Print Edition for the Observer for Monday, November 21, 2022

Thom Browne hosts photo shoot at ND

Notre Dame undergraduates participate in fashion designer’s annual football game photo shoot

By CLAIRE REID a ssociate news e ditor

notre dame is well known for its football games, but the game on wednesday, oct. 26 was a little different.

Two 15-person teams of notre dame undergraduates, Team onslaught in navy and Team rockne in gray, faced off on south Quad.

according to the notre dame institute for advanced study (ndias), which hosted the game, “The uniforms — which included not cleats and helmets but cash mere knits, waffle-knit long johns and striped rugby polos — were the real star of the show.”

notre dame graduate and luxury fashion designer Thom browne ’88

organized the fashionable football game. each year since 2014, browne has hosted a football-themed photo shoot to promote his fashion line. until this year, browne has always held the shoot at central park in new york city.

photos from the notre dame shoot, featuring students as models, were published in gQ and vogue.

ndias director meghan sullivan said she was “over the moon” that browne decided to hold the shoot at his alma mater.

“it was a chance to show the world, like all the readers of vogue and everybody who follows highend fashion, that notre dame is a big player in this space, and alums from our university are leaders in

Smicks for Choice denied club status

By MEGHAN LANGE s aint mary’s news e ditor

with the dobbs v. Jackson supreme court decision an nounced over the summer, women’s reproductive health continues to be at the forefront of people’s minds. This does not ex clude the students of saint mary’s college.

Juniors nicole stutesman and madison mata are the new copresidents of the student-run

nonprofit smicks for choice.

stutesman described smicks for choice as “a nonprofit or ganization, student-led and student-run for students… an organization that gives students reproductive health education, resources and information on advocacy.”

The nonprofit originally began in 2019 and was denied club sta tus at that time based on the fact

What to know for Thanksgiving travel

By CAROLINE COLLINS news writer

amidst impending finals, proj ects and assignments, many stu dents make a mad-dash home for Thanksgiving break, arriving just in time for a piece of pumpkin pie before rushing back to campus to spend hours in the library cram ming for exams that were briefly forgotten over a turkey dinner. starting Tuesday, students will

depart notre dame in planes, trains and cars and disperse across the country — along with everyone else on some of the busiest days of holiday travel.

with such a short time to get to their destinations, each minute spent traveling cuts into time with family and friends, but traffic de lays, lines and cancellations are inevitable.

here’s what to know to help streamline your Thanksgiving

travel plans and ensure you don’t miss a minute of the holiday celebration.

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many students utilize rideshare services to get from campus to o’hare international airport and midway international airport. royal Zoom offers shuttles from notre dame and the chicago

Grab-n-go point system suggests price mark-ups

By MAGGIE EASTLAND a ssistant managing e ditor

notre dame’s grab-and-go lives up to its name for convenience, but some students are question ing how the point-based prices are determined.

open between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., the grab-n-go locations in north and south dining halls offer quick meal options for students on the run, including snacks, drinks

and pre-packaged sandwiches. each swipe is worth 7 points, and items in the grab-and-go are la beled based on how many points they cost.

some students walk away with a sandwich, a side and a drink. others leave with a body armor sports drink and a mandarin or ange cup.

osman heredia, a freshman liv ing in Keenan, said he likes to stop at the grab-n-go for extra snacks

and to use up meal swipes. he said not all item point values are cre ated equal.

“it’s a little unbalanced when this coffee is the majority of my points,” heredia said, pointing to his plastic bottle of dunkin’ donuts coffee.

cole noss, a junior, appreciates the grab-n-go service even though he said the items are not exactly a good value.

Courtesy of Nicole Stutesman

Nicole Stutesman and Madison Mata, co-presidents of student-run nonprofit Smicks for Choice, show off club stickers at pop-up event.

Courtesy of Sinna Nasseri

Notre Dame undergraduate students wore Thom Browne designs and participated in the fashion label’s football game photo shoot on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The photos were featured in both Vogue and GQ.

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Sunday

Global Celebration of Young People Mass

Basilica of the Sacred Heart 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. All are welcome.

Yoga Class

Angela Athletic Center Studio 2 8 p.m. - 9 p.m. Yoga club led class to relax before break.

Monday

Mind and Heart Lecture

Driscoll Auditorium 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. Lecture on virtuous leadership.

Western Film Discussion

145 Spes Unica 9 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Discuss the film “Little Big Man.”

Tuesday

Need To Talk?

113 Coleman-Morse 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Campus minister available to talk, no appointment needed.

Men’s Basketball: ND v. Bowling Green Purcell Pavilion 6:30 p.m.

Request free ticket by Sunday, Nov. 20.

Wednesday

Exhibit: “Daughters of Our Lady” Hesburgh Library 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Explore pieces from the ND Archives.

Women’s Volleyball: ND v. Louisville Purcell Pavilion 6:30 p.m. Last home game of the season.

Thursday

Thanksgiving Mass Basilica of the Sacred Heart 10 a.m. Attend the holiday mass or live stream.

Thanksgiving Dinner North Dining Hall 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Enjoy a variety of festive dishes with friends.

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Members of the grounds crew use leaf blowers to clear snow from the field during the game between Notre Dame and Boston College at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Announcers rightfully declared the stadium a “snow globe.”

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fashion,” sullivan said. “Frankly, those students who are in the fashion shoot… watch this space, because, 10 years from now, they’re going to be leaders in this industry.”

sullivan said students had to ap ply to take part in the photo shoot, and ndIAs selected them based on their creativity, their interest in fashion and their interest in taking next semester’s one-credit course, “strong suits: The Art, Philosophy And business of Thom browne.”

According to ndIAs, the course will explore how fashion is de signed and manufactured; the business strategy of artist-owned luxury brands; fashion writing and criticism; and more.

Grab-n-go

“It’s pretty sick. essentially, I don’t use all my points, so I might as well get the free food,” he said. but when it comes to point-value fairness, noss isn’t sold.

“When you actually do the math for like three peanut butter and jel lies… it gets you to like six or seven points, so mathematically, no [it’s not a fair system],” he said.

reggie Kalili, director of student dining, said there is no dollar value assigned to each swipe because meal plans are included in the holis tic, $16,710 total for room and board.

“It’s part of room and board, so we don’t have that [swipe value]. It’s part of one fund,” he said.

still, guests who visit either dining hall will pay $17.85 for a lunch meal.

students access that same dining hall meal — or a visit to the grab-ngo — for the cost of one swipe.

compared to the $17.85 esti mated swipe value, the value of the items in the grab-n-go falls short of

sullivan, a philosophy professor in addition to her role at ndIAs, and michael schreffler, an asso ciate professor in the art, art his tory and design department, will teach the course, but browne — ndIAs’s artist-in-residence for the 2022-23 academic year — will be a special guest.

As for the football game, ndIAs managing director Angie Appleby Purcell said over 100 students ap plied to take part in the photo shoot, and 30 were chosen.

Purcell said both browne and ndIAs wanted to create an op portunity for students that would allow them to creatively and in novatively approach fashion, “an area that, as a University, we don’t have tons of depth in, but have a lot of interest in growing in.”

Purcell wanted students to see the example of browne, a

what guests pay for a swipe.

If dollar values are assigned to grab-n-go items based on a guest lunch meal swipe, price premiums emerge for nearly every item.

An rX bar that costs $1.84 per unit at Target costs 4 points — comparable to $10.20 — in the grab-n-go. other items from Pop-Tarts to Pringles have point values that quadruple the retail price available to consum ers shopping at Walmart, Kroger or Target. Pudding cups, which cost $0.27 per unit or one grab-n-go point, include a 1772% markup.

Kalili said the point values are determined by the cost of the items and by a review of how many items a student with a meal plan can take home with a single swipe.

“Those are determined by the cost of the items,” he said. “It’s really the cost of the item, and the cost of the item equates to so many points.”

before 2020, when meal plans gave students a given number of swipes per week, students could use more than one swipe at once at

extra travel time, Arizpe said.

graduate of the mendoza college of business, and know that even if fashion is “not the way you were educated at notre dame,” if it’s a passion, one can become ”highly successful.”

ese-onosen omoijuanfo, a se nior neuroscience and behavior major, was one of the students who modeled for the photo shoot. omoijuanfo said as a sTem stu dent, she loves going to a liberal arts university like notre dame.

“There is so much inspiration to be found in the arts, and as some one working towards being a wellrounded person, it means having these real-life experiences that notre dame does an amazing job of providing in my experience,” she said.

she said she applied to partici pate in the photo shoot because she enjoys studying aesthetics

the grab-n-go. now, students have a block meal plan and can only swipe into the grab-n-go every 45 minutes.

Prior to the change, students flocked to the grab-n-go each Friday to use up remaining swipes and fill their makeshift dorm pantries.

“The 45-minute pause was put in place, and that was really to pre vent that,” Kalili said. “That really wasn’t what the meal plan was for. It wasn’t just so people could use up all their swipes and stock up on or ange juices as mixers for a party that weekend.”

campus dining tries to limit this kind of stock-up behavior, Kalili explained.

“The way that the grab-n-go was originally designed was to be an alternative, not a replacement for the meal within the dining hall,” he said.

When it comes to what items make an appearance in the grab-ngo, Kalili says that they are chosen by popularity, request and vendor agreements.

“If you look in grab-n-go, there’s a lot of choices, and those come from,

and beauty.

