributions from everybody.”

Now, as Notre Dame prepares for Sunday’s opener at 1 p.m. inside Loftus Sports Complex, Corrigan said he expects the Irish to set a tone for itself to maintain for the rest of the season, and he hopes that even as those fresh faces fill their places in the rotation, they will quickly find the consistency they will need to compete in a strong ACC this season.

“The biggest thing for us is going to be establishing that we can play consistently,” Corrigan said. “We’re going to have some younger guys in there, and we’re going to have to work really hard to be consistent in what we do because I think that’s really important. When you play the schedule that we play, you can’t afford to be up and down too much.”

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Irish senior guard Matt Farrell dribbles past a Boston College defender during Notre Dame’s 96-85 win over the Eagles on Tuesday at Purcell Pavilion. In his second game back from an ankle injury, Farrell scored 19 points to help Notre Dame snap a seven-game losing streak.

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I just kept shooting. Luckily, a couple of them went in.”

But the sophomore’s impact didn’t end with that run. He’d contribute 10 more points in the half, including an off-balance, running 3 at the halftime buzzer to follow Farrell’s triple after the Eagles had cut the Irish lead to just three, propelling Notre Dame to a 47-38 halftime lead.

“Just playing fearless,” Farrell said of his and Gibbs’ shots to close the half. “ …

We’ve got to play like it’s pickup. That’s how we’re playing.

We’re just going out there and having fun, and that’s the way it’s got to be now. That was a huge shot with the 3, and then for him to hit that going into halftime, it jump started us in the second half.”

“Those are two halftime shots that are just

unbelievable,” Brey said of Gibbs’ buzzer-beater. “He throws the one from half court, he throws that runner in … that’s skill, man. That’s a skill set to do that.”

Jump start the rest of the Irish offense it did, as it looked as though Notre Dame was going to ride that momentum to an easy win. Over the first five minutes of the second half, the Irish built their lead to 18, a 60-42 advantage, as Farrell, senior forward Martinas Geben and sophomore forward John Mooney began to carry the scoring load for the Irish.

But the Eagles matched Gibbs’ first half explosives with a dynamite stick of their own in the second half.

Over the next eight minutes, Boston College would narrow that 18-point margin to a mere deficit of two, as junior guard Jerome Robinson expanded on his 18 first half points with 28 in the second

half on 9-of-14 shooting from the f loor, and Boston College found itself trailing just 70-68.

“He was at the Under Armour camp this past summer with me and [senior forward Bonzie Colson]. He’s an unbelievable player,” Farrell said of Robinson. “ …

That’s a tough kid to guard, and he was making a lot of tough shots. He’s got a bright future.”

Yet, Notre Dame never relinquished the lead. Two clutch threes by Farrell, who finished 5-of-11 from 3, and contributions from Geben, Pf lueger, Mooney and Gibbs would help Notre Dame ultimately finish with a 26-15 advantage down the stretch to close out its 96-85 win.

“I think everybody had a lot of confidence [during the closing stretch] because of the way we were moving offensively,” Farrell said. “When we’re moving like that, guys

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are feeling good and we’re having playing with each other — we’re playing the right way. When that’s happening, we’ve got really good basketball players here, it’s simple.

You get in the lane, you make plays, you drive and kick and we make shots. When we do that, we’re a really dangerous team.”

While Gibbs and Farrell would lead the way with 28 and 19 points, respectively, the offense found its rhythm collectively in the second half. Geben and Mooney scored 16 each, while Pf lueger added 13.

“When in doubt, put 96 on the board,” Brey said. “Maybe we jump started our offense a little bit. Certainly we needed it, and I’m thrilled for our guys to be able to celebrate a little bit in the locker room.

“It’s been a while.”

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outfielder Ali Wester, senior shortstop Morgan Reed, junior pitcher/infielder Cait Brooks and junior infielder Melissa Rochford. All four players hit over .300 last season and combined to hit 22 home runs.

Last season, the Irish finished third in the ACC in batting average, runs scored and hits.

However, as the Irish gear up for the start of the year, they will be without a few key contributors from the previous year, as the Irish lose captain and four-year contributor Karley Wester.

Wester racked up 67 hits in last year’s campaign and led the Irish in steals with 31, in addition to posting a strong .981 fielding percentage in center field. To replace Karley Wester’s production, Notre Dame may look to her sisters Ali and Riley.

In her first two years with the team, Ali Wester has cemented her spot in the Irish starting lineup, earning All-ACC honors in each of her first two years. Riley Wester, a freshman, will look to make an impact in her first year at Notre Dame and sported a .418 career batting average in high school.

Pitching On the mound, Notre Dame loses Rachel Nasland from last year’s team. Last year, the Irish relied significantly on Nasland as she led the team in w ins, innings pitched, starts, strikeouts and saves.

With Nasland gone, Notre Dame w ill turn to senior Katie Beriont to shoulder the load on the mound. Last season Beriont posted a solid statline w ith a 12-6 record, an ERA of 3.97 and her first career no-hitter against conference-foe North Carolina.

