Print Edition for The Observer for Monday, August 28, 2023

Fans flood Dublin for football game

More than 40,000 travel overseas for Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland

By PETER BREEN notre dame news editor

Fighting i rish football fans of every living generation journeyed across the a tlantic o cean to see the b lue and g old take on the n aval a cademy in the e merald i sle on s aturday for the a er l ingus c ollege Football c lassic.

n otre d ame played n avy in d ublin once in 1996 and again in 2012. This time, the i rish beat the m idshipman by 39 points at aviva s tadium, which is the home of the i rish r ugby Football u nion and the Football a ssociation of i reland.

o rganizers told the

a ssociated p ress that the event was expected to have an impact of around 150 million euros on i reland’s economy. s upporters from both schools flooded the pubs around d ublin on gameday, and many included the match as part of a longer visit to the country.

m ore than 40,000 overseas visitors attended the contest, according to the i rish Times.

a lex h aas, a junior from c incinnati who flew to the game out of c hicago, said she was meeting up with her mom and brother in d ublin.

“ we’re staying in an a irbnb

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ND construction ramps up for fall Students launch club to fight kidney disease

By LIAM KELLY a ssociate news editor

a s n otre d ame students return to their daily routine on campus, one thing is certain to remain the same from years past — the steady drone of construction on campus. c onstruction companies have been hard at work all summer and into this fall on a number of new buildings including the r aclin m urphy m useum of a rt, the second m c c ourtney h all research building and a new men’s residence hall.

The r aclin m urphy m useum of a rt will replace the s nite m useum of a rt, which has now closed its doors and will transition into its new role as the s nite r esearch c enter in the v isual a rts, according to the r aclin m urphy m useum of a rt website.

d oug m arsh, vice president for facilities design and operations and u niversity architect, offered his praise for the new building in an email interview.

“There are beautiful galleries in the new r aclin m urphy m useum of a rt including space for the exhibit of contemporary works, a feature that was lacking in the s nite m useum,” m arsh wrote.

The r aclin m urphy m useum of a rt was donated by philanthropist e rnestine r aclin and her daughter and son-in-law c armen and c hris m urphy. i t was designed by r obert a . m . s tern a rchitects, according to n otre d ame Facilities d esign and o perations. The museum began construction in m ay of 2021 and will be completed by n ov. 30 of this year, m arsh stated.

Further north on campus, the new men’s residence hall continues rise from the ground. The building, which is as of now unnamed, will be built in the collegiate g othic style according to Facilities d esign and o perations. The dorm will have facilities and a design similar to recently constructed dorms,

By JENNA ABU-LUGHOD news writer

o ver the summer, four students came together with the hopes of starting a chapter of the Kidney d isease s creening and a wareness p rogram (K dsap ) at n otre d ame. Their goal is to aid with the national issue of undetected kidney disease

by providing free kidney screenings to members of the s outh b end community.

w hile completing a summer research program, junior Zachary Joseph was introduced to l i- l i h siao, the founder of K dsap a fter learning more about the organization from h siao, Joseph said he became interested in

starting a chapter of K dsap at n otre d ame.

“The national organization is run by l i- l i h siao, and she was also running the research program i was in,” Joseph said. “ s o that is how i heard about K dsap.”

Joseph said he began by reaching out to fellow

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Alumna’s memoir commemorates Chileans

By CAROLINE COLLINS news writer

o n the day that 22-yearold Kathleen o sberger arrived in c hile in 1975, two years following the cia -assisted military coup which overthrew the democratically elected president and installed a military junta under the leadership of a ugusto

p inochet, she learned of a secret that would mark her time in the country. The religious sisters that o sberger would be living and working with were giving shelter to people who were threatened with torture and death by the d irección de i nteligencia n acional, p inochet’s secret police.

o sberger’s memoir, “ i s urrender: a m emoir of c hile’s d ictatorship, 1975,” recounts her experience during the five months she spent working as a teacher at c olegio s t. g eorge, a c atholic grade school in s antiago. a fter graduating from n otre d ame, o sberger was

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contest drew over 40,000 fans, including many students, who united to cheer on the Irish.

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Monday Center for Social Concerns Bash Geddes Hall Lawn 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Enjoy games, music and free food.

Adoration St. Joseph Chapel by Brothers of Holy Cross 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Hosted by the Campus Ministry.

Tuesday

Lecture on 'The People’s Justice' 1130 Eck Hall of Law

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Judge Thapar speaks on Clarence Thomas.

The Lakeside Trio Recital Stapleton Lounge 3:30 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.

Free live music from a guest artist.

Wednesday

Chai and Samosa

2148 Jenkins Nanovic Hall Noon - 1 p.m.

Connect with the South Asia Group.

Lecture on Religion and Compromise 1050 Jenkins Nanovic Hall

3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Prof. Robert Frost.

Thursday

Student Diversity Board’s Mosaic Alumnae Green 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Experience free food and diverse music.

Lunch & Learn 162 Mendoza College of Business Noon - 1 p.m.

Investing with Kristen Bitterly Michelle.

Friday

First Friday Devotion St. Joseph Chapel 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Adoration, confession, and the rosary all avaliable.

Farmer’s Market Corner of Madeleva Dr. and Taylor Dr. 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Dublin

con T inued from Page 1 about a 10-minute walk from the stadium in the center of d ublin,” h aas said.

h aas and her family planned to spend a whole week in i reland, touring spots such as the g uinness s torehouse in d ublin and the c liffs of m oher on i reland’s west coast.

b ecause the semester just started and so many other students were going to the game — including seniors, the band and athletes on the cheer, rugby and football teams — h aas said she wasn’t too worried about missing a few days of class. “ i ’m trying to get my books right now, but i ’m honestly not even really thinking about [school],” h aas said from the international terminal of c hicago o ’ h are. “ i emailed all my professors, and they were all pretty chill.”

Construction

such as Johnson f amily h all, d unne h all, b aumer h all and f laherty h all, m arsh explained.

The new dorm will be completed for the fall of 2024 and will hold 263 students, m arsh said.

When asked if any residence halls would be demolished after the new dorm is complete, m arsh did provide any tangible hints.

“We are currently completing an update to our undergraduate residence hall plan that will guide our work over the next few years. We will share information with the campus as these plans are finalized,” he stated.

Just next door to the new men’s residence hall and

d ublin locals a drian Lang and d aniela g arau, an artist, booked a section of fence along s t. s tephen’s g reen, a public park in d ublin’s city centre, to peddle g arau’s paintings to fans around game time s aturday.

g arau said she sold art to tourists all throughout the summer, and she noted the energy of those from the u s in town lately for the n otre d ame game.

“They are very cheerful, and they love art,” she said about the a mericans who stopped by to shop.

a ccording to Lang, the i rish people are much more invested in the sport of rugby compared with a merican football. h owever, Lang said he and his fellow i rishmen have always known about n otre d ame since they were kids.

“ i don’t want to say [people from i reland] will be more on the side of n otre d ame, but probably,” Lang said.

adjacent to the original m c c ourtney h all, the second m c c ourtney research building is being constructed.

The new building will have cutting edge science facilities, m arsh explained.