“I have taken a theology course, a philosophy course and a psy chology course, and each has approached this topic from a dif ferent perspective,” omoijuanfo said. “When I was looking at the application… it described it as an opportunity to understand the work that goes into creating an aesthetic work of art and offers in sight into the philosophy of design and beauty. I thought that partici pating in a project like this would be interesting to see more of how the production side of aesthetic works.”

since participating in the shoot, omoijuanfo said her friends and family have been shocked to see her in magazines and social me dia posts. so was she.

“I guess I was just oblivious, but I didn’t know or realize where

the pictures were going to be published. It wasn’t till one of my friends texted me ‘hey, you’re in vogue,’ that I realized,” she said. “Lots of people will send me posts… like ‘What?! how did this happen?’ and it’s funny to explain the story of how it all happened.” omoijuanfo added that every one’s reaction has been “super kind and excited.”

“It’s not every day you get to model for Thom browne, and it’s fun to share that excitement with people and kind of laugh about the randomness of the opportuni ty to do so,” she said. “I have good friends who really celebrate with me when good things or fun op portunities happen, so it has been a really fun experience.”

airports. There are also private driv ers who are available to drive stu dents to the airport, and students who have cars on campus organize their own rideshares.

brandon Arizpe, the owner of blue & gold Transportation, said that his company is driving be tween 300 and 400 students over Thanksgiving.

Arizpe keeps a record of all of the rides blue & gold completes to see how travel times vary from year to year so they know how much time to plan for. According to Arizpe, it usually takes between two to twoand-a-half hours to get to o’hare, but on Tuesday and Wednesday, it will likely take four hours.

he explained that traffic getting into chicago will be especially bad this year due to highway construc tion near o’hare and snow on the ground from the past week.

“With planes having delays every day and the lack of workers, I see Thanksgiving and christmas being very hectic this year. I think people should plan accordingly and give themselves leeway” to account for

Arizpe also said that students try ing to get a Uber from campus to the airport during peak travel times will likely see prices surge. In the past, prices have reached $1,600 for an Uber from notre dame to o’hare during Thanksgiving traffic.

In addition to regularly scheduled rides, blue & gold also has an on-call driver available in case of cancella tions or if other plans fall through.

“everybody deserves to get home for Thanksgiving and christmas. We try to attend to as many people as we can,” Arizpe said.

Security lines

Julie curtis, the vice president of marketing and air service develop ment at south bend International Airport, said travelers should arrive 90 minutes to two hours before their flight.

According to curtis, it is conve nient for students to travel out of south bend because it is close to campus and a smaller airport than o’hare or midway, which makes it easier to navigate during peak travel days, like the Wednesday before and the sunday after Thanksgiving.

“The airports across the country are going to be busy, so if there are

connections and you’re stopping in one of those hubs, those airports will be really busy. The great thing about flying from south bend is that we are much easier to get in and out of,” curtis said.

The Transportation security Administration (TsA) recommends that travelers arrive at the airport early during Thanksgiving travel. They recommend arriving two hours before a domestic flight and three hours before an international flight.

students flying out of the chicago airports should be prepared to ex pect longer wait times at security. o’hare’s wait times can be accessed here and midway’s wait times can be accessed here.

Delta removes flights from South Bend to Detroit

Although south bend is generally less crowded during Thanksgiving, it is a smaller airport with fewer flights, and many flights connect to larger airports, making it difficult to avoid busy national hubs.

one of south bend’s most popu lar routes was delta Airlines’ south bend to detroit flight. however, according to curtis, beginning nov. 9 delta Airlines removed the

primarily from students, and what they take and don’t take, but then we also deal with our vendors,” he said.

Kalili said this year’s guacamole cups reflect a collaborative effort with a new vendor. The Quest and Pure Protein bars were recently

south bend to detroit flight from its schedule.

The previous direct flight to detroit now re-routes passengers to other hubs including Atlanta and minnesota, increasing travel time.

curtis explained that the flight was removed due to shortages that have been impacting the airline industry.

“There is a pilot shortage going on in the industry, which is impacting airports across the United states in terms of service,” curtis said.

since fewer planes are flying, it is more efficient to service larger hubs as opposed to smaller airports like south bend.

due to the airline shortages and lack of workers, curtis said travelers should expect full or overbooked flights this Thanksgiving.

“There are fewer airplanes that are flying and as a result, all of the planes that are flying are flying much fuller than they historically ever have,” curtis said.

South

added by student request, he added.

“If somebody has an idea or a sug gestion, we would definitely look at bringing that in,” Kalili said.

Contact Maggie Eastland at meastlan@nd.edu

opposed to more expensive ride ser vices. however, construction on the south shore Line has interrupted service and caused delays recently.

The double Track northwest Indiana Project spans over 26 miles on the south shore Line from gary to michigan city. The goal of the project is to install a second main line track, make safety improve ments in michigan city, expand parking lots and improve platforms at various station stops.

The project is expected to dou ble south shore Line ridership and greatly reduce travel times. currently, the ride from south bend to chicago takes about two hours, but the double Track project aims to reduce travel time to just 90 minutes.

For the foreseeable future, trains will continue to run on a modi fied schedule with busing between carroll Ave. and gary metro center stations on all weekday and week end trains.

Shore Line construction

The south shore Line is a popular way to travel from south bend to the heart of chicago. A one-way ticket from the south bend Airport to millennium station costs $14.25, as

The double Track project is ex pected to be finished in 2024, but until then, students traveling on the south shore Line should expect lon ger travel times due to the busing.

Contact Caroline Collins at ccolli23@nd.edu

Contact Claire Reid at creid6@nd.edu

MAGGIE EASTLAND | The Observer The Observer analyzed the retail prices of grab-n-go items and compared them to the value of a guest lunch meal at the dining halls.

Worker Appreciation Week celebrates staff

By KATIE MUCHNICK news Writer

nov. 14-20 marked Worker Appreciation Week on campus and in honor of the week, vari ous groups, including Campus Ministry, Student Government, the Center for Social Concerns (CSC), BridgenD and residence halls, came together to celebrate and uplift the notre Dame staff.

Bridget Schippers, a junior who helped organize Worker Appreciation Week (WAW), said the goal of the week was “to try to show workers that they’re an appreciated part of our commu nity and that students do think of them as we go about our day, that they’re not forgotten in the back ground, and that we see them at the front.”

Under the banner of WAW, BridgenD hosted a discussion Monday on the state of labor in America. Also on Monday, Campus Ministry hosted an opening mass for workers, in addition to a prayer service for workers at the Grotto on Tuesday and a Social Justice Stories panel featuring several campus staff on Thursday.

SolidaritynD discussed Catholic Social Tradition and the dignity of labor at their meeting on Thursday, and the CSC served ethically-sourced coffee flights to complement a labor discussion on Sunday.

Schippers and Quinnlan Murray, another junior who or ganized WAW, are part of the Raising the Standard Campaign (RSC), which advocates for a just wage structure at notre Dame.

The RSC saw a victory earlier this year when notre Dame an nounced that they would raise the minimum wage to $15. Much of the inspiration for WAW grew out of their work with the RSC.

“Something big that came out of [the RSC efforts] was realizing how many workers were afraid to talk about their experiences on campus because of backlash that happened in the past. And so, at the same time as we were recommending policy changes and ways to improve either ben efits or actual wages for workers, we found that something else that really could use work on our campus is the environment,” Schippers said.

However, Schippers and Murray said that Raising the Standard is not an official campus group, so they had to approach each group involved in Worker Appreciation Week separately.

“If the best way to actually make this happen and to try to improve the environment for workers on campus is not for our name to be associated with this, then that’s what we’re going to do,” Schippers said.

Murray became involved with RSC and WAW when she realized that labor affects everyone. She has worked nine jobs on campus, and she wanted to participate in a campaign that would tangibly af fect her life and the lives of other campus workers.

“Labor touches every sin gle person, everybody works,” Murray said. “And right now, people are really taking notice of labor nationally, in politics. So I think that another goal of Worker

have a community, and they have people on their side no matter their decision.”

Appreciation Week was to bring that conversation to campus.”

on Monday through Wednesday of this week, stu dents had the opportunity to write and deliver thank-you notes to campus workers. Tables were stationed with supplies in SDH, nDH and Duncan Student Center.

Schippers said that at first, a lot of students misunderstood the premise of the thank-you notes. Rather than personally deliver ing the cards, students tried to hand the cards back to Schippers, thinking that her team would de liver the notes.

“It was shocking to see how many people were like ‘I don’t know any campus workers,’” Schippers said.

nevertheless, she said she witnessed many students be ing “brave” and having their first face-to-face interactions with campus workers.

Schippers estimates that over 500 thank-you cards were de livered to campus workers from students this week. eighteen resi dence halls also delivered flowers to their cleaning staffs.

on Friday, Murray and several other students participated in a dining hall clean-up, where they worked the post-lunch cleaning shift. Murray went around north Dining Hall wiping down tables, cleaning plates and pushing in chairs.

“It was weird being in that posi tion. Because even though I was a student, it felt like because I was now carrying a rag that I was a completely different person all of a sudden… not a single person

approve the club was made out side of the petition.”

came up to me or said anything,” Murray said.

Murray said she was grateful for the perspective that the din ing hall clean-up gave her, and she hopes to continue to do them as often as once a month.

on Thursday, the Faith and Justice Alliance branch of Campus Ministry co-sponsored a WAW event titled “Social Justice Stories: Unheard voices of notre Dame.” Becky Czarnecki, assis tant director of Faith and Justice at Campus Ministry, partnered with the WAW team to recruit four campus workers to speak on a panel about their experiences.

one such worker, Linh Tran, works as a supervisor in Building Services. He has worked at notre Dame since 2009, beginning at Reckers (the now-defunct pizza restaurant attached to South Dining Hall), then moving to Star Ginger and eventually Building Services.