Completing the rotation for Notre Dame will be Brooks and freshmen Alexis Holloway and Morgan Ryan. Holloway hails from Crown Point, Indiana, and was named the Gatorade Indiana Softball Player of the Year and the top pitcher of the 2017 high school class. Meanwhile, Ryan was named the Gatorade Pennsylvania Softball Player of the Year.

Notre Dame will begin its season at the Kajikawa Classic with games against Seattle, Saint Mary’s, South Dakota, No. 23 Arizona State and Fresno State over the weekend.

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MEN’S BASKETball | nd 96, BC 85

Gibbs, Notre Dame outshoot BC to end skid

By BEN PADANILAM Editor-in-Chief

CHRIS COLLINS | The Observer

Irish sophomore guard T.J. Gibbs dribbles up the court during Notre Dame’s 96-85 win over Boston College on Tuesday at Purcell Pavilion. Gibbs led the Irish with 28 points, including 22 in the first half.

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No sport is a stranger to prolonged road trips. It’s just the nature of collegiate athletics.

But the start of Notre Dame’s softball season marks a series of road games that few teams can match.

Over the next month, the Irish w ill being their season by traveling to Tempe, Arizona; Tallahassee, Florida; Cathedral Cit y, California, and Kissimmee, Florida, in consecutive weekends.

Over the course of the month-long set of games away from South Bend, the Irish w ill see some of the best teams in the nation.

In the Kajikawa Classic this weekend in Tempe, Notre Dame w ill face off against No. 23 Arizona State on Saturday.

The next weekend at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, the Irish w ill take on No. 16 Minnesota and No. 18

see M BBALL PAGE 11

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ND to open with tough road slate Observer Sports Staff

Hav ing lost seven-straight games and seen its postseason aspirations dw indle of late, Notre Dame was looking for something — anything — to get itself back on the proverbial track w ith some momentum it could use as a foundation for the rest of its season.

In short, it needed a spark.

But in Tuesday night’s matchup w ith Boston College, it didn’t get a spark.

It got an explosion.

The Irish (14-10, 4-7 ACC) scored 47 points in the first half — their most in a game since Jan. 3 — and rode the momentum of a 22-point period by sophomore guard T.J. Gibbs to their first w in in eight games: a 96-85 v ictor y over the Eagles (14-10, 4-7).

“He’s such a believer.

There’s such great toughness,” Irish head coach Mike Brey said of Gibbs. “ … He just wants it for his team.

He’s really pure, man.”

Going the first five minutes of the game scoreless, Gibbs first saw his team come out more efficient than

it had in any of its prev ious seven games, as the Irish were 5-of-6 to start the contest and used the hot start to propel themselves to a narrow 11-9 lead.

And then Gibbs took over.

After the Eagles knotted the score at 11-11, Gibbs hit a 3 in response.

The Eagles would answer w ith a 3 of their ow n t wo possessions later, but the Irish didn’t break a sweat; after whittling the shot clock dow n to its final seconds, senior guard Matt Farrell found Gibbs at the top of the key, and the sophomore hit a second shot from beyond the arc.

Two possessions later, he nailed a third.

And after a steal on the defensive end, Gibbs would cap off his personal 12-3 run against the Eagles w ith one more long-range basket, giving the Irish a 23-14 lead.

“That’s all [my teammates],” Gibbs said of the run. “I mean, I just happened to be the one that was at the end of all the plays, but they kept finding me and

Reloaded Irish gear up for challenging schedule

Michigan.

And the weekend after that (Feb. 22-23), Notre Dame finds itself going up against No. 13 Auburn, No. 6 Texas A&M and No. 4 Washington.

But the whirlw ind of away games in warm-weather locations is nothing new to the Irish. Each year, Notre Dame begins its season w ith a number of road trips against nationally-ranked opponents.

Last year, the Irish played a similarly tough slate of games and came away with wins over three top-15 teams — Oklahoma, Michigan and Georgia.

By BEN PADANILAM Editor-in-Chief

New roster The 2018 team that will f ly out to Tempe looks largely similar to last year’s squad that earned a berth in the NCA A tournament.

Many of Notre Dame’s key bats from 2017 will return again including junior see SOFTBALL PAGE 11

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Irish junior attack Ryder Garnsey makes a pass during Notre Dame’s 15-9 win over Marquette on May 14 at Arlotta Stadium.

As No. 6 Notre Dame prepares to open its 2018 season, its roster consists of a mix of old and new faces.

With the new year comes the loss of some of the team’s most established talent in previous seasons, as AllAmerican midfielder Sergio Perkovic, All-American defender Garrett Epple, goalie Shane Doss and others have moved on to the next stages of their careers and lives after graduation.

But All-American and senior long-stick midfielder John Sexton, senior attack Mikey Wynne and junior attack Ryder Garnsey return for a well-respected squad — as indicated by their top-10 preseason ranking in the two major college lacrosse polls — that will also be looking for some fresh faces to step into the voids left by the recently see M LAX PAGE 10