“There are several research themes intended for the building: genomics, environmental, tissue (biomedical/bioengineering), and vector, capped off with a computational team that will work with all the groups in data analytics,” he wrote.

a ccording to f acilities

d esign and o perations, the new science building will be 200,000 square feet large and will have 110,000 square feet of office and laboratory space.

The building, which was the lead gift from alumnus and emeritus trustee Ted h

“The f ighting i rish — our name is in it. n o disrespect to n avy though.”

b rain s hort, a “double domer” from m inneapolis who graduated in 1972 with a bachelor’s in economics and went to the law school, said he and his wife have gone to see n otre d ame play n avy in i reland all three times.

“ i ’ve never met friendlier people,” s hort said of the i rish. “ e very cab driver that we’ve had, save one, was remarkable, had great stories and was very engaging, very friendly.”

s hort had good things to say about everyone, including n avy fans, who swarmed the streets of d ublin for the match.

“Walking down the street, i bumped into three of my law school classmates,” s hort said.

Contact Peter Breen at pbreen2@nd.edu

m c c ourtney and his wife, Tracy, started going up in the summer of 2022 and will be completed by the end of 2024, m arsh said.

a s the work on these buildings continues, students may have noticed that another construction project is nearing completion. The statue of m ary atop the g olden d ome has finally shed its scaffolding, with the regilding work coming to an end. The rest of the scaffolding will soon come off, m arsh wrote.

“The remainder of the work will be completed and the rest of the scaffold removed in the next month or so,” he explained.

Contact Liam Kelly at lkelly8@nd.edu

Chile

con T inued from Page 1 invited to participate in a two-year pilot program where graduates and students live and work in poor parish communities led by the c ongregation of h oly c ross priests of c hile and Peru.

o sberger arrived in c hile in the midst of the Pinochet regime — a time when adversaries of the government were tortured, killed and thousands more “disappeared.” s he said that during this time many people were living in fear of the government and fear of what could happen next.

“When i arrived in c hile, there was a very intense conflict between the Pinochet government and a brewing conflict with the c atholic c hurch and an ecumenical entity called the c omité Pro Paz,” o sberger said. i n her memoir, she highlights the c hilean people and the lay people who played a prominent role in confronting the military dictatorship.

“ i think the really important thing for me is the heroic witness of these nuns and priests and lay people,” o sberger said. “These are prophetic people who have lived long lives of giving service to others, and their story needed to be told. i felt like they really were the heroines and heroes.”

s he also discussed the role of the c hilean people in resisting the

government and offering support in unprecedented ways. o sberger said that everyday c hilean people showed their solidarity by opening their doors to strangers, no names exchanged, and offering a safe place for them to stay, no questions asked.

“ i just admire the strength of the c hilean population to keep pressing forward against so much resistance,” she said.

c hile’s current constitution dates back to 1980 and was written under the Pinochet military dictatorship. This year, c hilean citizens are embarking on their second attempt to draft a new constitution and “push off the constitution from Pinochet times,” o sberger said.

o sberger said the c hilean people just keep trying to bring about a better democracy.

n ot only did c hilean people play a role during this time in history, but so did the u nited s tates.

“We have a big heavy hand in in all of the politics in Latin a merica,” o sberger said.

s he said the u s . government played a role in destabilizing the c hilean economy and the militarization of the police force, two factors which led to the coup in 1973.

o sberger said that this story is one she has been waiting for years to tell. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the coup in c hile and she said “it was now or never.”

i n 2007, o sberger returned to c hile to conduct interviews with members of the c ongregation of h oly c ross and the people she shared these experiences with. s he said that these interviews with people who experienced the repression in c hile for the 17 years of Pinochet’s dictatorship became the backbone for her memoir.

“These people and the c atholic c hurch- s tate [were] very much at the forefront of confronting the dictatorship and giving a moral background to all of it and spreading the word internationally,” o sberger said.

This fall, o sberger embarks on a tour of universities and institutions across the country to promote her book. The Kellogg i nstitute for i nternational s tudies is hosting a discussion session with o sberger on s ept. 11 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the h esburgh c enter.

Contact Caroline Collings at ccolli23@nd.edu

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Student government hosts ‘Flick on the Field’

By ROSE ANDROWICH news Writer

n otre d ame student government hosted its annual Flick on the Field, which became a tradition in 2016, this year on Friday Aug. 25.

s tudent government collaborated with the s tudent Union b oard ( s U b ) and the s tudent Activities o ffice ( s A o ) for the event.

“[ s tudent Government] has been really fortunate to be able to work with s U b in the past, and it was definitely something we wanted to continue since they’re so wonderful at executing different programming events,” said s arah m ahoney, co-director of student life in the executive cabinet of student government.

s U b planned the Acousticafe portion of the event. Lily c ondodina, s U b executive director, said they decided to an Acousticafe as part of Flick on the Field after m ahoney approached her about collaborating.

“We kind of came with the idea together to do an Acousticafe on Library Lawn … and it’s a good addition to all the events that [student government] already have going on,” c ondodina said.

c ondodina explained that Flick on the Field is an important tradition.

“It’s a huge event and it’s a really important tradition,” she said. “ s o we’re just happy that they wanted us to kind of enhance the program a little bit with Acousticafe.”

c ondodina said the film “ r udy” is iconic, and that being able to sit in n otre d ame s tadium is a special experience.

“It’s very iconic and to be able to sit in the actual n otre

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pre-med students junior Alex d el vecchio, sophomore Kennedy Gallaher and sophomore Jacob Finley.

“Zach really took the reins on the project,” d el vecchio said. “ h e knew us all and he knew that we are all pre-med and so that was the idea behind reaching out to us.”

After establishing the team, Joseph next reached out to the s tudent Activities o ffice ( s A o ). Joseph, d el vecchio, Gallaher and Finley also worked on finding a physician advisor, which is a requirement set by K ds A p

“I reached out to c ody b allinger who was really helpful in the process,” Joseph said. “ s A o also has

d ame s tadium to watch that, it’s a super special experience,” she said. “I think also, you feel more part of the n otre d ame community when you leave Flick on the Field after watching this film that you can all relate to with your peers.”

Juliana r amirez, s U b programming director, said s U b wants to organize events that are accessible to students.

“We just want to organize events that’s accessible to them [so that they] don’t have a lot of financial strain, which is exactly what we do and just like a way for people to meet others and have a stress reliever,” r amirez said.

r amirez said s U b wants to remind students college isn’t just academics through their programming.

“We want to remind them that college is not just academics,” r amirez said. “There are so many other factors and aspects of a life.”

m ahoney said student government’s ultimate mission is to create the best possible experience they possibly can for all the students.

Flick on the Field welcomes students, but it is open to the public as well. n adim Khouzam, co-director in the student government executive cabinet, said the event is a great way to involve the community outside of n otre d ame.

“It’s great way to involve outside of n otre d ame like the community within s outh b end,” Khouzam said. “I feel like it makes a pretty big impact when people are able to come on campus and actually be in the stadium on the turf itself, to enjoy this time with their family and watch this special film.”

a page for prospective clubs so that was also helpful in learning about the process.”

Whereas an original club must only meet s A o requirements, a chapter of a national organization must meet both s A o and the organization’s requirements. This was something the club members said they had to keep in minding when creating the framework for the club.