Tran said that though he has al ways wanted to go to college, cir cumstances prevented him from doing so. He was born the young est of 16 children in vietnam, and he never got to complete his high school degree because he was put in a labor camp.

“I think the one thing that re ally brought me to the University of notre Dame was about educa tion. The dream that I wanted was to be in college. Being able to see all of [the students] come to this school and seeing myself through you… that kind of gives me another comfort that at least I am able to touch part of [my dream],” Tran said.

When Tran first began at notre Dame, he said he was repeatedly denied the promotion to man ager, despite his experience and natural skill. This pushed him to pursue a college degree in the United States, and he eventually graduated with his master’s in human resources and organiza tional leadership. Tran especially thanked all the notre Dame stu dents who tutored him in math and composition along his edu cational journey.

“That’s the one thing I love about notre Dame — there was no difference between me and the students or the students and me,” Tran said.

The student senate is cur rently considering a resolution that would formally declare the week before Thanksgiving Worker Appreciation Week every year.

Schippers said that many universities, including Purdue University, Columbia University and Indiana University, already have a similar event.

Going forward, Schippers said that she hopes notre Dame stu dents will continue to extend their gratitude to notre Dame workers. Her goal is for more students to know campus workers’ names when addressing their thank-you cards next year because they’ve built a relationship.

“I think the biggest hope is that… it’s not a surprise whenever we hear about how interconnect ed we are with the people here ev ery day with us,” Schippers said.

Contact Katie Muchnick at kmuchnic@nd.edu

that they didn’t align with the College’s mission and need to af firm their Catholic identity.

In 2022, with Smicks for Choice’s new executive board and with new members on the ad ministrative board of the College, the group once again applied for club status.

When Stutesman was asked about the importance of the group at this time she said, “Right now, we see a gap in conversation, we see a gap in diversity, and we see a gap in representation… so that’s where we fit in, we want to fill the gap and make sure that Saint Mary’s isn’t just performative.”

In an email, Mata described Smicks for Choice as “a club that supports and empowers students”.

She continued, “we are here to provide information that a stu dent might otherwise not receive. We want to be a place, a safe hav en for people to turn to when they need help and access that seems so far out of reach”.

When discussing the purpose of the organization Mata said, “We are here to allow for students to know their options and know that they are not alone. That they

She added that “there is not one right way, and there is no wrong way, but when you feel silenced and like your college does not support you, that’s what we are here for.”

This time, when Smicks for Choice applied for club status, instead of being dismissed or denied immediately like back in 2019, their request was passed along to the Saint Mary’s admin istration to be deliberated.

Stutesman and Mata partici pated in multiple meetings with the Saint Mary’s administration where they discussed the group and how it would fit into the school’s mission. In addition to their meetings, Stutesman and Mata also created a public peti tion for students to sign in sup port of their group becoming a club.

As of Sunday night, the peti tion has received 282 signatures, roughly 20% of the Saint Mary’s student body.

Despite the success of the pe tition, vice president for mission Julianne Wallace stated, “The petition reinforced the passion behind the issue and showed to us our student body is engaged. But ultimately, the decision to not

Wallace commented via email on the Smicks for Choice group, saying the final decision on its club status was a matter of ad hering to the school’s Catholic identity.

“Saint Mary’s College encour ages education and discussion around women’s reproduction and sexual health both inside the classroom and in broader discus sions throughout our campus community,” she said. “However, when discerning the applica tion for Smicks for Choice, our Catholic identity necessitates we affirm a limit about what can be done in the College’s name and with the College’s resourc es, therefore the club cannot be officially recognized by the College.”

Wallace also said that a great deal of research, thoughtful discussion with students and discernment by college adminis trators led to this decision.

“Ultimately the final decision was made by… vice president for enrollment and engagement Lori Johnson [and myself],” she said.

Stutesman discussed the club’s extensive social media presence and the importance of it as a way of connecting to students.

“I think it’s really important

to provide support and to put a face to the name, like thinking you’re talking to Instagram about something that can be really traumatizing and really hard to talk about, that’s not really help ful,” she said. “I think it’s really important to know that there are real humans behind the screen that want to help you and are here for you, and we’ll provide you re sources no matter what your situ ation is.”

When asked if the student body’s opinion had an influence on the decision Wallace said that the student voice is a vital part of campus life, and administrators encourage students on campus to speak up on the issues that matter to them.

“Throughout this process, Smicks for Choice has been in di alogue and conversation with the administration, and we value the passionate voices of the club lead ership,” Wallace continued. “The college is committed to respond ing to the voices of all students, both in this case and beyond, with thoughtful, well-researched responses that seek to continue dialogue and learning.”

Stutesman said that her time as a freshman and her desire for a club like Smicks for Choice at Saint Mary’s influenced her pro activity in pushing for the club’s

official status.

“I know when I was a fresh man and we had our club fairs, I was walking around hopeful, there wasn’t much for me. If we at Saint Mary’s College can do as much as help one scared fresh man or student in a bad situation, that makes it all worth it,” she said. “Right now, as a nonprofit organization, off-campus, Saint Mary’s name isn’t attached to it, so we can’t promote on campus, which makes it hard for people to find us, and it makes it hard for us to reach people and give resources.”

For her final thoughts on the topic, Mata said she would stress that Smicks for Choice wants to advocate for women to have a choice to advocate.

“It’s important to remem ber choice does not mean to get an abortion, it means it is your choice to advocate for yourself, to make an informed and educated decision that is best based on you as an individual,” Mata said. “Choice does not mean that you absolutely have to follow a sin gular path but that there is in fact more than one way to follow. It means you have the right to your bodily autonomy.”

Reflections on snow

don’t forget how journalism’s heart beats

Liam Price Associate news e ditor

Apparently it was Janet m alcolm who said that ev ery journalist “who is not too stupid or full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.”

shoutout to Google for helping me out there, but I also want to shout out my newfound eidolon, Janet m alcolm. her next sentence develops her point fur ther: “he is a kind of confidence man, preying on peo ple’s vanity, ignorance or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse.”

she is not attacking the heart of journalism; that ticker, the ruthless pursuit of society’s truth, remains. b ut don’t forget what reporters actually do as the heart beats.

Imagine a T v reporter on the ground in the v ietnam War. I picked an extreme of journalism, sure, but that reporter, conveying the horrors of war, displays inter views with distraught citizens who give crisp details about their fresh trauma.

Though he seems innocent, the reporter does not try to help that victim of war tragedies which he features. r ather, he hopes to reveal the truth of the war-victim’s experience to the rest of the world.

m any contemporary partisans idolize journalists, and may be justified. how else can such fierce attacks from the likes of d onald Trump on independent jour nalism be deflected, if not by idealizing that journal ist? b esides, all Americans value truth. Journalism, so it would seem, is the work of heroes.

b ut with this assessment, we mistakenly conflate the journalist’s purpose and his actions.

After shooting incredible footage that reminds him of the raw power journalism can have, the hypotheti cal T v reporter, along with his cameraman, packs up and makes his way back.

Yes, that reporter could have died in the line of duty. I do not deny that it takes courage to step into danger for a higher purpose of revealing truth.

c onsider, however, that the more he can get the sub jects of his story to trust him, the more of their truth he can reveal to the world in order to do his job well. And while the subjects of his story have to continue with their lives of horror, he re-enters into a world of safety.

For now, at least, the trust he gained from the story’s subject was only good for himself and the story, but not the subject.

What do we call someone who manipulates others to get their trust, uses it for his or her own gain, then has no interest in helping those same individuals at the end of the day?

A m achiavellian, I would argue.

Journalists seek truth for its own sake. reporting, however, can be quite dirty: defensible by law, defen sible as it upholds standards of a liberal democratic society but not always defensible in its own reality.

s o why do they do it? Why does the new York Times exist? The observer? m y own byline title?

To put it briefly, you asked for it. Independent jour nalists do what we do to uncover the truth without limits because that is the assignment from a society that proclaims to need it.

You can contact Liam at lprice3@nd.edu. The views expressed in this Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Tran de re Publica

I have seen snow less than 10 times. n ine times to be exact. m y first time was years ago while snowboarding at b ig b ear mountain in c alifornia. The other eight times were at n otre d ame.

s now is still a novel idea to me. I vaguely remember what snow is like from the trip to c alifornia, but I was too young for it to make a lasting impression on me. I surmise overcom ing the difficulty of the bunny slopes was more memorable than that which I was sliding upon. c onsequently, snow and, by extension, harsh m idwestern weather existed as somewhat of a myth. “The Legend of s now” was invariably the first topic of discussion when I would speak to somebody about my going to notre d ame.

I found that snow manifests in three distinct modes of conversation.

First, the rhetorical question. “Jonah, are you ready for the weather?” I respond, “Wait, I did not know it snowed in Indiana! I cannot believe I forgot to sign the snow disclaimer on the per sonal information section of c ommon App.” o f course, I am not ready for the snow; I have no experience with it. h ow can I be ready for that for which I cannot practice? If the questioner meant to ask whether I prepared winter clothing to combat the weather or not, I would respond yes. b ut he or she did not.

s econd, the imperative. “Jonah, be sure to layer! Layering is key!” This is simply unneces sary advice, something of common sense that can be personally deduced. Take this rationale for instance. If one removes layers of clothes when one is in a hot environment, I wonder what one would do if he or she is in a cold environ ment? r emove layers of clothes, right! s ee how ridiculous the advice sounds now? I am slightly offended when someone tells me this because it insinuates that I would have deliberately chosen to wear a single quarter zip and obstinately deny a parka in 24-degree weather if I had not heard this wisdom.