“ h aving lots of guidelines made it more of a clear path for us in terms of what we had to do to get started,” d el vecchio said.

“If you are someone starting another club that is similar in nature, then you can start there. b ut if you are starting your own club you probably want to turn to s A o first.”

m ahoney said the event is a great way for student government to engage with the local community as well.

“ s o it’s a great way for not only for student government to engage with the local community, but also for our student body as a whole,” m ahoney said. “And also it kind of brings the local community into the wonderful n otre d ame family with the story of r udy being particularly special for everyone.”

Khouzam said “ r udy” is a staple of n otre d ame and that r udy is a figure of perseverance.

“ h e kind of is a staple of n otre d ame, and he’s someone that people kind of look up to as a figure of perseverance,” Khouzam said. “I think when it comes to being a student at n otre d ame, that’s a characteristic that

The main struggle for the club so far has been going through s A o ’s lengthy process for starting a club, something Joseph, d el vecchio and Gallaher expressed resentment towards.

“We haven’t seen s A o ’s side of it. b ut seeing it from our side, I think that it could certainly be a much shorter process,” Gallaher said.

Joseph added that he thinks the timeline is rather drawn out and consequently frustrating. m oreover, s A o put a pause on their typical prospective club application cycle and does not have a fall 2024 application. This is yet another obstacle Joseph and his team said they are trying to overcome.

As students in the midst of the process, Joseph,

a lot of us have and that builds on this long standing tradition and history that we have as a school of success. And giving back to the community.”

n ayla h ernandez, Acousticafe chair, said the event brings an energy of school pride. s he said the student performers for the Acousticafe embody what the n otre d ame experience is like.

“I think it brings together an energy of school pride in a way because ‘ r udy’ is a very big feel good movie … then you see student performers and people who actually embody what the n otre d ame experience is like currently,” she said.

h ernandez said the community coming together in a common mission is really admirable.

d el vecchio and Gallaher had various pieces of advice to give to students who could someday be in a similar position. The three students agreed that starting early is essential to getting approval from s A o

“The biggest thing is to start early,” Joseph said. “It is a long process and it is harder to complete once the school year starts and stuff starts piling up.”

The hopeful founders of n otre d ame’s chapter of K ds A p also underscored the importance of reaching out to people and contacting anyone who could assist.

“ d on’t be afraid to push. r each out to as many people as possible and make sure they know how passionate you are about starting your club. Just dive in,” Gallaher said.

“We’re such a geographically diverse school and to all be coming together in this place in a way that unites us all in a common mission is really admirable, but it takes a lot of perseverance, and I think ‘ r udy’ embodies that in an athletic sense,” she said.

m ahoney said “ r udy” tells a story of coming to n otre d ame. “‘ r udy’ is probably just the perfect film for n otre d ame,” she said. “It tells a story of like coming to n otre d ame, and Flick on the Field is a great event where we welcome a lot of the firstyears in the community for the first time with a big event on the first Friday of the school year.”

Contact Rose Androwich at randrowich01@saintmarys.edu

Though still trying to get approval from s A o , who, again, have put a pause on their regular application cycle, Joseph, d el vecchio, Gallaher and Finley have begun searching for students who want to be a part of the club.

“We sent assistant dean m aureen d awson an email asking her to mention us in her weekly email, and she did. After that was when we started getting some emails rolling in about people wanting to join,” d el vecchio said.

The team also suggested reaching out to friends and classmates as a place to start recruiting club members, the very method Joseph used to establish the founding team.

ROSE ANDROWICH | The Observer

Students settle in for the showing of ‘Rudy' during the annual ‘Flick on the Field.’ Notre Dame student government began this event in 2016 as a way to bring together students and the South Bend community.

By MAGGIE EASTLAND editor-in-chief

Zach bryan released his self-titled album last Friday. That day, online searches for his name came close to surpassing those for notre dame football. bryan did not set out to write a chart-topping album. In fact, he has repeatedly said that was not his goal. “I don’t have a bullsh*t roll-out plan to stuff it in-front of as many people as I can. I just wrote some poems and songs that I want to share because I think they’re special,” bryan wrote on a social media post.

his album cover is plastered all over spotify’s Top 50UsA anyway. In the U.s., Zach bryan’s name notched more than 50,000 searches on Google last Friday. When the dust settled, “Zach bryan” was the 7th-most-searched term that day, sharing the stage with second-place term “notre dame.”

“I wrote and produced an album that I would want to listen to. I self-titled it because I hear every cell of my being in it,” bryan wrote. While he might not be shooting for the top charts, his authenticity just might carry him there anyway. In his own words, “I don’t need no music machine telling me what a good story is.” The entire album is self-produced. The style of recording is just as authentic as the lyrics. In “smaller Acts,” bryan enlisted the help of a real live bird, who according to the artist, “started singing back to me swear on it.”

Zach bryan is reviving poetry and meaning in the age of artificial intelligence. he’s finding his strength in the human stories people crave. The album is a refreshing return to the confusing, life-giving, heartbreaking, hopeful, spiteful, striving human experience. This

album is gritty — maybe even sordid — but it’s beautiful at the same time. every track is soaked with imagery and metaphor that make bryan’s words feel as personal as a handwritten note. The album’s first track, a poem titled “Fear and Fridays,” demonstrates this. And while he might be right that “excess never leads to better things, it only piles and piles atop of things that are already abundantly in front of you,” fans were sure grateful for the next 15 tracks.

bryan has an entrancing way of crescendoing the melody and instrumentation then softening the sound again, resulting in an intimate invitation to take a drive, sit on a back porch and just be human. The imagery makes the listener feel like they’re wandering an art museum. he pronounces the middle syllable of “time ticking on the interstate” like someone slamming a thick glass tumbler of whiskey down on some old saloon bar. do you know any other country artist who is willing to explore the bounds of time and space? Zach bryan takes listeners from motorbiking down U.s route 101 to jumping in the pool when fully clothed in August.

This isn’t your standard commercialized country music about trucks and beer. bryan’s style sounds more bluegrass and western, encompassing themes that are far more nuanced than its dirt road c ounterparts. While most country artists croon on about buying a boat, bryan tells a story of seeing things through despite the flaws. Zach bryan’s songs strike a balance between striving and failing, despairing and hoping. Lines like, “I don’t want love, lover, I want the truth,” exemplify that romantic realism.

The attitudes contained in his songs are the same ones he applies to his music career. The artist’s apparent

distaste for popularity is a breath of fresh air. more importantly, this album reminds listeners to stay humble and hungry and human. In a world at war with meaninglessness, the message is resonating.

What is bryan’s reaction to the fanfare? he’s headed to the neighborhood bowling alley. “sounds like a good night to run a local bowling alley out of beer,” he wrote in an X tweet saturday. even if his music isn’t everyone’s taste, Zach bryan’s authenticity is something to be admired. he’s making good art — for himself and anyone else who might enjoy it.

“All I pray is that someone out there relates enough to not feel alone,” he wrote on social media.

As it turns out, people are chasing that kin of simplicity. bryan might even have some questioning how the music industry ever strayed so far from the joy and human connection it is supposed to foster. As he and those who listen are helping poetry, meaning and art-for-art’s-sake make a triumphant revival.

For college students, Zach bryan is not only a great musician but a source of inspiration to pursue things with every ounce of their being — not for fame or prestige, but for the sake of art that makes others feel less alone. I hear that in every single one of these songs.

Contact Maggie Eastland at meastlan@nd.edu

“Zach Bryan”

Favorite Tracks : “Spotless,” “Ticking,” “East Side of Sorrows”

If you like: Caamp, Tyler Childers, George Strait, Briston Maroney

By CECELIA SWARTZ scene Writer

“hamlet 50/50,” adapted by vanessa morosco and Peter simon h ilton from shakespeare‘s “hamlet,” strove to create gender equity in the workplace for theatre professionals, rearranging the source material so that 50 percent of the lines were delivered by women characters. The show premiered at the debartolo Performing Arts c enter and ran Aug. 17-27. As a play, it was well-produced, wellacted and was an overall enjoyable experience. The adaptation itself, however, had mixed success in how it rearranged some of the lines traditionally delivered by men for the sake of gender equity and fundamentally changed the some of the more traditional portrayals of certain characters.

I felt the changes found success in dealing with o phelia ( madeline calais). To make her part larger and foreground her as a character, o phelia was given lines usually spoken by other male characters. The most significant of these changes was giving her hamlet’s famous Act 3 “To be, or not to be” soliloquy. In the speech, he contemplates suicide, asking but never answering the existential question whether it is better “To be, or not to be.” In “hamlet 50/50,” o phelia gives an answer. she delivers the soliloquy after she has descended into madness and right before she commits suicide. This change fits well, creating a new and very powerful moment for her where the audience gets to see

her inner thoughts and grief before she ends her life. Giving her the most famous soliloquy also includes her in the “thinking” nature of the play, where she was previously excluded because she gets to connect to the audience, moving her from a side-character that was basically a plot device to one that is more central and fleshed out.

Gertrude (TayLar), the only other female character in shakespeare’s version, has a much more powerful role in “hamlet 50/50” as reigning queen after her husband is killed by his brother c laudius (Peter simon h ilton), taking on some of his lines in the production. In shakespeare’s version, c laudius is the one who becomes king after he commits the murder and marries Gertrude. I enjoyed seeing Gertrude portrayed as a powerful queen, but it came at the cost of c laudius’ character motivation. c laudius kills his brother and marries Gertrude for the political power he gains from seizing the throne in the original text. hamlet must then both avenge his father’s murder and the usurpation of his crown.

In this version, there is no political motivation for c laudius to have killed the king since he is only the queen’s consort after the murder and Gertrude is portrayed as innocent in the murder plot. This muddies some of the previously central political intrigue because there appears to be very little reason for c laudius to have killed the king and hamlet (Xavier e dward King) does not indicate that he feels that his mother has usurped the throne like c laudius clearly does in shakespeare’s text.

Aside from increasing the size of the parts of Gertrude and o phelia, the adaptation casted horatio ( becca ballenger) as a woman who took control of the danish royal court at the end instead of Fortinbras, the prince of norway, seizing power with his invading army. This worked well because it felt like a fitting point of closure. They also replaced the side characters of bernardo and Francisco — who first see the ghost of the king — with susanna ( melíza Gutierrez) and maria ( c olleen mcLinden), which worked for the intention of upping both the number of women onstage and the number of lines spoken by women. They did, however, take out rosencrantz and Guildenstern entirely which made me a bit sad because those characters are funny. o verall, it felt like, for the sake of equity, the play centered less around hamlet and his inner thoughts and more around the various political machinations of the royal court of denmark as it foregrounded female characters.

I think 50/50 shakespeare as a project is doing amazing work bringing such important texts of the e nglish literary canon, originally written for all-male acting troupes, into the 21st century. “hamlet,” however, was difficult to start with because of its usual focus on hamlet’s inner response to external conflicts. While there are points where the adaptation is wildly successful, there are also points where that difficulty shows.

Contact Cecelia Swartz at cswartz@nd.edu

Intersectionality: A tool for justice

Grace Sullivan I.m.P.A.c.T.

Intersectionality, a term coined by columbia and UcLA law professor Kimberlé crenshaw, describes how identity groups overlap and intersect to determine one’s experience in the world. This term provides insight into the different ways multifaceted identities are both oppressed and privileged, how every individual’s lived experience is different based on the identity group they belong to. When it comes to social justice, it is essential for people to have an accurate understanding of the different ways parts of one’s identity influence them in different ways.

First, it is important to have an accurate understanding of oppression and privilege. retired m ichigan state professor of philosophy marilyn Frye defines oppression as a network of forces that restrict the freedom of individuals. oppression should not be confused with suffering, a state of unhappiness that is not a result of systemic forces that deprive people of basic civil rights and liberties. on the other hand, privilege, as defined by writer Allan Johnson, is any advantage that is unearned, exclusive or socially conferred systems organized around dominance, identification and centeredness. In other words, it is a characteristic of a system in which everyone participates. Understanding oppression and privilege is critical to developing an understanding of intersectionality, for everyone’s identities contain different components that dictate their experiences in society.

Identity impacts every facet of an individual’s life. While some people are fully oppressed or privileged based on their identity, others hold both privileged and oppressed identities. regardless, every individual’s encounter with the world is multidimensional because

people are privileged and oppressed in different ways. Identity categories include gender, sex, sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic class and age. In our society, the identity of a man who is cisgender, straight, white, Protestant, middle-class and middle aged holds the most privilege because they belong to the dominant group of systems in our white supremacist patriarchal heteronormative capitalist society.

As described by the black lesbian feminist Audre Lorde, this can be explained as the mythical norm where the trappings of power reside in society. Therefore, any identity that does not hold or has some of these characteristics or falls outside the mythical norm, experiences systemic oppression. by understanding our hierarchical society as a combination of overlapping systems based on identities, it is clear how oppression is deeply ingrained in our society as it manifests itself through discrimination and marginalization.

People experience discrimination in different ways. A black woman experiences a different form of oppression than a white woman. The nuanced ways people experience oppression give insight into the way systematic marginalization functions. People can be fully privileged, fully oppressed or both privileged and oppressed based on the identity groups they belong to.

It is important to analyze identities as a combination of different facets that intersect rather than separate components that are not related to each other. As emphasized by crenshaw, 3 legal cases – deGraffenreid v. General motors, moore v. hughes helicopter, Inc. and Payne v. Travenol – dealt with issues of sex and racial discrimination in a one-dimensional way. They failed to acknowledge the fact that black women, for example, can experience discrimination from their sex, race and oftentimes both at once. This limited analysis of discrimination highlights the lack of understanding of

social institutions and how they oppress marginalized identities in different ways. In another sense, white women experience both white privilege and gender oppression. one form of privilege or oppression should not be given more emphasis than the other, all identity groups are important in understanding how an individual interacts with and experiences the world. every individual experiences the world differently based on their identity, developing an understanding of this within our society will create more empathy and promote conversation around people’s experiences.