Third, the anecdote. o ften when speaking with anyone who lived in the cold before, I would hear their personal horror stories of en during the harsh weather. The dubious walks on icy sidewalks. The frozen appendages. The arduous trudges through mounds of snow. The blizzards. The abominable snowman. When I hear these tall tales of snow, I cannot help but be reminded of the joke about how difficult it was for our parents to get to school. That joke is a slight critique of a youthful, “softer” genera tion who do not know the struggles of growing up in an older, “grittier” one. m oreover, per sonal anecdotes of the cold appear more as an inane competition of who endured a harsher circumstance than advice. Who won more fights against the abominable snowman? Who trekked a farther distance amid a blizzard? That sort of head-butting.

And so, when it first started snowing here about a week ago, my accumulated knowledge of snow was put to the test. For the first time,

I had to make a genuine effort to layer jackets that I might endure the coldest weather I ever experienced. I can confirm that I was not ready for the nd cold. I can also confirm that layer ing is important to prevent a sweaty meltdown in d e b artolo h all, an oven. As I mentioned be fore, snow is still a novel idea for me. I am no m idwestern expert. I am still adjusting, still ac cumulating actual knowledge of snow. b ut like all novel ideas, they get old. The winter wonder land of november weather will simply not be the same as the artic wasteland of January. b efore I know it, the snow will no longer generate excite ment or awe but rather annoyance and perhaps dread. however, this trend is nothing new to me.

I went through the novel phase of college where everything was sunshine and rainbows, a constant state of d omer Fest. m aking new friends, learning new academic material and engaging in new extracurricular activities seemed like a source of hilarity and satisfaction. however, the wonderland of starting college will not be the same as the wasteland of complet ing it. In the short span that I have been here, I was confronted with the sobering reality that the metaphorical snow becomes harsher. s ome friends that I kept months ago want nothing to do with me due to a variety of head-aching dramas. Another round of midterms has passed leaving me desperate for a mental and physical break. The activities that I attempted to engage in have turn out to be wrought with failures and shortcomings. Perhaps, I should have internal ized more thoroughly the rhetorical questions, imperatives and personal anecdotes of people giving me pre-college advice, which always came after the snow talk.

m y main takeaway is that the human experi ence like weather is transitory. As time pro gresses, I confirm that my pre-calculus teacher’s advice that “life is like a sin wave” holds true. In the same way all you might see is lush land scapes amid temperate temperatures, so too will you experience moments of flourishing friendships. Inevitably following these are the moments of bleakness in the climate and one’s personal life. o ne’s consolation ought to be in that winter will come, and winter will go. This specific reflection is an incredibly empower ing mentality, one that is relevant to college students especially the ones living in the cold. It has been profoundly meaningful to me as I rationalize my experiences thus far. It offers hope for future favorable conditions to those de spairing their failures. Winter is not permanent. Therefore, to my fellow d omers, I do not know how long winter will last or its potential degree of severity. In the meantime, hold fast to your winter coats, whatever it takes. Just know that the weather will become better. It must.

Jonah Tran is a first-year at Notre Dame double majoring in finance and economics and minoring in Classics. Although fully embracing the notorious title of a “Menbroza,” he prides himself on being an Educated Young Southern Gentleman. You can con tact Jonah by email at jtran5@nd.edu.

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

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The machine gun method

Devin Humphreys Life, Law and the Lord

When I was in Algebra II my freshman year of high school, we were taught a couple of different ways to solve a qua dratic equation. A couple have fallen by the wayside (as we law students do not regularly employ math more compli cated than the hand Formula), but I remember two distinct methods that had almost opposite pros and cons: factoring, which we learned first, and using the quadratic formula, which we learned last. As my math teacher, mr. Josh Taylor, explained and demonstrated, factoring is the easiest of the ways to solve a quadratic equation, but it doesn’t always work. In contrast, the quadratic formula always works, but it has the uncanny tendency to get unwieldy at the times when it would make the most sense to factor instead. As a result, mr. Taylor gave the quadratic formula the nickname of “the machine gun method” — it always gets the job done, but sometimes by using more “bullets” than the job required.

While the choices I have made in undergraduate and law school have largely seen me avoid using the stellar math ematic training I received in high school, this underling idea about there being multiple ways to solve a problem with their own disadvantages hasn’t just stayed with me as a back-of-my-mind idea. It’s come up, over and over again, both in other disciplines I’m studying and in other parts of my life. I’ll give three examples to illustrate the point, start ing with my time in undergrad as a political theory and constitutional democracy major (think of a PLs-style Great books program), during which we of course read Aristotle’s “Politics,” in which Aristotle articulates six distinct sorts of regimes of rule by one, the few, or the many, and then divided into three “correct” kinds — “kingship, aristocracy, and polity” respectively — and three “deviations from these — tyranny from kingship, oligarchy from aristocracy and democracy from polity” (Iv.2, becker stephanus p. 1289a). The spring of my 1L year, I had the opportunity to TA Professor Patrick deneen’s Political Theory course, where I graded a section of 30 students. They too read this quote from Aristotle’s “Politics,” but deneen saw fit (in my view rightly) to emphasize a different line from this same general area, at which Aristotle notes that polity is a particularly un stable “mixture of oligarchy and democracy” (Iv.8, becker p.

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1293b). so, while Aristotle emphasizes that polity is “the best possible” regime (Iv.8, becker p. 1288b), it’s also the regime least able to be kept, and so most societies settle for some thing more inferior but more stable. In that sense, then, both oligarchies and democracies (towards one of which every polity bends) are political machine-gun methods.

For a second example, let’s consider a paper I wrote before having taken Administrative Law on the relationship be tween legislative and executive power. Its central thesis was basically that American separation of powers has a “legisla tive silence” problem. If our constitution gives congress the power to make laws (see generally Article I), the President the responsibility to take care that the laws are enforced (see generally Article II), and the federal courts the respon sibility to decide cases and controversies arising under the constitution or those laws (see generally Article III), does it commit these powers exclusively to each respective branch? In that paper, I answered that it doesn’t but it should. James madison proposed to spell separation of powers out in a constitutional amendment that was part of the original draft of the bill of rights, but the First congress rejected it, with members voting no both because they disagreed with its substance and because they agreed with its substance so much that they found it unnecessary. That ambiguity in turn led to widespread executive encroachments on execu tive power, so I argued that we should reconsider whether the amendment was as unnecessary as some First congress naysayers thought. After having taken Administrative Law, my view on that issue has quite a bit more nuanced, and while I still think the executive branch tends to exercise too much quasi-legislative power too much of the time, I readily acknowledge that the idea, whether put forward by James madison in a constitutional amendment proposal or advocated by me in an old paper, that there is one right set of actors for every governmental function is a governmental machine-gun method.

And then there is the very nature of our legal system itself. I’ve previously written about the distinction between law and equity, and about the remedies course I took last fall from Professor samuel L. bray, one of our nation’s leading scholars on equity. one of the things I most appreciated about taking his class was the opportunity it gave me to think about how the law courts (and legal remedies) and the equity courts (and equitable remedies) contribute to a wellordered judicial system. As Prof. bray would put it, anyone

arguing (as he does) that maintaining a distinction between law and equity makes sense needs to have a compelling answer to the question of why we shouldn’t simply commit ourselves to making one of those systems work well all of the time. In response, Prof. bray essentially ballparked that making either law or equity work well for 90% of cases all of the time is a rather easy task; 99% is harder but still doable. but to have one of these frameworks cover every situation is a practical impossibility. so instead we use two systems (formerly the separate courts of law and equity, now simply different legal and equitable remedies), relying on law to more efficiently handle most cases, then counting on eq uity to clean up that which law does not handle well. Thus, although I continued asking the question of why we don’t simply resort to equitable relief in more circumstances, Prof. bray answered my question by essentially saying that a larger equity power would turn equity into a machine-gun method.

my dear friend caroline Gramm and I were talking about this concept of “machine-gun methods” the other day, and she suggested that sometimes we get complacent in em ploying machine-gun methods for the problems we solve in our own day-to-day. Why? because we’re risk-averse. We’re much more comfortable doing something we’ve done a zil lion times before, even if it’s inefficient, than to try a new way to handle a life problem because we think it might not work. but think of how much more we’d be able to do if we weren’t so stuck in this risk-aversion! so, the next time an opportu nity arises to do something a different way, maybe that’s an opportunity God is giving us to move from a mindset of “we know what works, so let’s keep doing that even if it’s inef ficient” to something more like “maybe let’s try this, and if that fails, we’ve got the machine gun method.” We might be pleasantly surprised at what happens next!

Devin Humphreys is a 3L at Notre Dame Law School. When he isn’t serving as the sacristan at the Law School Chapel or competing at a quiz bowl tournament, he’s sharing his thoughts on the legal developments of the day with anyone who will listen. For advice on law school, hot takes on Mass music and free scholarly pub lication ideas, reach out to Devin at dhumphr2@nd.edu.