When it comes to social justice, understanding intersectionality is pivotal to combating systemic inequalities. developing an understanding of identity allows you to analyze the ways in which privilege and identity intersect and influence humanity. by promoting the theory of intersectionality, people can accurately understand how our society functions. To fight for a more just and equitable society, we must combat social institutions that discriminate against oppressed identity groups. Justice is possible if people listen to the experiences of silenced voices.

As martin Luther King Jr. once said, “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Using intersectionality as a tool of understanding can promote empathy and motivate people to fight against oppression by protesting against the unjust treatment of identities that fall outside of the mythical norm.

Grace Sullivan is a sophomore at Notre Dame studying Global Affairs with minors in Gender and Peace Studies. In her column I.M.P.A.C.T. (Intersectionality Makes Political Activist Change Transpire), she is passionate about looking at global social justice issues through an intersectional feminist lens. Outside of The Observer, she enjoys hiking, painting and being a plant mom. She can be reached at gsulli22@nd.edu. The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

‘Nimona’: Challenging perspectives

“You should be questioning everything right now… What’s it all really for?”

- nick bruno and Troy Quane from ”nimona”

[not so] long ago, there was a girl who loved a good story. she dreamed of one day having adventures worthy of a fantasy movie or a novel. Perhaps she would be discovered as the lost princess of a faraway kingdom or she would stumble upon a hatching dragon that would grow up to fly her over beautiful cities. Unfortunately, years went by without a letter from hogwarts or a Greek godparent reveal. real life was not a fantasy, but that didn’t mean she was done embracing her stories for all they had to teach her.

hi, I’m Joy. Welcome to my column, where we will dive into pieces of media, old and new, to draw out their underlying lessons. In the digital age, we are constantly bombarded with different messages. In every piece of media you consume — from TikToks to movies, tweets to novels and viral sounds to albums — someone is trying to tell you something. In this column, I want to deep dive into what those messages could be. on that note, for this first article, I direct your attention to netflix’s ”nimona,” a movie that illustrates the importance of being critical of the media you consume and being willing to broaden your own perspective.

The animated adventure-comedy follows the shapeshifting titular character nimona and a disgraced knight ballister. The unlikely pair collaborate to clear ballister’s name after he is framed for the queen’s murder. The movie touches on many themes, including the dangers of systemic hate. however, I want to focus on how it portrays perspectives, both unchanging and evolving.

The movie takes place in a walled-off kingdom,

where young knights are trained by the Institution to protect the realm from legendary monsters beyond the wall. children grow up “believing they could be a hero if they put their sword through the heart of anything different.” however, nimona, a shapeshifter, is different. ballister, the first knight without noble blood, is different. Their very existence challenges the kingdom’s teachings. so how does society react to them?

When your beliefs are challenged, either by contradicting evidence or by finding flawed reasoning, you encounter two options. You can reject the challenge altogether or you can lean into it and affirm where you stand.

The easy option is to simply reject the challenge. In action, this looks like ignoring — or even destroying — problematic evidence. some might perceive this option as operating on faith, others might deem it as being willfully ignorant.

Alternatively, leaning in requires humility. Perhaps the challenge is falsely construed or it supplements the already-held belief. In this event, your belief is all the stronger for examining it critically. however, if the challenging evidence is strong and genuinely doesn’t align with the established perspective, one must accept being wrong and be willing to grow.

In ”nimona,” the rejection response is visible in the director’s attitude towards those who are different and the lengths she will go to eliminate challenges to her perspective. In the kingdom, her job is to lead the Institution and “protect [the kingdom’s] way of life.” she encourages those around her to not question what has kept them safe for centuries. she maintains blind faith in the system and aims to destroy anything and anyone that threatens it.

We see the second lean-in response in ballister’s arc. When he learns of nimona’s abilities, his first instinct is to deem her a monster. As a citizen of the Kingdom and a trained knight, he only knows to recognize nimona as something different and inhuman, but she

didn’t fit into the mold that he had been taught. she wasn’t a senseless, evil being; she was his friend. so, he leans in and accepts her existence as a third option. she’s not human. she’s not a monster. she’s nimona, for whatever that means.

ballister’s development also shows us that leaning in can take time. As the movie unfolds, there are various instances where ballister’s belief in the Institute’s teachings is challenged. he isn’t always immediately ready to re-examine his beliefs — which would be unreasonable — but he also doesn’t destroy the evidence. he remains open as he gathers more information. With time, he lets his perspective shift based on what he’s learned through various experiences and not based on the teachings of any single source.

Today, it’s easy to dismiss challenging opinions and live in a bubble of ideas that only support your own worldview. In a kingdom of free-flowing ideas, don’t be a willfully ignorant, destructive director. be a mindful, ever-evolving ballister. or, challenge what I’ve shared today and create your own third category — be a nimona of your own design. Let this article remind you that it is okay to challenge your perspective and the information provided to you. be mindful of the media you consume and critical of the sources that influence you. Through it all, embrace growth.

Joy Agwu is a senior at Pasquerilla West, originally from Bowie, Maryland. She is pursuing a degree in Philosophy with a minor in Constitutional Studies. In her free time, she finds great pleasure in consuming media and reflecting on the deeper meanings behind the content she encounters. Whether you have recommendations for TV shows, movies, podcasts or any other form of media, or if would like to further discuss an idea presented in a column, feel free to reach out to her on Instagram @JoyfulJoyousss.

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

Joy Agwu Lessons I’ve Learned from media

LeTTer TO The eDiTOr

Why Notre Dame should expand enrollment

In a group chat I share with some of my n otre d ame friends, somebody posted a graphic from the n otre d ame admissions Twitter page. It showed a few statistics about enrolled students in the class of 2027, but the highlight was the admit rate: 12%.

“That degree’s getting better and better every year boys,” one of my friends said.

This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this sentiment. At the Welcome Weekend mass my freshman year, Fr. Jenkins proudly declared that a large portion of that year’s senior class would not have been admitted if they had applied three years later. While the steady surge in applicants reflects positively on n otre d ame’s reputation, the drop in acceptance rate signals that it is time to increase enrollment.

I have benefited from n otre d ame’s holistic focus on educating “ m ind, b ody and s pirit,” even if I couldn’t always see its value. I once told my philosophy discussion section leader that studying the subject was a waste of time, only to end up graduating with a degree in philosophy. I had unique opportunities during my time at n otre d ame for personal and spiritual development that weren’t available at different universities.

We all know the Lou h oltz quote, “For those who know n otre d ame, no explanation’s necessary. For those who don’t, no explanation will suffice.”

The value of a n otre d ame degree can also be demonstrated through more easily quantifiable outcomes. We routinely rank among the best in the country on measures of degree value. Keeping the student body size fixed limits this experience to an ever-decreasing percentage of the applicant pool and would exclude a huge group of applicants that were acceptable just a few years prior.

There are self-serving reasons to favor enrollment expansion as well. n otre d ame prides itself on the strength of its alumni network and I don’t doubt the quality of these connections. Their quantity, however, concerns me. I worked at JP m organ c hase following graduation. In my three years there, I only knew of one other n otre

d ame grad in the markets business, despite it being the largest bank in the U. s . The presence of University of m ichigan graduates, however, was conspicuous. Is this because m ichigan is a better school than nd ? (I would never admit this even if it were true.) I’d bet it has more to do with the relative size of our alumni pools. This problem feels even more severe outside of Wall s treet. I have yet to meet a n otre d ame grad in the biomedical science field where I now work.

s ome might think I’m just a bit unlucky, but I am intimately familiar with the alumni network’s benefits. I’ve seen my dad (‘83) bend over backward to help n otre d ame grads and I’ve gotten loads of invaluable career advice and connections from other alumni. d uring my junior year, a friend and I started a tailgate equipment rental business and connected with alumni networks all over the country to find customers and support. We would have failed without this network, which can be amazingly powerful. b ut it takes two to connect and the likelihood of forming such a connection grows with the size of the alumni pool. We should all want this network to grow.

m y experience as a second-generation n otre d ame grad informs my second argument for increasing enrollment. I value the fact that my dad and I share the special relationship that comes with attending the same college. I suspect that many members of the tri-campus community would like for their children to have the same opportunity to attend our school. In an era of falling admit rates when preferences for legacy applicants are, deservedly, on the chopping block, the prospects of children of alumni being admitted are dimming. It’s simple math.

s ome objections to expanding enrollment are more reasonable than others and I want to address the one that seems most reasonable to me. e ven though n otre d ame’s $20.3 billion endowment is huge by any standard, there is some limit to the resources we have at our disposal. m ight increasing enrollment drastically strain the University too much? I think other similarly well-regarded universities can

serve as a useful point of reference here. b rown University manages to serve a similarly sized student body with an endowment less than 32% of our size. c ornell University educates almost twice as many undergraduates with an endowment that is less than half our size. I struggle to see where n otre d ame’s endowment — which is almost 11 times larger per student — is leading to tangible outperformance when compared with c ornell.

The time is right to re-examine how we feel about these figures, both because of our rapidly decreasing acceptance rate and because there is a larger conversation about college admissions taking place. The debate over affirmative action, admissions preferences for sports where youth participants are predominantly wealthy and/or white and legacy admissions policies, all concern the increasingly highstakes allotment of a small number of acceptances at prestigious schools. I wonder if some of the angst could be taken out of these debates if the schools at their center were to simply expand enrollment. n otre d ame can and should lead in this regard. That starts with examining how the stated goals of our University relate to its admissions policies. To be fair to our administration, I don’t know if conversations about expanding enrollment have taken place. I do know these concerns do not appear in the school’s University Plan.

I’ll offer one last admittedly cheesy thought to current nd students who should feel proud that they have been admitted at a time of such selectivity, but may not want to see their accomplishment diminished: You can’t freeze n otre d ame in time at the end of your senior year. e very alumnus comes to realize this at some point and the University’s recent decision to end interhall tackle football speaks to the fact that nd is always changing. b y embracing a new strategy, we can better serve the present and future n otre d ame community.

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freshman competing to be next off the bench, fans may have expected to see a few nerves out of Price, Payne, and Love. Instead, the entire room came ready to run.

“We wanted to rotate all those guys…There’s one ball. It’s a lot of talented individuals. And this is just week zero. And that’s what you have to be able to do is have a team that [is unselfish]. And it’s hard. It’s really hard. b ut I think coach [ d eland]

m c c ullough has done a great job with that room in terms of making sure they understand before the game,” said Freeman. And it’s not like the passing game lacked because of the running backs’ success. After his first touchdown pass as a n otre d ame quarterback, s am h artman had every Irish fan on their feet, the entire stadium and every nd fan faithfully watching at home cheering and breathing a sigh of relief that the hype was real.

ND WOMEN’S SOCCER

Irish fight back to earn late draw with Razorbacks

By J.J. POST

Associate sports editor

notre dame women’s soccer battled to their second draw of the season s unday afternoon, drawing Arkansas 2-2. A back and forth affair saw each team score once in each half.

It was senior defender e va Gaetino who opened up the scoring, tapping home her third goal of the season amid a scramble of bodies in the box.

The r azorbacks were quick to hit back, however. A mere five minutes after Gaetino’s tally Arkansas leveled the score, thanks to s ophia Aragon.

b oth sides had their chances before the halftime whistle, but ultimately, the teams entered the break tied.

In the second half however, calamity struck for the Irish.

A simple pass between senior goalkeeper Ashley n aylor and freshman defender c lare Logan turned into a dangerous turnover in the jaws of Arkansas’ press and m organ White poked home a finish at the near post.

n ow trailing for the first

time, the Irish spent much of the remaining 40 minutes in search of a response. n otre d ame kept knocking at the r azorback goalmouth, but largely to no avail.

e ventually though, they managed to break down a stout Arkansas backline.

Graduate student midfielder Kiki van Zanten beat multiple defenders in the air for a header, pushing it across the box into the path of e llie o speck.

The senior forward made no mistake from point blank range, finding the back of the net for the first time in the new season.

b oth team pushed for a winner in the final five minutes of the contest, but some late forays in transition proved fruitless for both teams.

n otre d ame will now enjoy a rare midweek off, an especially large luxury given the physical nature of the Arkansas match.

The two teams combined for a total of 26 fouls over 90 minutes, with plenty of hard challenges filling in the gaps between foul stoppages.

They’ll emerge from the midweek break with a major test against b ig Ten foe

m ichigan s tate. h itting the road for the first time in the new season, they’ll face a s partan squad that enjoyed a breakout 2022 campaign — winning the b ig Ten regular season title.

m ichigan s tate has opened the season with a 3-1 record and a win over the s partans could go a long way in boosting n otre d ame’s r PI, a crucial factor in eventual nc AA tournament seeding.

A win would also set the Irish up nicely for another b ig Ten test, at home against m ichigan, four days later.

n otre d ame women’s soccer will be back in action on the road for the first time in 2023 this s unday.

They’ll kick off from e ast Lansing, m ichigan at 1 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on the b ig Ten n etwork.

Contact J.J. Post at jpost2@ nd.edu

replace the receptions and yards with star tight end m ichael m ayer’s departure to the n FL. Well, it was everyone. e veryone stepped up in what was truly a team victory for the Irish. n otre d ame fans had the stadium rocking and kept the Guinness flowing all game long.

The arm strength, accuracy and confidence we saw from h artman is a result of n otre d ame’s continued commitment to running the ball. The headlines from this game will be about h artman’s dominance, but it all started with the running backs.

n avy struggled to even slow the offense down, leaving wide holes for running backs and beautiful passes downfield for h artman.

h e threw to eight different receivers, five of whom had more than 20 receiving yards, showing his strong chemistry with teammates even after a short time. And he only threw four incompletions. Last year, we were concerned about who would step up to

“I thought just the overall operation of our offense, the ability to run the ball helps s am a lot too. We talked about this in our team meeting, the greatest friend for a quarterback is the ability to run the ball. And that was something that our offensive line and our running game did a great job doing today,” said Freeman. The offense that showed up in Ireland was one of n otre d ame’s dreams. Though the matchup was against n avy, n otre d ame had to absolutely dominate. And they did. After so many seasons of nail biters and unspeakable m arshall-like events, this is a team that Irish fans could reliably believe in. With any luck, all n otre d ame games this season will be this much fun. The Irish coming home, s outh b end. b e ready, get hype..