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

What money is to happiness, affirmative action is to college diversity

For the past week, I have been reading “The happiness Project” by Gretchen rubin; during this time, I have also been reflecting on the supreme court hearings on af firmative action that took place on monday, oct. 31. on Thursday, while I was reading the book’s chapter on money (chapter 7), I followed rubin as she reflected on the con nection between money and happiness. early on in her musings, I came across the following comment that re minded me of the discussion on affirmative action: “money alone can’t buy happiness. but, as a follow-up, I asked myself, “can money help buy happiness?” The an swer: yes, used wisely, it can.”

now, replace the idea of money with affirmative action and happiness with diversity. The ideas are nearly the same, except for one vital difference. Unlike with money and happiness, it’s not that an institution logically can not rely on affirmative action to create diversity; it con stitutionally cannot. Therein, lies the argument against affirmative action. Under the 14th Amendment’s equal Protection clause and Title v I of the civil rights Act of 1964, affirmative action cannot be the reason your campus is diverse, but many would argue that it should continue to be allowed as one of many factors, including social eco nomic status, first-generation status and the disclosures of any relevant hardships. Without affirmative action, that’s one less avenue toward creating diversity at higher

education institutions. There are certainly other ways, but if you take out affirmative action, you fundamentally weaken the process towards diversity.

As rubin continued her reflection on money and hap piness, she noted that while money does not guarantee happiness, it can operate as a protective factor against unhappiness. If you live in poverty, you simply do not have the capacity to pursue happiness in your day-to-day life. money won’t make you happy, but poverty will make it very difficult for you to get there.

In the same way, for institutions with a predominantly white admissions history, their admissions processes simply are not designed to recognize the whole value of students of color. Affirmative action ensures that students of color won’t face further limitations from cultural and systemic disadvantages. It is not relying on a quota to cre ate diversity; it is allowing an understanding of cultural contexts and history to inform life-changing decisions. Then, when admissions officers can proceed with in formed decisions and heightened awareness, they are able to foster diversity.

now, returning to the question presented in the supreme court on monday, do I think considering race in admis sions decisions breaches the 14th Amendment? I think it has the potential to. If the considering race in college ad missions meant contributing to a quota, then yes. I would

certainly agree that the use of race was unconstitutional. however, I think the way race is considered in mod ern admissions is entirely in line with the Fourteenth Amendment, because race is not the basis of the decision; it only informs it. It helps the admissions officer under stand the applicant and their circumstances more. At a school like notre dame, where building community is everything, considering race means taking note of how one person’s cultural difference can enrich our beautiful campus. Additionally, our institution is also dedicated to fostering a community of intellectual rigor. considering one’s cultural background can also mean making note of how one’s cultural differences may allow an individual to think differently from their peers and contribute to richer discussions.

money is not everything in terms of happiness, but it has an impact. Likewise, affirmative action is not everything in terms of diversity, but it, too, has an impact — and there are dozens of thousands of students and alumni around the nation that can attest to this fact. It is my hope the supreme court chooses to protect affirmative action and allow our institutions to continue using it wisely in their efforts to foster diversity.

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Though I’m quite sure this was the first time I have ever gone to a

theater alone, it’s not that I’m in any way movie theater adverse. I enjoyed watching “Minions: The Rise of Gru” in theaters with my friend Nate over the summer as much as the next 20-something-year-old. So, when I came across the opportunity to review a sequel who’s antecedent, 2018’s “Black Panther,” I had yet to watch, I jumped on the chance. It just didn’t cross my mind that they still released movies that weren’t on Netflix.

I know this is becoming a farfetched review — but please hear me out. Take Gregory Peck’s advice in “To Kill a Mockingbird”: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view […] until you climb into his skin and walk around.” I took the story because I was greedy. I have yet to write for scene since fall break. As a liberal studies major, I encounter enough literature without appropriate context or foreknowledge all the time. Try understanding a lick of Dante without a multifaceted grasp of Medieval astronomy — I had no idea. Try understanding the Gospels before reading all 46 books in the Catholic Old Testament. It wouldn’t be the worst. Some points, like love your neighbor as yourself, stand alone.

Upon entering the theater, I did know that the lead actor of 2018’s “Black Panther,” Chadwick Boseman, had passed away. Therefore, I was not surprised that funerals and goodbyes were thematic points of emphasis. Two moments of silence were demarcated during the twohour, 43-minute run time, at the beginning and end, when images of Bose man in character were flashed about

the screen. Boseman was the first Black actor to star in a Marvel Cinematic Universe film. A Cincinnati Reds fan, I had enjoyed watching Boseman play Jackie Robinson in the 2013 film “42.” The man carried a tragic colon cancer diagnosis for the final four years of his life — spending his brightest moments in the spotlight knowing he was good for dead.

I hand over all credit to the movie producers

creatively maneuvering the death of the real-life and fictional Black Panther. Strong female African American actors were the unequivocal answer. Shuri (Letitia Wright) knocked it out of the park in terms of superhero style. “Wakanda Forever” was par for the course in terms of my experience of Marvel and comic movies in general go — a familiar action arch. The emotional rawness of Boseman’s death on top of the universal joy of watching women triumph in roles typically played by white men (e.g., Superman, Batman, Spiderman) had me thinking when I left the theater, as if I had just left a drama.

Speaking briefly on the plot elements I have deciphered from the note book I scribbled upon in the dark theater, a mythological element named vibranium seems to be central to the movie conflict. I was blown away by the underwater kingdom of the Talokan — very Gunganesce. I would have liked to see Namor disintegrate into pieces on that dessert and it’s not possible for Shuri to have survived that spear wound. The fact that Talokanil could lure all those sailors to drown themselves hit home to me as a reference to Sirens. The film, at its best, incorporated cultural elements from indigenous peoples of Africa and the Americas as well as the West. No doubt, most of these references flew over my head. But, because I could sniff all the allusions I was missing, I knew it was a good movie.

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Lindauer talks ohio state Invite, season goals Irish secure win against bisons

By ANNIKA HERKO sports Writer

It was the nail-biter that no one expected. In their first-ever meet ing, the notre dame men’s basket ball team beat Lipscomb, 66-65, Friday night in Purcell Pavilion. The Irish came into the meet ing 3-0 and averaging 83 points a game in wins against radford, Youngstown state, and southern Indiana. Lipscomb came into the meeting 2-1 after falling to south dakota in their season opener.

despite being the underdog, the bisons started off well against notre dame in the first half, scor ing the first five points of the game and staying ahead of the Irish for the first eight minutes of the game.

Graduate student guard cormac ryan made a three-pointer to tie the game. Although the bisons scored a quick layup in response, they didn’t regain the lead again until late in the game.

notre dame prevented Lipscomb from scoring for nearly six minutes near the end of the first half. Graduate student guard dane Goodwin was dominant in the first half, scoring 15 points, and ac counting for more than half of the team’s overall points at the time.

Afterward, head coach mike brey discussed how it was a prior ity for the team to limit the number of threes, even if it meant giving up shots in the paint.

“[Lipscomb] is a really gifted of fensive team. I told our guys at half time that they average 80 [points a game] and we have them at 23. They still never really got flowing because they couldn’t make dou ble-digit threes.”

very few fouls were committed by either team. The first free throws of the game not occurring until graduate student forward nate Laszewski went three for three five minutes into the second half. he continued notre dame’s trend of excellence from the line. so far this season, notre dame has made over

85% of its free throws, the secondhighest percentage in the country. despite the fact that it never felt like notre dame lost control of the flow of the game, Lipscomb came back to take the lead with just over two minutes to go by shooting 76% from the floor in the second half. After each team scored once in the late stages, Goodwin shot a gamewinning three-pointer with 14.5 seconds to go to give notre dame the lead — and the win.

brey was very complimentary of his grad students and how they handled themselves throughout the game. brey knew Goodwin’s game-winner was going in as soon as he saw it go up with the night he was having. he was also particu larly impressed with the defensive skills and leadership shown by ryan.

“ryan has just so given himself to just guard and take away a guy… and it definitely affects his offense and he doesn’t care. As a fifth-year senior, I would think he would care more, but he doesn’t. And in the huddles, when [it wasn’t going our way], he challenged ven[-Allen Lubin] because [he] had a long stretch there looking for his shot… and set the tone coming out of the timeout. I mean, amazing leader ship, and those guys, the big three have ownership of this thing.”

At the end of the game, Trae benham and Jacob ognacevic led Lipscomb with 19 points each. Ahsan Asadullah also contributed 10. Goodwin led the Irish with 24 points. Laszewski had 16 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks. Freshman guard J.J. starling also scored 11 points.

notre dame will look to stay undefeated when they return to Purcell Pavilion on Tuesday. That night, they will take on 2-2 bowling Green for the sec ond game of the 2022 Gotham classic.

Contact Annika Herko at aherko@nd.edu

By MADELINE LADD Associate sports e ditor

notre dame swim and dive was back in action this week. The swimmers traveled to the ohio state Invitational and divers went down south for the Texas diving Invitational. The team’s performance this week end pleased head coach c hris Lindauer, as several swimmers posted top times and podium finishes. The four-day ordeal was a fitting preview for the schedule of Acc s and nc AAs that will take place later this season.

“It was really a full week af fair with travel on Wednesday and competition Thursday, Friday, saturday. We just got home this [ sunday] morning,” Lindauer said. “It takes a lot out of everybody but overall we performed very well. We were super successful both on the men’s and women’s side.”

The Irish competed against teams such as ohio state University, Indiana University, v irginia Tech, University of Kentucky, University of c incinnati, Yale University, and Lindenwood University. The men placed third over all, falling to ohio state and Indiana who were both top 10 teams last year. senior Jack hoagland dominated for the Irish, capturing wins in both the 400 I m (3:43.52) and the 500 freestyle (4:14.24).