Contact Annika Herko at aherko@nd.edu

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Irish junior forward Audrey Weiss dodges around Butler defender in the Irish’s matchup against the Bulldogs on Thursday, Aug. 24. The Irish are currently 2-0-2 after their recent draw against Arkansas.

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Irish junior running back Audric Estime plows past the Navy defense. Estime amassed 121 total yards to lead the team to victory

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receiver Jayden Thomas immediately after.

a holding penalty against junior tight end m itchell evans led to an irish third and 12, briefly threatening the drive. hartman got the irish out of a jam, navigating navy’s pressure and finding estime for a 22-yard gain. Four plays later, estime found the endzone on a one-yard carry.

on the following drive, navy opted for a touchback and started with the ball on their 25. The midshipmen picked up two first downs in their first three plays with gains of six, 14 and 11 yards. however, the drive began to stall once navy entered irish territory.

The midshipmen faced a fourth and three on the edge of field goal territory. instead of attempting a rush to keep the drive alive, navy attempted their first pass play of the season. The onthe-run pass from navy senior quarterback Tai Lavatai was wobbly but found its way to the right spot.

however, two navy receivers collided with one another, and the pass fell incomplete. had either of the wide receivers managed to stay upright and haul in the pass, the drive

would have stayed alive, with the midshipmen on the outskirts of the red zone.

The first two irish drives saw notre dame establish the ground game as the offensive line bullied the navy defensive line. The third drive differed, as the irish seemed more comfortable passing the ball. hartman began by finding Thomas for 19 yards.

Freshman running back

Jeremiyah Love had a carry for 11 yards the next play, and then hartman returned to the air and found junior wide receiver deion colzie for 13 yards, setting up the irish at the navy 35. in the next play, hartman faked a handoff before scanning down the field. he saw freshman wide receiver Jaden Greathouse going down the field in one-on-one coverage.

hartman saw the pocket collapsing, quickly executing the pass through contact. The ball found Greathouse in stride, and the true freshman made the catch and shook off a defender. he then tumbled into the endzone for a 35-yard touchdown to grow notre dames’s lead. head coach marcus Freeman had lots of praise for Greathouse and the wide receiver room as a whole.

“consistently do your job, especially at that position, and you will be in a position to be

rewarded. sometimes, when you play well at the wideout position, you don’t always get those rewards. so, to see Jaden Greathouse score two touchdowns today, it’s a reflection, hopefully, of what [wide receivers] coach [ chansi] stuckey has done with that room,” Freeman said.

The score capped off a 78yard drive in under two minutes and gave notre dame a 21-point lead. The touchdown was also the first of Greathouse’s collegiate career and the first of hartman’s at notre dame.

navy began their third possession of the game on their own 25 and slowly began to gain ground, earning first downs in short increments. With just over four minutes left in the half, navy neared the red zone and looked to get their first score of the season.

Lavatai picked up five yards on first and ten. but running back daba Fofana lost two yards on the next play, setting up a third and seven. Lavatai then gained three yards, setting up a fourth and medium. instead of attempting a fourth-down conversion, evan Warren trotted out to attempt a 37-yard field goal.

he missed wide right, and navy concluded a 14-play, eight-minute drive with nothing to show. To make matters

worse, notre dame marched down the field in under two minutes to score their final touchdown of the half.

navy began the second half after a touchback and could not do much with the ball, gaining seven yards in a three and out. The resulting punt from their 32-yard line traveled just 31 yards. notre dame took advantage, marching down the field once again. estime brought the irish to the navy 35 on three straight carries.

hartman then completed a pass to Thomas for 11 yards and then, two plays later, found an open Greathouse in the endzone for a 20-yard touchdown.

a fter the game, in the press conference, when asked if the game felt slow and under control at times, hartman deflected the credit away from himself and toward the offense as a unit.” We had a great plan, and we went out and executed it, not really any of my abilities; it was more guys around us like Jaden Greathouse... a nd really, it starts up front; i had a lot of time to go through my reads and progressions,” hartman said.

a fter another navy three and out, notre dame took over well inside midshipmen territory. The irish drive was a short-lived six-play, 13-yard jaunt lasting just over three minutes. it was

also the first notre dame drive that did not result in points. instead, graduate student kicker spencer shrader missed a 42yard field goal well wide of the uprights.

a fter navy lost ten yards in seven plays, notre dame got back to work and made up for the missed field goal, moving down the field with ease once again. Love and sophomore runningback Jadarian Price took turns carrying the ball, working their way down the field. Then, at the navy 25, hartman found colzie for his fourth touchdown of the night. on their final drive, navy ended notre dame’s shutout bid, scoring a 31-yard field goal after an eight-minute drive. notre dame finished out the remaining 3:30 almost exclusively the ground, with sophomore quarterback steve a ngeli brought out in relief.

coach Freeman was pleased with his team’s performance from start to finish, in stark contrast with how the team played against navy last year.

“a s i told the team, i was really proud of just their overall performance. Four-quarters of execution, and it was a really great way to start the season,” Freeman said.

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from football in the spring. The team brought in four wideouts in its 2023 recruiting class, including a trio of four-stars. It’s just that their efforts weren’t likely to bear fruit right away.

b ut you might not have expected to hear that if s aturday was your first exposure to Irish football. h artman was undoubtedly excellent. b ut a quarterback is only as good as the people he is throwing too. h artman figures to give the Irish receivers the best chance possible to make plays, but they still have to make them. o n

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during the game, they didn’t allow a touchdown and kept n avy frustrated for four quarters. s everal sacks at the end of the game showed the ability to make big play, especially the first, by sophomore defensive lineman Joshua b urnham.

3. Hartman proves he can pass, receivers showcase depth

Irish fans finally got to see s am h artman’s arm in a real game. h e lived up to the hype.

After completing passes of 19 and 17 yards on n otre d ame’s third drive to junior wide receivers Jayden Thomas and d eion c olzie, respectively, h artman connected with freshman Jaden Greathouse for a 35-yard score to put the Irish ahead

a misty day in d ublin over eight months removed from game action, they did just that.

Junior Jayden Thomas, the team’s most prolific returning receiver, showed flashes of looking like someone who deserves to be n o. 1 on the depth chart, not just someone who’s there because of a lack of quality options behind him. Thomas finished with four receptions for 63 yards.

h e set the tone with a 19yard reception on h artman’s first pass with the Irish. h e also fought through contact in the n avy end zone to haul in h artman’s last throw of the half, putting the game out of reach seconds before

21-0.

Five players had over 20 yards receiving yards and eight players caught at least one pass for the Irish. Greathouse hauled in a second touchdown at the end of the game, continuing on the promise he showed during the b lue-Gold game in the spring. h is development will be exciting to watch throughout the season.

4. Irish dominate both halves, march to biggest season-opening margin since 2012

h artman led n otre d ame on a clinical two-minute drive after a missed n avy field goal. The 80-yard march culminated in a 14yard touchdown reception by Thomas for 14 yards. The Irish went into the locker room with a 28-point lead and no shortage of momentum. That continued into

half-time.

The receiving core wasn’t just lacking for star power last year. d epth was an issue, too.

s o it was encouraging to see junior d eion c olzie, coming off a mere ninecatch season, flash some of the promise he showed in the Fiesta b owl two seasons ago. c olzie hauled in three catches for 45 yards, including a nifty sliding catch along the sideline to pick up a first down in n avy territory and a deft maneuver upfield after catching a screen pass for a 25-yard score.

s enior c hris Tyree didn’t look out of place in his first game lining up the slot after spending three seasons

the second half, along with n avy’s uninspiring offensive plays. s ix plays after forcing a punt, h artman found Greathouse, from 20 yards away, for his second touchdown of the game.

After another Irish touchdown, this time by c olzie, the starters were pulled with a few minutes left in the game. It was all over except for the shouting before the fourth quarter even began.

The final score was 42-3 n otre d ame. That is n otre d ame’s biggest seasonopening margin of victory since the last time they played in d ublin, when they smashed n avy 50-10 at Aviva s tadium in 2012. The Irish finished with 459 total yards of offense and only allowed n avy 169 yards.

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at running back. h e came away with 36 yards on three receptions.

b ut arguably the most positive development of the day for the Irish came from freshman Jaden Greathouse.

e ven n otre d ame’s best receivers in recent years, players who went on to the n FL like Will Fuller, m iles b oykin and c hase c laypool didn’t make much of an impact in their freshmen campaigns.

In fact, that trio combined for 241 yards and one touchdown in their freshmen seasons. b oykin didn’t even play. Greathouse, meanwhile, accumulated 68 receiving yards and two scores in his Irish debut.

h e flashed speed and soft

hands throughout the day, most notably on his first score, a 35-yard dime from h artman.

This pass is a beautiful ball by h artman, but he still needs his receiver to make a tricky play through contact. The Irish probably wouldn’t have felt good about both ends of this play being executed a year ago.

Things are different this year. And there’s a much wider range of goals n otre d ame can achieve in 2023 as a result.

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running backs get ball moving

By ANNIKA HERKO s ports Writer

It’s a n otre d ame running back’s world and we’re just living in it.

Audric e stime: 95 yards on 16 attempts, with 1 touchdown and 26 receiving yards

Jeremiyah Love: 40 yards on 4 attempts

Gi’ b ran p ayne: 31 yards on 6 attempts

Jadarian p rice: 25 yards on 4 attempts, with 1 touchdown

Absolutely dominant. In an interview given on August 3rd, n otre d ame head coach m arcus Freeman discussed his talented, but young running back room. e stime had a stellar sophomore season, leaving no question as to who would start. b ut with two red-shirt freshmen and a true

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Navy and Notre Dame players prepare for the Irish snap to graduate student quarterback Sam Hartman in Dublin, Ireland.

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Irish graduate student quarterback Sam Hartman beams with joy with the Aer Lingus trophy. This was Hartman’s first game for the Irish where he threw for four touchdowns to claim victory in Dublin, Ireland.

Key moments from dublin Irish win opener against Navy, 42-3

By ANNIKA HERKO s ports Writer

The n o. 13 n otre d ame football team made an impressive opening statement in their seasonopener s aturday afternoon. The Irish throttled n avy at Aviva s tadium in d ublin, Ireland, beating up on the m idshipmen. h ere are some of the most important developments from the most lopsided game of the m arcus Freeman era.

1. Irish set the tone with methodical opening touchdown drive

The Irish offense was led by graduate student quarterback s am h artman and junior running back Audric e stime. The two led n otre d ame down the field in an opening drive that had Irish fans on their feet cheering. h artman went 3-for-4 for 48 yards and e stime ran for 29 yards and a touchdown.

h is biggest play, though, was a 22-yard reception on a critical third down and 12 that could have stalled the offense.

h artman’s consistent play throughout the game opened up extensive options and a level of excitement that was missing from last season. s taying focused on this mindset gave the Irish an attitude that proved unstoppable.

2. Defense notches a near-shut out

After a failed fourth down attempt on their opening drive, n avy turned the ball over on downs to n otre d ame on the Irish 37. o nce again, n otre d ame turned a possession into seven points. This time it was sophomore running back Jadarian Price who found the end zone. While the Irish defense didn’t cause a turnover

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By TOM ZWILLER Associate sports editor

Three years after cov Id-19 suspended a notre dame-navy game in dublin, 49,000 fans watched the two teams play in Ireland for the third time on saturday. now, notre dame is 3-0 when facing navy in Ireland, winning in dominant fashion, 42-3.

Graduate student quarterback sam hartman led the way through the air with 251 passing yards and four touchdowns. The Irish running backs combined for 191 rushing yards, while the defense held navy to just 126.

navy deferred after winning the toss, letting notre dame get to work early. The Irish set the tempo on the very first play, with junior running back Audric estime trucking ahead for a 10-yard gain.

Then, hartman completed a 19-yard pass to junior wide

Irish receiving core eases concerns with strong opening performance

By ANDREW McGUINNESS s ports e ditor

e ver since graduate student quarterback s am h artman announced he would make the 10-hour trek from Winston- s alem to s outh b end, everyone and anyone with an interest in n otre d ame football has been excited to see how he would revolutionize the Irish offense. After two seasons of turbulence at the quarterback position, the Irish would have a decorated signal caller at their disposal in 2023. s ure enough, h artman lived up to all of the hoopla in his Irish debut on s aturday. h e threw as many incompletions (four) as touchdowns. h e played both a mistake-free and aggressive game. It’s only one game, of course, but h artman looked like a gamechanging talent s aturday.

o f course, the Irish offense had a skill player who met that criteria last year.

Former tight end m ichael

m ayer finished off a recording-setting collegiate career in 2022. Like with h artman this year, he was the focus of opposing teams’ game plans to trip the Irish up. Like with h artman on s aturday, executing that plan was much easier said than done.

s ure enough, m ayer enjoyed a third straight dominant season in s outh b end en route to becoming a second-round n FL draft pick.

h owever, his production dipped a bit as the 2022 regular season progressed. In the first seven games of the season, m ayer averaged 75 receiving yards and scored five touchdowns. In the final five games leading into the Gator b owl, though, m ayer’s production declined to average of 46 receiving yards and he caught just a single score. There are a lot of possible explanations for that development. o ne of them is that opposing teams spent more time and attention keying in on m ayer because there wasn’t anyone else catching

passes for the Irish worth doing so. m ayer, one of the greatest pass catchers in school history but still just one person, accounted for over 30% of n otre d ame’s receiving yards 36% of its receiving touchdowns. h is 809 yards were more than double the next most prolific Irish pass catcher. n o other member of the Irish roster hauled in more than three touchdowns a season ago. Quarterback is, of course, a more important position to an offense’s success than tight end. b ut ask anyone heading into s aturday — coaches, fans, seven college students with WordPress accounts — and wide receiver was still one of the team’s biggest unknowns heading into 2023. It’s not that the Irish weren’t taking measures to improve their receiver room. v irginia Tech graduate transfer Kaleb s mith was expected to make an impact before retiring

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Freshman wide receiver Jaden Greathouse celebrates a touchdown with the crowd in the Irish’s 42-3 domination of Navvy in Ireland.

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Irish defense dogpiles on Navy offense in Saturday night blowout matchup. Graduate student linebacker JD Bertrand looms above. see oPener PAGE 10

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