“I think Jack hoagland get ting two wins against this field of competition is really impressive,” Lindauer said “They’re wins against super competitive opponents but the times he posted are among the top in the country. he’s at an elite level.”

sophomore c hris Guiliano also had a strong showing, claiming runner-up status in the 50 freestyle (19.30) as well as third in the 100 free style (42.50). Guiliano put up performances against “top, top-notch competition” as Lindauer phrased it. Giuliano’s times, like hoagland’s, are able to compete with almost anyone in the country. on the women’s side, senior c oleen Gillilan was runnerup in both the 100 (52.24) and 200 butterfly (1:55.54). These

early-season times are just off of Gillilan’s lifetime bests.

“she is really coming off of some adversity as she had shoulder surgery in the spring,” Lindauer said. “To see her bounce back and be so competitive on a good track for Acc s and nc AAs is really exciting.”

c ollectively, the relays per formed highly this weekend for both men and women. The outcome pleased Lindauer, es pecially so early in the season.

“I think just collectively, when we look at all of our re lays the majority – if not all of our relays – are faster than what they were last year at this time in the year,” Lindauer said. “even some of them were faster than what they went at Acc c hampionships in February, which is really rare; you don’t usually get that.”

This invitational was the Irish freshmen’s first glimpse of competing at a high-level college invite. s everal fresh men had lifetime bests this past weekend. A few were even able to make the A-finals — something promising for young talent on the team. Lindauer commented on the quick adjustment they had to make, as competition picked up so early in the season.

“If you think about when we started in late August, we are about 2.5-3 months of training in which isn’t that much in the swimming world,” Lindauer said. “so being in this position where our freshmen are pre pared to compete at this level so soon — not only our fresh men but our whole team –I think is unique. For our fresh men to learn nc AA swim ming, you know this is not high school swimming, this is not club swimming. This is men and women competing at the highest level. There’s olympians at our meet this weekend. Just for them to un derstand the big picture and get a sneak peek of what Acc s and nc AAs are going to be like.”

v iewing nc AAs as the finish line is a priority for Lindauer and the rest of the team. being a top 25 program is also a pri ority for Lindauer. And it is something he feels the Irish

can accomplish this year. The men are currently ranked no. 22 out of 25 following the meet.

“For us it’s all about nc AAs and how we can put up some points and be a top 25 pro gram, Lindauer said. “It shocked me that notre dame has never had a team finish in the top 25 at nc AAs, so that’s a massive goal and I think we’ll be knocking on the door there on both sides. We are extreme ly competitive and aware of that goal and that’s the target we are aiming for.”

Adjusting to the culture and new environment has been a change for Lindauer and the team. Lindauer describes the experience as positive, but with “a lot of learning.” Lindauer also commends the senior class for their leader ship and setting an example of excellence.

“I am also very proud of the seniors,” Lindauer said. “Teams tend to go how seniors go so they are really the front line of echoing our mission. They are sharing those goals. They are doing a phenom enal job of senior leadership to share that mission. o ur se niors and our captains but it takes much more of the senior captains to lead the way. next up for the Irish is the U.s o pen, taking place from nov. 30 to dec. 3 in Greensboro, north c arolina. being a longcourse meter and internation al meet, the o pen will bring top talent from around the world. It should allow teams an opportunity to see where they are at from a long-course perspective. With olympic Trials on the horizon in June of 2024 at Lucas oil stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, a select group of Irish swimmers with have the opportunity to gun for trials cut times.

“This will be our first longcourse opportunity with our team,” Lindauer said. “We are only bringing a select few. We have about 10 going, with various reasons why we picked that party. It’s really a first opportunity to see where we are at from a long course per spective, which is a different course, different competition

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Graduate student forward Nate Laszewski protects the ball from a Lipscomb defender. Laszewski netted 16 points in the 66-65 Irish win.

Happy Birthday: laboring over the impossible is a waste of time. concentrate on what moves you, and gather the information that helps you prepare for the success you are trying to achieve. Investing time, money and energy will make it easier to accept the changes necessary to reach your goal. opportunities will come from familiarities, not newfangled schemes. choose peace over chaos. your numbers are 6, 10, 18, 22, 28, 33, 43.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): look for any opportunity to make your money stretch. Invest in yourself and your ability to earn more, and manage your savings efficiently. emotional spending or paying for someone else’s mistake awill leave you ill at ease.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): consider your position and how you can improve an unfolding situation. A change may seem scary, but sitting still and doing nothing will make you vulnerable. decide what it is you want and advocate on your behalf.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Ignore anyone trying to interfere with your plans, and engage in matters that can help you advance. A disciplined attitude will help you gain respect and the assistance you need to finish things on time.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): read between the lines. let your intuition guide you when dealing with youngsters, seniors and lovers. be a good listener, and you’ll get a clear picture of what you can do to improve things. An innovative attitude will serve you well.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Playing emotional games will backfire. using charm to win favors can work if you don’t renege on your promises. maintaining a stellar reputation is imperative to getting what you want. Accept the inevitable and find a positive way to move forward.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): make sure you know what’s expected of you before you enter negotiations. It’s up to you to lay out a feasible plan and sell it to those less accommodating. A personal situation will turn out better than anticipated.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): focus on what you are trying to achieve. learn as you go, and don’t stop until you are happy with the results. A financial loss will occur if you hesitate or neglect to take care of your responsibilities. choose your words carefully.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): What you do will significantly impact what unfolds. Talk is cheap unless you are prepared to follow through with your promises. look at your budget and adjust whatever is necessary to ensure you can finish what you start.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Take advantage of any opportunity that comes your way. your ability to size up situations and make decisions quickly will help you stay ahead of any competition you encounter. don’t let the mistakes others make burden you. offer suggestions, not hands-on help..

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): do what’s right, and don’t look back. A change is necessary if you want to maintain balance and equality in your life. look for opportunities that allow you to grow personally and professionally. don’t let your emotions lead you astray.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): be cautious with investments, health and contracts. read the fine print, and don’t act in haste. Put more effort into taking care of your responsibilities and seeking alternative ways to bring in more cash. selfimprovement projects are favored.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Weigh the pros and cons before agreeing to something questionable. Problems will begin with a lack of valid information and continue if you don’t question what others do or say. do your due diligence. speak the truth and verify facts.

Birthday Baby: yyou are entertaining, appealing and focused. you are optimistic and outgoing.

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Irish splits series against buckeyes

By RYAN MURPHY sports Writer

despite its scoring woes, the no. 20 notre dame Fighting Irish hockey team ground out a weekend split against the no. 12/13 ohio state buckeyes. After ohio state won the Friday con test 5-2, the Irish bounced back with a 1-0 victory saturday.

Ohio State wins Friday, 5-2

In Friday’s contest, ohio state used three third-period goals to come away with a 5-2 win.

After ohio state got on the board four minutes into the game with a goal from davis burnside, the Irish were able to answer when senior forward Trevor Janicke found the back of the net on a one-timer with 44 seconds remaining in the first period. Graduate student defenseman c hase blackmun set up the goal.

The Irish then took the lead in the second period, as fresh man forward Fin Williams scored from an unlikely angle near the goal line. It was the first career goal for the north vancouver, bc , native, who dropped to a knee to celebrate.

Williams’ goal was a huge break for the Irish. The mo mentum continued to swing in notre dame’s direction min utes later when ohio state’s Tyler d uke was whistled for slashing. With a chance to in crease their lead to two on the power play, things were look ing up for the Irish.

The buckeyes, though, had other plans. o n the ensuing power play, ohio state took a dagger to notre dame’s mo mentum. not only did they have a successfully kill the penalty, but the buckeyes added a shorthanded goal to boot. d efenseman d ominic v idoli started the breakout himself, hopped up into the rush, and then finished off a beautiful give-and-go with Tate singleton to tie the game at two.

In the third, singleton would chip in with a goal of his own to put the buckeyes up 3-2. Less than 90 seconds later, team scoring leader Jake Wise added a power-play insurance marker for ohio state to make it 4-2. An empty net goal finished the night off in c olumbus, with the home side coming out on top 5-2.

Irish find a way with 1-0 win Saturday

b ack in the lineup after miss ing Friday’s game, graduate student forward Jack Adams scored 2 minutes and 33 sec onds into the game s aturday night to provide the lone goal of the evening. Up 1-0 early,

the Irish never looked back. Thanks to stellar defense and goaltending, they remain a perfect 4-0-0 when scoring the first goal.

notre dame received excel lent goaltending from senior r yan bischel, who stopped all 37 shots he faced for his third shutout of the season. It was the fifth time this season bischel has made 35 or more saves in a game. bischel has started all 13 games for the Irish this year. And he may well have stolen his team a win on s aturday night.

That’s not to discredit the Irish skaters, who were also stout defensively in front of their goaltender. notre dame blocked 18 buckeye shots, killed off three ohio state power plays, and withstood a third-period barrage that saw ohio state outshoot notre dame 19-3.

For Adams, the goal marked his first of the season. o n his first shift of the game, Adams went straight to the front of the net as senior defenseman nick Leivermann led the attack into the ohio state defensive zone. The 6’ 6’’ Adams and a linemate, 6’ 4’’ freshman niko Jovanovic, both set up shop outside the paint. Leivermann took a lap behind the ohio state net and came out to the top of the far faceoff circle.

The offensively-minded Leivermann then smartly ex posed the ohio state defense with a cross-seam pass to his partner blackmun. blackmun hesitated before firing a shot to the front of the net. The re bound came loose, and Adams was able to use his large frame to grab the puck and sandwich it between the legs of o hio state goaltender Jakub d obes for the score.

remarkably, Adams’ early goal proved to be the gamewinner, his second career game-winning goal in a notre dame uniform.

Looking ahead

The weekend split keeps the Irish at .500 for the season, with a 6-6-2 overall record. In the big Ten, notre dame is sixth with a 3-4-1 record in conference play.

notre dame will travel to b oston this Thanksgiving week to play against both the b oston University Terriers and b oston c ollege e agles. Wednesday, notre dame is playing at bU at 5 p.m. o n Friday, they will trav el to c hestnut h ill to play the e agles at 4 p.m. Wednesday’s game will be available on esPn U. Friday’s can be seen on esPn +.

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Irish beat santa c lara and TcU, nearing college cup

By J.J. POST and JOCHE SANCHEZ CORDOVA sports Writers

It was a dream week end for n otre d ame wom en’s soccer, which took a pair of games in the nc AA Tournament on home turf, moving within one win of reaching the c ollege c up. The party started on Friday night, as the Irish put forth their most dominant show ing of the season, steam rolling s anta c lara 4-0 in s outh b end.

The Irish got started early, immediately attack ing the b ronco net from distance. With midfielder Korbin Albert given an ap parent green light to take aim at goal from whenever she deemed fit, the sopho more peppered s anta c lara goalkeeper m arlee n icolos with shot after shot from distance.

And after nearly 44 min utes of domination on the shot counter but not the scoreboard, n otre d ame broke, through. s ome cha os in the box led to gradu ate student defender Ashley Zugay being dragged down in the box. Albert unsur prisingly took the ensuing penalty, and converted coo ly to give n otre d ame a 1-0 lead heading into halftime.

c oming out of the half, the Irish exploded. Albert found a sliver of space at the edge of the box and blasted her second goal of the game by the near post. Just 34 seconds later, freshman midfielder Laney m atriano broke free and uncorked a shot into the corner of the net to put n otre d ame up 3-0 over a seemingly shellshocked b roncos defense. The goal was m atriano’s first of her collegiate career.

The Irish would find one more goal before full-time, this time off the boot of senior forward Kiki v an Zanten. Albert read a pass in the midfield and charged forward. b ut this time in stead of shooting, she opted to play an incisive through ball across the middle of

the s anta c lara defense. The pass found v an Zanten, who beat n icolos with a neat finish to expand the n otre d ame lead to four.

The 4-0 scoreline was in credibly not nearly indica tive of the level of control the Irish enjoyed Friday night. n otre d ame outshot the b roncos by a margin of 40-5, by some distance the gaudiest differential of any round of 32 game. The Irish held possession for nearly the entirety of the second half. s tarting Irish keeper, graduate student m ackenzie Wood, made just one save in nearly 80 min utes of action.

The Irish kept rolling on s unday, beating T c U 2-0 in to advance to the e lite e ight in the nc AA tournament. The win means the Irish make their first national quarterfinal since 2012 and their first under head coach n ate n orman.

“This is always a tough weekend because you play two games so quickly,” n orman said. “It really tests the resiliency and resolve and your ability to recover and how fit and deep you are. That all paid off for us in this game.”

After her meteoric perfor mance against s anta c lara, Albert was relatively quiet s unday. The h orned Frogs held her to just two shots, with neither being on target. Instead, graduate student forward o livia Wingate and senior midfielder m addie m ercado came through for the Irish with a goal each.

“When teams focus so much on taking [Korbin Albert] away it opens up spaces for other players. You saw m addie and Liv find that space and get those finishes tonight. s o, when teams try to crowd her like that, we try and help her move and find space, but it just allows oth er players a lot more space to play,” n orman said.

Wingate opened the scor ing in the 20th minute. After receiving a pass from van Zanten, she used her signa ture speed to get into the

box and then calmly slot the opening goal into the bot tom left corner of the goal. m ercado’s insurance goal came in the 65th minute on a rocket off her left foot that found the far corner from outside the box.

“I looked over my shoulder and didn’t see anyone near me, so I was just like ‘I’m going to go for it,’” m ercado said.

T c U also had their fair share of chances, taking 10 shots. That included one from midfielder Payton c rews that forced an out standing diving save from Wood in the 29th minute. The shutout means n otre d ame has yet to concede in the nc AA tournament. The Irish have outscored their opponents 11-0 over the first three rounds.

“It’s doing the simple things and doing them of ten. That way we limit their chances, block shots and keep it tight in the box. If we do all that it’s going to be re ally difficult for someone to score on us,” n orman said.

The triumph has earned n otre d ame a quarterfinal matchup against the 18-4-1 n orth c arolina Tar h eels, who beat b YU s aturday to advance. It will be the first meeting between the two teams this year despite the shared conference. And, as the top seed, the Irish will host the showdown next s aturday. U nc shared the A cc regular season title with Florida s tate but lost to the s eminoles in the A cc tournament final.

“I think we all have a chip on our shoulder going into that game. We’re excited,” m ercado said. “We wanted to see them in A cc play, but figured we’d see them in the tournament. It’s exciting because obviously, they’re a very talented team, but so are we. It’s going to be a big week of preparation and we’re really excited to get after them.”

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in the week that this was gonna be a game where we were gonna run the ball. Going out there to play as a unit and run the ball like we did — it’s just so much fun, and to be able to send our seniors out with a win like that — nothing better,” said sopho more left tackle Joe Alt.

The Irish would quickly ex tend their lead after forcing a three-and-out. This time, they did most of their damage through the air. Junior quar terback drew Pyne kept the drive from stalling with an im pressive scramble and 23-yard completion to sophomore wide receiver deion c olzie on third and eight. After finding diggs on a crafty wheel route for 28 more, Pyne finished things off by finding graduate student matt salerno on a play-action fake.

“he is [the ultimate team mate],” Freeman said about the former walk-on. “To get his first touchdown — he deserves it.”

boston c ollege pulled off an impressive third and eight pitch-and-catch of their own immediately after. e agles Qb e mmett morehead found star

wideout Zay Flowers with a 38-yard dime for bc’s first big play. however, a deep shot on the very next play had a much different ending — but not a new one. A leaping morrison secured his second pick of the day in the end zone to halt the e agles’ momentum.

“It felt like I was a kid out there,” said morrison. “This is a moment that you don’t get this every single weekend, so when it does happen, you just gotta actually appreciate it and just live it in for a little bit.”

The Irish turned the inter ception into a 10-play, 57-yard drive, finishing with a 41-yard field goal from graduate stu dent blake Grupe. For the sec ond straight drive, the e agles would immediately follow an impressive third down play with a turnover. After keeping their drive alive with an im pressive catch by running back Alex broome, graduate student Jack Kiser stripped morehead. senior defensive lineman Isaiah Foskey scooped up the ball for nd’s third takeaway in the game’s first 20 minutes.

“We’ve all been really pre pared,” said junior safety Xavier Watts about the defense’s emer gence throughout the season. “Just trying to take it to the next

but he was also an integral part of an Irish d-line that allowed just one rushing yard in the first half.

level.”

The Irish offense continued to take things to the next level themselves. A false start on a fourth and one prevented notre dame from putting the game further out of reach. but an other Grupe field goal stretched their advantage to 23. sure enough, the Irish defense de livered another knockout blow in the very next series. senior cornerback c am hart knocked away a backward pass on a third and one. And senior line backer marist Liufau was right there to pounce on it.

Liufau returned the ball to the end zone, but because the play was originally ruled in complete, only the recovery stood. The Irish offense made sure they would get that touch down, though. A 26-yard rush by diggs set up sophomore running back Audric e stime’s seven-yard scamper and tacked on seven more points, giving notre dame its largest lead of the season. sophomore run ning back c hris Tyree joined the party on notre dame’s next drive. he ran for 26 yards on its first play. Three snaps later, he finished it himself with a 12yard rush right up the gut. even when they weren’t forc ing turnovers, the Irish defense

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said. “but you keep going. You don’t get flustered — you chal lenge everything. You find a better way. our guys are taking advantage of their opportuni ties. You can work at something tirelessly and not get the result you want. If you quit, you never get the result. but the defensive staff has continued to work on takeaways, takeaways, take aways. I think it’s a great lesson for our entire program. At some point, it’ll come.”

The last play of that half is one Foskey will remember for ever. he beat eagles right tackle ozzy Trapilo clean off the line and wrapped bc quarterback emmett morehead up before he even realized Foskey was clos ing in. It was his 25th in a notre dame uniform. he hardly cel ebrated it differently than any of the first 24. but everyone in notre dame stadium, including his head coach, knew it meant more.

“break(ing) the sack record is huge when you think about the elite pass rushers we’ve had in the history of notre dame foot ball,” Freeman said.

on a unit that is tied for 13th in the country in sacks, Foskey leads the way with 9.5 — more than three times more than any other player.

naturally, his impact went beyond that one record break ing play. Foskey and the Irish defensive line wrecked havoc on morehead and the eagles’ run game all afternoon. Foskey and friends made the big plays, with Foskey jumping on a secondquarter fumble forced by anoth er senior linebacker, Jack Kiser.

It was a performance emblem atic of what Freeman and the Irish have learned this season. While not all challenges are cre ated equal, none will conquer themselves. After consecutive sackless games against bYU and stanford, Foskey’s record pursuit was in jeopardy. but, the senior showed his teammates how you respond to difficult times by tal lying three sacks the very next game against UnLv he also has at least one sack in three of the four games since.

Foskey’s strong finish to the year likely means he’ll receive more bullish feedback on his nFL future. but his return to notre dame means his legacy will cut deeper into the program’s il lustrious history. recording 25 sacks and counting is a major reason why. so is the work he has put in off the field to become a leader for the Irish defense.

“he didn’t come just to break the record. he came back to win the national championship. he didn’t win a national champion ship here, but what he did for this program, and what these seniors did for this program will be the reason why we do win a national championship in the near fu ture,” Freeman said. “I told those guys last night, just ‘thank you.’ because they’ve built the foun dation... of what is to come.”

What is to come for Foskey and the Irish remains to be seen. but if what happened saturday is any indicator, it will probably be something pretty special.

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dominated. And while much of the focus was on how notre dame started the first half, the way they ended it was even more significant — a sack by Foskey, the 25th of his career to pass Justin Tuck ‘05 for the most in school history.

one week after upsetting then no. 16 nc state, the e agles offered little resistance to the Irish in any facet. As the snow turned from swirling to suf focating, with visibility the only thing lower than boston c ollege’s point total, they had virtually no chance of getting back in the game. e stime added his second touchdown of the game 9:06 into the third quar ter. other than junior tight end m ichael mayer becoming the third player in school history to total 2,000 yards, both sides largely played out the string the rest of the way.

This season is undoubtedly one of the most chaotic in notre dame’s recent history. saturday, on the other hand, provided the type of comforting reassur ance rarely afforded to the Irish this year. notre dame already proved it can look like the type of high-end program necessary to win the biggest of games. Their 35-14 win over then no. 4 clemson proved as much.

however, they’ll never get the chance of playing under the sport’s brightest lights if they can handle the lower-profile tests on their schedule.

“Great teams are able to play to a standard ... not to an oppo nent. Great teams, champion ship teams, they set a standard saying this is the way we’re gonna work. There’s no other option,” Freeman said. “It’s something we’ll continue to strive to be.”

“It’s how you respond, to me, that really dictates the future. And that’s the challenge I always have with these guys. It’s never what you foresee on the front end, but it’s how you respond.”

saturday’s victory was the latest chapter in notre dame’s impressive second-half of a response. It doesn’t mean they’ll never play down under Freeman again, but given they end the year with the Trojans and a T bd opponent in what should be a respectable bowl game when the Irish prepare for their next game without loads of national pageantry, they know they can thrive, not just survive.

Contact Andrew McGuinness at amcguinn@nd.edu

belles split pair of nonconference games

By AIDAN THOMAS sports e ditor

on Thursday and sunday, the saint mary’s basketball team split a pair of non-conference games, ultimately moving to 3-2 on the season. The belles slammed Illinois Tech 82-66 on Thursday night but lost to defiance 70-60 on sunday.

The belles rebounded from their first loss of the season and rode a dominant middle two quarters Thursday night. down 20-14 after 10 minutes, saint mary’s outscored the scarlet hawks 52-29 in the second and third quarters. senior guard maddie rzepka led the squad with 18 points, while freshman guard nicole connelly came off the bench to drop 15 points. saint mary’s won the game on the boards, out-rebounding Illinois Tech 60-37. Junior for wards Athena samson and Anne Goralczyk combined for 26 re bounds. samson added 12 points for the double-double.

The belles took the lead for good late in the second quarter. After Illinois Tech tied the game

at 27-27, both teams entered a dry spell. neither team scored for 2 minutes and 27 seconds. but with 3:52 remaining, Goralczyk sank a jump shot, and saint mary’s ripped off 10 straight points. That helped grant the belles a 37-29 halftime advantage. The scarlet hawks closed within 43-41 in the second half, but another latequarter surge helped the belles put the game away. over a 2:07 stretch, saint mary’s notched another 10-0 run to extend their lead to 64-46. Illinois Tech never challenged again, as the belles improved to 3-1. on sunday, the belles couldn’t quite pull off their fourth win in five games. Up two at halftime, a paltry shooting performance doomed saint mary’s in the 10-point loss. samson added another double-double, going for 14 points and 13 rebounds in the contest. sophomore forward Julia schutz joined the doubledouble party with a monster per formance, pouring in 18 points and grabbing 12 boards. she also blocked three shots. however, a 5-31 shooting effort from threepoint range contributed to an

poor overall 30.4% shooting per centage, a level of offensive inef ficiency too much to overcome. The belles maintained a slim advantage throughout the first 2.5 quarters, extending their lead to 42-36 just under half way through the third quarter. however, Taylor steinbrunner made a pair of triples in a 27-sec ond span to knto the score. The Yellow Jackets added a few more baskets to end the period on a 12-2 scoring run and take a 48-42 advantage. saint mary’s didn’t score for the final 5 minutes and 24 seconds of the quarter.

In the final 10 minutes, the belles never got closer than four points, trailing by about ten most of the way. A brief surge brought them to a 59-54 deficit with 2:29 left, but that was as close as it got. saint mary’s suc cumbed, 70-60.

The belles play Tuesday night at 7 p.m. against Anderson in a non-conference game. They start conference play after Thanksgiving.

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than college swimming.”

Lindauer enjoys being a col lege swim coach for the diver sity it brings, especially as an olympic year approaches.

“being a college swim coach is unique because you have col lege swimming, but you also have this international level,” Lindauer said. “We want to play at our level — at the high est level. so meets like the U.s open are great opportunities

for our team and also to put up times and some opportunities to get some olympic Trial cuts. It’s an extremely lofty goal right now, but a dream’s a dream.

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‘You can really see that love we have for each other’: Irish ride stellar start on senior day

By ANDREW McGUINNESS Associate sports e ditor

As notre dame struggled through its first month of the season, the biggest criticism of the team was the lack of an identity. First-year head coach marcus Freeman has talked about this all season, and per haps nothing stood out more today.

A resurgent run game that emerged in october started to change things. but there’s more to it. And, ironically for a team that struggled so much at the start of the year, that extra push has come early in games. In its first seven games, the Irish did not score a single first-quarter touchdown. They have outscored opponents in the opening 15 minutes 61-13 since, developing the type of consistency they sorely lacked in september when almost ev erything was up in the air.

That just makes it that much sweeter that everything about senior day just felt right for notre dame.

“What these seniors did for

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this program will be the rea son why we do win a national championship in the near fu ture,” Freeman said.

From the opening ceremo nies to junior running back Logan diggs’ 51-yard run on the first play, notre dame’s 27th meeting against boston c ollege, which ended in a 44-0 blowout, could not have started any better.

The Irish fizzled out after the early diggs run, settling for a 26-yard field goal on their opening drive. but their next big play was not far behind. on bc’s third offensive play, fresh man cornerback benjamin morrison used a stellar read to notch his third interception in as many games. blessed with a short field, the Irish would once again rely on diggs. All five of notre dame’s plays on their 20yard scoring drive were hand offs to diggs. That included the 3rd-and-goal rush from the one yard line that diggs turned into his third touchdown of the year.

“We were challenged earlier

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Though not how he hoped, Isaiah Foskey makes his mark on notre dame football

By ANDREW McGUINNESS Associate sports e ditor

As marcus Freeman emerged from the winter wonderland that was notre dame stadium on saturday afternoon, his team was feeling something it had not been all season — relaxed. All of notre dame’s first 10 games either had some type of chaotic, disappointing or electrifying el ement to them. but the Irish did not feel any need to create any unnecessary surprises in a 44-0 annihilation of boston college.

The celebrating wasn’t just re served for the senior class as a whole. nor for an Irish team that appears to have finally stabi lized after an up-and-down first half. however, on a day usually centered around celebrating the past, two Irish players made his tory in the present. Junior tight end m ichael mayer notched an other illustrious milestone, be coming the third player in Irish history with 2,000 yards, a mark that has become more and more inevitable with every dominating

performance he has put together over the last few years.

The other landmark statis tic, however, was less of a sure thing. In January, defensive line man Isaiah Foskey received a third round grade from the n FL’s college Advisory committee.

The third team All-American had to decide whether to take the leap to the n FL. Former Irish de fensive end Justin Tuck’s all-time sacks record of 24.5 was within reach — Foskey had 15.5 by his name at the end of his junior year. but, that isn’t the reason he chose to return.

“I believe in coach Freeman and I just believe in the whole team that we can actually win a national championship,” he said. “That’s the main reason I came back.”

Foskey’s ultimate goal will go unrealized. but Freeman has consistently preached the impor tance of dealing with setbacks.

“It’s never as you foresee it on Friday,” he said. “but it’s how you respond to the different events that happen.”

Foskey has handled that disap pointment well, unsurprisingly being a key piece to an Irish de fense that has been notre dame’s most consistent unit all season. While the Irish run game and punt block units have emerged down the stretch, the defense has been stout almost all season.

The Irish are top-30 in the country in scoring defense, al lowing less than 21 points per game on average. but they too have evolved as the season pro gressed. The Irish did not force a single turnover in their first three games when a big play could have made things different against ohio state and especially marshall. o ver their last three games, the Irish have forced eight, including a season-high five against the eagles — some thing that has been a long time coming.

“I’ve been a defensive coordi nator plenty of times where you stress turnovers or takeaways, and it doesn’t happen,” Freeman

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On Saturday, Nov. 19, Irish senior defensive linebacker Isaiah Foskey set the Notre Dame record for career sacks (25) against BC.

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Junior linebacker Jordan Botelho and the Irish defensive line sack Boston College quarterback. With five sacks on the evening, the Irish defense dominated the Boston College offensive line to secure a 44-0 win.